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An Idiot's Guide to Ultimate Adel - The /u/fattybomchacha Edition

Guide/Analysis

This is going to be a new thing I'm doing: Posting the guide after the AI thread is released so I can assist you guys better.

In other words, I procrastinated too much and need an excuse :v

But Adel is piece of cake. I think personally she's easier than Maduin U. Which is honestly, kind of sad...

Stat Overview

BossAdel (Ultimate)
HP288337
Elemental WeaknessesNone
Elemental ResistsNone
Elemental ImmunitiesNone
Break ResistancesAll
Break ImmunitiesNone
Status VulnerabilitiesStun

Target Scores:

  • Defeat Adel (Ultimate) before she uses Ultima four times.

  • Defeat Adel (Ultimate) before she uses Meteor three times.

  • Use Magic Breakdown on Adel.

Movepool:

Note: Adel is completely magical. So throw away your physical mitigation and hoard up anything that boosts RES! [Disclaimer: Don't throw away your physical mitigation. You might need it later.]

Counter to Black/White Magic:

  • Drain: Deals dark magic damage to one target, while healing the caster. [30% proc rate] Not too bad. If you are lucky and own a runic, use it and enjoy free hones :P

Adel (Ultimate) - Normal [71-100%]:

  • Shell: Always used on the first turn (unless she gets Reflect up, which is mind-boggling how she even got it in the first place). If you run Mages, Dispel. Otherwise, ignore it.

  • Fira/Blizzara/Thundara: Does moderate elemental damage to all targets. AoE is annoying, but damage is mild. Just keep magic mitigation up and you should be fine.

  • Energy Bomber: Deals NAT non-elemental magical damage to one target. Her most common attack. Thankfully, it sucks :v

  • Drain: Same as the counter, aka wimpy.

70 and 40% interrupts:

  • Shell: Once again, Dispel if you care or ignore it if you don't. That simple.

Adel (Ultimate) - Weak [41-70%]:

  • Ultima: Deals very heavy non-elemental magical damage to all targets. Has a significantly longer cast time than her other spells and has a warning notification. If you are one of the lucky bastards people with Dreamstage, here's your chance to sign.

  • Quake: Deals moderate magical earth damage to all targets. She spams this move like wildfire in this phase. As such, magical mitigation is a must for this phase.

  • Flare: Deals very heavy non-elemental magical damage to one target. Same nuke as Bahamut SIN's. However, this is Adel and not Bahamut SIN, making this attack 10 times less annoying.

  • Retains Energy Bomber and Drain from before, but significantly rarer.

Adel (Ultimate) - Very Weak [0-40%]

  • Has a semi-fixed turn pattern as follows: Ultima, random, random, Meteor, random, repeat

  • Ultima: Like usual. Only used during its fixed location in the turn pattern.

  • Meteor: Deals heavy non-elemental magical damage to all targets. Weaker than Ultima, but has a faster cast time (and no warning). You'll be fine with good magic mitigation, though. Like Ultima, it is only used in that one specific location in Adel's turn pattern.

  • Flare: Same, but she does gain 29 MAG during this phase. Aka, you won't see a difference.

  • Holy: Deals very heavy holy magical damage to one target. Targets character with the lowest HP. Although, a bit rare (24%), this can easily kill anyone at low HP. Keep everyone's HP high at all costs!

  • Drain: snore

*The percentages are NOT rough estimates. Data has already been mined :P **

Analysis:

A simple, nice fun Magic battle. Adel is simple, but can be overwhelming if you lack good RES. As such, it'll be best for you to try and rush her down as fast as possible. Simple and fun. Need I say more?

Teambuilding

RW selection:

Usual RW selection here. Adel is completely magical, so plan accordingly. Do note that Quistis' new Mighty Guard (VIII) trumps Sazh's ancient Boon; be sure to purge your RW list! (I mean no harm to Boon owners. Rip your Gil allowance)

Note that Runic and Grand Cross can absorb Adel's Drains if you plan to Mage Meta, which will help a lot. But note that her AoE damage hurts, so decide with caution.

SG=SS2>Hastega>Medicas

Abilities:

Complete DPS check. While Bahamut SIN was more focused on AoE damage, Adel is purely a kill-or-be-killed situation. One can argue that she's even simpler than U Exdeath. Honestly, just bring anything that has a good multiplier and does nice damage. Remember Mitigation and especially MAGIC BREAKDOWN, which is required as a target score. Simple, simple stuff.

And Dispel or Carbuncle might be useful for certain people, but most will be fine without.

RMs:

Once again, very standard. Remember to be careful of RES lowering RMs due to, well, it lowering your resistance :P (DEF lowering RMs are completely fine, since she does nothing that is based off of ATK)

Remember to remove your "ability spring" RMs (Concentration, Moon's Grace etc.). They literally do nothing in battles with one level besides wasting a RM slot on your characters.

Recommended Team:

Any team that has a nice DPS is good; no "Turtle or Tank" builds. Do note for Mage Meta, you might wanna bring Dispel to shatter Adel's Shells. (For Mage Meta, you might also want to keep the Shell on, to prepare you for the horrors of Ultimate+'s 2k+ RES.)

Basic Battle Strategies:

Burst, burst, burst. Simple as that. All Adel is a massive damage truck. Even the target scores emphasize on trying to kill her before she overwhelms you with powerful magic. And that's really it, honestly. Keep your magic mitigation up, and keep hammering her over and over again.

Good luck! がんばろう!

Final Thoughts:

This boss can be easier than Maduin. She's just so simple; nothing but a DPS rush. At least Maduin had a nice gimmick. That being said, Adel's RES with Shell is the highest we've seen on a U boss (unless you Shell a U boss yourself, which is beyond the ordinary levels of stupidity). So. It's simple. And easy. And should be fun. And enjoy. This will likely be the easiest U boss for a long time. Some will be easy, but never as easy as Adel.

Thanks to the Discord Chat (/u/scytherman96, u/themattybee, u/Palisy, u/sorryidontexist) for proofreading the guide! I would like to thank u/fattybomchacha for all the information on Adel's stats and movepool! Be sure to check kongbakpao's website for guides on all events! :D

An Idiot's Challenge

The top five 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.

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. 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 "The Sorceress' Apprentice"!

  • Master the battle!

  • You may not use any attacks that are based off of ATK, besides Magic Breakdown. Furthermore, you may only use up to 8 uses of Magic Breakdown.

  • You may not exceed 20,000 damage with ATK-based attacks, abilites, SBs, SSBs, BSSBs, Burst Commands and RWs. I am primarily talking about Magic Breakdown.

Bahamut SIN Challenge - "The Advent of SINful Children**

  1. [Gold] - u/fattybomchacha

  2. [Silver] - u/ducaelion

  3. [Bronze] - u/juniglee

Congrats to all! :D

Goldor Challenge - "進撃の金の巨人 ~ Attack on Gold Titan"!"

  1. [Gold] - u/necklessone

  2. [Silver] - u/krissco

  3. [Bronze] - u/Thorndarien

  4. u/Riusaldregan

  5. u/BaconCatBug

  6. u/italianspy

Congrats to all :D

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