Arknights

[quaint arch]

Yeah, just found out now

[hallow garnet]

we goin warf then

not the gramophone stage again ewwww

oh temp e2 corroserum what

male ifrit but much worse

okay

with a long ass silence wow

the more you know

for a guard vg run i havent got a single one since the starer pick

[quaint arch]

Whisperain S1 is also Offensive Recovery

[hallow garnet]

next time

ah man

cheeto is so fucking POP

everytime

another sniper ticket

is this a rosmontis s1 angle

sl7 tho

fkin talismans jesus

aaand it's over

talismans

got me

rip

nice try tho

zero vanguards fucked me over so bad

talismans fuck me over everytime

man

cray

totter couldnt get that one off of him the whole stage

tf

[versed compass]

pretty sure he cant attack his own spot

[ebon sphinx]

||https://fixupx.com/i/status/2051715925825442291|| fun convo ||one, Lyudmila sure has grown...two, wow, insulting the Emperor to his face lol||

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FixupX · May 5, 2026, 5:29 PM

[hallow garnet]

oh LOL

wtf

okay

[wanton stratus]

King Killer

[versed compass]

not like it matter

talisman are hit count

tutor hit once every 3 years

[hallow garnet]

ok now i got into

salter s2+phantom spam

snuck in that cheeto again tho

cuz i got saki

pfff

free temp walter

are u kidding me

FINE

the frd schwing spam is quite taxing on my hands lul

[tidal hawk]

Now you guys know what kind of chaos 0 sanity Doctors go through

[wanton stratus]

Nephew, I’m not sure I wanted to know…

[left plank]

This will make Jessica sad.

https://tenor.com/view/arknights-jessica-alter-jessica-jessica-the-liberated-gif-7339875112392227538

[tidal hawk]

Everything will make Jessica sad, even her old job

[hot rampart]

https://x.com/tsukihana_l/status/2051861469369975055

TSUKI🦋月月子 (@tsukihana_l)

🖤💚不可以弃养小猫！💚🖤

X · May 6, 2026, 3:07 AM

[versed compass]

Wtf is this man

They actually want me to lose again VS mouth

Also foolish replace my boss relic in f5 with a shit 8 ingot one

[versed compass]

3 years per cat

[wanton stratus]

1 cat per sometimes

[nocturne quarry]

Lmao

[wanton stratus]

They have a point

I don’t really know MH, but looking at KiRiTo, are other female armors also goonerbait?

[left plank]

Are they?

[ebon sphinx]

Kirin armor is the most famous due to that factor I believe compared to others

[left plank]

https://youtube.com/shorts/mPuMX0J8EjY?si=qE_L649RL9I4iLqy

Blacksteel girls.

[civic linden]

Female armors tend to be notorious for having a weird tight gap most of the time

But none of it is thaaat bad

The other popular 'gooner' armor is nargacuga's

Tho the teaser did make it clear it is based on MH Rise...so maybe it isn't nargacuga since it originated in a different game

Maybe...Rakna-daki...? For a weding dress theme idk

[left plank]

Man, I want another Blacksteel event.

[versed compass]

We might get The twin girl from The village as 5 stars

For 6 star i kinda forgot how The armor of The main monster look like (The purple explosive jumping mf i forgot his name)

[civic linden]

Magnamalo? Yeah that seems about right

[hallow garnet]

d5 done

onto d6 we go

and i kinda see that my maleknights clear will mostly be salter and phantom/jaye doing schwing spam with logos/gnosis/trag doin magic tricks

tho hoederer tomorrow i believe

after reset

so i can try that but i'd much rather do hoederer wtih cheeto

maybe i'll just do that for d6

oh right d6 needs raidian for her missions

and ed2 i believe?

[versed compass]

Scroll of scroll ending is ed2 ya

I forgot which mastery needs it at which D tho

[hallow garnet]

m1 is any ending on d4+ with 1/2/3 diff squads
m2 is ed2 on d5+ with 1/2/3 diff squads
m3 is any ending on d7+ with tourist/sui regulator/tianshi squads (one each)

the d6 stuff is for proficiencies

clear ed1, ed2, any emergency, kill yi on d6+

these are the d6 quests then hm

tbh the most important out of these is the clear any emergency on d6

cuz thats the one that makes her summons not use dp limit

d6 ed2 is voucher bank limit

hmm

[left plank]

Wdym D5 done?

[quaint arch]

Basically Ascension 5

(STS Difficulty mechanic)

[left plank]

Oh okay.

[hallow garnet]

it's ascension?

fine a5 done then

they call it differently everytime

so i just went with difficulty

[tidal hawk]

Was there MonHun2 collab announced?

