strategy

[spark sinew]

every s stage had a low op exalter clear for a reason

[hollow epoch]

They kinda do yeah since especially for the guards an unlucky swarm can still down them, but penance and mudrock are definitely mega farming

[vernal lion]

yea

aoe dmg check

[glass monolith]

[hollow epoch]

Its a wet dream for emnity

Low damage high hp multitarget

[lapis hornet]

bruh

why's all the sl8 farms on yt 4-6 ops

do I have to make one myself

[vernal lion]

me, when I spend 2 days for a good SL-8 auto:

[hollow epoch]

Its not hard to do, if you need help just ask

[glass monolith]

DO IT

[spark sinew]

cake is a bad player, probably won't clear ex8

[jagged tulip]

i need help :(

beating Sl-8

[lapis hornet]

wait what happened to my name

[vernal lion]

out of nitro moment

[hollow epoch]

I noticed low nunber of sources of damage (read: low op clears) increase consistency in the farm because if the sheep only die at a specific tile the amount of white smoke is pretty consistent

So if you can avoid multiple ops attacking in bot lane

[vernal lion]

yea, it's not hard, but it takes time if you don't use suitable op for the clear

[celest bluff]

3

There are 3

[hollow epoch]

I personally did a 6 op clear but one of those ops is not used and the other im confident i can optimise out so its really just 4 op clear

[vernal lion]

there are 2

[spark sinew]

you can do 2 but those are kinda sweaty

[celest bluff]

good

[vernal lion]

2 is like for flex

[hollow epoch]

2 is mega sweaty and probably needs pots

But three and 4 are pretty consistent

[glass monolith]

What is next? 1 OP 12-20?

[hollow epoch]

The stage mechanics reward low ops a lot

[celest bluff]

How the fuck +50 atk matter that much

[spark sinew]

on whom

[celest bluff]

Potential I mean

[spark sinew]

50atk on hoed vs exu is a lot different

[vernal lion]

stage: 5 blueboxes
CM: deployment limit reduces to 1

[glass monolith]

good

[vernal lion]

POO moment

[pastel juniper]

Is it just me or Dolly is too easy for me...

[hollow epoch]

Its all good as long as theres only one red box

[spark sinew]

how so?
or you mean around 3-5 ops?

[celest bluff]

What did people called that again
Executor convention?
Executor worldwide?

[hollow epoch]

^

[spark sinew]

it's just a regular stage

[celest bluff]

I find Rosmontis clear bot lane pretty consistent

[hollow epoch]

The more ops that are firing off the more small lagspikes can compound and lead to targetting differences, which can lead to sheep dying on a multitude of different tiles

[spark sinew]

wait for ex/s to be challenging a bit

[celest bluff]

Wait for CM and S

It is like Kristen

[hollow epoch]

Compared to if you had an ifrit tile the number of white smoke tiles turned pink would be one

Because everyone died on the same tile

[glass monolith]

You can sleep stall Dolly for 22 hours with Erato?

[vernal lion]

[celest bluff]

Funny enough I find lone trail S stage is easier than EX

[vernal lion]

because enemies don't rush like shit in ex-8

[hollow epoch]

Are the ex/s challenging?

[spark sinew]

i bruteforced ex and actually used pushers on S

[hollow epoch]

Im going to have very little free time during that period so im hoping they dont give me too much shit

[spark sinew]

but i didn't notice S being easier honestly

[glass monolith]

More stats at enemies, S is EVEN MORE STATS on enemies

[spark sinew]

despite that

[glass monolith]

But based on mood of level dev some events S are free time of having fun with mechanic

[pastel juniper]

Tbh, there is one boss I never beaten...

[glass monolith]

And then there is SN S stages

[celest bluff]

Ain't the sheep is full immune

But what I am saying is
CW-8 is easy af , you can spawn camp Kristen without consequences

Then EX and S where she get ton of damage reduction

[celest bluff]

Dogs
Dogs
Dogs

[spark sinew]

dossoless s stages were fairly hard

but their mechanic also sucked

so...maybe

[celest bluff]

Kinda funny for the seaborn dogs to still use normal dogs sfx

And they're still using it

[hollow epoch]

Dossoles mechanics were so severe even actual wandering medics pre eyjaberry couldnt fully blunt its effect, right?

[glass monolith]

Oh, i did CW-8 once so i completely forgot how it looks like

[vernal lion]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/669489344658014208/1178838403547148328/2023-11-28_00-32-12.mp4?ex=65b83351&is=65a5be51&hm=e268401358ac8c6309e7278842c9262ce52e4e76c7786a52c664fbbcf475942a&

[celest bluff]

You spawn camp Kristen

[glass monolith]

what you think i did on CW-EX?

[celest bluff]

With any sniper

[glass monolith]

Playing this shit game for 2 years have its benefits

If something alive on field, it is because i didn't bother to kill it earlier

[spark sinew]

I'm not sure we had any

we probably didn't

[celest bluff]

Well I tried spawn camp Kristen in EX but that backfired

[hollow epoch]

No chestnut or mulberry?

[quick pecan]

the thing is dossoles had stickers

so the event was trivial

[spark sinew]

the stages were all about abusing stickers
it was basically unplayable if you went in blind and didn't get the sticker to deploy defenders during high tide

just shit mechanic, really

[round yew]

which one should I pick?
never encountered this event

[spark sinew]

because the shitty 3 block bulldozers spawned randomly and went to your blue box

[celest bluff]

-80 def

[glass monolith]

That option is debuff for second boss, IF you manage to finish your escort mission with potato knight on 200 DEF

[celest bluff]

I may had give bad advice

[spark sinew]

done anni yet

[quick pecan]

nope

todays my day off do i want to mald

[round yew]

I can't finish the run anyway probably
might as well

[spark sinew]

just take -def, skill issue if knight dies on d0

[quick pecan]

i’ve been leveling ptilo the past three days lol

e2 65 rn

[vernal lion]

Dossole Holiday is literally Big Wave Beach (pvz) but hell mode

[celest bluff]

Anniversary in other games:

Anniversary in Arknights:
Hypergryph: Anniversary? Oh you guys mean total annihilation right

[glass monolith]

Just use Cherry bomb to defeat big bad

[vernal lion]

other mini annihilation: 200 kills
this one summer theme, DH and IC: how about make it 400?

