[DFFOO JP][Ursula Lufenia+]Too much battery again but with Cid
12There is no doubt about Cid's S1 and S2 are nothing amazing. When you look at his LD and EX however, one can actually discover multiple ways to optimize his damage. They use vastly mechanically different, so in a sense tuning one factor element may not lead to drastic increase in both skills, but there are actually still quite a few core functions that you can tweak to make both hit really hard.
Also, I shall preface that my Cid is sitting at base HA only, not even plus, and he is doing this kind of damage without ultima weapon and he can do it for as long as Y'shtola's BT is lifting the BRV gain reduction and his own C88 not falling off.
Let's look at the skill mechanics:
EX: 13x (Brv + 100% AoE HP)
LD: 9x (Distributed BRV + Split AoE HP), w/ 20% Brv Refund in between attacks
LD follow-up: (2x Distributed Brv + Split AoE HP)x6 w/ 20% Refund
His EX almost solely works based on that single BRV attack and its initial BRV that he is holding before dumping it as a 100% AoE HP attack, and there is absolutely no refund in between. His LD is almost the exact opposite with refund but split HP dump. So the discrepancy calls for different approaches of optimization. However before considering atypical damage boosters, there are common factors that work for both skills:
1. BRV damage CAP up:
Considering when he can hit the BRV cap, the damage cap with his newfound c88 becomes extremely valuable for boosting that lone BRV hit on both skill for further amplification. More on another video.
2. HP damage up:
Vital especially for his split LD HP dump, but his EX also benefits from it with its 100% AoE nature, thus demanding less BRV stolen to convert into greater HP damage dumps.
When we consider the atypical damage booster CAs and BTs, several new avenues of factors should be considered as well:
For this run:
mBRV related:
1. Cait Sith CA
It goes without saying both EX and LD will benefit from it. Together with Y'shtola's BRV gain up, it adds additional BRV value per BRV hits of his skills. Other than the number of buffs, high mBRV is key to granting more BRV.
2. Ursula's min 20% mBRV lock
Possibly the key. It guarantees you 20% min BRV that tremendously boosting your base BRV that you are holding after each HP dump on that EX. (also relevant to the LD) I have mentioned this in the Ursula video that this makes a lot of similar characters with tons of HP dumps with no refund in between hit exceptionally harder than before. Prominent examples are Prompto EX, Fran S2, Yuffie and Barret. Curious how they are all range characters lol.
Other promising boosters that is not in the run:
1. Iroha's BRV consumption reduction (20% in person/10% as CA)
Iroha's effect is not affected by BRV gain reduction, it is related to how much BRV you were holding first. So this calls for masive preemptive battery before you use your big moves. BRV gain up has no effect on it, but it gives you leftover BRV to be compounded with your next BRV hit for the next HP dump. It ironically looks like BRV refund, but I must stress that you technically you don't get BRV gain in between them, you just save some of the BRV you are holding while your current HP dump output is unaffected.
This one may offer big changes to how you approach Cid's EX.
2. Sazh CA
Sazh's value is increasing with c88 increasing your BRV damage cap. The more you gain from that BRV hit, the more extra BRV it offers you. Since he has so many BRV hits over the course of his attack, this adds up really quickly with increased cap, further boosted with armor, BT effects from other team members.
Do note that the above boosters may change what parameters you want for the EX or LD, but they are not mutually exclusive to one another. For example, having Sazh CA, Ursula and Iroha will have all the effects compound with each other. Sazh CA leads to holding more BRV, Ursula and Iroha converts that into a collective baseline of BRV for your next attack, and the effects stack on top of each other. So even though the BRV attack may be only hitting for 18K or so, your holding BRV may be effectively at 50K range, then amplified into a 100K HP dump across the board.
In this run however, it is more tuned towards his LD with BRV gain up so his BRV refund from the skill and its follow-up becomes much larger, casually dealing upwards of 1 mil. I am kind of surprised that his Ex follow suit and is quite consistent.
I may say however that, while choosing the suitable atypical booster would lead to a miraculously absurd amount of damage on either of his skills, do bear in mind that these calls do expire. If you choose one that does not work with the parameters that you are boosting, you may end up with a big bang of fireworks then your damage after becomes a puff of smoke. Consistency is still vital.