Talk:Trial:EX3/@comment-26140304-20150805181250

Managed to beat the trial on my third try! Units: Items: Make any substitutions to any of the spheres that I have as those work almost just as well.
 * Tridon lead w/Demon Core & Tridon's Trident
 * Edea w/Lafdranya & Star of Hope
 * Elimo w/Drevas & Summoner Key
 * Kikuri w/Paskuan Weapon Enhancer & Scarlet Pin
 * Quaid w/Spirit Tiara & Fallacy Orb
 * Zenia friend w/Obsidian Core Amplifier & Heresy Orb
 * Goddess Idol
 * Fujin Potion
 * Fujin Tonic
 * Revive Light
 * Crescent Dew

The parts that I was most worried about were: I made sure that Tridon's shield was up almost every turn since it was a great way to endure the huge damage coming from all enemies.
 * Huge BC drop resistance
 * Lugina and Seria in general
 * Grahdens's Apocalypse Zero
 * Karl's ultimate attack at 10%
 * Karl's DoT debuff

The first battle is the hardest part of the trial. They deal massive damage to your squad and Lugina's ignore-Def buff can get annoying. Kill them as fast as you can, which is more the reason why I chose Zenia as a friend. Make sure that the shield is up when passing Lugina's HP thresholds. Thanks to the shield, the remaining damage after Lugina destroys the shield actually gets affected by Unit Def so having the shield is sufficient enough to survive those attacks. Though, this might be changed in the future depending on whether or not this was intended.

Karl's first form is pretty straight-forward so nothing to worry about here. Grahdens comes in once Karl transforms. Remember that Apocalypse Zero cannot be mitigated unless you guard. I wanted to prevent Apocalypse Zero from happening both times so I used Edea to inflict Sick on him. As for Karl's DoT debuff, I made sure Tridon's BB HoT was up to negate most of the damage. Finally, I used Elimo's UBB to endure Karl's ultimate attack at 10% HP.

Stay tuned as I will be making a Squad Spotlight on Trial EX3 soon!