#👶beginner-help

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patent lion
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no i mean like with which characters

ancient needle
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PS on Assaka

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patent lion
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patent lion
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sad

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coralie is pretty strong

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patent lion
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can i get her gear anywhere?

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free from an event or free from spending event

lyric anvil
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patent lion
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because 3/4 sena is gonna suck no

south robin
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Is now a good time to start the game…

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patent lion
south robin
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I saw this raiden lady(she looks like the one from genshin and she looks like Acheron low-key)and I really want her

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south robin
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But idk how this game is

lyric anvil
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patent lion
south robin
outer spruce
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||but her weapon will also be available in reserve shop||

lyric anvil
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Miss Espionage

south robin
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Ahh
So I should just save currency then?

lyric anvil
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Yes

outer spruce
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the patch is almost over

lyric anvil
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Save for next patch

patent lion
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brick would open up another character to use tho

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patent lion
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it will be on reserve works right

lyric anvil
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All her shill was taken

patent lion
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ill get it then

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patent lion
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oh nvm i thought thatts what u meant by "reserve shop"

south robin
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And Whos next on banner?

lyric anvil
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Would maybe assume around when Luna gets added to Reserve works

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outer spruce
south robin
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May I see a picture of her

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Cant believe I missed that raiden look alike though

outer spruce
lyric anvil
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How long does the login to get Valk box last again?

south robin
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Oooo

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patent lion
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god damn i gotta pull sparkle

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but i doubt im getting more than 40 pulls,ill barely get sw dkey

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horb got a divine key?

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patent lion
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tf

lyric anvil
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Yep

patent lion
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the original

lyric anvil
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Raiden Mei

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Yes older than Acheron and Raiden Shogun SeeleUwU

south robin
outer spruce
south robin
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Wow

wet path
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So i can claim a free s-rank from version 1 to version 6.3. Any reccomendations on who i should get? rn i kinda want aponia and silverwing

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south robin
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Is this game
On pc?

outer spruce
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there's a pc client

south robin
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Raiden will be mine fr

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Realistically is raiden strong?

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south robin
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Is there a free 5 star selector?

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south robin
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Aw mannnnn

outer spruce
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you get it on the 7th log in day and there's 6 days left of the patch

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hard quiver
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Where is the spending event shop right now?

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I can't find it anywhere

shadow gyro
hard quiver
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And I've scrolled through the whole thing a couple times now

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Not in shop either

lyric anvil
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Possibly over?

jade garnet
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Lemme double check myself

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Yea it's gone

low ridge
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Can we talk about 8.8 without spoilers now that it’s trailers came out for en servers

hard quiver
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Rip my 20 or something ELF fragment boxes

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I wished they let us get ELFs from not the spending events

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mortal carbon
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Ah I gotcha

versed gyro
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Wat table? The table to give the gifts?

lyric anvil
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Yes

south robin
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Ahh so what should I be doing as a new player?

shadow gyro
# south robin Ahh so what should I be doing as a new player?

use your stamina (on story for instance)
do daily bp missions, the basic stuff
save the crystals that you get for now
there's a beginner characters you can level up to help you out and you would level them up and all

that's the basic gist of things

versed gyro
# lyric anvil Yes

Might be abit late but is it still possible to claim? And how to claim?

low ridge
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What team do I use for abyss

patent lion
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Will sena be put in reserve works? Or sentis brick anytime soon

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patent lion
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Is HoTr any decent as support at 0/4?

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I got silvwrwing already

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So I won't select her naturally

serene crystal
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Not really, what are trying to support with her?

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Ranks are still meaningful for SW, I would not expect decent results from trying to support a p2 valk.

patent lion
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Is there any other known dkeys

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That are upcoming

serene crystal
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Nothing that we know. I would probably go for ranks on SW but can also take HoTr for not easily accesible ER crystals

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patent lion
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I got a rank helias weapon all the way back then

quick birch
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You'd also just be better if by using vita and lanterns as Sena supports but Sena DPS is kinda irrelevant in general these days

patent lion
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Can't it hold its own in agony

balmy valley
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Are both HoS and HoF good? I got both of them today BronyaRip_nopies

quick birch
# patent lion Can't it hold its own in agony

Which agony ? In q manifold maybe ig ? Tbh I'm not too familiar with it but as I've mentioned you would probably just run other supports.
For superstring dimension it depends on the weather and whether or not you mean agony 1,2 or 3, in ago 3 you may run into some problems if your account is also under developed in terms of attack and such but below that ig you should do fine

quick birch
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Without her divine key not really, and even with it she's kinda redundant these days. For IMG bosses hoyo mainly favors Rita these days. HoFi still can perform these on some of those weathers but only if you already have the trio team + ranks, investing into it now isn't really a good idea. And as a WS support there are other decent options, not that she's a bad WS support though. On top of that backpulling generally isn't recommended because you already missed out on a decent part of her shill and for HoFi specifically it's rather common for the whole team to have ranks if you ever were to compete on a HoFi DPS weather. Where she might see some relevancy for some accounts is as a RoO support since RoO teammates have rather restrictive team building up until now but that's also a rather niche use case

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Then ig ago 2 should be doable but if you're gonna get SW Dkey you have better teams than Sena DPS for raw bruteforcing, and if you didn't finish all the dkeys in reserve work I wouldn't delay those just to get || Sena weapon from reserve work ||

patent lion
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I'm a returnee I played a lot before

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If the brick was available I'd get that but I'll prob complete sena

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That's nice ig, I'm not completely opposed to the idea of getting Sena weapon from there but you might just wait for a specific use case where she'd benefit you to get it.
Do you understand what teams you could build with the free Sena and SW Dkey besides Sena DPS

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All 4/4, what's the strongest team?

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urban lake
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S2 sena go brr ig

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actually ||SS since we getting free sena next patch iirc||

quick birch
# patent lion All 4/4, what's the strongest team?

There isn't really a true answer to this because you can't just treat teams as if they're in a vacuum but rather have to take the boss, mechanics, weathers etc. Into account.

Generally do you understand how to build p2 teams, this is a consistent system across p2 so understanding that would probably be the first thing you'd wanna do

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Just to still kinda answer your question || Sushang vita SW || will probably be your best brute force option

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Is lantern still valuable?

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I quit the game around sushang release I think

quick birch
patent lion
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I cleared sinful with ease in like 20-30s per floor. When will it get difficult?

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Ig around a3 you could run into some trouble promoting

patent lion
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How hard are events usually in hi3

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Like where you get a valk, how time consuming

quick birch
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Depends a lot usually free valk events consist of mission that require you to do the other events in said version, how long those are depends a bit. Sometimes you can just rush them and sometimes there is a daily mission lock

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Usually only 1 of the events ( the main events of the patch ) is a bit more lengthy and the other ones are smaller events that shouldn't take longer than an hour

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is paws worth it for WS team

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Ok

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im meant to use a divine key but idk how

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does it mean buff or the weapon tho?

serene crystal
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I assume that it means tuning and setting one in the divine key section

hybrid isle
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theyre all locked🫩🫩🫩

serene crystal
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Have you done Realms of battle?

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serene crystal
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That gives you a d key each week until you have gotten each of them there, so I would finish that first.

hybrid isle
serene crystal
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Yes and one is all you need to continue.
You want to complete this every week anyways.

