Thread:KKytes/@comment-34301494-20180111191153/@comment-30054866-20180113074220

P4810tu5n311 wrote: I'm trying to beat Seria's trial (SZ) but I can't, also my general team is just a load of units I threw together. Any help would be appreciated!

Units (All omni or omni potential):

Fire: Vargas, rengaku, malef, lyonesse, Alessa, Valen, Sol

Water: Selena, Tazer, Savia, Vern, Stein, Mariela, Asto, Zeleste, Divine wolf, Vaisal, Charlotte, Ilm, Kitsu

Earth:Lance, Mariletta,Dion, Felice, Daze, Hisui, Rozalia, Serge, Gyras, Lanza, Freed

Thunder: Eze, Fizz, Kanon, Rhoa, Viktor, Licht, Eleanor, Zora, Beiorg, Ky, Jireid, Divine Machine

Light: Atro, Ark, Kranzt, Agress, Linasera, Arthur, Carrol, Lara, Izuna, Lauda, Garrel, Janice, Diastima, Ionia, Elphelt, Enile

Dark: Magress, Lancelot, Ciardha, Beatrix,Mifune, Alice, Feeva, Gregor, Sonia, Johan, Zekuu, Velma, Haido

Also if it isn't too much to ask for could you reccomend any spheres I can aim to get for them?

Thank you so much! Hi! Thanks for coming over to my message wall; not many people do, haha.

Seria's Strategy Zone, huh? Ooof, don't worry; I think we all have a touch of PTSD from her. It's just so... long. Long and painful to deal with. But I'll do my best! (o3o)/

This Squad Build will assume a few things:

a) All of the units mentioned are fully maxed out; and

b) None of them have reached Omni+ (meaning they're just at their base Omni forms).

I'll be providing you two strategies, with their own respective squads. The first is the classic strategy, and the second is the nuking strategy.

Without further ado, let's get to it! (o3o)/ ---

Units to Bring (Classic Strat) ---

Sub-Units

Lyonesse (Set as lead)

Ilm OR Stein OR Krantz Fizz OR Ciardha

Beatrix

Freed

Shion / Alza Masta / Summoner (Ex Deus Gladius) Friend

Sub-Units

Linasera

Beiorg

Rozalia

Eleanor

Mariela ---

Strategy (Classic Strat)

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1st Phase:

UBB rule in play once 70% is passed.

Turn 1: Swap out Freed for either Linasera or Beiorg. Fujin mitigator, guard everyone else. If you're feeling lucky you can try guarding all - even so though I still highly suggest to just use mitigation.

100% - 75%: Get buffs up. Any buffs work - idealy, get buffs such as tristat boosts, Spark Damage boosts, Crit hit rate + damage boosts, EWD, etc.

75% - 71%: Activate all BBs/SBBs. Idealy, get her down below 40%.

Turn after 70% threshold passed: Seria idles; guard all. She inflicts an attack debuff (2 turns)+ DoT (3 turns) which are the main problems. She'll do this again after activating UBBs.

Turn after 50% threshold passed: Shura summoned. Shura doesn't pose much of a problem as long as you can do damage management. When Shura reaches his 40% HP threshold, Shura idles; tbh it's not too much of a problem as long as you have good damage management (he doesn't give himself absolute mitigation on his idle, meaning you can nuke him down before he activates his nuke), but if you're worried just guard all. It grants a squadwide damage boost, which sucks.

''Note: As much as possible, get Shura out of play before you reach the next stages. Not only is he a decent Sparker, but he's a dangerous nuker the longer he lasts. Also, be wary that he doesn't get his health back over 40%, otherwise he'll do his UBB again.'' ---

2nd Phase:

UBB penalty always active. What makes Seria so hard to deal with in this phase is because she always grants a DoT and an Attack debuff, and can also buffwipe past 45% and everytime a UBB is used.

Turn 1: Summons Rayla. Rayla is probably the singlemost annoying enemy in this phase - she grants ailment immunity and stat debuff immunity, and has two UBB thresholds (80% and 40%) which can drain BB gauges. Keep note that she doesn't get any mitigation when she idles, so it's worth trying to nuke her from 80% to 40% so that the BB gauge drain activates only once.

When Seria's 50% threshold is passed: Rize summoned. Not too troublesome, but she can boost damage output and can add an HoT buff on UBB. She only has one UBB threshold (40%) and, like Rayla, doesn't get damage mitigation on idle.

