#cecil harvey x bartz klauser

[jieanette]

Drawing date doodle ft. my two favourite FF ships

Cecil x Bartz

And

WoL and Firion

I realised that WoL might be slightly ooc but it shouldn't be too bad, right?

...

...right?

[jieanette]

True story I initially ship Bartz x Cecil just because they look aesthetically pleasing together and now I'm trapped inside this hellhole pls help—

I Didn’t Think I Shipped It But The Fic Writers for This Ship Really Brought Their A Game: a memoir.

[wilygryphon]

Please reblog for a greater sample size.

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Opera Omnia Burst Themes 1/?

With Opera Omnia shutting down, I decided to make a few posts about one of my favorite parts of the game: The Burst Weapons. Not because they were a powerful, much sought after weapon tier that gave big numbers with massive benefits, but because I have a love for Final Fantasy music, and what BTs I wanted was strongly dependent on what song would play when used.

These posts are meant to be more for the sake of archiving what there had been more than anything else, but at the very least I am going to list a large number of great FF songs.

The first listing will be the songs that we had gotten during the game's lifetime.

Final Fantasy I Warrior of Light: Battle Garland: Miniboss Theme

Final Fantasy II Firion: The Rebel Army Leon: The Imperial Army Minwu: Battle Theme A

Final Fantasy III Onion Knight: Battle 2 Cloud of Darkness: This is The Last Battle

Final Fantasy IV Cecil Harvey (Dark Knight): The Red Wings Cecil Harvey (Paladin): Battle 2 Kain Highwind: The Final Battle Rydia: Rydia's Theme Rosa Joanna Farrell: Theme of Love (Remake) Fusoya: The Final Battle (Remake) Golbez: Battle with the Four Fiends Rubicante: Battle with the Four Fiends (Remake) Ceodoe Harvey: Battle 2 (Remake) Ursula: Fabul (Remake) Leonora: Troian Beauty

Final Fantasy V Bartz Klauser: Battle 2 Faris Scherwiz: Pirates Ahoy! Lenna Charlotte Tycoon: Lenna's Theme Dorgann Klauser: Home, Sweet Home Kelgar: Deception Xezat: Castle of Dawn Gilgamesh: Battle on the Big Bridge Exdeath: The Final Battle

Final Fantasy VI Terra Branford: The Decisive Battle Locke Cole: Locke's Theme Sabin Rene Figaro: The Unforgiven Setzer Gabbianni: Setzer's Theme Edgar Roni Figaro: Edgar & Sabin's Theme Celes Chere: Searching For Friends Relm Arrowny: Relm's Theme Mog: Protect the Espers Strago Magus: Strago's Theme Leo Cristophe: Battle Theme Kefka Palazzo: Dancing Mad

Final Fantasy VII Cloud Strife: Fight On! Tifa Lockhart: JENOVA COMPLETE Yuffie Kisaragi: Wutai Vincent Valentine: Chaotic End Aerith Gainsborough: Aerith's Theme Cait Sith: Cait Sith's Theme Jesse Rasberry: Let the Battles Begin! Sephiroth: One-Winged Angel Zack Fair: The Price of Freedom Cissnei: Ecounter Angeal Hewley: Dreams and Honor Reno: Turk's Theme Rufus Shinra: Shinra Inc Kadaj: J-E-N-O-V-A (Advent Children) Weiss: Fight Tune: Weiss the Immaculate

Final Fantasy VIII Squall Leonhart: Force Your Way Laguna Loire: The Man with the Machine Gun Irvine Kinneas: The Stage is Set Quistis Trepe: Don't Be Afraid Selphie Tilmitt: Where I Belong Rinoa Heartilly: Premonition Fujin: Only a Plank Between One and Perdition Ultimecia: The Extreme

Final Fantasy IX Zidane Tribal: Not Alone Vivi Ornitier: Breaking Through the South Gate Garnet Til Alexandros XVII: Alexander Eiko Carol: Eiko's Theme Quina Quen: Quina's Theme Amarant Coral: Amarant's Theme Kuja: Dark Messenger Beatrix: Something to Protect

Final Fantasy X Tidus: Battle Theme Yuna: A Contest of Aeons Auron: This is Your Story Braska: Final Battle Seymour Guado: Battle with Seymour Jecht: Otherworld Paine: Yuripa, Fight! No. 2

Next Entry

[freyayuki]

Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia Dark Quickening Lufenia Quest

Lufenia Quests are currently the hardest kind of fight in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game. They’re level 200.

Dark Quickening (Story Act 3, Chapter 3, Part 1) Lufenia Quest

For this fight, my team was Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII (#ad), Kadaj from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and Galuf Halm Baldesion from Final Fantasy V with Odin as my summon.

My Calls were Bartz Klauser’s from Final Fantasy V, Faris Scherwiz’s (Sarisa Scherwil Tycoon) from Final Fantasy V, and Gabranth’s (Noah fon Ronsenburg) from Final Fantasy XII.

The Dark Quickening Lufenia quest has 1 wave with 2 enemies - Chaos Bahamut and an Eald’narche (from Final Fantasy XI) Manikin. Both heavily resist magical attacks and they’re immune to elemental resist down.

There’s only 1 Lufenia orb and it’s on Chaos Bahamut. To increase it, you need to inflict break.

When Bahamut drops below 49% HP, the orb disappears and he changes into his Gestalt form. He’ll now have a recast bar. If you prevent him from being able to act for 2 turns (such as by paralyzing him), then he won’t be able to use his recast ability.