[quick pecan]

dossoles was very good at turning everyone into a crusher unless you put bubble around them

[glass monolith]

IC at least is easy mode

[celest bluff]

What is IC again

[glass monolith]

IC too has not super free boss, but only 1 real phase and all normal mobs are carred to death

[vernal lion]

IC boss is literally a tough boss with p1, but p2 is like Big Ugly Shit

[spark sinew]

actually now that i think about it
all summer events giga punish you for not using mechanics

[glass monolith]

Except you stunlock shit to death

[spark sinew]

but dossoles was bad because you needed to choose

[vernal lion]

and now it's the 3rd one

[glass monolith]

In IC you have choice - Play it normally. OR CARS

[vernal lion]

SL is so heavy on punishment

[spark sinew]

idt you can kill the boss on S stage in IC

[hollow epoch]

I actually like the mist to some extent , i think it introduces an extra level of timing and tactics, but from what ive played of dossoles from rr im really not a fan

[spark sinew]

without doing some batshit lane of death

[hollow epoch]

It just feels a little too overtuned and difficult to deal with

[spark sinew]

or using cars to permafreeze

[celest bluff]

HE civilian 👎

[spark sinew]

he just goes to blue box very fast

[quick pecan]

it’s all in the stickers

you use stickers and event is lmfaoo

[hollow epoch]

That seems so boring

Welp, gold balls are gold balls

[celest bluff]

I clear the shop but didn't finish CM because I was lazy so 7/10 medals

[vernal lion]

I have to become a fan of DH, because SSS seasons just have them, twice

[glass monolith]

I spawnkilled him hard (Also there is shit like Fartooth lane etc) while having freeze car setup ready

[vernal lion]

HG's favorite design

[celest bluff]

Which event is IC and SL

[hollow epoch]

Im starting to see why people like ethan so much

[celest bluff]

Oh wait SL is this one

[glass monolith]

#strategy message Oh i think i found it. But video don't open to me

[celest bluff]

I think you still can do normal SL stage without touching the the mechanics

[glass monolith]

(IC-S-5 CM)

[celest bluff]

Ideal city

[vernal lion]

Do you scare to deal with TW colossus: No
So what do you scare for: that one DH enemy

[celest bluff]

Stage condition: all op -1 block

[vernal lion]

op with 3 block: reeeeeeeeeeeee

[spark sinew]

yeah i meant the midget himself

not the drone

[glass monolith]

Car set up

Interception of freeze cars and boy is screwed

[spark sinew]

in your vid you just kill the drone

yeah

[glass monolith]

Car setop is ready

[celest bluff]

Ideal city rerun will come around right

[spark sinew]

i was talking about how it's super hard to do if you ignore mechanics (don't do perma freeze cars)

[glass monolith]

He just walk down and get car-red

[spark sinew]

same with how current event is crazy if you do dumb shit and fight in pink mist

[glass monolith]

You made me realize someone WILL do "no white smoke" clear of entire sheepard land

Yes i forgot code for stages

[celest bluff]

You're not my dad

[Perma freeze car]

[spark sinew]

that's quite a bombshell to drop
but yes you were adopted

[celest bluff]

Stop default emote me

[glass monolith]

i have right to abuse perma freeze car in IC because it took me 10 days to god damn drop it

[vernal lion]

oh dear

SL-EX-3 doesn't have any geyser

you have to use soda only lol

[spark sinew]

it felt like event was made in mind with perma freeze car in mind, and balanced around it

or maybe it's just the boss stage that was like that

been awhile

[celest bluff]

Anyone outside firewatch have invisibility

Because I only see camo

[spark sinew]

i think ines?

someone had, but idr 100% who at this point

[dire pike]

if invis means invul(?) then yes

Ines' invis works diff than camo tho

That's for sure

[vernal lion]

invis is not invul lol

[celest bluff]

Camo is different from invisibility

[dire pike]

ye sorry I don't know the terminology v well

all I know is that Ines' thing does work diff from standard camo tho

[celest bluff]

But somehow lunacub doesn't get hit from Taluha fireball wave

[vernal lion]

while camo still can take dmg from splash attack, invis doesn't

[glass monolith]

All camo avoid Talulah fireballs

[celest bluff]

Okay then 👌

[glass monolith]

Speech of man who brought Heavyrain into H8-4

[vernal lion]

but invul is when you can't be targeted and can't be defeated during skill,
like Ch'en s3, Amiya guard s2, and Degen s3

[celest bluff]

"They're in the trees"

[dire pike]

ah yes the i-frame skills

[vernal lion]

except environment kill, like that one pillar from chap9

[celest bluff]

Does yato s3 count

[vernal lion]

yes

[strange hazel]

Are courier/scavenger any good for 4* clears or can I just use fang 90% of the time anyways

[vernal lion]

courier can tank physical dmg better, while scavenger is atk up with her s2

[celest bluff]

How did torturing yourself is one of the features of Arknights community

[strange hazel]

Usually fang’s usage is alongside myrtle and I can deploy a dps operator before she’s in danger

[strange hazel]

nah it’s just me

[celest bluff]

No it clearly not just you

[strange hazel]

I came to know the game through friends who recommended me because I’m a tower defense addict

I still think that challenging myself unnecessarily is the most fun part of the game

[celest bluff]

I didn't consider this to be a real Tower defense

But Reclamation algorithm, yeah that start to look like real Tower defense

[strange hazel]

(oh and I should mention I’m technically a new player)

[strange hazel]

there’s differences but the differences are almost all for the better imo

[celest bluff]

Have you ever heard of X-morph defense

[vernal lion]

Reclamation algorithm is just a mess of sandbox game, survival game, TD game, and farm game

and with the release news of RA2, I can mess around with it MORE

[celest bluff]

TD where you actually built the walls and turrets

There was this flash game called penguin defense or something

[celest bluff]

Survival Cooking

[prime trellis]

will this do for ashy marsh

[celest bluff]

[glass monolith]

Cooked my pervious phone good

[strange hazel]

hmm I’m more here for the kingdom rush/hard pvz mod ‘use everything you have at your disposal optimally and creatively to scrape a clear’ type of gameplay rather than the freedom to basically make anything work

[celest bluff]

Uhh
Do you mind e2 your texas-alt

[prime trellis]

no chips

[celest bluff]

E2 anything else?

