help

[buoyant sigil]

Understood, I see

[formal shadow]

Is3 really made people glaze her but she fell off in is3 🥀

[abstract mauve]

tend to :aware:

[winter crystal]

oh yeah IS3 has those stingray things that are tanky af

[formal shadow]

Krooster was staple is3 d15 draft. Her + spot handles all the f1 stages

[lethal timber]

Is this a semi-intelligent selection for the headhunt? I am new and I need some help getting started on my operator selections.

[reef sparrow]

I will shill may instead

[winter crystal]

how new are you? and have you spent any money

[lethal timber]

no and 2 hours new

[abstract mauve]

i dont consider krooster a real draft for is3 d15 tbh

[winter crystal]

look at the reroll guide in the pins and reroll for logos until you get him

[lethal timber]

I've played gachas for years though

[hoary ruin]

Speaking of tanky drones, how did people deal with those awful artillery drones in the last few Ursus chapters when they first came out?

[formal shadow]

It was the recommended starter back in the day. It worked

[lethal timber]

Oh I've played enough gachas to know that I really don't like rerolling accounts

[winter crystal]

ok then you know what rerolling is, use it to get logos its one of the best starts you can have

[buoyant sigil]

Here it takes <10mins and the chances are pretty okay

[formal shadow]

Especially for people who didn't f3 reset for extra hope and wanted to run mom squad (which by the way 🚮 )

[lethal timber]

rerolling kills the spirit of having your balls crushed by a mutli-million dollar company

[winter crystal]

mom squad + logos S1 = funny everything delete

[winter crystal]

ok well then what you have selected is good, start grinding to have enouhg pulls to get one before the banner ends

[formal shadow]

yes

[hidden wolf]

How do you make friends

[buoyant sigil]

Arknights doesn’t usually have that bitterness unless you either make very bad decisions or have a gambling addiction
You’re never too surprised by banners, global is 6 months behind cn anyway

[formal shadow]

:clueless:

[hidden wolf]

Someone friend me

[formal shadow]

socialise

[lethal timber]

I mostly don't like the constant new emails it usually entails

[winter crystal]

post your friend code and mirrior what other people do often in the #friend-id channel, people will naturally send you invites over time

[hoary ruin]

add people in #friend-id
Manually type their name in though. Copy paste doesn't work.

[buoyant sigil]

You can use guest accounts here and don’t need to leave the app at all

[winter crystal]

its a lot less painful then you think just look at the pins guide on it and decide what you want to do

[lethal timber]

and then the guest account needs to be linked? I already linked my account to my email though

[buoyant sigil]

You can just link it to the same email if anything, add a +1 and stuff and you’re set

No need to link though

[hexed adder]

U can delete guest acc right away on setting, then remove from log history. Then start again with fresh guest acc

[winter crystal]

if he doesnt want to do it he doesnt have to, he should be able to grind enough for at least one 6 star if hes dedicated before the banner is gone

[buoyant sigil]

I guess so, always that possibility indeed

[astral thorn]

Any recommendations on what to buy with green certs?

[winter crystal]

everyting in the first tier of the shop then pulls and regular recruit tags in the second

[astral thorn]

Thx

[winter crystal]

the recruitment permits not the vouchers

[astral thorn]

I only have 455 so should I wait til next month

[winter crystal]

well youve got like 18 days left lol, focus on headhunting permits oru and recruit permits first if you dont have enough to buy out the first tier

[echo venture]

what tier are you on currently

[astral thorn]

Tier 1

[echo venture]

buy everything except the furniture parts

[astral thorn]

Even if I cant buy tier 2?

Sorry better question, is there anything better in tier 2?

[winter crystal]

just more of the same pulls and recurit permits

[astral thorn]

Like something better than I n tier 1 like a 6 star ticket?

[unkempt pollen]

is RM expansion on reset instead of 12h offset this time

[lyric lagoon]

same stuff with materials and 3*/4* vouchers

[astral thorn]

3 4 vouchers?

[winter crystal]

3 and 4 star vouchers which you dont want to spend green certs on

[astral thorn]

Ahh k thx so basically the best stuff is on par with tier 1, got it

[winter crystal]

yeah no reason to save your green certs if you havent bought everything (minus the furnature parts)

[echo venture]

@astral thorn
phase 1 try to clear it every month, leave the furniture parts for last.
phase 2 there's hh tickets but they are expensive. there's also t3 mats they are more like an emergency to buy when you need.
phase 3 reallistcally you won't reach it. don't bother with it
https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Store/Certificate

[astral thorn]

I seee thx

[winter crystal]

honestly the first three, the pulls certs and oru are your biggest priority, if the month is about to end and you just got those save your green certs until the reset

[astral thorn]

Are there any reds worth getting other than Ethan? Lile for base building or othrt reasons

[echo venture]

quartz elite 1 for trading post

[astral thorn]

And do they ever have good 5 stars to buy in there

[echo venture]

na

[winter crystal]

5 stars are frauds (except base slaves)

[astral thorn]

Lol thx

[violet python]

should i go through and clear all the practice maps on annihilation or are those maps that eventually become the anni and i can get the progress rewards then?

[clear delta]

Guys what module should i get for my thorn?

[wild cedar]

Delta if you must…

[proven kelp]

All practice annihilation won't come back as makn annihilation
Just do them now since it's a pain waiting for them to rotate back

[vestal mica]

Leader Squad effect?
Support Squad effect?
huh?

[proven kelp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/901726884298100777/1477634343944847461/image.png?ex=69a579b8&is=69a42838&hm=8d3a3df6de00e137a3021193365ffa87021b0396243ea17d5373871539fd3779&animated=true

[clear delta]

Aight thanks

[proven kelp]

They buff those squads

[pale glen]

Team good? What should I focus on building/ unit to get?

[vestal mica]

Casters

or specialists

[shadow bay]

iz alright... i do see ur quite overhealing but eh...

always focus to dps>>> utility, with this in mind, would atleast mod2 saki before investing... chalter ig, assuming u have good masteries already to ur e2s

[grizzled galleon]

How dos attack speed work

[shadow bay]

or maybe monster prio here for her s3????
... anyway those two can be next candidate to raise

[grizzled galleon]

Like how important is +15 attack speed

[subtle dawn]

How do I get the materials needed to upgrade skill levels past level 5 without vouchers or buying them from shop? Is there no way to craft them

[shadow bay]

skill books = farm CA stages
materials = refer to material in #bot-spam for effecient stages to farm, t4 materials and above should be crafted in base

[reef sparrow]

is there a certain value of green cert to to say it's a good value?

[subtle dawn]

I don't know how to use that channel 😔 which command do I do to see the materials info

[shadow bay]

/material

[subtle dawn]

Ok ty

[maiden thunder]

u dont need casters or specialist what u need are the roles that they fufill specialist does different types of shit but most of the time u dont need their utility for gen content as for casters? u should already have good amount of arts dps from hoshi surtr and sakiko just e2 your chen>mon3tr(work on mods too on the side)

[subtle dawn]

So I checked the material section and the stages it says to do, the material has a rare chance of dropping so how many times would I need to do the stage for me to get one theoretically?

[shadow bay]

yes

jk but yeh... i think penguin stat have this answer... but then again it still luck based... just farm as per recommendations

[subtle dawn]

Is there no guaranteed way to get it from like a high sanity required stage or something

[shadow bay]

people normally farm event stages when there's one coz apparently drop rate is better compare to story stages

[reef sparrow]

what you see in botspam is the most efficient way

[subtle dawn]

💔 I don't got the sanity for this 😭

[hoary ruin]

The drop rate for "rare" mats off story stages is pretty awful tbh.

The IS (integrated strategies) and RA (Reclamation Algorithm) side modes don't cost sanity and offer a good amount of one time rewards that contain high tier mats.

Otherwise you'd preferably want to farm them during an event, which isn't an option now because the current one can't be farmed.

[subtle dawn]

I'm tryna get all my characters to sl7

[reef sparrow]

some full efficiency stage does not mean it has the least sanity per mats tho

[subtle dawn]

Why they gotta make it so hard to get these materials omg

[wispy jolt]

Its rng

[subtle dawn]

And why they gotta make the material stages only available on some days now I gotta wait til Saturday to e1 my quartz for my base

[shadow bay]

atleast ur not malding to a rng substat to equip to ur units

[subtle dawn]

Yeah ur right that was even more rage inducing

[hoary ruin]

A lot of gatcha games do it that way sadly.

I agree that it's really stupid to need to wait for a specific day. It's just one way gatcha games try to make you keep logging in.

At least saturday and sunday have most stages open.

[reef sparrow]

you can try IS and RA if you don't have sanity to farm

[subtle dawn]

People need to log in anyways to do dailies tho 😭

[reef sparrow]

although it uses irl sanity instead

[subtle dawn]

I don't like those game modes cuz I don't get to use my main team 😔

[subtle dawn]

Yup

Do you guys stack up on the common resources so you have some to use if the stage is not available that day?

