Da Vinci Lite Challenge Quest Guide: Doki Doki Alter Club (Jeanne Alter & Friends)

As the stage name suggests, this fight’s opponents consist of Jeanne d’Arc (Alter) and her dedicated club members, who will do everything in their power to aid their leading lady.

Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) has 3 HP bars. Upon first Break, she will cast an AoE Attack Down debuff on the party, while on the second, she reduces the party’s NP Charge by 30%. It is advisable to Break her HP bar as late as possible, to prevent her Break effects from hindering the fight against her allies. On the first turn, she will always use Dragon Witch EX.

At the start of the fight, Arash and Arjuna will buff Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) with Attack Up and Critical Rate Up buffs respectively, and Breaking the latter’s HP bar causes him to apply a Critical Damage Up buff as well. All three buffs are unremovable, but they are deactivated when the buffer is defeated.

Defeating Arjuna should be Masters’ highest priority. Aside from the aforementioned buffs, he comes with a 3-bar NP gauge, an NP Charge skill, and an AoE NP (which has a minor instant kill chance). Receiving a hit a Pashupata may force the party’s defensive skills, which can be disastrous considering Stella is likely to be fired in the next couple of turns.

True to form, Arash will courteously remove himself from the field after Stella, which allows Masters to focus their resources on Arjuna. Nevertheless, with sufficiently offensive teams, utilizing AoE NPs to deal with both of them at the same time is an option.

Defeating either Arjuna or Arash will cause Brynhildr to take the stage. Due to her Berserker class, she can deal a lot of damage if left unchecked, and should Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) die before Brynhildr, the latter will gain unremovable Attack and Critical Rate Up buffs. Therefore, it is recommended to eliminate her before finally taking care of Jeanne d'Arc (Alter). On her Break, Brynhildr removes all of Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)’s debuffs, or if the latter has been defeated, applies an unremovable Critical Damage Up buff on herself.

After all other enemy Servants are down, Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) can finally be dealt with. While her NP still deals a lot of damage and should be intercepted, her normal attacks are not as dangerous without her allies’ buffs. With a Moon Cancer damage dealer and some amount of defensive support, this phase of the fight should be pretty manageable.

Owing to the need to eliminate Arjuna early on, single-target Casters/Berserkers with NP Charge are recommended. Xuanzang Sanzang, Caster of Okeanos, and Sakata Kintoki (Berserker) are the best choices for this approach, as they have a high chance of being able to pull off two NPs (one for each HP bar) before Arjuna fully charges his NP. Other heavy hitters such as Jeanne d’Arc (Alter) may also be used, relying on heavy-hitting normal cards to deplete the second HP bar.

Barring the above, sufficiently buffed AoE Servants are able to wreak havoc on this stage, and with more aggressive setups, may potentially be able to defeat both Arjuna and Arash before either of them gets to use their NP. Servants such as Gilgamesh and Nero Claudius (Caster) are excellent choices for this, although a lot of other options can be used as long as they can reach the relatively low damage benchmarks (as Arjuna is an Assassin, support Casters’ normal cards provide a decent source of supplementary damage).

The success chance of the above strategies are dramatically increased with the aid of major offensive Supports Merlin and Zhuge Liang, with William Shakespeare and Helena Blavatsky as their alternatives.

For Masters who choose to allow Arash to use Stella, Servants granting teamwide Evade or Invincibility (such as David or Tristan) can help the team survive through the AoE NP.

A Moon Cancer damage dealer (i.e. B.B.) is generally the best way to deal with Jeanne d'Arc (Alter). Masters who lack access to her should aim to break some of Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)’s HP bars in the earlier phases of the fight to make the final part easier, or make use of last man standing Servants, such as Cu Chulainn (Alter) and Heracles.

By this stage in the fight, Masters’ concern should be to outlast Jeanne d'Arc (Alter). This can be done by using Taunters such as Mash Kyrielight, Chevalier d’Eon, Georgios, or Leonidas. Defensive Mystic Code skills (if any) should ideally be saved for this phase as well.

• Merlin/Waver-less clear with Xuanzang Sanzang and B.B.

• Standard clear with Nero Claudius (Caster) and B.B.

• Vlad III (Berserker) run

• A clear demonstration of the dangers of early focus on Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)