FFVI – Part 69: Rage 4: The Veldt Awakens

Summary: Where I try to build Gau’s rage selection in the new world and help out Strago’s pool of blue magic. Super long post today, since I’m trying to process a lot of new info and It would’ve felt weird for me to try to string out a non-story session over two posts.



 
General Thoughts

I know I did a ton more than I needed to here. A lot of the rages I picked up here were either redundant or worse than existing ones. And even with a wide array of options at the end, most of them I probably won’t use. And that’s fine. Gau is an intrinsically fun character for me, and I enjoyed trying all these different rages out.

The Veldt was so much harder than the last time I tried it, as I should’ve expected. I didn’t however expect to see bosses here (e.g. Holy Dragon, Behemoth King), and had some really close calls.

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New Lore

New spells picked up by Strago:

-Aero
-Self-Destruct
-Dischord
-Level 4 Flare
-White Wind
-Traveler = “Damage dealt to an enemy equal to 1/32 of the party’s total steps taken.” Weird.

White Wind.

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Glossary of New Rages

Psychos: Lifeshaver

Al Jabr: Thundaga

Greater Mantis: Wind Slash

Sprinter: Aero

Lycaon: Blaster (insta kill?)

Glasya Labolas: Revenge Blast

Schmidt: Heavy st damage or Mega Berserk (on all enemies?)

Dropper: Confuse

Kamui: Snowstorm (heavy aoe)

Misty: Cura

Covert: Wind Slash

Holy Dragon: Holy

Pluto Armor: Magitek Laser

Antares: Magnitude 8

Spitfire: Heavy damage spear

Sky Armor: Magitek Laser

Killer Mantis: Metal Cutter (heavy aoe physical damage)

Fafnir: Traveler (Heavy st magic damage of some sort)

Weredragon: Death

Vasegiatta: Cyclonic

Wandering outside the frame.

Still Life: Lullaby

Peeper: White Wind

Marchosias: Wand attacks

Skeletal Horror: Banish

Ouroboros: Quake

Seaflower: Sleep (st)

Chaos Dragon: Disaster (not sure what it does; always misses)

Exoray: Venomist (aoe poison)

Normal day on the Veldt.

Paraladia: Poison Touch

Lukhavi: Snowstorm (weak)

Briareus: Cyclonic

Apocrypha: Level 3 Confuse

Zokka: Net

Nightwalker: Drain

Sandhorse: Sandstorm

Knotty: Stone

Mugbear: Net (stop?)

Coco: Overture (?)

Suriander: Aqua Breath

Io: Flare Star (low damage)

Delta Beetle: Basic wand

Devoahan: Slowga

Parasite:: Gigavolt

Onion Dasher: Traveler

Anemone: Gigavolt (massive thunder damage)

Land Grillon: Wing Snap (I think it’s berserk on st enemy)

Purusa: Rock Slide – heavy rock damage?

Platinum Dragon: Cyclonic

Punisher: Thundaga

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So where does that leave the “best of” line-up for Gau? With a metric ton of options.

Damage:

-Guard Leader (wind slash)
-Kamui (snowstorm)
-Al Jabr (thundaga)
-Templar (fira)
-Adamankary (acid rain for water/poison)
-Chimera (aqua breath for water)
-Chaser (plasma for st thunder)
-Holy Dragon (holy)
-Purusa (rock slide for st non-elemental)
-Killer Mantis (metal cutter for aoe non-elemental)
-Stray Cat (cat scratch st damage)
-Angel Whisperer (gravity)
-Magna Roader (quake – ONLY USE IF EVERY PARTY MEMBER HAS FLOAT)

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Utility:
-General (cura)
-Peeper (white wind)
-Skeletal Horror (banish)
-Lycaon (blaster)
-Cirpius (hastega)
-Goetia (libra)
-Destroyer (reraise)
-Zokka (net for stop)
-Still Life (lullaby for group sleep)

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Ragey Choices to Test

Did my testing in the Tyrannosaur Forest to the north, so I could have a common target.

-Anemone’s “Gigavolt” or Chaser’s “Plasma” or Al Jabr’s “Thundaga” – AL JABR
-Sandhorse’s “Sandstorm” or Guard Leader’s “Wind Slash” – EQUAL
-Adamankary’s “Acid Rain” or Exoray’s “Venomist” – ADAMANKARY (exoray turns Gau undead, can’t heal)

A brutally hard monster, and the only non-tyrannosaur I found.

-General’s “Cura” or Peeper’s “White Wind” – DIFFERENT (White Wind better if Gau’s health is high)
-Veil Dancer’s “Blizzara” or Kamui’s “Snowstorm” – KAMUI (much better st damage)
-Onion Dasher’s “Traveler” or Killer Mantis’s “Metal Cutter” or Hill Gigas’s “Magnitude 8” or Purusa’s “Rock Slide” – PURUSA FOR ST, KILLER MANTIS FOR AOE
-Weredragon’s “Death” or Lycaon’s “Blaster” - LYCAON