New Year; Tako-Izumi (Lv.99)

Phase 1 (Above Half HP): Tako-Izumi uses standard attacks and abilities. Focus on dealing damage while maintaining your party's defenses.

Phase 2 (Below Half HP): Tako-Izumi frequently Braves, using Large BP Drink, followed by normal hits and Susano-o. Your priority is keeping your healer alive. Consider compounding Dragon Soul or Demon Soul for Magic Defense buffs. Equip Font of Life or have Time Mages cast Reraise for auto-revival. Vampire's Rise From Dead offers a 50% chance of revival. Vampire's Absorb Physical Damage can also help survivability. Using Merchant's Low Leverage can halve Tako-Izumi's damage but also your own. Be cautious with attacks as Tako-Izumi can still use Nothing Ventured and Before Swine; limit attacks from one Time Mage per turn to mitigate losses if hit by Before Swine.

Auto-Battle Setup: Equip Hermes Shoes and other Speed-boosting items on all characters.

Auto-Battle Party Composition: Three Time Mages with Swordmaster job command, dual-wielding Fox Tails (Dual Wield ability not needed). A fourth character as a Spiritmaster with Performer job command (or vice versa), also dual-wielding Fox Tails and having Hasten World (Time Mage). This character needs more Speed than Tako-Izumi (over 150) but less than your Time Mages.

Auto-Battle Turn 1: Time Mages use Free Lunch, followed by three Meteor casts. The Spiritmaster/Performer uses Stillness, followed by Little Devil. The goal is for Time Mages to hit Tako with Meteor for zero cost, and for the Spiritmaster to cast Stillness before Tako acts.

Auto-Battle Execution: Turn on Auto-Battle. If Tako-Izumi uses Before Swine on the first turn and wipes out your Time Mages, restart the battle using Time Slip. If he doesn't use Before Swine, he likely won't again due to Hasten World feeding him BP.

Speed Considerations: If your Spiritmaster occasionally goes before some Time Mages, it's usually fine. However, if Tako-Izumi ever goes before your Spiritmaster, increase your Spiritmaster's Speed further.