Mission 53: Black Cloud

Mission Overview

Situation: A Sharking is laying waste to Rakton Plaza.. hold on! Our scanners are picking up... 8 of them?! How can this be?! Objective: Annihilate all enemies.	3D Map:

Enemies

	Imperial 1 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 212			Level: 19			Money: 18000
	BAS: 11	POW: 17	DEX: 15	AGL: 18	DEF: 17	WEP: 26	Spirit: 72	Range: 5	Speed: 7.26
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 2 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 212			Level: 19			Money: 18000
	BAS: 11	POW: 17	DEX: 15	AGL: 18	DEF: 17	WEP: 26	Spirit: 72	Range: 5	Speed: 7.26
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 3 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 206			Level: 18			Money: 18000
	BAS: 10	POW: 17	DEX: 14	AGL: 18	DEF: 16	WEP: 26	Spirit: 69	Range: 5	Speed: 7.22
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 4 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 206			Level: 18			Money: 18000
	BAS: 10	POW: 17	DEX: 14	AGL: 18	DEF: 16	WEP: 26	Spirit: 69	Range: 5	Speed: 7.22
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 5 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 204			Level: 17			Money: 18000
	BAS: 10	POW: 16	DEX: 14	AGL: 17	DEF: 15	WEP: 26	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.98
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 6 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 204			Level: 17			Money: 18000
	BAS: 10	POW: 16	DEX: 14	AGL: 17	DEF: 15	WEP: 26	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.98
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 7 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 204			Level: 17			Money: 18000
	BAS: 10	POW: 16	DEX: 14	AGL: 17	DEF: 15	WEP: 26	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.98
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None
	Imperial 8 (Sharking ATAC)
	HP: 204			Level: 17			Money: 18000
	BAS: 10	POW: 16	DEX: 14	AGL: 17	DEF: 15	WEP: 26	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.98
	Equipment: Ginsunami, Dark Eye			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Cutting Wheel			Dormant Abilities: None

Strategy

There's really only one option for a level like this; group your team together into a 3 by 2 group, blocking off the area leading to the rest of the city. Put Bastion, Milea and perhaps Andrew in the front, with Barlow in the back middle for healing, and Sadira and Reyna in the back for long range attacking. Now the Sharkings will begin to advance at you, two at a time. While waiting, cast as many support abilities as you can on your team to gain the upper edge. Take down the Sharkings one at a time, and don't move from your position. If your FP gets up too high, use Cooling Mist to bring it back down. Heal anyone as soon as they are hit, and remember not to invoke the counterattacks of the Sharkings; hit them with Knockdown attribute attacks. However, you may occasionally want to use Mirage Mist on a Sharking to try and blind it. That's really all there is to this mission.. just take things slow and careful. Running in and attacking the Sharkings is perhaps the dumbest thing you can do to try and win this mission. Be patient, and be careful. And do not be afraid to use Tidal Wave... it works surprisingly well against the Sharking ATACs.

Now that the mission is complete..

- You move on to Mission 54

Before beginning Mission 54, save, load stats from Options screen and then Interview. Check the Briefing for an overview of what's next, and when you're ready, head to Mission 54: Nordilian's Secret.