Welcome to Summoners War ToA In-depth guide!
This discussion will help you decide what teams and rune requirements needed to defeat all floors
Contents
I. Introduction to Trial of Ascension
II. Why farm ToA?
III. Overview, Strategy, Boss Info
IV. Getting Started (Unit Recommendations, Runes, Minimum Stats)
V. Team Set-up
VI. Video for hard floors and Bosses
VII. Summary and Conclusion
Terminology:
AOE – Area Of Effect
ATB booster – Attack bar Booster, increases attack bar to a certain amount of %
ATK break – Attack power is reduced by 50%
ATK buff – Attack power is increased by 50%
Bomber – plants bombs upon enemies which are set to detonate after 2 turns and then stuns them for 1 turn.
Boss Damage – Deals high damage to boss (mainly due to enemy HP scaling attacks)
CC – Crowd Control
Cleanser – Removes harmful effects from your allies
Def break – Defense is reduced by 70%
DOT – Damage Over Time
Glancing Hit – Accuracy decrease and Missing with reduced damage by 50%
Healer/Sustain – Provide certain amount of healing to allies and/or gives DEF increase for survivability
Nuker – High damage output on a target enemy or AOE
Provoke – Forces enemy to attack the monster which applied the effect
Skill Refresh – Reduce skill time of allies by 1 turn
Skill Reset – Adds skill cooltime of enemy units
SPD Buffer – Buff allies with SPD increase (+30%)
Slow debuff – Speed is reduced by 30%
Stripper – Removes beneficial effects from enemies
Tank – Meat shield and preferred damage receiver
Unrecoverable – Healing effects are blocked
I. Introduction to Trial of Ascension
Trial of Ascension (ToA) is a PVE game content with various rewards upon completing certain floors/stage. Unlocked at Level 15, ToA has 100 Floors and increases in difficulty as you advance further. Players must complete each floor to advance on top. Upon completing the floor, you can always go back and clear previous stages using 0 energy but wont get rewards.
Unlike other PVE contents in Cairos Dungeon (Giant’s Keep, Dragons Lair, Necropolis, Element Halls) you cannot revive your monsters using crystals and can’t use a your friends rep monster. The Trial of Ascension has 2 modes (Normal and Hard) which gives same rewards but are earned and given separately. ToA resets every month and the order of floors are rearranged every reset so make sure to clear floors and claim rewards every cycle.
II. Why farm ToA?
Trial of Ascension gives out special rewards after defeating the boss every 10 stages. Among those are precious Devilmon, L&D scroll, and Legendary scroll. Additionally, ToA is a good source of crystals. That is why most F2P players on mid-end game consider this very important to clear all floors so they can keep up with most P2P players by investing more time to play and farm from refilling energy. With luck, they can summon rare monsters from reward scrolls. Unless you spend real money buying packs, L&D and Legendary Scrolls can only be redeemed from ToA completion.
III. Details, Rewards and Info
Each floor there are 3 waves of monsters with mini-boss on last wave. Some stages are very tricky and requires specific units to clear it. That is why you need certain team comps that are ideal only for ToA (i.e. Baretta, Mantura, Spectra and alike). The main strategy is Crowd Control (CC) and Damage Over Time (DOT). Enemy units especially on higher floors deal huge damage and high HP so it is important to keep them down and deal continuous damage (-5% HP) per turn.
Energy Cost:
| Stages | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 - 20 | 3 |
| 21 - 40 | 4 |
| 41 - 60 | 5 |
| 61 - 80 | 6 |
| 81 - 100 | 7 |
Rewards
Common Stage: 
1x Summoning Stone
Every 5 Stages: 
Crystals
Stage 10: 
50 Energy
Stage 20: 
3* Rainbowmon (Max)
Stage 30: 
1x Mystical Scroll
Stage 40: 100 Crystals
Stage 50: 2x Mystical Scrolls
Stage 60: 4* Rainbowmon (Max)
Stage 70: 
1x Devilmon
Stage 80: 300 Crystals
Stage 90: 
1x Light and Darkness Scroll
Stage 100: 
1x Legendary Scroll
Boss Floors
Coming Soon! (with Guides)
IV. Getting Started (Unit Recommendations, Runes, Minimum Stats)
*Note: for ToA Hard, +10% stats on SPD, HP, DEF as indicated on Minimum Stats.
