How to Defeat the Rift of Worlds - FIRE BEAST (In-depth guide)

Welcome to Summoners War Rift of Worlds In-depth guide!

This discussion will help you decide how to create or enhance your current Rift dungeon teams on defeating the boss.

Details

Raid Beast Type: Fire
Target Rating: A+, S, SS, SSS (depending on your total damage)

Drops:

Runes (Fight, Determination, Enhance, Accuracy, Tolerance)
Enchanted Gems and Grindstones
Flaming Fire Crystals
Condensed Magic Crystals
Pure Magic Crystals
Rune Piece, Rainbowmon, MS, Summoning stone, Shapeshifting Stone

*Note: It is important to defeat the Raid Beast rather than settle for a mediocre run since it gives you more amount of drops and makes your farming efficient. Saves time and energy!

Fire Beast Overview

First let’s look at the Fire Beast skill. It is essential to understand the mechanics behind each move so that you can properly create a strategic team against the boss.

Fire Sweep:
Becomes frenzy whenever an enemy attacks. Attacks all enemies 2 times to stun them. Greatly increases the damage and the chances to stun the enemies proportionate to the number of times the Beast becomes frenzy. The frenzy effect will reset after the attack.

Fire Minion Summoning:
Attacks all enemies 3 times with an enraged roar and summons 8 Fire Minions. The HP of the Fire minions will increase every time the Fire Minion Summoning is used. Fire Minion: The Fire Minions can only be removed by the wide-area attacks, and the remaining Fire Minions will perform Self Destruction Attacks to inflict damage proportionate to their MAX HP on all enemies when the beast uses a different skill. You can inflict damage to the Beast if you remove the Fire Minions before they perform the Self Destruction Attacks.

*Note: This is the Fire Beast’s signature skill. Fire minions can only be removed by wide-area attacks, and you must get rid of them before they explode to minimize the damage.

*Tip: use AOE attackers to clear the fire minions (Sigmarus, Water Homie AOE, Taor, Beth, Alicia, Verad, etc.)

Thorn of Despair:
attacks the enemies in the frontline 2 times with a sharp thorn. The damage increases substantially as the target’s Defense decreases. This attack will target the backline if there are no enemies left in the frontline.

*Tip: you can minimize the damage by placing monsters with high DEF in the frontline (Mo Long, Colleen with DEF stats, Verad, etc.)

Burning Rageful Breath:
Removes all beneficial effects on all enemies and attacks them 6 times with fire breath. Makes the remaining Fire Minions explode to inflict great damage.

Twisted Body (Passive):
Weakens the effect that inflict damage proportionate to the HP with a twisted power and gains immunity against all harmful effects. The immunity against all harmful effects will be removed during the Groggy State. Additionally, increases the damage received from water monsters by 50% and increases the damage dealt to wind monsters by 50%.

Why farm Rift Beasts?

This game content is more for mid to late-game players. Since the latest game update, it is now a growing popularity to farm Rift Beasts in crafting Homunculus and new generation runes, gems and grindstones (Fight, Determination, Enhance, Accuracy, Tolerance).

The rune requirement is quite high, but most importantly you need the right team of monsters for every Rift Beast because each has its own unique attack type and weaknesses.

Getting Started

Unit Recommendations

Colleen

She is the backbone of your team that helps sustain via healing and gives a 3-turn attack increase buff. Aside from being a low cooldown 3rd skill, she spams whenever it’s ready allowing perma attack buff on your team.

Rune Set

Rank A+ to S: Violent / Rev

SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%

* A more sustainable build that is also similar from Necropolis build. However, support violent procs are counter productive if you target a high damage score on raids.

Rank S and above: Non Violent Set

SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%

* Violent proc steals a turn from your nukers and result to a huge loss of damage points during boss groggy state. If you plan for an efficient SS or SSS run, it is best to remove your violent set from your sustain mons.

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180 (should be the fastest unit on your team so she applies the buff before your nukers attack)

HP: 30k

DEF: 800

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline (w/ 800+ def) else, Backline

Tarq

Amazing nuker and provides a cooldown refresh to units that attack with him when he casts the group hunt skill.

Rune Set

Violent or Swift / Blade

ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 140 or more (keep him as the slowest unit on your team)

ATK: 1400

HP: 15k

DEF: 600

CRI RATE: 70%

CRI: DMG: 150%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Theomars

Main damage dealer that provides def break and a good frontline monster (elemental king passive provides immunity to death for 1 turn). Useful Leader Skill +24% crit rate to allies.

