"Beard" Training Forest (post Donquixote Doflamingo)
This is a very difficult Training isle. It is the second hardest training isle even in the JPN metagame (Aokiji being the hardest). The Training isle is the HARDEST isle Global has had to face. The Isle will stay in the Extra isle forever. And fret not, since the Mihawk training isle will also stay forever just like this one. So there is no rush in finishing this at all!! Take your own time to beat this. With the release of Donquixote Doflamingo it is now a bit easier to beat the forest as compared to the previous guide without him. However this is not something to undermine about the forest. It is still super hard and a challenge to all. Unfortunately there are no F2P teams that beat this as they atleast require Monkey D. Luffy Gear Third as their captain. But this should be doable by most players when executed properly.
Let's train!
Unique Condition:
No continues allowed using a Gem (just like the "Hawk" training island)
Overview Information:
Date of arrival: 16th December 19:00 PSTStamina: 0
Difficulty: Ultimate
Beli: 0
EXP: 0
Title: The worlds strongest
Difficulty: Ultimate
Beli: 0
EXP: 0
Title: The worlds strongest
Reward:
Moby Dick
 | Obtained by clearing "Beard" training forest. |
| Level | Cola | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.2x ATK buff |
| 2 | 7 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.2x ATK and 1.1x HP buff |
| 3 | 8 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.25x ATK and 1.1x HP buff |
| 4 | 12 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.3x ATK and 1.1x HP buff |
| 5 | 15 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.3x ATK and 1.2x HP buff |
| 6 | 16 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.35x ATK and 1.2x HP buff |
| 7 | 18 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.4x ATK and 1.2x HP buff |
| 8 | 20 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.4x ATK and 1.25x HP buff |
| 9 | 25 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.4x ATK and 1.3x HP buff |
| 10 | 25 | Upon battle start: Half your HP by 50%1.5x ATK and 1.4x HP buff |
*credits for cola count to teebeeqe
Recommendations / Suggestions for Teams :
Gear Third Luffy now makes his debut into as one of the captains who can beat the training isle thanks to Donquixote Doflamingo. The few teams that work for this island and have been tried and tested are given below. You are however welcome to share your own teams in the comments below and judging on their viability they will be added to the blog.
Gear Third Luffy now makes his debut into as one of the captains who can beat the training isle thanks to Donquixote Doflamingo. The few teams that work for this island and have been tried and tested are given below. You are however welcome to share your own teams in the comments below and judging on their viability they will be added to the blog.
| Team | Notes |
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 | Double Rayleigh Teams Double Rayleigh with the immense RCV stats can easily recover a lot of HP really fast and are hence able to tank light attacks by most of the bosses from stage 11 to stage 20 in the forest. An alternative to Streaming Wolf Zoro would be Alvida to reduce damage taken by 80%. However the best option is Streaming Wolf Zoro Ship: Merry Go level MAX Special requirements: GP Usopp, Perona, SWS Zoro/Alvida MAX |
 | Double Log Luffy Teams (for an easier team with Donquixote Doflamingo Please refer to the Double Gear 3 Team section) Where Log Luffy doesnt have as much RCV as rayleigh teams, he more than makes up for that loss in the damage output and a nifty self orb manipulation with huge damage outputs because of his special as well. That being said, Log Luffy is the easiest way to clear this forest with the teams that global has. So those lucky enough to have Log Luffy can clear this island. It is only a matter of time. Ship: Merry Go level MAX Special requirements: GP Usopp, Perona, SWS Zoro/Alvida MAX |
 | Gear 3 + Rayleigh teams (needs tremendous orb luck) Those without any of the above legends can try a Gear 3 and Rayleigh hybrid build for the WB training forest. Now this build will rely heavily on orb luck and you are bound to fail with bad orbs and low meat orb rate. However it is theoretically doable for a lucky person. So until the debut of Donquixote Doflamingo to global, this may be the only gear 3 team which can clear this forest. Ship: Merry Go level MAX Special requirements: GP Usopp, Perona, SWS Zoro/Alvida MAX |
 | Double Whitebeard Team With the arrival of Doffy, even whitebeard teams can now clear this forest with relative ease. This however needs a bit of Meat orb luck so that you can heal back just enough so that you don't die by taking any hits from any bosses from stage 11-20 in general. Ship: Merry Go level MAX Special requirements: WB special near MAX, Doflamingo special near MAX, Alvida and Perona special MAX *thanks to sirinje for his team screenshot |
 | Double Gear 3 teams (needs Donquixote Doflamingo) *note that this would work with Double Log Luffy as well. Those without any of the above legends can try a Gear 3 team, however it will need Donquixote Doflamingo to have near MAX special. Although the RCV of a double Gear 3 team is not as high as RCV given by the legends, with adequate meat orbs and just standard orb luck (not as major as G3 ray) the island should be clearable. This is because Doflamingo manipulates orbs to give 2 units on an average matching orbs and a huge boost to orbs. There are 2 variations of this team. You can use SWS Zoro instead of perona to beat the isle as well but the guide will have a more F2P approach to the team and so will be guided as per perona. Ship: Merry Go level MAX Special requirements: GP Usopp, Alvida, SWS Zoro/Perona MAX *thanks to sirinje for his team screenshot* |
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Useful Captains:
| Character | Notes |
|---|---|
 | Rayleigh Amazing RCV recovery and no weakness are the reasons why Rayleigh can beat this island |
 | Gear 3 Luffy The 3.5x boost after hitting 3 perfects was not quite enough before Doflamingo but after his advent it is now easily beatable because of the amazing orb boost he provides |
 | Log Luffy Log Luffy has nifty self orb manipulation with a tremendous damage output and decently high RCV to tank hits from most stages. |
 | Whitebeard This legend can now clear the forest with the help of Donquixote Doflamingo easily and quite safely. |
So without further ado lets move on to the stage overview! Wish everyone best of luck with this isle!!
