strategy

[latent anvil]

Efficiency

[ebon oxide]

thank god

[tawny solar]

I saw

[ebon oxide]

so it was worth

[tawny solar]

I have her pot 2

[ebon oxide]

same

i used is2 specialist

[tawny solar]

S2m3 and s3m3

[tawny solar]

I didn’t

[glass monolith]

Fuck i can't come up with good team to bring on all 5 S maps. Fuck you Vigil risk 0

[tawny solar]

Also

I don’t think i can do is ex 8 cm

[vernal lion]

ready for 1 min left

[ebon oxide]

?

S stage out in 1min?

[vernal lion]

oh wait

[neat skiff]

6 hours for S stages.

[glass monolith]

Yostar notice has 6 hours off for them

They don't even hide they don't give a F about schedule at this point

[ebon oxide]

do i save all the way to yato alter

[vernal lion]

welp nvm

[ebon oxide]

or do i pull chongyue etc

[latent anvil]

Yea I'm in pain as well

Waiting

[ebon oxide]

cuz

yato texatwo is

op right

[neat skiff]

Very.

[vernal lion]

get 100 resource or not, it's up to you

[ebon oxide]

(?)

[neat skiff]

I'll 100% pull for ChongYue due to simp reasons and I love his S3. With any luck I'll get him beefore 100 pulls so I can hit 120 for Yatalter.

[tawny solar]

I can’t do it

I can’t do it

[neat skiff]

Do what content creators are doing. Deploy him to get one shot by cleaners.

[ebon oxide]

equivalent of -1 squad limit LOL

ur fine

[tawny solar]

Everyone died before boss phase 2

[ebon oxide]

for ex8?

send ur ops again

[tawny solar]

All my laneholders got the debuff 😭

[neat skiff]

Don't stress. Get it on the rerun.

Their squad.

[ebon oxide]

oof

[tawny solar]

Add hoshi borrow

[latent anvil]

No medal set

[ebon oxide]

why the ng and whisperain

[frigid kite]

Ez

[tawny solar]

Need healing

[ebon oxide]

why not ansel

[tawny solar]

So much healing

[latent anvil]

Oh abanicador will save it

🛐

[tawny solar]

???

What

[latent anvil]

Give him 10 minutes to let him cook

[neat skiff]

They said like 3 times they have no resources.

[ebon oxide]

yea I wasn't in the convo at that time

[tawny solar]

I am broke

[frigid kite]

Which stage is it btw

[soft crystal]

I I thought lappland can silence, why doesnt kroos shut up?

[tawny solar]

Spent it all on raising texas and stuff

[latent anvil]

Ex8 cm

[signal lichen]

i didnt even notice this stupid condition

[tawny solar]

Is ex 8 cm

[latent anvil]

[frigid kite]

Are you borrowing?

[neat skiff]

Do the CM in the rerun.

[tawny solar]

Borrowing a e260 s3 hoshi

[ebon oxide]

what is rockrock doing

[frigid kite]

💀

[tawny solar]

Hm ok

[neat skiff]

You are lacking in the healing department.

[glass monolith]

Bey blade let it spin

[neat skiff]

You can mald and hate yourself. Or you can plan ahead.

[tawny solar]

I’m gonna try to get nightingale e2

[neat skiff]

Yeah, she is worth E2.

[ebon oxide]

i think you should do

spalter support
spalter -> gravel -> some defender -> spalter (repeat)

tldr stall that way

[tawny solar]

Huh

Ok

[ebon oxide]

spalter has invincibility skill

just stall the boss maybe

the boss will kill spalter (goes into doll mode)
then block boss with gravel s2
then with liskarm or saria or whatever defenders u have
then her skill shud be back up

repeat

[vernal lion]

more wet chen for me
Imma clear this d7 with no buff

[ebon oxide]

meanwhile we wait on mlynar schwing schwing

do u think u can make that work, carrot

the only thing to look out for now would be the angry italians at the top

and the cars

[latent anvil]

What you mean no buff

[vernal lion]

[ebon oxide]

but id assume u can kill them with ur sanans texatwo

[soft crystal]

No treeskills

[latent anvil]

...

[ebon oxide]

get rid of rockrock bring someone else what guards do u uave do u have any aoe

[ebon oxide]

[latent anvil]

Actually yeah I shoulda done that, why was I not informed

I'm exactly one off of finishing my tree

[glass monolith]

Ah yes, floor 3 level 2

[vernal lion]

simple rule,
kill first, no one got hurt

[ebon oxide]

carrot birb lemme know if uve tried it

if it doesn't work ill give a diff strat

[glass monolith]

Oh right i need to grind Cannot shop, again

[frigid kite]

@tawny solar

Borrow skalter S2

[rough anvil]

I dump as many ingots as allowed into investment every time I can

[latent anvil]

Yea me too, I never really withdrew in is2 either

[soft crystal]

Thats the way

[foggy grove]

do my is2
i never unlocked chalice

[vernal lion]

[ebon oxide]

concentration disorder is the best tbh

[vernal lion]

not best to nuker tho

[cosmic dagger]

Kinda depends

Freeze is probably the least disruptive

[ebon oxide]

one type i got it on elysium texatwo bagpipe (s2)...........

[foggy grove]

disorder on texas
it does nothing

[ebon oxide]

"thank you so much for not making me waste clicks"

[vernal lion]

this roadblock is sucked btw

[ebon oxide]

yeah it does

we might need that in ch10

[cosmic dagger]

It's alright

Counters sad doge

[ebon oxide]

does it

snowsant crane >>>>> others in is3

[latent anvil]

Crane always felt good to me, but I'm usually lazy to use it

[ebon oxide]

the best feeling is craning texatwo and deploying her 3 times in a row

or ntrk

or bagpipe s2

[vernal lion]

snowsant sign is best for nuker tho

[cosmic dagger]

Best is probably Mr boom

Then sp device

Then redeploy crane

[ebon oxide]

i don't like mr boom

but ig

[cosmic dagger]

Why not?

