Alright, let's do a quick explanation of Staggers in Abyssea.
Before explaining each in depth always remember that you CAN NOT stagger while an enemy is casting or performing a TP move. It is ALWAYS best to have only one person tanking and one person attempting to get stagger so that you can obtain it as fast as possible before killing the enemy.
Also there are certain mobs which have every attack considered as a TP move, so try to time your staggers for whenever a mob is generally finishing an attack round.
After defeating all 9 bosses and 6 Caturae, by going through the necessary cutscenes you can obtain an Abyssite of Discernment, this abyssite will give you a hint to what may stagger an NM whenever you perform an action that could be one of the staggers. (Any Magic to find out Yellow, Any Physical WS to find out Blue, Any Elemental WS to find out Red)
There are 3 types of Staggers.
Yellow !!
This Stagger is necessary for increasing the chance of getting Synth items and AF3 seals and +2 items. This one is always a magic that is either Elemental, Blue, Bard or Ninja (Ni Spell). The element of the spell will always match either the current, prior or following in game day. The Hint will always tell you it is a specific Element Magic.
Example: On Firesday, the element has a chance of being either: Dark, Fire or Earth Spells
The Following is the List of spells it can be based on the Element:
Fire: Fire III Fire IV Firaga III Flare Heat Breath, Firespit Katon: Ni (Uchitake) Ice Threnody
Earth: Stone III Stone IV Stonega III Quake Magnetite Cloud, Seedspray Doton: Ni (Makibishi) Lightning Threnody,
Water: Water III Water IV Waterga III Flood Regurgitation, Maelstrom Suiton: Ni (Mizu-Deppo) Fire Threnody
Wind: Aero III Aero IV Aeroga III Tornado Hecatomb Wave, Mysterious Light Huton: Ni (Kawahori-Ogi) Earth Threnody
Ice: Blizzard III Blizzard IV Blizzaga III Freeze Frost Breath, Ice Break Hyoton: Ni (Tsurara) Wind Threnody
Lightning: Thunder III Thunder IV Thundaga III Burst Mind Blast, Blitzstrahl Raiton: Ni (Hiraishin) Water Threnody
Light: Banish II, Banish III, Banishga II, Holy, Flash Radiant Breath, 1000 Needles Dark Threnody
Dark: Aspir, Drain, Bio II Dispel Death Ray, Eyes On Me Kurayami: Ni (Sairui-Ran) Light Threnody
Blue !!
This stagger enhances the drop rate of Items and Equipment. This will always be a physical weaponskill and is based on the in game time of the day that you claim the mob at. The Hint will always tell you it is a specific Weapon Type Weaponskill
Staff Heavy Swing, Shell Crusher, Full Swing, Spirit Taker, Retribution
Red !!
This Stagger helps with the drop rate for Key Items and Atma. This will always be an elemental weaponskill, however there is no way of knowing for sure which it might be (It does not seem to have a certain time or day specification). The Hint will always tell you it is a specific Element Weaponskill
These are the possible elemental weaponskills by Element:
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