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Lore Theory: Fiend Reaper is an Aether Core

A little bit of lore theory crafting, as a treat!

Now that Death and Rebirth confirmed that each myth represents a different "parallel" version of Philos, and that each has its own Aether Core, I'm seeing more parallels as I go back through Beyond Cloudfall and Sylus's general lore.

Here are the key traits that make me think Fiend Reaper (the great sword that sealed Sylus in Beyond Cloudfall) is specifically an Aether Core:

Sylus refers to its power as belonging to her

It's able to exist in a static form, then she absorbs and is able to use its power, just like she does in the main story. (Both with the first Aether Core and with the Spatium Core.)

It's capable of awe-inspiring power, not just sealing a fiend but also being able to kill one.

It turns into golden light, which is a representation of MC's power.

Every version of Philos asks different "what if" questions, so this could be "what if an Aether Core manifested as a weapon"

It kind of feels really obvious in retrospect? like, yeah, of course, that's where her power comes from, it's an Aether Core. But for whatever reason it hadn't occurred to me before.

Going off the rails a bit, since we know that MC can be reincarnated multiple times in the same version of Philos (such as with Xavier's continuity) there's a narrative possibility that the sword was made/stolen from a previous version of MC.

Imagine the Sacred Judicator finding a young girl with incredible power and having her killed to forge her power into a great sword that he then uses to seal the fiend and claim stolen valor--only for that very same girl to reincarnate millennia later, free the fiend, destroy the nation he created, and finally bring about the end of the world.

I'm digging it.

[rykiioudreams]

"Fiend Reaper" ｡.:*☆

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░ 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭: 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝟏𝟐𝟎 ⠀   𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟒.𝟎 ⠀   ① ᴄᴏᴍᴘ: Abysm Sovereign [R0 AS] ⠀   ① ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ: Fiend Reaper ⠀   ② ᴄᴏᴍᴘ: Abysm Sovereign [R0 CA] ⠀   ② ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ: Fiend Reaper

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⠀⠀⠀☑ Stella Match⠀⠀☐ Brute Force ⠀⠀⠀☑ Video

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This was an interesting one. Oath Recovery + Expedited Energy and weakness build for T1, double Expedited Energy and hybrid build (CR + D2W) for T2.

I was overstat for T2 and used oath sub-optimally outside of weakness. Don't do what I did - PLEASE USE OATH WITHIN WEAKNESS! My estimate is that this is clearable with at least 5k-8k less HP, maybe even less if you can time another rock spike at the very end.

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲── .✦

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬── .✦

𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨── .✦

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

2025-11-02 8:29 PM

T1 notes: - Alternate regular resonance and Fury resonance. Fury resonance for the last one at around 0:13. - 2BA combos and support skills to stagger enemies. 1 active skill only per Fury resonance. - At the start, push the Fissionform (skinny guy) on the right towards the other one -> regular resonance. Aim to get them to the northwest corner. Focus on them for the first minute. - Close to the 1:00 mark, group the Fusionform (big guy) close enough to the Fissionforms so that they're all hit by resonance. This is so they all get hit by first oath in weakness. - Focus on the Fusionform for the second minute. Push it towards the other enemies as you're attacking it. T2 notes: - I was overstat for this! Again, PLEASE USE OATH WITHIN WEAKNESS! Don't do what I did in the video! - Phase 1: -- I reset until I get the blue Despairra. This is so I can get Despairra: Gravitas (red) for phase 3, and lets me do perfect dodges during the rock spike phases. -- Regular resonance -> Fury resonance (shieldbreak) -> charged attack 4x -> Fury resonance (shieldbreak) -- Weakness rotation: Active skill -> 3BA/2BA -> 2BA -> 2BA -> active skill. Support skill somewhere in there. -- Parry the repulsion attacks with your back against the closest blue rock. Sylus will still try to hide, positioning in this way guides him towards shortest distance. -- Use support skill before Sylus gets a chance to hide behind the blue rock or else you won't be able to use it until after the repulsion attack. -- Don't stand too close to the blue rocks or else Sylus will get confused and keep trying to hide. 💀 -- Finish by 1:05 at most. - Phase 2: -- Use charged attacks on the blue core until fully healed. The timer freezes for a good amount of time for this. - Phase 3: -- DON'T use oath at the very start like I did here. I was attempting a strat that ended up being unnecessary. Save your oath for weakness to maximize damage. -- Start with Fury resonance -> support skill -> active skill. You want to get these hits in quickly before the first rock spike phase. -- Perfect dodge the rock spike. You can use the empowered support skill for damage, or leave it alone if you can't afford the additional delays on your timing. -- First weakness rotation: Active skill -> 2BA spam. Support skill and oath in there. Only 1 active skill because we need the energy to use regular resonance ASAP. -- One parry/active skill before the final Fury resonance (shieldbreak) at 0:13. -- Final weakness rotation: Active skill -> 3BA -> 2BA -> 2BA -> active skill. Support skill in there.