[prime trellis]

myltle is only e2

[celest bluff]

I can see that

[turbid badge]

just play IS

[celest bluff]

Myrtle e2 to borrow is a real strat

[prime trellis]

thats what i did

[turbid badge]

Ra is pretty stale honestly but we’ll see when version 2 comes on cn

they added some new stuff

[strange hazel]

when do you grind the chips for e2 even

aren’t that many dead weeks

[turbid badge]

focus on ur base

[celest bluff]

I would say RA have more fps than HE

[turbid badge]

To get chips use IS monthly squad

[tropic valve]

I hope RA2 is harder

[turbid badge]

its a cheap ez way to get chips

[celest bluff]

Or my phone just degrade overtime

[vernal lion]

I just hope about that sheep farm

looks cute lol

[turbid badge]

the infinite days looks fun

No more stopping at day 13

[celest bluff]

Reclamation algorithm endings was weird

[wary wing]

how so

[strange hazel]

idk I didn’t like RA

no support units meant the earlygame was a mess unless I grinded for upgrades

[turbid badge]

i liked nest hunting and collecting lol

[strange hazel]

Every enemy wave was also an auto-loss for me

[celest bluff]

Kill taxes collector
Celebrate

[wary wing]

yes
cuz in sargon
once you have a certain amount of power
the lord ameers won't treat you like trash

that's ending 1

ed2 is the good ending

[tidal sedge]

Uhh greetings, fellow dokutahs, so I spend like a lot of time raising some ops to e2 and I finally decided to do some main story stages I missed out on without relying on any kyostinv guides, so now I found myself struggling to clear 6-16 (yeah, that frost nova boss fight)
Without spamming all the ops that I have into this very chat, is there amybe someone who is willing to help me with my task taking down the poor girl down and can help me to develope a strat?

[strange hazel]

RA isn’t really new player friendly at all, even cc can be risk 18ed no sweat by someone getting their first e2s if they’re smart enough

[vernal lion]

well, can't deny that

[wary wing]

and ed3 is what really happened afterwards

[strange hazel]

RA though? Good freaking luck

[turbid badge]

swuad

[wary wing]

ppl really getting comfy with newer ccs

[tidal sedge]

Bless you

[celest bluff]

Swartz?

Swartch?

[wary wing]

the only thing this kills is my phone

[strange hazel]

maybe I’m kinda biased because my third 6 star was weedy and she got to clown on cc12

[celest bluff]

Swaztch?

[wary wing]

you are biased cuz every cc has been getting progressively easier

[celest bluff]

One thing hg could help with performance issues

Remove the camo vfx

[vernal lion]

I wonder if Unity is the one behind the lag

[celest bluff]

Remove most skill vfx

[celest bluff]

Definitely

[vernal lion]

smh

[celest bluff]

It get real pissy at high entities count

[glass monolith]

If you didn't optimize unity for something it won't work

[turbid badge]

lol the sandstorm anni makes me lag more

the sandstorm + OD

than ra

i think its cuz of the sand

[celest bluff]

Playing Arknights up until chapter 9 on high setting realized that I started to lag because rain

[vernal lion]

dw we will have blizzard in Harold event

[celest bluff]

What funny is

The weather effects

Is just a layer above the battlefield

You can see this in RA

You pause the game and move around

The effects stick with your pov

I really don't understand why rain affect performance that much

[proud ermine]

Can Eyjafjalla alter's elemental healing help with JT-8-2 fire damage?

[vernal lion]

no

[celest bluff]

Firewhistle
The more flexible Ashlock

[proud ermine]

damn so sad

[vernal lion]

btw

[celest bluff]

Ashlock: the sniper that some maniac use to farm 1-7 frame perfect

[vernal lion]

Talulah fire dmg is a Negative Status

[proud ermine]

OH

[vernal lion]

so you can use Therapist to reduce its burning duration

[proud ermine]

thank you I will try that in my team comp

[tidal sedge]

Uh yeh, I still need help with that if someone is willing to help :c

[vernal lion]

your problem is the boss, or mobs, or both?

[tidal sedge]

With her first phase I do not have any problems, the mob blocking also works pretty good at the beginning, however when she enters her second phase, she pretty much manages to freez my entire squad when she comes down to the second line and kills them, thus causing me to fail the stage

[celest bluff]

Do you have Exu

[vernal lion]

do you want to borrow op from support, or just use your own squad

[tidal sedge]

Yes

I wanna do it w/ supp unit

[vernal lion]

does your Exu get mastery on skill 3

[celest bluff]

I don't think you need mastery for a chapter 6 boss

[tidal sedge]

No, she is lvl 7 only without any mastery

[vernal lion]

yea, having mastery will make it easier

[tidal sedge]

My current strat was to attack frostnova with silverash & phantom mainly, I can send you a pic of my e2s so you have an idea what I can use for that stage

[celest bluff]

Anyway, find a way to spawn camp her with your sniper

So she doesn't freeze shits

[vernal lion]

but it's not like impossible to do with Exu

[tidal sedge]

I see, I tried to use exu before and it also worked for me for the first phase only though

[vernal lion]

so like this, you deploy your vanguard first, then Exu to kill her first phase

then retreat her

[tidal sedge]

Yeah I tried that too, however my main problem lies with the second phase

[vernal lion]

yea, retreat her after that

[tidal sedge]

Did that too

[celest bluff]

I pretty sure Exu module mission specifically asked you to kill Frostnova

[turbid badge]

whats are your operators

[vernal lion]

wait so you watched Kyo guide?

