How to Beat 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede

MementoMori's 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede is one of the witches players will frequently encounter across the game. Read on to learn how to make use of the game's witches and mechanics to defeat them in battle.

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How to Beat 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede

How to Beat 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede Overview

【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede
PvE Rank	PvP Rank

Base Rarity	Soul	Type	Role
SR (Limited)	Radiance	Warrior	Attacker

Elfriede is a powerful witch that scales off of a commonly-utilized mechanic in the game; Buffs and Debuffs. Properly managing your and your enemies' afflictions allows Elfriede to reach terrifying damage modifiers, easily beating other offensive powerhouses such as Florence in raw numbers, if left unchecked.

【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
• Exponential Damage Gain • Difficult to Defeat As Collateral • Empowers Debuffer Allies	• Extremely Reliant On Teammates • Relatively Volatile Damage • Weak On Early Turns

【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede Skill Analysis

Demonic Judgement

Prayer for Salvation

Both of Elfriede's active skills work rather similarly. The only difference is that her Angelic Decimation skill increases damage based on the number of buffs her allies possess, while her Demonic Judgement skill depends on the number of debuffs her targets have.

As expected, the strongest among them in terms of pure numbers is her skill which relies on stacking debuffs on her enemies. This skill can reach staggering damage values if paired with the right witches, particularly those who can deal with persistent debuffs. This is only helped by her passive skill, which makes it much easier for her party to inflict them.

Angelic Decimation

The Pope’s Blessing

On the other hand, Elfriede starts the turn with a skill that increases damage depending on the amount of buffs her party has, instead. Her passive allows her to quickly stack damage bonuses through the efforts of allies. At the same time, she progressively becomes more difficult to defeat due to the defense increase and damage cut effects.

Witches to Beat 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede

【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede Hard Counters

Florence

Cordie

Lea

A great way to counter Elfriede is to simply defeat her allies before they throw their skills. This can be done using fast and powerful attackers such as Florence and Cordie. However, take note that some of Elfriede's common allies, such as Rusalka, can be very difficult to defeat during the early turns.

Primavera

Lunalynn

Eir

Another method to stop Elfriede's allies from using their skills is to prevent them from moving via action-hindering debuffs. This can be done by using fast debuffers such as Primavera and Lunalynn. As a bonus, Elfriede is also susceptible to those debuffs herself.

Gil’uial

Nina

Yuni

Lastly, one can work directly against Elfriede's gimmick by dispelling her and her allies' buffs or their team's debuffs. But while this is certainly a viable strategy, do take note that many Buffers such as Olivia can apply their skill to their entire party. Overtaking the buff and debuff count between both teams may pose a challenge without sufficient preparation.

【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede General Counters

Merlyn	Soltina	Mertillier
Witch Illya	Moddey	Carol
Morgana	Richesse	Priscilla

【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede Sample Counter Teams

Emerald Burst Damage

Attacker / Debuffer	Buffer	Attacker	Buffer	Debuffer
Cordie	Merlyn	Lea	Mertillier	Nina

Lea is an amazing witch to carry against Elfriede teams due to her speed, damage, and relative immunity to damage on the first two turns from Stealth. On top of that, this skill can easily score a cheeky kill on Elfriede immediately due to Cordie and Lea's burst damage, or otherwise inflict Fainted on her. The other supports ensure that the effects of buffs and debuffs are somewhat stymied as Cordie and Lea work their damage.

Double Attacker Balanced

Attacker	Buffer	Attacker / Debuffer	Debuffer	Debuffer
Florence	Merlyn	Cordie	Soltina	Gil’uial

Like the team above, this lineup focuses on letting Cordie and Florence deal with Elfriede's teammates while Soltina and Gil'uial keep the others subdued with their Silence, Sleep, and Fainted debuffs.

Witches Not To Use Against 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede

Fia

Sivi

Amour

Due to Elfriede's rapid scaling and reliance on creating and maintaining an advantageous position against her enemies, witches who rely on the endgame will have difficulty surviving the required number of turns before their skills reach their full potential, at least not without any proper support.

Amleth

Ophelia

Witches that rely on retaliatory tactics will be hard-pressed to go against the kind of teams Elfriede would be in, especially those that rely on creating massive status disparities.

A.A.

Ivy

Similarly, witches who rely on basic attacks to deal high damage to increase their average output will find it difficult to do so after Elfriede has already stacked up her defensive bonuses.

Tips for Beating 【The Witch of Longinus】Elfriede

Do Not Let Elfriede's Teammates Run Rampant

Do whatever it takes to stop Elfriede's teammates from throwing their buffs and debuffs on the field. Elfriede scales rapidly from those effects and can output massive damage, particularly on her second turn. Do note, however, that some Elfriede teams will run Ophelia to protect their team, so adjust accordingly.

Raise the Debuff RES of Your Witches

Debuffs are generally undesirable to have on a team. This is especially true for those against Elfriede teams, which tend to use a massive amount of them. While overtaking Prayer for Salvation's increased chance to inflict debuffs will still be challenging, not having a decent amount of Debuff RES will just allow action-hindering debuffs to completely stall the game.

Early Focus Fire Works

Witches such as Witch Illya and Belle, who can both deal damage multiple times on a single target with their first active skills, can immediately defeat Elfriede before she stacks her defensive boosts and without having their damage output affected much by the damage cut effect.

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Soltina	Amleth	Fenrir
Florence	Moddey	Sabrina
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Mimi	Tropon	Hathor
Olivia	Primavera	Natasha
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Alexandra	Liselotte	Matilda
Yuni	Paladea	Eir
Morgana	Apostle Rosalie	Asahi
Minasumari	Kaguya	Summer Nina
Summer Amleth	Milla	Aine
Serruria	Winter Tropon	Fenny
Gil’uial	Sonya	Sivi
Stella	Summer Cordie	Belle
Priscilla	Artie	Chiffon
Luke	Summer Sabrina	Fia
Claudia	Lea	Sophia
Carol	Summer Moddey	Richesse
Veela	Tainted Iris	Winter Amour
Elfriede	Rusalka	Cerberus
Fortina	Armstrong	Ophelia
A.A.	Valeriede	Witch Illya