[luminafights]

░ 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟎-𝟏𝟏/𝟑 ⠀   𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟒.𝟎 ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴀ: Lemurian Sea God [R0 MS] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ʙ: Abysm Sovereign [R0 AS] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴄ: Deepspace Pilot [R0 FA]

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⠀⠀⠀☑ Stella Match⠀⠀☐ Brute Force ⠀⠀⠀☑ 36/36 ⠀⠀⠀☐ +20%⠀⠀☐ +30%⠀⠀☑ +40% ⠀⠀⠀☑ Video

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This was a challenging season for me. All teams needing crit luck. I'm glad that it's over! The Expedited Energy in Team A is optional/situational, you can swap it out for DEF%.

Also worth noting that this is the highest I've ever had to raise R0 Abysm Sovereign HP for stella match SHC so far.

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂── .✦

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

2025-10-24 11:33 AM

✦ Team A: 1:30 clear, crit-leaning hybrid build (CR + CDMG + D2W). I'll only note the key points. Follow along the video for the specific attack sequences and timings. - Always have Sea God Mark available at the start of every Divine Favor. - If the Divine Favor rotation is too tight, prioritize detonating the orb at the end, and/or skip the first eCA. - Wave 2: -- It's easier to dodge this boss's attacks if you hug its left arm or get behind it. -- Start with Divine Favor. Once the boss's HP is pushed to 3x HP, it will put up a shield (white bar on its HP). Resonance skill hits critting helps a lot with breaking this shield. -- Final shieldbreak -> Divine Favor at 1:45. ✦ Team B: 1:31 clear, D2W-leaning hybrid build (CR + D2W). Betting on the parry active skills critting, especially for Myst. - All Fury resonances - at 50% HP for wave 1, at 80%+ HP for waves 2 and 3. Don't hold off using support skill, not unless you are about to use resonance. - Wave 1: -- Support skill -> 2BA -> 2BA -> BA to get 6 stacks of Life Stimulation fluctuation buff before using resonance. -- When enemy is at 80% 1x HP, you can let support skill kill it the rest of the way. This is an option if you don't want your health to dip too low for wave 2. - Wave 2: -- After the first resonance, wait for a beat to see if it jumps back before using any skills. -- I like to do a parry during the first Fury, then another parry as it does its lock phase scream. -- Weakness rotation: active skill -> support skill -> 2BA spam - Wave 3: -- This Myst has shields from the get-go. -- Quick charged attacks to get HP to full for the first resonance. -- Resonance rotation: resonance skill -> parry/active skill -> empowered support skill -> parry/active skill -> resonance skill at 1:43 (shieldbreak) -- Weakness rotation: active skill -> 3BA/2BA -> 2BA -> 2BA -> active skill -> oath -- Mash the BA button as oath is about to end just in case there's a sliver of HP left over. ✦ Team C: 1:31 clear, crit-leaning hybrid build (CR + CDMG + D2W). The crit fluctuation is a scam. For your sanity, assume that there's no crit increase and set expectations accordingly. - Finish wave 1 by 2:40, wave 2 by 2:20, wave 3 final shieldbreak by 1:43. - It's best to use support skill only when the enemy is firmly in place so that you get as many hits in as possible. For waves 1 and 2, this means pushing the enemy to the north. - Resonance can crit. In wave 1, it helps save time when resonance crits on the enemies on the left enemy and/or the right enemy. In my clear, it crit on both enemies. - Have the dragon face the north wall for its first 1-2 attacks for the dash attack. After that, anticipate it to jump backwards and adjust your skill timing as needed.