[latent anvil]

I'm only at d9

[cosmic dagger]

24 seconds of hard crowd control

That's gotta be worth something

[ebon oxide]

fair

who would you use it on

w15 highmore?

she dies in like 5-7s a phase

[cosmic dagger]

Highmore is definitely one of the targets

But possessed melees in out of control for example

Buys you crucial time to kill them

[ebon oxide]

you mean in w15?

[latent anvil]

Nah if you get that stage I'll just quit out tbh

[ebon oxide]

f5?

[cosmic dagger]

And like idk if my highmore is defective but horn doesn't one cycle her in 24 seconds

[ebon oxide]

that stage is free unless it's emergency

[cosmic dagger]

Yeah?

Of course in context of d15

[ebon oxide]

huh... interesting

[latent anvil]

Yes

[ebon oxide]

i mean

emergency flowers

emergency bones

ur done

end of run

140k hp throwers? nty

[cosmic dagger]

Emergency flowers is winnable with an okay team

Emergency out of control is auto loss

But the point is, Mr boom is based

[ebon oxide]

fair i don't like flowers so i just

elysium them

[latent anvil]

Hiring Elysium

I only take reserve vanguards

[ebon oxide]

i always bring elysium

he's so based for w15

[latent anvil]

Well

[latent monolith]

I'm in the process of M6 ely

[latent anvil]

I always take Jessica

So

[ebon oxide]

fair

[latent monolith]

S2M3 done S1M1 started

[ebon oxide]

we bring our own

like my core strat for w15 is

mizuki, texatwo, horn, bagpipe, elysium

then whatever else

[latent monolith]

I did a last knight today and bought lee he perma stunned the boss with stun duration relic

8s stun based

[ebon oxide]

looool

mizuki is so good somehow tho

he solos left lane

[neat skiff]

Lees NO U talent can be so much fun.

[ebon oxide]

tbf bagpipe not needed but it's satisfying watching those fishies pop

[latent monolith]

Boss: tries to "NO U" lee
Lee: you're the one being hit mister knight

[ebon oxide]

can you do like

lee for boss horn for everyone else

ending 2

w15

[latent monolith]

My run today suggests lee can probably solo stall d15 lk with stun relic (maybe with a medic in case other enemies hit him)

[cosmic dagger]

Lee dies

[latent monolith]

It might not be enough without stun relic, unless mod 2 maybe?

[vital arrow]

Mlynar bait for the broodmothers sounds fine

But like lee doesn't have bulk

[cosmic dagger]

If you have cc relic then it makes much more sense to run gnosis perma cc instead

[latent monolith]

To the other enemies?

[cosmic dagger]

Since gnosis works for the elites too

Oh I just meant without stun relic d15

[latent anvil]

What gnosis skill

[cosmic dagger]

My dude has 5.5k atk

Gnosis s2 all the way

[vital arrow]

Is this the e1 gnosis tech

[latent anvil]

Damn, need mastery?

[cosmic dagger]

I don't think it's necessary

[latent monolith]

okay here's a good reason: I don't own gnosis

[cosmic dagger]

Since I know for a fact that e1 works too

[cosmic dagger]

Consider the alternative

Erato nothing

[latent monolith]

I don't own nothing

[cosmic dagger]

I will mind control people into raising mr nothing

[vital arrow]

Does sleep get affected by horn/recorder?

[latent monolith]

I would definitely raise him if I owned him

[cosmic dagger]

Sleep doesn't get extended

[latent monolith]

I think merchants are just based design

[vital arrow]

Nyoo

[cosmic dagger]

If only though

[latent monolith]

But I don't have mr.nothing

[cosmic dagger]

Imagine e1 erato is already perma cc

That would be based

[vital arrow]

Indigo ethan bind

[cosmic dagger]

Yummers

[vital arrow]

But its pretty scuffed

[latent anvil]

My nothing almost pot6, actually surprised he isn't already

[latent monolith]

My only pot 6 gacha 5 stars are like blacknight and lunacub

[latent anvil]

Tho why is kerm naming every op I haven't leveled

[cosmic dagger]

Idk I had to trust farm Mr nothing to get his module

It was pretty scuffed for me too

[vernal lion]

lol those 2 chests are really baiting me

[glass monolith]

Do it, pull a trigger

[tidal sedge]

Well if u dare of course

Also he has 14 life those chest are not problem

[vernal lion]

yes I did it lol

[latent anvil]

Naga also takes Elysium

[tidal sedge]

Bruh

He must have so much hope to do this .

[cosmic dagger]

Elysium is fine

Good matchups in a couple maps

Especially ending 3

[turbid badge]

Lee aspd is too high

he gonna just freeE himself

Freeze

Talent + 1 Atk Interval

[blissful wren]

In IS3 do relic effects stack?

I have increase stun +100% and another +150%

[glass monolith]

2 possibilities - It does. Or game won't gave you vouchers with stun operators

[turbid badge]

lol

[vernal lion]

[blissful wren]

Woohoo! Beat the last knight!! That was hard. Mayer is damn strong carried me most the way.

And gnosis

[frigid kite]

[turbid badge]

ih my godd

mr nothing keeps spamming his skill

and shoting

[blissful wren]

I havnt played IS2 before, is it harder than 3?

[civic nest]

normal mode is harder than IS3 normal mode

[blissful wren]

Any suggestions?

