strategy

[languid thistle]

FUCK

switching equipment deletes the old one lmao

[dark violet]

change of strategy

[white slate]

get one eyjaberry?

[compact river]

rip karlan trade

[languid thistle]

do I freeze for horn next turn

[white slate]

not worth i think

get other ops

[dark violet]

ok yeah, I think AH squad is not great

[compact river]

maybe swap kjera and virtuosa

[white slate]

gnosis is there

[languid thistle]

how does specalter even work in this

[white slate]

most enemy on 12+ round one shot you, either defender or cc

or ulpian

hes the core of ah

and gladiia

[languid thistle]

this seems kinda goated

[jaunty hill]

Guys dumb question but which Myrtle skill is the good one

Can't tell from the skill description

[languid thistle]

if it's a dumb question why even ask

[jaunty hill]

Cause idk

[bold lance]

S1

[white slate]

both is good

s2 save me once on is2 run ending 2

but s1 is the general usage

go s1

[jaunty hill]

I figured S2 is just good if you want enemies who would just kill to just walk and ignore her

[dark violet]

s2 is useful if you don't have healers

otherwise always s1

[jaunty hill]

Thanks

[languid thistle]

hmm

[white slate]

what enemies are you fighting again?

[languid thistle]

pathfinders and sarkaz mercs

[dark violet]

where's your damage

[ember epoch]

Core is so annoying aa

[white slate]

pathfinder easiest cheese is wisadel

[ember epoch]

I can't seem to last until Round 13

[white slate]

it really depends on luck

some runs are just awful

[compact river]

just roll for easier enemies

[white slate]

the refresh

[ember epoch]

All my runs are awful by that definition then

[ember epoch]

how... Restarting runs?

[compact river]

yes

[languid thistle]

hmm do I buy chenalter the map layout is kinda ass for it

[ember epoch]

which enemies are easy

[white slate]

enter, check enemies, quit, end operation

[ember epoch]

Sarkaz mercs are annoying

[white slate]

depends on map too

[compact river]

prisoners are easiest

[ember epoch]

and the ones with the lightsabers... god awful

[white slate]

but generally prisoners are easy

and depends on enemy pack

[compact river]

laterano and kjerag are pretty tough

[white slate]

the enemies that appear can be random

[ember epoch]

its just frustating how fast they stack up defense

[compact river]

ice slugs will kill any comp unless you have very good ranged aoe

[manic oasis]

FINALLY now to do Challenge mode . Btw couldn't get the 2nd firework going I had to super stall with Doro Suzu Logos and W2 and eventually it worked

[ember epoch]

The sniper setup can't work all too great without andreana with the Elite sniper set

since her atk speed is too slow...

[white slate]

also ice has pompeii, so you need eyja or ng

[compact river]

ice has Walmart frostnova

💀

[white slate]

and that too... yeah

random between them

[bold lance]

You can just keep Pompei busy long enough with AH too. It's so slow it will just die of cringe.

[languid thistle]

well I killed mudrock so that's nice

[compact river]

whole squad died in 5 secs

[dark violet]

so far sniper is just easy mode

[ember epoch]

I did this with only Wis'adel, Myrtle, Gravel, and Lappalter

Lappalter was just there so I can have more breathing room if enemies managed to leak off my lane change route

[white slate]

sniper has rosmontis and with aspd, you can perma stun

double rosmontis and your enemies cant do anything

[ember epoch]

I really wanna have Rosmontis on my runs

I just don't have anyone added that has Rosmontis

[compact river]

Walmart forstnova is flying

[ember epoch]

Hell, most of the Borrow Operators are unavailable for me

[white slate]

[manic oasis]

How tho

Just stalling all day I'm guessing

[white slate]

just avoid ice if possible

[compact river]

ros is t5

it's default

[ember epoch]

First fireworks, once the first truck is killed and some of the goons, retreat her then just play the merry go round game with the trucks

[white slate]

wasnt it 5? for me its 5?

[manic oasis]

Y'all keep talking about the new game mode is making me really scared for when I actually start it

[white slate]

is it auto generated?

[ember epoch]

then once she's ready for deployment, deploy her next to the Fireworks facing right

[compact river]

oops

t5

[ember epoch]

Let the trucks keep looping around, if best, make them loop the entire half of the map so the fireworks can start

then once fireworks starts, let Wis'adel take aim

[white slate]

its not that hard...its like is for the most part...

[manic oasis]

That's wild I'ma repeat what I just did with Doro/Suzu and see how it goes

[ember epoch]

Only took me like, 28 retries cuz I keep messing up my timing

Gravel was just there to pop the balloon goons and to stall some trucks

[compact river]

it's more luck based than difficult

[white slate]

yeah

[compact river]

did core in 4 tries

[ember epoch]

she's not though...

[white slate]

one run double wisadel, one run no wisadel and all hell break loose

[compact river]

???

[white slate]

survived with 4 hp

[compact river]

take a pic

[ember epoch]

She's only there by default if you own her

[languid thistle]

I think I won

[glass monolith]

I survived by boss dying to timeout

[languid thistle]

hard mode didn't feel any different from regular, what's the actual difference?

[compact river]

you can borrow mine ig

[ember epoch]

runs are so abysmal with the standard assist operators with 0 skills

like that one sniper that has a skill that only increases their attack by 5%

[languid thistle]

can't relate

the only op I don't own is ulpi and I yoinked a friend one

[ember epoch]

demerit of going on a 4 year hiatus I suppose

[white slate]

its only the stat i think

and enemy buff

enemy buffs are rng

some useless some run ender

[languid thistle]

day 2 and I'm level 30 am I gonna finish the event tomorrow?

[ember epoch]

no

the assist operators the event gives by default are pure abysmal

[compact river]

maybe with handholding

and a lot of luck

[ember epoch]

like what the hell am I suppose to do with a vanguard that gives DP when I dont even need DP

[compact river]

don't take it lmao

[languid thistle]

did you add friend support ops yet

you can add like 8 of them

[bold lance]

Well Elysium is in the selection too...

[ember epoch]

what else can I take lol

look

[bold lance]

At least Tulip deals some damage

[dark violet]

vanguards are all useless, except maybe flametail for kazimierz

[languid thistle]

did you pick elysium as a friend?

