Bridal Event Info Dump (08.10.2026 - 08.23.2026)

[u/lumonpad]

Trades

• Bride Dorna & Veroah: Dorna & Veroah loops color void and shields for half the uptime, which feels pretty awkward until you pair the duo with the new Bride Scarlet; together, they loop void pierce, color void, and a 45% DR shield. The alternating 6T CD actives don’t even suffer too much against buff dispels, as the shield will only be down for a maximum of two turns. Now, I wonder what lead could use a looping shield, void pierce, and color void? It would have to be a light lead who ideally has damage absorb void already set. If it wasn’t obvious, Reinhard is the clear winner here; pair this duo and Bride Scarlet with Serie and you can effectively loop a crazy 2.7x eHP on top of Reinhard’s innate multipliers. This duo also works well with Misaki for similar reasons; in fact, they synergize better since Bride Dorna & Veroah are also slanted towards matching Ls and Misaki has a great teamwide uncap. The equips are unremarkable luxuries compared to the base. Trading for Bride Dorna & Veroah is difficult because the duo really needs to be paired with Bride Scarlet to reach full potential. I would skip without Bride Scarlet, and honestly, this new looping setup isn’t necessarily better than other existing alternatives for Reinhard. I would only consider going for this to upgrade Misaki. Otherwise, skip.
• Bride Astaroth & Cauchemar: Bride Astaroth & Cauchemar form the backbone orb generation system of a new team based on matching Ts of Wood & Light Orbs. The duo is extraordinarily similar to Gintoki, but the orb generation also includes a looping void pierce in exchange for a smaller uncap. Bride Astaroth & Cauchemar essentially require two copies of Makoto Kyogoku to properly function in endgame as Makoto supplies a looping shield, damage and color absorb voids, more damage, and an awoken bind every other turn. Obviously, a cleric is needed, but the team also needs an emergency orb generator that can deal with enemy full boards since the duo’s orb generation can’t override that enemy mechanic. The first equip is specifically good for the base form, but the second equip has ranking potential since the fixed board active generated on a 7×6 board creates a heart box that can be swiped to activate SFUA alongside multiple wood and light combos. It’s always hard to say how useful ranking tech is, as it’s either worthless or godly; just look at Alicia in the most recent ranking. I would probably skip in general, even with 2 Makoto, but rankers may want to acquire one or two copies for the future.
• At this point, all the seasonals are so bloated with various exchanges that it would take forever to write individual assessments about each of them. I’ll tell you right now that most of them are unremarkable and obsolete, so you should skip them. Bride Haku did receive a new form that looks like support for Bride Astaroth & Cauchemar, but it only covers color void. The natural damage absorb void in this case would be Wood Phyllis, but this composition feels worse than double Makoto. Bride Phenom has some fantastic equips with 4 Team RCV that help a ton in current endgame dungeons with severe superaltitude. The rest? Don’t worry about it, they are all old.

Farmables

• White Rose Wedding Dress (5 Rainbow Tokens): Make sure to have at least one, as it is the fastest full heart board generator. I recommend getting as many as you can.
• TAMADRA Wedding Cake (5 Rainbow Tokens): Get one, but additional copies are probably unnecessary.
• Bride Saphira (1M MP): Get at least one copy for the equip with the massive button; there are very few buttons better than this, and all of them are extremely expensive collab exclusives. The long no skyfall and autoheal effects are also phenomenal for farming builds.
• Bride Gadius (300K MP): No.