Also what happened to the Destiny(?) collab

[hot rampart]

there was

[hot rampart]

its been years so its as good as cancelled

personally i just think the person on bungie side that suppose to handle the collab got laid off or somethin

[ebon sphinx]

does sure feel like Kjerag is easier in general because the enemies are too frozen to fight back. Though my last run somebody had like 2 ExuAlters with alot of Laterano and Precision stacks

just hosing the boss down

[versed compass]

@wanton stratus ben come play is2 its fun

We have 2 digits hope cost

[versed compass]

Kjerg can actually murder The boss on good roll

But you need to stack swift iirc with degen s1 for damage

On boss

[ebon sphinx]

i just gave the ice item to like a top tier AoE caster to perma freeze enemies and boss

[versed compass]

Sadly only one of The bosses is freezeable

But kjerg stacks still boost damage off cold so kjerg swift degen s1 kinda do a lot

[ebon sphinx]

i think i have never seen degen even once sadly

[versed compass]

She is tier 6 so very rare

And unlike laterano she is The only carry for them

Laterano is kinda funny

If you stack too much lemuen get stuck and die before nuking

[ebon sphinx]

Yeah last time I just brought Passenger and Ifrit since I had quite some precision stacks

Slapped ASPD and Ice on Ifrit

So I can freeze and attack everything

[versed compass]

I need to go back and do sargon runs

My whole plan of this was to turn her sargon not fucking victoria

[ebon sphinx]

i only just learn that you can sell guard Blaze to get caster Blaze who can nuke incoming mobs

[fluid verge]

Who is that

[versed compass]

Sakiko

[versed compass]

Lol

I always read The effect to make sure i dont miss a stacker

[fluid verge]

Ohhhh the collab unit

I never built her

Does she do anything else besides more unga bunga?

[quaint arch]

No.

Unless you're doing their Team

[fluid verge]

that's too much investment

Alas

[versed compass]

She is The best offensive recovery for archetto is memes

Will idk if i can say memes since its actually really good comb

[hallow garnet]

of FUCK

i was so ready

but one more day aaaa

[hallow garnet]

shes a dps, what else is she supposed to do but ungabunga. she has afk ungabunga and she has press big kill button ungabunga. both are solid

[hallow garnet]

cheeto isnt even a meme smh

i got a supah crownslayer glaze vid jumping at me today wtf

actually

hes got a point

i thought of raising her for salter s2 bomba

since she has high atk

but phantom is just better anyway

tho i kinda wondered if for this purpose phantom IS mod is not even the best pick prolly

omfg wait

the mumu sa2 interaction was not patched out????

huuuuuuuuh

that shit is so funny xd

it's basically better sa2 s3

cuz you dont have to saddle anybody with a traded high dp and you get your highest dp one discounted xd

[versed compass]

Cs is best for stun bombing now

Her second module is really good for that

[versed compass]

You probably can deploy The summon before s2 hit for attack boost incease

Nerds territory tho

[ebon sphinx]

https://fixupx.com/i/status/2052019301281095917 hm that's gotta hurt

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FixupX · May 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

[hallow garnet]

ewwww im not fast enuff for that wtf

[versed compass]

thats why its nerd territory

[hallow garnet]

so i should just go with another mod?

[versed compass]

need pause deploy shit

[versed compass]

alpha still highest attack iirc

[hallow garnet]

imejin xd

[versed compass]

unless you care about dp

[hallow garnet]

i care abt redep time

dp is a nonissue

but CS worth raising then?

weird

mumu trick is prolly too nerd to do tbh

[versed compass]

then alpha still best

[versed compass]

not for this really

she is more her own thing

now that she stun someone for 18 secs

[hallow garnet]

WTF

i mean

that still sounds useful

with any cc relic

and shes still a cheap redep with high attack

[versed compass]

it kinda weird with stun relics since she dont reapply stun on stunned enemies (she apply 3 stuns on same enemy with s3 normally since it time perfectly with her new module)

still solid stunner

[versed compass]

melee blockers tiles away from pram? will she create her own blocker then

[versed compass]

last ending for IS2 done

i bought that mizuki for 10 hope

:realmad:

coloring game with play write

[wanton stratus]

I was crashing out doing IS#2 runs last night, actually

I must have beaten D13 because I have D14 unlocked but I have no idea how I did it

I almost pinged you to ask how tf to play high D IS#2

[versed compass]

pick class squad and have an e2 opener

pick as many fights early
2 fights > emer always

theres few relics that can carry you but hope is always a carry

will by always i mean when you dont have crimson diamond, crimson diamond make you want relics copium more

[wanton stratus]

The problem is

To get the ending you want while still taking enough fights

The ending events have a cancerously low spawn rate even at D10+

[versed compass]

oh you meant the ending rng

[wanton stratus]

Yeah

[versed compass]

so far i actually did not have rng issue out side of play write

[wanton stratus]

ED2 isn’t so bad since it only requires one event

But I have missed ED3 several times

[versed compass]

ed3 wont spawn if you pick the prison fight i think

tho have not tested enough

[wanton stratus]

Why tf do you have to do the prison fight for ED4

Why is it already an event before ED4 is unlocked???

