Talk:Heroes of the Lapis Rebellion

Break Gauge
Be warned that Mastermind Xon doesn't work too well here, due to the presence of minions. Xon will hit targets randomly, so many of his hits are wasted.

Use White Mage Rosa instead, which everyone should have. She only needs a dagger in each hand (bowie knife and any other dagger will do), target Pegasus, and double-cast Radiant Arrows. She seems to do the job quicker anyways!

2 Turn Kill for Farming
This isn't easy to one-shot as it has undispelable mitigation up on turn one. And it seems to renew the mitigation plus add in elemental resists. I'm not sure what the deal is but it seems to happen if you do a bit too much damage to it perhaps? It doesn't happen if you don't hurt it on turn 1, is all I know.

Anyway, here is what I have found to work. First, target the top elemental. Hit it with triple t-cast SR chains (I am using the Veritable Darklord Himself, Tifa, and friend can be any of the new NV units with t-cast SR chains). For Darklord Himself (TM), include Dark Aspirations so as to enable t-cast on turn 2. You can also include self-imbue dark with Dark Edge, and spread it with Xon. Immediately after kicking off that triple chain (or double chain, since Darklord isn't actually doing a lot of chaining), switch target to the 2nd elemental. That way, you should easily kill both elementals without scratching Pegasus too much. You can now go ahead and use Xon or Rosa to kill the Break thingy. I am actually bringing both, and using Xon for his spread skills.

You will take some damage but so long as your 3 attackers survive, it is fine. Just make sure to buff, break and mitigate, or it could get ugly. Trust me on that, I got my party wiped out trying to see how ugly it could get!

Having survived to turn 2, a triple-chain of t-cast SR should finish it, even without imbues/imperils. I tried it without elementals, and it went down to 3%, so maybe best to use them. I am smashing it to pieces with a dark imbue/imperil. Using Tifa's LB is an option, but not necessary. Using this method I am only having to re-issue orders to Darklord, plus my companion, on each run. This makes for relatively stress-free farming!

One final note: it can be blinded (after the break is down), so it might be an idea to bring a source of blind such as Rikku's pouch, just in case.

3TK
Almost didn't do this but got Veritas finally... since it takes longer to

My Party: Tifa (punch it in the face), Elena (support), Tyro (magic tank/chainer), Blue Sky Bell Fran (break shield), Cloud Remake (chainer/break shield helper), & Friend: Tifa (punch it in the face some more)

Turn 1 - The Shield! I don't have WM Rosa or Mastermind Xon, but they did recently give Blue Sky Belle Fran as part of a recent event so she was my Break Shield unit. I had her dual wield daggers "Three Targets" + "Shooting Star Shot" this will eat ~40%, I used Cloud's Braver (Brave shift mode/dual wield) to eat about ~20%. Both Tifa's brave shift:

Turn 2 - Shield Gone go Berserk! Fran: "Three Targets" + "Shooting Star Shot" finished off the remaining ~40% shield! Tyro & Cloud start the chain and then both Tifa do what they do best Punch! unicorns in the face (True Final Heaven X2) ... Rainbow unicorn dead...

Turn 3 - Everyone let loose on the remaining two elementals... The End!

Side Note: I used Elena for element buffing and debuffing and barrier ability Both my Tifa and friend Tifa had 100% in both avian and beast --Ryuusen (talk) 01:49, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

2/3 T kill if you have 2 Clouds and 1 Tifa
While Pegasus has high elemental resistances, NV units will reduce those and leave him in negative numbers.

With 2 NV Clouds in BS form, you can reduce Lightning resistance, boost your attack, and kill the two elementals.

Tifa can enter in BS form in turn 1, no problem, because you will kill it at most at turn 3, most of the time at 2.

Tifa can break water resistance and imbue with water, as she can leave Pegasus in negative numbers without problem, and boost her LB damage at the same time. But if you want to take advantage of elemental combo when you launch your finishing LB, you will have to imbue her with Lightning too. For example, Sylvie can do it. But its not required, as most of the time you will finish it either way.

Ifrit can give Tifa Beast Killer. I prefer the killers in the finisher for the final blow.

Now comes the interesting, if you cannot meet damage requirements and have to pass turn 3 things may get ugly.

Rinora's mirage like ability, Double Conductor, can handle Pegasus's physical, but you still require a magic tank.

Also, I found out that Rinora is a good replacement for a physical tank, and even better than one. Some physical attacks that tanks don't block, Rinora's mirage does. Also, Rinora has a cooldown ability that cast mirage and blink enemies. Pegasus can be blind but in the end you get nothing useful out of it, just continue to renew mirage with Rinora if you can.

If you don't have Rinora, any NV unit should survive Pegagus physical. And with breaks and boosts you can make any units survive.

Ideally, you must be able to kill both elementals in 1 turn. If you can't for whatever reason, this knowledge may come in handy:

- The bottom elemental is required for Pegasus to regain damage mitigation each turn. With the bottom elemental dead, Pegasus doesn't get damage mitigation on next turns.

- The top elemental is required for the occasional stats boots Pegasus gets. Without the top elemental it won't renew those stats boosts. They last more than a single turn and cannot be dispelled. But the stats boosts that Pegasus cast on itself, that doesn't come from the elemental, can be dispelled.

- You don't need Rosa really. Most units can break Pegasus' barrier with barrage like attacks. Lightning can with normal attacks and her TMR equipped, it will take more than a single turn. Queen also can, once elementals are dead. Luna's TMR gives you Barrage to equip to any unit, so you can find a unit that can equip required weapons to maximize damage to barrier, and give that unit Luna's TMR.

- Also, in theory, if you have two very powerful NV Clouds and one Tifa, you may just kill Pegasus with the barrier still up. You will have to stack every possible killer there is.

Depending of how the battle evolves, this information may come in handy.