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Faction Crypt · 5 of 5 seats · 26 owned bodies
The Fight▾
Stage-21 boss is The Disruptor (Lv 250; ~1.14M HP behind 7.3k DEF ≈ 7.3M effective and 140 SPD are community estimates — no source publishes exact stats) flanked by two minions that heal and buff him — kill the minions first. His A1 Provokes 2 RANDOM champions (2 turns), his A2 AoE True Fears (4-turn CD), and hitting him risks a 20% UNRESISTIBLE 1-turn Freeze — RES (Ayumi recommends ~+300 for stage 21) answers the Provoke/True Fear, but only cleanse answers the Freeze. The plan: High Khatun out-paces the crypt (AoE Inc SPD + TM fill), Warmaiden's 60% Dec DEF (75% chance, 90% booked) turns the boss's DEF wall down, Alika deletes him — her A2 ignores 50% DEF against any bigger-HP target (always live here); her Disorient is wave tech only, since stage-21 bosses' Almighty Immunity blocks cooldown extension and the Provoke sits on a no-cooldown A1 — Suwai's AoE Dec ATK blunts the waves, and Djamarsa's full-team revive absorbs the control RNG. Debuffers need ~250 ACC or the whole plan whiffs.
Team
RoleChampionNoteTier
Speed / TM lead
High KhatunSLead. Goes first to Inc SPD + fill TM; AoE TM drain slows the 140-SPD boss. Functions at 5★.5★
High KhatunSLead. Goes first to Inc SPD + fill TM; AoE TM drain slows the 140-SPD boss. Functions at 5★.5★Dec DEF + TM control
ArminaMNEW — Ayumi FW 5★: A2 AoE 60% Dec DEF at 75% base that also STEALS 7.5% TM from every debuffed target, A3 drains 20% TM from all enemies and Stuns anyone bottomed out, and her passive refills 10% of her own TM per Stun landed. Strictly supersedes Warmaiden's 3★ Dec DEF, and covers the crypt's TM role at the same time4★
ArminaMNEW — Ayumi FW 5★: A2 AoE 60% Dec DEF at 75% base that also STEALS 7.5% TM from every debuffed target, A3 drains 20% TM from all enemies and Stuns anyone bottomed out, and her passive refills 10% of her own TM per Stun landed. Strictly supersedes Warmaiden's 3★ Dec DEF, and covers the crypt's TM role at the same time4★Damage + cooldown control
AlikaFNEW seat — HH FW Damage 5/5 (Ayumi cooler: FW 4★). A2 ignores 50% DEF vs bigger-HP targets — the boss deleter. AoE Disorient (75%, +1 turn to skill cooldowns) is wave/minion tech only — the boss is immune to cooldown extension. Fresh 4★ — build priority #1.4★
AlikaFNEW seat — HH FW Damage 5/5 (Ayumi cooler: FW 4★). A2 ignores 50% DEF vs bigger-HP targets — the boss deleter. AoE Disorient (75%, +1 turn to skill cooldowns) is wave/minion tech only — the boss is immune to cooldown extension. Fresh 4★ — build priority #1.4★Lead / mitigation + revive
AltanMNEW Legendary — Ayumi FW 5★ and a 33% Ally-DEF aura in ALL battles (the strongest defensive lead on the roster, and it beats High Khatun's SPD lead for a crypt that dies rather than stalls). A1 60% chance of 50% Dec ATK, A2 60% team Inc DEF (+20% MAX HP Shield if the hit kills), passive revives a random ally at 30% HP on every kill he makes5★
AltanMNEW Legendary — Ayumi FW 5★ and a 33% Ally-DEF aura in ALL battles (the strongest defensive lead on the roster, and it beats High Khatun's SPD lead for a crypt that dies rather than stalls). A1 60% chance of 50% Dec ATK, A2 60% team Inc DEF (+20% MAX HP Shield if the hit kills), passive revives a random ally at 30% HP on every kill he makes5★Sustain / revive
DjamarsaFFull-team revive (30% HP+TM; base 7-turn CD, BOOKS take it to 5 — her passive cuts allies' cooldowns, not her own) carries the Provoke/True Fear RNG. 4★.4★
DjamarsaFFull-team revive (30% HP+TM; base 7-turn CD, BOOKS take it to 5 — her passive cuts allies' cooldowns, not her own) carries the Provoke/True Fear RNG. 4★.4★Role coverage
- MDamageSuwai Firstborn, Warmaiden, Soulbond Bowyer, Slayer, Scrapper, Ragemonger, Maeve, Alika, Valla, Fahrakin the Fat, Kallia, Armina, Sikara, Altan
- MDecrease ATKSuwai Firstborn, Sentinel, Hill Nomad, Baroth the Bloodsoaked, Altan
- VDecrease DEFSuwai Firstborn, Warmaiden, Dunestrider, Valla, Baroth the Bloodsoaked, Fahrakin the Fat, Armina
- MControlSoulbond Bowyer, Slayer, Trugorr, Elder, Woad-Painted, Maeve, Alika, Atur, Armina, Armanz the Magnificent
- STM ManipHigh Khatun, Soulbond Bowyer, Dunestrider, Maeve, Armina, Armanz the Magnificent
- MSustainDjamarsa, Hill Nomad, Elder, Woad-Painted, Teshada, Fahrakin the Fat, Altan
Levers
- ›Build order: Alika (the damage seat, fresh 4★) → Warmaiden to 6★ with ~250 ACC → speed-tune Djamarsa fast enough to revive before a follow-up wipe.
