they have effects and do damage even while they arent on-field
#Gacha Chat
runic ether
so ideally, you wanna have an on-field character who attacks quickly to trigger their bursts
runic ether
xiangling can drive but candace drives better imo
her hydro infusion works for the team but its stronger on her since you can actively build a hydro goblet for candace
wispy bough
Wait I forgot earlier when u asked for pyro characters, I have thoma as well but he is just a shielder isnt he, so a bit pointless for rev melt
wispy bough
her hydro infusion works for the team but its stronger on her since you can acti...
I have one on xq at the moment
+12 purple exile
runic ether
thoma is fantastic in very specific teams
wispy bough
Ik he is good in burgeon apparently
runic ether
namely wanderer hypercarry
i guess he can help xiao hypercarry
xiao has some better options and more interrupt resistance since he plunges
but wanderer likes thoma shield and can swirl thoma's pyro
wispy bough
Pogo stick guy
runic ether
another good thing about candace: she is super easy to build on-field
technically 4pc nymphs dream is best for her but 2pc gladiator + 2pc nymph/heart of depth/shimenawa's or any combo of these works very well
wispy bough
Nice
runic ether
anyways i am a fan of candace to say the least. shes great and useful in various situations. a good team for her would be candace/xq/xl/bennett
she can drive xq and xl's bursts well within bennett circle
old galleon
gbf players, make sure you do logins in shit
lots of crystals for the taking
also free rolls
on that note, my freebie gave me a s maid dupe lol
wispy bough
Good point
runic ether
they all have good normals and such
candace can shatter enemies that get frozen, xl has some good reach with her ca
bennett has a really fast skill and decent normals
xq can be built more aggressively since his er reqs drop with candace
and you get both pyro + hydro elemental bonuses
wispy bough
What is hydros?
runic ether
+hp
wispy bough
Ik pyro is +15% atk
wispy bough
She hp scale?
runic ether
yes
hp substats can be valuable on her as a result
but on-field candace will build atk/er sands, hydro goblet, crit helm
if white tassel, probably cdmg helm
wispy bough
Nice
runic ether
so with substats, you can easily hit 50% crate or more
thats fine
just letting u know when it comes up, it is a weapon u will want at 90 if ur not gonna get battle pass and get deathmatch
wispy bough
just letting u know when it comes up, it is a weapon u will want at 90 if ur not...
I am f2p, or trying to be for as long as possible at least 
runic ether
deathmatch does gap white tassel in terms of personal damage in some scenarios
but the fat 48% normal attack damage boost to candace is actually strong enough to let it keep up
wispy bough
but the fat 48% normal attack damage boost to candace is actually strong enough ...
Oh yh, forgot about its effect 
runic ether
anyhow tho yes candace has some decently demanding substats for on-field but she can take advantage of "mid" rolls for other artifact pieces
but i wouldnt worry much about grinding artifacts until ar45
when u can do level 90 domains
wispy bough
but i wouldnt worry much about grinding artifacts until ar45
Not planning on it to be honest
Also
runic ether
strap on a solid 4 star instructor set on her and watch her do work
wispy bough
What about yanfei?
runic ether
yanfei also strap on instructors and have her click buttons
yanfei and candace are both solid investments though they dont go on the same team
candace cant infuse catalysts
runic ether
yanfei can drive decently since charge attacks do the work well
but i would personally just worry about getting your main units leveled rn anyhow
u can grind for mats for others once you hit ar45 and such
out of curiosity, who do you have entirely?
wispy bough
Old pic from a week or so ago
runic ether
- rosaria
wispy bough
In addition, I have faruzan, qiqi and rosaria
runic ether
rip qiqi
wispy bough
Yh 
wispy bough
Couldve been mona or keqing 
digital marlin
made it Lvl 29 in HSR
Time for new Xiazhou 
runic ether
faruzan is solid but her er requirements are insane
faruzan's grouping + damage can be very solid but again
her er reqs are absurd
i think like 300% er or so before c6
wispy bough
Like I said, old pic, at the moment my team is all lvl 50-60
runic ether
yeah thats fine
wispy bough
With weapons all at lvl 60 if I remember
runic ether
my main focus here would be xl, xq for sure
lisa is actually really good too
your main team can be melt-vape pretty easily but u will want bennett for it
if you dont get bennett for a while, dehya isnt the worst for that type of team
as in
xl/dehya/xq/rosaria or chongyun (but likely rosaria)
2nd team could easily be lisa/dendro mc/barbara/x
wispy bough
2nd team could easily be lisa/dendro mc/barbara/x
So a janky HB team?
runic ether
x could be razor or candace but either is awkward for that team
its not all that janky
as i said lisa is really fucking good
so is dendro mc
and barbara healing is very nice
the issue is the 4th slot
its a team that would appreciate fischl
razor can work but he wont be the greatest
candance similarly bc she doesnt interact with hb the way u want her to and she can only drive barbara's skill
that team would be a team where lisa has most of the field time
yaoyao or fishl would both help there
yaoyao would be a bit overkill on healing with barbara but its not the worst ever
you could do noelle
turbo shield build
so that lisa can just stand there menacingly pressing buttons
wispy bough
“She’s just standing there, menacingly!”
