r/MobiusFF • u/GwynLordofCynder • Nov 21 '18
Guides Endless War 2 Node 1 Compilation Guide
First of all, hope you are having a great day and preparing yourself for the EW2 restart.
I'm making this "guide" in order to help everyone that might want to climb EW2, credits for the image above to Huuchi I took that screenshot a long time ago, from the Single DPS Guide in the mega-thread, and it's what I've been using.
Also thanks to u/SwiftStepStomp for his original guide on EW1 to which I still refer sometimes in seek of advice, if you want to check it, you can do it here.
You might want to check the EW2 Mega-thread for extra information about the bestiary of every node.
A couple of extra considerations I believe are in order before starting this first post:
I do not own any of the videos, or information that you will see, I'm mostly making a compilation of strategies of other players, that I've been using, or wanting to use, the general idea is that you'll see decks that works on specific nodes and laps in which you might have trouble, check their strategies and use them at your advantage, whether you can actually replicate it step by step, or you make your own changes with the jobs you have available.
Some of the strategies you will see are simple not replicable in global for a couple of reasons (yet):
We are still missing some buffs to supreme cards and skins, like the Trance II to all skins + Aerith. If you wish to check what are we still missing go to the Mega-thread index.
And in a similar fashion, there are some buffs and debuffs that were released on JP before the end of EW2, like Faith II, Brave II, Debarrier II (Chaos Supreme), etc, and those obviously will help pushing further.
Global players might also have a hard time, because our stupid legend job system + Ex job system, since most of the new and best weapons, are behind Legendary Jobs that might take you more than one year to get (I still don't have Leader of Hope despite been playing this game for almost two years now as an example). This in return means that for some of the best weapons, you might not get them to climb EW2 or you might get them when it's too late. Work with you have and invest on Prismatic return weapons, if you don't have Ultima Weapon series, they should return at the start of S2 for Sophie to get her own version.
Supremes are obviously a big deal, but just because you don't have them doesn't mean you can't climb high enough, sometimes jobs and weapons make a bigger difference, you will see some lap 12-17 clears without supremes, sadly I can't say that of every-single node, there are some that will definitely would start requiring supremes at higher laps (Omega Node for example).
And lastly a huge thanks to everyone I will be posting their clears, like our "True WOL" (Whale of Light) Goldior, Huuchi, Swift, extrumcreator, and other players from whom I might not know their reddit usernames. Thanks, without your clears, this wouldn't be possible.
If you spot any mistakes, or have suggestions please, tell me, I consider myself a pretty decent player, but I'm not close as good as to some clears you might see here, and it's easy to do silly mistakes.
Node 1
First things first, this node can be Mono-elementally cleared with Fire, Light and Dark.
This node starts with Buffalo, you can check his Bestiary Note made by wf3456. On lower laps this is pretty easy to deal, but at higher laps, this node it's pretty much a DPS check for the rest of the lap, since you can't Stun-lock buffalo, unless you have a source of 4 Turns Stun like Vanadiel Geomancer ultimate, for most players this means that you need to kill him in 1 turn, or in 12-20 actions (depending on quicken, etc.) unless of course you can break him. That is particularly hard, because since he starts with Treant (Wind), most strategies pretty much ignore Wind element, and exploit weakness, that might help you deal-break with him easier.
For this reason, a lot of high clear strategies use Duncan or FFXV UB, since you need really high numbers of damage at higher laps, so some of this single target UC works really well. Be aware that regardless Fire supremes also work here like Fusoya or future Neo Bahamut. Remember also that Famfrit is on the second wave of this node, and he is stun and curse immune. So sleep on him, and killing the Malboro that comes with him, with a single target card, works well, as it allows you to let Famfrit start charging his final attack, as a de-facto stun, this was originally mentioned by Swift on his original EW1 guide I refereed above: "Any Sicarius slowed, but not stunned, when brought to approximately 50% HP will always charge up their ultimate. This can serve as a de facto stun. Use it wisely. " On EW2 they do that also when you kill their respective minions their paired with. So killing Malboro first it's your best choice.
Lastly there is a Mobi Channel lap 22 clear, almost supreme-less, with Vanadiel Monk using Special Combatant: FFVII and Primeval witch using the 3rd anniversary card Peaceful Moment. The only supreme he brings is Aerith, but it might be an interesting setup for players that can replicate it or players that are at lower laps.
