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Poison the target, cut its attack, and fight behind shield recovery and life steal.
A defensive Poison party drawn from a complete five-slot Reddit recommendation. Dandilord supplies the timed Poison setup and party protection, Prixter converts Poison uptime into damage, and Bakemi cuts the afflicted enemy's Attack. Silvegis reduces shield damage and recovery delay, while an active Felbat returns part of dealt damage as Health. It is a layered survival loop, not a literal permanent barrier or an invulnerability claim.
DandilordPoison setup
PrixterPoison amplifier
BakemiEnemy attack cut
SilvegisShield wall
FelbatActive sustainEvery slot has a job. The cards below show the exact synergy, its rank range, who it affects, and a mapped route to recruiting that pal.
Activates 30 seconds of Poison infliction on trainer attacks and passively protects the party from Poison and toxic gas.
Beat it as a quest boss. Dandilord is the defeat target of Main quest: Defeat World Tree Middle Boss.
Raises trainer and Prixter damage by 50% to 65% while Poison is active.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 48 to 49 across 70 points on the main island.
Trainer hits against a Poisoned target reduce its Attack by 40% to 80%.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 65 to 69 across 116 points on the main island.
Shortens shield downtime and reduces damage taken by the shield throughout the Poison rotation.
Start with the mapped field-boss encounter. The lowest mapped encounter is level 62.
While fighting together, trainer and Felbat recover 5% to 9% of damage dealt as Health.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 20 to 66 across 181 points on the main island.
Activate Dandilord just before the damage phase, then use trainer hits to establish Poison and trigger Bakemi's attack reduction. Keep attacking through Prixter's amplified window while Silvegis protects the shield cycle. Field Felbat when health recovery matters, because its life steal requires the trainer and Felbat to fight together, then retreat briefly when the shield breaks and repeat.
Compare every surfaced partner effect at base rank and full condensation. Effects marked Unique can still scale by rank, but a second carrier of the same species adds nothing. Two different species carrying the same effect do add together.
| Pal / role | Partner effect | Affects | Rank 1 | Rank 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DandilordPoison setup | World Tree Toxic Gas ImmunityUnique | You and pal | Active | Active |
| DandilordPoison setup | Party Poison ResistanceUnique | You and pal | 100% | 100% |
 PrixterPoison amplifier | Damage vs Poisoned TargetsUnique | You and pal | 50% | 65% |
 BakemiEnemy attack cut | Poisoned Enemy Attack DownUnique | You | 40% | 80% |
 SilvegisShield wall | Shield Regeneration Delay ReductionUnique | You | 30% | 60% |
| SilvegisShield wall | Shield Damage ReductionUnique | You | 65% | 80% |
 FelbatActive sustain | Trainer and Felbat Life StealUnique | You and pal | 5% | 9% |
The defensive half of this build comes from party slots, so the passives are free to go entirely into damage. The two player implants stack once per slot and the mutation passive is worth more here than anywhere else on the site.
10% increase in Player Attack.
Prixter 65% and Felbat life steal are both percentages of your damage, so raising attack raises your healing as well as your damage.
50% player attack across five carriers
Bought once from a bounty officer for bounty tokens, then applied to any pal for gold. Bounty tokens come from the purple wanted markers on your map.
10% increase in Player Defense.
Stacks with Silvegis shield mitigation and Bakemi enemy attack cut rather than overlapping them. Three independent layers is what the build name is describing.
50% player defense across five carriers
Same bounty officer, same one-time purchase. Buy both on the first trip.
Absorbs 100% of damage dealt and restores Health. Pal Auto Health Regeneration Rate +100%. Attack +15%.
Life Steal +5% on top of Felbat 9%, plus 15% attack. This is the one build where a second life-steal source has something to compound with.
Mutation-pool only. Breed for it across several breeding bases, or pull the implant from the ancient relic recycler.
Pal and Player Auto Health Regeneration Rate +50% Defense +25% Immune to Poison Damage Immune to Burn Damage
Defense, regeneration and immunity to poison and burn. Dandilord already grants party Poison immunity, so the value here is the 25% defense and the burn immunity.