[glass monolith]

Try, die, do it over

[blissful wren]

lol got it

[latent anvil]

IS is generally the same deal, lose a bunch, learn more, lose more, or win

[frigid kite]

Keep going until you unlock one of the E2 teams

And just start with a carry and keep the good way

[civic nest]

IS2 instant guard e2 squad is pure rarity abuse

[vernal lion]

YIKES

no a single medic voucher lol

[latent anvil]

that d7 huh

[vernal lion]

yea

[latent anvil]

ig i will do d9 now

[vernal lion]

+15% mspd is really made a difference

not a single medic lol

[latent anvil]

either my d6 or d7 also had no medic

idk which

[vernal lion]

wait 1203 points, it that a bit high?

[latent anvil]

nah, higher difficulty = more points, on n15 you can get 1800 on end1

[frigid kite]

Humm i think x1.5 is the max

My run gave me 1.1k

[prisma trout]

has anyone managed to do price of peace without retreating any operators? fast redeploy are a no go right?

[latent anvil]

whats price of peace

[prisma trout]

isharmla 3rd ending

[latent anvil]

oh

[prisma trout]

in order to unlock the 3rd epilogue the condition is "While facing Ishar'mla Heart of Corruption, do not allow any Operators to retreat"

[frigid kite]

Yeah burst her

[prisma trout]

already tried. i used spalter + mon3tr

[frigid kite]

Mlynar + Surtr + Texalter S2

[prisma trout]

then thorns died from isharmla true damage

OH

WHILE FACING

so if isharmla's dead

i can retreat?

[frigid kite]

Yup

[prisma trout]

but mlynar not silverash huh

[frigid kite]

Well

Silverash

[vernal lion]

Exu is always a choice

[prisma trout]

1200 def lol

[frigid kite]

Exu can burst highmore

[prisma trout]

i've already killed highmore without dropping her from the sky

i've killed the last knight without losing all of the rubble

not retreating though... fug

[frigid kite]

Nah just dont use operators that cant burst

[vernal lion]

you don't know the power of +70 aspd and other +atk relic

[frigid kite]

What are you using

[prisma trout]

ignoring drafts as a result of relics

my runs usually consist of

thorns, texas alter, goldenglow

[vernal lion]

hmm

[prisma trout]

the rest are as a result of relics

[vernal lion]

Idk man, sounds like easy boss

[prisma trout]

isharmla transforms back into skadi

[frigid kite]

Well Thorns bad unless you can heal him

[prisma trout]

in an ideal world, she doesn't transform at all

[vernal lion]

I burst her before she can transform

[prisma trout]

yeah i realised that when thorns died and killed my last run

if i hadn't put down thorns i might ACTUALLY have made it

[frigid kite]

Well

[prisma trout]

because spalter flipping to doll isn't counted as a retreat

[frigid kite]

Do the literal same thing and dont deploy thorns

[prisma trout]

[vernal lion]

sounds like Mountain and Specter1 will have a job to do

[neat skiff]

"Sounds like an easy boss" and in the background is a barren hellscape of war. Destroyed buildings, something is on fire, there are people cosplaying mad max, the whole shebang.

[prisma trout]

thorns is fantastic for GETTING me to isharmla, just not in the fight itself

[cosmic dagger]

Overall isharmla fight is more of a knowledge check than damage check at lower difficulties

Just step on her tears to prevent transformation, and you'll be aight

[prisma trout]

my ecosequence/cognitive are maxed. no point going for higher difficulty

[vernal lion]

I also want to try the pushing strat tho, but don't know if force is enough

[prisma trout]

use the force luke

there's a +2 force relic

my fear is i step on the tears and those operators die then that counts as a retreat

[vernal lion]

that is the only thing I need when playing Specialist

[prisma trout]

what squads ya'll use to get to isharmla?

i've been using people-oriented

tactical assault might be good if i'm pulling surtr/mlynar

[cosmic dagger]

Anything goes really

People squad is most consistent

[vernal lion]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1050770255485616238/1113512808114569406/Weedy_cannon_pushing_angle_2.gif

[prisma trout]

LMAO

jesus weight 6

that's 1 fat orca

[vernal lion]

there are only 3 squads that get the additional buff from skill tree

[elder flume]

Feater mod can do it soontm

[prisma trout]

Yep

mind over matter sounded fun but even with the buff you're not guaranteed 1 collectible every battle

[vernal lion]

it matters your squad btw

[prisma trout]

wait, someone recommended bursting isharmla down with surtr, on the off chance she doesn't die and surtr self retreats isn't that run screwed as well lol

[vernal lion]

yes

[glass monolith]

[turbid badge]

how does she work

[prisma trout]

skadi spawns

[vernal lion]

tbh, the easiest way is get better luck
especially, for relic like DP, +atk and SP, get those relics so you can prepare the deployed squad asap

[prisma trout]

transforms into isharmla

kill isharmla

back to skadi

repeat until skadi dies

[vernal lion]

just like BK, but BK is about his knife

[prisma trout]

burger king?

[turbid badge]

Yes totalt

[prisma trout]

sorry i'm hungry

[glass monolith]

Blood knight is boss famous for his direct pathing

[strange pivot]

Got to last knight ending earlier, almost beat it- any suggestions on what I should be careful of?

