Trial of the Burning Soul

Attacks

 * Attacks 3 times per round. Minions attack once per round.
 * Melee attack: attacks once or twice for ~600-1200 damage.


 * Abilities
 * Death Ray: on turn 5, no other attack is used. Hits all enemies for ~2000-4500 (111-254 SPR tested) magic damage.
 * Spore: deals ~1000-1500 magic damage to a single target.
 * Blazing Dance: hits a single target 5 times with hybrid fire damage. Only used if Donchu has caught fire condition occurs.
 * The light is converging!: self dispel. Will remove breaks.
 * The light has converged: deals damage to each character.


 * Conditional elemental shift
 * Donchu has become soaked: melee attacks now hit with hybrid water damage. Occurs after being hit by a water attack.
 * Donchu has caught fire: melee attacks now hit with hybrid fire damage. Occurs after being hit by a fire attack.

Strategy

 * This fight requires very high level ELT, trophy, and TMR rewards for your characters to be successful. If you cannot beat him within 10 turns, or your characters are dying, it is a good indicator that you are not yet ready for this fight.
 * Donchu is vulnerable to all breaks, so use Rain's Undermine. Keep in mind that Donchu will dispel this starting round 3.
 * Keep your party buffed using Fina's Cheer or Nichol's stances.
 * Donchu's attacks use hybrid damage, so even if you equip 100% elemental resistance, to say fire, you will receive about 1500-2000 damage from his conditional attacks.
 * On Turn 4, have all characters use Guard or Sakura's Defensive Barrier in anticipation of Death Ray.
 * Dualwielding Lasswell using Exorcising Storm hits 4 times.
 * Use Sakura and Defensive Barrier to reduce incoming damage every 3 rounds (1, 4, 7, etc.).
 * Fire weapons and abilities such as Vernard and Ifrit's Fira, earth weapons such as Gaia Blade and Titan's Tumult, and killers such as Plant Killer and Poach are effective at quickly killing Donchu, however, they will increase his damage output as well.
 * As the other trials are much harder than this one, it is smart to start here, then work your way down, as Donchu is weaker in comparison.