Genius' Challenge

"This will be your first opponent. How long can you last against my Omni Units? Let's find out."

Overview

This trial can only be accessed once Rainbow Goddess Trial has been completed.

Preparation

You may use up to 3 squads and 1 item set for this battle. Each of the squads must have unique units in them and you are allowed up to double your total cost. You can select a different friend from your entire friends list for each squad that you can bring in. There is no cooldown when using a friend. Your items do not get replenished when a team dies, so bring as many healing items, elemental seals, BB gauge support items, Revive items, and status cure items.

Recommended Leaders:

• Knight of Holy Light Ark: 20% miti when 5000 damage taken, All stat 50%, Spark damage up
• Eternal Goddess Felice: All stat 40% (50% w/ SP), BB when attacked, BB regen, BB fill rate
• Doombringer Azurai: 10% miti, Crit damage up, BB damage up
• Heavenly Spiral Hisui: 50% Def, HP, crit negate, 20% miti when 5000 damage taken
• Dragon Mother Mariela: 40% all stat (50% w/ SP), BB when attacked, 20% miti when 5000 damage taken
• Silver Queen Gabriela: 60% HP, BC fill rate up, 25% reduction in BB cost, up to 50% atk/def/rec at full HP, damage taken may restore HP
• Infinity Starsage Zeruiah: 60% HP/DEF/REC, boost BC/HC drop rate and BB gauge fill rate
• Supreme Emperor Agress: All stat 40% (50% upgraded), BB when attacked, BB gauge fill rate up, HoT
• Brave Leader Alessa: 50 Def/HP, HoT, 20% miti when 20 sparks dealt to foe
• Empyrean Juno-Seto: 50% HP/REC, BB/hit, 20% chance of angel idol
• Ruinous Despoiler Galtier: All stat 40% (50% upgraded), possible 100% damage reduction (15%), 20% angel idol chance
• Rain (Omni): 45% (55% upgraded) all parameters, 20% miti for 2 turns after 5000 damage taken and probable attack down after a certain amount of damage dealt
• Divine Law Kanon: 50% boost to DEF and HP with Ignore DEF negation + Status Aliment negation and boost BB gauge when attacked

Recommended Units:

