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Firebather - Deteriorated "Shalom 2 break"
Buffs: Core +50 / HP -20

Builds:
s5 Labyrinth | Lv. 80 | 7878 | ECB 1 | Heartache/Corridor
s0 Shalom | Lv. 80 | 7878 | ECB 1 | Embrace
s1 Serpent | Lv. 80 | 8778 | ECB 1 | Tuning/City/Corridor
s5 Hecate | Lv. 80 | 7778 | ECB 1 | Tuning/Paradise
s0 Owo | Lv. 80 | 5878 | ECB 1 | Justice/Rift Palace
s0 Cabernet | Lv. 80 | 5875 | ECB 1 | Nightmare/Hope

Another new record for worst DZ stage ever! The execution is about as hard as Wail, except with rng and inconsistencies, on top of the fight being an abysmal matchup for Luvia. I forgot to check the mdef myself, but it seems to be about 350. Why did they give more mitigation to the damage type that doesn't have mdef break readily available? Who knows...

Anyways, everything is incredible lethal, and the fight heavily strains single target, core breaks, and large aoes and clear thanks to all the very spread out tanky mob spawns and immobile elites. The major mechanic of the fight you need to know is, boss shows cores after a certain number of attacks. Blocking him at all times to make sure he's attacking is crucial to be able to get 2 full break mode durations to help deal with his immense tankiness. Once his cores are revealed, you DO NOT NEED TO BLOCK HIM ANYMORE, and backing off will make him stop attacking and killing you. Retreating after 2nd core reveal is highly recommended.

The sniper elite isn't terribly dangerous and can usually just be broken at your own convenience. The healer needs to be put into break mode asap as her burst heal is incredibly powerful. Mercifully, she also shows cores almost immediately after getting back up, allowing for some free chief mp farm.

The fire thrower may very well be more problematic than the boss itself, with rng targeting aoe attacks, global range, a very large damage requirement to show cores, and very slow 2nd core reveal, while also being tucked safely away in the far corner away from all the action, while also being immensely tanky. She is basically a second boss that cannot be leaked.

For this route in particular, I put Serpent in a hybrid energy set to help set up Laby for a quick first break so we make it in time for a massive collateral nuke during the second break. I also need to manually move her to make sure her spin hits the skateboarder...there is some significant rng to enemy movement in this stage for some reason, much like the previous Dreadlord, and mobs just randomly spawn half a tile closer or farther and there's nothing we can do about it.

Because there also seems to be some rng or inconsistency in core reveal times, I pause to calculate the second break on the fly to make sure Laby has enough resets to put all 4 into break mode at the same time. After that, I'm aiming to time the 3rd hit of Shalom's ult to hit both hammer dudes and some skateboarders on the left, with Serpent ult cleaning up most of the remainder and chunking down the cloak guy. Because of the rng enemy positioning, this timing also needs to be judgement called on the fly. Owo's summon and Nightmare are both available to stall the hammer dudes on the right tile briefly, though the latter ended up not needed this run.

Honestly, I might just leak this stage for the rest of the season. Still got Mania Training, EX5, multiple interrogations, and new event to catch up on, and I absolutely hate rerolling for rng. If you guys do play on, Lamia is super strong here, though Luvia isn't, and I think 3E can be really good if you can solve the fire thrower problem. I'll see what I feel like next week...

Music Credits:
Contra Shattered Soldier - INTESTINES
https://youtu.be/TA_eXpJl9dY?list=PL9710B49F4EE9DA48
Path to Nowhere - driving out, to the place we met

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A series for 240k farm routing on a f2p account. Originally designed to make high BFL approachable and practical, now I just make ideas to make dark 240k possible with modest sinners.

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