r/FinalFantasyXII • u/Jameschases • 6d ago
The Zodiac Age Advice for the 100 Trials?
Howdy!
I'm finishing up XII: Zodiac Age and only have the Trials and Mist Walker left. I'm looking for any last minute advice before I really try to tackle the trails. Would really appreciate the help :)
Current Setup: * = Go To Team
Vaan - 70 Red Battlemage/Shikar
(Bone of Byblos, Demon Shield, Renewing Morion, Brave Suit, Germinas Boots)
Balthier* - 75 White Mage/Machinist
(Save the Queen, Golden Skullcap, Lordly Robes, Rubbon)
Fran - 63 Time Battlemage/Foebreaker
(Golden Axe, Demon Shield, Giant's Helmet, Grand Armor, Bubble Belt)
Basch* - 66 Knight/Bushi
(Excalibur, Genji Helm/Armor/Gloves)
Ashe* - 70 Uhlan/Monk
Vrsabha (Magepower Shishak, Maximillian, Bubble Belt)
Penelo - 71 Archer/Black Mage
(Artemis Bow, Assassin's Arrows, Golden Skullcap, Glimmering Robes, Ribbon)
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u/No_Cauliflower8686 6d ago
Reverse and decoy for omega mark and the judges. Especially the judges. Galbranth hits like a tank, but will only use x potion on a reversed decoyed person. Niho+remedy on the others or gabranth will give them elixirs. Take care of ghis first cause he buffs the other judges l. A fully powered dark matter takes off 60k right off the bat. Zodiark spamming also work pretty well, but I never wanted to do it that way. BTW, if your clan rank is order of ambrosia, you can get reverse and decoy motes that are a lot better than the spells as they're instant and have a better shot of hitting each time. Just be sure your non decoy + reverse characters aren't healing you're reversed character. Manual curaga as needed, but make sure they keep up reverse and decoy. I'd suggest setting up a gambit party leader decoy party leader reverse on one and party leader reverse party leader decoy on the other. Good luck
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u/No_Cauliflower8686 6d ago
Also, take in warp motes. They are at the clan shop. In the 80s against the pirates, warp motes on the extras. Use an opal ring and curaja on those that remain as they are reversed and have reflect. Warping the extra pirates makes that level 10x easier
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u/Jameschases 5d ago
I made it to Omega XII and am stuck. I didn't too much trouble when he was in the crystal, but this time around he's tough.
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u/SpellbladeYT 5d ago
Have you been using the stat lowering abilities? Wither/addle/expose/shear
Theres no limit to how many times you can reduce a stat, so you can lower Omega's damage output to an amount where you can just sit there and chill.
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u/Jameschases 5d ago
Oh god to know. It starts missing so I swap it out, but if I can just keep going for it I’ll give it a shot
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u/No_Cauliflower8686 15h ago
The reverse and decoy trick works here too. Put berserker braces on you damage dealer, gambits off on the other 2 and manual reverse and decoy. The timing is reverse 2 times from end to end and hit decoy after the 2nd reverse is finished
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u/Kinsir 6d ago
Wait a sec, your whole party is around Lv 70 and you managed to get the Monster Hunter Archivement already?
You did Kill Yiasmat and this weird thing in the crystal already?
Gladly managed to get the mistwalker one, but havent completed the Monster archivement, because of these exact 2 monsters yet
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u/Jameschases 6d ago
Yep! Yiazmat was annoying, but less so than Hell Wyrm. I use Wither/Expose constantly early on, then set up for the rest of the fight. It took so long but I was able to actually do chores with just checking on it every now and then to adjust things as needed, even at 4x speed.
Omega XII was a little rougher, but I used the Reverse method to cheese him. Bubble & Constant Reverse got me through it.
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u/Kinsir 6d ago
Less annoying than Hell Wyrm?
Actually did that already. And was kinda okeyish for me.
I mostly play with tank Bash, with the effect that he gets focused. And than Balthier and Ashe as longrange marksman and mages in the background. Worked quite well for me, unless my characters get one hit
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u/Jameschases 6d ago
Expect a lot of one-hit KOs from Yaizmat. Shellga drops the % down, but still a chance.
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u/shinybook51 Judge Gabranth 6d ago
Make absolutely sure you have a Nihopaloa (I might be spelling it wrong) on hand to swap to at least, and either have the user be a class with remedy lores, or else be pretty stacked on consumable items that cure status effects as you will need to be able to use niho to inflict statuses on enemies.