Where Guilds Meet · Sword Trial · Level 91

Lvl 91 Sword Trial — Earth Fiend Deity & Nameless General

From the video guide by Akira Y · source video · timestamps jump to the moment

Before you queue

Read this once, before your first Earth Fiend Deity pull.

CN-to-global previewAkira Y describes this trial as coming to the global server soon. It's a preview of CN content, so specifics may shift slightly at launch.

Phase 1 is arithmetic, not reflexes

You must reach Yellow Sand with exactly one rock standing. Two or more explode together and wipe you; zero leaves nothing to hide behind, which also wipes you.
Every other mechanic is a lever that adds rock damage. Decide before each one whether you want it to land on a rock or miss.
Agree who calls rock states out loud — green, yellow, red — because the count is the fight.

Two rocks exploding together is the wipe

Each rock runs green → yellow → red, and a red rock is about to detonate for raid-wide damage. Two detonating at once, or in quick succession, is "almost certainly" a team wipe.

So damage isn't the resource you're managing — rock health is. Charge, Sandstorm, Earthquake and Sand Slash can all chip rocks, and knowing which to aim and which to avoid is the entire phase.

Talent	Requirement	Difficulty	Jump
1-1	Have the boss successfully crash into a rock	Works with AI	0:57
1-2	Parry 10 times during a single charge sequence	Works with AI	1:00
1-3	Team takes no hits, and the charge never triggers twice in a row	No AI assist	1:06
2-1	Avoid all Earthquake damage	Stand on a rock	2:14
2-2	Be gold-circle targeted and damage no rocks	Triple jump	2:20
2-3	Whole team avoids Earthquake and all teammate explosion damage	No AI assist	2:25

Talents 1-2 and 1-3 look mutually exclusive1-2 wants you parrying ten times in one charge sequence — which means the charge wasn't stopped by a rock and kept going. 1-3 requires the charge never triggers twice in a row, and its stated solutions are to let the boss crash into a rock every time, or burn its Qi bar so it can't repeat. Plan separate attempts.

The “-3” rule holds perfectlyAll four -3 talents are exactly the four stated as impossible in AI assist. Five of the seven guides in this set are now clean on that pattern.