Thread: Help with Crystal Keeper X

If it's any help, you can do this mission with a Platinum/Black Pirate instead of Spica without having to AW them. I've completed this quest with Minerva, Bashira, Iris, Alissa, Zola and obviously Prince, none of them are awakened. Used placement similar to one shown on this video, except placed Minerva instead of Spica, used her skill when the third lot of Eyeballs from below gets into her range from below, and place Zola in a ranged position right under Minerva, then withdraw her in time to not let her die.

I suppose that Platinum Pirates can get their damage per shot high enough to kill Eyeballs in one shot before AW, Black one for sure can. If that is so, Rachel's skill will work in exactly same way as Minerva's, Anelia with her ability to hit 5 targets at once will wreck them up, with Beatrice it would be trickier, as the range is one of the most important things in this scenario. If her range decreases so much that she can not reach Eyeballs where they are circling, then she won't stand a good chance, if not, you may try to activate her skill after last of these Eyeballs get into that "dance". Everything else would be the same, with base range higher then that of Archers Pirates will kill other rushes with nearly the same ease.

Also, instead of Zola you can use Percis, but don't try Mages, Eyeballs have magic resistance, so Mages will need 3 hits to kill the same pack, where Artilery officers need only two and have a better range for it. Hope it helps, if you have any of required units :|

Do you really think that obtaining and raising premium pirate would be cheaper than awakening Spica?

Obtaining is randomness, and it's not like I say "You should go and try to get it." If you have one, then you don't need to bother with Awakening anything, you can do the quest already. Also I do think that CCing a pirate is much easier then CCing and AWing Spica. That is if you have one.

Awing Spica in general is usefull for a lot of maps though. In the end i know that there are many options to exchange Spica that can even do better. Sadly i do have zola but i dont have any pirate besides the silver ones. Besides sherry, zola, marnie and event units i lack niche options (i wont count gold samurais and pegasus riders in). Am a free player who only spend 1 time, maybe did 28 pulls from shrine till now, had no extra ordinary luck (no bad luck either though). I leveled my Spica to 40 now, still failed to clear the map without losing someone but i bet next week i will. Now i just have to wait until i get 100DC again to AW Iris. Then one more time for Imelia. Then im pretty much out of interesting options (not that i dont have to level a lot after that). Propably savin towards Saki then. Gonna take forever to get the 500 DCs though for all of it :P

Well, I am not rich guy either, I didn't do much shrine pulls, just got lucky once to draw Minerva out Anyways, my theory isn't gonna work with Platinum Pirates, their damage output at maximum lvl after CC is not enough even with Prince's boost. I actually lucked out, Minerva is just over the required damage per shot.

The Crystal Keeper Maps are quite a bit easier now. X is free as you've pointed out but G is not only possible without the Nanaly, Uzume full AW dream team, it's almost easy. Almost any AW archer paired with AW Spica and Prince buff can oneshot G eyeballs. I didn't do the math for minimum levels but my AW70 Spica is oneshotting on G, where with 20% pre buff an AW99 wouldn't oneshot. The last rush is still difficult but if you have Zola and can AW Marie or Viera it's very doable.

I don't have AW Spica (because I tried mincosting her and it failed, so I got pissed about that), but I used AW Nanaly/Bashira/Aria/Uzume/Iris/Camilla and Waltz, Chydis, Zola, Percis, Karma, and AW Sherry for the last wave.