strategy

[void terrace]

SO REAL LMAO

[pure orchid]

well maybe u can put a few raidians there

[void terrace]

Ah right

I was playing very conservatvely with radian fish caus no module

But now with the module you are very right

[pure orchid]

i see

[void terrace]

Honestly personal pref is ente over ascalon

[pure orchid]

yeah mod will cut a lot of fat off your team

[void terrace]

Ikr

Its such a qol upgrade

[pure orchid]

im not sure about ente over asca since asca can do what ente does off skill, a bajillion hit count

the synergy with raidian can be funny tho

[void terrace]

Yeah i like ente s2 for the double scythes with radian

Does extreme hitcount stuff

Also the enemies on the left side spawn slowly so ente can just about manage

[pure orchid]

that is true

[void terrace]

Ente also just stomps every other floor

[pure orchid]

sp isnt much an issue

[void terrace]

And a lot of bosses

[pure orchid]

i dont like having to babysit tho

[void terrace]

Ente s3 can snipe the fisherman mid boss on normal mode

[pure orchid]

just a preference

[void terrace]

Duel the 3 fast fkers

Only one she cant deal with is moon lady unless leizi floats and scythes hit her

[void terrace]

0 block always makes me so anxious XD

[pure orchid]

i love 0 block

ranged operators go ham

no worry about strong melee

also ascalon's slow is very reassuring

[buoyant nimbus]

how are you gambling in AK

[pure orchid]

well first of all AK is a gacha game so

[minor lion]

if I have exu2 leizi would it be better to run exu2 s3 for more leizi uptime on the boss stage

[elder flume]

no?

you lose out on Leizi self atk buff stacking

[sly drift]

We gamble in gacha banner to get character that we will gamble to recruit in IS mode which is about gambling

Insane

[glass monolith]

"I wonder what this event does"

[south spindle]

Buddha blast

[plucky grove]

LMAO

[timid cave]

I remember doing this stage I still need help on it because jesus this is hard asf

[glass monolith]

Don't know difficulty and other stuff, i just nuked boss with e2 Rosmontis before being uno reverse nuked by his shiet

[pearl compass]

You have Tragodia?

[timid cave]

Fuh naw💔

[pearl compass]

Saaaaadge

Then you have only choice to fucking spawnkill him

With most stronger melee with self-sustain and big ass survivability

Zuo Le is perfect candidate with S2.

[void terrace]

Eeh good enough for now XD

Only need to kill yi with radian once and then do ending 3 to max her remaining important skills

Skill 1 m3 will be last....

[void terrace]

Can zuo le actually spawn kill him?

On higher diffculties lmao

[void terrace]

I can see that happening with radian summons blocking left and right

[pearl compass]

This is...

[void terrace]

What difficulty?

[pearl compass]

8th?

[void terrace]

Damn ok

[void terrace]

Just gonna line the skdes wkth radian summons

To protect zuo le from the bombs

I have been using tragodia trat

Strat but this seems infinitely easier

[uncut lark]

Trying to clear IW-9. What should I bring and stuff?

Do I just bring all ranged units or something?

[pearl breach]

Bring dot or multi target units.

Sui boss is paper thin compared to today's standards.

It should be a breeze run.

[clever hedge]

damn he really did close that road

[vital vessel]

does zuo get auto candle

[glass monolith]

It is Zuo we talking about, just assume bro to lose it somewhere

[void terrace]

LMAO

[true bison]

its been forever since ive done emergency out of control what are you supposed to do on that stage again

this is the squad we're repping so i think im fine but i remember the throwers being a nightmare

i found the safe spot after some experimentation but holy shit it was close, never doubting tragodia again

[void terrace]

Urgh finally

Just need to beat wang on difficulty 10 and im done

[worn root]

I just use ulpi because funny numbers

[last arrow]

anyone here have a good way to open fang shui without ethan?

[worn root]

Raidian s2

[remote perch]

I just use the roadblocks to stall time then use Radian s3 to kill the trash

Or if i got lucky and got a e2 Wis, just spawncamp the red box

[mental venture]

yall have any strats for 6 14 or do i just have to sacrifice every cliff unit i have until i can kill every freeze nuker drone

[foggy grove]

durin is pretty good bait

[elder flume]

Does this suffice
https://youtu.be/LyhCBL3PqtI?si=I9XQJ2qF4Lzxj39V

[lime lantern]

whats the strat for this map

[austere skiff]

leizi2 s3 can basically oneshot him

[pure orchid]

block bottom, avoid the talismans (its either up or down), kill the ones in the middle carefully

[narrow pendant]

Fake supportknighter

[pure orchid]

usually i leak the first spiky guy

but i move him out of the way first with trag s2

also save trag for when the boars on top go to the bottom, so you can slow them down right before they hit your blockers

their dmg is based on their speed, like lancers

alternatively, raidian s1

[light tundra]

is there a way to do Ending 2 without leaking all of the left side on the boss fight?

[vocal leaf]

use anyone to kill and then let ethan s1

[narrow pendant]

Angie/ascalon

[vocal leaf]

is d12 still the minimum for shiny badge in is6?

[floral torrent]

anyone have s2m3 modded typhon that i could borrow

[narrow pendant]

Trim is d10

Same as is4 and is5

Oh u mean squad ending badges? Ye those are d12

[dapper hedge]

Drop ur id

[floral torrent]

Zenith#9359

thanks

[last arrow]

how do you deal with the f3 fisherman boss

[dapper hedge]

Added

[narrow pendant]

Blast him

Most annoying but also not hard boss

[last arrow]

how do you blast him if he disable your skill?

[narrow pendant]

Blase him from a distance
Wis s3 on the ranged tile thata on top right

[last arrow]

wait but doesn't he hook you if you're on a vagrant tile

[narrow pendant]

He doesnt hook wis since shes camo'd

[last arrow]

oh the fucking solution is wis

wallahi i'm cooked

[narrow pendant]

All roads lead to rome

[pearl compass]

He can hook tho.

The thing is

When Camo, Talismans cannot apply to her.

[last arrow]

any non-wis solution

[narrow pendant]

Its a funny interaction
Like how talismans instantly die when they latch onto flying leizi

Killing with aura

[dapper hedge]

This tile above ranged good for liberators too

[last arrow]

leizi is a fucking fraud she keep targetting the talisman 😭

[dapper hedge]

I find the boss non issue, annoying at best, havent seen the alt

[last arrow]

like no stop fighting the 8 talisman he spawn every 60 seconds

[pearl compass]

I saw.

