Did I not explain it here before? I think I've posted my light tower 15F run somewhere here before and the video description lays out the strategy. Apparently there's also a guy on DMM that has done this like a year ago but his videos aren't around anymore. A lot of ppl think turtling is a colossal waste of time though (and it is if you can clear things normally.) I typically just told ppl that I planned to turtle fire tower and only elaborate if they wanted me to. I was actually surprised to see how many ppl ended up turtling at least one floor xD
Anyway, here's the short version of how I turtle:
- Use resistance eido as main and friend support
- Bring 2 MLB dragoons and 1 LB0 kaiser for a 3/3/2T rotation to cover 8T CD
- Bring enough heal/dmg cuts to out-heal all incoming dmg
Pros of turtling:
- Lets you get through tower floors that would be impossible to get through otherwise with a crap grid and like no accessory slots unlocked
- Allows you to complete floors on-element for mission clear
- High resistance means that most enemies debuff will miss, making certain enemies much less scary
- Very safe - as long as you do your research and prepare properly
Cons of turtling:
- Takes a long time as you deal like no dmg (each floor from 16F-20F took me roughly 1.5 hours each - ppl with better grids than I have turtled in half that time or less though)
- You'll get zero from turn clear bonus - you're basically sacrificing up to 50 medals from fast clear for on-element mission clear
- You have to invest in eidos and weapons that you'll probably never use again (except for meme)
- Ppl will verbally abuse you for turtling - but think of the sweet sweet bricks you're getting and just wear the turtle badge with pride =)
Here is the long version, and I mean VERY long for those that want to major in turtling:
Thank you! Dropped to 11th as you can see, which is higher than I expected tbh, thought I'll just end around top 50 since my approach guarantees that I'll be 400-ish below perfect (I turtled from 13F-20F as my water grid is very bad - I only invest in light.) It took me over 7 hours to turtle 16F-20F, and I knew I wouldn't have enough time irl on the last day to do all that, so I did two floors every day, which artificially boosted my rankings for a while as most ppl waited for their best himes to come off cooldown.
And the Seraph hammer turned out to be overkill, but it allowed me to comfortably eat triggers just to see how much dmg they did xD This will sound crazy, but it was actually kinda relaxing turtling some of these floors knowing that I have so much hp that I'll be fine even if I mess up (and I messed up quite a few times, like forgetting to activate a dragoon or dmg cut here and there.) So, overall, no regrets FLB-ing that hammer. I'll probably never use it again though =P