In Season 4, enemy positioning in Grave of Venom will be slightly different and shields will be available. This guide will focus on a lineup of easily obtainable Rare and Epic heroes that can clear this stage on Difficulty 9, as well as useful tips and strategies.

I. About The Boss

●Countermeasures
1. Deploy heroes capable of AOE DMG to break the shields of Elemental Flames - Toxin;
2. Dispel shields/Prohibit shields;
3. Attack Penalty/DMG Reduction/Defense Up;
4. Group healing to ensure team survivability;

II. Team Configurations for Clearing This Stage

[Recommended Level and Equipment]

●Recommended Level
This stage tests the survival ability of your tank and DPS heroes. It is recommended that your deployed heroes are at least level 90.
●Equipment Requirements
The whole team is recommended to have fully refined (+20), Legendary quality equipment. If you have Mythic Equipment like Precisive Carnage Gauntlets, Moonlight Mantle, or Supreme Blessing Armor, with suitable attributes, you should use them in this stage. Adjust your equipment based on the overall strength and level of your team.

[Key Attribute Recommendations]

1. Ideally, the average HP of each of your heroes should be over 35,000.
2. It is recommended that your main tank hero have HP > 80000 and DEF > 3000;
3. Heroes responsible for applying debuffs should have more than 220 Accuracy.

III. Recommended Lineups

Lineup 1

Lineup: Frurbath + Garius + Nessa + Shook + Deeno
Captain Aura: Frurbath - DEF Aura
Positioning Example:


Tips and Strategies for Clearing the Stage:
1. Before the Boss releases its first skill, inflict an Attack Penalty on the Boss using the battle skill of your deployed heroes. For example, Nessa needs to have over 170 Skill Haste. Additionally, you can use the Berserker Mask artifact to allow its wearer to release its battle skill early once;
When there are only 1 or 2 enemies left from the second wave of enemies, stop using any ultimate skills. This ensures that all your ultimate skills are ready when the boss appears in the third wave. Use your ultimate skills immediately after the boss appears.
2. The best time to release Shook's ultimate skill to dispel shields is after the Boss releases its second skill. This allows Shook to simultaneously dispel the shields of two enemies, including the Boss;
3. Let Frurbath and Shook take turns using their ultimate skills to keep the boss inflicted with Attack Penalty.
4. Nessa's ultimate skill can be used as an emergency measure. If the Boss is about to release a skill and is not under Attack Penalty, Nessa can release her ultimate skill to trigger her passive skill to reduce the Boss's ultimate energy, buying time for allies to inflict an Attack Penalty on the Boss.

Recommended Legendary Hero Substitutes:
This lineup is mainly used for low-investment clears in the early game, so you only need to activate three heroes' Elemental Affinity.


Equipment Example:

Note: Nessa's Rift Hourglass is optional. It is main purpose is to stack Skill Haste so Nessa can release her battle skill before the Boss releases its first skill. If you replace Nessa with heroes like Vicuc or Horrus, who have shorter initial battle skill recharging times, there is basically no need to stack additional Skill Haste.

Lineup 2

Lineup: Horrus + Brody + Frurbath + Galyan + Deeno
Captain Aura: Frurbath - DEF Aura
Positioning Example:

Tips and Strategies for Clearing the Stage:
1. The best time to release Frurbath's ultimate skill is before the Boss releases its third skill. This will keep the Boss under Attack Penalty during its third skill and the next skill in the following round;
2. Since this lineup is built around the S4 Fire and Poison Elemental Affinity group and only uses Deeno as the DPS hero, it is recommended to activate the five hero Elemental Affinity before using this lineup to maintain sufficient damage output.

Recommended Legendary Hero Substitutes:


Equipment Example:


The author was only able to activate the fifth level Elemental Affinity when he cleared this stage. Higher development or higher quality heroes will make it easier to clear the stage.