Tifa, Kadaj, and Galuf are fully MLB and Purple, including their LD. They have their Bloom Stones and all of their Boards have been completed. They're equipped with their High Armors, all of which have been upgraded to Blue.

Kadaj has 3 ATK 108 with Remnant Up★★ (While Latent Thoughts active: Raises own MAX BRV, ATK by 5%) Artifacts.

Tifa has 3 ATK 108 with MAX BRV 330 Artifacts. Galuf has 3 ATK 108 with Buff Attack Up★★ (Raises ATK by 5% with active buffs) Artifacts.

Galuf is equipped with the following real Spheres:

Eight’s (from Final Fantasy Type-0) Evasion Attack Up Shorter A Sphere

Raises own ATK by 20% for 3 turns when evading enemy attack *Does not stack with same sphere

Galuf Halm Baldesion’s (from Final Fantasy V) Evasion Attack Up Longer B Sphere

When dodging attack: • Raises ATK by 10% for 6 turns

Wakka’s (from Final Fantasy X) Buff Attack Boost All 5 D Sphere

With 5 or more buffs: • Raises party’s MAX BRV, ATK by 5% *Does not stack with same sphere

Kadaj is equipped with the following real Spheres:

Garland’s (from Final Fantasy I) Break Hit Raging Attack Up A Sphere

Raises ATK by 2% when inflicting Break or attacking target afflicted with Break up to 5 times, once per turn

Oerba Yun Fang’s (from Final Fantasy XIII) Break Hit Attack Up Longer A Sphere

Raises ATK by 10% for 6 turns when inflicting Break or attacking target afflicted with Break

The Emperor’s (from Final Fantasy II) Debuff Success Attack Up Longer E Sphere

Raises own ATK by 10% for 6 turns when inflicting debuff on target

Tifa is equipped with the following real Spheres:

Shadow’s (from Final Fantasy VI) Single Critical Attack Up Longer A Sphere

Raises ATK by 10% for 6 turns when dealing critical hit to single target

Leo Cristophe’s (from Final Fantasy VI) Single Power A Sphere

When attacking single target: • Increases BRV damage dealt by 10%

Lyse Hext’s (from Final Fantasy XIV) Break Hit Attack All Longer D Sphere

After inflicting Break or attacking target afflicted with Break: • Raises party’s ATK by 5% for 6 turns

For this fight, I decided to go with Tifa, Kadaj, and Galuf because I really wanted to use the first 3 chars who I Blued together on the same team. Kadaj was my first Blue followed by Galuf and then Tifa.

Was kinda worried about doing this though because none of them have a Burst weapon.

For Lufenia quests, I almost always have at least 1 char with a BT even if it’s just from a support char like Paladin Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV or even if it’s from kinda outdated chars like Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII.

In fact, can’t quite remember the last time I did a Lufenia fight without at least 1 BT char. So wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get the win with this team. Nevertheless, wanted to try so decided to go for it.

Another thing that kinda worried me was the fact that I didn’t have anyone who could break and rebreak Bahamut to take care of the orb. All I could do was wait for him to get out of his broken state then break him again.

But I soon found that it wasn’t that bad because the count starts at 15 and it’s increased by 7 every time you break Bahamut. Plus I only had to deal with the orb until I manage to get Bahamut down to 49% HP.

There’s no one on my team who has a BT weapon and none of them are boosted or synergy for this fight but they all did very well anyway. Was really super impressed with them. They all contributed to the fight.

Tifa dealt amazing damage. Kadaj debuffed the enemies and also helped deal damage. Galuf provided lots of battery as well as pretty great auras and buffs. He also protected his allies from all single target attacks and, with the appropriate buffs up, he countered and dealt off-turn damage to the enemies.

To illustrate just how super special awesome this team was, just take a look at the screenshot below.

I’m only on turn 4 and yet Bahamut was already down to 79% HP while the Manikin was at 87% HP.

Speaking of Bahamut’s current HP threshold, when he gets down to 79% HP, he gains a lot of brave (he would have gained a lot more if not for Kadaj’s brave sap and steal) and, until you break him, your chars will deal 1 brave damage.

Made sure that Kadaj’s Ex ability, Divinity, was charged for this. Divinity sets the brave of all enemies to 0 then deals a brave + HP attack so Kadaj was able to easily get rid of Bahamut’s brave charge.

For my friend support, was debating on whether to borrow Tifa or Garland from Final Fantasy I.

In the end, I went with Tifa since I didn’t have anyone to keep the enemies from moving which would severely gimp Garland’s BT effect. Well, he could delay both enemies for now but once Bahamut switches into his Gestalt mode, he can no longer be delayed and his turns can’t be deleted either.

Anyway, I switched out my Tifa for the support Tifa that I borrowed when Bahamut was at around 76% HP. Wanted to get Bahamut down to 49% HP ASAP to get rid of the orb so I wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore.

The support Tifa who I borrowed also had her High Armor upgraded to Blue. So it didn’t take that long before Bahamut switched into his Gestalt form.

When he did, his HP went back to 100%, the Lufenia orb disappeared, his recast gauge showed up and it was filled to the max, and he removed all of his debuffs.

Well, all of his debuffs except for Kadaj’s gold-framed ones. And, as aforementioned, Bahamut’s turns could no longer be delayed so he now has spikes on his turn icon.

Didn’t have any way of keeping Bahamut from acting. Had no way of paralyzing him and such so he was able to get a turn and he fired off his recast ability.

