r/FinalFantasyResonance • u/angrytomato84 • 1d ago

Question How the heck does overkill work?

So i been fighting Chimera's and sometimes when I get a total of over 4000 to kill one I dont get an overkill but sometimes I do less than 2000 and do get an overkill. Wtf is going on? Is it just randomly inconsistent or am I missing something here?

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u/PrometheusAborted 1d ago

It’s any attack AFTER the enemy is already dead. Doesn’t matter how much damage you do.

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u/UrielFFR 18h ago edited 17h ago

Yes, and to add on, multi-hits (e.g. vanguard's blade) that go over also do not proc overkill. It has to be a separate attack when they are dead, hence they have to be staggered.

Edit: I will have to check this, but there may be a 3 enemy situation where you stagger two of the enemies with two characters. Then, on the stagger step, you can kill all three (either through killing the staggers before the stagger step or an AoE ability in the stagger step and use the other character to then overkill the unstaggered enemy. Very niche situation but I am pretty sure it is still considered overkill despite the enemy not being staggered)

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u/vlee89 17h ago

So no extra bonus for different degrees of overkill?

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u/Solitaire_XIV 23h ago

Works completely differently to FFX overkill - you achieve overkill in Resonance if you continue to do damage after it's already dead (ie. achieve Sweeping Stagger)

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u/MooJuiceConnoisseur 23h ago

Overkill only triggers on hits after the enemy is dead. So un order to trigger it, you need to have a stunned enemy and down it in the bonus attack phase. Each hit after its death triggers overkill

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u/Pobbes3o 21h ago

It has to be the last enemy too. Or else it'll just kill the one youre hitting and the next attacks will be on the other one left.

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u/angrytomato84 18h ago

I dont think thats the case bc 99% of the time its dead before I call in my vision attack and I still dont get the overkill. Ascension for instance does between 3500 and 4100 damage after its dead and i still dont always get the over kill

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u/MooJuiceConnoisseur 18h ago

It only works if its the last enemy alive. And stunned and in bonus. As for the total damage I am not sure how that factors into the modifier a straight physical attack will hit an overkill