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do i get silverwing dk if my only astral ring valks are xentinel and ba dum? im trying to figure out team building and meta and ive seen ppl say not to backpull but also idk how to proceed from here on out 😭 🙏

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||both SW and xdc can support SW and SW can also support fws ||

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after you got it just save for 8.9 again

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!faq ring

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# quick birch !faq ring
Astral Ring and Specializations

Allow me to explain, Captain! AichanCool

Characters under the Astral Ring System will have one ring type (Specialization), and one or multiple tags (Attributes) that will determine how they can form teams. This system is only activated if a Character with Astral Ring is set as the leader. When activated:

  • the leader's ring type will decide the team's playstyle.
  • the team will benefit from effects (e.g., Stigmata buffs) that require Astral Ring.
  • the team will gain access to Stellar Outburst, a high damage output state you can enter after charging enough energy (Astral Ring Intensity).

Astral Ring Team Building Resources:

  • [Click here](#👶beginner-help message) for a guide to Astral Ring team building fundamentals!
  • Click here to view a spreadsheet of Astral Ring Specializations, Tags, and the Valkyries protected by them.

For information on each Astral Ring Specialization:

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also for team building check out the first link and we can take SW dkey as an example here if you want

patent lion
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does vitas mech have a name

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hybrid isle
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does helia have a weapon for her that i can get

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Is there an effective way to spend this shop? Or just take everything as much as possible?

serene crystal
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@hexed glacier

shadow gyro
# hybrid isle a rank

don't bother tbh
can get foundry and level it to 35 (nothing more or it's a waste of mats) or just keep base, she doesn't have any alternative

serene crystal
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Even if you wanted to get it, it isn't available anywhere as she doesn't get her weapon banner anymore and it isn't in reserve works so the weapon is completely unobtainable at this point.

ruby surge
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I literally need my hand held on what to play first. I'm on Chapter 31EX, started Part 2 long enough to get the suit and weapon for VBm, have done some side things. I have all the game modes unlocked but coming back I have no clue what to play. I'm slowly doing events when I feel like doing the card game.

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I have so much stamina to use.

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I feel like I know nothing anymore.

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# ruby surge I literally need my hand held on what to play first. I'm on Chapter 31EX, starte...

You are hitting the point where they start to phase out stamina usage for story so you don't need to think about having enough for story.

You end up with way more stamina then you need, so you use some for what is needed for dailies i.e material expedition and three dorm expeditions and then put the rest into open world and if you have anything left you burn it in dorm expeditions.

For what you should be doing that is up to you. You can continue onwards with story or do the events for this patch. Hot on the Trail and the graduation event should be pretty fast and give decent rewards so completing them is probably a good idea.

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How does stamina work in open world? I forget.

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Hot on the Trail seems very hard.

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Also for a roadmap you can focus on the daily/weekly missions tab first and clear out content one by one, since it is the usual content cycle.
Once you're done for the day you can look through the Events tab and see what you can do right now

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As for the open world stages (apho and such) there's an adventure tasks section where choosing the tasks to do (upto 5) takes stamina. That and the daily material event stages are main stamina usage in the endgame

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for excess stamina, you can burn it on expedition stages in the dorm tab for free materials/valk fragments

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there's also this pin which lists the usual content you unlock as you level up and have to do, I feel like having a quick skim may help #👶beginner-help message

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Outside of all this is the story, it stops needing stamina at the stage you're at iirc so you can do that at your own leisure

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You're welcome to ask more questions or details if it's still needed VitaPopcorn

ruby surge
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How do I figure out my teams for all these modes? Especially when I have like no Astral Ring stuff? I built Jade Knight and HoH:E on initial release and haven't touched anything since so I've got VBm and a dream lmao.

thick bolt
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for hott just copy whatever they are using since trial chars are available

serene crystal
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For Hot on the trail you get trial valks which are correctly built. None of the events really use your own valks.

ruby surge
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Yeah but the weekly stuff like Abyss, and Memorial Arena, so on.

thick bolt
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For ER the VBm is unironically one of the strongest valks in there, give me a bit to send the guide over

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Abyss and MA can vary by weather. For Abyss most of the time just bruteforce with whatever team counts as your strongest.
More complicated for MA since multiple teams but there is a buffed mode available for that so even weak teams can clear eventually, though with lower score but you want to clear at least for the rewards since ranking reward increase there is minor

thick bolt
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2.25x difficulty is max crystal reward, no need to do finality

thick bolt
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send a pic of your roster over, mention any geared valks

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if it's barebones you can use these

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!faq fhm

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ruby surge
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Geared means?

thick bolt
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actual decent teams

thick bolt
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The first picture is all my level 80s, the second is the newest units. The only ones I think that are fully geared are Jade Knight and HoH:E (but her initial Part 1 gear).

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VBm and RC have weapons!

thick bolt
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HoHe JK Kira/RC you can use

thick bolt
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you should be set for the most part with this, just gonna be a bit of a pain till you pull and setup gacha units/teams eventually

ruby surge
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I plan to pick SW from box and grab her weapon since that will be more budget friendly?

thick bolt
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Yeah loads

ruby surge
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I don't know what I'll do after. I looked at CN but I'm not sure anyone I want will be coming.

thick bolt
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Both Coralie and Helia work with her and we also have a free Senadina next patch so you'll get a nice team with that

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after that is just saving up and waiting for future releases. Unless supremely unlucky you can more than likely pull most of them with the rare skip

ruby surge
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Should I get TA or skip that for now? That's the only unit that I'm missing in the beginner teams and then it's stig work.

thick bolt
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Fine to unlock TA, having more MA team flexibility will be a boon.

ruby surge
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I have an Elysia problem lmao.

thick bolt
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Haha understandable

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But as they say, can only go up from here. Even the backpulls will have some benefit and if you have a favourite unit then by all means go for it, games are for fun

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If you have any questions still feel free to ask, I or anyone on will answer

fresh igloo
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anybody have a invite code they wanna share for my new acc?

thick bolt
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@ruby surge free crystals xd, send your link

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well since they're poofed for now

thick bolt
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pick any from your account region

fresh igloo
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ah ty

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didn’t see the channel

ruby surge
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LMAO noooo

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Just barely late oh well.

thick bolt
wispy aurora
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Did global get 8.8 beta or am I being dumb?

thick bolt
wispy aurora
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I thought so I saw the survey and was like wait did we get beta

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serene crystal
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Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo, Hi Love Elf, Herrscher of Finality, Valkyrie Blastmetal.

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Also glossary is pinned

tribal valve
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# tribal valve okok thank uuu
Astral Ring and Specializations

Allow me to explain, Captain! AichanCool

Characters under the Astral Ring System will have one ring type (Specialization), and one or multiple tags (Attributes) that will determine how they can form teams. This system is only activated if a Character with Astral Ring is set as the leader. When activated:

  • the leader's ring type will decide the team's playstyle.
  • the team will benefit from effects (e.g., Stigmata buffs) that require Astral Ring.
  • the team will gain access to Stellar Outburst, a high damage output state you can enter after charging enough energy (Astral Ring Intensity).