[turbid badge]

did u read their message

[tidal sedge]

These are mine ||pls don't question sum of my choices||

[vernal lion]

but can't copy it

[turbid badge]

oh damn

ebenholz

[celest bluff]

Dude

[turbid badge]

—just nuke her—

[celest bluff]

Yeah

[tidal sedge]

I avoid to use guides for my runs cause I actually wanna play the game myself haha

[turbid badge]

its pretty easy to setup

[celest bluff]

Drop a hydrogen bomb on chapter 6 boss

[quick pecan]

ITS PEAK TIME

[turbid badge]

what i the broca

[quick pecan]

broca my little meow meow

[turbid badge]

you better raise the other two

[quick pecan]

who

[vernal lion]

ok so try the Exu strat again tho

[quick pecan]

oh

chiave and aosta

i need to wait for aosta shop

💀

i didn’t end up buying his skin bc of that

[turbid badge]

you have alot of ways to murder fn honestly

[celest bluff]

You literally have enough resources to fight up to chapter 13

[tidal sedge]

Ok so after she runs down at her second phase, when exactly do I deploy her and attack her

[turbid badge]

your other operators? you have a bunch you can get up beforehand

ebenholz, skadi etc

even phantom

[vernal lion]

deploy her, kill her first phase, then retreat
wait for FrostNova coming out from middle tunnel,
redeploy Exu, deploy your bait right to FrostNova tile
done

[turbid badge]

yea

[celest bluff]

Use Typewriter

[tidal sedge]

Mhhh it always ended up with my boss killer freezing to death and the aoe damage killing my team

[celest bluff]

You have her

I mean the typewriter

[tidal sedge]

Might try your tips then, let's see if it works

[tidal sedge]

Ah never have used pozi for the stage yet tho so might be an option ye

[vernal lion]

yea, you must use someone to bait her attack because FrostNova will freeze permanently

[quick pecan]

@turbid badge the rarity abuse if 5* only makes me mad

need to level gavialt 💪

[celest bluff]

Why you name that squad RA

[quick pecan]

rarity abuse (abuse is a no no word for squad name)

[turbid badge]

lol

[celest bluff]

I have reclamation algorithm brain rot

RA

[quick pecan]

i

barely did that game mode

got like 10 levels of rewards

then stopped

💀💀

[vernal lion]

just use harvester

[celest bluff]

CnC reference?!!!

[vernal lion]

so clean fr

[celest bluff]

Do you find it bullshit that

You're in a cave

[vernal lion]

secret door

[celest bluff]

But it still have weather effects

[turbid badge]

???

oh

[vernal lion]

yea logic moment

[turbid badge]

maybe its a ravine

lins op

[celest bluff]

I would not waste 2 harvester on the left side

1 maybe

But not 2

[vernal lion]

well you should, because it's 3-4 iron and 3-4 rock

[turbid badge]

????

why

use all the harvesters you can

[vernal lion]

1 harvester can only clear themself like 4-5 iron

[turbid badge]

finish that node quickly

[vernal lion]

do you know how much cost for a T3 harvester tho

[celest bluff]

Still the best node

[turbid badge]

aoe arts goes hard here so pick up ur lins

[celest bluff]

5 iron?

[vernal lion]

no, 3 iron

[celest bluff]

I can't remember

It been long

[vernal lion]

but 1 iron mine is also 3 iron

so you need 1 harvester to collect at least 3 iron mines for profit

[celest bluff]

At one point I so tired that I start to do infinity gold dump

Get around 1k gold without actually playing

[vernal lion]

well I don't mind to collect more

[celest bluff]

I don't even need to get in stage to collect water

I just buy water instead

[vernal lion]

so true

you can buy T2 harvester too

wait maybe it's T1 only

[celest bluff]

Rhodes Island
Making fake gold since 2000 BC

[vernal lion]

Rhodes Island, when gold is nothing but water is everything

[celest bluff]

I remember you saying that

[vernal lion]

time to collect 2 thousands litters of water

and blackmail everyone

btw, someone has covered whole map full of black ice

it's a black rabbit

[spice mortar]

Any tips on supporters that are good here?

[vernal lion]

have you figure out what strat will you use here

[celest bluff]

Is this annihilation 4

[quick pecan]

you can support yourself by getting blaze module

[spice mortar]

Yes anni

[spice mortar]

Not enough trust 😦

[cosmic thicket]

new challenge: beat 6-16 with the entire map in black ice

[spice mortar]

I was hoping to win

[celest bluff]

Okay but....

[vernal lion]

you can do it like this

[cosmic thicket]

vigilpog?

[celest bluff]

Spawncamp nation

[vernal lion]

because some enemies will come out from left and go right to bottom left box

[spice mortar]

Cant they still target you there? They were global range right?

Or just outheak

Outheal

[vernal lion]

you have Eyja

[celest bluff]

Can't do shits if they dead

[vernal lion]

the main issue is you need strong enough aoe dmg for middle top

[tidal sedge]

Heyo, just wanted to say that I cleared the stage now, my main mistake was to not block frostnova when she came out to the second line, thank you for those who helped :)

[spice mortar]

Yeah i dont have a reaper, but maybe mudrock thorns? Or blaze?

[celest bluff]

Wait Thorn

[vernal lion]

no that's not gonna work

reaper attack range is very good here

[spice mortar]

La pluma?

[turbid badge]

just use aoe caster

aoe caster + dfender

[celest bluff]

You can make Thorn clear top left boxes

[turbid badge]

did it for me

[vernal lion]

yea splash caster with defender

[spice mortar]

I have a lvl 1 mostima

[quick pecan]

i either see ifrit chong or horn for aoe damage on that stage

[spice mortar]

For aoe

True i can still borrow a dude

[quick pecan]

wait boof didn’t i add u just borrow my chong

[spice mortar]

Can chong solo top middle?

