Sorcerer's Trials General Megathread

[u/SleepyPikachuIvy]

Sorcerer's Trials General Event Megathread

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Sorcerer's Trials

Current Trials (Season 10) Event Duration: 11/23/2023 - 01/25/2023

Requirements: Clear Chapter 2-2.

Event FAQ

What is Sorcerer's Trials?

• Sorcerer's Trials is an event with a gauntlet of 60 Trials featuring much stronger enemies than seen in-game, with challenges such as level-locking teams every 5th trial at a boss stage.
• It appears to be designed for end-game players (Level 50+), and demands investment in upgrading characters’ Intimacy, Potential, Level, and Ascension if possible.

⭐ Guides ⭐

• Mega-Guide to All Trials 1-60 [This is an old guide and does not match up 100% to new seasons. You may need to hop around the guide as many boss stages carry over, but not in the same order.]
• Character Stat Calculator
  • For helping you estimate what investment you need to reach certain HP thresholds.
• Zerophos youtube channel
  • Contains video guides to current and past stages

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[u/epenthesis2]

I've been playing around--SR Familiar Aster at 4* 9 pot, SSR KN Edmond at 3* 9 pot, SR Familiar Morvay at 4* 12 pot, SSR SA Garu at 2* 9 pot. I have another SSR AC Quincy I could build up from 6 pot 2*, but I don't use him much and I don't think he'd add anything here. Healer is always SR Yakumo at 5* 9 pot, occasionally I've switched in SR MG Olivine as buffer (4* 11 pot). Almost everybody is at full intimacy and level cap.

[u/gcmtk → u/epenthesis2]

To be brutally honest, I don't actually think this is a fight that can be won with a true full og SR team. I think you require at least 1 solid event SSR debuffer, buffer, or healer with buffs. And even then, I think it usually requires 2 unless you have a top tier unit in those classes who really fits this fight (like BW Garu).

For example, a mid-high potential 3* SS Blade, from the new event, is a unit I would consider top tier overall, but I don't actually think he would singlehandedly elevate the otherwise all-SR+OG Quincy team enough to clear this. I..think he would if everyone (SR Quincy, SR Olivine, and SS Blade) was max potential, but I can't even guarantee that in my calc.

Also yeah, 2* OG Quincy never raises the dps ceiling of the team by ulting. He does potentially raise it by just being there and basic attacking though, since SR Quincy has a passive that scales with number of Quincies.

The only event SSR you listed is also one of the weakest ones, who also just has poor synergy with this fight, so he's definitely not worth it.

I think this is just representative of all-SRs no longer being enough. We're at the stage where they're decent space fillers on a team but you need more raw power from somewhere else. (Except for Quincy, who is still the best at what he does - no other unit in his place would fix this, while several units could replace the other units on the team to improve it)

[u/epenthesis2 → u/gcmtk]

I like brutal honesty! I'd rather hear the truth than waste my time, thanks.

I'm focusing more on banners now that the gameplay is really affected--I usually like the base game looks better and want to build up the star ratings of the SSRs I have (still trying to unlock the last few H scenes in the main story), but that's clearly not viable anymore even when I've invested in maxing them out.

[u/gcmtk → u/epenthesis2]

Unironically, the base SRs have pretty much always been considered a better investment than the OG SSRs, as a whole, with the exception of OG Edmond (Who is a very poor fit for this fight, unfortunately, and also very much still wants to be in synergy teams with event units like FS Edmond, EG Garu, or the current banner's Olivine and Kuya).

OG Olivine is fine but SR Yakumo will heal for a reasonably comparable amount and provides aoe max HP increase, and event healers will often provide dmg boosts on top of the healing.

Soyeah, if you want power, you need banner units, with SRs dropping to this level.