Halloween 2018 Revival Challenge Quest Guide: Encore, Brave Girl! (Elisabeth Bathory)

• ​​​​​​Masters need to have cleared the Final Singularity to access this Challenge Quests
• In addition, Masters need to have cleared the various limited formation "Challenge Quests" before they can access this.
• (Don't worry! - this Challenge Quest isn't difficult after Nero Fest/clearing the Final Singularity!)

• The misadventures of Elisabeth and her heroic posse continue by meeting their most challenging foe yet: You!
• A Servant melee awaits, each of the different Elisabeth Bathory's will join the fray over the course of the fight and the main gimmick is that on entry/each Break they will buff allies and enemies alike with various beneficial buffs.
• With HP Pools that aren't terribly high, and no other gimmicks, this Challenge Quest can be beaten with any competent and well-formed (AoE) team.
• Note: All Halloween Event Servant Bonus Damage buffs are still in effect!

Gameplay Tips

• All Elisabeth Bathory Noble Phantasms Pierce Defense.
• All Elisabeth Bathory buffs can be removed.
• The Critical Damage Up/Critical Chance Up buff on entry may cause some random critical deaths if unlucky and unprotected. 
• Nitocris can cause Instant Death (which ignores everything except Guts), best not to spin the RNG-wheel and simply take her out before she can NP. It may also induce stress from Nero Fest First Hassan flashbacks. 
• Nitocris's NP Charge grants 2 NP Charges, although she only acts more than once if Elisabeth Bathory dies before her (unlikely).
• Ibaraki's Noble Phantasm removes buffs after dealing damage.
• Robin Hood can charge his NP and will cast his Evasion if low on HP.
• Elisbeth Bathory (Brave) can hit fairly hard, and can charge her NP with her Invincibility buff which she is prone to cast on low HP. 

• With fairly low HP pools as well as bonus damage buffs granted by the enemy, Masters have immense freedom in picking their main DPS. 
• Nonetheless, with mulltiple Servants to battle at once, and with either nasty side-effects on their Noble Phantasm (Nitocris/Ibaraki) or a short charge bar (Robin), AoE Servants are the ideal pick. 
• In general, stacking offensive buffs is far preferable to stalling this fight out. A single powerful AoE NP can clear the field and take out one of Elisabeth Bathory's HP bars. 
• Considering Masters need to chew through 3 full Elisabeth HP bars while also taking out her background artists, it's quite likely she will cast at least one Noble Phantasm. Bring an Evasion/Invincibility as all of her NPs pierce Defense.
• Buff Removal is actually rather effective at making the final Elisabeth incarnation easy to deal with - but it's generally not needed. 
• With 5 different enemy classes, Berserker (AoE) Servants (Raikou's Mystic Slayer is massive here) all work great here especially with massive buff stacks. 
• Extra-class Servants also perform well in these mixed-class Challenge Quests.
• Riders have some class advantage here with no class disadvantage.
• Casters have no class disadvantage.
• Archers are a good pick too, especially as Masters can prepare an (ST) Saber to pair them with to Break Elisabeth bathory on turn 1. Their class advantage against the strongest Elisabeth Bathory will quickly wrap up the final stretch.
• Regardless, as long as Masters stack enough buffs, many different Servants can 3-turn this encounter. From Raikou to Arjuna, to a grailed NP5 Mordred (Rider). 

Note that these videos are not affiliated with GamePress, but showcase some lineups that are effective in clearing the final challenge. These can serve as a good reference for how to rotate skills during this quest or simply to have a look at the encounter before diving in.

• BB/Merlin/Jeanne team that is way Overkill but showcases all the fight mechanics (Not Recommended - but good for observation)
• Cu Chullainn (Alter) Solo (lvl 90, NP1) with Atlas Academy Uniform and Art of Death CE
• (3-turn) Arjuna (lvl 100, NP1) expensive 3-turn Comp featuring Nero Bride, Merlin and Shakespeare
• (3-turn) Raikou (lvl 100, NP1) variation of the above
• (3-turn) Arash (lvl 60, NP5) featuring Waver, Nero Bride, Mozart, Quetzalcoatl and a glut of expensive CEs
• (Entertainment) Full Bronze Paul Bunyan Team with expensive CEs and a superb Arash finish
• (Entertaining solo) Banana Oni (lvl 100, NP5) rebels against unsafe aural work environment