GL DFFOO : DtD 〜The Battles’ End〜 Nyx VII
Hoo boi we finally got to the end of Nyx now, that means only about a month left of this game’s life. I’m really gonna miss the game :(
And I just realised that we never got Safer Sephiroth fight in a SHINRYU mode ! That means no copy-pasting the vid descriptions for once lol so let’s just get to it shall we ?
So the fight has 2 phases to it bc Sephiroth will heal to about half his full HP upon reaching 10% HP threshold. Keep this in mind.
First phase HP thresholds are :
100% : casts Wall (what are you, Selphie ??), gaining Brv and 2 Silver Buffs with no durations that reduces Brv and HP dmg taken.
90% : cleanses all debuffs on himself (silvers included), and inflict some unframed debuffs on our party. The debuffs imo are no biggie to warrant bringing debuff immunity / evasion units, though..
70% : HP gate beyond this point. Will harden defenses (Blue aura), gaining Brv, immunity to breaks, and massively reducing Brv dmg he takes. To cancel this state, inflict crit Brv dmg.
50% : uses Wall again (see effect at 100%)
30% : combined effect of the 90% and 70% HP thresholds.
10% : HP gate beyond this point. Light Shines In, healing HP to 49%, and cleanses all debuffs including Silvers. Thus entering phase 2 of the fight.
Phase 2 HP thresholds are :
30% : uses Heartless Angel+++, guaranteed HP dmg that reduces all party member’s HP to 1%, but won’t KO. This counts as HP dmg so keep in mind for the HP requirement.
10% : second Heartless Angel+++. This is more dangerous bc you could accidentally kill him before healing your party members enough.
Enemy force gauge only has one effect the entire fight, which lowers our party’s Atk and Def.
Enemy Force Ability differs depending on total number of buffs our party has :
12 or more : uses Pale Horse+, an AoE Brv + HP atk
less than 12 : Pale Horse++, guaranteed hit AoE Brv + HP atk, dispeling all buffs, Silvers included.
Enemy FT will then be up for Seph’s next 20 turns so you’d wanna cancel it if it happens, bc he’ll recover 100% HP dmg inflicted during this time.
To cancel, deal Brv dmg while granting buffs to the party. So it can be Zack (as suggested in the tips section), but also WoL, Noctis, Rosa, and Deuce.
Those are the ones able to cancel enemy FT if I’m not mistaken, but feel free to correct me if there are others I might’ve missed.
Bad news though I’ve used most of the recent updated units in the lower tiers lmaaoooo but Doot is still available so here she comes lol. She can charge the gauge, heal the party, and battery them. Her damage ain’t that bad as well after her latest update !
Leo for ST support, and even though Seph cleanses debuffs regularly, he can still hold his own honestly lol. He can even be a bit more flexible as shown towards the end bc I did not want Seph to die before I could heal lol. With his debuff gone, he could adjust his damage accordingly so his follow up won’t activate, bc it hits quite hard imo lol
Lastly Cissnei for the constant followups she offers, and the crit party aura to help deal with the blue aura. Her damage is SO GOOD now that she even shines in ST fight like this, not just AoE !
Welp, that’s 14/21 DtD stages done, and we’re at the tail end of January so Happy 6th and the last Anniversary DFFOO ! Thanks for the memories and fun times ! Here’s to one last great month with you :]