Brands of Sin: Sloth

Brands of Sin

Brands

Stages

Kikuri-Hime (Stage 1~5)

Stage 1-3

Wave 1

Raijuu	Cu Sith

Resistances
Raijuu	-	-	-	Rs	Wk	-	-
Cu Sith	-	-	-	-	-	Nu	-
Battle Speed			?

Wave 2

Black Ooze	Raijuu

Resistances
Black Ooze	Rs	-	-	Wk	-	Wk	Nu
Raijuu	-	-	-	Rs	Wk	-	-
Battle Speed			?

Boss

Kikuri-Hime

Resistances
Kikuri-Hime	-	-	-	Wk	Nu	-	Wk
Battle Speed			?

Stage 4~5

Wave 1

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Incubus	-	-	-	Weak	Resist	-	-
Marin Karin, Mudoon, Zan, ---
Black Ooze	Resist	-	-	Weak	-	Weak	Null
Ju, Poisma, Charm Bite, ---
Blob	Resist	-	Weak	-	-	Weak	Null
Poisma, Zan, Mazan, ---

Wave 2

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Mermaid	-	-	Resist	Weak	Resist	-	-
Ice Breath, Wind Breath, Media, ---
Black Ooze	Resist	-	-	Weak	-	Weak	Null
Ju, Poisma, Charm Bite, ---
Blob	Resist	-	Weak	-	-	Weak	Null
Poisma, Zan, Mazan, ---

Wave 3

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Mermaid	-	-	Resist	Weak	Resist	-	-
Ice Breath, Wind Breath, Media, ---
Kikuri-Hime (Boss)	-	-	-	Weak	Null	-	Weak
Redia, Maragion, Marin Karion, ---
Black Ooze	Resist	-	-	Weak	-	Weak	Null
Ju, Poisma, Charm Bite, ---

Trumpeter (Stage 6~9)

Stage 6~7

Wave 1

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Black Ooze	Resist	-	-	Weak	-	Weak	Null
Ju, Poisma, Charm Bite, Disturbance
Silky	-	Weak	Null	-	-	-	-
Meweakdi, Null Weak, Bufudyne, Mediara
Mad Gasser	-	-	-	-	-	Weak	Resist
Mapoisma, Poison Pursuit, Mudodyne, Hellish Mask

Wave 2

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Shiki-Ouji	Null	Weak	Weak	-	-	Resist	Resist
Resist Mute, Hama, Mudo, Dekaja
Silky	-	Weak	Null	-	-	-	-
Meweakdi, Null Weak, Bufudyne, Mediara
Mad Gasser	-	-	-	-	-	Weak	Resist
Mapoisma, Poison Pursuit, Mudodyne, Hellish Mask

Wave 3

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Shiki-Ouji	Null	Weak	Weak	-	-	Resist	Resist
Resist Mute, Hama, Mudo, Dekaja
Silky	-	Weak	Null	-	-	-	-
Meweakdi, Null Weak, Bufudyne, Mediara
Trumpeter	-	-	-	-	-	Null	Null
Concentrate, Soul Drain, Apocalypse, Mamakajaon

Stage 8~9

Wave 1

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Shiki-Ouji	Null	Weak	Weak	-	-	Resist	Resist
Resist Mute, Hama, Mudo, Dekaja, Mamarin Karion
Lilim	-	-	Weak	-	Null	-	-
Resist Charm, Mazanma, Marin Karin, Spirit Drain, Mamarin Karion
Lailah	-	-	-	Weak	Resist	Null	Weak
Mediara, Light Boost, Mahamaon, Makajamaon, Mamarin Karion
Battle Speed (10000 / 11234)

Wave 2

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Dakini	Resist	Drain	Weak	-	-	-	-
Barrier Break, Agilao, Berserker God, Poismaon, Mamarin Karion
Lilim	-	-	Weak	-	Null	-	-
Resist Charm, Mazanma, Marin Karin, Spirit Drain, Mamarin Karion
Lailah	-	-	-	Weak	Resist	Null	Weak
Mediara, Light Boost, Mahamaon, Makajamaon, Mamarin Karion
Battle Speed (10967 / 12300)