[neat spear]

What skill does GoldenGlow use

[subtle dawn]

Like the chips and common upgrade materials

[echo venture]

s3 main.
s2 for afk maps

[reef sparrow]

chips can be prefarmed, depends on what ops u target, for other mats, just stack 150+ I say

[echo venture]

s1 if youre ppltn

[crystal holly]

which mods should i prioritize?

[echo venture]

chogyue mod is bonkers

[proven kelp]

No
I just buy the chips for 2 bucks

[echo venture]

but thats if you use him

[hoary ruin]

Yep, once you're not constantly leveling ops anymore you'll be able to prefarm chips and such for ops you want.

Otherwise san generally goes to farming whatever event stages are decent (last event had a good stage for gel). Which lets you build up a stockpile of blue mats for whenever you need them.

[crystal holly]

okok thx

[glad raptor]

theres no specfic date for salter banner right?

[frank talon]

Not currently we'll know when we know

[glad raptor]

ight ty

[lament loom]

Am slightly confused about Saki lvl 2 mod. It says, "when skill is active, ranged attacks no longer deal reduced damage." Does that only apply to Saki s3 alone? Not on s1 and s2?

[hoary ruin]

Our server normally has the "Celebration limited" banner in April or May.

[frank egret]

I'm curious about how people save up enough for the full 300 on limited events? Do most just bank up whatever they can and skip all other events? I just can't get my head around how anyone saves up 180,000?

[subtle dawn]

The vina Victoria event was too hard for me 😔 I just gotta wait for the next event hopefully it comes soon

[proven kelp]

We just save
Not like you need to constantly pull to beat events

[spare jetty]

or 💳

[proven kelp]

It's just a perma effect for s2

[abstract mauve]

some say you can beat all events in this game with just the free units !!

[hoary ruin]

Global is 6 months behind CN, so we get to let them evaluate what new units are good. Letting us know exactly what's worth pulling and skipping.

[lament loom]

Oh thanks, was confused by the wording of it.

[frank egret]

but im guessing you skip even the great new standard units to come out as well?

[abstract mauve]

there arent many of them

[lament loom]

Is it worth doing S1M3 and S2M3 on Saki if if she is already mod2 and full Ave Mujica band then?

[hoary ruin]

Thats the thing, thanks to CN we already know there aren't any great standard units comming between now and SA2's banner.

[proven kelp]

I mean that depends
Not like all limited banners are that good either

It just happens that this set of limited are good

[frank egret]

so as a fairly new player, i see tons of great units coming in things like orienteering and joint banners as well. Should I skip all these for coming limited event or better for my account to go for these other ones first?

[proven kelp]

Yes

[lament loom]

Ty

[abstract mauve]

🥹

[worldly estuary]

Orienteering banners should be avoided too in this case. You have 2 limited banners that are more worth pulling than the ones between
SA2 and wang’s

[wild cedar]

Save

[proven kelp]

S1 with Umiri is a great investment

[abstract mauve]

s1m1. no need for m3

[proven kelp]

Smh just don't be poor

M9 or fraud!

[hoary ruin]

Thanks to some diligent community members, we know who's good. You can check "Roadless Camelot" in the pins and go to "upcoming banner info" to read about what the new standard units will do.

[frank egret]

hmm i was just wondering since you seem to get great ones like mon3tr, logos and ascalon and ray for way less pulls

[abstract mauve]

you need to teach me the just dont be poor tech

[frank egret]

thanks il give it a look. having seen anything on this character yet

[worldly estuary]

I don’t even have any of them

[rocky pilot]

Don’t gamble

[hoary ruin]

The thing about standard units is they're also in the pool for the limited banners too, so you might get spooked by some good ops when you pull for SA2 (if you are going for him and/or Pram2 anyway)

[frank egret]

i wanted to go the whole 300 to get Wis'adel as well, but damn its a lot to save and push for lol

[worldly estuary]

It’s not worth sparking as they say. Even less with wangsadel coming soon

[frank egret]

why not worth sparking?

[hoary ruin]

300 pulls is just...SO much. Like......it would cost you a lot of the onetime OP you'd get from clearing the story.

[proven kelp]

Too much investment

[worldly estuary]

You’re throwing 300 into a single unit while you could save up more for the next banner

[proven kelp]

You could have used that 300 pulls to pot6 saki instead

[plain hemlock]

you need MUCH less than 300 pulls to get a certain op on average

[hoary ruin]

Like on average how many OP do you get out of a main story chapter?

[proven kelp]

Like
30-40 ish
Probably closer to 35 on newer chapters

[worldly estuary]

Around 20 without challenge/AE

[frank egret]

Hmm. So at what point in a limited event do people suggest stop pulling if you dont get the main unit?

[plain hemlock]

you don't exactly need to "Stop pulling". Sparking actually becomes a viable option if you pull 200+ for the unit you want

[proven kelp]

Depends on the banners itself

Like Wang
You go broke until you get him

For SA2
That's depends on how much you value end game content
For the average player, getting Pram2 is enough

[frank egret]

who is this Wang?

[thorny edge]

wangussy

[proven kelp]

Upcoming operator
Check the link the guy told you to check

[slim tusk]

wangsadel

[worldly estuary]

Might just go broke so you don’t expect a chen3 while pulling in wang’s banner

[thorny edge]

chen3 is good asw

[slim tusk]

how about chen4?

[proven kelp]

We go back to swimsuit Chen

[thorny edge]

super super big cup

[hoary ruin]

lol...if we get Chen4 before more of the cast get their first alter, I think there will be a riot.

[broken pebble]

Demetri is immediately right after Wang right?

[plain hemlock]

nah, the reason she got a second alter is that she was very eligible for an alter but her first one was kind of a joke instead of focusing on her char progression

[proven kelp]

Who

[frank egret]

im a bit confused. the comment in Joint Operation says Goldenglow, Degenbrecher arent competent? i thought these were top tier units?

[abstract mauve]

they arent

[hoary ruin]

Yeh, it's just funny to think about how we'll have "Chen Alter Alter" in a while.

[proven kelp]

Degen was
GG was just okay

They're nothing compare to units now

[worldly estuary]

You have that info in roadless Camelot too

[frank egret]

wtf? its so frustrating to check info everywhere on units to look for which say units are great, only to hear they arent in here

[worldly estuary]

It’s a pity that gg’s global is kinda niche

[abstract mauve]

wdym exactly?
arent in where

[plain hemlock]

it's just a standards difference. Most places will tell you GG-level characters are still very strong (which isn't exactly wrong) but HG elevated the bar with some stupidly powerful ops like Wis, tragodia and Exu2, which is what this chat considers "very strong"

[proven kelp]

That all depends on the context

In the pulling priority, you also have to take into consideration upcoming banners

With Wang and SA2 Pram2 on the horizon
Those banners aren't worth pulling because the operators in it are significantly weaker them, hence not competent when getting compared to them

But if you happen to get them, they're still good to raise because general content isn't really that hard, but because it's a pulling priority and pulls are finite, you have to take into consideration their priority

[frank egret]

I check guides on Youtube or sites for tier lists or recommendations on who are the top units. A lot of them put ones like Degenbrecher and Goldenglow and others very high. So now I have to rethink how I go about choosing units again

[hoary ruin]

You can use whoever you want to clear story, so this channel focuses on recommending whoever is "meta" so as to help folks minmax their resources.

[proven kelp]

YouTube isn't really that great of a source for units performance btw

[plain hemlock]

just check with us, it's faster, easier and more reliable

[proven kelp]

Just check Roadless smh

[plain hemlock]

youtube is still good for some showcases in case you want to see what an op does tho

[worldly estuary]

Its funny that most main story stages can be cleared with wis and some competent operators

[frank egret]

I can borrow wisadel for main story so maybe I will give up pulling her then

[hoary ruin]

Wis, Exu2 and Trag do make good "solve stage" buttons.

[silk grove]

Is this the right module for Logos?

[proven kelp]

You don't even need Wis for main story

And even in harder content where Wis makes them alot easier, such as IS
You can simply borrow her

Better to spend those pulls for important stuff
Like the Band pot6

[worldly estuary]

I’ve been saving some pulls for sa2 banner but 300 is far beyond what I can afford (even completing story/side ones)

[young path]

can kaltsit's mon3tr receive healing from other units

[simple mortar]

Should I prioritize Sakiko module lv3 or mlynar module lv2 for now?

[plain hemlock]

you'll most likely not get near that point unless you get really unlucky

[frank egret]

What’s the Band Pot 6?

