Talk:Memory of Ikedaya/@comment-119.104.61.208-20151018050616/@comment-28217929-20151018190248

Nope, unfortunately this map is all no pain no gain. The game developers just wanted to recreate hell I guess.

Though there is one way to kill the yari first and that's only if your swords are equipped with catapults/archers/etc and they happen to aim it all at the yari during the long range attack phase right before the main battle starts - however it's a very rare occurence. Even if that doesn't happen, they can still take out other enemies and/or enemy troops so it'll be relatively easier for your team to defeat the yari in the first round and reduce the risk of being attacked a second time in the same battle.

Your swords will be fine so long as you monitor their hp (along with the troops) and don't continue onto the next node if any of them go into severe (red) damage.