Granado Espada M: Gigante Island Jack and Soso Quest Guide

To clear the Gigante Island regional quest encounter against Jack and Soso in Granado Espada M, disable full auto-combat, lock your tank onto Soso to turn her forward attacks away from the party, and manually redirect your ranged damage dealer to eliminate Jack's deployable turrets the moment they appear.

Recommended 3MCC Squad Composition

Relying on three damage dealers leaves your squad vulnerable to Soso's rapid physical combos and Jack's area-denial fire. Run a balanced 3MCC composition consisting of a dedicated frontline tank, a single-target ranged attacker, and a dedicated support.

Equip your frontline tank with your best physical defense armor and block-rate gear to absorb Soso's multi-hit strikes. Set your support to defensive follow mode so automated movement does not drag them into Jack's hazard zones.

Combat Strategy: Managing Jack and Soso

This encounter presents two distinct threats: Jack’s stationary turrets that generate persistent field damage, and Soso’s high-burst melee combinations that threaten squishy backliners.

Neutralizing Jack's Fortifications

• Destroy turrets immediately: Whenever Jack begins his building animation, switch your ranged DPS target to destroy the deployable structures before they fully power up.
• Reposition out of hazard fields: If Jack sets up multiple active turrets, pull your squad back manually to draw him out into open ground rather than fighting inside his defensive perimeter.
• Interrupt construction: Apply knockdown or knockback skills on Jack to cancel his building casts.

Controlling Soso's Burst Windows

• Face Soso away from the squad: Manually guide your tank to engage Soso at her spawn vector. Turn her so her back faces your ranged attacker and support, directing her frontal-cone martial arts strikes away from the rest of the team.
• Evade combo animations: When Soso initiates her high-damage martial sequences, rotate your tank or activate defensive mitigation skills rather than standing still.
• Recover from knockdowns: If your tank is knocked down, cast emergency heals or defense buffs with your support immediately instead of attempting to trade damage during her active sequence.

Auto-Battle Settings and Preparation

Unrestricted auto-pathing will drag your squad into overlapping turret fire and split your aggro. Adjust your combat settings before triggering the quest instance:

1. Targeting priority: Set targeting to focus on summons and the squad leader's active target instead of nearest available enemies.
2. Squad movement: Disable free-roam combat mode. Set squad members to defensive assist or hold-ground tethering so ranged units do not wander into melee range.
3. Skill triggers: Reserve crowd-control and high-cooldown defensive skills for manual activation during boss skill wind-ups.
4. Potion threshold: Raise the HP potion auto-use trigger to at least 75% to prevent lethal burst damage from Soso's combo chains.
5. Pre-battle buffs: Consume physical defense dishes and attack rating scrolls prior to starting the quest dialogue.

Next Progression Steps

After clearing the Jack and Soso encounter, inspect your squad's gear performance before advancing into deeper Gigante Island areas:

• If your tank took critical damage during Soso's active combos, prioritize upgrading your armor enhancement levels and unlocking physical damage reduction codex entries.
• If turrets took too long to destroy, upgrade your primary ranged weapons and invest in penetration stats to meet the DPS requirements of upcoming island stages.