[proven kelp]

It's a secret tech that's no longer available unfortunately

[severe crypt]

Dw about not like you can get them

[abstract mauve]

goldenglow and degen each had their time in the spotlight. goldenglow was tied for best caster alongside eyja for several years. degenbrecher was arguably the 2nd best unit for quite sometime herself. some argued that she was better than mlynar (but that flat out isnt the case ). anyway the point is that these units were at some point the peak of the power in this game. now that's just not the case anymore. they are still usable but you can definitely feel the rust on goldenglow in particular. degen is fine just not top tier nowadays.

sometimes the reputation of an operator in the wider community carries more weight than the actual value they provide and that's very clearly the case in some situations like goldenglow for example. she's usable and a fine operator but she just doesnt compare to better 6* units.

some people just have lower standards... yeah they just like shittier ops. im ngl some people just handycap themselves and tell you they are fine using worse operators because they dont even play harder content

the average new unit releases surpass either of them in power easily that even operators on banners we recommend to skip are easily stronger than either of these two because the bar is so high nowadays. there's 2 great banners in the future in the form of sash2/prama2 and wang2/chen3 banners

[frank wing]

no

[proven kelp]

Directly, no
You can heal them with regen

[severe crypt]

Ok fae is it really secret if that was their main selling point

[proven kelp]

Shh

[spare jetty]

smh smh

[plain hemlock]

they're roughly equal in terms of prio but you want both

[frank egret]

You guys use a lot of acronyms I got to get used to lol

[simple mortar]

Right now I can level up only one, which one should I go first?

[glad spade]

hey cn vids of gameplay only are allowed here right

[proven kelp]

Totally not bias but I'd do Saki firsy

[proven kelp]

Any CN content that aren't lore question are fine

[glad spade]

https://youtu.be/otfhCPGbpz8?si=W7Dg6_PejlVjRszC
they seem surprisingly close, what do you guys think? im just a bit skeptical

[plain hemlock]

up to you honestly, whoever you use more. You can also get both Mod1 (or 2 if they're already mod1)

[simple mortar]

I know what you are I'm crying

[abstract mauve]

based on the range difference alone, bellone is a shittier unit

[simple mortar]

Oh sorry, what I mean is

Saki is already mod2 while mlynar is mod1,

I'm wondering which one I should upgrade first

[robust thistle]

Sakiko

[plain hemlock]

just finish sakiko for now

[proven kelp]

[glad spade]

i think bellone is supposed to stay alive longer (??)

[simple mortar]

okay, mlynar can wait then

Thank you

[frank egret]

Is this site trash then?

https://arknightstierlist.com/Tierlist_Arknights_Mobile.html

[robust thistle]

What site even is that

[copper oracle]

if u r lucky and dodge...

[hoary ruin]

Tierlists for AK are trash yes. All of them.

[glad spade]

yeah the only problem is its chance based (40/60)

[pale tapir]

in the right context some can be good, but that context has to be pretty specific

[plain hemlock]

a lot of enemies will delete him if he misses dodge

[spare jetty]

anything that is a tierlist talking about in general,like all content in the game is considered trash

[worldly estuary]

Generally speaking all tier lists tend to be subjective

[proven kelp]

How are you going to stay alive longer when your range is in the face of the enemy

And even then, Saki is literally immortal during Fever lol

[robust thistle]

If I'm looking for cheap hotel rooms I absolutely wouldnt buy it from buycheaphotelrooms.com

[spare jetty]

the ones for IS is practically acceptable depending on the source

[copper oracle]

🤔

[frank egret]

Is there a good IS guide in pins?

[glad spade]

well I agree Sakiko is better I'm just wondering how Sakiko is compared to the top units

[fathom nest]

#is-station

[spare jetty]

#is-station pins

[glad spade]

so ya how good is sakiko compared to the best units

[proven kelp]

The new unit is nowhere near the top units

[copper oracle]

not good

[abstract mauve]

in practice, bellone is gonna get absolutely demolished by more threatening enemies tho. got stomped by mandragora, when his dodge% got lowered he got oneshot by golem, and he needed a special setup for patriot so that he doesnt tp on top of him and die

[proven kelp]

It's so irrelevant that i still can't even remember it's name

[glad spade]

i didnt say bellone is near the top units

[hoary ruin]

Her single target DPS is pretty good, but that's all she does.

[abstract mauve]

wang brainrot. code red

[copper oracle]

? im comparing her to exu 😇

[urban lance]

Hey, is Rebuilding mandate going to be permanent after the event?

[copper oracle]

single target op vs single target op ofc

[abstract mauve]

how much dph does exu have?

[hoary ruin]

I find Saki super comfy to use though. Her S3's range is really nice.

[glad spade]

yeah true i guess he was supposed to be some sort of helidrop but doesnt rlly work in practice

[fathom nest]

No

[proven kelp]

I mean the only thing you sent is a comparison between it and Saki

[frank egret]

Do you guys rate Ascalon?

[copper oracle]

3k on s2
smthing low on s3

[glad spade]

yeah and then i asked how good sakiko is compared to top units

[copper oracle]

not good 🗣️

[glad spade]

ic ty

[hoary ruin]

She inflicts enemies with -85% movespeed, while killing many weaker enemies, so yes she's nice to have.

[abstract mauve]

hmmm. fair ig. idk why i remembered it being lower. ok but this is not fair !!
exu2 too good

[glad spade]

well yeah i was just curious cause there was a bunch of hype over her all over social media

[pale tapir]

she’s not bad by any means (very good in fact) but she won’t be rivaling wis or wang or tragedy or whatever on youtuber thumbnails

[proven kelp]

YouTube will hype anything lol

[slim tusk]

i need astegenne alt hype

[abstract mauve]

ril

[frank egret]

Ok nice. I managed to pull her recently so was hoping she had some relevance.

[proven kelp]

Dw i will continue the agenda

[copper oracle]

cos shes collab and avg gacha player when see collab go fomo fomo fomo omg

[proven kelp]

The Astesia and Astegnne agenda
If you know you know

[copper oracle]

i gurantee the hype wont be that big if she wasnt collab

[glad spade]

yeah that makes sense

[abstract mauve]

also "thorns killer" hype kinda...

[spare jetty]

yt being yt

[copper oracle]

fwiw ela still has more usage than sakiko in high end content 😇

[spare jetty]

and the fucking unskippable ads

[glad spade]

thats really nice

[onyx mango]

Non-premium yt user

[hoary ruin]

Sakiko's only real "problem" is that she's a pure DPS, in a game with a ton of other really good pure DPS.

[copper oracle]

idt her dps is the problem, the cycle is

[proven kelp]

Smh
Some guy in CN is clearing IS6 high end with the Band

[slim tusk]

wang is also only dps

[abstract mauve]

saki is just annoying to use

[hoary ruin]

But hey, you can never have too much DPS.

[copper oracle]

the 100% slow on s2....

[pale tapir]

what about her is annoying

[copper oracle]

shit downtime

[abstract mauve]

shit cycle as fib said and the nodes that have to slowly hover towards the enemies

[copper oracle]

me when exu recharges skill in 20s and sakiko takes 3 years its just not fair dawg 🥹

[abstract mauve]

comparing her to exu2 will make all saki's flaws more obvious anyway

[spare jetty]

still have ads

[pale tapir]

that’s it? man we livin in mansions and drivin ferraris
I find her tracking notes to be very useful personally
either way exialt is like one of the best and sakichan never was so not surprising

[abstract mauve]

she just feels like a hassle to use for me at least. not that she's bad

[copper oracle]

shes pretty good in is5 cos u get aspd and bc shes offensive recovery = downtime issues fixed

[hoary ruin]

Yep. Exu2 is in a class by herself. Her low DP cost with all that damage is pretty silly.

[plain hemlock]

Tbh just the fact that you can compare her to the monster that Exu2 is already means she's pretty good

[copper oracle]

wym u can compare anyone to exu2

[onyx mango]

We comparing her with exualt, that's why she looks kinda bad

In general, she still a good ops

[young path]

quitting arknights for 3 years to come back and see how much they gave up on balancing was pretty funny

[pale tapir]

was it chen that gives sp to offensive recovery ops?

[plain hemlock]

Also a huge shield and pretty much helidroppable

[coarse notch]

even then shes like fourth priority

[copper oracle]

not in gvg

[abstract mauve]

gvg is a psyop anyway

[copper oracle]

u can finally stop using slopianus (unless u get sp relics then back to slopianus ig)

[coarse notch]

you take sash ulpi hoe before her no

[hoary ruin]

Yeaaahhhhh I wish she was on SA2's banner.

[copper oracle]

no dawg ulp is so fake 😭

[coarse notch]

ah i see

[plain hemlock]

Meh, powercreep between operators is definitely a thing but the content itself is nicely balanced. You don't "need" all this power

[pale tapir]

too soon junior™

[robust thistle]

Game balance doesnt matter when the general content ceiling is so low anyways

[coarse notch]

gvg isnt real anyways

[copper oracle]

u can open sakiko instead of sash too if u want but u just lose to the stages where sash s2 is used

[abstract mauve]

see this guy gets it

[robust thistle]

Then when you get to the actual hard content you think "wow these guys do zero damage"

[abstract mauve]

i feel like you dont even need to get to the hard content to realize thorns doesnt deal damage

[glad spade]

4 stars only possible in high end is?