[dark violet]

but you don't do kazimierz anyway

[ember epoch]

yes

[compact river]

hrmm yours is a lot different from mine lmao

[languid thistle]

he generates dp what's he gonna do

[ember epoch]

The others 5 and 6 i cant access, since I dont have anyone added with those as their supports

[dark violet]

it's useful if you're like me and used 2 jaye

[languid thistle]

the only invis enemies I've seen were the bonus stage dogs

[dark violet]

and didn't realize that would eat 6 dp each time

[ember epoch]

Better than having a dude who jusy gains +5% atk on skill use

[compact river]

I did double jaye once

[ember epoch]

and dies in 2 hit

[compact river]

never again

[dark violet]

sniper squad with BAD outcome so far is still strong

[white slate]

get wisadel on 5

easier to appear

[dark violet]

by bad outcome I mean pretty much none of the important upgrades

[white slate]

5 and 6 doesnt have lot of stat different anyway

[novel vine]

is this a good preset

i keep getting owned by the whip guys

[languid thistle]

arturia s3 has been working pretty well but I wonder if her S1 or S2 would work better for this mode

[ember epoch]

If I can just make Tier III and IV actually useable

[languid thistle]

especially if you get more than 1 at once

[white slate]

wis logos 5 if possible

[ember epoch]

I might be able to play the game properly

[white slate]

easier to get and dupe

[novel vine]

makes sense

then do i keep 6 or change

[languid thistle]

wait can you choose skills for everyone

[white slate]

eyjaberry is very strong

[languid thistle]

I thought it was only the ones you added extra

[white slate]

1 medic can heal all

[novel vine]

right

[white slate]

the other idk

[ember epoch]

Modules too

[white slate]

pick what you like

[ember epoch]

Guess time for me to find people with Saria supports

or Ulpianus/Nearl

[novel vine]

Raidian Time

[ember epoch]

is Reed good for Protocol?

[white slate]

not really

[ember epoch]

how about Horn and Specter

[novel vine]

specter can clutch against hard enemies

[compact river]

specalt is decent

[ember epoch]

so my main goal is to find someone with a Saria and Rosmontis

[white slate]

borrow ros, the other maybe saria

yea

[ember epoch]

I'm shocked my account has no Manticore tbh

[white slate]

also both ros and saria is t5

[languid thistle]

ulpi s2 or s3 for stronghold

[ember epoch]

fine by me

[glass monolith]

What is Radinian T6 skill is?

[languid thistle]

that's one too many 'is'

[glass monolith]

there are multiple of her in T6?

[white slate]

s3 can be wacky sometime

he can go out of medic range

so position well

but yeah i think most case ulpi is better s3

just dont face the enemy if you dont spawncamp

[ember epoch]

also is the map with the Atk and Aspd buff tile just a hit or miss?

[glass monolith]

Hit or miss what everyone will have their own definition of it expecially based on enemy composition

If i get Frostnova squad on "middle banned" i will quit run

[ember epoch]

Usually I get the Sarkaz Mercenaries...

[languid thistle]

can frostnova herself show up as a boss

[white slate]

sarkaz is hard early game but barable mid end game

[compact river]

Walmart frostnova yes

[white slate]

oh yeah except the lancer

i got the no lancer

[glass monolith]

IS version of Frostnova is literally boss. And yes shit has 2 phases

[latent halo]

Withered knights

[white slate]

havent met it yet, 2 run the boss is pompeii

[compact river]

wow you made it past phase 1

[latent halo]

Somehow my nightmare

[white slate]

with lots of round they are very tanky

[dark violet]

lololol, hi mudrock

[white slate]

hard to comeback againts the knights, they also have the drone that on death self destruct and one shot backrow

[compact river]

is2 mini mudrock golem is easiest miniboss

or is it an elite idk

[dark violet]

it's a boss

[white slate]

i just got that on the freeze boss i think

[compact river]

[glass monolith]

With more rounds they send like 2 and maybe even 3 of those stupid drones back to back

[white slate]

or the sarkaz?

[latent halo]

I think blood knight is the easiest

[compact river]

I can take 3 is2 mini midrocks ez

[white slate]

the only run i lost is agaitns them

3-5 try back to back lose

[ember epoch]

atp I might just spam Normal Difficulty

[compact river]

unless you want the trimmed medal

then you need to do core

[ember epoch]

Not really lol

[compact river]

then feel free to grind easy

[ember epoch]

I've been rerolling Core for like 6 hrs straight

[compact river]

[ember epoch]

no successful run within those 6 hours

could've finished the event by then lol

[white slate]

try another day

some day are just...yeah

[ember epoch]

[white slate]

use ros saria and some other should work

[ember epoch]

Once I find a Rosmontis and Saria

yeah

[dark violet]

speaking of blood knight

[ember epoch]

nah ill just ask around

[full terrace]

You need a Kaltsit for consistency. You can either raise your own, or borrow a Kaltsit then substitute Wisadel with Logos+Surtr+all your AoE dps to clean up the final wave.

[ember epoch]

I'm also worrying about PV-S-4 and PV-S5

since they're practically impossible for me without an E2 Myrtle

[jaunty hill]

Question how does your Texas kill the guys in the start cause mine leaves them at 1 tap

[ember epoch]

and a Wandering Medic

[jaunty hill]

🥀

And it's level 81

[ember epoch]

Should I be investing on a Wandering Medic?

[white slate]

depends

if you play IS then yeah

[compact river]

for this event yes

[ember epoch]

Portatori Del Valluti likes to ask for it too

[white slate]

just e1 is enough

until you get eyjaberry

[compact river]

but true dmg/necrosis is also good enough

[ember epoch]

I have a Mulberry

just not leveled

[compact river]

honey berry is also fine

[white slate]

mulberry

[ember epoch]

I don't wanna spend certificates on Honey Berry tbh

[dark violet]

to be continued

[white slate]

though i dont think you need to worry too much about events

they will come back and you still get the precious op

so some stage not done is a okay

and with just free energy nearly all the shop you can get them

[crisp bolt]

which strategy do you guys use?

[languid thistle]

woah the skin is purple?

[ember epoch]

Will Portatori Del Valluti be sent to Side Stories?