[versed compass]

also second relic for ed3 only spawn f5

so no need to spam encounters in f4

[wanton stratus]

What

[versed compass]

i meant 3rd encounter relic

[wanton stratus]

Man

Wtf

I didn’t know that

My hate for IS#2 grows

[hallow garnet]

wait is2 has difficulties?

what

[versed compass]

its old info real mad

[hallow garnet]

wasnt it just normal and hard

[versed compass]

ya they went and added them

[hallow garnet]

i havent been back since i finished the reward track

and it wasnt a thing back then

[versed compass]

crimson relics and all

i killed sadge with 1m hp

[hallow garnet]

no clue

[versed compass]

[hallow garnet]

i have no reason to go back there sadly

is3 on the other hand

go fucking die pls

[versed compass]

am going for d18 all ending IS3 now

unironically the rng for IS3 is better in D16+

[hallow garnet]

im never even gonna finish it

[hallow garnet]

ye i heard is3 gets better in high diff

which is hilarious

why would they only fix this there

but keep the shit for lower

[versed compass]

D16 give a buff not a debuff which is way too funny

the buff allow you to cure and buff infected ops

if you cure an op they have 35% def/res ignore and 35% sanc (damage redection)

[hallow garnet]

whos the best 0hope sniper?

i always defaulted to kroos

but now that 4* is 0hope

in is6

maybe meteor

or may

gotta be off rec cuz cheeto upscale NEVER STOPS

im clearing every fucking difficulty with this girl

i remember pinecone being the star at some point

but fkin autorecovery mid

meh prolly may either way at least has slow

[wanton stratus]

It’s generally gonna be May

Since her S2 can stun

Otherwise Caper deals the most damage

And Meteor debuffs def which is useful against bosses

If you’re set on offensive recovery May’s value goes down

[hallow garnet]

ITS A CHEETO UPSCALE ALL DAY EVERYDAY

not everybdoy has to be offrec tho

only need 2 more ppl

for maxed cheeto range

but ye obv her battery makes more sense the more offrec ppl i have

dang nice got bolts book

sniper run for d6 it is

that means i can finally do ros

[versed compass]

Nah she too horrible with range and dp cost

You want may probably

[hallow garnet]

ye i went may

[versed compass]

Totter is solid too but no cheeto synergy

Caper is good if you want pure damage

Tho may slow probably more useful

[hallow garnet]

s1 hello

and ye caper is offrec too

[versed compass]

Am talking about good skills

[hallow garnet]

it's good with cheeto smh

but ye no i wouldnt take him for this obviously

i just went may

oh we got spinach

damn

waltuh s1 angle

heck sakiko s1 angle

[wanton stratus]

ROSMONTIS S1 ANGLE GODDAMMIT

DO IT LAD @hallow garnet

[hallow garnet]

well next time i get a sniper ticket sure

didnt get another since then

dont even have cheeto yet

keep throwing me fkin defender and medic

mama hoshi carry me

[wanton stratus]

She will

Trust

[versed compass]

hoshi deal with lot of tormoils its kinda insane

[left plank]

So many good animes to watch.

@versed compass IS2 is miserable.
Well IS3 was also miserable, but I eventually figured out how to beat it.

[versed compass]

i found it fun

3 would be fun once i get to do izumik runs

[left plank]

You think Rosmontis S2 would be good in IS#2?

[ebon sphinx]

they...dont have CC extending relics no?

[versed compass]

i mean if you gonna use her you will use that for sure

would you draft that over other snipers? probably not

non of the bosses is blockable even

(yes i know you can block lucian and mouth but in D15 i removed those possibilites and am very high D pilled)

[versed compass]

they do tho its irrelevant for s2 rosmo usage

you use that skill cause its the best one generally

[wanton stratus]

After researching high D strategies I feel like you need to read a guide to beat Izumik

It’s some straight bs

[versed compass]

bullshit i will unga like first time i beat him in d15

they told me he was bs that time too

jessica that was just one fight

oh ya this is IS3 i can use her again

[wanton stratus]

If this doesn’t work

I’m gonna cry

[versed compass]

pick good ops

like hool

👏

[wanton stratus]

[versed compass]

have not got a good run with her in any IS so far jokes aside

i get that weird bug where my run die after hiring her

need to figure that out first

[wanton stratus]

Btw, I’m assuming emergency nodes go p in value with the half-refined diamond (reforged), right

[versed compass]

:clueful:

yes

3 exp aint worth it

[wanton stratus]

I really feel like there’s limited room for experimenting in IS#2

Since the floors are so short

[versed compass]

ok i did enough weird shit there

[wanton stratus]

Btw

How do you handle the sceptre

Just tank the debuff?