Astral Ring Team Building Resources:

  • [Click here](#👶beginner-help message) for a guide to Astral Ring team building fundamentals!
  • Click here to view a spreadsheet of Astral Ring Specializations, Tags, and the Valkyries protected by them.

For information on each Astral Ring Specialization:

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try to find some time to read through this, at least the first passage and the first link

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team building is different from how it used to be and this will explain the process

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if you still don't feel you understand it, then ask us for more help

tribal valve
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after going through it you should be able to understand why shessair recommended the earlier teams to you

although the HLE team is a bit awkward

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byeomg this is so complicated

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it has like so many things to it….

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what have i been doing in hi3 this entire time😭

serene crystal
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Yes double RoO is sketchy but it is the best you can do here.

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it's a big guide but it's only big because it's very step by step. Take your time.

I can extremely simplify it if needed, or we can talk through it instead. Some people prefer that

tribal valve
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what do you understand so far?

tribal valve
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im ngl i understand nothing from that

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ok. Can you open the game and go to your valk menu first?

tribal valve
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Yes

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Im on rn

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i want you to find some valk with a blue square at the bottom left of their portrait

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sparkle for example

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okk

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when you click on her and look at the left, you should see two rows of icons. I only care about the bottom row

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these icons will tell you what astral ring stuff the valk has. The pictures alone is kinda meaningless though. I want you to click them to bring up pop ups to see what each are

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the big blue icon is the ring type

the smaller icons are the tags

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Here's the very simplified part:

  • if you're using the valk as the leader (using her as dps), you only look at the ring type (big blue icon)
  • if you're using the valk as a non-leader (as support), you only look at the tags (small icons)
tribal valve
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what are the characters that shiw when u press the smaller icons sypposed to mean like are they support that go w her??

serene crystal
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They show all characters with that tag/ring

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the right side show what valks has the tags

tribal valve
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oh

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anyway every ring type matches with a specific tag. There's no tricks or logic to this

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you just need to know what they are

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it tells you at the bottom that this matches with the domain resonance tag

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so you want to fill the rest of the team with domain resonance supports

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the characters that show here right

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yes

serene crystal
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The symbol for the tag is a derivative of the symbol for the ring but this can sometimes be hard to see.

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so you can see in your screenshot, you can use various options.

  • Obviously you cannot use sparkle for herself, but if you ever get another world star dps leader, you can use sparkle to support her too.
  • Shessair earlier suggested HLE and HoFi to support your Sparkle if she's leader. VBm coralie and VBs helia are farmable and are generally weaker. (Helia also is more focused on boosting lightning which sparkle is not)
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generally speaking, as long as the tags of the gacha valks match the leader's ring type the boosts will be pretty similar to each other. There are differences that do matter high in the game but we don't have to worry about that too much for now

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you can also click the filters menu at the bottom left of the valk menu to search for something more specifically

serene crystal
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Rite of Oblivion valks with the Omniscient star tag can also be used with anyone while being notably worse then correct tag valks they are still a lot better then non-matching valks.

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now that i know how the icons work lolol

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currently you can just look directly down to see what ring type matches with what tags

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what is HLE's ring type?

What does that ring type match with?

tribal valve
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yes correct

tribal valve
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but the problem is you don't have any symbiosis supports to use

this is the awkward thing about the new system. Newer tags are not farmable and new players are stuck in limbo until they get enough gacha valks to fill in such roles

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But we can cope to some extent

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So let's take a look at rite of oblivion valks. This ring type is a bit more special and weird from the others

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if you check any RoO ring type valk, they all have the [omniscient star] tag

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leader skills for astral ring valks now have 3 parts and the effects are usually pretty important

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i'm not going to go into details but you can see at the bottom even though none of the tags match, you will still at least get the full leader skills with these supports https://i.imgur.com/S0vMeC8.png

tribal valve
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okok so i need to build blastmetal 🥹🥹

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i hate using her idk why💔

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but keep in mind this is only partial benefits overall. They still aren't going to give you as much buffs/debuffs and more importantly they won't interact with your ring type's gimmick

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so in the case of grail, that ring type wants to constantly restore sp to cast ults

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an actual symbiosis support will be able to restore a ton of SP to the team during outburst state. An RoO valk will not.

tribal valve
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this is good opportunity for you to try the filters menu

tribal valve
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aghhh i dont have either of them

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although i also don't want you focusing only on symbiosis supports and pulling reruns for them. You're better off focusing on newer releases and getting symbiosis from them if they happen to have it along the way

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Helia or new mei battlesuit💔

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this is purely meta speaking though. If you have a personal favorite to backpull for and don't mind the worse meta outcomes from doing so, then it's fine. But it's important you understand the details if you choose to do so

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anyway we can stop there for the team building talk. That's basically it

tribal valve
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i mostly pull for my favorites but ive been hving a hard time completing dtuff lately so i wanna build meta teams

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maybe rereading the guide from earlier now will make a ton more sense now

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for now try out the teams suggested to you earlier.

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okok i think the video linked will help me more im good w videos

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yeah ama's video is nice. It goes into various examples and even shows the flexibility of the new system once you get enough astral ring valks to work with

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tribal valve
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conventionally we write the leader first. Make sure sparkle is leader in this case

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but also i guess we can discuss how to rotate the team

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ohh love elf was the leader

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yeah that's why then. Leader is now dps and the ring type will decide the team's playstyle

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it shows 3/3 now

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but in that case sparkle doesn't fit hle at all

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keep in mind every ring type plays differently too

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so i talked about grail earlier with their sp and ults

tribal valve
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world star doesn't really do that. It has a different gimmick during outburst state. It makes certain valks on the team put down marks and other valks on the team pop them for damage. Some valks do both roles

tribal valve
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Should i pull for any specific Astrolop?

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So in this case, sparkle will set down a mark (two fishes swirling together). She can then pop it 6 times. The other two supports can also pop 6 times each. The mark itself can pop 18 times in total.

serene crystal
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The 3/3 means that you have three Astral ring valks in the team and don't pull for AOPs unless you have good coverage and want to retain Nirvana.

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!faq gachaop

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Should I Pull AstralOps?

NOO CAPTAIN! AichanAngery

If you are a f2p meta player, you should not pull gacha AstralOps - only players who are retaining or trying to retain Nirvana should consider it if they have the funds (unlikely for f2p players).

Reasons:

  • Dreamseeker is good enough despite being free.
  • Too expensive, especially if they need SS (~20-30kCrystal).
    • AstralOps have the same cost as a gacha weapon, therefore pulling one may result in being unable to afford a Valkyrie's weapon down the line (for meta players, this means skipping said Valkyrie entirely).
  • The damage and score increase they provide in Redlotus and below is often minimal and not needed to retain.
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omg lmaoo ive been tryna pull for one

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nvm then🥹

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if you like them for how they look then don't let meta completely stop you but it does cost up to 60 pulls

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which is the same as a weapon

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if you're f2p or light spending, you're not going to afford everything. So that astral op could effectively have been a weapon you missed out on

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yeah ikntheyre soo expensive but i definitely thiught they were useful thats why i wanted to pull for them like i said ive been tryna build meta teams

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they are late in the game but the benefits they offer aren't something you can strongly appreciate early in the game

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by late i mean high in the meta and at high competition once you understand the game better and have a more developed account

serene crystal
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Main benefit is that you can do second stellar outburst faster so it matters for fights where you are doing 2 SOs and this doesn't happen very often before Nirvana

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slight change in topic i do want to talk about how to rotate the team in battle/gameplay

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how familiar are you with this idea?

tribal valve
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sure

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the short of it is that for most supports, you usually look at the 3pc stigmata effects

tribal valve
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yeah that's not a good idea.