[dark violet]

yeah, the best chalter skin

[white slate]

all events

[wicked minnow]

after a year

[dark violet]

to be continued

[languid thistle]

time to wait for a rerun

[compact river]

pick insider squad, stall for the first 5-8 rounds, rush barge, caster/sniper equipment

[ember epoch]

Mmm, sounds good enough for me tbh

[glass monolith]

Chlater skin throw Ink at enemies instead holy water

[full terrace]

My S2 has Mastery 3, you can try using her S3 if your damage is not enough

[ember epoch]

I was just trying to finish PV-S-4 and 5 for the event currency... since im trying to max the shop

[white slate]

get all the materials and dupes if you can

[compact river]

might also want to reroll enemies till you get anything that's not kjerag

[white slate]

grinding materials without event is bad in arknights

[wicked minnow]

hoolheyak squad, rush upgrading barge, get to lvl 5 and spam tier 6 wisadels and mlynars

[crisp bolt]

true kjerag enemies are pain

[ember epoch]

So far I got the 5 star Welfare and Crownslayer at max pot

[jaunty hill]

Ahh okay thanks

[white slate]

its good enough

[ember epoch]

All I need now is the blue tier materials, and that Module XP thing?

[full terrace]

Try S3, if that isnt enough

Bring someone like Jaye for example

Only 1 hit right?

[jaunty hill]

S3 also doesn't work despite having mastery 3

But uhh I can probably just deploy her twice for each

[full terrace]

Yeah you can do that too

Prioritize killing the upper one first

His path collides with the Roadblocks setup

[dark violet]

lmao, she effortlessly tanked blood knight

ok, I think this is clear now

even with a bad outcome, sniper squad is an easy win

lol

[white slate]

yea and caster too

depends on enemy

[dark violet]

I struggled more early on though, due to pretty much garbage starting perks

so it took me 5 more rounds to win

[white slate]

sniper very bad early yeah

againts knight and prisoner they can be overwhelmed early

and no way to kill the immortal sarkaz if you roll that enemy

[dark violet]

mmh, I crushed those though

struggling a bit on the immortal sarkaz but far from impossible

got both knights and sarkaz immortal, with bad starting perks

[white slate]

just leak them for me or they die to poison

the knight with blood knight seems easier

pray you dont get the withered knight + nuclear drone

idk what story or event stage that drone appear

[dark violet]

prisoners and kjerag this time, let's test

[white slate]

just dont get the frostnova

i got pompeii twice so im safe

[dark violet]

I got the worst map

[white slate]

which one?

[glass monolith]

I think this is unique enemy for this event.... FUCK we need to kill it for enemy info unlock i guess

[novel vine]

bro how tf do you beat the mercenaries in early game the whip guys are way too fat and do way too much damage

[white slate]

the sarkaz?

[novel vine]

yeah

[dark violet]

what the hell is this, round 3 and already an op elite

[white slate]

i leak them

[novel vine]

lol

[white slate]

they only cost 1 shield

some of them even died to poison

[novel vine]

dont they cost 2

[white slate]

depends on enemy buff

[white slate]

yeah ice can be brutal

[glass monolith]

Each team has 1 Bastion only enemy it seems. I have 3/5 entities unlocked so far

[white slate]

i see

so its unique

thats why i never see them

[white slate]

i never got this, but yeah seems very bad...

and you got ice too

thats where the ice spider spawn

[dark violet]

yeah

and with the ba map

to be continued

only one leak, nice

[white slate]

btw lemuen can heal freeze might be useful

though i dont need him since the map favor me

[dark violet]

you mean lumen

[white slate]

yea XD

[dark violet]

time for the comeback

I used a joker card for meteorite

[white slate]

i am trying fartooth too

[tall raptor]

how in the world do you do JT8-3, the moment Talulah dies hellfire spawns and starts killing everything

[dark violet]

ah welcome new player

[white slate]

easiest thing is borrow nightingale

[tall raptor]

more like returning player

[white slate]

or we have eyjaberry now

[tall raptor]

as I've never completed episode 8

[dark violet]

specter, gravel are nice bodies

if you have AH, you can facetank without looking

[tall raptor]

my Squad

[dark violet]

where gladiia

[glass monolith]

Amiya Guard. Activate S1. Bitch fails to dodge 2 times in row and dies.

[white slate]

thats stacked

[tall raptor]

by specter do you mean specter alter?

[dark violet]

both

[tall raptor]

havent really touched her

[dark violet]

poor ulpian

so weak alone

[white slate]

isnt kal s3 better?

[glass monolith]

Gladiia + Skadi/Ulpianus can just spawnkill Talulah

[white slate]

saria s1 i think also can tank talulah with 1 medic

[tall raptor]

oh I just Ulpi her to death, but then ragnargok soon follows

[white slate]

ng s3

get some frd for bait just in case

you want to borrow mine?

m9

[tall raptor]

oh my

oh mines E2lv60

[white slate]

thats enough

just get some frd to bait some

that hit fragile ops

[tall raptor]

frd?

[white slate]

fast redeploy

gravel etc

[tall raptor]

I have a yato

[dark violet]

[white slate]

that works

[dark violet]

I managed to get a tier 6 even though I am tier 4

got a tier 5 from upgrading, then bought the art that gives +1 tier to an op

[white slate]

the enemy buff in my run is unfavorable for sniper

increase def...

[scarlet fulcrum]

+1 tier item also cheap af lmao

[dark violet]

f you kjerag

honey biscuit she is completely busted

[crisp bolt]

great interaction game

[dark violet]

she deals several thousands of damage each attack

[scarlet fulcrum]

The mode kinda boring tbh, but hey the delish freebie

Kinda almost same on all acc

[dark violet]

she actually deals over 3K+1K damage from regular attacks

[tall raptor]

this is what I did

[scarlet fulcrum]

U can less ur medic burden for meteor shower

[tall raptor]

how? no matter what I do it kills everyone

[scarlet fulcrum]

Make less lane covered

[dapper hedge]

Are you trying to spawncamp tal

[full terrace]

I maxed out that thing since yesterday, there #strategy message and #strategy message both Core runs

Event is pretty lame

[tall raptor]

I just did what I did in the last stage

[dark violet]

can't call it lame when you used lame ops tho

[tall raptor]

how? does that change anything

[dark violet]

bad map, frost nova moment

[scarlet fulcrum]

