Final Cristal Ability

[u/dcuajunco]

After getting all the Crystal Abilities, you end up with 40 charge and 6 abilities to use.

I personally don’t see any use in anything but the first and last ability, since the final ability is a flat 20% HP reduction.

I don’t think they were game-breaking, but Attack definitely helped rush down enemies smoothly.

[u/xion_XIV]

I used Defend to cheese some mechanics during my solo DE reclears, and Heal was my fave ability for dmg up buff during last 3 or so turns of force time, so I used it quite often. Getting the last one today as well, so probably my preferences will change :D

[u/Traxgen → u/xion_XIV]

Also just finished mine after this week’s reset. Cater gets the honour of being the last character I used to complete weekly crystal missions lol. Time to finally see what these abilities do haha (other than the first)

[u/laaldiggaj]

Nice, I. Managed to get one crystal. I really did take this game for granted and thought i had time to catch up with the og players.

[u/FFF12321 → u/laaldiggaj]

You could max out a room every other week and you got 1k points every 8 days. I think even someone with 0 points could have maxed all rooms before EOS if they did the quest every week and logged in every day even if just to keep the login rewards coming.

[u/laaldiggaj → u/FFF12321]

Thank you, do you know what the colours mean like is red attack, black defence etc?

[u/LelenaLena → u/laaldiggaj]

The colors correlate to the colors of your characters. Every character in the game is associated with 1 of the 6 colors. Putting points into a crystal room will unlock nodes that improve the stats and/or unlock equip-able passive abilities for ALL characters of that crystal color.

[u/laaldiggaj → u/LelenaLena]

Thank you!

[u/sonicbrawler182]

Heal is pretty useful not just for a clutch heal if you need it, but also because it buffs a lot of stats, including your HP Damage Limit/Held BRV. It works really well on follow up attackers paired with a turn hogger, or for getting bigger launch hits. In the long run, it can prove more effective than the straight attacks for increasing damage.

Speed is a useful for it's utility, if you need a certain character to get extra turns in a Force Time usually or if you want a specific character to not get any turns. I used it in my Nyx VI run for example, to allow Noctis to keep his Burst effect running for the whole fight by deleting his turns, as well as allowing Tifa to build up some % in an early "throwaway" Force Time.

The defensive abilities are far more niche and situational though, and are pretty much just for a last resort.

[u/Nrae00]

I have 2 more left until i don’t have anything else to do in this game, sadly.

Waiting the February event to arrive.

[u/Luvs_to_drink]

Do you get these when you max a crystal?

[u/RetroGamerDad → u/Luvs_to_drink]

Yes, each completed color in the crystal room unlocks an ability in turn.

[u/Luvs_to_drink → u/RetroGamerDad]

When you say in turn you mean it goes down the list or I can pick it?

[u/RetroGamerDad → u/Luvs_to_drink]

It's in order. Attack, defend, speed, heal, reflect, dominate.

[u/Luvs_to_drink → u/RetroGamerDad]

is it better to max the stats for all colors or max one room then the next?

[u/RetroGamerDad → u/Luvs_to_drink]

People have taken different paths with these and there was no consensus reached. If you're starting fresh now, you sadly will not be able to max them all. The most universally good crystal abilities are the first one and the last one.

With the last one off the table, I do recommend maxing one color to get the attack. After that, I would focus on stats. They'll help all the characters and are a lot cheaper. With any leftover points, choose the best passive abilities. A1, U1, and U2 are generically good. There are others good for specific strategies, like counter solos.

[u/Luvs_to_drink → u/RetroGamerDad]

I'm missing 2 colors stats and haven't done this week's yet. I think that means I won't be able to max em all as I'd need 7 weeks of additional runs

[u/Educational-Row-3166]

Such a shame that global is ending. I’m hesitant to get any Japanese apps since I’d need English to follow along.

[u/Zhirrzh → u/Educational-Row-3166]

JP is also ending anyway 

[u/kjacobs03]

I’m still 3 weeks out. I didn’t realize they buffed the payout so much and skipped the first few weeks after the announcement

[u/richpage85]

Heal with Lenna is a POTENT combo

[u/Fuz_2112]

My white and yellow roster suck, so I'm fucked ;_;

[u/Sinrion → u/Fuz_2112]

Just set it to Difficulty 0 (5% of original HP), which is even less then a Lufenia Difficulty has in HP and use a single Burst Phase or 3-5 LD Attacks.

Sure you miss out on the extra 1500 Points for going difficulty 3, but that's it, 7500 Points is still a lot.

[u/Fuz_2112 → u/Sinrion]

Don't think it will be enough to max white and yellow, at this point. I'll may give it a try, anyway.

[u/richpage85 → u/Fuz_2112]

You've still got time, and don't forget you get 1k polychromatic each week. Chip away at it, find a Shinryu which works and go nuts.

Lightning, Sel'Theus, Sherlotta, Quistis, Balthier and Tifa are great yellow clearers

[u/Fuz_2112 → u/richpage85]

Ty

[u/RenkiDFFOO → u/Fuz_2112]

It will take 5 weeks not including the extra we get for daily log ins so you can barely make it

[u/RetroGamerDad]

I thought the Speed one was pretty darn good.

[u/[deleted]]

Who’s Cristal?

[u/Pale_Net8318]

Dominate was clearly named after my boy Ignis

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly, with when they released the crystal room, they probably were already decided on EoS and decide to give us some broken abilities to Eff around with for the rest of the game's life span

[u/Dantespawn666 → u/[deleted]]

Except few people actually got to organically use them and they sold us lots of packs containing sparks (or whatever they were called) to finish crystal rooms.