DFFOO [JP][Thancred Raid] Non-synergy Caius's Doom vs consecutive turn boss w/ Sherlotta and Lenna
25Non-synergy run first. Thancred's will be up soon.
Whenever there is a boss that has consecutive turn shenanigans, gain a lot BRV and can be pushed back by break, Caius or his CA become the very handy secret weapon.
Boss Orb condition: max: 15 (non-lethal)
+1: PC dealing 800K+ dmg within 1 action
+12: Boss receive BRV dmg from buffs, debuffs including spheres
-2: PC action
Probably the most non-lethal orb of all times. It is but a guaranteed hit BRV attack that puts a "heat" debuff that causes BRV/HP dmg whenever your character acts. The debuff cannot be evaded but it only lasts for one turn. However triggering the orb cleanses all debuffs on the boss, so it probably is a better idea not to for convenience.
The recast is pretty much the same, minus the debuff cleansing.
Reduction: 90/90 (and I think high def but not so much HP)
Most of the time the bosses do AoE BRV hits only, it is when they a lot of BRV then they would do a simple HP attack. There is also quite a hard hitting BRV+HP attack that comes later in the stage.
The boss can be a bother at times, since they inflict quite a few debuffs. Other than the guaranteed "Heat" debuff, they can also freqently inflict poison and a paralysis debuff from a gravity AoE attack. Therefore Lenna or her CA would be really nice to have to tackle such nuisance with debuff evasion.
Mechanics:
At 49%/79% thresholds, the boss would jump to the front with 3 consecutive turns (1+ 2 no action delay turns). During those turns they have 999% BRV, HP dmg reduction (3 turns) and automatic BRV gain (2 turns). This would cause their BRV to build up really high, so the idea of the fight was to use Thancred poison and Maria LD to suck away their BRV. Since this run does not have Thancred and they cannot be BRV shaved, Caius' doom would automatically break them every time they act, thus completely eradicating their threat. If you have a really heavy HP dmg shield or something else like Exdeath/Faris debuffs, you can let them have those 3 turns as well without a problem.
There is also a state where they can lock their turns, reducing 100% HP dmg and get full recast immediately until the recast is used. They cannot be delayed but they can still be broken, so Caius would still work.
At 29%, they don't have another turn shenanigan phase, but they would put up a BIG HP shield. If you successfully shave them, they would be weakened with a DEF down and BRV dmg taken up debuff.
I believe if the shield is not removed before their turn, they would do the heavy hitting BRV+HP attack (Jet Burst). So plan your turns accordingly.
This fight is actually quite interesting and includes a few tricky parts to it.
Whether pushing both or only one through the HP threshold depends largely on how you plan on dealing with their consecutive turns. For example, using doom and pushing them at the same time would cause them to keep interchanging their turn order, but if you want to come out of those 3 turns of theirs and start dealing dmg instead of waiting for their additional reduction to go away, that can be taken in consideration. Others like Fang's 3 turn Daze can also be used to skip their turns, but you would still have to deal with the BRV gain somehow afterwards.
This fight's orb may not be lethal, but it can be bothersome to lose your debuffs. Certain characters like Lenna and Thancred who start the battle with free abilities or have a need to use C88 may need some tricks to deal with the orb. Counter characters who break the other target who has yet to get its turn and uptick the orb can be a concern as well (I have tried Auron, it happened a few times). My advice would be to either learn when to throttle your advance or break them in the "wrong" order so their turns don't drift away.
This team with Sherlotta and Lenna's C88 gives the entire team around 40% BRV gain to operate on. Caius while has a BRV dmg component, can perfectly deal dmg with dmg refund when he is supplied with BRV gain and battery. Thus there isn''t much BRV dmg up or DEF down at all, but the team works just fine.
Lenna does need to use her S2 twice (+version) to achieve 100% debuff evasion as soon as possible. While the poison debuff is not lethal, the paralysis can be annoying.
Sherlotta's debuff also saps and on top of that her LD gravities everything to 0. So she can also be a contingency plan for this boss.
Ramza friend came in to break the shield fast so I don't have to waste so many summon turns dealing with it, you can perfectly do fine without a friend. I made a mistake of not applying doom at one point though.
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