It will make ur medic has less thing to heal. Also use 2 frd to bait ignite just in case if u can't outheal it

[tall raptor]

wait this stage is easy as heck now

[scarlet fulcrum]

Dang u figured it now nice

[opaque stirrup]

yeah it's like understanding the mechanics make things easier to do

[tall raptor]

ep8 beat

[opaque stirrup]

gj

now hit ch 9 and meet yandere pillar woman

[tall raptor]

already did

[opaque stirrup]

wait what

oh yeah u can access from 3-8

[tall raptor]

yeah I'm on 11-6

[scarlet fulcrum]

Nah do event rn, farm rma or mangore

[opaque stirrup]

^

[tall raptor]

shop done

[dark violet]

thankfully prisoner is really easy. Meteor-ites are so strong tho

[scarlet fulcrum]

Stock em hard, shop has inf kohl wdym

[opaque stirrup]

how many fkn meteorites what

[full terrace]

A clear is a clear, even if I didnt use those ops I'd have cleared it easy with the default ops, does this mean the event is not lame anymore? Nah it's still lame, I'd rather play IS. Ngl it's painful to see you struggle for the longest hours for something like this 🤣

[tall raptor]

wait you mean Stronghold event?

[scarlet fulcrum]

No

[dark violet]

wym struggle

[scarlet fulcrum]

Lappland alter event

[opaque stirrup]

lap event

[opaque stirrup]

just ignore him

[dark violet]

I'm rolling on the event with sniper squad, I'm just trying bad situations to see how strong sniper squad is

[tall raptor]

roger dodger

[full terrace]

Uh huh yeah sure

🤣

[scarlet fulcrum]

Nice, its very good event to spend all of ur sanity pots

[misty umbra]

Thanks to recommendations from y’all, I’ve gotten through the levels i was struggling with and updated my roster

[full terrace]

Congrats there

[wicked minnow]

what are the hard stages in this event?

[white slate]

sniper squad pretty good when insta kill trigger

[white slate]

depends

enemy has 2 variant

but mostly ice

knight has 1 hell variant

[wicked minnow]

oh i didnt mean that 😅

lapp event

[full terrace]

S2 is pretty annoying

[dark violet]

I had really abysmal luck on the rerolls, so lost on round 17, but just needed one more win against frost nova boss. Not too bad for the worst map and worst boss.

[full terrace]

S3 is roadblock management

S4 is free and S5 is just Lappland more stats

S1 is.. unique

I'd say.. 2 and 3 are pretty hard

[wicked minnow]

huh would you say either of s3 or s5 are difficult with a limited roster?

[dark violet]

s3 is the hardest

[full terrace]

Limited roster I'd say S5 is harder

From that perspective

[wicked minnow]

wait are either of these 2 harder than S2

[dark violet]

yeah

[obsidian rain]

S3 is roadblocks bait and wis solo lmao

[dark violet]

s2 is pretty simple

[full terrace]

S3 there is a clear by LeoTse96
Asking for Myrtle, Gravel, and Wisadel to clear the final wave only

[full terrace]

S2 harder

[wicked minnow]

im hoping so cuz that was ass 😭

[full terrace]

Errr S2 and S5 actually equal from "limited operators" perspective

[wicked minnow]

that sounds fun

[jaunty hill]

@full terrace hell yeah it worked

Took me some tries

[full terrace]

Woh congrats

Whats left? S5?

[jaunty hill]

Yeah both normal and cm

Is the difference significant

[full terrace]

S5 I need to make a Low-End for that, I think

[jaunty hill]

On like a simulation

[full terrace]

CM is err

Easier I guess? But more stats

Idk you can argue CM harder, but to me, the self-killing cars are easier to manage

[wicked minnow]

bro there's no welfare only clear for PV-S-2 or its CM on arkrec. i wanted to compare where i went wrong

[white slate]

pathfinder is a joke

[wicked minnow]

does EN arkrec and CN have different clears

[opaque stirrup]

pathfinder in what ?

[white slate]

the new event

the angel army

they are the easiest

though the golem is a dps check, or just stack 4 defender

[jaunty hill]

Yeah I'm not cooking

[still vessel]

anyone got a logos i could borrow

[distant bough]

Yeah if you want

[manic oasis]

I know my ass is on the literal last level but do the fire fireworks give my allies atk my foes or everyone?

[still vessel]

thanks so much ive been stuck on pvex1

[distant bough]

Foudou#9133

[still vessel]

sent

[distant bough]

Accepted

[still vessel]

ill visit your base every day

[distant bough]

Thanks ig

[jaunty hill]

It was all going so well until 🥀

[manic oasis]

Ok how the hell do you do PV-S5?

Sorry that sounds aggressive with the "hell"

Natalizia and I seem to be in a similar pickle

[jaunty hill]

If we beg hard enough they'll help us

[manic oasis]

Why doesn't Lappland put that unlimited range on her resume

I have yet to deal with the tubas

[manic oasis]

How have you dealt with them?

[jaunty hill]

I don't even know

[manic oasis]

You just let em stomp the fuse?

I don't think Doro mines hit through invis

[dark violet]

sadly not

that's why CM is easier

[dark violet]

I just dropped skadi or splatter

AH supremacy

[manic oasis]

What does Robin do here actually? Doesn't she have invis utility or something I realized one of my friends has her on support and I thought maybe that was to help people for this event

who is splatter

Do they play Splatoon

[dark violet]

robin? I haven't heard of people using her in forever

[dark violet]

specter alt

[manic oasis]

My friend has her maxxed

I might just support her then

[dark violet]

though you likely need gladiia to make good use of her

[full terrace]

😂😂

[manic oasis]

Where would she goes for the tubas farthest to the bottom?

Spent all my LMD getting Suzu Doro modules to promote Gladia rn

[dark violet]

I'll run the auto and screenshot stuff

[manic oasis]

I'm still on normal btw

[dark violet]

oh, and the most important point

what fireworks are you using

[jaunty hill]

Me on my way to redo the stage knowing very well I'm not beating it

[full terrace]

I wanna run a simulation for you Nata, because you are server booster. I value people who boost coz the video limit is increased thanks to you people 🤣
But I kinda am busy at the moment, my hands are tied 😣
You can try it yourself first, and if you still havent cleared it til sunday, I'll make you a video

[manic oasis]

I tried Spector Alter I don't really get what she's supposed to do other than not die

[jaunty hill]

O
Can you make one for uhh both normal and cm?

