Value Judgement
Defeat Star Devourer on hyper difficulty without using any characters with a positive attack value.

This guide covers strategies that can be used to help you earn the Value Judgment achievement. While geared towards hyper difficulty, the same principals apply to lower difficulties and hyper runs not trying to earn the achievement.

This achievement is pretty straightforward. Just win without using any characters with a positive attack stat. Anything 0 or less is fair game, even if the character gains ATK through other means. In addition this boss had two main methods of victory which I will go into more in a later section.

If any unit on your team has an attack of +1 or greater, you cannot get the Value Judgment achievement. This includes units with multiple forms, like Tomomo (Casual), but not ones who's abilities boost their stats, like Kae. The attacker bonus does not affect this achievement. These units can be a big help after if you are just looking to grind hyper for EXP, especially evasive attackers like Suguri. Her high evade combined with her explosive hyper destroys this boss.

Units affected by this are:

• Kai
  
• Suguri
  
• Marc
  
• Yuki
  
• Hime
  
• Sora
  
• Peat
  
• Tomomo
  
• Seagull
  
• Store Manager
  
• Shifu Robot
  
• Flying Castle
  
• Sherry
  
• Star Breaker
  
• Tomato & Mimyuu
  
• NoName
  
• Miusaki
  
• Yuki (Dangerous)
  
• Tomomo (Casual)
  
• Mira
  
• Islay
  
• Sumika
  
• Ellie
  
• Alicianrone
  
• Sora (Military)
  
• Suguri (Ver. 2)
  
• Marc (Pilot)

Good news! No cards will specifically disqualify you from earning the achievement. Some are less helpful than other (traps are still terrible), but otherwise, you are free to bring whatever you think will help you and your team win.

HP: 75 | ATK: +1 | DEF: -1 | EVD: -1 | REC: —

Players gain 2x chapter star bonus. When damaged, gain +1 DEF until end of chapter. Deal +1 battle damage per 200 stars held and gain 5 stars for each battle damage dealt. Hold 1000 stars: win the game. 0 stars: lose the game.

Oh boy that's a lot of text. Lets go over this slowly so we can digest all that.


The stars gained passively between turns is doubled, due to the fact that Star Devourer will constantly be raiding your collective wallet. It will help you get star normas but also makes sure that you always have stars for the boss to steal.


Multiple battles will make it harder to deal damage to the boss. This also includes effects like Long-Distance Shot. It would be best not to use these if you or one of your teammates that has not gone yet is planning to attack the boss.


This is the scariest part of the whole paragraph. This ability boosts the damage dealt by Star Devourer in battle, not its attack. The hit calculation still uses it's +1 ATK stat, but any damage dealt will be increased by 1 for every 200 stars the boss is carrying. Blocking becomes more and more useless as the game goes on, as it guarantees that you will take at least 1 damage and the bonus damage. Dodging will be your only option late game unless you are taking steps to steal your stars back, as the bonus damage will KO most units outright.

In addition, Star Devourer will steal 5 stars from the players for each damage it deals in battle. While this sounds more annoying than dangerous, it feeds the damage boost over time and leads into the next ability.


And there's its end game. If Star Devourer ever gets 1000 or more stars, the players will immediately lose the game. On the flip side, if she runs out of stars, the players will win the game. Your team can build around this weakness as an alternate win condition or ignore it and beat her up while taking steps to avoid her bonus damage.

• Boss has very high health and decent ATK, but low DEF and EVD.
  
• The boss deals more damage the more stars it has.
  
• Boss damage from combat steals your stars.
  
• The boss getting 1000 stars makes you lose.
  
• You win by reducing the bosses HP or stars to 0.
  
• These factors favor evasion, big damage, and star stealing while discouraging blocking.

The boss starts with an random assortment of cards depending on the difficulty. On Hyper difficulty, all bosses start with two level 1 cards and three level 2 cards. Every 5 turns at the end of the chapter, a random card is replaced with another random card that is one level higher. The deck cannot have duplicates and upgrades stop after chapter 40.

