Epic Battle 2026 Q3 — Nerissa, Queen of the Abyss

Nerissa, Queen of the Abyss — campaign key visual

The third Epic Battle of the season. Face Nerissa, Queen of the Abyss — a water-element empress who holds court beneath the waves of Enovia Grand Harbor, flanked by armored guards who stack defense and evasion until ordinary attacks simply stop landing. Fight up five escalating stages — and the one-time Nerissa ZERO — to gather Nerissa’s Pearls, exchange them at the harbor’s supply counter, and claim the Queen herself as a playable UR or SSR.

Campaign Window

Runs until August 31, 2026 — 23:59 (server time). After that, a 3-day grace window keeps the supply exchange open so you can still spend leftover Pearls — but new battles stop counting toward the leaderboard once the window closes.

How to Access

The campaign runs at Enovia Grand Harbor — a brand-new institution opening with this event. Reach it from the shortcut on Home, or find it on your Institution Tab.

The harbor is visible to everyone during the campaign; entering it needs:

Adventurers’ Guild at Lv 5
Plus a one-time 10,000 gold unlock payment

Stage Brief

Five repeatable difficulty levels, a one-time showdown — and, new this campaign, a free rematch. Every fight unfolds in two waves: first the Queen’s two elite guards — a crab-armored duelist and a shark-hooded blade — then Nerissa herself, as the sunny harbor water darkens to abyssal purple. Each stage needs a full 6-hero party. The court’s signature move: stacking defense and evasion buffs, over and over.

Stage	Repeatable	Notes
Lv.10	Yes	Warm-up on the docks. Drops a handful of Pearls per clear.
Lv.50	Yes	Scouting stage — watch how fast the Queen’s guards stack their defenses.
Lv.100	Yes	Pearl efficiency sweet spot — your daily farming target once stable.
Lv.150	Yes	Mid-campaign wall. Accuracy and defense-shred start being mandatory here.
Lv.200	Yes	Top repeatable stage. Highest Pearl drop per clear.
Nerissa ZERO (Lv.200)	One-time	The final showdown. Clear it once for a guaranteed Nerissa’s Abyssal Pearl — the key to the UR Nerissa exchange. Costs just 1 energy.
ZERO Rematch	Unlimited	Beaten ZERO? Fight the Queen again any time, purely for fun — no rewards, 1 energy. Test a new team, or show a friend exactly how it’s done.

Defeating the Queen ends the battle — but she fights with her own kit: a ten-hit kick barrage, a stunning kiss, and at full fury an abyssal maelstrom that slams your whole party.

…and adventurers who conquer ZERO whisper that the Queen still holds one final secret in reserve.

Nerissa’s Skills

The playable Nerissa brings the same weapons she uses against you. The SSR carries two skills; the UR adds her signature maelstrom on top.

Skill	Carried by	In-game description
Abyssal Maelstrom	UR only	Sweeps every enemy into an abyssal maelstrom, dealing heavy water damage to all.
Alluring Kick	SSR / UR	Unleashes a flurry of alluring kicks — ten strikes landing on random enemies for heavy physical damage.
Binding Kiss	SSR / UR	Blows a binding kiss at a random enemy, stunning it.

Supply Exchange

The harbor’s supply counter opens the Nerissa exchange. Caps listed are per-account, per-campaign.

Cost	You get	Cap
Nerissa’s Abyssal Pearl × 1	Nerissa (UR) Summon	2
Nerissa’s Pearl × 2,000	Nerissa (SSR) Summon	10
Nerissa’s Pearl × 10,000	UR Ticket × 1	1
Nerissa’s Pearl × 1,000	SSR Ticket × 1	10
Nerissa’s Pearl × 100	Premium Ticket × 1	100
Nerissa’s Pearl × 10	Draw Card Ticket × 1	1,500
Nerissa’s Pearl × 1	Gold Coin × 1,000	20,000

Two ways to bring the Queen home: clear Nerissa ZERO for the guaranteed Abyssal Pearl (redeemable for the UR summon), or spend 2,000 Pearls per SSR summon. ZERO costs only 1 energy — the barrier to the UR path is skill, not stamina.

★ Two UR Exchanges — One Pearl at Large

Sharp-eyed captains will notice the UR exchange allows two redemptions — yet ZERO grants only one Abyssal Pearl. The second is not obtainable… yet. A brand-new game mode arriving soon will carry the next UR-exchange treasure. Stay tuned.

★ STR Stat Guarantee

When you obtain a playable Nerissa from this campaign, her STR stat is guaranteed to roll at or above a minimum threshold — you’ll never get a weak-STR Queen.

