Guardian Tales/Best Teams

Guardian Tales Best Teams

A Guardian Tales party is one Point Hero you control directly plus three Party slots whose Leader Skills fire automatically at the start of the fight — there's no positioning, just a role checklist. Three modes break that shape: Arena gives you three Heroes and no fourth slot, Co-op is four separate players each bringing one Hero tagged Tank / Dealer / Healer, and the two Team Combination Skills demand a specific party makeup (3+ Ranged for Guardian Cannon, 3+ Warrior for Shine Spark, all at 5★). On the Guild Raid and Team Combination comps the slots are listed in Chain Skill order — each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger, so running them in this order is what gets you the full four-Hero chain instead of just the leader's. Every comp here is a loadoutgg synthesis built from our own tier list, each Hero's real Chain Skill data and the mechanics in the linked guides — swap in whichever Hero you've actually pulled that fills the same slot.

SPvP Point TeamColosseum / general PvP Erina

Erina

Lilith

Future Princess Liberator

Kamael

A point-hero-plus-three-Leaders build around the roster's most-cited PvP names — one tough or self-sustaining Hero you actually control, backed by three Leader Skills that stack their pre-battle buffs the instant the fight starts.

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ErinaPoint (active) — tank-and-swing WarriorRecommended build:
Balmung
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Legendary Hero Erina's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Heaven's Wrath is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Heroic Swordplay damage up 25%, and Shield Bash grants +25% Attack for 4s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Skill Damage +10.0% · HP +8.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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LilithParty — Defense-shred Leader SkillRecommended build:
Queen's Grace
Claw · Injured weapon skill — Demon Queen Lilith's Exclusive Claw (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Phantom Slash is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: grants a 20% damage-reduction ward, cuts Darkness Spike's recharge to 5s, and deepens its enemy Defense cut to 20%, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +25.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Def +10.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Future PrincessParty — barrier Leader SkillRecommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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KamaelParty — Support Leader SkillRecommended build:
Equinox
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — God of Harvest Kamael's Exclusive Staff (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Earth's Jolting Wave is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Circle of Life hits up to 3 nearby enemies, with a 50% chance for 25% bonus DPS and an instant ranged-Defense cut, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Erina's shield-and-taunt kit holds up the point slot well against most single targets, and her Absolute Defense passive gets tougher the more she's hit.
The three party Heroes never enter combat directly in Colosseum — only their Leader Skill fires at the start of the fight — so this list only names dependable Leader Skills, not full kits. Arena is a different shape: you control three Heroes there and there is no fourth slot, so use the Arena Burst Team for that.
Swap the point Hero for Hana or Noxia if the opponent's comp punishes melee tanks; both are named in the same PvP-consensus tier as Erina.

Flex / subs: Hana · Noxia · Beth

SArena Burst TeamArena (real-time PvP) Grim Reaper Hana

Grim Reaper Hana Unchained

Demon Queen Lilith Queen's Grace

Future Princess Liberator

Arena is only three Heroes — there is no fourth slot — and every Hero's HP is tripled, so rounds are decided by who lands the first stun. This is the one-hit-stun opener plus a burst follow-up and a Leader Skill worth having active.

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Grim Reaper HanaLead · one-hit stun — stuns with a single Weapon Skill hit instead of the usual twoRecommended build:
Unchained
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Grim Reaper Hana's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Deathly Terrifying is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits scar the enemy for 60% bonus DPS with full lifesteal (every 3s), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Demon Queen LilithBurst — Defense-shred Leader Skill, and an all-Ailment funnel to hand the advantage to your carryRecommended build:
Queen's Grace
Claw · Injured weapon skill — Demon Queen Lilith's Exclusive Claw (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Phantom Slash is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: grants a 20% damage-reduction ward, cuts Darkness Spike's recharge to 5s, and deepens its enemy Defense cut to 20%, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +25.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Def +10.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Future PrincessBarrier Leader Skill · the second one-hit-stun Hero, and her on-hit passive feeds off Injured's damage ticksRecommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Guardian Tales' own Ailments rules say a Hero normally needs two full Weapon Skill hits to stun an opponent in PvP. Only three Heroes stun in one: Future Princess, Robbers' Killer Lina and Grim Reaper Hana. Two of the three are in this comp, and Lina is the flex.
The Ailment gauge carries between Arena rounds. If you stunned a target with Airborne last round, one matching Weapon Skill hit re-stuns them immediately this round — open on whoever you left damaged.
Party Effects stay active in Arena, so a Hero's Leader Skill fires even for Heroes you picked yourself. Leader Skill quality is a real selection factor here, not an afterthought.
Damage Reduction is switched off in Arena and Colosseum both — the Ancient God Ring, Mercenaries Brooch and DR-based tank passives are all much weaker than their PvE numbers suggest.
The counter to this comp is Legendary Hero Erina, whose ability raises Ailment resistance by 5% — enough to blunt a one-hit-stun weapon. Expect her on most defenses.

Flex / subs: Robbers' Killer Lina · Necromancer Noxia · Dark Magician Beth

SColosseum CoreColosseum Oghma

Oghma

Future Princess Liberator

Gabriel

Kamael

The Colosseum-specific names that keep coming up alongside the general PvP pool — Oghma as the point tank, with Future Princess, Gabriel and Kamael filling out reliable Leader Skills.

