Dissidia 012: Duodecim - Final Strike equipment set test

So, just how powerful is the Final Strike set?

First battle:

Equipment:
Death Blade (lvl 100, Final Strike 1/4)
Reaper's Shield (lvl 1, Final Strike 1/4)
Helmet of the Dead (lvl 1, Final Strike 1/4)
Death Armor (lvl 1, Final Strike 1/4)

Final Strike:
EX Absorption & Range Boost
Assist Charge & Duration Boost

Accessories:
Tenacious Attacker
(9 unimportant accessories; just some +damage% and boosters)

The first fight in the video uses the full Final Strike set, plus a Tenacious Attacker accessory (for absorbing EX while attacking). It uses no other EX-related items or accessories, so it's a good baseline example of the Final Strike set's effect. The other accessories I'm wearing are not important (it's the same setup I used for my earlier Feral Chaos video).

My equipment for the second fight is as follows:

Equipment:
Chaos Blade
Highway Star (+10% EX force absorption)
Grand Helm
Maximilian

Accessories:
Close to You
Attractorb
Pearl Necklace
(insert 7 boosters totaling x9.5 multipliers)

Total: +105% EX force absorption, +9.5m EX range

The second setup is a hardcore all-in EX build. Compared to the first, the second is still a little bit faster at building EX, but not by much. What's important, though, is that the first build doesn't require an additional 8-9 accessory slots to pull off, AND it super-charges your assist gauge rather than almost completely removing it.

By the way, my estimation for the Final Strike set's assist boost is that it gives +50% Assist Charge rate. That's also an enormous boost!

Is the Final Strike set worth the major defense drawback, at least against AI opponents? Let me know what you think!

Here's a thread on the Dissidia Forums that I started to discuss this. You can also find where to get the Final Strike set here:

http://dissidiaforums.com/showthread.php?8635-Final-Strike-equipment-set

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