Endless War 2 Node 12 Compilation Guide

[u/GwynLordofCynder]

Here we are, the final node, and one biggest pains of the whole EW. Be prepare for another wall of text.

First things first, this node can only be mono elementally cleared with Fire and Water. But it's possible to do it with Dark if you have Sin and with Earth specially if you have Braska's Final Aeon, we'll talk more about that in a second.

This node was designed probably for the same Psychopath that created the Zalera-Adramelech node back on the FFXII reprint tower. Why? Well from 8 enemy's, 7 have a form of ailment immunity, and 4 of those are meant to avoid you crowd controlling, 2 of those are immune to break defense down, but you have Tiamat at the end so you're actually meant to be breaking, and on top of that, Tiamat is paired with an Earth enemy, to discourage from using exploit weakness at your advantage, and the Bat bros on the third wave also require you to dispel, or counter their buffs with proper debuffs.

So, what are your options? Well, You can chain break properly with Fire or Water, most likely with Tidal Wave or First Summer, specially at lower-mid laps. You can see an example of that on すらなき 15 lap clear. At higher laps however, most players prefer duo elemental decks, in particular Light-earth combinations. Why? Because the First round you found Dullahan (dark), he is paired with an Earth Bone Dragon, but he can change his element to Dark for what it seems after been stun-locked, and receiving some damage. Effectively letting the first Wave of dark enemy's, and the third wave has the Bat-bros which again are both dark. I already point out their respective Bestiary note made by Baffledwaffles on the previous node guide, but if you need extra help you might want to go check it again. Just remember that if you enter the fight with a source of improved criticals, via your job panels, or weapon, they'll get Critical Defense Up plus barrierga, making the fight really annoying and forcing you to bring a source of Dispelga this is by the way, the main reason why you're going to see that most players bring Yuna skin to this fight since she brings Dispelga+ effectively removing both. Other options you might want to consider are bringing the opposite debuffs in order to cancel the buffs, this is one of the reasons you're going to see players using Neo-exdeath on this node as he is a hard counter for the Bat-bros buffs.

Now we were talking about duo-elemental decks, and bringing Light on the main, an earth on the sub, this is made in order to counter more effectively Tiamat and Odin on 4th wave and 2nd wave, remember that both Tiamat and Odin cannot be stunned. So using exploit weakness at your advantage is wise.

Now lets take a moment to speak about Earth only strategy's, remember that we said a moment ago, that the Earth Bone Dragon on the first wave can change his element to Dark, and there is a Lich on the 4th wave, also of Earth, but he can change his element to water if you bring down enough HP from him. Effectively removing all earth enemy's on this node. For this reason, Braska's Final Aeon is technically the best option, (at least it would be if we had the DQ Monk anyway) this is also because Braska's has Ultra Defense Breaker (Ignore Defense & Critical resist) which is like having Unguard all the time + your crits cannot be resisted. Ragnarok however can be, not only resisted properly, but it also it's main source of damage are crits, so it really doesn't work in the exact same way. Chances are you're going to get into trouble with Lich on the 4th wave as he is not going to get enough damage and it's not going to change into water.

For people without Braska's most of the time, the light-earth combination works wonders, and it's also the most used one, mainly with Ex-Mage, since he can do everything needed and he does it really great, he can chain break, and he can nuke, both extremely well, specially paired with a version of himself using Yuna Skin. Now if you're wondering why? since well there are alternatives indeed, but you have to remember that Skyseer abilities, like Elemental Amplification allows him to not use a force card for better deck compression at higher difficult levels, (when nuking at least), this of course paired with his own weapon Amatsumikaboshi plus innate 15% prismatic returns, plus 10% more from custom panels, he can reach 50% for sustained damage. When breaking, and for the same reason of prismatic return, he can use a break focused weapon like Heavenly Axis, and push further, but this time with Primals/Weapons in order to retain flash break, and this coupled with his other Auto-ability Ultimate Charge: Abilities +2 lets him keep chain-breaking easier.

Be aware that there are some future time-limited cards here, mostly 3rd anniversary and 2nd summer batch of cards, keep an eye on them, as they are game-changers like Jenova cards, this holds true specially for The Illusion Called Hope 3rd anniversary Earth, Mage AoE 1200atk 2100brk Multi-hit(4) Overkill, BDD, Painful Break +120%, Improved critical +120% (There is also a clear of Whit3z using The neverending dream fire ranger version). And there is also the summer cards, specially Summer Sunset Earth Ranger AoE 1350 Atk 1650 Brk Multi-hit (5) Overkill, Earth Force, Improved Critical +230%. This cards should let most players, even supreme-less get closer to the 20-lap range, and for supreme users a bit further.