[versed compass]

hp loss? just play normally tbh

chachek is the one that often kill me

every other one is pretty playable

[wanton stratus]

Aight

I haven’t gotten the crown yet

[versed compass]

will crown is playable until you hit the final boss

then the boss play you

👏

[wanton stratus]

If you go for ED2

[versed compass]

tbh even ed1 crown is rough

since mudrock golem is effected too

double crown run would be funny

[wanton stratus]

So it’s defender/supporter, sniper/medic and the caster/specialist squads that work

Vanguard/Guard is shit, I’m assuming

[versed compass]

all 4 works

[wanton stratus]

Is there any restrictions on which floors the ED4 encounters can appear btw?

Or can I wait until floor 5

[versed compass]

my playwrite win is guardvg double gual for relics

[versed compass]

f2 and 3 for prison

f4 and 5 for playwrite iirc

[wanton stratus]

Which guards do work here besides Sakiko even

[versed compass]

i opened leizi

[wanton stratus]

[versed compass]

and got dejected first floor

which is like anti leizi

[wanton stratus]

Dejected is so strong for off rec

Actual run winner

[versed compass]

look at this ahhh start

[wanton stratus]

AYHD start?

[versed compass]

of course

i only play ayhd

[wanton stratus]

Guard/Vanguard squad and ayhd

💀

Gambling from the start

I guess we can just reset

Fuck it, I’m doing ayhd too

[versed compass]

i dont reset

i deie

die

[wanton stratus]

Bruh

Picked Guard/VG

Sniper/VG/Sniper vouchers

Surely there’s a vanguard who can carry me

[versed compass]

of course

i did ines openers in the past

sa can work too probably

[wanton stratus]

Which skill for SAlter?

S3?

[versed compass]

s2 for most part with some swaps to s3

[wanton stratus]

Goodie

[versed compass]

also you can hire catapult for bigger s2 nukes

[wanton stratus]

Ariel has a P6 M9 one as support

yoink

[wanton stratus]

I mean, I guess

I picked Kroos tho

And Meteor from the elite voucher

[versed compass]

meteor opener you will be fine

i trust in her

[wanton stratus]

SURVIVALIST F1 LET’S GOOOO

[versed compass]

emer acciedent :

[wanton stratus]

I hope not

Normal accident is free tho

[versed compass]

emer catapult is rough too

[wanton stratus]

Fight to the death as the first battle

I think this is an S3 angle

Oh wait

SAlter has regen

I forgor

He’s so broken

[versed compass]

tbh i think ines still beat him in every IS

but he put the best fight in IS2 for sure

[wanton stratus]

I’ll put him to the test

How valuable are safe house nodes?

[versed compass]

good if you need an upgrade

better then encounters for sure

(assuming no ending encounter fishing here)

kinda funny when you get crimson play that give temp 6* in safehouse

granted i get this dumbass but still

[wanton stratus]

Isn’t there also a crimson play which triples safe house rewards?

Oof, but it costs half your ingots and life point

Hmm

[versed compass]

so 2 ingots and 0 life points ( i have sceptre)

[wanton stratus]

Hey now

That’s a good deal

It’s just a shame you can’t see what play it is before you pick it up

Fuck

I died on F3

[hallow garnet]

hoederer soooooooon

[wanton stratus]

11 and a half hours

[hallow garnet]

yep

[wanton stratus]

Just a honk shu away

[hallow garnet]

he'll be my lunchbreak gift

tho rosmo is currently baking in the training room

so

he'll have to stand in line

[wanton stratus]

Oh

Accident emergency with no medics

Cut shi clean off 🙂

[hallow garnet]

wheres my cheetoooooooooooooooooooooo

shit ass game give me sniper ticket omdggggffg

i am

srsly gonna take safe house

over emergency fight

cuz maybe has hr letter

fk im doin it

rip

baited

[wanton stratus]

Many such cases

[hallow garnet]

more defender tickets

while all my relics are sniper

[wanton stratus]

It’s so fun innit

Two runs ago for me: VG/Guard squad, 2 great guard relics. 1 VG, no guards

[hallow garnet]

refreshed

shop

twice

no sniper ticket

dnasfkasnfkdasnflnapknfa

afdjasfdnasldksnfadas

10million medics

and defenders

what is this

[wanton stratus]

Okay

I beat ED1 on D14 since the ED4 events refused to appear

D15 unlocked

[hallow garnet]

d6 done

this was kinda disaster

everytime i thought ok im gonna for that setup the game started giving me pieces for something else

and then for the final floor shit just didnt happen how i wanted it to xd

and i also messed up the yi fight so raidian didnt deal the final blow

smh

whatever

idc abt raidian any further anyway

the rest of her shit is unlocked

[wanton stratus]

Waow

She’s sad now

How cruel

[sage portal]

500 rma it is

[ebon sphinx]

https://x.com/i/status/2052489525201432900

mafurina (@mafurfurina)

the concept of nian to be canonically into girls crying

X · May 7, 2026, 8:43 PM

[left plank]

@wanton stratus Do you have April lvled up.