[quick pecan]

if you borrow him i would reposition a bit

wouldnt follow the deployment naga sent

[spice mortar]

More center then?

[celest bluff]

I honestly can't tell what the fuck I did here

Like how does this even worked

[gray stone]

Oh this anni
Most difficulty comes from being able to kill the Snupers before they get to do anything
And also scaling your ops to their spawns

[vernal lion]

this anni is not hard as current anni

[spice mortar]

Oh thats good, have done current any (thanks to angles chong)

[celest bluff]

Because it is old

[glass monolith]

#strategy message I can say what I did (Warning 27MB gif)

[quick pecan]

this was definitely overkill

bringing bagpipe to annihilation lmfaooo

[celest bluff]

Oh yeah I remember now
I use Kaltsit to kill those guys

[celest bluff]

Why not

She is a guard that occasionally generate dp

[quick pecan]

oh i did this before i had saria

lol

also bagpipe does nothing in annihilation

what’s the point of a few seconds faster first flag proc if the stage is morbillion years long

[glass monolith]

She is still "press S3 to despawn enemy"

[celest bluff]

I saw bagpipe and think

She is a guard

Pretending to be Vanguard

[quick pecan]

maybe when s3 is active

but it’s more of a helidrop

[bold lance]

zero cost helidrop that can 1v1 elites or clear a lane is in fact pretty good even in anni

[celest bluff]

Siege s2 is a bot lane guard

[quick pecan]

1v1 elites

lol

maybe in 2022

but i guess this anni is old

[fast crypt]

Idk, them Sarkaz ritualmages is annoying asf

[celest bluff]

People still use bagpipe in Lungmen commercial district

[glass monolith]

Caster and Not annoying, pick one

[quick pecan]

https://youtu.be/P8Wgcs9qPtQ?si=aDf4PPDcQOMWtS0W

damn is bottom left so weak thorns is enough

or is chong killing before they reach thorn

probably that

[spice mortar]

So im not exactly confident in this

[glass monolith]

There are back stab dudes, right?

Thorns might die to boss, not sure, i just still have PTSD from EX-CM stages where that shit had 3000 ATK

middle will hold 99%

[spice mortar]

Chong already leaked by that point so

[glass monolith]

Oh

[spice mortar]

Had to gravel 1 mob

[glass monolith]

Shielded archers

[spice mortar]

Yeah

[glass monolith]

He is block 1 isn't he?

[spice mortar]

Yup

[glass monolith]

Need 2 to catch all

[spice mortar]

So i dont think its a good spot

For him

[signal breach]

Who's the tankiest AK character?

[glass monolith]

Depends on what you want to tank

[signal breach]

Like the hardest to kill

[spice mortar]

Tachanka

[signal breach]

How good is Hellagur?

[glass monolith]

Chapter 12/13 boss and their 60+ DR with 6 digit HP

At least i think chapter 13 has DR

[signal breach]

Oh no no no I don't mean like that

I think operator should be the better word

The one with the highest health

[glass monolith]

Among healable tanks - Nian
If you need to block Arts damage - Nightingale S3 to operator with highest HP or with good initial RES

You can increase durability of operators with damage reduction from Silence alter who can give up to 72% DR (It is based on how low operator HP is, caps on <30% HP) for short time on her own

Gladiia module stage 3 give 30% DR to AH which can stack with other DRs, so you can do something stupid like entire AH squad, Skadi S3 (give herself stat boost) + Silence Alter DR + Stainless S3 for physical DR

And you suddenly have Raid boss in this tower defense game

[vernal lion]

lmao it can't swallow the block

[glass monolith]

I knew it has no taste

[quick pecan]

probably nian on skill

maybe hoshi if you want to bring up resist rng

that’s for phys dmg btw

[deft badger]

how hard is it to get a flag vanguard early on

[vernal lion]

not hard if you pay 0.99 dollar for Myrtle

[deft badger]

no payments right now, i am in serbia with my wife so yeah... can't use my hard online atm 😄

[vernal lion]

well you have to cope in recruitment btw

Healing + Vanguard

interesting

[deft badger]

wtf?

[deft badger]

btw i know but i havent seen any good tags

[vernal lion]

that's why I said "cope"

[mossy timber]

if i dont have mlynar whats another good carry for SL-8?

[glass monolith]

I use cheat sites to look into tags because those 5* combos are too BS to remember

[vernal lion]

when you're doing 1 op solo run

[spice mortar]

Thoughts? Thinking maybe cuora in front of chong for tanking arrows and block count

[vernal lion]

Thorns may die from back stabbing

[spice mortar]

Can i gravel bait that?

[vernal lion]

(all) op with a shadow tile behind their deploy tile will be prio-ed by Nightzmora's back stabbing

[spice mortar]

Oh damn

[vernal lion]

despite how many op, and what to bait

[spice mortar]

How should i fix that? A ranged op there?

[vernal lion]

someone facing down to create vision

[glass monolith]

Myrtle look down, Mudrock look down, activate tower

[spice mortar]

Okay ty

[deft badger]

we all do 😄

[spice mortar]

Oh for fucks sake HE STUNS?!

[glass monolith]

[vernal lion]

yea, so if you have 2 op, you can sandwich him without issue

[spice mortar]

i didnt know

Anyway swapping exu or smth with cuora for the sandwich

[vernal lion]

marksmen sniper literally does nothing in here

except Ash

[glass monolith]

He literally has them to extend light to Thorns i think

[spice mortar]

Idk what else id take

[glass monolith]

Also my memory of this stage fails me, i swear there were no deployable tiles

[vernal lion]

well I assume you can use April

[spice mortar]

Who?

[glass monolith]

Well he doesn't cahe he has light where he wanted it

[spice mortar]

Why would i use her?

[vernal lion]

because she's a frd sniper, with good skills

[spice mortar]

Frd?

