Arknights

[tough matrix]

for some reason, I thought he's an old resident

[hot rampart]

its the shadowcraft role

[nocturne quarry]

Curious now on the roles statistic for peeps playing AK haha

[tardy vigil]

I am an ancient being in this server

with 4 days old AK account

[tough matrix]

I see

W best waif

trust

[tardy vigil]

typhon is best waifu I see so far

never seen any W

its 5th hundered stam I am sinking into 1st stage of the event this morning

if I spend my snacks could get 800-900

[tardy vigil]

What to buy

I have lots more stamina coming

(but can use it for other things, if possible)

[hot rampart]

get materials starting from the left one as thats the highest tier mats

[tardy vigil]

what are they used for?

if its for "improving talent, that you can do after getting e2 on your 6*" then I have more urgent spendings

[hot rampart]

promiting operators which is a huge powerspike for operators uses them

[tardy vigil]

I definitely cant buy every single one

[hot rampart]

i dont mean materials on that top left

thats a

token

think of it as character dupes and its for one specific operator (welfare u get from the event)

[tardy vigil]

and everything else is used for e1 and e2 units?

[hot rampart]

yes

except furnitures ofc thats just

decos

[tardy vigil]

but left ones are e2 I assume?

[hot rampart]

yeah

they cost a lot of sanity to be farmed

and is used a lot by 6*

[tardy vigil]

4th hour of grinding event btw

[hot rampart]

theres gonna be a QoL farm where game let u queue auto repeats

coming around end of april/start of may

[tardy vigil]

what a time to join the game

I surely will appreciate this QoL

but if it let me queue 10 stages I would just walk off for half an hour

[hot rampart]

yeah it basically do that

[tardy vigil]

"here boss, lots of people are playing our game for significant amount of time"

[hot rampart]

real...

[tardy vigil]

I also need stam to farm promotion tokens and base upgrades

and weekly armageddon or whatever

I guess this game is really stam limiting and heavily encourage monthly

[hot rampart]

it do be like that

do prioritize the armageddon annahilatio as its the main source of gacha pulling

[tardy vigil]

oof

in event it costs 10

how much it would be to get 100 event cost

[tardy vigil]

no time to farm it all

literally 8am - 14pm farm with short intermissions of doing life

I hope this QoL would allow to queue 99 stages

[hot rampart]

ah about that the max queue is like

6

[hot rampart]

usually when u reach far enough the average efficient stage farm is 18-21 sanity

[tardy vigil]

I just spent like 1k stam

with 9 stam stage

[hot rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/uncanny-cat-i-understand-robert-helpmann-gif-12915598409505088294

[tardy vigil]

at least shop dont dissapear next minute

[fluid verge]

God I need rocks again

It's always rocks

[tardy vigil]

is cutter a good unit

[hot rampart]

yes she is good

very good burst dps for a 4*

[tardy vigil]

so cutter is regular frontline (who also does damage)

mousse is poket arts dps

matoimaru is suicide paratrooper against enemy mage

[hot rampart]

yep

that fits

matoimaru sucks tho

[tardy vigil]

then I wont level her

[ebon sphinx]

shes in that position of too weak vs stronger versions and too expensive vs Melantha

[hot rampart]

and forgotten by hg

almost 5 years and still no skin

[tardy vigil]

so as I have lvl 2 base - I should not farm money and just wait for them to come up?

I could either farm money and lvl up 3*, or invest into tokens and e1 4 and 6 units

[hot rampart]

yes u should do that

farm other materials first as exp and money is passive income from base

[ebon sphinx]

really I think I can chalk that up to how Higashi has little to no lore...

the only Higashi event is a Collab event

[hot rampart]

yeah its shocking to me

[ebon sphinx]

interesting stuff about Oni is that ||they are apparently an offshoot of the Sarkaz||

[tardy vigil]

How should I approach this map

They send waves of shooters and sometimes casters, mixed with regular units

[hot rampart]

choke right beside the blue box

send cutter to kill the caster + a medic to not let her die while doing it

drop down medic and cutter at the same time but deploy cutter after the medic

and uh dont drop them right beside each other cuz the caster aoe attack is a plus shaped tiles

[nocturne quarry]

Also remember to try deploy tanky units last so enemy don't blast the squishy range units

[tardy vigil]

I wanna ranged def units

shame I am 295 pulls short from current banner

[nocturne quarry]

There should be a rerun later this year for the rerun of last year's CN/New Years event

On that banner is a ranged tank along with a limited brawler

Girl is the ranged tank, dude is the brawler

[hot rampart]

standard has 150**+** hard pity

[tardy vigil]

now they spawn melee giants who walks around in circles to kill any unit I send against their casters

[hot rampart]

300 spark is limited banners

[tardy vigil]

what is limited banner?

have I seen any?

[hot rampart]

nope

[tardy vigil]

so they are rare?

[hot rampart]

u will know its limited banner when theres free daily pull per day and its a duo character rate up banner

its like every 3 months

[tardy vigil]

there is a duo character rate up banner rn

but no free pulls

[hot rampart]

thats a standard

and uh

[tardy vigil]

yes it says in description "standard banner"

[hot rampart]

i do not recommend pulling on it unless u are into both of them

its a standard rotating banner
just there to rotate around and maybe bait some people into rolling

[tardy vigil]

not even a 10 pull?

