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Enemy Layout

Fatal Battle 1/1		357,077 Zenobia
		406,329 Zenobia
		794,188 Zenobia

[High Difficulty] Trial From The Warrior Queen AP - 5

Drops	Fruit of Eternity x1 (300%) Archer Monument x1 (100%)
Rewards	Crystallized Lore x1

Requirements: The Main Quest line for the Event and Singularity: Solomon must be completed before this quest can be attempted.

Boss Statistics

Zenobia
	HP	357,077
	LVL	85
	HP	406,329
	LVL	85
	HP	794,188
	LVL	85
	Class	Archer
	NP Bar
	NP Type	AoE
	Actions	3 Actions per turn
	Traits	Humanoid, Female, Servant, Riding, Brynhild's Beloved, King, Hominidae, Weak to Enuma Elish, Lawful Good, Human Attribute

Passive 1		Will Not Be Imprisoned Again: Apply Evade [Unremovable] to self and gain 1 extra NP charge per turn while inflicted with immobilize debuffs (Stun/Charm).
Passive 2		Not Sleeping on the Battlefield: Immune to Sleep.
Battle Start		The Warrior Queen's Test of Strength: Remove Defensive buffs when normal attacking.
Break		Iron Defense: Remove [The Warrior Queen's Test of Strength] from self. Additional effects: - Increase own Damage Resist by 100% [Permanent, Unremovable]. This can only be gradually removed with the below Delayed Effect debuffs. - Delayed Effect Strategy: Each can be activated once per turn. A Crit will activate both the Card Type Attack and Critical Attack effect if available. There are six total: -- NP Attack - When attacked with an NP, reduces Damage Resist by 8% [Unremovable]. -- Critical Attack - When attacked with a Critical, reduces Damage Resist by 8% [Unremovable]. -- Quick Attack - When attacked with a Quick Card, reduces Damage Resist by 8% [Unremovable]. -- Arts Attack - When attacked with an Arts Card, reduces Damage Resist by 8% [Unremovable]. -- Buster Attack - When attacked with a Buster Card, reduces Damage Resist by 8% [Unremovable]. -- Extra Attack - When attacked with an Extra Card, reduces Damage Resist by 8% [Unremovable].
Break		Zenobia's Assault: Removes [Delayed Effect Strategy] from previous HP bar (Damage Resist and Damage Resist Debuffs will stay). Additional effects: - Apply Guts to self (1 time, 100k HP Revival) [Unremovable]. - Increase own ATK by 50% [Unremovable]. - Apply Triggers Each Turn (Cover Fire) to self [Unremovable], with the below effect: -- Ballista Covering Fire: Drain 1,000 HP from the Master's party each turn.
Skill Rotation (1st HP Bar)
Turn 1,4,7…		The Queen's Challenge: Offense 101: Increase own Arts Card effectiveness by 50% (4 turns). Apply Mental Debuff Immune to self (3 turns).
Turn 2,5,8…		The Queen's Challenge: Offense 201: Increase own Quick Card effectiveness by 50% (4 turns). Increase own Critical Rate by 20% (4 turns).
Turn 3,6,9…		The Queen's Challenge: Offense 301: Increase own Buster Card effectiveness by 50% (4 turns). Apply Ignore Invincible to self (4 turns).
Skill Rotation (2nd HP Bar)
Turn 1,4,7…		The Queen's Challenge: Defense 101: Apply Target Focus to a random enemy (2 turns). Apply Defense Debuff Immunity to self (3 turns).
Turn 2,5,8…		The Queen's Challenge: Defense 201: Increase own Critical Rate by 20% and Critical Damage by 30% (4 turns).
Turn 3,6,9…		The Queen's Challenge: Defense 301: Increase own ATK by 30% (4 turns). Restore own HP by 10,000.
Skill Rotation (3rd HP Bar)
Turn 1,4,7…		Queen Ability: Strategy: Increase own NP Strength by 50% (4 turns). Apply Ignore DEF to self (3 turns).
Turn 2,5,8…		Queen Ability: Fortitude: Increase own DEF by 50% (1 time, 3 turns). Clear all debuffs from self.
Turn 3,6,9…		Queen Ability: Influence: Randomly decrease one of Quick, Arts, or Buster Card effectiveness by 30% for all enemies (3 turns).
Skill 1		Augusta Assumption B: Increase own Arts Card effectiveness (3 turns). Increase own NP Gauge by 1. Increase own Critical Rate by 10% (3 turns).
Skill 2		Aurelianus's Siege (Resist) A: Apply Guts to self (1 time, 3 turns). Increase own Critical Rate by 30% (2 turns).
Skill 3		Glory to Palmyra A: Increase ATK for all allies (3 turns). Increase Critical Star Drop Rate Resist by 30% (3 turns).
NP		Authentic Triumph: Increase own ATK by 10% (1 turn) [Activates first]. Deal damage to all enemies. Deal 150% supereffective damage against [King] enemies. Increase own Critical Strength (3 turns).

