User:Elaeagnifolia/KNIGHT'S ORDER/Dark July 2020

The general strategy here was to BREAK and defeat the boss before it could use the Frail-inflicting AoE ultimate attack after its invuln phase.

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Note on Accessories. If anyone looked at my equips in-game, you may have noticed that my accessories sort of sucked. This is because during the invuln phase, boss does a series of attacks that will always reduce your party's HP to 2%. This means the more HP you have, the more damage you take, the worse your score. So I purposely chose accessories that didn't have HP-boosting effects, which happened to be less optimal than my usual set.

Phase 1: Pre-Invuln
Not much to do here since boss goes into Invuln Phase quickly.


 * 1) When fight starts, use Soul Burst +40% item.

Phase 2: Invuln Phase

 * 1) Switch to Assemble.
 * 2) I like to scoot my team backwards a bit from the boss, since I'm not sure if the Auto attacks affect aggro (even if it's 0 damage). So just in case.
 * 3) When item cooldown ends, use Soul Burst +40% item.
 * 4) When item cooldown ends, use Poison Scroll.
 * 5) * If we can't get the Poison Scroll off before the stun attack, restart. This is because casting the Poison Scroll after the stun delays the item cooldown a bit too long for our next item (Amplifying Vase).
 * 6) After the AoE Attack that nukes team to 2% Health, wait until the Mini Kewb shows up.
 * 7) Target Mini Kewb.
 * 8) Switch to Focused Attack, but keep Shyas next to the boss and let the AI defeat Mini Kewb.
 * 9) Position Shyas behind the boss and stay close the the boss. Most of the time, this will automatically target the boss after the Mini Kewb is defeated.
 * 10) Watch closely for which side Heathbell is on and move Shyas to the same side as Heathbell. This prepares us for casting Amplifying Vase later.
 * 11) * If either Shyas or Heathbell have aggro, restart.
 * 12) * The reason for this is because Shyas S1 DEF/MDEF Debuff and Heathbell's self-ATK buff S3 both trigger from the side. If boss targets either of these two, then they can't trigger that effect.
 * 13) Use Soul Burst and spam Shyas' S1 / S3 and occasionally S4.
 * 14) * S1 to build stacks of DEF/MDEF Debuff, S3 to build BREAK bar.
 * 15) * While I'm not sure how much stacking DEF/MDEF Debuff helps, I felt the runs where I didn't get as many stacks had lower BREAK Damage numbers.
 * 16) * S4 also builds BREAK bar pretty well, but the animation on it is a bit too long, so I try to only use it when S1/S3 are on CD.
 * 17) When item cooldown ends, use Amplifying Vase.
 * 18) * The timing on this is usually a little bit before BREAK happens, but since BREAK is 10 seconds long and the Amplifying Vase is 15 seconds, no harm in casting it early to get a bit of extra BREAK and damage from boosting buffs early.
 * 19) Shyas S1 should come off cooldown when boss BREAKs. Cast it one more time.
 * 20) Make sure Heathbell is above 50% HP.
 * 21) Cast Heathbell BRAVE twice to defeat boss.

Alternate Run
I also tried running with a slightly worse weapon grid as a test with this strategy and managed to get the following score:

Possible Improvements
While I did play around with the 3x Heathbell BRAVE strategy, I didn't spend too much time perfecting it because the chance for failure was high with my timing, and I didn't want to waste too many items on a high risk strategy unless I really needed to go that route. I imagine if I had spent a bit more time in pursuing that idea, it would definitely be possible to hit an even higher score if I had fit in one more BRAVE.

Video
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 * Note. I swap to the item screen often to "pause" the battle to check on the status of how the battle is going and also think about what I need to do next, so I apologize for the random "pauses" throughout the recording.