Fastest time on Cid Raines battle?

[BadKitty]

2:23 is what I got. I am wondering who has been near or faster?

[tiornys]

That's pretty good. When speedrunners have an extra Aegisol to use on the fight, they'll typically have times in the 1:45 range: https://youtu.be/ICiflYxeCj0?t=3h12m1s

[Rise Kujikawa]

The better question is how many times does everyone get that ass spanked by Cid :D

[Ninya]

I can't even beat him xD

[Ninya]

He kicks my ass everytime

[*Logan*]

Where do you fight him again? I'm in Chapter 13 so I don't recall Cid in many hours.

The better question is, how long did it take you to beat Proudclaud Version 2?
That battle took me 3 attempts to win.

[BadKitty]

Hey that extra Aegisol thing is awesome. I'm surprised by how little damage he took. I see what he did there. I didn't get Cid to stagger before he went to the transformation, because he kept blocking like a pansy.

[joaneljare]

Originally posted by Rise Kujikawa:

The better question is how many times does everyone get that ass spanked by Cid :D

I'm stacked in this boss, I've tried so many times and allways is the same, I fight him, switching to guardian when is necessary and when I'm near to win he does that Naruto Rendan to my leader, killing in one combo and I 'm lost

[tiornys]

Originally posted by joaneljare:

I'm stacked in this boss, I've tried so many times and allways is the same, I fight him, switching to guardian when is necessary and when I'm near to win he does that Naruto Rendan to my leader, killing in one combo and I 'm lost

A couple of things you might try to avoid this: 1) stagger and juggle Cid to skip his most dangerous modes. Best if you can time the stagger to happen before he drops below 60% health and then use damage boosters to burst him down. Importantly, don't stagger him when he's in defensive shift. 2) use a full-time Sentinel to absorb Cid's single-attack strings and to ward against his big AoEs (make sure they have Fringeward).

[groudonvert]

Currently the speedrun has a bit under 1:20 with an Aegisol.

[NomNom]

Cid is a little bit of a ♥♥♥♥. I used to die quite a lot in the early days of me playing FFXIII. I can't remember what is the fastest I've beaten him.

The best thing to do is to use Fang or Snow and shift them into SEN (I forgot which one of them has access to Fringeward passive ability) whenever Cid is attacking any of your party leaders with his chain of attacks.

Fringeward is a valuable passive ability, as it'll reduce damage taken from anyone nearby who is getting damaged by Cid.

If he is attacking someone with low HP, switch to a Paradigm Shift that has COM/MED/SEN.
Else, stick with COM/RAV/SEN (promotes quicker stagger).

I also recommend to try to put Hope in the party, while using accessories to boost his HP. He has access to Veil that reduces the chances of anyone with Veil buff, to get any of the debuffs inflicted, as IIRC, Cid does cast a series of debuffs regularly.

When Cid is staggered, I'd recommend shifting to COM/RAV (or SYN)/SAB to keep him in the air, while he's getting debuffed and you're getting buffed or increasing his chain gauge. When he is debuffed with Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil, Poison, Slow or what not (recommend Slow to slow him down), switch to RAV/RAV/RAV to significantly boost the chain gauge. Near to the end, while there's 1/4 of stagger remaining, switch to three COMs or COM/COM/RAV to wreck him.

EDIT: Just seen this thread was ~6 years ago.