strategy

[storm current]

[cosmic dagger]

The straight up +60% one is based too

[turbid badge]

herhee haw

[tidal sedge]

The DoT ticks should trigger the hand I think

[storm current]

ye 60% atk is great

[limpid siren]

they should yeah, lurker

[weak gazelle]

and i skip important ops when i drop the game

[storm current]

it say "whenever damage an enemy" ye

[limpid siren]

not many ops tbh arkhy

[storm current]

in theory she should have s1 on every hit

[limpid siren]

sp lockout might stop that

[storm current]

this is nutty too

+2 sp/s

[tidal sedge]

I got that hand with Mayer yesterday

10 second s2s is funny

[limpid siren]

but at worst firewhistle should pop s1 every other hit

[turbid badge]

Wow thats the ebenholz s2 spam relic

[weak gazelle]

who are them
i recall one of it is highmore
other than her i dont remember

[storm current]

it works on eyja s2 greatly too

ending 1 is highermost

[limpid siren]

highmore is the is3 welfare

[storm current]

ending 2 is last knight

[tidal sedge]

10 second Iris s2 sounds fun too but idk how good that'll be

[storm current]

ending 3 is skalter

[limpid siren]

probably a nice pairing for ed2 with erato

[storm current]

in theory it work with nightmare too

[limpid siren]

but yeah arkhy if you mean 5* units, then you didn't miss anyone

[weak gazelle]

ohh i didnt miss anyone
glad to hear that

[turbid badge]

U missed papeika!

[storm current]

did you miss proviso tho

[limpid siren]

we've just been getting like a bunch of alternate choices really

[weak gazelle]

so can skip building ops part
and straight into IS3 to instead

[limpid siren]

yea

[storm current]

im not exactly sure how useful this hand is

i just never really have the unit for it

[limpid siren]

being nerfed from max% to current% chugs balls

but it makes sense

[storm current]

oh shit

it was

i guess

[limpid siren]

yea

buckler was nutty good in is2

[heady hedge]

wait

[tidal sedge]

It was always current % afaik

[heady hedge]

i didnt even realise it changed from max to current?

really?

[storm current]

this one is buffed heavily too

[heady hedge]

i always assume it was maxed

[limpid siren]

from memory it was max%

[storm current]

instead of dmg on attack

ye

IS3 change a lot of relic

hand of spike making cuora extremely potent

[limpid siren]

choker was changed from 30% -> 20% threshold, but now it works on bosses

[storm current]

2k DOT when blocked

[limpid siren]

a bunch of hands were changed

[storm current]

ye

[tidal sedge]

Hand of superspeed got a nice buff

[limpid siren]

yeah

[tidal sedge]

Restriction is now only the 4 cardinal tiles

Very nice for dollkeepers

[limpid siren]

kazemaru still dicks herself often

but what's new

[turbid badge]

Yeaa

i was so confused

why my texas still had aspd

[storm current]

they changed this

its good now

[turbid badge]

😯

[storm current]

wait no its new

quite nice

[tidal sedge]

Hmm

[storm current]

i think the old SR supporter book was -20% def adn res

[tidal sedge]

With the res buffs that might be arguably a nerf

[limpid siren]

i'm curious about the choice to punish arts damage so hard in is3

[turbid badge]

ol

[storm current]

this is buffed too

[tidal sedge]

But it's better for certain supporters like bards who likely don't have enemies in range often

[storm current]

i mean

technically they buff both def and res

[turbid badge]

i like hexer range

[tidal sedge]

That's the same as IS2

[storm current]

nah

[limpid siren]

those aren't really equivalent actions though

[storm current]

oh wait

wrong one

[turbid badge]

[storm current]

i was thinking about the other thing

+1sp when take dmg or elemental dmg

for all unit

[turbid badge]

yea

that ones rly good

[tidal sedge]

Unleashings?

[storm current]

ye

[tidal sedge]

That was in IS2 as well

[storm current]

i thought it was 1sp => 2sp

[turbid badge]

it used to just be 1sp for elemental damage

[storm current]

ye

[turbid badge]

now its also taking damage which is stonks

[tidal sedge]

It was always both

[tidal sedge]

I find it strange too.

[storm current]

they changed the unlockingcondition of this too

also is this true?

is it still 100% on prts

[tidal sedge]

I've yet to get the scope in IS3

[storm current]

in game its 50%

but not sure if its accurate

i cant really tell

[west garden]

I always see 100% when I get it

Maybe I’m just hallucinating

[storm current]

ok so you have to intentioanlly leak for this

[tidal sedge]

This is what it says in IS2 at least

[heady hedge]

IS3 is 50%, i think?

the text shows

but if text is incorrect

who knows

[storm current]

ye

in game it show 50%

im not sure if its nerfed

or just text problem

[weak gazelle]

oh right
sorry if this is kind of silly question, but anyone here buy sora skin?
i remember someone saying she will spin with her new skin, is that true?

[storm current]

yes?

i bought it but you can look for a skin review prob

https://youtu.be/WaZ0DCZfPO4

[weak gazelle]

oh ok thanks
she spin!!!
yes time to buy her skin

[orchid marlin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luVzti8ppc&ab_channel=DrVolke

[limpid siren]

[tidal sedge]

A temp Sora was pretty fun in IS3 the other day

Trait and S1 helped keep Highmore alive on brand, and sleep was funny vs reapers

[turbid badge]

yes its good skin

bears actually do something

unlike another skin with animals

cough cough

[elder flume]

skins loses value to me when it doesnt change operators frames

ange +1 faster frame is stonks

[dusky wolf]

how do you deal with stage ?

