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IIsaiahz96 wrote: general squad building for vortex hard content (battles of brave frontier 2, etc). I’m not very competent at squad building. Please help! https://imgur.com/a/dgzgOPe Hullo there! (^^)/

For the sake of time (and my sanity) I'll only be listing squads for the Brave Frontier 2 set of dungeos. If you need any additional help, either reply here or on my Message Wall and I'll gladly help you then! (^^)/

On a sidenote, I highly recommend that you read through The Brave Compendium's Squad Building page for some quick notes on the basics of squad setups. It's a great read - highly suggest you read through it when you get the time!

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The Warmonger: OD spam

Tsovinar (Lead)

Serin

Seria (DBB bonded)

Allanon/QiuTong

Raquiel (DBB bonded)

Any friend with an Angel Idol UBB

''• Zaad's dungeon is fairly straightforward: just follow the mechanics of the dungeon, and you'll be fine. It's really more of a puzzle dungeon, really - the only big issue is his third phase, but other than that it's a walk in the park.''

''• You'll be cycling through Serin + Tsovinar's UBBs to gain Synergy Shards. In addition, though, I highly recommend putting in Allanon/QiuTong's UBB somewhere in the mix, as he offers a 100% Mitigation buff via UBB. Aside from this, make sure to use your friend's UBB for an Angel Idol safety net.''

''Due to the recent update, players are now locked to generating two DBB crystals per turn: one generated by activating a unit's UBB, and another by leaving a DBB candidate on Overdrive mode when you end your turn. ''

As Serin carries a 100% Extra Action buff via UBB, and Tsovinar carries a 100% Recast via UBB, you can, in a sense, loop the two's UBBs: you activate Serin's UBB and spam everyone else's BB/SBB to generate OD, then leave Tsovinar on Overdrive before ending your turn, doing the same in reverse order the next turn.

''• As DBB damage scales exponentially when it crits, equip your DBB caster (Raquiel) with crit-related buffs and spheres; in addition, make good use of your Steam DBB, courtesy of Karl & Seria. DBB damage will only really matter in the third phase, though, so just go buck wild.''

''• Genuinely the most straightforward of the bunch. ''

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The Savage Lion: Mono-Water

Thoth (Lead)

Serin (Extra Action SP unlocked)

Tsovinar

Karl (DBB bonded)

Astrid (DBB bonded)

Sennie (Friend)

''• Like in The Warmonger, you'll be cycling through Serin's and Tsovinar's UBBs, and casting Astrid's DBB for high damage. Again, equip her with crit-related spheres & buffs.''

''•  I personally recommend using Phase 1 to grind for Synergy Shards, and nuke Baragan in Phase 2 and 3. This is because Baragan casts a turn skip debuff on his second phase, which is dangerous given the 35 turn limit of this dungeon.''

• As per usual, read the mechanics of the dungeon here.

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The Cursemaster: 0BC mono-Light

Vanila (Lead, Taunt SP unlocked)

QiuTong

Opal Goddess Tilith (Iridescent Hope equipped)

Allanon

Raquiel (DBB bonded)

Hakuzo (Ragnarok Edict / Ortus equipped, Recast SP unlocked)

• This squad's a touch bit unique, so give me a moment to fully explain how it works.

''The basic idea is that you'll be cycling through both Allanon's and Hakuzo's UBBs for both offensive and defensive purposes. Much like in Zaad's dungeon, you'll be using Allanon's UBB for mitigation, and Hakuzo's UBB for Recast.''

''To make this easier, you'll be running a Lead who brings a 30% BC cost reduction, totaling up to a 50% cut courtesy of Tilith's and QiuTong's respective Extra Skills. You can fill up the remaining 50% with spheres that reduce BC cost.''

''You should actually be able to cast both Allanon's and Hakuzo's UBBs in one turn, provided you get enough OD fill. You'll probably need to equip OD filling spheres, like Vrana's Calling, Chrysalis Zeta,  and Vesper Argentum.''

''• Elhaza's dungeon is an example of a heavily scripted boss battle, where the boss' moves are heavily choreographed and follow a certain cycle. Again. make sure to read the battle mechanics. The TLDR is to target the idols that appear every so often to purge Elhaza's mitigation, and to use Vanila's Taunt BB whenever Elhaza casts "Death calls out..."''

''• If you want to increase the squad BC cost reduction to 60%, swap out Allanon or Raquiel for Karl with his unique sphere equipped. This means you can afford to run a Hakuzo friend who bears a BC cost reduction of 40% via Spheres. I'd personally say to swap out Allanon, as you should be able to make do somewhat with QiuTong's UBB.''

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If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I hope this helped! (^^)/

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