[Relic discussion] The Dirge Begins: Azul is top kék. FF7
While Genesis Rhapsodos doesn't actually appear in Dirge of Cerberus - or in FFRK yet, for that matter - he's Nomura's love letter to Gackt, and this DoC song is in fact sung by Gackt. So drink it up.
Dirge of Cerberus is often regarded as a black sheep in the Compilation of FF7 due to its departure from the standard RPG format of most FF games and into third (sometimes first) person shooter land. But I enjoyed it well enough in its time.
This event is about that game, and will introduce one new character, brain-hacking Shelke the Transparent.
And some tasty treats.
Banner 1: "More Nanaki than you can handle!"
| Item | Type | Chara | Soul Break | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerberus-DC | Gun | Vincent | Ultra: "Lucrecia's Lament" (NAT/choice: ??? AoE fire/non x6 with en-fire and short charge 1 and EX Cerberus^(1)) | RS fire+. ATK/MAG +5 mastery. |
| Centclip | Hairpin | Nanaki | Ultra: "Mighty Warrior" (NAT: party haste, status blink, and ATK/DEF/RES+30%:637) | - |
| Spear-DC | Spear | Shelke | Burst: "Synaptic Net Drive" (PHY: 70% random lightning/non x10 with Pentabreak -30%:630; instant) | Lightning+ |
| Vincent's Glove | Bangle | Vincent | Burst: "Galian Beast" (NAT/choice: ??? AoE fire/non x6 with party Radiant Shield^(2)) | Fire+. ATK/MAG +5 mastery. |
| Yoshiyuki Shin'uchi | Katana | Seph | Burst-2: "Octaslash" (PHY: 78% single dark/non x8 (624%) with self Dual Blink 2 and en-dark) | Dark+ |
| Hairpin | Duh | Nanaki | LM: "Hero's Son" (Status dur: Debuffs +30%) | - |
| Vincent's Bandana-DC | Hat | Vincent | LM: "Seeing in Red" (W-cast: Fire 25%) | ATK/MAG +5 mastery |
| Shelke's Gloves | Bangle | Shelke | SSB: "Countertek" (WHT: AoE Dispel, and party esuna and high regen) | Lightning resist |
| Shortbarrel | Gun | Vincent | SSB: "Bestial Roar" (BLK: 221% single fire x8 (1768%) with en-fire) | - |
| Javelin | Spear | Cid | SSB: "Pilot's Steel" (NAT: party haste and ATK+50%:603) | Faster Shout! |
| Crystal Comb | Hairpin | Nanaki | SSB: "Protector's Roar" (NAT: party ATK/DEF/MND+30%:624) | - |
Banner 2: "Fighting fighting little my star!"
| Item | Type | Chara | Soul Break | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancer | Sword | Zack | Chain: "Lucky Star" (NAT: party ATK+50%:603 and augment critical damage; Wind Chain) | RS wind+ |
| Premium Heart | Fist | Tifa | Ultra: "Meteodrive" (PHY: 70% single earth/non x10 (700%) with party haste, radiant shield, high regen) | RS earth+ |
| AM Cannon | Gun-Arm | Barret | Burst: "Massive Hammerblow" (PHY: 98% AoE ranged x6 (588%) with Full Breakdown -40%:609) | - |
| Ultima Blade | Sword | Cloud | Burst-2: "Cloud Cycle" (PHY: 83% single wind/non x8 (664%) with en-wind) | - |
| Rune Blade-CC | Sword | Zack | Burst: "Meteor Shots" (PHY: 96% random wind/earth x8 with imperil wind) | - |
| Cloud's Armour | Light armour | Cloud | LM: "Sprinting Wolf" (XA: 35% of Wind attacks, add short charge 1) | Wind resist |
| Seventh Heaven | Fist | Tifa | LM: "Brawling Barkeep" (Buildup: PHY hits, ATK+1% -> 35%) | - |
| Wizard Staff | Rod(...) | Aerith | SSB: "Pulse of Life" (WHT: party Cura and reraise 40%) | - |
| Heavy Vulcan | Gun-Arm | Barret | SSB: "Hyper Grenade Bomb" (PHY: 76% single fire/non x10 (760%) with Pentabreak -30%:630) | - |
| Master Fist | Fist | Tifa | SSB: "Dolphin Blow" (PHY: 195% single x4 (780%) with self ATK+50%:603) | - |
| Combat Shotgun | Gun | Rufus | SSB: "Mako Barrage" (PHY: 78-129% convergent dark/non ranged x6 with imperil dark) |
Footnotes.
- 85% PHY and EX will use ATK+30%:593; or 225% BLK and EX will use MAG+30%:594. In either case, EX Cerberus (592) adds short charge 1 after using a Fire attack.
- 94% PHY or 226% BLK.
Burst actions.
| Chara | Common | C1 | C2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelke | PHY/Support: 180% single lightning/non with Breakdown; 0.83 cast | Magic | Mind |
| Vincent | ???/Darkness: 4 single fire/non with doom bonus | PHY 47% (+18%) | BLK 204% (+82%) |
| Seph | PHY/Darkness, deals dark/non dmg | 60% single x3, +1 hit with ATK threshold 750/1180 | 65% AoE x2, ATK/DEF bargain |
| Barret | PHY/Support: 120% single ranged x2 with Breakdown... kinda. | Power (-50%) | Magic (-40%) |
| Cloud | PHY/Combat, deals wind/non dmg | 14-65% single x4 (Omega Drive) | 65% AoE x2, ATK/DEF bargain |
| Zack | PHY/Celerity, deals wind/non dmg, 0.6 ct | 47% single x4 | 60% AoE x2 |
Cloud's burst-2 uses the unbuffed value of Omega Drive, which peaks above 976 ATK.
Lots of characters manage to find their way in here; but oddly not Cait Sith who is ACTUALLY PLAYABLE in certain sequences in Dirge.
Why should I pull: Despite the SSBs generally being older, there is some power to be found in the other items. For the time being, Shelke is the only Support who will look forward to the haste/noncharge-3 combo in her main-LM - and you can't argue against the two SBs she's been granted here. Vin has a solid ultra, and even his burst has some future thanks to the recently revealed Cloud of Darkness Burst-2 (which dooms the party.)
The second banner, of course, has a recurrence of Zack's gusty-blowy tools along with Cloud's burst-2.
A Shinra archive hacked into using the SND:
Megathread
Zakman and Kao's banner spreadsheet
Enlir's data spreadsheet
Posted Jul 30, 2017, 7:53 PM UTC · edited