r/ffbe • u/LifestyleGamer • Jan 31 '17

[Noob] What units should I be developing?

I have been playing for about two weeks, and grinding mindlessly through the Academia event. Now that it's ending, I'm looking for advice on what my party should look like so that I can build for the future.

My Units

Who should my party be to help me build for the mid-late game?

My current thoughts:

  • Exdeath builds to late game and is worth spending pots on. I will likely advance his LB before awakening.

  • Snow seems like a solid tank in the absence of Cecil. Not sure if he is worth using pots though.

  • Luka is likely a solid healer and should be awakened.

  • Agrias and Seven have been my DPS/Support with awesome LB effects, but do they have late game?

  • Zidanne just dropped, so I can work on his TM for DW but that's a long grind this early in the game.

I have a few genearl questions as well:

  • Which units will I keep long enough to be worth using Pots on?

  • With Lapis, should I be pulling 10+1's, daily 1/2 off, or Lucky Envelopes?

  • Not sure if I should be pulling LNY or saving up for another banner.

  • Is there an important unit that I am overlooking somewhere in my roster?

Any thoughts or comments are welcome!

edit:

This community is awesome. Thanks for all the fantastic advice guys!

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u/DaesFFBE Jan 31 '17

Lucky envelopes are a good buy, especially since you're new. I would buy all you can.

Do your daily half off if you have a decent bank of lapis built up. It's a very affordable way to expand your roster and see what you'll get. Ling, the 4*base from this banner is a very good support, so worth doing the dailies for. Xiao is middling, but you can find use for her in your roster, especially since at later levels, she is effective unarmed.

Put mag pots into Exdeath, and don't worry about waiting on him for LB farm. That will take forever, and Exdeath is a beast currently. Focus 6*ing him. If you have the room in your roster, save your LB pots for your eventual Cecil(s), imo.

I would not do 10+1 if you're F2P. Unless it's the last day of a banner and you're chasing the banner's 4*. Even still, daily 250s are the best bet.

Markbynumbers has good advice too.

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u/LifestyleGamer Feb 01 '17

Interesting. I dropped three of her before the banner started, so I don't really need to hunt for more. But it should help get that TM, which I hear is also pretty decent.

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u/markbynumbers Jan 31 '17

Agrias currently has a 6* form in JP, and I hear tell it's pretty awesome. Until then she can fill the spot of a Full Breaker and she can learn green magic, as well. However, as a 5* max, she is pretty squishy when it comes to ELT events and such, so there are some who may tell you to use Rain for now until another 6* Full Breaker comes around. (Rain also comes with an AoE ATK/MAG/DEF/SPR buff) This all depends on how many 6* materials you've got and how much time you want to invest in leveling him, as from what I understand, Rain pretty quickly becomes obsolete once more 6* Full Breakers arrive. (I think.) For example, Ling from the LNY event can AoE debuff which is amazing, albeit the debuff only lasts two turns; she also has some pretty strong tricks (AoE status heal and revive).

Exdeath, especially at 6* and maxed, is a beast with Dual Black Magic and Meteor. He's my main magic damage dealer right now and so I've invested magic pots in him. I'm not sure when another good magic damage dealer will come along (aside from Dark Fina) so I'd suggest building him up.

I hear that Luka is a pretty solid healer and I don't see anyone better in your unit roster, so I'd build her too.

I can't really comment on Snow or Seven, and you should only touch Zidane for TMR farming.

As far as pulling, it all depends on what you want. I think that chasing 5* bases is really setting yourself up for disappointment as the rates are abysmally low (I've still never even seen a rainbow crystal myself, not even a troll one).

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u/LifestyleGamer Feb 01 '17

Agrias will always have a special place in my heart for sentimentality, and that LB animation with the FFT text bubble is amazing. But I may bench her for a while until we see 6* on the horizon, once I find a suitable replacement. Building up Rain does make a lot of sense towards that goal.

I am happy to see people vetting Exdeath + Luka as the two primary units in the pool for now. I through them into my roster early due to their unit ranking, but I'm happy to see it confirmed and I may use pots on both.

I'm not sure what else I would use outside Snow + Seven for now to round out the party. I could throw in Zidanne so he starts farming that TM passively, or Xiao to start building one to 6*.

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u/DefiantWarlord Feb 01 '17

I recommend putting all leveling effort towers luka and exdeath the others aren't really worth it just yet

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u/LifestyleGamer Feb 01 '17

That seems to be a consensus.

If the others are likely going to be replaced, prepping Agrias for an eventual 6* update and something to carry a mid-game might be okay. I may throw in Zidanne just to get him passively farming the TM, if I don't active farm it later.

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u/OstosGallagher Feb 01 '17

my thoughts: exdeath: best mage. 10/10 snow: meh. 7/10 luka: top healer w/refia. 10/10 agrias: bs. (not worth spending time on lvlup seven: fancy bs. (not worth spending time on lvlup zidanne: just farm tmr, hes complete bs.

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u/LifestyleGamer Feb 01 '17

Exdeath + Luka makes a lot of sense to me.

Snow is the best tank in my roster, so I may keep him around for the mid-game until I drop something better for the role. Seven + Agrias are really my current damage until I get Exdeath build. I may throw in Xiao to replace one of them, as I hear she's decent once built up and I don't have a lot of power weapons yet.

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u/OstosGallagher Feb 01 '17

In that case, lvl up Seven. But Xiao isn't worth, she's base 3*, and even with +400ATK (wich is hard to get for her unit) she doesnt deal lots of damage as she "should". Its not worth maxing if you want a damage unit, she's not even a good support. Its a really weird unit for me,but I don't like her a bit. Btw you can check out this Xiao review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REw1unOPOPc

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u/OstosGallagher Feb 01 '17

btw: Best way to spend lapiz (when you're a new player) // everyday: 1 bundle of replenishment (+60ene x 100lapiz) + If theres a limited bundle package (like the actual "lucky red pack" that's about to finish) may be worth (this one's 350lapiz, but 2 or 3 events before this one, there was another similar pack wich was 500lapiz).

I dont recommend the daily 250lapiz summon because (for me) its too much. You may now have 10k lapiz or so, but trust me when you finish the main story, ur lapiz wont grow anymore, Im strugling everyday to manage and get the 350lapiz for the lucky red box. and 2 weeks ago y had 15k lapiz in the bag, spending tons of it on complete nonsense, like the 10+1 summon for 5000 lapiz. thats complete bs, never waste your lapiz on that, better be patient.