Is Medalum really that good?

[Knavery]

I missed it and am in no position to beat Golgra. I know the devs nerfed some stuff, but is there anything as good as this weapon?

[Ogami]

Well, you only really need it if you go for the one shot kill Maelle solo build to cheese the optional extra bosses.
For beating the normal game and story you dont need it at all.
Its really only for the optional Act 3 content. And even that you can do without it, it just makes it a LOT easier.
Medalum is great for one reason, it starts Maelle in the "Virtuoso" stance that gives 200% bonus damage. Combined with all the solo pictos skills and damage increases for first hit and such you can hit for lilke 30-40mil HP on your first attack easily without much effort.
If you refine it even more it can go over a billion.
The strongest boss in the game on a first playthrough on Expert has 45mil HP so you see why that build is popular.

[Knavery]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Well, you only really need it if you go for the one shot kill Maelle solo build to cheese the optional extra bosses.
For beating the normal game and story you dont need it at all.
Its really only for the optional Act 3 content. And even that you can do without it, it just makes it a LOT easier.
Medalum is great for one reason, it starts Maelle in the "Virtuoso" stance that gives 200% bonus damage. Combined with all the solo pictos skills and damage increases for first hit and such you can hit for lilke 30-40mil HP on your first attack easily without much effort.
If you refine it even more it can go over a billion.
The strongest boss in the game on a first playthrough on Expert has 45mil HP so you see why that build is popular.

I'm finding the game challenging in some spots, so I'm kicking myself for missing it. I feel like starting over, but all my characters are like level 50.

[Ratsplat]

Best thing ever early on. But all it really does (especially before you can level 10+ weapons) is let you win in 1 turn instead of 2.

So the next best thing is to use a weapon that does something else really well, and you can still go Virtuose turn 2.

[prusswan]

it's not really "needed" but pretty good until you get one of the other ones with higher attack like Yerevum (pretty late in game though). There are two weapons that add to shield which you can use to beat Golgra (assuming you can take a hit or two and can dodge most of her attacks)

[Ogami]

Honestly you can finish the game easily with a party around level 50-60 without Medalum or any cheese builds.

[JuRiOh]

It probably makes the game 50% easier, but you can get very strong in act 2 with almost anyone if you put lumina into one character with a good combination of pictos. Medalum is just a default story mode difficulty if you will. Probably more fun without it!

[Ogami]

As soon as act 3 starts and you can exeed the damage cap of 9999 dmg it gets a lot easier in general.

[C1REX]

It’s good. Arguably the best weapon for the best character.
But she is still the best without it. Just need an extra round to get OP without Medalum. But that extra round can make farming much slower.

[Ancalagon]

You can stack 40 burns with it in one turn.

[Redstar]

Originally posted by Knavery:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Well, you only really need it if you go for the one shot kill Maelle solo build to cheese the optional extra bosses.
For beating the normal game and story you dont need it at all.
Its really only for the optional Act 3 content. And even that you can do without it, it just makes it a LOT easier.
Medalum is great for one reason, it starts Maelle in the "Virtuoso" stance that gives 200% bonus damage. Combined with all the solo pictos skills and damage increases for first hit and such you can hit for lilke 30-40mil HP on your first attack easily without much effort.
If you refine it even more it can go over a billion.
The strongest boss in the game on a first playthrough on Expert has 45mil HP so you see why that build is popular.

I'm finding the game challenging in some spots, so I'm kicking myself for missing it. I feel like starting over, but all my characters are like level 50.

Why would you consider starting all over again just because the game is challenging sometimes?

[Knavery]

Originally posted by Redstar:

Originally posted by Knavery:

I'm finding the game challenging in some spots, so I'm kicking myself for missing it. I feel like starting over, but all my characters are like level 50.

Why would you consider starting all over again just because the game is challenging sometimes?

You're a little late to the party. i didn't start over and am way past even caring about that weapon.

[Avy]

It makes extra crispy bbq with Pyrolyse+Burning Canvas.

[PrinceVinc]

I find very disappointing that the devs "hid" this Weapon to begin with instead of showing the rewards of winning the Tournament outright... Thats probably my biggest complaint, that you can't buy Weapons you missed early on... and finding out by chance that you missed out on such a gem... If FF7 Rebirth did 1 thing right it was that you could buy the Weapons you missed...

By the point you are able to get it, you don't even need it anymore...

[This PC]

Originally posted by PrinceVinc:

By the point you are able to get it, you don't even need it anymore...

Medalum is good up until the end, no contest, one of Maelle's best weapons.
There's clearly some things you don't understand about the game. :P
I still use Medalum at lvl ~85

[Platapoop]

No not really. It's really good early game since you can just pew pew free aim murder anything turn one. If you get cheater, you can go to virtuoso with the last chance skill, so medalum not even optimal for the one shot build either now.

EDIT: alright who necrod this thread