I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated raids in Exvius as much as I do now. The event loot from this NieR automata raid has been extremely helpful.

I was able to fully max out all 10 of my espers at 2 stars (woohoo!), max out a good number of TMRs from event units, raise more units with all those cactuars, and refill my gil stash as expeditions were robbing me blind. Oh, and I was lucky enough to pull multiple copies of 9S (I maxed out three 9S pods!!!!! @_@) and one of the coveted A2!!! Now if only RNG would bless me with a 2B then I can max out her TMR as well *prays to RNGesus* 😀

One lesson that I learned is how not all debuff skills are the same. I thought I was being smart and efficient by using Full Break to break everything on the enemy in one turn but noticed that the raid boss would still do a massive amount of damage to my team, sometimes killing a unit or two. After using Warrior of Light’s Arms Eraser instead to lower only the ATK/MAG attributes, the boss’s attacks were WAY more survivable. I thought that was interesting so I looked up the information of each skill on the Exvius Wiki and found out that the percentage reduction on each ability is different: Full Break only decreases ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR by 30% while Arms Eraser decreases ATK/MAG by 45%, which makes a huge difference when the boss’s attacks can whack your entire team to death. Needless to say, I start with Arms Eraser on the first turn now.

I also learned that Tilith is super MVP for support. I’ve always known she is one of the best healers but didn’t know to what extent until this raid happened. In order to survive, I had to make use of more of her abilities. She can dispel all enemies’ buffs with Sealed Light, she can boost (100%) resistance to all reductions to ATK, DEF, MAG and SPR with Affectionate Aura, heal all afflictions with Goddess’s Miracle, full heal the team with Radiant Light, and restore HP and MP to the team (except self) with Prism Heal. Those are the skills I use the most with her now. I’m so glad I farmed Kefka’s ribbon because she’s pretty unstoppable with it!

When the raid first started a week or so ago, it took me around 10+ turns to defeat the raid boss on ELT mode. I struggled to survive and barely dealt the 4million damage needed to defeat the raid boss. After doing some research, playing around with different units and gear and order of abilities, obtaining a few more helpful TMRs, and also luckily getting A2 as a strong chainer/finisher, I am now able to beat the raid boss in 1 – 3 (max) turns depending on which friend unit I pick. I’m sure the boss’s level dropping has helped but I’d like to think that I’m improving 😛

Now all I need to do is farm that second Dual Wield, slap it on 9S, and have him pillage the arena – mwahahahah!!!

I still have so many things to do: fully complete all of the trials, collect keys, quartz, and etc. All in due time. Keep the content coming, Gumi!

Hope you are enjoying the game as much as I am. Game on!

— V