Rune Set

Violent / Rev

SPD / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

ATK: 1800

HP: 15k

DEF: 750

CRI RATE: 61% (if you plan to use him as lead) else, 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

ACCURACY: 15-20%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Xiao Lin

Main damage dealer with 1st skill def break. Her Water Dragon Attack deals tremendous amount of damage to boss and an additional 15% damage for each harmful effect of the enemy, which gives a lot of bonus damage points while the boss is on groggy state. She works well with Colleen since her 1st and 2nd skill applies debuffs.

We prefer using her over Theomars in cases where you have better lead units like Zaiross or Poseidon (Atk power +33%) and alike. But you can also use them both if your units are limited and if you need the +24% crit lead.

Rune Set

Vampire / Nemesis or Blade

ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

ATK: 1800

HP: 15k

DEF: 900 (for frontline) else, 750

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

ACCURACY: 15-20%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline, Backline

Stella

Main damage dealer that applies brand debuff (+25% damage received by enemy) and a 1st skill def break. Her 3rd skill also deals good damage with multihits depending on her total SPD, starting from 100 (2 hits) and an additional hit per 25 spd increment up to 7x hits (225 spd).

Rune Set

Swift, Violent, Rage or Fatal / Blade

SPD / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180 (If you use Colleen make Stella attack after her)

ATK: 1800

HP: 16k

DEF: 700

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 150%

ACCURACY: 35%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Hwahee

Damage dealer, healer and attack buffer in 1 unit. If your team is equipped with high-grade runes, we recommend using her for a consistent SS/SSS rating and remove Colleen as your sustain monster since Hwahee provides a better damage output. The only downside is her AI tends not to use her Amuse skill even if all her skills are all ready, missing out the heal and attack buff on your team unlike Colleen who usually uses her 3rd skill when ready. If your team needs more sustain, use Colleen instead of Hwahee.

Rune Set

Violent or Fatal / Blade

SPD / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180 (should be the fastest unit on your team so she applies the buff before your nukers attack)

ATK: 1800

HP: 17k

DEF: 800

CRI RATE: 70%

CRI: DMG: 150%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Sigmarus

Main damage dealer with AOE 3rd skill for clearing fire minions. He is a farmable unit with high damage multipliers but also replaceable when u obtain better AOE nukers like Taor, Verad, Beth, Alicia, etc.

This unit has a good leader skill +44% HP for allies.

Rune Set

Violent or Rage / Blade

ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 140

ATK: 2200

HP: 13k

DEF: 800

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Zaiross

One of the best damage dealer with 2 AOE skills ideal for clearing fire minions. Also deals huge damage to boss on groggy state. Additionally, his leader skill provides +33% attack power. An absolute dream unit!

Rune Set

Violent or Rage / Blade

ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 150

ATK: 2300

HP: 17k

DEF: 800

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Beth

Similar to Zaiross with 2 AOE skills ideal for clearing fire minions. She also has def break on her 3rd skill ensuring the boss on def debuff and keeping a high damage score while boss is on groggy state.

Rune Set

Violent or Rage / Blade

SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 160

ATK: 1800

HP: 17k

DEF: 850

CRI RATE: 70%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Perna

Main damage dealer and sustains the HP of your team by healing 10% each turn. One of the reasons why some go for YOLO teams with no dedicated healer unit like Colleen. Also a good frontline monster (Eternity passive allows him to revive after death with cooldown of 8 turns).

Most importantly this unit has the best lead skill (+44% Atk power to allies)

Rune Set

Violent / Blade

SPD / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

ATK: 1800

HP: 23k

DEF: 700

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 165%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline

Verdehile

Damage dealer and ATB booster. He has self-sustain from skill 1 and boosts your team with more turns for frequent healing and attacks.

This unit has a leader skill +28% SPD to allies.

Rune Set

Violent or Swift / Blade or Revenge

SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 150 (should be the slowest unit on your team for effective ATB boost)

ATK: 1600

HP: 16k

DEF: 700

CRI RATE: 100%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Taor

Similar but better than Sigmarus, Taor is a main Damage Dealer with AOE 3rd skill for clearing fire minions. His skills have high scaling so even his normal hit deals huge damage. Make sure his speed is around 180 for a high damage Squall.

This unit has a good leader skill +50% HP for allies with water attribute.