[coarse notch]

only is4 has really suffered from powercreep and im sure thats gonna change when the d18 update craters our heads in again

[plain hemlock]

Just stall for 30 minutes

[pale tapir]

watching wis just tickle trash mobs is kinda funny tho

[copper oracle]

avg d18 elite (1 wis skill doesnt kill them)

[winter crystal]

the gen content is so easy, when actual decent to hard content comes around people need youtube guides and handholding bc they arent use to it

[hoary ruin]

yeeeeeep. I wasn't playing when Exu2's banner was running sadly. I'll get her though. Maybe. Who knows who we'll get between now when she's added to the limited pool. Wang seems like fun too.

[coarse notch]

if resetting hundreds of times sounds like a good time to you, its vaguely possible for some parts of high end
you can forget about it for the highest difficulty stuff

[robust thistle]

The actual game balance powercreep is reading anyways

How many 12-19 questions did we get in a week again

[obsidian inlet]

Monst3r worth to E2?

[pale tapir]

yes but if u have higher priority e2s do them first

[copper oracle]

bold of u to assume they dont use guides for gen content

[obsidian inlet]

I have Mountain,Typhon,Monst3r, which one should i go for?

[coarse notch]

mon3tr

[obsidian inlet]

Alright ty

[hoary ruin]

Oh yeah, I was curious. How did you deal with these things when chapter 8 was new? https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Imperial_Artillery_Targeteer

[robust thistle]

Silverash

[nocturne sandal]

exu

[coarse notch]

simply kill them with whatever damage you had on hand, it was the same stuff

[robust thistle]

Exu cant kill them actually

[winter crystal]

unironically exu and a line of melee fodder until it died

[robust thistle]

Max pot exy barely kills them, you need skalter

[hoary ruin]

Yeah I was gonna say, I tried base Exu and she failed miserably lol

[proven kelp]

Flatinum

[nocturne sandal]

I remember using her there but it's been a hot minute
nvm then, i did misremember, exu was just for the mobs. I used mainly eyja for those drones.

[coarse notch]

simply whip out the exu2 in 2021

[winter crystal]

just gotta keep feeding it fodder to keep it from targetting exu

[robust thistle]

Silverash was the solution back then

[maiden thunder]

Chapter 8 grunts pack a good amount of def already 🚬

[maiden thunder]

Might just wanna use click atp

[winter crystal]

i didnt have silverash back then (still dont)

[abstract mauve]

i remember testing somewhat recently exu vs insider vs krooster vs those drones. exu e2 60 with new mod did as well as max insider if that is some sort of reference

[proven kelp]

That's
Kinda sad

[abstract mauve]

without mod fairly sure exu just doesnt

[robust thistle]

Dph vs dps be like

[hoary ruin]

mmmm...yeah mine is still E2 30, since that's where she was at when I quit in year 1.

[robust thistle]

Non mod exy does slightly above scratch damage

[abstract mauve]

[hoary ruin]

She has indeed aged very poorly.

[pale tapir]

was ceobe out in 21
too old to remember

[robust thistle]

Wdym aged, shes dead since ch7 came out, shes rotten at this day and age

[plain hemlock]

Lies, just slap some good old atk buffs on her

[maiden thunder]

She is quite old one of the earliest vignettes

[hoary ruin]

Ch7 was indeed where I stopped using her in most cases. I hadn't done any pulls yet since returning so I was stuck with only Y1 stuff.

[pale tapir]

I prolly used her then
time to do some testing

[lavish stratus]

Which operators I should get for this event? Doesn’t have to be vanguard. I have W Alter, Logos, Lumen, and Su

[warm rock]

Are there any 3-4 star operators worth raising for IS6?

[maiden thunder]

Logos/ascalon would be good deals with swarms easily don't take space with revenants🥱

[winter crystal]

purestream hummus, obligatory: gummie, click, spot, steward, kroos, beanstalk, may

[maiden thunder]

How raise are we talking? Most of the time click/gummy/purestream/quartz/may at e1 lvl 50 is enough for place holders there are more options but this would be a good start and yeaaah for 3* follow what's mentioned

[copper oracle]

revs are an issue?

looks like someone doesnt know how wisadel revs spawn

[proven kelp]

Imaging using Ascalon
Smh 1 tile wasted instead of another Wilderness node

[nocturne sandal]

imagine needing ascalon, just use kirara smh

[proven kelp]

Sakiko is all you need

[spare jetty]

whoops all ambushers

problem solved

[abstract mauve]

game didnt give me umiri

[spare jetty]

suffer

[plain hemlock]

Account damage

[robust thistle]

Isnt umiri welfare?

[maiden thunder]

Umiri and nyamu welfare while wakaba and uika was gacha

[pale tapir]

that's what happens when u don't play peak

[abstract mauve]

i thought the context was RM

[maiden thunder]

U have kirara from skill tree just use her🚬

[pale tapir]

just gamble more

[maiden thunder]

Can't wait to login later and claim the afk resources to max lvl instantly

[gray mulch]

Does kirara not count as welfare in RM

[eager totem]

when does tuya mod come to global

[gray mulch]

Umiri is gacha in RM smh

[maiden thunder]

On CN it was chap 16

[hoary ruin]

But if all gatcha currency is free in RM, isn't everything welfare then?

[spare jetty]

u need to own the ops u got from the gacha to use it

[abstract mauve]

silverash is free to new player in base game. still not a welfare
free not equal welfare smh

[maiden thunder]

But what if u don't pick Silverash

[pale tapir]

then you're based

[maiden thunder]

Roll exu>exu pot 2 from selector

[spare jetty]

i didn't

[abstract mauve]

i picked thorns 👍

[pale tapir]

did selector exist on day 1

[hoary ruin]

Tbh, they should give Eyia Exu's spot on the beginner banner and selector.

[gray mulch]

I don't think we had selector

[maiden thunder]

D1 mfs was starting with shinning btw

[gray mulch]

Just a dogshit beginner banner

[pale tapir]

yea that was me

[spare jetty]

i started with 3 specialist

[gray mulch]

She's not even in recruit yet

[hoary ruin]

D: Sad

[eager totem]

huh why is h12-4 yet another damazti

[abstract mauve]

for the love of the game

wouldnt have it any other way

[clear delta]

Can yall recomend the free unit that can be obtained from side stories?

[pale tapir]

tequila krooster bryophyta ceylon etc
but yeah pins

[hidden wolf]

Should I spam 9-14 to farm this

[pale tapir]

"this" being...?
check /material in #bot-spam

[hidden wolf]

The green bottle

[gray mulch]

It'd be better to try to find them via other means like ra/is or green cert shop

[left patio]

Is Cargo Escort really worth doing in the Long run if you want LMDs?

[coarse notch]

no its horrible
same with the exp stage

[left patio]

So, is it better to convert Sanity to drones and use the Base system?

[coarse notch]

do not convert sanity into drones

a properly built and rotated base will passively generate all the lmd and exp you need

[spare jetty]

252 gaming

[left patio]

Ah, but if I needed LMD, and have spare Sanity, where should I use the sanity other than farming the materials? Or is it better to farm extra even if I already have enough?

[ancient lintel]

If you want drone just slot people into power plants bruh
Like idk grey and lucilla e0 should be good

[spare jetty]

other mats

[nimble kite]

Use Sanity only and ONLY on Leveling Material farm stage.

LMD and EXP can be farmed passively through the base. Mats cannot.

[coarse notch]

farm materials
materials gate operator progression, not lmd/exp

[nimble kite]

If you want LMD big and fast, IS awaits you.

[left patio]

Ah I see

[coarse notch]

farm red certs/skill books/1-7 if you cant think of anything

[spare jetty]

unless ur doing some heresy orondums farming then 1-7 your way

[ancient lintel]

You get a shitload of LMD and exp via IS, RA and event shops anyways
Farming CE and LS stages are a bad bad move

[abstract mauve]

hi chat. is4 ed1 leaks for 30 right?

[coarse notch]

yea

[abstract mauve]

just checking

[coarse notch]

only bosses that leak for more than 30 are is5 ed2 phase2, amiya, and chongyue iirc

[nimble kite]

Wang also does -50.

[coarse notch]

good luck

big wang

if only they made chongyue the same as amiya

[abstract mauve]

i dont really need the luck but thanks
lowkey bullying tho

[coarse notch]

bros got a socratic seminar going on in the arctic

[spare jetty]

is this how welfareknights do is4

[abstract mauve]

so there's this funny collectible that gives raidian stacking 0.5 sp/s. idk if it's just my luck but i've gotten it 3 of the last 4 runs

[spare jetty]

ur

[abstract mauve]

good to know. anyway, the IS lowkey kinda easy regardless
raidian sanktamiksa crownslayer umiri+sp charger is the gang

[pale tapir]

how well has raidian been doin for u in is4?