[cosmic dagger]

Best solution is actually mostima

[dusky wolf]

none

[turbid badge]

Use dice and pray -70movement speed

[cosmic dagger]

Otherwise, activate a couple at a time

[fathom mesa]

Just got my first IS3 clear, Memories of the Shard saved my ass when everyone died to the boss

[dusky wolf]

this small guy is also annoying and no upgrade of my texasalt dammit lose i guess

[fathom mesa]

He’ll still die to texalt without the upgrade if you’re using s2

[storm current]

hmm ye look like priority issue

[fathom mesa]

Just don’t drop her directly on him

[storm current]

you shouldnt be getting ifrit or skalter

when you dont have dps first

[dusky wolf]

she die quickly oh well next game flower swarm me

[echo locust]

I am doing is 7, I am exactly doing kyos strat for the same, except I have used liskarm, mud, penance, beagle instead of cardigan when all are around e1 30~35 and everything just dies

[glass monolith]

Laughs in S1M3 Manticore (I have no idea what I'm doing)

[echo locust]

all the other defenders just die around the 20 mark, cuora lives but I need her for the second blood debt wave, do I REALLY need to use cardigan there? Please help

[storm current]

i think the easiest way is poking one at a time

ye i have to check what was IS7

oh ye

if you want to ask if you should raise cardigan

[echo locust]

I did not even reach there, I just die in the first BD wave itself

[storm current]

nah

that was for message above

if you ask if cardigan is worth raising

i think she is

cuz you will want her again for later anni maps

[echo locust]

no I am asking does she have to be really there in IS7 or I am facing lvl issue

[storm current]

what other defender are in question here

[echo locust]

mud, penance, liskarm, beagle

[weak gazelle]

well, i got the item to redeem with any outfit with price 18 and below so i look into it
only sora outfit caught my eye

[echo locust]

cuora lives but I need her for the second wave

[storm current]

hmm ye are they e1 at least

[latent monolith]

You can wait until the skin you want is in shop anyways

[echo locust]

E1 30

[glass monolith]

I am not good at Ceobe outfits, which one is best for her?

[echo locust]

s4

[storm current]

you cant really copy kyo strat with that

since mudrock and penance arent healable

where as kyo need 2 medic to keep them alive

[weak gazelle]

thats the problem
i dunno if i can wait that long to buy spesific outfit

[echo locust]

i have used beagle and liskarm too

beagle is legit s7 lvl 335

[storm current]

hmm

cant you borrow someone

[latent monolith]

It never expires, only a question of your patience

[echo locust]

and kyo uses only one healer for that defender

[echo locust]

using spot as support

[storm current]

cant you borrow a 6* to clear those enemies

e1 should work

[glass monolith]

After maxing out 3* defenders I feel like other defenders have no hp until e2

[echo locust]

yeah but I need spot for support

[latent monolith]

Why spot

Why not saria or nearl

[glass monolith]

Spot has dodge to healed target bonus

[weak gazelle]

just move on i guess
still have spare to spend anyway
its a minor issue

[echo locust]

and i am using s2 chalter with lvl5 to clear the bottom wave

that too after charging 220 ammo

[glass monolith]

Wasn't S2 charge for 20?

[echo locust]

Nono, that is not an issue

it's just that they are dying far too quickly

[latent monolith]

A better defender can help with that

[echo locust]

who else are there

[latent monolith]

^

[echo locust]

as I said earlier, support spot is just there for healing and actually works just fine, it's just that I aam not able to tank while theoretically it should be possible

[somber falcon]

it works just fine
but it failed

[glass monolith]

Me trying to explain why my IS3 run dies in nutshell

[latent monolith]

You could also have saria/nearl directly tanking in cardigan's place and use an extra medic or dps

[echo locust]

... I said that spot heals just fine, the video used spot and cardigan, it worked, I am using beagle and liskarm instead of cardigan but it's failing, I wanted to know if it's defender issue or level issue

[echo locust]

will try that, thx

[storm current]

what they meant is just, getting a better defender that can also heal for you
if spot + beagle/liskarm doesnt work, saria should because she will be tankier and heal more

[glass monolith]

Because Beagle Liskarm don't heal with dodge chance working against all but caster and aura dude in this event?

[echo locust]

hmm, I will try that

[glass monolith]

I have only 52 gold bars left.... PROVISO STOP

[echo locust]

which skill?

[storm current]

for saria , she want s1

[turbid badge]

lmao

lmaoaoao

[storm current]

nearl is a worse version of saria

[turbid badge]

minus

[latent monolith]

Skill 1 for both, should be like 5 sp auto activation

"first aid" or smth

Both have identical S1s saria just has better stats

[glass monolith]

So anyway, i wanted to ask totally other thing, I have 730k EXP and 2m LMD, I'm fucked up?

Time to do some modules i guess

[foggy fox]

i cleared 300 @gleaming furnace @storm current

[gleaming furnace]

nice, but i think you can get higher. iirc just picking non offensive should give you 400ish

[foggy fox]

i need 540 for the mission though

[glass monolith]

Pick all non offensive give you brain damage (3.75m robots )

[gleaming furnace]

even e1 medic can survive enemies attack

[glass monolith]

I love this clear comp screen btw

[foggy fox]

thorns had a hard time killing them

i think ill swap cantabile for a defender since i only go for dp -50%

-75% i dont think i can

[gleaming furnace]

art will be better in this mode i think

[foggy fox]

well the trash enemies i use silverash s3 to kill them

cuz i dont think i picked any +DEF on them

i dont have many arts operator though

[dusky wolf]

wow seriously fighting the boss in is#3 suddenly force close app means instant game over !?

[foggy fox]

i cant go higher @gleaming furnace

its my limit

[glass monolith]

When you start stage you send data than you started it, when you force close you don't send stage results, so game just defaults than you did nothing or something when you boot it back. Which is neat in annihilation which full refunds sanity on 0 kills

[foggy grove]

and annoying in any other game mode

imagine crashing on sss

[glass monolith]

Thanks god i did all secret medals and it can go to hell

[dusky wolf]

damn whats up with the knight boss it keep freezing you when attacking it

therapist a must ?

[glass monolith]

Most brain dead answers are Skill 3 of Goldenglow (Drones attack even if she frozen), Pozy Skill 3 (typewriter can't be frozen), potential Passanger (Yes he will freeze on S3, but S3 will continue) and i think Texas alter S3 still works

Therapist won't help much as everyone will freeze themselves every 2 second anyway

[dusky wolf]

but man i like tulip a vanguard chen

[glass monolith]

Got her once on D1, laughed so hard when she triggered "Egg bug" on bob's map

[gleaming nimbus]

can mr.lee stall the knight boss in is3? since hes not gonna get frozen anyways

[dusky wolf]

btw the lastknight -def relic will also affect the boss fight ?

reduce 80% thing

[glass monolith]

You can just select him, if he now has 200 def instead 1000, you fucked up

I doubt it does than because it would make it impossible to bring him alive to ending

[dusky wolf]

but does it affect him in boss fight ?

