High Brunnhilda or High Midgardsormr first?

After putting it off for a long while, I finally decided that I want to take on the High Dragon Trials. I'm pretty sure that I can meet the HP requirements for both, but I'm not sure if I should take on HMS first since it has the less strict requirement (probably easier to play) or HBD since that's the one I feel like it would be easier to find a group. Any help and suggestions are appreciated! The setup I have is below:

For HMS:
1. I have a 5-Star Veronica with the 4-Star Elemental Wand MUB, 45 mana nodes unlocked, and 2UB on Pheonix.
2. Recently, I pulled a Mikoto which I managed to unlock 45 nodes for and gave him the 5-Star Elemental with no unbounds. He is running a MUB Pele.
3. Both Flame Altars are at Lv. 30. The Staff Dojos are at 16/16, while the Blade Dojos are at 12/12.

Really, my main concern here is that Vernoica is just so common that I probably won't be able to find a group willing to do runs with me. I could try Mikoto, but I don't think that my Blade Dojos are up to par yet, so I might just hold off on challenging until I get them higher up in levels.

For HBD:
1. I have Xainfried with 50 mana nodes unbound, his 5-Star Elemental weapon, and Leviathan MUB. (He was my first 5-Star, so I ended up spoiling him before HBD was a thing. Boy, am I glad I did.)
2. Lance Dojos are at 15/15, Yuletree at max, and Water Alters are 28/28. (Still working on it. lol)

Here, I'm mainly worried about the difficulty of the fight over HMS. People keep mentioning that the fight is much harder, and considering that I haven't even challenged HMS yet, I'm afraid that I'm just going to get wrecked if I try this one first.

Once again, if you manage to read this far, I want to thank you for help!

Asked by Master NaCl5 years 2 months ago

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I haven't done either of the dragon trials yet to be honest (the fucking wymprints will end my life), but I've watched enough videos to know it's better to start off with HMS than HBD.

Not to mention there's more a need for Thaniel's than there is Xainfried. Though your Xainfried sounds really nice. There's also no harm in building up your Blade dojos and ending up getting demolished. There are people who do practice runs just for that reason anyway.

Don't be afraid of failure, the High Dragon Trials are a pain in the ass and require some defeats to really get the pattern down.

Thank you for the reply! I'll take your advice and work towards building up the Blade dojos, then challenging HMS before HBD.

Also, as I was reading up on some of the other Adventurers people typically clear High BHD with, it turns out Lily (which I have) is another candidate--though not mandatory like Xainfried and Thaniel. I'm considering building her up with the 4-Star MUB weapon as another option in case people already have Xainfried. (Unfortunately, I never pulled Thaniel so I can't really build him even if I wanted to.)

I finished mub HMS a while ago and more than halfway for HBH, and I can clearly say that HBH is much harder even with organized groups it can still take more than 20 - 30 minutes for a clear, while for HMS i can get it in 1 or 2 tries.
Although Xainfried has one of the easier jobs for HBH, but I would still go for HMS first, and since you have 2 options for HMS you will be able to get in groups easier in that

Thank you for your insight! As I have replied earlier, I'll take both your advice and focus on HMS.

I'll repeat what I said earlier, but I found out that Lily is another unit that people bring to HBH. I know she isn't mandatory, but I'm hoping that at least having her as an option makes it easier to look for groups.