strategy

[pallid veldt]

idk if this schwartz person

is new CN op

[verbal sparrow]

schwartz is not schwarz

[pallid veldt]

who is either

of those

????

[tropic valve]

yeah who's schwarTz

[pallid veldt]

schworz?????

[somber falcon]

Yes new op
Very broken, much opee

[scarlet fulcrum]

Looks like sfx to me

[gleaming mural]

can she beat pozy on 1200 defense?

[full finch]

probably just some generic feline operator

[gleaming mural]

🤯

[pallid veldt]

does this new schowrz operator have

Attack Range expands, ATK +100%. Attacks deal damage twice, apply this unit's Trait effect to all enemies within range and create a layer of sticky liquid within Attack Range that lasts for 5 seconds. Ground enemies passing over the sticky liquid have Movement Speed -45% and DEF -220 (Does not stack).

though

[woeful igloo]

woah this op sounds rlly good

[gentle finch]

sticky liquid

[woeful igloo]

whatxbanner are they on? is it a new CN unit?

[tropic valve]

sounds kinda underpowered, no Arts damage, everyone knows Arts damage is the only viable damage these days

[pale orchid]

Sir what is this sticky liquid

[pallid veldt]

no its TW exclusive

[pale orchid]

Guess schwarz sucks then

[pallid veldt]

they collabed with mcdonalds

[pale orchid]

[desert prairie]

No. Im pretty sure this schwartz has +330% atk and 500% hp buff that slowly kills herself though

Pretty good helidrop in my tests

[woeful igloo]

schwartz sounds rlly good i hope i can pull her soon! is she limited

[full finch]

probably limited

[gentle finch]

yeah she is

I only pulled her around 14 times

[desert prairie]

She is available in leto limited banner

She isnt the limited

[gentle finch]

I think she is rare

[pallid veldt]

is that the banner with MRN as the 5*

[scarlet fulcrum]

Bruh leto

[somber falcon]

Yes, along with talulah

[pallid veldt]

ive heard a lot about MRN's i-frames

[tropic valve]

I thought Schwartz was on Keqing's banner

[gentle finch]

territorial tendencies with spiked chest in spot where Texas drops :tf:

[scarlet fulcrum]

I hope its true tho

[opal kiln]

who is mrn

[gentle finch]

mr. nothing !

[pallid veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/megamind-trapped-trap-funny-villain-gif-4559766

my right nut!!!!!!!!!!!

[gentle finch]

mr.n

[pallid veldt]

haha!!!!!

[gentle finch]

craz y

[pallid veldt]

ok back to watching vifer tournament

[gentle finch]

!!

[latent monolith]

wait aren't these two medals free as long as you clear the stage?

[gentle finch]

yeah

with 3 stars

technically you could even get it with two stars

[latent monolith]

I just got the EX 4 medal and decided to check the conditions

[gentle finch]

lamo

gravel texas kills highmore

just spam them

takes long though

gravel maxed

[tropic valve]

gravel too powerful

even at high D, gravel may not deal the damage but she is useful for keeping Highmorb in place, which allows your other ops to do the job

underrated pick

[gentle finch]

so true

finally at d15

leizi actually felt kinda good

i know I have the red crystal but she also had metastatic debuff

(im not coping)

now I can focus on other endings besides highmorb

[tropic valve]

congrats on d15

is that a d14 or d15 clear?

[gentle finch]

d14

honestly I felt like giving up when I saw territorial tend
at the time my gavial was E1 and had ligma

but with broken relics, gravel and Texas basically duod

the real suffering begins at d15 I assume

[tropic valve]

it's never gnover until it's gnover

gl

[strange fable]

theres actually a big jump in difficulty from d14 -> d15 tbh

[gentle finch]

yeah that boss extra stats looks 🥶

and the floor buffs

[tropic valve]

well the floor buffs won't feel significantly different from 14, it's just 1.14^5 becoming 1.15^5

the boss and elite stats are palpable

[gentle finch]

😨

@tropic valve is Sch actually coming to la tienda

seeing you shill her everyday has got me tempted

[tropic valve]

si

[gentle finch]

hm

[meager fossil]

sorry can someone here explain to me what the fuck is happening on with the boss in IW-9? I have no idea what was going on, I spent 5 minutes just re-deploying taxes (texalter) the first time the boss pops up, took care of the enemy rush, boss comes back, and then suddenly just game over-ed what tf just happened

[foggy grove]

that's the problem

5 minutes

[meager fossil]

....explain?

[soft crystal]

So a big boss

How will it go to the blue box?

They set a timer on it ofc

[meager fossil]

oh god

[fringe jackal]

there's a timer on the boss, if you time over you fail the stage

[foggy grove]

you have 4.5 minutes total to do the stage on 2x speed
extended to 5 when phase 2 end

[meager fossil]

oh my god

[fringe jackal]

so 10 minutes

[steep tartan]

speedrun i know

[gentle finch]

The boss has 3 phases, the small red wisps give him extra HP if they reach his piñata ball in time (surely you understand what I'm talking about)
The boss is squishy (low defensive stats) but has some decently high HP
he has weird targeting, I actually forgot how it works
and these kind gentlemen above me already explained the timer

[foggy grove]

10 minutes is 5 on 2x

[meager fossil]

I see

welp

thank you for explaining

[gentle finch]

ok Schwarz skin is still in shop

there's no goin back if I buy this

[foggy grove]

just buy

make cirn happy

[gentle finch]

I...

one sec

[soft crystal]

I have chrimbus schwarz

[foggy grove]

don't look at my e0 schwarz

i'll raise her someday maybe

[gentle finch]

yato event has the better skin

I'll get that instead

[tropic valve]

ironically I use her e0 skin

I like this one the best

[gentle finch]

I don't really like the icefield messenger one

and her E2 art sucks balls

[foggy grove]

ye her e2 arts is bleh

[tropic valve]

yeah something about the face

[gentle finch]

her E0 is actually hot

[tropic valve]

cultured

[gentle finch]

just like Lin E0

and spalter E0

[latent monolith]

I use lin E0

[gentle finch]

idk why people go crazy for Lin E2

[foggy grove]

i didn't like lin e2 too

[latent monolith]

I use schwarz E0 too because my schwarz is unraised

[foggy grove]

[tropic valve]

phalanx casters are already decent ranged tanks at e0

so that makes sense

[latent monolith]

No I mean E0 art

[tropic valve]

oh

nvm

I like her e2 art

golden ratio or something

[gentle finch]

I've been sold

you did your job well

[tropic valve]

[gentle finch]

though
Pallas >>>

goodnight.

