Step-by-Step, Chapter 16: Speed DB10! Feat. Verdehile, The Fire Vampire

Chapter 16 of our player progression series is about speeding up your DB10 runs using Verdehile, the Fire Vampire.

Now that we’re able to decently farm DB10 using safe teams, we will use Verdehile to speed up our runs. So far, he is still the best lead for DB10 runs using Face teams, even end-game summoners use Verdehile with Twins (Boomerang Warrior and Chakram Dancer) for ultra speed runs, don’t worry we’ll get there eventually. But for now, we’ll focus on using farmable monsters for the benefit of our F2P players and the not-so-lucky ones in summoning. 😛

Verdehile brings so much utility that enables your team to do more before the dragon moves. With him, your team will be able to cleanse continuous damage frequently, heal up, and attack multiple times. There are three important factors to consider before using Verdehile in DB10 speed runs.

Factor 1: Team Average SPD of 190 for consistent attacks and good sustain

Aside from a high level or max level Totem (Glory Building), monsters like Spectra, Verdehile, Veromos, Belladeon and Megan should have 190 speed. You don’t want to be sluggish because the purpose of Verdehile is to maximize the number of turns before the enemies get a turn. As a starter of speed DB10, Swift runes are more valuable than Violent runes. To be able to use Violent runes, you need to maintain the minimum stats of SPD, HP and DEF which is hard to accomplish for starters of Speed DB10.

Factor 2: Debuffer/Stripper Accuracy of 55%, having less is a disaster

55% Accuracy is the optimum value in DB10. Since you will be hitting the boss straight and not the towers, it is required that your SPD debuffers (Spectra) and Stippers (Belladeon, Megan) to have 55% accuracy so that you will be able to effectively slow down the tower movements and strip the boss from immunity as necessary. Any accuracy above 55% is a waste, instead allocate it on HP, DEF or ATK.

Factor 3: Keep a good amount of HP and DEF to survive a few unexpected hits

We can’t control RNG and sometimes enemy waves can sneak in some turns. Towers from enemy waves hit like a truck and the Dragon can pick off 1 or more monsters from your team that could lead to failed runs. The minimum requirement for DEF is 800 and HP is 19k. Water monsters can have lower stats than the required minimum and Wind monsters need to have significantly higher stats, although of course, we do not recommend using Wind monsters unless they are tanky like Chasun or Briand.

Farmable monsters that are excellent partners with Verdehile:

Monster
Spectra	A excellent partner for Verdehile that prevents enemies from moving via ATB decrease and slow debuff Also a great Damage Dealer using its 2nd skill
Lapis	AoE Crowd Control good for keeping the ATB of crystal towers low Element advantage DEF break on 2nd skill good for killing the boss faster
Veromos	Able to cleanse frequently that ensures the survival of your whole team With a high base DEF, you can focus on adding ATK stats to speed up your runs
Belladeon	Able to sustain and increase your team's ATB more frequently DEF break on 1st skill good for killing the boss faster Able to strip the boss from immunity
Megan	Element advantage Provides good utility via Continuous Damage on 1st skill, Strip on 2nd skill, and DEF/ATK Buff and AoE ATB Increase on 3rd skill
Theomars	One of the best single hit Damage Dealer in DB10 Provides good utility in DEF Break and Continuous Damage Element advantage
Sigmarus	Can be the Damage Dealer of your team with AoE nuke on 3rd skill Element advantage and easy to rune because of good base stats
Tarq	Further speed up your runs with Cooldown Reduction Element advantage and deals substantial damage

Monster Runes and Minimum Stats:

Below are the minimum stats required for your monsters to run a Face DB10 in auto. You may notice the minimum stats specifically SPD, HP and DEF are a little bit higher than last chapter’s requirements. This is mainly due to the change of Leader (unlike Sigmarus/Veromos with HP bonus). “Speed is King” as they say, it is essential to sustain and burst enemies with Verdehile as your utility. The 3 core monsters needed for this Face team are Verdehile, Belladeon and Spectra since they have the key factors of Crowd Control, Strip, frequent ATB and sustain.

Monster	Rune Set	Slot 2,4,6	SPD	HP	DEF	Accuracy
Verdehile	/	SPD / CR% / HP% or ATK%	190	18k -> 19k	700 -> 800	Non-Priority
Spectra	or / or	SPD / HP% or CR% / HP%	210	18k -> 19k	800	55%
Lapis	or /	SPD / HP% or ATK% / ATK%	170 -> 180	17k	700 -> 800	55%
Veromos	/ or	SPD / HP% / HP%	170 -> 180	19k	800	45%
Belladeon	/ or	SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%	180	19k	850	55%
Megan	/ or	SPD / HP% / HP%	180	17k	700 -> 800	55%
Theomars	/	SPD / CD% / ATK%	180	14k	750	Non-Priority
Sigmarus	/	SPD or ATK% / ATK or CD% / ATK% or HP%	110 -> 120	15k	700 -> 800	Non-Priority
Konamiya	/ or	SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%	175	17k	700	Non-Priority
Tarq	/ or	SPD or ATK% / ATK% or CR% or CD% / ATK%	190 (1st turn) 160 (last turn)	17k	650	Non-Priority

Team Composition and Synchronization in Auto Mode

There are 2 synchronization types for Verdehile teams. Verdehile as speedy attacker and Verdehile as the last attacker. Both have their advantages and disadvantages but for starters of speed runs, we recommend Verdehile as a speedy attacker. With this type of synchronization, survivability is ensured especially on drawn-out fights because your team will have more turns in total.

Team	Line-up	Attack Order
Standard Face Team		Spectra > Megan / Verdehile > Belladeon / Veromos
		Spectra > Verdehile > Belladeon / Veromos / Lapis
		Spectra > Verdehile > Belladeon / Veromos > Sigmarus
		Spectra > Megan / Verdehile > Belladeon > Sigmarus
		Spectra > Megan / Verdehile > Belladeon > Theomars
		Spectra > Megan / Verdehile > Theomars / Tarq

Videos of Verdehile lead DB10 AutoRuns

3min Runs – Face Team 1

<3min Runs – Face Team 2

<3min Runs – Face Team 3

Game Progression Guide

DB10 improvements:

• Upgrade Glory Buildings to strengthen your team
• Improve ATK stats on Damage Dealers to decrease clear time
• Build a Theomars and build him as your DB10 Damage Dealer

Key Monsters to Level Up:

• NB10: Colleen as 6* Max, Xiong Fei Fusion.

Rune Upgrade:

• Farm for ideal 5* and 6* Violent and Revenge runes (At least Hero/Purple grade).
• Power-up to +15 on all your slots 4/6 6* runes.
• Power-up to +12 on all your slots 1/3/5 5* runes.

Resource Management

• Sell slots 4/6 5* Violent runes unless main stat is HP%.
• Allocate crystals for energy refills.
• +15 your 6* main stat runes (2/4/6) especially SPD, HP% and ATK%.
• Keep an eye on 6* Hero and Legend runes on Magic Shop. Buy when it fits the desired stats.
• Remember to collect guaranteed crystals from defeating your rivals every time they are up.
• Collect rewards from events, they give plenty of resources.

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