[glass monolith]

That's entire reason behind relic

It is suicide note of IS2

[dusky wolf]

so its weaker then as long as you can bring him in the end

[glass monolith]

He still freezes you ass and has like 800 def minimum

[dusky wolf]

yeah saw some vid lastknight hes way squishier with the relic it died easily with just thorns and chen alter

[dusky wolf]

even 4 stars like click can kill him easily damn so i need that relic and protect him

[glass monolith]

Pick -80% DEF relic. Uses Arts to kill. Okay

[hollow forum]

doesn't he also have like, around 70 res or smth like that anyway

[dusky wolf]

the stun part

[glass monolith]

At least not 3.75m hp so must be doable

[hollow forum]

[sweet marlin]

idk how i triggered this ending

[hollow forum]

well clearly you found the knight encounter and got the relic

you should've seen him fight w you earlier

[sweet marlin]

yeah i got the knight

but whats the other relic?

[hollow forum]

the other one reduces his defense by 80%

you actually doesn't need this to trigger the ending

you just needed to keep him alive until floor 5

[sweet marlin]

oh i see. anyway first time doing this stage, any tip?

[glass monolith]

[hollow forum]

well uh, he inflicts freeze upon taking damage

so your ops basically gets frozen after hitting him

and if you aspd is too high it's basically instant

if you happen to have gg, then she still attacks while being frozen

lee also works to cheese his bs

if you have texalt and spinach or pasta or both then you can just keep yeeting her at him

[sweet marlin]

yeah i have gg and texas

[hollow forum]

then you should have decent shot at it ig

he'll spawn next to those big debris and will break them one by one to go straight to the blue box

[sweet marlin]

got it thanks

[storm current]

for 2nd phase, he is unblockable but still count as ground enemies btw

so you can use something like kaltsit for 2nd phase

[sweet marlin]

done ty

[hollow forum]

gj

now go do ending 3

[distant yew]

For Sloma Processing Platform on last floor, which industrial material is recommended to choose each time and in what order?
1️⃣ Gloompincer Shell Meal (+20% ATK & DEF per stack on boss)
2️⃣ High-Efficiency Baking Powder (stackable true damage on all your units, 15 per stack)
3️⃣ Fragrant Essential Oil (boss summons allies, which grow stronger each time they are summoned)

[foggy grove]

i usually take 3

2 is kinda nasty if you don't run healer like me

[scarlet ledge]

i just choose 3

[vernal lion]

take all 2 like me

[scarlet ledge]

on my run

[glass monolith]

We must talk about your Skalter addiction

[vernal lion]

1200 atk Skalter

[glass monolith]

It is time to STAP

[vernal lion]

missing Stainless is my biggest lost

[glass monolith]

My luck in AK runs on unreal engine 4

[distant yew]

Thank you for this, it made managing boss easier and you helped me secure the ||secret|| medal.

I would caution that only taking option 3 will make the mobs too tanky to defeat, so prepare good defenders with high block count/DEF/HP and backup ground ops. However, it was very doable.

[sweet marlin]

i take 1 because i use gg

[glass monolith]

Huh, dispatch node undoes curse

[honest onyx]

Yep and free promotion

[sweet marlin]

whats this for? a third ending?

[honest onyx]

aye

[fierce dragon]

How do I beat 7-16

[glass monolith]

Make boss play minesweeper

[fierce dragon]

How do I do that? With Dorothy?

[vital arrow]

7-16 is?

[fierce dragon]

Hold on

[glass monolith]

It is not Patriot map?

[hollow forum]

that's 7-18

[glass monolith]

[vital arrow]

I used carnelian for that stage

[hollow forum]

iirc you can 5 step 7-16 with ling or smth

[vital arrow]

Horn can also take care of the mortars

[glass monolith]

I have 0 memory of maps outside 7-9 and 7-18

[fierce dragon]

I don't have horn but I have ashlock, will she work?

[vital arrow]

Well

Who do you have

[vital arrow]

Borrow horn

Penance and hoshi should take care of the rest

Or borrow ling

[fierce dragon]

I tried Ling and got my ass kicked

[vital arrow]

Try horn then

Face her up to the mortar spawn

[fierce dragon]

Ok

I'll do it in a bit because apparently now I have to clean something up, but thanks for the heads up

[vernal lion]

bro Ling solo that stage

[foggy grove]

you just need someone to bait the mortar

ling dragon or mud away from anyone else will do

[limpid siren]

brug beeswax paradox, tsukinogi isn't needed

[vernal lion]

kek

imagine you can beat Ely paradox with s1

[glass monolith]

Silverash paradox with S1 exists

[obsidian maple]

im a little stuck on jt8-3
i have nightingale but she cant charge her s3 fast enough to tank both fireball waves
should i use her s2 or should i find another way to tank the first wave

i can juust about maybe clear the stage if i can survive 2 of the fireball waves but i dunno how to pull a second one out

[glass monolith]

Don't kill talubruh that fast?
Or use healing defenders so they can tank without need for NG S3

[foggy grove]

yeah or you can also trigger s3 early

[white trout]

You can just use the dolls with healing defenders then ng s3 second wave

[obsidian maple]

alr ill try that out

[foggy fox]

arknights big brainers

[stray dune]

How tf you defeat this shitshow?

[foggy fox]

use texas alter u have

[stray dune]

I dont get the e2.
But without her, what other strategy i can do?

[foggy fox]

s3 can kill him

u just need to redeploy like 2 or 3 times

let other op hold the lane

[stray dune]

I want to know the strategy without her

[storm current]

You will want to use lv1 dragon against the boss btw

[foggy fox]

use ling

[storm current]

Pompeii is weak to physical

[foggy fox]

i stack 3 big dragons

let him be squished to death

[stray dune]

That bomb slug is my main problem

[storm current]

My usual strategy is ashlock/horn all the way back

[stray dune]

And that AOE Pompeii attack

[foggy fox]

put ling on the left

dragons on the right

for the slug i dont really care i put dragon behind to fuse if any of them dies

i will gain extra sp from the dragon death tho

so double benefit ling skill up faster

[vernal lion]

hmm so why Pompeii in OF stage is not your main threat?

