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Unstaeble
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Posted: 11/16/2020 at 3:41 PM
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Level 30-59 Tower
Stage 2 - Burly Troll
Stats Burly Troll
This battle is as straight forward as it gets. You have one enemy to keep hitting, but you'll need to keep an eye on its mana. Every time its attack lands, it will gain 25 mana, meaning it only takes a minimum of 2 rounds for the mana bar to fill up. When at full mana, you'll want to block to avoid getting stunned
Notes;
The Troll will gain 25 mana every time its regular attack hits
Full mana attack will stun one pet for 2 turns if not avoided/blocked
Like the Nightfall stages, these three enemies have the same basic strategy of choosing one to fight at a time and blocking on full mana attacks. I would recommend taking down the Thrasher first, then moving to the Masher, leaving the Basher for last.
Zombie Basher notes;
Full mana attack triggers stunned on 1 party pet for 2 turns
Zombie Masher notes;
Full mana attack will deal larger damage to 1 party pet
Zombie Thrasher notes;
Zombie Thrash can trigger Hemorraging, which deals 56-75 physical damage per turn for 2 turns
Has two attacks per turn
Full mana attack triggers Hemorraging on all 3 party pets, which deals 56-75 physical damage per turn for 3 turns
Stats General Talon . . . . . . . . Ember . . . . . . . . Sapphire
For this battle, you'll want to target the two side sylestis, Ember and Sapphire first before going after General talon. I would recommend taking out Ember first as they do the most damage as well as they hit multiple enemies per turn. Once Ember is defeated, move to Sapphire, then finish off the battle with General Talon. You'll want to block at their full mana attacks as well, so keep an eye on their mana (they all increase at different rates).
General Talon notes;
Full mana attack triggers Hemorrhaging on 1 party pet, which deals 113-150 physicals damage per turn for 3 turns
After using full mana attack, Talon will gain Fury (Rank #), which increases Talon's physical damage by 4% per rank (Rank 2 would be an 8% increase). The ranks will continue to increase by 1 and stack each full mana attack
General Talon can cast Smoke Screen on all 3 enemies, which increases avoidance by 20% for 4 turns
Ember notes;
Ember's regular attack Flame Arc will hit multiple pets in the party, as they are a fire based element. This attack can also trigger Singe, which deals 113-150 magical damage per turn for 2 turns
Full mana attack triggers Singe an all 3 party pets, which deals 113-150 magical damage per turn for 3 turns
Sapphire notes;
Can cast Corruption on all 3 party pets, which decreases physical and magical damage by 20% for 5 turns
Full mana attack Shadow Siphon has a chance to heal back a % of the damage dealt to Sapphire
Stage 5 - Dark Elf Overlord, Shadowblade, and Arcanist
Stats Dark Elf Overlord . . . . . . . . Dark Elf Shadowblade . . . . . . . . Dark Elf Arcanist
You'll want to take out the Shadowblade first since they deal the most consistent damage, while making sure to block on its full mana. After, take out the Arcanist and lastly the Overlord.
Dark Elf Overlord notes;
At full mana can cast Restoration on all 3 enemies, which restores 1,500 health per turn for 3 turns
Regular attack Quick Stab can trigger stunned for 1 turn
Dark Elf Shadowblade notes;
Deep Stab can trigger Poisoned on one pet, which deals 225-300 magical damage per turn and decreases physical and magical damage by 10% (this will stack the with each added effect) for 3 turns
Full mana attack does larger damage to 1 pet
Dark Elf Arcanist notes;
At full mana can cast Amplify on all 3 enemies, which increases critical hit chance by 100% for 3 turns
Master Aryth is pretty straight forward for the most part part, you'll want to keep hitting to build up mana and make sure to pay attention to the mana bar to block when its full. After around 1 full mana cycle (timing varies), Aryth will cast channeling for 1 turn, to indicate they're preparing to summon in mirror Aryths as well as as casting Mirror Image.
Once these 2 enemies are summoned, you'll notice they look exactly alike to the boss you were just fighting. You'll need to now figure out which one is the real Aryth, which can be done by attacking each enemy and seeing which takes the least damage (the real Aryth will deal the least damage). Once found, continue to attack until Mirror Image runs out and the copies are automatically defeated, where now you can regain your health back (as all 3 of these together can deal substantial damage) and continue to deal damage until the next summon. Keep repeating until Aryth is defeated
Notes;
Full mana attack will deal larger damage to all 3 party pets, as well as trigger stunned on all 3 party pets for 3 turns
Channeling appears at random intervals, right before a Mirror summon.
Along will summoning 2 mirror Ayrths, Mirror image will be added to all 3 enemies, which deals damage to the attacker for 12 turns. After 12 turns is up, the mirror Aryths will be automatically defeated, leaving the real one
You want to start off by attack and building mana, keeping an eye on Desius's mana bar so you can block when it's full (or Soul Shard will be triggered on to one of your pets). Keep your eye out for Channeling as well, where Desius will summon two Summoned Spectres. Once these 2 enemies are summoned in, you'll notice they have a buff called Dark Tether which will increase in rank by 1 every full mana cycle. Each Summoned Spectre will also come in with a randomized variant of Unholy Aura, and once the spectre is defeated, this buff will be carried over onto Desius.
