About DLC Lightning

[Feydt]

So.... this dlc in which we use lightning to fight caius....
I've read some forums that says "it's freakin' impossible to beat caius at lvl 10"

Sadly..... i beat the bahamut when my lightning was lvl 4 ( only got 4 stars rate )... and after that my lvl went skyrocketing to lvl 10 ( dat 99999999 )

My question is.. :
1. Setting the level lower, Is it just lowering the level while maintaining caius's strength at lvl 10 ?
2. Is it really that impossible to beat him at lvl 10?

[Mochasky]

Feydt,

Caius's strength, stats etc is a constant throughout all levels. It's impossible to beat Caius at level 10 because the penalty you get from beating him at level 10 is too huge a penalty. At level 10, Lightning is tremendously strong, pretty much God Mode, but the price for that is a huge deduction of your points, so much so that you'll never get 5 stars.

It's not so much "unable to beat him", because you'd beat him in seconds (slight exaggeration); it's more of "unable to get 5 stars after beating him". Most people find the sweet spot to be between level 4 - 7, so this is the range that most people go with to get 5 stars. I've done it on level 9 too, if I recall correctly, pretty sure I have. But at level 10..... just not possible, xD.

[GravityLoL]

Originally posted by SkylXTumn:

I've done it on level 9 too, if I recall correctly, pretty sure I have. But at level 10..... just not possible, xD.

confirmed, at 9th level it's possible to get 5stars and it's easy to beat him

[Feydt]

Ah yes.
Tried it a few hours ago and the point reduction is ridiculous XD

Beat him at lvl 8 and got 5stars! ~
Also this is kind of a refreshing fight ( since we can cast haste on self again, :p )

[chrcoluk]

I think the lowest level I got 5 stars is 3 or so, and highest is 9.

[Feydt]

Also one more thing.
I used all power crystal to level her up to lvl13, and her final stats seems to differ with other people maxed power stat

mine is : 1038 STR 721 MAG 9196 HP

and i've seen other people with ( also all power ) final stats as following :
- 1042 STR 718 MAG 8646 HP
- 1035 STR 715 MAG 9040 HP

My question is... if what I'm guessing is right... every crystal drop gives you different randomize base stats? ( just like all these multiple lvl 1 chocobos )
so it's not a fixed base stats... or I could be wrong....

[Scarlet Crusade]

You're correct, base stats are variable, and affect what your stats will be in the long run. It's not going to be a really really really big difference, but minmaxing being what it is, you might want max base stats for a 'perfect' build. You can find a full list of stats here:

http://etrosgate.com/ffxiii-2/allied-monster-database/starting-stats