Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33393550-20180117165758/@comment-28275836-20180118222332

I was curious so I took a couple of runs through with the following team (no Kiwames) : Hyuuga and Taikogane don't have max HP, so when the Yari hit them it did take a noticeable chunk out. I didn't need to repair anyone until after the second run, though, when Hyuuga got knocked down to 15HP at the boss node. Also lost Hyuuga's musketeer at the boss node on the second run, but that was the only loss. Honebami and Namazuo can't seem to OHKO the gold Waki if it has all its troops—they knocked out the troops but did no damage to the Waki itself—but no one had trouble with the 10HP Yari, barring the fact that it always got in the first hit. Hyuuga and Taikogane also didn't have any trouble against KBC despite the level differences.
 * Lv63 Hyuuga, troop = gold musketeer
 * Lv78 Taikogane, troop = gold musketeer
 * Lv99 Mouri, troop = gold musketeer
 * Lv99 Akita, troop = gold musketeer
 * Lv99 Honebami, troop = gold archer × 2
 * Lv99 Namazuo, troop = gold archer × 2

If you're repairing after every run, are you doing it because they have damage, or because they have less than 20HP? I've always made it a point to not repair swords unless they can't survive two hits from an enemy Yari without going into red health. Sometimes I'll have bad luck and one sword will get repeatedly targeted, making me need to retreat, but usually the damage is spread out across the team. I also can't tell if you're having trouble taking down the Yari, resulting in 2 hits per encounter, or if it's just about the HP loss with that first hit. With your team, taking it down shouldn't be an issue, but there's no way to avoid the damage afaik. Replaced Akita with Lv51 Kiwame Hakata for another run and even with maxed mobility [145], two gold light infantry troops [total of 10 mobility], and an advantageous Reversed formation he couldn't outspeed the 10HP Yari.

To greatly cut back on the number of repairs, you'd probably need to make a full Kiwame team equipped with two ranged troops each. They'll have increased health, so they can take more hits before reaching 20HP, and the twelve ranged troops won't guarantee a knockout but they will have a better chance of taking out the speedy Yari before it can hit. But if you don't have 6 Kiwame Tantous/Wakis waiting around, try replacing some of the lowest HP swords if you can. If you have Mouri, Shinano, Gotou, Kenshin, Monoyoshi, Urashima, or Gotou at a high enough level, consider replacing Yagen and possibly Aizen with one of them.