• Units with at least 25,000 HP or above, (including LS/Sphere boosts/EX Skill)
• Units with at least 17,000 HP with no Leader Skill
• A mitigation unit to lower incoming damage, 2 turns mitigator is greatly preferred:
  • Glorious Hero Krantz: Heal, BC/HC drop rate, Great heal, 4 turn UBB mitigation
  • Empyrean Juno-Seto: Best HoT, Revive chance, Max HP up
  • Heavenly Spiral Hisui: Def, Rec up, Guard miti up, Def by Rec up, negate elemental damage
  • Salacia Persei Elimo: Based 2 turns mitigation buff, can heal , provide Def, Rec up buff on both BB/SBB, critical + elemental damage negation buff (SP) on BB/SBB with low BC costs. Useful UBB to counter BB fill rate reduction + BB drain on phase 3, useful Barrier buff on ES for better survivability
  • Sapphire Noble Stein: Restores HP, negate status aliments and boost BB gauge when attacked (SP), restore HP when attacked, decent Barrier buff on ES for better survivability
  • Umbra Halcyon Magress: Free mitigator, provides HP drain , Def and Guard mitigation buff on BB/SBB
  • Fate-Eater Ilm: provides critical + elemental damage negation buff on BB/SBB (SP) with HP drain + BB gauge boost when attacked and max HP boost + boost Atk / Def relative to max HP buff on SBB
  • Rain (Omni): Mitigation, crit negate, boost BB gauge for 3 turns, converts attack to defense, attack/defense down, Max HP boost
  • Auric Echo Eleanor: Useful mitigation buff with Fire, Water, Earth, Thunder elemental damage reduction buffs in 1 unit, good for slot efficiency.
• Unit that provides BB gauge-related buffs and/or fill BB gauge. Ares Buff is highly recommended to counter BB gauge debuff in the third phase:
  • Eternal Goddess Felice: BB when attacked, BB fill rate, BB when spark, Spark Background
  • Loremaster Allanon: BB when attacked, Insta 12 BC
  • Dancing Flames Rengaku: BB fill rate, BC/HC drop rate, BB boost, BB regen, Insta 10 BC
  • Graceful Princess Elza: BB regen, BB when spark SP, Insta BC (BB)
  • Chivalrous Thief Zelnite: BB fill rate, BB when attacked, BC/HC drop rate
  • Torch Eccentric Malef: BB regen, BB when attacked
  • Sage God Melord: BC/damage taken, extremely low BC cost, BB gauge boost, huge attack and defense conversions
  • Supreme Emperor Agress: provides BB when attacked buff on BB (SP) with DEF, HoT and BB regen buff in 1 unit, good for slot efficiency. Nice UBB to refill BB/SBB gauge with BB regen and boost convert DEF to ATK buff.
• Unit that provides offensive buffs:
  • Doombringer Azurai: Critical rate and damage up, BB damage up, and Atk, Def, Rec buff
  • Dancing Flames Rengaku: Semi-Nuker, Def to Atk, Spark Crit,
  • Graceful Princess Elza: Spark damage, status ailment
  • Sacred Emperor Sirius: BB damage up, Atk, Def, Rec up
  • Ideal Subject Lauda: Double attack SBB with BB damage up and Critical Spark buff
  • Heroic Leader Quaid: BB damage up with 6 elementals buff (SP) or Spark damage up (SP)
• Unit that can fill up OD gauge, preferably on BB and SBB:
  • Loremaster Allanon: 8% OD Fill, elemental mitigation, BC/Damage taken
  • Dancing Flames Rengaku: 8% OD fill
  • Flashing Thief Fizz: 10% OD fill
  • Infinity Starsage Zeruiah: 8% OD fill (SP), 10% elemental damage mitigation for better survivability
  • Eldritch Rocker Haido: 8% OD fill (on SP), decent HoT, useful barrier and attack down
  • Fina (Omni): 8% OD fill on BB, huge BB gauge boost, huge Def/Rec buffs
  • Ruinous Despoiler Galtier: 10% OD fill, conversions, barrier, possible ATK/DEF boosts
• Unit that can negate elemental weakness and/or critical damage:
  • Knight of Holy Light Ark: Heal, Hit count up, Atk up, Status cleanse, OD fill rate, Barrier, Elemental buffs
  • Celestial Wings Lara: Heal, BB damage up, Boost Atk, Def by Rec, HoT, BC/HC drop rate
  • Heavenly Spiral Hisui
  • Salacia Persei Elimo
  • Torrential Scar Holia: Great HoT and critical + elemental mitigation, 80% angel idol UBB that can counter Mifune's nuke
  • Silver Queen Gabriela: Elemental and critical damage (BB only, 2-turn via SP), damage taken boosts BB gauge, and max HP conversion to Attack, 80% angel idol
  • Divine Law Kanon: Innate two-turn critical damage negation on SBB with EWD negation buff (SP) and Debuffs negation buff (SP), can act as a backup healer (SP) or Barrier buffer (SP)
  • Dragon Mother Mariela: Negate critical damage (SP) on both BB/SBB
• Units that convert another parameter to defense
  • Sage God Melord
  • Ruinous Despoiler Galtier
  • Brave Leader Alessa: Useful conversions, HP boost, and Tri-stat, as well as high hitcount and useable Leader Skill
  • Heavenly Spiral Hisui
  • Celestial Wings Lara
  • Lovely Princess Alice: Burst heal, stat conversions (SP), DEF/REC buff, BC efficacy, ATK/DEF down
  • Divine Law Kanon
• Units that add normal attack hit-count buffs
  • Void Walker Zenia
  • Knight of Holy Light Ark
  • Alluring Empress Savia: UBB only

Rewards

• Sacrilege Orb
• 1 Gem
• 100,000 EXP
• 3,000,000 Zel

Battle

Round 1

• Vulnerable to Weak, Sick
• Sidereal Blackness - 13 combo Dark attack on all foes, 30% boost to Def for 3 turns & 25% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Dark Demise - 15 combo Dark attack on all foes, 50% boost to Def for 3 turns, 50% damage reduction for 1 turn, 50% chance to drain 3-6% damage for 3 turns & 30% boost to Dark elemental damage for 3 turns
• Turn 1
  • Black Knight's Rage - 13 combo Dark attack on all foes & invalidates Leader Skills for 3 turns
• Every 4 turns
  • Destructo Fuerte - 5 combo Dark attack that deals 75% of HP as damage on all foes
• Every 7 turns
  • Enorm Folly - 13 combo Dark attack on all foes & invalidates Leader Skills for 3 turns
    • Will not use if the turn falls on either thresholds or Judeccas.
• At < 80% HP
  • Summons Lightning Menace Silas
• At < 60% HP
  • Summons Algor Halcyon Selena
• At < 50% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Judecca - 28 combo powerful Dark attack on all foes, 50% boost to Def for 3 turns, 100% damage reduction for 1 turn & 30% damage reduction when guarding for 3 turns
• At < 30% HP
  • Summons Fulgur Halcyon Eze
• At < 20% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
  • Magress can use Overdrive again after using Judecca if both the 50% and 20% HP thresholds were crossed on a single turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Judecca - 28 combo powerful Dark attack on all foes, 50% boost to Def for 3 turns, 100% damage reduction for 1 turn & 30% damage reduction when guarding for 3 turns

