Shield Hero Event Labyrinth

Published November 4 2022

### Introduction

In this mode, you will have to create a team from a selection provided to you to defeat all 3 floors of the Labyrinth. They will all begin at level 1 when you start, and all subsequent units added to your team will all retain the same level and awakening state going forward until you reset everything. It is imperative that you level your units appropriately and make use of the mode’s passive addition system.

You will also play through a series of panels. Some will allow you to shop for upgrades or characters, while others may simply grant you more levels. Make sure you check out what each panel will do for you before entering, but you can also check as you go along.

This is a **limited-time Event-exclusive Labyrinth active during the Shield Hero Collab**. Given that it is tied to the collaboration, it is significantly easier than the first season of the regular Labyrinth.

#### Passives

Throughout the adventure, you’ll be able to acquire passive skills that will apply to all your allies such as these:

There is no perfect amount of passives to have, simply get as much as you believe you’ll need. The more the better, but there is no quota you have to reach. The best passives for this specific Labyrinth are ones that increase the power of your Collab-exclusive units, such as Red Kizuna. In particular, she alone can carry your entire team to victory. However, there are many Passives that can help you such as:

* Increasing attack power if your team is all the same race
* Increasing attack power if your team is all the same attribute
* Increasing attack power if your team has a number of female units
	+ This may seem bad on paper, but Kizuna herself is female and Red Lillia (if you choose a mono-red team) is also female. In fact, three of the [Shield Hero] units are female.
* Decreasing enemy Defense-related stats such as Crit Resistance and Defense
* Increasing Ally Crit Chance

And many more. Also, remember that you want to deal as much damage with Ultimates and ordinary attacks as possible to end fights quickly. Increasing your survivability through passives is largely pointless as drawn-out boss fights will simply lead to having your team wiped out.

**Note:** The final boss on Floor 3 is red, so avoid having green units if possible. This includes Green Filo, even though she is a [Shield Hero] unit, you can't use her abilities as the boss is immune to Debuffs.

### Floor 1 Strategy

For the first floor, you’ll want to make sure that you are sufficiently building your characters in terms of unit level and Awakening Level. As stated previously, you will always start out with one character in the beginning that starts at level one. The characters available can vary depending on RNG, but here is the ideal start pick:

* Red Kizuna
	+ There is no one better as a starting pick. She deals great damage, ranks up her own cards, and has a strong AOE Ultimate. Her Buff card grants your team Debuff Immunity and increased Basic Stats for 3 turns at rank 3, which is easy to get due to her Unique Ability. Lastly, being a [Shield Hero] character means certain passives in the event will benefit her more than normal units.

With that being said, you will have to defeat a stage before being allowed to either awaken all of your characters by two stars or increase their level by 10. As there is a Level Up Panel nearby after this, I would recommend that you take the Awakening Panel instead.

After this, you’ll finally be allowed to recruit your second character. These characters can vary from Red Gilthunder, Red Melascula, Green Allioni, or Red Twigo. Considering you’ll have chosen Red Kizuna, I would recommend going with:

* Red Twigo
	+ Increases Strength (Red) Attribute allies’ HP by 30%. If you want a human-centric mono-red team for same-race Passives, pick Twigo.

* Red Melascula
	+ Grants a Revival effect where if an ally were to die, she will fix their HP to 1 for 3 turns. This is dependent on Melascula herself still being alive, but she has good self-sustain with her healing Debuff card (so long as the enemy can be debuffed). She is typically a better choice in general due to being an SSR, so her stats are better by default.

At this point, you’ll be able to choose between a tougher fight for a Passive ability, or a level up. Take the tougher fight as it is quite easy. Afterwards, pick the normal battle as taking the tougher fight will only lead you to a revive panel (no use here) or a healing panel. Even if you have taken damage, you shouldn’t need to heal. Pick the next passive you want.

You might have noticed by this point that there are passives specific to [Shield Hero] characters, and they are generally really good.

Some of them are defense-specific, but picking them when they are offensively oriented or increase healing is more optimal. Regardless, upgrade your Ultimate level next. Afterwards, pick the Awakening Panel and complete the battle. Once more, pick the Awakening Panel. You may pick the shop if you wish, but we suggest just using the Level Up Panel.