[soft crystal]

Its the butt and booba

[latent monolith]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/942391421258854421/1140163657905479811/Hd-Player-11-29-130823_Fzrj5.mp4

My fps, reed and sui blew up

I wonder how fast the kill actually is without the lag and the skill activations

probably stacked like 20k dps or smth

[tropic valve]

phone diff

[dry skiff]

i can't tell if its the video that is laggy or what

[latent monolith]

I'm running on a laptop, so emulator lag

It's not just the video

[mental brook]

heya! so i have a question about event ex boss - specifically, in this guide at ~5:14 (link to timestamp: https://youtu.be/E-a1DZuG_As?t=314) ethan kills the heartbillows/paperweights and the boss spawns immediately after.

however, in my game, after killing the paperweights, there's still a long phase of powering up where the wisps go into the dragon before it activates. anyone know why this is? ^-^

would've beaten the boss if it wasn't for that causing my timer to run out :tfw:

[fringe jackal]

Isn't that the glitch?

[mental brook]

eh, it's a glitch? :tfw:

[fringe jackal]

the glitch used to bypass the wisp stage

[mental brook]

oh shit

did they patch it already? :(

[fringe jackal]

In this video, we exploit a unique glitch to simplify the boss's 3rd stage. By ensuring the last red monster after the 2nd stage is the only enemy on the battlefield when its defeated, the system mistakenly identifies its 15 summons as sparks (wisps). Notably, eliminating these summons doesn't affect your conditions of earning the trimmed medal. This tactic also prompts the boss to appear sooner, preventing it from absorbing real sparks to enhance its HP

https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/15olfh4/iwex8_cm_trim_medal_młynar_34stars_how_to_use/

[mental brook]

ohh, thanks!

im fairly sure the last one/two monsters were the only enemies on the stage at the time, though - or did killing both at once in the video mean the game mistakenly thought both enemies' summons were wisps?

[fringe jackal]

the last two were the red monsters

so I guess if you kill one of them that's the condition for the glitch

[mental brook]

ahh, thanks! i google translated some of the comments and apparently killing both at once is necessary

[fringe jackal]

fast glitch for medal

[mental brook]

yah

[scarlet fulcrum]

Holy sh*t reddit 👀

[timid schooner]

bruh

man im trying to get medal here lol

[sullen rover]

spam texalter at the back boss dies

[tidal sedge]

4 range unit available

[wind falcon]

anyone got any tips for the 3rd stage with the lasers

im struggling to keep the middle lane alive even when putting down saria with 2 medics

[neat cloud]

i havent done challenge mode yet but i just put down a ton of dps and prayed. i only brought warfarin and skalter to the stage

[wind falcon]

the lightning keeps killing my medics tho

[neat cloud]

i used skalter skill 1 to keep my team alive during the first two stages

[wind falcon]

the first 2 stages arent a problem im just bursting it down with warfarin s2 + chen s3m3

[neat cloud]

if you kill a lot of the wisps right before stage 3 it should give you some time to do massive dps

if your team gets wiped, id suggest bringing a fast-redeploy to exploit that one tile that doesnt become undeployable in stage 3

[shut surge]

what do you have in your roster anyways

that pozzy should be more than comfortable murdering this dragonfu

[wind falcon]

i didnt actively play for like the past year and a half so im missing a lot of recent good ops

[shut surge]

oh wait that wasn't your screenshot lmfao

I'm dumb

so what do you have available?

[wind falcon]

not the squad im using rn

[shut surge]

oh I think you have everything you need

[wind falcon]

yeah i think so too im just unsure on how to put the pieces together at the end

[shut surge]

no nightingale?

[wind falcon]

nope shes been eluding me masterfully

[shut surge]

just grab her from support then

S2 if you see your frontline holds

S3 if it can't

I did Eyja/Ifrit/Horn as DPS

[wind falcon]

im tryna clear it without supports atm

[shut surge]

oh

[wind falcon]

cause i could just surtr support and it would be free

[shut surge]

hmm yer carries might die through that then

[wind falcon]

but its more fun this way

[shut surge]

so you might have to cycle a couple times

ye got mousse

[wind falcon]

which skill for ifrit

[shut surge]

I just used S2

[wind falcon]

yeah ive never used her tho

[shut surge]

but you can do S3 if you wanna try to Eyja carry

is this for EX CM or normal?

[wind falcon]

normal

[shut surge]

hmm with your current units hmm

use Nian and Hoshi together btw

Hoshi with S2(?)

Nian can chill in your deck or be deployed for when Hoshi crocks

though without Nightingale it might be a touch hard to survive laser

you're gonna have to keep in mind to have Ptilo skill up whenever you see the laser starting

if they don't straight up die then you can do a cycle of

Ptilo

Perfumer (S1) + Sussurro

Saria S3 maybe

for when the lasers strike

[wind falcon]

yeah i just tried nian and she tanks the beam wonderfully

[shut surge]

with S2 she can straight up tank the tail strike during phase 3

[wind falcon]

yeah thats what i just used too

[shut surge]

just focus on the top 2 ground lanes

while you slap the medics into the high tile single lane

you can place Ifrit behind Nian and Eyja together with the medics

or just slap down fkng Kal'tsit and let Monster backstab the boss to death

[wind falcon]

i was thinking about kal but i thought the true damage wouldnt actually matter all that much

[shut surge]

probs not

but honestly she has other skills lol

try and see for yourself wheter S2 has better damage or S3

I ain't doing that math

otherwise well

just let Eyja and Ifrit go to town while you pray you can survive

friendly reminder to use Ethan S1 somewhere to "OBLITERATE" the flame wisps

[wind falcon]

yeah been using mvp ethan

[shut surge]

Ethan god strikes again

during phase 3 you could even swap him out for Exu

also you could try to use Schwarz on that bottom left tile

though I don't think you have Module

[wind falcon]

i could get her module i think if i really need it

[shut surge]

with module she becomes pseudo fast redeploy

[wind falcon]

im tryna figure out what you mean with this

[shut surge]

oh

the high tiles

but keep them in 1 single file

don't spread them

would send you screenshots if I was at home but at work right now

[wind falcon]

like this?

