Mission 52: Howling Duyere

Mission Overview

Situation: If this is Zakov again... I swear to God, I'm getting out of my ATAC and kicking the mission/scenario writer in the babymaker until he bleeds out his backside. Objective: Annihilate all enemies.	3D Map:

Enemies

	Duyere (Sarbelas ATAC)
	HP: 172			Level: 17			Money: 12000
	BAS: 17	POW: 14	DEX: 18	AGL: 18	DEF: 9	WEP: 19	Spirit: 66	Range: 6	Speed: 7.50
	Equipment: Mystaria, Sardonis, Power Tiara (Okay, fine.. I'll stop teasing him)			Attacks: Slash, Str. Slash, Quicksand, Earthquake			Dormant Abilities: Assassinate, Mental Vision, Hoverjets, Forest Motion
	Bodyguard Chief Matisse (Einlager ATAC)
	HP: 153			Level: 21			Money: 5000
	BAS: 19	POW: 21	DEX: 15	AGL: 11	DEF: 12	WEP: 20	Spirit: 78	Range: 5	Speed: 5.90
	Equipment: Durandar, Tiger's Eye, Knight Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Tackle, Str. Slash, Kick, Quicksand, Earthquake			Dormant Abilities: Mass Menace
	Bodyguard 2 (Einlager ATAC)
	HP: 151			Level: 20			Money: 5000
	BAS: 19	POW: 19	DEX: 16	AGL: 11	DEF: 11	WEP: 19	Spirit: 75	Range: 5	Speed: 5.90
	Equipment: Durandar, Tiger's Eye, Knight Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Tackle, Str. Slash, Kick, Quicksand, Earthquake			Dormant Abilities: Mass Menace
	Bodyguard 3 (Einlager ATAC)
	HP: 141			Level: 19			Money: 5000
	BAS: 17	POW: 17	DEX: 14	AGL: 11	DEF: 14	WEP: 19	Spirit: 72	Range: 5	Speed: 5.82
	Equipment: Durandar, Tiger's Eye, Knight Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Tackle, Str. Slash, Kick, Quicksand, Earthquake			Dormant Abilities: Mass Menace
	Bodyguard 4 (Einlager ATAC)
	HP: 143			Level: 18			Money: 5000
	BAS: 18	POW: 16	DEX: 13	AGL: 12	DEF: 11	WEP: 19	Spirit: 69	Range: 5	Speed: 6.10
	Equipment: Durandar, Tiger's Eye, Knight Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Tackle, Str. Slash, Kick, Quicksand, Earthquake			Dormant Abilities: Mass Menace
	Imperial 1 (Dantarius ATAC)
	HP: 103			Level: 17			Money: 2000
	BAS: 11	POW: 11	DEX: 10	AGL: 15	DEF: 15	WEP: 14	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.54
	Equipment: Shimmerswrd, Olivine, Warrior Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Str. Slash, Str. Thrust, Tornado			Dormant Abilities: Front Menace
	Imperial 2 (Dantarius ATAC)
	HP: 103			Level: 17			Money: 2000
	BAS: 11	POW: 11	DEX: 10	AGL: 15	DEF: 15	WEP: 14	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.54
	Equipment: Shimmerswrd, Olivine, Warrior Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Str. Slash, Str. Thrust, Tornado			Dormant Abilities: Front Menace
	Imperial 3 (Dantarius ATAC)
	HP: 103			Level: 17			Money: 2000
	BAS: 11	POW: 11	DEX: 10	AGL: 15	DEF: 15	WEP: 14	Spirit: 66	Range: 5	Speed: 6.54
	Equipment: Shimmerswrd, Olivine, Warrior Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Str. Slash, Str. Thrust, Tornado			Dormant Abilities: Front Menace
	Imperial 4 (Barbatos ATAC)
	HP: 118			Level: 16			Money: 3500
	BAS: 14	POW: 14	DEX: 10	AGL: 11	DEF: 10	WEP: 17	Spirit: 63	Range: 4	Speed: 5.70
	Equipment: Darkblade, Garnet, Warrior Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Tackle, Str. Slash, Kick, Quicksand			Dormant Abilities: Front Menace
	Imperial 5 (Barbatos ATAC)
	HP: 118			Level: 16			Money: 3500
	BAS: 14	POW: 14	DEX: 10	AGL: 11	DEF: 10	WEP: 17	Spirit: 63	Range: 4	Speed: 5.70
	Equipment: Darkblade, Garnet, Warrior Coat-of-Arms			Attacks: Slash, Thrust, Tackle, Str. Slash, Kick, Quicksand			Dormant Abilities: Front Menace

Strategy

Remember this battlefield from a long time ago? Remember how Faulkner attacked you on it? Well, we're going to follow his example for this mission. The first thing to do is to run everyone on your team across the bridge over to the north. Position your team so that Barlow is standing on the bridge (for easy Earth Healing), with Milea in front of him for holding the fort, and Bastion behind Barlow for easy Cooling Mists and Tidal Waves to knock back the attackers. Reyna, Sadira and Andrew should be beside Bastion in any order. See the screenshot for reference. This way, the Imperials will only be able to attack Milea head-on, and her DEF is quite high. Barlow can heal from his position, and Sadira, Reyna, Bastion and Andrew can use long-range attacks to hit the enemy from relative safety. Neat, huh? Of course, you should credit Inuyasha (my bro) for laying the groundwork for this strategy, and me for adding to it. The power of brotherhood conquers all... well, at least it conquers stubborn Imperials and barriers inside temples that appeared because you swiped an ancient scepter that lets you speak with the guardian forces of the planet (if anyone gets THAT reference, then you're pretty damn good). Take things slow and take one soldier at a time in this mission. The Imperials are nothing special, but the Bodyguards (especially Matisse) can pose quite a threat. Make sure Bastion keeps Milea's FP low with Cooling Mist; the beauty of this positioning is that Cooling Mist will hit EVERYONE on your team! If you keep healing and using Cooling Mist on Milea, you will breeze your way through this mission taking hardly any damage. Sure beats the alternative strategy of running in like a barbarian and attacking everything. With all the fighting Milea is doing, she just might gain that level you've been waiting for! Increase her DEX by just 1 to learn Blizzard Break! Near the end of the battle, once Matisse and Duyere are taken down, feel free to break formation and finish the battle, now that the odds are in your favor.

Now that the mission is complete..

- You move on to Mission 53

Before beginning Mission 53, save, load stats from Options screen and then Interview. Check the Briefing for an overview of what's next, and when you're ready, head to Mission 53: Black Cloud.