Preparing for Raid Battles!

June 4th, 2014. A monumental day in the history of Brave Frontier, since it was the date when Raid Battles were first launched in the JP servers.

With Global being approximately 5 months behind JP, we can expect raid battles to be out by October. Woo!

I've tried Raid Battles in JP and failed horribly at the second one (the turtle). I accidentally brought Ruza/Luther to the battle so...yeah. It was still RC 1 too! (hides in shame)

I have yet to retry that Raid mission. Frontier Hunter is back on in JP and I am aiming for rank 30000 or above. I run a spark team (aka my main team) consisting of:

Defiant God Luther (Guardian, leader) SBB 3
Empyreal Drake Lodin (Lord) SBB 5
Blade Emperor Zelban (Lord) SBB 1
Divine Light Alyut (Anima) SBB 7
Grahdens (Lord) BB 10

Once I have enough cost, Grahdens will be replaced with either Spear King Raydn (Lord), Red Swordsman Farlon (Breaker), Havoc Angel Ronel (Lord), Havoc God Luly (Anima), Tyrant Goddess Phee (Oracle), Duel-SGX (Lord), Black Lotus Lunaris (Anima), or Dark Warlord Zephyr (Breaker/Anima), or even Deemo and Little Girl if I max them up (Lord). But so far, I'll have to make do with Grahdens.

Raid Battles' primary focus is teamwork between players. Even so, with an insane team, it is highly possible to solo an early raid quest, but it's far easier if you're in a room with high-level, non-slacking players. Also, in higher Raid Battles, Elimo or Oulu is needed just to survive. With Raid Battles in mind, I'm preparing a team that can hopefully, HOPEFULLY, be able to survive in said mode.

I have three configurations in mind. Here they are:

Config. 1: Five Light

Empyreal Drake Lodin (Oracle, leader)
Duel-SGX (Breaker)
Legatus Melchio (Oracle)
Havoc God Luly (Anima)/Wise Mage Elimo (Anima)
Drake Angel Aisha (Lord)/Blade Emperor Zelban (Guardian)/Ice Master Dean (Anima)/Gaia Armor Edea (Lord)/Snow Queen Signas (Breaker)

Config. 2: Grah

Grahdens (Lord, leader)
God Eater Lira (Lord)
Terminator Lilith (Guardian)
Empyreal Drake Lodin (Oracle)
Legatus Melchio (Oracle)

Config. 3: Ares Excelsior

Felneus/Duelmex (Guardian, leader)
War Queen Ophelia (Lord)
Empyreal Drake Lodin (Oracle)
Legatus Melchio (Oracle)
Alpha Tree Altri (Oracle)/Havoc God Luly (Anima)/Ace Chef Lancia (Guardian)/Wise Mage Elimo (Anima)

Personally, I think the first configuration will last me well into the raid battles. Any thoughts?