Henceforth, the last one shall be known as the 4.5 Tier Challenge.

Also there will be a small update of increasing the team score limit from 12 to 15. 12 was from the old U days, and I've been thinking that it should have been increased since U started for a while now. The cutoff points for Tier Veteran will remain at 7.75, but I'm hoping we'll see a few more new faces.

Rules Here: Total Points cannot exceed 15. Mastery is required. A synergy team (3-5 members, all with character synergy) gets (-2) points for their run (I.E., a 9 point synergy team only counts as 7). A synergy duo gets (-1) points, and a synergy solo gets (-0.5) points.

Link to past thread (X)

First person to achieve the lowest score for the tier challenge gets a special flair.

Honorary Keeper flair will be given to participants who achieved the lowest point to (lowest point 2 points), or the lowest synergy point to (lowest point 1 point). If the lowest points happen to be a synergy team, the flair goes to lowest ~ lowest 2.

TC Veteran flair will be given to participants who achieve 7.75 points or less, but do not meet the requirements for Honorary Keeper.

Tier Challenge Winners (A Dream for Spira)

2.5 points: Xinde

3.5 points: Valomire*

4.5 points: killeak, littlefiredragon, Lucas-714, rslowe, ScanXn, sleepslacksnooze, soloblade, Spiffmanicus, The_Seeker_of_Power, Xarukas

5.5 points: SPOTeDOG

7 points: an_emberling

7.5 points: juniglee

9 points: captainwwwolf

9.25 points: bh8288

11 points: KingGoldark

* Asterisked names obtained lowest score~lowest score 1 for synergy team.

Note

The points will be tracked by /u/spiffmanicus over here, who has kindly chosen to take over for /u/angusmiranda after many months of service. Thank you both very much for all of your work!

Point Shift

• Krile (4.0), Cecil (PLD) (2.5), and Golbez (2.0) moved to 3.0 points

• Cid (IV) (New) moved to 2.0 points

• Tifa (2.0), Noel (2.0) moved to 1.5 points

Character Points

5: Alphinaud, Celes, Gilgamesh, Maria, Onion Knight, Orlandeau, Raines, Tyro, Y'shtola, Vaan

4: Agrias, Ashe, Eiko, Exdeath, Faris, Firion, Hope, Kain, Luneth, Minfilia, Papalymo, Ramza, Rikku, Serah, Terra, Tidus, Vanille, Zell

3: Aerith, Arc, Beatrix, Cait Sith, Cecil (PLD), Cid (VII), Cloud, Galuf, Golbez, Gordon, Ingus, Krile, Leon, Lightning, Minwu, Penelo, Refia, Relm, Rinoa, Rosa, Selphie, Squall, Vincent,

2.5: Bartz, Basch, Braska, Echo, Edea, Fang, Gaffgarion, Garnet, Jecht, Josef, Kefka, Kimahri, Kuja, Lenna, Mog, Ovelia, Quina, Quistis, Rydia, Seifer, Snow, Tellah, Yuffie, Yuna, Warrior of Light, Zidane

2: Angeal, Auron, Cid (IV), Delita, Desch, Edgar, Edward, Fran, Freya, Gabranth, Irvine, Larsa, Lulu, Paine, Porom, Reno, Sazh, Sephiroth, Setzer, Seymour, Shadow, Shantotto, Steiner, Strago, Thancred, Vivi, Wakka, Zack

1.5: Barret, Cecil (DRK), Dorgann, Fusoya, Garland, Leo, Locke, Mustadio, Noel, Palom, Red XIII, Ricard, Sabin, Sarah, Tifa, Yda

1: Amarant, Balthier, Cyan, Edge, Gau, Guy, Laguna, Leila, Wol, Yang

0.75: Bard, Black Mage, Dark Knight, Devout, Gladiator, Knight, Magus, Ninja, Red Mage, White Mage

0.5: Dragoon, Samurai, Spellblade, Summoner, Berserker, Ranger, Monk, Thief, Viking, Warrior

The Galuf Addendum: Players utilizing Galuf will be registered for a minimum of 6.0 points. This means even if your run totals 3.5, it'll be registered as 6.0. If it totals more, then it'll be registered as whatever you ran. This rule was created due to Galuf being able to solo almost any boss in the game.

Submission Template:

 **Need Help/In Progress/Completed**

1. **Party:**  
2. **Kill picture:**
3. **Medal tally:**
4. **Total points:**
5. **Notes:**  
> Thoughts and advice here 

Please post each attempt in a separate reply. Info regarding this challenge can be found at the wiki links or here.