Kai Yan's Wrath Guide: Master

"I will grind your bones to dust!"



Kai Yan's Wrath: Master is a challenge quest centered on a boss battle with Kai Yan, unlocked upon the completion of Chapter 10 and any Advanced Dragon Trial at standard difficulty, and meeting the minimum might requirement of 34,000.
 * Rewards from Master difficulty include and small amounts of, which can be used to upgrade  shadow Agito weapons past the fourth unbind level, as well as allowing for refinement, granting additional strength, new abilities, and might.
 * Additionally, clearing Master difficulty for the first time rewards the player with sufficient amount of to fully upgrade an Agito weapon.
 * Weekly bonuses from clearing the Master difficulty also provide a large amount of.

HP
HP isn't too much of a concern if adventurers are properly built with ideal equipment and maxed-out augments, and a healer is used, which is highly recommended.
 * It's strongly suggested to max out your at level 25 before attempting this quest.

Weapons
For Master, at a minimum, adventurers should be equipped with at least a Agito weapon that's unbound 4 times. This includes even supportive role adventurers as the quest difficulty is extremely high.

Dragons
Everyone should ideally be equipped with a max-unbound Shadow-attuned dragon for Master.
 * Although it is possible to clear comfortably with a non-max-unbound, you may run into issues with joining or hosting rooms in public co-op due to your reduced might, if you have not maximized your Agito weapon's upgrades yet.

Wyrmprints
All adventurers should equip their standard wyrmprints.

In compositions with (or her shared skill),, and/or , adventurers may see benefit from running Strength Doublebuff wyrmprints such as  or  for offense, and Healing Doublebuff wyrmprints such as  or  for survivability, due to the very high frequency of defense buffs.

DPS
These units will be doing the majority of the DPS.


 * They can fill 3 team slots in a 3DPS composition, and leave the last slot for or.
 * They can also fill all 4 if two of the slots are taken up by s if everyone is equipped with.
 * Alternatively, with a single Patia, they can also fill all 4 if planning to speedrun a clear within 2 minutes, skipping all unavoidable attacks by sheer DPS with a Patia focused on buffing with, or bogging on break with a bog-inflicting dragon such as.

Don't bring more than one Ieyasu, two Patias, or all Gala Cleos in the whole composition, due to bleeding or buff zone stacking limits, exposing their relatively low personal DPS.

The list is split into two halves: one containing the "meta" DPS which are highly popular in public rooms due to their DPS and ease of use, the other containing other viable adventurers that are capable of clearing within 4 minutes, and may be considered for private rooms, or if extremely well-geared.

Healer
The healer keeps the team alive and provides support.

General Party Setup
The general setup is a 3DPS setup. It is also possible to run a 4DPS setup with two s if everyone is equipped with, or a speedrun setup with a single Patia focused on buffing or inflicting bog on a broken Kai Yan.

On Adamantine Shield
is a buff that renders Kai Yan immune to afflictions, creates a barrier around him, and will regenerate the barrier if it is destroyed, provided the buff is still active.


 * Since this is a buff, it can be removed by a effect. Doing so will also instantly remove the barrier if it is up.
 * If the barrier is hit by an adventurer, Kai Yan will take no damage, but the adventurer will receive a fixed 200 HP of damage in the Master difficulty.
 * The barrier can withstand 60 hits before breaking.
 * In the Master difficulty, every time Kai Yan produces a shield, he also produces an additional buff that has to be dispelled first.

Hence, at least two adventurers should be able to dispel ideally. Innate dispels are strongly preferred, but any adventurer can borrow 's if it's at level 4; it provides a skill-based dispel that works anywhere on anyone, with a very low skill cost of 3 points.

The two healers have different dispel speeds and requirements.
 * Cleo requires the use of to activate  Strike, but her dispel is fast both charging and animation-wise, and it is possible to save this dispel just in case, as Cleo also heals with her second skill,, and she can maintain the regen indefinitely with sufficient amounts of Buff Time boosts.
 * Grace does not require any pre-setup, but her force strike charges at a glacial pace, making pre-loading dispels tricky in high-intensity situations, as you tend to need to dispel twice in a row.

