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{{Event
|name = Sorcerer's Trials
|season = 14
|start = July 25, 2024
|end = September 19, 2024
}}

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==Trial 35 - "New Great Serpent"==

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Wood}} Chaotic Will Yakumo (110,871 HP)

{{Icon|Allies}} '''Team Recommendations'''
* You need at least one guardian for the star requirements.
* Only 3 DPS will be needed; any more may not do any damage due to the mechanics. Avoid buffers that cause damage for this fight.

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
* Yakumo will take 33% less damage each time he is attacked, so try to attack with your strongest units first. This means only 3 units will be able to do damage.
* You will take 10% more turn-by-turn damage each turn, so try to finish the fight quickly!
* If any unit dies, your entire party will be wiped, so be prepared.

* On turn 0: Yakumo will inflict permanent bleed damage on the party.

* End of turn 5: Yakumo will use an AoE ultimate.
* On turn 6: Taunt with your guardian here!
* End of turn 6: Your healer (or guardian, preferably) is silenced (4t) and healing is reduced by 25% permanently.
* On turn 8: Yakumo needs to be hit 3 times to avoid his ultimate.
** This will damage your party by 40% of Yakumo's max HP so be sure to be healed up!
* End of turn 8: Yakumo will kill the party if the ultimate wasn't interrupted.
* End of turn 9: Yakumo will use another AoE ultimate.

* This all repeats at the end of turn 10 in the above order (every 5 turns).

==Trial 40 - "Olivine's Target Practice"==

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Fire}} Adverse Existence Olivine (205,632 HP)

{{Icon|Allies}} '''Team Recommendations'''
* No guardians, and make sure to have a good healer!
* Quick ultimate users are very recommended.
* 4 DPS will reduce Olivine's attack fully, but may not be required if you can manage healing.

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
* Olivine will rotate a stance every 4 turns. This is random so try to pay attention to which one!

* At the beginning of the fight, certain types of attacks will harm you in the following ways:
** Basic Attacks: damage self 4% HP, reduce healing by 8%.
** Guarding: damage self 5% HP, reduce healing by 8%.
** Ultimates: reduce healing reduction stacks by 2.

* On turn 0: Olivine starts with Quick Attack on turn 1 even though this isn't written, but he will follow that same pattern. It will be random afterward.

* Quick Attack Stance
** End of turn 1: Slots 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be hit 3x each with a small attack.
** End of turn 2: Slots 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be hit 3x each with a small attack. The unit with the highest attack will also be taunted (2t).
** End of turn 3: The taunted unit will be hit with a strong ultimate and deal 50% less damage for 2 turns.

* Focused Stance
** End of turn 1: Olivine raises his own attack by 100%. Every ult used on him will reduce his damage by 25%.
** On turn 2: Use 4 ultimates if possible!
** End of turn 2: The unit with the lowest max HP will be hit with an ultimate. They will also take 20% more damage and 15% less healing.
** End of turn 3: Olivine uses another ultimate here.

* Scatter Stance
** End of turn 1: The healer will be hit with an ultimate.
** End of turn 2: Olivine will take 100% more damage, but his ultimates will deal 100% more damage!
** End of turn 3: Olivine will use an AoE ultimate here.

==Trial 45 - "Topper is Life"==

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Light}} Forest Protector Topper (230,494 HP)

{{Icon|Allies}} '''Team Recommendations'''
* Be sure to have an extremely good healer!

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
* Topper has thresholds of 50% and 25%. Each time he will gain an additional 25% shield, so be prepared. He will continue with his other attacks as normal, so be especially careful of his charging attack on turn 7/13/19/etc!

* Topper begins with 25% max HP shield. You want to try to remove this to do damage.

* End of turn 2: Topper will damage the party for 90% max HP damage.
* End turn 3: Topper will provide a special service here:
** A taunted unit: A unit will be taunted, and that unit will take 75% less damage for a turn and deal 25% more damage for 4 turns if they attack. Their guarding will be rendered useless for 2 turns if they guard as well.
** All other units: Every attack will cause the party to do 25% less damage which will be permanent until Topper removes it himself.
* On turn 4: Because of the above, guard with non-taunted units, and attack with the taunted one!
* End of turn 4: The taunted unit will be hit 10x with an ultimate. All units will be inflicted with a status that will paralyze them if their guard is removed.
* On turn 5: DO NOT GUARD. Just attack!
* End of turn 5: Everyone will be hit with an ultimate.
* On turn 6: DO NOT GUARD again. Attack.
* On turn 7: Use your ultimates or strongest attacks here to remove Topper's shield.
* End of turn 7: If Topper still has a shield here, your party will die. Otherwise, Topper will be stunned.

