Arena battle videos and discussion

[Otabo]

Just a test play team.

EDITED: Changed Slow Dance for Nameless.

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Snuff
Female
Serpentarius
40
40
Ninja
Punch Art
Abandon
Unyielding
Move +1

Platina Dagger
Platina Dagger
Cachusha
Black Costume
Feather Mantle


Revive, Secret Fist


Tuff
Male
Serpentarius
55
40
Thief
Item
Counter Flood
Throw Item

Orichalcum

Flash Hat
Black Costume
Magic Ring

Steal Heart, Steal Accessory, Steal Shield
Hi-Potion, Phoenix Down, Bandage

Puff
Female
Serpentarius
60
40
Samurai
Dance
Dragon Spirit
Magic Attack UP
Teleport

C Bag

Circlet
Platina Armor
108 Gems

Asura, Heaven's Cloud
Nameless Dance

Ruff
Male
Serpentarius
65
40
Lancer
Basic Skill
Speed Save
Defense Up
Jump +1

Oberisk
Venetian Shield
Platina Helmet
Carabini Mail
Battle Boots

Level Jump 5, Vert Jump 5
Heal, Wish, Yell

[Pride]

Updated slightly with the Slow Dance nerf.

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GirlKnight
Female
Serpentarius
60
52
Paladin
Dance
Speed Save
Concentrate
Move HP Up
Blood Sword
Genji Shield
Grand Helmet
Light Robe
Power Wrist

Consecration
Polka Polka

MagicGirl
Female
Serpentarius
50
70
Wizard
Ying-Yang Magic
Absorb Used MP
Equip Shield
Move MP Up
Wizard Rod
Kaiser Plate
Green Beret
Linen Robe
Vanish Mantle

Fire, Fire 2, Bolt, Bolt 2, Ice, Ice 2
Zombie, Blind, Paralyze, Life Drain

MagicGirl2
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Oracle
White Magic
Abandon
Equip Shield
Move MP Up
Wizard Rod
Aegis Shield
Green Beret
Linen Robe
Vanish Mantle

Zombie, Paralyze
Raise 2, Esuna

GuyThief
Male
Serpentarius
60
52
Thief
Item
Damage Split
Throw Item
Move HP Up
Sasuke Knife

Black Hood
Brigandine
Sprint Shoes

Steal Heart
Hi-Potion, Phoenix Down, Echo Grass, Holy Water

[Shade]

spoiler: Orange Company:2l1c6rnh

Palette: #2
Alternate: #1

Riou
Male
Leo
70
40
Mime













Nanami
Female
Libra
40
40
Samurai
Steal
Speed Save
Defense UP
Move +1
C Bag

Circlet
Platina Armor
Magic Gauntlet

Murasame, Bizen Boat
Steal Heart

Rina
Female
Gemini
40
40
Paladin
Dance
Damage Split
Magic Defend UP
Move-HP Up
H Bag
Genji Shield
Crystal Helmet
Genji Armor
Feather Boots


Last Dance

Eilie
Female
Aquarius
40
70
Priest
Steal
Counter Flood
Unyielding
Move-HP Up
C Bag

Flash Hat
Wizard Outfit
Magic Gauntlet

Raise, Raise 2, Esuna
Steal Heart

I'm officially ditching Slow Dance for Last Dance since it got nerfed to 20%, but the team still functions as intended with the weakened Slow Dance, so feel free to run it that way if you want to test.

Shade, you have three Blood Swords, and Blood Swords can't be Two Sworded.

Well you can have 3 pieces of equipment long as they are only with two guys.

Only two units can equip any individual item.

But you were right on two sworded blood sword that you can't equip two on one guy, so I fixed.

Guys my latest team is fixed.

Team Body Parts

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Red, or white

CF Hand
male
serpentarius
70
40
monk
charge
pa save
concentrate
jump +2



power sleeve
bracer

revive, chakra, stigma magic
cover fire

Bone Leg
male
serpentarius
40
40
knight
item
abandon
throw item
move-hp up
blood sword
escutcheon 2
crystal helmet
light robe
elf mantle

x-pot, bandage, holy water, maiden's kiss, pd, soft





Bloody Hand
male
Serpentarius
40
40
ninja
charge
arrow guard
concentrate
jump +2
platina dagger
platina dagger
black hood
brigandine
battle boots

kaiton, raiton, suiton
greased bolt, execution, seal evil, arm aim







CF Leg
male
serpentarius
70
40
monk
charge
pa save
concentrate
jump +2



power sleeve
bracer

revive, chakra, stigma magic
cover fire

[PX_Timefordeath]

Poisoned Wine

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Main Palette: 5
Second Palette: 2

Ivy
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Geomancer
Black Magic
Counter Flood
Defense Up
Move MP-Up
Crystal Shield
H Bag
Golden Hairpin
Earth Clothes
Chantage

Water Ball, Kamaitachi, Pitfall
Poison, Frog
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Oak
Male
Serpentarius
40
70
Thief
Talk Skill
Damage Split
Unyielding