The Battle
The Battle
LOG LUFFY AND RAYLEIGH TEAMS WITHOUT DOFLAMINGO
Stamina: 0
Stages: 20 (The first 10 stages are easy. Just stall and get all the specials ready)
NOTE: The procedure with Log Luffy teams and G3+Rayleigh teams is similar to this. Hence the walkthrough only aims at a Double Rayleigh Team.
*stat credits to gamewith
NOTE: The procedure with Log Luffy teams and G3+Rayleigh teams is similar to this. Hence the walkthrough only aims at a Double Rayleigh Team.
*stat credits to gamewith
LOG LUFFY, RAYLEIGH AND GEAR 3 TEAMS WITH DOFLAMINGO
Stamina: 0
Stages: 20 (The first 10 stages are easy. Just stall and get all the specials ready)
NOTE: The procedure with Log Luffy teams and Rayleigh teams is similar to this. Hence the walkthrough only aims at a Double Gear 3 team
*stat credits to gamewith
guide dedicated to iLike2Nom: http://www.twitch.tv/ilike2nom
NOTE: The procedure with Log Luffy teams and Rayleigh teams is similar to this. Hence the walkthrough only aims at a Double Gear 3 team
*stat credits to gamewith
guide dedicated to iLike2Nom: http://www.twitch.tv/ilike2nom
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 | Stage 11 Thatch (Pre-emptive silence for 6 turns) Pre requistes: Use GP usopps specialStage 1 to 10 collect DEX orbs on Perona, Doffy Thatch CD increases to 4 Take out as much HP as possible without killing Thatch Tank 1 or 2 hits depending on the meat luck Burst down when the silence runs out and recover as much as possible with meat orbs
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 | Stage 12 Namule (Pre- emptive lock a random character for 3 turns) If captain is locked: use alvida special to tank one hit and stall for 4 turns If crewmate is locked Kill in 2 turns by healing appropriately with meat orbs
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 | Stage 13 Blamenco (halfs HP as pre emptive) Keep attacking for 2 turns Use Alvida special (if u have used alvida in the last turn then use perona special. But this means tremendous stalling is needed. It is recommended that you stall much more efficiently if namule locks one of your captains) stall 2 more turns kill last turn (don’t let him attack)
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 | Stage 14 Fossa and Curiel Use GP usopp special Kill both of them before they attack and heal yourself with meat orbs appropriately
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 | Stage 15 Izo and mobs Use Both the G3 specials and Kill the mobs behind Izo. If some mobs remain alive you can kill them off this turn. Use doflamingo next turn to kill Izo in one turn (if you managed to kill most of the mobs with a g3 special you may not need doflamingo special here which you can save in case of emergencies or if you have a red orb on G3 u can kill izo in one turn without the help of doflamingo as well)
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 | Stage 16 Vista Use Alvida to tank his first hit (above 20%) Kill vista before he attacks again stalling appropriately.
