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== Introduction ==
The main purpose of this guide is to provide information and tips on the main party-focused late-game instances for the game, as these will generally be the most difficult instances. My hope is that this will provide useful strategies and guidelines, so that everyone can find success and enjoy these instances. Please keep in mind that there are many different solutions to clear these instances, and the ones listed here is not the only one! 

This guide will go into detail about key points about the instances and strategies. However, it won't cover all the details and mechanics, as they can be read in the related instance pages. 

== [[Constellation Tower]] == 
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|  [[Constellation Tower]]
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=== Recommended Classes - CT === 
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| Elemental Master || Provides Land Protector to the team and serves as the main tank with the Dragon Resist Build. It can also use {{#skill:277}} and {{#skill:289}} Max Pain || [[Lxna's_Elemental_Master_of_Puppets_Build_Guide#EM_Dragon_Tanking_build_by_Choi|Lxna's Elemental Master of Puppets Build Guide]]
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| Cardinal || Provides powerful supportive buffs and heals and can resurrect fallen members. {{#skill:78}} is also a powerful debuff that it can spam on Betel. It can also serve as a tank. || [[Choi's_Magic_and_Support_Cardinal_Guide|Choi's Magic and Support Cardinal Guide]]
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| Shadow Cross/Ninja || (Optional) Removes the reflect effect from Betelguese when he uses Max Pain through the Shadow Cross skill {{#skill:5001}} and Ninja skill {{#skill:3024}}. If either of these aren't on your team, the team should be careful when DPSing to make sure that Max Pain hasn't been casted or that it has already been dispelled. || 
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| DPS|| Kill Betel! ||
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=== Key Mechanics - CT ===

<big>'''Climbing the Tower'''</big><br>
There isn't too much to cover for climbing the tower. Generally, just kill the mobs and move onto the next floor. On floor 25, you can fight {{#linkmob:20996}} or move on. On floor 50, you can choose to fight {{#linkmob:20994}} or continue to fight a stronger version of {{#linkmob:20994}} for more rewards.
Additionally, you can choose to skip 4 levels by talking with the blue brazier on every 5th level. The total cost to use skips until level 75 is 2975 {{#item:1000372}} which equates to 75 {{#item:1000373}}.

<big>'''Difficulty/Star Levels'''</big><br>
The difficulty of the Boss Fight with {{#linkmob:20994}} depends on the Star Levels you set at the fountain. These Star levels determine its Health, Attack, HP Recovery, Defense, and the strength of its Traps. At floor 50, the total stars it can have is 15. At floor 75, the total stars it can have is 25. <br>
My recommendation when rolling for maximum star level is to roll randomly until you get 3 maximum star level stats and then roll the maximum stars for the remaining stats.

<big>'''Battle with Betelguese'''</big><br>
The boss fight with Betelguese is split into 3 phases.

There are not too many mechanics in the boss fight with Betelguese. Key things to note are that it won't take damage when a party member is dead, so you will need to make sure everyone is alive, and the boss can cast Max Pain after a long cast time that will reflect all damage it takes which will essentially wipe your team. Max Pain is important to play around so make sure you have a way to remove the buff and not to hit it when it is in Max Pain status. It also casts a very powerful comet that will do significant damage to your team. 

Starting on its second phase, the map will have traps that move across the map vertically to deal significant fixed damage on the player when they are hit by them. The traps don't do enough damage to kill you but will do about 80% of your hp in damage. These traps will still occur again in the third phase.
Additionally, in the second phase, dead souls will spawn across the map which will prevent Betelguese from taking any damage until all of them are dead. These dead souls will have to be killed to progress in the fight.

=== Strategy - CT === 
[[File:Betel with traps.png|thumb|right|With this positioning, the traps won't hurt the rest of your team]] Since Betelguese is Dragon, Dragon Tank EMs are a very cheap and effective tank against Betel, as they will take 1 damage from its skills and attacks if they have 100% dragon resist. Also note that Betelguese is neutral property, so the {{#item:27109}}, {{#item:27107}}, and {{#item:27108}} Combo is a very useful against it. 

The main strategy for the fight mainly focuses on avoiding both the powerful traps and Betel's powerful skills. Luckily, while the traps spawn in the middle corridor of the map, the rest of the map is not affected by the traps. As such, there are safe zones on the map for the party to sit while your tank lures Betelguese to you and tanks it. Particularly, the location on the bottom left is a great spot for the team to hang out. 

At the start of the fight, have your EM cast Land Protector on the bottom left area for your team to stand on. LP will prevent AOE skills like Comet from dealing damage to your team. Please note that the edges of LP do not provide any protection, so you will want to place it one cell up and one cell right, as you see in the images. 

