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***This guide contains spoiler, now is your chance to look away
*Update new boss stats 9/11/2016

As of patch 1.0.0, Capitol’s Last Stand Legendary mode is the most difficult encounter in the game. Truthfully, it should be set as one of the goal for every player. It’s the place where the highest farmable grade of rune drops(3* and 4*).
Why is there a need to conquer the stage asap? This will be explained along with a few screenshots below:

 
 
As everybody knows, upgrading in the game can be quite costly. Doing daily capitol run without fail is one of cheapest and sure way of upgrading your unit. From the screenshot above, you can see the amount of percentage increase when using each grade of rune as fodder.
2* = 10%
3* = 25% = 2*x2.5
4* = 100% = 3*x4 = 2*10
From the above equation, we can see that the higher grade rune when using as fodder has exponential growth. The earlier you can beat legendary mode, the faster your rune/unit will grow. Nevertheless, this should be attempted if you are able to reach Legendary map 4 (Forsaken Lands).

Boss Stats  v1.0.0 and v1.2.0 updated 7/11/2016

HP 115628 105116
ATK 14494 10404
DEF 8261 7260
CRIT 0
MAG 0
Boss Skill:
-       CD 2: AOE Silence + AOE ATK down
-       CD 4: AOE Heavy spell damage(stronger than normal attack) + Knock back

Team Recommendation:
A team that can deal up to 80-90k damage from skills alone. (You can get a rough estimate by calculating unit skill damage with base stats time skill multiplier since the boss has zero magic defense.) The rest can be covered by normal attack. A few of your units need to have ATK higher than the boss's DEF after buff (8,2617,260) to actually hurt him. 
**Ignore the following part if you are using Inquisitor Lucille
Stats for surviving boss’s preemptive attack without Lucille’s invincibility shield(+/-10%):

1^st column (full damage): 5k DEF/12k HP 3.5k DEF/10k HP
2^nd column (25% damage reduction): 3.5k DEF/ 12k HP 3k DEF/9k HP
3^rd column (44% damage reduction): 2.5k DEF/ 10k HP 2.5k DEF/8k HP
4^th column (58% damage reduction): 2k DEF/ 7k HP 2k DEF/6k HP



 
General Strategy without Inquisitor Lucille/Archbishop Teresa:
-       Line up your unit in a 2-1-2 formation to take advantage of the damage reduction for your back column.
-       The 2 row formation is used so you can have some breathing room if your dps isn’t strong enough to clear the three row of trash mob.
-       ***Very Important*** Do a head count of the number of minion you kill. After summoning 20 minions, the boss will show up next.***
-       Before the boss shows up, move your most tanky unit 1 tile forward (if possible) to take advantage of damage reduction for 2nd, 3rd and 4th column. If you fail at this step make sure your unit can survive the boss attack. *A 4-column formation is not as important now that boss's ATK is reduced by 4,000
-       Use DEF up items just the round before the boss shows up.
-       After the boss attack, heal up if you can survive the next hit
-       Use ATK/MAG up items and go all out.
-       Use cc here if you have
-       Silence/delay if your cc fail when the boss skill is up
 

General Strategy with Inquisitor Lucille/Archbishop Teresa:
*A shield is not really needed now that boss's ATK is reduced by 4,000
-       Having a priest with shield means you can ignore def stats and focus all on your damage.
-       Line up your unit in a 2-1-2 formation to take advantage of the damage reduction for your back column.
-       The 2 row formation is used so you can have some breathing room if your dps isn’t strong enough to clear the three row of trash mob.
-       ***Very Important*** Do a head count of the number of minion you kill. After summoning 20 minions, the boss will show up next.***
-       Use your priest heal/shield before the boss show up.
-       Use ATK/MAG up items and go all out.
-       Use cc when the shield wears out and keep the cc going
-       Silence/delay if your cc fail when the boss skill is up

