Final Fantasy Record Keeper Typhon Magicite Fight

The fights in the 5-star Magicite Dungeons in the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (FFRK) mobile game are quest level 400.

Typhon is the 5-star Wind Magicite boss who’s weak to the ice element and who takes reduced damage from physical attacks.

I talk more about this in this post, but since I was able to beat the 5-star Lightning Magicite, Quetzalcoatl, who is weak to the earth element and takes reduced damage against magic and ninjutsu attacks, with my physical fire elemental team, I thought I’d bring the same team to take on Typhon.

Couldn’t get the win though because this team requires a bit of time to set everything up before I could really start dealing damage.

The fight against Typhon requires you to go fast. It’s necessary to deal a certain amount of damage and bring down Typhon’s HP to get him from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of the battle as soon as possible.

If you’re too slow, then he’ll use this move called Snort which will remove your entire party out of the battle, automatically ending the fight.

So I decided to bring an ice team instead. I don’t have a lot of ice-type Soul Breaks that deal magical damage though so I had no choice but to bring a physical ice team to this fight.

This made things harder, and there were a number of tries wherein I still got hit with the Snort move. Had to spend a few resources before I could finally get the win.

My Magicite deck and passives for this fight was:

Mateus (XII) – Dampen Air Level 10 and Health Boon Level 5
Manticore (V) – 2 Empower Ice Level 15
Madeen (IX) – Healing Boon Level 15 and Health Boon Level 5
Madeen (IX) – 2 Attack Boon Level 16
Phoenix (VI) – Spell Ward Level 5 and Blade Ward Level 8

My team was:

Elarra from Final Fantasy Record Keeper

partial Record Board – got the tiles that increase her HP, mind, defense and resistance stats
100 Magia in mind and HP stats, 45 Magia in defense and resistance stats
Ultra Soul Break 1 (USB1), Magika Album
USB2, Magika Orare
Glint+ Soul Break (G+), Magika Amuletum
Glint Soul Break (G), Magika Pius
equipped with Warrior’s Hymn and Passionate Salsa
Ace Striker Record Materia – Soul Break gauge fills much more when using attack or abilities

Laguna Loire from Final Fantasy VIII

partial Record Board – just didn’t get the Camaraderie tile
100 Magia in attack stat and 29 in ice attack stat
Awakened Arcane Soul Break 1 (AASB1), Tactical Attack
created the Icy Offering Machinist ability for him. This one has the chance to imperil the ice element
Machinist’s Touch Record Materia – small chance to dualcast machinist abilities

Tyro from Final Fantasy Record Keeper

partial Record Board – got the HP ones and the ones that increased his speed and reduced the delay of his actions
he has 100 Magia in the HP stat, 48 Magia in the Resistance stat, and 48 Magia in the Defense stat
AASB, Fantasy Grimoire Vol. I
Arcane Overstrike Soul Break 3 (AOSB3), Triple Phase
USB4, Arbiter’s Tome
USB3, Divine Veil Grimoire
USB1, Warder’s Apocrypha
G, Purifying Grimoire
Burst Soul Break (BSB), Keeper’s Tome
Unique Soul Break 2, Sentinel’s Grimoire
Legend Materia Relic 1 (LMR1), Archival Secrets
equipped with Wrath and Entrust
Dr. Mog’s Teachings Record Materia – begin dungeons with 2 Soul Break charges

Tyro from Final Fantasy Record Keeper was here to Wrath and Entrust and support the party with his AASB and USB4. The aforementioned Soul Breaks can increase the party’s critical hit chance.

These relics combo very well with Elarra’s (from Final Fantasy Record Keeper) Magika Orare which increases the party’s critical hit damage.

Had Tyro equipped with Dr. Mog’s Teachings so he could Entrust the gauges to my main DPS and have said DPS start attacking right away in order to avoid the Phase 1 Snort move.

Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII

complete Record Board – initially, I didn’t complete it because I was trying to save resources, but since I kept losing to Typhon, I decided to just go ahead and finish the entirety of his Board already
100 Magia in attack and ice attack stats and 3 Magia in HP stat
Synchro Arcane Soul Break 1 (SASB1), Cross Your Heart
AASB1, Fatal Frost
AASB2, End of Flame
USB4, Double Junction
G+2, Fated Force
BSB1, Lion’s Roar
Scholar’s Boon Record Materia – deal much more damage when attacking with an enemy’s elemental weakness

Initially, had Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII (#ad) equipped with Snowspell Strike but it wasn’t dealing as much damage as I wanted it to so, after I ended up completing his Record Board, I decided to get his Hero Ability, Renzokuken, as well. Got it to its max rank of 5, increasing its uses to 10.

Celes Chere from Final Fantasy VI

partial Record Board – didn’t get the Camaraderie tile. At first, I didn’t get most of her tiles either, but since I was having trouble with Typhon, I started unlocking more and more of her tiles until I basically ended up unlocking most of them
100 Magia in attack stat
SASB1, Mystical Snow
Chain Soul Break (CSB), More the Merrier
AOSB, Glorious Blade
equipped with Snowspell Strike since Squall now has his Hero Ability
Mako Might Record Materia – same effect as Dr. Mog’s Teachings

Gave Mako Might to Celes Chere from Final Fantasy VI so she can cast her physical ice Chain Soul Break right away.

Had to switch the positions of my team a few times because after getting past Phase 1, Typhon will start using Snort again a bit later on during the course of the rest of the battle.

He’ll start by Snorting the char in slot 3. I ended up putting Tyro there since he didn’t really have much to do anymore after he Entrusts to Squall then to Elarra.

Would have wanted to have been able to use Tyro’s USB4 and Awakening and even Elarra’s Magika Orare but just didn’t have the time to do so. This fight was really super fast-paced.

Celes was here to cast her ice Chain. Only cast her SASB when I had the gauges to spare. Was pretty disappointed with her damage though.

Even with most of her Board completed, she still hit like a wet noodle. I don’t think she ever managed to break the damage cap even under the effects of her Sync.

But maybe that’s just because she’s stuck using Snowspell Strike and Typhon resists physical damage.

Elarra sang the Warrior’s Hymn to buff Squall’s attack. Used her USB1 when she had enough gauges to cast it.

A few times, had her dance the Passionate Salsa to debuff the enemy. Borrowed the Fabula Raider Roaming Warrior to buff Squall’s attack some more.

Speaking of Squall, he was my main DPS for this fight. As soon as Tyro gave him the bars, had him cast his Sync then spammed his Sync Command 1 linked to his Hero Ability. He was able to deal a lot of damage once I got everything set up.

Laguna was here to imperil ice so Squall can deal even more damage. Cast his AASB when he had the bars to do so since it also imperils ice. He didn’t deal that much damage though.

After a few more tries, finally managed to get the win. Even got sub-30 with the fight ending at 21.66 seconds. Only Tyro got Snorted.

Conclusion

So what about you? Have you tried any of the 5-star Magicite fights yet? What do you think about these quests? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

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