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OghmaPoint (active) — Defense-sharing TankerRecommended build:
Eckesachs
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Mecha Warrior Oghma's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Pressure Field is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: reflects part of incoming damage scaled by Oghma's Defense (1s cooldown), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +12.0% · Def +8.0% · +3.0% HP recovery on enemy kill · Limit Break 5: Def +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Future PrincessParty — barrier Leader SkillRecommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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GabrielParty — heal-and-cleanse Leader SkillRecommended build:
Magnificat
Bow · Downed weapon skill — Archangel Gabriel's Exclusive Bow (Light). Its Weapon Skill Sanctuary is a support / healing skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Sound of Heaven hits tick 30% DPS every 2s and cut Light resistance, and the Sanctuary heals allies for 100% Heal, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Heal +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +18.0% · HP +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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KamaelParty — Support Leader SkillRecommended build:
Equinox
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — God of Harvest Kamael's Exclusive Staff (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Earth's Jolting Wave is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Circle of Life hits up to 3 nearby enemies, with a 50% chance for 25% bonus DPS and an instant ranged-Defense cut, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Oghma's Defence Regulator passive raises every ally's Defense toward his own, which matters more in Colosseum's longer fights than in a quick 1v1 Arena bout.
Craig and Lina are named in the same Colosseum-consensus tier as Oghma and can swap in for the point slot depending on the matchup — Craig for pure durability, Lina for burst.

Flex / subs: Craig · Lina

SColosseum DefenseColosseum (defense slot) Legendary Hero Erina

Legendary Hero Erina Balmung

Dark Magician Beth Predator

Demon Queen Lilith Queen's Grace

Future Princess Liberator

Your defense team is played by the AI, so it has to win without clever timing. A bulky point body that gets the x12 leader HP, a stealth diver the AI can throw forward, and two Leader Skills that fire on their own and need no input.

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Legendary Hero ErinaLead · point body — takes the x12 leader HP, and her Absolute Defense passive scales as she is hitRecommended build:
Balmung
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Legendary Hero Erina's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Heaven's Wrath is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Heroic Swordplay damage up 25%, and Shield Bash grants +25% Attack for 4s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Skill Damage +10.0% · HP +8.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Dark Magician BethStealth dive — an opener the AI plays correctly without timingRecommended build:
Predator
Two-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Dark Magician Beth's Exclusive Two-Handed Sword (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Predator Strike is a melee-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Dark Smash hits cut Dark resistance 20% for 3s and shield Beth for 10% of the damage dealt, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +20.0% · HP +20.0% · Def +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Demon Queen LilithDefense-shred Leader Skill — fires at battle start, no input neededRecommended build:
Queen's Grace
Claw · Injured weapon skill — Demon Queen Lilith's Exclusive Claw (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Phantom Slash is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: grants a 20% damage-reduction ward, cuts Darkness Spike's recharge to 5s, and deepens its enemy Defense cut to 20%, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +25.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Def +10.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Future PrincessBarrier Leader Skill — the party-wide shield the AI can never mistimeRecommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Colosseum multiplies the party leader's HP by 12 and everyone else's by 6, so the lead slot is meant to be your toughest body, not your damage dealer. Putting a carry in the lead slot wastes the multiplier.
Because Damage Reduction is off, a DR-based wall does not hold here. A high-Defense, high-HP Hero with a self-scaling passive (Erina, Scrivener Lahn) is the right shape.
Keep your defense different from your attack team — the game saves them separately, and a defense that mirrors your attack is easy for an opponent to read and counter.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Colosseum, so there is no reason to build this around a Guardian Cannon or Shine Spark party shape.

Flex / subs: Scrivener Lahn · Mecha Warrior Oghma · Aspiring Warrior Craig

SGuild Raid — Water SeasonGuild Raid (Water boss) Grim Reaper Hana

Grim Reaper Hana Unchained

Nine-tailed Fox Garam Thousand Thunder

Dragon of the Vast Sea Yun Dragon Spring Sword

Slayer Andras Head Hunter

An all-S-tier Water party whose four Chain Skills connect end to end. Grim Reaper Hana carries, Andras' any-Ailment trigger guarantees the chain never dead-ends, and Yun holds the party up through the full minute.

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Grim Reaper HanaLead · Carry — the highest sustained single-target damage in the Water pool · Punishing Chains (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Unchained
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Grim Reaper Hana's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Deathly Terrifying is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits scar the enemy for 60% bonus DPS with full lifesteal (every 3s), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Nine-tailed Fox GaramSecond damage seat, and a Co-op Healer tag for the fights you have to survive · Spirit Tornado (Downed → Airborne)Recommended build:
Thousand Thunder
Bow · Downed weapon skill — Nine-tailed Fox Garam's Exclusive Bow (Water). Its Weapon Skill Thunderbird is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: damage inside the Sorcery zone +50%, and +20% DPS against a lone enemy, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +18.0% · HP +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Dragon of the Vast Sea YunSupport — keeps the party alive through the 60 seconds · Ascension (Airborne → Injured)Recommended build:
Dragon Spring Sword
One-Handed Sword · Airborne weapon skill — Dragon of the Vast Sea Yun's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Water). Its Weapon Skill Boundless Ocean is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: 8 Riptide hits trigger a 40% DPS blast; each hit stacks +10% Water crit multiplier (up to 5), and at max stacks ranged damage climbs another 25% for 4s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +14.0% · HP +12.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +8.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Slayer AndrasGlue — his Chain triggers on any Ailment, so he never breaks the chain · Cold Death (All → Downed)Recommended build:
Head Hunter
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — Slayer Andras's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Piercing Scream is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Commence Hunt on far targets (2+ tiles) adds 25% DPS ranged, and 4 ice crystals each hit 20% harder, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Your attacking Element comes from the equipped weapon, not the Hero — a Hero holding an off-Element weapon still gets the 130% advantage. That multiplier is the single biggest lever in the mode.
Slots are listed in Chain Skill order: each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger. Your leader's Weapon Skill lands the first stun and opens the window; a Hero whose Chain Skill triggers on "All" can start from anything.
Each Hero is locked out until the next daily reset once they attack, so three tickets a day needs twelve different built Heroes — this is one of the four teams you need, not the team.
Bring single-target burst, not clear. One target, a hard 60-second clock: AoE and add-clear tools do nothing, and effects that cut the boss's Defense or elemental resistance multiply everyone's damage for the rest of the run.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Guild Raid. Chain Skills still work and are a large part of your damage.