[copper oracle]

its his best op

[left patio]

What is usually needed for IS? Because right now my only 6 star E2s are Lemuen and Surtr

[copper oracle]

the ability to read is needed for IS

[pale tapir]

knowledge of maps and enemies

[spare jetty]

being able to read and think properly

[left patio]

Ah, just like Limbus then

[robust thistle]

Theres 5 different IS seasons, each one has different gimmicks
So if you ask what do you need, you need a lot of different stuff

[abstract mauve]

raidian is the carry ye. sankta miksa can stat check a few enemies. umiri s1 + sp charger is full uptime area slow 🥹. crownslayer is still in the works but she did already have really good application for shop rob floor 4+ against the archers. i did a leakless shop rob so that's something

[coarse notch]

not quite, IS is much more advanced than mirror dungeon sleeping simulator

[left patio]

Damn, then I might not be ready yet

[spare jetty]

just borrow

[glad spade]

dont u need built characters for is too (excluding is6 and is5)

[left patio]

Considering how much I rack my brains more in AK than LC, yeah I believe you

[spare jetty]

3* and 4*

[hoary ruin]

You can borrow friend units in IS, just like you can for normal story stages. A borrowed unit will be enough to clear enough difficulties for the rewards.

[coarse notch]

read the guides on the IS central website then go in with a borrow and try it out
you learn by losing over and over again

[proven kelp]

MD just dies to Win Rate

[spare jetty]

at the bare minimum

[coarse notch]

good thing is that you still get points for the battlepass as you're losing

[hoary ruin]

IS is a roguelite, so winning is like 80% knowledge. No penalty for losing either.

[spare jetty]

u lose ur irl sanity

[coarse notch]

i think ive honestly died more to a single IS iteration than ive had identities die in MD, not counting killing them on purpose

[ancient lintel]

U lose irl sanity due to RNG

Lamp of wishes should be renamed lamp of scams

[valid violet]

has mantra performed exceptionally in any future content yet or is she mostly just generic dps? kinda wanna roll but also not sure if she's anything special yet

[robust thistle]

Lamp is guaranteed relic if you know what youre doing though

[radiant mantle]

At least mde has a modicum of challenge

Kinda.

[proven kelp]

Oh please i been cheesing MDE with a solo run

[hoary ruin]

Meh, IS is like any other roguelite, losing hurts the first few times but then you realize you didn't really lose anything so you go again.

[compact thistle]

Im pretty positive it stacks, but increase skill recovery by 0.x/s works with gain X SP per effect condition right?

[robust thistle]

Shes just ok

[robust thistle]

If it doesnt say anything about not stacking, it stacks

[ancient lintel]

Ye ik but still the RNG just piss me off sometimes

[proven kelp]

What RNG
Recruiting your ops?

[coarse notch]

tell that to me failing the hand of rumble refresh 5 nodes in a row smh

[compact thistle]

First one does, but says of this "type" and I wasn't exactly sure

[ancient lintel]

Frequent dispute reroll into chaos reroll into emer elusive merch 💀
While having lamp

[robust thistle]

One is sp/s one is sp/3s

[compact thistle]

Because, by skill description it would be unique, but it still is gain 1 SP per X time, which is similar enough for me to question it

[ancient lintel]

Btw is it just me or is it easier to get atk buff relics in IS6 compare to IS5?

[robust thistle]

Sometimes the curtain is actually blue

[coarse notch]

this is why you just fight normal stages on f5
except reg, screw reg

[compact thistle]

Im wondering if Ptilopsis and Suiblings can stack, is what im confused about

[robust thistle]

Ptilo is natural sp recovery

[abstract mauve]

is5 didnt have that many atk% buffs. is6 does tho for relics at least

[robust thistle]

Shu talent just gives you sp regardless

Or you can just put it into practice and see if it stacks

[abstract mauve]

in is5 you had inspirers and in is6 you have tongbaos that increase your power further but ye. is6 in general gives you more chance to giga highroll

[ancient lintel]

I also learn that you should never touch the 3 random trinkets thingy the hard way 💀
Right at the end before amiyi fight I picked that and boom it gave the LP regen relic 🥀

[coarse notch]

also dont fuse lingerers with inspirers if you value being able to use mon3tr

[robust thistle]

what does that mean

[ancient lintel]

Ye I find it so easy to just stack a bunch of atk modifiers, you get the drum thingy, family stir fry, candleguest via combat, and the candleguest stamp thingy as well lol, so many atk modifiers

[glacial widget]

ulpianus or hoederer, and lezli2 or mlynar. which one to upgrade as a beginner for each?

[ancient lintel]

Ulpipi maybe?

[robust thistle]

leizi and mlynar really

[coarse notch]

lingerers with inspirers has a chance of only giving you one relic choice that you cant abandon
actor's perfume is not a rare reward from that, and being forced into taking it bricks mon3tr
inspirers are better off being used for shields anyways

[abstract mauve]

leizi and mlynar icl

[glacial widget]

i mean lezli or mlynar and ulpi or hoederer

[robust thistle]

yes leizi and mlynar

[glacial widget]

and?

[abstract mauve]

i dont get what you are trying to ask

[robust thistle]

you have all of them no? just raise the two liberators, idk whats confusing about it

[coarse notch]

why are you being forced into two dichotomies

[glacial widget]

which liberator to level and which smasher to level or whatever their class is called

[coarse notch]

level both liberators first

[robust thistle]

raise both liberators is what we're saying

[glacial widget]

i got 4 6 stars that do the same jobs basically and i dont have resources

[ancient lintel]

Both libs are worth it, for the crushers only ulpi

[abstract mauve]

same job?????

[proven kelp]

🥱

[robust thistle]

you can leave both ulpian and hoederer until later

[glacial widget]

alr ty

[severe crypt]

Same job is hella reductive

[glacial widget]

maybe?? 2 crushers 2 lib im new soo

[abstract mauve]

:susge:

[robust thistle]

just raise the two liberators and youre done, leave hoe and ulpian for later

[coarse notch]

🏡

[severe crypt]

Oh that’s a good emoji

[abstract mauve]

just level units based on who's better not on their class. so in this case leizi2 and mlynar first then maybe ulpi later

[glacial widget]

ok so e2 lezli is worth it? cuz some1 told me her e1 is better skill or smth

[ancient lintel]

I mean he said he's a beginner, and beginners often had a hard time figuring out how does lib guards work so me thinks ulpi might be good for now, plus ulpi has an afk skill

[robust thistle]

her main skill being S2 doesnt mean shes not worth E2

[glacial widget]

ty kind sir

[robust thistle]

dps still need the raw stats and mastery to you know, deal damage

[glacial widget]

what does e2 give her

[coarse notch]

e1 leizi then e2 mlynar
then e2 leizi
then e2 ulpianus
then ignore hoederer forever until you play is5

[ancient lintel]

Frighten coverage, the thingy that prevent things from hitting you if you block them

[coarse notch]

stats, masteries, module, another talent

[glacial widget]

ty everyone i like lezli the most out of all of them anyways so ill e2 her next

[coarse notch]

bruh

[robust thistle]

#arknights that way

[ancient lintel]

Also ye she strikes lightning on all tiles on skills, which if you read her s2, is extremely crucial for her to ramp up

[coarse notch]

mlynar should be e2ed first but you do you, not the worst series of choices you've probably made

[ancient lintel]

Ye mylnar needs e2 more cause mr uma only has 1 skill

[rancid sage]

Which operators work with Yu's S3? I've found out it does not work with GG's S3

[robust thistle]

it works with GG S3

its literally the global warming slop comp, yu lapp GG S3

[ancient lintel]

How does it not work with GG lol

[rancid sage]

Does it? I don't see the burn effect

[ancient lintel]

GG + lapp alt + Yu is literally the torchwood comp

[robust thistle]

check your eyes again

inb4 GG and the target are on the same side of the wall

[ancient lintel]

Might be the case ye

Peashooter hit the target before the peas travel through torchwood typa situation

[rancid sage]

I'll check again. It's hard to see the status effect when you have the sanrio skin

[nimble kite]

It's not that hard. I bet you just use another Elem Source, which is bad.

Because procc and works at the same time only one of it.

[proven kelp]

Or just put GG and Yu in the corner

[rancid sage]

I found the issue- I was using necrosis to attack at the same time

[nimble kite]

Told ya.

[rancid sage]

Thank you! I feel like a complete idiot...

[copper oracle]

[hidden wolf]

How many chapters are there

[robust thistle]

17

[hidden wolf]

How many orundum u can get weekly?

[robust thistle]

3000

[pale tapir]

normally from missions and annihilation alone 3000
not including any events, OP converted to orundum, first clear annihilations, etc.

[nimble kite]

Note that first one is Episode 0.

[limpid tendon]

has Executor Alter's 24 OP skin reran on CN?

[coarse notch]

you average 573 orundum a day including dailies/weeklies/monthly

[tribal root]

any of these 6* worth upgrading?

[robust thistle]

suzu maybe
blaze if youre going niche stuff

[silver smelt]

suzu and blazealter if you know where to use them

[copper oracle]

balz is so faek dawg

[robust thistle]

vulpis is fine if you dont have ines

[tribal root]

my friend told me i need yu if i want to use blaze, i dont have yu yet

[silver smelt]

maybe just maybe they arent going for records dawg

[robust thistle]

blaze with or without yu are practically there just to die

[tribal root]

currently waiting for her in shop

[lyric lagoon]

lets just say she’s not there for damage dealing

[coarse notch]

blazealt usage is to capitalize off her being able to die on repeat

otherwise you can safely skip raising her

[tribal root]

so none of that 6* is really worth yes?