runic ether
heizhou or faruzan are also okay but they dont drive as well and again the issue being lisa wants to hog the field time in such a team
if you manage to get kokomi she would only replace barbara. this doesnt solve the inherent issue of the team really
but
it would make the team really really good for raiden
if you manage to get raiden
raiden/lisa/dendro mc/kokomi
runic ether
oh wait a sec
lol
u dont have collei yet
shes free
she slots in perfect with dendro mc in that team
lisa/collei/dendro mc/barbara
though this team would probs want fischl anyways
but its a very very strong team
wispy bough
Wait I do
runic ether
collei does have slight synergy issues with lisa since her cooldowns are awkward
wispy bough
Again, I forgot
wispy bough
Cool
runic ether
the most broken part of lisa
is that she can scale and do well in various different team comps
and her weapons are also budget friendly
wispy bough
I probs wont commit to two teams for a bit, but I will keep in mind
wispy bough
and her weapons are also budget friendly
Being?
runic ether
yep
mappa mare is all upside to on-field aggravate/quicken lisa
so that is basically just hers
wispy bough
Nice
runic ether
if you ever wanna do lisa as support for a future character that cares about electro application and her insane def shred
thrilling tales
runic ether
u dont need levels on it
the passive doesnt get better outside of multiple copies
but yes
lisa can be an off-field burst support
and an insane one at that
lightning rose burst hitting enemies with her a4 shreds def by 15%
this is an insanely rare effect in genshin all things considered
but this makes her a universal support for anyone that uses... attacks frankly
wispy bough
Nice
summer hornet
The Best Worst Servant has arrived.
honest pawn
and getting multiple np copies doesn't even matter
slow raft
wdym, you get that sick fuckingf dmg multiplier
honest pawn
I'm not joking when I say I think my chaldea is worse with him in it now
runic ether
Nice
frankly if it wasnt for overcharge and superconduct sucking lisa would be a great 4th with xiangling rosaria xq
long tree
I'm not joking when I say I think my chaldea is worse with him in it now
You've been cursed
astral drift
account bricked
honest pawn
nevermind, luck is saved
slow raft
i can be yuor angle or your debil
long tree
Budget excaiba
summer hornet
Anti-male bonus that is not implemented in gameplay
slow raft
summer hornet
Fr fr
Haven't finished the event story yet, but my gosh
Endless condolences for Waai Fu
glossy latch
.... their name is Waifu?
slow raft
yes
summer hornet
the space is important
void cargo
cant angra be burned?
ebon quartz
I might be able to squeeze in 4 more tickets before Kafka drops
wispy bough
I might be able to squeeze in 4 more tickets before Kafka drops
Is that HSR?
glossy latch
I cant believe Licias speech got so ... Kafkaesque
old galleon
nevermind, luck is saved
burning fous
honest pawn
yeah idk why I have auto-burn fous on
the CE's was because I would max them out every 8 10-rolls I think
astral drift
make some CE bombs
astral drift
summer hornet
He wants to level up Medusa Saber's skills
long tree
72?!?!?!
wispy bough
Doesnt have enough purple ball?
summer hornet
And I'm pretty sure they're from Ordeal Call
meaning you have to beat Lostbelt 7 for them
summer hornet
I don't dream about the giant serpent in LB4 anymore, but it was not a good time
messing up a run meant you faced a 70% chance of buff removal
absolutely infuriating
slow raft
hmm
slow raft
ill just hope that this is one of those units that doesnt need eidolons or a specific light cone
slow raft
nice curse dumbo, im not pulling for either oif them
long tree
who's next on your pull list
slow raft
fu xuan
long tree
You are cursed for her then
slow raft
runic ether
ill just hope that this is one of those units that doesnt need eidolons or a spe...
he doesnt
generally hoyo characters are perfectly fine c0 or e0
constellations can significantly improve some
like silver wolf getting huge buffs at e2 and becomes very potent as a dps with e4 and e6
but they are never necessary
long tree
You know what fuck it
(gimmie a sec)
Well damn my soft pity didn't give me my 5 star yet
runic ether
i will say tho for blade, there arent too many good light cones for him yet
just 2
his personal and arlan's signature 4 star cone
sure the other 5 star cones or most other 4 star cones are good enough anyhow
but his more optimal ones are gacha based
slow raft
more like gacha cringe!
runic ether
true
glossy latch
I wonder if I should try to pull Blade anyway despite it being a bad idea since I want Kafka
runic ether
dont ruin your chances
glossy latch
Only tempting part is potentially getting Natashas E2
ebon quartz
ill just hope that this is one of those units that doesnt need eidolons or a spe...
You don't need eidolons for Bladie.
His light cone helps but anything that is good on Arlan is good on him.
runic ether
yeah bc blade is a carry, u can kinda do anything
runic ether
hp%, crit stats, atk%/flat hp substats
summer hornet
We've got just over a week until Kafka arrives
definitely a little tempted, but I'm gonna keep holding out till then
glossy latch
Oh, you also want a DoT team?
summer hornet
half of my SU runs right now are Nihility, the other half are Preservation
glossy latch
summer hornet
plus like... it's Kafka
glossy latch
summer hornet
and personality/style tends to play a bigger role in my rolling choices than gameplay
DO NOT BONK ME
I'M RIGHT
glossy latch
long tree
I'm gonna be honest the more I look at Kafka's in game model the more I dislike her design
Might be the way the vacant looking eyes look at different angles?
old galleon
day .5 box check
i haven't gotten to play as much as i wanted to for life reasons but i'm already close to 6 boxes
long tree
i haven't gotten to play as much as i wanted to for life reasons but i'm already...
I've only done 2 lmao
old galleon
are you doing 90+?
damn i have to run the old cqs at some point too
i'll probably do them during round 2 since i expect that one to be slower than this round
i think all or most of them have trash mobs first too
herc one is just kill herc 11 times, irish one is just kill scathach and cu at the same time or risk death
slow raft
i have no prior event ces, and im waiting on a different period to do the bulk of my farming
so im only at 2 boxes
old galleon
that's fine
just use the early part to accumulate drop ces
like any other first run event
your advantage is all the people who already have mlb drop ce to accelerate the early currency process just a bit
if you can run 90+, it's by far the best node since it has all shop currency and comparable lotto currency to 90
slow raft
i am using your castoria as we speak
old galleon
just bought out the shop lore so someone's getting lored now
now my koyan is less scuffed
long tree
are you doing 90+?
