Brands of Sin: Deceit

Brands of Sin

Brands of Deceit

Wu Kong (Stage 1~5)

Stage 4~5

Wave 1

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Yomotsu-Shikome	-	Weak	-	-	-	Weak	Resist
Tarunda, Toxic Sting, Bufula, —
Oni	-	-	-	Weak	-	-	-
Tetra Break, Maragi, Vajra Blast, —
Pisaca	-	Weak	-	-	Null	Weak	Resist
Mamudo, Charm Bite, Life Drain, —

Wave 2

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Zouchouten	-	Null	Weak	-	-	Resist	-
Rakukaja, Vajra Blast, Agilao, —
Oni	-	-	-	Weak	-	-	-
Tetra Break, Maragi, Vajra Blast, —
Pisaca	-	Weak	-	-	Null	Weak	Resist
Mamudo, Charm Bite, Life Drain, —

Wave 3

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Wu Kong	Resist	Resist	-	Weak	Resist	Resist	Weak
Phys Boost, Taunt, Oni-Kagura, Charge

Vishnu (Stage 6~9)

Stage 6~7

Wave 1

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Virtue	-	-	-	Weak	Null	Null	Weak
Meclosedi, Null Mute, Hamaon, Barrier
Gui Xian	-	Weak	Null	-	-	-	-
Bufula, Mabufula, Ice Boost, Rakukaja
Pisaca	-	Weak	-	-	Null	Weak	Resist
Mamudo, Charm Bite, Life Drain, Ju

Wave 2

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Virtue	-	-	-	Weak	Null	Null	Weak
Meclosedi, Null Mute, Hamaon, Barrier
Gui Xian	-	Weak	Null	-	-	-	-
Bufula, Mabufula, Ice Boost, Rakukaja
Mitra	Repel	-	Weak	-	-	Resist	Resist
Maju, Barrier Break, Evil Gaze, Megido

Wave 3

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Vishnu	-	Null	Drain	-	Null	Null	Null
Bufudyne, Holy Wrath, Avatar, Mudodyne, Null Fire

• Vishnu has Null Fire!
• Vishnu has the skill Avatar, which revives it with 1 HP on death.
• Vishnu is not weak to Phys, so using Phys attackers work.
• Recommended Demons: 3★ Ose, 3★ Horus, 4★ Sandalphon, 4★ Beelzebub, 5★ Yoshitsune

Stage 8~9

Wave 1

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Mitra	Repel	Resist	Weak	Resist	-	Resist	Resist
Maju, Barrier Break, Evil Gaze, Megido, Resist Fire, Resist Elec
Hanuman	Resist	-	Null	Weak	Null	-	Resist
Resist Phys, Vorpal Blade, Mazanma, Madness Nails, Null Ice, Resist Dark
Berserker	Null	-	-	Null	Resist	-	-
Charge, Dark Sword, Mabufu, Enduring Soul, Null Elec, Resist Force
Battle Speed (12667 / 13800)

Wave 2

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Ose	-	-	-	-	Resist	Resist	Resist
Hades Blast, Mazionga, Charge, Counterstrike, Resist Force, Resist Light
Hanuman	Resist	-	Null	Weak	Null	-	Resist
Resist Phys, Vorpal Blade, Mazanma, Madness Nails, Null Ice, Resist Dark
Berserker	Null	-	-	Null	Resist	-	-
Charge, Dark Sword, Mabufu, Enduring Soul, Null Elec, Resist Force
Battle Speed (12867 / 14467)

Wave 3

Demon	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
Vishnu (4.2k HP / 4.9k HP)	-	Drain	Drain	Repel	-	Null	Null
Ice Age, Holy Wrath, Avatar, Thunderclap, Null Fire, Repel Elec
Battle Speed (12000 / 13800)

• Vishnu has Drain Fire and Repel Elec!
• Recommended Demons: 3★ Ose, 4★ Sandalphon, 4★ Orochi, 4★ Sphinx

Metatron (Stage 10)

Wave 1

Hanuman	Orochi	Horus

Resistances
Hanuman	Rs	-	-	Rs	Nu	Dr	-
Orochi	-	Nu	Nu	Rs	Rs	-	Rs
Horus	Rs	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rp	Wk
Battle Speed			18,700

Wave 2

Titania	Orochi	Horus

Resistances
Titania	-	-	-	-	-	Rs	Rp
Orochi	-	Nu	Nu	Rs	Rs	-	Rs
Horus	Rs	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rp	Wk
Battle Speed			17,600

