Hydra debuffed. Storm debuffed. Boss Waves. Short Range. Tradeless. This rotation kills your comfort picks — Dark Mage and Furin are both dead weight here.

But 178M+ is still very doable. The whole run comes down to one loop: stack enemies, slow them, stagger them, and let your AoE units eat the pile.

Here's the exact setup that gets you there.

• The Core Team
• Gear That Actually Matters
• Summon Sorcerer: The 5-Second Rule
• Early Game: Build the Base
• Mid Game: Build the Engine
• Mahoraga Is the Exception
• Shadow Realm + Complete Control Sync
• The Summon Sorcerer Stagger Trick (This Is the Real Damage Spike)
• Late Game: Chase the Pile
• Fix Your Lag Before It Fixes Your Score
• Full Timeline
• Mistakes That Cost You 10M+
• Damage Benchmarks
• FAQ
• What's the best team for this Solo Tournament?
• What cooldown should Summon Sorcerer hit?
• Why does Mahoraga need First priority?
• Why avoid Bamboo Bottle?
• Why am I stuck under 150M?
• Bottom Line

↖ The Core Team

No filler picks. Every slot has a job.

Uta > Kenpachi in this meta. Once enemies clump up late-game, Uta's DPS profile just fits the wave pattern better. Kenpachi works if his gear is significantly ahead — otherwise don't bother.

Skip Dark Mage. Hydra debuff guts him. Skip Furin too — yes, you can sell-reset her for extra procs, but Storm debuff makes the effort not worth your attention span.

↖ Gear That Actually Matters

Don't use Bamboo Bottle on Puppet. If Puppet's ability timing shifts but Megumi's doesn't, your Shadow Realm cycle desyncs and starts eating itself. Looks good on paper, wrecks you in practice.

↖ Summon Sorcerer: The 5-Second Rule

This is the number that makes or breaks the run:

$$5\text{ seconds}$$

His slow lasts 5 seconds, and the internal cooldown is 5 seconds. If his attack speed lines up with that window, he reapplies slow with zero gaps. Miss that timing and enemies slip through mid-cycle.

You need Crumble Away Inverse. High-roll SS hits 5-sec timing by the second upgrade. Low-roll SS still gets there, just slower. No Inverse at all? You're throwing extra cash at a problem Inverse solves for free.

↖ Early Game: Build the Base

1. Farms first — you need cash for late-game repositioning and stagger spam, not just upgrades.

2. Early slow unit on Last priority — stops the opening wave from snowballing.

3. Puppet down early — control + damage from turn one.

4. Summon Sorcerers at choke points — early job is just stabilizing, not perfecting.

↖ Mid Game: Build the Engine

Last priority means your units hit the deep pile, not the front leaks. That's the whole point.

↖ Mahoraga Is the Exception

Set Mahoraga to First, always. If Megumi's on Last and Mahoraga inherits that same targeting, he ignores leaks and hits the boss pile instead — and small enemies slip straight past your defense. First priority = leak insurance.

↖ Shadow Realm + Complete Control Sync

Fire Complete Control when Shadow Realm has about:

$$45\text{ seconds}$$

left on its cycle. That keeps both abilities looping cleanly — enemies get pulled back, slowed, and hammered in the same spot on repeat. That pile is your entire 178M engine.

↖ The Summon Sorcerer Stagger Trick (This Is the Real Damage Spike)

If you're stuck at 140M–150M, this is almost always the missing piece.

1. Sell a Summon Sorcerer from a low-value spot.

2. Replace him right next to the enemy pile.

3. Let enemies walk into his purple range — triggers stagger.

4. Sell again. Replace again. Repeat.

Every stagger compresses the enemy group tighter. Tighter group = more targets per Crow/Itachi swing = damage snowballs hard.

↖ Late Game: Chase the Pile

Stop trying to hold the line forever. Start maximizing damage on the biggest cluster on screen.

Reposition priority:

1. Crow / Itachi

2. Uta

3. Backup Shadow / Megumi

4. Extra Summon Sorcerer

If the pile shifts, your DPS shifts with it. Set Crow/Itachi and Uta to Last whenever the pack sits deep in their range.

Got extra cash? Run the same sell-replace trick on Itachi/Crow directly — place, let him hit, sell, replace, repeat. Bind Toggle Auto Upgrade Placed Units to something fast (E works fine) so you're not fumbling menus mid-fight.

↖ Fix Your Lag Before It Fixes Your Score

Boss Waves + heavy effects = input delay = missed timings.

• Low Detail Mode: On
• Auras: Off
• Damage Indicators: Off
• Extra Visual Effects: Off
• Enemy Health Bars: Keep on unless it's actively causing freezes

A clean 165M run beats a laggy 178M attempt that falls apart at minute three.

↖ Full Timeline

↖ Mistakes That Cost You 10M+

↖ Damage Benchmarks

RNG on Crow/Itachi passives adds swing at the top end — but only once your setup is already correct.

↖ FAQ

↖ What's the best team for this Solo Tournament?

Shadow/Megumi, Puppet, Summon Sorcerer, Crow/Itachi, Uta, plus farms. Uta's the only flexible slot — everything else is locked.

↖ What cooldown should Summon Sorcerer hit?

5 seconds. Matches his slow duration and cooldown cycle exactly.

↖ Why does Mahoraga need First priority?

Last priority means he chases the boss pile and ignores leaks. First priority = he cleans up frontline threats while your other units farm the pile.

↖ Why avoid Bamboo Bottle?

It desyncs Puppet's ability timing from Megumi's, which breaks your Shadow Realm cycle mid-fight.

↖ Why am I stuck under 150M?

Three usual suspects: SS cooldown isn't optimized, you're skipping the stagger trick, or your DPS isn't repositioned to the biggest pile late-game. Fix those three first.

↖ Bottom Line

This isn't a brute-force DPS check — it's a control loop. Lock in Shadow/Megumi, Puppet, Summon Sorcerer, Crow/Itachi, Uta. Get SS to 5-second timing with Inverse. Sync Shadow Realm + Complete Control on the 45-second window. Run the sell-replace stagger trick relentlessly. Reposition your DPS in the final minutes. Kill the lag.

Nail all of that and 178M+ isn't a ceiling — it's a starting point.