[shut surge]

wait a fk

lol

I got confused cuz I was looking at the screenshot

[wind falcon]

ohh yeah i see

[shut surge]

I guess you can make a cozy 3 lane formation then

[wind falcon]

you were on about the other map with the boss

[shut surge]

but yeah that works too

[slate marten]

I can't beat it any tips

[shut surge]

your operators?

where the hell is Ethan

[slate marten]

1 sec

[shut surge]

GET ETHAN RIGHT NOW

[wind falcon]

yeah ethan seems essential i managed to make it to the final map by using ifrit and silverash instead lol

[shut surge]

for the time being create a 2-3 lane formation

[slate marten]

My ops

[shut surge]

where's ethangod?

wait E0

are you doing a challenge run or are you just new

[slate marten]

I'm started playing like a week ago

[shut surge]

I see

your best bet currently would be using Firewhistle I suppose?

she has burn on her S1

do you not have Shaw or any pushers?

[wind falcon]

does mostima benefit from the boss being stood on multiple tiles

[slate marten]

I might have 1 pusher

[shut surge]

try to create a "Clean up" lane where you have a pusher and a puller stalling the enemies

[wind falcon]

or would it still just be 1 instance of damage

[shut surge]

and have someone deal arts in there

[shut surge]

probs just 1

Only KirinxYato benefits from enemy size iirc

[shut surge]

see if you can't make it so that your pusher sends them back and a puller alternate

[shut surge]

Shaw'll do

don't look down on rapgod squirrel

you know the mobs that spawn after the enemies die right?

[slate marten]

Yah

[shut surge]

a lot of them need ARTS damage to be killed at all

your current best operator for that would be Firewhistle

[scarlet fulcrum]

up her skill lv to4

[shut surge]

depends on his resources I say

but yeah

skill level is essential on Vanguard and Specialists

[slate marten]

I see

[tidal sedge]

But her range hard to use tho

[slate marten]

I'm gotta farm LMD first

[shut surge]

your aim right now would be to create a zone where you can clean up the spawns

[shut surge]

you don't really need any levels for the spawns

they die by "number of hits"

Firewhistle has arts burn on her skill

[slate marten]

Ah

K ill be back to and tell u how it goes

[shut surge]

check to see if you can kill the enemies all while they're on the left

and clean up the spawns in the middle lane

[tidal sedge]

Graythrot also nice multiple hit

[shut surge]

non arts though

well she does the job against the others though

wish her S1 was Offensive though

why the hell is her S1 auto anyways

[tidal sedge]

Mini burst

Lol

[shut surge]

nah I mean the sp charge mode

[tidal sedge]

Yes that's the point, if offensive recovery more or less like blue poison

[shut surge]

ST or multi-target would make enough of a difference if you ask me

hitting 2 targets or hitting one target 3 times

[scarlet fulcrum]

S1 gt auto recovery

[shut surge]

yup

[wind falcon]

so close

[shut surge]

how do they die

[wind falcon]

lightning takes out the medics on the ranged tiles then everything collapses

[scarlet fulcrum]

Most likely they didn't spread lightning with bait

[wind falcon]

i dont exactly understand how the lightning works yet

like i know it does damage in a cross shape

but is there a limit or cooldown

does it just target the most recent deploy

[shut surge]

Sui calls down lightning bolts on up to three friendly units anywhere on the map (prioritizing ranged units closest to Him)

[vivid spoke]

Any hopes for IW-9

[shut surge]

just slap down Justice Knight

[shut surge]

I see a serious lack of medics

ye wanna hit and run the guy in your case

pretty sure you can do some cheeky shit with Lunacub though she don't deal nearly enough damage lol

check if Amiya S2 doesn't shred the guy

if you can stall for her you could try

[vivid spoke]

No ptilopsis or warf

[shut surge]

BP is gonna get merkd

[vivid spoke]

Does the boss have a time limit?

[shut surge]

yup

[vivid spoke]

Yeesh

Yeah i might have to stall just to kill the bass

Boss

[glass monolith]

Instant death on 9th minute

[scarlet fulcrum]

The one that hurts was the sword skill, 2 targeting prioed closest ops on meele tile. Proc every 20s after first skill

[shut surge]

Nian raising the middle finger

[wind falcon]

sword is fine nian tanks it like its nothing

i could afk it if my medics didnt die

[shut surge]

I dunno wheter Mousse S1 does anything

could you check?

might be your ticket out

[wind falcon]

idk what mousse even does isnt she an arts guard?

[scarlet fulcrum]

Well ur aggro management most likely

[shut surge]

Her S1 is an ATK DOWN

[wind falcon]

ohhh

ill look into it

[glass monolith]

And boss tail attack is mousse down

[shut surge]

it's something like -25% ATK Down at S7

[shut surge]

you only really need it for the last phase to keep the medics alive

can just plop her down when you see the boss just finished the tailswipe

it's an Offensive recovery skill after all

she just needs a couple of seconds to throw it out

[wind falcon]

christ its -40% on m3

[scarlet fulcrum]

Borrow surtr and bring ethan

[shut surge]

nobody ever remembers her

sad face

[timid schooner]

OK FINALLY TRIM MEDAL

[shut surge]

ETHAN GOD ETHAN GOD

[timid schooner]

i have to put kal like at the back for poke the dragon lol

[shut surge]

aight simping Ethan aside

[latent monolith]

She definitely sees use and mentions every time some ridiculous atk enemy comes around debuff is not permanent though

[tidal sedge]

Borrow Reed alter s2 put 2 Melee unit(art better) every phase also ethan

[latent monolith]

It's the problem of really wanting M3 for a 4 star, at that point you have other units and she isn't high priority either

[shut surge]

I'm no silvergun but I ain't got any 4 stars lower than E2

I do have a counter stopped Utage for some reason though

why did I m6 her again...

[latent monolith]

You're in a definite minority I only have a few 4 stars built and it still is more than a lot of accounts I see

[tidal sedge]

Well utage is good as skadi she's fine

[shut surge]

I have both and Texalter

[vivid spoke]

I would if they were 5 stars

[opal kiln]

utage = skadi is

a take

[tidal sedge]

is it worth to get Schwarz if I already had Pozy?