Additionally, Betelguese casts Max Pain which reflects all damage taken to your team and will effectively wipe your whole time if they damage it while it is in Max Pain. The cast can be interrupted and the skill can be dispelled. However, skills like Shadow Cross' {{#skill:5001}} and Ninja's {{#skill:3024}} will nullify the reflect as well. If Betelguese starts to cast Max Pain, stop hitting it until these skills are cast. <br><br>

<big>First Phase</big><br> [[File:Betel LP and Positioning.png|thumb|right|While your team stands on the LP, the EM should hug the left side wall to mitigate knock back.]]
When the fight starts, the EM should cast skills to get aggro from Betelguese and lure it to the left until the EM is standing against the left wall where the team can hit it safely from LP and where the knockback from Betelguese will only push it against the wall. The DPS should avoid hitting the boss until it is fully lured as to avoid drawing aggro. This process should be repeated for all three phases. Once the boss is lured and the team is in a safe position, the DPS should damage it to finish the phase. 

<big>Second Phase</big><br>
After the first phase is completed, the team will be moved to the middle of the map, and they should move quickly back into position. 
In the second phase, the traps will appear and the team should be in the safe area to avoid them. Additionally, dead souls will spawn around the map, and members of your party should go around the map to try to kill them until all dead souls are dead. Dead souls are Plant Protocol, so multi hit skills will be the most effective against it. 
Once all dead souls are dead, the DPS should damage it to complete the phase. 

<big>Third Phase</big><br>
After the second phase is completed, the team will be moved to the middle of the map, and they should move quickly back into position. 
There are no dead souls in this phase, but the traps still exist. The team should move back to the safe zone on the LP and DPS it down to complete the boss fight. 

<big>Overall Tips</big><br>
* EMs should have both {{#item:1100005}} and {{#item:607}} to tank the boss. While they won't take much damage from Betel, the traps will do significant damage to the EM. Whenever it is hit by the traps, the EM should use the ygg berry, and they should use other consumables for any chip damage they might take during the fight.
* {{#item:6293}} is a very useful item, especially in cases where you die further away from your cardinals (e.g. when trying to kill the dead souls).
* Betel has long cast times for some of its skills. As such, {{#skill:277}} is a useful skill to spam on Betel to cancel some of its skills (including Max Pain and Comet).
* As the Cardinal will be with the stack, they can cast {{#skill:5269}} on themself to heal the stack while focusing on healing the EM or Lexing Betel.

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== [[Alice Twisted Madness]] == 
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|  [[Alice Twisted Madness]]
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=== Recommended Classes - Alice ===

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| Cardinal || Provides powerful supportive buffs and heals and can resurrect fallen members. {{#skill:78}} is also a powerful debuff that it can spam on Betel. It can also serve as a tank. || [[Choi's_Magic_and_Support_Cardinal_Guide|Choi's Magic and Support Cardinal Guide]]
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| Elemental Master || Provides Land Protector to the team and can spell break the bosses casts. || [[Lxna's_Elemental_Master_of_Puppets_Build_Guide]] <br> [[The Complete Elemental Master Guide by Goldie]]
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| Melee DPS|| Kill Nightmare Key Holder! || 
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| Magic DPS|| Kill Jabberwocky in its first phase! || 
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| Ranged DPS|| Kill Jabbawocky in its second phase! ||
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=== Key Mechanics - Alice === 

=== Strategy - Alice === 

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== [[Hall of Life]] ==
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|  [[Hall of Life]]
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=== Recommended Classes - HoL === 
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| Cardinal || Provides powerful supportive buffs and heals and resurrects fallen members. || [[Choi's_Magic_and_Support_Cardinal_Guide|Choi's Magic and Support Cardinal Guide]]
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| Devo IG (1-3) || Absorbs damage for lower HP members of your team by casting {{#skill:255}} on them. Also, provides supportive buffs like {{#skill:5256}} and {{#skill:5262}}. The number of Devo IG required depends on how many squishy members you have on your team. Ideally, each IG should devo 3-4 people, but they can devo a maximum of 5. || 
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| Arch Mage || Alongside its DPS, provides strong debuffs on the boss through {{#skill:2213}} and Level 4 {{#skill:5232}} {{#skill:5222}}. The rest of the team should use Fire element to make use of the 2x damage boost from Level 4 All Bloom || 
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| Elemental Master || Alongside its DPS, provides great supportive abilities that will boost your damage. The EM should cast {{#skill:285}} where the party is stacked and cast {{#skill:2468}} on the boss. It also has strong supportive abilities in {{#skill:2551}} and {{#skill:5366}} || 
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| Performer || Alongside its DPS, can provide many supportive buffs to the team. Particularly, {{#skill:322}} and {{#skill:5007}} are very useful to provide your team some extra tankiness. If you have a trouvere, you should make sure it is Soul Linked. || 
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| Soul Ascetic || Alongside its DPS, can provide many supportive buffs to the team. Particularly, {{#skill:5423}} will provide a significant buff against Rigel || 
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| DPS|| Kill Betel! ||
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=== Key Mechanics - HoL === 

=== Strategy - HoL === 


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