Quick Answer: Beating Lita Through Elemental Counters
To beat Lita in her assessment battle, Pathfinders must deploy elemental counters against the different elements she brings to the field. Pathfinders complete required Elite Training courses to unlock the Title Promotion Assessment before facing this challenge. Passing the assessment allows you to upgrade your title and raise your character level cap. Completing the Elite Training program makes your roster stronger and is the best choice to prepare for difficult trials. During battle in Solo Combat Mode, you can freely switch between 4 Aniimo and use all of their active skills. Each party can include up to 4 Aniimo. Press key 1, key 2, key 3, or key 4 to switch the corresponding Aniimo into battle when countering enemy elements. Creatures and their combat skills have elemental differences that create counters during engagements. Deploying advantageous elements wisely allows your companions to deal more damage against opposing targets. You can review full offensive and defensive match-ups on our elemental type chart before assembling your team.
Elemental Counter Multipliers and Combat Scaling
When an attacking element holds a strong advantage rather than a weak match over a defending creature, the damage multiplier increases to 1.6. In neutral matchups where an attack is neither strong nor weak, standard damage is dealt at a 1 multiplier factor. Ice element skills can be used to put out fires or freeze wet objects and water during tactical encounters. Water element attacks can be used to put out fire or moisten objects on the battlefield. Fire element skills can be used to ignite wooden objects or melt ice when opposing cold-aligned threats. Lightning element power can be transmitted via metal objects or used to power various mechanisms in combat zones. Wind element gusts can be used to blow other objects, slowly put out fires or melt ice across open terrain.
| Element Matchup | Damage Multiplier |
|---|---|
| strong | 1.6 |
| neutral | 1 |
| weak | 0.625 |
Party Roster and Five Tactical Roles
Creatures in your party are divided across roles, each with its own strengths in combat. The DPS role focuses on dealing heavy HP damage, and they work best when switched in while the target is in BREAK. Companions assigned to the BREAK role focus on quickly reducing the target’s BREAK gauge, helping trigger Break State faster. The Support role provides allies with various damage buffs or applies debuffs to targets, improving the party’s combat performance. A REGEN specialist increases the team’s REGEN rate, letting everyone in your squad use skills more often. The Healing role excels at restoring HP for the whole party, keeping everyone safer throughout lengthy battles. When engaging in Team Combat Mode, only the first Aniimo in your party acts as the main active Aniimo on the field. Remaining teammates can only support briefly by using core skills, after which you will automatically switch back to the main active Aniimo. You can experiment with different lineup synergies on our team builder tool or inspect pre-configured lineups on our recommended teams page.
| Role | Tactical Role Focus |
|---|---|
| DPS | Focuses on dealing heavy HP damage |
| BREAK | Focuses on quickly reducing the target’s BREAK gauge |
| Support | Provides allies with damage buffs or applies debuffs to targets |
| REGEN | Increases the team’s REGEN rate |
| Healing | Excels at restoring HP for the whole party |
Depleting the BREAK Gauge and Stagger Windows
As your companions attack an Aniimo, the yellow BREAK gauge displayed under its status bar will keep decreasing. Once that gauge reaches zero, the enemy creature enters BREAK state, becoming temporarily unable to act against your party. While an adversary remains in BREAK or BREAK Recovery state, they take greatly increased damage from all incoming strikes. Consult our comprehensive companion directory to compare base attributes and discover creatures with high combat capabilities.
Managing Elemental Debuffs and Status Resistance
Certain companion skills build the target’s elemental debuffs matching their corresponding element. Applying elemental debuffs helps lower the matching elemental resistance and will stack up to 20 times on a foe. Accumulated debuff buildup decreases over time, and the more debuff stacks there are, the faster that buildup drops. In addition to creature attacks, the ambient environment and prevailing weather can also build elemental debuffs during battle. Similar assessment encounters demonstrate this mechanic, where opponents continually apply a Fire Debuff to nearby Pathfinders and stun distant targets. Tactical status effects like marks can enhance basic attack damage and deal even more damage when paired with synergistic companion traits.
Energy Management and Targeting Controls
Whenever stored EP becomes sufficient, your companion’s available combat skills will light up on your action bar. Activating assigned abilities consumes EP, and that EP will steadily recover over time during the encounter. Pathfinders must coordinate ability timing carefully because EP is shared by the whole team across all active slots. While you are not in lock-on status, moving near a hostile opponent will show an auto-aim marker on the nearest target. You can press Focus to lock on to the target currently in your sights and enter the dedicated lock-on state. When casting precision attacks, press and hold the corresponding skill button to enter Aim mode. While maintaining your aim, you can freely adjust your target position by moving the camera.
Recovery Preparation and Outpost Facilities
Whenever a companion is injured, you can visit Healer Kim at the Outpost to restore it, or let it recover at a nearby Bonfire. Resting sites scattered across the continent burn with Vein energy, allowing you to steadily restore team HP and share natural resources. Various rival Pathfinders from the institute can be found stationed across regions of Idyll. You can challenge them to Twine Mode battles and defeat them to earn great rewards before taking on Lita. Certain elite Pathfinders can initiate special Badge Challenges to test your battle readiness. Track your companion growth milestones using our leveling guide and plan form upgrades with our evolution guide. Consult our beginner guide for foundational mechanics, explore regional drop points on the interactive world map, check encounter odds in our rates calculator, browse supplies in the items directory, study threats in the bosses compendium, and check our redemption codes page for active bonus bundles.
