Talk:Pit of Chains/New Trial of the Vengeful

Different strategy to beat anima
Ok so short version of this is I kept trying the suggested build without any luck and most people are not really talking about alternate strategies for beating it. I ended up going a slightly different route and linked to my build for this. Yes I have some STMR's in there. you probably have your own that make up for this in other ways.

I used Beryl for magic cover all. 100% resist to all elements Anima produces. When cover was still in place used him to break attacks or his limit burst to break it.

I tried WOL and Esther for Provoke evade tanks, but that seemed useles to me since Anima ignored it anyways. I also tried Maritime Strategist Nichol. He could buff and debuff, but was not very versatile enough for me. I instead brought healers with some side effects. Lotus mage was geared to limit burst, but also defense to help against Chain of Gold. When not reraising she casted Divine veil and whatever was needed at the time.

Aerith's were then used in a similiar way of keep reraise on everyone, dispelling Anima, buffing with Planet Protector and Fury Boost, or healing, reraise, dispel, Stop Detach.

Elena I found actually did the most damage. Make sure she has one 2 handed setup instead of mine. Probably will do more damage faster. I brought a guest Elena who had similar strength and magic. Both need to be high and spammed Luminous Enervation with Blade of the Heavens and chaining together.

Important notes: Dispel immediately after Anima powers up, and break her if you can. That should minimize the Chain of Gold damage and if by chance Beryl dies, you could make it a round without the party dying. Ideally keep your party buffed too.

who ever ends up with Endless Dark Lunacy, use dual white magic to dispel Anima then the unit affected.

Here was my build https://ffbeEquip.com/builder.html?server=GL#2f5814a0-2f67-11ea-9017-9d2369e0739c

Zombie & LM Fina
Here's a neat little trick for recovering your zombified team member with LM Fina. W-cast Prime Heal + Reverse Hearts. The heal will kill them and reverse hearts will bring them straight back up to full health!

Since your highest ATK unit will be the zombie, make sure you get your attacks in first with your zombie, then let Fina do her thing.