[glass monolith]

+3 dp every 4 seconds, SUPPLY STATION BUFF BOIS

[foggy fox]

i need help to clear 540 PO help

[vernal lion]

too bad I'm not CN spy

[glass monolith]

I have CN vision so i used it to get shoperator Ceobe for funny

[foggy fox]

even the trash mobs

are so fcking tanky

help

[glass monolith]

FUCK i lost another perfect run to floor 5

[scarlet ledge]

lol

[elder flume]

Cant u just copy 540 mlynar carry with e1 squad

[fierce dragon]

Can't Jaye 1v1 Pompeii

[vital arrow]

You don't always have a chance to draft jaye

[fierce dragon]

Ah yeah

[glass monolith]

Also need e2 Jaye, also eat -50% curse

[heady hedge]

people drafting jaye?

[vital arrow]

I drafted jaye

He did ok

Could be better

[glass monolith]

I draw Kazemaru instead

[heady hedge]

my jaye e0 1

cant even draft lmao

[vital arrow]

Also without E2 he cringe

[heady hedge]

pompeii fight is just me dropping horn sexas on it

[glass monolith]

Don't forget about ancient CC meta:
leak pompeii

[elder flume]

theres no nomb with is 3 map ?

thats a rip

[glass monolith]

???

[elder flume]

Do all protected ground tile have walls now

hmm

[stray dune]

Does all enemy pass through there or not?

[vernal lion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cC7y3SBOiw

[glass monolith]

Yes

[stray dune]

I love this kind of fun stage

[dense stone]

i gotta say, i don't get why people say penance is good and better than mudrock

I've been experimenting and as far as i can tell the only scenario that she does better is against enormous tides of trash mobs, which just stop being a thing in lategame

[glass monolith]

There are stuff penance can do and mudrock can't and other way around

[dense stone]

even late game standard enemies will just fucking kill her and she won't be able to do anything about it, by the time her s3 is charged she's dead

like what though? when can penance do better than mudrock? i haven't been able to find a single scenario

[glass monolith]

S3 Penance kills chapter 11 artillery on reflect damage

[celest urchin]

What skill master for texas alter ?

[dense stone]

that is a really specific use case lol

i meant general situations

jasu, s3 first

[vital arrow]

I feel comfier using mudrock than penance

[dense stone]

s3 is your default choice 99% of the time because the microstun keeps her alive

[hollow forum]

penance isn't really better than mudrock though

if anything they're basically equal, mudrock only edges out because she's easier and comfier to use w her s2 being auto

[vital arrow]

The problem I found using pennce is like, she wants to be alone

[dense stone]

im not so sure thats true

in virtually every lategame stage that i've used penance she just eats shit before she can get s3

i put mudrock in same spot and shes full health the whole mission

[vital arrow]

I should consider S2

It kinda feels comfier on some stages

[dense stone]

yeah penance does no damage without a skill up as well

[vital arrow]

Penance's problem is that she doesn't get the barrier if she doesn't kill

[dense stone]

the reflect is only useful against really fast attacking enemies anything that does standard damage at a standard speed is enough to kill her

the only scenario where she is useful is when the enemies aren't hitting all that hard anyway

she seems to be a win harder unit, there's a term for that but i forget what it is lol

[vital arrow]

S3 gives her barrier but, sometimes the barrier runs out or she dies before it's up

I'm still on the fence on penance

[hollow forum]

there is an argument that she's more or less an overkill unit

she either curb stomps everything, or does fuckall and dies

which, is actually kind of true

[vital arrow]

She has banger E2 art thougg

[dense stone]

oh ok i see i'm not the only one that came to that conclusion

shame cause i pulled her twice and e2d her and im currently running through the stages of grief

come to acceptance where i bench her forever

[wary wing]

s2 is definitely the comfier penans skill for blind runs

s3 requires some wave knowledge for optimal usage

but the average peep wont care about redoing maps

[hollow forum]

I honestly like her e0 / e1 art better

that pose with the book is chefs kiss

[vital arrow]

The E2 art has that soft lighting

Also I'm a sucker for the wolf statue next to the actual wolf in the background aesthetic

[hollow forum]

fair enough

[sly drift]

You wouldn't believe I win this stage lmao

[dense stone]

ah yes mumuy

you gotta use texas alter to assassinate the block breakers

tbh texas alter is the solution to more than 90% of is3 stages

shes so fucking cracked lol

[stray dune]

I need guide for brain dead on how to do IS3.
Like who to choose and what to pick.

[scarlet fulcrum]

Its brainded as long as D1

[hollow forum]

taxes, pozy, horn, mlynar, gavialt

get these ops and you can brute force as much as you want

[dense stone]

Step 1: Rush texas alter, start with her if you can get away with it. If you have the specialist tree, use that and start texas alter, beanstalk, and kroos

Step 2: E2 texas alter

Step 3: play normally and win. If you somehow manage to lose with texas alter on your team to clean up any fuckups then you just need to get better at the game in general

There is literally no problem that she can't solve, save for just having meat to hold a lane

[stray dune]

What the best starting tree?
All other tree in locked for now

[dense stone]

if you don't have a class tree unlocked then just pick whatever feels most comfortable

they don't matter too much

[hollow forum]

I ran support squad for a while

but you can pick the one that gives -1 hope for recruitment

that should be unlocked by default

[stray dune]

I feel comfortable with that immediate E2 tree but that still not open yet

[dense stone]

yeah those are what i was referring to

also its not immediate anymore

its just a chance to do it

[stray dune]

Wtf

[hollow forum]

^

[dense stone]

but you can just reroll until you get an immediate promotion

just have to give up your last run rewards

[hollow forum]

you can either cope for a random texas E2 or reset

or be like me and play E1 texas until voucher or safehouse

[stray dune]

That tree is so OP that they nerf it hih

[hollow forum]

you can still brute force your way through the lower difficulties without them anyway, so

[stray dune]

If i use -1 hope, what 3x 5* team the best?
Not that random one

[hollow forum]

no idea on this one because I go for texas starter

but I'd imagine one of them being krooster

[stray dune]

It seems pretty fun but since i still dont know the stages i cant really choose

[hollow forum]

just, go in blind, at d0 it's not that hard

E2 texas murders everything, and even at E1 she does good work

[stray dune]

Does goldenglow as OP as the previous IS ?

