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[logus]

reposting team since I fixed some things here and there:

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Name: Chou
Gender: Male
Zodiac: Leo
Fury: 70
Faith: 50
Primary Class: Paladin(250)
Secondary:Basic Skill
Reaction: Damage Split(850)
Support: Defense Up (650)
Movement: Move-HP Up (750)
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Right Hand:Blood Sword
Left Hand: Genji Shield
Head: Crystal Helmet
Body: Maximillian
Accessory: Chantage

Primary abilities known: Iron Will(200)
Secondary abilities known:Wish, Yell(300)
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Name: Krobelus
Gender:Female
Zodiac:Aquarius
Fury:40
Faith:40
Primary Class:Mediator(250)
Secondary: Draw Out(250)
Reaction: Abandon (650)
Support: Equip Shield (200)
Movement: Move-HP Up(750)
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Right Hand:Main Gauche
Left Hand: Aegis Shield
Head: Green Beret
Body: Black Costume
Accessory:Vanish Mantle
Primary abilities known: Threaten,Mimic Daravon(400)
Secondary abilities known: Kiyomori,Masamune(400)
2900


Name: Sylvana
Gender:Female
Zodiac:Gemini
Fury:40
Faith:70
Primary Class:Oracle(250)
Secondary: White Magic(250)
Reaction:Regenerator (350)
Support:Magic Defense Up (400)
Movement:Move-MP Up (270)
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Right Hand:H Bag
Left Hand:
Head: Green Beret
Body: Judo Outfit
Accessory:Chantage

Primary abilities known: Paralyze(100), Life Drain (200)
Secondary abilities known: Protect2, Raise2, Esuna(980)
2800


Name: Chen
Gender: Male
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Fury: 70
Faith: 50
Primary Class: Thief(250)

Secondary: Basic Skill

Reaction: Damage Split(850)
Support:Defense UP (650)
Movement:
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Right Hand:Sasuke Knife
Left Hand:
Head: Thief Hat
Body: Secret Clothes
Accessory: Sprint Shoes

Primary abilities known: Power Ruin, Steal Weapon(700)
Secondary abilities known: Cheer Up, Heal, Wish, Yell(550)

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edit: fixed to the new format, and some small edits.

[FFMaster]

Skip, I suggest you have a way to remove Petrify other than Stigma Magic. I randomed 3 maps already, and in all 3, your Bard couldn't heal 1 or both of the Stone Gunners.

[Barren]

Re-posting Team with some edits

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Name: Valor
Gender: Male
Zodiac: Aquairus
Fury: 65
Faith: 50
Primary Class: Paladin (250)
Primary abilities known: Nurse (200), Transfusion (400), Iron Will (200)
Secondary: Chemist (250)
Second abilities known: X-Potion (200), Ether (100), Phoenix Down (100)
Reaction: Counter (300)
Support: Defense UP (650)
Movement: Move MP Up (270)
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Both Hands: Defender

Head: Crystal Helm
Body: Genji Armor
Accessory: Feather Mantle
Total JP Used: 2920

Name: Drift
Gender: Male
Zodiac: Gemini
Fury: 65
Faith: 50
Primary Class: Archer (250)
Primary abilities known: Arm Aim (300) Cover Fire (300)
Secondary: Steal (250)
Second abilities known: Steal Heart (120)
Reaction: Meatbone Slash (450)
Support: Concentarte (450)
Movement: Move HP Up (750)
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Both Hands: Long Bow

Head: Black Hood
Body: Brigandine
Accessory: Angel Ring
Total JP Used: 2870


Name: Cruelty
Gender: Male
Zodiac: Aries
Fury: 60
Faith: 50
Primary Class: Ninja (250)
Primary abilities known: Shuriken (150), Shadow Strike (200), Shinobi's Seal (200)
Secondary: Elemental (250)
Second abilities known: All Elemental (600)
Reaction: Counter Flood (250)
Support: Attack UP (400)
Movement: Move HP Up (500)
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Right Hand: Ninja Knife
Left Hand: Ninja Edge
Head: Flash Hat
Body: Judo Outfit
Accessory: Sprint Shoes
Total JP Used: 2800

Name: Twitch
Gender: Female
Zodiac: Libra
Fury: 50
Faith: 70
Primary Class: Priest (250)
Primary abilities known: Cure 2 (150), Raise (150), Protect (70), Esuna (280)
Secondary: Time Magic (250)
Second abilities known: Haste (80), Slow (80), Don't Move (80)
Reaction: HP Restore (650)
Support: Defense UP (650)
Movement: Move MP Up (270)
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Right Hand: Wizard Staff
Left Hand: (none)
Head: Flash Hat
Body: Wizard Outfit
Accessory: Chantage
Total JP Used: 2960

[Melancthon]

Pride, do you remember who won the match that wouldn't load?  I love the IDEA of my team, but I still don't know if it actually, you know, works.

