Shishio Arena 3 team with Tb_ax

When Shishio was announced in Kenshin collab, it caught my eye as a fast way to farm Arena 3. Similar to Yomidra , he only needs 5 orbs to hit max multiplier and can use offcolor orbs to snipe floors with lower HP. Similar to Ameno , he doesn’t need an enhanced orb and can blob more than 5 orbs to achieve a multiplier. Shishio’s general pitfall is his low RCV, but with some planning ahead, you can overcome this weakness as A3 at this point is a dungeon where stalling for skills isn’t needed. I believe Shishio combines the best parts of what farming with Ameno and Yomidra have to offer.

This article showcases the team that I’ve crafted to run Arena 3 with. The team is open to improvement, but has already been fine-tuned quite a bit. I’ve had a sample size of about 75 to 100 runs with this team so far, and am mostly satisfied with its performance. The team usually takes around 10 minutes in coop and, most importantly, has superb damage control on Sopdet , Parvati , and Vishnu without using Fujin-like actives.

Sub Explanation Nergigante, with all things considered, is my Ren Amamiya Dark Cotton Eschamali Nergigante , with all things considered, is my sub of choice. It has great weighted stat including surprisingly good RCV that soars above most other dark options. What really pushes it above compared to other contending options such asand, however, is the fantastic active, giving you extra orb economy over the first few floors. With bothinherits and‘s active, it is very unlikely you will run out of dark orbs on any of the floors leading up to the Predra floor. His messes up damage control to a certain extent on Sopdet and Vishnu; however, since the other side has no orb enhance awakenings, this is less of an issue. Azathoth is ran on both sides as an unbindable stat stick. Its attack stat is very similar to Shishio’s after Elizabeth Hepdra DKali is ran on both sides as an unbindable stat stick. Its attack stat is very similar to Shishio’s after , and its cooldown is short enough for inheriting some of the longer actives on my team. Originally, I wanted to runon my team, but quickly realized her lower statline and her longer base active didn’t really outweigh her damage potential with and emergency panic full heal. A dark L will already overkill every non-trash floor regardless, and will only probably be useful in killingandwith slightly less effort. Shishio sub is ran as a way to beef up fire damage with Nees Generate Earth Dragon Flare Drall Thesub is ran as a way to beef up fire damage with to help killing early trash floors, as well as the dark absorb spawns, with a fire L easier. Although his base active is kind of long, it’s short enough usually to haveup in time for the floors with heavy preemptives (onwards). Shishio’s damage also lets me kill LKali with 1 unenhanced L Dark combo with ALuBu buff. Finally it goes without saying that the sub Shishio will provide smoothed out and very similar damage to the leaders and Azathoth mentioned earlier, for damage control purposes. Sensui is the shining star of the team, whose active solves damage control with 0 RNG on Sopdet, Parvati, and Vishnu. It prevents fire skyfall on Noahdra are ran on the A side Sensui in order to make sure Escha is online after being delayed by Red Cap. is the shining star of the team, whose active solves damage control with 0 RNG on Sopdet, Parvati, and Vishnu. It prevents fire skyfall onand fixes bad Rajoa boards for the Radar Dragon kill shot. Utility aside, he generates extremely good orb economy at 4 CD. It is probable that you’ll pop a Sensui’s inherit, then his base active twice through the course of a run.are ran on the A side Sensui in order to make sure Escha is online after being delayed by Red Cap. Rajoa is my is not run to not ruin damage control on Sopdet and Vishnu. is my sub of choice. Rajoa’s contribute enough damage to oneshot the three Radar Dragons with over-damage void.is not run to not ruin damage control on Sopdet and Vishnu. Running Valentine Ney is also fine as long as you’re running Bride Persephone or are reasonably sure that a light skyfall will make her light subattribute go above 5 mil, so it gets voided instead of absorbed. For reference, 1 light skyfall, no enhance, with 8 combo will just barely get voided if you have a high atk dark inherit on her, and a combination of 3 or . Serket completes are to ensure that the inherit is up even after potentially eating Thoth Kagutsuchi completes and , and her colors are perfect for Shishio so what’s not to like? The only bindable sub, but her utility and low CD inherit base more than makes up for it. Theare to ensure that the inherit is up even after potentially eatingandskill delays. In JP, running D/B Levi over Serket is an option. He has better RCV, Dragon Killer access (probably won’t matter much), and still completes and resist while giving you some , and a much better base active when fighting against Hepdra. In order to prevent water skyfall from ruining a Noah Dragon kill when Sensui isn’t up, you can place it to the left of Azathoth – unless you skyfall to 7 combo, his subattribute should slide under the void and squash any water skyfalls you might get. Keep in mind Levi’s base skill is a little longer, so I would inherit ALubu on him and put the Crows Fujin on Azathoth.