HP: 12 | ATK: +2 | DEF: -1 | EVD: -1 | REC: 4

Deal no combat damage but steal 3 stars per damage dealt. When defeated, gain 10 REC and give 25 stars and 3 wins.

Big Poppo is summoned at the beginning of the match at Star Devourer's location and will wander around attacking players. Although it can't deal damage, it has high attack and can steal a lot of stars if you aren't careful. Big Poppo is useful for safely removing the Poppo Transformation debuff if the player doesn't mind potentially losing a bunch stars. The boss also has a number of cards that require the players to be close to or far away from it or this Poppo to hit, so keep an eye on the flashing red spaces to avoid the skills. Fighting Big Poppo is generally more trouble than it's worth, so don't be starting fights with it unless its health is low or you need to remove the Poppofication debuff.

HP: 4 | ATK: +1 | DEF: -1 | EVD: -1 | REC: —

HP: 4 | ATK: -1 | DEF: +1 | EVD: -1 | REC: —

HP: 4 | ATK: -1 | DEF: -1 | EVD: +1 | REC: —

The encounters for this boss are all different versions of Marie Poppo with lower health and one of their combat stats increased to +1. Although they have more health compared to the usual encounters, most of them are easy to take down. Attackers should try to farm them for wins whenever possible. Beware the Poppocalypse card, as it buffs all of their attack for a turn.

Kae hits hard and has decent enough EVD to possibly survive the counter attack. Her REC is good, even with the attacker REC debuff. Although she will die a fair amount, she also gets back up reasonably fast and can be revived inexpensively. As for role, attacker is a no-brainer. Kae needs the priority the role provides in order to get her attack boost. Rainbow-Colored Circle boosts her attack as well as her EVD, making it a must include card for everyone on the team. I'm on Fire is also useful as it gives a big damage boost for a small price and low level requirement.




Tsih is a safer version of Kae with more setup required. Her high evade allows her to avoid Star Devourer's bonus damage passive with ease. While holding a gift, she gets +2 ATK, which can deal tons of damage to the boss if used in conjunction with the attacker's stat boost and Fury ability. Stealth On stacks even more damage on there as well as giving her immunity to targeted effects. Attacker is a great class to choose for the priority and extra damage, but support can also work too for the revive and extra dodge chance. Make sure to ask your teammates to bring gift cards, especially Windy Enchantment. Rainbow-Colored Circle is important as well.




Tequila can be an effective damage dealer on star-stealing teams. The pirate crew members summoned by Do Pirates Fly in the Sky? can deal a huge chunk of damage to the boss and his passive paired up with Dark Side of Business can steal a ton of stars. However Tequila is a huge liability on teams that don't keep the boss's stars low, as his chances of evading are almost nonexistent. Play Tequila in any role except attacker, as it prevents you from taking advantage of his amazing avenger passive. Go with what your team is missing or which ever bonus stats interest you the most. Remember that avenger's attack boost does not stack with Tequila's passive!




Nath needs battle cards to charge up, which actually makes her more vulnerable due to active extension reducing EVD. She can however be very useful on star-stealing teams as an attacker due to her hyper. Another Ultimate Weapon simultaneously keeps your star reserves low while chunking the boss for huge amounts of damage. Nath requires support from her team in both role selection and deck construction, but can do a lot of work if people are willing to play around her strengths. Keep her alive so she can stack up.




Sweet Breaker's hyper Melting Memories can stop the first card action that the boss will take that turn. Preventing a key Ransom Note or Highway Robbery can save your bacon. Since it costs a percent of your stars, it is always playable as long as you have at least 1 star. She can be played in any role, although I suggest support for the extra EVD and utility.




The main reason to play Poppo here is her hyper Ubiquitous. Stealing stars from Star Devourer reduces her damage and can even make her lose the game if she runs out. Poppo is extremely vulnerable and becomes a walking punching bag late game when the bonus damage starts to stack up, so avoid combat at all costs. Support or defender is the way to go here, although an argument could be made for avenger. Try and get normas as fast as possible to power up Ubiquitous and stay out of trouble.




An amazing support for this boss due to her high EVD and the card advantage she provides. Aru's hyper Present for You! will help your attackers get the cards they need to deal damage, steal stars, and stay alive. Best when paired up with multiple Kae or Tsih.