Yeah, I'm taking it easy though
I think I've got all the mats I badly need
old galleon
the bare minimum is 10 boxes, but you have plenty of time if that's your primary goal
ebon quartz
Caster Gil is such a bro
old galleon
gilgamesh says worker's rights
void cargo
didnt he ruin his own country
ebon quartz
No, by all accounts Gilgamesh (both mythically and historically) was a great king.
slow raft
It dont look pretty, but it works
Also ignore the totally scuffed skill numbers
I ran out of lores and i have 0 qp
ebon quartz
I wonder, is it worth using apples on nero fest? 
summer hornet
slow raft
I simply muramasa'd my way through it
old galleon
ez
only using the most overkill stall comp in the game to deal with him
it's kinda funny going back to these years old cqs and seeing how new/upgraded servants destroy them
like this line of cqs came to global in 2018
where they were much more of a task
summer hornet
It’s a solid benchmark of just how far the game has come
Still remember the old fan art of Medea going insane surrounding by the endless bodies of dead Hassan lol
old galleon
i'm probably still using the old medea/irisviel strats for that one
i don't think i have too many good ways of handling that gimmick
might run sieg as a more up to date nuker tho
funny how that cq and i think the king hassan one are the primary use cases for irisviel
adn even then you can probably replace her with asclepius nowadays
poor woman needs modernizing
summer hornet
Shame there’s no 4* caster in this anniversary’s strengthening
old galleon
i would imagine whenever they see fit to add her to evocation shop, they'll do something for her then
but that probably won't be anytime soon
afaik no collab servants have been added there yet
unless i'm misremembering
they might have added gray, idr
summer hornet
Did they not add Shiki?
old galleon
i can check but i don't think they did
summer hornet
Ah nah I checked for myself; yeah the only ‘collab’ servant so far has been Nobu
old galleon
does gudaguda coun tas a collab?
i was gonna say grail live technically counted as one, so idol x
silly how idol x absolutely could have used an upgrade and didn't get one
but yeah, no shiki, no gray, no erice, etc
speaking of erice, y'all know what upgrade i want most for her
(so of course they won't do it)
summer hornet
Change her death effect?
old galleon
they don't even need to change it to something else, just put it after her damage
like every other sanely designed servant with instant death in the game
operative word being 'sanely'
oh right, i know umufest is dominating people's attentions, but remember to buy tickets from prism shop
since shop reset
honest pawn
an np upgrade like that would be great
maybe with an extra effect tossed in for good measure
old galleon
gonna keep a running tally of the ones we've gotten
Saber Alter
Jaguar Man
5* lancer
3* archer
5* berserker
2* caster
5* lancer
4* assassin
5* caster
4* lancer
5* foreigner
3* rider
5* archer
4* saber
ebon quartz
Do they give any more free servants via story?
Or is Babylon the last time we get one?
old galleon
lb6 gives habetrot, who is a 4* and must have her dupes rolled with fp (only added to the pool after clearing lb6)
habetrot is also by far the best story clear servant in the game
want her to loop? she can do that
want her to help a female solo? she can do that too
want to use her np once and dip, like arash? she can do that too
want to see her np in action? maybe don't do that too hastily, it's kinda spoilers
but aside from the part 1 freebies and her, no
there's nothing stopping them from adding more later, but they haven't done that yet
ebon quartz
Gotcha
old galleon
epic of remnant doesn't give shit, and lostbelts all give a 4* ce you'll probably never use for clearing them
ebon quartz
Damn lmao
old galleon
they tie into the story you just finished, but for gameplay, there are much better options
their dupes are also all story locked iirc
as for the part 1 freebies, bedivere is the only one i can say with confidence is actually good, but you would have to roll his dupes whenever he shows up on rateup, or just gamble in story banner (don't do this, that's less arc funds for you)
jaguar man did just get a strengthening which helps her a bit, but i'm not gonna say she's amazing
and the other freebies are what
oh wait cu caster is great now
but he requires deep investment
(and, you guessed it, lb6)
kiyohime is still a generic aoe zerk and i don't even remember what other servants were given out for free in part 1
honest pawn
you think we'll get the next batch of buffs tonight?
honest pawn
I'm gonna go to sleep and wake up to a melusine buff
ebon quartz
Oh no I was just wondering if we got any new free stuff worth using.
old galleon
if they buff melusine i will flip
ebon quartz
I don't plan on rolling any banners until Arcueid.
old galleon
she's the last 5* lancer who needs it
honest pawn
I'd be fine with brad getting one
old galleon
there are 2 5* lancer slots
so as long as karna is one of them i'll be fine
just fix his fuckin battery you cowards
honest pawn
5% away from greatness
ebon quartz
I'm probably just going to play nero fest all night.
old galleon
Oh no I was just wondering if we got any new free stuff worth using.
if fp banner counts as free stuff, you can also make great use of chen gong, probably
even if you can't do all the fancy 2x castoria stuff with him, he still has good damage and can be used as a utility as well
ebon quartz
Nice.
old galleon
definitely the highlight of the fp banner update 2 years ago
ebon quartz
And one last dumb question, does anyone have a break down of which nodes in nero quest give bronze/silver/gold rewards?
ebon quartz
hmm, that might be pushing it.
old galleon
going up from there should be most efficient gold, silver, bronze respectively
honest pawn
so 90 would be the best for getting tickets for lotto?