Blood Sword

Green Beret
Black Costume
Elf Mantle

Steal Heart, Power Ruin
Blackmail, Insult, Mimic Daravon
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Rose
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Oracle
White Magic

Short Charge


Octagon Rod
Golden Hairpin
Chameleon Robe
Setiemson

Paralyze, Blind Rage, Sleep, Spell Absorb, Silence Song
Raise 2, Cure 2
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Powder
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Chemist
Summoner
MP Restore
Half of MP
Move MP-UP

Assassin Dagger
Green Beret
Black Costume
Magic Ring

X-Potion, Soft, Bandage
Moogle, Fairy, Silf, Odin

[pokeytax]

Here is a memory card with the fresh teams, if your computer comes as close to a nervous breakdown while processing FFMaster's spreadsheet as mine does.  I made a few minor tweaks to fix JP cap issues (and PX being too lazy to enter Brave/Faith, you slacker).

Maybe I will run a round robin or something, since I can run matches fine but not record well.

[Pride]

That's awesome pokeytax. I can't get the spreadsheet to work either and I was wanting to host some matches. I'll have several up today with that. Thank you.

[PX_Timefordeath]

I completely forgot to put in Fury/Faith

[CT5Holy]

Don't Act/Sleeping only

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Cut
Male
Gemini
70
40
Ninja
Charge
Speed Save
Defense UP
Move-HP UP
Hidden Knife
Hidden Knife
Black Hood
Brigandine
Chantage


Arm Aim, Execute

Boring
Female
Sagittarius
50
70
Priest
Talk Skill
Speed Save
Unyielding

Scorpion Tail

Golden Hairpin
Wizard Outfit
Magic Gauntlet

Raise 2, Esuna
Mimic Daravon, Blackmail, Praise

Copy
Male
Gemini
70
40
Mime

Paste
Male
Gemini
70
40
Bard
Item
Auto Potion
Defense UP
Move-HP UP
Fairy Harp

Black Hood
Brigandine
Chantage

Cheer Song
Hi-Potion, Phoenix Down

PX: Fixed that spoiler for you.

EDIT: small change in abilities

[Pride]

some battles

spoiler: Octabo vs. Skip Sandwhich:2ohv5a2l

spoiler: Mel vs. Squidgy:2ohv5a2l

spoiler: dinosaur vs. PX:2ohv5a2l

spoiler: Pride vs. Shade:2ohv5a2l

spoiler: Octabo vs. pokeytax:2ohv5a2l

[Barren]

Here's a team i like to use

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Pallete: 3
IP Man
Male
Libra
70
50
Monk
Item
PA Save
Attack UP
Move-HP Up


Power Sleeve
Battle Boots

Stigma Magic, Chakra
Phoenix Down


Double Slash
Male
Libra
40
50
Ninja
Steal
Abandon
Concentrate
Move-HP Up
Hidden Knife
Hidden Knife
Thief Hat
Secret Clothes
Vanish Mantle

Shuriken, Shinobi's Seal
Steal Heart


Isabella
Female
Aries
50
70
Priest
Time Magic
Absorb Used MP
Defense UP
Float
Wizard Staff

Flash Hat
White Robe
Angel Ring

Cure 3, Raise 2, Esuna
Haste, Slow, Stop


Winifred
Female
Aries
60
70
Geomancer
Item
Counter Flood
Throw Item
Move + 1
Rune Blade
Escutcheon II
Twist Headband
Power Sleeve
Dracula Mantle

All Elemental
X-Potion, Hi-Ether, Soft, Bandage, Phoenix Down

[pokeytax]

Halfway through; doing a best-of-three for each matchup.  I will post more analysis at the end.  A lot of very boring stalemates - if I could ban one ability it would be Move-HP Up.

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Counter-Terrorists 8-1
Orange Company     9-3
Grey Knights       9-3
Gruff n' Stuff     9-3
Zombie Pride       6-6
Body Parts         5-7  
Charwizard         4-11
Poisoned Wine      2-10
The Dark Mark II   2-10
 

Counter-Terrorists  
A very mundane team with solid fundamentals.  You can do well without exploiting broken garbage!
Orange Company    
Hilariously broken 70% Charm offensive, but next to no sandbag power.
Grey Knights        
Bussard is easily tournament MVP and his backup is pretty meaty too.
Otabo      
Secret Fist, Steal Heart, and Nameless Dance is enough status.  Without 20% of the population wearing an Angel Ring, Death Sentence is very strong.
Pride        
Has fought some long stalemates where Polka Polka found use.  Offed Bussard in a classic brawl with Zombie/Raise 2.
Body Parts              
Quite effective Cover Fire with the glass cannon Monks, but pretty much kaput if they go down.
dinosaur          
Tends to split up, get divided and conquered.  Pretty reasonable damage even against 40 Faith, though.
Poisoned Wine
Zero offense. Basically nip away with status and hope the other team dies of poison.
The Dark Mark II  
Love the concept, the teleporting Draw Out gives me Elmdor flashbacks, but Fire weakness is a horrible vulnerability.