Natsumi does a great job keeping your allies alive in the early and mid game, but falls off late game when the bonus damage becomes too high to block. She is great on teams that aim to keep Star Devourer's star count down, but less useful of teams that rely on dodging.



Although extremely frail, Chicken has extremely low revive rolls and a positive EVD stat. Chicken can eat a Ransom Note for it's team and gets right back up within a turn or two. Support is your best bet here, as Chicken's low stats limit it's usefulness in the other roles. The EVD boost support gets from leveling up also lets it survive terror rounds much easier.




Warning: This build is pure jank and should not be attempted by anyone.
Kiriko's forgotten second passive may be of use against this boss. Whenever she plays a battle card, she gains +1 ATK and +1 EVD at the cost of 1 max HP for the rest of the match. HP becomes useless as the match goes on, thanks to Kiriko's -1 DEF, so being at 2 HP only puts you at risk against some of Star Devourer's damaging cards. Rainbow-Colored Circle makes you nigh unhitable while I'm on Fire boosts your damage immensely. Go attacker for damage and priority or healer for EVD and utility. Pair up with Aru so you never run out of battle cards.

Dodging is extremely important in the late game where Star Devourer's damage boost makes blocking suicide. These characters become irreverent once the stars start stacking up unless they have some sort of amazing hyper or passive or your team keeps the boss's star count low.




Tanks are great at reducing damage via their high defense, but Star Devourer's bonus damage goes right around that, making it difficult for tanks to do their job. Many tanks, Robo Ball and Nanako especially, get destroyed when blocking. Nanako at least has her +1 EVD to fall back on, but Robo Ball will need to depend on its hyper and defender shields to even stay alive, let alone contribute. Fernet and Kiyoko also become a liability the more stars the boss collects. Tanks can work in star stealing comps, but require a support from a defender to work.




Poor evade, worse defense, and a hyper that deals a small amount of damage while boosting Star Devourer's DEF to titanic levels for a turn. She doesn't even get to take advantage of her preemptive strike passive, which would have boosted Star Devourer's defense anyways.




This version gets her own special mention due to her hyper actively sabotaging your team's efforts to catch the boss. Subspace Tunnel makes this already hard to catch boss even more difficult by causing your teammates or the boss to warp. She also suffers from negative EVD and really doesn't aid your team in any way that another character can't do better.

This setup uses Dark Side of Business and Ubiquitous to rob Star Devourer of her stars. Kae and Tequila can both deal massive Dark Side of Business hits. Tequila's hyper Do Pirates Fly in the Sky? is a good funnel for all of those stars and deals heavy damage to the boss if you are lucky. Poppo exists to give the team shields when they need them and to use her hyper Ubiquitous to steal large amounts of stars. Poppo needs to avoid combat as much as possible due to her huge health pool and poor defenses. One bad encounter with the boss can set your team back immensely. Lastly, Natsumi keeps everyone alive with her hyper and the support passive healing.

Mimic is an amazing card to bring here, as Poppo's Hyper is a free way to get to the boss through all of the warping effects and steal a ton of stars. Bringing too many will make it harder to draw useful cards though, so don't bring too many. Other useful cards are Dinner, Nice Present, Passionate Research, Princess's Privilege, Rainbow-Colored Circle, and Extend.

Tequila can be any role other than attacker or can be swapped with a second attacker Kae. Poppo can be swapped for Sweet Breaker or Aru if you find that she is feeding too many stars to the boss for her hyper to be worth it.




This team aims to knock out the boss via constant combat while avoiding as much damage as possible. Star Devourer's damage bonus will KO players outright in the later game, even if they block. Therefore, this team takes advantage of their high evade stats to negate the passive entirely and slow down the boss's star collection. Avoid fighting Star Devourer when Poppocalypse or Highway Robbery is active, as you will be unlikely to dodge, take a ton of damage, and feed it ton of stars.

