[KHUX NA: 10-18-2019] Halloween avatar boards are here along with the return of SN+ Aced and SN KH3 Dark Riku

hawk222 · October 25, 2019

I'm a bit late to this, especially in terms of the banners, but I'm here now.

Ok, so we'll start with the avatar boards. The new Miguel board is nice, though it would be nice if that Atk Boost 7 Max and Lux++ was an Atk Boost 8 instead. Still, not a bad board to go for. The Halloween Cat boards are really only worthwhile if you need the Lux++ skills (which is a shame because they look really cool). The Werewolf boards are nice, though they're on the edge of usefulness since we're starting to move away from Atk Boost 7s. The Halloween Crow boards are basically a slightly lower powered version of the Miguel boards: if you need a lux skill or Second Chance, go with Miguel. Halloween Doctor/Nurse, Halloween Goofy, and Halloween Donald are all easy skips.

Now, onto the more time-sensitive items: the returning banners. Long story short, I don't recommend pulling on these banners. Neither medal is really worth a 10-pull mercy, especially when Aced was available as a (potential) 5-pull mercy before. Dark Riku is good for PVP, but he's not the best and would be best if obtained from a better banner. Aced, on the other hand, is a fine medal and great as a finisher. But aside from damage (and his STR boost), he doesn't have much to offer. Save your jewels and wait for better banners (or pull on the Saix/Vexen/Luxord banner, if you want).

Finally, the October challenge. This guy is basically a re-skinned version of the Kurt Zisa superboss from KH1. The main reason for that is likely because the boss was named after a real person (as part of winning a contest), so they want to avoid using it when they can (probably something to do with royalties and whatnot). The Savage Vanguard is a peculiar enemy. He starts every quest by poisoning you, which will be a killing strike by Quest 7 (though you can survive all of his attacks with a Def Boost 3 Max or higher). By about the midway point, he gains a red counter (total number of medals used) which later becomes a blue counter (total number of hits). Also around the midway point, you'll no longer be able to use 0 gauge cost medals, which means you'll probably need to use a copy medal to copy your buffer. Lastly, and most annoying: he has a reflect shield that actually changes attributes between turns. Your 1st turn will have no reflect shield, then 2nd turn will be Speed reflect, followed by Magic reflect on the 3rd turn, and Power reflect on the 4th turn.
While this seems like a lot to take in, it's actually a lot easier to manage than you think. The main focus here is the changing reflect shield. You should be able to use a strategy that lets you build up STR boosts during your turn, then use the right medal to attack his shield. When done properly, this causes him to kill you before your turn ends, and this keeps his reflect shield from switching to a different attribute and also allows you to keep the STR boosts you built up on the previous turn. For example: 5000 STR gained in 1 turn stacks to become 10,000 STR on the following turn, and 15,000 STR on the turn after that.
You'll need to make sure that your attacking medals have Ground DEF -60 traits (a pet trait of Ground DEF -20 can also work, though it allows for less damage). STR traits will also be helpful, as well as Extra Attack traits. If you choose to use an Ultimate Form Sora in your setup, keep in mind that it will be reflected back at you by the Speed reflect shield. Despite the medal being super-effective against any attribute, it still gets reflected since it's a Speed medal (but for some reason it doesn't get absorbed by enemies with Speed absorb abilities?).
As one last note on this, remember that this is a jewel event, so don't waste jewels trying to get jewels. If you're going to pull, don't do it just so you can get the prizes from this set of quests. Spending jewels to earn jewels is almost always a net loss on the player's part.

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