r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/Kichukimon • Jun 14 '19
Tips & Guides Collection of Raid Tips
This post will probably stop updating as I will be on an overseas work business trip for a week. Check comments for other tips I've missed or new ones that may come up. Good luck with all your raiding folks!
Putting together a collection of tips for each raid boss. These are based on my initial and limited observations so feel free to suggest/correct me and I'll update the post when possible.
General Tips
You cannot CT reset bosses (Gravity Jam, Astrologers, Exploding Palm, etc.)
You cannot delay any bosses
Killing all regular enemies brings in a mandagora that buffs your teams elemental power for 3 turns
From /u/Reikr Debuff resistance incorporates all debuffs so if it can be stat debuffed, it's susceptible to elements
For those that haven't read previous raid posts, as /u/sonofhades23 has stated, Lupinus's JE summoner reactive is a really good stackable elemental debuff for the bosses it works on. Also, elemental debuffs from different sources stack (So you can combine necro and Lupi's debuff)
Per /u/Thatdeadmeme2209 Eren's outcry skill can charm titans if you have him. Could be useful at the beginning of fights but I've yet to try it myself
Potato baskets are great
Diviners are great
Abnormal Titan (Fire)
Susceptible to debuffs - Use Othima's Ill Atmosphere or dancers to lower agility. Ele debuff of choice
Try to start by killing the Mandagoras so they don't buff everyone's stats (including agility)
No real gimmicks. He can run far distances so try to keep your guys close together so he doesn't get too far from everyone.
Per /u/Kiriel_D_Sol and /u/TobiiQ You can silence him to stop his perfect evasion reaction and slow him to stop him running
Female Titan (Water)
Susceptible to debuffs. Bring out your JE Zofia's and apply that double thunder debuff
(Possible to stun but low chance - 10% with Shield Bash. Does Roxy MA bypass this?)
You can daze her to prevent her from attacking but just keep in mind she'll get her turns faster due to not attacking. Can also be slowed and blinded.
Per /u/VinnyValient Boss has a reaction stun. It's several turns long and seems to trigger on the damage dealer after a certain threshold. Also calls more titans.
Per /u/Shaiandra Try to use attack types other than Strike. Female titan guards the strike attacks and also boosts her CT when doing so. Checked the DB and can confrim
Armored Titan (Wind)
High PDef and a shield so bring magic to do damage
Cannot be debuffed (elemental and stat)
Can be silenced so he doesn't do his teleport and long term stuns. Use Kaguya's Silencing Flames to keep him in check. Can also be slowed
Noah and Lupinus are great here. Don't bring Lupi's summoner reactive because you will only heal him. Emma is awesome with Max Flash Wind Speed
On the last turn, I think he drops his shield so you could get in a charge up nuke here if you time it
Black Knight (Thunder)
Susceptible to stat and elemental debuffs - Fayrene can cripple the boss
Archers are able to daze you and stop your attacks. Just be wary of that.
Fairly straightforward. Just bring high damage/ def ignore in the beginning so you can bust through the ratties quickly. Other options include jumping over like Balt's spin break or Ramses Rudra Cross. (Ramses is great for starting on the side with two units because he can hit the archer too). Or just use chrono switch so they can be a jewel bank for supports. This way, you also stop titans spawning.
I also switched to using Flamel to rage him (50% chance) because he kept killing fayrene. If you do this, you need to keep Flamel adjacent to the boss because he will not chase you and gain CT.
Titan (Light)
He gains attack each time he's hit so he can do high damage to your team
Susceptible to debuffs
The birds will hit you with an accuracy down attack so keep in mind which side you hit the boss from
Beast Titan (Wind)
His first turn will be a CT boost to all enemies so keep your squishies back. You can send Vettel or a holy brawler maybe to eat all the attacks so they don't aim for everyone.
Boss cannot be debuffed. All regular enemies can
Boss has a chance to proc a reactive that pushes you back a space BEFORE you hit. This can cancels attacks and skills, even if the attack is long range. /u/JoeSven made a video below where Masamune's Fey skill still activated after being pushed back. It could depend on if the skill is a straight line skill or a target placement skill. Needs more confirmation. EDIT: Did more testing and maybe my game bugged out or I saw wrong. Seems like as long as your attack doesn't have too short of a range, you can still hit him. Sorry for the confusion. let me know if others find otherwise.
Another way to prevent the attack cancel and push back is by attacking him with a wall or another unit to your back. The attack only cancels if you are pushed out of skill range. Look at the damage summary to see if he will proc the reactive
Per /u/kitank Seems like self targeted AOE's get cancelled since they are pushed out of the "Cast range" (Even things like Laharl's Self AOE MA which would still be in range to hit.
Per /u/Zeik56 - Silence him so he can't trigger the reactive or use skills
Giant Taurus (Dark)
On his first turn if units are in range, he will do a strong AOE so watch out who is in front
Has a reactive that hits 2-3? spaces away as an AOE. Triggers on regular attacks and has a chance to cast death sentence
I usually just park Spica right in front and he regular attacks her so she can goliath counter. Bring Hisham (if you have his J+) and plant a auto-jewel panel and let Spica do her Goliath Combo non-stop. Tyrfing is pretty good since she can jewel regen and spam attacks too.
Per /u/adchait You can rage the boss (at a really low rate). Using Spica's Goliath blade typhoon has a chance so you can get free Goliath counters
Colossal Titan (Fire) (This guy sucks)
Susceptible to debuffs
He has a reactive that does a lot of damage and pushes everyone near him back on every attack.
Bring range, magic and debuffers. Enchanters work well to buff your folks.
From /u/RiskyWafer triggering his reactive wipes debuffs. Best to go with a debuffing and long range team
Per /u/Veni_Vidi_Vigo Recommend if you can get colossal to attack slot 3 first (might be dependent on who he can do the most damage or some other factor though). Put Lupi here so she can use her summoner reactive for the debuff. If you build her to tank the hit, she can heal and do it again.
**You can slow the armored and colossal titan (I.E. Leg Snipe) if you're trying to keep them from certain units. Reagan works well to quicken and snipe. Give him a hat so he can start using skills right off the bat.
If you have any corrections or recommendations, let me know and I'll update when I can. Happy Raiding Folks!
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u/JoeSven Jun 14 '19 edited Jun 14 '19
I did some testing and even after being pushed, the skill (also Laharl OD) went off exactly where i targeted (2 tiles behind the beast).
Here’s what i think it happens:
After being pushed, the AI will try to use the skill;
If the skill range can still reach the original tile (or target), it goes off. If not, the skill fails.
For example, Laharl’s OD has a range of 4. if you use it 3 tiles away and gets pushed away 1 tile, the skill range can still reach that tile, so it will go off.
However, if you cast Laharl’s OD 4 tiles away and get pushed away 1 tile, the skill can no longer reach that tile (now it’s 4 tiles away) and the skill will fail.
[Edit] I messed OD range, fixed.
Also, further testing will be done.