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QTEs are flashy but not always beneficial and can even cause inconveniences

fluid grove
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what comes after vita banner?

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The new mei's QTE is actually weak for her as a dps and gets shut off outright

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sinful ingot
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which hi3 should i download?

raven bane
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!faq what server

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# spiral badge !faq what server
Ways to identify your Server!

Let Ai-chan help, Captain! AichanWave

App name:
SEA: Honkai Impact 3
GLB: Honkai Impact 3rd

UID:
SEA: 8 digits
GLB: 9 digits
Refer to this message on how to locate your uid ingame.

In-game Login Screen:
SEA: No server selection
GLB: Americas/Europe server selection button on top-right corner

Languages available in settings:
SEA: CN, EN, TH, VN, ID
GLB: CN, EN, DE, FR

Server Time Zone:
SEA: GMT+8
EUR: GMT+1
USA: GMT-5

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!faq steam

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Playing on Steam

Hello, Captain! AichanWave

Playing Honkai Impact 3rd on Steam has both benefits and drawbacks! No matter what other captains say, please decide if it's for you or not!

** DRAWBACKS **

  • Cannot link a Hoyoverse account to your game account. This means no HoyoLab features (like daily check in), no twitch drops, and discord linking to Hoyoverse accounts does not work either. Anything that needs a Hoyoverse account does not work.
  • No Crossplay, you can only play through Steam so you cannot play the same account on mobile or use any launchers.
  • No Hoyoplay launcher, which lets you play most of your Hoyoverse games from one single launcher.
  • Can only play on the Global (EU/NA) servers.

BENEFITS

  • Harder to forget your login, you have to lose your Steam account to lose your HI3 account. It is still very possible to lose your Steam account, but as long as you have access to your Steam account you have your HI3 account.
  • You can use your Steam wallet to top up.
  • Steam tracks your hours played (some custom launchers do this too for those with Hoyoverse accounts.)

For many captains the lack of Hoyoverse account features and lack of crossplay is a dealbreaker, but it's up to you how you plan on playing!

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sorry for the screen clears

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# sinful ingot which hi3 should i download?

but check the first part (app name) of the first message if you're trying to figure out which one is Global (na/eu) and SEA

the main differences across these servers are the playerbase and reset times across various activities. Ping isn't largely a concern but some events can have multiplayer where it may matter more.

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and the second post can tell you more details about the steam specific version.

tribal valve
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okok im back

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oh wait i see it now

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if you mean steam version and official version, go with official.
steam doesnt allow you to connect with your hoyoverse account
but i assume this was the true meaning

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# tribal valve brahh

yeah so QTEs are

  • a forced animation meaning it costs time to play them out
  • their attacks aren't always strong (especially from supports)
  • they may not always provide effects you need currently
  • they cause the valk swapping out to incur a longer swap cooldown (4s > 8s afaik)
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and ofc you may not want to swap to stop playing the current valk you're on

tribal valve
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when you understand what they do and have a reason to swap to them

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but there can be many reasons behind this

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mainly maybe your support's buff/debuff effect has worn off and you need to refresh them

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or maybe there's a specific interaction with an enemy has came up and you need a specific valk to handle it

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like maybe the boss brings up a hitcount shield and you need a high hitcount valk to handle it

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i can go into many examples but we'll be here all day

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i'll tell you straight up you can prob shut off VBm (coralie's) QTE at least

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so this is the QTE's effects

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  • it deals damage (but vbm isn't the main dps)
  • it restores 2 bars to her meter (but we don't need it. We restore it in a different way)
  • it lets us tap weapon after that QTE animation to access her thumping finisher (but we get to this attack with a different method)
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so this QTE is effectively useless to us and just waste our time

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generally VBm as a support mainly opts to swap in > jump > air basic (slams to the ground. This restores the one hammering feel we need) > weapon active finisher (this consumes the hammering feel we just gained)

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but maybe i'm getting too ahead. We never discussed how VBm works

prisma kiln
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do you understand how she buffs and debuffs?

modern trellis
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why does it say ongoing when i cleared all 3 of the tasks in the gameplay guide of the returnee missions

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@sweet flax do you know?

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if i have to extremely simplify it then

  • 3 stack buffs from casting weapon 3x (or 1x ult at the start of the fight)
  • debuff from hitting the enemy with weapon finisher
  • stellar drain from hitting the enemy with weapon finisher #👶beginner-help message
  • casting weapon active triggers various effects from her stigmata effects. Stacks twice to extend its duration if you have 3pc
  • ult technically has some exclusive stuff but isn't always worth casting
  • outburst has exclusive stuff but those are generally passive. No need to manually set up the effects if you're going to outburst either.
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ok that was not extremely lmao. I tried

patent lion
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where to use spirit jade?

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help

prisma kiln
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patent lion
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oh sory

sinful ingot
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# patent lion where to use spirit jade?

Dorm > Divine Key menu for account wide upgrades. Only for specific weapon categories (four of them)

Get the base weapons for these from...

  • Realms of battle
  • either
    • Pledge of Sakura from Foundry (farm G1 fire from mirage)
    • Oath of Judah from Exchange Shop (farm mirage to buy and trash weapons from foundry. More info in the mirage faq in the pins)

You do need to upgrade one weapon from each category to access higher unlocks to spend more spirit jades

once you're done maxing out those upgrades in that menu, jades don't really have any other use and can be trashed into asterite

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!faq dkey what

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sweet flax
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@modern trellis

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Also, the event will still display regardless to inform returnee's of all available events in the current patch

patent lion
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what is the reward at 20k point in ER?

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you should be able to click on it for the details

patent lion
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i cant lol

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you mean you see the popup but can't click the emblem right?

patent lion
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yea

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ok in that case you can go back out to the main menu > profile top left > emblem at the bottom > and see emblems you do not own yet

patent lion
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is it smth important?

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but anyway it's not an important emblem

patent lion
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tsymm

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it doesn't last forever. Its effects are only for ER itself

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it's only something to get right now if you want to stack its remaining duration as high as possible but most people don't care for that

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@tribal valve btw regarding how to rotate

in most cases a team consist of one dps and two supports

because of how effects are multipliers, it makes the most sense to start your support effects before swapping in your dps

once your supports wear off, you repeat the cycle. hence rotation

i'm not going to cover too much how to play a valk as a dps. Check the ingame tutorials for a basic introduction. (attack > events tab > tactics class)

for supports, in most cases you want to look at their stigmata 3pc effects. You will generally see something like this https://i.imgur.com/NwA9X0a.png

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throughout the stigmata, you will see alot of effects refer to some fancy name specific to the set. In this case it's called heart's splendor for HLE

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And the way to start that effect is listed there. You can trigger any (not all) of them to get the effect going. Usually the duration is 25s

For HLE:

  • hitting something with weapon skill
  • hitting something with QTE
    • this hit condition is important. If you don't hit, it won't activate. Sometimes you can still hit something even if it doesn't take damage and still get the effects but don't worry about that for now
  • enter stellar outburst
  • enter the battle as leader
  • enter stellar surplus state (granted by only specific other valks)
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Stigmata 3pc are NOT the only source of support effects though. You do need to explore your valk's skill descriptions, weapons, other stigmata effects, as well as boss effects and stage/weather effects. But 3pc is one of the major ones overall.