It’s a group brave + HP attack which took everyone down to around half of their HP or thereabouts. It “ignores effects that reduce, nullify BRV, HP damage” and is guaranteed to hit so not even Galuf can dodge this attack.

Really glad that my chars were able to survive Bahamut’s recast ability attack. The debuffs helped. It was also good that Bahamut didn’t dispel anyone’s buffs.

Unfortunately, wasn’t able to get the support Tifa back to full health before she left the field.

When Bahamut was down to 76% HP and the Manikin was at 68% HP, summoned Odin.

It was Kadaj’s turn. Galuf’s Cover buff on him was about to run out and he was being targeted by Bahamut and the Manikin was targeting All so I didn’t want to risk him not having any protection, especially since he wasn’t back to full health yet.

Everyone managed to get a lot of brave during the summon which was really nice to see.

Just continued spamming everyone’s skills. Bahamut’s and the Manikin’s HP kept on decreasing. Too bad I wasn’t able to beat Bahamut before he could fire off his recast ability again.

His attack took Tifa’s HP down to the red. Kadaj was left at around half of his HP again. Galuf’s HP actually went to 0. Welp, if it wasn’t for his LD buff, he would have been dead by now.

Now I found myself worrying that I won’t be able to get everyone back to full health before the fight ended because Bahamut was now down to 7% HP while the Manikin was at 50% HP.

Continued spamming skills. Soon, Bahamut was at 1% HP while Tifa and Galuf had gotten back a bit of their health. 

It was Tifa’s turn. Her HP Attack (Full Throttle) finished off Bahamut.

Now only the Manikin, who was at 47% HP, was left. He wasn’t that much of a threat, really, especially with Galuf dodging and countering his single target attacks.

Soon, Kadaj only had 1 more use of his LD, Burial Hour, left. He still has 4 uses of Volley and 5 uses of Mayhem. He has no more uses of his Additional Ability (AA).

Used his first AA on Bahamut. When Bahamut transformed into his Gestalt form, had Kadaj use his AA on the Manikin to switch the target of his follow-up attacks.

Read somewhere that, for some reason, Kadaj’s follow-up attack triggers Bahamut’s counter.

Bahamut counters all magical attacks unless he’s paralyzed or otherwise unable to move. But Kadaj’s follow-up isn’t magic so Bahamut shouldn’t be countering him.

Saw a video where it happened though. When Bahamut counters, he also dispels his target’s buffs. To prevent this from happening, I just had Kadaj switch his follow-up’s target to the Manikin since the Manikin also needed to be defeated anyway.

When the Manikin was down to 30% HP, it was also turn 30 and Galuf’s turn. He was down to 2 uses of Dawn Katana, his LD. He still has 2 uses of Shirahadori+ and 6 uses of Cover+.

Used his own AA so he could restore more of his HP. Only used his Cover+ skill like once or twice or so. It wasn’t really needed since he could apply the Cover buff to his allies via his LD ability. Cover+ does battery though so it wasn’t that bad even if it didn’t deal damage.

Also used Tifa’s AA to help her get back to full health. Used the last of her LD, Meteor Crusher. She still has 9 uses of Beat Rush+ and 1 use of Battle Cry left.

After using the last of her Meteor Crusher, the Manikin was down to 11% HP. Used her HP Attack (Full Throttle) for the instant turn rate and free skill. Her Battle Cry ability brought the Manikin down to 4% HP.

Tifa’s Ex ability, Dolphn Blow Combo, was charged so decided to use that to initiate a launch. This finished the fight on turn 33.

Had 6,361 HP lost thanks to being unable to heal the friend support Tifa that I borrowed. Thankfully, still managed to get the score as well as all the other mission requirements.

Really super pleased with this team. Everyone contributed and did very well. Looks like it was perfectly fine even if there was no one with a Burst weapon on my party.

Is this the power of an all-Blue lineup? LOL. Would love to be able to use this team again on another Lufenia fight.

Kadaj Lufenia Quests List

The following is a list of Lufenia quests that I was able to complete with Kadaj from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in my party ever since he got introduced to DFFOO via the Mother Fixation event and after I was able to fully build him.

Mother Fixation

Love, the Melody of Courage

Crimson Arms

In the Garden of Evil Boss Rush

Dark Quickening (Story Act 3, Chapter 3, Part 1)

Conclusion

So, what about you? Which chars did you use to complete these Lufenia Quests? Have you decided to Blue a char’s High Armor? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia game account

[kennycrows]

[fuckyeahffboys]

Cast of Dissidia | える

[finalbiodevilhearts]

Day 6-10 of “DFFNT x Other games”

Day06: Kefka Palazzo as Devil Jin from Tekken Day07: Onion Knight as Nero from Devil May Cry Day08: Cloud of Darkness as Jeanne from Bayonetta Day09: Bartz Klauser as Steve Burnside from Resident Evil Day10: Cecil Harvey as Zer0 from Borderlands

Ooooo 2 men with gun!

[sine41]

DFFNT X OTHER GAMES | Day 6-10

Day 1-5

Day 6: DFFNT X TEKKEN | Kefka Palazzo as Devil Kazumi

Day 7: DFFNT X DEVIL MAY CRY | Onion Knight as Nero

Day 8: DFFNT X BAYONETTA | Cloud of Darkness as Jeanne

Day 9: DFFNT X RESIDENT EVIL | Bartz Klauser as Steve Burnside

Day 10: DFFNT X BORDERLANDS | Cecil Harvey as Axton

[jieanette]

More Ceseal Harvey!!!