Rune Set

Swift / Blade

SPD / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

ATK: 1800

HP: 17k

DEF: 700

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 165%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Alicia

2 AOE skills with a 2-turn def break on her 1st skill. She’s reliable even if you run her as your sole AOE damage unit, additionally she gains another turn if her 3rd skill kills an enemy unit including fire minions. Her base DEF is also high so she’s a viable front line unit.

Rune Set

Fatal or Rage / Blade

SPD or ATK / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 170

ATK: 1900

HP: 19k

DEF: 1k (for frontline) else, 900

CRI RATE: 70%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline, Backline

Bastet

A great support monster that provides a 3-turn attack buff and creates a shield on your allies for 3 turns. Although her 2nd skill is AOE, it is unreliable to clear the fire minions with this skill. She also applies debuffs using her 2nd skill (def break, glancing hit, disturb HP recovery) which is good if your nukers have debuff scaling attacks (Xiao Lin, Homunculus Erruption). Bastet is one of the reasons why some go for YOLO teams with no dedicated healer unit like Colleen.

This unit has a leader skill of +33% DEF to allies.

Rune Set

Swift / Energy or Fight

SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

HP: 28k

DEF: 1k

ACCURACY:30%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline

Verad

Great frontline unit with 2 AOE skills ideal for clearing fire minions. Verad’s 2nd and 3rd skill damage are def scaling and have low cooldowns making him even more realiable as a sole AOE nuker on your team.

This unit has a leader skill of +33% HP to allies.

Rune Set

Violent / Guard or Blade

SPD / CD% / DEF%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

HP: 15k

DEF: 1800

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline

Mo Long

Great frontline unit with AOE damage on his 2nd skill for clearing fire minions. Mo Long’s 1st skill allows him to attack 3x and a chance to apply a 2-turn def break.

This unit has a leader skill of +33% HP to allies.

Rune Set

Vampire / Energy

HP% / HP% / HP%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 150

HP: 35k

DEF: 950

CRI RATE: 65%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline

Chow

Great frontline unit and main damage dealer that scales his attack on his current HP. Chow also has self heal and recovers 15% at the end of his turn.

This unit has a great leader skill of +50% DEF for allies with water attribute.

Rune Set

Violent / Blade or Energy

SPD or HP% / CD% / HP%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

HP: 32k

ATK: 1000

DEF: 900

CRI RATE: 70%

CRI: DMG: 150%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline

Chandra

Reliable frontline unit with AOE 3rd skill to clear the fire minions. His attacks scale on HP and also a good damage mitigator from its 2nd skill.

This unit has a great leader skill of +44% DEF to allies

Rune Set

Violent / Revenge or Energy

HP% / CD% / HP%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 160

HP: 32k

DEF: 900

CRI RATE: 70%

CRI: DMG: 150%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Frontline

Fire Homunculus (Attack) Flood/Brand/Eruption path

Main damage dealer that applies brand debuff (+25% damage received by enemy). Additionally, his 3rd skill Eruption has a very high damage multiplier (800%) and gives additional damage that scales with the number of debuffs present on boss. This unit is perfect to run with support units like Colleen and Bastet.

Rune Set

Violent or Rage / Blade

SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 180

HP: 16k

ATK: 1800

DEF: 750

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Water Homunculus (Attack) AOE/Ice explosion or Ice Mist path

3 AOE skills. He can be your sole AOE nuker since his damage multipliers for 2nd and 3rd are enough to kill the fire minions. When this unit uses his 3rd skill Ice explosion, cooldown will be decreased by 1 turn each according to the number of enemies defeated. Ice Mist is also enough to wipe out the minions.

Rune Set

Fatal or Rage / Blade

SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%

Minimum Stats

SPD: 170

HP: 16k

ATK: 1800

DEF: 750

CRI RATE: 75%

CRI: DMG: 160%

*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance

Position

Backline

Honorable Mentions:

Shi Hou – Leader skill: +33% ATK to allies, 2nd skill AOE damage

MHW – Leader skill: +33% DEF to allies, applies def break, high damage scaling from his passive skill that adds 20% attack power whenever attacked (stacks up to 10x)

Poseidon – Leader skill: +33% ATK to allies, 2nd and 3rd skill AOE damage but low attack scaling

Fei – Applies Def Break, Multi-hit and a chance to ignore def, high attack scaling

Anavel – Leader skill: +38% Crit Rate of allies with water attribute, can frontline and heal based on attack power, AOE damage that scales with HP and 3-turn def break on 3rd skill