old galleon
i haven't seen exact rates, but iirc 90 is usually best purely for lotto currency, but 90+ is at least comparable if not better and also drops shop currency
ebon quartz
Like I'm really needing to level my skills past lvl 2 lmao
old galleon
90 is also way easier if you can't handle 90+
for this round, 90+ features a 1/1/3 enemy formation, where the first wave is 77k hp, the second wave is 172k, and the third features a 186k boss and a 100k miniboss along some third mook
ebon quartz
@.@
old galleon
while i don't immediately remember the 90 enemy comp, i can say that it's a bit more traditional
ebon quartz
Yeah if my Morgan was hitting that easily I would be more tempted but as it is not right now lol
old galleon
yeah for this round 90 is all archers, with the waves being a traditional 3/3/x (in this case 2)
the first two waves are mostly 20-30k hp but one of them has 70k in wave 2
the third wave has a 163k boss with an 83k miniboss
ebon quartz
Also enjoy the free fp boss man, you're the only friend I have with a castoria giving extra roses lmao
ebon quartz
Honestly though so glad I've got Mordred and Morgan for this.
Especially Morgan.
She's not kidding, there is no future. No hope.
I actually need to get 100 bronze medals before I get anything else lmao
old galleon
yeah your priority if you don't have them already is copies of the cheer for master ce
also not a bad idea to buy the lore when you get to 400 gold
old galleon
spoilered again bc oberon 3rd asc but this does 90+ without the sanzang castoria jank
turn 1: oberon 1 and 2 on arash, arash battery, all ishtar skills, arash np
turn 2: koyan 1 and 3 on ishtar, swap koyan for koyan, koyan 3 on ishtar, ishtar np
turn 3: koyan 1 on ishtar, ishtar 1 and 2, oberon 3 on ishtar, ishtar np
if you have ishtar's 3 at 10 you can also use it turn 2 but it's more needed turn 1 imo
since the turn 2 damage is sorta tight even with it, while turn 3 has oberon's 3 helping out there
sour tendon
i forgot ishtar was a looper now
ill have to switch to something like this once i get another drop
honest pawn
okay, how do you do this siegfried fight in nerofest
gonna try this team
that didn't even come close to killing, what
old galleon
siegfried has +200% def
you need a way to get around that
(ignore def only ignores 100%, good luck)
that comp has no shot
i'll give you a hint: maybe consider using the event damage ce
iirc when this cq first ran back in 2018 i used a double berserker kintoki setup
tonight, i'm gonna try an emiya/morgan setup
with scuffed skill levels
honest pawn
this is bullshit, I hate quest design like this
old galleon
welcome to fgo cq's
ngl these are really tame compared to some of the shit they did later
trying with this
if it fails i'm gonna actually go level emiya's 3 lol
honest pawn
I don't even have a friend Sherlock to help
old galleon
sherlock's for pussies
yeah he'd be great here
i don't have him either so i'm doing without
rigid pilot
I'm up late doing challenge quests too lol
@honest pawn do you have me added? Want my Holmes on the Special Support slot?
honest pawn
I do not I don't think
rigid pilot
Though TBH I don't think Holmes is the answer here
old galleon
oh i'm an idiot
morgan needs a 50% ce and i knew that but just forgot to add it
rip 1 ap
honest pawn
I'll experiment a bit
rigid pilot
I think you can genuinley muscle past with sufficient buffs and swaps.
I remember back then, I used Georgios and Leonidas taunts to solo with Cú Alter
rigid pilot
Just gotta dodge instant death wyverns
I think this time I'm gonna wreck him with Moriarty
honest pawn
nevermind, too tired to go through all 4 of emiya's strengthening quests, I'll do it tomorrow
and I get to wake up to new servant buffs
rigid pilot
Ohhhh shit I gotta try out Moriarty with double Koyanskaya
old galleon
oh hey it worked
take the comp in my screen, give morgan a 50% ce, and put combat uniform on instead of atlas institute
should be able to 3 turn
but you need to save morgan's 1 for the final wave
to get def down on siegfried
also obv use arts np instead of buster
anyway, cu alter can solo mainly because he has sufficient survivability and there's an extent to which buster chains ignore def
it's only an extent, it's still a slow clear
this is from the original run iirc, so the ce will be different
for this event you run divine three legged race
rigid pilot
Well I did it. But it was scuffed because I messed up my skills with Moriarty and Koyanskaya and I accidentally wasted an NP
idle grove
old galleon
i'm calling waver buff
so it'll probably be like izumo no okuni or some shit instead
pretty neat clear
i think if you're gonna use nona as, that you should just use aldo with her instead so she doesn't debuff herself, but this works
yipha as isn't usable in a pure free team comp after all
long tree
old galleon
tonight's batch of new strengthenings
bradamante and william tell
no i don't know what they are yet
william's strengthening looks like some paris shit on his s2
bradamante's looks like an increase to her targetable battery's potency (up to 30% from 20%), and gains self earth attribute damage up for 3 turns and self np gain up for 3 turns
idle grove
bradamante needs buffs tbf
old galleon
i think people are most hoping for karna and bradamante out of the lancer 5* (there are two)
i'm personally pulling for lartoria np upgrade but that's bias
i'd see them buff karna first, tho
ebon quartz
Study the Blade™️
old galleon
so my thoughts
bradamante won this round for sure
william's upgrade looks really situational
could have given him some more general stuff to help him stand out aside from the niche of.....hitting enemies with evade on them?
but they doubled down instead
like okay, he can force it to apply to any enemy
but even among 3* archers, what makes this meaningfully different compared to robin?