[opal kiln]

probably not

[latent monolith]

Consider E2 and masteries on a lot of 5 stars before committing to the niche ig

[shut surge]

nope

[shut surge]

if you're a sniperknights though yes

[tidal sedge]

Accidentally pull yes. Both different used tho pozy take Schwartz job

[scarlet fulcrum]

U want 5*? FW, teq, Provence can be good carry. Choose 1

[shut surge]

Lappy

[scarlet fulcrum]

Bruh no

[tidal sedge]

I am thinking

[latent monolith]

Firewhistle dot would be useful yeah

[shut surge]

fell out of relevance but she still good

just wait til they do Lords module lmfao

[scarlet fulcrum]

I mean the context

[shut surge]

My ass raising Glaucus just for the lolz

[latent monolith]

We're talking about IW 9

[shut surge]

in that case nah

me thinking wheter Kalter can deal any relevant damage or not

[scarlet fulcrum]

At that lv bp and her for tokens atleast

Well the boss has low res atleast, lapp s2 still slapping big here

I just tried, still quite nice

[wind falcon]

yeah mousse was the missing piece

she somehow made schwarz tank the lasers

now to recreate it outside of practice

[shut surge]

catto to the rescue

[tropic valve]

mousse's ATK debuff has pretty good uptime

gj keeping Schwarz alive

[limpid siren]

borrow tequila s2 or firewatch s1
firewatch is probably better
i have both if you want to try

[desert prairie]

Does damage reduction affects ele damage?

[limpid siren]

no

ele dmg is typically a function of enemy atk, but doesn't get calced in the same steps as phys/arts/true dmg

[desert prairie]

Even in shelter huh

[limpid siren]

mul s2 marks ele dmg reduction as ep_damage_resistance

[desert prairie]

Then we have no counter for ele damage other than ele damage reduction skills

[limpid siren]

atk debuff can often work

assuming the enemy deals ele dmg tied to % of atk

then reducing enemy atk naturally reduces ele dmg too

[desert prairie]

We have exceptions to the based on atk part? You mean the flat stuff?

[slate marten]

It's not working out too well with Shawn so I was thinking maybe I could use double pullers instead

[limpid siren]

idr any specific examples of flat ele dmg, but they either exist or will exist

so i'm just avoiding absolute language to say that all ele dmg can be reduced by atk debuff, because i'm not sure that's true

[shut surge]

I mean your current operators are pretty scuffed

you don't even have any E1's yet

[slate marten]

What's e1 lol

[shut surge]

do you have red certs for like Ethan or someone?

[shut surge]

Promotion

your units are at E0

[slate marten]

Ah

I thought I promoted someone

[shut surge]

if you can get Ethan you don't need to stall the spawns

he straight up deletes them

[shut surge]

it's the ribbon thingy

none of your operators have their second skill yet right?

[slate marten]

No

I do have 3 ribbons but not second skill

[shut surge]

oh wait

I must've missed it lol.

[sudden coral]

hey guys

i have a question

[shut surge]

those are 3 stars so they don't get second skill btw

[shut surge]

sup

[shut surge]

why specifically those 3 btw

also please go check in the shop wheter you can afford to buy Ethan or not

it's in the "Red shop voucher" thingy

[slate marten]

Random and cheap

[sudden coral]

what are the events right now and are they worth coming back?

[shut surge]

if you can afford Ethan you have an hard counter against all the spawning stuff in this event

[shut surge]

KirinXYato is happening in a bit

[slate marten]

Also I had them max on potential

[shut surge]

I'd recommend raising 4 stars instead

[slate marten]

Kk

[shut surge]

and honestly

you have a few 5 stars too

[slate marten]

I will check last I checked I had 100 or so

Top right

[shut surge]

get ETHAN

just slap him down where the stuff is gonna spawn and watch them disappear

[shut surge]

good

now go and watch the mobs burn

[slate marten]

Hell yah

[shut surge]

would be nice if you showed us by job btw

[slate marten]

?

What's that

[shut surge]

since you have 2 vanguards upped, I recommend Zima for longevity

despite being pretty much useless late game once you have access to Flagpipe synergy

she can still atleast provide a -1 DP cost to all vanguards just by existing in your squad

also get Amiya leveled up

not exactly top-tier but well, you're forced to level her later on and she doesn't perform that bad anyways

[shut surge]

on the top right you can open the "classes" window

[slate marten]

I'm broke rn I need to grind a bit for LMD and stuff before I do anything

[shut surge]

fair enough

just an heads up is all

btw do I see a Saria on the right?

the Defender

[slate marten]

Oh I see then it let's u separate between the 6 classes

[shut surge]

albeit your question was regarding the current event I suppose people can give you some pointers on what to level up

going forward

I can give general advice

but before you do any of that

do tell me if you just wanna do your own thing

[slate marten]

IL take the advice

[shut surge]

we can give 2 different kinds of advices here after all

nah I mean

I can give you advice by pointing out "standout" operators and their particular niches maybe

or I can straight up just tell you "Level this for late game META"

[slate marten]

I see I'll make sure to ask who I should level

[shut surge]

Sorry you got the wrong idea, I meant that I can either explain to you some operators by how they work
Or
I can just tell you who to level up without really saying much

[slate marten]

Il probably take a mixture I would like to know how they work if possible

[shut surge]

I see

then feel free to send me your current operators

do you have any favourite operator right now?

any reason is fine

[slate marten]

I don't think so I kinda like zima

She's one of my strongest

[shut surge]

hmm you seem to favour vanguards

well it is the early game

Zima as I explained is a solid vanguard (until you get the end game units which invalidate vanguards anyways)

she belongs to the "Defensive Pioneers" Vanguard sub-class

meaning she has 2 block, has decent tankiness overall (don't expect her to live through hard hitters though) but only average attack value

Zima specifically is meant as a Vanguard Buffer since her S2 (Second skill) provides an ATK and DEF buff to "ALL Vanguards" for a short while

[slate marten]

Makes sense

[shut surge]

it is less DPgeneration-efficient than her first skill but it's not by much

that buff can be hilarious on operators like BAGPIPE

[slate marten]

BRB gonna grab something to eat

[shut surge]

aight

[slate marten]

Back

[shut surge]

I'm writing in DM to avoid flooding here

that ok with you?

[slate marten]

Yah np

[celest solstice]

dafaq what am I supposed to do

I lost

[full finch]

do DPS

[winter lance]

You need some bigger burst damage. I would throw out Penance, Lin and courier for ops like Surtr, Texas Alter, Mylnar, Pozy or similar high DPS ops. If you have none of those you might consider lending Surtr.