[Pride]

Logus won with.... 3 of his members up iirc. It was a 20 minute battle >_>

[Skip Sandwich]

Okay, re-posting team "A Failure to Communicate", my bard now has Soft and Phoenix Down instead of Stigma Magic and Revive (lost last song as well), as well as Auto-Potion subbed for HP Restore, this should resolve the vert tolerance issue that FFMaster was reporting.

spoiler: "A Failure to Communitcate":5ozdeox6

"A Failure to Comunicate"

Thompson
Male
70
40
Serpentarius
Mediator



Speed Save
Attack UP
Move HP UP

Stone Gun

Green Beret
Brigadine
Salty Rage

Jp list: 750 for jobs (Mediator, Archer, Geomancer), 0 for abilities, 600 for Speed Save, 400 for Attack UP, 500 for Move HP UP
Total: 2250jp

Chopper
Male
70
40
Serpentarius
Mediator



Speed Save
Attack UP
Move HP UP

Stone Gun

Green Beret
Brigadine
Salty Rage

Jp list: 750 for jobs (Mediator, Archer, Geomancer), 0 for abilities, 600 for Speed Save, 400 for Attack UP, 500 for Move HP UP
Total: 2250jp

Sniper
Male
70
40
Serpentarius
Mime


Kettle
Male
70
40
Serpentarius
Bard
Life Song
Chemist
Soft, Phoenix Down
Auto Potion
Equip Armor
Fly

Fairy Harp

Grand Helmet
Reflect Mail
Angel Ring

Jp list: 750 for jobs (Bard, Chemist, Paladin), 920 for abilities, 400 for HP Restore, 600 for Equip Armor, 300 for Fly
Total: 2990jp

[PX_Timefordeath]

spoiler: Banquet of the Demigods:ax2qlp5h

Hercules
 Male
Serpentarius
70
55
Paladin

Abandon
Attack Up
Teleport
Defender

Barbuta
Carbini Mail
Salty Rage

CuChulainn
Male
Serpentarius
70
55
Lancer
Item
Arrow Guard
Concentrate
Ignore Height
Dragon Whisker
Genji Shield
Barbuta
Carbini Mail
Bracer
Level 3
X-Potion, Phoenix Down, Soft, Bandage

Achilles
Male
Serpentarius
70
55
Monk

Abandon
Two Swords
Teleport



Power Sleeve
Salty Rage

Helen
Female
Serpentarius
40
70
Priest
Time Magic
Regenerator
Short Charge
Teleport
Wizard Staff

Flash Hat
White Robe
Magic Ring
Raise2, Esuna
Haste

[Xifanie]

spoiler: Super Rack Team:i44w98x0

Palettes: 6/3

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Otaku
Female
Aquarius
40
40
Geomancer
Lore
Damage Split
Defense Up
Move-HP Up
Rune Blade
Venetian Shield
Black Hood
Black Costume
Small Mantle

Elemental: All Geomancy
Lore: Mad Science, Bio

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Weeaboo
Female
Capricorn
40
40
Samurai

Dragon Spirit
Two Hands
Move-HP Up
Murasame

Crystal Helmet
Platina Armor
Red Shoes

Draw Out: Bizen Boat, Kiyomori, Masamune

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Wapanese
Female
Taurus
40
40
Monk
Steal
HP Restore
Defense Up
Jump +1

H Bag

Judo Outfit
Jade Armlet

Punch Art: Spin Fist, Stigma Magic, Chakra, Revive
Steal: Power Ruin

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Japanophile
Female
Virgo
40
70
Scholar
White Magic
Damage Split
Magic Def. Up
Move-MP Up
Ivory Rod

Golden Hairpin
Robe of Lords
Vanish Mantle

Lore: Natural Selection
White Magic: Raise, Protect 2, Shell 2

[FFMaster]

Also, I've updated the first post with the new format for units.

[logus]

eh, guess you missed my team update just a few posts above. I improved the samurai (turned it into an oracle, dropped abandon, etc), changed the order (avoiding thief rush in large maps) and fixed knight (def up 40 fa right gears).

