Proving Grounds/September 2019

This page only contains information unique to this iteration of Proving Grounds.
For event basics, see the Proving Grounds main article.

Event duration:	08:00 UTC, September 7, 201917:00 JST, September 7, 2019 - 11:59 UTC, September 12, 201920:59 JST, September 12, 2019
	Displayed time is based on your local machine's clock.

The September 2019 iteration of Proving Grounds features Fire enemies.

For new players

• Proving Grounds is geared towards advanced players, but has significant rewards that even relatively new players can obtain.
• Obtain the SR/SSR Tickets and Proving Grounds SSR Ticket
  • Save SR/SSR Tickets for Premium Gala or Flash Gala banners, or banners with seasonal characters. This ticket is not affected by rate ups and does not provide Cerulean Sparks, but it can draw anything from the current Draw banner.
  • Proving Grounds SSR Ticket can be used immediately. This ticket has a static draw pool regardless of when it is used.

Notable Rewards

• Ushumgal: One 4★ uncapped Ushumgal is practical for most Fire grids. It is also a notable weapon option for Gladiator/Chrysaor. Two or three 4★ Ushumgal are used in specialized 1-turn burst setups utilizing skill damage. Farming for one 4★ copy is recommended with up to two extra copies being optional.

Changes from the Previous Event

• Summons' thumbnail images in the rankings will now correspond to their uncap state.
• When forming a sortie party, you can now load another party from sortie parties in addition to normal parties.
• The number of potions will be reset at the start of each battle in a sortie.
• The requirements to earn the following trophies have been adjusted.
  • Oiled-Up Mr. Universe

  Changed to clear the sortie Red Trooper 30 times in Proving Grounds instead of 50 times.

  • If I'm a Musclebrain, I'm a Genius

  Changed to clear the sortie Red Trooper 50 times in Proving Grounds instead of 100 times.

  • For players who have already satisfied these new requirements in the past Proving Grounds but have not earned the trophies, clearing the sortie once will earn you the trophies.

Event Battles

Sorties

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 1 Red Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 20 AP	Unlock: Enter event

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Fire Gyre	20	150,000	◇◇	No
	Flamy Arms	20	150,000	◇◇◇	No
	Fire Gyre	20	200,000	◇	No
Battle 2	Volcanus	20	500,000	◇◇◇	No

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Fire Orb Red Tome	Angel itemRandom R Angel weapon or Queen
Both battles can drop all items. Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 2 Red Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 30 AP	Unlock: Clear Very Hard

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Fire Gyre	30	600,000	◇◇	No
	Flamy Arms	30	600,000	◇◇◇	No
	Fire Gyre	30	1,000,000	◇	No
Battle 2	Magma Golem	30	2,500,000	◇◇◇	No

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, All Hotted UpRewards Crystal ×10

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Fire Orb Red Tome	Angel itemRandom R Angel weapon or Queen Inferno Orb Hellfire Scroll	Archangel itemRandom SR Archangel weapon or Queen Ushumgal
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 3 Red Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 40 AP	Unlock: Clear Extreme

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Magma Golem	50	10,000,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Heavy Slam Fire damage to all allies. Inflicts BlindedAttacks have a slight chance to miss Duration: 2.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining.		75% Trigger Casts Heavy Slam. 25% Trigger Casts Heavy Slam.
Battle 2	Marduk	50	12,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Nevil OD TR Fire damage to all allies. Marduk gains DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and TA UpTriple attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect Tupsimati N TR Fire damage to all allies. Marduk gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect. Genesis TR Multi-hit Fire damage to random allies. Removes all debuffs from Marduk Removes all buffs from all allies.		75% Trigger Casts Nevil. 50% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Tupsimati. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power+. Casts Genesis.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Work BuddiesRewards Crystal ×30

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Fire Orb Red Tome	Angel itemRandom R Angel weapon or Queen Inferno Orb Hellfire Scroll Hellfire Fragment Fury Pebble	Archangel itemRandom SR Archangel weapon or Queen Infernal Whorl Rainbow Prism Damascus Grain Ushumgal
Both battles can drop all items. Drop table based on previous Proving Ground iteration. Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 4 Red Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 50 AP, 1/day	Unlock: Clear Extreme+

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Amatsumaula	100	72,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Demon on the Mount TR Fire damage to all allies. Vajran Deliverance OD TR Multi-hit Fire damage to random allies. Changes all allies' skill cooldowns. Blistering Benevolence N TR Fire damage to one ally.		Immune to ATK DownATK is lowered and DEF DownDEF is lowered . Chance to remove 1 buff with normal attacks. 75% Trigger Casts Demon on the Mount 50% Trigger Casts Blistering Benevolence 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Vajran Deliverance
Battle 2	Sethlans	100	88,000,000	◇◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Flaresmith OD TR Multi-hit Fire damage to random allies. Inflicts Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill and DEF DownDEF is lowered Duration: 2 turns on one ally. Recycle N TR Gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 5 turnsLocal status effect. Inflicts Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill on all allies. Vulcanus Creation OD TR Massive Fire damage to all allies. Also deals 1000 plain damage for each stack of Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill on an ally.		Chance to inflict Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill with normal attacks. 75% Trigger Casts Flaresmith. 50% Trigger Casts Recycle. Fills all charge diamonds. Base charge diamonds: 3 → 2. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Vulcanus Creation. 10% Trigger Casts Recycle. Fills all charge diamonds.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Legendary BlacksmithRewards Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge	Flawless Prism Hellfire Scroll	Ushumgal
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