[glass monolith]

Reduced deployment time

[spice mortar]

Oh

[prime trellis]

is there a guide for ashy marsh without wandering medic

[glass monolith]

In case you juggle several operators to move light

[prime trellis]

im not building honeyberry for one stage

[spice mortar]

I don't see a reason to build that op for this one anni

[glass monolith]

Step 1. Don't bring one.
Step 2.

[vernal lion]

just don't deploy anyone in bush

[prime trellis]

not enough dps

[quick pecan]

if you don’t bring wandering medic expect your ranged with 1600hp or less to get popped by burn -> arts damage or vice versa

[spice mortar]

Borrow a eyja

[prime trellis]

im borrowing mylnar

[spice mortar]

No other burst?

[quick pecan]

the stage is rarity abusable like always tho

[spice mortar]

Boss is fairly weak

[quick pecan]

there’s a 4op w mountain chong skalter saria but i think it’s rng / pot gated

but i mean

just bring more ops

[prime trellis]

i have max e1 tex alt

but yeah thats it

[glass monolith]

Boss: Weak
Also Boss: Inflict 1000 elemental damage with skill

[spice mortar]

Well i had eyja

[quick pecan]

eblana is just caster on steroids

weak body, strong arts / burn

burst her and she’s not a huge threat

[glass monolith]

Honestly worst part of stage is all bullshit coming from top. It is impossible to avoid fire at end, and those buffed when next to fire dudes just ONE PUUUUUNCh

[spice mortar]

Yeah i used ros s3 and sa s3 to

Kill

• blaze and chong hitting it but you know

[vernal lion]

2.2k instant arts burst from Eblana skill

[prime trellis]

can't beat without wandering medic augh

[quick pecan]

you can

it’s just harder

lol

[spice mortar]

Show roster

[glass monolith]

Just don't get burned or burn operators who can live with it

[vernal lion]

having a raised Quercus

[glass monolith]

Oh right, you can damage reduction that explosion

[quick pecan]

fairly certain a burst healer or nightingale can help get through the last 30 or so enemies

[spice mortar]

If they're above e1 50 though, mint just got one shot

[glass monolith]

Wait is their module out yet?

[vernal lion]

not yet

[prime trellis]

[spice mortar]

Yeah..

[vernal lion]

16% dr + shamare doll = 1428 arts burst

[spice mortar]

Mahbe you wont be able to do this anni yet..

[prime trellis]

very sad

just gotta wait until i get eyja from pulls

[quick pecan]

yeah the ignoring wandering medic stuff

[prime trellis]

[quick pecan]

wants a well built squad

[glass monolith]

Shamare doll can reduce ATK of shit summoned by boss so it don't proc burn

[quick pecan]

e1 probably isn’t going to cut it

and if it does it will probably have tight timings

also the myrtle first e2 actual account damage

[spice mortar]

Spot solo

[glass monolith]

My strategy mainly abuse E2s so yea....

[prime trellis]

nuh uh!!

[glass monolith]

"nuh uh, my first e2 is Gravel (medic)"

[quick pecan]

is this with the double mark explosion overlap??

or one mark

[spice mortar]

Something nuked my mudrock

[quick pecan]

did you deploy her last

[glass monolith]

I don't even know where she was deployed

[quick pecan]

where gravel is lol

[spice mortar]

Gravel

Na myrtle is deployed lsst

[vernal lion]

the dmg from its mark, not the elemental dmg proc
it's 800 x 1.25, then plus with 1200 elemental dmg
so the total is 2200 arts dmg

you can only reduce the 800 dmg by Shamare but not the elemental dmg

[quick pecan]

does it always proc burn

[vernal lion]

100%

[quick pecan]

wow eblana cracked primal caster

[glass monolith]

Elemental damage is scaling from ATK so it does get reduced

Also 1200 elemental is EX Eblana stats, it is 1000 in normal Eblana

[vernal lion]

but does it has "target" lol

[glass monolith]

Wait for Eblana rerun i will show

I am 99% sure i am not misremembering that

[quick pecan]

if the skill is coded to use her atk value then yes it will use her stats to factor in the elemental damage applied

if it’s coded as just a flat amount then no

[glass monolith]

Exhausted Flame has its own ATK, and does explosion and burn build up based off ATK_scale

You need to Shamare doll IT, not Eblana to reduce burn and explosion

[vernal lion]

ok so 800 x 1 + 800 x 1.25

1800

[spice mortar]

Ty for the help

[glass monolith]

Elemental don't damage face, Burn proc does

[quick pecan]

chongus too op

[glass monolith]

Either you speedhacking this Anni or i overstayed on discord

[spice mortar]

You overstayed

[vernal lion]

I'm pretty sure my max NG without s3 died to the Eblana burst

[glass monolith]

Because burn burst reduce RES

[vernal lion]

ofc

[spice mortar]

Hes so fucking strong hot and sexy i wish i had him

[deft badger]

my 2nd acc is ready

[quick pecan]

save 300 pulls or borrow mine until the end of time

[spice mortar]

Is a shout, when was his banner?

[vernal lion]

oh wait NG only lacking 6 hp to survive Eblana burst

[quick pecan]

like 7 months ago??

[vernal lion]

[quick pecan]

or 6

[spice mortar]

When do reruns usually happen?

[quick pecan]

he’s limited

so he will never rerun as main rate up

he will be sparkable every cny banner

[spice mortar]

Yeah but like when is he off rate

[quick pecan]

and have a slightly higher rate up than standard 6*

[spice mortar]

Cny?

[quick pecan]

chinese new year

[spice mortar]

So next year?

[quick pecan]

nian / dusk / ling / chong banner

this year

[spice mortar]

When is cny?

[quick pecan]

during late july / early august

[spice mortar]

Ah

Idk if thats possible, i get monthly card but thats it

[quick pecan]

global gets cny during western summer basically

and gets summer banner during early january

[spice mortar]

Typhons coming soon too so idk if ill be able to save

[quick pecan]

ehhh chong is good but you’d get more mileage out of pulling good non limiteds than sparking

just borrow mine

[spice mortar]

True

Sad though

Maybe we get free pulls and i get lucky you never know

[quick pecan]

if u want good non limited to look out for

[spice mortar]

That ray fella?

