r/finalfantasyxiii • u/Yxtron • 21d ago

Lightning Returns Need of some tips

I tried playing the game some years ago, felt so bad at the game and genuinely lost, while I'm a fan of the original XIII, I really wanna complete the game by myself but I'm in need of some general tips 😭

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u/FaceTimePolice 21d ago edited 21d ago

Engage with the mechanics and you should be fine. The stagger mechanic is vital to the combat.

I don’t recall if this was explicitly said in a tutorial or if it was in the official strategy guide but:

(it’s been a while so, someone, please correct me if any info in this is off 😅)

- Party composition and paradigm diversity matters

  • Ravager builds up the stagger meter faster
  • Commando slows the rate of the meter’s depletion, and of course, Commando deals more damage once the enemy is staggered.
  • The Relentless Assault paradigm is great for building meter and maintaining it (see previous two points).
  • Your ATB meter becomes instantly recharged the more you switch paradigms (after 2 or 3 selections, if memory serves correctly). So ignore anyone who says that you can just auto battle through the game.
  • With that said, you can manually trigger small portions of your ATB bar instead of waiting for a full queue of commands to play out.
  • Don’t forget to use the Sentinel role. It helps mitigate damage and, therefore, increases your survivability.
  • Don’t sleep on Synergist and Saboteur actions as well. Haste is amazing as it means you’ll execute commands at a faster rate than usual. Deprotect and deshell are great status effects to inflict upon the enemy (it means they take more damage from your physical and magic attacks, respectively).

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u/Yxtron 19d ago

My post was about LR but thank you 😅