[manic oasis]

Dw we shall work together to make it work 💪

[full terrace]

Yeah, sunday night when I get home I should have time by then

[jaunty hill]

I gotta figure out at least normal mode till sundat

Trust guys trust

[manic oasis]

Ok so how is Skadi meant to kill tubas

[full terrace]

You'll get it, believe in yourself

[manic oasis]

Felt like SuzuMom did better against em maybe if I place Eyjalter first? 🤔

[jaunty hill]

Whoever decided that truck should exist

Can we throw them into flames

[dark violet]

there you go

[dark violet]

[jaunty hill]

The technique to beat pv s 5 is to meditate then go to sleep and dream about the strategy

[dark violet]

anyway, you didn't answer for the fireworks, but you will want this

the lazy charge makes the boss do NOTHING during fireworks

because of the aspd debuff

[jaunty hill]

I love lazy charge

[lofty stag]

Wait does ceobe actually work against the boss

I thought she had dmg reduction

[dark violet]

for phase 1

[lofty stag]

Ohhh

[dark violet]

phase 2 I stopped using her

that was my regular clear, so a bit unrefined

CM clear is just the same but played better

I think I borrowed gravel for QOL

unsure if it would be useful to record CM clear, lmk I guess

guess that could make a video to post, mmh

[hazy elk]

general advice for stronghold protocol? i cant even get past the second tutorial stage thing because i keep getting perma frozen by ice slimes

[dark violet]

#salt-mines message

second tutorial?

[hazy elk]

like the second set of stages

before the main event stages

foundation protocol

[dark violet]

pick sniper squad, get a lot of meteor/meteorite

[hazy elk]

which starting strategy do i go with

[dark violet]

ah, you probably don't have sniper yet?

[hazy elk]

no im just starting off

i didnt play it at first

[dark violet]

then recycling I guess

gives good amount of funds

and try to focus on snipers, so you can unlock sniper squad later

[hazy elk]

okay

[smoky pike]

Wow. EX-4 CM was the first time I genuinely used Mostima's S2

[hazy elk]

even if the snipers are 3 and 4 stars?

[still vessel]

i fully cleared foundation using casters

the ones given to you

[dark violet]

kroos is kinda meh, but meteor is a critical piece for the sniper squad

and overall she's great

[hazy elk]

do i need to place my units farther back in the stage

[dark violet]

but do not use her s2

[hazy elk]

cause the big issue is that i keep getting frozen

[dark violet]

what's your map

[hazy elk]

this one

[dark violet]

oh wow

you have the easiest one, nice

and yeah that's a very poor placement

you want her on the left, left, up

[hazy elk]

it was just at teh start cause i didnt want to wait 😭

i will move her later

[dark violet]

also sniper relic, should be a good one

[hazy elk]

should i save it for a better sniper

[dark violet]

try to buy all the snipers you can

[dark violet]

it doesn't matter, it works on all snipers as you get more

so always use it

[hazy elk]

oh i see

[dark violet]

once you reach 6 snipers, you pretty much won

[hazy elk]

okay ill give it another try

[dark violet]

if you see the sniper scope, buy it, it's high priority too

[hazy elk]

alright

also what does the freeze thing do

this thing

[dark violet]

to give you an idea, this is what my easy Core win squads looked like

[dark violet]

it keeps the store for the next round

[hazy elk]

ah that makes sense

thanks

[dark violet]

alright, got the clear now. It's more tight in CM, but overall fairly similar. https://youtu.be/bCRz9X1yCj8

[manic oasis]

Wow alright I'ma check this out thanks

[dark violet]

you'd get better answers in the RA channel for RA questions I think https://discord.com/channels/586503387072167937/1270808130195816478

[manic oasis]

Is it bad I usually play on mute so I can play YT in the back?

[near pollen]

oh dang i didn't see that my b 🫡 ty

[manic oasis]

I wish I didn't cause nobody brought the gun

[dark violet]

AK has some of the best musics, you do miss on it

[manic oasis]

I'm missing a couple of those guys Orian and the ones I got aren't E2 yet

Both Spectors only really worth it with Gladiia buff right?

[dark violet]

yeah, you would need to adapt stuff, it's mostly to give ideas on the strategy

[manic oasis]

I put em on a playlist sometimes but I like watching my YT while grinding and they do be yapping sometimes

Who's that sniper on the left btw

Also why Flametail specifically

[dark violet]

mmh, you could use the alter with s2 there instead. And normal specter is mostly fodder block here

[manic oasis]

I have Ines that's probably good enough for that

And who to replace for Abyssal Hunter man what's his face

I actually do have him but no LMD soo

[dark violet]

she gives dodge chance to NTR, but yeah, she's almost not used for battle here, so another is fine too

[manic oasis]

Unfortunate name

[dark violet]

seeing as I'm barely using him for damage as well, even saria or regular healing defender would work?

[manic oasis]

Does it got to be the type that gives on skill activation? Cause Ines is a lil different like does it help with the rhythm

I do have Saria

[dark violet]

though having some help to kill the random mobs of the bottom would be useful

[manic oasis]

I have Mud too

I have a Krooster actually if ya wanna peep but it's probably not necessary

[dark violet]

andreana is the last abyssal hunter, if you don't have gladiia modded, you probably just replace her with a good dps

[manic oasis]

Wisadel

[dark violet]

yeah, should be an easy win like that

[still vessel]

looks like i need to build more defenders

[manic oasis]

Why isn't she placed further back to get Lappland when she's on the left tile?

