Ultimecia

Sadly to say, I agree with you too. I went 350+ tix deep to get Ultimecia just because a few youtubers said she's resource worthy and > than Penelo LD, but now, I'm a little disappointed of her DPT and limited skill usages (she burns through them real quick).

I tried using Ultimecia 4M, EX+3/3 LD BT +HA with ATK108+MBRV330 x 3 for this lufenia, and she keeps running out of skill usages and couldn't finish the boss at its last 10-15% HP. Whilst others have deem her use-worthy, a look into C2A, and most would still need Penelo LD to bypass the 3 framed debuffs and HP poisoning that the Lufenia boss throws at you. It doesn't help too that her HP Attack damages are also at the low 20-30k damages on full buffs. (Despite being synergy boosted. Outside of it, I might just smh*).

I'm using her at her full kit + random others triple/double A-slot damage characters' full kit like Xande Full Kit, Vivi Full Kit, Lightning Full kit etc. She's definitely not one that works easily with others; rather she's a type of character that you need to build "around her" to fully utilise her gimmicks.

The saving grace I'm hoping to at least ROI on these investments are the "Boss Rush stages" coming soon. Ultimecia's EX: Apocalypse recharges quite FAST really, and her 2 skills usages after that consumes no turns (like Ramza's HP attack+++ at shout+++ ; but only the 1st skill after EX is free). She's the type of characters that expends off as many skill usages within a short burst, and despite her poor DPT (in the absence of BRV damage/ HP damage up characters like Kurasame), could work for "Boss Rush stages".

If she doesn't prove her worth still, I'm binning her, forever casting her in a corner like Vaan's LDBT. If I could go back in time, I rather go for Penelo's LD banner than Ultimecia's LDBT.

Simply Simply Simply because, at full kit+ HA+ Perfect arts, you would think her damage would go over 100,000 DPT, but sadly they are under it. It's just dissatisfying to watch those subpar damage numbers when you have gone full HAM on her kit. And to have to bring a secondary character just to compliment her ........ just makes her more "high maintenance" to fully utilise.

Lastly, not to trash talk Ultimecia, but may be this Lufenia's not too kind to her. Still, I could try to utilise her elsewhere, like DE / Boss rush. She's like Palom, needs time to build up to full efficacy but once there, expends off a lot of skill usages within a short amount of turn counts. She might be useful later, just not this Lufenia stage.

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