Cardes prep!

Hey all! This will be my final post before school starts tomorrow...

WHY

So now, as I am trying to get my Brave Frontier Global to connect so that I can spam Metal Parades for my Esna, I am ALSO trying to formulate teams to beat Cardes the eff-ing Malevolent. AKA Trial 004. Because I am pretty confident I can oneshot the Palmyna version using dual Maxwell, Zellha, Lilith, Hogar, and Leorone.

Back to Cardes prep! I plan on utilizing the 'split' strategy, where two different squads are used for the two stages of this fight.

First battle is against 5* Zebra, second battle is against Luther, Phee, and Cardes, all 6*.

All powered up.

Zebra can inflict all status ailments (random ailment for his STBB, curse for his AOE), Luther can remove all buffs, Phee mitigates when she's alive, and Cardes not only buffs ATK and DEF for himself, he constantly revives Phee and Luther.

This is Gonna Suck.

Good news though: Zebra can be injured, Luther can be paralyzed, Phee can be cursed, and Cardes can be weakened. All can have their attack lowered.

Still...This is gonna suck so bad.

Looking from the current information I have received from the Gumi forums, courtesy of Hyperion (I believe he's on AppInvasion as well), the two squads must have these main components:

-A damage mitigator
-A healer
-Status nullifier
-Damage dealer
-A dark damage reducer (fingers crossed a few people would have defeated Cardes and used him as leader...otherwise GRAH)
-Someone to paralyze Luther (I really want a Falma or a Luther to fill this role, otherwise 6* Lich if he's released or Nalmika will have to do)
-A BB buffer is recommended as well
-An ATK down unit is also recommended (Earth unit from Priscilla's batch, Ardin, or Fiora apparently)

I am SO thankful for my Nalmika now. Like, really. Not only is she useful for the final boss in Bariura (not gonna give spoilers on who it is), who is susceptible to status ailments, she is also usable in this trial because of her BB or SBB, which inflicts random status ailments on enemies! Semira is also a good replacement for her if you have her.

So...if I were to combine my healer and status nullifier into one unit, I would have more working space around everything. Thank goodness for Altri AND Ulkina then!

Alright, since I have a lot of units...I can play around with them A LOT. Not only that, my units may not have their optimal types as well... Oracle Lodin, Oracle Altri, and Breaker Narza FML

My first team will likely consist of...

-Grah (L) leader
-Narza (B)
-Altri (O)
-Lilith (G)
-Raydn (A), Lucca (A), Ultor (B), or Ronel (B)
-Friend Lilly Matah

As for my second team...

-Lilly Matah (B) leader
-Ulkina (A)
-Oulu (L)
-Nalmika (B) or 6* Lich (A)
-Maxwell (L)
-Friend Cardes or Grah

...I'm prepared to fight this guy a lot of times.