* The above begins to loop on turn 8.

==Trial 50 - "Edmond's Investigation"==

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Fire}} Fulfilling Duty Edmond (468,906 HP)

{{Icon|Allies}} '''Team Recommendations'''
* A guardian for the requirements, in a slot other than 3.

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
{{Quote|The plan has three stages.
First stage: the ally in position 3 must not do any major actions, to avoid alarming the Warden.
If you make the Warden suspicious, the plan will fail.
Second and third stages: the Warden will focus on the ally with the lowest HP and the two allies with the highest HP for two consecutive turns.
Third stage: pay attention to the action order to quickly complete the plan.}}

* At the beginning of the battle: Slot 3 will be granted a shield, and they must try to stay above 99% HP or else they cannot be healed. Guard with this slot to increase the shield!
** Note you should use this unit FIRST each turn to take less damage from the counterattacks.
** Guardians must actively use guard, it does not count if you attack and it auto guards after!
* Every attack on Edmond will cause him to counterattack slot 3.
* On turn 6: Edmond will grant a special status on everyone. For this turn, Slot 3 should avoid guarding to prevent paralysis for 2 turns.  Instead, slots 1/2/4/5 should guard to make them take 25% less damage.
** If you use a guardian that auto guards after an attack, your guard stance may be removed the following turn, paralyzing you unless you used a guardian with paralysis immunity.
** This repeats every 4 turns (10, 14, 18, etc) until the next phase is reached.

* When Edmond reaches 50% HP: the above statuses will be removed. You will no longer gain shields our be counterattacked.
* On turn 5: Use your guardian here, or guard your lowest HP unit.
** At the end of turn 5: your lowest HP unit will be hit with a strong ultimate, preventing them from healing for the next turn.
** This repeats every 4 turns (9, 13, 17, etc), and carries over into the next phase.
* At the end of turn 6: Slots 1 and 2 will be damaged.
** This repeats every 4 turns (10, 14, 18, etc).

* When Edmond reaches 25% HP: each attack on Edmond will make him take 25% less damage. Be sure to attack with your strongest units first to maximize damage. He will also heal himself 5% each turn.
** The above phase attacks will repeat here as well.

* Note that if you reach any thresholds during Edmond's regular attacks, he will stay HP-locked until after the skills are completed.

===Trial SP1 - "Edmond's Investigation"===

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Fire}} Fulfilling Duty Edmond (984,994 HP)

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
* This fight is similar to the above, but more HP!

==Trial 55 - "Rei's Slime Research"==

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Wood}} Mad Experiment Rei (139,665 HP)
* {{Element|Water}} Distressed Dream Slime (105,558 HP)
* {{Element|Dark}} Worried Dream Slime (105,558 HP)
* {{Element|Wood}} Excited Dream Slime (105,558 HP)
* {{Element|Light}} Agitated Dream Slime (114,363 HP)

{{Icon|Allies}} '''Team Recommendations'''
* At least 3 DPS that you can control well and a good healer.
** Buffers may be avoided if you want to control your damage.
* No AoE to avoid hitting Rei unless your healer can fix the damage.
* Avoid units like SSR Kuya so you can still heal Rei (no anti-recovery units).

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
{{Quote|At the start of battle, party allies gain the ability to heal Rei, but the healing effect will decrease with every turn.
Dream Slimes gain a shield upon attacking. Aside from dispelling their shields, you must also control the damage dealt to the slimes.
Pay attention: after certain turns, Rei will change the hardness of the slimes. Keep an eye on the state of the slimes.}}

* Your goal is to kill the slimes while keeping Rei alive. Your healer can heal Rei!
* Every attack by the slimes will make them gain a shield. Every attack by your party will lessen the effect.
* Water, Dark, and Wood will need to be damaged within a particular range (5% - 15%).
** Your damage should be somewhere within 5,278 HP and 15,833 HP.
** If you fail to meet this range, they will attack in different ways. If you aren't having trouble with this, you can ignore this feature and attack at will.