Each player should pack as many gift cards and Rainbow-Colored Circles into the deck as possible. Although Windy Enchantment is by far Tsih's best gift, you will need to take whatever you can get. Rainbow-Colored Circle will help keep you all alive in sketchy situations. Other cards can include draw support like Nice Present or Passionate Research, utility cards like Nice Jingle, Forced Revival, or Party Time, or damage boosting battle cards like I'm on Fire. Healing is less effective here due to the dodge-or-die nature of of the comp, but Dinner can save your team after a poorly timed Star Galaxy.

The Tsihs need to be attacking as much as possible, even if they don't have a gift yet. Neutral or +1 attack is still plenty to start dealing damage to Star Devourer or farming wins from encounter spaces, as most of the units have reduced defense and/or evade rolls.

Aru's job is to stay safe, gather stars, revive people, and complete normas. Two of the three gift cards prevent Tsih from completing normas and they should not be dropping them to level up. At level 3, Present for You will help your team dig for gifts and other good cards. Restoring Light is great for reversing a bad EVD roll as the reduced health isn't usually relevant and you can do it from across the map.

If you want to live a little dangerously, Kae can also fill in for Tsih. Her burst damage is much higher and she does not need to find a gift first, but she is much easier to KO due to her lower EVD. Her recovery is a little lower as well though, so she doesn't stay down as long as Tsih.




Four dealer Poppos can take down Star Devourer surprisingly fast without even dealing any damage to her. This is due to sheer number of Ubiquitous that the players will draw, which are capable of draining all of the boss's stars. Early game, it is extremely important for the Poppos to level up as quickly as possible. Avoid battles with the boss and Big Poppo, as doing so will cause the boss to gain stars. Since all players are dealers, Ransom Notes can potentially be passed to one player in order to minimize the number of stars spent and Poppo casualties. Once the team has reached level 5, unload with Ubiquitous and drain them dry.

Defense, mobility, and cards that draw more cards are important for this team to put in the deck. Rbits and Reverse Attribute Field are good for the whole game, but Tactical Retreat is an amazing option for the early to mid game. While it does give the boss stars, the cost is much more attractive on turns where Star Devourer is buffed, such Highway Robbery turns. Dash!, Lost Child, and Windy Enchantment all allow the players to escape the boss more easily after using Ubiquitous, allowing the team to steal stars from the boss more safely. When combined with Poppo the Snatcher, the player has the potential to steal a large number of stars by looping around the boss multiple times. Nice Present and Passionate Research are mandatory, while a case can be made for Princess's Privilege or two for the late game. Lastly, Here and There can be used the separate the boss from one or more of your teammates.




This team wants to get Nath set up and use her destructive power to take down the boss. Dark Side of Business serves both to keep the bosses stars low and give Nath stacks of Active Extension. Apart from the massive ATK and DEF she gets from her stacks, Nath can also benefit the team with her hyper Another Ultimate Weapon. This card is less expensive in coop, deals a massive amount of damage, gives nath a stack, and keeps your star total low in case someone gets KOed. Natsumi goes defender here in order to give Nath shields to help her survive early or late if the boss amasses too many stars. Aru backs them both up with card draw. Finally, Kae serves as an alternative source of damage and secondary user of Dark Side of Business.

As mentioned before, Dark Side of Business in important to keep Star Devourer's stars down. Whether you want to go all in and try to suck all the stars out of her or play a few to keep her damage low is up to you. Every player should bring Passionate Research and Nice Present, as everyone but Kae depends on their hyper to help to the fullest. Your team may want to run Mimic in order to allow Kae to take advantage of her teammates powerful hypers. Rainbow-Colored Circle helps Nath get stacks early and helps the rest of the team avoid Star Devourer's attacks. I'm on Fire is a cheap source of stacks and damage. Finally, Dinner will help keep the pressure off of Natsumi and Aru for healing and let her give out more shields.

Kae can be substituted for another Nath if desired. Kae offers a more consistent source of damage and decent EVD, but two Naths can do a lot of work if Natsumi and Aru can get them set up.

Thanks for reading!

Let me know if you have any suggestions or if you felt this guide was missing something. There wasn't a lot of info out when I first started writing this, but I tried to make it as accurate as I could.


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