Flex / subs: Angie · Rimuru Tempest · Wakamo

SGuild Raid — Earth SeasonGuild Raid (Earth boss) Defender of the Forest Estel

Defender of the Forest Estel Necklace of Desire

Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel Solaris

Huntress Rosetta Ratel

God of Harvest Kamael Equinox

Earth has the deepest Support bench in the game and this comp uses it: Estel carries, and Mayreel plus Kamael keep both the buffs and the chain running. Kamael's Leader Skill alone covers most of the fight's length.

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Defender of the Forest EstelLead · Carry — Forest Elf ranged damage, opens the chain into Downed · Purge Forest (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Divine Beast of Harvest MayreelSupport — Divine Beast party buffs · Terra Blast (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Solaris
Claw · Downed weapon skill — Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel's Exclusive Claw (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Floral Explosion is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: crits grant +5% move speed for 5s and cut Earth resistance 5% (up to 4 stacks), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +30.0% · HP +20.0% · Def +12.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Huntress RosettaSecond damage seat · Desert Elf rifle · Rapid Fire (Injured → Airborne)Recommended build:
Ratel
Rifle · Injured weapon skill — Huntress Rosetta's Exclusive Rifle (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Kill Zone is a ranged-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: Wild Fire's 4th/5th bullet reloads a magazine, Roll and Gun can immediately re-fire during it, and Kill Zone cuts incoming damage 40%, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +20.0% · HP +18.0% · Skill Damage +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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God of Harvest KamaelSupport — the roster's consensus #1, party Defense +20% for four minutes · Earthly Purification (Airborne → Injured)Recommended build:
Equinox
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — God of Harvest Kamael's Exclusive Staff (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Earth's Jolting Wave is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Circle of Life hits up to 3 nearby enemies, with a 50% chance for 25% bonus DPS and an instant ranged-Defense cut, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Your attacking Element comes from the equipped weapon, not the Hero — a Hero holding an off-Element weapon still gets the 130% advantage. That multiplier is the single biggest lever in the mode.
Slots are listed in Chain Skill order: each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger. Your leader's Weapon Skill lands the first stun and opens the window; a Hero whose Chain Skill triggers on "All" can start from anything.
Each Hero is locked out until the next daily reset once they attack, so three tickets a day needs twelve different built Heroes — this is one of the four teams you need, not the team.
Bring single-target burst, not clear. One target, a hard 60-second clock: AoE and add-clear tools do nothing, and effects that cut the boss's Defense or elemental resistance multiply everyone's damage for the rest of the run.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Guild Raid. Chain Skills still work and are a large part of your damage.

Flex / subs: Maam · Chriselle · Dabin

SGuild Raid — Dark SeasonGuild Raid (Dark boss) Tyrant of Destruction Milim Nava

Tyrant of Destruction Milim Nava Necklace of Desire

1st Corps Commander Fail-not

Incarcerated Scholar Vinette Nanoparticle Accelerator

Mecha Warrior Oghma Eckesachs

The strongest Element comp on the roster — four confirmed S-tier Dark Heroes with a chain that connects end to end and a real tank in Oghma, whose Defence Regulator passive raises the whole party's Defense. If the season's Dark boss is the fever boss, this is the team to save for it.

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Tyrant of Destruction Milim NavaLead · Carry — Dragonoid burst, opens the chain into Injured · Drago Buster (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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1st Corps CommanderSecond damage seat · Dark ranged burst · Event Horizon (Injured → Airborne)Recommended build:
Fail-not
Staff · Injured weapon skill — 1st Corps Commander's Exclusive Staff (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Nightfall is a ranged-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: Shadow Vine's Defense cut deepens 20%, and emblem-marked enemies hit by it take 100% DPS ranged plus light Injured (125% DPS if the cut is resisted), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +24.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Incarcerated Scholar VinetteHealer — the heal that keeps the chain alive · Charge Knuckle (Airborne → Downed)Recommended build:
Nanoparticle Accelerator
Rifle · Airborne weapon skill — Incarcerated Scholar Vinette's Exclusive Rifle (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Nano Destructor is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: NT-Drone spawns 2 drones, heals also shield the ally for 20% Heal, and Nano Blast's finisher cuts ranged Defense 20% for 5s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +22.0% · HP +18.0% · Heal +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Mecha Warrior OghmaTanker — his passive pulls every ally's Defense up toward his own · Multiple Rocket (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Eckesachs
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Mecha Warrior Oghma's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Pressure Field is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: reflects part of incoming damage scaled by Oghma's Defense (1s cooldown), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +12.0% · Def +8.0% · +3.0% HP recovery on enemy kill · Limit Break 5: Def +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Your attacking Element comes from the equipped weapon, not the Hero — a Hero holding an off-Element weapon still gets the 130% advantage. That multiplier is the single biggest lever in the mode.
Slots are listed in Chain Skill order: each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger. Your leader's Weapon Skill lands the first stun and opens the window; a Hero whose Chain Skill triggers on "All" can start from anything.
Each Hero is locked out until the next daily reset once they attack, so three tickets a day needs twelve different built Heroes — this is one of the four teams you need, not the team.
Bring single-target burst, not clear. One target, a hard 60-second clock: AoE and add-clear tools do nothing, and effects that cut the boss's Defense or elemental resistance multiply everyone's damage for the rest of the run.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Guild Raid. Chain Skills still work and are a large part of your damage.

Flex / subs: Lilith · Necromancer Noxia · Crosselle · Sumire

SGuild Raid — Airborne-Weak BossGuild Raid (Airborne weakness) Future Knight

Future Knight Cosmic Destroyer

Dragon of the Vast Sea Yun Dragon Spring Sword

1st Corps Commander Fail-not

Necromancer Noxia Furfur

Ten of the twenty-three recurring raid bosses are weak to Airborne — the most common weakness in the game. Three of these four Chain Skills leave Airborne behind, so the boss spends most of the 60 seconds in the air taking +50% from Ranged attacks.