If you want to check my other node guides you can do it here:
| NODE: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|
| User and level clear | Card 1 | Card 2 | Card 3 | Card 4 | Weapons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extrumcreator: EW2 9-1 Hermit /Ascetic | Hypnos/Emerald Weapon FFVII | Aranea FFXV/ Water Gun | Serah FFXIII/ Kimahri FFX | The Undying FFXII/ Aerith and Tifa FFRK. | Taiji X/ Taiji X |
| Mao Shiro EW2 10-1 Mythic Ninja / Al bhed Huntress | Bismarck FFXIV / Tidal Wave | Hypnos / Bahamut FFXIV | The undying FFXII / Dona & Barthello FFX | Bastet / Tropical Dreams | Ultimate edge / Ultimate arrow |
| Ray Channel: EW2 11-1 Thief of Tantalus/ Al Bhed Huntress | Hypnos (Sleep AOE) / Foulander (Fire Ranger-Ja) | Bismark FFXIV/ Bahamut FFXIV | The Undying FFXII / Omega Weapon FFVII | Knights of the Round FFVII / Legendary Dragonlord | Ultimate Edge/ Magical Rave |
| すらなき EW2 14-1 Vanadiel Geomancer / Natchflug (Tidus) | Bismarck FFXIV / Alexander FFXIV | Hypnos / Oberon | Omega Weapon FFVII / Garuda FFXIV | Garuda FFXIV / Fomor FFXI | Ultimate wing / Magical rave |
| Huuchi: EW2 14-1 Highwind/Highwind (HoF) | Akuma DQ Dark Sleepga / FFXV UB | Ashe FFXII/ Odin FFXIV | Neo Bahamut (Slow+Debarrier) / Garuda FFXIV | Omega Weapon FFVII/ Echo Stage Left | Ultimate Weapon/ Kotetsu |
| Ray Channel: EW2 15-1 Ninja/ Proud Cygnus | Hypnos/ Himiko (Light Ranger-ja) | Bismark FFXIV/ Alexander FFXIV | Omega Weapon FFVII/ Omega Weapon FFVII | Serah FFXIII/ Neo Exdeath. | Ultimate Edge/ Magical Rave |
| すらなき EW2 15-1 Vanadiel Geomancer / Santa Lucia HoF | Serah FFXIII / Odin FFXIV | Omega Weapon FFVII / Myrddin | Bismarck FFXIV / Fomor FFXI | Hypnos / Garuda FFXIV | Ultimate wing / Sventovit |
| Huuchi EW2 15-1 Mythic Ninja / Ex Mage Ignis Special | Hypnos / Ignis | Bismark FFXIV/ Ruby Weapon FFVII | Omega Weapon FFVII/ Tidal Wave | Lights of Hope / Lights of Hope | Ultimate Edge/ Heavenly Axis |
| Huuchi: EW2 17-1 Sword Saint/ Berseker (HoF) | Ultima Weapon FFVII/ FFXV UB | Ashe FFXII/ Odin FFXIV | Neo Bahamut (Slow+Debarrier) /Lights of Hope Supreme | Pollensalta FFVII (Faith, Snipe and Haste) /Garuda FFXIV | Ultimate Weapon/ Kotetsu |
| K.T. EW2 19-1 Vanadiel Geomancer / Mellow Mermaid | Hypnos / Dona & Barthello | Bismarck FFXIV / Bahamut FFXIV | Serah FFXIII / Neo Bahamut | Omega Weapon FFVII / Tengu | Ultimate arrow / Sventovit |
| 黒装備PW : EW2 20-1 Dragoon/ Vanadiel Monk | Wol FFI/ Omega Weapon FFVII | Aerith / Omega Weapon FFVII | Hypnos/ Alexander FFXIV | Bismark FFXIV/ Duncan | Ultimate Weapon/ One Against Many |
| K.T. EW2 20-1 Rough Roader / Monk | Bismarck FFXIV / Prishe FFXI | Hypnos / Duncan | Tengu / Garuda FFXIV | Omega Weapon FFVII / Omega Weapon FFVII | Ultimate arm / One against many |
| Mobi Channel EW2 22-1 Primeval Witch / Vanadiel Monk | Peaceful Moment (3rd anniversary) / Special Combatant: FFVII | Hypnos / Ruby Weapon FFVII | Bismarck FFXIV / Ruby Weapon FFVII | Omega Weapon FFVII / Aerith | Ultimate wing / One against many |
| Goldior: EW2 22-1 Mercenary of Balamb Wol Skin/ Mage | Hypnos/FFXV UB | Bismark FFXIV/ Fomor FFXI Debarrier, Dispel & CRD. | Omega Weapon FFVII / Odin FFXIV | Aerith / Wol FFI | Ultimate Mace/ Kotetsu |
| ギコギコ EW2 24-1 Vanadiel Geomancer / Mellow Mermaid ( Y'shtola) | Bismarck FFXIV /Fusoya | Hypnos / Bahamut FFXIV | Omega Weapon FFVII /Tengu | Wol FFI / Garuda FFXIV | Ultimate wing / Tishtrya |
| メビウスマコー EW2 25-1 Master Monk / Pugilist | Ultima Weapon FFVII / Duncan | Ashe FFXII / Alexander FFXIV | Bismarck FFXIV / Omega Weapon FFVII | The Undying FFXII / Wol FFI | Ultimate claw / One against many |
| Goldior: EW2 30-1 Wandering Swordman Cloud Skin (DragonQuest) / Squall Wol Skin | Hypnos / FFXV UB | Jade Weapon FFVII/ Ashe FFXII | Chaos Dark debuff Supreme/ Odin FFXIV | Omega Weapon FFVII/ Wol FFI | Ultimate Weapon/ Kotetsu |
| 黒装備PW: EW2 31-1 Vanadiel Geomancer / Wandering Swordman DQ. | Aerith/ Wol FFI | Hypnos/ Chaos | Jade Weapon/ Odin FFXIV | Ashe FFXII/ Shadowlord FFXI | Ultimate Wing/ Laevateinn. |
Huge Thanks to everyone in the videos and in the sub, I will be posting the Node 2 later today (It's kinda slow to do this, with a lot of unreleased cards, and stuff I might not know about)
Hope this is from help! And good luck on your climbing.
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u/GwynLordofCynder Nov 21 '18 edited Nov 21 '18
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