[still vessel]

pvex1 sucks with only 3

[manic oasis]

Or does she not reach Lappland on the stage from there

[dark violet]

oh right, ines has the issue of needing to attack

[still vessel]

also got myrtle is she fine at lvl1? i heard her s1 is the only necessary skill

[dark violet]

then something like myrtle is fine

[manic oasis]

I have uhhh Scailach

[dark violet]

if she can survive the carts exploding

[manic oasis]

How do you spell her name again

[dark violet]

saileach

[manic oasis]

She can technically heal

Hey I was close

[dark violet]

she's fine yeah

[manic oasis]

Which Ceobe skill

[dark violet]

pretty decent, though can she survive the burn mobs? I'm guessing you're using a different medic

[dark violet]

s2, there is no other ceobe skill

[manic oasis]

These images are taking forever to upload

[manic oasis]

I tried her in SV-S-4 I think that's the name and she did a bit until the fireworks started anyway

I honestly have no clue how I'm dealing with tubbas I don't really have the Gladiia combo

[dark violet]

you are correct, I could place her further back

[manic oasis]

Woah I'm optimizing

[dark violet]

goes to show you have space for mistakes in that fight

like how I'm very poorly using my ulpian

[manic oasis]

I should probably have more guards

I suppose I should change Lappland or Logos

Oh yeah you used Perfumer

[dark violet]

perfumer is my spirit animal

my only medic in most content

even the hardest stuff

[manic oasis]

Damn

Would S1 Logos help for trash mobs?

[dark violet]

it's the deathfield?

[manic oasis]

Yea

[dark violet]

would be pretty good yeah

though you'd need to have someone else for the ranged dps of phase 1

even with SA they wouldn't be enough alone

but you have wish, that should cover it

[manic oasis]

Hmm ok I might run two healers or something cause unlike your strat with the undying I might need to support SuzuMom and have her proc her skill on the tubas or something

And Ceobe

[dark violet]

oh yeah

easy phase 1

[manic oasis]

easy

I'ma unmute just for you Orian

[fallow yarrow]

Hey guys, does anyone know apart from Hoshi and Nian is there anyone else with 4 block?

[dark violet]

looking at this you def can get rid of ines there

[fallow yarrow]

Not including active skills and summons*

[dark violet]

bubble, cuora iirc

and other 5*

[fallow yarrow]

Cheers buddy

[manic oasis]

How would Ray work here btw

She's pretty powerful

[manic oasis]

Hmm alright then

[dark violet]

nevermind, Idk why I thought that

matterhorn is probably the simplest

[dark violet]

you already have way too much ranged ops

don't forget that in phase 2, you can pretty much say goodbye to all the ranged tiles near the boss spots

[manic oasis]

What's the fireworks pattern?

You posted it earlier I believe

[manic oasis]

Ok cool thanks

We forgot Flags have 0 block

[dark violet]

only when using skill

she's gonna sit far away from battle anyway

[dark violet]

anyway, keep in mind all those tiles are dead for phase 2

very high chance that any op there gets one shot

[smoky pike]

is it even possible to keep the fireworks alive in EX-1 CM?

I'm pretty sure there's not enough balloons to keep it alive

[elder flume]

Nop

It will die

[manic oasis]

I beat it but Lappland went through

I couldn't damage her enough

[dark violet]

yeah, that was my guess

you lack helidrop burst for phase 2

[manic oasis]

W2 kept dying too cause she has no healing but I don't think I should do S3 Eyjalter

[dark violet]

were you using perfumer?

[manic oasis]

I also didn't use SA

[dark violet]

cause she's necessary to survive

[manic oasis]

I used her a bit in phase two south of the firework

I have Doro but I didn't use her here

[dark violet]

her passive regen is what allows you to use ops outside of healing range

[manic oasis]

Btw if ya wanna see what I got

https://krooster.com/u/drblubalz-529

[dark violet]

though for the burn guys, only AH can really tank it with perfumer, unless you can kill fast enough

[manic oasis]

It's a tad outdated but I only promoted 4 and 5 stars for base don't tell #r-i-i-c I said that tho 🤫

They're always on about "noo don't promote just for base" or something

[dark violet]

oh wow, krooster got an updated thumbnail nice

[dark violet]

lmao

I'm much much worse

I promote all my ops

[manic oasis]

Oop

[dark violet]

just, for the sake of it

[manic oasis]

That's commitment

Next you'll say you get every medal

[dark violet]

it's quite handy when new events/modes drop and I have almost all ops semi usable already

[steel kindle]

I am currently trying to beat PV-EX-8 normally, and I’m able to get to phase 2 pretty consistently, but the fireworks end and enemies leak, I’m working with fairly low rarity stuff (aside from Lappland, Lappland alt, and a supporter Wis) I’ve been at this for a few days now. Given up on the prospects of completing all the medals, but I at least wanna get the decoration

[dark violet]

ofc

[manic oasis]

PV-EX was annoying for me I remember getting really agitated

[steel kindle]

I’ve followed two different YouTube tutorials to the best of my ability, and at this point I’m basically winging it from what I’ve learned following them

[dark violet]

I can't remember what I've done for it

[steel kindle]

I can use Lappland alt and wis’s specials to knock out the boss in a single stage, but I am struggling to keep back the wave of lads that come during the fireworks

[dark violet]

probably a messier version of PV-s-5

my answer is always dorothy

but sadly it's difficult for your case

[final obsidian]

Can you post your roster

[elder flume]

Do note that when your investments do not match the video precisely then the run can differ quite far because different kill time will mess up firework timer

[dark violet]

WAIT

[dark violet]

you have degenbrecher

her s3 is a pretty good burst for phase 2

(and 1 I guess)

make sure to have a spot where it can be used on several locations for the boss

[smoky pike]

in that case how do you hold the main exit? The bomb cupcakes just instantly kills anyone standing there

it's the only CM I can't beat

[dark violet]

ah yeah, that's an important one too. I think you should try to use yalter s2, see which deals more damage

[elder flume]

Logos S1M3
Lutonada E2 30
Ascalon S2 + AoE
Cycle bodies

[smoky pike]

are you serious

I don't have any of those

[elder flume]

Thats what support units are for

[dark violet]

you can only have one tho

[smoky pike]

why tf is EX-1 so hard

and so stat check

[maiden tree]

Any tips for surviving PV-10's ||second phase? Lappland jumps around 1 shotting all of my units, and the survivors are cooked alive by the fire dancers||

[smoky pike]

why the spoiler?

[steel kindle]

I ain’t got a clue, honestly i spent six hours throwing everything at the wall, and something stuck

[smoky pike]

can I possibly win by cycling SA S3 and Mlynar S3?