[coarse notch]

suzu is fine to raise

[copper oracle]

who would do such a thing

[robust thistle]

suzu is the only 'good' one

[silver smelt]

yea cause guy who asks in help defo going for max risk record

[copper oracle]

dont need to go max risk theres wu cang right there ‼️

[tribal root]

aight, what about my other operator? i know i need to lvl trag to 82, other than that?

https://www.krooster.com/u/trusty-lime-yak-398y

[silver smelt]

ok grandpa get it out of ur system now go to bed

[robust thistle]

raise your base workers, and work on your base if you havent
then
ascalon modx1, s2m3 is preferable
saria mody1
ptilo mod1

[nimble kite]

HoshiAlter and Ascalon to Lv60. Ascalon needs ModX1.
HoshiAlter module will release later, she needs Mod3.

[glacial widget]

Which defender should i invest in? Cuora?

[robust thistle]

cuora spot gummy noir

can work with just cuora and spot for now

[glacial widget]

👍

[tribal root]

aight noted, thanks

[glacial widget]

silence or ptilopsis for e2?

[neat spear]

Anyone else know base slaves I can level up apart from these

[reef sparrow]

check the number 4 in base guides and links in #r-i-i-c pins

[reef sparrow]

I would not bother any, but if u really want to, ptilo

[glacial widget]

wait who would you pick instead of them

[robust thistle]

the *6 healers

[glacial widget]

if only i had those

[robust thistle]

then just keep them at E1, or like fyril said, ptilo if youre itching

[hybrid bluff]

it's funny that I still don't have quora 💔

[glacial widget]

e2 surtr worth it? if i have lezli2 and other good guards

[robust thistle]

youre not even done with mlynar

[glacial widget]

i am done with mlynar hes e2

[neat spear]

I upgraded one dorm

[robust thistle]

then ulpian, also their masteries and mod

[winter crystal]

Why?!?! Is the only mastery on ascalon S1M3???????

[reef sparrow]

you can downgrade dorm no worries

[tribal root]

afk purpose?

[lyric lagoon]

afk slop

[neat spear]

Do I have to tho will it refund the mats I spent

[winter crystal]

[reef sparrow]

yes, except the drones used

[neat spear]

[urban sleet]

Is clicking buttons so hard that you need to invest on mid skills

[winter crystal]

He has a case of terminal laziness

[robust thistle]

I mean I also have her s1m3, its not like its a bad skill per se

[winter crystal]

So I can also assume you have lvl 7 S2 then

[robust thistle]

I have her M6

[pale tapir]

inb4 m6 s1s3

[tribal root]

chill, i just got her

[robust thistle]

the lack of mod is worse than s1m3, why is it such a big deal

[reef sparrow]

s1m3
s2m2
s3m1
m6

[winter crystal]

Bc he doesn’t have the Afk skills for hoshi2 or sakiko raised and have their main skills masteried. But for some reason went out of their way to only focus on ascalons afk skill

[robust thistle]

I dont see the problem with this

[winter crystal]

I am just very confused

[spare jetty]

you should unconfuse yourself, now

[pale tapir]

well whatever
just uh get her mod

[crystal holly]

how am i supposed to kill this thing it keeps healing?

[pale tapir]

u need to take over the tower

[crystal holly]

o

[pale tapir]

put your two reserve ops next to the tower
and just keep stalling the golem while u wait
pull it away from the tower

[crystal holly]

ohh tysm

[mild turtle]

so.. what tag combo?

[nimble kite]

Yeah, Enemy Gramaphone heals enemies. Don't allow them capture it by any means next time.

[pale tapir]

I smell top op slow for suzu gamba

or medic for ng gamba

[ember steppe]

is the only way to heal juggernaut is with a bard

[coarse notch]

any form of health regeneration works

[crimson star]

which skill does la pluma use

[ember steppe]

like what

[coarse notch]

both are usable, use s1 until it doesnt work anymore, then use s2
if s2 doesnt work either then she wasnt built for that lane

[undone portal]

s1 is comfy afk, s2 lets her duel elites when needed. depends on what you use her for

[copper axle]

Where do u farm crystal construct currency

[nimble kite]

Come again? Better with pic provided.

[ember steppe]

thank God i have that ave mujica bard

[coarse notch]

typically if you have to heal an enmity operator you're using them wrong

[ember steppe]

not really trying to heal,im just trying things out for penance

[abstract mauve]

typically you dont use enmities much in general

[undone portal]

wheres tsukinogi/xingzhu wtfart

[coarse notch]

penance should be able hold her own, if she cant that kinda defeats the purpose of him

[winter crystal]

That’s cc and the game mode isn’t live rn

[ember steppe]

idk plan B should always be there i think

[nimble kite]

Right now you cannot.

Wait to Contingency Contracts event to appear to gain those.

[coarse notch]

sorry but plan B kinda sucks

[lyric lagoon]

plan b is "use a different operator"

[copper axle]

When does it

[coarse notch]

the next one hasnt been announced in cn yet so >6 months

[lyric lagoon]

if she can't tank something then she's not meant to tank it

[undone portal]

point is, if penance alone isnt cutting it, penance probably just isnt the comfiest choice for the situation

[nimble kite]

Not in nearest 6 months, because CN also lacks CCB5.

[ember steppe]

okay thanks but i wanna enjoy arknights like a sandbox game

[winter crystal]

Just fyi help channel provides meta advise so if you are doing stuff for the fun of it you’ll get the same kind of response in the future

[undone portal]

we say what you should do. take what you will from any advice given in this channel

[ember steppe]

okay appreciate it, this is just a one time thing anw, I'll ask meta stuff later

[fathom hawk]

is ascalon good in IS6

[eager totem]

do i s1m3 or s3m3 tuya
feels like s1 is good even outside afk because of how it does decent dmg without downtime

[reef sparrow]

s3m3 but I'd do both if it's me

[pale tapir]

is6 is hitcount heavy so she helps a lot

[wanton meadow]

If I'm gonna do 300 pulls, should it be on sash2 or wang banner? (Not pot hunting, just want to get as many useful units as possible)

[fathom nest]

That's not the way to do that

[coarse notch]

doings 300 pulls and trying to get as many useful units as possible are completely opposing ideas

[wanton meadow]

I have basically none of the limiteds

[robust thistle]

thats you getting 6 of the same op

[coarse notch]

and chances are you will maybe get one offrated limited at best

[wanton meadow]

Uh so none are worth the spark?

[robust thistle]

nothing is worth sparking

if you want horizontal investment, you pull on multiple different banners

[urban sleet]

You can save up 300 as insurance but none are worth sparking indeed

[coarse notch]

you have a 45% chance of getting absolutely no older limiteds in 300 pulls

[wanton meadow]

Unfortunate

Also 45% sounds wrong considering it's 70% rateup

[coarse notch]

what does that mean

[robust thistle]

older limiteds

[tidal pond]

Which of these has the highest dph?

[wanton meadow]

Nvm I'm dumb i forgot pram2 isn't limited

[coarse notch]

that also doesnt have anything to do with it

[slim tusk]

lemuen,ray

[undone portal]

70% rateup for the on banner ops
so thats 30% for an offrate
all the old limiteds are mixed into offrate pool with the standard ops

[wanton meadow]

Dw about it, I'm at work so my brain is at 5watts

[pine plover]

oh... this is friday the 13th

[coarse notch]

technically ulpianus s3's initial hit
but yea if you need dph use lemuen and ray

[wanton meadow]

Oh yea there's supposed to be an orienteering after sash2

If the banner keeps the same lineup that's definitely a pull

[pine plover]

that's the neat part, it won't

[wanton meadow]

We never know, we got basically the same orienteering banner as cn this time around

[undone portal]

surely itll be like our current orienteering where they just swapped out bad (eben) for mid (thornsalt)
get ho'ol out of there and its not actively bad

[coarse notch]

the loss of ebenholz was a massive loss for the unemployed

[lyric lagoon]

exodia...

[pine plover]

orienteering banner, but it's just 6 ho'ol

[spare jetty]

what a nice day to pull

[undone portal]

oh wait, ho'ols on joint op
get stainless out of there

[wanton meadow]

The unemployed are running cursed proviso

[spare jetty]

50 mins

[fathom hawk]

s2?

[robust thistle]

her talent

well any skill works but s2 is her best skill so

[fathom hawk]

oke

[ancient belfry]

should I build Meteor to replace 3 star kroos?

[hybrid bluff]

Omg should I pull it’s so tempting

[ancient belfry]

Go, I got proviso

[spare jetty]

build krooster

[hybrid bluff]

Lowkey mon3ter and logos look good

Idk when will they release silver alt

[ancient belfry]

late april based on what they said

[spare jetty]

magical word of soon™

[ancient belfry]

my kroos was already built, tho I havent E2 her alter

Is meteor better to E2 instead cos cheaper

[hybrid bluff]

So I have like a month

[spare jetty]

then just dont replace

[reef sparrow]

you don't need them e2

[robust thistle]

cheaper doesnt mean better

[ancient belfry]

i just got tired of hearing kiterayooo

[robust thistle]

theyre marksmen, practically bottom rung in dps role

[spare jetty]

not a real reason

[reef sparrow]

Just don't e2 AA sniper unless u play archetto in IS

[pale tapir]

it's kokodayo
and you can change individual operator languages u know that right

[ancient belfry]

that generally goes even with those heavy snipers?

