3rd Rematch Battle with Dvesha


The 3rd rematch of the sub Bosses introduced in Rebirth of the Beast King was tough for and interesting to me. Especially I had a lot of fun to figure out routine moves and tactics for the battle with Dvesha.

Tactics

Most troublesome is a stackable all-Elemental debuff, which is cast once in 3 turns and later once in 2. Dvesha's moves change when its HP falls below around 60%. You can not long endure attacks under stacked resistance debuffs nor keep dealing damages while avoiding the repeated debuffs after the turning point. So the tactics I (and many players) took are:

Until the turning point
  • to receive all-Elemental debuffs only by Amy
  • to chip off HP (for 10 minutes)
After the turning point
  • to utilize Amy's VC, SPD and PWR buff, in Another Force
Amy's SPD buff also guarantees the first moves of the party against the enemy by switching always with Mariel when at sub and gives a good chance to have party members protected by Mariel's VC in the next turn.

Tips for a Stable Battle

  • SPD of 198 or higher
  • P.DEF of 310 or higher (except Amy)
  • Mariel with Cruel Angel or Toto Staff

Please skip to 10:45 once you check the first 7 turns (a set of moves).

Details: HP100% => 60%

Turn Enemy Move Party Move
Name Desc. Area Mariel Claude Suzette AS Azami Amy
1 Hi All ELEM RSS Debuff All SW w/ Am Go sub Go sub Go sub SW w/ M
2 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single Go front Go front SW w/ Am Go front SW w/ S
INT Buff Self
DF Fire Magic Single
3 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single P. Cradle Forefather E. Cavort* Culm. Winds
INT Buff Self
DSt Water Magic Single
4 Hi All ELEM RSS Debuff All SW w/ Am Go sub Go sub Go sub SW w/ M
5 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single Go front Go front SW w/ Am Go front SW w/ S
INT Buff Self
DT Earth Magic Single
6 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single A. Force Stormbite E. Cavort H. Dance
INT Buff Self
DTe Wind Magic Single
7 Er Non-ELEM Magic All P. Cradle Go sub Go sub Go sub
Buff/Debuff Removal All+Self
Hi: Hindrance, DS: Dvesha Strike, DF: Dvesha Flames, DSt: Dvesha Stream, DT: Dvesha Theft, DTe: Dvesha Tempest, Er: Eruption
ELEM: Elemental, RSS: Resistance, PHYS: Physical, SW: Switch, AM: Amy, M: Mariel, S: Suzette AS, P. Cradle: Pure Cradle, A. Force: Aurora Force, E. Calvot: Elegant Cavort, E. Blossom: Exquisite Blossom, Culm Winds: Cumulation Winds, H. Dance: Heavenly Dance
*Use Exquisite Blossom upon max stack (3) of Spirit Petals
The stack indicator at the INT buff icon helps you being aware of which turns you are at.

2 shown in the indicator means that you are at turn 4 where Amy should receive the debuff.
4 means at turn 7 where Mariel should receive the magic attack.


HP60% Turning Point at 10:45

Immidiately after the Boss' HP below around 60%, it changes the move of that turn to Eruption (Er): Buff/Debuff Removal of only itself + all-area Non-Elemental magic attack. Then its moves are changed as described below.

Details: HP 60% => 0

Turn Enemy Move Party Move
Name Desc. Area Mariel Claude Suzette AS Azami Amy
1 Hi All ELEM RSS Debuff All A. Force Forefather E. Cavort H. Dance
2 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single P. Cradle Stormbite E. Blossom H. Dance
INT Buff Self
DF Fire Magic Single
3 Hi All ELEM RSS Debuff All P. Cradle Stormbite E. Cavort H. Dance
4 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single A. Force Forefather E. Cavort Culm. Winds
INT Buff Self
DSt Water Magic Single
5 Er Non ELEM Magic All P. Cradle Stormbite E. Cavort H. Dance
6 Hi All ELEM RSS Debuff All SW w/ Am Stormbite E. Blossom H. Dance SW w/ M
7 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single Another Force
INT Buff Self
DT Earth Magic Single
8 Hi All ELEM RSS Debuff All Moves in Another Force
Claude: Stormbite
Suzette AS: E. Cavort (E. Blossom with 3 Petals)
Azami: Heaven Dance
Amy: Blast Heaven
9 DS Non-ELEM PHYS Single
INT Buff Self
DTe Wind Magic Single
10 Er Non ELEM Magic All
Buff/Debuff Removal All+Self

Remarks

Under the settings at the time of JP ver. 1.7.5 release, the action order of Eruption (Er), a magic attack and buff/debuff removal was set reverse so either Aurora Force or INT debuff was meaningless in mitigating damages by the magic attack. Now as shown in the clip, both elemental buff and INT debuff are useful, and I hope the change be adopted in the Global version from the beginning. If not, Cruel Angel's Staff or Toto Staff with enough upgrade would be necessary for Mariel.

Member Stats

Name SPD PWR INT P.ATK M.ATK P.DEF M.DEF Remarks
Mariel 233 146 226 164 381 310 384 Cruel Lv.10
Claude 220 193 173 359 220 320 346 Spider Lv.0
Suzette AS 198 243 138 428 160 349 316
Azami 198 209 158 370 184 313 343 Toto Lv.10
Amy 206 226 154 377 178 310 309 Toto Lv.10
*Including badge adjustment. Claude's SPD around 200 is better to avoid overtaking Mariel.

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