DFFOO [JP][Act 3 Final Ch part 2][Story] Last 2 story Lufenia battle (spoilers if you care)
21Someone asked to see this so might as well uploaded them as a bundle as record keeping.
Unlike the other four raid Lufenia raid bosses (Sephiroth/Ultimecia/Emperor/Jegran), these 2 are new and the CoD one has a rather special finish.
Just a casual thematic playthrough. There is no Shinryu for the first one and Lufenia generally is just a breeze these days. Since someone asked for the first one and I don't want the boss dying too fast before doing anything, I had to slow down DPS especially near the end.
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Last spoiler alert for anyone that cares
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The stage is World of Darkness.
00:00 Penultimate Lufenia
Kefka appeared as the penultimate boss before CoD. The gist of the story is he absorbed Spiritus's power and became God Kefka.
This fight is probably a sneak peek at what's to come when he returns in Act 4.
Some explanation to this fight: (haven't done this for Lufenia for a long time)
Orb: +3 when taking magic BRV dmg
The moves he used are quite similar to what he did in Ch7 part 1, which GL just did. Even if it is just Lufenia, if you are not careful he can actually kill you rather easily.
He would typically try to nuke a character with Wings of Destruction. Now he also gains access to Heartless Angel. Both of these attacks have tons of debuffs attached.
On top of that he will use Forsaken if you have more than 5 consecutive action. It does proportional dmg to you and blinds you. So it is possible for him to murder you with a combo of Forsaken and Wings of Destruction. I had to purposefully take consecutive turns for him to use it for showing, and as you can see even with defensive CAs he is still quite dangerous.
Took the FF6 crew here to fight him. I would assume he is very likely to be another debuff nightmare in Act 4.
05:25 Finale
The takeaway of the story is the flood of darkness initially overwhelmed the characters, though the more friendly band of "antagonists" appeared and gave the heroes a hand. We got some wholesome pair interactions like Caius/Noel, Cecil/Golbez, Ardyn/Noctis, WoL/Garland.
Orb: +3 when taking Ice BRV dmg
The CoD battle is largely similar to the Shinryu one and is still a 6WQ. Though they will talk about how to deal with the situation when the adds come out. The last pair of adds only appear when CoD reaches 1%. CoD also does not have locked turns, so it is very easy.
After you have successfully disposed of the tentacles, you would get a scripted sequences with OK and WoL. Enjoy the 999,999 and the amazing finisher (OK's FR).
The 6 characters I brought all appeared in the cutscenes. This party is full of Chaos (Jack/Garland/Caius). It is a shame that there is not enough accommodation for the others.
The fight is too easy though so I only used Garland/OK/WoL.
Thoughts on ending scene related:
I am surprised to see Materia and Spiritus crystalized at the end. It seems like they are leaving matters in Enna Kros' hands now. This really shows that IW related story can be really relevant. The interaction between the two gods and Enna Kros is very similar to how they first met in Enna's IW.
There are a bunch of antagonists we haven't fought in this chapter. We haven't even seen Nacho, who is the plot driver for pretty much the entirety of Act 3.
Things may be getting quite interesting in Act 4 and we will probably find out in July. I quite like the effort put into the finale and a difference in format.