strategy

[quick pecan]

you never use it enough to farm it the game hands it out in a lot of places already

grindstone probably still the move even if new

[foggy grove]

[turbid badge]

Sa = QB in damage essentially

both want masteries

have similar total damage

just pick one

[agile ember]

Got it

[foggy grove]

his best bet is caster spam ye

prolly helps if he grab eyja base module as well

[scarlet mortar]

it's mostly that if you do run out you're looking all the way til the next event

[turbid badge]

i was thinking more SA due to cc1

needing alot of invis reveal

so sa would help smooth it, though you could argue ines borrow

[scarlet mortar]

they'd prio grindstone sure but you do want like 20 salt jic lmao

[turbid badge]

bind can see usage essentially everywhere due to little immunities so that's nice aswell

[scarlet mortar]

yh nab eyja's mod1 if you can @dry night

[turbid badge]

-10 res goes hard af

[latent anvil]

would m9

but broke

[turbid badge]

dam

my silalter m3

[foggy grove]

saria s3 lv 7,click and eyja s3m3 at least with base mod can kill each phase

[mossy ore]

is this real?

[rose patrol]

Why is ntr doing this less DMG even with 28% Def ignore

S1m3

[limpid siren]

because the boss has a really high def value, even higher in phase two

he's designed in a way that encourages you to blast him with the heat vents

[sly drift]

Encourage you to use ceobe

[limpid siren]

to the point that, even with 28% def ignore, the radiant knight is going to struggle to puncture his def

[rose patrol]

Nvm did it

Didn't see the A res

[turbid badge]

mhm

note qb is arts

and sa is phys

[celest bluff]

Okay

So how did texalt s2 still have enough damage to kill him in phase two

[tropic valve]

she shreds RES

[turbid badge]

double hit + arts + arts shred

[latent anvil]

qiubai is so op

[turbid badge]

double hit on arts hurts

look at eyja s2

[turbid badge]

ya

i got skin

[latent anvil]

me too

[turbid badge]

🚣‍♀️

[scarlet mortar]

3.5k def btw

[foggy grove]

3.5k def 60 res

[vernal lion]

[glass monolith]

Boat start spinning on same spot

[turbid badge]

lee lasted while he could

[vernal lion]

Lee when he failed to dodge all the hits

[turbid badge]

he cant dodge outside

well

actually

i can just have him on jess

wait im lapdum

formation complete

[vernal lion]

he got dogged

[full finch]

[turbid badge]

aw man

[shell arch]

Creeper

[vernal lion]

alright

full afk clear for IC-MO-1

can't wait for CV anni, it will be really interesting to play

[celest bluff]

All for a cost of 1 hope to make my kroos more deadly (the relic)

[scarlet mortar]

why does EB get spawncamped by surtr anw

how was this boss threatening again

[vital arrow]

People just didnt know how to handle dominion

But 1st phase is easy anyways

You only get 1 dominion

[scarlet mortar]

he has two checkpoints in this map where he just sits there

and surtr can just freeball him

this is sad

[vital arrow]

Yes the problem is finding the tile to drop the dominion

Thats it

Since you get -50 aspd inside the dominion and EB gets damage reduction inside dominion

[scarlet mortar]

not all bad though since the enemies will also get -50 aspd once EB dies

[vital arrow]

It still fucks you over

If you know how to handle the dominion then good on you, EB is a cakewalk

If youre new and dont know the dominion priority

[scarlet mortar]

once you figure out how to deal with it it's kinda a cakewalk yh

[vital arrow]

Well you suffer a few runs

Its literslly just understanding mechs

People struggling with EB when it came out is normal

He instagibs your ops, he drops this fuck ass -50 aspd field everywhere

Suddenly youre cucked in terms of deployment

[scarlet mortar]

we should have more anti-unga mechanics

looking forward to harold

[vernal lion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ochmDK147Ms

Mudrock s3 at its finest

[scarlet mortar]

smh mud S3 is a great defensive skill

people sleep on the invuln window

[deft nest]

Just mlynar it works so well on this map

[waxen swan]

This map fucking old

[turbid badge]

taunt and dodg

[waxen swan]

Too much

[scarlet mortar]

can't you just wait til cliff gets into reed2's range and then helidrop jess2 + shield

le funny

i tried exactly that and forgot that reed2's S2 doesn't count summons

oh well it still shredded him

[void terrace]

Just spawn camp him with a 21k barrier pennance

Can't do shit against 28k hp juggernaught

Yes this is a joke

[scarlet mortar]

been too busy lately to grind nicheknights

that was an incredibly low effort clear lmao

reed2 broken

[void terrace]

Damn how does Jess survive tho

[scarlet mortar]

helidrop

[void terrace]

She keeps getting boddied by cliff

Did you vent him?

[scarlet mortar]

no i just directly dropped her and the shield on him

and then proc'd reed

[void terrace]

Oh lmao

Reed dosent fireball the barrier right

[scarlet mortar]

she doesn't but he dies anw

[void terrace]

HA

I found stacking hp buffs on pennance to buff her barrier to be the biggest cheese

Fast clear too since you don't wait for him to walk

[scarlet mortar]

thankfully i don't have to farm salt

[void terrace]

I have too much salt fml

Need more squares

[deft badger]

everyone has to much salt

[shell arch]

Could someone do me a favor by checking whether the green/yellow ranged slugs are capable to bring someone's def to 0 even when being buffed by shining?
I think the old #strategy pillars did this to DH corrosion and the answer was yes, but idk about those green ranged twats

And yes, the green/yellow ranged slugs definitely can reduce an op def to 0 without shining

I had experienced that one daily cc

[foggy grove]

just test crusher maybe

[shell arch]

The problem is that i can't find those wankers outside is3

[foggy grove]

gt

w/e i just did a quick test

the answer is yes

[shell arch]

thanks

And what's gt

Guardian tales?

[foggy grove]

grani and temple bla bla

[shell arch]

dies of images

Thanks fam

[cyan gorge]

Aren’t the spitting slugs in OF stages too?

