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.
Contents
I. Dungeon Details
II. Light Beast Overview
III. Why farm Rift Beasts
IV. Getting Started (Unit Recommendation, Runes, Minimum Stats)
V. Team Set-up
VI. Video of Full Run + Rune showcase
VII. Summary and Conclusion
I. Dungeon Details
Raid Beast Type: Light
Target Rating: A+, S, SS, SSS (depending on your total damage)
Drops:
- Runes (Fight, Determination, Enhance, Accuracy, Tolerance)
- Enchanted Gems and Grindstones
- Shiny Light Crystals
- Condensed Magic Crystals
- Pure Magic Crystals
- Rune Piece, Rainbowmon, MS, Summoning stone, Shapeshifting Stone
*Note: It is important to defeat the Rift 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!
II. Light Beast Overview
First let’s look at the Light Beast skill. It is essential to understand the mechanics behind each move so that you can properly create a strategic team against the boss.
Light Sweep:
Becomes enraged whenever an enemy gains a turn. Attacks all enemies 2 times. Greatly increases the damage proportionate to the number of times the Beast becomes enraged and the rage effect will reset after the attack.
Light Distortion:
Attacks all enemies 3 times with a giant roar and creates the Distorted Shield. The HP of the shield will increase every time the Light Distortion is used. Distortion Shield: A shield that decreases the received damage and increases the inflicted damage. It shares the damage inflicted on the Light Beast and substantially decreases the inflicted damage when receiving multiple hits. The Beast’s attacks will become stronger according to the number of the remaining HP of the shield.
*Note: This is the Light Beast’s signature skill. The key here is to bring hard hitting single attack units (Sigmarus, Lyn, Xing Zhe, MHW etc.). The 3rd phase is very tricky since you must bring the boss near half HP before it casts the 2nd light distortion. Unlike other Rift beasts, 1 sustain unit is enough here.
*Tip: Units that scale damage based on HP are recommended! Bring mostly single hit damage dealers + 1 healer (Colleen/Chasun/Hwahee).
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 (Colleen with DEF stats, Trevor, Xing Zhe, etc.)
Shining Rageful Breath:
Removes all beneficial effects on all enemies and attacks them 6 times with light breath.
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 dealt to and received from Dark Monsters by 50% each.
III. 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.
IV. Getting Started
Leader Skill
Attack power > Crit Rate > Def > HP > Speed
Use Crit Rate lead if your nukers’ CR is below 75%, otherwise it defeats the purpose of landing high damage output even with high attack power. Def lead helps frontline to survive better than HP lead. Speed lead is a disadvantage if you have squishy units since the Light Beast becomes enraged whenever your units gets a turn.
Unit Recommendations
Colleen
She is a good sole-unit sustain and gives a 3-turn attack increase buff on your team. Aside from her low cooldown 3rd skill, she spams whenever it’s ready allowing perma attack buff on your team.
- Rune Set
Violent / Guard or Energy or Revenge
*Can also use non-Violent set (to prevent steal turns on your nukers during boss groggy state) recommended only when your team survivability is very stable
SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%
- 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
Reliable frontline, massive heal (scales to her HP) and attack buffer. Her 3rd skill is also a game saver at times.
- Rune Set
Violent / Nemesis
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
HP: 30k
DEF: 850
RESISTANCE: 50%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Wind Homunculus (Attack) Brand path
Main damage dealer that applies brand debuff (+25% damage received by enemy). Additionally, his 3rd skill Whirling Wind deals massive damage and causes def break + brand. Although his 2nd and 3rd skill are multihits, they are still effective since his damage scaling is very high. This unit can be crafted and is one of the few choices for most F2P players with small unit pool.
- Rune Set
Vampire or Rage / Blade
SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
ATK: 1800
HP: 18k
DEF: 900
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
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 other multiple debuff-applying units.
- Rune Set
Vampire 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
Great nuker with her attacks scaling on enemy max HP (counter against light distortion).
Rune Set
Rage or Violent / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
ATK: 1800
HP: 16k
DEF: 700
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Good damage dealer and provides a cooldown refresh to units that attack with him when it casts the group hunt skill. It contributes a lot during groggy stage and applies massive damage to boss at normal state.
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Blade
SPD or 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
Main damage dealer, a farmable unit with high damage multipliers on its 2nd and 3rd skill.
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: 14k
DEF: 800
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Damage dealer, healer and attack buffer in 1 unit. She plays a crucial role in getting SS-SSS runs because aside from being the 2nd healer unit (alongside Chasun, Colleen) she also deals great amount of damage on boss.
- 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: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
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.
- Rune Set
Vampire / Nemesis or Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
ATK: 1800
HP: 17k
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
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
Excellent damage dealer with ignore def 3rd skill. Additionally, his leader skill provides +33% attack power.