[hollow forum]

still as good as ever

[stray dune]

Hmmm

[glass monolith]

Yea, this is how that map will end for 90% of people

[hollow forum]

texas starter actually deals with this map fairly well

[dense stone]

skill checked

[stray dune]

This is the first time in failed that fast.

Welp grind again i guess

[glass monolith]

That stage is just one meme gate

To get rid of people who rolled 2 medics start on Thorns monthly

[grave talon]

Okay uh.. now what

[dense stone]

how did you even get that far with that meme team

[glass monolith]

Answer is e2 Texas

[dense stone]

basically, tldr, hold left lane with a solid unit like jaye i guess, solid defense against waves of enemy in center lane, one ground unit on right lane

boss gimmick is that it is a floater, so it needs to be stunned to be able to get targeted by ground units

also right lane has floaters going over the gap so they also need to be stunned

[noble pewter]

200 atk spd, +300% atk, 2000 arts dmg every sec on stun, 8 sec redeploy texasalter ?

[dense stone]

texas can do both

the question is if you can pump enough damage down midlane to kill everything but i guess youll have to see

[glass monolith]

Every time i try to do e2 Stainless in IS3 run game pull off shotgun and fire into my head

[grave talon]

I have these items

Maybe that’s why I got to that level, and btw it’s only an easy diff level

Capped

[grave talon]

I’m jargon-ed What’s tldr?

[dense stone]

too long didn't read

[grave talon]

I see

So! I don’t need Schwarz?

[dense stone]

its a sad life not having pozy

or so i could only assume

[grave talon]

I’m sorry to see that

You don’t have her

[dense stone]

no i do i meant in reference to you

[grave talon]

Aw okay

Ouch

[dense stone]

in your case you probably want her down

shes one of your main sources of damage

[grave talon]

I’ll wait till gold cert

[dense stone]

you need pretty fat deeps to kill the boss

[grave talon]

Omg

[dense stone]

not absurd deeps but decent deeps

[grave talon]

Where do I put her?

[dense stone]

i dunno tbh if shes mid then she can easily access the boss but at a certain point the boss starts severely slowing every unit around it down

so maybe off to the side if you can reach

just play it by ear

you have texas you will be fine

[grave talon]

Gocha, thanks!

[dense stone]

just remmeber you need texas for mid and right lane

[glass monolith]

-80% KNIGHT DEF REDUCES HIS DEFENSE DURING ESCORT MISSION?

FUCK

[dense stone]

bounce her between them as needed

how do you get -80% on knight? i managed to kill him first try but it was REALLY fucking close and i had a lot of ap damage

also, if thats the case, then i might as well just make sure to run heavy ap teams instead of bothering with that event

assuming its an event

[grave talon]

Do I need like, two defenders to stall the boss?

[dense stone]

im pretty sure it would float right over

[glass monolith]

Yes, encounter, knight -80% def or 10 ignots key

[grave talon]

Does it float consistently?

Like, after stunning.. It’ll float again

[dense stone]

yes

[noble pewter]

if u have a lot of hp, u can try ur best fight n stall wave n if u cant kill it in the bx, see if u can stall until the boss or weaker enemies left while having enough hp

then just focus down the boss solo

[dense stone]

wait the boss circles around to the right?

[latent monolith]

If you stun it it stays on the ground for that phase

[dense stone]

what route does it take, i just assumed it would go down mid lane

[noble pewter]

he will go out, then go left n circle to right then to middle

[dense stone]

i always kill it before it leaves the starting zone

[hollow forum]

mid > left > loop to right

[dense stone]

gotcha

[limpid siren]

stinky erato

[cursive wedge]

[glass monolith]

"I got you boi"

[glass monolith]

I play this game for 1.5 year surely i know what i am doing
picks NTR to S3 unlockable ending 2 boss

[dense stone]

hes only unblockable during his horse phase right?

[glass monolith]

yes

OMG HE ONESHOT MY HEAVYRAIN WITH DAMAGE REDUCTION BUFF

BE CURSED -25% MAX HP -50% REDEPLOY RELIC

should have went for Manticore S1M3

[limpid siren]

[glass monolith]

[vague rock]

Wth how tf do you even tank the wolf? He two shots my Ops

[glass monolith]

I'm not 100% sure how wolf functions, i know he is easier to damage in phase 2

[dense stone]

the wolf has no gimmicks that stop him from being bursted into the shadow realm

just hit him harder

[vague rock]

💀

Time to dump all my DPS to 1 tile

How dose his targeting work?

[glass monolith]

Stupid question: Can you cause phase 2 wave delay like with bosses like Patriot etc?

[vague rock]

My ranged ops always get targeted bruh

[glass monolith]

Most targetings go after last deployed unless stated any specific condition like specific stat being highest/lowest

Also attack you talk about will kill civilians on map first i think

"[Hemolytic Horror] Causes 3 friendly units to be consumed by fear, greatly reducing their ASPD, significantly accelerating their periodic HP loss, and causing them to be unable to be retreated. Affected units will return to normal after Boss takes a certain percantage of damage" "Phase 2 - no longer casts [Hemolytic Horror]

[vague rock]

Failed to mention phase 2 attacks one shot your ops

[glass monolith]

Well that's minor improve in his skill set

Like you can read enemy info too now, it is not CC when you CANT read until you beat stage

[vague rock]

Wait how

[glass monolith]

enemy info and stage map preview, should be next to start button which bring to squad select

[frigid kite]

Welp done with D7

8 more lol

[glass monolith]

Me on D2 meanwhile

[soft crystal]

can someone show me a IS10 speedrun

or is it just impossible to speedrun

[foggy grove]

apparently if you let the boss kill civi,it's faster

[fierce mauve]

yeah i would assume you just have to let all the civilians die so you don't have to wait for them to run to the exit

[unique mango]

How to deal with nethersea brand stages in IS3 ? They annoying as hell

[sonic willow]

the spread is very easy, wait for the elder to walk in the middle box then burst

[unique mango]

So never try to kill him before hand ahh thank you

[foggy fox]

wtffffff

WTFFFFF

[rugged oxide]

so how are you supposed to clear big sad lock?

