Now that the orbfest dungeons closed, I went back and cleared all of the old D250 torments. Alphinaud was worth every speck of the 250 mithril I spent chasing his BSB during anniversary. He carried me through every one of the D250 torments along with Celes and Yshtola (more annivesary upgrades).
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D250 FFV Piglets I brought Celes, Alphinaud, Papalymo, Tyro, Yshtola. I used a RW Raines on Papalymo and had him exclusively spam CMD2 (the aoe), Alphinaud alternated Valigarmanda and CMD2 Ether, Celes did Tornado Strike / Gaia's Cross with Runic (which totally breaks this fight). The D250 felt easier than my D200 clear, all thanks to Runic being just broken. I should mention I had zero synergy weapons for FFV, though I have a ton of FFV armor (go figure).
The
D250 FFX Geosgaeno was by far the hardest of the torments for me to clear, even with huge FFX synergy. Went with Terra, Alphinaud, Tyro, Edward, Yshtola. For the RW I used Deployment Tactics for a stacking faith and some free reflection DPS. As for water damage, my only option was CMD2 on Terra's fairly weak BSB, so my damage was meh during this boss. Alphinaud chained CMD1 instant casts while the rest did breaks / support. Even with Yshtola's BSB and Tyro as an assist healer, the incoming damage was crazy. If I did it again, I'd bring a stacking break, or a 2nd BSB healer, though I managed to win with my first setup, so all is well. Sure would be nice to have Onions BSB instead of having to use Edward (who's stuck at lvl 80) as my support/mageshout character.
The
D250 FF7 Gi Nattak was the easiest of the D250's by a long shot. Team was Celes, Alphinaud, Papalymo, Tyro, Yshtola, with an Alphinaud BSB RW (for Papalymo). This was another encounter that Runic from Celes just really trivializes, and weak to wind on top of that? Yeah this guy just melted to Alphinaud BSB x2 and Celes using infinite snowspell strikes. Easy boss was easy.
The
D250 FF2 Gigas torment was what I thought would be the hardest since I have no FF2 synergy, but this one turned out pretty easy too. Team here was Terra, Alphinaud, Papalymo, Tyro, Yshtola, with Maria BSB RW. Once again, Alphinaud's BSB reigns supreme with being able to infinitely cast Valigarmanda to AoE these guys down (and all of his moves don't trigger counters). Terra used the Maria BSB to burst down the Thunder and Fire giants, while the Ice one got vaporized by a few of her OSB's.
All D250's now complete. Only torment CM I've completed was FFT, and I don't know if I can do the earlier CM's. After clearing the D250's though, I need a break for tonight, so maybe another time.