Kardmi Ancient Capture Team Setup and Encounter Guide

To capture an Ancient Kardmi, deploy a dedicated capture team focused on non-lethal chip damage, crowd control, and damage mitigation instead of standard high-burst damage rosters. Standard offensive teams risk triggering accidental critical strikes, execution mechanics, or passive counters that permanently defeat the Ancient Kardmi.

Core Roles for an Ancient Capture Team

A reliable capture roster requires three specific unit profiles to control target health and survive long capture phases.

Team Role	Primary Objective	Key Skill Attributes	Tactical Timing
Controlled Softener	Reduce target HP without knocking it out	Fixed-damage strikes, non-lethal threshold attacks	Early encounter phase to reach capture threshold safely
Status Controller	Boost capture odds and stop incoming attacks	Sleep, Freeze, Stun, Paralysis	Applied immediately once target enters critical HP
Defensive Anchor	Absorb burst damage and protect teammates	Taunts, barriers, team-wide sustained healing	Active during turns spent throwing capture items

Role Priorities

Controlled Softener: Shaves the target's health bar down to the optimal 10% to 15% range. Unequip any passives, buff cards, or equipment that add random damage spikes, execution triggers, or uncontrolled area-of-effect bursts.
Status Controller: Applies hard crowd control to maximize capture success. Sleep and Freeze provide the highest capture rate multipliers and completely halt enemy actions. Stun and Paralysis serve as secondary control options if primary disables are on cooldown.
Defensive Anchor: Uses taunts, damage shields, and regeneration to soak heavy hits while your active turn is spent deploying capture devices.

Step-by-Step Capture Procedure

Follow this sequence to keep the Ancient Kardmi controlled throughout the battle:

Establish Defense: Open the fight with your Defensive Anchor. Trigger damage barriers or taunts immediately to absorb the Ancient Kardmi's unmitigated opening attacks.
Weaken the Target: Swap to your Controlled Softener. Use predictable, single-target skills to chip the health pool down. Stop multi-hit or combo attacks as soon as the target approaches 20% health, then switch to low-variance strikes until the health rests between 10% and 15%.
Inflict Incapacitating Status: Command your Status Controller to apply Sleep or Freeze. Do not attack the target after applying breakable sleep effects.
Deploy Capture Traps and Devices: Throw physical capture traps or binding tools to place additive capture modifiers on the field, then throw your highest-tier capture item.
Reapply Control on Breakouts: If the Ancient Kardmi breaks free from the device, immediately reapply crowd control before throwing another capture item.

Status Selection and Hazard Warnings

Capture probability scales primarily with missing enemy health and active debilitating conditions. To maximize your chances:

Avoid Damage-Over-Time Effects: Never apply Burn or Poison. End-of-turn damage ticks ignore defensive stats and will execute a low-health Ancient Kardmi during a failed capture sequence.
Match Zone Levels: Ensure your Status Controller matches or exceeds the zone level of the encounter. Under-leveled units face significant resistance penalties, causing vital sleep and freeze skills to miss.
Disable Counter Mechanics: Turn off auto-battle toggles and unequip any retaliatory armor or counter-attack passives across your entire roster. A tank retaliating against a multi-hit attack will easily defeat an Ancient Kardmi sitting in the 10% capture threshold.