[hot rampart]

their real value comes from whos in the shop to be purchaseable with gold certs

well since u r a newbie maybe but its up to u

[tardy vigil]

if it isnt recommended then I will skip

[hot rampart]

not recommended most of the time yes

[tardy vigil]

I thought doing 10 pull on all banners is good

ffor 5*

[hot rampart]

banners u should look forward to is the ones with single rate up or limited

due to AK pull econ it sucks to do that

single rate up : u only see one character on the banner like the typhon banner u rerolled on

[tardy vigil]

What's big difference between single rate up rerun and double

[ebon sphinx]

higher chance to get the featured character on single rate after all

[tardy vigil]

Eeeh, I'm fine getting whoever tbh

[hot rampart]

single : 50% rate up operator ( 50/50 chance u get rate up operator or a spook when u roll a 6* )
limited : 70% rate up but its shared between two showcased operator so basically 35% for each one
the standard available right now : 50% rate up shared between two showcased operator so 25% chance for each one

[civic linden]

If you reaaally want one there is a free one in the archive menu

She's called mint

She isn't super good tho

[tardy vigil]

Old events

[civic linden]

Really funny to use when you get a good stage tho

[tardy vigil]

I will stick with main story for now

[willow nymph]

People on en really need to start spending

[tribal thicket]

EN has this thing about being proud being a f2per

[tardy vigil]

why pluses are red and minuses are green

4mil rmb + 10 mil rmb are good numbers

in a month

they have more promotion in china, they have bigger mobile gaming etc etc

people in tghe west do spend a ton for no reason for example in lol

also I feel that arknights in china has bigger market share then i nthe west compared to hsr GI or re99 (that I played)

[ebon sphinx]

red is a lucky colour in China, associated with prosperity if from what all the CNY celebrations show

[willow nymph]

Compare mainly with jp that has a similarly sized playerbase and way higher revenue

[tardy vigil]

mainly in ios

en anime degens are broke af, no iphones

[willow nymph]

Yeah if that was the case explain how ak en never went anywhere near top grossing in gplau

But ak jp does it every limited

[tardy vigil]

There definitely are differences in demographics

JP has anime all throughout society, including older people with jobs and stable income

In the west bigger part of the audience are teenagers/literal kids

[hot rampart]

and in the west they rather throw money on the next AAA slop , fps shooter or sports game rather than a shitty mobile game gacha

theres also for the specific SEA region

https://x.com/ZhugeEX/status/1768583651204223473?s=20

Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) on X

Gamers in Thailand and the Philippines spend the highest proportion of their income on video games.

However, Singapore dominates in terms of absolute spending on video games, primarily due to large difference in salaries when compared to other SEA countries.

Learn more:…

Twitter · Mar 15, 2024, 10:22 AM

[versed compass]

game when they say

hope

[wanton stratus]

I think I’m boutta skip

It’s fine, right?

[hot rampart]

yeah main source of bottleneck is the yellow ones anyway

also no need to censor ur other stuff

[hot rampart]

https://youtu.be/0tU5jonWCUA?si=h0KPq_Xj2mlJLGhc

[willow nymph]

Wow gimme i have exactly 0

[tardy vigil]

So, should I raise more then 12 units?

There is Haze, who doesn't look particularly great in general, however certain stages are extremely armor heavy and she does great there

[wanton stratus]

Thank goodness

[tardy vigil]

And I swap archetto out for her

[wanton stratus]

I didn’t do it after all

[wanton stratus]

Where’s your Amiya then?

[tardy vigil]

She is raised

She can't kill everyone alone

[wanton stratus]

Ah, I see

[tardy vigil]

I have both amiya and lava. Even mousse, even tho idk how to beat this guard chip stage

[tardy vigil]

I even have typhon e1 with her def shred

[wanton stratus]

Eventually you’re going to want to raise many more operators but 12 should be fine for the beginning of the game

A well-rounded squad can make it far

[tardy vigil]

Archetto definitely does jack shit against armor heavy stage

[ebon sphinx]

her attack is on the lower side even for an Anti Air Sniper so uh

[willow nymph]

it's actually on the higher side for aa snipers because she has good skills

her base attack is pretty low tho like every aa sniper

[wanton stratus]

Holy moly

[hot rampart]

despite this u wont be lucky anytime soon

[wanton stratus]

Typhon banner was rough enough already

Please, no more…

[hallow garnet]

shes very good against hordes

and she has range extension on s3

tho both s2 and s3 are fun and great

but ye she sucks vs def

[tardy vigil]

Armor heavy stage are usually 2-3 really big dudes

[hallow garnet]

typhon can handle those eventually

[tardy vigil]

So she is kinda niche
So I need more then 12 operators because of those niches?

