Accessible Water pressure and a useful player-damage route.
How to beat Marcus & Faleris
The normal plan is simple but execution-heavy: stay on target while Faleris moves and never stop contributing player damage.
- Recommended level
- 45+
- Best counter
- water
- Encounter
- Tower boss
How to beat Marcus & Faleris: the quick answer
Three useful Water Pals, strong heat-safe armor, and a firearm with sustained range.
Enter the PIDF Tower in the Desiccated Dunes. Heat protection and a nearby fast-travel unlock make failed attempts much less expensive.
Use the strongest heat-safe armor and shield you own. An Assault Rifle, Pump-action Shotgun, or equivalent high-uptime weapon is the comfortable baseline.
Best Pal team to beat Marcus & Faleris
This five-Pal team is built for the fight instead of copied from a score table. Raid guides also explain which roles belong in the larger base army.
High stats and Water typing make it the cleanest general counter.
Flight helps maintain angles while Marcus and Faleris reposition.
A straightforward Water body for keeping the rotation alive.
Useful coverage and mobility for the hard rematch.
How to prepare for Marcus & Faleris
Commit to Water
This fight does not require a clever split roster. Equip strong Water moves and build around uptime.
Bring a second ammunition stack
Faleris spends time moving, and missed shots make a small supply disappear quickly.
Use food before the door
Attack and defense food should cover the timed encounter, not sit unused in the inventory.
Marcus & Faleris fight strategy
Track the airborne target
Use sustained weapons for moving windows and save slow explosives for predictable landings.
Do not stand in flame lanes
Water Pals resist the element better than the player does. Reposition first, then resume damage.
Recall before burst sequences
A healthy reserve wins more reliably than letting the active counter absorb every hit.
Marcus & Faleris rewards
- First clear advances the tower chain and grants its one-time progression rewards.
- Hard mode targets the Marcus-themed cosmetic and repeatable challenge drops.
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