Wave 3

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Dakini (2.1k HP / 2.3k HP)	Resist	Drain	Weak	-	-	-	-
Barrier Break, Agilao, Berserker God, Poismaon, Mamarin Karion
Lilim (1.9k HP / 2.1k HP)	-	-	Weak	-	Null	-	-
Resist Charm, Mazanma, Marin Karin, Spirit Drain, Mamarin Karion
Trumpeter (3.5k HP / 4k HP)	-	-	-	-	-	Null	Null
Concentrate, Mad King, Apocalypse, Mamakajaon, Ceaseless Mute, Mamarin Karion
Battle Speed (13134 / 14734)

• A Ward Brand Set is mandatory as this stage is full of status ailment users.
• Try to finish each battle within 3 turns before Auto Barrier wears off.
• Trumpeter will combo Concentrate with Apocalypse, so be wary of how much damage it can do. Apocalypse can also mute your entire party, so bring Phys attackers.
• Recommended Demons: 3★ Ose, 3★ Horus, 4★ Sandalphon, 5★ Surt, 5★ Vishnu, 5★ Yoshitsune

Lucifer (Stage 10)

Wave 1

Girimekhala	Isis	Lilim

Resistances
Girimekhala	Rp	-	-	Wk	Wk	Wk	Rs
Isis	-	Rs	-	Nu	-	-	-
Lilim	-	-	Wk	-	Nu	-	-
Battle Speed			16,000

Wave 2

Skadi	Girimekhala	Isis

Resistances
Skadi	-	Wk	Dr	-	-	-	-
Girimekhala	Rp	-	-	Wk	Wk	Wk	Rs
Isis	-	Rs	-	Nu	-	-	-
Battle Speed			16,933

Wave 3

Skadi	Lucifer	Girimekhala

Resistances
Skadi	-	Wk	Dr	-	-	-	-
Lucifer	Rs	-	-	-	-	Wk	Rp
Girimekhala	Rp	-	-	Wk	Wk	Wk	Rs
Battle Speed			16,733

Auto-Battle Party

Explanation

• Almost all of the demons in this node are weak to Light. The goal is to go first, and get your demons to spam Hama to get extra press turns and easily kill the demons. They all need the Ward set because without it, they will get statused when it's the enemy's turn to act. There's a timer of 3 turns per wave that you need to hit, and the timer for the last wave is a lot shorter due to Lucifer being a threat with Morning Star and Megidolaon spam.

Demons:

• Sleipnir is used because of innate Light Boost + Speedster as well as access to Mahamaon.
• Horus is used because of high Agility + Light Boost on awakening.
• Sandalphon is used because of Null Dark that saves us a Resist Dark transfer on Horus, as well as having access to Hamadyne and Hamamaon.
• Mermaid is used because she's the most budget Infinite Chakra user - Tsukuyomi/ Prometheus are too slow and do not have two free slots for Light magic.

Example Party

Sweeper 1	Sweeper 2	Sweeper 3	Sweeper 4
Sleipnir	Horus	Mermaid	Sandalphon
Resist Fire	Hama	Hamaon	Light Boost
Hama		Mahama	Hama

• Battle Speed should be 17,000+. MATK should be 1,100+.
• Light Boost can be dropped if you feel that you have enough MATK to kill the waves within 3 turns without dying. Alternatively, take Light Boost if you're lacking in damage.
• Alternatives include: Red Kushinada, Red Feng Huang, Purple Kresnik, Red Lailah
• Purple Mastema is an extremely powerful Light element attacker. It's overkill, but if you do happen to have access to a Mastema of any archetype, use it.
• Brands should be Divine + Ward, prioritize MATK then Speed. You can take Hama instead of Hamaon on Mermaid if you run Spell Brands.
• Judgement Light can work as better replacement of Hama when the Dx2 is Eileen due to her skills Fragant Lily, Lucky Press II, Post Script and Happy Ending. However, getting Judgement Light and leveling it tends to be uncommon and difficult.
• Mana Aid is a skill that sometimes appears as a featured Skill Extraction skill. It's not very useful in general, but this is one of the few situations in which it comes in handy - one of the common ways to lose this fight when auto-battling is to run out of MP just before the Lucifer fight and be unable to kill him before dying to Almighty spells.

