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These are general tips for Storm Bringer, the 18-33 stage boss.
Unfortunately, this boss has little to no skill involved due to how the boss is designed, however. There is one Strat you may be able to use that may help you clear the stage. Further team comp ideas will also be named.
General information
Phase 1
Boss is simple, and has 2 phases. At phase 1, he has two memorable attack patterns, one is flying towards your screen and flying up (You do not want this happening as it is time loss) or a move where you have to destroy 3 red circles, if you don’t destroy the circles, One Nikke will mostly likely drop dead or will be severely injured. See image below for reference. It stops moving for a bit before either of the two moves, so reload your weapon or get your burst ready if needed. the circles are not that tanky, however you may be caught unprepared if you are in a middle of a reload animation.
Phase 2
Phase 2 happens when the boss drops below <56x hp. Instantly after going into phase 2, Storm bringer will charge up an attack, you are still able to attack him for a bit before getting punished as it takes awhile for him to charge up. When he’s about to attack, simply take cover. Storm bringer then just flies around for 30 seconds~.
After 30 seconds, the boss then does 2 sets of 3 breakable circles. if you fail the first set, the boss does a AoE damage wipe, having at least a sliver of blue cover here will help as it will block the entire attack if you fail. If either you fail or break the circles, it will then transition into its next attack set, if you fail the second one, it wipes two Nikke’s from the face of the earth or at least severely damages them, also pierces cover. After both of these attacks, boss flies towards you and up for a few moments. (Do note that when the boss flies towards you, it also fires missiles at you, do take cover if needed).
General Tips
The boss has destructible parts near the wing, destroying those will deal 4 1/2 bars of hp~.
When the boss flies towards your screen, it is possible to cancel or skip the animation if you drop it below <56x hp bars. The boss has a core, it is on its chest and it shines a faint purple, auto aim should be able to aim at the chest for you if enabled. Aim for the core when destructible parts have not spawned yet.
Destructible Respawn Tech
If you are able to find yourself with burst being ready from cooldown, and nearly have the 2 Destructible parts destroyed, it may be in your best interest to save your burst after the parts respawn, as destroying the destructible parts during respawn phase will have it instantly spawned again for a set time. This saves some time idly hitting the body while waiting for the parts to spawn again.
Possible team comps
Liter is essential in Storm bringer, as her ability to recover cover is vital for staying alive. Rapunzel is also a great sustain character, which is great for this stage as the boss doesn’t usually attack a single target for too long and the damage is spread out. Rupee for extra dps and two attackers of your choice.
Poli-cope team
Although, looking like a team that may not work, if you have 2 strong dps’s that hit hurt and fast (Scarlet, Modernia, Alice, etc), this team is viable. Poli’s damage share also help slightly for survivability. This team comp is focused on abusing respawn mechanic as Poli’s rather large attack boost with a 10 second timer. Her burst when timed with Boss destructible respawn will help ensure a faster time when destroying its destructible parts to enable instant spawning for the parts. The obvious downside is full burst is only available every 31 seconds with max liter CDR, you will need to solo burst liter occasionally. Use if you if this team gives higher CS than usual team/ High invested Poli.
Noise team
If you don’t have a Rapunzel, Noise also works as a good taunter and sustain team. However, noise may die fast if she’s not invested enough (skill levels). Rupee can be replaced with Centi if you have survivability issues.
Bro this boss wipes out all of my covers HP, so Naga doesn’t even work. i guess Liter is a must-have for this one
In challenge mode it doesn’t have destructible parts and the one attack pretty much destroys the entire team
Has anyone managed to beat it in challenge mode?
I got fairly close to beating the last challenge with Stormbringer. My setup was Noise, Marciana, Modernia, Jackal, Red Hood. Most of my Nikkes are level 5 with burst skills aside from which has all 3 skills maxed. Modernia. Noise, Modernia and Jackal are all top tier gear. But was on the last brick of health before time ran out. And at level 267 for all my Nikkes. This boss is pretty rough in comparison to the rest. Hope this helps for the last day for anyone who hasn’t beaten it yet.
I also forgot to mention, Noise is the only 3 star+1. Modernia, Jackal and Red Hood are all 2 star. *Update, upgraded red hoods burst 3 skill to 7. Finally beat the last stage for Stormbringer with 20 seconds to spare. Best of luck all.
For final challenge mode, I ran liter, crown, modernia, red hood, and rapunzal.
I used burst after the initial red circles,
modernia dies after and rapunzal revive.
then, I just let it auto after.
I used Liter, Crown, Red Hood, Black scarlet, Rapunzel.
This boss will attack your strongest attack unit first (From observations). My red hood would be too low by the time the 2nd burst came up so i used black scarlet bursts first to raise her attack and then she would split the damage from the boss in the beginning instead of red hood just tanking all of it.
From then on, its just praying and timing your burst right cause idk what determines how much the AOE attack does but i was just timing the burst to get the blue hp and pray that it doesn’t kill anyone.
Also sometimes I just face tank the gunshots instead of my cover just getting blown up. I have no idea why this boss is so cracked with bad design along with material h. Good luck if you don’t have meta units cause this boss is total dog ****.
I don’t know what this guide says but if it reflects the story mode storm bringer (which was also ass at the time when it was released). Its very different from the challenge storm bringer, in that: it doesn’t fly over your head and just damage you (Thankfully), and bombard you with missiles (Also thankfully).
I managed to finish it on challenge mode with Red Hood, Crown, Rapunzel PG, Cinderella, and Marciana. That took some trial and error homies.
Man I suck at all 1-7 and 1-5 stages. Even knowing what to do, my timing is off