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 | Stage 17 Jozu and the lobsters Use GP Usopp special Use Perona Special Kill jozu and as many as possible lobsters in the first turn (yeah its possible) Hit perfects and kill the rest of the lobsters stalling appropriately
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 | Stage 18 Marco: He heals each turn for a small amount of health. Use Alvida to tank 1 hit from Marco. You may have to tank another hit from him with no defence reductions. Kill in around 5 turns with appropriate stalling and healing with meat orbs (*NOTE a bit of meat orb luck is needed here)
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 | Stage 19 Ace, Izo, Vista, blamenco, Rakuyo Use GP special Use Doflamingo Special and get a few matching orbs on DEX and STR units Kill ace, izo in the first turn because of Doffy's over powered special and auto target to Rakuyo if the last hit remains. Kill Rakuyo and Vista before Blamenco's cooldown reaches 1 Keep hitting Blamenco if his cooldown is not 1 yet. Or else use Perona special before he attacks. Stall for more turns. Use Alvida special to tank one more hit and stall. Use GP special as soon as its charged and stall even more. Kill before he attacks again
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  | Stage 20 WB, Marco and Jozu Wb reduces hp by 70% first turn and debuffs for 8 turns Use Doflamingo Special and Kill either Marco or Jozu in 1 turn and do significant damage to the second one as well. Kill the second one (marco/jozu) in the next turn such that Whitebeard still has 1 more turn left before he attacks Use Alvida/Perona special whichever is ready to tank Whitebeard's first attack. Use another damage reducer before he attacks again. His Debuff protection should run out before he attacks again. Use GP special before WB’s next attack Kill WB
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DOUBLE WHITEBEARD TEAMS WITH DOFLAMINGO
Stamina: 0
Stages: 20 (The first 10 stages are easy. Just stall and get all the specials ready)
*stat credits to gamewith
guide dedicated to iLike2Nom: http://www.twitch.tv/ilike2nom
*stat credits to gamewith
guide dedicated to iLike2Nom: http://www.twitch.tv/ilike2nom
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 | Stage 11 Thatch (Pre-emptive silence for 6 turns) Pre requistes: Use GP usopps specialStage 1 to 10 collect DEX orbs on Perona, Doffy Thatch CD increases to 4 Take out as much HP as possible without killing Thatch Stall untill thatch brings you down to 30% or a bit above 30% health. Keep in mind that Namule locks a random unit next turn and does 3492 damage so make sure you have around 5000 hp to tank 1 hit from the preemptive and another hit after damage reduction if needed
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 | Stage 12 Namule (Pre- emptive lock a random character for 3 turns) Keep attacking normally Use Perona special before his attack and stall some more
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 | Stage 13 Blamenco (halfs HP as pre emptive) Keep attacking for 2 turns Use Alvida Special to tank 1 hit from him and stall some more kill last turn (don’t let him attack)
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 | Stage 14 Fossa and Curiel Use GP usopp special Kill curiel 1 turn ideally making sure that your health is maintained at around 4000 hp Stall and Kill fossa without taking any hits whatsoever
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 | Stage 15 Izo and mobs Izo is a bit tricky, Use both Whitebeard specials first. Try healing and killing as much as possible so that you get to atleast 75% of your health and kill all mobs except 1. Tank the mobs attack. Kill the mob and tank one of Izo's standard attacks. Kill izo within the next 2 turns before he attacks again.
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 | Stage 16 Vista Tank Vista's first hit by using Alvida special and kill him before he attacks again. The total stall time here should be 4 turns.
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 | Stage 17 Jozu and the lobsters Use GP Usopp special and start killing the lobsters. Farm for a DEX orb on doflamingo or Perona and when you get it Hit all perfects on Jozu but make sure that he stays alive. When Jozu's cooldown is 1 use perona and kill the defence reduced lobsters but leave Jozu alive. Tank his hit which will be reduced because of Perona special. Use alvida special when his cooldown is 1 again and stall some more turns. Kill him before he attacks again.
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 | Stage 18 Marco: He heals little each turn Keep hitting perfects and kill him. Use Doflamingo before his turn to kill him if necessary
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 | Stage 19 Ace, Izo, Vista, blamenco, Rakuyo Use GP special Use Both Whitebeard specials Kill ace, izo and Rakuyo first before any of them attack Kill Vista after that and make sure that you kill vista before Blamenco attacks. Use Alvida special/Perona special to tank a hit Keep hitting Blamenco .Use the second damage reducer to tank 1 more hit. Stall for more turns Use GP special as soon as its charged and stall even more. When Blamenco is at low health collect meat orbs and heal to a high amount of hp if possible (Preferably around 80% of total HP) Make sure that you can kill off blamenco without WB's captain ability Kill before he attacks again
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 | Stage 20 (forgot to obtain a screenshot) WB, Marco and Jozu Wb reduces hp by 70% first turn (this should get you back to around 30% of your health) Use both Whitebeard specials and reduce their health to 49% Use Doflamingo special to manipulate and boost orbs and kill off Marco and Jozu in 1 turn. Use alvida/perona to tank the next attack from him. Keep attacking normally. Use the second damage reducer to tank one more hit. (Make sure that WB is above 20%) Use GP special before WB’s next attack (the debuff should have run out) Kill WB before he attacks again
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*if you have any additional teams that can beat this forest please feel free to contact me or write the team in the comments below. From the Global Blog we wish you all the best to getting the Whitebeard Ship
special thanks to iLike2Nom for encouraging me to write the post doflamingo guides, it would not have been possible without her.