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Future KnightLead · carry — Magiton Grenade (Downed → Airborne)Recommended build:
Cosmic Destroyer
Rifle · Downed weapon skill — Future Knight's Exclusive Rifle (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Magiton Overheat is a ranged-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance to blast for 50% DPS and slash the target's weapon-skill regen by 30% for 2s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +20.0% · Def +16.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Dragon of the Vast Sea YunSupport — Ascension (Airborne → Injured)Recommended build:
Dragon Spring Sword
One-Handed Sword · Airborne weapon skill — Dragon of the Vast Sea Yun's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Water). Its Weapon Skill Boundless Ocean is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: 8 Riptide hits trigger a 40% DPS blast; each hit stacks +10% Water crit multiplier (up to 5), and at max stacks ranged damage climbs another 25% for 4s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +14.0% · HP +12.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +8.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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1st Corps CommanderRanged damage — Event Horizon (Injured → Airborne)Recommended build:
Fail-not
Staff · Injured weapon skill — 1st Corps Commander's Exclusive Staff (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Nightfall is a ranged-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: Shadow Vine's Defense cut deepens 20%, and emblem-marked enemies hit by it take 100% DPS ranged plus light Injured (125% DPS if the cut is resisted), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +24.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Necromancer NoxiaGlue · any-Ailment trigger — Spirit Joint Attack (All → Airborne)Recommended build:
Furfur
Basket · Downed weapon skill — Necromancer Noxia's Exclusive Basket (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Touch of Afterlife Guide is a melee-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: hits add 40% DPS ranged, and the Dark Spirit taunt adds 100% DPS melee, plus 3 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · HP +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Airborne launches the enemy into the air, where it takes +50% from Ranged attacks — so lean the party's damage Ranged. Two of these four are Ranged Heroes for exactly that reason.
Bosses weak to Airborne include Nine-tailed Fox Garam, Lava Slime King, Fairy, Returned Harvester, Carmen, Jerry Little Volt and the Shadow Beast, plus Grand Admiral Marina, Cyborg Erina and Empire Knight who are weak to it among others.
A boss's ailment weakness never changes between appearances, but its Element is rotated every season — so pick your comp off the ailment column of the Guild Raid guide's boss table, then check the current Element in game.
These three comps cut across Elements. Where the season's Element matches too, prefer the matching Element comp above — the 130% Element advantage is worth more than the ailment bonus on its own.
Each Hero is locked out for the day once they attack, so having both an Element comp and an ailment comp built gives you two of the twelve-plus Heroes a full three-ticket day needs.

Flex / subs: Crosselle · Garam · Gremory · Klen

SGuild Raid — Downed-Weak BossGuild Raid (Downed weakness) Grim Reaper Hana

Grim Reaper Hana Unchained

Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel Solaris

Future Princess Liberator

Slayer Andras Head Hunter

Ten recurring bosses are weak to Downed. Three of these four Chain Skills leave Downed behind, keeping the boss on the ground where it takes +50% from Melee — so this comp leans melee where the Airborne comp leans ranged.

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Grim Reaper HanaLead · carry — Punishing Chains (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Unchained
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Grim Reaper Hana's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Deathly Terrifying is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits scar the enemy for 60% bonus DPS with full lifesteal (every 3s), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Divine Beast of Harvest MayreelSupport — Terra Blast (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Solaris
Claw · Downed weapon skill — Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel's Exclusive Claw (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Floral Explosion is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: crits grant +5% move speed for 5s and cut Earth resistance 5% (up to 4 stacks), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +30.0% · HP +20.0% · Def +12.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Future PrincessTanker — Dimension Barrier (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Slayer AndrasGlue · any-Ailment trigger — Cold Death (All → Downed)Recommended build:
Head Hunter
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — Slayer Andras's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Piercing Scream is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Commence Hunt on far targets (2+ tiles) adds 25% DPS ranged, and 4 ice crystals each hit 20% harder, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Downed knocks the enemy to the ground, where it takes +50% from Melee attacks — the mirror of Airborne. Put your melee carry in the lead slot.
Bosses weak to Downed include the Furious Minotaur, Furious Desert Bull Worm, Founder Elphaba, Ancient Demon, Minister Duncan, the Viper Clan Leader and both Invader Director and Invader Terrorist, plus the Goblin Chief and Invader Commander who are weak to it among others.
A boss's ailment weakness never changes between appearances, but its Element is rotated every season — so pick your comp off the ailment column of the Guild Raid guide's boss table, then check the current Element in game.
These three comps cut across Elements. Where the season's Element matches too, prefer the matching Element comp above — the 130% Element advantage is worth more than the ailment bonus on its own.
Each Hero is locked out for the day once they attack, so having both an Element comp and an ailment comp built gives you two of the twelve-plus Heroes a full three-ticket day needs.

Flex / subs: Lilith · Crosselle · Vinette · Estel

SGuild Raid — Injured-Weak BossGuild Raid (Injured weakness) Sword of Heaven Angie

Sword of Heaven Angie Necklace of Desire

Defender of the Forest Estel Necklace of Desire

Mecha Warrior Oghma Eckesachs

Archangel Gabriel Magnificat

The rarest of the three weaknesses — but Injured is the one that scales with the applier, since its ten ticks total 200% of that Hero's DPS. Three of these four leave Injured behind, and all three are heavy hitters.