[quick pecan]

mlynar / pozëmka / reed the flame shadow / typhon / degenbrecher / ray are all like top units rn that aren’t limited

people suggest typhon / degen / ray ya

for upcoming banners

[spice mortar]

None of them excite me all that much if im real

Mlynar is just boring sa fr

[quick pecan]

rarity abuse can get boring ya

that’s why i also like to play 5* only

[spice mortar]

I dont really mind rarity abuse, im more of an aesthetics guy

[quick pecan]

that’s fair

it’s nice when a unit you like is also meta but tbh

[spice mortar]

[quick pecan]

game isn’t craaaazy hard

[spice mortar]

True

[quick pecan]

two meta units and a halfway decent squad can carry at least most general content

[crystal cargo]

exalter beats the robots hes too op

the whole anni was ifrit afk abuse ngl

[quick pecan]

i need to level gavialt

like $300 for her ass

all bc i was stupid and didn’t start playing a month earlier

[cosmic thicket]

that's a very expensive ass

[quick pecan]

ikr

i flopped

[spice mortar]

Holy whel

[quick pecan]

i’m chilling out on the spending after this

[spice mortar]

Wait 300 seems a bit much

[quick pecan]

just need to pick up hoederer

[spice mortar]

I spent 180 on ros and that was 280 pulls

[quick pecan]

oh maybe it was slightly less

i forgor

[spice mortar]

Itd be crazy if 1$ = 1 pull

[quick pecan]

honestly

exalter is just a better gavialt

that can’t be healed

if i’m being real

[spice mortar]

Dont have either

[cosmic thicket]

im a huge gavialter pull enjoyer

[quick pecan]

he is definitely the non limited laneholder i would suggest any newbie to pick up

[crystal cargo]

just use both to cycle fr

[spice mortar]

Im sad i missed the tactical nukes that are yato and tex alter tho

[crystal cargo]

could maybe work? gavialter pulls units to exalter to charge his skill

[spice mortar]

Socks' p6 texalt has been carrying my is3 ass

[crystal cargo]

i need to test it tbh

[quick pecan]

i honestly see texalter more as a trash mob clearer

i rarely use s2

maybe i should mastery

for res shred for reedic :crylmao

[spice mortar]

Well on the bosses i dont rlly use her

[turbid badge]

why

[spice mortar]

But her kit is like just good in any is3 stage

[turbid badge]

just use ifrit

ifrit reedic is deadly combo

[turbid badge]

thats cuz u no have krooster

[spice mortar]

I dont

[crystal cargo]

is3 is much easier with stun

[spice mortar]

What does krooster do?

[crystal cargo]

stun

she basically stuns a lot with skill on

[quick pecan]

but my limiteds

[spice mortar]

Does ros ever get offrate?

[turbid badge]

Yea?

obv

there always offrate

eventually theyre not 5x tho

[spice mortar]

Damn

[crystal cargo]

was she offrate in lone trail banner

because i saw her in spark shop

and wondered

[quick pecan]

i think ros will be 1x next banner ye??

[turbid badge]

they all are

[crystal cargo]

no 5x?

[turbid badge]

on their respective banners

[crystal cargo]

i dont remember

[turbid badge]

idk look at nebs beatiful mural

[crystal cargo]

🛐

[quick pecan]

i cope next sui is also male

even though it will be woman

interested to see what class

pls no guard agane

[spice mortar]

Men enjoyer

[quick pecan]

i am indeed male enjoyer

[crystal cargo]

where 6* arts defender

[quick pecan]

viviana she just took off her limited stamp before releasing

[spice mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/predator-arnold-schwarzenegger-carl-weathers-gif-5129663

[quick pecan]

[crystal cargo]

oops wrong thing lol

[quick pecan]

oh

arts defender

we cope saria alter

[spice mortar]

Nahh

[crystal cargo]

[spice mortar]

Matterhorn alter

Arts defender

[quick pecan]

saria is still the only non ranged tile rhine lab member

💀

[quick pecan]

he’d be so sexy

[spice mortar]

Her heal has range

[turbid badge]

bruh

just use meebo

[spice mortar]

Agree

[turbid badge]

or mursleye

clone

[quick pecan]

not the meebos 😭

mayer cool tho

[crystal cargo]

ngl i think he looks mid but maybe i have high standards

[turbid badge]

caprinae knight eating good

we got degen

[quick pecan]

his summer skin

is sexy

even the chibi looks better

[spice mortar]

Yum

[crystal cargo]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ok understandable

[quick pecan]

he is eternally benched however

[quick pecan]

czerny skin also sexy but

BENCH

[turbid badge]

wtf rip

[quick pecan]

🗣️

[spice mortar]

True, its sad hes bad

[turbid badge]

to get that skin You will need to wait 2 years

im not exaggerating

[quick pecan]

czerny??

[spice mortar]

Fr?

[quick pecan]

or mat

[spice mortar]

Mat

[turbid badge]

the skin shop is really slow

[spice mortar]

Idk czerny

[quick pecan]

can’t u just do cc dailies

[turbid badge]

oh hes already there

??

[quick pecan]

yes

[turbid badge]

bruh my nightmare skin still hasnt arrived

this sucks

[spice mortar]

Well well

[turbid badge]

lil

[quick pecan]

cc currency is so scarce in global rn

idk if i would buy the skins tbh

[quick pecan]

i almost missed my first nightmare copy

bc i almost overlooked her tags lol

[spice mortar]

What else would u even buy

[quick pecan]

glad i double checked

[crystal cargo]

wtf how do you have a cert number that isnt a factor of 100

[quick pecan]

most ppl buy the tokens

[spice mortar]

?

[crystal cargo]

oh wait nvm lol

i forgot there are things with odd numbers of certs in shop

[spice mortar]

I dont see any? How did i get rid of 4?