Standard units
Baretta
Rating: 
This unit is your ToA MVP. Its 3rd skill is perfect for enemy waves dealing 2 Continuous damage for 3 turns (4 turn cool-down when max skilled). 2nd skill is great against bosses and resets ATB back to 0.
Leader skill: +19% SPD
- Category
DOT, CC
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 22k
DEF: 700
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Mav
Rating:
Very useful utility to aid your CC and DOT units. Has 1-turn skill refresh and SPD boost. Provoke is very useful against bosses to prevent them from using their 2nd and 3rd skills.
- Category
Skill-refresh, SPD buffer, Provoke
- Rune Set
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 22k
DEF: 750
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Belladeon
Rating:
Main sustain and mobility unit to speed up your team at the same time healing them by 30% (4-turn cooldown). It also has a strip on 2nd skill to remove buffs on a target enemy.
- Category
Def break, ATB booster, Sustain/Healer, Stripper
- Rune Set
Violent / Energy or Guard
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 22k
DEF: 850
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Veromos
Rating:
AOE stun with only 3-turn cooldown when max skilled (60% chance activation). Applies Continuous damage on 1st skill and cleanses negative buffs from allies every turn (except stun/freeze).
Leader skill: +33% HP
- Category
CC, DOT, Cleanser
- Rune Set
Violent / Focus or Energy
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 18k
DEF: 900
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Bernard
Rating:
Speedster unit (ATB booster + SPD buff) keeping your team fast to attack frequently. 2nd skill also applies ATK and DEF break useful against bosses.
- Category
SPD buffer. ATB booster. DEF and ATK break
- Rune Set
Swift / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 230
HP: 23k
DEF: 900
ACCURACY: 30%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Mantura
Rating:
ToA MVP. This unit is perfect for ToA because of its skill set (AOE slow debuff, def break, and continuous damage). Also strips buff from enemies on 1st skill. No disadvantage when attacking which allows spells to land without glancing hits.
- Category
CC, DOT, Slow debuff, Stripper, DEF break
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 23k
DEF: 700
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Spectra
Rating:
AOE slow and Reduces ATB of enemies by 30%. Also, its 2nd skill is useful against bosses because it scales on enemy Max HP.
- Category
CC, Boss Damage
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus or Blade
SPD / CD% or CR% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 190
HP: 19k
DEF: 750
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Water Homunculus (AOE/Ice Mist Path)
Rating:
ToA MVP. 1st skill is AOE attack and a chance to freeze. 2nd skills are multihits and ATB reduction and lastly Ice Mist is DOT machine useful for fast clearing enemy waves.
- Category
CC, DOT
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / CD% or HP% / HP% or ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 16k
DEF: 750
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Dark Homunculus (Unbalanced Field Path)
Rating:
ToA MVP with perfect Crowd Control skills. Unbalanced field provides SPD buff and 1 turn skill-refresh to allies, while enemies are slowed plus a 1 turn skill-reset.
- Category
CC, Skill-refresh, SPD buff
- Rune Set
Violent / Energy or Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 24k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 20%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Aria
Rating:
3rd skill deals AOE slow and glancing hit to enemies. Also good Crowd Control using sleep attacks.
- Category
CC, Glancing hits
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 23k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Chasun
Rating:
One of the best sustain unit with ATK buff to boost your nuker’s damage. Clutch saves with her 3rd skill Fallen Blossom.
- Category
Sustain/Healer, ATK buff, Glancing hits
- Rune Set
Violent / Nemesis or Energy
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 30k
DEF: 800
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Verdehile
Rating:
ATB booster to provide more turns for your allies. Good to pair with CC units and speedster units.