idk i'm not a big fan
i'd rather they went and buffed kid gil
who, in 2023, still has basic-ass charisma and basic-ass golden rule
basically my take
there's apparently a leak going around that got the first four correct
i'm not posting it here and i fully expect it to be debunked tomorrow
but that's a thing
copper steppe
the tell buff is intresting so to say
ebon quartz
Oh okay I think I'm going to get bored of nero fest lmao
Seriously I have almost 250 apples still @.@
slow raft
long tree
try to Pet
Barrier.jpeg
try to Hold
Barrier.png
Can't win
summer hornet
Love that they included Tell's glasses in the photo lol
idle grove
ebon quartz
Ffff, I really need to farm medals for materials too huh....
astral drift
slow raft
honest pawn
there's apparently a leak going around that got the first four correct
be sure to keep tabs on if it's debunked tomorrow
idle grove
honest pawn
please
let the Berserker buff be for Nightingale
just give her Nero Caster's skill, you know the one
ignore class disadvantage and make her essentially just a shielder for a set amount of time
would go a long way to making her more tanky
slow raft
I just realized, this siegfried quest is perfect for stall
Just slap a flat damage ce on one of em and rack up those turn counts
honest pawn
how do you stall
...you think I can do funny leonidas things in the siegfried quest?
slow raft
I do le funny himiko/castoria/merlin
honest pawn
ah
slow raft
Unbeatable formation
honest pawn
if I sub out himiko for morgan I can probably achieve something with merlin and koyan
friend merlin ofc
or maybe I go friend merlin, morgan, waver
slow raft
Need me my own merlin frfr
astral drift
could've been a 3 turn if i just had better card rng
honest pawn
I'm getting really tilted at this siegfried fight
I can't even use command seals to continue the fight
if this stupid bastard uses golden rule one more time I'm breaking my phone in half
slow raft
I just realized, this siegfried quest is perfect for stall
Ok, whats funnier: serentiy poison stacking, or 1000 years of stall
honest pawn
Ok, whats funnier: serentiy poison stacking, or 1000 years of stall
former
old galleon
let the Berserker buff be for Nightingale
She just recently got buffed
honest pawn
gonna try this out for the 90 node since I can't do 90+
as soon as I max out more of melu-chan's skills with lotto mats I can try to do 6CE
(terrible idea)
where's the best spot to farm any of the nero medals?
old galleon
90+
honest pawn
figures
old galleon
If you're only looking for medals then the level 70 and 80 nodes might be better but you're losing a lot of box currency
90 doesn't drop medals at all
got fgo content creators making content based on the new seraph chapter lol
old galleon
spoilers ||the manga seems to confirm that kiara forced taiga to fight demiya, which resulted in demiya killing taiga||
obv spoilers in that link etc
it's not that anni is that boring, probably, moreso that seraph dropped a pretty big bomb
astral drift
why do you need shells, you're not even a summer servant
honest pawn
summer hornet
why do you need shells, you're not even a summer servant
The memory of long lost summers... A springtime of youth that has been forever tainted in his heart
honest pawn
nah he just likes collecting shells
he sells seashells down by the seashore, you know
astral drift
both summer okitan and summer caenis need shells 
summer hornet
Guess you gotta go to the beach, beach
old galleon
@summer hornetas the resident emiya simp here, what's your take on seraph stuff?
summer hornet
Lmao that's a new one, I like it
It's not technically anything new? People have speculated that ||Taiga was involved in Kiara's cult|| for years, based on profile lines and stuff
This just made it official
old galleon
sure, but it was speculation
summer hornet
Personally, I wasn't a fan of that interpretation just because of the edge of it all
But it's 100% canon now, and it does work as sufficient motivation for the origin of the Edgemiya we know today
So I'll have to learn to live with it
honest pawn
that was me with Heaven's Feel tbh
I hope they do a fakeout later or some way to rectify this
old galleon
emiyowtheedge
astral drift
summer even has 20 shells in the shop + the treasure chests
should be enough i think
honest pawn
speaking of which
I'm sorry but I can't take some servants needing upwards of 200 of one mat just for their skills
I can accept maybe it being for all 3 of a servant's appends because if you're doing that you're probably already dedicated enough to the game to have the mats on hand
astral drift
bronze mat farming is the true end game content
astral drift
old galleon
that angle looks like she's gonna behead herself
long tree
summer musashi buff
If it is it's the most unneeded buff I've seen in this game
She's already exceptional at what she does
astral drift
She needs it
The upgrade will be standard np damage buff + extra damage (increases with overcharge) vs sabers
long tree
I see you want to strap an additional rocket to your WMD
(woman of mass destruction)
wispy bough
Damn I got c1 rosaria
runic ether
rosaria cons are all good
c1 actually helps a lot for her when she is using fav lance
c2 rosaria is really big in particular
c4 is quality of life but its really nice quality of life
and c6 is insane if you run eula since rosaria becomes a really good buffer for eula
rosaria is similar to yanfei in that her crit ratio is weird
bc her passive shares crit rate with her team, she can afford to take a cdmg loss bc the value of giving other teammates + crit and being greedy with builds (50:200 for instance)
wispy bough
Damn
People keep telling me diff teams to use
Yesterday u recommended me yanfei melt
Now I am getting recommended fridgebloom by others
But it sounds cool to be honest
runic ether
fridgebloom is really
hmmmmm
its fine i guess
its a team that really needs kokomi + xq or yelan though
wispy bough
They recommended me XQ, DMC, Rosaria, Kaeya
runic ether
since blooms explode and deal you damage and you need the extra hydro app
just xq?