It's abysmal dogshit.

[last arrow]

yeah like who design this shit

😭

actually this is the easier stage out of the two no

last i remember at least

[pearl compass]

Boss is on between two hences.

Top Redbox - Enraged Zombie Throwers.
Bottom Redbox - IS6 Militia, Talisman Melee Holders, and Sarkaz Lancers.

[last arrow]

oh zombie thrower, nvm i must've remember the wrong stage

[pearl compass]

Hello there...

[last arrow]

are you doing ending 2

diff 5 is so real tbh, i fucking hate ending 2 with a passion, i just want to do the mandatory 3 ed2 run and never have to think about it again

[glass monolith]

What was ed2 condition anyways?

[vocal leaf]

yeah, these ones

[pearl compass]

Yes.

Gonna farm M2 Raidian.

[uncut lark]

I'm struggling so hard with Guided Tour Level 2.

I want my E2 Raidian, darn it...

[agile ember]

get bosky encounter to get foot, beat foot then ending unlocked

[vocal leaf]

is6 feature is3 ooc and is4 manmade carnival, are we going to have is5 elusive merc too?

[glass monolith]

Ok, which one is that, because my average encounter is -12 LP at least in my dumb face

Prove myself to candleshareholders on candle node?

[agile ember]

it’s one of the legend nodes in bosky. u need 30 ingots. then a foot gets summoned in subsequent stages. once you get foot to 50% hp, u unlock relic to use in prophecy

[pearl compass]

Thankfully no, UNLESS THEY DO IN EXPANSION 2.

Which I won't be even surprised.

[glass monolith]

legend node. Need 30 ignots. My broke ass not getting that

[agile ember]

30 ingots not that hard. u will get enough by f3 or smth

[pearl compass]

The most annoying part is to not activate it before 30 Ingots.

[glass monolith]

Knowing my luck I will roll that legend node on f1 and fail it locking myself out

[pearl compass]

[agile ember]

that’s so real. had like 10 runs fucked because of that

[tulip girder]

what 4 stars to max for is runs

[glass monolith]

If only auto promote 5* squad was giving same for 4*

[last arrow]

die, basically suffer

you have to visit the furthest possible legend node (good luck finding that haha, spend 30 ingots so you can't spend it to powerscale through the purple node before, and THEN have to spend 3 battles killing the fucking hand)

it's so so annoying

[pearl compass]

Ethan 100%.

[agile ember]

whats the purple node again?

[last arrow]

the fight node

the conflict/combat/disaster/thing i forgot the name

cuz yknow ideally you only want to spend 1 candle on it

[agile ember]

turmoil ☝️ 🤓
yea those nice

[last arrow]

it's not like hard, just

a massive waste of time because your run can be so rng reliant

[agile ember]

that is true. sometimes i end up on f4 with like 1 candleholder in a rlly bad run

[last arrow]

ending shouldn't be rng reliant 😭

[agile ember]

welcome to integrate strategies

[vocal leaf]

should i waste mats for ethan s1m3?

[last arrow]

are you planning to put him as a support unit?

[vocal leaf]

I could

[void terrace]

Damn what the fk

Zuo le actually just cheeses yi

The problem is it is quite artifact dependant

Zuo le bodied yi on difficulty 9

Literally just solo zuo le and getting carpal tunnel from spamming s2

[vocal leaf]

what relic does he need?

[void terrace]

As much aspd and hp as possible

The 40% sp reductoon coin with auto skill is also nice

The whole idea is he just keeps spamming his skill on 0 hp and yi cant break through 10k plus of barrier

So you just camp the red box

Just line the whole left side with radian planes and the moment the bombs are clear link them upwards pointing to yi

Also the relic that decreases damage dealt by 50% from blocked enemies is insane for this

Wall eye i believe

[last arrow]

you know which operator only need 1 relic to solo yi though

[glass monolith]

Wasn't walleye be -50% from enemies outside your operators range or something. Could be mixing up, no time to memorize stuff

[dapper hedge]

How

[agile ember]

exactly

[dapper hedge]

You could just save the tix you get on f1

For candleholder f2

[glass monolith]

Step 1 - Save vouchers in F1.
Step 2 - wrongly assume candleholder is multi select event
Step 3 -

(I tried to give free candle and then redeem stockpiled vouchers at least one)

[red cosmos]

I still don't manage clearing ending 2 for a second time. It's always that I just cant get the feet to the half HP. It just lasts too little for me to put down any dps or it straight up eat them up while I am still waiting for DP to deploy baits.

Ive been trying for 3 days already.

[void terrace]

Oh sorry i mean red mist

[void terrace]

Just take exia shu radian and ascalon as the core team

[molten silo]

anyone knows how to clear this without using yato2?

[void terrace]

Focus on holding the lanes first and bait sui down into the bottom right corner

[wicked minnow]

you can open with leizi2 or mlynar 1 tile below red box. that way you free up left ranged tile for some carry like raidian or wisadel. flagbearer above red box if you need dp. i heard you can also start with wisadel top right but havent tried it out too much myself

[slender mantle]

anyone know what this node does

[wicked minnow]

#is-station message

[slender mantle]

ty

[wicked minnow]

the candlebearer option only shows in bosky

[slender mantle]

why are the options so complex for no reason 😭

[sonic willow]

is there a free 6star wandering medic

[wicked minnow]

good question

[wicked minnow]

no

the only 6* wandering medic is eyja2 and she's a limtied 6*

[sonic willow]

I feel uncomfortable not having all 6star

[slender mantle]

which enemies would be considered transformed

[wicked minnow]

in what context does that come up?

[slender mantle]

option 3 in all

[wicked minnow]

not having eyja2 shouldnt stop you from doing any content in the game

there is gonna be a good healer soon called haruka in hoshi2 banner

[molten silo]

i tried wisadel top right and she doesn't do the job (in my exp)

[molten silo]

which skill for leizi2 in this stage? s2?

[wicked minnow]

All Operators deal +50% Physical and Arts damage to Apparition Enemies according to wiki

which should follow https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Apparition

[slender mantle]

ah

thanks that makes more sense

[vocal leaf]

who would you draft first between canta and surfer?