[Pride]

70% charm is bullshit

[Otabo]

Yeah, seriously. That is ridiculous.

Anywho, I'm scrapping that team for another one. Gonna do some testing with it before I post it, though.

[FFMaster]

Heh, yeah, I'll pull some numbers out in the thread, and discuss balance there, so this thread isn't as clogged up.

[Eternal]

Behold, the Warriors of Might! Not to be confused with the Warriors of Light. They're doomed.

Eternal248
Team Order: 1, 3, 2, 4
Palette: 1, 2

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Shantotto
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Scholar
Item
MA Save
Short Charge

Rune Blade

Holy Miter
Wizard Robe
Magic Gauntlet

Lore:
Bio2
Tornado

Item:
Hi-Ether

Lemina
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Scholar
Item
MA Save
Short Charge

Rune Blade

Holy Miter
Wizard Robe
Magic Gauntlet

Lore:
Bio2
Tornado

Item:
Hi-Ether

Aire
Female
Serpentarius
70
40
Monk

Abandon
Two Swords
Move +1



Power Sleeve
Salty Rage


Celes
Female
Serpentarius
70
40
Paladin

Abandon
Concentrate
Move +1
Defender

Barbuta
Carabini Mail
Salty Rage

[Melancthon]

Yeah, I think I'm done screwing around with undead.  Love the Cursed Ring, but the elemental weaknesses and the coin-flip re-raise are just too risky for my blood.  I still think the team is viable, it would just need a drastic overhaul.  The Time Mages should not have Haste, the support unit needs a complete re-build, and the Bard needs to be forced to sing, even if it means throwing him out there weaponless and without a secondary.  I would have given him Move-1 if I could.

I'll have a new team later today probably, thanks for the matches!

[Shade]

And the test is done, so martial arts does not boost cover fire.
by calculations their minium damage should been around 130(againts 70 fury). At max 390, it was good thing that it wasn't.

Academy Team
Colors brown and green

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Male Student
male
Serpentarius
70
40
Squire
punch art
pa save
martial arts
Movement

genji shield
twist headband
power sleeve
bracer

accumulate
stigma magic, chakra, revive, wave fist, repeating fist




Female Student
female
serpentarius
40
40
squire
draw out
meatbone slash
ma up

rune blade
aegis shield
holy miter
linen robe
magic gauntlet

ultima, wish, heal
masamune, muramasa




Male Teacher
male
Serpentarius
70
40
Squire
punch art
pa save
martial arts
Movement

genji shield
twist headband
power sleeve
bracer

accumulate
stigma magic, chakra, revive, wave fist, repeating fist



Female Teacher
female
serpentarius
40
40
squire
draw out
meatbone slash
ma up

rune blade
aegis shield
holy miter
linen robe
magic gauntlet

ultima, wish, heal
masamune, muramasa

[pokeytax]

Yeah, I think I'm done screwing around with undead.  Love the Cursed Ring, but the elemental weaknesses and the coin-flip re-raise are just too risky for my blood.  I still think the team is viable, it would just need a drastic overhaul.  The Time Mages should not have Haste, the support unit needs a complete re-build, and the Bard needs to be forced to sing, even if it means throwing him out there weaponless and without a secondary.  I would have given him Move-1 if I could.

I'll have a new team later today probably, thanks for the matches!

For what it's worth I loved your team, but the two support units were ludicrously ineffectual and the Undead Ring is not ready for primetime. (Maybe with a Flame Shield... no.)

[FFMaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORCRRX-ixnY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9VV08hdH9s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxL5R4oYhzA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kAyZo-VZpE

[Barren]

The only thing i forgot to add was the palette. so I choose palettes 3 and 5 here's my team again:

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Palette: 3
Alternative: 5
IP Man
Male
Libra
70
50
Monk
Item
PA Save
Attack UP
Move-HP Up


Power Sleeve
Battle Boots

Stigma Magic, Chakra
Phoenix Down


Double Slash
Male
Libra
40
50
Ninja
Steal
Abandon
Concentrate
Move-HP Up
Hidden Knife
Hidden Knife
Thief Hat
Secret Clothes
Vanish Mantle

Shuriken, Shinobi's Seal
Steal Heart


Isabella
Female
Aries
50
70
Priest
Time Magic
Absorb Used MP
Defense UP
Float
Wizard Staff

Flash Hat
White Robe
Angel Ring

Cure 3, Raise 2, Esuna
Haste, Slow, Stop


Winifred
Female
Aries
60
70
Geomancer
Item
Counter Flood
Throw Item
Move + 1
Rune Blade
Escutcheon II
Twist Headband
Power Sleeve
Dracula Mantle

All Elemental
X-Potion, Hi-Ether, Soft, Bandage, Phoenix Down