An Idiot's Guide to Ultimate Vossler - RIP Advantaliate Edition

Sorry for being so late (again) >.<

U Vossler is hard and has annoying target scores. Just like Beatrix.

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--General Statistics--

Vossler: ~224600 HP

Imperial Swordsman x2: ~50000 HP

• Resistance to all breaks

• No debuff vulnerabilites for Vossler

• Imperial Swordsmen are weak to every status BUT Petrify, Instant Death, Doom, and Berserk

Target scores

• Use Dispel (Banishing Strike does NOT count)
• Hit Vossler with Black Magic
• Afflict Imperial Swordsman with Slow

--Movepool--

Vossler

NOTE: Vossler starts off the battle by casting Reflect on himself (yes, again >.> ). Bring a reflect of your own if you are Mage Metaing!

-Normal (81%-100%)

• Attack: Two versions of this: One being stronger than the other. Still rather weak.

• Reflect: As a counter to Black Magic and is used normally. I think Vossler hates Black Mages too, which is weird since Ashe is a Black Mage... >.>

-Weak (61%-80%)

• Moves listed above, and Attack also gains a weak AoE form as well.

• Enrage: Grants self Haste. You definitely want to bring Dispel (or Banishing Raid), even if you don't care to master this battle.

• CT0-Double: Deals two consecutive Retaliate-ignoring physical attacks to the character with the highest HP (percentage wise) at the beginning of the attack. Very interesting attack and hurts quite a bit. Expect 1k+ with standard (Wall + Protectga + Power Breakdown) mitigation.

-Very Weak (41%-60%)

• Moves listed above.

• CT0-Triple: Same as the last CT0, only this one hits three times. Hurts a lot.

-Critical (0%-40%)

• Moves listed above.

• CT0-Quadruple: Vossler's Creme de la Creme. If do you get hit by this while your mitigation is down, say goodbye to that character.

NOTE: The HP marks are *very rough estimations. Will update as soon as AI is mined.

Imperial Swordsman:

• Aqua Hurricane: Deals heavy water magic attack to ALL targets. Just HAD to make someone use a Magic attack, didn't you, DeNA? asjhlfkajskflasdjfaskljfd

• Lunge: Deals physical damage to one target. Mild. You REALLY want them to use this attack.

• Tri Attack: Deals special normal damage and has a chance of paralyzing, burning, or freezing one target. Deals physical damage to one target with a chance of Slowing them. Slow is BAD in a fight where the main enemy Hastes himself. Get rid of the guards ASAP.

--Analysis--

At first sight, Vossler looks like a standard 3 target battle. Big deal.

Then, you see that the target scores, which can potentially mess up your team setup (especially bringing Slow for Mage teams >.> ).

Then, you see Vossler can give himself haste and that the Imperial Swordsmen can slow you.

Then, you see Vossler's CT0s are brutal.

Vossler is kind of like Beatrix's opposite. Both are physical, but Beatrix focuses on blitzing everyone to death, while Vossler tries to OHKO everyone one at a time. It's hard, but different than the Beatrix battle.

However, there is a strategy that can cheese Vossler with moderate success, which I will bring up later in the guide. :P

--Team Building--

RW Selection:

Nearly entirely physical. I would say that a Wall would suffice for the magic portion, so Magical mitigation isn't very important here.

Keep in mind that Galuf's Unyielding Fist is SPECTACULAR for this battle! Giving it to someone with max HP, Vossler will repeatly (and with no avail) strike that person down over and over again.

Please bring Advance at your discretion. Symptoms may include waste of stamina, rage, and extensive mythril abuse. This message is brought to you by u/AZYG4LYFE.

Recommended Priority levels: Unyielding Fist>SG=SS2>Lunatic High>Heroic Harmony>Princess's Favor>HotF>DEF buffing SBs>Everything else

Abilites:

White Magic: Curaga/Curaja, Renewing Cure, Protectga, Diaga, Reflect, Slowga

Typical stuff. Reflect is necessary for Mega Mage Meta so keep that in mind. You need to inflict an Imperial Swordsman with Slow (which sucks for Mage Meta), too.

Black Magic: Waterja, Blizzaja, Firaja, Thundaja, Bioga, Drainga, Flare, Meteor, Ruinga, Dispel

You're going to need Reflect if you're mage meta'ing, as Vossler starts off with Reflect. Dispel is necessary as a target score and the AoE is helpful (as it essentially triples in damage when all the targets are still alive).

Combat: Anything hard hitting, AoE attacks

Kill Vossler and his henchmen with fire! Or with just really painful hard hitting abilites!

Celerity: Anything hard hitting

Just like Combat, except no Lifesiphon

Support: Power Breakdown, Full Break

Use Full Break only if you got it honed to R2+. R1 Full Break is simply not enough to last through the entire fight. Pretty generic, although I left Defense/Mental Breakdown out because the Offensive Mitigations are pretty much essential to not being overwhelmed by the AoE attacks.