Gotta say though, once the ninja crystallized, it was just a matter of time until procs turned to my favor. My team can't kill itself, and with ninja dead, knight stripped ( and power ruin'd once, I think), there was no way the team would die. But charm was incredibly effective at gaining time

[Barren]

yea i have to agree. but it was a good fight i did put up. even though it was 4 on 3 the whole time. my sandbag power wasn't able to overcome the odds. good job logus gg

[Skip Sandwich]

I like to think that this fight started out as a perfectly normal trade negotiation, then things started getting a little heated over tax rates on grain imports, and THEN zodiac's samurai grievously insulted Thomson and Chopper's mother

[logus]

heh, but they aren't still exactly good with guns eh? berserk with ranged weapon does that to you...

I found it weird how the bard took so long to soft the second mediator... yes, the mime did need the support, but the second mediator would make such a large difference. It was a 3x4 most of the time, and yet skip's team was winning. In a small map. Seems like zodiac lacked decent disables or massive damage to gain an edge... using elemental is nice, but 25% wasn't anywhere near needed. And, to use kiyo, you need other disables, since it seems that without them AI will just keep doing kiyo as it's best disable, and kiyo alone does not work, as the opposing team is still free to pound you.

[Skip Sandwich]

@logus
it may have been 3x4 for most of the fight, but stacking Berserk and Attack UP with the right equipment set up is enough to simply overwhelm all but the most devoted defenses. To be fair though, the oddities of berserk AI means that you're going to get a lot wasted shots with ranged weapons, but those shots that hit, HURT. Also, I lol'd when my other mediator got shot in the back of the head with a critical for 348 damage

[PX_Timefordeath]

The 2nd fight was a great battle.

[Barren]

WOW! those berserk units for freaking beasts!! berserk dual wield monk + berserk paladin for the win!! That was a slaughter house!

[logus]

wasn't berserk supposed to also increase receiving damage by 50%? just tested against px's team, and it's not. thief was doing the same damage to lancer and monk.

[Kaz]

requests?

[Xifanie]

BEHOLD MA POWAS

PS: screw my last suckass team
PPS: Changed Vanish Mantle to Feather Mantle because the initial Innocent really kills me.
PPPS: And faith, and my archer's secondary

spoiler: Team Sexy:1hrme237

Pussy
Female
Pisces
40
70
Oracle
White Magic
Abandon
Defense Up

Octagon Rod

Golden Hairpin
Brigandine
Feather Mantle
Blind, Spell Absorb, Zombie, Silence Song, Paralyze, Sleep
Raise 2, Reraise, Esuna



Wand
Male
Virgo
70
45
Paladin
Punch Art
PA Save
Martial Arts
Move-HP Up
Ancient Sword
Venetian Shield
Grand Helmet
Light Robe
Battle Boots
Repeating Fist, Stigma Magic, Chakra, Revive



Banana
Male
Virgo
70
45
Archer
Item
Speed Save
Equip Armor
Fly
Mythril Bow

Grand Helmet
Maximillian
Angel Ring
Arm Aim, Seal Evil
Hi-Potion, Antidote, Phoenix Down



Deep Cave
Female
Pisces
70
67
Samurai
Item
MA Save
Throw Item

C Bag

Circlet
Maximillian
Red Shoes
Murasame, Kikuichimonji, Masamune
Hi-Potion, X-Potion, Hi-Ether, Soft, Bandages, Phoenix Down

[FFMaster]

spoiler: Team average:3i21m4r1

Palettes: 3,4

Hippy
Female
Cancer
40
60
Geomancer
Chivalry
Counter Flood
Magic Att. Up
Move-HP Up
Rune Blade
Genji Shield
Flash Hat
Black Costume
108 Gems
All geomancy
Consecration


Blood Knight
Male
Serpentarius
70
70
Paladin
Yin Yang Magic
Counter
Concentrate
Move-MP Up
Blood Sword
Flame Shield
Cross Helmet
Genji Armor
Bracer
Consecration, Transfusion
Blind, Spell Absorb, Paralyze


Double HC
Female
Pisces
40
60
Samurai
Item
Critical Quick
Magic Att. Up
Float
C Bag

Circlet
Platina Armor
Red Shoes
Asura
Hi-Potion, Holy Water, Phoenix Down


OutRiched
Female
Scorpio
40
70
Summoner
Time Magic
Abandon
Short Charge
Float
Wizard Rod

Golden Hairpin
Black Costume
Red Shoes
Fairy, Lich
Haste