I remember them being in OF-1

[vernal lion]

@turbid badge @void terrace

that is not even m3 yet

[cyan gorge]

Add a mod 3 Silalter to make it higher

[vernal lion]

oh yea

[void terrace]

Howwwww

Oh aak

Damn that's smart

I'm gonna do that now

Time to m3 aak s2

For the perfect pennance

[tidal sedge]

Does the barrier hp remain when those skills wear off? Or does it adjust to her changing max hp value

[void terrace]

Yes it remains

So with that you can in theory get up to 16k x3 barrier

Which is like 48k

That's my new goal

[vernal lion]

Eyja s3m3 gives 5x 6% (30%) HP buff

[void terrace]

Plus arturia

[deft badger]

maybe the worst decision i have made..

[scarlet mortar]

smh it's a good relic

[vernal lion]

def is meanless for guard tho

[scarlet mortar]

highmore go brr

[vernal lion]

guard only needs to kill enemy asap

[deft badger]

i bet i am going to die because of it 😄

[scarlet mortar]

def never saved highmore

nor uhhhh what other guards do people use nowadays

[foggy grove]

looks very good

[cyan gorge]

All I see is a QB buff

[deft badger]

here we go lol

[scarlet mortar]

bruh free exfed w

[deft badger]

he lost 20% hp by just those guys lol

1 hit 20% hp

[scarlet mortar]

also smh nab the chest

[cyan gorge]

Lose 20%, one shot gets 40 back

[vernal lion]

yea, kill the chest

[deft badger]

and he died

should have placed spot down there...

him up

[scarlet mortar]

what diff is that

[scarlet mortar]

ah understandable

[vernal lion]

that's a weirdest spot placement ever tho

and Exe died?

[deft badger]

in this situation yes, i am placing exe first so that he can kill that first dude inc that splits in two

and cost as well i would leak if i place spot first to block and he would die as well

but with that relic exe died later on

spot just sitting there to take dmg then from those range guys

so that they don't shoot exe

[deft badger]

yes because i have to use skill when the 2 spawn

to kill them and didn't last for the last 6

[peak cloak]

hey Naga, can i ask if u could set Rosa s3m3?

much thx

[vernal lion]

and the leak is from the infiltrator?

[vernal lion]

yes

this is ok?

[peak cloak]

thx again, pls keep her within 1 day

[vernal lion]

aight

@peak cloak have we made friend yet

[peak cloak]

yes i do remember your nickname is called as: Zenith, innit?

[cyan gorge]

That’s me

[peak cloak]

XDXDXD

ah yes, so ,Naga can i add you too? if u had extra slot

[vernal lion]

VanGuard#8304

[peak cloak]

thx again

[vernal lion]

I set it

[peak cloak]

i sent friend request.

[vernal lion]

accepted

[timber urchin]

Hi, i am getting back to IS2 to finish the Deep Explorations

I am left with the Inscrutable Path where we have to obtain 20 hopes with starting relic Shadow, Bladedance, Whiteflower and 1 random negative relic

I have tried Texter, Ling, Typhon as starter but always fail

Any advice on what to do?

[deft badger]

nah that dude dies, on top of that it was a emergency op which normaly isn't a problem

[vernal lion]

which squad did you choose

[timber urchin]

Specialist auto promote
Texter as starter

My record for now is 17 hope

[vital arrow]

Try defender/supporter

IS2 likes having blockers

[timber urchin]

What starting 6* do you recommend?

[vital arrow]

Ling

Or gavialt

Or thorns ironically

If you want to clear that mission you basically want to go to as much combat nodes as possible

[void terrace]

Is that aak s2m3

I'm gonna m3 aak s2 now

Helpe

[vernal lion]

nah, I have said it's not even m3 yet

m3 gives +30%

[void terrace]

Exactly

Arturia in the future

Will be even more busted

Infinite pennance wall time

Hmmm

Ultimately asks s2 cycles better with pennance for more consistent shield generation after preliminary testing

Plus the damage from aak and pennance is very respectable with a 5k attack beat stick with aspd

The mega HP is funny. But the longer skill duration is painful

[tiny tree]

What should I do

[civic bear]

ur team is strong enough to bulldoze it. just kill first few dogs and then ling dragons on the strikers. should last long enough to just kill some of em on skill

[tropic valve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0V3e3zPrSE
I'm glad they decided to make SSS more interesting

[deft badger]

@vernal lion brain afk moment, guess what happened d15 btw
pay attention to top right corner lol

[deft badger]

mine was boring, eyja-alter
that boss was just standing still and doing nothing actually

[turbid badge]

best strat for sn sss

have full team so absorber cant join

[open ridge]

who are some good is4 starting picks

[grave thistle]

Reedic + Orchid + Popukar

[open ridge]

i dont have reed 2

[foggy grove]

it's starter you can borrow

[turbid badge]

hardest sss ever ngl

Lee cheese maybev

didnt do it first try took a while

well actually

eyja alter

could prob jusy cheese

boss really fat

[void terrace]

Wait how

I can only get it to 9k

[turbid badge]

it looks like Easy mode

For the map

it buffs

[void terrace]

Oooh

Nowonder

Damn

Back to aak s3

[turbid badge]

i wouldn't really use aak s2 for penance, just s3 cuz it helps charge her defense charge and she gets more damage :p

ill try out the max hp thing when shu and virt comes

lol i like how all 3 are limiteds

and aska

real men still remember exu buff tho

[void terrace]

There's silence alter, nian for HP buff, exu and aak

Anyone else

In the future there's arturia and shu

[merry narwhal]

it's an annoying boss for sure. I kept my hand full at all times to not have to deal with the debuff and once the two eggs spawned I stalled them while I retreated my tank to leak the boss. Afterwards it was a walk in the palk

[turbid badge]

oh dang

you can leak boss?

i thought it was 3 smh

[foggy grove]

it's only 2

[turbid badge]

nice info for no fail medal

[crisp bolt]

Aak s2 user

[turbid badge]

blemi is stonks here

heal when shes stunned, aoe heal, fast af charge with VG stacks, high attack and functions as lane holder too

my medics kept being dumb

and left it at like 1383/max lol

healing prio moment

[merry narwhal]

people care about medals? I hate SSS

[turbid badge]

same

i havent done last medals

so ill do these

[crisp bolt]

I legit can't get myself to play SSS

[turbid badge]

feels bad i missed a "secret medal' but who cares

[crisp bolt]

I've tried a couple of times but I just lose interest

[turbid badge]

oh dam

[void terrace]

There's a secret medal

[turbid badge]

yeah?

there always was

[void terrace]

WatWHATRTR

Pein

[celest bluff]

Any idea on what is here

[waxen swan]

Civi fight probably

[turbid badge]

max hp increase gaming

lol the hp diff

now chalter can live cannon strike

its a lvl 1 thunderer btw

[void terrace]

Wait

Can you aak jesalters sheild

To give her sp

[waxen swan]

What

[tidal sedge]

You could

[void terrace]

But why?