ehhh
im not a fan of single hydro fridge
kaeya and rosaria can output the cryo necessary to keep the freeze up
but just xq wont provide all the hydro needs unless you build him entirely around er (which you should a lot of times anyhow)
but also this team then lacks aoe hydro application
xq is really good at single target hydro app
same with yelan
they both suck at aoe hydro app
kokomi applies the aoe hydro needed
but her hydro application is pretty slow
wispy bough
Jellyfish or something
Barbara is an option
But like
I dont wanna get frozen every 0.5 seconds while using her
wispy bough
Does he?
wispy bough
Damn
Guess it isnt that bad
I also almost did the world ascension domain by accident earlier
wispy bough
I wanna have a team that is like set first, and wont be half made of lvl 40s
runic ether
go for xq/xl/rosaria/dehya tbh
meltvape
rosaria and xq will be pretty sore off needing some decent er but xl and dehya should funnel energy to each other
wispy bough
Dehya is lvl 40
runic ether
best part about dehya though is that her normal attack needs 0 investment
and her level matters most lol
dehya is a pretty friendly off-field support unit tbh
hp/hp/hp stats
fav greatsword or even the bell lol
wispy bough
I actually have fav greatsword
runic ether
tenacity of the milileth or 4pc instructors
if using 4pc instructors u will probably still want an hp% sands
5 star sands
to be precise
wispy bough
Dont own any 5* artifacts cos still unupgraded 35 
runic ether
oh right
oh also ur not quite at sumeru to invest in dehya
hm
or candace for that matter
lisa/xl/xq/rosaria isnt a bad comp to carry u
superconduct and overcharged are both mid reactions but lisa can drive xl and xq bursts around rosaria's decently well
this is a soup team but bc lisa, xl, and xq are all really strong units u will wanna level anyways
thats fine
xq is gonna be doing a ton of work with heals here but it might not matter with damage output
old galleon
today's freebies gave me nothing
long tree
Freebies?
old galleon
gbf, as usual
old galleon
gbf players, make sure you do logins in shit
^
summer hornet
They also have some sort of summer raid campaign going
you get various rewards based on the amount of raids you complete
old galleon
it's 1k crystals and 1 piece of loot per day for hosting, and the same for joining
host rewards are easy enough if you just do all your pros, join rewards require real activity
oh right and 10 summer tickets per day, that apparently were confirmed to be usable in the flash banner later this month
long tree
oh right and 10 summer tickets per day, that apparently were confirmed to be usa...
10 tickets and a ten pull?
Also I read summer fediel and seems fine? Like good but not regular fediel good?
Surprising given the amount of creep gbf has had
old galleon
s fediel goes all in on charge attacks when the current game at teh top end largely hates charge attacks
long tree
They really just hate water huh
old galleon
charge attack stuff is true across teh board
there are some fights that it's fine in but otherwise you cause too much lockout
it's not that bad if you're just playing regularly tho
but on teh whole s fed is solid, wouldn't regret pulling her
none of the new units compare to y ilsa imo, but they're largely solid
long tree
I meant more so like, wind gets a lich alt, instantly op, water gets a fediel alt, they're pretty good but not what water needs
old galleon
h lich is overrated
long tree
And this happens often
long tree
none of the new units compare to y ilsa imo, but they're largely solid
13 gold moons to go
old galleon
first off, wind plays into a burst strat with g narm, which lich largely doesn't synergize too well with
but even if you are making use of her, she only ends up being okay imo
slow raft
Ah well, im sure it will work out
I forgor that there are waves before the fight even really begins, this shit was agony to try
old galleon
what did it take you almost 8 hours to beat
and ye these cqs have opening waves to deal with
slow raft
Nah, i was on my way to the gym when i wrote that
Eventually did it in a way thats much more convenient
old galleon
did you seriously kill him using only divinity damage
slow raft
I did it using a non mlb damage up ce
old galleon
you should be able to do cu/scath easily at least
just make sure they both die on the same turn
120 gold moons for me
30 more until whale weapon
astral drift
84 turns 
slow raft
Dwai
Brave chains are btoken btw
1.6k damage in one turn 
I might try with a curse team, since i do actually have more than one source of curse unlike poison
And one of those sources is even an archer
But first i need something funny for hassan parade
astral drift
I used the tried and true Medea Medea lily irisviel
old galleon
i'll probably use sieg medea irisviel or some shit
sieg for actual consistent damage
if my nitocris were higher than np1 i'd probably consider her too
old galleon
asclepius should be fine as long as he can provide guts
slow raft
Thats what his np does yeah
old galleon
asclepius is better than irisviel 99.9% of the time anyway, so you're fine
slow raft
Can i loop this shit with muramasa? Food for thought
old galleon
the hassan one?
assassins give .9x np gauge back and you're doing neutral damage, plus there are gimmicks
so i wouldn't recommend it
if you do it blindly, you will die
summer hornet
I'm unironically considering using Amakusa Shirou for the Hassan fight
old galleon
that's not a bad pick
slow raft
That buff removal do apply before damage
old galleon
saves you from having to use medea, just make sure you can get his np up enough
summer hornet
Yeah, that's what I'm unsure about
He's pretty low skill levels right now because of Caster gems lol
slow raft
Well, thats what this event is for
summer hornet
slow raft
Can i loop this shit with muramasa? Food for thought
Actually very possible, need to work on it a bit tho
long tree
Oberon system online
Finally got my koyans np buff to skill level 10
Arjuna's np buff skill has a low enough cool down to where I don't have to worry about Oberon getting maxed out yet
Wait shit my math sucks ignore me
honest pawn
yes
long tree
Crystalised lore is legit my only limiting factor
summer hornet
When all else fails... Pure prisms don't
long tree
Can't get lore with pure prisms
astral drift
glossy latch
Thats the underwater area innit?