[glass monolith]

I'm hopeless because I draw Puzzle

[vocal leaf]

i have both max pot but i didn’t get their mods yet, i was thinking to get one

surfer should be faster removing the talismans from herself right? are they hit based or do they actually have stats?

[glass monolith]

I don't recall Surfer kit, don't she lose attack speed after being hit? Canta I think has attack speed while not blocking

[vocal leaf]

surfer is 15 aspd for 10s when no allies around

and yeah since canta swaps her aspd for atk when blocking, i want to know who would be better in that specific scenario

assuming the talismans count as blocking

[wicked minnow]

that's snegurochka that loses aspd

from what i've heard, people prefer surfer over canta

since you have both max pot, i'd go with surfer

but yeah the difference between pot is more important than the difference between the characters

[glass monolith]

[full terrace]

Yo @wicked minnow

Do you have Click raised?

Like E2 max

S2M3

[wicked minnow]

not e2 max but s2m3 mod3

[full terrace]

Nice

Could you lend me

I need a Hope-free unit for F2 Wonderland

[wicked minnow]

oh aight

i put her up

[full terrace]

Man.. the vouchers restriction starting from d11 is suffocating, easy life no more 😂

[vocal leaf]

it gets worse for ending 3

[full terrace]

Really? I'm still climbing, I havent tried other endings, got no time on my hand lately

[glass monolith]

Happy "still d1" life

[shadow pendant]

is this a good 4 star team operator wise?

[foggy grove]

not really

[dapper hedge]

No

Use click instead of haze
Pinecone instead shira
If you want aoe arts imho pudding is better

[sonic willow]

cutter is cool

[void terrace]

Holy shit

Why was wang so easy

Wang felt muuuuch easier than sui even on difficulty 10

Cleared it firsy try on difficulty 10 with wis just blasting the living shit out of him. Enough healing and careful placement just made him very vulnerable. I didnt even manage to make yato alter a candleholder and still bombed him

[shadow pendant]

aight bet

[worn root]

I ain't grinding to diff 15 with only supporters

[narrow pendant]

Fraudulent

[void terrace]

Honestly radian can just crunch most bosses

Idk why ling is suffering so much this is tho

Its actually a brain pain to use ling this time

[glass monolith]

Need to find free time and Ente drop it all the way

[west ledge]

chat im coming back after some time ig who do i build?

[void terrace]

Fuck why did they make radians module only work in is6

Raise eyja alter to 40

[wicked minnow]

because yes

raidian now has 2 is6 exclusive modules

yippiee

[void terrace]

Goldenglow and yu are good

[west ledge]

ok then

[void terrace]

Bruh kill me i just wanted to use her in is 4

[west ledge]

who should i prior?

[void terrace]

Still havent cleared max difficulty

Honestly goldenglow

[west ledge]

kk thanks

[void terrace]

You already have a defender

Wait get more oppinions first

[wicked minnow]

i would prio yu personally

i stopped using gg a long time ago

[west ledge]

is blaze alter usable? 😭

[wicked minnow]

still use yu nowadays

[west ledge]

tbf ion got any decent caster

[wicked minnow]

usable? sure. she's as usable as eyja but eyja herself isnt that good in current meta

[glass monolith]

Yu + blaze is fun

[west ledge]

theres meta now? 💀💀

[glass monolith]

Haruka isn't even out what do you mean Eyja fall off

[wicked minnow]

massive brainfart 😭

[glass monolith]

Fair (He edited Eyja alt into Eyja)

[wicked minnow]

i mistyped eyja as eyjalt. eyjalt is still pretty good but there's a healer coming up that's similar to her if not better than her in a lot of situations

[west ledge]

is she limited or 💀

[wicked minnow]

nop. standard unit

[west ledge]

thankfuck 😭

[glass monolith]

Standard, kernel, no recruitment cuz F you

[west ledge]

lowk i kept ragequitting game cz i already lost alot of limited units

[austere crypt]

Can Mizuki hold the left lane?

[sly drift]

Alone?

No

[austere crypt]

What if i add ethan

[sly drift]

How would he even survive the global trample damage from the boss

[austere crypt]

Its only d4 so

[sly drift]

Let's see your whole squad and relics

[sly drift]

Anyway there's maintenance in a few minutes. If you play the stage now during maintenance it wouldn't register and considered fail.

[sly drift]

It actually much easier to completely ignore left lane if you have 18 Life Point or more tbh

[austere crypt]

I have 8... iirc

Spent 5 life points on that caster deals 70% more arts dmg

[sly drift]

You have enough useful relics but I'm not sure that squad will survive. Unless Logos does insane damage.

Left lane is insanely painful to deal with.

[austere crypt]

In +70% arts dmg i trust

[sly drift]

Yea.. but left lane need hit count based damage

[austere crypt]

Maybe i could use wis over there to help mizuki?

[sly drift]

I don't think even Wis will help.

Your best bet is of course Ethan S1

[austere crypt]

I totally have enough dmg for the boss tho (right?)
Only need to focus on ghe left side

[sly drift]

For the boss.. should be enough.

Logos and Wis.

But very tricky part is than when you reduce boss HP to 50%

Every single operator on field will die

[austere crypt]

Ik that

I could just wis it to 50% then deploy logos

[sly drift]

Yea.. You can try it later.

But be careful of the timing. If your left laneholder dies on inconvenience time.

It's game over.

[last arrow]

i fear it's a bit joever

wait is it

the ethan cope...might be real???

[austere crypt]

In mizuki and ethan i trust

[sly drift]

Yea.. there's still a hope

[sly drift]

I have never use Mizuki modded. But can he permanently pull those furnitures toward him?

[austere crypt]

Only 2 off skill

And like 5 with s2

[void terrace]

Try to be careful with wis as if you dont retreat her summons she becomes a massive target for the boss

Exia is much better at mag dumping on sui

[barren copper]

Hi! I use gravel, should i continue to use her and invest?

https://www.krooster.com/u/tnt-idr

Should i use s2 on her?

[void terrace]

Gravel s2 is good

Dont really need masteries on it

[lyric elbow]

https://krooster.com/u/blanky

I'm kind of new, will I be easily able to beat Annihilation 3 with what I have ? Any recommendations?

[elder flume]

borrow Wis

can modify it forward if you want for Pinecone to hit more

Midnight could even face down tho i think Pinecone 2 charges should be able to kill drone ?

Cutter S2 exists if you need more drone killing

[lyric elbow]

Oh so Ethan and Indigo are not that useful in this map ?

