User blog comment:Dera73/TRIAL 3 GUIDE vs. Maxwell/@comment-26040524-20150203104807/@comment-98.233.222.162-20150204063132

[reply to Dera73]

Yes, I like the strategy you laid out with the realignment for the spheres. When I planned out my sphere use, my main thought was to protect both Narza and Ulkina from any ailments. Curse or paralysis on either means "game over," so my first decisions were to use spheres to make sure neither of those characters could be touched. I wanted to have a BB enhancer on Ulkina but some things pushed me toward Leomurg. In my obsessive planning before taking on Maxwell, I read through the entire Maxwell counter site, and I noticed that the site advised that the healer only needs to heal on certain turns. So, I figured between Lilly and Zelnite, I could get Ulkina charged up in time for those turns. My Ulkina is a breaker and she has a nice attk stat (2191), and I found that in my first 2 tries at Maxwell, I had Ulkina attack a lot, and Leomurg could charge her up when she attacks. I didn't have a really powerful lineup, so safety and defense guided me. I am not saying what I did was optimal, though. I may have been too cautious.

I also won many of these high-level spheres recently, and I am still learning about their real effects in battle. I think I will set my squad up with your suggestions and play through one of the Gaia Chronicles so I can learn more about what a different sphere alignment can do. Thanks for the suggestions! I really enjoy the strategic aspects of BF. I'm not taking on Cardes for a long, long time, so I will have the chance to practice some different strategies :-)