Final Boss (The Four Archangels): Ludociel

Published: January 17 2023

Last Updated: November 19 2023

### Best Team for Points

* Red Shalltear: The main DPS, Shalltear can deal massive damage thanks to her Exploit skill. Since Ludociel can receive debuffs on both Phases and will attack recklessly, Shalltear can easily stack her Berserk and deal massive damage. However, remember that one of the orbs besides Ludociel in Phase 2 can Remove Buffs, so you won’t be able to get Berserk until you kill it. It’s preferable to have her Holy Relic.
* Green Ram: Ram helps increase the team's points by providing the necessary tools to complete 2 of the missions, Rupture and Cancel Stances. Ram can also increase the Basic Stats from all her Unknown race allies thanks to her Unique. Her Holy Relic is not required.
* Green Echidna: Echidna can help by increasing her allies’ Basic Stats. She can also reduce the damage she receives from Ludociel with her Holy Relic.
* Blue Nanashi (sub): Provides excellent support by preventing Ludociel from using his Ultimate Moves across both Phases. His Holy Relic grants more Basic Stats to his allies, thus increasing their durability and damage output.

#### Alternative Units

* Dark Queen Hel: With enough stacks of Source of Pain, Hel can deal massive damage to Ludociel. She can also deal damage over time when she or her allies receive any attack.

### Alternative Team for Points

* LR Green Escanor: Escanor will always be a massively strong unit in a full human team. Enemies can’t dispel his Eternal Flames, and he can increase his Attack-related stats for each Eternal Flame stack in the enemy.
* Blue Valentine’s Jenna: With a rank 1 skill, she can help to Cancel Stances. Having her Holy Relic is preferred, but it’s not required.
* Green New King Arthur: Arthur can increase the damage dealt by his allies and reduce the damage they receive. Furthermore, his Holy Relic can reduce the Defense-related stats of his enemies. Having his Holy Relic is preferable, but it’s not required.
* Blue Mikasa Ackerman (sub): Her Unique and Holy Relic provide significant stats to her allies. Her Holy Relic is required.

#### Alternative Characters

* Green Brunhild: Thanks to her Detonate ability, she can deal a lot of damage thanks to Ludociel getting a lot of Ultimate Orbs. Furthermore, due to Ludociel’s high Resistance, her Power Strike skill can also be helpful. Her Holy Relic can be good, but it isn’t required.
* Red Elizabeth (sub): She provides healing and increases HP-related stats from the back, effectively increasing her allies’ durability.

### Best Team for Farming

* Light “The One” Ultimate Escanor: One of the best units in the game and a unit that can bypass a particular mechanic thanks to his Scorch effect, he can kill the minions in the first turn of each phase by attacking Ludociel with his first skill, something impossible for any other unit.
* Dark Purgatory Meliodas: He can do considerable damage, which can be increased even further once he gets his True Magic buff.
* Green Halloween Gowther: His rank-ups are always handy. Also, his Unique can help increase your offensive capabilities since you’ll be using him in a team with a Demon and a Human.
* Green Deathpierce (sub): His Unique skill increases your DPS by making Ludociel and his units more likely to receive more damage from critical attacks.

### Alternative Team for Farming

* Blue Roxy of Madness: She can increase the damage output of her allies by dealing extra damage with her Unique if they deal Crit damage. With her Holy Relic, she can also increase her Basic Stats, giving you more space if Ludociel decides to focus on her. Holy Relic is not required.
* Light “The One” Ultimate Escanor: In the same line as the last time, Escanor can speedrun this boss thanks to his Scorch damage, which allows him to bypass the damage cap mechanic on both Phases, something impossible for any other unit.
* Light Transcendent Ban: Ban can deal massive damage to Ludociel thanks to his combo; also, he can reduce the damage he receives from his enemies by decreasing their Attack-related stats.
* Blue Mikasa Ackerman: Like the points team, she provides many stats to her allies through her Unique and Holy Relic.
* Green Liz (sub): Her Holy Relic increases your unit's Attack as soon as the battle starts for 3 turns. Since you will be removing Ludociel’s companions from the fight since turn 1, thanks to Escanor’s attack, you won’t risk losing the buff. Keep in mind that the Blue or Red variants of Liz also work as long as you have her Holy Relic. Holy Relic required.

#### Alternative Units

* Green New King Arthur: He has the same function as in the alternative team for points, increasing the damage dealt by his allies and reducing the damage they receive with his Unique. Here, since his Holy Relic will reduce the Defense-related stats of his enemies, it’s also recommended, but it’s not required.
* Green Golden Wings Elaine: Elaine can reduce the Defense-related stats of the enemy while buffing her allies by increasing their Attack-related stats with her Unique and one of her skills. Her Holy Relic is not required.