Defense and regeneration on every carrier, immunities do not need stacking
Mutation-pool only, same routes as Immortality.
Player Reload Speed +4%
Worth 4% reload speed per copy. Bakemi attack cut and Felbat life steal both trigger on your hits, so reloading is downtime on defence as well as offence.
20% reload speed across five carriers
Sold by the arena vendor for battle tickets earned from arena challenges.
Two things decide this build: a weapon that fires often enough to keep life steal and the attack cut applied, and the biggest shield you can craft, because Silvegis scales off it. Materials shown are the first craftable tier.
Dandilord supplies Poison on a 30-second window, but Felbat is the pal you actually field, and it learns a Poison move at level 1. Between them you should never be without the status.
Learned at level 1. Felbat has to be the active pal for life steal anyway, so keeping this on its bar means the pal that is already out can apply the status without waiting on a cooldown.
Dandilord exclusive, learned at level 70. The corrosive mist lingers in the area, which reapplies Poison to anything that walks through it.
Learned at level 50 and available much earlier than Toxic Dance. Also leaves lingering mist.
Poison Shower at 160 power, feedable to any pal regardless of element. The way to give a non-Dark party member a poison applier.
Use on a Pal to teach Poison Shower.
Silvegis reduces damage taken by your shield by a percentage, so a bigger shield pool multiplies that reduction rather than adding to it. This is the one build where shield tier outranks weapon tier.
Silvegis 80% damage cut applies to the shield, so doubling the shield pool doubles the absolute damage that cut absorbs.
The one build on the site where a defense roll beats an attack roll, because three separate mitigation layers compound with it.
Defense Up Lv. 4 and Health Up Lv. 4 from one slot. Health matters more than usual because Felbat life steal is a percentage of a pool you want to be large.
An accessory that greatly raises Defense and Health.
Extends roll and sidestep invincibility by 20%. Cheap insurance for the window before Poison lands.
An accessory that extends the invincibility period of rolls and sidesteps.
Sustained fire, not burst. Every hit is a life-steal tick, an attack-cut refresh and a Prixter-amplified hit at once.
The highest sustained damage per second in the game, which in this build also means the highest sustained healing.
A rifle that releases an electrical discharge from the point of impact, which chains to multiple enemies.
Run this until technology 78. Cheap ammunition suits a build that never stops firing.
An assault rifle made from Soralite Ingots. It has been enhanced to handle powerful ammo while maintaining its versatility.
Worth 20% attack. Take attack food even here: Silvegis and Bakemi already cover defence, and life steal scales off damage dealt.
Now with cheese, this dish has reached the highest level of fine cuisine. Eating it will increase Attack by +20% and stay full longer for a period of time.
Craft one before committing to a stat spread.
A potion that allows the player to reset their status points when consumed. It has no effect if consumed by a Pal.
Health outranks attack here, which is unusual. Felbat life steal returns a percentage of damage dealt into a health pool, and Silvegis mitigation buys time rather than removing damage, so both scale with how much health there is to work with.
The name promises a barrier and the build delivers three separate mitigation layers instead. None of them is invulnerability, and all three need Poison on the target first.
Felbat life steal is worded as the player and Felbat fighting together, so it only applies while Felbat is the active pal. This is the single most misread line in the build: leaving Felbat in a party slot gives you nothing.
Prixter 65% and Bakemi attack cut are both dead until Poison is on the target. Either activate Dandilord for 30 seconds of poison on your own attacks, or cast Poison Blast from Felbat, which is already out.
Silvegis cuts shield damage by 65% to 80% and shortens regeneration delay by 30% to 60%, so at rank 5 the shield is usually back before the next hit. Fight through chip damage rather than retreating from it.
Bakemi attack cut triggers on your hits, and so does Felbat life steal. Both stop the moment you stop shooting. This build punishes passivity harder than any other on the site, because its defence is generated by offence.
Poison runs 17 seconds. Dandilord gives 30 seconds of applying it on a 50-second cooldown, so there is a 20-second gap in every cycle unless you carry Lapure or use Felbat Poison Blast to cover it.