Idk

[waxen swan]

Funny

[void terrace]

Just thought of it

Time to test infinite Jessica works

[waxen swan]

You might as well just shoot Jessica lol

[void terrace]

True

But does aak s2 work

On the sheild

Eyjalter s3 works on it

[tidal sedge]

Aak can target summons

[void terrace]

Dam if

Sadge

[turbid badge]

i love jess s1

jess s1 is my most used skill just for the shield lol

[turbid badge]

yes aak can target summons, like warf

tfw when warf targets bw obelisk

[void terrace]

Oh lmao

[turbid badge]

is shu's talent for max hp+ operators or allies?

[vernal lion]

only operator

[celest bluff]

Chat

How the fuck you guys kill this thing without it just run away

[vernal lion]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/669489344658014208/1191786722908962877/boss_tanky_af.gif

[celest bluff]

D4

[vernal lion]

that's D15

[scarlet mortar]

blocker check, or mos check

or qani check ig

[celest bluff]

Mos? Qani?

[vernal lion]

basically, burst him like this,
or, just blocker check

[scarlet mortar]

mostima S3 kills his speed

qani S2 levitates him for exactly the duration of his rush

[celest bluff]

Who is qani

[vernal lion]

btw Mostima is NOT Slow debuff, it's enemy speed debuff

that's why she can slow boss

no matter what

[celest bluff]

Damn

[scarlet mortar]

blockers meanwhile would help the boss move as little as possible, so he dashes for most of the map but doesn't get to the blue box

[scarlet mortar]

qanipalaat, red cert op

[vernal lion]

s2 can levitate enemy

[polar crane]

use blocker is the easiest way

just stall him 3 times and burst him

[scarlet mortar]

i mean it's the most replicable way if you don't have those two

not really the easiest if you do

[smoky halo]

qani is pretty easy just play at x0.2 the entire time

[scarlet mortar]

me when i have to cope with the levitate relic bc i was running enemy + 3*s only

[polar crane]

timing

[scarlet mortar]

actually i think that run was pure enemy

for the boss fight anw

[smoky halo]

enemyknights?

[scarlet mortar]

yh

[smoky halo]

whos ur blocker then

[scarlet mortar]

d5 iirc

[smoky halo]

oh d5 can run uh

beagle tank

and skalter medic

should be fine

[scarlet mortar]

mud, then highmore cope with skalter S1

[smoky halo]

oh right skalter heals emnity

[scarlet mortar]

no i killed all the 3*s when i went in

[smoky halo]

ur niche is gonna be dead

when degen arrives tho

[scarlet mortar]

did you mean revived

[smoky halo]

its now cover for degen's downtime

i meant like the strats is mostly gonna revolve around covering degen's downtime

[scarlet mortar]

DB's fiiine i don't really need burst damage for much

[smoky halo]

hm

[scarlet mortar]

doro's the actual carry

[smoky halo]

oh true

[scarlet mortar]

DB is for the stupid elites and the bosses

[smoky halo]

doro is crazy at carrying by herself if minmaxxed

[scarlet mortar]

S3 go brr

[vernal lion]

yes

[glass monolith]

Take a shot each time when sponsor drone spawns in some ass of the world and leave before you can physically kill it

[crisp bolt]

I remember for ed1 the sponser drone spawning being outside the map

in that top left corner

[scarlet mortar]

there're two of them

the first one spawns and moves instantly

so hf trying to catch it

[soft crystal]

One reason why bosses in is4 feel a lot easier tbh

Save foldartals and stack them on bosses lol

[void terrace]

Hmm wish we had more ops that did DMG ticks like aak

There's stainless for atk recovery ops

Now we just need an artificer that slowly pokes our ops to give defense recovery ops sp

Well I guess blemi stainless works too

[compact shoal]

Can just use stainless s2 tbh

[latent monolith]

stainless S2, gchen

[vernal lion]

@deft badger

half of hp lmao

[deft badger]

exe?

[vernal lion]

Typhon s3

[deft badger]

i was shooting him with typhon she did nothing..

[vernal lion]

I take 6 block

@deft badger and done

[deft badger]

btw thats the normal one?

[vernal lion]

yea, I'm testing on normal

[deft badger]

that dude dies easy the other one doesn't

[celest bluff]

Reclamation algorithm 2 when

[drowsy jewel]

RA2 ran with Shu's event

[vernal lion]

tbh I think SSS Seaborn is easier than Laterano

LT-5 is annoying but can be countered

should have brought Hoshi s2

[near folio]

Damn CV-8 is fun

Heat Vent go brr with Puzzle

[deft badger]

not really gave ines 2 atk speed buffs from guards she was binding the hell out of them

[vernal lion]

but not for the dodge mob

[deft badger]

yes for them

[vernal lion]

she MUST hit it to bind it tho

[deft badger]

well eventually she will xD

[vernal lion]

that's just a cope

[deft badger]

hahaha that's how i do and u know it..

its a me thing again lol

[flint laurel]

fellas

is ed2 the easiest ending for is4

it feel like is

[lusty torrent]

jessica alter aight? or skip

[vernal lion]

skip if you are newbie

[celest bluff]

E2 hoshi or mudrock

[scarlet mortar]

she's one of the better ops to get as a newbie ngl

buy one get brick free

[deft badger]

yeah that thing that gets stuck and doesn't wanna move 😄

[lusty torrent]

a bit in the mid, lvl 38

[scarlet mortar]

have you done chapter 6

[vernal lion]

how is your roster

[lusty torrent]

whats that

[scarlet mortar]

main story chapter 6

[lusty torrent]

burning run? thats where I am

[scarlet mortar]

ok then you're an infant ig

we're getting there

[lusty torrent]

this

[vernal lion]

now focus on promoting one of your 6 star operator to E2

[deft badger]