[satoshi-mochida]

The latest character trailers for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT introducing Final Fantasy IX‘s Zidane Tribal, Final Fantasy X‘s Tidus, and Final Fantasy XI‘s Shantotto.

Here is an overview of the character, via the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT official website:

Zidane Tribal

A branded thief from his world, Zidane exudes a cheerful personality with a habit to help those in need. His energy, grace and sharp wit aides in battle especially during midair combat.

Tidus

Tidus is an agile combatant who can easily dodge attacks as he combines using his sword and Blitzball throws to perform damage on enemies.

Shantotto

Shantotto is a feared warrior for her frail exterior but aggressive and unpredictable skill in combining her attacks with magic. The more she gains Bravery, the more Shantotto becomes even stronger with her magical spells.

If you missed them, previous trailers introduced playable characters Bartz Klauser, Terra Branford, Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart, Warrior of Light, Firion, Onion Knight, and Cecil Harvey, and non-playable characters Materia and Spiritus.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is due out for PlayStation 4 on January 11 in Japan, and January 30 in North America and Europe.

Watch the trailers below.

Zidane Tribal

Tidus

Shantotto

[concluded-illusions]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Warrior of Light, Firion (Final Fantasy II), Luneth (Final Fantasy III), Cecil Harvey, Bartz Klauser, Terra Branford, Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart, Zidane Tribal, Tidus (Final Fantasy X), Cosmos (Dissidia: Final Fantasy) Additional Tags: and their respective villain, super hero AU Series: Part 1 of Super Hero AU Summary:

Ever since Chaos appeared in this world, heroes have been chosen to fight against it. In this, our realm of Crystalia, the fate of the world has been left to those chosen by the gods of Harmony and Destruction. - A Super Hero AU fic.

[freyayuki]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper Japan 6th Anniversary Festival Present Relic Draw

The Japanese version of the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (#ad) (FFRK) mobile game is currently celebrating its 6th Anniversary. As part of the festivities, the Present Relic Draw Banner just showed up. 

You can only pull once on this banner, but it doesn’t cost anything, you get 10 items, and one is guaranteed to be of 5-star or higher rarity. After drawing, you can pick a set of Soul Breaks for a selected list of characters.

You’ll get one of each of the following:

Awakened Arcane Soul Break (AASB)

Arcane Overstrike Soul Break (AOSB)

Legend Materia Relic (LMR)

You can choose from the following chars:

Warrior of Light from Final Fantasy I

Firion from Final Fantasy II

Onion Knight from Final Fantasy III

Paladin Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV

Bartz Klauser from Final Fantasy V

Locke Cole from Final Fantasy VI

Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII

Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII

Zidane Tribal from Final Fantasy IX

Yuna from Final Fantasy X

Ayame from Final Fantasy XI

Ashe or Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca from Final Fantasy XII

Lightning or Claire Farron from Final Fantasy XIII

Alphinaud Leveilleur from Final Fantasy XIV

Noctis Lucis Caelum (#ad) from Final Fantasy XV

Rem Tokimiya from Final Fantasy Type-0

Agrias Oaks from Final Fantasy Tactics

So, for example, if you choose Tifa, you’ll get her AASB, AOSB, and LMR for free. 

Present Relic Draw Free Pull

Considering the crappy rates on this game, and the fact that the Present Relic Draw’s banner doesn’t have anything on rate-up, I wasn’t expecting to get anything good from the free draw. Plus we’re only guaranteed to get one 5-star item. Which wouldn’t be so bad if FFRK didn’t have relics that were of 6-star and 7-star rarity. In short, getting a 5-star Soul Break is definitely not gonna fill you with joy unless it’s for a char you really like.

Anyway, my point was that I tried not to get my hopes up when I pulled on this banner. So imagine my surprise when Dr. Mog showed up to transform one of the orbs I’d gotten into a 7-star item. Oh, wow. I could hardly believe this. I’m getting a Sync?!

Synchro Arcane Soul Breaks (SASB) or Syncs are currently the best kind of Soul Break in Final Fantasy Record Keeper. Well, there’s also that new one they just released called True Arcane Soul Break (TASB), but these cost a whopping 3 bars to activate whereas Syncs only cost 2. And since these are new, not everyone (I mean, not all the playable characters, but I guess this could also apply to the players themselves; I don’t have any yet too) has one yet. I don’t think it’s even possible to get them from this particular banner.

Anyway, I ended up just staring at the screen displaying the 7-star relic that I just got. I wonder who owns this Sync. Maybe, hopefully, it’s for a char that I’m already using. The only thing I knew was that this didn’t belong to my current most favorite Final Fantasy character. I’m talking about Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. The truth is he’s the reason why I started playing Final Fantasy Record Keeper. I have a copy of Genesis’s Sync, so I know what it looks like, and it’s definitely not this one.

After a moment of just staring, I finally tapped on the image to get to the draw results screen. This was where I promptly found out that it was no wonder this pull seemed way too good to be true. That’s because it was indeed too good to be true. Sync? What Sync? Unfortunately, there wasn’t a single Sync to be found in this draw.

Yes, I did get a 7-star relic. It wasn’t a Sync though. It was a Limit Break Over Flow (LBOF) Soul Break. Looks like I ended up forgetting they were 7-star relics too. It’s not like Limit Break Over Flows are bad, it’s just that Syncs are way better. Both can only be used once per battle, but Syncs have way more effects and they last longer. If I had to choose between getting a Sync or an LBOF, I’d choose the first, no questions asked. 