late canopy
I think so
I haven't been keeping up with the news too much so I've forgotten most of what we've seen so far
This stream should give a ton of info
glossy latch
Thats almost tempting enough to give it a shot
late canopy
There's probably gonna be a fancy trailer along with the stream
Always is
Can give that a gander and see how you're feeling then
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Saber Alter
Jaguar Man
Bradamante
William Tell
5* berserker
2* caster
5* lancer
4* assassin
5* caster
4* lancer
5* foreigner
3* rider
5* archer
4* saber
berserker/caster come in about 4 hours
honest pawn
it has to be shakespeare
old galleon
i agree on that one
your options are what? shakespeare, hans, chen gong
the latter two don't need anything right now
honest pawn
for bahzahkah we could just give Raikour a 30% battery and bump her up to A tier
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Sakata Kintoki • Vlad III • Nightingale • Cú Chulainn (Alter) • Minamoto no Raikō • Mysterious Heroine X (Alter) • Hijikata Toshizō • Xiang Yu • Arjuna (Alter) • Miyamoto Musashi • Galatea • Morgan • Ibuki Dōji • Sen no Rikyū
there's the complete list of 5* zerks in the game currently
of that bunch, nightingale just got a buff with arcade collab
iirc my prediction was musashi
i'll stick with that, but it's probably not her
i just don't have a better prediction right now
honest pawn
I'd be fine with xiang yu/hijikata/raikou buff
old galleon
the meme would be to make the rich richer and buff ibuki
honest pawn
there's no way they'd buff a servant when they're not even in NA yet... right?
I guess there was caren
old galleon
see that's the secret
jp doesn't need to give a shit about the status of global
that's why, for instance, despite the anni stream being commentated on by the global team, they showed ruler moriarty
honest pawn
OH RIGHT
old galleon
but yeah if they see fit to buff a currently jp only servant, they'll do it
for the zerks, that'd currently be ibuki and sen no rikyu
i meme but there's approximately a 0% chance ibuki gets a buff right now
even if they plan to creep her this year, musashi is even further behind
as for sen no rikyu, i'm not really familiar with her kit
seems like a potentially decent skadi looper
probably not in line for a buff here, compared to some of the others
honest pawn
yeah she can loop with black grail, I think?
and she's got really big crits
also got a solid niche, human attribute
old galleon
ye i'm seeing 2x ruler skadi and skadi or oberon as mlb bg options
honestly i'd probably just use oberon at that point but eh
summer hornet
Maybe Galatea? Since she got pretty solidly kicked out of her own niche within like a week of her debut event ending
old galleon
galatea's strengthening needs to give her a second arts card
or barring that, an upgrade that changes her quick card or one of her buster cards into an arts card for x amount of turns
rigid pilot
Oh
Class advantage/disadvantage isn't real for Melusine
Missed a buff
Buster my beloved... I don't know why I doubted you
runic ether
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
hey u know what
at least i get guaranteed fu xuan now
and e6 sushang
but my dangerous game backfired
this is the biggest dub for me
rigid pilot
but my dangerous game backfired
Whay dangerous game? 
runic ether
ok so
pity transfers between banners in hotguy star railed
same in genshin and ive been doing it since
so i just
pull
10 pulls and single pulls
to build towards pity
and get shit
so that when a banner i really want something out of comes around, i just pull and get what i want
runic ether
yes and no
cus
next time i get to hit pity i have a guaranteed 5 star and it is going to be the banner character
cus i didnt get the banner character
rigid pilot
Oh so it's kinda win/win then? Wait but if you get the banner character?
runic ether
that is the one thing i wanted to avoid in a way yes
rigid pilot
runic ether
im doing the same shit in genshin as we speak and im rewarded with c3 faruzan
im just 1 constellation to make her really useable as a general anemo support
and 3 cons from having her be insanely broken
rigid pilot
This can in no way go wrong
runic ether
i only do this on banners where i like the 4 stars and 5 star. not mandatory but i like em enough where i will use them
like in genshin im setting myself up so that when xiao rolls around, i have a high constellation faruzan for him and i can have a strong anemo carry that doesnt require cons
but if i get kokomi shes just a nice quality of life upgrade for me in a few teams
while yanfei cons are good too
only dud this banner for me is rosaria since i already have c6
so i basically lose nothing by pulling to get to pity
i have frankly, dodged rosaria and gotten faruzan and yanfei constellations in genshit
rigid pilot
I curse all your future gacha rolls
toxic cloud
I'm rooting for you kid @rigid pilot
toxic cloud
<:FeelsBadMan:361402633812049932>
I wish you goodluck vale 
old galleon
i bless everyone's rolls
that said, i'm not god, so i can't guarantee that my blessings will do anything
but just as i wish for my own rolls to be good, so too do i wish y'alls rolls to be good
anyway, i didn't get to play nearly as mucha s i wanted to today, so i'm only sitting on 12.5 boxes right now
i would get more of it out of the way but my computer seems dead set on being stubborn
soi 'm probably gonna call it for the night and just wait on jp strengthening updates
toxic cloud
I saw the OG message
dont worry about it 
rigid pilot
She eated them all
Jack did nothing
Kiara solo'ed this with double Castoria I just panic swapped to Jack to finish off Mebd but Kiara kinda just finished her off on her own
old galleon
rigid pilot
This time, with extremely ugly low-buster card rolls, he quite literally fell over to 2 hits
old galleon
it *has* to be shakespeare
shakespeare got fucked
so hans' upgrade applies different effects on your servants depending on whether they're good/evil/balanced/none of the above
raikou's buster buff becomes 3 turns instead of just 1 turn, and adds a 30% battery
rigid pilot
SHE LOOPS
idle grove
raikou sweep
old galleon
anyway now that it's been debunked, here's what the supposed leak was
Saber Alter
Jaguarman
Bradamante
Tell
Nightingale
Shakespeare
Karna
Stheno
Tamamo
Fionn
Abigail
Red Hare
Arjuna
Chevalier
nightingale being on here after her buff from arcade collab was the big red flag, but after it got the first two days right, some people gave it some credence
that or it was some troll who posted a "leak" that had the first two days right with hindsight and just flubbed the rest
either way, a few of these would actually be good picks
karna goes without saying, but chevalier's so down in the dumps that i didn't consider them at all when thinking about possible 4* sabers
i was thinking like rama/lakshmibai
copper steppe
https://i.redd.it/kr7tm85exnfb1.jpg
andersan pog
copper steppe
speed
copper steppe
S1: * Increases Critical damage for all allies [20-50%] (3T) <was 10-40%> and Increases critical star drop rate for Good allies [30-50%] (3T) and Increases NP gain for Balanced allies [10-20%] (3T) and Increases NP damage for Evil allies [10-20%] (3T) and Increases Critical damage for all allies without Good, Balanced and/or Evil traits [10-20%] (3T)
hans skill
shut up
anyways thats a wierd buff
but i guess it makes sense with andersen paper on extra
old galleon
That is casually one of the biggest plot spoilers of lb6
idle grove
copper steppe
https://vxtwitter.com/snc_aexus/status/1686504073917272064?t=8ljilLHs9hinJLz51pO...
