Boss Guide: Ch17-6 (Ordeal Call III: Archetype Inception)

Enemy Layout

Boss Statistics

Overview

• Masters must fully defeat Kiara in this battle. She starts with a missing HP bar, but as before, during the first 3 turns, she is fully invincible and will use several scripted buffs before transforming at the end of turn 3.
• After transformation, she has 3 break bars (400k, 552k, 734k HP). She is Moon Cancer Class, and can act up to 4 times per turn.
• Note all her attacks hit AoE.
• She comes with a passive that gives her a stack of unremovable NP Damage +20% every turn, and stacks a Debuff Resist -10% debuff on all party members every turn. Note that a field effect will nullify her ability to apply Stun when attacking.
• She has three different special skills she can use periodically as one of her actions each turn:
• All Damage +100% for enemies (3 times, 3 turns) and allies (3 turns).
• Drain 30% NP Gauge from a party member, debuff ATK -10% and DEF -10% for the party, buff own Crit Rate and Crit Damage +20% (5 turns).
• Restore 10k HP and double healing received for the next 10 turns, clear 1 most recent debuff. This skill can be used once every 3 turns at most.
• If Hakuno Kishinami is on the field when she uses any of the special skills, the first 3 times this happens, the boss will lose some buffs and get a minor DEF debuff and some text dialogue.
• 1st Break: Inflicts Skill Seal on the party for 2 turns and debuffs Quick/Arts/Buster -30% for 5 turns.
• 2nd Break: Inflicts NP Seal on the party for 2 turns and debuffs Quick/ArtsBuster -30% for 5 turns again.
• Note the boss's NP hits AoE, will remove 3 recent buffs BEFORE dealing damage, and also inflicts 2-time Buff Block afterwards!
• Although the boss has other listed skills, she will tend to only use her special skills instead.

Team Recommendations

• Two frontline slots must be given to NPC Supports.
• NPC Xu Fu (Avenger) is a good choice for the first slot since her effect will prevent the boss from using her healing and debuff clear skill. This helps avoid letting the fight drag on too long.
• NPC BB Dubai comes with a helpful buff removal ability with her second skill. Alternatively, if Masters wish to see some additional dialogue, they can elect to choose NPC Hakuno Kishinami for this slot instead.
• If planning to use BB Dubai's second skill to remove buffs, make sure to save her Skill 2 until after her transformation to remove both the Invincible + Ignore Invincible buffs on the boss.
• Single Target Ruler Damage Dealers are the best choice for this fight given their Class Advantage.
• Astraea is a standout for having anti-Evil alignment bonus damage. She also has Ignore Invincible if her NP is upgraded, which allows her to ignore the boss's 10-turn Invincibility that carries over from pre-transformation.
• Debuff Clear Support is greatly helpful in dealing with the boss's break effects, including the Skill + NP Seal effects. If relying on NPs for burst damage, Masters will want to make sure to save a debuff clear until after 2nd break's NP Seal debuff.
• Ignore Invincible on either the damage dealer or a support is also very helpful since the boss will start with a 10-turn Invincibility buff. Note this buff is removable too, so Masters can also deal with this using NPC BB Dubai's buff removal effect.
• NP Gauge and Damage Support for the primary damage dealer is a great idea as always, since the boss has high health so any improvement to damage output is welcome. The usual suspects of Castoria, Lady Avalon, Tamamo, Koyanskaya, Merlin, Oberon, Skadi / Ruler, Waver, or Reines are great choices for the damage dealer's Card color.

Video Links

• Note that these videos are not affiliated with GamePress, but showcase some lineups that are effective in clearing the final challenge. These can serve as a good reference for how to rotate skills during this quest or simply to have a look at the encounter before diving in.
• NPC Xu Fu + BB Dubai, Miss Crane, BB Dubai, Astraea (6 turns)
• NPC Xu Fu + BB Dubai, Habetrot, Altria Caster Berserker, Asclepius, Chloe (Avenger) (6 turns)
• NPC Xu Fu + BB Dubai, Habetrot, Astraea NP5, Asclepius, Caligula Lv1 (6 turns)
• F2P Friendly Stall method: NPC Tenochtitlan + BB Dubai, Mash Ortinax, no backline (52 turns)

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