[pine plover]

there are like 3 operators that said kokodayo

[urban sleet]

Or even play on mute 🥀

[pale tapir]

sure but they're obviously talking about kroos

[pine plover]

kroos, kroos2, nyamu

[coarse notch]

what are heavy snipers

[reef sparrow]

heavy shooters are kinda washed ngl

Ray and lemon exists, that's why

[pine plover]

sniper with heavy "assets"

[ancient belfry]

Thanks, ill stop pulling for ray now. 10 pulls are enough

[reef sparrow]

Ray is not heavyshooter

[coarse notch]

what did this have to do with ray

[lyric lagoon]

andreana alter heavy shooter trust

[coarse notch]

convo got me looking for a map trying to see where its going next

[pine plover]

teleport across the world

[arctic hawk]

its not about the archetype
its about the operators 🤦‍♀️

[reef sparrow]

andreana alter will save AH squad

[pine plover]

we might get skadi3 since current alter is alternate timeline

[thin scaffold]

Who should i pick

[pine plover]

top op solo

[urban sleet]

-# uh no skalter is canon, ask #ak-lore for details

[arctic hawk]

gamble weedy or yolo

[lyric lagoon]

specialist weedy gamble or yolo

[urban sleet]

Top op+specialist and pray for weedy

[lyric lagoon]

33%… just gotta hit 33%

[reef sparrow]

True gamble mindset

[urban sleet]

Phantom isnt trash with IS module apparently
But not good either as well

[thin scaffold]

Im Praying

[lyric lagoon]

there’s better drafts anyways

[arctic hawk]

hes trash if you don't know how to use him precisely

[urban sleet]

I am considering unoptimal account

[thin scaffold]

Got it

[arctic hawk]

if you don't know phantom placements and usages
just draft yato instead

[lyric lagoon]

she’s canon but still not in our timeline

[native cargo]

is swartz good

[urban sleet]

Dont tell me you pulled for her

[ancient belfry]

Are there cheaper or obtainable ops like Texas Alter? the execution type

[coarse notch]

none that are any good
gravel is useful as bait

[native cargo]

no im still thinking i dont hve many ops

[urban sleet]

Never pull on kernel and doubke standard rate-ups

[pale tapir]

yeah lyudmila (crownslayer) later as welfare
but she's a staller primarily and very very expensive to be even decent

[iron dirge]

which Blaze module is better

just wondering

[coarse notch]

never use actual pull currency on kernel, that is an absolute rule with no exceptions

[spare jetty]

gravel

[robust thistle]

more atk when blocking

[iron dirge]

over the double defib?

[spare jetty]

always been gravel

[robust thistle]

why would you need double defib

[swift cloud]

How do I get more chip catalyst

[urban sleet]

IS monthlies and red cert shop

[lyric lagoon]

red cert shop, monthly squads, annihilation missions first clear

[coarse notch]

blaze is used to kill a bunch of weak mobs, she shouldnt be taking big hits that need defib

[robust thistle]

her job is to kill stuff and stay alive, if shes on double defib means she cant stay alive

[swift cloud]

Thank you

[iron dirge]

expensive baiting ecks dee

[lyric lagoon]

why would you bait with her 🥀

[native cargo]

is eyja 1 worth raising

[nimble kite]

WTF are you yapping now?
She's never supposed to be a bait.

She's thicc cat with big ass Redeploy Time.

[iron dirge]

no medic to place for her lmao

yeah but tbh the only time I used her like that was for solo holding Mortarmen at one corner of the map

I had to use my other medics for my other teammates lol

[coarse notch]

she works fine at e1 as a generic caster if you have no one better

[pine plover]

with modY later she becomes volcano helidrop

[iron dirge]

yeah doesnt really matter tho cuz shes a break in case of emergency drop

[tepid thistle]

Why is IS5 considered the easiest IS?

[silver smelt]

u get a trillion relics for free

[nimble kite]

Lamp of Wishes + Blueprint Squad cheeze strat

[native cargo]

whts better skill of gummy 1 or 2

[tepid thistle]

Why is lamp of wishes that good?

[nimble kite]

S1 always

[nimble kite]

If you fulfill some conditions, every time you enter Wish Fulfilled node, 1st Relic will be guaranteed to be most valuable to your current situation.

For example you have Wisadel, but you don't have 150% ATK Hand relic for her.

Well, next Wish Fulfilled... here's a hand for her. 100%.

Guess how to get King's Relic Set (gives hige stat buff to everyone when you're about to die with 1 exact BaseHP).

[silver smelt]

(and lamp makes rerolling a node more likely to be wish fulfilled, and rerolls are supplied by blueprint squad)

[nimble kite]

[tepid thistle]

Does black tulip not work with tragodia?

[pine plover]

get emer elusive merc with lamp reroll

[robust thistle]

tragodia s2 is permanent duration

[tepid thistle]

Ok

[robust thistle]

with only like what, 25 sp cost?

[nimble kite]

Yep

[pseudo loom]

can enemies attack mon3's crystal?

[coarse notch]

yes

its a normal allied unit with -1 taunt level

[pseudo loom]

oh well thats why then. i never see it attacked

[nimble kite]

Yep, it's low priority.
They attack only if nobody's in range.

[glossy schooner]

And even then Mon3tr is always healing it, it’ll probably die though since it’s not exactly Made to take damage from enemies

[coarse notch]

whats this logos s1 fremont cheese technology

[formal shadow]

probably mixed up two old farts

[coarse notch]

do you mean fremont or the witch king

[proven kelp]

Fretmot is is5 ed1 no?
I don't recall logos having any use for it

[robust thistle]

pretty sure witch king is also fixed

[tepid thistle]

Thought it was fremont my bad

[coarse notch]

it got patched yea

[tepid thistle]

Though for final fight which tragodia skill is better for fremont S2 or S3?

[coarse notch]

just use s2 the fight is pretty easy

[lunar apex]

s2 since it gets reduced redployment time

[ancient belfry]

is it worth it to spend sanity for this? (context: sometimes my sanity is in excess due to leveling up and Im about to log out)

[coarse notch]

red certs is a good sanity dump yes

[sweet warren]

You need at least 480 red cert/month to get all four module component. It's timegated so hard.

[ancient belfry]

uhmm are they not supposed be to use to buy every single operator in the shop?

[proven kelp]

Lmao no
Almost everybody there is worthless

[nimble kite]

Nope, they're all trash, but we may mark some exceptions.

[young glacier]

Well you can, but clearing out shops are usually end gamer flex, and it will take literally months of AP-5 to get enough to do so

[nimble kite]

It will be Ethan (both Combat and Base) and Quartz (mostly Base).

[coarse notch]

if you convert the gold certs to pull currency it maths out to being worse than directly farming for orundum so like why

[native cargo]

is it worth to grind this other than 1-7

[nimble kite]

Again, if needed.

For example to E2 5☆+ ops, you need, besides chips, get Catalysts, which Red Cert shop is main source of it.

[native cargo]

but is it the only source of tht type of ticket?

[young glacier]

Well we are literally on topic of dumping spare time for red certs. Are you planning to do some second promotion streak for which you will need quite a few chips thingies?

[nimble kite]

Yep.

[formal shadow]

login rewards give like 20 per month if you count that

[young glacier]

Maaaaybe somewhere somewhen they will give you like 5 for free. You need "400" (Specific amount needed depends on your goals). Good luck

[nimble kite]

30 is given by Weeklies.

[young glacier]

9/12 weeks for enough chip glues for 1 e2

[rain forge]

Annihilations give red certs on first clear

[latent wraith]

What mod and Skill for Flametail?

[proven kelp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/901726884298100777/1477634343944847461/image.png?ex=69a579b8&is=69a42838&hm=8d3a3df6de00e137a3021193365ffa87021b0396243ea17d5373871539fd3779&animated=true

[wet pine]

what's the best place to get grindstones

[young glacier]

Personally using S3 (don't recall if I mastery it) and -4 DP module, but with agents existing who bothers to use them anymore

[rain forge]

If I place a frd infront of exu2, use her s2 and then retreat the frd does she keep the aspd buff

[coarse notch]

yes

[wet pine]

where do i get grindstones💔

[coarse notch]

stealing is coded as removing stats from the target and adding stats to the thief
the two actions are independent

[slate ridge]

do you want to wait for SA2 event

[wet pine]

hell no

help me blue girl from fortnite

[slate ridge]

#bot-spam message

[wet pine]

thank you

[native cargo]

does IS difficulty completion give more bp exp the harder/higher it is?

or its is all the same

[knotty wave]

the exp needed per lvl can go up to 400 per level

[knotty wave]

the highest % of exp boost is at d10 for the latest one iirc

[proven kelp]

Yes
Higher difficulty means more exp multiplier

But there's still a cap until what difficulty the multiplier increases to
Majority of the time it's d10
IS3 has it on d7

[nimble kite]

And IS2 is 7

[copper oracle]

huh? real?

proof?