[elder flume]

half of the enemies are invis

drones have higher res

crushers die to Wis

Ethan at most can be bait ig

[lyric elbow]

And no Totter cuz of his limited close range ?

[elder flume]

attacks the heaviest enemies so uh

not sure how it will go with Wis

[lyric elbow]

oh I always forget that part xd

[elder flume]

his best spot is behind Wis which doesnt really need help other than drone during Wis downtime

[glass monolith]

bunch of invisible enemies (like 100-200 or something) is minor part of map, main clownshow is visible

[elder flume]

quarter of the enemies are invis*

ngl the visible ones except crusher caster drone feel like nothing

assuming your dps isnt under 100 allowing junkman to outheal you

[timid cave]

How the fuck do you even do this

Challenge mode btw

[odd forge]

Hmmm

[pearl compass]

Too close for picking SupportUnit, YatoAlter should be perfect for this.

Either S2 or S3.

[timid cave]

I’ve tried

I can’t

[glass monolith]

Myrtle and Mountain hold middle. Then turn off brain and drop Wisadel with her camo (I forgot, is those attack 2 or splash casters?) one side and medic + Exu2 other or something, options are there

[buoyant nimbus]

what is this? it looks very cool

[timid cave]

FINALLY

OH MY GOD THAT STAGE IS HORRID IM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN

[odd forge]

[glass monolith]

Tip of iceberg of trash this game has. This is not even H stage

[odd forge]

Just using frostleaf

[pearl compass]

🥹

[timid cave]

TWIN I DID IT

🥹✌️

I’M FREE

[pearl compass]

Ic

[void terrace]

For is6 the instant promotion squads say that they increase chance of recruitment vouchers in shops

Is it only for the 2 classes listed?

Or is it in general

[rancid ridge]

how do i beat 3-7 ✌️

[kindred rose]

you should promote mountain, his s2 is effective for stages like 3-7

the way I usually retry this stage when I do module missions is I defend the early wolves for a few seconds, put blocks on the tiles I marked red and just let all the enemies huddle into one spot and hit them with aoe or a lot of single-target damage. the way I do this stage might not work for you but it's worth a try

green is where horn should be (assuming it goes as planned) and ulpianus on the blue and give him some damage/heal support, block any enemies that bypass him so he can get his skill up(?)

this image is so scuffed lol it's 4 am

[kindred rose]

also focus on leveling and promoting your operators first, stage after 3-7 is the boss. you shouldn't necessarily be spearheading progression like this because it can be one hell of a slog

[rancid ridge]

im broke

and where can i farm battle records quickly?

[kindred rose]

Tactical Drill in supplies
LMD and battle record stages are useless after you build the base to produce lmd/records but their good early game ig

[narrow pendant]

*are useless

[rancid ridge]

how much should i promote them before progressing more and where do i get the mats

[kindred rose]

(E1 = 1st promotion)
(E2 = 2nd promotion)
E1 40+ or 50+ is mostly more than enough for a decent bit if you get the hang of the gameplay (at least in my experience of using alts)

materials are in past stages, some are probably unavailable in which case you're going to have to craft them through the crafting room in the base (you have to build the crafting room first)

I'd also recommend removing thorns from your team since he's useless without his third skill from E2 (he's also washed)

[rancid ridge]

everything that isnt in my team is lvl 1 but 1 medic

[glass monolith]

Level cost resets with promotion, and promotion itself give 0 stats, only skills/talent changes

[rancid ridge]

idt i wanna remove thorns

[kindred rose]

if you like him don't remove him, just enjoy the game
if you wanna continue a bit faster though, show me screenshots of who you own so I can figure out a substitute for thorns

[rancid ridge]

just 4-6* yes?

[kindred rose]

yes

[kindred rose]

not a lot to go by, damn
at this point I'd just recommend a 3 star like popukar or midnight. 3 stars only need LMD for promotion anyway so it's cheap

[kindred rose]

one thing I forgot to mention. assuming you've been playing with borrowed operators from the support system often, you won't be able to autodeploy certain stages so you'll have to redo them legitimately to access autodeploy

[rancid ridge]

ik that

[glass monolith]

if you fail stage write me 100 words esse of how man with Ines and Tragodia can fail stage

Outside maybe any gimmick with enemy needing 2-3 block to be stopped rushing multiple lanes

[astral cosmos]

trag s1 is a choice

[glass monolith]

Thanks for reminding I am yet to do IS Archetto + Tragodia S1 IS run

[mystic elbow]

I don’t think I have excellent operators. Please tell me how can I beat them.

What’s the strategy you think I should do?

[glass monolith]

How much life points

And on low difficulty boss very push over

like 120k base hp

[mystic elbow]

Oh. Wait. Let me check how many life points

20 life points

[glass monolith]

Should be fine

I would ask #is-station to be sure, idon't have much experience with IS in general or ed1, but i would just drop ascalon on left (mostly trash mobs) while everything else pile on boss in middle. If you kill boss phases quick right side barely joins fight

[random field]

yall, i might be just dumb but i need hella help, im so hardstuck at 7-9, after hours even with tuts, i cannot get close to the end 🙏

[foggy grove]

What do you have

Easiest solution is borrowing mountain

[worn root]

@narrow pendant you happy now

Here's the strat btw

[glass monolith]

I love how I took "ground" squad to recruit clown car of hyper discounted ranged specialists (and "guard" medicmiya)

[worn root]

Specialist knights time lmao

[glass monolith]

Go go Thorns2 S2

[worn root]

Thorns2 spamming s2 upwards to heal the op that's blocking yi

[wet tangle]

need help

5-5

[worn root]

Borrow wisadel tragodia

[wet tangle]

no i want to beat legit

[worn root]

You have gravel?

Oh I see her on the squad

Any other fast redeploys (executors)

You can use them to bait the bomb drones

[fringe solstice]

It isn't too bad. Just need to adjust positioning. You want more dps middle

[foggy grove]

put all your blocker in the middle

[wet tangle]

no

[wet tangle]

i did they just died

i can't outheal the big guys

[spice mortar]

Don't use cardigan

Spot better

Other than that leizi e2 or something

[wet tangle]

i don't have her e2

[spice mortar]

Yeah, go do it

[foggy grove]

s2

[wet tangle]

i can't

[foggy grove]

skill 2,he typo

[wet tangle]

oh ok

[spice mortar]

Sure

[foggy grove]

burst them down with leizi s2 while ptilo make sure your blocker alive with s2

something like this

[wet tangle]

issue would now be before that and keeping them alive

imma try anyways

[foggy grove]

what's killing you before then

bait the bomb with gravel

[wet tangle]

the big guys

they overwhelm me and i can't outheal 3 of them

ok leveled spot to e1 lv20

[foggy grove]

i said burst them down

[wet tangle]

this is what i have

[wet tangle]

how do you defend the right side there?