Videos of clears:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZkBU5jZXY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbzDK8HJaNc

Additional discussion:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Dx2SMTLiberation/comments/9hartm/sloth_10_auto_f2p_friendly/

Lucifer (Stage 11)

Wave 1

Rangda	Loki	Rakshasa

Resistances
Rangda	Rp	-	-	Wk	-	-	-
Loki	-	-	Nu	-	Rs	Wk	Rs
Rakshasa	Rs	-	-	Wk	-	Wk	-
Battle Speed			18300

Wave 2

Rakshasa	Loki	Beiji-Weng

Resistances
Rakshasa	Rs	-	-	Wk	-	Wk	-
Loki	-	-	Nu	-	Rs	Wk	Rs
Beiji-Weng	-	Wk	Nu	-	-	Rs	-
Battle Speed			18766

Wave 3

Succubus	Lucifer	Kudlak

Resistances
Succubus	-	Rs	Nu	-	-	Wk	-
Lucifer	Rs	-	-	-	-	Wk	Rp
Kudlak	-	Rs	-	-	-	Wk	Nu
Battle Speed			18266

Auto-Battle Party

Ailment Cleanse	5Elements	Light Damage	Light Damage
Daisoujou	Huang Long	Mastema	Metatron
Hamaon L	Endure
Prayer	Samrecarm	Light Boost	Light Boost

Explanation

• As the enemies use Auto Ailment Skills and Auto-Barrier Break, an Ailment cleanse is needed.
  • Daisoujou is the best ailment cleanser, but Kinmamon with Prayer and Divine brands can work too. Silent Prayer can work for manual play, but the AI can use up its MP and not be able to cast it when needed.
• Huang Long is needed to Repel incoming Spells, should you not kill each wave Turn 1. Recommended Speedster to hit speed needed to go first.
  • If you have a lot of damage, you can substitute HL with another Light Attacker to kill everything Turn 1.
• The last two slots are Light Attackers. Mastema and Red Metatron are the most used, though others such as Lailah or Uriel can work.
  • Mastema can use Spell Brands if maxed Trial of Hate
  • Metatron can use Spell Brands due to Infinite Chakra

Example Party

Nirvash

Ailment Cleanse	5Elements	Damage	Damage
Kinmamon	Huang Long	Mastema	Metatron
Hama	Endure	Mana Aid	Back Attack
Prayer	Samrecarm	Light Boost	Light Boost

• Mastema unmaxed ToH, Divine Brands, 1700Matk
• HL Speed & Divine Brands, 1.8k HP
• Kinmamon Divine Brands, 1.9k HP
• Meta Divine Brands 1.5k Matk

Urabe

Ailment Cleanse	5Elements	Damage	Damage
Daisoujou	Huang Long	Mastema	Metatron
Auto-Tarunda	Speedster	Mana Aid	Back Attack
Hama	Tarunda	Resist Fire	Light Boost

Party Explanation

• Daisoujou
  • He can be Teal Or Purple
  • Divine brand and Lead Brand
  • Cleansing Shout MUST BE level 4, you can use it always
  • Why Auto-Tarunda? He borns as Red but I change it because the AI only used Mahamadyne
• Huang Long
  • Teal to focuse it on cast Five Elements
  • Why Tarunda? He is reused from Deceit 10
  • Divine brand
• Mastema
  • He must have Resist fire because Lucifer has Trisagion
  • Spell brand
  • Mana Aid for Trial of Hate spam
  • Trial of Hate MUST BE level 6, two uses per wave
  • Panel 1 unlocked for extra damage
  • 1.7k Matk
• Metatron
  • Divine brand, extra uses of Mahamadyne
  • 1.4k Matk

Fight Explanation

Daisoujou attacks first (lead brand) using Hama giving you an extra turn, this is essential for a constant use of Five Elements because Huang Long going to have 2 turn, Mastema and Metatron kill everyting on turn 1 in the first wave. In the second wave Beiji-Weng survives but he is not a real problem. Metatron need Divine brand to spamming Mahamadyne 2 waves and sometimes in the last wave. This alignment have a really hight percent of success.