I have Vincent Valentine’s (from Final Fantasy VII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII) Limit Break Over Flow, Galian Rage (VII), and Sephiroth’s (from Final Fantasy VII) Sync, Demonic Lord (VII). IIRC, these are the only relics I have for these two. Guess who made the cut and got into my Final Fantasy VII Torment Dungeon team.  

Finding out that I got an LBOF instead of a Sync wouldn’t have been so bad if I hadn’t also found that I got an LBOF for a char that I’m not even using. In short, I have no other relics for this char, so getting their Limit Break Over Flow isn’t enough to get them added to any of my parties.  

The char in question is Lightning. What I got was her Helter-Skelter (XIII), a 7-star rarity, Sword-type relic. This contained her Limit Break Over Flow, Artemis's Arrows. Its effect is:

“Deal five massive ranged physical lightning attacks with 100% critical hit chance to one enemy. Deals more damage depending on the amount of Limit Break Gauge consumed, ignores Defense, and can break the damage cap.”

Looks like this’ll be rotting in my inventory until I get more of Lightning’s Soul Breaks.

Actually, this free draw gave me 2 more golds. Too bad neither belonged to Lightning. One of the golds was nothing more than a 5-star Burst Soul Break. Bursts have been horribly powercrept by now and getting one doesn’t make me want to use a char, especially not if that’s the only relic I have for them. As such, I didn’t even bother finding out who owned this particular Burst.

The other gold was Regal Gown (I), a 6-star rarity, Light Armor-type relic. This gave me Sarah’s (from Final Fantasy I) Awakened Arcane Soul Break, Grandiose Song. It’s a healing-type Soul Break that’s pretty good. 

Unfortunately, this is my first and only relic for Sarah, and I already have great healers in Elarra (from Final Fantasy Record Keeper) and Aerith or Aeris Gainsborough (from Final Fantasy VII). I have more of Elarra’s and Aeris’s Soul Breaks, so they’re my go-to healers and supports. If I get more of Sarah’s relics, particularly the ones that are good, I’d seriously consider leveling her up and trying her out. Until then, her Awakening’s gonna have to join Lightning’s LBOF in gathering dust in my inventory. At least they can keep each other company. LOL. 

Final Fantasy Record Keeper 5th Anniversary

Now that I’m done with the free pull, it was time to get my free relic set. This was easier said than done thanks to the limited list of chars we could choose from.

The Japanese version of Final Fantasy Record Keeper also had a free present relic draw as part of its 5th Anniversary celebration. You get a free AASB, AOSB, and LMR after doing a free pull. The list of chars to choose from were as follows:

Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI

Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII

Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII

Ingus from Final Fantasy III

Shantotto from Final Fantasy XI

Tidus from Final Fantasy X

Cidolfus Orlandeau from Final Fantasy Tactics

Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII

Bartz Klauser from Final Fantasy V

For Terra, Squall, Bartz, Cloud, and Sephiroth, it was their first Awakening that was up for grabs. I wasn’t playing the Japanese version of the game when this happened, but I was playing the Global or English version when that game’s 5th Anniversary was ongoing. I was so new to FFRK Global that I didn’t have a single relic on the aforementioned list. 

However, I didn’t need to think about which set to pick. I’d already made up my mind to get Cloud’s Soul Breaks. I didn’t care what the Soul Breaks did or if they were any good. I wanted to choose them anyway because I like Cloud. But everything changed when the fire nation attacked I ended up getting Cloud’s Awakening from another banner. After that, I was reluctant to pick his set. It seemed like a waste to still go for it because instead of getting 3 new relics, I’d only be getting 2 plus 1 dupe. 

Since I was so new to the game, I thought it would be better to choose a set that would give me 3 new relics. I ended up spending a lot of time thinking about which set to pick. It was rather frustrating since I couldn’t make up my mind. I thought argh, if only Cloud’s Awakening hadn’t come home so soon, I wouldn’t be having this problem. I could have chosen his set and been done with this. Well, eventually, I settled on Sephiroth’s set. I talk more about that in this post.

Cloud Strife or Sephiroth Relic Set?

Based on the relic sets that were available during the game’s 5th Anniversary, when I first heard about the present relic draw for the 6th Anniversary, I thought that Cloud and Sephiroth would be part of the selection again. I thought this was very likely since they’re both popular chars. Heck, I practically already assumed this was the case, and so I was already debating with myself which of them I should go for.

As aforementioned, in my Japanese account, I only have Sephiroth’s Sync. For Cloud, I have 2 of his Ultra Soul Breaks (USB) and one of his Flash Tech Soul Breaks. Both chars are part of my Final Fantasy VII Torment Dungeon party. They work well enough as they are. In fact, I can auto the D450 Torment Dungeon. Nevertheless, I certainly wouldn’t say no to getting more of their relics, especially since this could help me in being able to do the Final Fantasy VII Dreambreaker Dungeon (way harder than D450 Torments) as well as some of the Magicite Dungeons (Cloud for the Wind one and Sephiroth for the Dark one). 

Aside from this free present relic set pick, the 6th Anniversary also included other campaigns and events that gave us more freebies, including a free Awakening from a selected list. There was also a Stamp Sheet that applied to all of the Anniversary Banners. You get a Stamp every time you draw on any one of these banners. Depending on the number of Stamps you have, you get prizes, including a Sync, also from a selected list. 

And so for me, it was just a matter of trying to figure out where I was getting what. Cloud’s and Sephiroth’s Awakenings were included in the free AASB selection and their Syncs could be chosen from the Stamp Sheet. One of the Anniversary banners included Cloud’s Fusion Sword (VII), which contained his True Arcane Soul Break, Omnislash.