[full finch]

I don't see any main tanks either

mon3tr/penance will struggle

[winter lance]

Tbf, with ops like ethan, reed alter or aoe ops you wont need main tanks for this map at all. Maybe one 3 block defender

[tidal sedge]

There's run with invi sniper lol wat a joke

At least there's 1 tile you can do

Borrow sutr and bring lunacub

[full finch]

did y'all forget the boss has like 1600 ATK and hits 2 targets in phase 3

if you deal enough damage it's fine, but there's not enough damage there

[winter lance]

Thats why you kill him before he kills everyone else. Also Surtr will survive thanks to her talent

[full finch]

what surtr

[winter lance]

Every time the boss appears i would slow down to 1x speed and activate Surtr, SA, Kaltsit and healer skills and it should be enough

[tidal sedge]

https://youtu.be/_-xFWx22hpI

[winter lance]

Oh yeah. Saw that one and it was hilarious

[timid acorn]

Reed S2 offers enough sustain to keep herself and another DPS alive as long as they dont die in one hit and that's really all you need

[celest solstice]

ah burst damage it is

[winter lance]

Indeed😌

[full finch]

yeah pretty much just use more burst

[celest solstice]

Ill just borrow surtr ig

[celest solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/surtr-arknights-just-use-surtr-gif-24975177

[timid acorn]

truly challenging indeed

[winter lance]

Hahah true😅

For the Ex 8 CM stage with full shield on boss i used Mylnar, Reed Alter, Surtr and Texas Alter, which is probably the most "challenging" way to ever clear a map

[full finch]

I used saileach + texas alter

[lapis hornet]

how do I beat ex 8

[full finch]

DPS

[lapis hornet]

why's there no auto for cm

was it always like this idr

[foggy grove]

it's always been that way

[cursive mango]

[tidal sedge]

Reed? Sutr? Ethan? Lunacub? Whole hospital? Hotel? Trivago

[deft badger]

someone with a lvl90 surtr?

[cinder yacht]

i should play a ranged team for this game mode?

[winter lance]

Uuh not necessarily. The 2 best ops for this mode are Horn and Texas Alter, because they kind of break the difficulty, but apart from that everything goes

[cinder yacht]

arghh i miss both xD

[winter lance]

You can actually lend a support in this mode too^^´ But dont worry. A lot of things are viable

Especially Ops that cover multiple roles like Archetto, Thorns, Podenko, Spot, etc

[cyan gorge]

It’s possible to beat higher difficulty without those 2 you know

[winter lance]

True^^ Just a lot easier with those two

[cyan gorge]

Ranged only might be very difficult cause ground based cc is almost essential

Unless you have ops like Dorothy

[pallid veldt]

the best op in IS3 is mlynar

just like it is in

every other gamemode

in arknights

[winter lance]

I see far more Texas Alter/Horn runs so i think this time, he isnt the best. Just one of the best options^^

[pallid veldt]

horn falls off at d15

her only usage is in f3 boss stages and highmore ending

[strange fable]

nah mlynar rly is best op in is3

[pallid veldt]

mlynar is the best dps source in the game (and also in IS3)

hes also very valuable in baiting broodmother balls while not actually taking damage

compared to other ops

[strange fable]

horn is the least useful of the 3 wolves 1 uncle tbh

[pallid veldt]

texas also doesnt really do anything at d15 other than stun

she can be replaced with like

kroos alter or mayer

shes just good because FRD and also she can kill trash mobs quickly

[winter lance]

Hm. I thought the main point of Horn is that she reaches places, most ops cant really reach and deal great damage. 🤔

[strange fable]

yeah but shes still prob the comfiest stun support pre-izumik expansion

[pallid veldt]

so does pozy's typewriter

and also mlynar has very large range

mlynar and pozy are definitely stronger than the other two 3w1u

[winter lance]

Well. Maybe i overvalue her. I can see why Mylnar might be best as always^^´

[strange fable]

but ye i think cn players prio yato alt if they do krooster start

[winter lance]

Oh yeah. I saw some crazy Yato alter stuff

[strange fable]

cuz yato scales better than tex for relics

[sterile jewel]

which phantom module is superior? or does it always depend on the mission and the team setup?

[lapis hornet]

I prefer the one that refunds dp

his dmg is not the most exciting thing nowadays

[sterile jewel]

Yeah i was thinking mod1 despite the fact that I mostly use him with S2 as dps because I won't be getting the mod2 att buff when I place the clone next to him, if I understand it correctly

[naive oar]

need help with IW-EX-6

[cosmic thicket]

Normal or CM?

Because if CM uhh GG and Thorns will die of 3x cost

[naive oar]

normal

[cosmic thicket]

Not sure what you expect Dorothy to do

[latent monolith]

You could probably CY thorns mid

Maybe fia too

[cosmic thicket]

What mid

[latent monolith]

Actually I don't think CY can charge

[cosmic thicket]

Isn't EX-6 the one with 12 enemies and half of them are sharpedges

[naive oar]

relatively fast atk speed, i dont have better stuff, just other healers, ebenholz and blaze, the rest is E1 or lower

[latent monolith]

If you want something to clear stuff get an ethan

[cosmic thicket]

Yeah just use ethan

E0 level 1 skill level 4 is enough

I don't like penance here though, mudrock is better for bottom imo

[scarlet ledge]

@latent monolith im so done
9 to 8

[naive oar]

also on the bottom i have issues with enemies just floating through

(if i use an ethan top)

[cosmic thicket]

That's where ethan comes in handy

For top easiest for me was angelina s2

[naive oar]

though perhaps if i spam more dps top and reedalts s3 top it might be good without ethan there

[scarlet ledge]

impossible stage for bears is ex 3 nm/cm and ex 6 cm

ex 8 is idk yet

waiting for kuma

[latent monolith]

Ethan can technically snipe top from a couple places

[scarlet ledge]

what stage

[latent monolith]

Which helps

[latent monolith]

EX 6

[scarlet ledge]

oh

sharath

i wasted 150 sanity on ex 7 cm bears

[latent monolith]

Nicheknights moment

[scarlet ledge]

just lowering it to 8 ops

[latent monolith]

[scarlet ledge]

💀

[latent monolith]

