Bubble Mew

Dancing Mad Ultimate (UMAD) — Party Finder Guide#

A guide for clearing UMAD in Party Finder (PF). You don't need a static or voice comms to use this — the goal is to learn the widely-recognized conventions most PF parties expect, so a group of eight strangers can resolve every mechanic the same way. All five phases are documented below.

New to Ultimates entirely? Read this first — it explains what an Ultimate is, the 8-player roles, and how phases work. This page assumes you know the basics.

How This Differs From the Static Guide#

The rest of this site documents Bubble Mew's strats, tuned for a coordinated team. This section covers the PF standard — the strats you're most likely to see in a Party Finder description. Where they diverge, each phase page flags it (and a few phases, like P2 and P4, are the same strat either way).

Party Finder (this guide)Bubble Mew static
Who it's forPick-up groups, no commsOur team, in voice
PriorityMatch the common conventionOptimize for our comp
CoordinationLow — must work with strangersHigh — pre-assigned roles

Reading PF Listings#

Before you join or post, know the shorthand commonly used in UMAD Party Finder descriptions:

  • Strat name — the agreed mechanic resolution (e.g. a named uptime or clock strat). Always match the one in the PF title.
  • Prog point — how far the party expects to get (e.g. "P3 prog", "fresh", "reclears").
  • Role spots — which of MT / ST / H1 / H2 / D1 / D2 / D3 / D4 are open.
  • Reclear / Clear party — for groups farming the fight after a first clear.

See this for the full role abbreviation legend.

General PF Tips#

  • Match the listed strat exactly. In PF, being "technically correct" but off-strat still wipes the group. Use the strat named in the party description.
  • Set and respect waymarks. Most PF parties use a standard waymark preset — load it before pull.
  • Know the common callouts. Markers (A/B/C/D, 1/2/3/4), clock spots (N/NE/E/…), and light-party vs. role-based splits.
  • Mitigation is shared. Even without comms, follow the standard mit plan so cooldowns don't overlap or gap.
  • Be patient. PF prog is slower than a static. Expect resets and re-explanations.

Phase Walkthroughs (PF Standard)#

  • Phase 1: Kefka — the true/false deception opener: Graven Image Fire/Ice rings (? orbs), tower soaks, Confetti knockbacks, gravity stacks, and the Tele-Portent teleport arrows.
  • Phase 2: God Kefka — the Forsaken 8-tower sequence with clone baits; the community Kroxy-Rinon 3/4/1 strat (same one Bubble Mew runs).
  • Phase 3: Chaos and Exdeath — elemental crystals resolved with the Tank LB3 method, then the Earthquake / Black Hole laser sequence.
  • Phase 4: Kefka says — a fully-fixed "Kefka says" true/fake phase; just the raidplan cheat sheet plus self-marking for spreads.
  • Phase 5: Ultima Kefka — the finale: auto-attack spots, Maddening Spread, Celestriad tower order, and the Forsaken enrage stack rotation.

Resources#