My plan was to pull on that banner, which would also fill out my Stamp Sheet so I could get the “free” Sync. I wanted to get Cloud’s new relic, his TASB. Then I planned to get his Sync from the Stamp Sheet. After that, it was just a matter of deciding if I should pick his or Sephiroth’s set. If I picked Cloud’s set, then I’d get Sephiroth’s AASB from the free Awakening pick and vice versa. 

I thought I had it all sorted out. And then the selection for the free present relics pick showed up, throwing a lot of my plans out the window. I was very disappointed to find out that neither Sephiroth’s nor Cloud’s sets were available. Now, instead of trying to decide between 2 chars, I have to decide between all of them because I have no idea which one to go for. I’m so new to the Japanese version of FFRK that I don’t have anything for any of these chars. Tentatively, I was thinking about getting Tifa’s set since I do like her. Still wish either Cloud or Sephiroth were available though. Sigh.

Present Relic Draw Free Set Pick

You know, this game can be so freaking frustrating sometimes. Seriously, sometimes, I really, really, really freaking hate this game. Argh! You’d think- no, you’d hope that 500 mythril would- should- have been enough to get Cloud’s Fusion Sword. But, no, unfortunately it’s not. Eff this game and its lack of a true pity system, like the one in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game. The Stamp Sheet doesn’t count since it doesn’t even include all the relics. 

This is all so depressing and disappointing and- sigh. I’ll talk more about that in another post. Right now, the main point is that Cloud’s TASB didn’t show up, and I’m all out of mythril. Did I mention that I hate this game? What a waste of 500 mythril. Didn’t even get the consolation prize of Zack Fair’s (from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII) Sync because eff this freaking game.

So now all my plans have really been thrown out the window. 500 mythril’s enough to get me the “free” Sync from the Stamp Sheet, but how could I go for Cloud’s when his Omnislash didn’t show up? I didn’t want to get his Sync anymore, at least not from this Stamp Sheet. I couldn’t go with Sephiroth’s since I already have his. Now I have to choose from the following:

Bartz

Locke

Rem

Orlandeau

Squall - Sync 1

Rinoa - Sync 2

Lightning - Sync 1

Noctis - Sync 1

Lunafreya Nox Fleuret from Final Fantasy XV

Yeah, some chars have more than 1 Sync so it was either their first or second that was available from the list. 

I decided to compare the Sync list from the relics set list. The chars that showed up in both are:

Bartz

Locke

Rinoa

Lightning

Noctis

Rem

I figured the best thing to do was to build up a char from these picks. So if I were to pick, say, Rem’s Sync, then I should choose her relics set too. This way, I get 4 of her relics at once, and she automatically becomes usable. Well, more usable than if I only had 1 of her relics anyway. 

Now it was a matter of deciding which char’s relics to go for. Bartz’s relics are for the wind element. Still feeling really miserable from failing to get Cloud’s new Soul Break, so I really didn’t feel like having anything to do with the wind element right now. Which means Bartz is out.

Rinoa’s relics are for the ice element. Lightning’s are for the lightning element. Rem’s are for the holy element. Off the top of my head, I can’t remember if I have other chars that have Soul Breaks of these elements. I also can’t recall if I have any Chain Soul Breaks that support these elements.

Locke Cole vs Noctis Lucis Caelum

As for Locke and Noctis - their relics are for the fire element. Genesis’s main or primary element is fire. Naturally, that means fire is my strongest element. I have Locke’s free fire Chain, but what I use is Balthier’s (Ffamran mied Bunansa from Final Fantasy XII) fire Chain. I have a few fire Soul Breaks, but my secondary DPS is Auron (from Final Fantasy X) since I have his Sync, Awakening, and Flash Tech Soul Break. Of course, Genesis is my main DPS.

I was leaning towards going for either Locke’s or Noctis’s relics so I could power up my fire team even more. Maybe this could inspire me to try the 6-star Ice Magicite fight already. It’s not like I think my current team can’t do it. I haven’t even tried. It might work. I won’t know for sure until I try. It’s just that this battle could take a while, and I haven’t found the time to spare to just sit down and go for it. At least it’s not time-limited so there’s no pressure, and I can do it whenever I feel like it.

Anyway, one of Locke’s Sync commands can Imperil fire (make enemies weak to the fire element). Nothing else seems to be noteworthy with the rest of his relics. As for Noctis, one of his Sync commands grants him instant ATB while the other gives him High Quick Cast. 

His Awakening can also be used for fights that need lightning and/or earth damage. However, instead of getting elemental infusion (like how Locke’s Awakening temporarily infuses him with the power of fire), he gets 100% critical hit chance. The elemental infusion’s better, especially since you can use supports like Tyro (from Final Fantasy Record Keeper) to increase a char’s critical hit chance. 

Noctis’s LMR gives him a 25% chance to dualcast Combat abilities, which sucks when compared to Locke’s (gives him a 25% chance to dualcast fire abilities) because there's no fire Combat ability. It doesn’t even synergize with his Sync, which requires a fire ability.

What makes Noctis good is his Sync because the instant ATB and High Quick Cast make him really fast, allowing him to take multiple turns and just keep dishing out damage. Since I’ve heard a lot of good things about Noctis’s Sync, I was leaning towards him even if the rest of his relics set may not be that good. His Sync should more than make up for it.

