Talk:Village of Treasures - Instrument Gathering Stage 7/@comment-126.145.103.197-20180316171034/@comment-73.253.116.120-20180318000149

Try using more swords that can equip ranged troops, if you can. All 4 of my Kiwame Tantous have 2 musketeers each, and enemies just drop during the ranged phase. If you don't have any other Tantou/Waki/Uchis at high enough levels, try using Tachis with the highest base mobility (before equipping any troops or a horse). You can make the world's tankiest team, but a lack of ranged attacks combined with slow speed will lead to them getting hit more and not lasting as long as you'd like.

Also, try always using Reverse Echelon as the battle formation if you already aren't (if it's disadvantageous, use Echelon instead). I find that the extra bit of speed helps, especially when combined with nice ranged attack damage, with the 3rd and 4th card pulls.