#### Gerharde Boss Fight

* Here you will face Gerharde, who is of the HP (Green) attribute. Since you’ll have only red units, this fight will be a breeze, even with only two units. Just bear in mind that she will heal herself completely when she falls below 50%, so prepare to keep attacking afterward. Be aware that her Ultimate removes buffs, so only use Kizuna’s Buff card in a turn where she is not using her Ultimate Move.

Congratulations! You beat Floor 1, now let’s go onto Floor 2.

### Floor 2 Strategy

You’ll want to take the Ultimate Move Upgrade panel at the start, as you really should not have lost a character in the first stage. If someone did die, feel free to revive them but try to avoid it if you can. After that, complete the Random battle panel. Then, you’ll be able to either heal your characters or upgrade your Ultimate Level. If your team is doing fine on health, upgrade your Ultimate Moves. If you choose to heal instead, don’t worry. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to upgrade your Ultimates.

Now, you’ll have a chance to recruit another character. Again, units can vary. If you can acquire a Shield Hero character and your passives aren’t too restrictive, grab them. If not, you may see characters such as:

* Red Sigurd
	+ Helps increase Ally damage while debuffing enemies. Can do significant damage on his own as well.
* Blue Chandler
	+ A good choice as he has a Taunt ability which will direct all attacks toward himself. If one of your units is being focused, his Stance can save them.

After that, you can choose between a Store Panel or Awakening Panel. You can check the store for recruitment units you may want, but remember you can look without buying it, so there is no risk. If you don’t see characters relevant to your team, pick the Awakening Panel. In the case below, Red Awakened Lillia was recruited so Red Twigo could move into the sub-slot as he doesn’t contribute very much on the front end. Complete the Battle event.

If you didn’t recruit a fourth character, you may do so here if you so choose. Otherwise, take the Awakening Panel (this is the path being followed in this guide). Complete the Battle event. Now, there is a random Panel that can spawn on the left. Considering this, you decide to take it or not. In the this case, upgrading the Ultimate Move was the path chosen. Complete the tougher Battle event and pick a passive.

There will a choice of the store or a battle event which grants you a Passive. In our case, we chose the store as Passives received from a battle are random, and got a passive from there. Choose the healing panel as no one should have died by now, but if they did, get the Revive panel. Face the boss.

#### Gloxinia Boss Fight

* Again, the boss is green so Kizuna in a mono-red team pays dividends. There isn’t any specific Unique Ability from the boss to watch out for, but do keep in mind that all Floor bosses take more damage from [Shield Hero] characters and do less damage to them as well. Gloxinia in particular can attack seal you, but Kizuna’s Buff card at rank 3 will make that irrelevant.

### Floor 3 Strategy

Here, you must go through a recruitment Panel, but you can skip it if you don’t want any new units. Upgrade your Ultimate Moves next. Complete the tougher Battle Panel. You can heal or choose the other panel next. Then, pick the shop and get what you need. I would recommend Leveling up. Complete the tougher battle panel.

Go to the Awakening Panel next. Complete the Normal Battle Panel. Again, you will be faced with a Random panel. Choose it if it would help you, if not just use the healing panel. Complete the tougher Battle Panel and the Passive that would help you. Then, choose the Ultimate Move increase Panel if your Ultimate is not maxed, or choose the recruitment panel if you want to change your team lineup. Put Kizuna in the middle or right frontline slots if you do pick recruitment, as having her there will let you possibly get a third card for her turn 1, allowing for an instant Rank 3 buff card.

Pick the Awakening Panel to completely max out our Awakening stats. Then there is only the shop to choose from, Leveling Up would be recommended. Face the boss.

#### Monspeet Boss Fight

* Monspeet’s skills are all based around Ignites. Try to get Kizuna’s Level 3 Buff card as soon as possible to completely negate Monspeet’s Ignite abilities. After that, Kizuna can kill the boss on her own, so don’t worry too much if you can’t get the Buff card in time and allies die. If you do get the Rank 3 buff card in time, just attack the boss until he dies.

### Victory

Congratulations! You just beat the first Event Labyrinth!