- Rune Set
Rage or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
ATK: 2500
HP: 16k
DEF: 700
CRI RATE: 80%
CRI: DMG: 190%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Main damage dealer that provides def break and a good frontline unit (elemental king passive provides immunity to death for 1 turn). Always gains elemental advantage in all Rift Beasts when attacking (+15% crit rate). 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
Frontline, Backline
Good frontline unit and applies def break. His 1st skill deals damage based on max HP and mitigates incoming damage to allies by 15%.
- Rune Set
Energy / Energy / Guard or Energy or Revenge
HP% / CD% or HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
HP: 28k
DEF: 1000
CRI RATE: 70%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Good damage dealer that scales with speed on all her attacks. May acquire another turn with 15% chance after turn is over (useful for distortion shield).
Leader skill: +25% ATK to allies
- Rune Set
Violent / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 16k
ATK: 1500
DEF: 800
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Element advantage and his 3rd skill deals huge damage to boss. Easy to rune because of ATK and Crit Rate self-buff.
Rune Set
Rage / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
ATK: 1800
HP: 15k
DEF: 850
CRI RATE: 55% (self CR buff +30%, element advantage +15% = 100%)
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Main damage dealer with ignore defense on 2nd skill. Also buffs allies with ATK and SPD increase which makes it a perfect unit if you plan to go for a YOLO team.
Leader skill: +23% Crit Rate for allies with fire attribute.
- Rune Set
Rage or Vampire or Violent / Blade
SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 1800
HP: 14k
DEF: 750
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Deals heavy damage against Light Beast due to elemental advantage and passive skill. Equip this unit with HP and DEF substats to compensate for his squishiness.
- Rune Set
Swift or Violent or Rage/ Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
ATK: 1800
HP: 14k
DEF: 700
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Main nuker with increased damage per harmful effect on enemy, useful on boss when it is in groggy state. Her 3rd skill has a chance to ignore enemy def.
Leader Skill: +35% ATK to allies with dark attribute.
- Rune Set
Rage or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2000
HP: 14k
DEF: 700
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Reliable frontline unit and damage dealer where his ATK and DEF increases as your HP decreases. Easy to rune because of ATK and Crit Rate self-buff. Rune him tanky enough so he hits on low HP with high output damage.
Rune Set
Vampire / Revenge
DEF% / CD% / ATK% or HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
ATK: 1400
HP: 14k
DEF: 1400
CRI RATE: 70% (self CR buff +30% = 100%)
CRI: DMG: 140%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Reliable frontline, def breaker and great damage dealer. His 3rd skill passive allows him to stack additional attack power making him a huge threat to boss.
This unit has a leader skill +33% DEF to allies.
- Rune Set
Vampire / Revenge
HP% / CD% / ATK% or DEF%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
HP: 24k
DEF: 1000
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Damage dealer and a reliable frontline unit. His 2nd skill applies def break at the same time increases his attack bar by 50% allowing him more turns. Its passive skill mitigates damage and a chance to counterattack.
This unit has a leader skill +33% HP for allies.
- Rune Set
Violent or Vampire / Blade
ATK% / CD% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
ATK: 1600
HP: 24k
DEF: 1000
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Damage dealer, Attack and Speed buffer, and applies Brand debuff (+25% damage received by enemy). He is a perfect unit if you plan to go for a YOLO team.
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Blade
SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
ATK: 1500
HP: 15k
DEF: 750
CRI RATE: 70%
CRI: DMG: 150%
ACCURACY: 25%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Good frontline unit and 3rd skill instantly refreshes the skills of allies for more potential damage output. 2nd skill hits hard since it scales with boss HP.
This unit has a good leader skill +24% spd for allies.
- Rune Set
Violent / Guard or Energy
HP / CD% / DEF%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 140 (must be the slowest on your team to make his 3rd skill effective)
HP: 20k
DEF: 1500
CRI RATE: 70%
CRI: DMG: 130%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
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
Main damage dealer with speed scaling skills that deals huge damage. Make sure his speed is around 180 for a high damage Squall.
This unit has a 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
Main damage dealer with def break on 1st skill. Additionally, her 3rd skill hits strong and gives additional damage for each harmful effect present on boss. She also casts a shield with her 2nd skill that protects allies.
- Rune Set
Rage or Vampire or Violent / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
HP: 17k
ATK: 1900
DEF: 800
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 170%
ACCURACY: 15%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Frontline unit that deals massive damage to boss. Team up with a couple of def breaker units to inflict huge damage.
This unit has a leader skill +50% DEF for allies with fire attribute.
- Rune Set
Vampire / Blade
SPD or ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
ATK: 2000
HP: 17k
DEF: 700
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Main damage dealer with a speed scaling 2nd skill and a good damage from his 3rd skill.
This unit has a leader skill +50% HP for allies with wind attribute.
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
ATK: 1600
HP: 16k
DEF: 750
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Speed scaling attacks and a good damage dealer. Her passive skills allows her to strike again.