Wave 3

Metatron

Resistances
Metatron	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Nu	-
Battle Speed			16,200

Auto-Battle Team

Explanation

The party goes like this:

Speedster + Debuffer	DPS	Phys Null/Repel/Drain or High Phys Evasion	Healer
Any Demon	Any Demon	Any Demon	Any Demon

or

DPS	DPS	DPS	Healer
Any Demon	Any Demon	Any Demon	Any Demon

• Speedster + Debuffer: Must have Speedster, Makarakarn, and Tarunda. Makarakarn is required to prevent Titania from wiping your party with magic, and helps reduce the number of turns Metatron gets by repelling Purgatory/Holy Wrath.
• DPS: Must have an AoE, preferably Phys or Dark. Dark magic as Metatron is resistant to everything but Dark, and the Horus in the first two waves is weak to Dark. Physical DPS will get extra turns for the party whenever it crits, which is why AoE w/ acc is recommended to raise the chances of getting a single crit.
• Phys Null/Evasion: Treat as a DPS. If Phys Null/Repel/Drain, it will stop the Hanuman/Orochi from using their AoE phys which hurts. If Phys Evasion, it'll lose them turns.
• Healer: Must have Mediarama, other slot is for Diarama + Resists. Diarama is used as if you run any Phys Null/Repel/Drain, the enemies will regular attack a target, and the auto AI will heal that targeted ally up.

As for brands:

• Speedster - Divine + Ward/Speed (Speed, HP, Phys Evasion)
• Magic DPS - Divine + Ward (MATK, HP, Speed, Phys Evasion)
• Phys DPS - War + Ward (PATK, ACC)
• Healer - Divine + Ward (Recovery, HP, MATK, Speed, Phys Evasion)

Demons:

• Fenrir: Speedster for getting your party's battle speed up to the required amount. Makarakarn is required to prevent Titania from wiping your party with magic, and helps reduce the number of turns Metatron gets by repelling Purgatory/Holy Wrath.
• Pazuzu: Nulls Force/Dark/Light and heals. The force null loses turns for Hanuman when it uses Mazanma, and Light/Dark Null works wonders against Metatron after it blasts through the first Makarakarn.
• Feng Huang: A speedier option than Pazuzu as a healer without any relevant Nulls and low HP. However, it can have way higher evasion + crit resistance which helps if you have trouble with the first two waves.
• Pallas Athena: A good Physical DPS that comes with Mana Aid. Basically, a "budget" Yoshitsune.
• Ose: Phys Null and Hades Blast.
• Rangda: Phys Repel and Mudodyne

Videos of clears:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3wDGy3D6Y
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5jSks1doQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-k_cEEPmk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TwQRxbO-g4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsw_ybXpsl8

Additional discussion:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Dx2SMTLiberation/comments/9bkrhf/brands_of_sin_10_on_auto/

Example Parties

Speedster + Debuffer	Magic Attacker (Dark)	Phys Null	Healer
Fenrir	Beelzebub	Ose	Feng Huang
Makarakarn	Dark Boost	Oni-Kagura	Resist Ice
Tarunda	Samrecarm	Bloody Glee	Diarama

Speedster + Debuffer	Phys Attacker	Phys Repel	Healer
Fenrir	Pallas Athena	Rangda	Pazuzu
Makarakarn	Hades Blast	Resist Elec	Resist Ice
Tarunda	Phys Boost	Mudo	Diarama

• Battle Speed needs to be 18,700+. If you cannot hit the battle speed, use a Purple Beelzebub for initial Makara Shift. Transfer Diarama for Beelzebub, and Mamudo + Diarama for Prometheus.
• Templar Dragon helps a lot until you can get to a stable point with farming.
• If you have excess skill points and free slots, transfer Samrecarm.

Strategy (Manual Play)

• 1st wave - Kill order is Hanuman > Orochi > Horus. Hanuman will start off the fight always with Vorpal Blade (unless you have two nulls/repels/drains), and will start using it if the only one alive. Horus will just spam Diarama for 450, it's not a lot.
• 2nd wave - If you have Makarakarn or an Elec Null/Drain/Repel, Titania will use Makajamaon. You can exploit that if playing manual - kill order should be Titania > Orochi > Horus.
• 3rd wave - Metatron is really easy compared to the waves before, just outlast it.

