Force Keep — Thorn Da'vil
Keeps · 5 champions
The Fight▾
FORCE boss (Thorn Da'vil) → Spirit hits strong, Magic hits weak. His Force Armor passive grants ~4000 DEF; he buffs himself with Increase DEF (the right minion re-applies it) and his A1 puts 50% Decrease ATK (2t) on your team; the left minion casts Heal Reduction (cuts your healer). Win condition is Decrease DEF + Weaken to punch through the DEF, not raw nuke stats. He does NOT heal — Heal Reduction on him is wasted. Almighty Immunity: immune to Stun, Freeze, Sleep, Provoke, Block Active Skills, Fear and True Fear — bring debuffs, not control.
Team
ValkanenVVoid = neutral, safe. ON AUTO: DISABLE A3 (Death's Bargain) — it sacrifices one of your OWN allies to unlock his secret skill, and the AI will pick your healer/debuffer. With A3 off he cycles A1 + A2 (Hex of Blades hits ALL enemies, scales with your stacked Dec DEF + Weaken) — great vs the boss + 2 minions.—
AnaxSbooked 50% Dec DEF + Weaken — the two debuffs that matter; Spirit hits strong. (NOT Aox.)—
High KhatunSInc SPD + fill TM — out-cycle his AoE 50% Dec ATK; more turns = more Dec DEF uptime—
Rector DrathShealer + Perfect Veil (5★ Force Keep). Left minion's Heal Reduction cuts healing — kill it first; Spirit-strong damage ends it fast.5★Affinity
Force boss → Spirit strong, Magic weak, Void neutral. Field Spirit/Void — Kael (Magic) hits WEAK here. Warmaiden is FORCE (Barbarians), i.e. neutral, not weak — earlier note calling her Magic was wrong.
Levers
- ›Valkanen A3 (Death's Bargain) OFF on auto — always, in every keep.
- ›Focus the LEFT minion first (Heal Reduction caster) so Rector's heals stay whole; the right minion only re-applies the boss's Increase DEF.
- ›Dec DEF + Weaken must LAND — gear Anax/Katonn to the stage ACC wall (~stage×10 rule of thumb) or they bounce off.
- ›Heal Reduction is worthless on this boss (he never heals) — don't field Vizier/Hilda/Vallaryn FOR that; Vizier's value here is Block Buffs instead.
- ›All hard CC is dead weight: Stun/Freeze/Sleep/Provoke/Block Active Skills/Fear are immune — Umbral, Bellower's A1, Maeve, Jurojin lines do nothing to the boss.
- ›Budget alt line: Poison bypasses DEF entirely — a Frozen Banshee/Fenshi poison core beats the DEF wall without Dec DEF, but at 3–4★ it's slower than just stripping his armor.
Swaps
- Stag KnightS
Spirit (hits strong): AoE 60% Dec DEF + 50% Dec ATK — the Dec ATK blunts the boss's A1 pressure. 4★ today; once 6★ (queue #3) he takes the Katonn or Khatun slot.
- SkeletorS
Spirit, 5★: buff-STEAL takes the boss's Increase DEF for himself, debuff extension keeps Dec DEF + Weaken glued, +60 ACC aura helps everything land.
- Aox the RemembererF
Sustain-slot alternative to Rector (fully booked 6★, Force = neutral). Passive EXTENDS every debuff → keeps Anax/Katonn's Dec DEF + Weaken up; adds AoE Dec ATK + a debuff-scaling heal. Trade away Rector's Perfect Veil.
- Vizier OvelisF
Force (neutral), 5★: Block Buffs on the boss stops Increase DEF from ever landing — the minion's re-cast whiffs too. Ignore his Heal Reduction here.
- DoompriestF
Sustain alt (Force = neutral): Bolster strips the boss's AoE Dec ATK off the team every turn, bookless.
- Suwai FirstbornV
Budget AoE Dec DEF + Weaken + Dec ATK (4★, Void) — the old slot-holder; run him if Katonn is committed elsewhere.
- DilgolV
Void (neutral): AoE Dec ACC cuts the boss's Decrease ATK landing on you + A3 Dec DEF. Only 3★.
- WarmaidenF
AoE Dec DEF 60% — Force affinity = NEUTRAL here (she is Barbarians/Force, not Magic). Still only 3★; Katonn/Stag outclass her now.
- Defiled SinnerF
AoE-vs-5+ A1 + enemy-count A3 clear the waves fast (Force = neutral into Thorn Da'vil); Force Keep 4 (Ayumi).
Alternative Comps
Ideal (fully built)
dream teamIf every owned champ were 6★ + geared — the build-goal lineup.
Katonn + Stag double-stack AoE Dec DEF + Weaken/Dec ATK (Stag hits Spirit-strong), Skeletor steals the boss's Increase DEF and extends every debuff, Valkanen nukes through the opened armor, Rector sustains. Still to 6★: Suzerain Katonn, Stag Knight, Skeletor.