SCREW YOU EMPEROR VERDUTE!!!

I HATE THIS GUY WITH A BURNING PASSION. Well, at least I beat him...

...with only one unit alive. But still. I beat him.

I decided to challenge him shortly after obtaining Maxwell's SBB, which wasn't a really good idea, in hindsight. My team was:

-Creator Maxwell (Lead, Lord)
-Fire Goddess Ulkina (Anima)
-Ice God Arius (Guardian)
-Spear King Raydn (Anima)
-Mad God Narza (Breaker)
-Snow Queen Signas (Friend, Lord)

Spheres used: Legwand (Maxwell), Drevas (Ulkina), Medulla (Raydn and Signas), Dandelga (Narza), Evil Shards (Ulkina and Narza) and Leomurg (Arius).

I will be thanking that Leomurg a whole friggin lot in this fight.

So, every two turns, this boss will unleash a huge AOE, and the turn after that, he puts up a damage mitigation shield. For the first 50% of his HP, at the very least. Then he uses an STBB that deals 99,999 damage. No, you didn't read that wrong. 99,999 damage.

Yes, it can be mitigated, it dropped to 42,000 or so when coupled with Narza's SBB AND Signas's LS, but you still can't survive...

Needless to say, you will need Revive Lights, Revives, and Crescent Dews if you're aiming for a no gem clear. Any combination of the two will work.

Then, this guy will be able to randomly use a strong AOE until...30% HP, I think? Then he uses the 99,999 STBB AGAIN. Only, guess what? He attacks two units this time.

Now's the time when I should be saying 'you're pretty much home free', but nope. Because he is EXTREMELY bulky, resists critical hits, and hits really hard.

No, seriously. The only unit that remained standing was my Arius, with Leomurg. On the last turns of the fight, the Leomurg AND his SBB helped regain his health to full before Verdute started spamming his BB again. Then the cycle continues until he dies.

Yep. This is why I LOVE my tanker-build Arius.