- Category
ATB booster
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Revenge or Blade
SPD / CR% / HP% or ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 16.5k
DEF: 650
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Hwa
Rating:
One of the best single target ATB reduction unit. Also deals slow debuff perfect against boss floors and applies Continuous Damage.
Leader skill: +19% Crit Rate
- Category
CC, DOT
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus or Blade
SPD / CD% or ATK% / HP% or ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 18k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Thrain
Rating:
ToA MVP. Crowd control + Continuous damage on skills 2 and 3 which make it an effective unit against enemy waves.
- Category
CC, DOT
- Rune Set
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP%/ HP% or ACCU%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 23k
DEF: 500
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Hemos
Rating: 
Good AOE continuous damage on 2nd skill and single target freeze + slow on 3rd skill.
- Category
CC, DOT
- Rune Set
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP%/ HP% or ACCU%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 16k
DEF: 750
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Basalt
Rating:
Great CC unit from 3rd skill reducing enemies attack bar by 35%. Also sustains allies with HP recovery and Def buff. Provoke keeps enemy units from using 2nd and 3rd skills.
- Category
CC, Sustain/Healer, Provoke
- Rune Set
Despair / Energy
SPD / HP%/ HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 165
HP: 24k
DEF: 900
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Talc
Rating:
Good sustain unit (heal + def buff). Also has Provoke to keep enemy units from using 2nd and 3rd skills.
- Category
Sustain/Healer, Provoke
- Rune Set
Violent / Energy
SPD / HP%/ HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
HP: 30k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Woochi
Rating:
2 skills with AOE Crowd Control. 2nd skill for ATB reduction and 3rd skill resets enemy ATB to 0. Pair him with units that apply AOE slow for full team potential.
- Category
CC
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP%/ HP% or ACCU%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 23k
DEF: 850
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Gildong
Rating:
AOE slow and stuns enemy units when suffering SPD reduction effect. Also applies Atk and Def break.
- Category
CC
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP%/ ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 22k
DEF: 700
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Woonhak
Rating:
AOE slow and stuns enemy units when suffering SPD reduction effect. 3rd skill stuns enemy unit with highest attack bar, self-cleanse and heal on yourself.
- Category
CC
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP%/ HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 22k
DEF: 700
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Briand
Rating:
Rezzer, good for Auto-team. Has ATK break and Heal block good against bosses with self-heal. Equip with Despair runes to CC enemy units.
- Category
CC, Rezzer, Unrecoverable
- Rune Set
Despair / Energy
SPD / HP%/ HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 30k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 20%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Zinc
Rating:
Powerful Crowd Control from 2nd and 3rd skills with AOE attacks. Also applies def break, ATK break and blocks beneficial effects. 1st skill also has a chance to stun. Good for stages where mobs apply buffs (Brownie Magicians, Theomars, etc.)
- Category
CC, DEF and ATK break
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / DEF% / DEF%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 13k
DEF: 1600
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Verad
Rating:
CC machine. 2 AOE attacks that can freeze enemy units and resets ATB to 0. Also has a leader skill of +33% HP to allies.
Leader skill: +33% HP
- Category
CC, Nuker
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / DEF% or CD% / DEF%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 165
DEF: 1.5k
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Ganymede
Rating:
CC King of ToA. 3rd skill deals irresistible attack to put the target’s skill on max cooldown and sets the ATB of all enemies to 0. 2nd skill ventilate instantly readies an ally’s skills or can be used on himself to make his 3rd skill usable again.
- Category
CC, Skill-reset, Skill-refresh
- Rune Set
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
HP: 22k
DEF: 900
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Okeanos
Rating:
Excellent Crowd Control unit with reliable stuns. Also has skill reset which is good against bosses.
