This S4 [Dance of Misfortune] Continental Challenge guide offers strategies to achieve top scores. It introduces easily obtainable heroes, artifacts, and various Elemental Affinities from Season 4 to help you get top scores in boss challenges through auto-combat, even with lower-level heroes.
For perfect lineups against the bosses: Quaesitia, Shinnah, and Fathomdown, refer to How to Achieve Top Scores in the S4 [Dance of Misfortune] Continental Challenge (Part 2).

[Battle Preparation]

The event consists of 4 rounds. You can challenge the boss consecutively for 3, 4, 5, or 6 times in every round. Heroes cannot be reused in the same round. Every boss is vulnerable to a specific element and takes 100% extra damage from that element:

Suggestions

● Recommended Level
Since you can only use each Hero once, you will need to have a variety of lineups ready.
Leave Heroes at Breakthrough level 90, and focus on leveling up your damage dealers.
● Equipment Requirements
The team should go for Legendary gear at max Refinements (+20). Since Mythic equipment is harder to obtain, if the attributes of Mythic equipment are inferior for now, it's recommended to temporarily use better-attribute Legendary equipment.
● Key Attribute Requirements
Heroes responsible for inflicting debuffs should have more than 280 Accuracy.
Your heroes should have over 35,000 HP.

[Lineup Example]

Boss Challenge: Rook

Lineup: Ardreth + Fathomdown + Narzilla + Careth + Theohein


● Positioning Example
Note: Spread out your heroes so the boss skill can only hit two front-row allies.


● Skill Timing Example
Ensure that the Attack Penalty affects the boss's third and most powerful skill.
Since Fathomdown is equipped with the Crown of the Unclean in this lineup, damage dealers shall release their ultimate skills after Fathomdown to maximize damage.


● Team Aura
Narzilla - Attack Aura
● Equipment Example



● Hero Substitute Example

Boss Challenge: Aschetius

Lineup: Garius + Nathaniel + Iola + Nimbus + Ivellios


● Positioning Example
Note: Spread out your heroes so that the boss can only target Garius except for his third skill. Ensure all allies are within Nathaniel's battle skill range.


● Skill Timing Example
No special settings needed. Ensure Nathaniel's ultimate skill provides shields, and Iola's Attack Penalty affects the boss's third skill.


● Team Aura
Iola - Attack Aura
● Equipment Example



● Hero Substitute Example

Boss Challenge: Yfeir

Lineup: Ripekas + Deverick + Thia + Zhar'loth + Baelvernal


● Positioning Example
Note: Spread out your heroes. Use Thia to grant invisibility to ranged allies and make enemies attack Ripekas only.


● Skill Timing Example
Alternate ultimate skills between Deverick and Ripekas to keep the enemy debuffed.
Since Deverick is equipped with the Witch's Remains in this lineup, Zhar'loth and Baelvernal shall use their ultimate skills after Deverick to maximize damage.


● Team Aura
Zhar'loth - Attack Aura
● Equipment Example



● Hero Substitute 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 grant even more points.