Metatron (Stage 11)

Wave 1

Zhong Kui	Horus	Pazuzu

Resistances
Zhong Kui	-	Rs	-	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs
Horus	Rs	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rp	Wk
Pazuzu	-	Rs	Wk	-	Nu	Dr	Nu
Battle Speed			17,500

Wave 2

Horus	Pazuzu	Long

Resistances
Horus	Rs	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rp	Wk
Pazuzu	-	Rs	Wk	-	Nu	Dr	Nu
Long	-	-	Rs	Wk	Nu	-	Rp
Battle Speed			19,833

Wave 3

Metatron

Resistances
Metatron	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Nu	-
Battle Speed			17,400

Auto Party

Horse's Speed Clear Team

Kartikeya Skills Offensive Cry Mana Aid Brands Speed, HP%, Acc%

Asura Skills Phys Amp Phys Boost Brands War, Shield, Phys ATK%

Yoshitsune Skills Phys Boost Epitome of Carnage Brands War, Phys ATK%

Siegfried Skills Great Aim Epitome of Carnage Brands War, Phys ATK%

Kartikeya casts Offensive Cry each wave. Skanda provides critical %, and is a suitable replacement for Hell Biker's Red Zone if your demons have enough critical % of their own. Siegfried is not necessary, and any physical attacker will work just fine in his slot.

It's likely that Metatron will be killed T1 if crits land consistently. If he's not killed T1, Asura can tank 2-3 casts of Fire of Sinai before dying, at which point a single Hassou Tobi! from Yoshitsune should be more than enough to finish him off.

Use Kangaroo Boxer for his cumulative damage buff.

Clear time ranges from 40-50 seconds.

Ronfar's Hell Gongen Team

Hell Biker Brands Divine, Speed+

Yoshitsune Skills Savage Glee Epitome of Carnage Brands Divine, Phys ATK%

Zaou-Gongen Skills Phys Amp Brands War, Phys ATK%

Abaddon A Skills Muscle Punch Phys Boost Brands Guard, Phys DEF%

Abaddon A's unique skill cancels Metatron's Auto-Luster Candy and then inflicts Debilitate, making the boss fight much easier. Muscle Punch seems to be the best way to get a decent damage output from a demon with otherwise generally weak stats. The rest is a standard Hell Gongen team; panels on Yoshitsune and Zaou-Gongen are nice but should not be necessary.

Metatron (Stage 12)

Wave 1

Zhong Kui	Horus	Pazuzu

Resistances
Zhong Kui	-	Rs	-	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs
Horus	Rs	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rp	Wk
Pazuzu	-	Rs	Wk	-	Nu	Dr	Nu
Battle Speed			17,500

Wave 2

Horus	Pazuzu	Long

Resistances
Horus	Rs	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rp	Wk
Pazuzu	-	Rs	Wk	-	Nu	Dr	Nu
Long	-	-	Rs	Wk	Nu	-	Rp
Battle Speed			19,833

Wave 3

Metatron

Resistances
Metatron	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Nu	-
Battle Speed			18,000

Example Party

Fast Clear End Game Party

Asura Skills Phys Amp Epitome of Carnage Brands Life, Shield 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
• Must hit the BS=19833
• Asura's job is to remove Metatron's LC, deal damage, and tank Fire of Sinai. That's the reason why you want to have him on Life/Shield brands. P2 helps out immensely
• 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

Extremely Slow Clear End Game Party

Asura Skills Vitality Amp II Vitality Amp III Brands Life, Shield Requirements -

Jeanne d'Arc Skills Diarama - Brands Life/Spell, Heal Requirements -

Ardha Skills - - Brands Life/Spell, Heal Requirements -

Lakshmi A Skills Resist Force - Brands Life/Spell, Heal Requirements -

• The idea behind this team is to be able to outheal Metatron's damage, even if he uses Fire of Sinai four times, so that you can reliably clear even without a support demon.
• Archetypes don't matter, although Red and Yellow are both useful on Lakshmi A, with Red's Deathtouch triggering Diwali, and Yellow's Defensive Cry giving buff control to make Asura even tankier.
• Jeanne d'Arc should have Diarama or some other healing spell, so that she can still heal after using Orlean Prayer 3 turns in a row.
• Lakshmi A needs Resist Force to avoid dying to Long's Mazandyne.
• This team clears extremely slowly (up to 10 minutes per clear, with no support demon), which is actually somewhat beneficial: if you use all of your Aura Gate/duel stamina, you can leave it on auto and use more regular stamina than you started with.