Did you get the clear

[scarlet ledge]

ex 3 for bears is expected

for wtf those enemy spam

[cosmic thicket]

Inb4 kuma ratios u

[scarlet ledge]

it wont

kuma focusing on ex 8

[cosmic thicket]

oh

what's ex 3 again

[scarlet ledge]

[latent monolith]

Enemies come from left and right and run circles around middle

Blue boxes are on top

[scarlet ledge]

ya

imagine bears beating that

with spam of enemy true form

without form of fucking DoT damage

💀

[cosmic thicket]

Oh that one

Yeah uhhh

[latent monolith]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/669489344658014208/1139950222408171683/image.png

[scarlet ledge]

i just give up on it

atleasy some ex stagea is possible for beara

except ex 6 cm
defender dp increase

already fucked my setup

💀

[latent monolith]

Did you open gummy

[scarlet ledge]

need to drop aurora

early

or bottom lane gonna die

not enough dp

@latent monolith ex 6 nm already took 7 ops yknow

for bears

such insane stage

[winter lance]

Not sure if you did the stage yet, but multiple units with slow and someone like ethan helped a lot on this stage, since those knight guys were pretty fast and nearly impossible to block

[boreal magnet]

I hate this worm already, took several hour to figure it out

[cosmic thicket]

Wait, it's all Just Use Surtr?
Always has been

[boreal magnet]

And this exist xD

[naive oar]

done with eating, gonna try the map now

alright i did it

time to see what the next stage is about

[deft badger]

its a shrimp

[winter lance]

Ex 7 was pretty easy after Ex 6

[naive oar]

i should probably read before what these weird bird things do

but who cares

[winter lance]

Same. Never read those and just killed them

Only remembered that their things need more hits than average

[naive oar]

if i throw enough copies of my max pot texalter at them, all my problems will surely disappear

hopefully this also works with my exam tomorrow

[winter lance]

Good luck😅

[naive oar]

ah i think the birds give enemies invis

[winter lance]

Ah. The fat ones with the smoke? Yes. They do

[naive oar]

mhmm readalter s3.

good shit

[winter lance]

Definitely one of the most useful ops in this and last event

Also helped me in SSS today with the Jungle stages

[naive oar]

yep. im glad my gacha poisoned brain said "yeah just go to next pity, sunk cost fallacy time"

alright ez clear

dragon time

ok how the fuck does the dragons lightning work

like i get the plus shaped one

but theres also a random one that just nukes 1 unit?

also is there any punishment to just... waiting before phase 3?

[winter lance]

After i think 9mins the dragon does a final attack and you loose the stage

[naive oar]

i see

and the big lightning? can i just redirect it?

or do i just have to accept the instakilling whims

[winter lance]

If you have Mylnar, Reed Alter, Surtr and Texas Alter you can clear the map only with those 4 and full shield/extra health boss

Actually not sure how the lightning works😅

[naive oar]

got only reedalt and texalt

[winter lance]

Might be still possible, if you lend one of the other 2 and bring another big damage dealer. If you dont want to tank him of course

[naive oar]

OH SHIT HE GOES FORWARD STEPS NOW IN STAGE 3???

WHYY

MY PLAn

[timid acorn]

If you're referring to the auto attacks, they prioritize the closest melee ally and if you're referring to the sword attack I believe it's just the closest ally

[naive oar]

OH WTF EVEN THROUGH NIGHTINGALE S3 HE NUKES MY FRONTLINE WTF

I THOUGHT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO NEGATE SUCH STUFF

phew i pulled through

it was giga scuffed but its a 3 star clear

[winter lance]

Thats why i just killed him when he spawned. So many annoying attacks

[timid acorn]

Reedic S2 outheals him and keeps herself and up to 2 allies alive

[winter lance]

And the trimmed medal was also annoying

[naive oar]

i may have used s3 on reed lul

alrighty, got my max pot kroos alter

[vague rock]

wdym bruh. same strat. just switch up skill cycle

[winter lance]

just meant, that giving the boss a whole new healthbar was a bit annoying^^´

[slate marten]

So close I just need my second healer to be better

[dry skiff]

Why didn't u just placed all of your units in the middle instead of splitting it into 2

[slate marten]

Idk

[craggy helm]

Pretty sure you can just run Ethan and chongyue there in mid

[slate marten]

I don't have Chongyue I've only been playing for a week

[craggy helm]

If you have an e2 you can borrow

[slate marten]

You mean from here

I usually run siege

[craggy helm]

Yeah, looks like you don't have e2 though

[solid dew]

you dont usually get an e2 within a week, so thats expected tbh

[slate marten]

Lol

[solid dew]

unless its a 4* and you speedrun the mats

but theres event soooo....
fair enough ig

[slate marten]

Yah I ran it all middle and the tea cups stack up and take out my healer after that it's all downhill cuz then the final wave comes and wipes everyone else it's easier when it's 2 teams

If I had a 2nd good healer I think I would be fine

[thick badger]

Maybe borrow a Reedic S3? She will keep everyone alive

[scarlet fulcrum]

If u want borrow, if u have kroos she will easily replace vermeil. Just add 1 more ops if u still smh cant beat it. U dont have to borrow if ur ops lv bit higher but this is not farm node anyway

[slate marten]

K

[scarlet fulcrum]

GL

I e1 vermeil because base, there is also that. Hellagud for it

[scarlet fulcrum]

Oh ya don't forget to deploy ops in corne tile last, cause aggro hope u knew this

[slate marten]

Ye I did that

[scarlet fulcrum]

U cleared the stage?

[slate marten]

Do u have vermil e1

[scarlet fulcrum]

[slate marten]

No but I got really close

[scarlet fulcrum]

Show ur ops

[slate marten]

1sec

[scarlet fulcrum]

U have like 6 slots to add, and 2 flexible slot deployment remaining

[scarlet fulcrum]

well if u want vermeil e1 sure, she is great for base anyway

Just bring 1 medic (ptilo) and place her in 12f tile. And lava in myrhh tile

Ptilo facing left

[slate marten]

K

[scarlet fulcrum]

Then bring 3 blockers (e0 saria only block 2). Place mousse in front of corne tile

Well u can also forget mousse placement then bring another sniper to help e0 vermeil (e0 fine for this job)

[slate marten]

Barely won

[scarlet fulcrum]

[slate marten]

Thought I was screwed after they killed the healer so I had to stall

[scarlet fulcrum]

Yeah u made correct decision to brought gravel

[thick badger]

that's some madlad skills, congratz

I would panic and cry

[slate marten]

I was panicking lol if lava wasn't there I would have lost

[deft badger]

a friend asked how to do this stage i sugested to try this, don't remember how i did it but i think there is a catch and something will fail...

