Main story union enemy xavier irias spear mission tips?

[Zatio]

How to beat xavier the lvl 31 axe guy? I have been stuck on this fight for hours now. Once his army get near me they destroy me like i am paper. They are all lvl 31 and i only got one lvl 31 spear guy and every one else is lvl 21 - 28 in my group.

I have tried going ranged and using magic but the enemy archers tears me into pieces every time or when the boss gets near me he insta kills everyone in two turns.

[Kyutaru]

Healers and defenders. When enemies are much stronger than you, you need to tank and defend. Alternatively, slowing enemies also works well and is required in some tower missions. You can slow them down with ice or fire or move reduction debuffs. Barrels are also super useful on bosses since they deal percentage based damage. In fact if the boss isn't resistant to it, percentage based damage like scorch or infection will demolish them in a few turns.

[Zatio]

Kyutaru님이 먼저 게시:

Healers and defenders. When enemies are much stronger than you, you need to tank and defend. Alternatively, slowing enemies also works well and is required in some tower missions. You can slow them down with ice or fire or move reduction debuffs. Barrels are also super useful on bosses since they deal percentage based damage. In fact if the boss isn't resistant to it, percentage based damage like scorch or infection will demolish them in a few turns.

I managed to some how beat him by going to the right side and up while he chased after me , now i am stuck again with the same boss different mission without room to move around. Stuck for hours..sigh the mission is called a rat in a hole and you get swarmed by enemies that two or one hit kills everything i got. Non of my tank units can manage that kind of beating i lose by turn 4.

[Derpykat5]

Unless it's a critical battle or marked as having negative consequences, you don't have to do it, but if most of your units are 5-10 levels behind the enemy level you might just not have enough power. You should consider exp training more in future runs.

[Zatio]

Derpykat5님이 먼저 게시:

Unless it's a critical battle or marked as having negative consequences, you don't have to do it, but if most of your units are 5-10 levels behind the enemy level you might just not have enough power. You should consider exp training more in future runs.

Even if i did that my merc lvl is always behind on that xavier guy so what ever the solution is its not xp related. But yeah it was not a critical battle so i ended up skipping it.

[Derpykat5]

Zatio님이 먼저 게시:

Derpykat5님이 먼저 게시:

Unless it's a critical battle or marked as having negative consequences, you don't have to do it, but if most of your units are 5-10 levels behind the enemy level you might just not have enough power. You should consider exp training more in future runs.

Even if i did that my merc lvl is always behind on that xavier guy so what ever the solution is its not xp related. But yeah it was not a critical battle so i ended up skipping it.

If I remember correctly those fights (or at least the second one) is labled as "trial", which means it's intended to be a super hard fight. If you take on more dangerous missions you earn more exp, which can help with trials like that.

[Kyutaru]

Derpykat5님이 먼저 게시:

Unless it's a critical battle or marked as having negative consequences, you don't have to do it, but if most of your units are 5-10 levels behind the enemy level you might just not have enough power. You should consider exp training more in future runs.

The Trials will always outlevel you. They're hard on purpose and you either have an OP blend of abilities and gear you've been cultivating, or you abuse the common tier units in unison to create janky but effective cheese comps. Then there's the tactics that can break the game if used appropriately, but which you get will be RNG. Ultimately, how you manage your town will decide whether you even can do these missions at all. This game is like chess and the things you can do in it are wild, which is why lvl 36 people have beaten lvl 65 boss fights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2iivRTQ7E