[cosmic dagger]

Common ending 4 L

[foggy fox]

i cant the small ones are too tough

[cosmic dagger]

They all have 2k def

[foggy fox]

i used texas alter

nothing happened

[vital arrow]

Bladedance 2 where

[limpid siren]

Unethical relic

Tbh it's probably the only thing that could get me to swap from people-oriented

[gentle finch]

I love people oriented

[limpid siren]

💪

[gentle finch]

Did you finish highmore

I wanna know which 5* have most impact in your runs

[limpid siren]

Cantabile > Blacknight
Highmore > Bibeak > Amiya > Lappland > Tequila
Ashlock > Nearl
Kroos the Keen Glint > Erato
Amiya >= Beeswax > Iris = Rockrock
Mayer > Shamare
Ptilopsis
Cliffheart > Mr. Nothing >= Projekt Red >= Kazemaru

[turbid badge]

no lapp?

ou

im blind

[gentle finch]

ashlock

[turbid badge]

lol

[limpid siren]

Load up on knockdown units, then grab ashlock and ptilopsis

[shell olive]

Cantabile honestly shines in IS

[turbid badge]

i like projekt red

[limpid siren]

Mayer is goat

Guard ticket kinda dookie this time

[turbid badge]

she had dodge so she benefits from the dodge relic and uhh the 120 aspd one she jsut spams her talent

[limpid siren]

Yeah that relic is hilarious with red

[gentle finch]

[limpid siren]

There's probably more good picks

Lots to discover still

Cliffheart is surprisingly good tbh

[gentle finch]

!

sadly no canta

[shell olive]

Might as well raise her for red dood

[heady hedge]

wher pluma!

[limpid siren]

2 block cringe!

[shell olive]

Why pluma

when highmore
(in IS3)

[heady hedge]

ratio!

[shell olive]

highmore basically just has pluma full stack right off the bat +1 block

[gentle finch]

I'll do highmore > ashlock (defender tickets suck) > cliffheart probably

[limpid siren]

Even highmore feels kinda weak

Ashlock wins because defender tickets are really shit yeah

Might as well grab some long range splash dmg

[shell olive]

Who else are you gonna take from defender ticket that isnt a 6* and isn't gummy

[limpid siren]

If i get hand of spikes, then croissant is really fun

[gentle finch]

and then Mr nothing for End2 probably

[limpid siren]

But i try not to include relics for that list

Yeah nothing is just for ed2

But he's pretty okay if you get spammed with spec tickets

[shell olive]

what was ed2 again

[limpid siren]

Last Knight

[gentle finch]

horse dufe

dude

[shell olive]

never played is3 properly yet btw

[gentle finch]

oh ok

[limpid siren]

Ed2 boss becomes unblockable in his second phase

So the play is to draft hard cc to slow him down

Mr Nothing's mod2 stun talent times perfectly with the freeze duration (4s) for when you attack the boss

[gentle finch]

oh this is perfect

highmore, ptilo and ashlock synergize in base too

since i have e2 mizuki

[turbid badge]

i kinda wanna try out blitz

[turbid badge]

yea its noce

[limpid siren]

💪

Blitz is quite fun

[gentle finch]

I'll get those three done first

[turbid badge]

his talent will be proqing slot since krooster and ash and texas

[gentle finch]

oh i had everything for highmorb

cool

[turbid badge]

lmao

if u kill the cars

on undeployable tiles

the guys dont appear

[vital arrow]

If you kill the cars while they're not blocked to be exact

[tidal sedge]

What's this, first time seeing this

[vital arrow]

Lose 3 hp to get ingots and hope

Then you can get the encounter to get the 'blank suicide note'

If you get it, it disables the teddy bear's regen

[tidal sedge]

Oh niceee

[vital arrow]

If you don't have enough HP to take 3 damage, just skip it

[tidal sedge]

Alright

+11 Ignots with an ASPD relic Kekw

[proud onyx]

Any way to beat CE-5 with E1 lvl10 team?

[vague rock]

Bro how do you tank the Wolf boss 2nd phase?

That mf curb stops everything he touches

2 medic isn't enough

I was so close 46/47 until he wiped my entire setup

[proud onyx]

The special operation in Lapland story?

[vague rock]

The event one

[proud onyx]

That wolf boss needs to be nuked instantly, if you do it, he will throw 3 molotovs near his position and that's it

I think for every 20-25% Hp lost

If you have a strong sniper with a very long range, you can spawn camp him along with 2 guards

[vague rock]

Hmm

My strat was to chip his hp with Taxalter S2

[proud onyx]

Do not chip, you will instantly lose if you do that

[vague rock]

Yea that explains

[proud onyx]

You cannot control where he will throw the molotovs if you chip

[vague rock]

Ehh I don't think I have units that can nuke

[gentle finch]

just borrow a penance

[proud onyx]

So try to burst him so he will lose at least 2 molotovs when he spawns

[gentle finch]

she can do the stage with some assistance very easily

[proud onyx]

I beated that stage with E0 max lvl, only angelina E1 to slow him down so my borrowed Guard and Utage nuke him

So, the stage gimmick are just 2

1: nuke it to make it lose molotov

[vague rock]

Ehh I do have penace tho

[proud onyx]

2: head tank the lizzard afterward

[gentle finch]

@proud onyx he means IS10

IS-10

[proud onyx]

Oh....