In order to keep Desius from gaining too many buffs too fast, you'll want to continue attacking Desius after spectres are summoned and to keep focusing onto Desius until the spectres' rank increases to the point your party starts to struggle with keeping up on healing. At this point, you'll want to quickly take out the spectres and then switch to attacking Desius again. The key to this battle is to deal as much damage to Desius before he gets too many buffs (or before his buffs get too high in rank).
King Desius Notes;
Soul Slash can trigger Siphoned, which deals 375-500 magical damage per turn and restores 100% of the damage to heal Desius for 2 turns
Shadow Cleave will hit all 3 party pets and can trigger Hemorrhaging, which deals 375-500 physical damage per turn for 3 turns
Desius uses Channeling as well to summon in 2 Summoned Spectres, which come in with Dark Tether (Rank #), which increases physical and magical damage by 100% per rank (rank increases by 1 every full mana cycle on the spectres)
Full mana attack triggers Soul Shard on 1 party pet, which deals 563-750 magical damage per turn and restores 100% of the damage dealt to heal Desius for 5 turns
Summoned Spectre notes;
Summoned Spectres come with Unholy Aura (permanent) in multiple different variants: Power (increases physical and magical damage by 50% per rank), Vitality (Restores 300 health per turn per rank), Tenacity (increases physical and magical mitigation by 15% per rank), Focus (restores 5 mana per rank per turn), and Vengeance (deals 5% magical damage to the attack per rank). These buffs are randomized and will stack in rank if multiple buffs are added to Desius
Full mana attack deals larger damage to all 3 party pets
Once King Desius is defeated, any remaining spectres will automatically be defeated the next turn
First you'll want to start attacking to build up mana, and when Vierna reaches full mana, block on all 3 party pets and switch your first party pet with the 2nd/3rd (either works, but preferably the one with more health) pet. If you forget to block, Vierna will cast Soul Shard to leech health on all 3 pets. After using the full mana attack, Vierna will cast Mark Of Corruption and after this debuff is added to the switched pet, you can move your tank back to 1st slot. By doing this, you prevent extreme damage when Vierna casts Amplify Corruption that significantly boosts Mark's damage and can possibly KO your pet (similar to the Hot Potato used with Demora, but the same pet can be used each time since the buff will expire before the next one)
Vierna will also gain 16 turns of Voidling Summoning, where you won't be able to deal any damage to them After this is added, 2 Voidlings will be summoned in ever 5 turns (use the immunity buff to time things). You must kill BOTH of these Voidlings within the 5 turns before the next one, or else Vierna will damage all 3 pets due to Overload Of Darkness from any still-living Voidlings at the START of the next turn (so if you still have Voidlings on the end of turn 4, Overload will be cast). TIP: Using your key 2 attacks to heal on the Voidlings is smart, as they have lower defenses than Vierna (which means more damagw and health restored) and this will help kill them quicker
At the end of the immunity buff, Vierna will reach full mana but delay one turn where one last round of Voidlings are summoned, and use full mana next turn (block on all 3 pets). Vierna will now go through a full mana cycle (only need to block on full mana) before re-summoning Voidlings again on the 2nd cycle (repeat the previous steps). Keep repeating until Vierna summons in 2 Summoned Void Guardians after saving themselves from a fatal blow using Blessing of Saphryn, which then changes to Vengeace of Saphryn
Once these Guardians are summoned, you'll want to focus all your attacks on Vierna, while still blocking on both Vierna's and the Guardians' full mana (you'll have to preserve mana to block as they gain mana quite quickly). Every turn, Guardians' buff will gain an extra rank, causing them to deal more damage, same for Vierna. At this point, kill Vierna as fast as possible, and once dead, the Void Guardians should despawn the next turn
Vierna The Reborn notes;
At the start of the battle, Vierna will start out with Blessing of Saphryn (permanent), which increases physical and magical mitigation by 40%
Full mana attack will trigger Corrupted Charge (Rank #), which increases physical and magical damage by 20% per rank (permenant) and cast Essence Drain on all 3 party pets, which deals 810-1080 magical damage per turn and restores 300% of the damage dealt to heal Vierna, for 3 turns
The turn after full mana attack is used, Vierna will cast Mark of Corruption on the first party pet, which lasts for 36 turns. If mixed with Amplify Corruption (triggered with each Voidling summon onto the first party pet), will deal significant damage and possibly KO your pet for the 1 turn it lasts.
Will cast Voidling Summoning, which gives Vierna immunity to any damage and restores 7 mana per turn, for 16 turns. Every 5 turns, 2 Voidlings will be summoned in.
Before a fatal blow can be dealt, Vierna's Blessing of Saphryn will restore 50k health to her and change to Vengeace of Saphryn, which increases physical and magical damage by 200%, critical hit chance, quickness, and physical and magical mitigation by 100% (permanent)
Summoned Voidling notes;
Comes into battle with Void Tether
If Voidlings are not defeated before the end of the 4th turn, they will be used as Overload and immediately replaced with fresh Voidlings at the next summon
Summoned Void Guardian notes;
Full mana attack can trigger stunned for 3 turns
