Hey we finally got a real event! Yay! The long awaited Ariel&Flounder - and to a lesser degree Sebastian - is a catch-up mechanic for the people who never got iKairi. They both increase Strength by 3 tiers for one turn, A&F for 3 cost and Seb for 6 cost. Even if you have iKairi, these medals are still useful for other skills, specifically a DB3 or Second Chance on A&F for things like raid bosses and other one-hit mechanics. This frees up iKairi for Cost 1 at the end of this month’s Coliseum. Lastly, if you’re a new player or you just aren’t able to compete, getting a Cost 1 from the top 10k Coliseum this month and using it on Sebastian puts you on par with most of the player base (minus iKai’s heal). This is a really great event, especially for F2P players.
Just like previous HSC, you move from room to room and kill what you can. You cannot go back to previous rooms this time and there is no selecting a specific path. There are a ton of Special chests so medals like Key Art aren’t going to be that beneficial.
Each pack you encounter will have 3 enemies, one of each type. This fits into the World of Final Fantasy medals which ignore attributes (which I think means it always gets type advantage hits). The seven WoFF medals are also your only multipliers and they pack quite a punch. Each WoFF medal also has an AOE buff to help you along the way.
Here’s a list of the enemies:
Room 1:
Lv. 25 Shadow (P) & Possessor (M) & Soldier (S)
Lv. 50 Bag O’ Jewels (S) & Bag O’ Coals (M) & Bag O’ Coins (P)
Room 2:
Lv. 75 Blue Gummi Copter (M) & Yellow Gummi Copter (S) & Red Gummi Copter (P)
Lv. 100 Armored Knight (P) & Wizard (M) & Armored Archer (S)
Lv. 120 Ice Plant (M) & Dire Plant (S) & Red Rose (P)
Room 3:
Lv. 150 Search Ghost (S) & Defender (P) & Fire Plant (M)
Lv. 200 Large Armor (P) & White Rose (M) & Air Soldier (S)
Lv. 250 High Wizard (M) & Invisible (S) & Morning Star (P)
Room 4:
Lv. 275 Hammer Frame (P) & Cannon Gun (S) & Wayward Wardrobe (M)
Lv. 300 Blue Copter Fleet (M) & Red Copter Fleet (P) & Yellow Copter Fleet (S)
Room 5:
Lv. 400 Black Copter Fleet (S) & Blue Copter Fleet (M) & Red Copter Fleet (P)
(Probably more, I haven’t killed this one yet)
As for strategy, multipliers are going to be a big advantage. Stacking iKairi or equivalent with three WoFF medals and a huge damage medal like Marluxia B on Divine Rose will net you a ton of points. Your absolute best friend medal you can grab will be WoFF Sora with Sleep+, which will be essential to getting past the Lv. 400 group.
As for the score, I got 12 million with 0% dying halfway through the Lv. 400 group. The easiest Sebastian to get at 2.5 million, which seems obtainable to almost anyone with a pull of the WoFF banner. The easiest guilt for Sebastian is scoring in the top 2000 with 20 million points or getting in the top 1000. The easiest A&F you can get is to score in the top 5000. To guilt A&F you need to be in the top 1000 with 25 million points.
Also, Speed gems are trickled in those rankings.
So what’s the consensus? If you have J&S and iKairi, this event is mostly just for fun. With the nerfs to WoFF medals, they don’t matter very much. The attribute-ignoring powers are pretty cool though so I might recommend you grab at least one. Getting a Speed one for Olympia or a Magic one for DR could be great too. Stocking up on an extra A&F or Sebastian can be great for when Proud mode comes around.
If you’re a F2P player or you don’t have J&S or iKairi, the WoFF medals can be really useful and A&F/Seb is absolutely necessary. This event is literally for you.
Alright that’s all. If you happen to know what enemies lie beyond what I’ve managed to complete please leave it in the comments below and I’ll add it to the guide!
Good luck!!
<3 KCM