Poor man's D12 team

Kartikeya Skills Mana Aid Offensive Cry Brands Life, Shield 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

Abaddon A Skills Luster Candy Muscle Punch Brands Guard x2 Requirements -

• Will also require a good support demon
• Kartikeya is only here to hit the BS limit; if you can hit it with Masakado A use him
• Zaou-Gongen for the crit passing, Yoshitsune for damage dealing
• Abaddon A removes LC, and debilitates Metatron.
  • He will LC our team on our turn to make sure we can tank Fire of Sinai more than 1-2 turns.
  • Instead of Muscle Punch and Guard brands you can also run a damage boost/phys AOE, and run Divine brands

Bricks, a dog and gongen

Barong Skills Recovery Boost Speedster Brands Life, Heal Requirements P1

Zaou-Gongen Skills - - Brands Divine or War, Lead Requirements P3

Yoshitsune Skills Phys Boost Butcher Brands War Requirements >=P2

Orcus Skills Samrecarm - Brands Life, Shield Requirements -

• The idea behind this team is to have both damage and survivability.
• Minimum Battle Speed is 18000 to outspeed Metatron. Getting outsped the 2nd wave is fine.
• Barong provides Luster Candy with Barong Dance, healing and Speedster.
  • Teal gives you more chances to null Metatron's Purgatory and decrease his Press Turns.
• Zaou-Gongen for the infinite crit spam with Panel 3.
  • Auto-Rebellion/Phys Pierce (weak) is nice but not necessary since none of the demons NDR phys.
  • Alternatives include Savage Glee/Bloody Glee.
• Yoshitsune is the main damage dealer.
• Orcus serves two purposes. Not only does he decrease the AOE damage from Metatron because of Hell's Gate but he also debuffs with War Cry.
  • Buff control is very important since without it you will die.
  • Ideally you want orcus to War Cry the first turn against the boss to reduce his attack.
  • Samrecarm is for insurance. You might need it.
  • Some notes on the AI:
    • If Barong doesn't have enough MP for Barong Dance and Orcus is Yellow, he'll use Nocturne instead of war cry. It's not the best but hopefully you can survive anyway.

Metatron (Stage 13)

Wave 1

Ongyo-Ki	Pallas Athena	Yurlungur

Resistances
Ongyo-Ki	Rs	-	Rs	-	Rs	Nu	-
Pallas Athena	Rs	-	-	-	Rs	Nu	Nu
Yurlungur	-	Nu	Nu	Rs	-	-	Nu
Battle Speed			18,733

Wave 2

Pallas Athena	Yurlungur	Anzu

Resistances
Pallas Athena	Rs	-	-	-	Rs	Nu	Nu
Yurlungur	-	Nu	Nu	Rs	-	-	Nu
Anzu	-	-	-	Nu	Nu	-	-
Battle Speed			19,766

Wave 3

Metatron

Resistances
Metatron	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Nu	-
Battle Speed			18,400

Notes:

• Metatron has his old panel 1-3 effects. The notable parts are: -1 mp cost of Almighty skills, and -30% to magic damage received.

Metatron (Stage 14)

Wave 1

Cerberus	Hell Biker	Pallas Athena

Resistances
Cerberus	-	Rp	Wk	-	-	-	-
Hell Biker	-	Rp	-	-	Rs	Wk	-
Pallas Athena	-	-	-	-	-	Nu	Wk
Battle Speed			20,813