[glass monolith]

Oh and restarting fight 25 times because you didn't read his mechanic

[prisma trout]

draft mr lee

[strange pivot]

Oh? I see I see

[vernal lion]

Lee s2m3

[strange pivot]

Sheesh-

I really should properly build my Lee now

[prisma trout]

you probably won't hit him often enough to benefit from s2

but the idea's still there.

keep reflecting the freeze for the lulz

[strange pivot]

Ayay, sounds cool

Tyty

[latent monolith]

Don't forget your dp printer lee on last knight is dp negative

Even at mod 3

[turbid badge]

How to fight ishlamar

Give tip

[tawny solar]

Aye aye captain

[tawny solar]

Big damage

Big speed

[tawny solar]

What happened to teggsas

Did she get adhd

Or hemophilia

[latent anvil]

oh carrot did you win ex8cm

[glass monolith]

I don't remember, i was trying to get "nobody died" lore unlock, i failed btw

[tawny solar]

Not yet i just got home

I need thiccer tanks

Crap

[signal lichen]

so i am actually very curious what even remotely the intended strats are for ex8

[tawny solar]

Almost killed him

Crap

[signal lichen]

prevent bar because boss gets ohko on anything in phase 2 ?

no idea how u can even lol

i just nuked it so i am actually not sure

[tawny solar]

Yeah

Idk

[elder flume]

only thing u could do is snipe circle guys and kill cars without blocking

[tawny solar]

[elder flume]

the rest u choose if u wana stack middle or split left n right

[signal lichen]

just seems goofy really

kinda like the cleaners in every other stage

oh look a enemy that can ohko or 2hko everything

how fun

[tawny solar]

AAAAAA

i can’t kill his phase 2

[prisma trout]

have you tried our lord and saviour surtr?

[tawny solar]

#1 Don’t have, #2 borrowing skalter

[hidden axle]

We have multiple 'lords and saviours'
Surtr
Mlynar
Pozy
Texalter
Chalter

[tawny solar]

I have two of those

[signal lichen]

but do u have them built to 90 yet

[hidden axle]

[latent monolith]

I have all but one

[hidden axle]

Me who nuked the boss with everyone in that list except chalter and texalter

[hidden axle]

Also why skalter borrow

[latent monolith]

My EX 8 CM was surtr mlynar pozy texas horn ntr on boss with surtr (and mlynar Ely coverage) on cleaners

The boss hp bar disappeared

[hidden axle]

You commited overkill
A grave warcrime

[latent monolith]

Overkill is good

[signal lichen]

nah nah thats the intended strat

because the boss other wise overkills you

it all makes sense now

[hidden axle]

true

[elder flume]

theres a bunch of borrow clears hmm
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RG4y1474n/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17d4y1F7z4/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1414y1p7dN/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

[hidden axle]

Come to think of it no kukki guide this time

Even tho he was back from his break before the event

[tawny solar]

I give up

[tawny solar]

Abanicador said so

[hidden axle]

never heard the name

[signal lichen]

skalter so that u can duo it with blue woman

[karmic blade]

I already forgot ex-8 but I do believe chalter schwarz and surtr were involved.

boss does a lot of nothing to hoshi.

[tidal sedge]

Well really I thought it gonna one shot your defender

[signal lichen]

hoshi might barely tank

gonna need good healers tho

[karmic blade]

Oh, my tanks can get one shot in the right event. I don't have nightingale.

I wind up tanking with like, guardmiya

[tidal sedge]

Well if I have Shinning in there let see how many hit boss gonna take to take a defender down.

[karmic blade]

Heh do you have her module? it gets absurd. Worst skills, best talents

[tidal sedge]

Well I am about to have her built done later

Mod y

[signal lichen]

shining mod imrpoves talent?

haven't even looked at it

[karmic blade]

she has two mods now, one of them increases her passive from 60 to 100 def to all, 140 def to ground.

[tidal sedge]

People prefer mod y

[next cradle]

Struggling with Chapter 8 Mission 8. Can I get some help?

[tidal sedge]

8-8?

[outer pelican]

That's because Shining is primarily used for her defence

[next cradle]

R8-8.

[tidal sedge]

Oh ok is that a UFO level?

Well u have Texas alter

[next cradle]

Can post available roster if you want.

[tidal sedge]

U can just use her s3 and Pozy to deal with all of it

[next cradle]

Pozy?

Do I need any additional levels of mastery or no?

Only difference is I’ve E2’s Amiya and leveled her to 30.

[signal lichen]

r8-8 texas can solo

[cyan gorge]

Goldenglow borrow

[next cradle]

Alright, I’ll give it a shot.

[tidal sedge]

Pink hair gaming

GG, Pozy s3 Texas alter s3 is this enough for u to deal with r8-8?

Way too good

Also Eyja also a option because of her s3

[signal lichen]

yes

common strategies used to be eyja s3 or silver ash s3 for middle drones

[tidal sedge]

He really should upgrade the donkey

[signal lichen]

texas can also deal with it tho

[tidal sedge]

I used SA and Mylnar(assistant)and Pozy to deal with this level

[signal lichen]

i remember i used amyia to help clear some squares

but now like texas again can just do it

[tidal sedge]

Well I did this before Texas alter come out

So yea

[tidal sedge]

My guy remember to e2 the donkey for later ya

[light flame]

they did

egh can't hit the specific message lol

[tidal sedge]

Well u need her for JT8-1 and JT8-2

Requirements: defeat it with E2 Amiya

[glass monolith]

JT8-1 is best map of game
JT8-2 is "KEKW return with E2 Amiya"
And JT8-3 is hyper amiya for extra lore

[tawny solar]

Guys

It’s time

[signal lichen]

borrow any one of the units that can solo

[gentle finch]

for some reason i always thought you were some level 120 dalao player

[tawny solar]

Lol

Why

[gentle finch]

first impression

i don't remember it but it stuck with me i guess

good luck though

[tawny solar]

Huh ok

Ty

[hardy bolt]

Does anyone have some tips for 11-20? iv been stuck here for 2hrs

[glass monolith]

Stall boss until he die

[solid dew]

become defenderknights

[signal lichen]

its pretty much a suepr long ass stall

its part of why i haven't done h11-4 because i screw up 1 rotation and then i am back to super long stall and after doing super long stalls on 11-20 and h11-2 its just

[gleaming lodge]

[hardy bolt]

sounds fun

[gleaming lodge]

I have been summoned

[solid dew]

oh shit run

[solid dew]

took me a little bit, but i eventually figured "just bring about 6 defenders and 1 immortal shark women so i cant ruin it somehow"

still didnt stop me from ruining it somehow

[hardy bolt]

i have 4 i guess thats good enough

[solid dew]

it is, i was probably ~~ i dont remeber the level much~~ exaggerating

[hardy bolt]

do i tank the wither tanks as well? they were killing most other ground ops pretty quick