[wet tangle]

will try that as well

[foggy grove]

they all funnel to blez lane

we have about the same unit level

[wet tangle]

ok thx

skill level might be a dif

[foggy grove]

you can use spot on right lane if needed

also kroos alter s2 can melt the butcher

[wet tangle]

shouldn't she be targetting the other side drones?

[foggy grove]

the drone will circle around it's fine

[neat jay]

What's the strat here? D6

Only wisadel use S3, other 6s used S2 skill

[daring idol]

Does Gravel is one of those few and rare really good 5* ?

Or she's dogwater

[foggy grove]

gravel is 4*

[daring idol]

Ah

And is she good ?

[neat jay]

For stalling

[foggy grove]

cheap thicc bait

[daring idol]

That means ?

[foggy grove]

look at her s2,she has thicc hp so you can drop her to stall enemy for awhile

*a shortwhile

[daring idol]

Yeah she's thicc but i dont see the point about our conversation

Aaah

Thicc in HPs

My bad

[void terrace]

Whelp all masteries done

Whoever thought of zuo le soloing yi on the red box is genius

I swear even on difficulty 10 as long as you have decent relics zuo le can just keep spamming his barrier to tank yi and the explosions

Just block with radian summons on one side if he is low

[worn root]

I prefer using ulpi + glad, it's more safer

[void terrace]

Too mant tickets for me tho

Zuo just takes 2 guard

I mean most people run exia too

Exia can jusg sheild zuo and herself and heal through the bombs

[worn root]

Eh, it's pretty easy to get both with tourist squad

[wanton torrent]

Hello chat, i need opinion. If i want to replace fang, what is the best replacement for her?
Maybe u guys can give me some tips for my all rounder squad?
Thankyou

[dim gyro]

There's Texas

[wanton torrent]

i dont have it yet, 5 star texas right?

[dim gyro]

Yep

[wanton torrent]

not the omertosa?

[dim gyro]

5 star texas is the same pioneer vanguard as fang

[wanton torrent]

i felt like i need a good caster, low cost maybe can be an aoe unit

u have tips?

[pure orchid]

lava lol

[dim gyro]

Lava has a 3 and 5 star version too, I'm pretty sure

[elder flume]

Lava or Pudding ye

Myrtle S1

[dim gyro]

Is 5* lava just an upgrade? Never used either

[pure orchid]

an upgrade sure, but more costly and still does roughly the same thing

like buying a car for the price of 2 cheaper ones, but still getting stuck in traffic

[dim gyro]

Real

[foggy grove]

wis is your aoe unit

don't need caster when you have several units with good dph

[wanton torrent]

i know that wis aoe unit, but still its expensive on early

im still at chapter 5, in the future i think i cant play wis more frequently

[foggy grove]

what

[wanton torrent]

yes?

[foggy grove]

you have myrtle and on not dog rush you can literally open with wis

[wanton torrent]

i played fang and myrtle on early

and defend with kross

[foggy grove]

switch myrtle to s1

[wanton torrent]

s2 is bad?

[foggy grove]

yes

don't get too fixated opening with vanguard

[wanton torrent]

alright thanks for the tips man

[odd forge]

Meta ops

[neat jay]

care to share that strat, what are the mandatory relics for ZuoLe?

[narrow pendant]

Yes my dear
Thank you

[red cosmos]

I have tried going for the 3rd Ending 2 times. Both failed by not having medics. T_T

[glass monolith]

Have you tried having medics

[worn root]

you only rlly need 1 healer

I used lumen

but I think quercus is the better choice in healer

[glass monolith]

(Drags perfumer out)

[pure orchid]

the humble yanese wanderer medic named purestream:

[worn root]

I find it funny that the dot relic can actually heal ulpianis

[red cosmos]

If the game doesn't wanna give it to me? I literally got medic voucher only at the end of both runs and had no hope to recruit them neither

[red cosmos]

Are u fr? Lmao

[glass monolith]

Sadly playing Yan is not on my list, especially when Purestream and Sora are only ones I actively using

[worn root]

an aegir and an idol

wonder what you get when you put them together

[somber falcon]

Well then that's that, do another run

[worn root]

purestream is free lmao

[red cosmos]

E0 lmao

[worn root]

same

[glass monolith]

I abused Purestream Status resistance once

[pure orchid]

dont abuse purestream

[glass monolith]

Don't worry I abused resistance. To abuse old man with ventilation issue (Jess alter boss)

[red cosmos]

The Ideal run would be at least have
Myrtle
Enchilada
Shu
Wisadel
Laptop
Eyja Alter
Mon3tr
Raidian
Exia alter
Ascalon

[glass monolith]

Ideal run of what

[worn root]

ending 3 ig

[red cosmos]

Yep

And want to do it with the Bureau squad for s3m3

[pure orchid]

an ideal run has raidian and a dps on f2

[worn root]

raidian is the dps

[pure orchid]

ehh nah

most often shes the tank

[glass monolith]

She is "Where the F is deployment slot upgrades in this shit mode"

[worn root]

just play summonsers better smh

[pure orchid]

true...

[void terrace]

Err red mask is very good

But honestly any relics that buff hp are enough

This video is e1 zuole on difficulty 9, just to demonstrate the positioning

At e2 he easily survives the nukes

[void terrace]

Is wis s2 worth m3ing btw

I feel like im using it a lot in is6

[narrow pendant]

Yes

Has been since her release

[void terrace]

Fak gonna wait till i get more gel and rock

Somehow burned through blue rock supply without noticing...m

[glass monolith]

Should have bitch slapped Yi and advance to D2 instead

[worn root]

skill issue

[glass monolith]

Time to Chen Spinage... As Ranged -2 hope squad because voucher RNG is bi-

[buoyant nimbus]

is it possible to have Wisadel carry JT8-3

[elder flume]

dont Arf have a vid on Wis carry

prob only in this channel and not uploaded iirc

mine is more aggressive to skip phase 1 and break phase 2 killgate while Arf is slower but safer

[buoyant nimbus]

he didnt do JT8-2 or JT8-3

[elder flume]

.