[hot rampart]

https://x.com/gribberoni/status/2052409923045380408

girbo (@gribberoni)

a little prank
#Arknights #アークナイツ #明日方舟

X · May 7, 2026, 3:27 PM

[hallow garnet]

ok is2 really is garbage

cuz the usual trait system u level is so mid

theres not enuff oomph in it

but hey at least instant e2 amirite

[hot rampart]

instant e2

[hallow garnet]

will this shit just instakill me?

if i enter safehouse

or it cant reduce below 1

from effects

since it doesnt rlly say...

[hot rampart]

i think just reduce u to 1

[hallow garnet]

well lets test

man the low rarity hope costs

god

5* being complete ass in is2 cuz too expensive

[quaint arch]

That's super hilarious if that actually happen

[hallow garnet]

it did not happen

and i got a free lee

dummy fishboy

[quaint arch]

It cost 4 Hope

[hallow garnet]

havent seen you in ages

but do i wanna take the free lee

[quaint arch]

Hey, something to stall 1st Boss

[hallow garnet]

i dont need to stall it

cheeto will ENGULF EVERYTHING

also pram will lock the doors

i maybe hsould just take my own phantom

[versed compass]

Pretty sure its 3 unless you have negative relics

[hallow garnet]

i wanted to do ed3 but stupid invitation never came

it is 3 yes

nah we are tkain the free lee

i need the hope

[versed compass]

Which can increase hope cost to fucking 12 for 6 stars

Somehow this never done again in is

It was a good mechanic thats not tied to dice or light of is3 so why never again smh

[quaint arch]

Cuz we can now Rig the game in later iteration

Most apparent in IS#5, tbf

[versed compass]

The kjerg in team did 50% of boss hp before my screen load in

[quaint arch]

IS shouldn't be easily riggable smh

[versed compass]

Did 80% of boss hp total

Is5 will be fixed if they just deleted talon

But instead they released lamp and made it worse

[hallow garnet]

damn

this shit

fkin

hp drain effect

and no hope

ojdaesfdaskldnjaskldsnlfdas

ok retry

[versed compass]

Then made maps that can fight talon and lamp runs

[hallow garnet]

this needs a strong medic

also the maps are so bad here

like

[versed compass]

So you cant play talon less anymore

[hallow garnet]

barely any good cheeto angles

it's all so random angled

i remember is2 being a guardfiesta for me

[quaint arch]

You should never leak in the first place.
Go Perfect or Go Home

[hallow garnet]

no no no

hp drain

[versed compass]

Wdym no cheeto angle

[hallow garnet]

as in my actual hp

for units

constant drain shit

[versed compass]

Unless its big sadge theres always a cheeto angle in is2

[hallow garnet]

ansel and spot couldnt keep up

[hallow garnet]

i meant tile

the map layouts are weirdo

and yes ofc there is always a cheeto angle

im forcing my nun forever

[quaint arch]

Oh, the one where everyone buffed but lose HP constantly?

[hallow garnet]

yes

[versed compass]

Idk i did not have that issue with cheeto

[hallow garnet]

i just melted away

[versed compass]

Also ansel keep up with poison map easily

You just need to deploy fewer units

[quaint arch]

Fact

[hallow garnet]

-50% exp WTF

[versed compass]

Of course you need to nuke The 4 caster wave cause ya

[quaint arch]

[hallow garnet]

restart bye

[quaint arch]

Time to cope

[versed compass]

You did not see The reforged version

[hallow garnet]

nono

restarted

[versed compass]

It make diamond normal meh

[hallow garnet]

later IS-es made me spoiled

about hope

not is3

is3 can go die

by makign even 3* cost more

[quaint arch]

Welcome to Old School IS, Ariel

[hallow garnet]

+1 hope for recruit WTF

[versed compass]

Reserve defender will win

[quaint arch]

[hallow garnet]

RESTARTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[hallow garnet]

thank god im done with is2 alrdy

as far as reward track relevance

i only miss the last 15 levels

but i thought i'd do a cheeto run

not rlly goin well so far

[versed compass]

@hallow garnet whats wrong with slightly higher hope cost?