IS monthly... 🙂

[lusty torrent]

ah about that, i ran out of sanity and I wanna do something

[scarlet mortar]

weedy, vanilla and maybe red should be replaced

squad has a lotta healing but weak defenders (nearl's a guardian so her def stat's on the lower end)

though that's only a recommendation

considering you're level 38 i think you're still too dry on mats to rush a new op

[lusty torrent]

I sometimes remove skalter and 1 healer on sniper and def so not much of a prob

[lusty torrent]

well aight

[deft badger]

old event but applies the same way in this one we have now...

do all ur monthlys and u can e2 pozy as well

[scarlet mortar]

most comprehensive diagram

[flint laurel]

trult

it couldnt be better

[deft badger]

sry that i am not talented like neb lol

[scarlet mortar]

it's fine tbh

[flint laurel]

theres not talented and then theres lazy

[scarlet mortar]

just use your current squad and roll your way to chapter 5-6 slowly

if nothing else at least your squad has the numbers, you'll figure out the rest

[lusty torrent]

well aight tysm all(boredom gives me the urge to 10x than to wait for better op banner)

[deft badger]

its just a example how to e2 fast two six stars u can count cutter out if u have done some work on ur base which takes as well 2 days from the start to be able to craft mats

would do anyway just one six star pozy and push the rest in to 4 stars, to grind out IS

so that u are sitting in couple weeks on a full e2 squad

[lusty torrent]

IS?

[deft badger]

u have to do story 3-8

[lusty torrent]

ohh those

[deft badger]

just do them all

is2-3 and 4

[lusty torrent]

alright tysm

[turbid badge]

not the ehagram

ur missing the occasional horse though

[deft badger]

just press the top right corner at lvl rewards..
there are like a lot of mats to claim, its sanity free to run IS so focus ur early days in the game on playing IS ask the guys here which 4 stars would be good to lvlup since 0 plan here but they can help u
u can e2 a six star and like 3 four stars, should be enough with some 3 stars to do IS3 d1

[turbid badge]

when you make a diagram atleast number it

[deft badger]

bro leave my diagram alone that was done in under 5min 😄

for some random guy at eyja event

[lusty torrent]

well aight thx, I guess theres alot more to do

[deft badger]

up to u, if u wanna approach it casually or grind it out early then just face roll everything
would advice a bit of grind so that u can at least do future events, they are ur main priority clearing event shops for mats and doing stages for which results in to more pulls in the end and faster progress

[vernal lion]

I'm so done LMAO

I will be back in an hour

[modern plover]

Sn ex?

[deft badger]

no sss

[modern plover]

Oh right

[deft badger]

right when u are back, u get to see my ines lol

[modern plover]

I just camp at right side and never bother to look at left side lol

[deft badger]

@vernal lion ines binds them
https://youtu.be/2OOya6rne5A

ignore the leaks pls, i have to much high cost useless ops with me lol

[royal rose]

Iberia SSS is so hard

How are you supposed to beat the 5th stage with all the spewers and stuff? I mean, I beat it, but it took like five tries since I was using a Groundknights comp with some medics

Goldenglow/Dorothy?

[vernal lion]

yea, it's better a bit

[royal rose]

So you just silence the dodgers?

[turbid badge]

the leak is wack

[deft badger]

i am leaking to xD

so its fine

last one is just let eyja handle it... but i nearly lost, don't know how i did my first try but i took there 0 dmg and non died
https://youtu.be/nty5lW7lXfc

[vernal lion]

@deft badger

LOL

I made so many mistakes and still won

this run is so cursed

[high warren]

Meanwhile my units getting depressed from all the elemental bs

[indigo dust]

what is that game mode

[polar crane]

SSS

the mode next to annihilation

[glass monolith]

Mode which makes us suffer to upgrade modules on operators

First it was suffering each 2 weeks. Then it was chore every 2 weeks. Now it is suffering every month

[indigo dust]

shhhhh

that game mode does not exist

[hidden parrot]

so uhh... what the hell do i do against these guys

i can't slow them or anything because they just kill really quickly

[glass monolith]

They have shit ton of HP so just have some defender eat spears until they lose HP on their own

[wintry hinge]

and not suitable to newer players

too

[deft badger]

6-5 penance

[hidden parrot]

penance? is that an operator?

[deft badger]

yes

she can solo that map

[hidden parrot]

is she a 6*?

[deft badger]

6 star defender

[hidden parrot]

oh i def don't have her then

[deft badger]

u can borrow her

[indigo dust]

penace or hoshi + healer

they die on themselves

[turbid badge]

e1 penut works??

[tidal sedge]

@hidden parrot place defenders in the blue squares

ranged tiles are for casters and medics

then put laneholds in the middle

oh and don't put ranged ops in the tiles that are close to the red boxes. only in the 2 tiles between your defenders

because the ranged enemies target the closest operator

[deft badger]

dude probably already done with it

[void terrace]

Damn jesalters really pulling her weight in IS

[rough sigil]

I'm stuck as hell on 6-5. Is there any support units that help brute force this stage?

[agile perch]

Penance

[rough sigil]

Yeah I have her on my team and she isn't cutting it saddly

[glass monolith]

e2, s3

[rough sigil]

Like I said, got her at E2 and using S3

She still gets merked

I guess I can try and bring perfumer

[vital arrow]

Hoshiguma with s2

[foggy grove]

your penance is defektiv ig
maybe hoshi/lin/ling yeah

[celest bluff]

Well that is too damn long

[peak cloak]

just a short survey:
in bluestack, do u guys experience with app crashing instantly whenever u open it?

[smoky halo]

yes

[latent monolith]

https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/12403154781197-Solution-for-Arknights-freezing-on-BlueStacks-5

have you done this

[peak cloak]

no and i dont need that,

thx you, however, i'm making a survey, not looking for help.

