Originally Posted by Tomitain

I'm able to finish off the super boss of the second phase with two tea sets; usually it dies during the first round of battle against whichever helper squad I brought in. My fourth squad tends to deal the most damage overall due to how it's set up (Iberis + Sakura + Flowering Peach + Mei Plumblossom + Kale: 1.6x skill proc rate for everyone, +78% 'standard' attack power for everyone, +35% additional attack power for everyone since it's a boss fight, boss takes 105% normal damage from attacks, four of the five members have a single-target special attack).

It helps that Mei and Kale are the same type as the pest so they're basically dealing critical hits with every attack.

What also helps, is that Mei adds 50% to your Solar bar, so that team is guaranteed 1 blast along the way.