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Ingenious Tactics Best Characters and How to Get

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Ingenious Tactics is one of the Sword weapons in Duet Night Abyss (DNA). See the best characters and Demon Wedges for Ingenious Tactics, how to get it, stats, and upgrade materials for Ingenious Tactics here!

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Ingenious Tactics Stats and Skill Info

Weapon Overview and Details

Ingenious Tactics Icon Ingenious Tactics
Weapon Type Weapon Class
Melee Weapons Sword
ATK Type Consonance Weapon?
Slash No

Ingenious Tactics Tier Ranking

Rating Explanation
B IconB Tier • Significantly improves DEF.
• Deals bonus damage to Shields scaling with the wielder's DEF stat.
• A weapon that only Randy can make full use of given his very high DEF stat and anti-Shield abilities.

Weapon Tier List

Base and Max Stats

ATK CRIT CHANCE CRIT DMG
18 (Base)
225.94 (Max)		 20% 200%
ATK SPD Trigger Probability 1-Hit DMG
1 33% 45%
2-Hit DMG 3-Hit DMG 4-Hit DMG
50% 40%x2 82%
5-Hit DMG Charged ATK DMG Plunge DMG
- 113% 51%
Sliding ATK DMG - -
51%

Base and Max Skill Description

Weapon Skill
Base Weapon Skill: DEF +50.0%. When dealing damage with this weapon triggers Bonus Effect, there's a 25.0% chance to decrease the target's Shield by 350.0% of the user's DEF.
Max Weapon Skill: DEF +100.0%. When dealing damage with this weapon triggers Bonus Effect, there's a 50.0% chance to decrease the target's Shield by 350.0% of the user's DEF.

Best Characters For Ingenious Tactics

Who Is Ingenious Tactics Good For?

Best Characters
Duet Night Abyss - PhoxhunterPhoxhunter Duet Night Abyss - RandyRandy Duet Night Abyss - Yale and OliverYale and Oliver
Duet Night Abyss - BerenicaBerenica Duet Night Abyss - TabetheTabethe

Character Tier List

Ingenious Tactics Best Demon Wedges

Recommended Setup for Ingenious Tactics

Demon Wedge
1: Whirl of Illusion (Purple)
2: Cerberus's Celerity (Gold)
3: Cerberus's Impetus • Focus (Gold)
4: Cerberus's Impetus (Gold)
5: Threshold (Gold)
6: Cerberus's Edge (Gold)
7: Cerberus's Trammel (Purple)
8: Cerberus's Rage (Purple)





























Slot 1 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 2

Whirl of Illusion Whirl of Illusion

Cerberus Cerberus's Impetus • Focus

Cerberus Cerberus's Impetus

Cerberus Cerberus's Celerity
Slot 5 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 6

Threshold Threshold

Cerberus Cerberus's Trammel

Cerberus Cerberus's Rage

Cerberus Cerberus's Edge
Tolerance: 100 / 100

Track Adjustments for Demon Wedge Slots

Slot 1 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 2
Diamond ✖︎ ✖︎ ✖︎
Slot 5 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 6
✖︎ ✖︎ ✖︎ ✖︎
Track-Shift Module Required: 1

There is no need to adjust a slot if it has an ✖︎!

List of All Demon Wedges

How to Get Ingenious Tactics

Buy Using Phoxene Plumule

Phoexene Exchange for Weapons

You can buy Ingenious Tactics from the Shop by spending 3280 Phoxene Plumule, which is the premium currency of Duet Night Abyss.

How to Get Phoxene Plumules

Farm the Blueprint via Secret Letters

Secret Letters for Weapons

You can get the blueprint for Ingenious Tactics through the Secret Letter system. Using 10 Secret Letter Clues, you can buy a Secret Letter specific to Ingenious Tactics, which can be opened after completing a Covert Commission stage.

List of All Secret Letters

Forge the Weapon Using the Blueprint

After obtaining the blueprint for Ingenious Tactics, you can forge it through the Forge menu. Do note that you need to gather the materials needed for Ingenious Tactics first before you can actually craft it!

How to Forge Weapons and Items

Ingenious Tactics Upgrades

Ascension Material Requirements

Level Cap Required Materials
Lvl. 20
→
Lv. 30
・ Coin Coin x2,800
・ Damaged Sal Volatile Damaged Sal Volatile x6
・ Basic Weapon Component: Grip Basic Weapon Component: Grip x2
Lvl. 30
→
Lv. 40
・ Coin Coin x6,100
・ Fuel Reagent Fuel Reagent x3
・ Basic Weapon Component: Grip Basic Weapon Component: Grip x4
・ Basic Weapon Component: Blade Basic Weapon Component: Blade x2
Lvl. 40
→
Lv. 50
・ Coin Coin x6,900
・ Fuel Reagent Fuel Reagent x6
・ Intermediate Weapon Component: Grip Intermediate Weapon Component: Grip x3
・ Intermediate Weapon Component: Blade Intermediate Weapon Component: Blade x1
Lvl. 50
→
Lv. 60
・ Coin Coin x17,000
・ Fuel Reagent Fuel Reagent x12
・ Advanced Weapon Component: Grip Advanced Weapon Component: Grip x6
・ Advanced Weapon Component: Blade Advanced Weapon Component: Blade x2
Lvl. 60
→
Lv. 70
・ Coin Coin x49,000
・ Fuel Reagent Fuel Reagent x24
・ Advanced Weapon Component: Grip Advanced Weapon Component: Grip x10
・ Advanced Weapon Component: Blade Advanced Weapon Component: Blade x4
Lvl. 70
→
Lv. 80
・ Coin Coin x180,000
・ Fuel Reagent Fuel Reagent x48
・ Advanced Weapon Component: Grip Advanced Weapon Component: Grip x20
・ Advanced Weapon Component: Blade Advanced Weapon Component: Blade x8

List of All Materials

Ingenious Tactics Smelt Information

Sacrifice a Duplicate to Level Up

Smelting Pop up Menu

When sacrificing a duplicate of Ingenious Tactics via the Weapon Smelting system, its Smelting level will increase. Leveling up a weapon's Smelting level will upgrade its skill. Do note that the maximum level is Smelting Lv. 5!

Ingenious Tactics Skins

How to Get Outfit
・Cosmetics (Shop)
Tough Love
Tough Love
・Cosmetics (Shop)
The Backup Catch
The Backup Catch

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Duet Night Abyss Related Guides

Duet Night Abyss Weapons

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Weapon Guides

Duet Night Abyss - List of All Consonance Weapons All Consonance Weapons Weapon Tier List Weapon Tier List

All Weapon Types

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Bow Bows Grenade Launcher Grenade Launchers Dual Pistols Dual Pistols
Assault Rifle Assault Rifles Pistol Pistols Shotgun Shotguns
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Greatsword Greatswords Dual Swords Dual Blades Katana Katanas
Polearm Polearms Sword Swords Whipsword Whipswords

All Sword Weapons

List of Sword
Blade Amberglow Blade Amberglow Ingenious Tactics Ingenious Tactics Shackle of Lonewolf Shackle of Lonewolf
Remanent Reminiscence Remanent Reminiscence Wandering Rose Wandering Rose Ymir Ymir

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