Скачать или смотреть DFFOO [JP][6WQ Area 8] Cater BT/FR vs annoying, cleanse/dispel-happy moth and centipede

I got Cater BT/FR by complete accident and I have spare ingots, so I gave her BT+3 as well. If I somehow want or get the new character coming up next, I would have 100% BT/FR rate for a month. My resources are going to cry.

This boss can be a bit annoying and challenging at the same time. It does require some fitness at controlling DPS and debuff or you risk a total dispel even if you have Cater BT (or other means) for party evasion. That being said, there is still a bit of leeway and error tolerance for 1 FR finish.

Some assist characters have a rather vital role as well. My FR only Edgar made a comeback and Iris, as usual, makes some mechanics easier.

Boss: Dimension Crawl Bug and Swarmfly
Both are immune to break delays

Force: (accelerated)
0%: Player ATK/DEF down
FA: Unclean Breath+/++ (AOE BRV+HP)
upgrades to ++ version if Crawl Bug's ice resistance is not "weakness"
*++ version makes it a guaranteed hit and dispel all (framed) buffs

FT: 10T
heal 100% of dmg taken at the end of turn
new player buff/debuffs have a 1T duration

Weakness: (cancel FT)
FA that deals Ice BRV dmg (excluding BT phase/enchant)
additionally, up to 5T of Crawl Bug's actions, all bosses take increased ice BRV dmg

HP Thresholds:
Both bosses have HP locks. See (B) for Crawl Bug and (A) for Swarmfly

Crawl Bug:
A. 90/60/20%: "Strike+" (ST BRV+HP)
cleanses all debuffs
dispels all player (framed) buffs

B. 70/30%: "Power of Darkness is at a high level" (Red Aura)
moves to next HP lock (69% - 29% - 0)
Red Aura:
greatly reduces non-ice elemental/non-elemental BRV dmg
taken
uses "Charge Blast+" (ST BRV+HP) in its next action
ignores BRV/HP mitigation
removes Red Aura

Swarmfly:
A. 90/50/20%: Becomes "Enraged" (Blue Aura)
moves to next HP lock (89% - 49% - 19% - 0%)
(i.e. Boss can die after the 3rd enraged is used)
puts up a 500K BRV shield on itself
Blue Aura:
massive DEF up for both bosses
removed when Swarmfly receives attack type weakness BRV dmg
(i.e. melee/range/magic)
if blue aura still persists and its HP is within 80-50%/50-20%/10-0%, swarmfly would use "Uplifting flap"
(guaranteed hit event)
cleanses all debuffs
removes all player (framed) buffs

General Strat:
These two bosses, at different thresholds, would both cleanse all debuffs and remove all player buffs. They would also put roadblocks to stall you from removing their mechanics. The massive BRV dmg reduction, the massively increased DEF and BRV shields have to be dealt with.

They also have HP locks in placed, and with the Swarmfly triggering its buff removal attacks with a 10% HP allowance for removing its BRV shield, deploying extremely high burst DPS may backfire and bite you. You have to limit yourself or switch target if you must.

One important preparation is to get whoever would act during the period of "enemy using FA to you activating FT" to come out and get QS buff. In my case, it is Iris. This is because of the enemy FT effect limiting all debuffs and buffs to 1T. Coming out at said period makes "newly applied" QS buff start 1T.

Second preparation is to get a ice imperil on the Crawl Bug. Otherwise, ++ version activates and all buffs get destroyed.

I view the Swarmfly as the primary target to be eliminated. This is because of the 10% HP threshold allowance and its consequential attack being guaranteed hit. For Crawl Bug, you can pretty much ignore what it does if your party evasion is at 100%. Lastly, it has 3 thresholds to be pushed.
The moth's BRV shield shows up with massive DEF up and requires at least one attack type weakness + actually dealing BRV dmg to dispel it (i.e. BRV hits after shield is broken). This is where Edgar and Iris BT comes in. Iris BT drops boss defence to 0, and Edgar applies attack type weakness debuff (magic on LD contact). You can use others like Hope/Auron (though beware that if you are party-dodging, Auron would not counter).
One (VERY) annoying thing about this moth if your attack that supposedly would dispel the aura also drops it below the 10% HP margin, the Swarmfly would actually complete its threshold event before getting dispelled. In other words, your buffs are gone.
Avoid hard hitting attacks. Switch target and use collateral dmg if you must especially when FR% is high.

Quick Note on Cater:
Her taunt is finally not at 1T, now it is 6. Though between LD/EX and S2, none of them are instant turn rate moves and no moves inflict ice imperil/taunt or her trap at the same time. So if you are facing a cleanse happy opponent, it would not be very convenient to utilise all of her talents.

Her EX buff gives her a long-missing evasion boost now, so outside of BT, she should no longer be needing her C88 to 100% dodge things.

Her FR has BRV freeze aura, so don't worry about guaranteed hit attacks killing you.