How to Beat [The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya

MementoMori’s [The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya 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 God’s Curse] Illya

How to Beat [The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya Overview

[The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya
PvE Rank	PvP Rank

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

Witch Illya is a character that is a constant in the PvP scene. She can be hard to beat because of damage cuts and her ability to punish aggression.

[The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
• High Durability • Debuff Support • High Physical Attack Potential	• Reliant on Taking Damage • Limited Buff Removal • Single-Target Focus

[The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya Skill Analysis

God Curses the Light

Blessing of God’s Curse

The Angel Who Bears “0”

Witch Illya combines tanky defenses with some supportive abilities and offensive bursts. Her skills focus on keeping her alive: she can cheat death once per battle, block damage with shields, and redirect damage to herself to protect allies. While not a pure support, she can still help the team. Offensively, she can unleash powerful attacks, especially against debuffed enemies. However, she relies on taking damage to activate buffs, which can be risky. Her support options are limited; most attacks focus on a single enemy.

Surge of Providence

It unleashes a flurry of powerful attacks at higher levels, especially after repeated use. It can also dispel a buff from the enemy if they survive the initial onslaught. However, this skill focuses on a single enemy, making it less effective in crowded battles. The high damage potential also requires using the skill multiple times, and the decisive finishing move (at level 2) relies on the enemy being stubborn enough to survive the first wave of attacks.

Witches to Beat [The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya

[The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya Hard Counters

Cordie

Her high physical damage from The Quick & The Dead and Fanning Shots can overwhelm Witch Illya’s defenses. The bonus damage on Fanning Shots when Cordie’s health is low and the potential for critical hits make her an even more significant threat. What really makes Cordie shine is her ability to dodge debuffs.

Smoke and Gunpowder grants her Unhindered buff (later Debuff Immunity at higher levels), making her immune to Witch Illya’s attempts to Bind her and prevent her from attacking. Cordie’s self-buffs further enhance her offense and defense.

Sivi

Her Fortifying Blade can unleash a powerful single-target attack, especially if she’s taken some punishment that turns. This can potentially overwhelm Witch Illya’s defenses. On top of that, both of Sivi’s skills can heal herself and her allies, which helps the team stay in the fight against Witch Illya’s attacks.

Life-Stealing Strike can also dispel debuffs at higher levels, which helps counter any buffs Witch Illya might try to apply. Even better, Sivi can buff her defenses and those of her allies to make them more resilient. While Life-Stealing Strike’s random targeting might hit unintended enemies, Sivi’s focus on single-target damage and her other strengths make her a capable counter to Witch Illya.

Asahi

Asahi’s damage peaks at half the turns Witch Illya needs, and by then, Asahi can focus fire. Asahi also has so much DEF that Witch Illya’s damage won’t do much without Cordie’s support.

[The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya General Counters

Rusalka	Gil’uial	Florence
Lunalynn	Stella	Amleth
Richesse	Fenny	Carol

[The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya Sample Counter Teams

High Damage Counter

Attacker	Buffer	Attacker/Debuffer	Attacker/Debuffer	Debuffer
Cordie	Merlyn	Sivi	Fenny	Gil’uial

This team has a good mix of offensive and defensive capabilities to counter Witch Illya. Cordie, Sivi, and Fenny can deal with high amounts of damage. At the same time, Merlyn can help remove Witch Illya’s buffs, and Gil’uial can prevent her from using her skills. Additionally, Merlyn’s and Sivi’s healing abilities can help the team sustain themselves throughout the fight.

Asahi-Based Counter for Witch Illya

Tank	Buffer	Attacker	Debuffer	Attacker
Tainted Iris	Olivia	Asahi	Lunalynn	Mimi

This team can counter Witch Illya with a combination of high damage and survivability, but some tactical thinking is needed. Asahi and Iris significantly dish out heavy physical damage when buffed by Olivia. Lunalynn can silence Witch Illya to prevent her skills. At the same time, Mimi has a chance to redirect some of Witch Illya’s damage. Olivia buffs the team’s attack and provides temporary shielding. The key is to use Olivia’s buff before Asahi and Iris’s attacks, silence Witch Illya early with Lunalynn, and leverage Mimi’s debuff strategically.

Witches Not To Use Against [The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya

Freesia

Freesia can be a helpful supporter against Witch Illya, but she won’t directly shut down Witch Illya’s offense. Her Flowers of Eden skill can keep your team healthy, especially those targeted by Witch Illya’s critical hits. The defense buff at higher levels (Level 3 Flowers of Eden) makes them even more resilient. Freesia’s Rainbow Wind also provides a general damage reduction for the entire team.

However, Freesia’s main attack randomly targets enemies, so it’s unreliable for taking down Witch Illya. Additionally, she doesn’t have any abilities to weaken Witch Illya’s attacks or buffs.

Ophelia

Ophelia has some tools to fight Witch Illya. Her Crystal Tide can deal heavy damage and weaken Witch Illya’s attacks. Additionally, her survivability buffs can help her stay in the fight. However, Ophelia’s primary damage skill hits random enemies, and her crucial buff requires her to be above a certain health threshold. Since Witch Illya can burst down Ophelia quickly, this makes Ophelia an unreliable choice.

Nina

Nina can be a tricky character to use against Witch Illya. Her abilities are interesting - Lost Child’s Tears can potentially steal buffs Witch Illya uses and turn them against her. At the same time, I Hate You! can reflect debuffs back at Witch Illya if she has a lower DEX. On the defensive side, Nina’s I Can Still Walk and Shadow Tag make her more durable. However, these abilities all rely on some element of chance.

Lost Child’s Tears and I Hate You! target enemies randomly, so there’s no guarantee they’ll hit Witch Illya. Similarly, Nina’s buff-stealing and debuff-reflection depend on Witch Illya having buffs or having lower DEX than Nina, which might not always be the case. While Nina can be a real thorn in Witch Illya’s side if she gets lucky, her inconsistency makes her a bit risky as a main counter.

Tips for Beating [The Witch of God’s Curse] Illya

Get Characters Dispel Witch Illya’s Buffs

Find characters who have Buff Removal to dispel buffs that can prevent Witch Illya from gaining defensive benefits or offensive buffs. Silence to prevent Witch Illya from using her high-damaging Surge of Providence skill.

Bind to prevent Witch Illya from taking damage, which might stop her from triggering buffs reliant on taking hits. Decreased Damage Dealingcan reduce Witch Illya’s damage output and make her less threatening.

Use High Single-Target DPS

Use characters who can significantly damage a single target to quickly eliminate Witch Illya before she can activate her full potential. This is especially effective if they can bypass their defenses.

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Apostle Rosalie	Morgana	Eir
Paladea	Yuni	Matilda
Liselotte	Fenny	Sonya
Winter Tropon	Gil’uial	Sivi
Stella	Summer Cordie	Belle
Priscilla	Artie	Chiffon
Summer Sabrina	Fia	Luke
Lea	Claudia	Sophia
Summer Moddey	Richesse	Veela
Tainted Iris	Winter Amour	Carol
Fortina	Cerberus	Rusalka
Elfriede	Armstrong	Ophelia
A.A.	Witch Illya	Valeriede