## General Strategy

Overall, there are some essential pointers in this Final Boss:

* The two minions take only one damage from any attack for a set number of turns (one turn in Phase 1, two turns in Phase 2); this can be ignored only by Light “The One” Ultimate Escanor with his first skill with the effect Scorch, which will kill them if you target Ludociel with it.
* In the same line, these minions will return (after three turns on Phase 1 and 4 turns on Phase 2)
* During Phase 1, Ludociel will fully heal himself if his HP drops below 50% and increase his stats by 10%.
* In both Phases, Ludociel will deal extra damage when he attacks a character with a lower attack than him.
* Furthermore, Ludociel will deal massive damage when he attacks units in Attribute disadvantage (Red units in this case).

### Points Strategy

The most optimal team for a high score is:

* **Green Ram -** HP / Defense (you don’t need to make all her pieces UR, just do the bottom ones if you’re lacking resources)
* **Red Shalltear -** HP / Defense, although HP / Crit Damage also works (Red Tarmiel link required)
* **Green Echidna -** HP / Defense (Attack / Defense also works)
* **Blue Nanashi -** HP / Defense

This team can efficiently complete all missions. Ram can provide Rupture and Stance Cancel, while Echidna reduces the damage Ludociel and his minions deal. On your first turn, you should clear your hand from all Echidna skills; if there’s a merge to be done by Shalltear or Ram, just do it; if it’s an extra Echidna card, use it instead of merging. For your second turn, Ludociel will have set a buff on himself and his allies, use your Rupture skill to get rid of the minions and complete that mission, then attack Ludociel with both Shalltear cards; that should be enough to kill him and move on Phase 2. Ideally, you should end this Phase with at least one stun.
During Phase 2, Ludociel and his minions will have different skills. Both minions will have the Fixed Damage gray buff for two turns instead of 1.
On your first turn, you should discard as many skills as possible to make space for Shalltear’s attacks and get (hopefully) Ram’s second stun. Remember that Nanashi will keep placing buffs on your units to help you have some ult control and prevent Ludociel from using it, although with some bad RNG, it can still happen. On your second turn, you should use your first stun to break Ludociel’s Stance and get rid of other skills you don’t need; here, the minions will still have the buff on them, so they won’t receive a lot of damage. Next, you should prepare to destroy the minions on your upcoming turn.
During your third turn, you can discard useless skills and attack with an AOE from Echidna or Ram to kill both minions. Ludociel will attack during his turn, and this time, you will get the Berserk buff on Shalltear since the minions won’t be able to remove the HP-related stats buffs from her. During your turn, you should go either way depending on your hand: if you don’t have an extra stun, just go for the kill, but if you have an extra stun, just use Shalltear’s AOE and try to get rid of any other skill but your stun and Shalltear’s single target. If you got your Ultimate Move, don’t worry because the minions will drain two orbs from your units on your next turn when they revive. On your next (and final turn) you should break Ludociel’s Stance and attack him with all Shalltear’s single targets that you have to end the run; he will die regardless of the minion's presence thanks to the Berserk buff

### Farming Strategy

The most optimal team for farming points is:

* **Light “The One” Ultimate Escanor** - (Attack / Crit Damage)
* **Dark Purgatory Meliodas** - (Attack / Crit Damage)
* **Green Halloween Gowther** - (HP / Defense)
* **Green Deathpierce** - (HP / Defense)

The best of this team is that you can kill the orbs fast with Escanor’s first skill thanks to the Scorch effect, which makes this a speedrun team too. Remember that you must keep Ludociel above 50% HP on Phase 1; otherwise, he will fully heal and increase his stats.
For your second turn, you can either rank up Meliodas once and attack with Escanor following up with Meliodas' single target, or if you have two rank-ups, use that and hit Ludociel with a rank 3 single target, make sure you attack only ONCE with Meliodas. Hence, you get the True Magic buff for the next phase.
In Phase 2, you get the same conditions; Ludociel will have his two minions that you can quickly kill with Escanor’s Scorch ability. Ideally, you will have the True Magic buff here to kill the minions and attack with Meliodas. The buff itself will make your damage output so high that it will instantly kill Ludociel.
On the other hand, if you don’t have either True Magic (because you had to use it during Phase 1), don’t have any Meliodas’ attack, or don’t have the first skill of Escanor, simply clear your hand and wait to meet the necessary conditions, you can kill this boss in one turn without much RNG involved.

Overall, this version of the Final Boss is a bit more difficult than his previous version, but with the newest characters you can make short work of him