[buoyant nimbus]

the red line on every video

oh i guess he didnt upload it

thank you

[agile ember]

can someone help me go through the general gist of beating ed3 on d10?

[solar kernel]

I’ll ask

A simple question.

What does Guard Amiya need.

[glass monolith]

We have #is-station and some enjoyers probably in other chats, personally can't even beat d1 lmao kek skill isse

[solar kernel]

For her to be usable

I wanna use Guard amiya

[elder flume]

a brain

[solar kernel]

Specifically bc of her skin

But I also dont want her to just

Be a boss killer

[glass monolith]

Deployable ground tile and enemy in range

[solar kernel]

Who can I pair her up with

[glass monolith]

Arts guard as boss killer, in this economy?

[solar kernel]

Yk whats

Pissing me off

They gave her +8 ASPD

when she’s not blocking

But she’s fucking 1 tile

[glass monolith]

[solar kernel]

Does she even hit multiple

enemies

within her range

no that doesn’t matter anyways

Cuz she has to NOT be blocking

[narrow pendant]

She doesnt

[solar kernel]

Great to know

[sonic willow]

Guardmiyadespair

[solar kernel]

If ONLY

[buoyant nimbus]

oh how do i get jaye or who can i replace him with

[solar kernel]

They didnt put the stupid fucking

One time use

On her s2s

[narrow pendant]

Frd tag in recruit

[solar kernel]

she would’ve been somewhat usable

In alot of stages

[buoyant nimbus]

what tag

[narrow pendant]

Frd

[buoyant nimbus]

Forward?

[narrow pendant]

Fast redeploy

[buoyant nimbus]

oh haha

[solar kernel]

Thats a stupid abbreviation

Ngl

[narrow pendant]

Or can also specialist

[buoyant nimbus]

cant i replace with another frd

[narrow pendant]

Its standard

[elder flume]

anyone with 40s and under redeploy timer

[glass monolith]

If they did that players would have fun. We don't do that here

[solar kernel]

At least

Her medic form

Actually

Thats FUCKED UP

[glass monolith]

Yeet herself into afterlife but yea fair point

[solar kernel]

WHY IS HER MEDIC FORM THE BEST ONE

FOR DPS

😭

[buoyant nimbus]

how do i check redeploy times

[solar kernel]

Umm

[elder flume]

https://puppiizsunniiz.github.io

[buoyant nimbus]

appreciate it

[solar kernel]

Check their redeploy time?

[somber falcon]

go into practice and retreat them

[solar kernel]

No no

You can literally check

Their redeploy time

Its in their stats

[glass monolith]

Uh... Yes, except it is obscure word instead seconds. And talents/modules add seconds here and there, and then multiplicative IS relics SA talent and now everything on fire

[buoyant nimbus]

this is a scam it says average but its all 70s

[elder flume]

that is the average rdp time yes'

[somber falcon]

if everyone is 70 then yeah that's the average

[maiden hound]

robots take 3 minutes to redeploy

[solar kernel]

Oooh right

I forgot

It says

Slow

Lmao

I checked my Amiya’s redeploy time

[buoyant nimbus]

damn i aint got a 40s

hmm

[glass monolith]

Gravel

[maiden hound]

raise wildmane mod3

[glass monolith]

If you somehow don't have gravel you unlikely to be far enough to care about gravel

[maiden hound]

mod3 only got her to 45s nevermind

[glass monolith]

Oh wait you on jt8-3, gravel, now

[elder flume]

damn your imgur is taking a lot to load

but ye you have Bean

[glass monolith]

#strategy message just Mitm

[buoyant nimbus]

I have an idea

[elder flume]

worst case scenario can even use Raidian

Bean E0 will still need you to cycle Yato

[wet tangle]

still can't beat it, they do too much dmg

[solar kernel]

Cant believe this stage was hard

[elder flume]

thoughts on putting Blaze Lappland before Leizi Gravel Raidian ?

[solar kernel]

Show

[elder flume]

ig if u can survive 25s then Leizi S2 can hold for a bit

[solar kernel]

Yea I understand what you meant

[wet tangle]

idk how i did it

but it's done

[worn root]

She is indeed a professional at breeding

[void terrace]

I msan she literally just exists for her 60% arts dodge

If you can pair her with someone like exia or a strong healer to cover her downtime

Her s1 invalidates a lot of arts bosses

[solar kernel]

Exia?

[void terrace]

Exia alter

For her barrier on s2

[solar kernel]

You mean

[solar kernel]

…

[void terrace]

To sheild her downtime

[solar kernel]

Ok thats

Yk thats a good idea and all

[void terrace]

I mean if you wanna use her

[solar kernel]

The problem is

Well Im not really using her

Am I

Im just

[void terrace]

Yeah.....

[solar kernel]

Exusiai

[void terrace]

I really feel you

[solar kernel]

With amiya

[void terrace]

I mean nightingale

[solar kernel]

Being buffed

[void terrace]

Works to just absolutely meme on arts bosses

[solar kernel]

BRO

WHY DID THEY GIVE HER

1 BLOCK

GIVE HER 2 DAWG

[void terrace]

Her whole point is to isolate an arts boss

[solar kernel]

😭

[void terrace]

And duel

[solar kernel]

Her entire purpose

[void terrace]

She cant tank multiple enemies

[solar kernel]

Is to be the main character

Thats literally her kit

[void terrace]

So she just survives a 1v1 against the boss

[solar kernel]

Funny enough

She’s

A really good

Boss killer

I wish I can use her with Chen

But I dont have Chen

The dual sword dance is pretty cool

When you pull it off

[void terrace]

I mean i masteried her s1 not s2

Caus i masteried medicmiya s2

Shes my emergecy 1 block in is

Hmmmm

Actually

She might be able to 1v1 yi

With good rng

And good relics

In theory she can dodge half of the arts explosions from his summons

[maiden hound]

dodge coin

[void terrace]

How about dodge coin PLUS amiya

[maiden hound]

yeah that's the shit

[void terrace]

Also interesting use for radian summons

By stallint the mice in the bottom you can always kill the statue giest for more ignots

[spice thicket]

I didn’t include characters with lower lvls

[torn ice]

Exu kill mini boss while ray nuke the big guy (should take 2/3 tries

You can have the other leveled 6 stars cover the other slots except siege and blaze and instead put medics

You probably can replace one defender with myrtle

And just spam the plateform to nerf enemies defenses

While ray kill the boss

[spice thicket]

Thanks man

I’ll attempt later, my brain is not functioning properly rn

[void terrace]

Zuo le vs yi no red mask

Honestly the sp reduction coin is busted as hell

This is difficulty 11

Honestly not sure if this will hold up at max difficulty but maybe with good relics

[light falcon]

He can kill himself faster than the boss can and hes not even dead

Zuo le is awesome

[void terrace]

Lmao real

1 hp zuo le with 15k barrier

[glass monolith]

Remind me, Haruka can bubble unhealable ops for DR, right?

