Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Here I've been encouraged to look for a way to beat the level 999 version of this fight without any Strategize usage whatsoever. As expected, it's another Arioch strategy. However, I believe this is much more interesting to see, as it requires quite a lot of AI manipulation. Taking advantage of the first moves of everyone on The Demifiend's party being mostly predetermined (They seem to have a set pool of skills to use, and luckily almost none of it contains anything that will impede this strategy all that much from what I'm seeing). All of this culminates into safe Press Turn generation that's just enough to get a clear.
Oddly enough, this basically only works as shown on higher levels of the Elite Virtual Trainer since I need Mastema to die at some point. But that's easily remedied by using a base Mastema for the lower levels and going up from there. The main takeaway is he needs to be killed from the Javelin Rain and the Titanomachia. Tweaking Endure/Enduring Soul along the way. But for this level 999 version, he basically needs to have 999 Vi, low Lu and those two passives (Since his repels are still quite important for shutting down Trumpeter, who becomes more of a nuisance on higher levels).
Arioch definitely needs to be at only 1 HP in this. Since the damage he does just squeezes into being a possible clear. If you get low rolls in your hits, there's a possibility that the damage dealt would not be enough. And this margin gets worse, the more HP he has. But of course, just getting low HP at the start is really not all that feasible thanks to Mother Harlot. So the devised idea is to get him to 1 HP via Trumpeter. And Yoshitsune/Mastema facilitates this by repelling or draining all the 4 elemental magic. And hopefully it gets Arioch to proc his Endure while being safe. Switch him out for later and that's that. I believe you need some 28K on average to get a confirmed kill with this.
Dis requires Repel Phys for the setup. She can be a fully built support as well to make things easier. I also used her essence for the MC because of its great resistance and more importantly, her Null Seal. You can use any Beast demon or even an UMA demon for your Adversity user. But it requires that it Repels Phys and has a Taunt skill. The only thing to keep in mind is it needs to not be used in the entirety of the boss rush until The Demifiend. As apparently, The Demifiend's AI would recall the resistances of the demons used in the previous bosses. This makes it so he has no qualms hitting your Beast/UMA demon with phys for the setup. The Taunt just makes it more consistent. Nuwa just needs to Resist Phys/Endure/Enduring Soul and be pretty in the party, more or less. That's really all that is needed.
I'm quite happy with this. The part about the AI knowing demon resistances used in the previous fights made me completely waste my time. So, while frustrating, I'm glad that this works just as I imagined it after knowing. While not perfectly consistent (Unless done specifically when the 4 human guest characters join the party in CoV), I believe it's consistent enough with so little to actually set up for because of the lower number of needed demons. And quite quick as well. Ranging from 12 to 18 minutes.
Here I've been encouraged to look for a way to beat the level 999 version of this fight without any Strategize usage whatsoever. As expected, it's another Arioch strategy. However, I believe this is much more interesting to see, as it requires quite a lot of AI manipulation. Taking advantage of the first moves of everyone on The Demifiend's party being mostly predetermined (They seem to have a set pool of skills to use, and luckily almost none of it contains anything that will impede this strategy all that much from what I'm seeing). All of this culminates into safe Press Turn generation that's just enough to get a clear.
Oddly enough, this basically only works as shown on higher levels of the Elite Virtual Trainer since I need Mastema to die at some point. But that's easily remedied by using a base Mastema for the lower levels and going up from there. The main takeaway is he needs to be killed from the Javelin Rain and the Titanomachia. Tweaking Endure/Enduring Soul along the way. But for this level 999 version, he basically needs to have 999 Vi, low Lu and those two passives (Since his repels are still quite important for shutting down Trumpeter, who becomes more of a nuisance on higher levels).
Arioch definitely needs to be at only 1 HP in this. Since the damage he does just squeezes into being a possible clear. If you get low rolls in your hits, there's a possibility that the damage dealt would not be enough. And this margin gets worse, the more HP he has. But of course, just getting low HP at the start is really not all that feasible thanks to Mother Harlot. So the devised idea is to get him to 1 HP via Trumpeter. And Yoshitsune/Mastema facilitates this by repelling or draining all the 4 elemental magic. And hopefully it gets Arioch to proc his Endure while being safe. Switch him out for later and that's that. I believe you need some 28K on average to get a confirmed kill with this.
Dis requires Repel Phys for the setup. She can be a fully built support as well to make things easier. I also used her essence for the MC because of its great resistance and more importantly, her Null Seal. You can use any Beast demon or even an UMA demon for your Adversity user. But it requires that it Repels Phys and has a Taunt skill. The only thing to keep in mind is it needs to not be used in the entirety of the boss rush until The Demifiend. As apparently, The Demifiend's AI would recall the resistances of the demons used in the previous bosses. This makes it so he has no qualms hitting your Beast/UMA demon with phys for the setup. The Taunt just makes it more consistent. Nuwa just needs to Resist Phys/Endure/Enduring Soul and be pretty in the party, more or less. That's really all that is needed.
I'm quite happy with this. The part about the AI knowing demon resistances used in the previous fights made me completely waste my time. So, while frustrating, I'm glad that this works just as I imagined it after knowing. While not perfectly consistent (Unless done specifically when the 4 human guest characters join the party in CoV), I believe it's consistent enough with so little to actually set up for because of the lower number of needed demons. And quite quick as well. Ranging from 12 to 18 minutes.