[glass monolith]

I used Bluestack X during RA 1 (because my phone got cooked) and don't remember any issues, plan to use it again to record EX-8 CM in reasonable quality so don't spook me

[turbid badge]

i use google play games

it feels smoother but no keybind support

[latent monolith]

Use AHK, put in your own keybinds

[tight anvil]

Whose btr penance or mudrock

[merry narwhal]

sometimes, yes. I like the record function though, so I didn't switch to google play

closing the game via swiping usually fixes the problem

[rustic spire]

Can someone help low lvl scrub clear cv-7

[vernal lion]

I think your squad can follow Kyo guide

[rustic spire]

It can't, too low lvl

I do exactly as he does and I die miserably

[vernal lion]

you tried this one right

[glass monolith]

Can't you feed walmart skullshutter with gravel or something while you rush medic + something to hold "bot" blue box and top lane resolveable by caster

[rustic spire]

I don't have exp to do exactly his squad, and my usual try goes with left picture as I tried to imitate

[vernal lion]

have you tried this

[rustic spire]

They just leak botside

Probs lava lvl diff

And click can't kill as fast as in video with lvl diff again

[glass monolith]

Slap sad cat at Spot slot on that screenshot and sugarcoat it

How much cat cost to deploy again?

[vernal lion]

alright so you want to beat the stage or you want to get the auto?

I recommend to borrow Texas alter s2

even at E1

[glass monolith]

It has grindstones

[vernal lion]

that squad looks like a newbie

they don't really need to farm it for now

just focus on farming for shop currency

[rustic spire]

Auto ofc, it's a farm stage

[vernal lion]

is this your full roster?

[rustic spire]

I wanna hoard it

[vernal lion]

then just try it yourself tho

I can't recommend if I didn't have a squad like you to try

my recommendation is you can play IS to level up your milestone and get free mat in there

[peak cloak]

does it happen often in last weeks and this week?

[stable dune]

@rustic spire lapp go brrr

[peak cloak]

and like when you open app, it crash instantly.

[merry narwhal]

no, it's been okay, but ymmv. For some users X emulator works better while others have a better experience with Y

[peak cloak]

ic

yea, gotcha

[stable dune]

opps forgot to say i swap matoi with melantha

[vernal lion]

you have E2, he doesn't

[turbid badge]

hows jessicas masteries

[vernal lion]

s3 because of big stats

[rustic spire]

E2 is a lot of stats, and maybe even text

It's fine, I probably should just farm another 70 stacks of sugar as carribean plantator I am

[stable dune]

that would be lapp, medics, and archetto who did next to nothing

eh

[rustic spire]

Lapp e2 does a ton of dmg

[stable dune]

you have typhon and a not lv1 jess

[vernal lion]

jess s2 only has atk up and lower sp a bit, but it's still a shit skill to m3

[rustic spire]

Typhon is so dog there

[vernal lion]

yes

map is countered ranged op fr

[rustic spire]

Typhon need some time to chill and do dmg, here just million shitters and everything

[stable dune]

hey, click pulled her weight

[glass monolith]

I feel like I should finally build my charger vanguards

[near folio]

Man I dont regret pulling for jessalter

Even though I might have to skip Arthuria

[turbid badge]

jess kit fun

dodge, unlimited skill, summon, stun bomb

[near folio]

Need to save all my resources for degen, shu and Ela

I wish I learned how to do pause tricks on mobile

So I can do double bomb with jessica and get 12s stun in one go

[scarlet mortar]

is your phone an ios or android

[peak cloak]

are you needing help?

[ivory nimbus]

Android, I want to learn that trick too.

[scarlet mortar]

no?

[peak cloak]

oh so we are talking about pause deploy?
on android, u use your phone "back" button. no eyes deer on ios cuz i never use ios for gaming.

[scarlet mortar]

^

[peak cloak]

yea ,i thought u are needing tech help until i read the message above

[ivory nimbus]

Ah, so that's why I never learned it, switched the control to slider for a long time now.

[near folio]

Ios

So its impossible on ios?

[scarlet mortar]

afaik yh there's no equivalent for the back button there

[near folio]

What if I just use 3 fingers?

[shell arch]

Android 1 : 0 Apple

[scarlet mortar]

is that an ios shortcut?

you can't use the pause button directly in any way if you mean tapping it

[near folio]

Idk, whats stopping ios players from pause deploy?

[scarlet mortar]

android and emu users have an alternative to the pause button

you can't pause while selecting an op normally, but the back button bypasses this

[near folio]

I see

Then is pause retreat still possible?

[peak cloak]

i would say it's because the phone design

[near folio]

As long as pause retreat is possible on ios it should be still possible to save the explosive round

[scarlet mortar]

that doesn't use any bypasses so all normal

for jess2's tricks you could just be fast enough yh

[peak cloak]

idk about the higher iphones but older iphones with the physical buttons, impossible

[scarlet mortar]

it's not at the speed that needs pause deploy to micromanage

[hybrid aurora]

Aye, been doing lots of IS4 lately and i feel like i may need some tips on doing a run.

[near folio]

Do more runs, learn the stage patterns so you wont be caught off guard

[hybrid aurora]

Any recommendations of ops i shoudl bring around for a slightly smooth run?

[near folio]

Reed Alter starter is one of the best

Jessica alter also good

For mid run pick ups try to secure mlynar, typhon and yato alter

Or texalter if you prefer her

Eyja alter is also a good medic pickup

For supporter ticket Gnosis is good

If u cant secure key 6 stars then go for fodder most of the time

[hybrid aurora]

noted thanks for the insight

[livid elk]

could anyone recommend any optimal team i could make using these characters (and other common 3stars 4 stars etc)

Im stuck on 2-2

[glass monolith]

Bottom left is safe, use caster to do damage to defender, use decel binder (You guaranteed to have orchid i think) to slow to have more time to take them down.
Last resort is Texas alter S1 them to death - recall when skill ends.

[near folio]

Snipers: Kroos, Lunacub
Casters: Amiya, Steward/Lava
Defenders: Cuora/Bubble, Cardigan/Spot
Guard: Silverash, Melantha
Medic: Ansel, Perfumer/Myrrh
Vanguard: Fang/Courier/Poncirus, Vigna(or either of the above)

This would be a comfy core to run where you are at

Also Silverash and Texalter E1 are pretty big value

Texalter becomes a decent helidrop arts dps and Silverash gets a good defensive ability

I would hold off investing in Penance until your account is relatively developed with a few E2s

[livid elk]

When I get texas where do I put her in relplacement? And do I just ignore penance then until I hit that stage? (I heard shes pretty strong so it'd b a good future investment)

[livid elk]

Yeah those boys beefy as fck

[glass monolith]

Not really, those enemy just have high DEF, which means all your Silverashes, snipers, etc will do 5% of their ATK to them (That's how low damage can get with DEF alone, some enemies and bosses of later stuff get damage reduction cutting damage even more after DEF/RES)

[dark glade]

You can farm e1 right?

