Princess Connect! Re:Dive Story Event: Rumble on Valentine's Day! Fight for Your Right to Love

We're back with another one of our Princess Connect! Re: Dive story event guides! For this event, you'll be able to experience the culinary battle of the decade with Eriko and Shizuru fighting for their right to love. Released alongside this event is the Shizuru (Valentine) banner which we will discuss a bit below. We're going to change it up a bit this time around and condense some of the information. We've gone over how events work in the past and we'll skip that section and move straight into boss stats, team compositions, and of course rewards. All the information is from the JP server when they first ran the event, and if past events are anything to go by, we should be following the same reward chart. Let's get ready to witness this chocolate showdown.

Shizuru (Valentine) Focus Banner

Shizuru (Valentine) is a very interesting character. She provides a support kit that is rarely seen in the game and a very good one at that. Her UB generates a field that raises physical attack, physical crit, and TP regen for all characters in the field. Her first skill recovers HP and TP to the ally with the lowest % of HP remaining leading to some interesting plays for TP gain. Her second skill does physical damage and applies a physical defense debuff to the front enemy. If her UB field is active, these skills are amplified with the first skill being teamwide and the second one dealing more damage and increasing the physical defense debuff.

All in all, Shizuru (Valentine) is a very good character. She provides an excellent range of support skills and is very good for Clan Battle. She'll see extensive use in top clans and will remain viable for quite some time. She's not quite in must-pull territory but you certainly won't regret rolling her. Just be sure to save up since in JP, Muimi is released shortly afterward and is definitely a must-pull.

Rumble on Valentine's Day! Fight for Your Right to Love Story Event

This is the eleventh story event in the EN/WW server. Events generally give a generous amount of items, mana, jewels, and character memory shards. The memory shards featured in this event are for Rino and Eriko (Valentine). You will also obtain a free 1* unit in Eriko (Valentine) after defeating the boss on Normal difficulty. On top of the rewards, it also adds event story chapters which can be viewed as you complete the event stages. There will also be a bonus rhythm minigame which will allow you to further gain rewards on hitting certain score thresholds.

Boss Battle

As with the previous Very Hard boss, this one is much easier just due to our wider variety of characters and increased levels and rank. Completing it in one hit is entirely possible. You get quite a bit more rewards from it and you can only complete it once a day. Don't worry, we've got you covered and will post some sample teams below.

To fight the boss you'll need to obtain enough boss tickets. Each of the stages you clear from the event will provide boss tickets. The boss will come in normal, hard, and very hard. The normal boss should be easily cleared with any team while hard may pose a bit more of a challenge. Very Hard, as previously stated will be a tougher one. Clearing bosses will also provide tokens to be used on the event treasure box. This is the real reason you'll be farming the event. We'll touch on this later on in the article.

The good news is that starting from this event, the Hard boss can be done using skip tickets after clearing the boss 3 times. This is of course if we follow the JP changes to events.

There is also another stage known as Special once you have cleared out the third gacha box in the event. This stage is where the majority of the difficulty for the event is. Clearing out missions related to this special stage will give a plethora of rewards. It'll just take a lot of boss tickets. We'll go more into it later on in the article.

The hard, very hard, and special boss will have a larger pool of HP and also additional skills. Of course, with the more difficult boss, the rewards will also be greater. This version of the boss also does more damage and has a more difficult attack pattern once below 50% HP. (Think of it as them hitting their limit break.) We will recommend some potential parties below for those struggling to clear the hard and very hard versions of the boss.

