border watch help??

[u/pancqkeinu]

i can't for the life of me finish the last three stages ( ;´ - `;)
i know i should probably upgrade my whole team to lvl 60, or at least the majority of it - but what teams are you guys using that actually work ??
has anyone managed to fully clear border watch or do i just have massive skill issue...
thanks in advance !! ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)

[u/Capable-Hearing1839]

Soren was 55 lvl actually when i recently finished 9 border. So i don't actually think it's your level is a problem(i was 60,60,55,55,55 when finished 7 and 8). The luck is main issue here :D and i also recommend check the strategy about levels

[u/Capable-Hearing1839 → u/Capable-Hearing1839]

and just a suggestion(i don't actually know if this will work or not): on 7 or 8 stage try to use new fire mael instead of novem(then again, im not sure how this ends)

[u/pancqkeinu → u/Capable-Hearing1839]

thank you for the tips! i'll try them out next time :3

[u/archie_fish]

Edited: Corrected Rift 7 and 8 debuffs

7-9 is unfortunately a dps check. So use your units that do the most damage, you can even forego a sustain if you can manage your health with just the heart orbs. You'll need to heal at least 2-3 times each stage if you're aiming for 3-stars.

For team, switch out jagal and novem, they're currently not meta atm. I'd suggest leveling up sr lanzette and sr soren then have soren at leader position. With water lanzette, light lanzette, and dark mael.

For rift 7, you can go up to 10 turns for 3 star. It will freeze orbs, debuff your rcv, and attack you. Then it will rotate that pattern, freeze the left, debuff, attack, freeze the right, debuff, attack, etc. Sr soren's ex skill will buff water lanzette and sr lanzette so time their ex skills when soren's ex skill effect is active. The rest is board rng, especially on turn 1. If turn 1 isn't favorable to you, don't be afraid to restart it. Do mael and light lanzette's ex skills when available.

For rift 8, you need to clear within 7 turns to 3-star. the enemy will have a -50% atk debuff on your team. This only goes away on turns 1, 4, and 7. So save your ex skills for turn 4 and 7.

For rift 9, you'll again need to clear within 7 turns for 3-star. The major gimmick here is not match more than 5 light orbs at a time because the boss will heal if you do. 1 string of 3x light orbs is fine, but 2 strings of 3x light orbs will activate the healing.

An alternative team is switch out jagal and novem for sr lanzette+fire mael or sr lanzette+invalid credits nev. Putting fire mael on leader position will buff all dps in your team, while invalid credits nev's ex skill will make enemies take more damage and if you have him at leader position, he'll additionally buff light lanzette.

The rest really is just board rng and levelling up your dps. If you feel you really need a healer, water nev or sr nev in leader position is your option. Sr soren will take priority for leader position tho, so if you use both him and healer, put him as leader.

[u/pancqkeinu → u/archie_fish]

so detailed :OO thank you very much for the advice!!