[maiden tree]

That way the fight is a surprise :>

[smoky pike]

I eventually realized that to beat the fire dancers, ||1. do not try to block them 2. in second phase, lapp will jump on top of them when they attack and insta kill all of them||

[elder flume]

If you can last 75 seconds of waves sure

[elder flume]

Im not saying you need all 4 btw
Just either 1 of the options

Since right side is just the usual block enemies

Support can be for left

[smoky pike]

yeah but using support feels awful

[steel kindle]

It’s the only way I’ve made it through this event

[smoky pike]

I hate this level

all the other levels can be beaten by careful micro and strategy

but this one is just op check

[steel kindle]

What I will say is, sometimes I’ll throw in a support s3 Kal’tsit and it just works

[dark violet]

any difficulties is 80% likely to be caused by a lack of dorothy

[smoky pike]

do you just block with mon3tr?

[smoky pike]

#arknights is that way

[steel kindle]

Pretty much

[dark violet]

this is an accurate and unbiased analysis

[elder flume]

I would put Mostima to the list but she slows fuse down

[smoky pike]

wtf

she can hit the fuse?

[steel kindle]

PV-EX 1 you’re working on right?

[smoky pike]

yeah

[elder flume]

Ines Scene Harmonie Mostima Chen2 slows fuse

[tawdry path]

ascalon S2 also slows down the fuse

[elder flume]

Nah Ascalon doesnt

[smoky pike]

i mean that's ok since I can't afford her before the first carnevale anyway

[tawdry path]

really? could've sworn it did, oh well then

[dark violet]

that wasn't a joke though, dorothy is very useful for this event

[smoky pike]

but I doubt her skill lasts long enough

[smoky pike]

what does she do?

[dark violet]

she has aoe slow arts mines

with chain reaction

[smoky pike]

does W work?

wait which logos skill was the kill aura?

[dark violet]

she's especially useful during the fireworks, where many mobs tend to rush using the same path, so her mines deal critical damage+slow

[final obsidian]

S1

[steel kindle]

Take an S1 Support Logos with a module, and stick him on the red circle, and then a blocker on the blue to tank the carts until his ability triggers, build a chain of blockers, with like humus in the middle, (or stick Lappland behind a blocker, and try to hold out

That’s how I beat it

[steel kindle]

The green line is where you can set up the blockers, I’d suggest sticking a healer down bellow and then cardigan or beagle up top

I took my Lappland alt and stuck her near the fireworks to take care of leaks but that’s mainly cause my blockers where underleveled and I was using regular Lappland behind a blocker for my damage

[manic oasis]

Alright I saw your comments Orion I just got a wicked case of allergies atm

[smoky pike]

fuq logos dies if not healed before skill

[steel kindle]

Is he on a tile affected by the fireworks?

[smoky pike]

no the cupcakes

I turned off fireworks since it doesn't help in this stage

[maiden tree]

One last thing, would Skalter's S3 stack with Suzuran's fragility bonus?

...this might of been a #help question in hindsight

[smoky pike]

gaahh still can't do it, not enough deploy points to block everything

do i just ignore the balloons to block every path

cus if I put a sniper I can't block one of the paths

[steel kindle]

It does, stick the damage charge on and put a little area near the fireworks, it will help with any leakers

[steel kindle]

Logos should be able to handle balloons though if you want Ross in kroos, she’s good at that

I’m pretty sure I just figured out a way to defeat PV-SP-1 with just Kal’tsit and Monst3r

Maybe a blocker or two as well, literally you just have to wait until the fireworks go off and then everything walks itself off the ledge

[smoky pike]

Should I use fire charge to burn the cupcakes

Or attack speed charge to boost logos

[elder flume]

Would prefer slow

[steel kindle]

If your leaking on your line and they’re heading to the fireworks, fire charge can help but slow is usually the way to go

[elder flume]

The idea of Logos S1 is it instakills popcorn which you wont need aspd and using aspd means damaging him

[steel kindle]

Only if you place it on the tile he is on

[smoky pike]

So ideally I don't need to block the main?

[elder flume]

If it doesnt instakill then the Logos is underleveled

[steel kindle]

Also just beat SP-1 challenge mode with Kal’tsit, Monst3r and two blockers

[elder flume]

Block until his skill goes off ideally

[steel kindle]

You do, just you don’t need to worry about blocking the popcorn area as long as logos activates his skill

Until then you need someone to tank the popcorn

[elder flume]

Lappland can silence a few

[dark violet]

turns out, the game didn't want to give me casters

I have one unpromoted astgenne as sole dps

[final obsidian]

https://youtu.be/GbghA5RXyAs?si=RTvzJ0-xIgFHFt7I

I would look here, you almost certainly need to raise your units a bit more if it’s possible

Though I don’t recommend raising questionable unit such as Gavial, Matterhorn
You may replace Gavial with stronger medic such as Silence, Ptilopsis

Your Lappalt can replace Click easily

[dark violet]

I'm trying the wall of wills gravel shenanigans

ok this is absolute nonsense

this strategy should not be working

[steel kindle]

Gotcha

[dark violet]

Gnosis certainly is something

[manic oasis]

Who's a good helidrop dps for the final map of the event

I guess I could just S2 Yalter but I thought maybe another awesome unit could be used for it or with Yalter

[dark violet]

skadi, NTR s2

[manic oasis]

Remember this screenshot I took earlier? No idea how I got here cause now it's not working

The only thing I think I changed was Eyja was placed 1 tile lower that's it I think

[final obsidian]

Deploy Sash where Saria is and Saria directly behind him

And consider moving Eyjaberry to the high tiles near Ines so you can also deploy Logos there to be hitting the boss a little in P1

You can click Logos skill during P1 if looking like enemy starting to leak past Sash

But generally you want to save it for after P2 start and firework is on

[ember epoch]

Is this even any good for Core Protocol

[dark violet]

no

also, I think I found the second fun squad to play with

[ember epoch]

well guess Core Protocol is almost unplayable for me lol

[dark violet]

gnosis memery for infinite freeze

[ember epoch]

How do you unlock that Defense strategy

[manic oasis]

Facing down or left?

[dark violet]

need to buy 7 karlan ops in a run

[manic oasis]

And do I keep SuzuMom there?

[ember epoch]

How..

