11-03-2012, 02:05 AM
Made an experimental attack on Phaethon yesterday with Geras and... oh dear... oh my... it doesn't look good... With M47, Max/Max-4/Max wash and Lochoi, Geras does about a little over 2k damage to Phaethon's center line and a little less to Phaethon himself (around 1900). This means that unless I use Crescent and get a crit, I need 4 hits minimum to kill Phaethon, and probably at least another 4 to kill the thunder mage taking into account faculty loss, before the final confrontation with the block-spamming snowfield warrior...
On the other side, Phaethon has an insane amount of attack power. Even after being weakened by one Lochoi-boosted hit from Geras, Phaethon still managed to do over 1200 damage while the thunder mage did over 1700 damage at full health. But elemental damage isn't the only threat. The snowfield warrior and sea giant did about 400 valor damage each. I don't know how much damage their BMs do; but it bound to be higher.
Now admittedly, there was still a little room for improvement: I can push to M50, and try to get an exactly perfect triple wash for when Geras does live long enough to get hit by a BM. But that's not likely to make a big difference. The bottom line is that even if the cyclone mage and thunder mage fail every turn, Geras still dies in 3 turns. If by some bizarre, 1 in a billion, twist of fate all three mages fail every turn, it's still not clear I have enough attack/defense to win...
Sigh... Not many other ideas... If only I could use Rhea!
On the other side, Phaethon has an insane amount of attack power. Even after being weakened by one Lochoi-boosted hit from Geras, Phaethon still managed to do over 1200 damage while the thunder mage did over 1700 damage at full health. But elemental damage isn't the only threat. The snowfield warrior and sea giant did about 400 valor damage each. I don't know how much damage their BMs do; but it bound to be higher.
Now admittedly, there was still a little room for improvement: I can push to M50, and try to get an exactly perfect triple wash for when Geras does live long enough to get hit by a BM. But that's not likely to make a big difference. The bottom line is that even if the cyclone mage and thunder mage fail every turn, Geras still dies in 3 turns. If by some bizarre, 1 in a billion, twist of fate all three mages fail every turn, it's still not clear I have enough attack/defense to win...
Sigh... Not many other ideas... If only I could use Rhea!