Transcendence Tier 9

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White Crystal Suggestions: Vincent, Relm, Porom, Seymour, Guy, Serah

Orb Suggestions: Vincent, Relm, Seymour, Serah, Kadaj

• This orb will kill you upon exploding

Fight mechanics:

• 50T to get through 40M HP (2x 20M HP)

• BRV damage is reduced by up to 50% throughout the fight.

• BRV gains are reduced by up to 90% throughout the fight.

General Team Themes to counter the stage:

• Vincent the synergy stomp with at least someone to keep him alive. Less of an issue if he has BT+

• Guy or Lenna and strong damage dealers to meet crystal color and ignore orb

• It's a Lufenia level fight, nothing too dangerous if you decide to damage race

Boss abilities to watch out for:

• Supplication for Grace: Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD, and Enfeeblement Up buffs to it's party

• Erdgeist's Power: BRV gain (if under iBRV), AoE BRV + Split HP attack. Inflicts Turn Rate and mBRV Down

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Green Crystal Suggestions: Sephiroth, Xande

• Also Galuf, Terra, CoD, Celes but they might be in a previous Tier

Fight mechanics:

• 50T fight, 40M HP (2x 40M HP)

  • This orb will kill you upon exploding

• BRV damage is reduced by up to 50% throughout the fight (at thresholds, they reduce BRV damage by 250% until they're broken).

• BRV gains are reduced by up to 70% throughout the fight.

General Team Themes to counter the stage:

• Sephiroth handles the mechanics and orb comfortably but another unit or 2 can help ensure safety while damage racing

• Bring 100% gravity or insta break units (You can find a list of them on our Roles page)

• Might be a little tricky to race if you can't instant break the bears often (e.g. Sephiroth EX isn't up in time) but if you have Cait LD effect or Snow BT effect up, you can BRV gain your way to reliable HP DMG without needing to BREAK the bears. Just make sure to not let them take a turn without BREAKing them after their BRV gain!

Boss abilities to watch out for:

• When either hits 79%, 59%, 29% & 19%: both bears delay themselves, gain BRV until their max and reduce BRV DMG by 250% until Broken. Only happens 4 times in the fight total.

  • They will use Spear Shot+ if not broken on their next turn: removes target's buffs, reduce target's BRV by 60%, BRV + HP. Ignores HP DMG Mitigation. BRV gain. Inflicts Puncture Wound - Can't gain or steal BRV.

  • They will use Spear Shot if broken on their next turn: Recover from BREAK, reduce target's BRV by 60%, BRV + HP, ignores HP DMG Mitigation. BRV gain.

• Wild Breath: Delays target 2T.

• Brio Shot: AoE BRV + Split HP. Inflicts Poison Wound - DEF Down & 10% mHP Poison. Guaranteed hit.

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Fight mechanics:

• 100T fight with 120M HP (2 x 60M HP)

• BRV damage is reduced by up to 50% throughout the fight.

• BRV gain is reduced by up to 70% throughout the fight.

Fight Timeline:

• 89% - Remove 5 debuffs. Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD and BRV DMG Up buffs to self. Grants 1M BRV shield to self.

• 69% - Grants 1M BRV shield to self.

• 59% - Remove 5 debuffs. Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD and BRV DMG Up buffs to self.

• 49% - Remove 5 debuffs. Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD and BRV DMG Up buffs to self. Grants 1M BRV shield to self.

• 29% - Remove 5 debuffs. Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD and BRV DMG Up buffs to self. Grants 1M BRV shield to self.

• 19% - Remove 5 debuffs. Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD and BRV DMG Up buffs to self.

• 9% - Remove 5 debuffs. Grants iBRV, ATK, DEF, SPD and BRV DMG Up buffs to self. Grants 1M BRV shield to self.

• Above 60% or 30% are the best times to setup BT or summon phase as triggering the thresholds' cleanse and buffs will NOT tick down the orb during these phases making it very comfy for orb purposes.

Scary boss attacks:

• Ice Blow (Recast): Recover from BREAK, BRV gain, AoE Ice BRVs + Split HP attack. Guaranteed Hit. Gains Physical and BRV DMG reductions for 5T (anyone's turn passing counts).

• Lightning Kick: Recover from BREAK, BRV gain, AoE Thunder BRVs + Split HP attack.

• Windburst: BRV gain, Wind BRV attack. Guaranteed hit.

General Team Themes to counter the stage:

• "Several actions will play in sequence. It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to engage these actions in their entirety."

• This fight is LONG. Don't get impatient or lose focus; it is very easy to lose because you forgot to mitigate for a big attack or the orb goes off from their cleanse or you get broken and die from unlucky turn rate.

• If you want to bring debuffing calls, use them after they perform their cleanse since doing it right before their cleanse will make you feel really sad.