Transcendence Tier 2

Dimension's End Transcendence 2 Stages

Reminder: Avoid claiming your BT tokens from the Rewards menu, they do NOT expire! Simply wait until there is a BT you want to claim!

For general information on Transcendence, please read our Transcendence FAQ!

You do not need to complete prior Transcendence stages to attempt this stage!

Transcendence #2 Left Crucible vs Commander Beast & 2x Worker Beast

Orb Timeline:

-1 count per ally action, -2 count per enemy turn 

Delay: +5 count

Black Crystal required in party

Key Character Examples

Boss Notes

Key Character Notes

Required (all):

Garland is certainly the best option, fulfilling both requirements for the stage. He has nonstop delay with high damage, and is even capable of soloing this tier of Transcendence, but we can't stress it enough, how little sense that makes - as you will need to compose a party for the Reckoning stage with only 4 characters... so be prepared! 

Aranea works extremely well here, constantly unbreaking enemies and delaying 2 additional turns with her Dragoon Dive+. Her Vitalcrusher debuff can be sustained throughout the fight, allowing the rest of your team to generally cap damage throughout.

Lightning is a force of nature on this stage, single target delay is her specialty, so just build a balanced team around her.

Emperor needs a specially crafted team, but he did have a clear, and he can delay relentlessly.

The strategy of this tier is much more straightforward than previous Transcendence levels. You must delay the boss, and not give it many turns.  If it gets some turns, that's certainly fine, just be wary of the single target BRV+HP attack.

If you do not have access to Garland, Aranea, Lightning, Y'shtola, and don't want to figure out Emperor there are numerous other options coming in the future to help destroy this stage thanks to powercreep.

Transcendence #2 Right Crucible vs 2x Rampage Machine

Orb Timeline:

-1 count per ally action, -2 count per enemy turn 

Elemental Weak DMG: +1 count

Blue Crystal required in party

Key Character Examples

(many more in key char notes)

Boss Notes

Key Character Notes

Required (all):

Strategies (pick one):

Transcendence #2 Reckoning vs 2x Metal Drum, Necro Raven, 2x Fallen Parrot

Orb Timeline:

-1 count per ally action, -2 count per enemy turn 

Wave 1

Fire / Thunder / Water / Dark DMG: +4 count

Wave 2

Delay: +5 count

Wave 3

5 debuffs active on enemy: +2 count

Key Character Examples

(characters are listed by wave where they are potentially most needed)
YOU TECHNICALLY ONLY NEED TO USE ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS FOR COMPLETE! 
CHECK NOTES BELOW FOR DETAILS!

Boss Notes

Key Character Notes

Required (all numbered bullets):


Creative & Unique Runs

Denam Pavel using Terra BT, Krile LD, Faris LD (Calls: Cloud / Deuce / Pecil)

minan ch using Emperor BT, Aerith LD, Krile LD (Calls: Hope / Aranea / Ramza)

Only video found using Emperor as delayer

Denam Pavel using Yshtola BT, Yang LD, Aerith LD (Calls: Cloud / Krile / Faris)

Alphinaud Leveilleur using Terra BT, Caius LD, Ignis LD (Calls: Serah / Ysh / Cloud) 

Notes on Solos/Duos

Due to the slow release of Transcendence and the power of our units growing, many previous Reckonings (Middle Gates) can be done with 1-2 units which means using 1 unit on each Crucible (Side Gate). While it helps save units, some Solos/Duos have luck or specific strategy components so we will help identify at least which units have been extremely useful in the tier as of this update (made June 2023) so if Solo/Duo strategies aren't your thing, you can at least see what unit does great in a fight so you can throw some more units at it. 

When we mention a character we assume them to have as many upgrades and weapons as possible. These will also be added to each tier page.

REMINDER: start at the latest tier and go backward as you can use your strongest units faster that way with little fear of needing to shuffle units around. These units are great if you have them, but you can overpower stages without them.