Difficulty	HP	Union Burst	Skill 1	Skill 2
Normal Lvl. 25	40,000	Deals physical damage to all enemies based on their max HP. Does additional damage if enemies are suffering burn.	Deals medium physical damage to the front 3 enemies and stuns them. If they are below 50% HP, applies burn.
Hard Lvl. 50	350,000	Deals physical damage to all enemies based on their max HP. Does additional damage if enemies are suffering burn.	Deals medium physical damage to the front 3 enemies and stuns them. If they are below 50% HP, applies burn.
Very Hard Lvl. 90	920,000	Deals physical damage to all enemies based on their max HP. Does additional damage if enemies are suffering burn.	Deals medium physical damage to the front 3 enemies and stuns them. If they are below 50% HP, applies burn.
Special Lvl. 90	5,500,000	Deals physical damage to all enemies based on their max HP. Does additional damage if enemies are suffering burn.	Deals medium physical damage to the front 3 enemies and stuns them. If they are below 50% HP, applies burn.

Based on the above, you can see this boss can still be quite annoying even with only one skill. At this point, the Normal and Hard versions of the boss should be straightforward. However, the Very Hard boss can still lead to some problems. The boss does physical damage and also applies burn if your units are too low on HP. This is on top of constantly stunning your front 3 units. The UB does much more damage if your units are under the effects of burn. So be sure to watch your HP. Also, don't forget about the 50% enrage mechanic for the Hard and Very Hard boss. Defeating the Very Hard boss will also drop a large number of rewards and an Eriko (Valentine) memory shard. Remember, you can only defeat the Very Hard boss once daily.

Suggested Teams

By now, the Hard boss should be fairly simple. It is only level 50 and doesn't hit too hard compared to the Very Hard boss. This worked in JP assuming your characters are rank 9 and above and around level 90 or so. You may need to level up your characters or try different combinations to get a decent clear. The boss move set for Hard is the same as the normal boss with a higher health bar and more damage.

Yui	Shiori	Kokkoro	Kaori	Miyako

The above team is a fairly standard team composition for players that are mostly F2P or newer to the game. You can basically slot in any unit you like and clear this Hard stage with enough levels and ranks.

Very Hard Boss

The Very Hard boss is where the challenge is. You can still clear it using a single team. Just make sure to watch out for your HP. The stun may be annoying but you can easily still clear this boss with enough levels and ranks.

Yui	Christina	Makoto	Kaori	Jun

We can easily take our boss clearing team which we have used in previous events to clear the Very Hard boss here. Between Kaori, Makoto, and Christina, you will have more than enough firepower to deal with the boss. Jun and Yui are there to round out the team and to keep your team from melting. You can also choose to drop the healer in Yui and run Summer Tamaki if you want more damage. Having her here to drain TP will mean less having to juggle HP from dealing with the boss UB.

Arisa	Christina	Makoto	Nozomi	Jun

Another option is a more tank-focused team with Jun and Nozomi clogging up the front. This means only Makoto will get stunned and provide a little bit more toughness. Christina and Arisa round out the rest of the damage and stay fairly safe in the back from the boss' skill. Only the UB might be a problem if your units aren't geared or leveled enough.

Special Mode

Once you have cleared out the third gacha box, you will unlock the Special difficulty. This difficulty is geared toward end-game players and is very difficult. It will likely take 4+ teams to properly clear. This boss only has one enemy and it is broken down into three modes.

Mode 1

Difficulty	HP	Union Burst	Skill 1	Skill 2
Special Lvl. 90	5,500,000 to 3,850,001	None	Deals a small amount of physical damage to all enemies and burns them.	Enters into their shell and increased own physical defense. Inflicts physical damage based on damage taken once duration ends. Reduces own physical defense once skill ends.

The first mode of this boss is very similar to fighting the turtle during Clan Battle. He does a small amount of physical damage and burns your units. He will periodically enter his shell and then deal damage equal to how much damage it has taken. You really do not want to use your skills into the boss skill 2. Your team will wipe.

Once you drop the boss to 3,850,000 HP, it will then switch to mode 2.

Mode 2

Difficulty	HP	Union Burst	Skill 1	Skill 2
Special Lvl. 90	3,850,000 to 2,200,001	None	Spawns an ally to your side that increased your team's action speed. The boss does nothing during this time.	Magic damage to all enemies and reduce their action speed.

The second mode is pretty much free if you take the right team composition for this. It basically wants you to do as much damage as possible between cycles of action speed up and action speed down. You can easily counter the second skill with a shield such as Yukari's since it does so little magic damage.

