Okay. I'm late on the uptake because I meant to comment on this but apparently I did so in my head and not on the actual forum lol. Whoopsie. I wanted to say thank you so much for all your suggestions both for the equipment but also in ways to use it. I honestly never would have thought to pair up using Varia is the bomb and Turned tooth with that first attack along with lens flare to take down an opponent by a lot of hit points and rather quickly. Changing up my battle tactics and changing out my equipment along with more consistent training has allowed me to tackle much higher hit point opponents than I would have previously and be able to most likely defeat them. That has been super fun. I'm more willing to experiment now with who I fight instead of limiting myself so much. I never did figure out what I'm doing right now with the last two slots for equipment. I did end up slapping an Altadorian Swordbreaker in one of em and I've used it a couple times. I thought about leaving them open to equip with the massive amounts of muffins and one time use items that are in my SDB or with specific items that would help me fight a certain opponent like have something on hand that will ward off dark, light, or whatever they are using and just swap those items out depending on what fights I am going into. Other than that I usually find that everything in the equipment that I already have (even without using anything from those two slots) works pretty well. I just wanted to say thank you again for your time and expertise on the topic because it has definitely ramped up my battledome ability by a lot and it has increased my interest in playing battledome as well. I think I just need to probably scan your list and find more defensive items for those last couple of slots if I'm honest.
I tried to do the print screen thing and attach an image but I am not as tech savvy as I once was apparently since I was unable to manage it.