8-Man Blackmage Party Theory

[Sandlight]

Introduction

Basically, the 8-Man Blackmage Party Theory is a belief that a party of 8 Blackmages are always able to take down any dragon party in ToTE in exactly 2 turns. Yes, just in 2 turns. Of course, there are a
few requirements in order for this to be accomplished. First of all, each of the Blackmages must have at least 255 willpower, more or less, and at least level 50. Each must be able to use Psychostorm 3 and Nuke and each cannot die while in the battle while executing their spells.

Now on to explaining the battle. In every dragon party, enemies that you will always encounter will be Fire Dragons, Thunder Dragons, Fire Elementals, and Evil Spirits. Fire Dragons have 4500 HP, Thunder Dragons have 5000 HP, Fire Elementals have 800 HP, and Evil Spirits have 500 HP. Also another thing to note is that both Fire Elementals and Evil Spirits only take half damage from Psychostorm 3.

Now on to the battle steps and procedures for the theory. First thing to do is to assign roles for the party members. 4 Blackmages will have the duty of being "Nukers" and the other 4 Blackmages will have the duty of being "Stormers." The Nukers discuss and assign who will nuke which Dragon, it doesn't matter if it's a Fire or Thunder Dragon. Each Nuker will be responsible for using Nuke on two dragons so that every Dragon will get nuked once and only once. For the Stormers, they have much more flexibility in the battle. Each Stormers will use Psychostorm 3 two times during the battle, which is possible because of their mana capacity. If all of these battle commands are executed properly, all of the monsters will die in just 2 turns.

Example Battle:

Party:
-BM1 (Stormer)
-BM2 (Stormer)
-BM3 (Stormer)
-BM4 (Stormer)
-BM5 (Nuker)
-BM6 (Nuker)
-BM7 (Nuker)
-BM8 (Nuker)

Enemies:
-Thunder Dragon(1)
-Thunder Dragon(2)
-Fire Dragon(3)
-Thunder Dragon(4)
-Fire Dragon(5)
-Thunder Dragon(6)
-Fire Dragon(7)
-Fire Dragon(8)
-14 Evil Spirits(9-22)
-10 Fire Elementals(23-32)

Battle Time: First Turn
BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 will all cast Psychostorm 3, causing about 795 damage to all 500 HP Evil Spirits and 800 HP Fire Elementals, killing all Evil Spirits and almost all of the Fire Elementals (Remember, both Evil Spirits and Fire Elementals take half damage from Psychostorm 3). The spell will also do about 1590 damage to all Dragons. Now BM5, BM6, BM7, and BM8 have to nuke a Dragon so that each of them will take about at least 2650 damage.

Battle Time: Second Turn
Basically this turn should be executed in the same way as the last turn. The Stormers use Psychostorm 3 killing the rest of the Fire Elementals and the Dragons that were previously nuked and the Nukers use Nuke on the dragons that haven't been nuked before.
After this, all enemies should be dead and the battle should be over.

Results and Data
The total damage for each Fire Elemental should be:
795 = 795 > 500 HP
The total damage for each Evil Spirit should be:
795 + 795 = 1590 > 800 HP
The total damage for each Fire Dragon should be:
1590 + 1590 + 2650 = 5830 > 4500 HP
The total damage for each Thunder Dragon should be:
1590 + 1590 + 2650 = 5830 > 5000 HP

Conclusion

If followed correctly, this 8-Man party will be able to take down any dragon party at most in 2 turns, guarenteed. However, there are still some factors that can come up that will cause some problems. One of the party members may get rubbed by Evil Spirits right off the bat before they could use their spell or get Critical beatdown by Dragons. I don't think I can think of any party more efficient than this party.

Feel free to leave any comments or questions after reading this lengthy post.

[Firemaster]

Party:
-BM1 (Stormer)
-BM2 (Stormer)
-BM3 (Stormer)
-BM4 (Stormer)
-BM5 (Nuker)
-BM6 (Nuker)
-BM7 (Nuker)
-BM8 (Nuker)

Shouldnt all Four Blackmages that PS3 be able to kill the Fire Elementals? A regular PS3 does about 200 DMG to a Fire Elemental. Multiply 200 times 4(200 dmg times 4 Blackmages) and that would equal about 800. So shouldnt the Fire Elementals die too?

[Sandlight]

Yes, but I'm talking about the minimum willpower which is 255. I think lvl this 50 pure wip Blackmages would have willpower. This goes to show that even Blackmages that just got Psychostorm 3 can perform this battle theory.

[Divusmors]

Pure willpower black mages will have 285 willpower in TotE at level 50.

[wizkid17]

Interesting

[Divusmors]

Yeah. Also means level 50 black mages will have 255, which he's talking about, if they don't go to TotE. Imagine the mona battles with that. Haha.

[Kyou]

The only problem is you'll be going late in your turn. If the Dragons get 2 good shots on one of the guys he's down.

But Barring Critical Storm from the dragons you should still be able to finish the fight with whoevers still alive.

[Jumin]

yeah... so become level 62-63 and you can go before the dragons.... lol

[Divusmors]

Or maybe use those points in agility. If you only need 255 minimum to make this work, and you'll have 285 at that level with enlightenment, why not stick those 30 in agility? Or maybe in hit points? Betters the odds.

[Firemaster]

Aug 4, 2008 14:13:09 GMT -6 Jumin said:

yeah... so become level 62-63 and you can go before the dragons.... lol

My Blackmage is only level 55. Level 55 and it can go before Dragons without a fast. Well not all the time. I can go sometimes against Thunders but not all the time.

[Caoineag]

So anyhow, I'm not sure I see the point of all this. It basically reads "black magi are the best at dealing lots of damage, so if they have the willpower and ability to act before enemies, they can kill everything quickly". Yes?

This isn't news, really. Black magi kill stuff easily, but are slower and less resilient than any other class (exception being elemental damage). It's how they're supposed to be, isn't it?

I can't think of any area that an eight-black-magi party wouldn't decimate enemies provided they have healthy willpower and can take their turns before the enemy.

[Divusmors]

I remember someone trying to get that damage post done, but everyone yelled at him for cheating. lol I guess the only cheats allowed are boosts and skills, magic never gets appreciated. They did something in the range of 14k, though. That must have been nice.