On Battleground
is a special effect that creates a field around the enemy. Enemies in this zone will take 2x damage, while adventurers will take 1.5x damage.

All adventurers should stay within the Battleground area to maximize DPS. No unavoidable attack from Kai Yan will one-shot any adventurer that is properly following gameplay instructions from full HP even if you're within the Battleground area, so don't worry too much about it under most circumstances.

''Note: This is based on a run that can last about 5-6 minutes, suitable as a ballpark range for a newcomer clear. Some moves may be skipped or shortened if teamwide DPS is higher. ''

Opening Blast
This is the fight's initial "HP check" blast.
 * Most adventurers should stay put to reduce the damage taken, but adventurers that have their DPS improve at low HP should immediately get close to Kai Yan so that they take increased damage from the opening blast.
 * should use to reduce the damage taken.
 * with two sources of equipped from wyrmprints should use  to grant everyone a  to mitigate the damage entirely.
 * If the composition is composed entirely of either s or s, Grace can opt to not life shield anyone until the opening blast hits, to increase their DPS, at the expense of some initial life shield HP. Furthermore, cannot drop herself to 30% HP to trigger Last Destruction after this point since life shields are expected to remain in play for the remainder of the quest.
 * Afterwards, in a non-low HP composition, if possible, heal it back up ASAP to restore HP conditional abilities. Ancient Aegis will provide healing, but one may opt to run other skills to make it go a bit faster.
 * Shared skills can help with further mitigation and/or healing.

Afterwards, DPS adventurers should move towards Kai Yan.

Charge
Kai Yan will charge towards the unit at the farthest distance. The healer should bait this, and all adventurers should roll towards Kai Yan's destination, or iframe it with a skill.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan will perform four (sometimes two, if DPS is very high) claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.
 * Kai Yan will retarget on the closest adventurer at the time of the third swipe.
 * The blind zone varies with each swipe.

Mini Universal Annihilation
Purple marker attack covering the Battleground. Leave the Battleground area.
 * (with any dragon with dragondrive, with if out of dragondrive) and  (if equipped with ), and anyone with 's stacked defense buffs can stay within the Battleground and continue DPSing as normal if they're in dragondrive (applicable to Bellina only, if the equipped dragon is not Andromeda) and their life shields are at least 75% full.

Adamantine Shield
Kai Yan will spawn two purple markers, covering the entire arena. Neither marker inflicts damage, but they carry severe debuff effects. Generally, it is a good idea to stay within the Battleground as Strength Down is a minor inconvenience, while Skill Suppression can cause severe issues.
 * The inner area, within the Battleground, inflicts Strength Down -50% to everyone within the area.
 * The outer area, outside the Battleground, inflicts Skill Suppression, emptying out all skill gauges while it lasts.

An Adamantine Shield will spawn along with a Strength buff once the markers hit. both of them ASAP.
 * es will have to wait for the buff icon to show up before attempting to dispel. Other dispellers may preload their dispels.

Satellite Chasers
4 purple chaser markers spawn that track each adventurer, inflicting damage on hit, and also leaves a satellite on the ground for the rest of the quest that also inflicts damage on contact.

All adventurers should spread out, go towards the edge of the map, outside the Battleground. Avoid overlapping, and immediately roll inwards towards Kai Yan, back into the Battleground, once the attack hits.
 * Avoid placing these satellites along the top edge of the map - that's where Kai Yan throws adventurers to. If there are satellites there, these adventurers will take damage twice.
 * Note that the healer should not roll into the Battleground - they should simply make sure they aren't in contact with any other satellite, and stay far away from Kai Yan, in preparation for the next attack.
 * DPS adventurers that aren't might want to save their skills in preparation for the next attack.

Crushing Cataclysm
Kai Yan will grab the farthest adventurer, determined at the time when Kai Yan starts walking towards the center of the map, and trap them. If the purple marker fills up, everyone caught up in the area will take lethal damage that cannot be mitigated.
 * The healer should try to bait this, otherwise the DPS check is extremely tough.