High-Difficulty Sorties

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 5 Red Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 50 AP; 0 AP after first clear	Unlock: Clear Maniac

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Magma Golem	120	54,000,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Harden Magma Golem gains 60% DMG CutTaking 60% less DMG Duration: IndefiniteDamage Cut reducing damage taken for all elements. Warning! Does not work for Plain Damage!. Heavy Slam Fire damage to all allies.		75% Trigger Fills all charge diamonds. 50% Trigger Casts Heavy Slam. Fills all charge diamonds. 25% Trigger Fills all charge diamonds
Battle 2	Amatsumaula	120	72,000,000	◇◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Demon on the Mount TR Fire damage to all allies. Inflicts Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill . Vajran Deliverance OD TR Multi-hit Fire damage to random allies. Inflicts Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill on all allies. Changes all allies' skill cooldowns. Blistering Benevolence N TR Fire damage to one ally. Inflicts DEF DownDEF is lowered Duration: 7.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 7 turns remaining. and Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill .		Immune to ATK DownATK is lowered and DEF DownDEF is lowered . Chance to remove 1 buff with normal attacks. 75% Trigger Casts Demon on the Mount 50% Trigger Casts Blistering Benevolence 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Vajran Deliverance
Battle 3	Marduk	120	90,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Nevil N OD TR Fire damage to all allies. Marduk gains DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and TA UpTriple attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect Tupsimati N TR Fire damage to all allies. Marduk gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect. Genesis TR Multi-hit Fire damage to random allies. Removes all debuffs from Marduk Removes 2+Verification needed. buffs from all allies.		75% Trigger Casts Nevil. 50% Trigger Casts Tupsimati. 25% Trigger Casts Genesis.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, The Smithy Who Started It AllRewards Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Prism Chip		Red Dragon Scale Ushumgal
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 6 Red Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 50 AP; 0 AP after first clear	Unlock: Clear Proud

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Sethlans	150	102,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Flaresmith N OD TR Multi-hit Fire damage to random allies. Inflicts Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill and DEF DownDEF is lowered Duration: 2 turns on one ally. Recycle N TR Gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 5 turnsLocal status effect. Inflicts Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill on all allies. Vulcanus Creation OD TR Massive Fire damage to all allies. Also deals 3000 plain damage for each stack of Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill on an ally.		Chance to inflict Maker's TouchmarkTargeted by a skill with normal attacks. Immune to ColdcageCan't attack Local status effect. 75% Trigger Casts Flaresmith. 50% Trigger Casts Vulcanus Creation. 25% Trigger Casts Recycle. 10% Trigger Casts Vulcanus Creation.
Battle 2	Marduk	150	120,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Nevil OD TR Fire damage to all allies. Marduk gains DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect, TA UpTriple attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect, and ImhulluDeals bonus fire DMG upon attacks (Can only be removed by dealing a total of 2,000,000 or more water skill DMG) Duration: Indefinite. Tupsimati N OD TR Fire damage to all allies. Marduk gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and ImhulluDeals bonus fire DMG upon attacks (Can only be removed by dealing a total of 2,000,000 or more water skill DMG) Duration: Indefinite. Genesis TR Multi-hit Fire damage to all allies. Removes all debuffs from Marduk Removes all buffs from all allies. Marduk gains Declaration 50DMG taken is cut by 50% (Can only be removed by dealing DMG 25 or more times in 1 turn) Duration: Indefinite.		Immune to ColdcageCan't attack Local status effect. 75% Trigger Casts Tupsimati. 50% Trigger Casts Genesis. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. 10% Trigger Casts Nevil.
Battle 3	Ghandagoza	150	140,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	True Avidya N TR Ghandagoza gains DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect, ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect, and Unmatched AspirationCounters with a skill when targeted by a foe / More likely to be attacked (Can't be removed) Duration: Indefinite. Skybreaker N TR Fire damage to all allies. Inflicts Solar CrownAttacks have a slight chance to miss Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining.. Fist of the Red Lotus OD TR ~20,000 Fire damage to all allies. Fist of Hair-Raising Fury TR Knocks out all allies. Also hits backline allies. Ignores AutoreviveRecovers once from a knockout while in effect .		Starts battle with Unmatched AspirationCounters with a skill when targeted by a foe / More likely to be attacked (Can't be removed) Duration: Indefinite. 75% Trigger Casts True Avidya. 50% Trigger Casts Skybreaker. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts True Avidya. 10% Trigger Casts Fist of the Red Lotus. Unmatched AspirationCounters with a skill when targeted by a foe / More likely to be attacked (Can't be removed) Duration: Indefinite While active, Ghandagoza gains 1 Eternal RageThe special attack Fist of Hair-Raising Fury will activate when lvl reaches 5 (Can't be removed) lvl at the end of each turn. Can be dispelled. When an ally is knocked out Ghandagoza gains 1 Eternal RageThe special attack Fist of Hair-Raising Fury will activate when lvl reaches 5 (Can't be removed) lvl. When Eternal RageThe special attack Fist of Hair-Raising Fury will activate when lvl reaches 5 (Can't be removed) is lvl 5 Casts Fist of Hair-Raising Fury.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Muscles are ForeverRewards Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Prism Chip Red Tome	Flawless Prism Inferno Orb Hellfire Fragment	Archangel itemRandom SR Archangel weapon or Queen Rainbow Prism Ushumgal
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