 
Recommended Units:
Warlord(first column, middle row)  - mvp for trash clearing phase/pull the boss to melee range so other melee doesn’t have to waste turn moving towards him
Berserker(first column, middle row)   - mvp for trash clearing phase /heavy dps (will need inquisitor Lucille/archbishop Lucille, Teresa to keep him up when using skill during boss phase)
Dragoon - cc
Gladiator - cc
Ninja - mvp for trash clearing phase/def debuff+swap (since the boss has high def, the debuff is really useful)
Inquisitor Lucille - invincibility *A shield is not really needed now that boss's ATK is reduced by 4,000
Archbishop Teresa  - shield *A shield is not really needed now that boss's ATK is reduced by 4,000
Mind Warder Zedd - delay/team buff
Sharpshooter - heavy dps
Gunslinger Cybella - mvp for trash clearing phase/cc/aura help a lot during boss phase (30-40% chance of triggering 2-3 other members of your team to deal 100% damage is no joke)
Grand Ranger - cc
 
Item Recommendation:
Large/Major Healing Potion, ATK up Root, DEF up Egg, MAG up Shroom and Healing Storm Potion.

Sample Video Here! - recorded on 31/10/2016

nice thread. gazillion like for u.

btw: need confirmation, minimum summon unit on the ground = 5?

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nice thread. gazillion like for u.

btw: need confirmation, minimum summon unit on the ground = 5?

Thanks! Hmm not sure what you mean by minimum but if you are talking about how many are usually there, thats 6.

Very nice!

Btw, added your post here
Hope you don't mind

It would be my honor.

Do you think Samurai or Ninja have a use here? Elementalist? Since he has no mag his skill should be based on attack so Samurai can lower his skill damage? I'm limited on Champions > < wished I didn't went Dragoon Vincent xD.

Also do you know how does attack and defense interact?

Thanks alot for the detailed guide btw! xD

Do you think Samurai or Ninja have a use here? Elementalist? Since he has no mag his skill should be based on attack so Samurai can lower his skill damage? I'm limited on Champions > < wished I didn't went Dragoon Vincent xD.

Also do you know how does attack and defense interact?

Thanks alot for the detailed guide btw! xD

Yep, I did mention about the ninja. Both classes look good but that all depend on your team composition too.

I dont have any other ranger so i use the elementalist. She is quite useful for boss phase.

Dragoon Vincent is very good too tbh, when pair with another aura trigger stunner, they can pull infinite cc. Dont fret over it, they are making every class useful.

The exact formula for ATK vs DEF is still unknown. I was testing this before the latest patch; what i found when attacking a monster with 0 DEF is that they take the exact damage from the attacker's ATK stats. Still, when attacking 1000 DEF mob, it doesnt get the exact number from Attacker ATK - Unit DEF. Its pretty close though. What if unit DEF is higher than attacker ATK? The result is always less than 200-300.

Hmm I guessed as much that some % damage are migitated if they have defense, thanks for sharing! My team comp right now is Paladin Victoria, Elementalist Kiera, Sharpshooter Cybella, Inquisitor Teresa and Dragoon Vincent. Spares are Magebane and Ninja Kai. I'm working on:  (Hera) Kai, (Kratos) Lucille, (Kratos) Vincent and (Kratos) Kane.

I guess a possible comp would be stunlock Magebane Kai + Dragoon Vincent, with Sharpshooter Cybella and Elementalist Kiera, while working on Inquisitor Lucille. I don't think I have enough physical damage to make -DEF worth the Ninja, I guess. 

I'd need to +15 all my weapons and level up runes first most likely though~☆ I think most of damage comes from Cybella only so I'm far away from this xD (probably another month).

Oh, and yeah I can't wait for more balance changes to make every unit useful! xD Thanks once again! :>

nice thread. gazillion like for u.

btw: need confirmation, minimum summon unit on the ground = 5?

Thanks! Hmm not sure what you mean by minimum but if you are talking about how many are usually there, thats 6.

oooo 6, then 5 for heroic then. only running heroic atm.