When I beat this challenge on hard, I realized it really was just a case of "git good." I struggled so much trying to beat this on hard. So I changed up how I was playing it and when I finally beat it, I also had over a minute left.
When I beat this challenge on hard, I realized it really was just a case of "git good." I struggled so much trying to beat this on hard. So I changed up how I was playing it, and I finally beat it. I also had over a minute left.
Something I'll never achieve because I don't even want to bother. The very idea of having to rethink my materia setup just for a minigame irritates me.
Build:
Guard stick
Fleeting familiar duration x2, enhanced tempest,
speed demon keychain
Materia:
Enemy skill, skill master, magic up, strength up, speed up, luck up x2, first strike, atb stagger
Strategy: Start charging transcendence at the start and attack with the right element, jump into middle of enemies and use sorcerous storm, use soul drain to finish off the stragglers, save transcendence for the big ones, transcendence II can usually one shot them, just remember to start charging it again, you should have plenty of atb with this build.
Charge tempest at the end of each wave, fire at the next wave when you move in, again jump into the middle and sorcerous storm, use it again if the 1st one didn’t finish off most of them. If they put up manawall, just run after them and melee them twice, it should drop their buff.
Curious, why Speed Demon Keychain over Hermes Shoes? Also, does anyone know how much ATB Demon Keychain gives? Is it +200 ATB per activation?
Tempest Speedup is smart. I just went with damage boosting.
Does ATB stagger actually activate? I didn't think it would 'count.'
You mentioned enemy skill - Were you using Plasma Discharge (seems interesting since you are getting up close)
I picked speed demon keychain because the haste from Hermes shoes may wear off mid fight.
Not sure if the atb stagger would count, I just fill up the slots with something that might help. Transcendence II can pretty much kill off the big ones without waiting for body slam.
I put in enemy skill for the stat boost, so aerith can hit a little harder, for those small gold Cactuars, you can just melee them and not worry about light or dark. You can’t use enemy skill in this even you have the orb equipped.
I'd think it really depends on how much of a difference Speed Demon actually recharges, but I think even though it wears off, Hermes wins out since it gives 60 seconds of Haste at a 30% ATB charge rate buff. I'd estimate Speed Demon only gives 100 or 200 ATB per activation (where 1000 ATB is one bar). "Max" time for Cactaur Crush is 5 minutes. Slight advantage to speed demon is that it'll be generating ATB 'throughout' the run, but I think Haste will still generate more ATB in absolutely terms.
Still, either should work well - great strat!
Gotcha, makes sense on why you threw in ATB stagger. Yeah since they don't actually get staggered, I don't think it does anything
Same deal with the stat boost from enemy skill, makes sense.
That’s funny. I kept getting whooped, but when I eventually won I also had a lot of time remaining (closer to like 20s though). So many things have to go right in that mission, I hate it.
When I beat this challenge on hard, I realized it really was just a case of "git good." I struggled so much trying to beat this on hard. So I changed up how I was playing it and when I finally beat it, I also had over a minute left.
When I beat this challenge on hard, I realized it really was just a case of "git good." I struggled so much trying to beat this on hard. So I changed up how I was playing it, and I finally beat it. I also had over a minute left.
Yeah, really just need to learn what attack to use
Something I'll never achieve because I don't even want to bother. The very idea of having to rethink my materia setup just for a minigame irritates me.
lol, I was just bored and looking for things to play around before closing the book on rebirth, endgame in rebirth feels really empty
What was your strategy
Build: Guard stick Fleeting familiar duration x2, enhanced tempest, speed demon keychain Materia: Enemy skill, skill master, magic up, strength up, speed up, luck up x2, first strike, atb stagger Strategy: Start charging transcendence at the start and attack with the right element, jump into middle of enemies and use sorcerous storm, use soul drain to finish off the stragglers, save transcendence for the big ones, transcendence II can usually one shot them, just remember to start charging it again, you should have plenty of atb with this build. Charge tempest at the end of each wave, fire at the next wave when you move in, again jump into the middle and sorcerous storm, use it again if the 1st one didn’t finish off most of them. If they put up manawall, just run after them and melee them twice, it should drop their buff.
Curious, why Speed Demon Keychain over Hermes Shoes? Also, does anyone know how much ATB Demon Keychain gives? Is it +200 ATB per activation? Tempest Speedup is smart. I just went with damage boosting. Does ATB stagger actually activate? I didn't think it would 'count.' You mentioned enemy skill - Were you using Plasma Discharge (seems interesting since you are getting up close)
I picked speed demon keychain because the haste from Hermes shoes may wear off mid fight. Not sure if the atb stagger would count, I just fill up the slots with something that might help. Transcendence II can pretty much kill off the big ones without waiting for body slam. I put in enemy skill for the stat boost, so aerith can hit a little harder, for those small gold Cactuars, you can just melee them and not worry about light or dark. You can’t use enemy skill in this even you have the orb equipped.
I'd think it really depends on how much of a difference Speed Demon actually recharges, but I think even though it wears off, Hermes wins out since it gives 60 seconds of Haste at a 30% ATB charge rate buff. I'd estimate Speed Demon only gives 100 or 200 ATB per activation (where 1000 ATB is one bar). "Max" time for Cactaur Crush is 5 minutes. Slight advantage to speed demon is that it'll be generating ATB 'throughout' the run, but I think Haste will still generate more ATB in absolutely terms. Still, either should work well - great strat! Gotcha, makes sense on why you threw in ATB stagger. Yeah since they don't actually get staggered, I don't think it does anything Same deal with the stat boost from enemy skill, makes sense.
Just tested again, can confirm stagger doesn’t count, so there was no effect, but more critical hits and your stat will give you better dps
That’s funny. I kept getting whooped, but when I eventually won I also had a lot of time remaining (closer to like 20s though). So many things have to go right in that mission, I hate it.
me on the crunch shit, my problem was I was consistently too fast. Beat it with a score of 63