E1 texas will shred them

Or just use arts in general

[near folio]

Dont worry, you also get the same benefits of high def on your own operators so its fair game

[near folio]

Chapter 2 is E0L40 territory

[glass monolith]

(Cliff carefully attaching -1050 DEF sign on Quartz)

[livid elk]

I have no idea I'm new new lol

[dark glade]

Better level up that steward then

And orchid

[near folio]

I think the best time to get your first E1 is after clearing 400 on anni 1

[dark glade]

Im the opposite

Get e1 30 before doing any anni so you can clear upto anni 2

[livid elk]

Wtf is e1 30 and anni

[glass monolith]

e1 is promotion, 3 stars have it for "free", everyone else will need much more materials and chips, chips are locked to specific days of week so have fun. At least it is not locked to 1 specific day of week

[livid elk]

Ah 😭

So once I have texalt who do I replace in the team yall suggested?

[near folio]

You unlock skills and talents as you promote operators

[livid elk]

E1*

[near folio]

You can replace melantha by that point

[livid elk]

Ah

[near folio]

I would keep melantha around until you have cleared 2-10, sine there is one lane she can solo in that map

[livid elk]

O pog

I selected her from my 5th selection thingo so replacing soo soon hurts ahhaha

[near folio]

Shes a 3 star guard

You only using her for the high stats

[livid elk]

O wrong one nvm got confused with specter ur right

[near folio]

Some 3 stars have abnormally high stats for their level like Melantha and Cardigan

[livid elk]

Hmm any reason why mrytle not selected for vanguard?

[near folio]

She only pops off once you unlock her E2 and get mastery 3 on her skill 1

You can survive with mostly E1 pioneer vanguards until you get your myrtle to that level

[livid elk]

Also I heard lunclub is shite?

[glass monolith]

e1 30 refers to having 30 level ups after first promotion, each promotion reset level up cost so it is cheap again and in AK we don't gain stats from just promoting (unless promotion unlocks talent which increase stats, but you get what i mean).
Annihilation is weekly content rewarding us based on amount of kills performed. Starts in 1200 max (2 pulls) weekly, can get up to 1800 (3 pulls) weekly. Raising limit to about 1650 or so is easy. Last part need 400/400 kills on Lungmen Downtown and "current mission" (right now "The Special Little Aquapit"). And i still have PTSD from Downtown last wave.
Chernobog is first you need to 400/400, Lungmen Outskirts is second. "Practice" is rotating old stages for access to first time rewards, no reason to do any of them unless you sure you will 400/400

[livid elk]

Ahh

[near folio]

Well she isnt the best but serviceable

[vital arrow]

Servicable is generous

[livid elk]

Something something only. Used to clear one kind of monster idk

[vital arrow]

Theres like almost 0 use case for her

[glass monolith]

Lunacub target lowest defense in range, early game it allows her to kill some snipers and casters before they do much harm. For drones - Kroos, May, Jessica etc (Snipers who focus flying)

[near folio]

I would say being a deadeye is enough of a reason to justify her use early game

[vital arrow]

Her gimmick sounds great, perma camouflage, which is good if she actually deals damage

[restive ridge]

has anyone done anni 21 with a ling team

[near folio]

Lunacub has a huge range making her more tile efficient if you arent facing a high pressure stage

[vital arrow]

I would take kroos over lunacub

[near folio]

Use both

Thats what I suggested

[vital arrow]

Kroos and may is better than lunacub and kroos

[near folio]

Oh right there is May

[glass monolith]

#strategy message Just find shittiest enemy in world and kill it

[livid elk]

Mayb I summon on the 3.8k banner for newbies and try exusai

[vital arrow]

Haha good joke

[livid elk]

Nah no cap

[near folio]

Well perma camoflage isnt such a bad gimmick

I kinda wish more ranged unit got camouflage

[vital arrow]

Those who do, usually deals little damage, like lunacub

[glass monolith]

Lunacub may be a little too niche. But still more use cases than Aciddrop

[vital arrow]

Her gimmick is that if she can kill enemies, she gets perma camo even in skill

But the catch is that, she cant kill even on skill

[near folio]

Man

W would have been fun if her skills were still relevant today

Actually her S2 is still pretty good for "consistent" dps

Just that S3 has lost all its luster with the recent push towards higher defenses and less mob bunching

[glass monolith]

One of reasons splash caster archetype is so dead We don't get 30 enemies per tile anymore

[vital arrow]

W has been dead since like, her release

[near folio]

Splash caster could have been saved if lava alter s1 could land both hits on the same target

[glass monolith]

W carried me in Anni 3 400/400. How? Like i know

[vital arrow]

Shes good for the 350 wave, and even then not enough to actually oneshot them

[near folio]

The drones and casters should just die immediately

[vital arrow]

Yeah but jessica and kroos also kills them

[near folio]

[glass monolith]

Back when i did Anni 3 oneshot was not main goal. Main goal was "plz die i want cap increase "

[lapis hornet]

aoe caster/sniper stats just never made sense period when launch units had multi target skills with better st dmg than st dps it's one of the biggest flaws in ak

[near folio]

I still remember I was on the meteorite hype train back in my anni 3 days

Then I dropped the plan when I got Ifrit

[lapis hornet]

it only makes sense if we get constant hordes of enemies but that's never been ak map design

[limpid siren]

the last good horde stage was in IC, where most people just spammed cars anyway

[glass monolith]

She keep getting away with it

[near folio]

My meteorite is still E2 30, I used to inhale copium and force her into some stages just because I invested in her

Its way different than me using S2M3 Skadi because I actually have a plan in mind when I use helidrop skadi

[glass monolith]

Istina, Meteorite, Aosta, Provence, Ayerscarpe. Damn list of year 1 5* evading me is huge

[near folio]

I just realised its been 4 years of ak and I havent even gotten caster eyja, hoshi, blaze and ceobe

[limpid siren]

time to pull kernel

[near folio]

Not having Istina is crazy

Not just year 1, but on launch as well

[glass monolith]

Got those 4, 3 from recruit, 2 from shop. If you ask why it sum up to 5 - Now i can deploy Ceobe in chapter 12 without need for DP cap increase

[near folio]