[solid dew]

i just set up some kind of dps to spawn camp them, whether thats mylnar, surtr, or some form of AOE. however idk what your comp is

[hardy bolt]

this is waht iv ended up with, but this is more of a mess tbh. iv just been swapping people each time i fail lol

[solid dew]

might need another defender
id probably say remove blue poision, as most of the enemies except the devours have low defence, but have too much HP for her to solo. and then just let them eat the vanguards or something idk
(i am speaking out of my ass i have no clue sorry)

what are you using shamere for too, (like what are you debuffing with her)

[hardy bolt]

so the boss doesnt one-shot whoever is blocking it?

and all the noticeable enemies have high def

[sonic willow]

you can borrow silverash

[sonic willow]

borrow a nian or texas

[hardy bolt]

new texas?

I have both but none of them have md skills (i assume its standard to have them m3 to normal players)

[sonic willow]

I mean, I think texas s2m0 is fine

nian mod3 should tank offskill

thing is, texas just kinda melts and abuses the boss

[hardy bolt]

she does now eh

yeh i dont have the mats to mod nian

[sonic willow]

just find one in support

[hardy bolt]

my account is kinda off since i dont play the game

[sonic willow]

penance also instakills the rockets by reflect if you have her

[hardy bolt]

yeh i dont have her

oh i did it

[neat skiff]

I love that moment of "accidental victory".

[hardy bolt]

this is why i dont like this game, it become more of just ill get the good units then ill work with what i have

[neat skiff]

You can absolutely work with what you have. There are quite a few nicheknights players.

[hardy bolt]

guess im still wating for a day when they make a good stage spoiler never

yeh but im not interested in sitting here for 10 hrs to make a bad squad work for a mobile game

Thanks for the help tho, i thought nian was like in the trash nowdays

[steep tartan]

no shes rly good

[hardy bolt]

has the good units not changed much? iv not logged in for like half a year im not up too speed with all the new characters

[neat skiff]

Meatball tanks are rarely needed, but when they are there isn't all that much that can replace them.

I don't have any meta meatballs myself. So I borrowed Skadi and had Gladiia deployed along with like 4 healers.

[hardy bolt]

well iv only got 4 stages now then i can call the game bad and leave again until ch 12

[blissful wren]

Which is a better investment for IS, E1 Mayer or deep purple

[glass monolith]

derp color is op if you into malding minions

[blissful wren]

Awesome. Thank you

[signal lichen]

deep color is for sure one of the best 4*'s around

summoners are just broke no matter the rarity

[glass monolith]

Mayer S2 is OP if you get relic with ATK on skill use

[neat skiff]

Nothing quite like S2L7 450% atk_scale or S2M3 600% atk_scale.

[neat skiff]

S stage time.

[storm current]

Btw, meebo explosion overlap

And if you get pasta/spinach, they scale it up Too

[eager gate]

just need to remember that meeboo explosions scale off Mayer, not meeboos
and it all makes sense

[rose patrol]

What does it mean by explode directly? Do two limos explode when crashed to one another

Or do they need to be killed next to each other

[neat skiff]

Kill when not blocked.

[icy pollen]

how do i make mlynar survive these dudes

3 e1 healers are not enough apparently

[storm current]

Try not to use mlynar to tank then

They hit for like 1.7k

Mlynar only has 500 def

[icy pollen]

are there 4 or 5 star defenders who can override mlynar’s taunt?

[storm current]

Bubble, bison

Or try deploying gravel on top of them

And mlynar kill them outside their range

[icy pollen]

can bubble or bison survive their attacks?

or do they just explode as well

[storm current]

with skill yes

[eager gate]

not on e1 tho

[storm current]

else kaltsit is enough to kill them

[icy pollen]

i see, im just gonna stick with gravel and placing fodder vanguards then

[eager gate]

dear lord this even takes the word "mob" a little too close to the heart

how much more swarm levels will there be

[prisma trout]

I got it

Isharmla 0 OP retreat

But I didn't dare retreat after she was dead either. So I just sat there and waited for it to clear lmao

[craggy turret]

IS-S-3? Not sure bout what I'm supposed to do bout the cleaners, since I can't just drop surtr on them. Here are my ops. I've tested blemi on S1, with a stainless device and getting support from lumen, turns out she can't tank. Hoshi can't tank very well either

Maybe blemi + lee for that 70% dodge?

[neat skiff]

So, the pathing they take have your ops right at the back. By the rime they reach there the angry mode is over snd their dps goes way down.

[craggy turret]

Yup that's my problem

There's also 2 on the field at the same time at one point

[neat skiff]

That is the path they take.

[gentle finch]

o

S stages out?

cool

[neat skiff]

Yup, almost 1.5 hours ago.

Like, the path is literally so long they're no longer in their angy phase.

[craggy turret]

Ye, problem is that surtr will prioritize the buff guy over the cleaner

[craggy turret]

Close to the end of it, another one spawns actually

[neat skiff]

You should have enough dps.

[craggy turret]

Problem is the invis, I can't tank the cars + the cleaners

Can SA S3 handle the cleaners?

[neat skiff]

Try it out.

[craggy turret]

My SA is only lvl 40 with s3 at M1

[neat skiff]

Or borrow a higher level Hoshi.

[craggy turret]

For bottom lane?

[neat skiff]

Yes. That is where the cleaners go.

[eager gate]

Does silencer cost health for leaking?

[craggy turret]

Ye

[neat skiff]

No cleaners go top lane.

[craggy turret]

God, image pinch out with the cleaner? Stuff of nightmares right there, not that that millions of hp wasn't already

Smth like this maybe?

