Talk:Trial:004/@comment-203.211.151.230-20151009170358

To the frustrated summoners who have attempted several times but failed, I feel your pain. After many tries I finally managed to beat Cardes.

Items: 2x Crescent Dew (Used 2) 2x Revive Light (Used 0) 2x Fujin Potion (Used 0) 3x Fujin Tonic (Used 1) 3x Ares Flute (Used 3)

My squad used was 7* Andaria (Leader) [Forgebreaker+Evil Shard] 7* Tridon [Trident+Evil Shard] 7* Sefia [Holy Eight+Sol Creator] 6* Kira [Legwand Gem+Sol Creator] 6* Elza [Medulla Gem] 7* Elimo (Friend) [Don't know what sphere he used]

It it EXTREMELY important that you have a mitigator, don't bother trying this trial without one as your chances of success will be very low.
 * Note*

Now, the best mitigator here will be Elimo because she has the lowest BB requirement amongst all mitigators and healers (after unlocking her ES) and due to Andaria's LS, Elimo's BB requirement just got EVEN LOWER. This ensures that I have mitigation up every turn, which is crucial because in my fight, Cardes used Deadly End randomly and even used it 3 times in a turn. Don't rely too much on HP threshold! Next, Tridon's shield buff. I have it up every 2 turns or so because Cardes' AoE is very annoyingly effective at picking away your squad's HP. Now about Luther and Phee. I used Elza (SBB 60% Curse rate) and Sefia (BB 45* Paralyse rate) and this is really good enough to keep those two in check. I have to reiterate this: USE ELZA'S SBB FIRST. This removes Phee's mitigation and allows the rest of your units to do normal damage to Cardes when using AoE BB/SBB. My setup allowed me to one squad the trial, but took about 20 minutes to clear. Do not be discouraged when you see your team do very little damage to Zebra or Cardes because if you keep Tridon's shield and mitigation up every turn, you'll kill them eventually.

All the best!