Talk:Village of Treasures - Instrument Gathering Stage 11/@comment-38378751-20190323153144/@comment-70.35.211.4-20190326152759

Yaris are absolutely the worst, fast as heck and oneshot anything but the sturdiest of swords. I've been running with 4 tantouwames and 2 ootawames with perfect clear rate, this is my second VoT and imo high speed and high endurance are the best for this. Setting aside kiwames, higher tier tachis (bonus for 3 troop slots) should have the HP/DEF to tank decently, faster wakis might be able to snag OHKO first too. Basically round up the boys with the highest leadership/survival/troop slots, and toss in some also with the highest mobility. Make sure to equip your main team with your best horses too, in addition golden troops.

Also consider sending a capped lv99 sword from VoT grinding to kiwame if you meet the requirements, even if the event is still going on. You can cheat a bit too and send them off earlier, as long as the sword type comes back the same kiwame level as if maxed pre-kiwame, ie as long as the return level of the ootachi is 34/uchi is 35, etc (check the Experience page for exact numbers). Especially if he'll be back before the event ends and you have lots of fodder hogging up barracks you can feed him immediately after, so he'll start pulling his weight the moment he returns.

Good luck everyone!