[quick pecan]

i’m guessing we’re gonna get another alter soon

cn hasn’t had any in awhile

heavy focus on chars in npc jail

[spice mortar]

I dont want, too many limited

I want them all

[quick pecan]

they stopped making 6* alters limiteds with reed alter

[spice mortar]

Eyja not limited?

[quick pecan]

eyjalt is limited

but i’m saying

alters can also be non limited

[spice mortar]

Ah

[quick pecan]

starting with reedic

reedic / exalt / swire alt

[spice mortar]

I still want all the limiteds

[lapis hornet]

i don't have w my acc doomed

maybe there'll be a limited worth going 300 in the future

[quick pecan]

exalt lowered my belief that gavialt was worth 300 tbh

still got her though

[spice mortar]

None of them r worth 300 f u need to spend

But like, life is transient, enjoy pixels

[quick pecan]

the progression of new good units in the game basically makes that always the case yes

[spice mortar]

Waifu meta has always reigned supreme

Its why pvp gacha ass

[turbid badge]

fomo is hard

but honestly eyja alt i can see myself missing tbh

[spice mortar]

Its nice that she just deletes a mechanic

Allowed me to clear anni

[turbid badge]

yeah no w is hard cant abuse gloeyback

[spice mortar]

Shes defo gonna be my main healer with whisperrsin so im haopy

Happy

[quick pecan]

waifu meta when a depressed horse man man fed up with corporate greed nukes everything:

[spice mortar]

Sorry i don't get this reference

Bojack?

[drowsy jewel]

piss colored silver ash

[spice mortar]

Oh

[quick pecan]

mlynar

[spice mortar]

Zz boring design

[quick pecan]

i was excited for his skin

but they made his head tiny

[spice mortar]

Whats his skin?

[quick pecan]

live 2d

better to see it on yt or as gif

[spice mortar]

Aight

This one easy?

[glass monolith]

Depends on what you have

[spice mortar]

What does the stage want?

[turbid badge]

strong

[glass monolith]

Good casters, and some solution to 5 ranged robots

[turbid badge]

u can just borrow

a

mwynus

[spice mortar]

Mwynus?

[glass monolith]

#strategy message My screenshots when i flexed completing it, won't help you for shit

[spice mortar]

Idk what i would do without you minus, truly

[glass monolith]

Let's assume he borrow Mlynar. Who survive to heal him from 5 ranged robots ?

[turbid badge]

Eyja?

if that doesnt work out he can always do the 5 melee deployed last strat

[glass monolith]

It is not POO, i think they attack 3 max

[turbid badge]

oh

[glass monolith]

i think at least

[turbid badge]

well yeah he has enough defenders

poo fucked up my sense

lol

[quick pecan]

wait i just realized click is ur best caster lol

also where click skin

[glass monolith]

Good priorities

[spice mortar]

You think i played

[quick pecan]

it’s in vignette

finally got record restore

[spice mortar]

Oh

[quick pecan]

free halloween skin

makes u forget she is RAT

[turbid badge]

#strategy message

[latent anvil]

[spice mortar]

Borrow gg ?

[deft badger]

@glass monolith u havent told me that tequila restor is in 3 days 😄

[spice mortar]

Where?

[turbid badge]

Pinus

[glass monolith]

S3 Goldenglow abuse?

[quick pecan]

teq goodge

[spice mortar]

True teq coming

[quick pecan]

does a lot of work in ashy marsh

[glass monolith]

Because "Restore in" wasn't there before patch, and after patch i spend 2 days reading event lore

[deft badger]

who reads lore 😄

[spice mortar]

Wait so which one is the click skin?

[glass monolith]

Poor Poncirus

[deft badger]

the one that got restored a week ago

or 2

[glass monolith]

Sir you rolled 1 on perception check

[spice mortar]

Guide ahead,m

?

[quick pecan]

the rat is so much worse in default outfit

[quick pecan]

at least halloween stuff distracts from it a bit

[glass monolith]

Only part of PS i recall is Platinum origin story

[spice mortar]

How do i get this?

[quick pecan]

red cert shop

[glass monolith]

You wait for next mini event and farm infinite lore tapes to do them

[quick pecan]

oh

[glass monolith]

DONT DO RED CERT SHOP ONE

[quick pecan]

that too ig

[glass monolith]

[quick pecan]

u can wait for typhon

[spice mortar]

Aight

[quick pecan]

it’s not that bad lol

you buy like one copy of honey and module blocks that’s it

[spice mortar]

I need chip catalysts

[quick pecan]

and chips

[deft badger]

IS2 weekly

each gives one

monthly actually

[spice mortar]

Theres a weekly one?

[deft badger]

monthly squad

[spice mortar]

Yeah ive done thise

Those

[quick pecan]

actually i guess they haven’t given us a dead week

[spice mortar]

But 2 is half an op..

[quick pecan]

those are good red cert farm times

[glass monolith]

Right now i have 50 red certs left, and i know i won't visit AP-5 till 2nd week of february

[deft badger]

ok, have done mine rececntly xD thought u didn't maybe lol

[glacial fox]

Kal'tsit as healer

[glass monolith]

Sanity wise i think red cert tape is same as event, Except mini event currency gained from just spending sanity on farm stages with no other stuff to spend them toward

Infinite LMD in mini events worth less because unlocking mini events lore reward more LMD, not mentioning other rewards and restore loot

[quick pecan]

mini events are generally shit

the best thing about a mini event is the rate up 6* not sharing a rate up with another unit

[glass monolith]

Well non limited events too have that property

[quick pecan]

yeah true

[glass monolith]

And those events have reruns so banner happens twice

[quick pecan]

so mini events look even worse in comparison

[turbid badge]

mlynar banner

[quick pecan]

typhon bricked fr

[glass monolith]

Anyways give me Typhon and Ray

[quick pecan]

we skipping tymid

for ray chan

[glass monolith]

who?

[quick pecan]

typhon so overhyped then she was reduced to a slightly better two target ranged thorns

i sleep

skip fr