[dry skiff]

There isn't really any problem with that tbh, that's what i did too when i first did it

[deft badger]

nah i thought there are some ads walking up which do destroy the barriers or something like that, did try it now on my own it did work just fine

[dry skiff]

They don't destroy the walls aslong there's a valid lane towards the blue box

[deft badger]

only thing to care about are the gargoils that try to fly away 😄

[dry skiff]

They can also do it like this

So u have more time

Ye
This is much better so that the casters will die before they can be a threat

Gargoyles will also be low health when they reach your blockers

[polar cedar]

Hellooo.. is there any ops to replace ethan to help me with IW-9? to kill the small fire thing😵‍💫

[high crest]

Ethan is the most good for that mate...

[polar cedar]

But I need max level?

Can level 1 do it?

[dry skiff]

Yes
E0 lvl 1 is fine
Aslong it's sl4

If u have spare resources, you can do e1 lvl1 sl7 for more dot

His level don't really matter, it's his skill level that carry his ass in this event

[polar cedar]

Okkk got it! So we only need his first skill right?

[dry skiff]

Ye

[high crest]

Yes

[polar cedar]

Thank you sire!

[keen mortar]

How

It shouldn’t take long with surtr

If that is support surtr then

I prefer spalter s2 over surtr

[timid schooner]

just surtr it

[dusky grove]

looks more than surtr tbh

[scarlet fulcrum]

Its fine they just want to flex their "gameplay"

[polar cedar]

Hello sir.. can someone lend me e2 sutr because The support only gives me e1

[ancient hearth]

if you don't have E2s of your own any E2 borrow will automatically be downgraded to E1

[timid schooner]

e2 myrtle pls

[ancient hearth]

Or E0 for that matter

[polar cedar]

I don’t have any sir

[ancient hearth]

E2 somebody then, preferably myrtle

[polar cedar]

Well… I guess I need to wait

[cursive mango]

[ancient hearth]

true poverty

[polar cedar]

sadge sir

[cursive mango]

I’m not poor but I soon will be

Got three modules and one E1-E2 that’s going to bankrupt me

[polar cedar]

Where can I get modules sir?

[cursive mango]

E2 for those that have them

Then high level

[polar cedar]

So modules are unlocked automatically once I have e2?

[cursive mango]

Level 40-60

[polar cedar]

rip poor me

[cursive mango]

[polar cedar]

[scarlet fulcrum]

If e1 borrow reed s2 or smt, as long as u can sustain and have enough arts to help her u are set. Dont forget bring ethan s1

[ancient hearth]

won't really help for boss stages, it's a dps race

for this event at least

[scarlet fulcrum]

It will help

[polar cedar]

Yes I already set everything but the arts dps. That’s why I’m super poor rn. Rushing this thing

[scarlet fulcrum]

9 minutes plenty af

1 more minutes if u reach his p3

[grand ginkgo]

you lose on time in this event?

[scarlet fulcrum]

It doesn't have to be arts to help her, lv 0 defense not that high. It just preferred for early squad if u look at stats

Idek what u have

Ok gtg now, just wait like other suggest, dont mind what i said

[polar cedar]

Hold up I’ll ss my squad for this stage

[scarlet fulcrum]

Dusk s2, is that ur only medic?

[polar cedar]

I don’t have any e2 so I can’t borrow any e2

[polar cedar]

Dusk s2?But the cooldown takes too long

[scarlet fulcrum]

s1 dps ass against 1 target

[polar cedar]

That’s the best medic I have besides hibiscus e1 level 30

I do have the 5 star hibiscus but they said it’s bad

[scarlet fulcrum]

Yeah its fine just bring her, ditch lava and orchid

[polar cedar]

And that gives me 1 vacant slot

What else should I take with me

[scarlet fulcrum]

U have hibis alter right?

U should know what her s2 do. It will help reedic

[grand ginkgo]

Reedic better borrow than kaltsit right

[scarlet fulcrum]

At e1 yea

[polar cedar]

Omg it takes so long to send the pic

[wary wing]

why is everyone either E1 1 or E1 max?

[polar cedar]

This one?

[polar cedar]

Idk I’m doo doo

[scarlet fulcrum]

Yeah, she is better than orchid dps wise

[grand ginkgo]

does chong do any real damage to the boss as e1 or will he have to 2 cycle every boss phase

because if so, he has to really really.go hard on healing
and gravel helps to bait the tail strike

[scarlet fulcrum]

[polar cedar]

Is that bad?

[grand ginkgo]

ranks 4 and 7 are big jumps in effectiveness

[wary wing]

I can promise you E1 1 Chong does basically 0 damage

[grand ginkgo]

[polar cedar]

So what do I replace chongus with?

[scarlet fulcrum]

for bait atleast, even gravel will do

[grand ginkgo]

i had to use reed s2 + either cutter s1 spam or kroos alter s2 to kill a bos phase quickly

needs like 3 healers

[polar cedar]

My gravel is e0 level 1 and I don’t have any lmds left

[grand ginkgo]

its fine, all she needs to do is die

[scarlet fulcrum]

u missed 35% gold on early duh

[polar cedar]

Ok so chong for bait.. and what support?

E1 only

[grand ginkgo]

boss has a tail attack if you've noticed, he strikes from the sky and deals massive damage

im not 100% how his targeting works though, had to trial and error

[scarlet fulcrum]

Closest meele 2 targets

[polar cedar]

2 targets hmmm

[grand ginkgo]

this girl as support, she's a medic

[dry skiff]

Oh it's 2?
I tot it was only 1

[grand ginkgo]

her second skill

[polar cedar]

But I don’t have any dps to deal the damage if I take more healer

[grand ginkgo]

She is a medic
She is not a healer

[dry skiff]

She's aint no healer

Also what's this? IW9 or EX8?

