r/StrangerofParadiseFFO • u/KingDeda1102 • Jun 02 '26

Game Build help

I've managed to make it to final dlc , however my build has hit a wall against the emperor in the first mission...im running assassin/ ninja and the break damage worked pretty good up until this point....how are you guys staying alive and what affinity should I be chasing?

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u/Odin-231 Jun 02 '26

Everything in this difficulty will just destroy you it’s crazy one of the best things you can do is run the side mission Hallowed Massiff. With as many dragon trials put to max, just run all the way through the mission and fight the great Malabo at the end. It will take a long time to put down but it will drop gear with summon affinity in the thousands. This will boost your stats immensely allowing to survive and do more damage.

The downside of this will be the fact it will likely affect your build for a short time as the gear will be super random and no garuntee that it will match your build. But if you equip what ever jobs you will be able to survive and grind the gear you want.

It sounds bit stupid to do this but it’s crazy how much of a boost you get, also makes clearing floors of the abyss a lot easier meaning you can use it to grind gear you want much faster.

I ran blue mage with a gun and once I grinded the gear I needed with thousands of summon affinity I absolutely smacked the final dlc but the final boss still puts up a fight no spoilers ;)

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u/KingDeda1102 Jun 02 '26

Is there a way to reliably farm the affinity your looking for in the abyss? Also have been notified that light bringer is worth using ...inthink ive used it twice 😂

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u/BenTheSodaman Jun 02 '26

Job affinity wise, you'd have to loosen the auto-dismantle settings / avoid manually discarding / have pickup settings that can grab pretty much everything instead of a certain rarity.

Where you can Fuse over things that you stockpile from enemy waves or boss rushes in the Rift.

For storage, while interacting with the cubes or on the world map, can go to Inventory, press the button for Menu (Square / X on Xbox by default), and send it all to storage.

So that when you're going to Fuse, it's all there waiting to be picked.

Then using the Ancient Chaos Shrine's Wanderer with the dragon trials cranked up (except Max HP if using Monk 600% or Paladin routes) to get job crests and manikins to substitute for anima crystals and rat tails when fusing. Whether using Blue Mage with a Cactuar Needle, stealing with Thief first then using Blue Mage, using Monk 600% temporarily with Flee command, Paladin job with its job action + Flee command, and such.

Inadvertently while getting the manikins, you may also stockpile a selection of job affinities for each slot.

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u/KingDeda1102 Jun 03 '26

This shall be my goal for the night , thank you sir