Mode 3

Difficulty	HP	Union Burst	Skill 1	Skill 2
Special Lvl. 90	2,200,000	Deals physical damage to all enemies based on their max HP. Does additional damage if enemies are suffering burn.	Deals medium physical damage to the front 3 enemies and stuns them. If they are below 50% HP, applies burn.

The third mode is basically fighting the VH boss again. This time the boss just has more HP and does more damage. You'll want to watch out for your HP bars here. From here on out, you just have to make sure the boss hits 0 HP.

Suggested Teams

Mode 1:

Christina	Makoto	Nozomi	Kaori	Jun

The first team we suggest above is basically your bread and butter offense team. It provides decent tanking and healing in Jun and Nozomi. The damage comes from Kaori, Makoto, and Christina. With this team, you really need to be careful about how much damage you do to the boss when it enters its shell. Your team will definitely wipe if you are not careful.

Yui (New Year)	Christina	Tomo	Makoto	Kaori

Since the boss doesn't actually do too much damage outside of the damage you take from attacking into the shell, you can actually go tankless. The reality of this team is you really need Yui (New Year). She's the only character that can provide both a heal over time and a shield for later damage. With this team, you have to be even more careful than the one above. The upside is that this team should easily be able to clear mode 1 on a single try. You can easily replace Tomo with another flex attacker such as Hiyori, Djeeta, or Eriko (when she gets her UE).

Mode 2:

Yukari	Christina	Tomo	Makoto	Kaori

The gimmick here is that the boss reduces your action speed with a small amount of magic damage with his skill. Luckily, we can easily avoid this by using Yukari. The magic damage is tiny so her shield can easily block the debuff. You can run just about any damage team as long as you run Yukari. An alternative is to run Kokkoro who can increase your action speed to help counteract the debuff.

Mode 3:

Yui (New Year)	Christina	Makoto	Kaori	Jun

You can essentially run any of the Very Hard teams from here. The above team here is what we recommend if you happen to have all the units. Feel free to switch out units as you see fit. The important part is just having a tank to deal with the front pressure and a healer to help mitigate your whole team from wiping.

With that, gratz on getting the Special clear. You'll have tons of rewards from it including around 1000 medals for the gacha box between the clear and the missions. The breakeven is somewhere between 8 and 9 tries to complete it. Since you only need to do it once, if you can do it within 8 or 9 tries, this is worth it. Otherwise, you might just want to level up your units and hopefully be able to do it for the next event.

Rewards

We're finally onto the main point of each of these events: the rewards that come along with it. In addition to the first clear bonuses, there are also a set number of event treasure boxes. Think of it as a mini gacha machine but each one has a set number of items. To roll this treasure gacha box, you get pulls from defeating the event boss and completing daily missions. You do not need to clear out every single item in each box to move on to the next one. However, you will need to obtain the main items in the box. In this case, the main items are the memory shards for the characters. (You would want to collect these anyway.) The contents of each of the boxes are listed below. You may want to consider farming the event for the endless box since you can obtain more memory shards for Eriko (Valentine) since she can't be farmed until the next re-run of the event.

Total Memory Shards

A breakdown of all the possible memory shards gained from missions, story, and the boxes are listed here:

Location	Rino	Eriko (Valentine)
Story Reward	4	4
Normal Quests	2	2
Hard Quests	6	9
Treasure Box	50	65
Event Missions	N/A	26
Total	62	106

Note: This does not include memory shards from hard mission drops. These only include the ones you are guaranteed to get assuming you complete the tasks.

You should be able to obtain quite a few memory shards for Rino and Eriko (Valentine) during this event. If you can complete the Special mission, you'll be pretty set in clearing out the boxes and gaining additional memory shards for Eriko (Valentine). We hope you enjoyed our guide. Good luck to you if you're rolling for Shizuru (Valentine). Say hi to big sis for us! :)

Last Update: January 18, 2022