Thief: Steal Power

Very useful for your thieves, especially Vaan, who has RS. The mitigation is tremendously helpful as well.

Knight: Banishing Strike, Draw Fire

Banishing Strike is useful (and does decent damage) in dispelling Haste if you're not planning on mastering Vossler. Draw Fire helps keep the residual damage down and the Draw Firer will probably NEVER be hit by CT0 (unless you're using Tauntaliate).

Samurai: Retaliate

Retaliate, especially when combined with Draw Fire, works pretty well here due to the immense amounts of physical attacks. Do note that Advantaliate is pretty bad for this battle, so I would advise you not to bring it.

Summon: All 4* and 5* Summons

The AoE damage is bliss.

RMs:

Note: Don't forget to deequip Mana Spring II, Concentration II, etc. It might really screw you over

Magic buffing RMs: Devotion, Impetuous Youth, Ascendance, Rod Master, Archer Mage, Devil's Pact, Vow of Vengeance, Witch of Succession

Typical stuff. Recommend Vow of Vengeance the most obviously because ATK is almost completely useless on BMs. BE EXTREMELY WARY OF DEF LOWERING RMS. Will screw you to death if Vossler CT0-Quadraples that character.

Attack and Damage Buffing RMs: (too lazy to write them all. Besides, you know them :v)

Lots of goodies here for physical attackers. 2 RMs I would like to note is Dragoon's Determination and Self-Sacrifice. Incredible stat boosts. Dragoon's Determination and Freedom's Wish boost ATK, which is significantly better than the DMG boosting RMs (unless you hit the soft cap), so put them in priority (note that Freedom's Wish lowers DEF) :D

Do note that Pride of the Red Wings (Dark Knight Cecil's RM3) and Heroic Stance (Sephiroth's MC2 RM) are stronger than Self Sacrifice now, but lacks the DEF boost.

SB gauge RMs: Mako Might, Tyro's RM3 (Dr. Mog's Teaching)

Same old, Same old.

Basic Battle Strategies:

Start with blasting the Imperial Swordsmen to death with AoEs. YOU WANT THEM DEAD BEFORE THEY AOE AND SLOW EVERYONE TO DEATH!! Keep in mind that you need to Slow an Imperial Swordsman to fulfill a target score (which is incredibly annoying).

Then, uh, blast Vossler down lol. If you're bringing Unyielding Fist, use it on someone with max HP as soon as he reaches ~80% HP. The fight is not really that complicated; the only thing is that CT0-Triple and CT0-Quadruple are nasty little buggers. Make sure to kill Bossler Vossler as fast as you can when he's in the Critical Phase. CT0-Quadruples are incredibly painful.

Good luck! がんばろう!

Final Thoughts:

Overall, this is a very difficult battle. Vossler has some nasty target scores for both physical meta and mage meta (especially Slowing the Imperial Swordsmen for Mage Meta... grumbles grumbles). The biggest thing is CT0, which is Retaliate ignoring and hurts like a freaking train (no, Sabin, you can't suplex this one).

I would like to thank u/fattybomchacha for all the information on Vossler's stats and movepool! Also, a thanks to u/KnoxZone for proofreading my guide! Be sure to check kongbakpao's website for guides on entire events! :D

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-----An Idiot's Challenge-----

This is a new part of my guide. I'll issue a challenge and the first person who complete it will be able to name the edition of my next guide. In addition, the top ten people who completes the challenge will get to be on the Idiot's Hall of Fame, which will be located in my An Idiot's Collection to An Idiot's Guides. This will be changed to the top three people in subsequent challenges.

Here are some rules:

• You must provide complete video footage of the battle through Reddit's Private Message service, with the setup at the very end. Message topic must be in the following format: [An Idiot's Challenge - (name of challenge) - (Reddit name)]. No fancy movie magic (modifying the video)! Failing this rule will lead to an automatic disqualification!

• You must fulfill the challenge requirements (duh). Failing this rule will lead to an automatic disqualification!

• Attempting to plagiarize someone's completion of this challenge will lead to an automatic disqualification and a one-way sentence to the Challenge Blacklist!

• You do not have to master the battle, unless it is a part of the challenge.

• You are allowed to use Phoenix Down bonuses (Mythril revives).

This challenge is called "/u/AZYG4LYFE's Ultimatum"

• Beat U Vossler using the "Advantaliate strategy." You must bring Advance as a RW and Advance must be used on a character who has Retaliate in his movepool.

• Retaliator must provide 90% of the total damage dealt to Vossler and his Imperial Swordsmen (this means you can only do 32460 damage from other sources).

• You may bring a Wall relic. This includes Sentinel Grimoire and Stoneskin. Adjusted or otherwise no one would even bother attempting this.

• You may not use Unyielding Fist, either as a SB or a RW, in the battle.

• You have to master the battle.

Disclaimer: This challenge is at your own discretion! A massive loss of mythrils and stamina will be due to your own fault.