Finally got my miko Pink RG-d, so I thought I'd try my hand at Laeva again. The problem was that I didn't have anyone to survive Sparaxis, so no matter how much damage I could dish out, I'd be wiped out in a turn or two. I thought Pink might help Kerria and Pinkladies survive long enough to get some serious damage in.
Anyway, here's the setup I came up with:
Party 1 is a defence oriented party with HP drain, made solely to kill the first enemy group and damage the second.
Party 2 is my strongest weakness crit party to do the bulk of the damage to Laeva.
Party 3 is a regular crit party with Tarragon taunting attacks to get some counters in.
Party 4 doesn't have any real synergy, as I put in just any leftover knight I thought might do some damage plus pure flower Anemone for drawing counter fire.
The first group of enemies are a pushover, though they sometimes manage to kill Bush Clover who's there to make sure the real stars get to Sparaxis relatively unscathed:
Most of the time, Kerria and HFYL Pinkladies manage to whittle Sparaxis down just enough for party 2 to step in and kill her in the first round. It depends a lot on getting enough evades and skill procs, though. If they fail, it's game over, as Sparaxis can easily kill even fully ampied knights and every knight is needed for the final fight. Once Sparaxis is dead, however, Laeva poses no significant threat:
If everything goes well, it's time for the main dish. If party 2 survives Sparaxis intact, they must bring Laeva down to at least beyond the 人 kanji mark or else I probably won't have enough firepower left to finish her. In any case, party 3 then takes over:
Tarragon is the MVP here and if she gets enough skill activations, party 4 can then try to mop up. Usually, Laeva survives with just a tiny sliver of health left, but occasionally the result looks like this:
Next, try to beat the new Nushi mission somehow, though it doesn't seem like I really have a lot of evasion to make it work. Maybe it's time to start working on that counter crit party.
Status of remaining main quests:
player level quests -- 178/300 levels
max affection: 211/300 girls
blossomed affection: 59/300 girls
garden picture book: 1669/1830 pest pictures
Still left to do:
Get superampules out of the bond crystal shop.
Get equipment out of the whaleship shop.
Get flower gems for events 78-98 and get Rainbow Rose and Asian Rice when they are added to permanent reprints.
Latest Nushi mission.
Prison island.
Sage Laeva mission.
Try to put together a decent team 2.