Originally Posted by
bort
I've found a working combination of "normal"-ish characters that can farm IX easily. I've beaten X with it, but it was a bit more of a pain, and could have gone either-way at points.
Team (everyone sharded):
Tailgunner/GRE: Tailgunner helps clear the waves, while GRE is used against the boss
MCR: Freeze ability is crucial against the waves
CG: all freeze tal's. Backup stun is useful against waves
GPD: Damage reduction, heal, immunity
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Ok, strat against the waves is simple - freeze them as much as possible to avoid counters and wipe them out. Fairly easy at IX, was a bit more sketchy at X.
Against the boss, the strat is the same for IX as it was for X, just far quicker on IX.
Use GRE's special to knock off the incremented shield to get to the force shield. The way it usually plays out (on IX) I can get it to two ticks with everyone's attacks (plus GRE's special). The next turn I hit it with the GPD and MCR to get to the next shield, then once with the CG to apply the lowered MR, and then GRE to open up the face.
After that I'm able to do 30-40k per turn, as long as I apply the lowered MR from CG first. It doesn't take many turns of that to finish it off.