My switch is Banned all i do is connect it to my wifi and when it tells me theres an update ready I just open Goldleaf dump the pending FW.
I dont block anything.
It doesn't matter if your switch is banned or not. It will still download the updates.
I let mine download the update then i use Goldleaf to dump it and install with Daybreak.
Im pretty sure ur right just to update to the latest.. No need to go in order.. if you want to check that just let it download the update and then when it says u need to update just open Goldleaf and see what version it has downloaded and dump it and use it to update with daybreak..
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I used Goldleaf to dump the downloaded update then viewed it with ftp on my pc where i took the screenshot.
As you can see the "export Pending" option i posted in my first post.