[void terrace]

Err can she?

Problem is sanctuary dosent stack

So zuo dosent benefit from it

[glass monolith]

zuo has sanctuary?

[void terrace]

Wait nvm

Confusing with hellagur lmao

I mean why not just silence alter then

[glass monolith]

Who is Hellagur, I know only Pogranichnik

[void terrace]

She provides stupid sanctuary on s2 and zuo never has hp

So full 70% sanctuary

[scarlet fulcrum]

Zuo has it with mod X

[void terrace]

Righttt knew i wasnt tripping

[glass monolith]

Yea just i think i am not skilled enough to bring Silence alter into IS6 (Cough, 10 fucking guard vouchers, cough)

[void terrace]

I mean exia is enough

Just use s2 and cancel early

For a shit ton of sheild

[glass monolith]

Dont have, and i don't like all those meta crap

[void terrace]

Hmmmmmmmm

[scarlet fulcrum]

Why zuo le then lmao

[glass monolith]

I will figure or die on floor 4 to TOoC

[void terrace]

No healing required

Constant barrier instead of hp

[scarlet fulcrum]

They said no meta unit

[void terrace]

Zuo le isnt meta

[scarlet fulcrum]

???

[void terrace]

Since when did he get meta status XD

Enemities are rarely meta

[scarlet fulcrum]

Man certain channel bias spread wildly

[glass monolith]

Zuo is just strong as fuck if enemy stunable / blockable + can't down him between S3 or something

[pure orchid]

zuo le sucks

[glass monolith]

Which is why every other stage is 3 lane cancer with flying enemies and 10 tile range casters

[void terrace]

Lmao

Zuo is broken if he can solo an enemy

Thats the problem

He has to solo the enemy AND not get ganked by a million other BS

His s3 is very fun tho

Its what chen s3 should have been

[glass monolith]

Chen probably seen Amiya guard S2 having bigger range got depressed and pulled up (water)shotgun

[rancid ridge]

the mortar guys just kill everyone 💔 how may i deal with them

[kindred rose]

you can block them and either kill them quickly or stall them
if not that then you can deploy a defender somewhere off to the side so the mortars target only them

[rancid ridge]

ok

[sonic willow]

park a guard there and eat them

[rancid ridge]

woohoo!

[void terrace]

Damn why is guardmiyas module so ass

I kinda wanna upgrade it

But its genuinely so bad

Couldnt they have given her res ignore or somethin....

[glass monolith]

It will have revenge on you in chapter 7

[rancid ridge]

do we really need spoilers

[glass monolith]

welcome to arknigths i guess, and it was just reference to stage for 5 years ago, people spoil content from CN within rules (no story spoilers - Enemy/Operators/Stages are fair game)

[sonic willow]

Yeah... Trash Mob reappearance too mild to count as spoiler

[hazy sinew]

you will have bigger problems by then don't worry

[twin sedge]

Yall are there any easy strategies for is3 cuz i wanna get till lvl 155 in it for the background but i heard it's rng hell

[glass monolith]

Not "really", IS3 has fun dice mechanic, which just rolls whatever and screws you. And then if you not 100% light you can roll curse, which just hit random operators and screw you over, unless it is hyper specific curse hitting hyper specific operators to be hidden buff for them

[void terrace]

Just take hoderer/ some centurion and pray

[topaz stag]

Anyone have a low level low star team for dh 5? The videos I saw have 3 star operators but they’re all e1 55

[void terrace]

Yeah thats the lowest team

They are auto rpomoted to e1

Just raise em

[topaz stag]

Bruh

I do not have the exp mats for this

[spring chasm]

Please don't post unnecessary media in their channel

[void terrace]

What ops you have

Also do you have 5 star e2 promotion

[topaz stag]

This is the load out I’m using rn

[topaz stag]

I have the consumable e2 promotion item

[glass monolith]

Maybe having more than 1 sticker equipped would assist in that event gimmick

[topaz stag]

Multiple stickers is op

+200 damage lol

[pearl sorrel]

tips on beating this IS6 stage (calamitous punishment)? specifically how should i be placing tragodia/raidian (or melee ops if thats even possible) if i don't have crazy burst with wisadel/nukers

[narrow pendant]

U kinda just take the L

[glass monolith]

First time i got that stage i managed to kill 3 dragons, then i just explode

[shell pawn]

So uh, could anyone give some tips for Jt8-3

[worn root]

have a way to tank the fireballs

either nightingale s3 or logos s3 to delete them

[sterile delta]

bring two frds to bait the burning breath attack and block fireballs

[glass monolith]

Or glory to Mitm and pet spawning trash to bait burns

[vivid rain]

Wtf hoederer recc outside is5

[void terrace]

🫠

[void terrace]

Exia on the tile next to the good stove

And just keep throwing bodies at the fks

Exia and wis are just needed for this

[void terrace]

Use it on a good 5 star

Ploz consult someone before you do

[molten ridge]

Does anyone have any advice for DV-EX-8? I kept getting nuked by the boss or the robot at boss second phase

[void terrace]

Whats your team

[worn root]

Just car better

[molten ridge]

Is there any website to simulate a battle or nah?

[maiden hound]

only simulate enemy path

you have practice mode no?

[worn root]

Practice mode kinda useless now

[molten ridge]

Ig i try it out, but my trag usually gets wiped out by the aoe attack of the boss if i try to kill the robot one by one

[worn root]

Exu2 s2 shields

[foggy grove]

the map wide attack get weaker the more unit you have in the field

[molten ridge]

i try out

[trail halo]

Any idea of how defeating final boss, for me it'd practically imposible

[unkempt lintel]

what final boss???