[neat skiff]

Either that or borrow a better Hoshi.

[fallen chasm]

is S-stages out?

[craggy turret]

Blemi can't tank top

[craggy turret]

Ye

[fallen chasm]

wtf its not for me

[craggy turret]

Refresh the game maybe?

[latent anvil]

make sure youve cleared everything else?

[neat skiff]

Close and restart the game.

[craggy turret]

So uhh

Idk how but this cursed set up worked

Lee Infront of hoshi was actually really good

[keen night]

Played too much of another game forgot about arknights 💀

[craggy turret]

He could deal with the smaller enemies while she dealt with the cars and the big dudes

[neat skiff]

Also, have fun with S-4. That stage just spams cleaners.

[craggy turret]

I just did it tho?

Very ez stage

[neat skiff]

That was S-3.

[craggy turret]

Ye

I just did 4

3 star first go

[neat skiff]

4 was pain...

[craggy turret]

Cm?

[neat skiff]

Normal and CM.

[craggy turret]

I finish standard before doing cm

[craggy turret]

Normal was really ez

[neat skiff]

Ahh, I do normal then CM before moving on.

[craggy turret]

Did you get to 5?

Cuz like

Tf

[neat skiff]

Yup. Done normal and CM.

[craggy turret]

What is thissssss

[smoky swan]

Rip OP. I aint wasting sanity on IS-S-5 and the CM stages

[neat skiff]

Honestly? It's fun.

[craggy turret]

I can't really plan before going in

[neat skiff]

Arguably one of the easier S stages.

Though I went in already knowing pathing.

[craggy turret]

Also like rip colour blind ppl ig

[hollow forum]

the pathing is actually pretty straight forward

boss starts at bottom right, goes through all of the stairs while the rest of the enemies go straight to the blue box from their respective spawns

[neat skiff]

^

[hollow forum]

the biggest issue is the silencer guy who spawns at the bottom mid box

[craggy turret]

Surtr can handle him easily

[neat skiff]

There can be several.

I used Mudrock, I've also seen Kal used to great effect.

[craggy turret]

So it looks like I'll need eben + hoshi to stall the boss...

[smoky swan]

Pray to got the cleaner dosent come before surtr can get back

[hollow forum]

one, sure

but then the 2nd guy comes out earlier than anticipated, then you have a problem

[craggy turret]

I'll have gavalter/mly right by spawn then

[neat skiff]

Yeah, both my runs there was 2 cleaners. But I also finished like 10 seconds before the 3rd was due out.

[hollow forum]

also he gets increased damage during phase 2 in CM

so have fun with that

[craggy turret]

Hoshi + eben stall won't fail hopefully

[latent anvil]

I'm done

[hollow forum]

overall not too bad though, only s5 cm forced me to reset a few times

[craggy turret]

It's like 4 am rn, so I'll do 5, maybe attempt cm them fuck off to sleep

[latent anvil]

5 cm I first try, not normal mode tho

[craggy turret]

Welp let's see if the hoshi + eben stall will ring true

[steep tartan]

should i wait until i e2 60 my GG or is she okay in IS3 with s3 m2 at e2 1?

too many numbers

[neat skiff]

Drone casters love any attack they can get.

[latent anvil]

E2 lvl1 generally suck, at least e2 30 or 40

She usable in low difficulty ig, but will fall off later

[craggy turret]

Here's the cursed set up I managed for 3. It's pretty consistent, works for cm and normal, just need to texalt the enemies that pop out of those first 2 cars that hoshi blocks

[neat skiff]

Oh, you're way up front.

No wonder why cleaners were an issue.

[craggy turret]

Up front is good cuz it deals with the cm requirements tho

Also, lee tanks/dodges those ranged attacks from the cleaners like a champ

[steep tartan]

mmkay thanks! am broke but ill try to save up to lvl he rup

[neat skiff]

"Greatly" is a lie. It's barely 1 tile of extra range.

[craggy turret]

Also, it turns out that hoshi was struggling cuz she couldn't handle the cars + cleaner

She can tank just cleaner well tho

[pallid veldt]

yeah i did something similar

s-5 is just like

kal abuse

[keen night]

How to clear help pls

[latent anvil]

Pusher puller

Or maybe not I'm misremembering stages

[keen night]

Pls help

T-T

Mi needs to e2 texas by today

😭

[latent anvil]

Hmm

[keen night]

I have shaw

[latent anvil]

Yea shaw the middle ig

[signal lichen]

shaw mid with whatever u want to block

[latent anvil]

And uh, bring more ground unit I think

Only 3 ranged tile anyway

[signal lichen]

u can also use rope/cliff on bottom left

[scarlet ledge]

@latent anvil how s stage?

[latent anvil]

I'm done

S5 nm harder than cm

[sonic willow]

shaw on blue

[latent anvil]

Green sniper yellow arts dmg red blockers

Good boxes

[sonic willow]

green always heal

[latent anvil]

[keen night]

Me confused

[scarlet ledge]

i guess nm is ur first try

and get fucked

[latent anvil]

Ya

[sonic willow]

hoshi SA bottom
shaw mid
skalter penance texas top right

[keen night]

Ill try it rn

[latent anvil]

Nm 3rd enemy or something walk straight into blue box I didnt notice

[keen night]

@sonic willow is green sniper?