* Note Water does not have special attacks, but it will focus on your healer and debuff their attack.

* On turn 1: You can't do damage, but you can lessen the shield effects by hitting the Water, Dark, and Wood.
* At the end of turn 1: Water takes 30% less damage; Dark and Wood take 50% more damage.
** This repeats every 10 turns (11/21/31/etc).
* At the end of turn 3: Wood will use an AoE ultimate.
** This repeats every 2 turns (5/7/9/etc).
* At the end of turn 4: Water and Wood take 30% less damage; Dark takes 50% more damage.
** This repeats every 10 turns (14/24/34/etc).
* At the end of turn 4: Dark will use a strong attack on a single target.
** This repeats every 3 turns (7/10/13/etc).
* At the end of turn 6: Light will heal the other slimes.
** This repeats every 5 turns (11/16/21/etc).
* At the end of turn 7: Wood takes 30% less damage; Water and Dark take 50% more damage.
** This repeats every 10 turns (17/27/37/etc).

* You can kill the slimes in any order, but they will gain 30% attack power each time one is killed, so try to kill them around the same time if you can't handle the damage.
** If you do want to kill the slimes at different times, focus on Wood > Dark > Light > Water.

===Trial SP2 - "Rei's Slime Research"===

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Wood}} Mad Experiment Rei (260,550HP)
* {{Element|Water}} Distressed Dream Slime (196,922 HP)
* {{Element|Dark}} Worried Dream Slime (196,922 HP)
* {{Element|Wood}} Excited Dream Slime (196,922 HP)
* {{Element|Light}} Agitated Dream Slime (213,348 HP)

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
* This fight is similar to the above, but more HP!
* Note your HP damage range for the slimes is 9,946 HP to 29,538 HP.

 
==Trial 60 - "Dante vs. Duke"==

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Dark}} Upholding Justice Dante (585,796 HP)
* {{Element|Water}} Brutal Power Duke (700,846 HP)

{{Icon|Allies}} '''Team Recommendations'''
* No guardian for the requirement.
* Put your highest attack power unit in slot 3, or your buffer.
* Units that can attack are better here, so you might even forgo a buffer if it does not attack. You need AT LEAST 3 DPS!

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
{{Quote|Duke will reflect essence when attack. The character in the middle is relatively safe.
After certain turns, Duke will lock on to Dante for an attack. The damage Dante receives from attacks will gradually decrease. Try to to avoid irreversible consequences.
Also, keep in mind that an excessive shield value can lead to suffering strong attacks from Dante when the team faces him.}}

* You want to mostly focus on Duke, only hitting Dante when forced. You do not want to kill Dante!
* Hitting Duke will cause counterattacks on the entire party. Additional damage from Basic attacks on Duke will counterattack on slots 2/4, and Ultimates will counterattack on slots 1/5.

* On turn 2: DO NOT GUARD or your party will be wiped. Dante will have taunted, so you must attack him this turn.
** Try to hit with your weakest units first to avoid doing much damage. Your slot 3 will do the most damage, so use it last.
** At the end of the turn: Dante will use a small AoE and attack Duke.
* On turn 5: The above repeats.
* On turn 6: Unleash all your ultimate attacks on Dante. Make sure these are strong enough to deplete his shield each time! You will also want to full heal if possible.
** If you are doing too much damage on Dante, once you have gotten rid of his shield, hit Duke instead even though this will cause you to take more damage the following turn.
* At the end of turn 6: Dante will use a strong AoE on the party.
** If Dante has any shield you will be wiped this turn, or if your shield is too large.
** Dante will heal, and Duke will reduce your party's healing and recovery rate for 3 turns. Be careful of Duke's counterattacks during this period if your healer isn't up to the job!
* At the end of turn 7: Dante will use a small AoE and attack Duke.
* The above all loops once this turn is completed.

* When Duke is defeated, Dante will leave. If Dante is defeated, you will lose the fight, so be careful!

===Trial SP3 - "Dante vs. Duke"===

{{Icon|Slime}} '''Enemies'''
* {{Element|Dark}} Upholding Justice Dante (944,024 HP)
* {{Element|Water}} Brutal Power Duke (1,129,430 HP)

{{Icon|Deed}} '''Stage Tips'''
* This fight is similar to the above, but more HP!