Locke being able to Imperil fire with his Sync is pretty good, but I already have Balthier for that. I have Locke’s Chain, but Balthier’s is better. In the end, I decided it’d be better to go for Noctis so he could replace Auron as my secondary DPS. So that was exactly what I did.

Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV

I leveled up Noctis and gave him all the 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star Motes he needed. I decided to hold off on giving him 6-star Motes for now. I wanted to try him out first. So I geared him up and replaced Auron with him. I then ran my usual auto fire team, which consisted of Genesis, Tyro, Elarra, and Balthier. I won, but I wasn’t pleased. 

Noctis’s speed messed up with how I wanted these fights to go. With Auron in my party, Genesis was always the one who would summon or call the Roaming Warrior. I always borrow a friend Genesis equipped with his Sync. So my Genesis calls on the friend Genesis. The support’s Sync gets cast and my Genesis gets its effects. This means he gets to deal awesome damage right away without having to wait until he gets enough bars to activate his own Sync. 

When I replaced Auron with Noctis, he ended up being the one to call on the friend Genesis. Everything still worked out since Genesis’s Sync requirements are fire abilities and Noctis is equipped with them. I didn’t want this to happen though. I wanted my Genesis to be the one to get the effects of the Roaming Warrior’s Sync. Needless to say, I was disappointed by this outcome. I just got some new relics, and I can’t even use them? Ugh. As if I wasn’t disappointed enough with failing to get Cloud’s Fusion Sword. Eff this game.

Of course, I went back to Auron the moment that battle ended. I told myself it was fine. I should be able to use Noctis in a team if I’m not autoing a fight. If I was manually playing, then I can just pick who does what. Still couldn’t help feeling disappointed though.

Conclusion

In conclusion, eff this game. Also, pity system when? Sigh. Really, if my fave Genesis wasn’t here in Final Fantasy Record Keeper, I wouldn’t be here. Man, I really wish he’d show up in Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia. I’d definitely pull for him, no questions asked. 

I wouldn’t care if he was meta or not, though of course I’d want him to be really good. Even if he wasn’t though, I’d still gladly get him anyway. I don’t care how much I have to spend. I must have all his weapons. But this is DFFOO we’re talking about. Even if I never manage to get all of his stuff in any of my pulls, it doesn’t matter because the super special awesome pity system will let me get all the gear I’m missing for him anyway. In short, DFFOO for the win, and FFRK needs to do better. 

Notes:

pics are from Amazon.com; links shown above

screenshots are from my Final Fantasy Record Keeper Japanese game account

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UnknownUnseenUnheard's Christmas Special, 2018

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2V3EoEP

by UnknownUnseenUnheard

Sora decides to throw a Christmas party in Villains Vale. Or, the author's way to bring in characters from all of his works, toss them all into one, and summarize the year in the most chaotic way possible while Deadpool runs around in the background being a troll, because hello, Deadpool

Words: 9151, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts, Deadpool - All Media Types, Marvel, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy XV, Naruto, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, DCU, Young Justice - All Media Types, Smallville, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Legacy of the Force Series - Aaron Allston & Troy Denning & Karen Traviss, Star Wars Legends: New Jedi Order Series - Various Authors, Final Fantasy X, Gintama, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Ao no Exorcist | Blue Exorcist, Devil May Cry, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Supernatural, Bleach, Fairy Tail, ノラガミ | Noragami (Anime & Manga)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Deadpool, Squall Leonhart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Seifer Almasy, Quistis Trepe, Riku (Kingdom Hearts), Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Riku's Father (Kingdom Hearts), Golbez (Final Fantasy IV), Cecil Harvey, Rosa Joanna Farrell, Kuja (Final Fantasy IX), Zidane Tribal, Cloud Strife, Rosso the Crimson, Zack Fair, Terra (Kingdom Hearts), Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Anakin Solo, Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Bartz Klauser, Ignis Scientia, Gladiolus Amicitia, Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts), Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Roxas (Kingdom Hearts), Xion (Kingdom Hearts), Kon-El | Conner Kent, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Bart Allen, Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, Karatachi Yagura, Midoriya Izuku, Buffy Summers, Bakugou Katsuki, Angel (BtVS), Spike (BtVS), Kirishima Eijirou, Todoroki Shouto, Mara Jade, Jacen Solo | Darth Caedus, Jaina Solo, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano, Vergere (Star Wars), Kreia | Darth Traya, Rey (Star Wars), Tahiri Veila, Luke Skywalker, Sephiroth (Compilation of FFVII), Warrior (Final Fantasy I), Tidus (Final Fantasy X), Yuna (Final Fantasy X & X-2), Prompto Argentum, Celes Chere, Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII), Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX), Gabranth | Noah fon Ronsenburg, Genesis Rhapsodos, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Shinpachi, Kagura (Gintama), Leia Organa, Byakuran (Katekyou Hitman Reborn!), Okumura Rin, Okumura Yukio, Dante (Devil May Cry), Vergil (Devil May Cry), Harry Potter, Bobby Singer, Han Solo, Luke Castellan, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, Gaara (Naruto), Hibari Kyouya, Gray Fullbuster, Revan (Star Wars), Ben Skywalker, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Edward Elric, Pride (Selim Bradley), Zuko (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Yato (Noragami), Kurosaki Ichigo, Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts), Clark Kent, Lex Luthor