[willow nymph]

I mean is being effective vs 70% of the enemies of the game niche

[hallow garnet]

yes and no

[willow nymph]

idt so

[hallow garnet]

if you only wanna invest in a handful of ops you gotta pick them right

[willow nymph]

but there's no cookie cutter do everything op in ak

except a few

[hallow garnet]

but shit like texalter, mlynar, yato etc can handle anything basically

[hallow garnet]

was about to say

[tardy vigil]

I don't have them

[hallow garnet]

sucks for you

in that case yes you will have to invest more than 12

but dw with time you'll be swimming in mats

but the early part is tough

[tardy vigil]

No credits at the moment

[hallow garnet]

cheeto was never top meta but she gets her job done and she does it well

shes one of my top units

and i use her wherever i can

[tardy vigil]

If credit and exp farms are shit then I can't do anything because those are gating me

[hallow garnet]

they are shit

[tardy vigil]

Well, I can do story

[hallow garnet]

but if you need them u farm them

if ur out of event shop

and whatnot

[tardy vigil]

Event shop is over

[hallow garnet]

yeye im sayin in general

[tardy vigil]

And I farmed 90% of it

[hot rampart]

that was a rerun shop so it was pretty little

new event coming this 19

[tardy vigil]

I see

[hot rampart]

will have much more mats

[hallow garnet]

is jessalter coming now?

[hot rampart]

yeah next event is jessicat

[tardy vigil]

Hopefully I will beat stage 2 of that event

[hallow garnet]

jessicat

i like that

[wanton stratus]

Jessicatto/Jessica2

[hot rampart]

jessie

we need to cook

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-gif-8086630669522815021

[willow nymph]

jester

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/limmy-falconhoof-scottish-yes-gif-11168010

[civic linden]

you don't have to worry too much about whats meta or not

going full meta is just if you want a "kill everything without a though" playstyle, which in imo makes the game waay less enjoyable

i mean i use carnellian almost in almost every stage despite a lot of people saying she is one of the worst 6*(which she isn't) and she does just fine

[hot rampart]

she doesnt instantly delete the enemies when u activate her skill bad 6* star 🗣️

https://youtu.be/cCuryV-rt0U

[bleak mirage]

Is jessica out yet?

[willow nymph]

No

If you don't see people posting her in chat she probably isn't out

[tardy vigil]

I've seen myrtle been called "game breaking 4*" in some tierlists

Sure, dp and healing but

She has dog stats, blocks 1 or 0 enemies

I usually had 2 vanguards courier and fang - and they tank decently and even kill few slugs until damage units are deployed

Is she really that good and I just miss something?

[strong rampart]

Play further into the game

Where enemies hit way harder and can easily tank Fang/Courier

[tardy vigil]

It's not really about the damage and more about tankiness

I can't use her to block a path

And I assume hits/kills regen energy

So if she just sits at back she gonna regen slower

[willow nymph]

that's uh fairly stupid

but yeah after a point in the game you can't open with pioneer vanguards anymore and then dp printers become your 2nd best option

the only game breaking 4* is ethan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Je-yJPJBk

vid kinda clickbait but eh demonstrates well

[civic linden]

Myrtle makes opening stages with 20+dp units waay easier

You probably can't see her value cause your units are on the cheaper side and units cost more after e1/e2

Also she comboes really well with a 6* caled bagpipe

To the point most late stage openers are like myrtle + bagpipr

[willow nymph]

that's really old meta and nowadays if you go meta meta you can just open with uber strong vg/specialists that aren't flagpipe

like Ines just works better usually for 1 slot she's more dp than you need and has way higher lasting value

than flagpipe

Mumu is also just higher value even if much more gimmicky

then you have specter mountain etc and all the cheap ops that can open maps just fine with no vanguard

[civic linden]

yeah, agents and mumu maked openers so much more fun

[willow nymph]

myrtle shook the meta when she released but yeah powercreep is a thing and flagpipe is kinda not real anymore

[bleak mirage]

Yup

[versed compass]

i deployed meteor = icecream truck insta died

trust me bro meteor good

[versed compass]

dont forget the FR duo

[willow nymph]

Kirito texas actually speaks for flag even if they duo maps no help

Because you don't really care about anything except having enough dp to deploy the derps repeteadly like a dumbass

[hallow garnet]

she revolutionized dp print

you might not feel the need for it now

her full power also requires bagpipe's talent

so she gets more starting sp

she prints like crazy

lets you get out your team way faster

her not being able to block doesnt matter if she can print enough dp for you to deploy somebody else

pioneer vangs are not used at all in this day and age

outside anni afk strats

[versed compass]

fair

[versed compass]

who was the hool simp here

hool usage in IS4

[wanton stratus]

It’s Kama lol

[versed compass]

oh right

3 flavor of CCs

[versed compass]

val opener lol

[hot rampart]

ambriel sweep

[versed compass]

ambriel was making it harder

she hitting sheeps

the only thing she did that run was reveal citizins

[versed compass]

btw about hool
since boss is big you get 3X dps

so she finally do damage

[tardy vigil]

90% of my roster is not meta

[hot rampart]

not like that matters much

[tardy vigil]

because its not meta account, its anew player one

guess I will judst build her later

I dont quite understand how you get by early if no pioneer vanguards

[hot rampart]

big issue as new player is just the grind is a lot before u finally can comfortably clear stages

[tardy vigil]

early aka first 3 units

[hot rampart]

nah we do use them back in the day

myrtle was sorta introduced when we have our account build up so we just raise her > put down our costly operators down > beat the stages

early on pioneer like fang is actually enough most of the time tho

good thing about pioneer is their 2 block so they are good enough to stop the early dogs rush before u put down other operators