[hallow garnet]

ok u know what im just gonna do hag start

[quaint arch]

Ah yes, 10 Hope to Recruit Top Notches. Cuz we're coping for one

[hallow garnet]

since it didnt even give me sniper ticket

thanks ayhd

[versed compass]

I hired mizuki for that

[hallow garnet]

wdym not all squads are available at the start

[versed compass]

10 hope mizuki

Worth it

[hallow garnet]

snegurochka

who tf

the new agent

[versed compass]

She is not surfer but she will help

[quaint arch]

Skip

You'll just suffer to recruit one

[hallow garnet]

she was given free

[quaint arch]

Trust me

[versed compass]

I would hire her in is5/6 as my 4 star vg

If i owned her

[hallow garnet]

she was temp

[versed compass]

Yes i dont own her

[hallow garnet]

im not gonna leave free agent

[versed compass]

Ya pick her Ignore yuwen

He dont even play The game

[quaint arch]

Yes. Ignore me, pls

[versed compass]

[quaint arch]

Only one way to find out, right?

[hallow garnet]

oh lol

shes just

worse puzzle

okay

butwith cheeto

she wont be that bad

[hot rampart]

and a 4*

[hallow garnet]

where is the ed3 invitation

wasnt it any random encountre on f1

i fkin forgot

[quaint arch]

Maybe also F2?

What Difficulty/Ascension your at?

[hallow garnet]

umnm

im on 6 i zhink

[quaint arch]

(||Cuz IS#2 has Ascension that makes them appear more often/likely||)

(But that's way high up I think)

[hallow garnet]

as much nostalgia as i have for is2

it just made me miss is6

which one was theb est IS anyway

is3 high diff probably amazing cuz they fixed all the bad shit

[versed compass]

Puzzle is only bad in is cause he share same rarity with canta surfer

4star version is good in later is

[hallow garnet]

oh i know

puzzle aint bad

i raised him long ago

when i was really set on maleknights

[quaint arch]

For me, not IS#5.
Cuz Lamp makes it to riggable

[hallow garnet]

i hated is5

king relic addiction

[versed compass]

Mechanic wise is4 was The best imo, main issue is it have shit final bosses

They are not hard but they are boring

Except ed4

[quaint arch]

Which tbf, allows Speedrunning the Battle Pass

[versed compass]

That one get a pass

Boss wise 5 6 kinda went nuts

Espically 5

Fun fact if you die in is5 ed 5 pathing you will get sent into special stage

The stage have The boss amiya kill you

And you cant do shit about it

Funny herror movie

[hallow garnet]

i barely remember is4

foldaltar shits

i dont remember a single boss

i dont even remember who was the IS op

ah

valarquin right

ew

@versed compass do i have to take every encounter node in is3 until the invitation letter pops for ed3?

or is it on a set floor

cuz missing a ton of xp for a chance of getting it is not worth

fkin hp drain shit again

omfg

hag is just

she wont be healing others ig

oh no she does

but only if very low

oh not

damn

ulpipi save me

[quaint arch]

Nah, Kalt'sit won't heal anyone except herself and her pet cat

Priorities be like

[hallow garnet]

finally 2nd sniper ticket

heres my chance to be creative and go rosmo

or go safe with waltuh

and rosmo 3rd

i also got a relic for infinite skills

which is pretty nice

so i thought of fia

or typhon ofc

but fuck it i'll go rosmo

lets be brave

s1m3 is still in the bakery

but should be done soon

[versed compass]

Is2? Its f1 to 3

I think you have to skip The prison fight for letter to appear.

For how meta that is it depends on diffeculty cause high D have higher ending chance

[hallow garnet]

ye

[versed compass]

The second encounter is f5 only btw so f4 is farming floor

[hallow garnet]

well i didnt find it

oh well

ed1 it is then ig

since i skipped bear on f1

[versed compass]

Did you beat big sadge before?

[hallow garnet]

ye mutliple times

oh wait

i think

im gonna get ed4

i ran into the stage for it

and got the act 1 item

yep

this is ed4 wow

first time

okay ugh what do i need for that

unblockable and not that tanky ? oh

so just waltuh

or i can be poetic and just run phantom at himself and ed4 boss

it is HOE TIMe

wait

hoederer va is WELT?

that means hes watanabe

lol

[quaint arch]

Is this a sign of relapse?
(To play HSR again?)

[versed compass]

Oh thats why you dont see ed 3

You picked prison fight lmao

Play write is essencially talulah mixed with chap 9 boss and faust range

With patriot defense

He is not a threat until really high D where you cant burst his ass in base

[hallow garnet]

i am playing hsr continuously

wdym again

[quaint arch]

Oh....
It thought you're taking hiatus

Whoops

[hallow garnet]

ye i did

for most of 2.x

but i have been back since 3.2

which was a year ago

[quaint arch]

Aight

[wanton stratus]

No, sadly

Perhaps I should

For Rosmontis gaming

[wanton stratus]

I never knew this

[sage portal]

Oh extended reward track in stronghold protocol soon

Back to the autochess mines

I saw a comment somewhere saying cn players were starting en accounts to play more

[versed compass]

This is why you fuck around blind and die in is ben

[wanton stratus]

TFW never dying on the way to the ED4 boss in IS#5 makes me a bad player

[hallow garnet]

i forgot about these is2 maps jesus

this is IS the sniper heaven

drone maps everywhere

[wanton stratus]

It may be sniper heaven, but it’s hell for everyone else

@here Anyone got a Typhon with Module Y?