Relationships: Kairi & Riku & Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Wade Wilson & Anakin Solo, Squall Leonhart & Quistis Trepe, Golbez & Riku, Golbez & Cecil Harvey, Kuja & Zidane Tribal, Rosso the Crimson/Cloud Strife, Zack Fair & Cloud Strife, Terra (Kingdom Hearts) & Naruto, Gladiolus Amicitia & Prompto Argentum & Noctis Lucis Caelum & Ignis Scientia, Jason Grace & Leo Valdez, Jason Grace & Percy Jackson, Anakin Solo/Tahiri Veila, Anakin Solo & Jacen Solo, Sora & Vanitas & Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Roxas & Sora & Xion (Kingdom Hearts), Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Bart Allen & Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent & Cassie Sandsmark, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Hatake Kakashi & Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi & Uchiha Shisui, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki & Kirishima Eijirou, Ahsoka Tano & Darth Vader, Okumura Rin & Okumura Yukio, Dante & Vergil (Devil May Cry), Tidus/Yuna (Final Fantasy X & X-2), Yato (Noragami) & Zuko (Avatar), Aang & Zuko (Avatar), Clark Kent & Conner Kent & Lex Luthor, Kon-El | Conner Kent & Jacen Solo | Darth Caedus

Additional Tags: Breaking the Fourth Wall, Spoilers, This is more like Meet the Replacements than anything else tbh, Gender fluid Revan, Crossover, way too many characters, Everything is in little sections

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2V3EoEP

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UnknownUnseenUnheard's Christmas Special, 2018

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2V3EoEP

by UnknownUnseenUnheard

Sora decides to throw a Christmas party in Villains Vale. Or, the author's way to bring in characters from all of his works, toss them all into one, and summarize the year in the most chaotic way possible while Deadpool runs around in the background being a troll, because hello, Deadpool

Words: 9151, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts, Deadpool - All Media Types, Marvel, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy XV, Naruto, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, DCU, Young Justice - All Media Types, Smallville, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Legacy of the Force Series - Aaron Allston & Troy Denning & Karen Traviss, Star Wars Legends: New Jedi Order Series - Various Authors, Final Fantasy X, Gintama, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Ao no Exorcist | Blue Exorcist, Devil May Cry, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Supernatural, Bleach, Fairy Tail, ノラガミ | Noragami (Anime & Manga)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Deadpool, Squall Leonhart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Seifer Almasy, Quistis Trepe, Riku (Kingdom Hearts), Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Riku's Father (Kingdom Hearts), Golbez (Final Fantasy IV), Cecil Harvey, Rosa Joanna Farrell, Kuja (Final Fantasy IX), Zidane Tribal, Cloud Strife, Rosso the Crimson, Zack Fair, Terra (Kingdom Hearts), Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Anakin Solo, Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Bartz Klauser, Ignis Scientia, Gladiolus Amicitia, Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts), Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Roxas (Kingdom Hearts), Xion (Kingdom Hearts), Kon-El | Conner Kent, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Bart Allen, Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, Karatachi Yagura, Midoriya Izuku, Buffy Summers, Bakugou Katsuki, Angel (BtVS), Spike (BtVS), Kirishima Eijirou, Todoroki Shouto, Mara Jade, Jacen Solo | Darth Caedus, Jaina Solo, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano, Vergere (Star Wars), Kreia | Darth Traya, Rey (Star Wars), Tahiri Veila, Luke Skywalker, Sephiroth (Compilation of FFVII), Warrior (Final Fantasy I), Tidus (Final Fantasy X), Yuna (Final Fantasy X & X-2), Prompto Argentum, Celes Chere, Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII), Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX), Gabranth | Noah fon Ronsenburg, Genesis Rhapsodos, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Shinpachi, Kagura (Gintama), Leia Organa, Byakuran (Katekyou Hitman Reborn!), Okumura Rin, Okumura Yukio, Dante (Devil May Cry), Vergil (Devil May Cry), Harry Potter, Bobby Singer, Han Solo, Luke Castellan, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, Gaara (Naruto), Hibari Kyouya, Gray Fullbuster, Revan (Star Wars), Ben Skywalker, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Edward Elric, Pride (Selim Bradley), Zuko (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Yato (Noragami), Kurosaki Ichigo, Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts), Clark Kent, Lex Luthor

Relationships: Kairi & Riku & Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Wade Wilson & Anakin Solo, Squall Leonhart & Quistis Trepe, Golbez & Riku, Golbez & Cecil Harvey, Kuja & Zidane Tribal, Rosso the Crimson/Cloud Strife, Zack Fair & Cloud Strife, Terra (Kingdom Hearts) & Naruto, Gladiolus Amicitia & Prompto Argentum & Noctis Lucis Caelum & Ignis Scientia, Jason Grace & Leo Valdez, Jason Grace & Percy Jackson, Anakin Solo/Tahiri Veila, Anakin Solo & Jacen Solo, Sora & Vanitas & Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Roxas & Sora & Xion (Kingdom Hearts), Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Bart Allen & Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent & Cassie Sandsmark, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Hatake Kakashi & Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi & Uchiha Shisui, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki & Kirishima Eijirou, Ahsoka Tano & Darth Vader, Okumura Rin & Okumura Yukio, Dante & Vergil (Devil May Cry), Tidus/Yuna (Final Fantasy X & X-2), Yato (Noragami) & Zuko (Avatar), Aang & Zuko (Avatar), Clark Kent & Conner Kent & Lex Luthor, Kon-El | Conner Kent & Jacen Solo | Darth Caedus

Additional Tags: Breaking the Fourth Wall, Spoilers, This is more like Meet the Replacements than anything else tbh, Gender fluid Revan, Crossover, way too many characters, Everything is in little sections

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2V3EoEP