• Extra tips
  • No select a support demon
  • Use Kangaroo Boxer or Chalk Eater as Dx2 for extra damage
  • On Auto Quest Settings check *Auto select Cheer in Battle Assists
  • On Auto Quest Settings uncheck *Auto Select an available Support Demon

Lucifer (Stage 12)

Wave 1

Rangda	Loki	Rakshasa

Resistances
Rangda	Rp	-	-	Wk	-	-	-
Loki	-	-	Nu	-	Rs	Wk	Rs
Rakshasa	Rs	-	-	Wk	-	Wk	-
Battle Speed			18300

Wave 2

Rakshasa	Loki	Beiji-Weng

Resistances
Rakshasa	Rs	-	-	Wk	-	Wk	-
Loki	-	-	Nu	-	Rs	Wk	Rs
Beiji-Weng	-	Wk	Nu	-	-	Rs	-
Battle Speed			18766

Wave 3

Succubus	Lucifer	Kudlak

Resistances
Succubus	-	Rs	Nu	-	-	Wk	-
Lucifer	Rs	-	-	-	-	Wk	Rp
Kudlak	-	Rs	-	-	-	Wk	Nu
Battle Speed			18533

Explanation

• Same as S11, but with beefier demons

Example Party

The parties to use are the same as Sloth 11, but maybe a bit stronger/ better brands.

Fast Clear End Game Party

Daisoujou Skills Mana Aid Speedster Brands Divine or Life, Speed Requirements -

Masakado A Skills Mana Aid Speedster Brands Divine, Speed Requirements -

Zaou-Gongen Skills Auto-Rebellion Phys Amp Brands Divine or War, Lead Requirements P3

Yoshitsune Skills Epitome of Carnage Butcher Brands War Requirements >=P2

• Fast, consistent clears requires a good support demon, like another paneled Yoshitsune
• You can remove Speedster and Speed brands as long as you hit the BS>=18766
• If you don't run Mana Aid use Divine brands, if you do you can use another set like Life on Daisoujou, or War on Masakado A
• Divine on Zaou-Gongen so he can use God's Hand turn 1 on last wave. War brands are also viable; it shouldn't matter too much.
• If you have no Auto-Rebellion you can use the Savage Glee and Epitome of Carnage combo, and hope Zaou-Gongen crits in the 1st or 2nd wave
• Yoshitsune is the real damage dealer, so give him some good PATK brands

The rundown:

• 1st turn: Mahamadyne - Kuyo Flash - Herc Strike - Vorpal Blade
• 2nd turn: Mahamadyne - Kuyo Flash - Herc Strike - Vorpal Blade
• 3rd turn: Cleansing Shout - Kuyo Flash - Herc Strike - Vorpal Blade - Vorpal/HT - Mahamadyne - Myriad Arrows - God's Hand - HT - HT

By the end of your turn Lucifer should be dead

Patfast's Party

Mahamayuri Skills Epitome of Hardiness Force Survivor Brands Life, Lost x2 Requirements -

Huang Long Skills Mana Surge Mana Aid Brands Divine, Speed Requirements -

Zaou-Gongen Skills Auto-Rebellion Phys Amp Brands Lead x2, Destruct Requirements P3

Yoshitsune Skills Butcher Death Blow Brands War, Destruct x2 Requirements >=P2

• Mahamayuri makes this stage extremely easy because, not only does Blossoming Cyclone heal most of the damage done by Lucifer, but Kujaku Myo-o automatically cleanses your team at the start of your turn for free, regardless of team order. This allows you to let Huang Long to go first and cast Five Elements without having to worry about losing 2 press turns due to status ailments.
• Basic turn order is as follows: Five Elements -> Herculean Strike -> Hassou Tobi -> Blossoming Cyclone. Kongo Zaou will allow everyone's basic attack to pierce, and Zaou-Gongen's P3 will allow you to crit-pass back to Huang Long so that he has enough MP to cast Five Elements the next turn. Lather, rinse, repeat.
• Yoshitsune's gonna be your main DPS here, so give him the best brands and transfers possible. If you don't have Death Blow, you could also give him Phys Boost, Epitome of Carnage, or Phys Survivor, since all of those increase his phys damage by 15%.
• Since Hassou Tobi pierces innately, you could probably get away with swapping out Zaou-Gongen for Hell Biker if you don't have a fully paneled Zaou-Gongen at your disposal. However, Zaou-Gongen has the bonus of repelling fire, and Lucifer does not have fire pierce for his Trisagion. Just make sure you have a way of taking down Rangda since she repels physical attacks.
• If you have him unlocked and at level 50, I would STRONGLY recommend playing as Vince for this stage. Not only does he boost the strength of physical demons and their critical hits, but he also has a chance of casting tarukaja and sukukaja at the start of your turn. Additionally, he has a chance to cast rakunda when your demons enter a state of Might (which is every turn thanks to Zaou's P3), as well as a chance to cast sukukaja and sukunda upon landing a critical hit.