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Sword of Heaven AngieLead · carry — Judgment Shield (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Defender of the Forest EstelRanged damage — Purge Forest (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Mecha Warrior OghmaTanker — party Defense from his passive · Multiple Rocket (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Eckesachs
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Mecha Warrior Oghma's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Pressure Field is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: reflects part of incoming damage scaled by Oghma's Defense (1s cooldown), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +12.0% · Def +8.0% · +3.0% HP recovery on enemy kill · Limit Break 5: Def +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Archangel GabrielHealer · any-Ailment trigger — Descent of Angels (All → Injured)Recommended build:
Magnificat
Bow · Downed weapon skill — Archangel Gabriel's Exclusive Bow (Light). Its Weapon Skill Sanctuary is a support / healing skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Sound of Heaven hits tick 30% DPS every 2s and cut Light resistance, and the Sanctuary heals allies for 100% Heal, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Heal +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +18.0% · HP +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Injured is a 5-second bleed — ten ticks totalling 200% of the applying Hero's DPS. It is the only Ailment whose damage scales with who applied it, so apply it with your strongest Hero, not your support.
Each tick counts as a hit, which is why Heroes with on-hit passives gain from it directly.
Bosses weak to Injured include the Sandmonster, Snowman General Gast and Altered Mad Panda MK-3, plus Grand Admiral Marina, Cyborg Erina, Empire Knight, Shadow Beast, Goblin Chief and Invader Commander who are weak to it among others.
A boss's ailment weakness never changes between appearances, but its Element is rotated every season — so pick your comp off the ailment column of the Guild Raid guide's boss table, then check the current Element in game.
These three comps cut across Elements. Where the season's Element matches too, prefer the matching Element comp above — the 130% Element advantage is worth more than the ailment bonus on its own.
Each Hero is locked out for the day once they attack, so having both an Element comp and an ailment comp built gives you two of the twelve-plus Heroes a full three-ticket day needs.

Flex / subs: White Snow · Milim Nava · Kamael · Mayreel

SExpedition Score TeamExpedition 1st Corps Commander

1st Corps Commander Fail-not

White Snow Necklace of Desire

Future Princess Liberator

Contractee Crosselle Permission Denied

Expedition score comes almost entirely from multiplier orbs dropped by Event Zone packs and Event Switch enemies, both of which despawn on a timer. This is a burst-and-clear party built to delete those packs before the clock takes them away.

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1st Corps CommanderLead · pack clear — the damage leader who deletes an Event Zone batch quicklyRecommended build:
Fail-not
Staff · Injured weapon skill — 1st Corps Commander's Exclusive Staff (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Nightfall is a ranged-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: Shadow Vine's Defense cut deepens 20%, and emblem-marked enemies hit by it take 100% DPS ranged plus light Injured (125% DPS if the cut is resisted), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +24.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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White SnowSwitch killer — the second bursty Hero, for the single high-health Switch enemyRecommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Future PrincessTanker — the body that survives the later DistrictsRecommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Contractee CrosselleSupport — sustain through the longer Trial AreasRecommended build:
Permission Denied
Gauntlet · Downed weapon skill — Contractee Crosselle's Exclusive Gauntlet (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Thunder Rain is a melee-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: gaining a shield grants +25% Attack for 5s, and hits add 70% DPS ranged every 3s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Clearing regular enemies barely moves your score. The multiplier orbs from Event Zone and Event Switch enemies are the score — never walk past a lit switch.
Event Zone packs are high-health and despawn on a timer, and Switch enemies explode a few seconds after they appear. Both are pure burst checks, which is why this comp runs two damage seats rather than one carry.
Trial Areas mix Elements, so raw damage and clear speed beat trying to hard-counter one Element — bring your most reliable general-purpose team rather than an Element comp.
Relic gear should roll toward Boss Damage / general PvE damage here. Score you lose is score you did not have time to grab, so anything that shortens each pack is worth it.
Unlike Guild Raid there is no per-day Hero lock in Expedition — you can run this same four all the way up the Candidate Ranks.

Flex / subs: Angie · Mayreel · Milim Nava · Yun

SGuardian Cannon PartyTeam Combination Skill (field clear) 1st Corps Commander

1st Corps Commander Fail-not

Slayer Andras Head Hunter

Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel Solaris

Defender of the Forest Estel Necklace of Desire

Guardian Cannon is one of only two Team Combination Skills, and it has a hard party shape: a full four Heroes, at least three of them Ranged, all evolved to 5★. This is the strongest legal party that also chains — three S-tier Ranged Heroes plus a Support.

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1st Corps CommanderRanged 1 · lead — Event Horizon (Injured → Airborne)Recommended build:
Fail-not
Staff · Injured weapon skill — 1st Corps Commander's Exclusive Staff (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Nightfall is a ranged-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: Shadow Vine's Defense cut deepens 20%, and emblem-marked enemies hit by it take 100% DPS ranged plus light Injured (125% DPS if the cut is resisted), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +24.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Slayer AndrasRanged 2 · any-Ailment glue — Cold Death (All → Downed)Recommended build:
Head Hunter
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — Slayer Andras's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Piercing Scream is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Commence Hunt on far targets (2+ tiles) adds 25% DPS ranged, and 4 ice crystals each hit 20% harder, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Divine Beast of Harvest MayreelSupport — Terra Blast (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Solaris
Claw · Downed weapon skill — Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel's Exclusive Claw (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Floral Explosion is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: crits grant +5% move speed for 5s and cut Earth resistance 5% (up to 4 stacks), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +30.0% · HP +20.0% · Def +12.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Defender of the Forest EstelRanged 3 — Purge Forest (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Requirement, exactly: a full 4-Hero party, at least 3 Ranged Heroes, every one evolved to 5★. Miss any part of that and the button never appears — the 5★ requirement is the one that catches people out.
Guardian Cannon hits the whole field for heavy damage, so it is the add-clear option of the two. Save the cast for a dangerous wave rather than a boss.
It charges by defeating enemies, fires once and resets — on a short stage you often only get one cast.
Team Combination Skills cannot be used in Colosseum or Guild Raid. Build this for campaign, Expedition and event stages.
Mayreel is the one non-Ranged slot; any Support or Tanker you have at 5★ works there, since only three of the four need to be Ranged.