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It is also worth looking for the stellar drain condition for the valk to help with charging SO. This is under astral ring under valk skills normally.

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again more info about stellar drain can be found here. It's basically a possible big source to gaining energy for your outburst #👶beginner-help message

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anyway i need to go now but other regulars can still help if anyone still have any questions. Good luck~

south robin
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What banner do I summon on as a new player?

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Cuz I’m lost I see so many banners yo

modern trellis
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where is this cutscene 💔

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Beginners can pull for either Badum Fiery Wishing Star or Fate Defying dragon on beginner banner

shell basin
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So if you like one of them as a character then you could easily justify that

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and then you'll want to try and get Silverwing from the war treasury because she's getting a new banner weapon next patch

lyric anvil
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I would suggest Badum too since she can support SW

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Why does it shown 18/32? I did all the stages... Or will it unlock later on as i progress?

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did you though

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do i take AzureEmprea from this?

serene crystal
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You do not take AE here see pins for s rank egg.

robust oriole
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what about this beast?

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wait HoTr isnt in war treasury

serene crystal
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so is that the optimal pick

serene crystal
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Silverwing should be the best option if you are going to get her stellar key next patch.

robust oriole
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alr have her

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but since she's on one of my main damage dealers i'll consider it

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You should get enough from just standard crystal sources over the period where it is in the shop without anything extra.

patent lion
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doesnt she have this

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also like 15 sp and %30 elemental dmg bonus

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isnt she pretty okay still these buffs look nice

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she carried my ass before shouldnt she be good for a newbie like until rank 60

prisma oyster
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in ma u only need to fully complete 1 boss for the lite to be usable right?

quick birch
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The free valks you get from the asterite shop is more than enough for early game

patent lion
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you couldnt live without her

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can anyone give team reccs for early? I don't know what most of their roles are but I'm trying

safe yew
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hey guys is the beta open for the next registration?

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@frank dagger

frank dagger
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I feel lost trying to build for Abyss.

serene crystal
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What tier are you in and pre/post breakthrough?

ruby surge
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What is breakthrough again? Tier? Is that the number that says Disturbance?

glad ice
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its lvl 80 to 81

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the "difficulty" shift up

ruby surge
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My account is level 84?

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At lvl 80 you can breakthrough which changes the mechanics of abyss significantly,you are either in superstring or q-manifold.

glad ice
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then u already did

ruby surge
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Superstring.

outer spruce
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the tier is something like forbidden, sinful 1,2,3, agony 1,2,3, redlotus, nirvana

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abyss weather change every circle. u cant expect to build 1 or 2 teams and win all of it

ruby surge
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Forbidden.

ruby surge
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oh then just play, everything dies in like 2 hits in that tier

ruby surge
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Also, where do we get the things to craft the newer stigmatas?

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Universal mirage for ether fuel.

outer spruce
ruby surge
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for you to be struggling in forbidden there has to be some serious issues with your team, gear, and gameplay. Please show your team and gear

glad ice
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actually the boss doesnt die in 2 hits

patent lion
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does anyone have a code? im a returnee

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201513456we eu

ruby surge
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I don't have a "team", being told it was easy made me think just throw Coralie and some randoms but that isn't helpful and she does a few thousand per hit.

patent lion
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I don't have good stigmatas for her yet. She has her weapon. VBm. I don't know what I'm doing.

patent lion
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redeemed

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is getting sena rank up stamps worth it? i plan to 4/4 her next patch

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ill get her weap on reserve works and use her now

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there aint anything else on shop right

frozen crypt
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I wouldn't do that right now

patent lion
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i only have 5 4/4 p2 valks

frozen crypt
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wait until your sens is actually geared

patent lion
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i got the balls

frozen crypt
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think if you have a use case for her in this patch I suppose you could, let me check what the reserve updates are next patch tho

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sena ranks just aren't really that valuable

frozen crypt
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||sirin? are you sure?||

lyric anvil
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Yes

frozen crypt
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that makes zero fucking sense what are they cooking

lyric anvil
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supply shop?

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reserve shop

frozen crypt
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if reserve shop I'd say no

glad ice
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nice im still lacking sirin chakram

patent lion
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i found that i have a 3pc darwin set

how good is it on herrscher of thunder?

i have her divine key,i plan to farm her for fun

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I'd need more context on how much of that currency you have and if you've already bought other stuff from there already

glad ice
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idk which is more precious, stardust or ball

frozen crypt
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worse than edison in many cases

patent lion
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wth

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was edison a 3 star

frozen crypt
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the effects of darwin are far too annoying to trigger

frozen crypt
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its over

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i wonder how aponia is doing these days

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ill run her for fun,what were her supports?

frozen crypt
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think I'm not sure on BiS supports, what are your options?

patent lion
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uhh is ae and a rank helia usable forher

frozen crypt
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yeeesh

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thats painful

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no eden?

patent lion
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yea i didnt farm eden lol

frozen crypt
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I suppose you could use helia why not

patent lion
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is my azure empyrea build good?

frozen crypt
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just don't expect that team to be any good :p purely for experiencing the gameplay

patent lion
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ae was so good back then

frozen crypt
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but it'd work if you just wanna use it

patent lion
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i still swear by her

frozen crypt
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me too

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I still use dps AE for nirvana mobbing stages

patent lion
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holy shit aponia was so cool

frozen crypt
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I can't even like test it on my own acc for u cuz my aponia is lvl 1 and I refuse to level her up xd

patent lion
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is hot + divine key any solid?

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seven thunders narukami

frozen crypt
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eeeehh problem would be ur supports

sweet sequoia
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Is this game worth starting in 2026?

frozen crypt
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and even if ur not looking to be competitive, the story requires 0 competitive investment and it's pretty f2p/casual friendly now

sweet sequoia
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# patent lion seven thunders narukami

7T was very good and with a fully built team it can prob still hold up in endgame gamemodes, 7T is recommended to get anyway - not sure if you're asking so you can buy it from bp or if you already have both

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all sakuras are farmable

patent lion
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im a returnee i got all the divine keys until like brick

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excluding brick

frozen crypt
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ah that's nice

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HoT is nice to own anyway, with 7T you should be able to have fun in ER with her at least

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👍 -1000xtal

sweet sequoia
patent lion
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bricked

ruby surge
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This is my newest units, abyss seems impossible.

frozen crypt
ruby surge
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Idk why Discord squished this.

frozen crypt
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even then, with non-astral ring teams the supports do the heavy lifting

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0/4 is a you problem

sweet sequoia
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Do we have any free S ranks available for begginers currently? ive stayed a little updated on the game lately and ive seen hoyo giving out some free ones

frozen crypt
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youre like 3 days off

sweet sequoia
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Oh well....

glad ice
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yeah we got a S valk box