So many launch 5 stars are great

These days banner 5 stars just feel like a proof of concept for the devs to make the same unit but literally better as a 6 star

[glass monolith]

Buys Ceobe to kill stalled robots in POO
Realize i didn't build defenders to stall robots.
Still manage to scuff POO 600 using Ceobe to kill sleeping robots

[near folio]

I remember cooking up a storm explaining lappland is better than thorns back then

Burned down the kitchen but in the end lappland's attack stat on S2 is higher (probably)

[glass monolith]

Shoperatored Lapp with Saria on last Kernel cooking event

Will build that avatar of dumb, at some point, maybe

[limpid siren]

i think back in the day it just doesn't make sense because prime thorns smashed most laning jobs

[near folio]

Maybe not higher but pure arts damage and hitting 2 mobs makes it do overall more damage in the right situations

[limpid siren]

and HG felt a bit shy about silenceable enemies for a while

[near folio]

Those ToW shamans

[glass monolith]

Consistent inconsistency as event design policy

[limpid siren]

i don't think it's unfair tbh

[near folio]

Its not unfair yeah

[limpid siren]

back then they had a lot to figure out

[near folio]

If those ToW shamans couldnt explode then literally no way they can take back granophones from you

[limpid siren]

and for the first year, their idea of silenceable effects was like "literally make the entire enemy pointless"

[near folio]

Which would trivialise the event mechanic

[glass monolith]

Silence don't do shit to enemy most annoying skill
Physical suck events
Arts suck events
Melee suck events
Ranged... Okay ranged is OP AF and we need to burning lava tiles on high ground to force players off them

[limpid siren]

it was about the time of like ch9 where they finally figured some good places for silenceable effects

[near folio]

Silence worked great on chapter 9 though

Silence refraction then burn them down with ifrit

[glass monolith]

I started during ToW shamans anni (or close to it rather)

[near folio]

Also silencing flamethrowers cancels self destruct

I see HG back at it again

[glass monolith]

Why would i want to cancel chain kaboom

[near folio]

But at least its not like their entire existence is the explosion

[limpid siren]

cause it can hurt you too

silencing effects is something that benefits weak teams more than strong teams

which is basically the whole argument for lappland as a beginner pick

[near folio]

You could also silence the physical dodge in Ideal City right?

[limpid siren]

yea

[near folio]

I think E2 Lappland at M3 is a pretty good general dps

Her arts damage while s2 is up is pretty good even by today's standards

[limpid siren]

i agree within her rarity

[near folio]

Just not for boss killing anymore

[limpid siren]

if you include 6* dps then she just gets clapped

well

lappland was never really good for killing bosses

[near folio]

Is it me or is Rockrock the best 5 star boss killer?

[limpid siren]

it's probably still some mix of tequila, pluma, and amiya tbh

rockrock is probably in with like firewatch and friends in terms of handling high value targets

but yea any time a boss has 45k hp or less, amiya s3 dunks on them

[near folio]

Though Rockrock can somewhat ignore high res by using her big aspd

[limpid siren]

that's

not really how it works

[near folio]

Usually that 45k hp area is also where Rockrock dunks on them

[limpid siren]

not always true

[near folio]

Ive seen her perform pretty well against Kristen

[limpid siren]

i'm not denying rockrock is a good dps unit

she's just not the best

i'd put her in top ten

[near folio]

Fair

The amiya S3 true damage hype kinda died for me

The last time I used it was in NL-EX-8 CM to kill Blood Knight phase 2

And that was because I just decided not to use surtr and friends

[limpid siren]

that's valid

i think she's a boring answer

but she's very reliable to secure kills in the right conditions

[near folio]

I still havent beaten H9-6 yet even though im done with H10 and H11

I might just be lazy but using the amiya s3 strat made me tired of it

Her S3 could only shave off 50% of mandragora's hp at best in phase 2

[minor solar]

what do you amiya for at h9-6 anyway

[limpid siren]

i don't remember enjoying the H9 stages, so you're not missing out on much

[minor solar]

[near folio]

That's what killed it for me

[minor solar]

boss is super irrelevant

[near folio]

And I stopped using amiya

[near folio]

Its super relevant for me since I only used Silverash and Ifrit as 6 stars

Nothing is stopping her from infinitely ramping and killing my main defenses slowly

Because those 2 arent good mandragora killers

[limpid siren]

[glass monolith]

I almost felt bad for this 1.5 range potato. Almost

One day i will be bored enough to do it without 3 limited abuse. One day

But that will be another Quartz hospital episode

[near folio]

I used to use this team with caster amiya S3 to cook on H9-6

General strat was to funnel everyone in the middle and roast them with ifrit

It works quite well until phase 2 mandra walks up there and slowly destroys everything

Amiya S3 could only shave off 50% at best

[glass monolith]

Thicc catto

[near folio]

Low altitude hovering used to be a very unbalanced mechanic back in chapter 9

[glass monolith]

I did CM of chapter 9 before Jessalter. "Increased enemy speed" now triggers PTSD of lancer tier speed enemies

[remote perch]

meh
ch9 released isn't that hard
low altitude just dies to ash

[near folio]

Ash only clears a few at a time

And those hovering soldiers had pretty good stats to back them up even if they fall

[remote perch]

not like the low hover dudes comes consistenly

[near folio]

They werent like those manta rays in is3 or the funny jetpack guys in lone trail

[glass monolith]

They timed just right on some stages

[near folio]

I did ultimately manage to kill mandragora after doing some runs

But she destroys my defense so badly I cant recover to deal with the duos

Playing normally those guys arent a threat but when playing with lower rarities dealing with them are a pain

You realise the shield guys have really high def and the shadowblades actually do good arts damage

[ivory leaf]

This enough to full clear skull Shatter boss?

(3-8)

[polar crane]

ye just dont block the boss

[near folio]

Which stage? 2-10 or 3-4?

[glass monolith]

What are the odds of Exu killing skull before it moves?

[remote perch]

unlikely

[near folio]

Wait isnt SA on S2 just unkillable if you put him on the defense tile with a healer

[ivory leaf]

3-8

[glass monolith]

Skullshatter apply def down and hit like a truck in melee, so i don't know

[near folio]

Def down is only with grenade launcher no?