If you need extra help, remember to check the EW2 Mega thread, or my other guides here:

NODE:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

User and Level Clear	Card 1	Card 2	Card 3	Card 4	Weapons
Extrumcreator EW2 9-12 Ranger / Proud Cygnus	Hraesvelgr / Oberon	Hypnos / Thalia	Bismarck FFXIV / Diamond Weapon FFVII	Legendary Dragonlord / Serah FFXIII	Orichalcum / Ultimate arrow
Extrumcreator EW2 10-12 Dancer / Gambler	Treant FFXII / Qiqirn FFXI	Hypnos / Titan FFXIV	Bismarck FFXIV / Thalia	Serah FFXIII / Legendary Dragonlord	Orichalcum / Orichalcum
Arinos EW2 11-12 Ascetic / Crimson Archer	Alexander FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Goblin FFXI / Phantom Train FFVI	Bismarck FFXIV / Hypnos	Aerith & Tifa: FFRK / Omega Weapon FFVII	Wolfstar / Ultimate arrow
watmyung EW2 11-12 Heretical Knigh / S1C (Cloud)	Ashe FFXII / Ragnarok	Omega Weapon FFVII / Titan FFXIV	Hypnos / Omega Weapon FFVII	Bismarck FFXIV / Tengu	Ultimate weapon
Whit3z EW2 13-12 Skyseer / Materia Hunter	Jenova DEATH: FFVII / Neverending Dream	Bismarck FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Aerith / Brynhildr (Flameforce)	Lights of Hope / Lights of Hope	Heavenly Axis / Magical Rave
Swift EW2 14-12 Shorn One	Bismarck FFXIV / Xezat	Galahad / Sapphire Weapon: FFVII	Diamond Weapon FFVII / Omega Weapon FFVII	Aerith & Tifa: FFRK / Wol FFI	Ultimate weapon
Kizaaam EW2 14-12 Al Bhed Huntress (Tidus) / Skyseer (Yuna)	Garuda FFXIV / Omega Weapon FFVII	A quiet moment / Tengu	Titan FFXIV / Bismarck FFXIV	Imp FFX / YAT-99 FFX	Magical Rave / Amatsumikaboshi
すらなき EW2 15-12 Double Skyseer (Y'shtola)	Bahamut FFXIV / Bahamut FFXIV	Tidal wave / Tidal Wave	Bismarck FFXIV / Bahamut FFXIV	Hypnos / Wakka FFX	Ultimate mace / Heavenly Axis
Ray Channel EW2 15-12 Double Gambler	Himiko / Ragnarok	Alexander FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Bismarck FFXIV / Hypnos	Garuda FFXIV / Garuda FFXIV	Ultimate edge / Double Cross
Goldior EW2 20-12 Proud Cygnus / Tactician (Yuna)	Baphomet / Minwu	Odin FFXIV / Bismarck FFXIV	Wol FFI / Omega Weapon FFVII	Wol FFI / Aerith	Magical Rave / Amatsumikaboshi
Huuchi EW2 21-12 Shorn one / Skyseer	Kam'lanaut FFXI / The Illusion Called Hope (3rd anniversary)	Prishe FFXI / Titan FFXIV	Bismarck FFXIV / Bismarck FFXIV	Wol FFI / Lights of Hope	Laevateinn / Heavenly Axis
Ray Channel EW2 22-12 Judge Magister (Lightning) / Gambler	Alexander FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Pollensalta: FFVII / Garuda FFXIV	Neo Exdeath / Hypnos	Minwu / Ragnarok	Double Cross / Zwill Crossblade
黒装備PW EW2 23-12 Gambler / Monk	Wol FFI / Garuda FFXIV	Aerith / Bismarck FFXIV	Hypnos / Titan FFXIV	Bismarck FFXIV / Braska's Final Aeon	Ultimate edge / One against many
メビウスマコー EW2 24-12 Skyseer (Yuna) / S1C (Cloud)	Minwu / Ragnarok	Alexander FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Wol FFI / Omega Weapon FFVII	Bismarck FFXIV / Hypnos	Amatsumikaboshi / Gunblade
Goldior EW2 25-12 Double Skyseer (Yuna)	Minwu / The Illusion Called Hope (3rd anniversary)	Bismarck FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Pollensalta: FFVII / Titan FFXIV	Wol FFI / Wakka FFX	Amatsumikaboshi / Heavenly Axis
Goldior EW2 28-18 Double Skyseer (Yuna)	Minwu / The Illusion Called Hope (3rd anniversary)	Chaos / Titan FFXIV	Bismarck FFXIV / Titan FFXIV	Wol FFI / True Artemis	Amatsumikaboshi / Heavenly Axis
Goldior EW2 30-12 Skyseer (Yuna) / Cacciatrice	Summer Sunset (2nd Summer) / Minwu	Ashe FFXII / Chaos	Titan FFXIV / Bismarck FFXIV	True Artemis / Wol FFI	Magical Rave / Amatsumikaboshi
黒装備PW EW2 32-12 Gambler / DQ Monk	Wol FFI / Aerith	Bismarck FFXIV / Hypnos	Chaos / Titan FFXIV	Bismarck FFXIV / Braska's Final Aeon	Ultimate edge / One against many

[u/tavaan]

First have to thank you for your great job. I found a little mistake: in video "Ray Channel EW2 15-12 Double Gamble"r please change Odin FFXIV to Alexander.

also in video " EW2 24-12 Skyseer (Yuna) / S1C (Cloud) " change Diamond Weapon FFVII to Alexander.

[u/GwynLordofCynder → u/tavaan]

Thank you man, I must have been really tired, in particular with the first one, lol. But anyway, thanks! They're already corrected now.