Octopath CotC - 120NPC Ouma Researcher 8T ft. Xerc/CasttiEX/Aviete

1. Dark maiden is a must-have for magic dodges (if not, you need Shana). 2. With NPC’s 5x light attack and frost status, and Xerc’s countdown attack, it’s enough for shield break (50 shields in total: 4x7 by 4 characters, 4 by frost, 6 by countdown attack, 5 by NPC, 7 by divine beast). You may also use ElricaEX, where her countdown attack and fore-attack are also good for shield break. 3. So far for magic team, we need to let the researcher absorb at least 4 monsters, otherwise he would have higher damage resistance and damage reduction. If you use Osvald as a support DPS, instead of EltrixEX, it’s easy to kill monsters randomly, which is not recommended. Although he provides much much higher DPS. 4. This setup is pretty stable, as long as Xerc gets correct buff at T3 at 50% chance. The NPC use to increase speed on T4 is not needed.