[tardy vigil]

exactly

[hot rampart]

what myrtle does is her printing dp fast enough so u can put down actual strong 2/3 blocks operator down

guards and defenders

instead

its just kinda why people seeing myrtle as this le broken operator thing

and shes been here since year 1

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/kuhl_notes/status/1769240963950444544?t=8w8KZ1pPEYUsxuIQ7hnF4w&s=19

[tardy vigil]

but she neds to charge skill first

[hot rampart]

indeed

so does pioneer

and they both dont deal that much dmg

[tardy vigil]

pioneer can block 2 at least

and has lke double the tankiness

[hot rampart]

not really

[tardy vigil]

maybe 40% more tankiness

[hot rampart]

only difference are actually

block 1 vs block 2

and myrtle lose her block when using skill

but just sorta makes up for it by printing dp faster when skill up

u usually bring another vanguard with myrtle

[tardy vigil]

ok but when 2 lanes of dogs

[hot rampart]

thats not that common

myrtle value comes from when u have a squad full of 6* as their cost tend to be higher than other rarities

people just see vanguards usefulness is only from them printing dp

[tardy vigil]

so you place a vanguard and myrtle and front of them?

[hot rampart]

not every maps has dogs

so u get more leverage with faster dp print

and even if it has dog

the other vanguard will help takes care of it

in a squad people usually bring 2 vanguards anyway

[tribal thicket]

lmao fuck Myrtle

ugly loli trash

Never used her

You can do completely fine with just goddamn Courier and Plume

[hot rampart]

thats one way to see it tho abit too personal

u definitely can do fine without myrtle

[hot rampart]

https://fxtwitter.com/NoContextArkn/status/1769289771723972720?t=YAoc2EO1N2L4S4ZYriDS0Q&s=19

[quaint arch]

OH NOES

Breaking the Bad

AINTNOWAY

[hot rampart]

https://youtu.be/In1ergjM57w?si=Jht6VEMR8y5GRTYG

😔

[ebon sphinx]

if you want Arturia Giallo, you'd probably get her anyway...

[tardy vigil]

So close

Some stray dog run over me

and another fat ass broke through

[willow nymph]

Fellow santalla fan

[hot rampart]

based

[wanton stratus]

Crazed

[willow nymph]

Best 5* aoe caster

would be leon if he had good mod but sadly

[strong rampart]

Oi

FRD Texas

In IS

[hot rampart]

yes the sexas powercreep van texas

[versed compass]

i wanted her as an op since mag event 👴

[versed compass]

they removed the vg book in newer IS
and nobody play the old IS anymore

👴

[willow nymph]

same 👴

[hallow garnet]

theres no instant sp and frd for vg anymore

but yeah that was fun in is2

[willow nymph]

there's instant sp tho?

[hallow garnet]

bagpipe sure

[willow nymph]

no no

[hallow garnet]

wait the instant sp book is there?

oh

i just havent met it yet

alr

[willow nymph]

there's literally +15sp book for vg only

also all the +sp relics are there

[hallow garnet]

thats good

did we get confirmation if the diffusion hand is gone or not?

the piss hand

[willow nymph]

what confirmation ?

the gamemode is out since almost a year in cn and godhand has always stayed

[hallow garnet]

i was told before that the hand is gone

so piss is lower value

guess that was false then

[willow nymph]

ye

[hot rampart]

yeah godhand is still in

[strong rampart]

Wtf rip

I still play it

I haven’t maxed out the rewards yet lmao

Not active enough

It’s also refreshing to not have to deal with Seaborn bullshit

Once in a while

IS4 is out now right? I haven’t updated for a month or so

I think I’ll play it a bit today if it’s out

[willow nymph]

yep

btw newer is make casters good

~~there is even a f1 map that incentivise taking aoe casters)

[versed compass]

that map single handedly made lava superior to steward as early pick

its unreal

[willow nymph]

not my hg

😔

where has the caster hate gone

imagine a map with more than 10 dp start

[versed compass]

the emer is kinda bullshit tho
you either roll 3 boxers or like 10

[strong rampart]

Wtf

Cray

Lava meta

Glad I leveled her

[willow nymph]

i wish i was joking but yes

[strong rampart]

[willow nymph]

f1 it's always lava > steward

[strong rampart]

That’s unheard of lmao

HG shoehorned her in

[versed compass]

your aoe caster will have more consistence 3+ enemies hit with autos

[strong rampart]

Hey maybe that means

I can finally do Skyfire starts

Without derping myself

[versed compass]

you could

[strong rampart]

Pog

[willow nymph]

can

santalla starts are pretty pog

so skyfire probably works

[versed compass]

make sure you bring defender too
those guys are fast

[strong rampart]

Especially a p6 e2 max skyfire with 3rd level module

[versed compass]

whole theme is just (Fast af boi)

[strong rampart]

[strong rampart]

I got ol’ reliable for that

Noir Corne Cardigan

[versed compass]

meanwhile i dont follow my own advice

[strong rampart]

Can this team beat the current anni

We’ll find out soon

[willow nymph]

probably

it's a joke

[wanton stratus]

Pre-Młynar boss design be like

Emperor’s blade doesn’t count, okay?

[versed compass]

just put 90 aspd on her now with the gold tree thingy

everyone freeze

[strong rampart]

Damn yeah, only hard part was boss lmao

But not even hard just… annoying

[tardy vigil]

you guys talk about

so this game has sort of simulated universe?