sadge
honest pawn
shakespeare got fucked
ah well, it can't be helped
torn harbor
I got all my fu xuan trace material ready
honest pawn
Hans upgrade seems cool
ebon quartz
I'm going to try and get 3 more tickets ready for when I get back for Mommy.
Even if I can't make it I'll have time to pull.
astral drift
mom won
turbid plover
PAIMON REFERENCE IN STAR RAIL
summer hornet
Wasn't able to get a screenshot of the killing blow, but I did get a screenshot of the moment after
Took like four tries to get the card RNG right
summer hornet
Super Orion cast Fist! It's Super Effective!
ebon quartz
60 tickets for Kafka for when I get back
slow raft
she can loop now, yeah
copper steppe
30% np battery me thinks
turbid plover
60 tickets for Kafka for when I get back <:nyaruhodo:873056991973634078>
I have 86+ tickets
turbid plover
Kafka is my wife. I need her
glossy latch
turbid plover
That's not even horny 😭😭😭
glossy latch
turbid plover
FUCK YOU 😭😭😭
ebon quartz
I thought about rolling for e1 Bladie but I'm already maxed out on Natasha and don't want more of anyone else on the banner.
torn harbor
Im nearly ready for fu xuan
glossy latch
Also despite all the jokes I am also pulling for Kafka, I just want the DoT team
runic ether
sameish
glossy latch
After that its just waiting for one of the leaked characters
torn harbor
Planar spheres check
Trace mats check
Light cone mats working on it
Level funds check
4 pc relic working on it
Level up material physically impossible to get currently
runic ether
im waiting on relics
old galleon
Regi does this mean raikou finally loops?
I did say she loops, yes
toxic cloud
summer hornet
30% battery means the game is afoot
Gonna need a third battery-charging servant, but that's just how Buster farming does things
astral drift
already prepared
astral drift
yes
honest pawn
lol
summer hornet
this is an all-ages server
versed pawn
i pulled a 2nd blade ligthcone for arlen
since im farming set for blade anyway i may try to build him find him interesting kid has some insane self buffs on low health
runic ether
yea his beef is about staying there consistently
as we get more supports and preservation/abundance characters itll get easier on him
ebon quartz
I want Kafka but really I'll be happy with any dot characters.
I have no one on that banner.
glossy latch
Licia about to accept Sampo supremacy
ebon quartz
Nah
glossy latch
Wrong answer 
summer hornet
This your man, Ovven?
idle grove
lb7 and ordeal call spoilers
||https://twitter.com/1TPaper/status/1686768728455938049?t=qRmg1Gu__dNtax133f7qAQ&s=19||
astral drift
ban! should get a servant
glossy latch
Wait, are the bonus rewards for sim u daily or by event time this time around?
versed pawn
i think u can just reset all 12 instantly instead of having 2 per day
but 12 for the complete event
glossy latch
I see
digital marlin
Yo outside regi and licia who else on NA on HSR
old galleon
i'm on hiatus, but do have an account
summer hornet
I’m terrible at matching names here to names in HSR but “Oreo” has a level 80 yanqing that is EXTREMELY helpful
glossy latch
Thats areo
idle grove
long tree
Fun fact about Kafka and blade I'll spoiler just in case people haven't caught up ||Kafka's spirit whisper is the only reason blade hasn't succumbed to the mara and lost his senses.||
summer hornet
wanted to have like 15% more critrate
To put it in perspective; most of us are fighting just to build a shelter on the mountain
You are trying to stand on your tippy-toes at the peak
idle grove
pog, got my 2200 day login quartz
honest pawn
I have 40 quartz
and I was tempted to spend it on saber's banner
but I need to wait
junao will be mine
turbid olive
RIP, I didn't get Yume from my Gridman Pulls. Just more Namiko and Hass
runic ether
Yo outside regi and licia who else on NA on HSR
im in na but not home till later
summer hornet
RIP, I didn't get Yume from my Gridman Pulls. Just more Namiko and Hass
is the banner over now?
digital marlin
Not yet