Time Attack - Jecht

[Veysey]

Edit: Figured out my issues and turned this post into a strat/video post for Jecht. Anyone with better strats/vids, feel free to post them, I'll update them into the first post if you want. Specifically specify if you don't, though.

Battle 1: Sephiroth
Best Time: 9.96
Average Time: 10 - 15 seconds

10 second Strat - Make sure Sephy starts by one of the edges (not railing). Block an attack, move slightly to the right/left so you have Sephy against the wall and UJS combo with the UJS charged. This will wall rush him. Follow up with an uncharged TG.

Video
9.96

Safe strat - Block an attack or block his rail sliding. Charge the initial hit of your stream and follow through to a charged TG. Should knock Sephy into a wall. Dash to Sephy and use stream to TG combo to win.

*The charges are so that you can avoid level 5 doom*

Battle 2: Exdeath
Best Time: 21.20
Average Time: 22 - 35 seconds

Stat - Break Exdeath any way you see fit without using your summon. After he uses RP or High Block are great opportunities. Wait for his brave to recover and use any combo on him ending with an HP attack. Summon as you get ready to start the HP attack for the break. You should have 9999 brave and his last chance shouldn't activate.

Video
21.20

Battle 3: Cloud
Best Time: 13.30
Average Time: 12 - 20 seconds


Strat - Dash in to Cloud, stop, land and block. Move to his left and start an UJS combo. After the combo is finished, dodge Cloud's next attack (who should have been wall rushed and is now swinging at you) and go into a TG combo. It should finish him and with that. It should be sub 15 seconds.

Video
13.30

Battle 4: Tidus
Best Time: 13.50
Average Time: 12 - 20 seconds


Strat: Dash towards Tidus and block his oncoming attack. Jump up and TG combo him with the TG charged. This will break him and wall rush him. Fall slightly back and to the right to land on the platform. Guard Tidus on his next attack and preferably TG combo him for the kill.

Video
13.50

*The charge on TG is so you do enough damage that your next combo will kill him*

Battle 5: Terra
Best Time: 3.50
Average Time: 3 - 10 seconds


Strat: Jump twice, angle slightly to the right and multi air dash twice. As you come just before the platform, use TG. Terra should just be landing and will eat the TG.

If you want, charge the TG and wait for her to start either a block or attack... doesn't always work though.

Video
3.50

Safe Strat: Start by dashing normally towards Terra 3 times. As the third starts, she'll fire Blizzara but you'll dash through it. TG combo her for the win.

Battle 6: Jecht
Best Time: 23.59
Average Time: 20-35 seconds


Strat: Start by using your summon. Now go up and use rush on Jecht. He'll eat it and break. Combo into UJS or Jecht Blade to put him into a wall. Now choose whether you want to dash to him and attack (sometimes he'll take it and sometimes he won't) or bait him into attacking and then counter. Either way, combo him 2 more times with a wall rush on the first of the two to win. Keep him on the upper level the whole time as well. You can also get him into a chase sequence (like in the video) to stop him from activating Valor Chance and give you another break on him.

Video
23.59

Battle 7: Ultimecia
Best Time: 12.70
Average Time: 12 - 20 seconds


Strat: Walk up to her, move to the right of her, and wait for her to start an attack. Get the counterattack and first strike and UJS combo her for a wall rush. At this point you can risk a plain HP attack for the finish or use a combo as a safer route.

Video
12.70

Battle 8: Cloud of Darkness
Best Time: 13.76
Average Time: 13 - 25 seconds


Strat: Jump up to her platform and move slightly to the right of her. Block the Tentacles and UJS combo her into the wall to put her at 1 HP. Dash to her and TG combo her for the win. If you feel unsafe doing that (because sometimes she'll dodge) then go down by the ex core and bait her down with it. Punish as you see fit.

Video
13.76

Battle 9: Zidane
Best Time: 13.03
Average Time: 12 - 25 seconds


Strat: Jump to the left immediately and stream into a Jecht Blade. After the wall rush, bait Zidane into a counter or ripost situation and finish him off with a combo or HP attack alone if you're feeling lucky.

Video
13.03

Battle 10/11/12: Chaos
Best Time: n/a
Average Time: 15 - 20 seconds each


Strat: Start by dodging forward through the flame attack and using Stream. End the stream combo with a downward smash (as if you were going to TG him at the end) and it'll break him. Mash TG for all your worth and he should get hit and also get wall rushed. Evade/block/counter his next attack and TG combo him for the finish. This is used for the first two forms.

The only thing different about the third form is he uses 3 flame waves at the start so dodge left/right, then dodge back to the middle then dodge towards Chaos. TG combo him - but as you use TG, use your summon as well to break him. Evade/block/counter his next attack and combo him for the win.

You can use Jecht Blade combo at the start ending with Blade, but you aren't left with much breathing room for the second combo. Time comes out about the same though.

Video
<how do I record Chaos fights?>




So if all goes well, you should end up with ~3:10.00 to 4:55.00. Sub 5 minutes? Not too bad. I average 5-6 minutes.

[lordsauron]

You forgot Tidus and Exdeath...

[Veysey]

They're my problem battles I can't do well. Near the end of the post, I mention how on any given run, both of those are a ~1+ minute battle for me.

Basically I was sharing my strats so people who knew of better ways could let me know and if not, people would have some place to start for improvement.

Hope this helps someone and someone can further help us (Jecht players) >_>

Oh, and I uploaded my Sephy vid to youtube so anyone who cared, I'll edit the link into the first post.

[lordsauron]

I'll try it out later tonight, but arguably, couldn't you just use one full BRV Jecht combo(ie: not end in HP) to Break Tidus easy?

[Veysey]

I actually just spent the last couple of hours messing around in Time Attack... Exdeath got last chance quite a few times in a row on a 7.5 multiplier =/ As for Tidus, I got it now... you can block his first attack, jump and TG combo with the TG charged at the end. It'll break him and wall rush as well. Sadly I wasn't able to snare a combo right away and wasted ~10 seconds dancing around trying to hit him. Still, it was a decent run and should make him ~30 seconds on any bad runs.

I got a few other videos while I was at it, so I'll upload them later and hopefully it'll inspire people to improve on my... less than perfect ... performances and strats.

[Veysey]

Well, I finally finished my strat videos for the first 9 characters. I can't record Chaos fights so I guess that'll have to stay out of the equation for now.

I like using Time Attack as practice but I know a lot of people who use it to farm valuable items. Whatever your reason, I hope these videos help.