[luminafights]

░ 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝟑/𝟐𝟒-𝟒/𝟕 ⠀   𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑.𝟎 ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴀ: Abysm Sovereign [R0 AS] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ʙ: Abysswalker [R0 AB] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴄ: Deepspace Pilot

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⠀⠀⠀☑ Stella Match⠀⠀☑ Brute Force ⠀⠀⠀☑ 36/36 ⠀⠀⠀☐ +20%⠀⠀☐ +30%⠀⠀☑ +40% ⠀⠀⠀☑ Video

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Another blessed season with 40% match. Thankful for the standard 5-star Memory boosts! I hope they're rotated in at reasonable intervals moving forward. 🙏 This is a very crit-filled season. I had fun optimizing all 3 fights!

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂── .✦

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬── .✦

░ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐇𝐂 𝟑/𝟐𝟒-𝟒/𝟕

My protocore loadout for this season, by request! Separate post because it's a lot of screenshots. 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀── .✦ 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁── .✦ 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂── .✦

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

2025-04-04 6:15 PM

Reference the videos if you need a visual aid for my notes. ✦ Team A: 1:33 clear. Hybrid build, Crit Rate to 40-50% and the rest into DMG to Weakened. First wave: - Regular resonance and 1 active skill. Second wave: - Basic attacks -> Fury resonance. - 1 parry outside of weakness. - A couple of charged attacks to heal up before hitting Fury resonance. Need as much HP here to maximize damage for the next part. - Fury resonance. No active skills. If things are looking good, you should be able to kill the golem just as weakness ends. Third wave: - Use active skill as soon as it spawns. If you can approximate where it spawns, you cap opt to charge your active skill for this. - 2 parries outside of weakness. The fire golem can punch pretty fast - watch out for that. - Once your HP is near full and you are at/ahead of 1:43 on the timer, use Fury resonance. Double active skill rotation. Use oath within weakness. - If it's still breathing after all that, beat it up until it dies. ✦ Team B: 1:32 clear. Crit build is crucial for the way I did this fight. First wave: - You need to kill 2 enemies in order to spawn and additional 2 enemies. - Once you're sure that you killed 2 enemies, circle back around to manual lock the newly-spawned shielded enemy as an anchor point for resonance. - The faster you can clear this, the better. My benchmark was 2:15-2:20 on the timer. Second wave: - Resonance when it spawns. DO NOT rush to shieldbreak. - When it generates a shield (white bar on enemy HP), keep attacking it until the shield depletes. Crits make this easier. - After its shield has been depleted, and you have 3-4 bars of Potential (under your HP bar), use resonance to shieldbreak. - During weakness, hold off on using support skill until the very end. You wanna time it so that Searing Slash fires off AFTER weakness ends, to delay the enemy from generating another shield right away, buying you just a bit more time to get some hits in to finish it off. ✦ Team C: Brute force 2/4. Crit build to take advantage of that sweet sweet Crit DMG buff fluctuation. 1:42 clear, but this was on a particularly lucky run, in most attempts I was closer to 1:30. Went low for this because I was curious just how much I could push it! You can go really low! This is a good opportunity to unlock the SHC SMS for an LI that you haven't cleared SHC with yet. I was so happy to use Pilot in this!! Even if he did die a lot. First and second wave: - For the first wave, tap on where the middle mob will show up and quickly use resonance. Targeting the middle mob ensures that resonance hits all enemies. - If resonance doesn't bring the Magma Knaves to the lower 1x HP or doesn't kill them outright, I reset the fight. - If the Magma Knaves still have a sliver of HP, ignore them. They will self-destruct or get killed by Pilot's explosions. - Active skill spam after this point. - Pick up HP at the end of each wave to improve survivability. Third wave: - Active skill spam. - Support skill to refresh the mark, but be careful that it doesn't put Caleb in a bad position. The damage is lethal. - When the camera zooms out and the boss has a red circle right underneath it, that's your cue that it's about to do the spinning attack. Active skill into the spin (BE BRAVE), if you have it up and still need to fill a big damage gap, but quickly dash out of the spin afterwards so you don't get knocked around. - Use oath, 1:34 at the latest, so that you can quickly hit resonance after oath to squeeze in a bit more damage.

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░ 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝟏𝟐/𝟐-𝟏𝟐/𝟏𝟔 ⠀   𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐.𝟎 ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴀ: Abysswalker [R3 DT] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ʙ: Abysm Sovereign [R0 AS] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴄ: Lightseeker [R0 LT]

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⠀⠀⠀☑ Stella Match⠀⠀☐ Brute Force ⠀⠀⠀☑ 36/36 ⠀⠀⠀☐ +20%⠀⠀☑ +30%⠀⠀☐ +40% ⠀⠀⠀☑ Video

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First time clearing without a full DMG Boost! My hands hurt, but motivation came in the form of Abysm Sovereign. Just had to get full medals on his first season! I'm absolutely in love how with he plays and I wanted to rep him well. 🐉

There's footage for each Team clear this time!

