How To Defeat Duval

[Kylo Ren]

“Iron Mask” Duval is here!! Are you ready for the Technique Shooter unit that may make his way into certain Shooter/Technique teams?

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“Iron Mask” Duval

Classification: Technique Shooter

 

Captain Skill: At the start of Adventure, reduce all Cooldowns by 3; If Orb matches, Technique units gain 2.75x ATK

 

Special (28 turns -> 14 Turns): Reduce all enemies’ health by 20%; Reduce all incoming damage by 50% for 1 turn

While not the most amazing Captain… Duval excels as a crew-member/sub for your crew. Every part of that special is valuable and comes at a fairly low Cooldown. His stats aren’t too bad to match either. Overall – a fairly strong unit for a sub but not as a Captain, except you can get matching orbs every turn of cuorse.

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Island is only available in 30 and 40 Stamina.

The 40-Stamina edition is covered in great detail due to its overall higher difficulty and the fact that 30 Stamina is extremely similar to 40 Stamina simply with lower stats (mobs/boss have lower hp and attack etc.)[/size]

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Stage	Notes
	Stage 1/5   Typical mob stage. You should be able to stall for 2 turns without take damage. The mobs hit for 2,016 damage if you dare take a hit.
	Stage 2/5   Don’t get intimidated by this stage You should be able to stall for 5 or more turns here. The Teenage Turtle has 9 HP and hits for 1,220 damage The Lobster has 20 HP and hits for a heavy 3,980 damage.
	Stage 3/5   Mob + Pirate Penguin + Elder Seahorse The Seahorse has 6 HP and if you aren’t familiar with Seahorses in Raid Bosses… They’ll lock. The Penguin will buff his Attack and Defense when he gets to attack (but doesn’t do any damage until next turn)/ The mobs will all do things (so beware!!) not necessarily when they attack but after your first attack. The Red Mob changes [Speed] orbs  -> [Bother] orbs The Green Mob Captain Silences your friend Captain for 1 turn The Blue Mob changes [Technique] orbs -> [Bother] Orbs
	Stage 4/5   MINIBOSS: “Iron Mask” Duval Health: ??? Damage: 4,516   First part of the fight! Duval will preemptively change all your units’ orbs to [Bother] orbs and Poison you. Poison will deal approximately 700 damage per turn. When Duval’s HP reaches 50%; He will gain Berserk (remove all Turn Delays and increase his attack). NOTE: The trouble here isn’t so much Duval as the 3 green female mobs behind him. They will silence your Friend Captain for 2 turns each and deal a nice 3,500 damage. It is highly recommended to take out these 3 first.
	Stage 5/5 BOSS: “Black Leg” Sanji… I mean Duval    Oh… Duval…  This fight is fairly straightforward… General strategy is to clear them all in 1 turn (via double Blackbeard) or just crush them manually… If you’ve survived til here – He doesn’t really do much to threaten you. It is advised that you burst Duval from 51% health to 0 as he has certain nasty abilities when he hits 50% health (a trend that Raid Bosses have been recently getting).

 

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Stamina	Health	Attack	Notes
30-Stamina	770,000	3,700	The mobs accompanying Duval if not killed will heal 50,000 Health
40-Stamina	1,220,000	5,150	The mobs accompanying Duval if not killed will heal 100,000 Health.

Turn Number	What Duval does…
Preemptive	30 Stamina: Captain Silences both Captains for 1 turn Puts up a 5-Turn Defense Debuff Attacks for 3,700 damage   40 Stamina: Captain Silences both Captains for 1 turn Puts up a 5-Turn Defense Debuff Attacks for 5,150 damage
1	Nothing
2 and over	30-Stamina: Deals 3,700 damage – and attacks as normal   40-Stamina: Deals 5,150 damage – and attacks as normal
When HP reaches 66% or lower	30-Stamina: Randomly Seals 3 units for 1 turn Gains “Berserk” for 999 Turns (removes all Turn Delays and gains an attack buff) Deals 3,700 damage   40-Stamina: Randomly Seals 3 units for 1 turn Gains “Berserk” for 999 Turns (removes all Turn Delays and gains an attack buff) Deals 5,150 damage
From here on…	30-Stamina: Deals 7,400 damage when he attacks   40-Stamina: Deals 10,300 damage when he attacks
When HP reaches 20% or less	30-Stamina: Deals 8,800 damage and randomly seals 3 units for 2 turns.   40-Stamina Deals 18,600 damage and randomly seals 3 units for 2 turns.

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Blackbeard Teams (Many Variations)
Courtesy of Chaser
Requirements: Blackbeard Special MAX
 
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The idea behind this team is to burst down as fast and hard as possible. Double Blackbeard Specials should do a massive amount of damage to Duval.

You have 2 turns of orb manipulation in this team (to make use of 2 turns of SW Franky’s Special) if you need it (which you likely won’t).

• Bartholomew Kuma + SW Franky Combo
  
  
• Bepo + Rob Lucci (CP9) Combination
  
  

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Overall a very solid and probably one of the easiest teams to farm Duval with.



Rayleigh Teams (GameWith’s Fastest Clear – 14 Turns Clear)
Requirements: Donquixote Doflamingo Special MAX
 
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This team clears Stages 1 to 4 within 11 turns. Which should be fairly trivial (as long as you survive with 5,151 HP minimum to survive the preemptive). Following that just hit Duval with Golden Pound’s Delay and the rest of the fight should be fairly straightforward.

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Gear Third Teams (Multiple Variations)
Courtesy of Kijl Prince

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The strategy here is to use Golden Pound on Stage 4 to ensure those Silencers don’t bother you. That will essentially make that usually troubling stage a piece of cake.
In stage 5, take out the mobs before dealing with Duval. If he locks you (and hopefully it isn’t Helmeppo) – simply unlock and finish off the match.