[sage portal]

Only mod2 but I got you

[ebon sphinx]

On another Stronghold run with Yan strat and...something I just realize is that they have a sheer lack of damage output until you get Blaze

[wanton stratus]

Hell yeah

[ebon sphinx]

They also outright don't have any good lane holders until later too

[sage portal]

sometimes I forget we can play the event minigame again for more mats

[ebon sphinx]

its pretty quick

[sage portal]

I'm getting flashbacks to endfield puzzles

in terms of just ui placement of hint and tetris pieces

[wanton stratus]

Hey, wait a minute…

This standard banner

I don’t have Leizi alter nor Hoederer

[versed compass]

alright time to sell hoederer s1m3 for IS5

👏

[wanton stratus]

I feel like S2 permastun with aspd is good too

[versed compass]

no its not go s1 and make him fight quolin

[wanton stratus]

Bing Qui’lon

Anyway, regarding Leizi alter, is S1 her main skill in IS?

[versed compass]

s1 and s2

you swap decent amount

[wanton stratus]

So no S3

Rip

[versed compass]

it have one use case i know off in IS4

vs the mini black hole boss since he stand next to a wall for s3 weirdness

tho idk if thats good idea to start with

[wanton stratus]

Probably not

Crazelyseon can be nuked in many ways

I thought S2 being blocked by high ground would be pretty crippling in IS

In most maps

[versed compass]

tbh i learned what make IS4 bosses alters hard is not the bosses anyway

its the other shit

👏

[versed compass]

you really dont need the full range

[wanton stratus]

Yeah, but flying enemies often pass over high ground

And anyway, her S2 should be more easily replaceable by Młynar

[versed compass]

the deal here you keep replacing both moves

mlynar only have 1 skill lets be real

she also dont have taunt which have its advantage

and ya take off

[wanton stratus]

I guess

[hot rampart]

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[versed compass]

i cant resist taking jabs at spalter module man

might get warned over it at one point in ak offical

[hot rampart]

i havent seen it is it good

[versed compass]

arguably worse then X

it keep the 40% slow and dont give sp on revive like X

instead it give some more damage..

[hot rampart]

wait the X got increased slow right

[versed compass]

ya like 60% iirc

[hot rampart]

[versed compass]

alpha only gimmick that could make it useable is that she protect other ops
when someone die near her she make them immortal then die instead of them

thats it

thats the only reason to conisder her alpha

[hot rampart]

hmmm yeah

[versed compass]

typhon alpha did not make her strong enough to break the meta but its her best module and can be memeable at least

think phantom alpha

Specter2

HP +300 | ATK +70

Substitute reduces Movement Speed of nearby enemies by 40%, and deals 40% ATK as Arts damage to them per second
In [IS]:

• The Substitute deals an additional instance of Arts damage equals to 100% | 160% ATK per second.
• When any other operator on the 8 surrounding ground tiles is defeated, if Specter2 is not already in <Substitute> state:
  • Once only, that operator's HP will not fall below 1 for 8 seconds.
  • During this time, enemies around that operator also suffer the same effects as those around the Substitute.
  • Afterwards, Specter2 switches to Substitute mode, and the above effect is refreshed after she replaces the Substitute again.

Typhon

HP +150 | ATK +90

When damaging an enemy for the first time while a skill is active, ATK increases to 160% and Slows targets for 3 seconds
In [IS]:
While this unit is on the field, always marks the heaviest enemy on the entire map.

• When the marked enemy is slowed or stunned, fires a rain of arrows at them. The rain of arrows randomly attacks enemies around the target, dealing 8 instances of Physical damage equals to 90% | 110% ATK and inflicting 0.1s Stun.
  • This attack triggers at most once per second
  • Cooldown: 8s

those are base effects

[hallow garnet]

do i need to go mod3 hoe?

i heard hes getting a new one

[versed compass]

i have no idea what he even uses

am heavy on QB propganda in IS5 so never hired hoe

people say X generally better

probably cause you want him to live

[wanton stratus]

Which QB skill is main in IS?

[versed compass]

s1 when relics
s3 when not relics

also s1 when cheeto

you can count cheeto as a relic

[wanton stratus]

No S2 aoe bind and slow

Damn

[hallow garnet]

ok so i go mod3 then?

