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Grim Pursuit - Febian Guide

Febian is one of the Grim Pursuit bosses. In this guide you will find tips how to deal with them!

Febian Overview

Boss Name: Febian.
Element: Constant & Disorder.
Challenge Type: Grim Pursuit.
Difficulty Tiers: Hard → Nightmare.
Key Threats: Atk Ramp.

Shell Drops

Here are the Shells dropped by the boss:

Twilight Knight

Black Flag

Diamond Heart

Mermaid Princess

White Gale

Skills Overview

Realm Entry
Phoebe places a chess piece; deals 600% damage to a single target with a 100% chance to steal 1 buff(s) each; for every 1 buff(s) Phoebe has, increases this final damage by 5%.

How to counter?

Focus on Debuffs instead of Buffs, or use Single Target Buffs for your DPS and a Taunter to protect them.

Checkmate
Phoebe casts chessboard magic: deals 450% damage to all targets with a 40% chance to steal 15% Turn Meter; for every 1 buff(s) Phoebe has, increases this final damage by 5%.

How to counter?

Chiaki [The Echo] blocks Steal Turn Meter effects; Otherwise apply SPD Down or Steal Turn Meter from the boss yourself.

Promotion
At the end of Phoebe's turn, Phoebe gains 1 stack(s) of [Promotion]. [Promotion]: Each stack increases ATK by 8%. This effect cannot be dispelled.

How to counter?

ATK Down, only if strictly necessary. Manipulating Turn Meter/SPD to have more turns than the boss is preferred.

First Move
Febian commands chess pieces to charge; deals 600% damage to a single target with a 100% chance to inflict 1 stack(s) of [Checkmate]; for every 1 Debuff(s) on target, increases final damage by 8%. [Checkmate]: Each stack decreases Healing Received by 10% and SPD by 5%. This Debuff cannot be purified.

How to counter?

Taunt is the easiest way to deal with this attack, and like for Phoebe, Turn Manipulation is a great way of slowing down the stacking and overall damage of Febian.

Checkmate
Febian commands chess pieces to attack; deals 450% damage to all targets with a 20% chance to inflict a 1-turn [ Freeze]; for every 1 Debuff(s) on target, increases final damage by 8%.

How to counter?

Cleanse and Immunity are once again on the menu.

Promotion
At the end of Fabian's turn, Febian inflicts 1 stack(s) of [Checkmate] on all targets. [Checkmate]: Each stack decreases Healing Received by 10% and SPD by 5%. This Debuff cannot be purified.

How to counter?

Because of the anti-stalling nature of this Debuff, it is advised to focus more on offense than Defense, focusing Febian and disregarding her add-ons.

Team Composition Tips

Much like the previous Shell bosses before them, Phoebe and Febian are straightforward enemies and most teams that could beat the previous fights are equipped to deal with this one. Also, with the beginning of the Nightmare difficulty, we feel it’s a good time to introduce a staple team that can safely take you through most of the higher end Shell Bosses but couldn’t express itself against the lower health bosses.

Healer/Support - Any Support with Cleanse, Immunity and Heal/Shields is excellent:

Sania
Freya or
Lingluo are notable standouts, but not the only options;

DPS - Priority goes to Single Target, the add-ons, while annoying, are nowhere near as dangerous as the bosses if you let them stack;

Any ST DPS, as there is no Affinity disadvantage;

Buffer/Debuffer - Prioritise Debuffs and Turn Manipulation. Taunter highly advised if you’re using powerful buffs like SPD Up, ATK Up, etc;

Chiaki [The Echo]
Freya
Tsukiyo Mi and every ST Buffer works;
Reliable sources of offensive Debuffs, like
Dinah or
Fangus;

Tank - While not necessary, extra protection for your fragile characters is always a plus,

Rin and
Tiamat are clear standouts in that role. Rin effortlessly providing multiple sources of [Taunt], a DEF Up and Shields, while Tiamat brings extra Healing and Damage, but less pure control.

Best Teams

If you don't have some of the characters visible in the teams, you can replace them with another one that fulfills the same role (check the section above).

Team 42

Febian #1

Content: Grim Pursuit || Team type: F2P || Time: 1-2m

DPS