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7 day login isnt it

patent lion
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i already got silverwing and hohe

sweet sequoia
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u can use turg on hotr i guess

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the breach from her ult still good

frozen crypt
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seriously wtf do i pick if i already own sivlerwing and hohe

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do we have any other dkey leaks

patent lion
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can i keep the box forever?

glad ice
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u can

outer spruce
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oh im saving then

frozen crypt
patent lion
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sorry

frozen crypt
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we can only discuss what we know officially from cn which isn't leaks

opaque wolf
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I'm at the pit of sinful rn

frozen crypt
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which only includes ||sw dkey||

sweet sequoia
lyric anvil
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just 3 days kewk

frozen crypt
ruby surge
frozen crypt
prime current
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On X (Twitter)

sweet sequoia
glad ice
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wait is there hyperion lounge

outer spruce
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am i missing xtal

outer spruce
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and tags

patent lion
sweet sequoia
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also wasnt sena/coralie/helia better than finality trio before divinekey

opaque wolf
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And the free Sena lol

outer spruce
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next patch is Mei 1st

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(May 1st)

sweet sequoia
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new players joining in rn can have a 3/4 sena + 4/4 coralie + 3/4 helia off the rip

insane

frozen crypt
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HoH leader

patent lion
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its the premium ice team ithink

lyric anvil
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Old team

frozen crypt
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tbf it is ice down but it's literally forbidden it shouldn't matter

lyric anvil
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Forbidden doesn't have the negative

frozen crypt
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really? lol

lyric anvil
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Yes

frozen crypt
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HoH you can run scott tmb and the best bow you own
sushang you should own nebulous duality and you can run candy t fhm mb
felis you could run whatever weapon and roald tmb

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if you're not clearing with that we need a gameplay vid

glad ice
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felis navida

ancient needle
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Oh I have HoH on full old 4/4 (no new weapon/key)

ancient needle
frozen crypt
ruby surge
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I did the first stage pretty fast, thank you! I assumed Part 1 teams wouldn't be viable here.

ancient needle
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Well, they aren't in higher tiers

frozen crypt
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^^

ancient needle
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It's just you're in the lowest tier in the game

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You can sneeze and clear the stages there

lyric anvil
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That team wouldn't survive RL TeriDerp

frozen crypt
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also you need to consider that a rank coralie with her weapon isn't really a dps, she was never designed to be a dps whereas hoh is

glad ice
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that team wouldnt crawl to RL to begin with

frozen crypt
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I don't think they need to care about rl right now anyway

ruby surge
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I don't know what I'm doing, I am being forced basically to get SW dkey to try to be viable but really I just want more Elysia lmao. Coralie is pretty great too. I used to like Seele, but eh.

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Other than that, I have no one lmao.

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i use coralie very often but helia not so much

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am i missing out on much

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# patent lion i use coralie very often but helia not so much

that is correct, a helia is far less usable than a coralie

coralie is pretty much a wildcard, because she is RoO RiteOfOblivion she can basically plug support holes in any astral ring team. She's even best for support for RoO dpses sometimes, because RoO dpses demands other RoO valks to support them.
helia, however, has been pretty bad from the start having long animations and not really much use in her actual ring type, world star WorldStar either - as soon as there were better options for world star she got thrown out immediately. Helia is only really used as an extremely copium world star/lightning support

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# ruby surge I don't know what I'm doing, I am being forced basically to get SW dkey to try t...

if you really don't want to pull sw dkey you don't have to, you have HoH geared and she should be able to clear at least some of SW's weathers like ice clock which is confirmed to be running in week 3 next patch, but she won't be able to compete against anything specific to astral ring. It depends what abyss ranks you are aiming for, or if you are happy to sit in the lower ones (keep in mind abyss rank directly affects crystal income)

ruby surge
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Yeah I want to ride a line, I want to be viable but skip a few to collect? So I just feel lost.... we need more grindable P2 units. It feels messed up.

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I'll be completely honest, 'more grindable p2 units' is not going to happen - the game is very fair to f2p in the new system despite new characters and their weapons being gacha only, because the extended patch length allows f2ps who put consistent effort into the game to pull pretty much any new valk they want. If you wanted to focus on p1 stuff like old elysias, those mainly become longer side-projects because gearing up (and ranking up - which is required to make them usable in ranks where people are using p2 teams) p1 teams is a long grind.

ruby surge
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I don't even want old Elysias, I just want HLE and HoH key.

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Both are P2 level content, but waiting means figuring out what to get until then?

frozen crypt
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Yeah, HLE reran this patch and we have no news on a HoH dkey rerun so you have plenty of time to ether save up if you don't play daily or think about pulling something else

ruby surge
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I'm trying to play daily, I'm not a consistent person for reasons a bit out of my control lmao, but I'm working towards that.

frozen crypt
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yeah it's understandable, this game is pretty demanding compared to the more casual-focused gacha games with our abyss being twice per week. I just wouldn't want you to pull something you didn't really want then you get too busy to play then end up with insufficient crystals when hle/hoh dkey come back

ruby surge
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I figure with SW, it's just a weapon and the box from logins.

frozen crypt
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yes she's a lot cheaper than usual because you only have to pull the weapon

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but it's not like she's a must pull if you really didn't like her, in lower abyss tiers your HoH should be able to clear those weathers to some degree. SW dkey would help your account though because she's pretty easy to support.

ruby surge
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I just want to have fun? The strength of these games is making me care about some of them and then I play to beat content enough to have my favorites. Elysia, Yae, maybe Coralie (does she have an S rank battlesuit?).

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Yae is screwed so, it's not a lot to save for a few units.

lyric anvil
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Both of the part 2 A ranks gotten an S rank

ruby surge
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Oh cool.

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So I can get VBs soon, ||free Sena||, and SW dkey.

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That helps, I hope?

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I'm still not sure what to do for crafting all the stuff and gear, honestly.

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Stigmatas overwhelm me and I realized VBs and ||free Sena|| won't have their weapons?

frozen crypt
feral jolt
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Sena works w/o her weap?

frozen crypt
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as a support yes

ruby surge
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Where can I find what feels like mid-game help? I'm at Level 84, hard stuff is unlocked, the beginner teams are ready easily, what next? I need to start crafting the stigs and picking weapons.

frozen crypt
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there isn't really such thing as mid-game anymore because players get catapulted into endgame content very quickly, and you go straight to BiS setups after beginner setups

ruby surge
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Okay then- where can I find these setups?

frozen crypt
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in general, all p2 valks need their best weapon to perform well as a dps
whether they need their weapon as a support depends on what support utility the weapon offers and how reliant their actual kit is on having the weapon.

stigmata are not complicated anymore, all p2 stigs are farmable now in the foundry

ruby surge
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It feels complicated when you only have 5 Source Prisms.

frozen crypt
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Yes exactly, the problem is with farming stigs is that you can't just go picking up all p2 stigs in the game, you will quickly run out of prisms. You need to evaluate which valkyries you actually use frequently (by trying them out with beginner setups like 2pc fhm) and if you can justify crafting their best set

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you're not supposed to craft a lot of p2 stigs because for every new release you get given a free stig box for them and you're extremely likely to get the entire stig set while pulling for weapons plus some duplicates to salvage for prisms

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for beginners we only really recommend things like coralie's set if you're swimming in prisms, which you are not so definitely hold off on the idea of crafting p2 stigs for now

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I understand you're technically not a beginner but most of the advice for beginners and returnees is the same

ruby surge
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fhm?

ancient needle
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Fu Hua: Musician

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!faq glossary

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ruby surge
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What's the team guide link again?

ancient needle
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!faq ring

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# ancient needle !faq ring
Astral Ring and Specializations

Allow me to explain, Captain! AichanCool

Characters under the Astral Ring System will have one ring type (Specialization), and one or multiple tags (Attributes) that will determine how they can form teams. This system is only activated if a Character with Astral Ring is set as the leader. When activated:

  • the leader's ring type will decide the team's playstyle.
  • the team will benefit from effects (e.g., Stigmata buffs) that require Astral Ring.
  • the team will gain access to Stellar Outburst, a high damage output state you can enter after charging enough energy (Astral Ring Intensity).

