Secretary Vera

Vera is a hard hitting boss. Drops tier 5 epic items:

• Health Set Armor
• Critical Hit Set Helmet
• Immunity Set Hp% Ring (Best Drop)

The battle consists of 3 phases and the starting enemies are:

• Secretary Vera (Earth Element) – 105,000 Hp
• Azimanus Watcher -> Azimanus Scout (Light Element) – 6,900 Hp Egg / 11,000 Hp Hatched

Here are the skills of Vera and her monsters depending on the battle phases:

Phase 1

Vera – 105,000 Hp

Mystery of Life (Passive) – Increases Attack and Speed of the caster each time an Azimanus Watcher hatches, and increases Combat Readiness of the caster each time an Azimanus Water takes damage.

Note:  This passive means you cannot run 4 healers and auto it as he will become stronger over time.

Prepare Evolution (Passive) – Transforms into a huge cocoon and summons two Karax Chargers if attacked when Health is less than 50%.

Spew Rock – Basic Attack that Stuns

Spew Rock (Basic Active) – Spits a pile of stones at two random enemies, with a 50%
chance to stun for 1 turn.

Note: This attack can be deadly if the stun lands on your key healers or DPS at the wrong time.

Incubate Egg (Active)[2 Turn Cooldown] – Summon Azimanus Watcher. If a summoned monster already exists, decrease its skill cooldown by 3 turns and grants an extra turn.

Azimanus Watcher

Hatching (Active) – Summons an Azimanus Scout and inflicts all enemies with a random debuff for 3 turns. The caster dies after using this skill.

Note: This can be deadly if a silence lands on your healer or defense break lands on your damage dealer. If you let 3 hatch, it usually means at least one of these will happen to your team.

Phase 2

Vera (Cocoon) – 62,400 Hp

Fetal Movement (Active) – Recovers the caster’s Health. If the caster is already at max Health, grants continuous healing for 1 turn instead.

Complete Hatching (Active)[4 Turn Cooldown] – Summons Secretary Vera with increased Attack, Defense and Speed. If the caster dies before using this skill, Secretary Vera is summoned with decreased Attack, Defense, Speed and max Health.

Note: This is a DPS check. If you lack damage, you won’t kill the cocoon in time. This means the more powerful version will hatch and she does a lot of damage.

Karax Charger – 30,900 Hp

Headbutt – Butts the enemy, decreasing the enemy’s Combat Readiness by 100%.

Note: Delays any of your team members a turn. Having good effect resistance or debuff immunty will help with these. Having a combat readiness pusher also helps.

Phase 3

Vera (Hatched) – 49,000 Hp (If Killed)

Final Evolution (Passive) – Grants the caster stackable Attack, Defense, and Speed increases every turn after hatching from a cocoon.

Note: Prevents you from bringing too many supports. Damage dealers is necessary.

Spew Rock (Active) – Spits a pile of stones at two random enemies, with a 50% chance to stun for 1 turn.

Boulder Vortex

Boulder Vortex (Active)[2 Turn Cooldown] – Stirs up a Boulder Vortex to attack all enemies, with a 75% chance to decrease Attack for 2 turns.

Note: This hits harder as the battle goes on.

Battle Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO2x7eARVQk

In this battle, having the following will help a lot:

• Debuff Immunity
• Debuff Cleansing
• AoE Attacks
• Defense Break
• Attack Down
• Target Debuff

The goal is to have enough damage to take Vera down before she re-hatch into a more powerful version. If that happens, it is pretty much game over. Letting the Azimanus Watcher hatch on the first phase can also be deadly as they apply random debuffs on your team. This happens when you attack the eggs and it gives Vera increased combat readiness to get his turns faster. If all 3 hatch at the same time, the odds of your team getting wiped is high as defense break or silence debuff is deadly.

Debuff immunity is godlike in this fight, with cleanse coming in a close second. Having defense break helps as you can burst down Vera faster. You can start the battle by getting rid of the hatched eggs first. Do keep in mind that if you attack them, Vera gains combat readiness.

Having units that can slow Vera or decrease his combat readiness will be helpful here. The first phase ends when you get his hp below 50%. All eggs will be destroyed if you haven’t destroyed them.

The second phase will turn her into a cocoon and spawn 2 Karax Chargers that will reduce any target’s combat readiness by 100% when they attack. They also provoke with their special ability. Their sole purpose is to delay you for 4 turns until the cocoon hatches into a powerful worm in phase 3.

It is recommended to just go after the cocoon since you only have 4 turns to get it to 0% health. The Karax Chargers have 30k hp, so it is a waste of time to kill them unless you have crazy burst damage. As long as you have a decent DPS unit and a defense breaker unit, you should be able to burst it down. Debuff immunity and cleanse will be clutch here as well, with debuff immunity making your life easier.

Phase 3 begins when you deplete her HP to 0 in phase 2 or after the boss takes 4 turns. This is a DPS race as she will get stronger each turn. Her AoE attack hits for a lot of damage, so you want to make sure you have your healer ready to sustain that. The other alternative is to burst her down quickly so she won’t get the chance to do that as the battle drags on.