- ›The boss's Freeze-on-hit CANNOT be resisted — cleanse, not RES, answers it. Woad-Painted (full self-cleanse + 1-debuff team cleanse + big overheal) is the DEFAULT stage-21 swap for Suwai; her Block Active Skills is wave-only (boss immune). RES (~300 per Ayumi) still counters the A1 Provoke / A2 True Fear — Sentinel's +30 RES-in-crypts aura is the budget lever. Suwai stays the default on wave stages.
- ›Soulbond Bowyer is first bench: A3 75% chance to fully deplete one target's TM peels the fast minion or the boss (bosses aren't immune to TM depletion) — swap for Suwai on stages where mitigation isn't the failure mode.
- ›Scrapper is the boss-stage tech swap: his A2 destroys the target's MAX HP by 30% of damage DEALT — post-DEF, so it's a ~30% damage amplifier, not a health-pool bypass (Ayumi FW 5★; HH 4/10 — sources split).
- ›Maeve stays benched: Ayumi 1★/F for FW, and her Block Revive hook does nothing vs the Disruptor.
- ›New bench from the July pulls: Teshada (single revive + team heal + FW-only 20% SPD aura — the Djamarsa swap when her full-team revive is overkill), Valla (durable shield-strip bruiser — trades Warmaiden's reliable shred for bulk), Atur (provoke-tank depth).
- ›Baroth the Bloodsoaked (July pull): 50% Dec ATK + 60% Dec DEF + strip on ONE skill plus a team shield/heal — the deepest bench swap for Warmaiden's or Suwai's seat, but needs ~8–12 tomes to land reliably.
- ›July 2026 reshuffle: ALTAN (Legendary) takes Suwai Firstborn's mitigation seat and contests the lead — his 33% Ally DEF applies in all battles where High Khatun's SPD lead is tempo only; pick DEF when the crypt kills you and SPD when it out-paces you. ARMINA replaces Warmaiden as the Dec DEF body and folds the TM role into the same seat. Displaced: Warmaiden (3★) and Suwai (4★) to the bench; Fahrakin the Fat (Ayumi FW 5★ — 60% Dec DEF + HP Burn + double Poison) is the damage-seat challenger to Alika, and Sikara is the buff-strip answer if a floor stacks buffs. Kallia is bench-only: HP Burn damage on a body this crypt already has three of, though her Atur partner-heal is live on this roster (he is owned), which makes her a self-sustaining filler if a floor keeps killing the damage seat.
- ›ARMANZ THE MAGNIFICENT IS THE IDEAL TM SEAT (recorded 2026-09-01), replacing High Khatun once built. Fresh HH FW roles: control 5/5 AND tmManip 5/5 — both maximum, primary Control. The Disruptor sits at ~7.3M effective HP and 140 SPD behind two minions that HEAL AND BUFF HIM, and Armanz answers both halves. A2 Greatest Hits STEALS ALL TURN METER from every target, and this record's own Soulbond Bowyer bench note confirms the mechanic is boss-legal ('bosses aren't immune to TM depletion') — a harder lock than High Khatun's AoE drain or Armina's 7.5% steal. A3 For My Next Trick removes all buffs from all enemies at 75% and CANNOT BE BLOCKED, the direct answer to minions buffing the boss, which nothing in the current five does. His Stun and Sheep are dead on the stage-21 boss (Almighty Immunity) but live on waves and minions. THE AURA IS THE CATCH AND IT IS DECISIVE: his 28% SPD aura is ARENA-ONLY and dead in crypts, so he can NEVER lead here — the lead must move to Altan's 33% Ally DEF in all battles, which this record already flags as the better lead 'for a crypt that dies rather than stalls'. 5★, queue #2, needs ~250 ACC; every line in his kit is an accuracy check.
Bench
Sources:AyumiLoveHellHades