[Sketching Miracles] Guide - I'm Gonna Paint Your Portrait!

Guide/Analysis

Everyone's favorite child prodigy artist joins the FFRK cast! As we saw with the FFT event, the amount of MC2's being released goes up; only poor Strago from this group is left stuck at 65.

ETA: 11 April
**Bonus Battles: 14 April Event ends: ~21 Apr (TBD)
Event format: Classic & Elite

All enemies in this event are vulnerable to stun effects.

#####Rewards Highlights

Characters: Shadow, Celes, Strago, Relm
MC1: Shadow, Celes, Strago, Relm | MC2: Shadow, Celes, Relm
Abilities:

Doppelblade (5★ Ninja - 2 AoE Non-elemental physical at 1.19x potency each hit for a total of 2.38x, and each hit has a 13% chance to sap (Total ~24.3% chance to sap))
Curaise (4★ WHM - h80 single target heal (same as Curaga), and if used on a KO'ed party member, will resurrect with 10% MaxHP)

Accessories: Memento Ring (Major resistance to Instant KO)

Greater	P	W	B	S	NE	F	I	L	E	Wi	H	D
#	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-
Major	P	W	B	S	NE	F	I	L	E	Wi	H	D
#	2	4	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	2
Crystal	P	W	B	S	NE	F	I	L	E	Wi	H	D
#	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Below stats are for ELITE difficulty.

#####01: Thamasa

(31 STAM: 10/10/11)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Null	Debuff Vuln.
Flame Eater	20,901	Ice	Fire	Lightning/Earth/Holy/Poison	Slow/Paralyze
Grenade Flame Eater	4,529	Ice/Water	Fire	None	ALL EXCEPT Petrify
Balloon Flame Eater	4,529	Ice/Water	Fire	None	ALL EXCEPT Doom

Target Score(s):

Defeat Flame Eater without being KO’d.

Note(s):

Flame Eater has a chance to summon 3 minions randomly on his turn.
Just summon a Cloud/Yuna BSB and 1-shot the boss.

#####02: Esper Caves
(34 STAM: 11/11/12)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.
Ultros	49,089	Fire/Lightning	Water	Slow/Paralyze/Blind

Target Score(s):

Defeat Ultros without being KO’d.

Note(s):

At around ~50% HP, Ultros will case Haste and Protect on himself and enter "Strong Mode"

#####03: Airship - World of Balance (37 STAM: 12/12/13)

Bosses	HP	Weak	Debuff Vuln.
Air Force	43,101	Lightning/Water	Paralyze
Laser Gun/Missle Bay/Bit	9,554	Lightning/Water	Paralyze/Slow/Stop

Target Score(s):

Defeat Air Force without being KO'd.

#####04: Solitary Island (40 STAM: 13/13/14)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.
Black Dragon	81,423	Fire/Holy	Poison	Paralyze/Confuse/Slow/Stop/Doom/KO/Sap

Target Score(s):

Defeat Black Dragon without being KO’d.

Note(s):

One-shot with Raise and move on.

#####05: Airship - World of Ruin (46 STAM: 15/15/16)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Null	Debuff Vuln.
Deathgaze	92,602	Fire/Holy	Ice/Poison	Earth	None

Target Score(s):

Defeat Deathgaze without being KO’d.

#####06: Owzer's Mansion (49 STAM: 16/16/17)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.
Chadarnook - Goddess	136,016	Fire	Water/Holy	Poison/Silence/Confuse/Stop/Sleep/Sap
Chadarnook - Demon	136,016	Fire/Holy	Lightning	Silence/Confuse/Stop/Sleep/Sap

Target Score(s):

Defeat Chadarnook without being KO’d.

Note(s):

Chadarnook needs to be defeated in Demon Form.
Don't attack the Goddess form, just wait for it to transition to Demon form. It will stay in this form after being hit 5 times, after which it will return back to Goddess form.
It's attacks are mostly magic-based, so bring proper mitigation.
Mage parties can just use Sleep/Phantasm on Demon form, and exploit fire/holy weakness for a quick win.

#####07: Cultists' Tower (55 STAM: 18/18/19)

Boss	HP	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.
Holy Dragon	165,449	Holy	Poison/Confuse/Slow/Stop/Blind/Sleep/Berserk/Sap

Target Score(s):

Defeat Holy Dragon without being KO’d.

Note(s):

A much easier version that the elite story dungeon version, just remember to bring Shellga. Magic Breakdown will have no effect since Holy is mind-based.
~~Holy will target the person with the lowest %HP, so be careful going into the boss round.~~ Not true for this version of Holy Dragon.
If anyone has reflect on, he will cast dispel as an interrupt and then proceed to cast Holy.

####[BONUS BATTLES]

###Fateful Showdown + 40 STAM (20/20)

Target Score Summary: Blind
Can lose a max of 5 medals to master

Round 1	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Ultros	93,424	Fire/Lightning	Water	Blind/Sap	ALL

Target Score(s):

Defeat Ultros without being KO'ed.
Afflict Ultros with Blind.