[gentle finch]

Is she E2

[vague rock]

Yea

E2 LV 10 I think

[gentle finch]

Hm

I doubt that's enough

I kinda steamrolled the stage so idk the strats

[vague rock]

Ehh how do ppl clear it with E1 ops

[elder flume]

well

theres a lot of strats

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Bd4y1c7ZB/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

[whole hearth]

if you let the wolf boss get to the civilians i think it targets them instead so your ranged ops could nuke it

[elder flume]

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NG411P7J6/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.8

blue woman solo

[whole crater]

how do u tank steam knight

penance is like 3 shot

[glass monolith]

You don't use Penance and Mudrock on chapter 11 boss, at all

[foggy grove]

[whole crater]

then what do i do

[glass monolith]

If you want to tank him, which is what you gonna do in H stages most likely lol, you need Nian who maxed will survive his charged attack which does 2700 x 3 damage

If you want max drugs - Damage reduction

[whole crater]

o

can i use like low lv saria

thats my tankiest healable defender

[glass monolith]

lol no

[whole crater]

i tried helidrop spam and it doesnt do enough dmg

do i need to bring more

[eager gate]

A funny thing I just discovered
If you get both -elem items Highmore can facetank all of the Ubi Bona Somnia emergency flowers by herself

[glass monolith]

Sarial/Nearl have less stats than most tanks, they better surviving against dogs etc because they just heal themself for good number

[whole crater]

but surely i can clear this stage with my roster

maybe i can use 5 healers and saria to tank?

[glass monolith]

Well probably, i just don't know what you have

Are you doing 11-20 or H?

[whole crater]

11-4

[glass monolith]

[whole crater]

steam knight stagee

[glass monolith]

The fuck are you tanking?

[frigid kite]

Yeah its ok but remove projekt and aak, try to get and add Texalter

[whole crater]

h 11 4

[small marlin]

i'd add a second vanguard personally, in place of aak

and level surtr to her primary skill

if you want to use surtr and aak together at s3m3 (both of them) they have the same deploy to activation timing

she'd work perfectly

[foggy grove]

Did you read 2700x3 phys dmg

[glass monolith]

Every 4th hit he start charging 2700 x 3 physical hit. You need:
A. Scam with Gravel S2, Phantom S1 and maybe something else as plan B
B. Friend support maxed Nian and turn brain off boss is not leaving
C. Whatever the fuck I did (60% damage reduction Skadi)

[whole crater]

no

[small marlin]

...this does work but it's awful

[gentle lagoon]

It's ok, swap penance S2 for 3, it's way better. Ifrit S2 is also more reliable. E2 amiya to clear future content and maybe replace red with texass if you ever get her in the future

[small marlin]

you need really high level saria

and good healers

[elder flume]

if youre bringing 5 healers that means u can just bring 5 defenders and just relay swap every thrust

[small marlin]

[whole crater]

i have low level saria and bad healers

[small marlin]

well then please reconsider

[whole crater]

good idea

[frigid kite]

@whole crater kill him with Texalter S2

[whole crater]

can i dodge the attack

i dont have mastery on texas s2

So this stage is not brute forceable

[frigid kite]

It is

Burst him with texas and monster S3 and just tank the missiles with ng

[whole crater]

ng cant tank the missiles tho

[frigid kite]

With S3

Missiles deal arts damage

[whole crater]

o ill try ig

but my burst is too high and i cant stall him rlly

[turbid badge]

hi butsek

[whole crater]

hi

[gentle finch]

it is

borrow nian

profit

[whole crater]

i dont have friends with nian gg

[sonic willow]

wher texas

[glass monolith]

Missile damage is split between operators in that 3x3 area, just don't overlap them phase 2

[whole crater]

ok

but how do i tank this creature

[eager gate]

the heck do I do with frostnova at home with +50% def, -70% healing floor when my only sniper is Exu

[gentle finch]

die

[shrewd needle]

which module do I go for on passenger

[glass monolith]

How? WITH COMPLETE INSTANITY

[shrewd needle]

hoshiguma second skill with shining or nian

[whole crater]

i question ur raise choices

[glass monolith]

Well i have like 45 e2 operators at this point, also skadi is friend support, don't got her

[gentle finch]

uhmmm

can you get the -80% def relic for knight in floor 5

[whole crater]

well i have 37 but i dont have any of the units u have deployed there raised xdd

[turbid badge]

Use shamare

Butsek have u built ah

[whole crater]

i dont even own ah

[turbid badge]

Oh

how about shamare

[whole crater]

geegee

she is e0

[turbid badge]

Do u have built Shining

e2

[whole crater]

i dont own shining or else i would abuse her

[turbid badge]

lmao remove penance

[whole crater]

ok

[glass monolith]

Kroos because simp. Astgenne because wanted chain caster. Heavyrain because.... Fuck i raised for to cheese with S2 and never cheesed with S2 Ptilo is Ptilo. Nearl is Nearl. Quercus raised to S2 Fia, i just recalled she has Sactuary talent so brought her as well. Stainless damage reduction on S3 was surprize, but welcome one.

[turbid badge]

Borrow my Nin

[whole crater]

ok

what do i use selector on

i can use it on shining xd

[turbid badge]

nah

Dont

[whole crater]

use it on gg?

[turbid badge]

who do u not own

sendpic

[whole crater]

ok

[turbid badge]

probably gg

[whole crater]

i thotso

but i heard gg fell off

[turbid badge]

where

Lul

[whole crater]

in help channel

[glass monolith]

EVERYTHING FELL OFF

[turbid badge]

shes good in is

still

and SSS

[whole crater]

i havent played sss in 2 months is it good idea

[frigid kite]

I think it only appears before V sadly

[glass monolith]

Well it is your material for module, i won't force you, just don't cry you can't AH only because can't stage 2 any module

[gentle finch]

oh

[whole crater]

i dont have skadi or andreana

[gentle finch]

rip me

[whole crater]

https://krooster.com/u/Butsek is there raise priority

i was gonna do penance m3 > texas s2m3 > something

[cursive wedge]

i think s2m3 is better prio

[turbid badge]

NOOOOOOOAO

wtf not updated

lol

do texas s3 first

lol

also saria masteries smh

[whole crater]

that one alr done tho

[turbid badge]

oh

ur gonna m6 her?

[whole crater]

yea

[whole crater]

wait i need to m6 saria?