[willow nymph]

d15 and still didn't do the 200 deploy thing 💀

[hot rampart]

uhh elaborate?

[ebon sphinx]

roguelike mode, in that sense the answer is yes. We have Integrated Strategies

[hot rampart]

is this some HSR thing

[ebon sphinx]

yes

[hot rampart]

[strong rampart]

Catgirls

[willow nymph]

wow tene building meta casters

rockrock is one of the best 5* casters

[ebon sphinx]

she theoretically has a higher damage ceiling than GG

...but with crippling downsides

[strong rampart]

Rockrock is cute

That’s all I need

Idc if an op is meta or not as long as I consider them waifu

[willow nymph]

res exists

also gg has an outrageous damage ceiling

if we talk theoric

just rig explosions to the max

[strong rampart]

[willow nymph]

she has a 5* atk stat

unlike kjera

[strong rampart]

30 levels only 20 bonus atk

Feelsbadman

[tardy vigil]

why her atk is so low

[willow nymph]

because that archetype has very low atk

[tardy vigil]

so they summon shit?

[willow nymph]

no

[tardy vigil]

I know click has big atk ratios

and a summon

kinda

[willow nymph]

it's not a summon per se

[ebon sphinx]

they dont, they simply have different attack quirks. They are more death of a thousand cuts casters compared to the usual core casters

[willow nymph]

it's basically just doing double damage

and they have better output than core casters

[ebon sphinx]

what is common with all of them is that their skills often have some CC effect attached to it

[willow nymph]

they are very much the newer gooder core casters

[willow nymph]

no it's lock-on

[ebon sphinx]

GG, Kjera and Click all have it with one of their skills!

[tardy vigil]

I am honestly confused that when I leveled cheerful main bunny girl her s2 is going on knees and bleeding profusely while some shamanic rectangle dance around

[willow nymph]

rockrock

[tardy vigil]

felt too creepy for her character

[willow nymph]

not having any

[tardy vigil]

its probably explained in the story

[ebon sphinx]

oh theres a story about that 😛

[willow nymph]

can't wait for you to see her s3

[tardy vigil]

that I will never read because its too much reading

I guess I could go with 4x speed

[strong rampart]

Ket

Folinic module soonge

[ebon sphinx]

we have so many Bri'ish kots

[tardy vigil]

china loves em

[willow nymph]

bri'ish kots but none of them have a knife

where is my shanker operator

[hot rampart]

only siege have it

and its a skin

good enough

[willow nymph]

siege isn't a kot tho

[strong rampart]

Schwarz has a combat knife sheath on her thigh

For quick shanks

[willow nymph]

I want hobo shanker from londinium

[strong rampart]

Lol

[ebon sphinx]

forgetting Phantom?

though i guess he's a fronk

[willow nymph]

he's french

the only one

[hot rampart]

nuh uh

big kot

[hot rampart]

real

[willow nymph]

even if she was kot she's not it's still tacticool knife not shanker knife

and don't tell me ri wouldn't hire a random guy on the street when we hired uh idk 90% of ops

[hot rampart]

idk knife is still knife

tacticool or not

[tardy vigil]

damn hot

[hot rampart]

white tights

[ebon sphinx]

I only wonder where does RI get all of its funding really. Then again their partners include some really loaded factions

their employee benefits are really good

they actually talk about education onboard RI, basically they aren't accredited but they do give practical experience, recommendations alongside potentially building connections with some famous names...

[versed compass]

how

i did it while doing ED3 first time

granted i spam FR too much

namely yato

unlocks are pretty tame this IS

only thing i needed to go out of my way to unlock was 30 hp lose 💀

had to actually use leader squad gimmick and play badly on propose

for a shit relic

[tribal thicket]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiutRDuRFo&ab_channel=塞壬唱片-MSR-Topic

[versed compass]

i love this one

have it as my assistance background

[tribal thicket]

So I can cri every time I login

[willow nymph]

I mean my missing unlocks are finish adventure w e2 squads, lose 30 hp, 200 deploy and 325 ingots

Literally it

Getting all the trash squads done at d15 before doing good squads w boss emergencies

[wanton stratus]

Ayyy

Thank for clue 4

[quaint arch]

Where's TACHANKA?

[wanton stratus]

Among your support units

[quaint arch]

[wanton stratus]

come back we miss you

It’s been 6 weeks

[versed compass]

i think i kicked him already

[wanton stratus]

How heartless

Alexa, play Renegade

[versed compass]

hearts are useable things
thus being useless means being heartless too

[fluid verge]

does jessicat drop on tuesday?

[versed compass]

ya we have one more dead day

[fluid verge]

which content creator do unit reviews?

any recommends?