Flex / subs: Garam · Yun · Rosetta · Cornet

SShine Spark PartyTeam Combination Skill (single target) Sword of Heaven Angie

Sword of Heaven Angie Necklace of Desire

Grim Reaper Hana Unchained

Tyrant of Destruction Milim Nava Necklace of Desire

1st Corps Commander Fail-not

The other Team Combination Skill, and the mirror requirement: a full four Heroes, at least three of them Warriors, all at 5★. Shine Spark crashes into a single target for massive damage, so this is the boss-killing half of the pair.

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Sword of Heaven AngieWarrior 1 · lead — Judgment Shield (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Grim Reaper HanaWarrior 2 — Punishing Chains (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Unchained
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Grim Reaper Hana's Exclusive Staff (Water). Its Weapon Skill Deathly Terrifying is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits scar the enemy for 60% bonus DPS with full lifesteal (every 3s), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Tyrant of Destruction Milim NavaWarrior 3 — Drago Buster (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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1st Corps CommanderRanged flex — Event Horizon (Injured → Airborne)Recommended build:
Fail-not
Staff · Injured weapon skill — 1st Corps Commander's Exclusive Staff (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Nightfall is a ranged-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: Shadow Vine's Defense cut deepens 20%, and emblem-marked enemies hit by it take 100% DPS ranged plus light Injured (125% DPS if the cut is resisted), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +24.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Requirement, exactly: a full 4-Hero party, at least 3 Warrior Heroes, every one evolved to 5★.
Shine Spark is single-target, so hold it for a boss or an Event Switch enemy — the opposite call to Guardian Cannon.
All four Chain Skills here connect in the listed order, so you get the combination skill shape without giving up the chain.
Team Combination Skills cannot be used in Colosseum or Guild Raid.
Grim Reaper Hana doubles as one of the three one-hit-stun Heroes, so this party opens its stun window faster than most.

Flex / subs: Lilith · White Snow · Future Knight · Sumire

AGuild Raid — Light SeasonGuild Raid (Light boss) King of the Hill Cornet

King of the Hill Cornet Pouch of Verdure

Archangel Gabriel Magnificat

Future Princess Liberator

Mystic Violet Haruka Necklace of Desire

Light's pool is small, so this comp is built around Gabriel's any-Ailment trigger holding the middle of the chain together while Future Princess soaks. Cornet leads for damage rather than Future Princess, who is worth more as the body here than as a carry.

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King of the Hill CornetLead · Carry — Pixie basket damage, opens into Downed · Fruit Meteor Burst (Airborne → Downed)Recommended build:
Pouch of Verdure
Basket · Airborne weapon skill — King of the Hill Cornet's Exclusive Basket (Light). Its Weapon Skill Butterfly Fantasy is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Take the Fruit! hits have a 60% chance for 25% DPS ranged with an instant Defense cut, and the green-butterfly aura cuts her incoming damage 25%, plus 3 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +20.0% · HP +18.0% · Def +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Archangel GabrielHealer · any-Ailment trigger — chain glue plus the heal-and-cleanse · Descent of Angels (All → Injured)Recommended build:
Magnificat
Bow · Downed weapon skill — Archangel Gabriel's Exclusive Bow (Light). Its Weapon Skill Sanctuary is a support / healing skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Sound of Heaven hits tick 30% DPS every 2s and cut Light resistance, and the Sanctuary heals allies for 100% Heal, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Heal +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +18.0% · HP +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Future PrincessTanker — the body, and her on-hit passive benefits from Injured's ticks · Dimension Barrier (Injured → Downed)Recommended build:
Liberator
Staff · Injured weapon skill — Future Princess's Exclusive Staff (Light). Its Weapon Skill Tempest of Time and Space is an area-damage skill that leaves struck enemies Injured (a 5s damage-over-time bleed). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance for 30% bonus DPS and heal the whole party for 2% HP, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +15.0% · HP +20.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Mystic Violet HarukaSecond damage seat, closing back into Injured · Star Power Beam (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Your attacking Element comes from the equipped weapon, not the Hero — a Hero holding an off-Element weapon still gets the 130% advantage. That multiplier is the single biggest lever in the mode.
Slots are listed in Chain Skill order: each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger. Your leader's Weapon Skill lands the first stun and opens the window; a Hero whose Chain Skill triggers on "All" can start from anything.
Each Hero is locked out until the next daily reset once they attack, so three tickets a day needs twelve different built Heroes — this is one of the four teams you need, not the team.
Bring single-target burst, not clear. One target, a hard 60-second clock: AoE and add-clear tools do nothing, and effects that cut the boss's Defense or elemental resistance multiply everyone's damage for the rest of the run.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Guild Raid. Chain Skills still work and are a large part of your damage.

Flex / subs: Frieren · Lacrima · Illuni

AGuild Raid — Basic SeasonGuild Raid (Basic boss) First-class Mage Fern

First-class Mage Fern Fern's Staff

Future Knight Cosmic Destroyer

Idol Captain Eva Angel Voice

Legendary Hero Erina Balmung

Basic Heroes take no Element advantage and give none, which makes this the comp to field when you do not have a built team for the season's Element — it loses the 130% multiplier but never eats a disadvantage either. Eva's any-Ailment trigger is the funnel: chain your carry immediately before her animation ends to land the Ailment advantage on them.

