Scorn of the Lich

Overview

 * Unlock Requirement: Clear Scorn of Gilgamesh
 * Difficulty: 16★
 * Reference: Announcement
 * Release Date: 6/27/19,.

Thresholds P1

 * Pre-Emptive:
 * MS Silence Enfeeblement
 * MS Silencega
 * MS Wall of Bones
 * MS The one with high vitality...
 * Ends Turn


 * When Lich (Phase One) is killed:
 * MS What is Undead May Never Die
 * Lich (Phase Two) starts his round with a pre-emptive

Attack Pattern P1

 * If hit with physical/magic Light element last turn:
 * 
 * Continues Turn
 * Else:
 * MS Miasma (on 3n-1 turns)
 * Continues Turn


 * If MS Regenerate Bones was used on an earlier turn:
 * MS Undead Curse
 * Uses a Stat Absorb from Quote Box (based on previous warning)
 * Uses an Elemental Attack from Quote Box (based on previous warning)
 * Odd Turns: MS Bone Blast
 * 1-5 uses: MS Bone Claws or MS Bone Hex
 * Normal Attacks


 * End of round:
 * Every 3n-1 turns (2, 5, etc):
 * MS The one with high vitality...
 * Uses MS Death on the following round (against highest HP unit)
 * Uses an Absorb Quote and Elemental Quote
 * Every 4n-1 turns (3, 7, etc):
 * MS Regenerate Bones


 * Lich uses one of these at the end of every 4th turn of the current phase, alternating:

Thresholds P2

 * Pre-Emptive:
 * MS Silence Enfeeblement
 * MS Silencega
 * MS Wall of Bones
 * MS Surging Plague
 * MS The one with high vitality...
 * Ends Turn


 * 65%, 30%:
 * MS Wall of Bones
 * MS Surging Plague
 * Continues Turn


 * When Lich (Phase Two) is killed:
 * MS What is Undead May Never Die
 * Lich (Phase Three) starts his round with a pre-emptive

Attack Pattern P2

 * If hit with physical/magic Light element last turn:
 * MS Dark Cyclone
 * Continues Turn
 * Else:
 * MS Miasma (on odd turns)
 * Continues Turn


 * If MS Regenerate Bones was used on an earlier turn:
 * MS Undead Curse
 * Uses a Stat Absorb from Quote Box (based on previous warning)
 * Uses an Elemental Attack from Quote Box (based on previous warning)
 * Odd Turns: MS Bone Blast
 * Under 50% HP, every 4n-1 turns (3, 7, etc): Another MS Bone Blast
 * 1-5 uses: MS Bone Claws or MS Bone Hex
 * Normal Attacks


 * End of round:
 * Every 3n-1 turns (2, 5, etc):
 * MS The one with high vitality...
 * Uses MS Kill on the following round (against highest HP unit)
 * Uses an Absorb Quote and Elemental Quote
 * Every 4n-1 turns (3, 7, etc):
 * MS Regenerate Bones


 * Lich uses one of these at the end of every 4th turn of the current phase, alternating:

Thresholds P3

 * Pre-Emptive:
 * MS Silence Enfeeblement
 * MS Silencega
 * MS Wall of Bones
 * MS Surging Plague
 * MS The one with high vitality...
 * Ends Turn


 * 65%, 30%:
 * MS Wall of Bones
 * MS Surging Plague
 * MS Kill
 * Continues Turn

Attack Pattern P3

 * If hit with physical/magic Light element last turn:
 * MS Dark Cyclone
 * Continues Turn
 * Else:
 * MS Miasma
 * Continues Turn


 * If MS Regenerate Bones was used on an earlier turn:
 * MS Undead Curse
 * Uses a Stat Absorb from Quote Box (based on previous warning)
 * Uses an Elemental Attack from Quote Box (based on previous warning)
 * Every Turn: MS Bone Blast
 * Under 60% HP, every 3n-1 turns (2, 5, etc): Another MS Bone Blast
 * 1-5 uses: MS Bone Claws or MS Bone Hex
 * Normal Attacks


 * End of round:
 * Every 3n-1 turns (2, 5, etc):
 * MS The one with high vitality...
 * Uses MS Kill on the following round (against highest HP unit)
 * Uses an Absorb Quote and 2x Elemental Quote
 * Every 4n-1 turns (3, 7, etc):
 * MS Regenerate Bones


 * Lich uses one of these at the end of every 4th turn of the current phase, alternating:

Tips

 * See testimonials and discussions.
 * Spreadsheet that shows Lich's actions each turn
 * MS Silencega, MS Death, and MS Kill can be absorbed by Manufacted Nethicite and similar effects.
 * Lich must be killed three times. The fight gets harder each time he revives.
 * Lich will ambush with a silence that can't be prevented. This is used again throughout the fight as well.
 * Auto-Med from Phoenix 3* can passively cure silence on the equipped unit as long as Echo Herbs or Remedies are in the battle inventory. This will not fail the "No Items" mission.
 * If hit with Light element then the fire/ice/lightning imperil will be sealed, but Lich will retaliate with an AoE dark magic attack that inflicts stop and imperils dark.
 * All physical damage is single target only.
 * Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Non-Elemental fixed magic attacks are used throughout the fight.
 * Some of the non-elemental magic can be covered (as well as the retaliation). The rest of the magic will bypass cover.
 * Death (can resist) is used in Phase 1, and Kill (can't resist) is used in Phase 2 and 3.
 * Poison, disease, blind, and paralyze are also used (in addition to the silence).
 * Lich will periodically cure his breaks at the end of the round. Be sure to re-apply them when this happens.
 * If Lich is killed, his preemptive attacks will take priority over his normal rotation. This can be used to avoid his turn four dispel, assuming you can kill each form in four turns.

Example Strategy

 * Example Team used for clearing with all missions:
 * Sieghard Passive Provoke, High SPR
 * Lotus Mage Fina Phoenix with Auto-Med
 * Maritime Strategist Nichol High SPR
 * Loren High SPR, some Auto-Limit, Calamity Border
 * Mediena & friend Mediena High SPR, Undead Killer

Sieghard passive provokes the deaths. Needs to always have re-raise since not using Nethicite. Fina keeps re-raise on the tank, and heals and esunaga's the silence off the mages. Nichol keeps his buffs up and helps with mana regen. Loren breaks and uses calamity border when she has a free turn. Mediena's chain ice every round, along with Freeze for the imperil as needed.

Try and avoid pushing thresholds in phase three when death is going to land, that way you don't have to deal with more than one per turn. Be sure to avoid Light element in phase 2 and 3 unless your team has a way to deal with the MS Dark Cyclone retaliation.