[nimble kite]

The rest is 10, since first diffs has Beginner fill up.

[nimble kite]

Open your game Fib
I ain't gonna show da proof to you

Here's mpreg emoji 🫃

[undone wren]

Hello where can I see logos and ray module unlock requirement? Do they need any of those past event clear thing like saki does? Im thinking of spending my last key this week for unlocking another past event stages for fast clear to get originium

[urban sleet]

Logos is 11-6

[ancient belfry]

can one clear chapter 1-15 with only E1-40 ops alongside 1 or 2 E2-40?

[native cargo]

is heidi good

[urban sleet]

And you can look them up on wiki or sth

[undone wren]

Aight thankss

[urban sleet]

Yoy can but depends on you asw, or well just copy guides

[wanton meadow]

I think the e2 wall is generally around ch7-ch8

Before then you should be comfortable with e1 max

[urban sleet]

You can clear that with low rarity too

[wanton meadow]

Yes but it's generally where the spike happens and the real e1 players weed themselves out

[urban sleet]

I mean if you consider the spike then thr average player can't do most of the stages with below e2 ops, not just ch 7-8

[ancient belfry]

thanks, I'll just stick with 1 or 2 E2 until(all the way) I finish chapter 15.

[wanton meadow]

Probably true

[robust thistle]

is this the same guy with the weird restriction because they want to 'get good'

[urban sleet]

are you being taxed irl to not raise good ops or sth

[ancient belfry]

no, cos it's hard to raise troops. it takes hours just to farm IS T.T

[indigo lark]

New player here. Should I pull this?

[urban sleet]

Is your base unbuilt

[robust thistle]

because youre not supposed to raise them fast

[alpine echo]

Is the monthly booster thing that gives you sanity and orundum 30 days or depends on the calendar sign in thing?

[robust thistle]

reroll on that ideally

[urban sleet]

Good rerolling target if newborn, otherwise save for limited banner

[ancient belfry]

already maxed, tho my base slaves aren't optimized yet.

[random kestrel]

thats ak for you
speed is alien word here

[indigo lark]

Alright. I'll save then...

[wanton meadow]

Unless you're rerolling, you shouldn't bother pulling orienteering if you don't have atleast 150 pulls saved

[urban sleet]

Wdym "maxed" thats concerning

[copper oracle]

concernung

[indigo lark]

What's the rate? 150 guarantees?

[urban sleet]

I will start calling you fib chan shush

[ancient belfry]

I followed the 252. power at 540/540

[wanton meadow]

No, 150 should let you not get screwed on the next limited banner more often than not

[nimble kite]

No, it has a great chance to get rateup ops. Guarantee an Limited is 300.

[ancient belfry]

it's too taxing to level up E1 40 to 80

[urban sleet]

Share krooster, let me have a look at your base slaves

[wanton meadow]

But yea saving 300 is kinda unfeasible for most people

[robust thistle]

because youre not supposed to get them all to 80

[indigo lark]

Ooo. What's the hard pity on this banner? As for the hard pity on the limited banner that's coming up it's 120 right?

[wanton meadow]

Hard pity on limited is 300

[ancient belfry]

I haven't used krooster yet. but optimizing them helps a lot?

[nimble kite]

EHEM @indigo lark

[indigo lark]

Woah. That's a lot

[robust thistle]

you keep them on 40/50 until you're ready to get them to E2 with all the mats and stuff

[random kestrel]

standard banner is 249 pulls guarantee
another banner have different guarantee requirement too so... yeah

[urban sleet]

F2p does not save for hard pity
F2p saves to the best of their abilities then prays

[wanton meadow]

Yep can't expect most people to save 300 so 150 is generally where you have a really good chance of not being screwed over

[urban sleet]

Game is f2p friendly if you manage your resources well, t&c applied

T&c: you don't get abysmally unlucky

[indigo lark]

Wb the guarantee on sakiko? Was it 120?

[copper oracle]

[robust thistle]

sakiko is collab, not limited

[nimble kite]

Yes. This is a Collab Limited. Different rules.

[wanton meadow]

Sakiko was a special case cos she's a collab

[indigo lark]

Wow. I'm precisely that (abysmally unlucky)

[random kestrel]

good thing is AK gacha are generous compared to others when it come to gacha result

[indigo lark]

I had to reroll for days to get sakiko...

[spare jetty]

2% for 6* ya

not including the chances to hit a specific ops

[wanton meadow]

Getting a 6star in AK is easy, getting a specific 6star is what's difficult

[random kestrel]

so be happy being in global server
surely 6 months clairvoyance is a bless :clueless:

[indigo lark]

So, the banner I showed. It's also 300 guarantee? Or its lower? Since from what I've seen. I can ONLY get the selected ops right?

[wanton meadow]

The orienteering banner has no hard pity but you can't get offbanner 6stars

It does have 6star soft pity tho

[nimble kite]

Lower.

It has different rules, only softpity applies.

But softpity pool - is only 3 SixStars you picked up. No one else.

[spark matrix]

has the bug with the aspect of anillation and logos been patched?

[indigo lark]

Which starts at 50 and caps at?

[random kestrel]

this orienteering banner pity at 99 pulls
and there is no off rate

[nimble kite]

Yes, you cannot oneshot Witch King now.

[wanton meadow]

After 50 pulls with no 6star your chance to pull one goes from 2% > 4% > 6% > and so on

[indigo lark]

I see. So the recommended option rn is to just keep saving and splurge all on the upcoming limited banner?

[spare jetty]

no

[urban sleet]

Well just get rate-ups then dip to be precise

[spare jetty]

it depends on whats good behind it too

[wanton meadow]

The recommendation is to pull on good banners till 1st 6star while keeping around 150 as a safety net for limited banners

[spare jetty]

unless u have a reason to skip then yeh

[urban sleet]

Comtext is upcoming limited, not limited banner in general

[nimble kite]

Almost. Sometimes, even Standard worth to pull, if the operator is even stronger than usual Limited, lol. Like Tragodia.

But within next 6 months, it should be only Limited banners worth to pull.

[spare jetty]

idk idk idk

[urban sleet]

Rn its the upcoming limited in april/may
Then maybe the pick3 after it if the rate-ups stay good
Folllwed by next limited which is after 3 months

[indigo lark]

Per pull is like 600 iirc. So I'd need around 90k backup? 💀

[wanton meadow]

Atm the only standard that's actually worth doing that for would be trag yea?

[wanton meadow]

Well you just want to make sure to save around that much when limited banner drops (next one is very soonTM)

[indigo lark]

How's my account looking so far after a month of playing?
https://krooster.com/u/nagito_komaeda_8274

Any suggestions, helpful directions would be appreciated?

[nimble kite]

Well, to one we know for now and related to nowadays content - yes. Only Trag.

Monsta and Eblana are just decent, but not that broken.

[urban sleet]

All f2p pull sources in game: #help message

[valid violet]

does chen3's s3 do strictly arts damage or does her weakness damage talent still apply? the auto attacks, not the dragon

[urban sleet]

Weakness dmg is her talent, not specific to any skill iirc

[robust thistle]

weakness damage is all of her attacks because its talent

[spare jetty]

u alr get like 5 pulls/week

[valid violet]

ah okay

[urban sleet]

Why are some of your used units not at skill level 7

[indigo lark]

Ah... Kinda forgot. Mb

[tepid thistle]

How to get visage of crowned fates?

[indigo lark]

Now I know why lol

[robust thistle]

random

[tepid thistle]

Is it needed in order to win with blueprint squad?

[robust thistle]

no?

you can win relicless if youre good enough

[urban sleet]

I am sure this is low d asw since iirc they are new

[indigo lark]

This too. Yeee. This is why. I did just raise the others to lvl7

What next? What do u think I should do/focus on? Maybe another e2? Who should I e2?

[robust thistle]

SL7

is this what having ADHD looks like

[pine plover]

the big gain is in sl4, sl7, (sometimes) m1, and m3

[indigo lark]

I didn't progress much further into the story... I'm taking it slow

[robust thistle]

me opening google maps to see where the conversation is going

[pine plover]

story also gatekeep crafting for material higher tier

[sleek finch]

really should prioritize story instead of taking it slow

[buoyant sigil]

Do I just do senior + no tags at all? My options sound like they mostly suck

[urban sleet]

Sl7 first
Followed by surtr e2
Raise silverash too

[pine plover]

not doing story faster is kneecapping yourself

[pine plover]

if you can aim for more potential token, it's better

[urban sleet]

Erm can you input these tags into a recruitment tool so that we can see if therr's any base slaves you can get

[indigo lark]

Guess it's time to mald story. When will this unlock? Chapter 5?

[robust thistle]

4-7

[indigo lark]

Alright, thanks