Dandilord grants the player and every party pal immunity to Poison, and nullifies World Tree corrosive mist. That is what lets you use lingering area poison like Toxic Dance without damaging yourself, and it replaces the Corrosive Mist Mask entirely.
This party spends two slots on defence in a game where most build guides spend zero. The case against each of those slots is worth stating.
The case for it
Solenne would pay 30% to 80% attack for a condition this party already meets, which is more damage than a shield bonus contributes.
Correct on damage, and it is the right swap if you are comfortable. What Silvegis buys is the thing this build is named for: at rank 5 it cuts shield damage 80% and regeneration delay 60%, so the shield is back before the next hit. Take Solenne once you stop dying, not before.
The case for it
Three mitigation layers, a shield that regenerates almost instantly and life steal on every hit reads like a build that cannot die.
None of the three is a barrier in the literal sense. Silvegis reduces shield damage, it does not block it. Bakemi reduces enemy attack by up to 80%, but only while Poison is applied and only from your hits. Felbat returns 9% of damage dealt, which is nothing if you are not dealing damage. Stop attacking and all three collapse at once.
The case for it
Venusa applies Poison from a level 1 move with no cooldown, which is more reliable than Dandilord 30-seconds-in-50 activated window.
True for uptime, and Venusa also adds Blind. What you lose is party-wide Poison immunity and World Tree toxic gas immunity, which is what makes lingering area poison safe to stand in and saves an equipment slot on the Corrosive Mist Mask. Pick Venusa for damage, Dandilord for the immunity package.
The case for it
A defensive party should surely take the defensive buff, since attack and defense food replace each other.
No, and this build is the clearest case. Felbat life steal is a percentage of damage dealt, so attack food is also healing. Silvegis and Bakemi already supply mitigation from party slots, which the food would only duplicate.
Four Dark or Dark-adjacent pals and one Dragon. All five are breedable and none is a legendary or a raid boss.
Keep the build's identity while adapting the lineup to the pals you own or the encounter ahead.
LapureCuts partner skill cooldowns by up to 50%, taking Dandilord from 50 seconds to 25 against a 30-second effect. That makes the Poison conversion permanent and removes the only timing this build has.
VenusaApplies Blind from the party slot and learns Poison Fog at level 1. Swap it for Dandilord if you would rather have a second damage status than party-wide Poison immunity.
CelesdirOut-of-combat regeneration rather than in-combat life steal. Take it over Felbat if you fight in short bursts and heal between them.
LovanderA lower-Attack life-steal carrier with the same 5% to 9% curve. Interchangeable with Felbat unless you are fielding the pal as an attacker.No. Its description requires the player and Felbat to be fighting together, so life steal only applies while Felbat is the active pal. This is the most commonly misread line in the build: benching Felbat gives you nothing at all.
Two sources. Dandilord activated skill puts Poison on your own attacks for 30 seconds on a 50-second cooldown, which leaves a 20-second gap each cycle. Felbat closes that gap for free, because it learns Poison Blast at level 1 and it is already the pal you are fielding. Lapure removes the gap entirely by cutting the cooldown to 25 seconds.
No, and the page will not claim it is. It layers three conditional mitigations: Silvegis cuts shield damage by up to 80%, Bakemi cuts the poisoned enemy attack by up to 80%, and Felbat returns up to 9% of your damage as health. All three depend on you attacking a poisoned target, so the defence is generated by offence and collapses if you stop.
Because life steal is a percentage of damage dealt, attack food is indirectly healing food. Attack and defense food replace each other, and Silvegis plus Bakemi already supply mitigation from party slots, so the defensive buff would be duplicating work the party has covered.
Not while Dandilord is in the party. Its passive nullifies toxic gas in the World Tree area for you and every party pal, and grants Poison immunity on top, which also means you can safely stand in your own lingering poison from Toxic Dance or Poison Promenade.
This is a trainer-damage party that protects the player: Silvegis guards your shield, Felbat heals you, and you do the killing. Knocklem Poison Tank is a pal-damage party where Knocklem does the killing and your job is applying debuffs. They share Prixter and Bakemi and almost nothing else.
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