[versed compass]

i dont watch those out side of skin reviews

but i guess storn is solid one

[willow nymph]

just use your bren

[versed compass]

i guess you can watch silver gun if its a 4* unit

♿

[willow nymph]

Verdant so good

literally best 4*

[versed compass]

what does he do again

[willow nymph]

nothing

[versed compass]

nothing as stunning knight? cool

[willow nymph]

nah he just has most contradictory kit

in ak

[versed compass]

funnies part was silver gun humus vid
i think his complain was that humus was too good for general gameplay

[willow nymph]

yeah he's an estelle sidegrade

that doesn't need clicks 80% of the time

20% of the time you need to click and he either is better than estelle or worse

[versed compass]

i wonder if they can fuck up a reaper or liberator archtypes ever

[willow nymph]

nah the trait is too stacked

i mean highmore is pretty fucked up as far as reaper go

and she's still super good

lmao

[versed compass]

ya highmore out side IS3 is worst they can do

[willow nymph]

Anyway i rechecked remembered what verdant did

Substitute with regen

Yep just that

Also tanking only focused s1 ... On a dollkeeper

It's not even good at it because it gives res and hp

[versed compass]

ya i remembered he just was pure bulk

on a class that just want to die half the time

[willow nymph]

Yeah

It's so stupid

[versed compass]

iana is cool tho

[willow nymph]

Iana works super well

Tbh

[versed compass]

i still dont understand s2 completely on triggering

like i have to click her or is it auto cast

[quaint arch]

I think if its SP full, it'll autocast when the "hologram" gets hit

[hot rampart]

dragonGJY

[versed compass]

i saw the chance and took it

its funny how you can change ending

2 nodes before boss

or 3 nodes if we count the prophecy pre boss

[tardy vigil]

Somebody posted:
Just started 6 days ago, what's e2 order here

[hot rampart]

penance > suzu

then up to their whim

penance and suzu should be prioritized cuz their best skill is on s3 which needs them to be e2

[tardy vigil]

The correct reply is

https://tenor.com/view/whale-whale-sharks-gif-26141114

[hot rampart]

could be a whale or

bought acc

altho if its a bought acc they tend to buy the ones with a limited operator

[tardy vigil]

People pointed out they pulled on kernel banner

[hot rampart]

damn

[tardy vigil]

And got old units

To think of it - maybe they bought an old account

E2 lvl 90 6* seems unattainable for new player unless they unload ungodly money into this

[hot rampart]

ok i just

realized

thats a pot6 typhon

holy shit

[tardy vigil]

Maybe this person bought Nvidia in 2019

Such person wouldn't bother to buy accounts

[strong rampart]

Useless

And not waifu

[quaint arch]

What? @versed compass has TACHANKA you say?

[strong rampart]

Tachanka is useless

[versed compass]

i mean i do have a tachanka

[strong rampart]

[versed compass]

am conisdering to put him on the raising least with R6 v2 happening

but not now

[quaint arch]

I see then.
By that logic, @versed compass is Tachanka

[versed compass]

average f2p player wdym

[quaint arch]

[versed compass]

am actually my pfp

[versed compass]

even the game call it the useless encounter

[tardy vigil]

Another kkomrade

[versed compass]

jokes aside

he clearly bought the (insta e2 and insta max) tickets

and just used both on typhon

probably will carry him for long

also bought the 5* ones for texas

[tardy vigil]

And potential 4 Typhon

[versed compass]

ya p4 for the attack pot

💪

[tardy vigil]

I thought re99 dupes were bad, but in this game they are just

1 dp 6 redeploy seconds

[versed compass]

pots have low impact ya

[hot rampart]

good

[versed compass]

even the stats pots are like 15~20 levels which is actually not a lot

[hot rampart]

i aint rolling for pots this aint genshin

[versed compass]

like difference between e2 70 and e2 90 only show up in super hard stuff

ya it feel nice you have 99% of the op

[hot rampart]

let me roll for 99% of the operator kit on the first pot

[versed compass]

once you get them

pots usage are mostly for (flexing)

good enough for me

[hot rampart]

the only good argument of pot 6 is like
on vanguard 6*

[tardy vigil]

Flexing your support for gatcha development

Animal shelter checks flexing when

[versed compass]

even 6* vg dont need pots

unless you are a CC max nerd

or something

[strong rampart]

Pot6 is minimum req or fake simp

[hot rampart]

ok fake simp

[strong rampart]

I have pot6

[hot rampart]

nightingale?

[strong rampart]

Yes

[hot rampart]

based

what else

[strong rampart]

Almost all of the base game 6*

[hot rampart]

ouh yeah tene whale

[strong rampart]

I think only SA not pot6 lmao

But hes not waifu so who cares

[hot rampart]

can u refresh my mind on something i hope u dont mind tho

was the magallan becuz of u tryna go for pot 6 or was tryna get her pot 1

[strong rampart]

Pot1

Lmao

[hot rampart]

[strong rampart]

Yostar killed my desire to give them money that day

[versed compass]

i mean i try to avoid being called a simp

so i go p5

[strong rampart]

[versed compass]

me showing m9 ops
player : wtf simp
me : what? am no simp i dont have p6
player : oh true

[strong rampart]

My Horn is m9 but not p6

Fake simp moment

[versed compass]

the only p6s 6* are like welfares and weedy

but weedy is not m9 or 90

[strong rampart]

Weedy

[versed compass]

so people know its weird luck

[versed compass]

hey look i blame WWE

i already got 25 gold cert off her in top op

[strong rampart]

This comment makes u sus

Ur closet Weedy simp

[versed compass]

i dont have m9 tho

simp need max everything

👏

[strong rampart]

Yes, another ploy to throw us off the trail

[versed compass]

theres no ploy

[strong rampart]

[tardy vigil]