• Thundershine - 17 combo Thunder attack on all foes, 10% boost to critical hit rate and 20% boost to critical damage for 3 turns & adds Fire, Thunder & Light elements to attack for 3 turns
• Sacred Spear: Reiglossa - 20 combo Thunder attack on all foes, 10% boost to critical hit rate and 20% boost to critical damage for 3 turns, adds Fire, Thunder & Light elements to attack for 3 turns & 20% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns
• At < 20% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
  • Use 6 BB/SBB to cancel
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Empyrio - 22 combo powerful Thunder attack on all foes, 30% boost to critical hit rate and 50% boost to critical damage for 3 turns, Sparks deal 50% damage for 3 turns & 30% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns
• If cancelled
  • Silas faltered under the fierce attack! - Removes all buffs on self

• Vulnerable to Paralysis
• Estreal Bloom - 13 combo Water attack on all foes
• Crysta Laviena - 18 combo Water attack on all foes & 25% chance to recover 25% damage for 3 turns
• Liberate Grace - 7 combo Water attack on single foe & boosts normal hit count (+1 to each normal hit count) for 2 turns
• When summoned
  • Freely Blooming Flower - Recovers 20,000 - 30,000 for 999 turns
• At < 25% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Mercurius Blade - 25 combo powerful Water attack on all foes, boosts normal hit count (+2 to each normal hit count) for 2 turns & recovers 30-50% damage for 3 turns
• At < 0% HP
  • Revives with 30% HP

• Vulnerable to Injury and Sick
• Fulgur Caelestis - 2 combo Thunder attack on all foes & 25% boost to Atk for 3 turns
• Varze Superbia - 20 combo Thunder attack on all foes, 30% boost to Atk for 3 turns, 20% chance Sparks deal 20% extra damage for 3 turns & 30% boost to Thunder elemental damage for 3 turns
• "Yeah!! I'm gonna take down a big one!" - 140% boost to Atk for 2 turns
• At < 75% HP
  • Summons Eternal Goddess Felice
• At < 25% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Supreme Bolt - 2 combo massive Thunder attack on all foes, 50% chance Sparks deal 25% extra damage for 3 turns & 20% Spark vulnerability for 1 turn

• Vulnerable to Poison
• Holy Spear of Life - 35 combo Earth attack on all foes & adds Def Ignoring effect to attack for 1 turn
• Sapling's Salvage - 45 combo Earth attack on all foes & adds Def Ignoring effect to attack for 2 turns

Round 2

• Vulnerable to Poison and Sick
• Turn 1
  • "There's nothing I can't cut down..." - 100% boost to Atk for 2 turns
• Turn 2
  • Pure Mist - Dark attack on all foes that deals 50% of HP as damage & removes all buffs
  • Freed Bonds - Dark attack on all foes that deals 20% of HP as damage, removes all buffs & invalidates all Leader Skills for 1 turn
  • Seven Suns Rising - 7 combo apocalyptic (2000%) Dark attack on all foes
• If defeated before Turn 2
  • Turns into Lux Halcyon Atro

• Vulnerable to Sick
• Innocent Regulus - 14 combo Light attack on all foes & 25% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns
• Veritas Reve - 20 combo Light attack on all foes & 30% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns
• Turn 1 of being summoned
  • Bequeathed Sword - 14 combo Light attack on all foes & removes all buffs
• Every 3 turns if 2 or more BB/SBB are used
  • Vanshel Crest - 14 combo Light attack on all foes & removes all buffs
  • Highly recommended to only use 1 BB/SBB every 3rd turn to prevent Atro from buff-wiping
• At < 70% HP
  • Summons Terra Halcyon Lance
• At < 30% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
    • Will not use Vanshel Crest on this turn if 2 or more BB/SBB are used on every 3rd turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Transcendent Sky - 24 combo massive Light attack on all foes, 40% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns, adds all elements to attack for 3 turns & 25% boost to all elemental damage for 3 turns

