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Hello and welcome to this Hot on the Trail Event Guide!
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Note: This guide is based on the BETA. Officially released content might differ.
✦ Table of contents ✦
Short event explanation
Elemental Zone
SP Zone
Joint Zone
Weapon Zone
End Note
✦ Short event explanation ✦
Hot on the Trial has a total of 4 Zones which unlock over time. Each zone is focused on one theme, in this season those will be Elemental DMG, SP, QTEs and Weapon Skills.
Each zone has three stages to clear, the points of those get added together for the total Score.
Faster clear -> more points
The higher your score, the more rewards. To get all rewards, you need a total score of 252 000.
On average you'll need 63 000 points a zone or 21 000 a boss.
Bounties are coins you use to upgrade the Zone levels.
Each Zone has its own bounty, meaning there's a total of 4 different bounties.
Those bounties are gained by completing stages in the fitting zone.
If you struggle with HotT level up the Zones to level 5 before going for the highest score, it makes a big difference.
For a more detailed explanation, here's my guide to the very first HotT:
✦ Elemental Zone ✦
For adjusted rotations, please watch the video
✧ Credo: Swift Strike ✧
Active Skill: Use before her Combo ATK hits
✧ Credo: Fragility ✧
Active Skill: When entering with Sparkle
✧ Credo: Aftershock ✧
Active Skill: When before her Enhanced Weapon Skill hits
✧ Video Example ✧
✦ SP Zone ✦
For adjusted rotations, please watch the video
✧ Empowerment: Recharge ✧
Active Skill: Use when entering
✧ Empowerment: Boost ✧
Active Skill: Use when entering
✧ Empowerment: Rush ✧
Active Skill: Use when entering
✧ Video Example ✧
✦ Joint Zone ✦
For adjusted rotations, please watch the video
✧ Joint Strike: One Mind ✧
Active Skill: Use when entering so you can start off with HTR QTE
✧ Joint Strike: Ever Rising ✧
Active Skill: Use when entering so you can start off with JDS QTE
✧ Joint Strike: Deep Wound ✧
Active Skill: Use when entering so you can start off with RS QTE
✧ Video Example ✧
✦ Weapon Zone ✦
For adjusted rotations, please watch the video
✧ Razor: Boost ✧
Active Skill: included in the SO rotation
✧ Razor: Mitigate ✧
Active Skill: not needed
✧ Razor: Sustain✧
Active Skill: not needed
✧ Video Example ✧
Note: I didn't notice I used Sera for HoH until I uploaded the video...
✦ End Note ✦
This is the first Hot on the Trail without any P1 teams, P1 truly is dying 
But still, Part 2 teams are fun with how versitile they are and how many different team options they offer. Just the lack of initial Intensity due to Dreamseeker is annoying though.
Still waiting for them to adjust the difficulty to Part 2 teams lol
Credits
That's it, I hope I was able to help you!
Have a great day and fun in Hot of the Trail
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