Overview

Zenobia tests the Master's combat prowess in the Halloween 2023 Challenge Quest! She is alone, as an Archer with three HP bars (357k, 406k, 794k).
She starts with two passives that make her immune to sleep, and gain Evade and an extra NP charge each turn (unremovable) when inflicted with an immobilizing debuff, such as Stun/Charm/etc. Although the Evade effect is unremovable, Sure Hit and Ignore Invincible effects still go through it.
Each HP bar is a different 'phase' of battle against her, where she has different gimmicks present.
During the First HP Bar:
- Her normal attacks remove defensive buffs, which include DEF Up, Damage Cut, Evade/Invincible/Anti-Enforcement Defense. Avoid using defensive buffs during her first HP bar as a result, since if attacked, all of them will be removed.
- Every turn, she also rotates between three skills in order; note these buffs are removable:
  - An Arts and Mental Debuff Immunity buff
  - Quick and Crit Rate buffs
  - Buster and Ignore Invincible (4 turn) buffs.
- Ideally, burst down her first HP bar quickly. This should be feasible as she does not have many damage mitigation effects, and with Event CEs becomes much easier.
During the Second HP Bar:
- Starts with 100% Damage Resist, which progressively get removed by using Quick, Arts, Buster, Extra, Crits, or NP attacks. Each effect can only apply a single 8% Damage Resist debuff each turn, which means it is better to use a variety of different Card types each turn to get as many debuffs as possible. The debuffs are thankfully permanent, carrying to the next HP bar.
- Every turn, she rotates between a different set of three skills:
  - Defense Debuff immunity and random target focus on a party mbmer.
  - Self Crit Rate and Crit Damage buffs.
  - ATK buff and a 10k HP heal.
- Since the Damage Resist Buffs/Debuffs last to the next break bar, it's worth stacking as many debuffs as possible before break. Debuffs will max out at 10 stacks.
During the Final HP Bar:
- She can no longer have her Damage Resist lowered, although the Damage Resist buffs + debuffs from the previous HP bar will stay.
- Gains unremovable 1-time Guts (100k HP revival) and 50% ATK buff.
- A field effect does fixed 1,000 HP damage to the party each turn.
- Every turn, she rotates between a final set of three skills:
  - NP Damage and Ignore DEF buffs.
  - A 1-hit 50% DEF buff and debuff clear.
  - Random Quick/Arts/Buster debuff on the party.

Team Recommendations

Strong single target Lancer damage dealers are an excellent pick for this quest. Brynhild's Lancer version additionally has bonus trait damage against the boss, making her a great pick if she's in the roster.
Other trait-bonus single target Servants that also have class advantage include Mysterious Heroine X (Alter) and Sei Shounagon (Berserker), although these options are a fair bit more fragile due to Berserker classing.
Avoid using Stun effects without Sure Hit / Ignore Invincibility available for the damage dealer. Zenobia instantly gains Evade if she ever gets immobilized. Some high-damage ST Lancers have Stun effects tied to their NP, such as Scathach or Medusa (Lancer). Although these can still be used, it requires extra consideration in team setup to account for the auto-Evade effect Zenobia gains when stunned.
Damage / NP Gauge Support helps the damage dealer quickly burst down Zenobia, ideally before having to deal with her AoE NP. Depending on the damage dealer's Card type of choice, Altria Caster/Tamamo, Skadi, Koyanskaya/Oberon/Merlin, and Waver/Reines all make for excellent choices.
Event Damage CE - Make sure to equip an MLB copy of one of the three Event Spawn Bonus CEs for a +200% Damage boost! These help even lower rarity damage dealers hit high enough numbers to put a sizable dent in the boss's HP.