JUDE'S PROFILE

Are you guys just never getting your speed medals, then? I use Stoneskin and Black Materia 2-3. And I doubt my gear is that much better than yours. I imagine your speed would improve if you finally honed something and stopped using Launch, Craze. And if LockeZ is killing Cagnazzo in the span of two Runics, then he only needs two Sentinel Grimoire since they have the same duration.

author=LockeZ
Knight's Charge is so much better than Mako Might for any soul break that you don't need to immediately cast on round 1.

No it's not. You're underestimating how many rounds it takes to generate 500 meter. You need to be hit about 25 times to outpace Mako Might. Ace Striker is only better than Mako Might if you're pairing it with Lifesiphon or Wrath, which Knight's Charge is only half as good as. Craze is using it on a support that can't meet those requirements. Knight's Charge is your absolute last option for meter generation.

Here are your rules of thumb, from best to worst, and assuming you plan on getting your speed medals:

1. Ace Striker with Wrath.
2. Lionheart on a tank with 20+ hits (this position fluctuates).
3. Knight's Charge on a tank with 25+ hits.
3. Ace Striker with Lifesiphon
4. Mako Might
5. Ace Striker with elemental weakness.
6. Ace Striker
7. Knight's Charge on a tank with 20+ hits.
8. Lionheart against AoE
9. Knight's Charge

They're rules of thumb because it depends on how many turns it takes to kill the boss and what abilities you're using. Both Lionheart and Knight's Charge assume that the tank is using offense on most turns. As of Ramza, the only scenario where you'd use Knight's Charge is one where everybody needs meter, the boss doesn't spam party-wide damage, and you aren't bringing a tank. That's rare. I haven't estimated High Scorer because I rarely use the Attack command.

Recently, when I've been able to bring Apocalypse Shield and a Shout RW, it's even better to bring Heroic Stance/Adventurer's Dagger on Sephiroth instead of Ace Striker because the boss dies too soon for SSB-spam, so if your goal is damage rather than meter then Ace Striker might not even be optimal. I still bring Lifesiphon so that I can use Black Materia twice, which is better than once but not better than thrice when factoring lost damage on individual actions. Meter trumps damage for utility purposes, obviously.

Craze, you should do the bonus battles soon. Nightmare gate opens in a few days, in addition to another double greens weekend, which carries into the next event.

Got Ingus's Protectga/Hastega shield. I think I have more knight relics than for any other character type.

Worked it out and discovered that after buffs (Soul Eater, Dark Bargain, and Apocalypse Shield... these put me just barely under the buff cap), Sanguine Cross will do about 800 more damage with Dark Sword than a 5-star synergy weapon against Ultimate+ DEF. This means my Drunk Cecil is a viable damage dealer pretty much always. I've already honed Sanguine Cross up to R3. Would've been dope if I had Ebon Armor too, which I tried to get (almost) every time it was available.

My personal best (worst?) is 0/44, which I've done three times. One of those streaks included three lucky draws, so at least it wasn't as expensive. Speaking of lucky draws, I am already mentally prepared for another 0/11 in the coming week. I'm optimistic about this upcoming FF3 banner, however.