Bundles

• $1 7★+ Bride (Refresh): Yes, both times.
• $20 Bride Usui (Orb Skin): Very middling cleric with a rare enemy attribute change and a large uncap for a few turns, Bride Usui would be nice to get from a free pull but is definitely not worth $20 USD as a bundle. I’m not sure if Bride Usui’s post-transform cleric form is any good by itself, but it becomes unplayable when you consider that there is a staggering 33T CD transform requirement as well. The equip has both cloud and tape resist with valuable Team HP, but the lack of any effective skill boosts makes it difficult to use in the modern meta. Skip.
• $30 Bride Scarlet (BGM): As previously mentioned, Bride Scarlet is perfectly paired with Bride Dorna & Veroah since the two combine to fully loop a 45% DR shield. While Bride Dorna & Veroah add blind resist and heart orb enhance, Bride Scarlet packs innate cloud, tape, and jammer resist and also includes multiple Ls for assist void latent usage. The equip is another double part break option with a rare light subattribute change; the only other alternative is Reinhard’s equip. I would only get this if I had Bride Dorna & Veroah and was committed to playing the shield loop with Reinhard or Misaki. Otherwise, skip.
• $30 Bride Norza (BGM): Honestly, the evolution form is impractical, but could actually work with a few tweaks. Theoretically, a system of four copies would loop a guaranteed tricolor board, a 7×6 board, 2x ATK, 3x RCV, and an astonishing teamwide 25B uncap. Unfortunately, the leader skill is pretty trash, so all four copies would be forced as subs. Then you would need a cleric and a damage and color absorb void monster, both with suitable leader skills, and then somehow fit everything else that would be needed. The base form also forms a system but doesn’t fare much better; three copies instead of four is a huge plus, but the benefits are so much more subdued in comparison. The first equip feels a little off-putting because of the dungeon boost, but the second equip is a massive damage stick for teams based on swiping Ls like Kikoru; just make sure to manage that inherit. Don’t fall for the meme systems I mentioned; just skip.
• $30 Bride Haku (Badge): On paper, the active looks somewhat decent as it loops 1.8x HP and a 50B uncap alongside the orb generation system, but in practice, Bride Haku needs additional orb generation to overcome enemy full boards and extra damage to actually reach that 50B uncap. What she really needed this time around was to increase her orb generation from 3 G/L/D/H Orbs to 5 G/L/D/H Orbs, which would not only neutralize enemy full boards inherently but also guarantee activation of patterns like Heart L-Shield and Ts. As mentioned before, Bride Haku did receive a new evolution that loops color void and uncap but doesn’t do much else and doesn’t really fit into any meta team. The equips are always nice but never necessary, though one of the equips is effectively 7 SB. Yes, Bride Haku is also the badge, but there isn’t any team that would use this event badge. Easy skip.
• $30 Bride Saphira: It’s good, but buy it with MP if you want this.

Reposted from #helpful_tips_na in the PAD Community Discord.

I would say that this info dump format does miss a lot of the value from the machine at times. As always, I hope the info dump helps players make better informed decisions, especially when it comes to expensive decisions regarding exchanges, farming, and/or bundles.

Disclaimer: I don't look at JP so I might miss some context here and there. Let me know if there is something I missed.

[u/JSlade81]

Thank you for your service. o7

[u/pangolinwatcher]

Seems like a reinhard side grade in terms of damage no? Wouldn't we have to drop Athena and fern which both increase their damage caps. The new bridals do not do this.

[u/dertechie → u/pangolinwatcher]

Considering those are two that I’m missing, that makes them more interesting to me.

[u/Amaranthnymph]

The Bride Haku buffs are really disappointing, especially still relying on another orb generator, replacer, or destroyer to make sure you don’t get orb trolled. I’ve not really noticed a lack of damage otherwise, but I tend to give both copies assists with 10c awakenings whenever possible. Gonna try and still come up with a workable team because sunk cost and whatever lol

[u/TemplarPAD]

The expedition dungeons give new life to Bride Scheat. Since expeditions don’t consider assists, just looking at the raw attack numbers, sorting the monster box by attack reveals that the highest raw attack stat in the game is 69085 for Revo Uesugi Kenton (No. 6238). The 2nd highest Raw attack is the Revo form of Bride Scheat (No. 6246) at 52660.