Wave 2

Metatron

Resistances
Metatron	-	Rs	Rs	Rs	Rs	Nu	-
Battle Speed			18,800

Explanation

• The first wave of enemies have their panel 1-3 effects. The notable one is Hell Biker, who gets +20% speed and -1 mp cost of Red Zone from panel 3.
• Metatron has his old panel 1-4 effects. The notable parts are: -1 mp cost of Almighty skills, -30% to magic damage received, -20% to all damage received, and 3 more random Almighty hits after casting Old Testament: Fire of Sinai.
• Almighty/Phys Deceit+ reduces all damage by 80%, except from Almighty and Phys, so take Demons with Almighty and Phys Skills into the battle.
• Uncertain Ordinance makes enemies only take damage from Random Targets attacks. Further, Athena's Target Marker in wave 1 makes all random attacks hit her until she's eliminated.
  • At time of writing, Almighty doesn't have a lot of random-target options, and none of them are transferable. Phys on the other hand can transfer Nihil Claw from Fenrir, if needed.
• Curse Gear makes enemies deal more damage and take more damage while Cursed. Synergizing with this, the enemy will inflict Curse on themselves at the start of their turn, then Guardian's Vow cleanses it off at the end of their turn. You'll need to apply Curse during your own turn in order to get the benefits.
• The enemies will automatically give themselves heals and revives, though it's limited to 2 heals per wave and 3 revives in the first wave (Metatron will not revive himself).
  • The heals will exhaust themselves in 2 turns, and applying Curse can reduce the amount of healing. The revives can drag the fight on, but Revive Ban is helpful to put a stop to this.
• Lucky Punch casts random-target Mortal and 10% fractional damage against your party when Cerberus or Athena land all hits of their random-target Phys attacks.
  • Your options are: use Null Mortal buffs or passives to block it (such as from Kali A, who automatically re-casts it every turn), or use Teal Asura + Anti-pierce to draw in and negate all the random Phys hits (meaning Lucky Punch doesn't trigger).

Example Party

Auto-Party

Asura-tank auto

Asura Skills Good Aim Phys Boost Brands Divine (PAtk%) Requirements Panel 2

Black Frost Skills - - Brands Divine Requirements Panel 4

Metatron Skills Butcher Serial Killer Brands Divine (MAtk%) or Spell Requirements -

Erlkonig Skills - - Brands - Requirements -

• Dx2 is Eileen since we'll be using a lot of Random Targets attacks, as well as Passing a lot.
• Asura baits all of the enemy's attacks, and takes -95% damage (due to Three Faces Six Arms at 50% + his own P2 at 30% + Black Frost's panel 2 at 15%). Asura must be Teal to negate the enemies' Phys attacks, preventing the Mortal follow-up in wave 1. He may have accuracy issues, so consider accuracy-boosting transfers. Levels on Ashura (and/or his P3's MP reduction) are highly recommended so he can cast it more often.
• Black Frost's P4 generates MP and buffs for the team whenever the enemies Curse themselves, as well as when he Curses them. He also provides a 30% team-wide damage boost (from P3 + P4) and 15% damage reduction (from P2) while the enemy is cursed. Since his attacks are not random-target, he won't deal any damage, meaning his brands don't need any particular stat. We just run Divines so he can cast more often.
• Metatron's Divine Proxy reinforces Asura's Repel Phys, and gives himself Concentrate whenever Asura repels an attack, which will be very often in wave 1. He also applies Revive Ban if he scores a kill, speeding up the fight a little. Levels on Fire of Sinai are highly recommended so he can cast it more often.
  • However, the boss Metatron takes -30% magic damage, so our Metatron's progress will be slowed down a bit.
  • Panel 4 is highly recommended to help speed up the fight.
• Erlkonig provides some healing. This is for two reasons:
  • In phase 1, while Asura nullifies all random attacks, Hell Biker's attack is not random-target, so he can slap anyone in your team. Who he hits is random, and he doesn't deal much - but if you're unlucky, he can eventually kill someone.
  • In phase 2, Asura will be taking damage from Metatron. While each hit is small, it will add up over time and eventually kill him, which means the run is over.
  • We aren't using the effects of Erlkonig's panels, so another healer such as Barong could go in his place. The amount of healing needed is not very high, you just need to make sure the healing source does not have a usage cap.
  • Other forms of bulk such as Bulwarks or Fortify also work in place of healing.

Notes:

• Idun offers Fortify, 20% damage reduction, +2 MP regen, one revive every turn, and debuffs on the boss. She perfectly takes Erlkonig's spot and offers more for it. Idun won't do damage, so run Divines with any stat boosts.
  • Amusingly, this 20% reduction combined with Asura and Black Frost's reduction can result in over 100% reduction, causing the boss to deal 0 damage.
• Kalki offers healing, +1 MP regen, up to 3 revives total, some buffs, and Drain Pierce + Repel Pierce. Again, he can take Erlkonig's spot and perform much better than him. This can also open up replacing Metatron with Mara, who can do more damage against the Metatron boss (who takes -30% magic damage). Kalki himself won't do damage, so run Divines with any stat boosts.
• Demeter's Bulwarks can defend the party from damage well, but her chain effects will make the fight take a long time.
• Kali A is great as a friend support, offering more DPS and accuracy to the team. Run Divine (PAtk%) or War brands on her.