Astral Ring Team Building Resources:

  • [Click here](#👶beginner-help message) for a guide to Astral Ring team building fundamentals!
  • Click here to view a spreadsheet of Astral Ring Specializations, Tags, and the Valkyries protected by them.

For information on each Astral Ring Specialization:

ruby surge
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Need to see the budget VBm stigmata setup.

ancient needle
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Ah

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!faq fhm

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ruby surge
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Thank you!

south robin
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I just got this character named Kiana is she good?

prime current
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If it is wishing star Kiana then yes

glad ice
south robin
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The free one you get on logging in

glad ice
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herrscher of the void i guess. can work for the first 50 lvl

trim burrow
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How is my charcters

glad ice
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just keep playing.
btw badum is a fire battlesuit (look at fire tag under her battlesuit name) so use Wang Zhaoyun stig on her, not Ogier

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and get the A rank coralie from asterite shop to support her (not really but it works partially)

trim burrow
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Hmm okay

glad ice
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there is a divine key gun which u got free at lvl 30 or so, its better

trim burrow
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Is the durandal I have good

glad ice
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no

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never got used except for meme play

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she has ER growth reward though, but u can leave that for later

trim burrow
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Show me the stuff you sayed with photo

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I have a limited memory remberance

glad ice
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scrolling through my stigs to find wang zhaoyun is quite tedious 😭
we need a stig search function

trim burrow
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Hmm okay I will get these I am more of playing this for er

ruby surge
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Who is best for ER?

wet path
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Story wise, when should I start doing APHO for the best story immersion

lyric anvil
ancient needle
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That's a more reasonable time to start it xdd

wet path
ancient needle
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APHO2 came out a lot later though, keep that in mind

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You can check that in the wiki

lyric anvil
quick birch
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there's also this if you're interested

wet path
quick birch
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actually they also kinda say that you can read apho when you want since it kinda plays in the future, you should be fine at your point in terms of story progression so just do it when you want

bright orchid
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Should i claim the box now or wait for next update bp

ancient needle
bright orchid
ancient needle
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Well, then you wait ofc, but I don't see much point in that

obsidian elk
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Does asuka still good? last time I played was HoD story first release. Then now there's Kiana Finality form lol.

lyric anvil
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@obsidian elk Keep in mind asuka is no longer obtainable so you may still want to keep your account anyway.

What kind of help are you looking for from this point?

  • Usually we offer meta advice, focusing on how to stay high in abyss against other players. Doing so helps you gain more crystals.
    • You may consider keeping this old account on the side, while starting a new separate one. A new account has beginner event and lets you reset your previous crystal rewards so you can focus more on new gacha banners earlier.
    • If you want to continue using the current account, that's ok too. It will take more time but it's not impossible to build towards the meta again.
  • However, meta is not needed. You can enjoy parts of the game like story and events without the gacha.
    • Asuka is no longer useful but we can still tell you how to build her. However building her to her best performance will be costly and time consuming, and will not achieve any strong results. We can also suggest cheap builds too.
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I may not be here when you see and respond to this, so feel free to mention me. Try to state your personal goals as clearly as possible. Other people who are here in the channel regularly can also help you too.

obsidian elk
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if you see yourself not playing for long or takes many long breaks, not a person who enjoys figuring out details, or don't enjoy playing long periods to improve your score, then maybe consider being more casual about the game

jade garnet
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but this doesn't have to be only casual or meta. you can find your own balance/mix

jade garnet
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If he were to get ColumbusM, would Children 3pc activate?

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i think it should

jade garnet
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Or must it be only Children and/or only Columbus

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Oh cool

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The pieces mimic the skills of Children, sans the individual skill names, and the two stigma sets can be mixed to activate the set's 2-/3-piece bonuses.

jade garnet
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Waow cool

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although i think asuka might just prefer Ely TB at this point or something. idr

jade garnet
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Yea I think so

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and abyss flower as the weapon? again idr

jade garnet
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ElyTB DanteM

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yeah

jade garnet
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Or wait

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No

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She wants Bianka Theatre?

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Idr lemme check Wyverin

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oh yeah maybe something like that too. BiankatT mainly?

lyric anvil
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it's a gacha stig but that particular art was only available during eva collab

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no longer obtainable

lyric anvil
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Ah

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so it's a vintage sort of thing

jade garnet
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But it was so long ago when I studied the build idr anymore

lyric anvil
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Guessing whichever lance had more attack?

jade garnet
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But I do remember one of those does have a slight edge over Longinus

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I think it was Ataegina

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Maybe mimi has smth

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try searching blazing hope + hi3 and looking up a latest bili video of some actual fight
edit: this is still too messy to look through lol

lyric anvil
jade garnet
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Irrelevant ass valk

lone crater
frozen crypt
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Was it not hler?

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For some reason I remember hler pri on asuka

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Still the stupidest pri to ever exist who tf makes a pri for er

lone crater
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hler ded

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technically same rot her own sig offers slightly more dmg, but af gives sp

glad ice
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u guys actually tried asuka

frozen crypt
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Nah mines S, dogshit

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Got for collection, didnt even get longinus

obsidian elk
jade garnet
obsidian elk
obsidian elk
wind yew
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What does 4/4 mean in characters?

And SSS+2? (I thought max character ascension was SSS)

Is there a guide link for maximum upgrade for characters/weapons/stigma somehere?

trim burrow
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How is my characters

shadow gyro
spring kestrel
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What the best team i can make for this round abyss

shell basin
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no HLE so it's a little sad

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but should function fine

bright orchid
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Also how many days until 8.8?

frozen crypt
shell basin
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so you'd want hle

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but they dont have hle

bright orchid
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Cuz i only have sena + hle team lol

shell basin
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BIS should be JDS HLE rita but Mei HLE Badum is second

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no sena doesn't work here

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physical abyss

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what charas do you have besides sena hle

bright orchid
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…vbm and vbs SenadinaStare

shell basin
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Lemme check sena kit rq

bright orchid
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Anyways its kind of annoying recently cuz anti lightning so much

shell basin
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I think ur best off with HLE VBM RC

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but you can try HLE VBM sena I guess

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Either way gonna be a lil painful. What abyss tier?

bright orchid
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Agony 1 or 2

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I forgot

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Eh i dont have rc
I only have 3/4 sss eden

shell basin
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rc is free tho... no Kira either?