• Vulnerable to Weakness
• Mystral Night - 13 combo Earth attack on all foes, 50% boost to Def for 3 turns & removes all status ailments
• Earthbound - 17 combo Earth attack on all foes, 50% boost to Def for 3 turns, removes all status ailments, negates Atk, Def, Rec Down for 1 turn & adds 100,000 HP Earth barrier
• Libre Accord - 13 combo Earth attack on all foes, 50% boost to Def for 3 turns & 25% chance to reflect random status ailment for 3 turns
• When summoned
  • Shining Friendhsip - 50% boost to Atk against status afflicted foes for 999 turns
• At < 75% HP
  • Summons Absolute Zero Vern
• At < 25% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Starglow Escudo - 23 combo massive Earth attack on all foes, 25% boost to Atk for 3 turns, negates Atk, Def, Rec Down for 3 turns & 75% damage reduction for 3 turns

• Oriole Last - 18 combo Water attack on all foes, 20% boost to Spark damage for 3 turns, 50% chance Sparks deal 20% damage for 3 turns & adds Water, Earth elements to attack for 3 turns
• Flash Strike: Sangreovios - 25 combo Water attack on all foes, 20% boost to Spark damage for 3 turns, 50% chance Sparks deal 20% damage for 3 turns, adds Water, Earth elements to attack for 3 turns & 25% chance for 20% vulnerability for 1 turn
• At < 25% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
  • Use 6 BB/SBB to cancel
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Meirith Veil - 26 combo massive Water attack on all foes, 50% boost to Spark damage for 3 turns, 50% chance Sparks deal 50% extra damage for 3 turns & 50% vulnerability for 1 turn
• If cancelled
  • Vern faltered under the fierce attack! - Removes all buffs on self

Round 3

Note: Massive BB gauge debuff from the second turn throughout the battle (also applied to subsequent squads).

• Vulnerable to Injury
• Ragna Break - 15 combo Fire attack on all foes & 20% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns
• Helios Vanguard - 20 combo Fire attack on all foes, 20% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns, 30% chance to reduce enemy Atk by 50% for 1 turn & 25% boost to Fire elemental damage for 3 turns
• Dandelga - 8 combo powerful Fire attack on single foe & 80% Atk reduction for 2 turns
• First turn of battle
  • Heroic Flame - 15 combo Fire attack on all foes, adds Angel Idol effect & 20% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns
• If UBB is used outside of triggering Overdrive or Ardent Flare Ride
  • "Heh, not bad! Now I'm getting fired up!!" - 15 combo Fire attack on all foes, reduces BB gauge fill rate by 90% & recovers 300,000 - 500,000 HP to self
• At <75% HP
  • "Dandelga! Set fire to my soul!" - 50% OD fill, 300% boost to Atk of Fire types for 3 turns, 100% damage reduction for 1 turn to self
• Next turn after Dandelga! Set fire to my soul!
  • "I'll show you just what I'm made of!" - 15 combo Fire attack on all foes
• At < 50% HP
  • Summons Undying Flame Avant
• At < 30% HP
  • "Brings joy to my heart. You too, right?" - 50% OD fill
• At < 25% HP and every 8 turns afterward
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Ardent Flare Ride - 26 combo enormous (1100%) Fire attack on all foes, 80% Atk reduction for 2 turns, 50% boost to Atk of Fire types for 999 turns, adds Angel Idol effect & 60% OD fill
• At <20% HP
  • Fighting spirit surrounds the area! - 60% boost to own Atk, normal hit count (+1 to each normal hit count) & 50% OD fill

• Vulnerable to Paralysis
• Flare Stride - 14 combo Fire attack on all foes & 25% chance for 25% vulnerability for 1 turn
• Genus Vaporizer - 20 combo Fire attack on all foes, 30% chance for 30% vulnerability for 1 turn & 30% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns
• "Nice moves...but I won't let you go!" - 15 combo Fire attack on all foes, gradually recovers 30,000 - 50,000 HP for 3 turns & recovers 500,000 - 600,000 of own HP
• Dawning Blaze Chain - 14 combo Fire attack on all foes & reflects 50% damage for 2 turns
• When summoned
  • "I never thought we'd fight together..." - 8 combo Fire attack on single foe, removes all buffs & 25% chance for 25% vulnerability for 1 turn
• Every 4 turns
  • Dandemagus - 8 combo Fire attack on single foe, removes all buffs & 25% chance for 25% vulnerability for 1 turn
• At < 20% HP
  • Overdrive - 50% boost to Atk, Def, Rec for 3 turns & 100% damage reduction for 1 turn
• Next turn after Overdrive
  • Sparkling Soul Breaker - 25 combo enormous (1000%) Fire attack on all foes, 50% boost to Spark damage for 3 turns, 50% boost to BB Atk for 3 turns & 100% boost to critical damage for 3 turns