Talk:Village of Treasures - Instrument Gathering Stage 5/@comment-32021911-20170827140616/@comment-108.221.197.150-20170827155803

I ran full kiwame teams and was never forced to retreat over my 200+ runs. My kiwame tantous were lvls 45-50 and my kiwame wakis were ~lvl 35.

The safest setup for me was to run 5x kiwame tantou and 1x kiwame waki equipped with long ranged troops. Even if I pulled a 4th enemy card, the long range troops could always take out at least one enemy and my tantous were faster than everyone else. I typically avoided taking all damage, and I rotated the leaders freely between the tantou and waki as needed.

Running 4x kiwame tantou and 2x kiwame waki with long ranged troops is much scarier, but I was never forced to retreat in my 80+ runs. I also rotated my leaders freely as needed. There were times when most of my troops were gone and I only had 4 swords left before the boss node, but I think my success rate justified keeping the 2 waki on for experience. You'll have to try it out yourself and see where your own tolerance is.