[scarlet fulcrum]

Oh yeah iw-9 only target 1

2 is ex-8

[grand ginkgo]

that sounds horrid

[dry skiff]

You lack dmg for boss tbh

[polar cedar]

Yes that’s the thing

[scarlet fulcrum]

They still insist on dusk s1

[dry skiff]

Try borrowing a mlynar with s2

[balmy halo]

mayhaps perhaps mlynar s2 borrow, and then try to not get wisps to the ball at all

[polar cedar]

Yes I’m going to change ut sir. Just haven’t start

[dry skiff]

Nice dusk tho
Hot skin

[polar cedar]

Wasted originium on it instead of rolling

[scarlet fulcrum]

Yeah mb i really need to go now other already rise. They might help u

[polar cedar]

Thank you sir

[balmy halo]

u didnt miss much pulls anyway issok. 21 origin prime is roughly 5-6ish worth of pulls (skins are permanent account damage)

[grand ginkgo]

So for boss phase 1
just before the boss starts, place 2 units in Reeds range in front of the boss (those should be the 2 last units in her range), as soon as boss appears, activate reeds skill

for phases 2 and 3 you gotta bait out his tail thing first, so place 2 units just like before but wait for one of them to die before using Reeds skill

you might have to use reeds skill twice per phase sadly, so stack up on healing

idk how you'd position everyone and i cant help with that

[balmy halo]

cuora and gummy up front in reed's range should be good nuff so that they tank the sword things as well

does the boss move further in iw-9?

like in ex

[polar cedar]

So I take reed for support?

[grand ginkgo]

yes

it moves

[dry skiff]

Does reed e1 s2 have enough dps for the boss?

[grand ginkgo]

should be 2 cycle

my e2 40 sl7 doesnt nuke the boss solo

[polar cedar]

So I don’t need that medic?

Oh wait I’m buggin the name is also reed

I thought the other reed

😵‍💫

[dry skiff]

[grand ginkgo]

anyway uh try it with reed, just make sure you borrow one with S2 chosen (seey screenshot above)
if its mega hopeless, try other options

phase 3 you want defenders in front for reeds skill btw

[polar cedar]

Thank you! I’ll try it sir…. I’ll tell you the results in 10 mins

[balmy halo]

ohg yea also remember to not place units too far up

[polar cedar]

Whatttt??

[balmy halo]

in first phase, the first four columns (from the red box) become undeployable and any units deployed there gets retreated forcefully

second phase its now the first five columns from the red box

[polar cedar]

I see.. noted👌

[balmy halo]

and then third phase its up to the sixth column

so retreat and redeploy as the situation arises

[grand ginkgo]

(boss moves left to right and you dont wanna get stepped on by a dragon)

[dry skiff]

Basically just don't deploy anything behind the big orb

[polar cedar]

Got it

All these reeds in support uses skill 1

[cursive mango]

Mine uses S3

[polar cedar]

Can I borrow yours please

[cursive mango]

Yus sure

If I has space

[polar cedar]

What is your id

[dry skiff]

Why would u borrow a s3 one? It will be default to s1 since you don't have a e2

[cursive mango]

Lucy#0488

[polar cedar]

Ah yess can you set it to skill 2 for an hour

[cursive mango]

Me go slep soon ;-;

[dry skiff]

Why sleep

[polar cedar]

Sir can I borrow yours?

[dry skiff]

Reelter?
Sure, my ign is in my Profile

Also how did u know i have her

[polar cedar]

I didn’t know.. I’m just asking randomly

[dry skiff]

[polar cedar]

I have added you sir. The lvel 30 noob

[dry skiff]

What's ur name

I have like 6 people in my friendlist waiting to be added lol

[polar cedar]

医生#6697 sir

[dry skiff]

Okay accepted

[polar cedar]

thank you sir!

If I use your reed and I failed can I restart it with the same unit?

[dry skiff]

Ye
Support will still be there

[vivid gale]

Does anyone have a weedy S2 I can borrow i can’t find in any friend channel

[pallid veldt]

what do you need it for

[vivid gale]

Ex stage

[pallid veldt]

ah

my weedy is lvl 70

if thats ok

Disa#7266

[vivid gale]

One sec

@pallid veldt sent

[pallid veldt]

ok i put it up

[vivid gale]

THanks

Ill dm you when I complete stage

[pearl sentinel]

What ops are good against this boss? I see so many vids flexing on this boss like it's the weakest boss in AK ever

[pallid veldt]

[pearl sentinel]

And I'm still struggling against it

[pallid veldt]

surtr

texas alter

mlynar

chalter

any dps

NG is also good for keeping your ops alive

[pearl sentinel]

Surtr can one phase the boss if she's maxed lvl right?

I needed mlynar and surtr together to kill it rn but I'm thinking of getting friend ops to help

[pallid veldt]

unsure

but if no wisps hit the

thing

yeah probably

[latent monolith]

Reed alter S2 helps a lot on this boss if you already have like surtr and stuff

Remember to bait the boss tail attack

[pearl sentinel]

Tail attack?

[pallid veldt]

uhhh my surtr leaves boss with like

30-40% hp left

on EX normal mode

[pearl sentinel]

The boss descs are so confusing I have no idea which skill is what

[vivid gale]

@pallid veldt I’m done thanks

[pallid veldt]

cool

[pearl sentinel]

I only know the lasers are called Omni breath and the lightning thingy hits ranged units

[latent monolith]

It does that immediately after spawning in phase 2 and 3 iirc

It one shots surtr from full HP and triggers her talent if she doesn't have skill up, causing her to retreat early

[autumn grotto]

second weakest
nothing beats Pancho

[tropic valve]

Schwarz + Suzuran

and any immortal (Specter)

[full finch]

pancho > jesselton

[neat skiff]

Duh?

[scarlet fulcrum]

Mine will lag if more than 4 kites in field kekw

Then force closed

[strong sparrow]

what type of damage is the dragon's lazer attack? tank died despite all units skills used

[glass monolith]

both

50%-50%. If sadists players were designing it they would make it 33.3% split between physical, arts and true

[sly pivot]

🥹

[ionic mortar]

Can I get help with IW 5

[thick badger]

Switch Reedic to S3

Oh nvm she E1

[ionic mortar]

Yeah

[tidal sedge]

Lol

[thick badger]

Ill run a practice with ur squad and see

[ionic mortar]

Thanks

[balmy halo]

what r u having difficulties with?

[ionic mortar]

Getting overwhelmed

[tidal sedge]

Does blemishine s2 m3 perma sleep with module 2/3?

I mean with other kazimer