Inspired by /u/Shuden 's request for a comparison, here's my attempt to one. The equipment that I will be using in this comparison are all F2P-friendly with little to no luck required to obtain, and hopefully it can serve as the baseline of comparison for you to consider for your own elaborated build.
Any feedback or comments are welcomed! Let's begin.
tl;dr:
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Tifa at EX+2 will deal 1.53x times more damage output than hers at EX+1, looking at 674m LB damage in EX+2 vs. ~440m LB damage in EX +1 on DV Dark Ifrit (last day)
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Tifa at EX+3 will deal 1.23x times more damage output than hers at EX+2, looking at 825m LB damage in EX+3 vs. 674m LB damage in EX+2 on DV Dark Ifrit (last day).
FIRST OFF
Tifa EX0 will not be covered in this comparison.
If you are reading this months down the road where you missed out on the free shards, or her shards are no longer in the VIP store, my condolences. My suggestion is try to get Tifa to EX1. This is because my comparison will use her stacked-up 350x LB from EX1 form as finisher to the chain.
EQUIPMENT
This comparison will be built using easily achievable equipment via 4☆ units, or certain trials. Do note that the 500 static ATK passive from EX+2 is not available in FFBEEquip; and also her VC is not yet available, so help yourself and add +500 net ATK in EX+2 build, and +1000 net ATK in EX+3 build.
Build as following:
| Item | EX+1 | EX+2 | EX+3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | https://ffbeEquip.com/builder.html?server=GL#47c8a190-f021-11eb-b65c-57ec385fa51a | https://ffbeEquip.com/builder.html?server=GL#70820140-f020-11eb-b65c-57ec385fa51a | https://ffbeEquip.com/builder.html?server=GL#1d903870-f021-11eb-b65c-57ec385fa51a |
| Weapon 1 | Tiger Fangs (FFBE), ATK +173 | Tiger Fangs (FFBE), ATK +173 | Tiger Fangs (FFBE), ATK +173 |
| Weapon 2 | Aigaion Arm, ATK +145 | Aigaion Arm, ATK +145 | Aigaion Arm, ATK +145 |
| Hat | Zeid's Mask, ATK +40 (from 4☆ Zeid) | Zeid's Mask, ATK +40 (from 4☆ Zeid) | Zeid's Mask, ATK +40 (from 4☆ Zeid) |
| Clothes | Rufus Shinra's Clothes, ATK +30 (from 5☆ Rufus Shinra FFVII Remake) | Rufus Shinra's Clothes, ATK +30 (from 5☆ Rufus Shinra FFVII Remake) | Rufus Shinra's Clothes, ATK +30 (from 5☆ Rufus Shinra FFVII Remake) |
| Accessory 1 | Desch's Earrings, ATK +45 (from 4☆ Desch) | Crescent Moon Charm, ATK +82 w/ Static ATK +500 (from NV Tifa's STMR) | Crescent Moon Charm, ATK +82 w/ Static ATK +500 (from NV Tifa's STMR) |
| Accessory 2 | Crescent Moon Charm, ATK +82 w/ Static ATK +500 (from NV Tifa's STMR) | Crescent Moon Charm, ATK +82 w/ Static ATK +500 (from NV Tifa's STMR) | Crescent Moon Charm, ATK +82 w/ Static ATK +500 (from NV Tifa's STMR) |
| Materias | Anything that stacks ATK to 400% | Anything that stacks ATK to 400% | Anything that stacks ATK to 400% |
| Esper | Ifrit 3☆ | Ifrit 3☆ | Ifrit 3☆ |
| Vision Card | Dramatic Costume Change, ATK +115, ATK +50% | Dramatic Costume Change, ATK +115, ATK +50% | The Star of Seventh Heaven, ATK+125, Static ATK +500 |
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Tiger Fangs is arguably the toughest to achieve item in this suggestion, having to clear Scorn of the Beasts.
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The VC Dramatic Costume Change is WD Ling's one, which you can use the VC-selector ticket from Tifa EX1 to select.
ENEMY & BASELINE CALCULATION
There's really no point using Earth Shrine as comparison other than flexing, lol, so I'll be using Dark Visions' Dark Ifrit from the last day of the ongoing DV campaign; since, well, I think if you get NV Tifa, this is the goal you should aim for and not Earth Shrine...
NV Tifa:
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Level: 120
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LB skill: 350x (2nd stack)
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LB Damage boost: cap 4x
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Beast Killer multiplier: cap 4x (innate 200% + Ifrit)
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Chain: cap 4x
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Element weakness: 1.65x (125% water imperil - 60% innate boss resistance)
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Fist imperil: 1.25x
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Water damage buff: 1.5x
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ATK buff from team: 300%
Dark Ifrit: (Beast)
- Total DEF: 15,750 (22,500 base, imperiled by 80%, 11,250 passive DEF)
CALCULATION
Crunching all the WTFness above, if we use Tifa at EX+1 or above to cap a chain using her LB damage, the highest she can deal to DV Dark Ifrit will be:
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EX+1: 440,150,354 damage
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EX+2: 674,094,243 damage (~53% jump from EX+1)
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EX+3: 825,182,357 damage (~22% jump from EX+2)
CONCLUSION
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I know some of you may look at <1bil damage above and wonder whether it's really worth it to invest in Tifa. Please note, once again, that this comparison is built on (1) F2P gears, and (2) freaking DV Dark Ifrit as the enemy.
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Avalanche Tifa's damage, even with F2P gear, and only at EX+1, is already almost on par with the top-tier DPS in the game at the moment, ie. Noctis, Ardyn, Zidane, etc.
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It is advisable to try to EX+1 her, especially when you have free shards from the event, as it unlocks her 350x LB; and obviously more stats. I personally recommend staying at EX+1 if you do not aim to beat the top 100 or so in Dark Visions. She can easily help you breeze through even Dark Gigas in the last day of DV.
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Getting Tifa to EX+2 is when the crazy shit begins. If you chase her EX+2, you would have 2 copies of her stackable STMR, higher stats, and access to her EX passives that gives max LB at the start of the battle + static ATK 500. This explains the whopping 53% jump from EX+1. I personally recommend Tifa to EX+2 if you already have some amazing gears to boost her stats further + want to maximize the damage in DV for as much as you can.
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EX+3 Tifa gives her a 22% jump in damage purely from using the VC that we receive upon awakening.
TRUE CONCLUSION
All in all, EX+2 should be the sweet spot for many dolphins, or lucky F2P if you could afford it.
EX+3 pushes you a bit further, but the cost of getting there is eye-watering to say the least.
TRUEST CONCLUSION
Gumi, wtf. I'm already broke on Bitcoin, and now THIS? :sadge:
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