SSR Nerissa·STR 6+UR Nerissa·STR 7+

Tips

Bring Thunder

Nerissa and her court are Water-element — Thunder attackers hit them hardest. Helena Weiss and Neko Yukiko are both thunder Outlanders; keep your own Fire heroes on the bench, water hits them back hard.

Stack accuracy — the court loves to dodge

The shark blade and the Queen pile on evasion buffs relentlessly. Bring accuracy buffs — skills like Precision Shot or Sniping, and an accuracy meal from the table below — or watch MISS after MISS.

Shred or ignore their defenses

The crab duelist and the Queen stack defense just as hard. Answer with defense-down curses and strikes (Intimidation, High-Pressure Assault) — or skip the argument entirely with sure-hit, defense-ignoring skills like Viviana’s Dimensional Blade or Haguro 77’s Doom Rainbow Slash.

Strip — or steal — their buffs

Every stack they build can be taken away. Helena Weiss strips a target’s buffs before her shot; No-Heart absorbs them onto itself. A well-timed strip turns the armored court back into soft targets.

Don’t rely on a single carry

The Queen’s Binding Kiss stuns a random hero — if your damage lives in one card, one kiss can stall the whole run. Spread your threat, or bring stun insurance.

Field Rations — Eat Before You Dive

Table meals grant 24-hour buffs that walk right into battle with your heroes — and this campaign, the menu is the counter-strategy. Feed the party accuracy before every push:

Dish	Effect
Lemon Pound Cake	Accuracy & Evasion +6 (High-Quality +10)
Margherita Pizza	Accuracy & Evasion +6
Steamed Lemon Fish	Accuracy +6
Lemon Tea / Milk Tea / Lemonade	Accuracy & Evasion +3 (High-Quality +5)
King Crab Ramen	Attack, Accuracy & Critical +8 — the feast for the ZERO push

Recommended Outlanders

The kit that beats the Queen: thunder damage, guaranteed hits, defense-shred, and buff removal.

Outlander	Why bring them
Helena Weiss	Thunder + strips buffs before her massive single-target shot — made for this fight.
Viviana Bellini	Sure-hit, defense-ignoring triple slash that also lowers evasion & defense.
Neko Yukiko	Thunder AoE ×5 with paralysis — melts the wave-1 guards.
Haguro 77	Defense-ignoring devastation for the final burst.
Shiro Kazuki	Piercing defense-ignoring line beam with burning.
No-Heart	Absorbs the court’s defense & evasion stacks onto itself.
Alice	Party-wide buffs + enemy-wide debuffs in one cast.
Souya Usa	Self accuracy & attack up with sustain — a carry that never misses.

Recommended Skills

Learnable card skills that answer the court’s stacking game — see each institution’s study quests to learn them.

Skill	Why bring them
Precision Shot / Sniping	Self accuracy up — your hits land through the evasion stacks.
Blink Thrust	Attacks with a huge self accuracy surge.
Intimidation / High-Pressure Assault	Puts defense down on the target — everyone hits harder.
Dirty Naughty Strike	Shreds defense & evasion at once.
Sacrificial Judgment	Massive defense & evasion collapse on the target.

Leaderboard

★ Spend Freely — Rank is Lifetime

Your position in Nerissa’s Challenge is based on the total Pearls you have earned during the campaign — not your current balance. Spending Pearls at the supply counter never lowers your rank. Farm what you need, spend what you want.

Ranking Rewards

When the campaign window closes, the final leaderboard standings are rewarded. Nerissa UR / SSR cards go to the top ranks, and everyone in the Top 300 also receives the exclusive Nerissa Archon Skill. Draw tickets and gold are granted at every rank.

The Archon Skill is Nerissa’s Kiss — deals damage to all enemies, with a chance to stun. Like every Archon Skill, its effect always lands: it cannot miss, be resisted, or be dispelled. See the Archon Skills page for details.

Bigger rewards — from Nerissa onward

After careful thought and research, we have dramatically increased the ranking rewards. Even if you can’t defeat Nerissa ZERO, you still stand a real chance of taking home a Nerissa UR. This reward structure will apply to every Epic Battle from Nerissa onward. Azcarion and Folhvita will receive extra reward opportunities through a separate mechanism — their original ranking rewards stay exactly as announced, because those seasons have ended and the leaderboards can no longer be contested. Changing them now wouldn’t be fair to the players who fought for their ranks.

Rank	Cards	Archon Skill
1	UR ×5
2–3	UR ×4
4–10	UR ×3
11–50	UR ×2
51–100	UR ×1
101–300	SSR ×3
301–500	SSR ×2	—
501–1000	SSR ×1	—
1001+	—	—

Higher ranks receive larger bundles of draw tickets and gold.

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