Dimension Hole: Dimension Predator & 2A Dungeons

Master Summoners War's Dimension Hole content. Learn strategies for the Dimension Predator and 2A dungeons to awaken your monsters to their full potential.

Welcome, Summoner, to the Dimension Hole – a challenging yet incredibly rewarding area where you can awaken your monsters to their full potential (2A) and face off against the formidable Dimension Predator. This guide will walk you through the intricacies of both, ensuring you maximize your gains from this crucial endgame content.

Dimension Predator: The Ultimate Challenge

The Dimension Predator is a monthly boss battle that tests your roster's depth and your strategic prowess. Defeating it grants you invaluable rewards, including Ancient Magic Stones and Reappraisal Stones. Remember, you can only clear this dungeon once per month, so make it count!

Understanding the Predator's Mechanics

The Dimension Predator has a unique set of skills and immunities that require careful team composition. Its core mechanics revolve around:

• Immunity to ATK Bar Reduction: Forget your usual ATK bar pushback strategies; they won't work here.
• Immunity to Stun, Freeze, Sleep, and Provoke: Crowd control is largely ineffective. Focus on damage, healing, and beneficial effects.
• Significant Damage Output: The Predator hits hard. Sustain and damage mitigation are crucial.
• Self-Healing: The boss can recover HP, making consistent damage important.
• Unique Debuffs: Be prepared for debuffs that can cripple your team. Cleansers and immunity providers are highly recommended.

Team Building Strategy

Your team for Dimension Predator will typically consist of a mix of damage dealers, healers, and support units. Here's a general framework:

• Damage Dealers (2-3): Focus on high single-target damage. Monsters with branding, defense break, or continuous damage can be very effective.
  • Recommended Monsters: Kro (Dark Inugami 2A), Spectra (Fire Griffon 2A), Loren (Light Cowgirl), Verdehile (Fire Vampire), Teshar (Wind Phoenix), Perna (Fire Phoenix).
• Healers/Sustain (1-2): Essential for keeping your team alive through the Predator's onslaught.
  • Recommended Monsters: Fran (Light Fairy Queen), Colleen (Fire Harpu 2A), Chasun (Wind Sky Dancer), Ariel (Water Archangel).
• Support/Utility (1-2): Monsters that provide immunity, cleanse, or beneficial effects like ATK buff or DEF buff.
  • Recommended Monsters: Fran (Light Fairy Queen), Velajuel (Fire Archangel), Woosa (Water Pioneer), Bastet (Water Desert Queen).

Walkthrough Steps

1. Preparation is Key:
   • Ensure all your chosen monsters are fully runed with appropriate sets (Violent, Swift, Despair, Fatal, etc.) and have high-level artifacts.
   • Max out their skills and awaken them.
   • Consider using a damage-focused leader skill for your primary damage dealer.
2. First Phase:
   • Focus all your damage on the Dimension Predator.
   • Maintain beneficial effects (ATK buff, DEF buff, Immunity) and cleanse any harmful effects immediately.
   • Prioritize healing to keep your team healthy.
3. Second Phase (Summoned Minions):
   • The Predator will summon powerful minions. These minions often have specific mechanics (e.g., healing the boss, applying strong debuffs).
   • Decide whether to focus down the minions first or continue bursting the boss. This depends on your team's damage output and sustain. Generally, eliminating threatening minions quickly is a safer approach.
   • Be mindful of the Predator's continued attacks while dealing with the minions.
4. Final Phase:
   • Once the minions are dealt with (or ignored, if your strategy allows), return your full attention to the Dimension Predator.
   • Continue to manage buffs, debuffs, and healing until the boss is defeated.

2A Dungeons: Empowering Your Monsters

The 2A Dungeons, found within the Dimension Hole, allow you to evolve specific 2-star and 3-star monsters into their "Second Awakening" forms. This process significantly boosts their base stats and enhances their skills, transforming them into powerful units often comparable to natural 4-star or even 5-star monsters.

Accessing 2A Dungeons

To access a 2A Dungeon, you need to meet two requirements:

• Possess the unawakened version of the monster: For example, to enter the Inugami 2A Dungeon, you need an unawakened Inugami (e.g., Fire Inugami, Raoq).
• Have sufficient Dimension Energy: This energy recharges over time and is consumed each time you enter a 2A Dungeon.

Dungeon Mechanics and Strategy

Each 2A Dungeon is tailored to the monster family it represents, often featuring enemies with similar skills or elemental properties. The dungeons have multiple stages, culminating in a boss battle.

General Strategy for 2A Dungeons:

• Elemental Advantage: Always bring monsters with an elemental advantage over the dungeon's primary element. This significantly increases your damage and survivability.
• Sustain and Damage: A balanced team with good healing/shielding and consistent damage is ideal.
• Crowd Control: Unlike Dimension Predator, crowd control (stun, freeze, ATK bar reduction) is highly effective in 2A Dungeons and can make runs much smoother.
• Boss Stage Focus: The boss of each 2A Dungeon often has a unique mechanic or powerful attack. Learn these patterns and adjust your strategy accordingly. For instance, some bosses might punish debuffs, while others might have high resistance.

Example: Inugami 2A Dungeon (Ferun Castle)

• Primary Element: Fire.
• Recommended Team: Water-based damage dealers and supports.
  • Example Team: Fran (Light Fairy Queen), Verdehile (Fire Vampire - for ATK bar boost), Sigmarus (Water Phoenix), Loren (Light Cowgirl), Lapis (Water Magic Knight).
• Key Strategy: Focus on bursting down the Fire Inugami boss. Be wary of its "Team Up" skill, which can lead to burst damage. Maintain DEF break on the boss for faster clears.

Example: Pixie 2A Dungeon (Ellunia)

• Primary Element: Wind.
• Recommended Team: Fire-based damage dealers and supports.
  • Example Team: Fran (Light Fairy Queen), Verdehile (Fire Vampire), Raoq (Fire Inugami 2A), Spectra (Fire Griffon 2A), Tesarion (Fire Ifrit).
• Key Strategy: The Wind Pixie boss can apply ATK and DEF break. Bring a cleanser or immunity monster. High single-target damage is effective.

Second Awakening Process

Once you've cleared a 2A Dungeon, you'll earn "Ancient Magic Stones" specific to that monster family (e.g., Ancient Inugami Magic Stones). To Second Awaken a monster:

1. Go to the monster's information screen.
2. Tap the "Second Awakening" button.
3. Consume the required amount of Ancient Magic Stones and Mana Stones.

The monster will then transform, gaining enhanced stats and skills. This process is irreversible, so choose wisely!