[dark violet]

with funds

🥹

[ember epoch]

No like how do you know an operator is Karlan

[dark violet]

you see it in the description

and it's not too difficult, there's matterhorn, pramanix, kjera, gnosis

the main ones you'll get

[ember epoch]

ohh, never noticed them being Karlan.. Thanks

[final obsidian]

Left

When you click his skill when you need he cover all lanes in P1 and places where Lapp teleport in P2

[dark violet]

ok this is insane

first time I get to upgrade a model

[final obsidian]

You may consider also bringing a flag if you feel DP pressure for this cause not that many enemies path toward Ines

[manic oasis]

She still tanks me augh

[final obsidian]

Honestly Mlynar borrow might serve you best here and just drop Sash for someone else

Just put Mlynar on the firework looking left same place

He also makes it really easy to deploy units since he taunts so you don’t have to worry about deploy order

Maybe Yato Alter to make sure you win her mini game etc.

[dark violet]

I'm so mad

of course after 10 rerolls I didn't get gnosis, and I had to face the one enemy that had natural immunity to frost

I couldn't even do enough damage to do phase 1 of the boss

I guess karlan squad is a trap

strong but unwinnable when you fight a boss

I think I just found another broken combination

I just need the karlan price reduction item and some funky stuff can happen

[terse sierra]

Doberman squad is broken. I win core erry time using it

[dark violet]

absolute chaos

[clever hedge]

Any advice on stuff to watch out for going into pv-s-5 CM? Just managed to clear normal, but it was a struggle both to open and with second phase's aoe 'jump' attack that oneshots my medics

[dark violet]

I got the trade item

I can now gain funds by buying matterhorn

WAIT

I can break it by using the karlan model

so I equip both items to any op, and I can rebuy it for more funds

to be continued

[bitter halo]

i just let them die right

[vocal leaf]

i thought stronghold protocol would be fun, but i don’t like so many things from it that after completing the achievements and medals i don’t want to play it

[bitter halo]

me too

i dont like that im using my own operators, wish it was fixed idk. And its so laggy even on emulator

[manic oasis]

I finally beat the normal mode of PV-S-5

Any tips for the CM?

[vocal leaf]

everything is so scuffed and unbalanced, from the roster which is 80% worthless to the shop, like why you can’t get at least two 2 coins from selling an e2 operator, why everyone has the same cost, lower tier ops should be 0, 1, 2 cost
they want you to play factions but don’t include everyone or other important ops like degen for karlan, what do you expect me to do with gravel??? put proviso or even platinum instead

[bitter halo]

my surtr/saria combo doesnt need carnivale

[dark violet]

dobermann squad goes crazy

also, this time dorothy mines worked. I wonder what could've caused this last time. Somehow the enemies having 100 res?

oh well, that was kind of a given. corrupted knights and the disgusting candle knights

can't use deploy order this time

[desert prairie]

That was fun

Ulpipi isnt even necessary. Enemies cant get to him

[dark violet]

now do the CM

[smoky pike]

I finally did it. Turns out logos can't hold alone

Needed exu guarding the gate

Funnily enough I ended up using Ashlock of all ops to deal the AOE DPS on the right side while still acting as leak protection

[steel kindle]

Nice!

[smoky pike]

It's crazy that that level casually has half an annihilation's worth of enemies

[pure orchid]

tf is s2 cm

so much block3 trucks

Stalling for fireworks is ass

[somber falcon]

simply kill

[pure orchid]

through 90 dr? wow

im unironically whipping out mostima for this

[somber falcon]

my vina getting her mileage this event

[pure orchid]

vina zzz

[somber falcon]

4 target go brr

also helps that the -1 block is irrelevant to her

just pop skill when in range

[brisk surge]

so fun or what

[pure orchid]

not fun

truck spam

Unironically drafting mostima was not on my bingo card

[south spindle]

S-2 and CM took me embarassingly long

Was demotivated from continuing and felt like a fraud

Then S-3 and S-4 were just 💀 15 minutes total

Can I still nymphtuosa cheese S-5

[pure orchid]

hi light

I see youre a fellow s2 hater

[elder flume]

Borrowing Nian feels right

[desert prairie]

Funny

I love how the main threat are the trumpets and not the cars

[elder flume]

I just have Mountain Friston left lane
Gladiia Shaw right lane
And then middle is fuck

[desert prairie]

Still wins anyways because im goated with boxes

[pure orchid]

Man i suck with boxes

Stage description didnt even have them

[desert prairie]

Standard boxes layout so you know instantly from cctv

[south spindle]

[pure orchid]

I dont

[south spindle]

S3 took like 4 attempts before my roommate pointed out mid attempt there were boxes
CM was a single try after that 😭

[pure orchid]

I just think haha funny random rangedd tiles

I go in

30 boxes

[south spindle]

I love box stages

[scarlet mortar]

see map with 10 billion chokepoints, check for roadblocks immediately

[south spindle]

Or just have eyes and see the extra thing in your hot bar
(i didn't)

[scarlet mortar]

common occurrence in AKO

[desert prairie]

How long does the block debuff from big car last?

[pure orchid]

Please understand im new returning player

[south spindle]

I am newly concieved player

[rapid junco]

Lies meant to be believed

[pure orchid]

Holy shit i got max pot erato

[south spindle]

What level qyurii

[pure orchid]

[south spindle]

Like ur acc

[pure orchid]

oh

115

im new

[south spindle]

oh you've seen mine prob if not then guess

[pure orchid]

you like

70 somthin

[south spindle]

[pure orchid]

Lmao s3cm is diabolical

i need to stall even MORE

I actually cant do this shit anymore

welcome back mostima

[jaunty hill]

Almost there guys!

(🥀)

[pure orchid]

please. PLEASE

the fuse cant come fast enough

Also nymph sucks

She feared the trucks into the fucking roadblocks

[tawdry path]

asca and arturia were my goats here

[cyan gorge]

I love maps like S-3, Ethan stalling ftw

[pure orchid]

all this stalling got me feeling like im playing cc

[jaunty hill]

Cro

[violet tree]

Best tips for Stronghold/TFT mode?
Like what are the best indicators for a "good start?" And the best upgrades aside from the one that makes enemy kills as 2 hp deductions from the attacker

[desert prairie]

@elder flume

Your era gameplay

Ended up as per usual

Time to add shining

[elder flume]

"your era" sounds like im fron dinosaur era