Assist Explanation XMas Ilmina nukes predras and grants and for Zera Sonia Gran and (besides Lightning nukes predras and grantsandforand‘s resolve next floor. There is currently no multitarget laser that makes bothand(besidesbut she far from guarantees 5 hearts); otherwise, I’d probably run that. Rathian Equip (aka Kralice Rapier) is mainly reserved for Parvati, Kagu, and Vishnu, and completes is mainly reserved for Parvati, Kagu, and Vishnu, and completes Paolumu Equip (aka Lumu Smasher I) completes Nergigante completes , although the active is in large part a downgrade from‘s. It is left unskilled, but may come up if Nergigante’s skill remains unused. Eschamali provides a consistent flow of for the first floors of A3. Nergigante provides a consistent flow offor the first floors of A3.and 2x Escha already provide you with constant dark skyfall over 12 turns. Nees is an emergency heal that also makes . 50% is enough to lift out of dangerous situations such as Sopdet into Generate Earth Dragon, or just getting pummeled by preemptive hits in the chain of spawns after Grisar. The considerable HP bonus also helps. I may consider running Halloween Verdandi is an emergency heal that also makes. 50% is enough to lift out of dangerous situations such as Sopdet into Generate Earth Dragon, or just getting pummeled by preemptive hits in the chain of spawns after Grisar. The considerable HP bonus also helps. I may consider runningif I had her, but she provides less HP and may not come up in time. Awoken Lu Bu is a 4x devil spike to provide enough damage to Rajoa to kill Radardras, and to kill Kali. With the team’s eclectic offensive awakenings, it’s a stronger burst than any Gemstone-like enhance. “Crows Fujin” (武田好誠) is for Heradra, also fixes bad Rajoa boards for a 2-in-1 active. For NA players, Hiko is for Heradra, also fixes bad Rajoa boards for a 2-in-1 active. For NA players,is similar in principle as it also contributes damage in killing the Radardras, but may not be enough if the board is very bad. Meliodas is for Vishnu or Parvati. Although it is faster and a little less stressful to just run another Fujin here, I may occasionally need the heart generation versus Ilsix Shiva Zaerog is for Vishnu or Parvati. Although it is faster and a little less stressful to just run another Fujin here, I may occasionally need the heart generation versus, to heal versusorgravities, or to generate enough fire orbs to kill Zaerog with Fire L. It is also perfectly fine to just run a second Fujin-like active here as well – if you truly care about speed, it saves you quite a bit of time too. Hera-Nyx Is just a skill delay buffer. This might get replaced by Azathoth later or something. This inherit could easily be something else that has more utility. Recently, Bride Persephone got a cooldown buff so she will come up reasonably if inherited to make Noahdra faster, but she is not long enough to fully block Hepdra’s skill delay and running SDR over Machine Killer makes killing Gaiadra slower. I have also looked at running Pirate Zaerog equip to make killing Predras less annoying if B side enters Predra floor.

Other team nuances and comments:

Beelzebub 100% and is marvelous; you don’t have to pop an active or stall on floor 1 if Kappa spawns, worry about Grisar eating your fifth fire or dark orb, pop an active on, etc. The convenience gained isn’t that much compared to, say A4, but it certainly saves time and actives compared to not having it.

Tsubaki Zaerog , and more generally, fire subs, were considered but eventually cut out from consideration; although Tsubaki can snipeand can tear through [DKali] and [Hepdra] with much less effort, she sadly ruins both damage control protocols versus Vishnu. There aren’t good fire sub that stack yet.

, which are there to deal extra damage versus Parvati with fewer combos, so less chance of skyfall. Outside of Parvati, they are useful versus many spawns, such as being able to kill Grisar with 1 combo Dark L, oneshotting Zera The latent setup has been explained besides the, which are there to deal extra damage versus Parvati with fewer combos, so less chance of skyfall. Outside of Parvati, they are useful versus many spawns, such as being able to kill Grisar with 1 combo Dark L, oneshottingwith Fire L more easily, etc.

under 4000 attack to slide under Sopdet’s absorb. This means keeping him at level 109 or under if he has offcolor (or no) assist, 108 or under for offcolor assist with 1 107 or under for most oncolor assists. If your Shishio is overleveled, you can unevo and evo it again to remove the limit break, although this is very costly. Keep in mind running dungeons solo can unwillingly level Shishio too high, so I would turn it off by default. Shishio, or any sub on this team in fact, should be atto slide under Sopdet’s absorb. This means keeping him atif he has offcolor (or no) assist,for offcolor assist with 1 , andfor most oncolor assists. If your Shishio is overleveled, you can unevo and evo it again to remove the limit break, although this is very costly. Keep in mind running dungeons solo can unwillingly level Shishio too high, so I would turn it off by default.

and This is more of a meta-remark, but unsurprisingly most of the A3 Shishio teams that I’ve seen on Youtube pile onand and run 2-3 Fujin type actives. While I understand that running A3 solo means you’re given less actives to kill Radars and Kalis with (Especially Hepdra) so God Killers may be needed to deal enough damage with less bursts, I don’t view this as particularly elegant teambuilding. Shishio has extremely good damage control versus Radardras and Kalis as long as you run no , and to do so would throw away one of his biggest strengths.

