Is anyone else having trouble with Lady of the Graves?

[Seisan9]

She's a new Epic Encounter in Transylvania and I'm desperately trying to figure out a way to beat her. To "win" the encounter you have to end it while Friendly, but it actually seems like trying to fight her with a Friendly crew is suicide.

None of the 10 minions that she fights with have any Friendly weaknesses. Plus, you always start off surrounded with the boss staying in her start position for at least one turn. This means you have to fight her minions, none of which can be one-shot by a Friendly crew unless you've got everyone decked-out in, at least, tier 3 gear (silly me, I focused on Status).

So, it seems like a Friendly crew can only work if: you bring Maria to nuke everyone, you focus on Gold, or buy Hojo's Suspicion ability.

I only bring this up because I've never had this much trouble with an Epic Encounter before. Even if I have a crew that "shouldn't" win, I can usually pull off a close victory. Against this new boss, I'm struggling just to survive beyond 2 turns.

[nerdcommando.gamestudios]

As you've said, you need to end it friendly. Ending doesn't mean fighting - just clear the mobs with the convenient abilities, then finish it up with friendliness. If switching is difficult, just bring Victor and/or Hojo - their abilities are all about fighting dirty but ending it all friendly. You're not supposed to fight fair.

[reinoreino]

I beated her once, after losing one time.
I had one of the strongest team: Harry, Charles and Anna. Here is what I made:



1 - At first I tried to go far as possible from the boss, going devious.

2 - After that I cleaned one side (3 minnions at left) as the rest of her minnions was still chasing me.

3 - One group insult, piercing shot and explosive granade killed 5 grouped minnion. Anna sustained quite the damage, from boss and 2 minnions but survived

4- Anna get away as Harry and Charles killed one minnion friendly.

5 - The last minnion get fully charmed and the boss becomes confused by friendly approach (which allowed Anna to return and heals Charles).

6- Boss suddenly went agressive but hitted full health Charles after he Derided her.

7- Boss dead.

Considerations: you get 2 turns before boss doing anything, which get's you to stay away from her or clean quite some minnions; Boss get only 300 health if you going friendly (couldn't rush kill her at my first try though); She don't spawn new minnions; Charles had Biscuit Box which allowed him to always hit charm; Harry had Legendary boots which made him dodge all first turn attacks;

Hope it helps.

[Seisan9]

Thanks for the replies. The next time I go hunting for this boss, I'll definitely try and get a better crew composition.

[ephemeraltoast]

I ran into this encounter with Charles, Bia, and Philippe and together they did very well at it. But I don't think the exact team composition matters as much as having strong mood control ability in general. The trick is that the Lady "charges up" her attack for 2 turns and if you change your mood from one of the mean ones to Friendly during that time, it breaks her concentration and she has to start over. So if you're able to rapidly ping-pong between Friendly and another mood every 1-2 turns, you can mop up her minions while she sits around basically doing nothing. It also seems that this is one of the only boss fights that doesn't have infinitely respawning minions, so once they're gone, you can just focus on her.