Dislyte Point War: How to Beat Ikki and His Statue Stance

To beat Ikki in Dislyte Point War, stop using fragile single-turn speed cleave offenses. Ikki punishes opening area-of-effect (AoE) bursts by entering a protective statue stance that absorbs lethal damage, retaliates with area counterattacks, and applies debilitating Petrification. Securing consistent wins against Ikki defenses requires taking manual control, neutralizing his supporting teammates first, and fielding durable bruisers backed by shields and Immunity.

Why Speed Cleave Teams Lose to Ikki

Standard speed cleave compositions rely on securing the opening turn, manipulating Action Points (AP), and deploying high-damage AoE skills to wipe the opposing squad immediately. This strategy fails against Ikki because his kit withstands initial burst damage by shifting into his protective statue state.

Glass-cannon attackers built with high Critical Rate and Critical Damage lack the defensive bulk (HP and DEF) to endure Ikki's reactive counterfire. When an aggressive offense dumps its burst abilities into the opening rotation:

Ikki absorbs the initial strike through his defensive stance.
His passive triggers retaliatory area damage across your team.
The counterfire inflicts Petrification, immobilizing your attackers and disabling turn progression, cooldown recovery, and passive survival effects.
Surviving enemy defenders clean up your locked squad before your second turn rotation can begin.

Tactical Factor	Standard Cleave Strategy	Anti-Ikki Strategy
Opening Action	Full-team AoE burst damage	Targeted crowd control or dispel
Primary Target	Primary damage carry	Supporting enablers (cleansers, AP pushers)
Defensive Priority	Pure speed over survivability	Shields and team-wide Immunity
Match Tempo	Immediate turn-one wipe	Controlled multi-turn attrition

Targeting Rules and Turn Order

Beating an Ikki defense requires disciplined attack pacing rather than brute-force damage. Apply these engagement rules during combat:

Switch to manual combat: Avoid auto-battle against Ikki teams. Automated combat scripts trigger maximum AoE damage on turn one, instantly setting off Ikki's statue counterfire and locking your team in stone.
Isolate enemy supports first: Do not attack Ikki directly while his retaliatory stance is active. Direct targeted single-target damage and control abilities onto enablers such as cleansers, revivers, and AP pushers who keep Ikki protected.
Stagger your rotations: Avoid firing multi-hit AoE attacks unless you can guarantee the elimination of Ikki's non-statue allies. Spacing out your attacks allows your healers and shield providers to recover team health thresholds between counter hits.
Hold execute skills: Track the uptime of Ikki's protective form. Reserve your primary single-target burst skills for windows when his stance ends or once his companion shields have been stripped away.

Countering Ikki in Team Selection

Replace fragile offensive units with resilient bruisers and defensive utility Espers that mitigate passive damage and crowd control.

Field Immunity and Cleanse Support

Petrification removes your Espers from combat rotations and halts cooldown recovery. To counter this, include supports that provide team-wide Immunity buffs or automatic debuff removal at the start of turns. Preventing Petrification ensures your damage dealers and buffers act on schedule.

Use High-HP Bruisers and Shield Generators

Swap pure speed-cleave damage dealers for bruisers that scale from HP or DEF. These units endure multiple retaliatory counter hits while maintaining consistent damage. Pair them with shield generators, as thick shields absorb the true damage and passive strikes emitted by Ikki's statue form.

Bring Buff Dispel and Unbuffable Debuffs

Ikki compositions frequently stack protective barriers, damage reduction buffs, and passive healing from support allies. Running a dedicated dispeller strips these defensive layers, preventing the enemy team from stalling while Ikki's stance wears down your roster.