Destroy the Machine Lifeform

Destroy the Machine Lifeform is a Raid Event in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius based on NieR: Automata. The players face Engels.

Gameplay
As a Raid event, the player must face a single Boss, Engels in combat. The player's goal is to damage Engels and be rewarded based on their performance. The greater the damage the greater their score. Defeating the Boss is not mandatory but provides maximum benefits. The player is given points based on how much damage is inflicted to the Boss (overkill damage does not factor) and awarded with Raid Coins equal to 10% their score. The Raid Coins can be used to perform a Raid Summon on its own banner and given prizes, ranging from materials, Cactuars, Gil Snappers, Magicites, specific Trust Moogles, etc.

Damage inflicted to the Boss subtracts from another "HP meter" at the event's menu, which decreases as every player playing the event damages the Boss. Once the meter reaches 0, the Boss' level increases, which provides bonus Raid Coins upon victory against the Boss. A greater Level does not increase the strength of the Boss, but since it increases the amount of Coins awarded per battle, players are encouraged to simultaneously defeat the Boss repeatedly.

Units & Rewards
The Event provides valuable limited-time only units, so the player is encouraged to pull for them during the event's period as otherwise they will not be available unless made accessible once more. The event's units are overall very decent on their own and possess strong Trust Master Rewards, which given the Trust Moogles from the Raid Summon, are easy to farm and the player should aim to get some of them. In particular, the unit 9S is highly sought by players as his TMR provides powerful abilities to any unit when equipped. The Global Version provides additional units such as Adam and A2. Adam however is acquired only through Raid Summon rather than the regular summon banner.


 * 2B: A 5★ Rarity unit. She's a Physical Damage unit. Her abilities are based around being used on a specific sequence. Doing so increases their damage. Her TMR the "Virtuous Contract" is a power Katana with 130 ATK and +20% MP. Great unit and TMR.
 * A2: A Global exclusive 5★ Rarity unit. She's a Physical Damage unit. Her passive abilities grant her great bonuses, and her offensive abilities deal great damage. Her Limit Burst can increase her ATK immensely. Her TMR the "Beastlord" is a Greatsword with +125 ATK, +20% DEF and grants the skill "Beast Roar". Great unit and TMR.
 * 9S: A 4★ Rarity unit. He is a Support unit. His abilities focus on inflicting major debuffs to enemies, either on stats or elemental imperils by 50% each. His TMR the "Pod 153" provides many useful skills when equipped, ranging from defensive to offensive, highly sought unit and TMR.
 * Eve: A 4★ Rarity unit. He's a Physical Damage unit. His abilities help him serve as a finisher, while boosting his ATK parameters. His TMR "Resentment" increases HP by 30% and increases DEF by 110% for 3 turns when HP drops below 30%. Mostly sought for his TMR.
 * Adam: A Global Exclusive 4★ Rarity unit. He's a Physical Damage unit. His abilities focus on dealing damage and increase damage output while reduce the damage received. His TMR "Vengeful Wrath" increases HP by 20% and increases ATK by 110% for 3 turns when HP drops below 30%. Mostly sought for his TMR. Raid Summon-only unit, easy to farm TMR.
 * 21O: A 3★ Rarity unit. She is a Support Unit. Her abilities set her as a buffer by increasing Stats. She can also provide heals but luck-based. Her TMR "Mechanical Heart" increases HP/SPR by 15% and a chance to counter attacks with a self heal. Mostly sought for her TMR.

Battle
Engels inflicts physical damage and can spam up to 5 attack per turn. Some of Engels' attacks inflict major stat breaks of 60%, which can be single target or to the whole party. Some of his attacks like Girder: Furious Attack and All-Out Fire, inflict damage and paralysis. Missile and Lazer Beam inflict greater damage but are single target. Crane Thrust can remove a single unit from battle but only for 1 turn.

All-Out Fire is used upon reaching thresholds of 60% and 30%. They can be activated along other AoE abilities so the player should be careful.

Engels has no elemental resistance, is vulnerable to all Stat Breaks, but is immune to all Status Ailments. On ELT difficulty, Engels has 4,000,000 HP.

Strategy
The Battle with Engels is not necessarily difficult but damage mitigation will be needed to succeed. Engels' arsenal will debilitate the party continuously, and if he spams many of his AoE attacks, it can result in an unfortunate wipe. While this adds an element of luck to the battle, if the player breaks Engels' ATK and increases their own resilience they should be fine.

As such a Tank is greatly recommended to contain the damage. Warrior of Light is an excellent unit as he can inflict major Stat Breaks and protect the party with The Light is With Us. Veritas of the Earth is another reliable Tank who offers greater damage mitigation over Stat Breaks.

Support and Healers will be helpful as well. Although not mandatory for those that can finish the Boss quickly, they are regardless recommended to make the battle safer. Support should focus on Stat Buff/Debuffs and damage reduction if possible.

Since Engels has no elemental resistances, the player has ample room for attackers. Engels' however has lower DEF than SPR so Physical Attackers, in particular chainers, will be more useful than Mages and Hybrid Damagers.

As a Machina monster, he takes greater damage from Machine Killer and similar abilities. Olive and Aileen along most of the event's units have passive abilities that increase damage on Machines so they will be useful.