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂── .✦

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

2024-12-07 12:57 AM

✦ Team A: Weakened build. Buzzer beater clear. Took some effort and can still be optimized better. ✦ Team B: Crit build. 1:31 kill. By far the hardest one for me this season, but also my proudest clear this season! First exclusive claymore, baby! Gotta use it! 😎 I have a lot of notes for this one so bear with me. General notes: - Basic attack combo: 3 basic attacks -> animation cancel -> 3 basic attacks. Extend to 4 basic attacks if the timing is awkward, like if it clips into preparing for a parry. - If Petro Golem does the dive attack at any point, reset the fight. - Healing up to at least 80% before entering Fury mode makes a difference. Worth to do it at the start of the golem fights, and right before shieldbreak. - Don't manually charge active skill, it's not worth it. Use parry to trigger it instead. - When not parrying, or active skill is down, perfect dodge is worth triggering for more damage and healing. - Hold off using support skill until in Fury mode for more damage. More specific notes: - First mob: 1 active skill ASAP, kill by 3-4s cooldown on the resonance timer. - For Petro Golem: 1 parried active skill out of weakness; 1 uncharged active skill and 1 support skill during weakness. - For Ignis Golem: 1 uncharged active skill ASAP; At least 1 parried active skill out of weakness; Oath and 2 active skills during weakness. - The latest that I can delay the last shieldbreak is 1:41 on the timer. The sooner the better, but not at the expense of healing up or lining up a good parry. I hope some of what's written above is helpful to any R0 AS havers! ✦ Team C: Crit build, only to match the fluctuation. I spent so much energy on Teams A and B that I overleveled this stage by a lot so I can coast. Easy clear.

[luminafights]

░ 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝟑/𝟏𝟎-𝟑/𝟐𝟒 ⠀   𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑.𝟎 ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴀ: Abysm Sovereign [R0 AS] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ʙ: Medic of the Arctic [R0 FS] ⠀   ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴄ: Abysswalker [R0 AB]

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⠀⠀⠀☑ Stella Match⠀⠀☐ Brute Force ⠀⠀⠀☑ 36/36 ⠀⠀⠀☐ +20%⠀⠀☐ +30%⠀⠀☑ +40% ⠀⠀⠀☑ Video

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Finally we get a break from limited card dmg boost hell! I hope we get this grace for at least one more season. I had a lot of fun with all the fights!

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲── .✦

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀── .✦

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𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂── .✦

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

2025-03-19 1:53 AM

Shout out to Cin and JL for suggesting Medic + sword for Team B! Absolute game changer for this stella combo and fluctuation! Participation medal for Minky 🏅 for pointing me in the right direction. Reference the videos for how I budgeted my energy and actives. ✦ Team A: Weakness build because all enemies have shields. 1:34 clear. - It mainly comes down to good grouping. - Don't move too far away from the enemies to encourage them to cluster together more. - Use charged attack near multiple enemies in Feast state to recover HP quickly before entering Fury state. - I did my best to only use active skill when I see that at least 2 enemies can get hit with it. - Weakened state + support skill lifts enemies off the ground, making them easier to manage. The third hit of the basic attack combo also achieves the same result. ✦ Team B: Hybrid build, Crit Rate to 40-50% then dumped the rest into DMG to Weakened. 1:36 clear. Using Hunter Sword was really fun!! - At the start of each wave I like to start at the left side of the arena, then push the mob(s) to the right. You need to kill 1 mob before the shielded enemy spawns on the right. - Spam charged attack as this triggers the fluctuation, especially before using active skills and oath. Medic also gives 40% dmg boost for 8s after resonance. ✦ Team C: Weakness build, to benefit from the fluctuation. Desperate buzzer beater clear using resonance I CACKLED. The victory shot that came out of this clear was absolutely stunning!! - Pick up beacon right before active skill to maximize damage. - Generally be mindful of beacons and AB stacks. - When fighting the golem, I needed to bait 1 empowered support skill so that I could fill AB's bar during weakness and trigger Searing Slash. Without this extra damage, I wouldn't have cleared with these stats.