Leader skill: +19% Crit Rate to allies
- Rune Set
Violent or Vampire / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 16k
DEF: 800
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Main damage dealer that hits hard on all of its skills (usefull for distortion shield)
Leader skill: +33% Crit Rate to allies
- Rune Set
Rage or Violent / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
HP: 14k
ATK: 2200
DEF: 750
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Main damage dealer that applies def break on 1st skill, high scaling damage and a multi-hit 3rd skill with a chance to ignore def. Also deals extra damage due to elemental advantage.
- Rune Set
Rage or Violent / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 1800
HP: 16k
DEF: 700
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 170%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
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
Main damage dealer with def break on skill 1 and 3. Also applies Brand debuff (+25% damage received by enemy).
This unit has a leader skill of +30% attack power for allies with Dark attribute.
- Rune Set
Rage or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 140
HP: 14k
ATK: 1900
DEF: 800
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
Main damage dealer with def break on skill 1. 2nd and 3rd skill also hits hard since he has element advantage over boss (+50% attack damage)
- Rune Set
Rage or Fatal / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
HP: 15k
ATK: 2000
DEF: 750
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
3rd skill (Frenzy) hits hard and a good counter to distortion shield.
- Rune Set
Violent or Rage / Blade
ATK% / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 150
HP: 17k
ATK: 1900
DEF: 800
CRI RATE: 75%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Backline
A great support monster that provides a 3-turn attack buff and creates a shield on your allies for 3 turns. 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, F. Homunculus). Bastet is one of the reasons why some go for YOLO teams with no dedicated healer like Chasun / 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:20%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Great frontline unit and deals good damage since its attacks scale on max HP.
- Rune Set
Violent / Energy or Guard
SPD or HP% / CD% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 32k
DEF: 900
CRI RATE: 70%
CRI: DMG: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
- Position
Frontline
Honorable Mentions:
Isabelle – Applies def break on 1st skill. High damage, attack and crit rate buff and gains another turn instantly after cast.
Ran – Leader skill: +25% ATK to allies. High damage based on speed.
Guillaume – Good damage dealer. Additional Crit Rate on 2nd skill and passive skill gives additional 50% Crit Damage.
Tosi – Applies def break. high damage on 2nd and 3rd skill, additional damage when enemy is under weakening effect.
Raki – Applies def break on 2nd skill and hits massive damage on 3rd skill.
Kumar – Leader skill: +33% Crit Rate to allies. Good frontline unit and healer. Attacks scale based on his MAX HP and disturbs enemy HP recovery on his 3rd skill.
Tanya – Applies def break on 1st skill. High damage, attack and crit rate buff to self. 3rd skill deals massive damage.
Feng Yan – Reliable frontline unit, DEF scaling attacks and applies def break on 1st skill, Recovers ally HP for 2 turns.
Kaito – Powerful nuker that dealing massive amount of damage based on his SPD. 1st skill also applies def break useful during boss groggy state.
V. Team Set-up
Stable team (S, SS, SSS)
- Frontline (1 healer, 1 bruiser/tank/healer). – Colleen, Chasun, Trevor, Chow, MHW, XZ, Feng Yan, Jamire, etc.
- Nukers and Debuffers (3-4 units, Backline) – Lyn, Wind or Fire Homunculus, Helia, Sige, Taor, Fei, etc.
- Recommended healers – as much as possible 1 unit, or pair with hybrid attack/healer like Hwahee
YOLO team / fast run (SS, SSS)
- Frontline with high defense (2-3 units) – Perna, Trevor, Laika, Bastet, Chow etc.
- Backline nukers with pure damage (3-4 units) – Kahli, Hraesvelg, Brandia, Sige, Fei, Lyn etc.
2-4 Set up (Sample)
3-3 Set up (Sample)
4-2 Set up (Sample)
VI. Video of Full Run + Rune showcase
Full Run video:
Rune Showcase:
VII. Summary and Conclusion
Damage per turn is the key stat in clearing Light Beast. Unlike other dungeons where you need speed or sustain, this requires massive damage from each of your nukers turn to remove the Distorted Shield asap. 3rd boss phase is very crucial because your team should bring the boss HP by half before it casts 2nd light distortion, else it will be hard to sustain the heals from damage and Light Beast will hit harder with its shield still active. Meanwhile, it is disadvantageous to speed up your turns because it will enrage the boss and give him more attack power per unit turn. Units that scale damage based on enemy HP are recommended (Lyn, Jamire, etc) since they bring more damage output.
Aside from the rare ones, units that shine in this dungeon are Wind and Fire Homunculus, Trevor, Theomars, Karl, Xiao Lin and other LD nb3 units like Darion and Lyn. Just keep the minimum HP and DEF requirements for frontline units as stated on recommendations and your will definitely clear the Light Beast. With full knowledge about team set-up and runes, you can also get a good clear rating using F2P units.
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