[turbid badge]

yea s1?

u dont use that skill

or

[whole crater]

no

[turbid badge]

oh its fine than i guess

[whole crater]

i unironically use s2 more than s1

[turbid badge]

lol

lmao no mountain masteries

smh

just do masteries on skills u use yea

[whole crater]

ok

[turbid badge]

for pluma i recommend s1 masteries heavily having just 2 sp is so nice

[whole crater]

uh i havent used pluma in like over a year actually so thats why i havent done it

seemed nice tho

[lucid pebble]

any tips for cb-5?

i cant set up my defenders and healers fast enough

[glass monolith]

Tip: Don't do other events while we have current one running

We will have entire CC event afterwards during which there is 2 weeks of use ingame sanity wherever you like

[lucid pebble]

im trying to unlock texalter mod

[glass monolith]

fair enoug, one moment

[lucid pebble]

its fine i beat it

thanks though

[cursive wedge]

i had to use cn version

[glass monolith]

You have e2 Texas if you doing that, so I assume you have anything comparable to maxed 3s, right

[unreal shale]

Is there a way I can auto lungmen downtown?

[tawny solar]

yeah

litreally

just

*literally

just uhhh

what was it called

kyostinV it

use penance s3

and saria s1

raise horn

[unreal shale]

Is it a yt video?

[tawny solar]

go on youtube and search annihilation lungmen downtown

boom

[turbid badge]

Yea

u have Mlynar

anni should be eays

just brung 2 marksmen

[gentle finch]

@turbid badge do you have lee

[craggy ibex]

Can’t get over how much I love using blemishine to compliment mudrock or penance it works so well together

[turbid badge]

yes

raised ? no

lol

e1 80

@whole crater dod u beat 11-4 yet

[gentle finch]

bbruh

[tidal sedge]

This stage was so hard, Christ

Or I’m actually the worst doctor known to man

[scarlet ledge]

ur not
that goes to box2

[tidal sedge]

Used the cannon to help clear the mobs

But couldn’t tank it much cause I had only 1 protector defender built properly so had to borrow saria

Even then it took me 2 more tries

[glass monolith]

I was just throwing La Pluma on those stages until somehow i had every single one cleared H stages included

[tidal sedge]

Now I wish I built her

Seems killing them is way better than stalling them

They do so much damage plus the skill bar drain

[glass monolith]

One of Is3 stages is stall like 30 of such enemies, 1 clown car and like 4 tall slimes

Tall slime is only thing which overwhelms La Pluma because pure brute force

[tidal sedge]

It probably varies based on situation but who’s the tankiest tank

Is it Hoshiguma with a healer or an Emnity defender

[glass monolith]

Nian limited. Then Hoshi as not limited. Among one you can heal

[tidal sedge]

Yea she’s pretty tanky, I thought she was more of a dps tank since her skill gives her attack instead of defense

[glass monolith]

Also like, tanks tanks, Because there is Eunectes who is duelist tank with huge stats but it is 1 block guard hidden behind 30 DP cost

[tidal sedge]

Skill 3*

30DP

[glass monolith]

30DP for 1 block, dog leaking estate

[hasty shard]

How do you guys deal with Pathshaper in IS3? The other bosses have been a joke but this guy has solo ended like 3 runs now

[frigid kite]

Who was pathstaper

[gleaming lodge]

the shadow dude ?

just AoE him

[glass monolith]

Funny boss who has random path every time you encounter him

Got it? Path shaper. Different paths

[frigid kite]

This thing

[glass monolith]

fuck him

[frigid kite]

I killed it once with Texalter S2

Like only her

E1

[gleaming lodge]

also, the summons spawn with his current HP pool

honestly I would argue it's an easy boss
what is good against him is also good against the ending 1 boss

(long range AoE)

[frigid kite]

Mlynar

[gleaming lodge]

Mlynar, Horn, Galter (not long range but works decently well)
Fia as well

what do you usually draft ?

[gentle finch]

huh

i never read what that boss does

he just dies

[turbid badge]

lmao just attack the boss

[vital arrow]

The boss spawns a copy of him every 5 hits

[turbid badge]

if he dies all his minions dies

[gleaming lodge]

he spaws shadow when attacked or when attackng

[vital arrow]

But the boss is pretty squishy

[gentle finch]

do the shadows do anything

[vital arrow]

Its like trash mobs

[gentle finch]

idk he just dies either way

[turbid badge]

yeah

they take up ur block count

[gleaming lodge]

they get blocked and attack

[turbid badge]

[gentle finch]

hardest boss on floor 3 is like, the one with the mantis and priest

inquisitor can be difficult if you're not prepared

[vital arrow]

Waiting for the bishop to get in range

[gentle finch]

just kroos alter it

[vital arrow]

Saint carmen is like, cheesed by texalt s3

[gentle finch]

she kills him every time

[fierce dragon]

Horn/ashlock

[gentle finch]

those two are good as well

[fierce dragon]

Saint Carmen gets cheesed by Jaye lmfao

[turbid badge]

lol real

[gentle finch]

penance solos that stage

[fierce dragon]

Indeed

[turbid badge]

i like ash alot

lot of stun relics

hahahera

[fierce dragon]

She was one of my first E2s

[tidal sedge]

Chapter 10 is insane

[turbid badge]

get better placements smh

[latent anvil]

how's highmore

[turbid badge]

shes alright

[turbid badge]

also u can just have like a defender bait it near the corner blue box thats what i did

[tidal sedge]

Left corner?

[turbid badge]

but ur team is pretty stacked and u can probably just horn everything

[turbid badge]

yeah

i just deploy like noir there

lol

[tidal sedge]

Didn’t think of it that way, there’s prob less pressure/solo tankable that way

[turbid badge]

but cannon helps with cleaning the mobs too

[tidal sedge]

Left lane is prob better I’ll switch

Thanks

[turbid badge]

eyjas really nice this map too

her s3 shreds everything

[tidal sedge]

If I had her

Brb I’ll try and switch my positions and out defenders/healer left side

[whole crater]

I didn't try

[tidal sedge]

@turbid badge thank you, left side canon hold worked

[crimson cedar]

im missing an aoe guard and was wondering if specter, savage, or broca is the best for general use

[vital arrow]

Specter

[tidal sedge]

Specter

[crimson cedar]

i wish i could use both specter and spalter in the same stage :(

[vital arrow]

You can

[civic nest]

u can now with texalt update

[crimson cedar]

huh? wait i can??