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Boss Guide: Ch8-1 (Heian-kyo)

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Enemy Layout

Fatal Battle 1/1
127,186
Medea (Lily)
109,454
Watanabe no Tsuna
114,293
Dragonbone (Summon)
117,069
Medea (Lily)
136,818
Watanabe no Tsuna
248,760
Watanabe no Tsuna

Boss Statistics

Optional NPC Support: Sakata Kintoki
Lv90 NP5 10/10/10
Passive Child of the Red Dragon: Increase own Max HP by 8,000 HP and Stun Success Rate by 50%. [Permanent, Unremovable].
Watanabe no Tsuna
Watanabe HP
109,454
LVL
90
HP
136,818
LVL
90
HP
248,760
LVL
90
Class Saber
NP Bar
NP Type
ST
Actions
Up to 3 per turn
Traits
Servant, Humanoid, Riding, Brynhild's Beloved, Male, Genji, Hominidae, Weak to Enuma Elish, Human attribute, Neutral Good
Note - Immune to Pigify, has [Human] trait and no [Servant] trait. Prioritizes [Oni] trait enemies, or NPC Sakata Kintoki if present.
- They have a higher chance of using their NP on a [Demonic] or [Oni] trait target, or on NPC Sakata Kintoki.
Passive Vow to Yasutsuna: When attacking, grant one of two buffs [Permanent, Unremovable]:
- 50% chance to increase own Critical Rate by 50% (1 time)
- 50% chance to grant 20,000 Damage Cut (1 turn) to self.
Break Heavenly Sword Flash: At the end of each turn, increase own NP Bar to MAX (10 turns) [Unremovable]. Inflict Target Focus onto a random enemy (3 turns).
Break Unyielding Sword Spirit: Grant Guts (Revive with 10,000 HP, 1 time) [Unremovable] to self. When Guts triggers, grant Evade to self (1 time, 1 turn) and increase own NP Bar to MAX [Unremovable].
Skill 1 Eternal Arms Mastery (Anti-Demonic) A-: Increase own Buster Card Critical Rate (3 turns). Increase own Critical Strength (3 times, 3 turns).
Skill 2 Suiten's Disciple B: Apply Evade to self (1 turn). Increase own Arts Card Critical Rate (1 turn). Increase own NP Gauge by 1.
* Likely to be used when under 50% HP (for each break bar).
Skill 3 Severed Arm at Ichijou Modori-bashi EX: Increase own Buster Card effectiveness (3 turns). Apply Sure Hit to self (3 turns). Decrease Critical Star Drop Rate for all enemies (3 turns).
NP Mt. Ooe-Bodhi Oni Slayer: Deal damage to a single enemy. Deal 200% supereffective damage against [Oni] enemies. Apply Special ATK [Demonic] to self (1 turn). [Activates first]
Medea (Lily)
Medea HP
127,186
LVL
90
HP
117,069
LVL
90
Class Caster
NP Bar
NP Type
Support
Actions
Up to 2 per turn
Traits
Servant, Humanoid, Female, Heaven or Earth, Argonaut, Hominidae, Weak to Enuma Elish, Earth, Lawful Good
Battle Start "I'll handle the backup!": Grant all allies HP Recovery (15,000 HP per turn). [Permanent, Unremovable]. Apply 50% Damage Resist to Watanabe no Tsuna (3 turns) [Unremovable]
Battle Start 2 Summon Dragon Tooth Warrior: Summon a Dragonbone Warrior (Lv50 Saber 114,293 HP).
Break "I can't lose yet!": When there is a Dragonbone Warrior on the field, restore the Dragonbone Warrior's HP to 100% and remove all debuffs from it. When there's an empty slot on the frontline, summon a Dragonbone Warrior.
Special Skill 1 Attack Backup: Increase Watanabe no Tsuna's ATK by 30% (5 times, 2 turns).
Special Skill 2 Defense Backup: Apply 50% Damage Resist to Watanabe no Tsuna (5 times, 2 turns) [Unremovable]. Will re-activate whenever this effect runs out.
Special Skill 3 Magical Energy Backup: Increase Watanabe no Tsuna's NP Bar by 2.
Skill 1 Rapid Words of Divine A: Increase own NP Gauge by 2.
Skill 2 Poison Resistance A: Remove Poison Debuffs from all allies. Recover HP for all allies.
Skill 3 Ephemeral Love B: Increase HP Recovery Amount for an ally (1 turn).
NP Pain Breaker: Remove debuffs for all allies. Greatly restore HP for all allies. Greatly increase Debuff Resist for all allies (3 turns).
Dragonbone (Summon)
Dragonbone HP
114,293
LVL
50
Class Saber
NP Bar
NP Type
ST
Actions
Up to 3 per turn
Traits
Earth
Passive Enrapture: Decrease ATK by 30% (3 turns) and decrease NP Gauge by 10% when normal attacking.

Overview

  • This encounter has two Servant bosses, with Watanabe no Tsuna having 3 break bars (109k, 136k, 248k HP), while Medea Lily acts as Support (127k, 117k HP). Note this battle can be soloed (see video link), although with some difficulty and Card luck.
  • Medea Lily starts by summoning a small Saber mob with 114k HP, who can inflict ATK debuffs and drain 10% NP Gauge with each normal attack.
  • Medea will also give Watanabe no Tsuna unremovable 50% Damage Resist, which lasts 3 turns, and she will refresh this effect every time it runs out.
  • On break, Medea Lily will either heal her summon if it is alive, or summon another Saber mob if not. Breaking Medea's first HP bar before killing the summon can be a good idea if using single target damage dealers, so that the summon doesn't have to be defeated twice.
  • Watanabe no Tsuna has an unremovable passive that either gives him a 50% Crit Rate buff (1 time), or a 20k Damage Cut (1 turn) every time he normal attacks. Reduce the number of normal attacks he can deal each turn by keeping Medea alive for longer.
  • Watanabe no Tsuna's first break gives him MAX NP Gauge, and will target focus a random frontline Servant for 3 turns. Taunt / invincibility / evade effects can help redirect or mitigate his NP's damage.
  • His second break gives him unremovable Guts (10k HP, 1 time), which will activate 1-time, 1-turn Evade and MAX NP Gauge when his Guts triggers.
  • Be wary that Watanabe can frequently use his 1 turn Evade skill when under half health, for any of his HP bars.

Team Recommendations

  • AoE Damage dealers can be useful; Archers in particular will deal bonus damage to both the summon and Watanabe no Tsuna. However, it is also possible to clear this using ST damage dealers as shown in the video links below.
  • NP Gauge / Damage Support, with enough buff stacking, can help the damage dealer surpass the Damage Resist buff on Watanabe no Tsuna.
  • Taunt Support is extremely useful for this encounter, as all enemies have single target NPs or non-damaging NPs, making it possible to redirect damage during the earlier part of the fight. After first break, however, Watanabe no Tsuna will inflict Target Focus on a random frontline Servant, which will make Taunt less reliable if an unfavorable target is selected.
  • Stun/Charm effects can also be useful on Watanabe no Tsuna, since each of his normal attacks will buff him, and the 20,000 Damage Cut is particularly undesirable. Rendering him unable to act will clear him of these buffs for a turn.

Video Links

Quick Servant Suggestions

Archer DPS
AoE
ST
Other DPS
Taunt Support
Offensive Support
Last Man / Solo Servant
Charm Lock
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