Sorry for the extremely short notice (there's only 2 days left in the current event). I've just had time to look at it this weekend, and I am still sort of getting my head around this, with the help of /u/Dr_Doctore.

If people prefer, I am happy to keep this one "unofficial" as a sort of test run to see how it goes.

Rules Here: Total Points cannot exceed 12. 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 (XIII)

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 (Flash of Defiance)

3.75 points: Xinde

5.25 points: Lucas-714, nemesis9990999

5.75 points: littlefiredragon

6 points: soloblade

6.25 points: Valomire

6.75 points: SPOTeDOG

7 points: rslowe, Ajhmee

7.5 points: an_emberling, KuroPuP*, killeak

8.5 points: bh8288, juniglee, Xarukas

9.5 points: Spiffmanicus

10.25 points: ScanXn

11.5 points: Alestorlol

11.75 points: sleepsnacksnooze

* 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

No changes will be done since this is quite close to the event ending date, but there should be some happening for the X one.

Character Points

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

4: Ashe, Beatrix, Cloud, Eiko, Exdeath, Faris, Firion, Hope, Kain, Krile, Luneth, Ramza, Rikku, Rinoa, Serah, Squall, Terra, Tidus, Vanille, Zell

3: Aerith, Agrias, Arc, Basch, Cait Sith, Cecil (PLD), Cid (VII), Galuf, Gordon, Ingus, Leon, Lightning, Minwu, Penelo, Quistis, Refia, Relm, Rosa, Selphie, Vincent, Warrior of Light

2.5: Bartz, Braska, Echo, Edea, Edgar, Fang, Fran, Gaffgarion, Garnet, Jecht, Josef, Kefka, Kimahri, Kuja, Lenna, Mog, Ovelia, Quina, Rydia, Seifer, Shadow, Shantotto, Snow, Tellah, Vivi, Yuffie, Yuna, Zidane

2: Angeal, Auron, Delita, Desch, Dorgan, Edward, Freya, Gabranth, Golbez, Irvine, Larsa, Locke, Lulu, Noel, Paine, Sarah, Sazh, Sephiroth, Setzer, Seymour, Steiner, Strago, Thancred, Tifa, Wakka, Yda, Zack

1.5: Barret, Cecil (DRK), Cyan, Fusoya, Garland, Gau, Laguna, Leila, Leo, Palom, Porom, Red XIII, Reno, Ricard, Sabin

1: Amarant, Balthier, Edge, Guy, Mustadio, 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.