Thread: Miracle ticket Guide

I'd actually run Shingen with VoF or Black Propaganda as EX. That's going to give you more utility than a small damage buff. Whether to pick up the HP or ATK weapon with Athirat is controversial. The ATK weapon lets you Burst immediately and gives you the full benefit of Athirat's Burst buff and Exceed skill, plus additional elemental attack. The HP weapon maximizes Burst damage and grants a hefty HP boost, but reduces non-Burst damage and delays the Burst by 1T. Some argue that the HP weapon will just get you to the damage cap quicker, but that appears to apply only under very specific circumstances (e.g., access to eidolons most players will never have + elemental advantage).

I gave Accessory Quest Rank 5 some thought. There's a theoretical alternative to a damage build: a total or near-total mitigation build. This leverages damage cuts and elemental resistance to tank the final boss's overdrive. With this strategy it's possible to survive for up to 21T--enough for 3-4 Bursts. Stacking Joan + an additional -40% damage cut and -50% ATK might be enough to tank at least 1 overdrive, but if not this can be stacked with a source of elemental resistance (e.g., a Kaiser dragon) for total mitigation. All elements with a damage cut (e.g., Water, Thunder, Wind, Dark) should be capable of running this. In addition, Joan's HP Relic weapon increases her damage cut to -60%, which could stack with other sources to reach -90% (with the appropriate Kaiser) against an arbitrary element for Fire and Light teams also.