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First-class Mage FernLead · Carry — opens the chain into Downed · Demon-Slaying Magic (Zoltraak) (Airborne → Downed)Recommended build:
Fern's Staff
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — First-class Mage Fern's Exclusive Staff (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Zoltraak Burst is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Zoltraak damage up 20%, and casting Zoltraak Burst grants +30% Attack for 6s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Skill Damage +22.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Def +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Future KnightSecond damage seat · tagged both Co-op Dealer and Tank · Magiton Grenade (Downed → Airborne)Recommended build:
Cosmic Destroyer
Rifle · Downed weapon skill — Future Knight's Exclusive Rifle (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Magiton Overheat is a ranged-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: hits have a 30% chance to blast for 50% DPS and slash the target's weapon-skill regen by 30% for 2s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +20.0% · Def +16.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Idol Captain EvaSupport · any-Ailment trigger — the all-Ailment funnel · Brave Sound (All → Downed)Recommended build:
Angel Voice
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — Idol Captain Eva's Exclusive Staff (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Rainbow Sherbert is an area-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: casting Sound Wave grants the whole party +30% Attack for 5s (8s cooldown), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: +10.0% shield increase on battle start · HP +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +15.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Legendary Hero ErinaTanker — the body, and +5% Ailment resistance for the party · Lightning Slash (Downed → Injured)Recommended build:
Balmung
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Legendary Hero Erina's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Heaven's Wrath is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Heroic Swordplay damage up 25%, and Shield Bash grants +25% Attack for 4s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Skill Damage +10.0% · HP +8.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Your attacking Element comes from the equipped weapon, not the Hero — a Hero holding an off-Element weapon still gets the 130% advantage. That multiplier is the single biggest lever in the mode.
Slots are listed in Chain Skill order: each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger. Your leader's Weapon Skill lands the first stun and opens the window; a Hero whose Chain Skill triggers on "All" can start from anything.
Each Hero is locked out until the next daily reset once they attack, so three tickets a day needs twelve different built Heroes — this is one of the four teams you need, not the team.
Bring single-target burst, not clear. One target, a hard 60-second clock: AoE and add-clear tools do nothing, and effects that cut the boss's Defense or elemental resistance multiply everyone's damage for the rest of the run.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Guild Raid. Chain Skills still work and are a large part of your damage.

Flex / subs: The Knight · Beach Cleanup Hitter Rie · Alicia · Dai

ACo-op Raid RolesCo-op Raid Craig

Craig

Kamael

Gabriel

Noxia

Co-op is 4 separate players, each bringing one Hero — so this isn't a single squad but a role checklist: bring a Tank, at least one Dealer, and a Healer, and the fourth slot is free. Every Hero here carries the matching co-op role tag straight from the game's own party-finder.

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CraigTank — Comrade Protection soaks hits for the teamRecommended build:
Silence
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Aspiring Warrior Craig's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Charge Attack is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: taking a melee hit counters for 20% DPS (scaling with Defense) and heals 1% HP (2s cooldown), plus 2 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +6.0% · HP +6.0% · Damage Reduction 20.0.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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KamaelDealer — the single highest-rated Hero across every modeRecommended build:
Equinox
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — God of Harvest Kamael's Exclusive Staff (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Earth's Jolting Wave is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Circle of Life hits up to 3 nearby enemies, with a 50% chance for 25% bonus DPS and an instant ranged-Defense cut, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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GabrielHealer — team heal-and-cleanse on her Chain SkillRecommended build:
Magnificat
Bow · Downed weapon skill — Archangel Gabriel's Exclusive Bow (Light). Its Weapon Skill Sanctuary is a support / healing skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Sound of Heaven hits tick 30% DPS every 2s and cut Light resistance, and the Sanctuary heals allies for 100% Heal, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Heal +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +18.0% · HP +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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NoxiaDealer (flex) — a second damage seat, or swap for another Tank/Healer as the raid needsRecommended build:
Furfur
Basket · Downed weapon skill — Necromancer Noxia's Exclusive Basket (Dark). Its Weapon Skill Touch of Afterlife Guide is a melee-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: hits add 40% DPS ranged, and the Dark Spirit taunt adds 100% DPS melee, plus 3 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +20.0% · Skill Damage +20.0% · HP +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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The game's own Co-op party finder tags Heroes as Tank / Dealer / Healer / Meow — this list is built from those tags plus the confirmed PvE-strong names (Kamael, Noxia) rather than a fixed 'best' comp, since Co-op success is really about the 4 players covering every role between them.
A Meow-tagged Hero (a lighter support role) can substitute for the flex Dealer slot on easier raid tiers.

Flex / subs: Oghma · Erina · Aoba · Favi · Karina

ACampaign / Story Farm TeamMain Story / PvE The Knight

The Knight Libera

Nari

Aoba

Kamael

A sustain-and-sweep setup for grinding through Kanterbury's story chapters — a durable point Hero backed by Leader Skills that keep the party's Attack and Defense topped up so you're not stopping to heal between fights.

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The KnightPoint (active) — the free starter, and genuinely serviceable with any weapon loadoutRecommended build:
Libera
One-Handed Sword · Airborne weapon skill — The Knight's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Thunder Strike is an area-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: every enemy hit has a high chance to call a lightning bolt for 15% bonus DPS, plus 2 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +8.0% · Def +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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NariParty — a low-rarity Fox whose kit outperforms her Basic gradeRecommended build:
Sage Bead
Basket · Downed weapon skill — Eight-tailed Fox Nari's Exclusive Basket (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Fox Fire Bomb is a ranged-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: 40% chance to throw an enhanced Fox Bead while attacking, plus 3 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · HP +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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AobaParty — cheap, reliable Water-type healing supportRecommended build:
Oberon
Bow · Airborne weapon skill — Leaf Fairy Aoba's Exclusive Bow (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Fairy King's Arrow is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Flower Petal Arrow hits have a 20% chance for 20% DPS and to heal the party for 20% HP, plus 2 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Heal +10.0% · HP +10.0% · Skill Damage +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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KamaelParty — Support Leader Skill, once unlockedRecommended build:
Equinox
Staff · Airborne weapon skill — God of Harvest Kamael's Exclusive Staff (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Earth's Jolting Wave is a ranged-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Circle of Life hits up to 3 nearby enemies, with a 50% chance for 25% bonus DPS and an instant ranged-Defense cut, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +22.0% · HP +22.0% · Skill Damage +18.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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The Knight's Master of Weapons skill switches moveset with whatever's equipped, so this slot flexes to fill whatever gap the rest of the team leaves open.
Nari and Aoba are both low-grade Heroes (Unique and Rare respectively) that punch above their rarity — good picks for a roster that hasn't pulled its Myth-grade Heroes yet.
Swap in Erina once available — her taunt-and-shield kit clears story dungeons with far less downtime.