Note(s):

Ultros will counter any fire/ice/thunder abilities with the same spell on one party member, so pack heavy magic mitigation if you are going this route.

Round 2	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Ultros	87,013	Fire/Lightning	Water	Blind	ALL
Typhoon	71,193	Ice/Water	Fire	Silence/Blind	ALL

Target Score(s):

Defeat Ultros without being KO'ed.
Win before Typhoon uses Snort.

Note(s):

No counters from Ultros for the 2nd battle. He will summon Typhoon around ~90% HP, at which point you should change targets and focus fire Typhoon to ensure you don't get snorted off the battle field.

###Possession of a Soul ++ 20 STAM

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Wrexsoul	135,721	Ice	Fire/Holy	Blind	ALL
Soul Saver	48,364	Ice	Fire/Holy	Confuse/Slow/Blind/Petrify/Doom/KO/Berserk	ALL

Target Score(s):

Defeat Wrexsoul without being KO'ed.
Reduce Wrexsoul's magic.
Exploit Wrexsoul's weakness to ice attacks.

Note(s):

~~Just cast Vanish, then X-Zone.~~ Only Wrexsoul needs to be defeated to win the battle (and it is recommended to ignore the adds).
If someone is possessed, you will need to manually target and attack each party member until you find out who is possessed. Be very wary of doing this with characters equipped with weapons that proc KO!.
Carbuncle is fairly effective here, though Wrexsoul does have an AoE lightning attack.
Of course, for those who drew Celes' SSB, this fight will be a walk in the park.

###Young Dreams +++ 40 STAM

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Hidon	205,734	Fire/Earth/Holy	Poison	Slow	ALL
Erebus 1 (Upper Center)	34,835	Fire/Holy	Poison	Paralyze/Slow/Stop/Blind	ALL
Erebus 2 (Top)	34,835	ALL	None	ALL EXCEPT Petrify/Doom/KO/Sap	ALL
Erebus 3 (Bottom-Left)	34,835	Earth	None	Poison/Silence/Paralyze/Slow/Stop/Blind	ALL
Erebus 4 (Lower-Center)	34,835	None	ALL EXCEPT Earth	Poison/Paralyze/Blind/Berserk	ALL

Target Score(s):

Defeat Hidon without being KO'ed.
Exploit Hidon's weakness to holy attacks.
Defeat Hidon before he uses Grand Delta.

Note(s):

While on first glance it looks like Quake would be a great spell to use, be wary that if you kill all 4 Erebus Hidon will enter Strong Mode, which enables him to cast Grand Delta and making it extremely difficult to master the fight due to the medal loss.
There can be a lot of incoming damage, so may be useful to use some AoE to kill 2-3 of the erebus, and then focus on Hidon using Fire/Holy attacks. Alternatively, all of the erebus attacks are physical, so you could use Tauntiliate, but then be mindful of the HP of the adds and ensure all 4 are not killed, especially as you start using SB/SSB/BSB which may have AoE damage.

###Charming Demon (Ultimate) (60 STAM)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Chadarnook - Goddess	280,547	None	Water	None	ALL
Chadarnook - Demon	280,547	Holy	EVERYTHING ELSE except Fire	None	ALL

Target Score(s):

Hit Goddess form with holy attacks.
Reduce Chadarnook's magic.
Defeat Chadarnook before she uses Poltergeist three (3) times.

Note(s):

The mechanics for the Ultimate fight are completely different compared to the earlier event and story dungeon versions.
The fight begins with Chadarnook in Goddess form. As before, she has quite a few counter attacks with different statuses. You can force her to change to Demon form with a a holy attack (physical or magical), or after 3 turns she will automatically change; however, note that she will cast Entice (AoE confuse) if you wait the 3 turns, so it is recommended to force the switch.
Once in Demon form, Chdarnook will be completely immune to all physical attacks (even holy physical). She must be hit with a holy magic attack to remove the immunity (this only needs to be done once for the entire fight).
Instead of the demon form switching back to Goddess form after being hit 5 times, it will now switch back after taking 5 turns, so keep count to ensure it doesn't switch to Goddess form when you have a bunch of attacks queued up, which might end up triggering her sleep/confuse counterattacks.
After the boss has been brought to ~50% HP, it will stay in demon form for the rest of the fight. At this point, it will cast Poltergeist every ~5 turns (need AI data mining to confirm).
Chadarnook uses a large amount of lightning attacks, so any lightning resist accessories (especially the one from the Nightmare Black Magic Dungeon), would be helpful. Please - no resurgence of Lightning vs. Yuna waifu wars in the comments :)
However, it might be best to stay away from using Gigas Armlet from the FF2 Ultimate battle, as Chadarnook also uses water attacks, and using Gigas Armlet will leave you vulnerable to that attack.
While in Demon Form, it has a chance to counter physical attacks with a drain attack and magic attacks with a thunder attack.

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