Quote Originally Posted by Lyrelia View Post
On the topic of Kubera, yes I do have her, I'm assuming that I should run her so that she can combo with Attar to block an overdrive?
I use Attar + Kubera the same way I use Gaia AW - if the boss OD is not AoE, use Attar cover + Kubera nullify; if it is AoE or nullify is on CD, use Kubera's 40% def up. Kubera's nullify CD is much longer than Gaia but her def up is shorter. Gaia is easy to use with Joan/Roland 'cos everything is on 6T CD while using Kubera with Joan/Roland requires you to keep closer tabs on CD 'cos they go out of sync a lot.

If you plan to do infinite turtling with Kubera, you need to make sure you bring enough heal/ascension. If you're just like one or two OD from finishing Icarus off, just sacrifice her and let a sub finish taking down the boss (we don't need everyone to survive until next week anyway.)

Kubera is weaker than Gaia obviously, but I actually find her pretty flexible - her short 2/4 CD for def up means you can mitigate 2 OD 3T apart by casting the first one 1T before 1st OD; if you're not bringing Attar, Kubera's nullify can be used to protect the soul instead. Also, for 'normal' strategy where you're not like trying to turtle for 20+ turns, the single target potions are usually enough to keep Kubera alive for GO.

Also, I tried using the turtle strategy with Andro, Diana, Sati, Attar and Vishnu, but I decided to run subs (which, looking back, was probably my downfall).
I'm assuming that means you did have to revive someone? Which wave did himes start dying? If it's wave 4, you can try to wait out the 90 seconds DATA buff on the boss for max cheese points.

I got pretty close to finishing Icarus, slightly closer than me running my normal team, so I'm hoping that if I don't run subs and put more ascension + defender I can finish it. I'm assuming that I should swap Sati out for Kubera?
That depends. If using Kubera allows you to essentially survive indefinitely, then yes, as long as you have the patience to cheese through the battles. If you intend to use Kubera to turtle forever though, you need to be careful about your defender/ascension ratios 'cos using Kubera to tank means you need to heal up 15% of her hp on top of regular dmg. Push your defender values too high, and your healers may not be able to keep up - too low and she might die from an OD or TA.