[ivory leaf]

Owh so that's why my corne died quickly

[polar crane]

dont know, ss have insane damage on melee attack so unless you have mountain to reduce his atk

[remote perch]

if firewatch wins the missile rng then maybe

[glass monolith]

3-8 hard filtered me on starting game because i was expecting def tile to help me, LITTLE DID I KNOW

[polar crane]

use firewatch s1 it is a better skill

[ivory leaf]

Skill one okeh

[polar crane]

ceylon is straight up bad

[glass monolith]

Ranged does like 1/4th of 1 melee as damage

[near folio]

I used the def tile on my clear

[ivory leaf]

I don't have a better healer😭

I'm currently saving up for a better one-

[polar crane]

ansel is better

[remote perch]

high rarity doesn't always mean better

use your lower rarity ones

[ivory leaf]

Okeh

So anything else to change besides Ceylon?

[near folio]

Actually seeing if my E2 90 SA can solo tank skullshatterer with s2 would be interesting

[polar crane]

dont block the boss okay, just let him loop around and you deploy the full team later

[glass monolith]

Ptilo >>>>> all 6* trash medics
Reed alter is no trash, she got justice after her Vanguard side

[ivory leaf]

Okehh

[remote perch]

no shit lol

[near folio]

There is really no 6* trash medics aside from Shining, but even then shining does fit in some niche situations pretty well

[ivory leaf]

Sooo I just change Ceylon and don't block and that's it?

[near folio]

If you dont block just prepare an aoe healer in the middle to keep ur ranged ops alive

[ivory leaf]

I don't have one🕴️

That's literally what I'm going for

[near folio]

And if you are doing the loop strategy try not to reduce skullshatterer hp below 50% or else her aoe ranged attacks will pummel harder

[remote perch]

Pramanix can go
without s2 she won't really do shit

[ivory leaf]

Swap with?

[remote perch]

what other units do you have?

[remote perch]

dunno man
not like i know what you have

[ivory leaf]

Oh my bad

[remote perch]

damn no slow mo feels good

[ivory leaf]

So pramanix and Ceylon

Gotchu

Thanks for the help I'll come back with the results

[near folio]

So... no Perfumer and Myrrh?

[ivory leaf]

Lemme check

[remote perch]

just send your units

we won't bite

[ivory leaf]

I'm shy ><

(I'm joking give me a moment)

[remote perch]

[near folio]

I still think S2 silverash can cook on the defense tile

[near folio]

Oh Perfumer is goated

[ivory leaf]

So

Perfumer change with ceylon

[glass monolith]

you can use some gravel, or random lone high ground operator in middle side with medic (or just have medic camp that side but i would probably get sniper anyway for drones)

[lean obsidian]

Is global range healing worth it?

[glass monolith]

Remember what boss attack last deployed

[near folio]

Get perfumer and lava in there

[near folio]

Global range is just a bonus but perfumer brings some good aoe healing to the table

Her burst heal on S2 is good as well

[ivory leaf]

Should I just max them and don't bother E1 them or just do it

[lean obsidian]

Max what?

[ivory leaf]

Level

[near folio]

But main thing is perfumer will be the secondary healer until you get ptilo or nightingale

[lean obsidian]

No, the operator

[near folio]

But I use perfumer more even though I have ptilo

[remote perch]

kick pramanix for click, you really lack a good dps
and ye, gravel good for stalling boss
ceylon out
sussuro is also very good but since she's not e1, she won't really help you that much

[glass monolith]

my E2 60 SL7 got cooked by below 50% skull, was holding just right after grenade debuff ended

[ivory leaf]

That what I mean should I max the operator and don't bother Doing E1 on it or just E1

[near folio]

Damn

[remote perch]

do e1
don't just leave them at e0 max

[ivory leaf]

Alright

Glad thing there cheap to level up

I'll be back with the results thanks for the help

[glass monolith]

(clueless )

[ivory leaf]

It's just moneh and some item farms

Nothing can hurt with that

[near folio]

I will never forget how hard the game made me farm for loxic kohls

And rocks

[ivory leaf]

Rocks

[glass monolith]

3 weeks of NL-10

[ivory leaf]

Oh btw if I ever get shining is that a good sub?

[near folio]

Not yet

[remote perch]

can you e1 your hoshi rn?

[near folio]

I would stick with warf as my main single target healer

[ivory leaf]

Will try I'm low on insanity

[remote perch]

icic

[glass monolith]

Btw aren't we suppose to spread some 9CD propaganda or something with her rerun and stuff for newer unaware players https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoJ18PEjSjs

[remote perch]

[ivory leaf]

Btw just asking

Oh wait wrong channel

Nvm what does the New unit do?

[green gazelle]

Guys do you have a map for event lvl 8

[ivory leaf]

I don't get her Class really-

[glass monolith]

Which "New unit" they are all new when you obtain them for first time

[ivory leaf]

Coldshot my bad

[glass monolith]

Bench

[vernal lion]

guaranteed, yes
the right one I need, no

[ivory leaf]

Oh-

That was quick

But what does she do anyways?

[glass monolith]

Imagine reverse Indigo/Eben

Attack 1 charge per time

and charge only when not attacking

[ivory leaf]

Wait so basically reloading?

[glass monolith]

Single round at time

[ivory leaf]

That's trash...

[stable dune]

@green gazelle here

[glass monolith]

Outside of funny range she is not interesting at all. Ray - 6* hunter will be much funnier with insane damage multi etc

[ivory leaf]

Anyways I'ma do an all nighter and E1 the units you guys said I need to E1

[glass monolith]

I use her to guarantee craft chips

[remote perch]

are you fine borrowing for the stage

[stable dune]

don't we have a stamina system to prevent this

[ivory leaf]

I'm rich can't relate

[ivory leaf]

Erm I either go with mudrock and let her solo ss or either go healer-

[ivory leaf]

Yow I didn't mean to brag alr

[stable dune]

we laff

[ivory leaf]

Angwar

[stable dune]

the rest of us are sleeping on time

[ivory leaf]

My sleep schedule has been messed up since I returned to arknights again

Still miss my old acc thou😔

[near folio]

Arknights back at it with the induced mald

This is why my friends with low attention spans can never hold down playing arknights more than 3 days

[vernal lion]

and I need many of this now

I like how module just keep eating the same shit

and this one still has no use

[peak cloak]

probably wait for few more years for the t5 salt to be useful