Game:

Final Fantasy XIII (2009)

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Those looking for safe, consistent farming techniques can use my Stage videos.

For those curious to see how the strategies shown in those videos can be optimized to discover the statistical threshold at which "fast farming" is possible, I give you this video.

I define the conditions for "fast farming" to be:
- Must have Growth Egg, Collector Catalog, Connoisseur Catalog equipped
- Must be able to Highwind both legs successively
- Must, for consistency's sake, be able to survive 2 stomps (which is the worst-case scenario), so 13500-14000 HP for all characters is the lower limit. I wanted to show this, but he was too slow on this run, so you can just take my word for it.
- Assume only 2 hits for the final Highwind

This method is more or less foolproof if you take a few precautions.
1. Never let a stomp interrupt your first turn (Bravera/Haste). If you see a leg being raised, wait it out before confirming selection.
2. Use Discretion - COM/MED/MED - instead of Diversity (meaning you will delay staggering the right leg for a couple of seconds).
3. Make absolutely sure that you don't Highwind a leg as it's going up or get stomped on right after Fang comes down.

Beyond that, Fang needs around 2300 Strength. You really can't push it much lower or Highwind won't 1HKO a leg. The other stats for Vanille and Snow don't matter as long as you ensure that they stick to casting (which is why I had to upgrade their weapons as I did).

The second Tri-disaster isn't necessary. I just put it in there for aesthetic purposes (so I can go 1 through 6 during the battle).

By the way, this is the Asian version of the game (Japanese audio, English/Chinese subtitles/menus).