''Note: Rize isn't much of a problem, but Rayla is. Get Rayla out as soon as possible. Also, it really isn't worth doing UBBs in this phase unless you can have the OD gauge filled once you get into the 3rd phase. If you want to use a UBB, make it to be a nuking one - it's technically possible to nuke Seria down before she summons Rize. Rayla will always be summoned without fail though.''

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3rd Phase:

The real challenge. Much like in phase 2, Seria has all the same tricks up her sleeve - DoTs, and Attack debuffs - but also gets buffs like hitcount boosts, heavy HC management, and Injury resistance.

Once her 70% threshold passed: Summons Malef & Phoenix. Malef inflicts ailments, BC gauge drains, and LS locks. Very annoying, but easily dealt with through ailment negation and good BC management (especially BC when attacked). Phoenix is the big problem here - HoT, DoT, Damage Reflection and Angel Idol chances. You can deal with this through non-attacking healers (e.g. Elimo & Rozalia) but the Angel Idol chance is the main problem. Both the Phoenix and Malef idles on their 50% thresholds.

At this point, you can swap out whichever unit you swapped Freed for and replace them with Rozalia. Her main role is to deal with the Phoenix's Damage Reflect.

At Seria's 50% threshold: Nuke which adds an HoT and hitcount boost, as well as injury resistance.

At Seria's 10% threshold + every 4 turns after + everytime revived: idles. Doesn't grant damage immunity. UBB nuke follows the idle, granting tristat boosts, DoTs, HC droprate boosts, and a heavy Attack debuff.

''Note: if you're having trouble with the 3rd phase of the trial, just remember that it's technically possible to nuke her down so that she doesn't summon Phoenix or Malef. Also, you can pretty much nuke Seria down from 10% to 0% and hope that the Angel Idol chance doesn't proc - but it probably will. Keep note that the battle will not end unless all enemies are out of the field, meaning that there's no point in doing this strat if enemies from the previous stages are still around - if they are, Malef and Phoenix will be summoned even if you do manage to get rid of Seria.'' ---

Units to Bring (Nuking Strat)

Basically, this is a squad whose main goal is to nuke Seria as quick as possible. Keep note, though, that this strat is not incredibly recommended unless your units have good damage output. The strategy will mainly utilize Normal Attack Nuking, mainly to nuke Seria down on Phase 3. See more details in the "Notes" portion of this strategy.

Make sure to bring a Hero Crystal, and as many Fujin-related items as possible (e.g. Fujin Pot, Fujin Tonic). ---

Starting Squad Ciardha (lead)

Beatrix

Lancelot

Fizz

Freed

Shion Friend

Sub-Units

Feeva

Eleanor

Fizz

Beiorg

Savia

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Notes:

The main idea for this strat is to deal with Seria's Phase 3, but it definitely is possible to use this squad to deal with the whole of the trial.

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Phase 1

Turn 1: Swap out Freed for Feeva. Fujin Lancelot, guard all.

100% - 75%: Get buffs up. If possible, make sure that an OD fillrate buff is up. Get your Overdrive Gauge filled up before passing 75%.

75% - 71%: UBB Ciardha or Savia (depending on who got the UBB hitcount boost), and normal attack with everyone else. Make sure that you're able to nuke Savia down between 10% - 1%.

Turn after Savia's idle: Activate mitigator's BB/SBB, and Friend's BB/SBB. Normal Attack with everyone else. Make sure your OD gauge is filled before you continue.

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Phase 2

First Turn of Phase 2: UBB Shion, activate Ciardha's BB/SBB, normal attack with the rest. The goal is to get rid of Rayla ASAP.

Turn after Seria's UBB: Your UBB hitcount buff should be gone by now, so just activate all SBBs to get rid of Shura, assuming he's still standing. Get your OD gauge filled. As soon as it is filled, UBB your hitcount booster (be it Savia or Ciardha) and normal attack with the rest. Your goal is to nuke down Seria completely.

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Phase 3

If you did everything correctly, you should still have your UBB hitcount buff active. Normal Attack nuke her to oblivion.

''Note: What's integral here is to have good OD fill, hence why Beatrix, Fizz, and Shion are there. Make sure to use Beatrix's BB often.''

I hope this helped! (^w^)/