User blog:Luxionmk2/Counting BCs...

So I'm trying to find an answer to this question:


 * What's the point of leveling Ice Keep Copra/Ice Tower Tesla's Brave Burst?

So I turned to the internet. Some say (without proof) that leveling Tesla's BB reduces the number of Battle Crystals needed to completely fill its Brave Burst Gauge. I happen to have summoned two: Guardian and Lord types. I'm working on the Guardian, hoping that its BB will help me defeat high level, special event units and capture them (looking at you Sola and Madia!) It's almost ready to evolve to 5-stars, and its BB level sits at 1. I'm going to increase the BB level of the Lord-type to 2, and then count BCs.

There's a lot of work involved before I can even begin.

My Level 57 Copra is in a party by itself. With high DEF, the fire-element enemies it will be facing won't be able to touch it, since I plan on testing agains the weak denizens of Mistral's Cave of Flames. The 5% HP bonus from its leader skill is just icing on the cake.

The problem is that Brave Frontier forces you to bring a friend along to battle. My first attempt was difficult to count because the BCs would look like they're going to Copra, but some actually float past it to my ally. To combat this, I repositioned Copra so that it might make it easier to count, but it was still difficult. I gave up counting after losing track and decided to auto-battle.

Next, I figured that perhaps a unit that does not have a Brave Burst might not take any BCs. So on my test account (which has some units my main account wants!), I set it up so that the Earth Ghost was the leader. Earth Ghost because of its low DEF, lack of BB, and susceptibility to fire damage, in the event that it does leech BCs from battle, I want it to die off and leave my Copra alone.

The next step was cycling through a few more battles before my Earthly ally appeared as an option. This didn't happen until the next morning (today, as of this writing). As I thought, the ghost DOES take some BCs. Fortunately, my backup plan worked and it quickly died off to some Goblin attacks.

So despite this ideal setup now, it was still difficult to count the BCs that flow into my Copra, especially when a unit dies and 5-6 BCs shower out from it, clumped together.

All I have gathered from my that counting attempt was that Copra needs about 30-35 BCs. *sigh* I'll have to wait a few more fight cycles before I get another chance with Earth Ghost.