This Was Impossible Before Firewhistle

H8-3, Defender Only, No 6 Stars

Before Firewhistle this wasn't possible (without the Mephisto bug which I think is retarded) because of DP constraints and dps limits. You couldn't kill Mephisto in time, and you needed to spend a lot of DP to field stuff to beat the early rush (especially the defense crusher who requires arts because 2000 DEF).

Now that Firewhistle's out I decided to try a bit. Her DPS is surprisingly high, though it doesn't really come across much in this clear. It may be possible to do much less ops but that involves investigating slowly tanking and killing Mephisto + some management to kill the wave 2 mobs in an AOE. From tests it didn't seem too promising and I didn't want to spend hours malding over one of my least favorite AK bosses so I went for a quick and funny Shalem burst setup with some blocking to refuel him for maximum DPS.

Personally hate Mephisto because
1. No teleport timer bar
2. Takes forever to move, really boring (similar to LE-EX-8)
3. Rewards bursting or low ops a little too much. It feels unsatisfying to win by the power of high quality operators instead of high quality strategy. You can ignore this part ish with the bug but the bug is retarded.

Music: Terraria Calamity Mod Music - Siren's Call & Forbidden Lullaby - Theme of Leviathan