Supreme Spheres
Kai Yan will spawn six Supreme Spheres that slowly move towards Kai Yan. If they make contact towards Kai Yan, they grant Kai Yan buffs, and also give him Adamantine Shield.


 * The healer should get close to Kai Yan and be prepared to bait Kai Yan's charges towards the lower-left.
 * DPS adventurers should immediately destroy the lower-left sphere so that the path is clear for baiting.
 * DPS adventurers should not stand too close to Kai Yan to avoid stealing bait.
 * 's and 's  (while in Dragondrive as Renegade Dragonfall) can make quick work of these spheres.

Charge x4
Kai Yan will charge towards the nearest adventurer four times in a row. While the healer is busy baiting Kai Yan, the other DPSes should destroy the spheres ASAP.
 * Staying within the Battleground can improve 's and 's  (while in Dragondrive as Renegade Dragonfall) efficacy.

Unbreakable Satellites
Kai Yan will spawn a purple ring outside the Battleground area, creating many Unbreakable Satellites which inflict on contact. Stay inside the Battleground area.

Universal Annihilation (Stack Version)
Unavoidable map-wide attack. The marker within the Battleground area is a stack marker, and the damage dealt if everyone is within the stack marker is significantly reduced compared to being outside of it. Unbreakable Satellites will also respawn.

Kai Yan will also immediately spawn an Adamantine Shield and a Strength Up buff. Dispel them ASAP.
 * If shapeshift is available and you are not using, shapeshift now and dragon tank the attack.
 * Otherwise, stay within the Battleground area, and if possible, use defense buffs to reduce the oncoming damage.

Mini Universal Annihilation
Purple marker attack covering the Battleground. Unbreakable Satellites will also respawn.

If shapeshift is available and you are not using, shapeshift now and dragon tank the attack. Otherwise, leave the Battleground area.
 * (with any dragon with dragondrive, with if out of dragondrive) and  (if equipped with ), and anyone with 's stacked defense buffs can stay within the Battleground and continue DPSing as normal if they're in dragondrive (applicable to Bellina only, if the equipped dragon is not Andromeda) and their life shields are at least 75% full.
 * Make sure to not accidentally hit an Unbreakable Satellite; move along their path! There should be two gaps where you can move safely in.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan will perform three claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.
 * Unlike other instances, he will perform a third swipe, indicated by a "!!" on his head. This time, as it is a purple marker attack, the attack zone is now marked.
 * The blind zone in this case is the front area of him.

Throw Adventurer
Kai Yan picks up the furthest adventurer and throws them away, causing unavoidable damage to the adventurer, and also avoidable damage to anyone caught in the path. There's nothing the targeted adventurer can do, but others should try to avoid being hit.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan performs two claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.

Satellite Chasers
The healer should stay far away from Kai Yan to bait the next attack.

DPS adventurers that aren't might want to save their skills in preparation for the next attack.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan performs two claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.

Universal Annihilation (Double Purple Version)
Unavoidable map-wide attack. This is the standard version that covers the entire map with a single purple marker, similar to the version found in Expert difficulty. Unbreakable Satellites will also respawn.

Kai Yan will also immediately spawn an Adamantine Shield and a Strength Up buff. Dispel them ASAP.
 * If shapeshift is available and you are not using, shapeshift now and dragon tank the attack.
 * Otherwise, leave the Battleground area, and if possible, use defense buffs to reduce the oncoming damage.
 * (with any dragon with dragondrive, with if out of dragondrive) and  (if equipped with ), and anyone with 's stacked defense buffs can stay within the Battleground and continue DPSing as normal if they're in dragondrive (applicable to Bellina only, if the equipped dragon is not Andromeda) and their life shields are at least 75% full.

Afterwards, the healer should stay far away from Kai Yan to bait the next attack.

DPS adventurers that aren't might want to save their skills in preparation for the next attack.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan performs two claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan performs two claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.

Claw Swipes
Kai Yan performs two claw swipes, targeted at the closest unit. These attacks are unavoidable within their markers, so you must avoid being within the zone.