[scarlet ledge]

HAHAHA

[sonic willow]

Ded

[keen night]

Ok

[keen night]

I saw this

💀

[sonic willow]

this is gaming 101 smh

[latent anvil]

Yea I think green should be sniper

And then maybe redeploy as healer later

[sonic willow]

🅱️erhaps

[dense storm]

I am missing silver ash and Goldenglow is going to be useless there so swap her for shaw, go with something like this and swap snipers to medics as you need

shaw s1

[craggy turret]

Struggling way too much with 5

Even on normal

[latent anvil]

What ur boss killer

Ntrk s3 work good, can go on both phase

[craggy turret]

Cleaners are the problem

[sonic willow]

doesn't hoshi eat the cleaners

[latent anvil]

But.. bagpipe literally 1v1 them kinda

[craggy turret]

Top too

Top left

Mountain can't hold on his own

[latent anvil]

Top left mountain+eyja just win

Top right permahold boss

[craggy turret]

Using her to stall boss

[latent anvil]

And then middle do something weird with redeploy and bagpipe se s3

S3

[craggy turret]

I can get the boss, I'm having trouble with the cleaners

[sonic willow]

borrow nian or something

[latent anvil]

Can literally copy my layout , just cycle something on cleaners

Myrtle tanking just fine there

[pallid veldt]

myrtle the goat

[weary perch]

https://youtu.be/vtYhJiScJ-Y

[latent anvil]

NG cages bait, pozy gnosis skill to kill or something

[weary perch]

On IS-S-5 I didn't let the wolf boss get past after the first exit. So much hassle to follow him around..

So many OPs devoted on him though.

[craggy turret]

Cleaner got through nian

[craggy turret]

Thank you!!

[sonic willow]

how does cleaner get through

nian has like 1.3k def offskill

[signal lichen]

because its a cleaner

they just clean the entire map

[latent anvil]

Did that work

Cleaner can't even beat myrtle

[pallid veldt]

so true

[keen night]

Cleared it

Thnx man

[sonic willow]

[latent anvil]

The real question- was green a sniper or no

[sonic willow]

stop

[latent anvil]

@keen night I need this info

For future reference

[keen night]

Warfarin

I tried Kroos on the first run

[latent anvil]

[keen night]

Kroos helped alot

[mighty island]

How do you do the IS-S-1 Luxury Limo mission?

[keen night]

But shaw and hoshi died

[weary perch]

Only annoying thing about cleaners is their invisibility, reduces HP of Ops before teaching them.
I'd rather helidrop NTR on them and get it over with. Mudrock also can tank a bit. Specially if you drop her on top of them as well.

[keen night]

And everything fell apart

[sonic willow]

[sonic willow]

hey it's good, at least your ops learn a lot

[latent anvil]

Simple you win this time

[weary perch]

Just blast it with range attacks before it reaches ur defenders.

Texalter works as well

[latent anvil]

I drop surtr and then block the car with another op until car one hp, then sell my op

[south bone]

I stall the car with Ethan bind lmao

No ones blocking mid lane until the cleaner shows up

[sonic willow]

oh right

I completed S-1 without doing mission

[foggy grove]

just unblock car before it dies

[weary perch]

Wasted 40 sanity on IS-S-1. Had to redo it because of the limo condition, then realized I was doing it on challenge mode (did not complete the requirement). So had to do it a third time.

[scarlet ledge]

kek

[sonic willow]

don't you just chalter

cars don't move very well when flooded

[tidal sedge]

I see IS S 1-4

HEREBY I SUMMON THE GUIDE LORDS AND THEIR HOLY GUIDANCE!

[scarlet ledge]

no

suffer

worry about s1-2 doe

[tidal sedge]

No! I won't

[scarlet ledge]

and s5 i guess

💀

[tidal sedge]

I will call THE GUIDE LORDS AND THEIR GUIDANCE

for all IS S LEVELS

[gentle finch]

they seem easy so far

[tidal sedge]

ok

[gentle finch]

i didn't do 4 and 5 yet

[scarlet ledge]

water so pro

do mine

[sonic willow]

do me 😳

[gentle finch]

[south bone]

S-4 CM is kinda funny

[gentle finch]

I have enough sanity to finish 4 but I will die of cringe if cm isn't done right after

so i wait till tomorrow

[latent anvil]

Where the sanity pots

[ocean fern]

how hard are the IS-S stages

[scarlet ledge]

u love cleaner?

[ocean fern]

the entire event was easy except IS-EX-8

cleaner?

[latent anvil]

Cleaner sweep everything

[sonic willow]

[ocean fern]

huh

whos cleaner

[south bone]

Agent 47

[latent anvil]

The angry guy that come when bar is full

[ocean fern]

ohhh him

[weary perch]

But NTR can just be helidroped on them

[ocean fern]

i can just use hoshi to tank him
or penance maybe(?)

[gentle finch]

Saving them

to actually farm

after i finish clearing the s stages with natural sanity

[ocean fern]

true
im building my ntr tho cause i sparked her from this event

yeah im gonna try S stages

[gentle finch]

used this squad for every stage and had no problem

[ocean fern]

hope its not as bad as... EX-8 CM

[gentle finch]

mudrock is so fun to use

[ocean fern]

everything else was basically first try but that one took me like an hour

[gentle finch]

on S3

[ocean fern]

based abyssal hunter enjoyr

i can do that

[latent anvil]

Abyssal hunters except bunch of foreign import, where ♂️ btw

[gentle finch]

who's male sign

[latent anvil]

Yea there no sign of male anywhere

[gentle finch]

yeah i wanted to use some different ops

as u noticed im not running any vgs

flagpipe too boring

dusk summons are actually very good cleaner bait

[balmy halo]

ok but where's ur pallas tho

[plush lichen]

is cantabile worth upgrading

[weary perch]

wasn't that bad. Just tank till Chalter and Mlynar ready.
https://youtu.be/FzgO1Y9XyjY

[tawny solar]

All 6 stars

[ocean fern]

fair

i alr did it anw

[tawny solar]

I guess i’m just bad

Can’t do ex8 cm

[ocean fern]

now the next quesiton is
which hoshi module is more universally useful
+20% def on block or block 4 enemies
i think block 4 enemies?

