Doctor Hogback's Lab of the Dead

Quest	Boss	Stamina	Battles	Difficulty	Conditions	Notable Captures/Drops

Lab of the Dead: Quack	Hogback	5	3	Rookie	N/A	Hogback Cindry Karmic Punishment Manual Fire Bird Star Manual Light Healing Manual Square Plate Sword Manual Mirage Tempo Manual Fierce Bite Manual
Lab of the Dead: Amateur	Hogback	10	5	Veteran	N/A
Lab of the Dead: Old Hand	Doctor Hogback	15	7	Elite	PSY Characters Only
Lab of the Dead: God Hand	Doctor Hogback	30	10	Expert	PSY Characters Only

Experience[]

Stamina	Experience	Beli	Title
Rookie - 5	520	4550	-
Veteran - 10	1268	8152	-
Elite - 15	2370	13400	Rot
Expert - 30	5535	31670	Fo Ho!

Notes[]

1 Rainbow Gem will be received upon full clear the last of the four difficulty stages.
EXP values are always the same for each run. Beli can vary a bit (particularly if bags of Beli drop) so the number above can be taken as an estimate with a 10% degree of error.
Limited-Time Event: appears every few weeks for one week only (except on its premiere, where it lasts for two weeks).
All difficulties get a chance to drop Sogeking's, Cindry's, Nami's, Mohji and Richie's, Lapin's and Urouge's Manuals. The higher the difficulty level, the higher the chance you'll have of getting one of the manuals listed above.

While Cindry appears by herself randomly between stages 1-9, there is a 100% of her dropping when she does appear on these stages.
The higher the difficulty, the higher the chances are of her appearing.
Cindry can also appear on stage 10. She does not have a 100% drop rate for this stage as Hogback may also drop.

Drop rates[]

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How to Beat Doctor Hogback's Lab of the Dead[]

FAQs[]

See Tips for New OPTC Players and Roadmap

General Information[]

Doctor Hogback's Lab of the Dead is a part of a 5 series batch of fortnights that began to put restrictions on which characters you could bring on your journey. For people who had limited options for PSY units, don't forget you can bring Evolvers such as Yellow Plated Lobster and Yellow Striped Dragon.

Recommended Captains[]

Dismantler Franky: While a great captain, you really have to make sure you don't take too much damage, as below 50% he loses his captain attack boost.
Garp the Fist: If you find that you're taking too much damage from stage 10, switch it up and bring a Garp. His extra health could be what you need to push through the level.
Marco the Phoenix: There is a 3,000 damage preemptive halfway through the level. You can bring a healer, or risk it for the biscuit and look for meat before Hogback on stage 10. Bring along a friend hard hitter like legend Shanks to help makeup for the loss of damage while looking for meat. Additionally, beware the secret stage which will also hit you for a preemptive.
Red-Haired Shanks or Shanks Black Clad Emperor: Probably the two most solid captains for the level.

These captains are work-able though it's recommended you use the above for better results.

Big Eater Jewelry Bonney
Mohji & Richie: Mohji will struggle the most on stage 10. Try and bring along a stronger friend captain if this is what you have to work with.
Sogeking: His 1.5x ATK is really bad for stage 10. However, his 3 turn delay will really help out with letting you take down the enemies in time. Try and bring a strong friend captain if you can.

Recommended Support Units[]

Beat Sticks

Burst Round Squad

Double Crosser Django: Hogback will change all your orbs to INT, effectively halving your attack. Use Django to turn the tables.
Petty Officer Coby or Maelstrom Spider Squard: Increase the damage of your PSY orbs.
Usopp Impact: Bring Impact Usopp if you're going to have a full board of attack and rip through Hogback.

Usopp Usopp Golden Pound or Sogeking: The king of stallers works great here. Just make sure you don't use him until after Hogback enrages or you will find your 3 turns are debuffed to one turn.
Full Orb Controllers

Garp the Fist + Mr. 2 Bon Clay Bombardier Arabesque

Marco the Phoenix: Recovers full health.

Recommended Teams[]

PSY Safe Team
Captain	Subs	Friend	Ship

Requirements
Usopp special ready for stage 10

Sengoku Team
Captain	Subs	Friend	Ship

Requirements
Impact Usopp for your final burst round.

PSY Power Team
Captain	Subs	Friend	Ship

Requirements
Watch preemptive rounds with low health attack boost on squard.

PSY Risky Team
Captain	Subs	Friend	Ship

Requirements
Watch preemptive rounds. You'll need to heal, or risk it and look for RCV. You'll need to be at full health by the time you reach stage 10. Nami Jackie ‘o Lantern is a fantastic sub if you want to sacrifice a character's attack to guarantee health.

30 Stamina Walkthrough[]

Most Mid to High-level teams should be able to clear this level without an issue. The tenth stage is randomly more difficult than all other stages so just save your specials for that stage.

Stage

Strategy

Enemy Info

1

Hogback + Grunts

Hogback's first appearance! He won't drop here.

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Hogback + Grunts	-	-

2

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

3

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

4

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

5

Hogback + Grunts

Hogback's second appearance. Just like the first time, he won't drop. He preemptively changes all your orbs to PSY and the bazooka man will hit you for a preemptive 3,000 damage. For Marco teams, prepare your healer or start looking for meat orbs.

Take out enemies in the order of your auto-target.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Hogback Bazooka Millions Baroque Works	-	Hogback will preemptively change all your orb to PSY. Bazooka will preemptively hit you for 3,000 in damage.

6

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

7

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

8

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

9

Grunts and Evolvers

Take out the grunts and stall on the evolvers without taking a hit.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Grunts	-	-

10

Doctor Hogback + Grunts

Finally, a Hogback that drops!

Take out the grunts first as they hit hard. Do NOT use Usopp GP on your first turn. On the second turn. Hogback will enrage and completely clear any debuffs and waste any of your stalls. After he enrages, NOW is the time to activate Usopp GP. After, just pound away and activate any damage increases.

On his second turn, it's worth noting all your orbs become INT. If you bring along Marine Django, you can easily change these to PSY to change the tide of the battle.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Doctor Hogback Grunts	360,000 hp 120,000 hp	Grunts will attack for 1,875 damage each. Don't take too many hits as they'll take you out quick. First attack will enrage all units to cause more damage and to attack every turn. He will clear all debuffs as a result of the enrage. On his second turn, he will turn all orbs to INT. On his third turn, he will begin to physically attack you.

Alternate Boss 1

Doctor Hogback + Cindry

Not too difficult since the mob is no longer present. Take them out in order of auto-target.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Doctor Hogback	- -	First attack will enrage all units to cause more damage and to attack every turn. He will clear all debuffs as a result of the enrage.

Secret Stage

Cindry

Cindry will take a preemptive shot at you. Heal up and look for meat orbs for teams that require higher health to do damage.

She will attack everyturn so it's worth delaying her if you'll have your delay up in time for Hogback. Otherwise, just smash her until she drops.

Enemy	Hp	Attack Pattern
Cindry	120,000 hp	Cindry preemptively attacks for ~1,100 damage. She will also change all your orbs into empty or INT Attacks every turn in a one turn cooldown loop until you take her out.

Doctor Hogback's Lab of the Dead

Contents

Experience[]

Notes[]

Drop rates[]

How to Beat Doctor Hogback's Lab of the Dead[]

FAQs[]

General Information[]

Recommended Captains[]

Recommended Support Units[]

Recommended Teams[]

30 Stamina Walkthrough[]

Team Builder Helper[]

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PSY Units who boost orbs

PSY Units who can delay

PSY Units who can manipulate orbs

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