Leader skill: +41% Accuracy
- Category
CC, Skill-reset
- Rune Set
Violent or Despair / Focus
SPD / CD% or HP% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 18k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Poseidon
Rating:
Perfect Crowd Control unit reducing enemies ATB to 0 and applying slow debuff. 2nd skill silences enemy units preventing them from using skills with cooltime.
Leader skill: +33% ATK
- Category
CC, Slow debuff
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 175
HP: 22k
DEF: 900
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Jamire
Rating:
Excellent skill-refresh unit for a CC team. Also deals good damage to bosses due to 2nd skill scale damage on enemy HP.
Leader skill: +24% SPD
- Category
Skill-refresh, Boss Damage, ATK break
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
HP: 25k
DEF: 900
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Aschubel
Rating:
AOE sleep for 2 turns and ATB reset. Good pair with Aria because skills wont wake up sleep debuffs.
- Category
CC
- Rune Set
Violent / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 22k
DEF: 650
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Bering
Rating:
2 AOE skills good for Crowd Control. 2nd skill deals continuous damage and blocks beneficial effects. 3rd skill applies Silence, blocking skills with cooltime.
- Category
CC, DOT
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 20k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Hathor
Rating:
Puts enemies to sleep for 2 turns and ATB reduction of 75%. Excellent to pair with units like Aria who does not wake up sleep effects when attacking.
- Category
CC, ATK break
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
HP: 23k
DEF: 850
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Eredas
Rating:
Good Crowd Control unit having 2 AOE skills with a chance to stun and land glancing hits. No attack disadvantage so it has a reliable CC, however you will need more debuff application from other units since Eredas only offers stun and nothing more.
- Category
CC
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 22k
DEF: 650
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Tyron
Rating:
Good CC from 2 AOE attacks and freezes enemy units for 1 turn. However, you will still need debuffers to make a reliable CC team.
Leader skill: +19% SPD
- Category
CC, Glancing hits
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 21k
DEF: 750
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Speed clear units
Akhamamir
Rating:
2 AOE high damage skills. 2nd skill is a reliable stun for Crowd Control and 3rd skill deals additional damage per harmful effect on enemies.
Leader skill: +41% Accuracy
- Category
Nuker, CC
- Rune Set
Rage / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
ATK: 2.1k
HP: 17k
DEF: 750
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Frigate
Rating:
Excellent speedster unit, skill refresh and stunner (+50% ATB boost and 1-turn refresh to all allies). He is recommended if you rely on a fast paced team with 2-3 CC units. Also applies def break on 1st skill.
- Category
ATB booster, CC, DEF break, Skill-refresh
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 180
HP: 23k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Charlotte
Rating:
2 skills with AOE attacks. Can stun enemy units, reduce ATB and land glancing hit debuff. Good use for speed clear teams.
- Category
Nuker, CC, Glancing hits
- Rune Set
Despair / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 1.8k
HP: 15k
DEF: 800
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 170%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Beth
Rating:
Good unit for speed clear. 2 AOE attacks good for clearing waves of enemies on lower floors.
- Category
Nuker, CC, DOT, DEF break
- Rune Set
Despair / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
ATK: 1.8k
HP: 15k
DEF: 800
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 170%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Lushen
Rating:
Great unit for rush clears. AOE damage on 2nd and 3rd skill, must be accompanied by other AOE nukers to be more effective.
- Category
Nuker
- Rune Set
Rage / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2k
HP: 15k
DEF: 650
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 170%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Zaiross
Rating:
Speed clear MVP unit. 2 AOE skills that deal continuous damage and skill reset. High damage on low-mid floors with lead skill of +33% ATK to allies.
Leader skill: +33% ATK
- Category
Nuker, CC, DOT, Skill-reset
- Rune Set
Rage or Despair or Swift / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 1.7k
HP: 13k
DEF: 750
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 150%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Rica
Rating:
2 skills with AOE attacks. Can stun enemy units for 1 turn, slow debuff and continuous damage for 2 turns. Good use for speed clear teams.