[solid dew]

ngl S-5 is being more challening then i thought lol
i have spalter and gladiia basically solo left side, but im just wondering who should i use to stall boss, ive tried ling and kal but they both get overun (ill probably try more with ling tbh i havent tried her too much)
any tips for the level in general?

[smoky crescent]

I feel 4 block better... So that I can nuke them with mlynar behind

[balmy halo]

yes

[balmy halo]

if the need arises to block 4 enemies ur dps might be lacking. personally, 20% def up is better

helps in blocking actual hard hitting stuff

[weary perch]

IMO, If you need 4 block, there's something wrong with the offense. A higher defense stops hard hitting bosses, like what Hoshi is meant for.

[tawny solar]

[weary perch]

beat me to it.

need to type faster

[balmy halo]

its ok two people voicing one same opinion probably helps in the credibility of something (we're internet strangers with 0 certifications)

[weary perch]

[gentle finch]

she on a break

[gentle finch]

specter and Andreana are 5*s

[tawny solar]

Oh wait

But still

[ocean fern]

ic

[tawny solar]

Mostly 6*

[tawny solar]

Wait is that accelerator

[weary perch]

yep.

and Last Order

[tawny solar]

Mhm

[scarlet ledge]

@latent anvil

[signal lichen]

after doing s1 i keep asking why do we get not only another but a even bigger open laned map

also does this map have another screw you with double cleaners at the end in cm like s1 does?

[scarlet ledge]

cleaner at end?

kek they never spawn at me cause i time blood debt

[signal lichen]

timing blood debt

this isn't real

[scarlet ledge]

its real

its quite easy to do

[signal lichen]

tbf i haven't actually tried this map yet

[scarlet ledge]

[signal lichen]

just been looking at the preview

[latent anvil]

Done alt?

Pro

Oh ya I also m3 and skin my pass

[tidal sedge]

guys how to kill the mafia without blocking them?

[balmy halo]

invis reveal like SA/horn/tsukinogi then dps him

[scarlet ledge]

main and alt is on is s 3

lazy rn

[tidal sedge]

wait thorn can?

[balmy halo]

horn

[tidal sedge]

hmm

[signal lichen]

horn s1

[balmy halo]

s1 horn has invis reveal, but u need to hit peeps around the cleaner

[tidal sedge]

np I already have that

[balmy halo]

its not like thats a rare case either

[ocean fern]

i was right about to ask for tips on this stage

no passenger or rosa

[signal lichen]

borrow a pass

except

[ocean fern]

i keep leaking cause fucking tanks get destroyed

then i cant kill cleaner

[tidal sedge]

I have SA so I am good

[signal lichen]

cleaners still murder everything and anything

yeah exactly

i have no idea how to dela with cleaners

[ocean fern]

my strat for reg S-2 was to use tex alt + fartooth infinite range

but that doesnt work on EX

cause the extra stats

[sharp wadi]

Ya got SA?

[balmy halo]

is that a somethingknight thing or what

[ocean fern]

ahhh

oh yeahhhhhhhhh

okay yeah true

just use SA + tex alt + fartooth

next problem is the front hold getting lit up by the limousines

[scarlet ledge]

just grab chain caster

or ethan

[signal lichen]

i have m9 sa but thats not the point i was trying to figure out other ways outside of just invis reveal and hard nuking them but i suppose just like the rest of the event its either cuora + 1000000000000 healers or invis reveal and nuke as hard as possible

it gets kinda boring that way

[sharp wadi]

Wooo that's it go s2

[eager gate]

Lmao what is this task
Was I supposed to use shop money on welfare ops this entire time, by design?

[sharp wadi]

S2 healer ggez noob

[sharp wadi]

Ya own vigil do it

[latent anvil]

I shove everything on right and nothing leak

[scarlet ledge]

wtf so pro

[latent anvil]

just let everything die and redeploy

[sharp wadi]

Vigil isn't bad much, only problem is his dog are made of paper

[foggy grove]

you just need to deploy him

let him die

[ancient hearth]

I mean, the problem is that 2 of his skills are linked to the dog being alive

he's figuratively in the kennel with the damn dog

[scarlet ledge]

OMFG

IS THAT FEEL

[turbid badge]

loll

[ancient hearth]

[turbid badge]

his dps without dog vs dog is just

[scarlet ledge]

oh ye teta

[sharp wadi]

That isn't his problem much but his dog need to bite ,stupid HG

[scarlet ledge]

i just did ny 3rd m9 skalter

[turbid badge]

wao

[scarlet ledge]

ye

en main, en alt and jp have m9 skalter

only cn is m6
broke there

[ancient hearth]

tactician 50% damage bonus requires the dog alive and barking

[turbid badge]

i m9 dorot and saria my skalter m7 lol

[tidal sedge]

look at IS S 4 mission

[scarlet ledge]

vigil sweep

[latent anvil]

I M9 skalt now?

Cannot

[scarlet ledge]

do it

and max lvl

[latent anvil]

Ew

I only go 77 for her later

Not even 88 status

[turbid badge]

damn

[latent anvil]

88 for real waifu

[scarlet ledge]

teta

im so excited on cc11

royal supporter token

[latent anvil]

Teta finish s stage? dalao

[sharp wadi]

Dog can be alive, his dog kinda 9 life cat if you can cycle, but his s2 never activated if didn't get some bite

[turbid badge]

for skalt

[scarlet ledge]

to pot 5 my skalter

[turbid badge]

?? :wow

[scarlet ledge]

talent increase

[turbid badge]

no im to laz to do

[latent anvil]

[scarlet ledge]

talent increase on skalter is nice

atk+ more

[turbid badge]

waow craked

[scarlet ledge]

ill finish s stages later

cant be bother

[edgy stag]

jeeeez is-s-5 is hard

blew through all the others on CM and im struggling on the normal mode

[scarlet ledge]

kek

just burst it

[signal lichen]

yeah s1 and s2 don't seem that bad so far