Flex / subs: Erina · Favi · Innkeeper Loraine

BGuild Raid — Fire SeasonGuild Raid (Fire boss) Robbers' Killer Lina

Robbers' Killer Lina Necklace of Desire

Kind Wet Nurse Nelluru Dark Ichor Fist

Shrine Maiden(Kannagi) Shuna Necklace of Blessing

Southpaw Fireballer Randi Necklace of Desire

Fire is the thinnest Element on the roster — there is no confirmed S-tier Fire Hero, so this comp is built from the A-tier pool and leans on two any-Ailment triggers (Nelluru and Shuna) to keep the chain intact regardless of what your leader's Weapon Skill lands.

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Robbers' Killer LinaLead · Carry — also one of the three one-hit-stun Heroes, so the first window opens fast · Dragon Slave (Injured → Airborne)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Kind Wet Nurse NelluruTanker · any-Ailment trigger — chain glue that also holds aggro · Soaring (All → Downed)Recommended build:
Dark Ichor Fist
Gauntlet · Airborne weapon skill — Kind Wet Nurse Nelluru's Exclusive Gauntlet (Fire). Its Weapon Skill Earthquake is a melee-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: taking damage counters for 30% DPS melee (1s cooldown), plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Def +24.0% · HP +20.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +16.0% · Limit Break 5: Def +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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Shrine Maiden(Kannagi) ShunaHealer · any-Ailment trigger — the second piece of glue · Holy Bell (All → Downed)Recommended build:
Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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Southpaw Fireballer RandiSecond damage seat, closing the chain back into Airborne · Perfect Strike (Downed → Airborne)Recommended build:
Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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Your attacking Element comes from the equipped weapon, not the Hero — a Hero holding an off-Element weapon still gets the 130% advantage. That multiplier is the single biggest lever in the mode.
Slots are listed in Chain Skill order: each Hero's leftover Ailment feeds the next Hero's trigger. Your leader's Weapon Skill lands the first stun and opens the window; a Hero whose Chain Skill triggers on "All" can start from anything.
Each Hero is locked out until the next daily reset once they attack, so three tickets a day needs twelve different built Heroes — this is one of the four teams you need, not the team.
Bring single-target burst, not clear. One target, a hard 60-second clock: AoE and add-clear tools do nothing, and effects that cut the boss's Defense or elemental resistance multiply everyone's damage for the rest of the run.
Team Combination Skills are disabled in Guild Raid. Chain Skills still work and are a large part of your damage.
Honest caveat: every Hero here sits in the A band and most of their placements are loadoutgg estimates rather than confirmed consensus — Fire simply has no confirmed S-tier Hero on our tier list. If you have a strong off-Element Hero holding a Fire weapon, they will usually out-damage this comp.

Flex / subs: Kahlor · Stark · Exorcist Miya

BBeginner Starter TeamEarly Campaign / New Account The Knight

The Knight Libera

Erina

Loraine

Marianne

What a brand-new account can realistically field before any gacha luck — The Knight plus three easy-to-obtain Rare-grade Heroes who each fill a different gap (tank, healer, ranged damage) rather than three copies of the same role.

Full pick list & why

The KnightPoint (active) — free from the start, re-equips to whatever weapon you're missingRecommended build:
Libera
One-Handed Sword · Airborne weapon skill — The Knight's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Thunder Strike is an area-damage skill that launches struck enemies Airborne (Ranged follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: every enemy hit has a high chance to call a lightning bolt for 15% bonus DPS, plus 2 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +8.0% · Def +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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ErinaParty — Tanker Leader Skill, an early main-story rewardRecommended build:
Balmung
One-Handed Sword · Downed weapon skill — Legendary Hero Erina's Exclusive One-Handed Sword (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Heaven's Wrath is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: Heroic Swordplay damage up 25%, and Shield Bash grants +25% Attack for 4s, plus 4 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Weapon Skill Regen Speed +12.0% · Skill Damage +10.0% · HP +8.0% · Limit Break 5: Atk +10.0%.
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Ancient God Ring
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Built-in effect: Damage Reduction 20.0. Possible sub-options: HP +7.0% · Doom Damage 30% negated · Def +4.0% / HP +6.0% · Doom Damage 20% negated.
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LoraineParty — Basket healer with a strong area healRecommended build:
Emma
Basket · Downed weapon skill — Innkeeper Loraine's Exclusive Basket (Basic). Its Weapon Skill Overcharge is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: her AoE heal gains 50% range, snaps to the lowest-HP ally, deals 200% DPS to enemies inside it and shields allies for 100% Heal, plus 2 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: Heal +8.0% · Skill Damage +8.0% · HP +10.0%.
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Necklace of Blessing
Accessory — Unique (3★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Def +8.0% · Damage Reduction 30.0 / Def +6.0%. Limit Break: Def +7.0%.
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MarianneParty — Rifle Ranged for extra single-target damageRecommended build:
Merciless
Rifle · Downed weapon skill — Engineer Marianne's Exclusive Rifle (Earth). Its Weapon Skill Destructive Fire is an area-damage skill that knocks struck enemies Downed (Melee follow-ups hit them for +50%). Signature effect: 25% chance to fire an enhanced missile for 100% bonus damage, plus 2 Weapon Skill levels. Always grants: HP +10.0% · Def +10.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +10.0%.
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Necklace of Desire
Accessory — Rare (2★) Accessory — raises a Hero's Defense. Possible sub-options: Atk +6.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +4.0% / Atk +5.0% · Weapon Skill Regen Speed +3.0%.
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None of these four require summons — Erina and Loraine both come from early story/system rewards, and Marianne and The Knight are obtainable without pulling, so this team works from day one.
Once your first Myth or Unique summon lands, drop whichever slot overlaps its role rather than replacing The Knight — the point slot is the one worth keeping flexible.

Flex / subs: Craig · Aoba · Favi

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