[versed compass]

i would

i dont want him to randomly die if i draft him

[hallow garnet]

kay

alr done

drafted him for the current is2 run

lets see what he can do

with sl7 s1

oh wait cant do mod3

cuz TRUST

ah i forgot

zzzzzzzzzzz

[hallow garnet]

girlll rosmo is pog

[hallow garnet]

dc stop dyinngg

[wanton stratus]

Yessir

That’s what we’re about

[versed compass]

now that i think about it

every alpha sniper module is something you can build around

[wanton stratus]

Well, you kinda have to

Archetto isn’t gonna win a run

On her own

…Unless?

[versed compass]

what i mean is alpha sniper you build around

other alphas they work on their own

theres no mizuki team

theres archetto team
rosmo team
typhon team

[hallow garnet]

sigh

[wanton stratus]

Gnosis and Ho’ol need support too

[hallow garnet]

i lost

i underestimated playwright

on d6

this difficulty scaling feels off

like d6 in is2

felt a lot more tanky than d6 in is6

i couldnt blow him up in one go

[versed compass]

hool seems like eher own shit

[hallow garnet]

somehow

[versed compass]

she wont carry but she dont have real synergy i think

[hallow garnet]

anyway

cheeto squad definitely my favorite

[wanton stratus]

Angelina synergy

(Qanipalaat synergy)

[versed compass]

that would be angelina team at this point

[wanton stratus]

Yeah

Irene/Angelina/Ho’ol team

Can’t wait

[hallow garnet]

whut

levitate fetish?

[wanton stratus]

Perhaps…

[hallow garnet]

i miss irene a bit

spinning tuna is fun

[wanton stratus]

We can use her again when her module α comes

[hallow garnet]

is it even good

[wanton stratus]

It is

[versed compass]

its better then using degen for example

and kinda weird af

granted degen fell off a cliff in IS but still powercreeping her in IS is good

[hallow garnet]

i rarely ever use degen

anywhere

realyl

[left plank]

Oh hey, Discord is back.

[versed compass]

irene still have weird gimmick of redeploying so i need to test that

100% funny module tho

small map

died to mini boss

pram short ass range

[tidal hawk]

FB is a whole another place of depravity it seems

[wanton stratus]

Logos and Yu snuck out from the ‘wrong brand’ tier

[hallow garnet]

creamy logos

[versed compass]

casual degenerates (discord) vs competitive degenrates (fb)

[left plank]

Thanks, I hate it.

Why is Weedy in creamy?

Jessica Alt and Swire Alt in the same group as Weedy?

[wanton stratus]

Man, fuck this shitty internet

I got connection error’d loading into the penultimate fight on F5 ED1 D15

Apparently end of times doesn’t save you when you disconnect in IS#2

It works in the others

ASK ME HOW I KNOW

[hallow garnet]

i remember now

this is why i quit is3

what bullshit

this and the dice shit

oh btw

[wanton stratus]

Just play some more IS#2 and you will come to hate it as I have

I promise

[hallow garnet]

i hate is2 too

now

not on base diff

but on higher diff no

this was not made for this

this was made with bullshit stages that need very different kind of answers

dropping the difficulty system on it is just hard stages AND debuffs

making for an uber hard experience

but i am done with is2 reward track

like i did this back in the day

so i have no reason to ever go back there unless for low diff nostalgia morbing

is3 tho..iwant that background

but i dont wanna do d4

fkin 3star 1 hope bullshit

[wanton stratus]

It’s really not that bad

The reserve operators are still free

[hallow garnet]

ig

but like you starter is just sad

cuz u cant even take kroos or spot anymore

which IS is the generally most liked?

[wanton stratus]

I don’t know, actually

The first one, maybe?

[hallow garnet]

i barely remember IS1

is3 has to be the bottom tier for everybody tho

rng for the sake of rng

aaaaaaaaaaaa

[wanton stratus]

idk, man

[hallow garnet]

do you not put is3 as the worst?

for yourself

[wanton stratus]

Nope

IS#2 gets that spot

It’s because of a lack of player agency

In IS#3 you have vertical paths and shop refreshes

[hallow garnet]

do you tho?

do you really?

is3 has the illusion of player agency

but ooop you rolled low on the dice

no path swap for you

and you lose this collectible

wooooooo

naaaaah is3 can go die

[wanton stratus]

Tossing coins for collectibles in IS#6 be like:

Perhaps IS#3 is a bit heavy on the rng

But I still think it’s better than 2

[hallow garnet]

for me it's probably 6>4>2>5>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3 (and i dont even remember 1 anymore)

i think i have a warped view of 5 bc i really only did one setup and one setup only and it made me burn out on it

[wanton stratus]

That sounds about right

[hallow garnet]

before today i would have put 2 above 4

but after interacting with the is2 difficulty system 4 is better, has actual agency, foldaltars are cool

the vision stuff choice vs path swapping with the indexes is cool

and i quite love the theme of it

[hallow garnet]

a bit?

is3 pre d16 is a fucking hellhole