Event Rewards

Sortie Completion Loot

Completing a sortie rewards a red chest with an assortment of random loot. Drop rates and available contents are affected by the difficulty completed. Loot that can be obtained from a lower difficulty can also be obtained in higher difficulties.

Very Hard	Extreme	Extreme+	Maniac	Proud	Proud+
Red Tome Copper Spellbook Silver Spellbook (Rare) Colossus Anima Colossus Omega Anima Resolute Reactor	Champion Merit Supreme Merit (Rare) Blue Sky Crystal (Rare) True Fire Anima Fire Pinion Ushumgal (Rare)	Fire Crystal Damascus Grain (Rare) Infernal Garnet	Fire Quartz Fire Urn Coronation Ring (Rare)	Lineage Ring	—

Badge Rewards

Badge rewards are earned when the requisite number of badges is collected. You do not spend badges for these rewards.

	Reward
1	Rupie ×10,000
3	Half Elixir ×1
6	Soul Berry ×3
9	CP ×50
12	Copper Spellbook ×1
15	SR/SSR Ticket ×1
18	Rupie ×10,000
21	Half Elixir ×1
24	Soul Berry ×3
27	Rupie ×10,000
30	Coronation Ring ×1
35	Soul Berry ×3
40	CP ×50
45	Copper Spellbook ×1
50	Animus Codex ×1
55	Rupie ×10,000
60	Half Elixir ×1
65	Soul Berry ×3
70	SR/SSR Ticket ×1
75	Rupie ×10,000

	Reward
80	Half Elixir ×1
85	Soul Berry ×3
90	CP ×50
95	Copper Spellbook ×1
100	Sep 2019 PG SSR Ticket ×1
105	Rupie ×10,000
110	Half Elixir ×2
115	Soul Berry ×5
120	Silver Spellbook ×1
125	Rupie ×20,000
130	Half Elixir ×2
135	Soul Berry ×5
140	CP ×50
145	Copper Spellbook ×1
150	Ushumgal ×1
160	Rupie ×20,000
170	Half Elixir ×2
180	Coronation Ring ×1
190	Silver Spellbook ×1
200	SR/SSR Ticket ×1

PG Points

Notable PG Point Rewards
Points	Item
300,000	Coronation Ring
500,000	Shiva Anima
800,000	Blue Sky Crystal
1,000,000	Ushumgal
1,500,000	Gold Spellbook
1,750,000	Shiva Anima
2,000,000	Lineage Ring
3,000,000	Coronation Ring
3,500,000	Blue Sky Crystal
5,000,000	Ushumgal
6,000,000	Fire Urn
7,500,000	Lineage Ring
8,000,000	Blue Sky Crystal
10,000,000	Ushumgal
15,000,000	Intricacy Ring

Trophies

	English Title	Japanese Title	Step	Description	Reward	Notes
	All Hotted Up	滾ってきた	★	Clear Red Trooper (Lvl 2)	Crystal ×10
	Work Buddies	俺たち仕事仲間	★	Clear Red Trooper (Lvl 3)	Crystal ×30
	Legendary Blacksmith	伝説のブラックスミス	★	Clear Red Trooper (Lvl 4)	Crystal ×50
	The Smithy Who Started It All	鍛冶の始祖	★	Clear Red Trooper (Lvl 5)	Crystal ×50
	Muscles Are Forever	筋肉は裏切らない	★	Clear Red Trooper (Lvl 6)	Crystal ×50
	Train Those Fast-Twitch Muscles	これが鍛えあげた速筋だ	★	Clear Red Trooper (Lvl 6) within 20 turns	Crystal ×50
	Casual Weight Lifter	筋トレが趣味です	★☆☆	Clear the sortie Red Trooper 10 times in Proving Grounds	Crystal ×10
	Oiled-Up Mr. Universe	筋肉モリモリマッチョマン	★★☆	Clear the sortie Red Trooper 30 times in Proving Grounds	Crystal ×30
	If I'm a Musclebrain, I'm a Genius	脳は筋肉なので全身筋肉の俺は賢い	★★★	Clear the sortie Red Trooper 50 times in Proving Grounds	Crystal ×50

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