- Category
Nuker, CC, DOT, Slow debuff
- Rune Set
Despair / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 1.8k
HP: 15k
DEF: 800
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 160%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Teshar
Rating:
High Damage AOE nuker using 3rd skill and can instantly be used again next turn if an enemy is killed using it. Ideal for ToA speed run.
- Category
Nuker
- Rune Set
Rage / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2.1k
HP: 13k
DEF: 700
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 170%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Alicia
Rating:
2 AOE high damage skills. Additionally, she gains another turn if her 3rd skill kills an enemy allowing her multiple attacks.
- Category
Nuker, DEF break
- Rune Set
Rage or Fatal / Blade
SPD / CD% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 1.9k
HP: 19k
DEF: 900
Crit Rate: 75%
Crit Damage: 170%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Bomb team units
Seara
Rating:
Bomb team leader (+24% SPD). Applies bomb and continuous damage then instant detonation. Team her up with 2-3 bombers and ATK buffer. Good for speed clears on lowers floors.
Leader skill: +24% SPD
- Category
Bomber, CC, Nuker
- Rune Set
Violent or Despair or Fatal / Focus
SPD / ATK% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2.2k
HP: 18k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Jojo
Rating:
Applies bombs on 2nd skill and 3-turn continuous damage on 3rd skill. Good for bomb team and CC team. Also has heal block debuff on 1st skill useful against self-healing bosses.
- Category
Bomber, CC, DOT, Unrecoverable
- Rune Set
Fatal or Despair / Focus
SPD / ATK% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2k
HP: 16k
DEF: 850
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Liebli
Rating:
Highest base ATK of all bombers. Standard unit for your bomber team alongside Seara. Also has heal block debuff on 1st skill useful against self-healing bosses.
- Category
Bomber, Unrecoverable
- Rune Set
Fatal / Focus
SPD / ATK% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2.3k
HP: 15k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Dover
Rating:
Excellent bomber and CC unit. 2nd skill applies bomb and 3rd skill attacks all enemies to decrease the attack gauge by 50% and a chance to stun them for 1 turn with 60% chance
- Category
Bomber, CC
- Rune Set
Fatal / Focus
SPD / ATK% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2.1k
HP: 15k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Malaka
Rating:
Standard bomber unit with 3rd skill dealing AOE DEF and ATK break. Only use when you have Seara for bomb detonation.
- Category
Bomber, DEF and ATK break
- Rune Set
Fatal / Focus
SPD / ATK% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2.1k
HP: 15k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Taurus
Rating:
One of the best bombers for ToA due to its skill kit. 3rd skill applies 1-turn increase cooldown against enemies which makes your runs more reliable.
- Category
Bomber, CC, Skill-reset
- Rune Set
Fatal / Focus
SPD / ATK% / ATK%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
ATK: 2.1k
HP: 16k
DEF: 750
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Niche units
Groggo
Rating:
Good tank and very useful against Ragdoll stage. Has self-Immunity and Def buff. Also has provoke and stun useful against bosses.
- Category
CC, Provoke, Tank
- Rune Set
Violent / Guard
DEF% / DEF% / DEF%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 125
HP: 18k
DEF: 1.6k
ACCURACY: 20%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Neal
Rating:
Niche use to tank on Ragdoll stage. Single unit cleanse and invincibility for 2 turns.
- Category
Tank
- Rune Set
2x Energy or Fatal / Energy
ATK% / ATK% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 125
HP: 19k
DEF: 600
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Teon
Rating:
Rezzer, Healer, Stunner and ATB booster. A good ToA unit for early-game and even mid-game players.
- Category
Rezzer, CC, ATB booster, Healer/Sustain
- Rune Set
Violent / Energy
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
HP: 19k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 20%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Lapis
Rating:
Good CC unit for starters when runed with despair set (3 skills with AOE attacks). However, her overall skill kit makes her unreliable on most higher floors (slow base speed and weak base stats, no other useful debuffs).