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jk?

bright orchid
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I have kira SS3 but errr 0/4

bright orchid
shell basin
bright orchid
shell basin
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oh 3/4 eden so handel only no wep

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not sure what your best 3rd option is then lmao

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can try sena for stellar drain or can try to buy A rank rc from asterite shop and cope

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no way to figure out besides testing

trim burrow
shell basin
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so she can help you out

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you'll want to try to get silverwing NEX from war treasurey

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so you can get her new wep next week

trim burrow
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Hmm I don't play much I played at launch of hi3 only just returned newly

frozen crypt
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if that's a returnee account with none of the launch-only items you'll probably want to start a new one

dusk ginkgo
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i started playing HI3 in dec just for like 15 days then i got some business, i am back again as a returnee. can anyone guide me

shadow gyro
frank dagger
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can someone advise me on who i should get from asterite shop?

serene crystal
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Check pins for asterite shop priority

frank dagger
prisma oyster
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i already hit SS on sw should i keep farming for sw or is this enough

shadow gyro
serene crystal
prisma oyster
prisma oyster
shadow gyro
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u do want these al valks, but if you have a spare i would rank sw a bit more

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sss us supposed to be the standard but not everyone will have sss, ss1 would be nice at least

prisma oyster
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116 AL Dorysia

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i do have the boxes

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from anni

shadow gyro
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does that include the sw box

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u can show the boxes

prisma oyster
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oh i mean these

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i already used the s rank box to lvl up sw since i bought her from wt

shadow gyro
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u can just show the inventory page where this is because i wanna check smth

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if you have any box that does have sw or her frags, i could use that for ss1 and you can start getting valks for ER crystals since you'll need to restock in AL to afford them

opaque wolf
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should I try to grab waxing moon for hofi if there's like rerun or some

serene crystal
opaque wolf
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sure then

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only hope on my account is senadina 4/4 and du reign solaris 3/4 and ive been thinking about restart and reroll for the upcoming content

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Should I try to climb up first or just

shadow gyro
shadow gyro
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at least you can have a semi full team for both sena and sw next patch so it isn't bad

opaque wolf
shadow gyro
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its just that rs will be left in the dust for a bit, sw can support loa but 3/4 rs is ehh...

opaque wolf
opaque wolf
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Im too lazy to start a new one that's why im still here with these

shadow gyro
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ull only use sw next patch too, you can already level her and her skill and rank her a bit too but u can't actually use her rn

opaque wolf
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o no.

opaque wolf
shadow gyro
shadow gyro
opaque wolf
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normal

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dont tell me it's ascension

slim blaze
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kekeke

opaque wolf
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mb ai

shadow gyro
opaque wolf
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normal 17, asc 50

shadow gyro
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oh okay

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ignore ascension one

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you'll be good for the normal one

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just uh don't pull ascension

opaque wolf
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surely

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I wont do it now LOL

shadow gyro
opaque wolf
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I was like ey 3/4 du why not 4/4

shadow gyro
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the pity doesn't carry over

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and u need the pulls for sw dk so yeah

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the normal one does carry over

opaque wolf
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oh dang dear I actually save my account

shadow gyro
opaque wolf
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I still got enough roll to hit norm banner pity

slim blaze
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yikes

opaque wolf
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more like, yatta.

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yk

shadow gyro
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your account is fine tho, sw will help you out
making a new account is always nice but will require you to put a lot of effort
not to mention you'll have to farm sw which will take a long time that u might not be able to do it on time

opaque wolf
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oh ok thanks

shadow gyro
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yeah just save for sw dk and don't pull anything else FuHuaApprove

patent lion
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do i salvage my darwin set for stigmata material? those red ones.

is darwin a bad set for HOT?

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nvm darwin cant give stigmata resonance already

safe yew
# shell basin No

when will it be tho? so 8.8 beta is already over? when did it end btw

quick birch
shadow gyro
dusk ginkgo
trim burrow
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How can I get this mei

serene crystal
trim burrow
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How and where

serene crystal
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It is obtainable from Dorm expeditions, from Asterite Shop and open world adventure task reward.

trim burrow
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Hmm okay

shadow gyro
# dusk ginkgo i pulled for songque at start, i have her full set stigma and pri arm. i use JD,...

hmm it will be rough but jds can technically still carry you, the unfortunate news is that next patch silverwing will get new equipment so she'll be meta but she got no synergy with jds, so you'll just have separate teams, on the other hand there's a free sena next patch so she can be used for both valks
as for the crystals, save them for silverwing new equipment (coming next patch, don't get the current equipment) and if you don't have her yet then you want to get her from war treasury, if you have a box that have her, you can use that to help you out

dusk ginkgo
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i haven't used it yet

shadow gyro
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overall not bad, you're carried by having untouched crystals that you'll really need next patch

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free sena won't be available soon though so you'll still have a half team for a while

dusk ginkgo
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i tried the red lotus but failed miserably

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i can't even clear the first floor 😂

shadow gyro
dusk ginkgo
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nah they are too strong for me now

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i shouldn't have gone to red lotus

shadow gyro
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no no don't say that
youre meant to beat it at some point anyways

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you just returned so its understandable

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we can still try to figure things out if you want to

dusk ginkgo
shadow gyro
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cuz that will either give you an advantage or disadvantage

shadow gyro
# dusk ginkgo

hmm no weather or type advantage to take advantage off
but the blackhole will help, maybe try using it when theres a lot of enemies at the same time

dusk ginkgo
shadow gyro
dusk ginkgo
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leme try once

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I cleared it

dusk ginkgo
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stuck at floor 2 now ElysiaSob

wind yew
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Are those character trailers (from hoyostans guide) important for lore? (aka I need to watch it)

serene crystal
sinful ingot
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can someone explain these im newbie

serene crystal
jade garnet
hybrid isle
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r any of the divine keys from dorm worth it

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or jst useable

serene crystal
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Dorm doesn't give D keys are you talking about Realms of Battle or reserve works?

serene crystal
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@hybrid isle

serene crystal
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They don't see use beyond cope weapons for some early setups. They are really important to get for gene limits however and free ATK
#👶beginner-help message

sinful ingot
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what is the version rn?

serene crystal
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v8.7

hybrid isle
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@frozen crypt i only have 16000 crystals and the passes from login and beginner rewards and two days left before the next banners am i cooked🥹🥹🥹

hybrid isle
# serene crystal What was the plan again?

they told me ||paws wep and sw dkey > pull paws for the rest of yhe patch > get fdds gear afterwards|| but my issue is idk if im gonna be that active since nte's getting releaed soon

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do we get discounted supply start of next version or is that only for new vharacs

serene crystal
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Seems ambitious to me. There is a reduction for Youyun but that isn't helping you.

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You save the crystals for weapon and only pull for it after getting the character as weapon without character does nothing.

hybrid isle
obsidian lynx
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is thelema wep synergy 2 worth

jade garnet
obsidian lynx
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yea

jade garnet
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Nah

obsidian lynx
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i only have stamps left to buy in bp shops

serene crystal
obsidian lynx
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what else to buy then

serene crystal
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You kind of want to hit 50 K to feel safe with your plan.