Team weaknesses, issues:

EKMD Medjedra Side A usually buttons Predras and kills the next floor, B kills. Ifspawns, he can switch in Serket, which has no multiplier at all, drastically slowing down the progression of the next few floors. This can be solved by moving Serket to side A, but my alt account (side B) doesn’t have the Shishio nor Nergigante to swap for it. Running D/B Levi should also help, as he at least has a static 2x atk multiplier for darks.

There are some weird turn order issues that could be optimized. I find the non-FUA side getting Sha Wujing, Kagu, etc. more often than not and the non-VDP side entering Radardra floor too. Switching sides will definitely help against Kaguyahime, but doesn’t fix the problem with some other spawns.

The inherit conundrum on Rajoa (explained in Hera-Nyx’s

Hepdra can be slow, due to the lack of killers, especially if B side got delayed.

Spawn-specific strategies (mostly damage control-related)

Spawn Protocol Amon See , except he doesn’t change attribute. If you’re ever in the situation where Unicorn will die if you don’t skyfall but he’ll kill you with his next attack if you do (happens often if you got hit byearlier), play it safe and activate your shield and heal up. Heimdallr and especially Voice may slow you down with dark absorb if you don’t have enough fire orbs. You will need to fire L and combo a fair bit, especially on Heimdallr. Alternatively, you can sacrifice a little bit of “safety” on Parvati and Vishnu and pop Shishio, whose orb generation and damage boost can make short work of these guys. will drop him under half, and 1 extra skyfall combo shouldn’t trigger resolve, as long as it’s not dark. If the non- side enters this floor, 1 combowill drop him under half, and 1 extra skyfall combo shouldn’t trigger resolve, as long as it’s not dark. fully unenhanced will take off about 70% of her HP. From then, you can make another 1 combo to kill, or chip away more with if there aren’t enough darks. 1 Sensui active will provide enough dark orbs to kill over both turns, and prevent skyfall for both turns too. will take off about 70% of her HP. From then, you can make another 1 comboto kill, or chip away more withif there aren’t enough darks. 1 Sensui active will provide enough dark orbs to kill over both turns, and prevent skyfall for both turns too. , 1 , and 3-4 combos total (with any amount of enhance orbs) should be enough to take off around 50% of her HP. Once again, you can use Sensui to generate enough orbs and prevent skyfall. Delay with either Meliodas or Rathian. 1, 1, and 3-4 combos total (with any amount of enhance orbs) should be enough to take off around 50% of her HP. Once again, you can use Sensui to generate enough orbs and prevent skyfall. Just pop Meliodas, Rathian, or Nergigante to deal with him, don’t bother juking his resolve. fully unenhanced (No L) will take off slightly over 50% of his HP. As long as you delay him so he doesn’t heal with his skill set, he gets 2HKO’ed if you repeat this again. Alternatively (No L) and 1 (2 combos total) to take off ~70% of his HP. If the dark match is fully unenhanced, you can even skyfall 1 combo with this method and still go under. (No L) will take off slightly over 50% of his HP. As long as you delay him so he doesn’t heal with his skill set, he gets 2HKO’ed if you repeat this again. Alternatively(No L) and 1(2 combos total) to take off ~70% of his HP. If the dark match is, you can even skyfall 1 combo with this method and still go under. Rajoa ALuBu Serket Sensui Pop, then popif needed, then kill. You should be able to kill all 3 of these after ALuBu burst with a (15-15) split (Row + VDP + 1 heart blob). If LKali spawned, merely 1 Dark L with the second turn of ALuBu burst will kill (on side A, due to the second Shishio). 2 Dark Ls with some extra combos will kill DKali. I’ve never been in a situation where I didn’t have any orb changers up and had < 5 dark orbs, but it may be possible.

Conclusion and looking forward

Shishio is definitely the most brainless A3 team I have ever tried. His low-combo strategy and damage scaling/stratification is seemingly built specifically to farm the dungeon, and I foresee myself running a variant of my current team for a long time coming. In the future, I hope to see more subs that can take , Sensui’s eventual limit break or perhaps split evo, and a replacement to Serket that is unbindable. Happy farming.