Weedy looks cool

Altho her age looks suspicious

At least in fanart

[hot rampart]

yes im a simp

and realest one

[strong rampart]

[tardy vigil]

Damn I need to stop upgrading useless 4*

And do those certificates too

[versed compass]

you cant do those

unless you max pot

so do all 4*

trade all extras after

[tardy vigil]

Then why they ask all the time

[hot rampart]

u mean the part when u want to increase their pot but then they ask for confirmation?

man idk why its a thing

[tardy vigil]

I also like how base has construction time of whole 00.00 sec

(I am grateful it is not million hours like in other stupid mobile games)

[tribal thicket]

Its like $15 for 4500orundum and a instant e2 lvl 90 promotion when that pack is available

[tardy vigil]

Oh, dats cheap

I thought whales would have to grind million stages

[versed compass]

ya insta tickets are good value for prograss

its expensive to go 90 without paying tho

like lmd cost from e2 40 to e2 90 is the same or something as going from e0 to e2 40

[tardy vigil]

I found this ticket

People recommend Lappland or spectre

But particularly Lappland

[sharp tartan]

lappland go

[tardy vigil]

What are they good for? Why Lappland?

[sharp tartan]

she had built in silence as her passive

as a ranged guard

so she can shut down event mechanics

[hallow garnet]

texas, silence, ptilo, bp, lapp, spec, warf are all great from this. red too tbh but not worth tixing

i'd get lapp

silence debuff is rare in the game, shes able to hit ground and air with decent range and has arts dmg vs those pesky higher def shits

so deffo get lappy

there should be another ticket somewhere with silence in it

if they still give that out

[tardy vigil]

I already have Ayerscarpe

Can he act instead of Lappland?

[sharp tartan]

no

even with party of 6* that i have lappland is still the best silence debuffer that i have

[hallow garnet]

no. he has no silence nor as consistent dps

ayer is kinda bad tbh

just the usual 5* male tax

[sharp tartan]

wait

ayer is 5*

[hallow garnet]

yeah

hes so cute tho

[sharp tartan]

never noticed

[hot rampart]

dont

i regret raising ayer ngl

[ebon sphinx]

you like bunnies?

[hot rampart]

his dmg is mid compared to lappland of all things

its actually okay if u fill the blocked requirement part of his s2 but meh

ranged guard should do ranged dps smh

[tardy vigil]

But he slows!!

[hot rampart]

orchid is more reliable at slowing than this slower wannabe

[hot rampart]

u know i also had this brilliant idea back in the day

cuz i didnt have lappland somehow

kinda why i raise ayer

but uh

his s2 uptime is so horrible

[tardy vigil]

He hits all blocked enemies!!!

55 seconds

[willow nymph]

He deals almost 0 damage to unblocked enemies

🙂

Like drones

[tardy vigil]

Why should I care about drones, while having archetto and typhon

[willow nymph]

Because melee tiles are good and ranged tiles suck

[tardy vigil]

Maybe generically Lappland is better - but getting him means getting no Spectre

And who I replace Spectre role with

[willow nymph]

I mean just don't build ayer and build arene instead

[tardy vigil]

Cutter?

[willow nymph]

Or cutter instead of ayer

[tardy vigil]

Cutter anti air is on skill only

Idk how it's reliable

[willow nymph]

Ayer damage is dogshit only

[sharp tartan]

Cutter is more reliable than ayer

At taking down threats

[sharp tartan]

20 seconds uptime on 55 so
Is this on m3?

Christ

[tardy vigil]

M3

[sharp tartan]

Ok so not much better

[tardy vigil]

It is much better, probably still not enough

[sharp tartan]

Not enough so not much better

[tardy vigil]

1/3 uptime with manual trigger

[sharp tartan]

[tardy vigil]

If there is any downtime it doesn't look bad at all

For hitting every blocked enemy in range

[hot rampart]

this is only good in the base material upgrades map

[tardy vigil]

Looks better then lava

[hot rampart]

thats not a tall order

[sharp tartan]

You know it's such a low bar

[hot rampart]

not a low one either

way lower

[sharp tartan]

To compare a 5* to 3*

[tardy vigil]

[hot rampart]

specter role is hard to come by

[sharp tartan]

Aoe guard is hard to come by and her niche still stands to this day

[hot rampart]

literally unkillable for 15 sec and block 3 while doing decent damage during that timeframe

her niche only replaceable by her limited edition and maybe surtr

of being unkillable

[sharp tartan]

Surtr kills the enemy first

[hot rampart]

true but surtr kinda being less used due to sexas tho

[sharp tartan]

I mean

95% of the roster is useless with sexas existing

[hot rampart]

cutter and arene is decent

[sharp tartan]

Isn't arene a 4*

[hot rampart]

yeah and cheaper to raise

in comparison to ayer i would raise arene instead

he doesnt deal arts dmg but still

[sharp tartan]

Just use caster to deal arts damage

[hot rampart]

more reliable doing said ranged dps kinda thing

[sharp tartan]

[hot rampart]

he is newbie so he kinda struggling against high def enemies

[tardy vigil]

If I take Spectre

[hot rampart]

but average 3* casters are enough in early stages

[tardy vigil]

I can just replace Lappland by having no arts dmg

And mousse

[tribal thicket]

Platinum > High Def enemies

[hot rampart]

dont think he has platinum

thats irrelevant even if he does as he has typhon and archetto

[tardy vigil]

What's platinum

[hot rampart]

5* sniper

same sub archetype as archetto

[quaint arch]

Do you have a good healer atm?