Lucifer (Stage 13)

Wave 1

Ym	Girimekhala	Gurr

Resistances
Ym	-	-	Nu	-	Wk	-	Rs
Girimekhala	Rp	-	-	Wk	Wk	Wk	Rs
Gurr	Wk	-	-	-	Nu	Wk	-
Battle Speed			24.066

Wave 2

Gurr	Girimekhala	Odin

Resistances
Gurr	Wk	-	-	-	Nu	Wk	-
Girimekhala	Rp	-	-	Wk	Wk	Wk	Rs
Odin	-	-	Rs	Rp	Wk	Rs	Rs
Battle Speed			23.966

Wave 3

Succubus	Lucifer	Kudlak

Resistances
Succubus	-	Rs	Nu	-	-	Wk	-
Lucifer	Rs	-	-	-	-	Wk	Rp
Kudlak	-	Rs	-	-	-	Wk	Nu
Battle Speed			18.733

Explanation

• In addition to enemies being considerably beefier than the ones in Sloth 12, all demons (except Succubus and Kudlak in the boss wave) have Phys Reduction+, which will reduce all Phys (not to be confused with Physical) damage by 80%, making most unga bunga phys attackers largely useless.
• Wave 1 and 2 have Gurr, a demon weak to Phys. He exists to bait Lakshmi A into regular attacks instead of using Virtuous Prosperity. Be careful when using her, as she may end up not reaching boost level 1 in time for the Boss wave.

Example Party

Auto Party

Cyberknight's Semi-expensive Auto-Party

Huang Long Skills - - Brands Divine, Speed Requirements -

Mahamayuri Skills - - Brands Hasty, Speed Requirements -

Erlkonig Skills Resist Fire - Brands Life+Heal, 2xHeal Requirements -

Seraph Skills Resist Ice - Brands Spell, Shield Requirements -

• Huang Long blocks magical attacks. Purple is better, as it has Speedster, but it can be of any Archetype except Yellow, as its A.I. tends to waste time performing ineffective Normal physical attacks to save MP for Luster Candy instead of casting Five Elements, opening the whole Party's defences to Lucifer's Magical attacks.
• Mahamayuri cleanses ailments at the beginning of the turn without wasting Press Turns. He can be of any Archetype, but Teal covers his Weakness (transfer Resist Elec or Null Elec if not Teal, as Odin has Bolt Storm).
• Erlkonig heals the whole party without wasting Press Turns. He could be of any Archetype. Resist Fire (or Null Fire) is mandatory, as Lucifer has Trisagion.
• Seraph does most of the damage. It can be replaced by any other magical attacker, preferably with Light Skills to exploit Lucifer's Light Weakness.

The only non-fusable Demons in this Party are Seraph (but he's technically free from Democalypse) and Mahamayuri, but he could be replaced (e.g., Daisoujou with Lead Brands to cast Cleansing Shout before any Charmed or Bound team member would have a chance to waste Press Turns), so it's reasonably cheap to build.

Huang Long is the only mandatory Demon in this Party build, as Five Elements is one of few skills that can set up Repel Almighty Magic.

• Alternatively, Aniel's God's Grace auto-casts it if your team has 3 Herald/Divine demons.
• Lakshmi A's Virtuous Prosperity can cast it at Boost Level 2, but the Gurr in waves 1 and 2 can cause her to not reach that boost level by the boss wave.
• Indrajit's Lord of Clouds requires a kill for each cast, so it's unfit for this.

Except for Passives to cover Weaknesses, no Skills are mandatory, but some may make things easier:

• Evade (or even Dodge) may be transferred to raise the chances of the enemies missing physical attacks. Although that's not necessary, as Erlkonig is more than enough to heal the whole party throughout the battle, it speeds up farming.
• Speedster may be necessary to reach the required Battle Speed. Only the last wave's Battle Speed must be reached, so Huang Long's Five Elements is up against Lucifer.