Leader skill: +25% ATK
- Category
CC, DEF break
- Rune Set
Despair / Focus or Revenge
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 160
HP: 29k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 30%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Luer
Rating:
AOE DEF break and ATB reduction by 50% which always lands a crushing hit (will not glance against anti elements). Also deals slow debuff and can stun enemy units.
- Category
CC, DEF break, Slow debuff
- Rune Set
Despair or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 20k
DEF: 800
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Bastet
Rating:
ATK buffer, ATB booster and shield caster perfect for speed clear teams. 2nd skill also an AOE skill that casts multiple debuffs upon enemies (DEF break, Glancing Hit, Unrecoverable).
Leader skill: +33% DEF
- Category
ATK buffer, Sustain, DEF break, Glancing hits, Unrecoverable, ATK break
- Rune Set
Violent or Swift / Focus
SPD / HP% / HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 23k
DEF: 900
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
Shannon
Rating:
Good utility for starters. Since it is a GB10 unit for beginners, you can use Shannon for AOE slow, and gives ATK and DEF buff to allies.
- Category
CC, ATK buff, Sustain, Glancing hits
- Rune Set
Despair / Energy
SPD / HP%/ HP%
- Minimum Stats
SPD: 170
HP: 17k
DEF: 700
ACCURACY: 45%
*Stats not mentioned are negligible and of little importance
V. Team Set-up
Standard Set-up
This set-up consists of CC, DOT units and 1 sustain. Recommended for starters because most units are farmable.
- Baretta (L) , Veromos, Water Homie, Mav, Bella/Chasun
- Baretta (L), Veromos, Bernard, Mantura, Bella/Chasun
- Baretta (L), Aria, Briand, Spectra, Bella
- Baretta (L), Verde, Water Homie, Mantura, Chasun
Full Crowd Control (CC) Set-up
This set-up consists of CC and DOT units without healer/sustain. Main objective is to fully stun and freeze enemies preventing them from attack.
- Baretta (L), Verde, Veromos, Aria, Water Homie
- Baretta (L), Veromos, Aria, Mantura, Mav
- Baretta (L), Veromos, Gildong/Woonhak/Woochi, Bernard, Mantura
Bomb Team Set-up
This set-up consists of 2-4 bombers and 1 attack buffer
- Seara (L), Jojo, Malaka, Taurus, Bastet/Chasun
- Seara (L), Taurus, Dover, Mav, Bastet/Chasun
Rush Set-up (Lower floors)
This set-up consists of 3-4 AOE nukers and 1 attack buffer. This strategy is only for end-game players with high rune quality.
- Zaiross (L), Lushen, Charlotte, Julie, Bastet/Chasun
- Zaiross (L), Verad, Water Homie, Lushen, Bastet/Chasun
- Verad (L), Lushen, Rica, Julie, Bastet/Chasun
VII. Video for hard floors and Bosses
Coming Soon! (with Guides)
VIII. Summary and Conclusion
Clearing the Trial of Ascension (ToA) is mostly about Crowd Control (CC) and application of Damage Over Time (DOT). For some floors, you might need specific/niche units to counter the enemy such as Neal/Groggo/Light tank units against Ragdoll stage, strong Crowd Control team against Olivine/Hwa stage, and a few other stages that a standard team cannot normally handle. For boss stages, stat decreasing debuffs are very important because you cannot apply continuous damage against them. Slowing them down, resetting ATK bar and skill, ATK and DEF break are key elements in defeating them.
Unlike other PVE contents in Cairos Dungeon, you cannot revive your monsters using crystals so you have to be careful in selecting your team composition. In Hard mode, you cannot bring 2 of the same monsters in the lineup. Despite all these, ToA is a good source of crystals and mana. L&D and Legendary scrolls are also earned after clearing the highest floors which means it is worth the time invested to clear it. Additionally, it is a proving ground to test your game knowledge and skills as well as a metric on how good the quality of your runes are. ToA resets every month so make sure to clear floors every cycle.
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