[civic linden]

https://youtu.be/KnlfdquJP70 this should help you choose

[quaint arch]

Kelsuis no Modificationsules?
Also fix ya Blaze.

[tardy vigil]

No, so I took silence from another pack (it had 4 units only)

Now silence and gavial

[quaint arch]

Oh... Good enough

[quaint arch]

This might be better then

[hot rampart]

lappland for decent arts damage dealer
specter for unkillable 3 block aoe guard

both can landhold
lappland behind a defender while specter can hold herself especially when she have her own regen talent

combine that regen with free gladiia 6* later

[willow nymph]

arene deals arts tho

[hot rampart]

wait what

damn thats kinda crazy actually

[willow nymph]

just built diff

[hot rampart]

bruh why even bother with ayer

better uptime too

[willow nymph]

oh yeah forgot that part about ayer s2

it doesn't remove trait

💀

[hot rampart]

it "remove" trait on the blocked enemies technically

still shit tho my god

[willow nymph]

yeah ayer is just

horribly garbage

[wanton stratus]

Aspd increase good, wdym?

[willow nymph]

cool let me uh bring an op that does stuff

unlike ayer

[tardy vigil]

Then why he rolled on half my reroll accs

[hot rampart]

unlucky

[willow nymph]

because he's rateup on typhon banner iirc?

[hot rampart]

ouh really

[willow nymph]

or unlucky

[hot rampart]

wait no wtf

i remember big 3

big 3

typhon , santalla, law horse

[willow nymph]

oh right it's base slave as other rateup

[tardy vigil]

I got him from beginners banner

[hot rampart]

:booba:

[hot rampart]

ah a shame

beginner banner has their own specific pool

[tardy vigil]

B OO B a

[hot rampart]

and it sucks for the 5* pool

but the 6* is better overall

[tardy vigil]

I wanted it to go away

[hot rampart]

which is sorta more important

[tardy vigil]

But it didn't

[hot rampart]

yeah u can pull like 20 in it then it goes away

u dont have to rush it even

it wont get away

[tardy vigil]

I didn't like whole ass stage with 5 pulls ledt

Wtf is this free deer

[ebon sphinx]

its a small collab they did

[tardy vigil]

She looks great but her text seems

[tardy vigil]

With who?

Some Chinese museum they not even gonna tell us about?

[ebon sphinx]

h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deer_of_Nine_Colors an actual movie

htt ps://gamepress.gg/arknights/lore/arknights-lore-summary-nine-colored-deer-collab

[tardy vigil]

1981 cartoon collab

Chinese millennials emptying their pockets real time

[willow nymph]

She's hot that's all that matters

tho it's kind of a garbage op

[tardy vigil]

😔

[willow nymph]

by garbage i mean being in bottom 5 of operators

that kind of garbage

ig she's better than spuria

but like she's the worst abjurer and that archetype is one of the worst in the game

already

[ebon sphinx]

she's good for....workshop

[civic linden]

Aren't abjurers becoming super good with the modules coming out?

I remember seeing a video showing that qurcus becomes one of the best healer in the game with mod

https://youtu.be/mEtX6RBl-DA?si=pZjDMPXn4Np4JhbW

[hot rampart]

this only apply to quercus

she has an infinite duration skill that makes her a good medic

and another skill that makes her a decent sp battery

her shelter effect is also much more applicable due to its activate above 70% hp and prevents certain 1 shot more reliably than other abjurer

[civic linden]

Ooh

Counter point

This skin is fucking beatiful

[hot rampart]

i know

its a shame

[civic linden]

I might unironically raise nine colored deer cause of it

[willow nymph]

sussurro exists

whocares when sussurro a literal 4* has higher hps no charge time in terms of healing

for utility and the sp maybe sure

quercus inf skill has good hps but it's still not top tier

skill burst hps by medics (number of bars indicate the skill)

and maxed out quercus s1 post module is ||431 hps||

s2 is ||493||

for a medic that has downtime

and is single target

yep

fucking trash post module

and quercus is the best of them

because like it's fine to forget there's 2 4* with outrageous hps but eh pretty misleading

also not sure if he used a mod3 shining in that vid for fairness because it sure didn't seem like it

can't check since we don't see deployment

actually mod X is straight up better so i can check if shining healed more below 50% hp

oh wow

i'm so surprised

it's not there

hello where mod X

????

????

where's the "no shining mod X " disclaimer?

let's just say it does nothing

compared to that

+25% atk kinda op

[hot rampart]

quercus s1 has no downtime and only 40 sp cost

i mean sure the first 40 sec she isnt healing but still

for a 5* with infinite heal duration skill to be on par with 6* afk skill ( lumen and eyjalt ) thats pretty decent

[willow nymph]

plops lumen
oh bigger range, utility and starts healing right away

yeah no abjurers are fucking garbage

[hot rampart]

nuh uh

[willow nymph]

lumen is literally free and is better in 90% of the content for afk heal

[hot rampart]

i know

and its a 6*

[willow nymph]

and she is not on par with eyjalt for a single reason 2 targets

also even better range