[foggy grove]

the final boss duh

[unkempt lintel]

oh the final boss... i see

[sonic willow]

The last one

[worn root]

Get gud, idfk

[wet tangle]

need help with this

[daring idol]

Is Wild Mane worth E2 ?

[worn root]

Not rlly

[daring idol]

By that you mean it's not worth most of the time but can do a bit of work depending of the level ?

Or she's just shit

[brisk chasm]

This

[daring idol]

Just got Ascalon on Leizi banner
I know she's a 6* so the question " is she worth " might be dumb maybe but just wondering what are her strenght and weakness

[foggy grove]

she is pretty worth

s2 is huge movement speed debuff while doing decent dps and dot

[worn root]

Strengths: really good crowd control with s2 and has amazing dot, s1 is also worth looking at because it's an afk skill

Weaknesses: ethan exists

[foggy grove]

wut

ethan does not even compare unless he has morbillion speed

[daring idol]

Faster than Saga ?

[worn root]

Counterpoint, ethan is a free 4 star operator meaning he is cheap af to build up and he can bind (although rng based but it isn't as bad on skill 2)

Then again ascalon is alr good at e1 so it's whatever

[pure orchid]

ethan is a “you get what you pay for” case in front of ascalon

hes good but lets not forget that ascalon basically took all the good parts from every ambusher and put it in her own kit

thats mizuki’s dmg, ethan’s dot, and manticore’s slow

no, kirara does not exist, tho maybe you can make an argument for asca s3

[void terrace]

Asca s2 has a lot of uses

Even in high difficulty scenarios

Her s2 becomes a very vital slow tool

Shes not flashy but with tragodia

She enables some very hot stalling bullshit since you never have to block

It surprisingly invalidates a lot of bosses

[daring idol]

Here my actual team'( I'm playing since like 1,5 week so i dont know shit )

Just wanting to know if there's something i could change right now

[unkempt lintel]

way too many vg

[daring idol]

What is a vg

[unkempt lintel]

would ditch texas and vanilla

[unkempt lintel]

vanguards

[daring idol]

For who ?

[void terrace]

Why ditch texas tho

Better than fang

[unkempt lintel]

i dont know ur roster, ideally dpses

[unkempt lintel]

fang is more cost effective

[void terrace]

Eeh texas can pseudo guard

In very early game

Plus stun

[unkempt lintel]

and then she died to a mf dogs

[foggy grove]

just forget texas

you can use noir+myrtle

[narrow pendant]

Texas sucks thats why

[unkempt lintel]

where ur tequila and krooster?

[unkempt lintel]

if u have read the beginners guide here they are actually recommended to grab

[daring idol]

Didn't have one

[unkempt lintel]

u get them yeah, they are rewards in certain side stories

esp tequila , he will be one of ur burst dps

[daring idol]

Hmm

Instead of Texas ?

[unkempt lintel]

yeh thats 3-1 in favor of ditching texas

[daring idol]

And Doberman is'nt good for that ?

[unkempt lintel]

doberman is also a terrible op

[daring idol]

Bro i feel like 99% of ops are terrible

[maiden hound]

it's more like 90%

[unkempt lintel]

if we adhere meta then yeh u would see a lot of terrible ops

but then again if u can make it work it would work

[daring idol]

Broca is shii ?

[unkempt lintel]

for example, its not like texas is unusable... but she have factors why she is not appealing

1. 5 star kinda expensive to raise, esp for a pioneer vanguard
2. one of lower rarity op, fang, is also the same branch... and can actually get the job done.. while costing lesser resources to raise

[unkempt lintel]

some can make him work but eh

[unkempt lintel]

also if u backread a little one recommended noir corne( 2 star defender)

coz that bish take too little resources, and can actually work as an early stage body that hold some waves of enemies while u wait for ur dp or something

[daring idol]

I see

I replaced my 2nd tank by Reidian also
Since she just can spawn 3 tanks

[unkempt lintel]

ahh yeh her s1 can be tanky

but rly havent tested its capabilities, atm i only see reports

[daring idol]

I see hm

I dont have noir corne but i will look at when i'll have them

[unkempt lintel]

u can continue using ops u want but the peeps here will recommend the optimal units yeh

[daring idol]

( Also pardon my french, Noir Corne means Black Horn in french )

( But more like Horn black since the words are in wrong order )

[sonic willow]

Courier > texas 🙏

[unkempt lintel]

courier is actually a neat cheap to raise pioneer if ur avoiding fang for some reason

[worn root]

SPEED UP!!!!

[daring idol]

Why not just using him along Fang ?

[unkempt lintel]

coz u have myrtle already , and e1

i would just keep using myrtle, and raise fang

while pioneer can block while dp generating, flagbearers(like myrtle) are actually good for generating chunky dps(if u play pvz, sunflowers yeh)

[daring idol]

I see i see

And Myrtle has decent dmg

[lofty stag]

Dmg????

Myrtle ain’t meant for dmg

[unkempt lintel]

no

u use her to generate dp

and that dp generated will help u to plop down ur dpses

[daring idol]

Yeah but
Idk
At my story level she can hit pretty much

[elder flume]

Maxed Courier 435 atk vs maxed Myrtle 520 atk
Checks out

[daring idol]

So Courrier is ultra weak ?

[elder flume]

Nah Courier is mostly meant to tank with more def

Early game you can do anything tbh

[elder flume]

Tho i hate having slow dp skills

Myrtle -8 after 8s +14 +4 = 10 dp first deploy
Courier -10 after 17s +9 +5 = 4 dp first deploy

Hmm

[daring idol]

E2 lvl 80 Myrtle vs lvl 40 mobs no ? XD

[sonic willow]

Courier pass the dog check

[unkempt lintel]

geeez the flag can rly hit huh

[craggy heron]

Myrtle with the stat of Hoe

[sonic willow]

what's the farmable mat in hoshi2 event

[teal moon]

you can just use the /cnfarm command in #bot-spam

[sonic willow]

ohh thanks

[sly drift]

They really need to give Raidian mod for general stage. The kit is nice but 16 cost, 3 deploy limit and every deploy cost deployment slot indeed feels like shit

[elder flume]

cheaper than Ling

[sly drift]

Ling block though.. it kinda help with enemy passing through

[austere skiff]

do new main story chapters release with an event shop sort of thing or nah

[sly drift]

No.. probably

[elder flume]

Raidian S2 then

[sly drift]

I don't really remember

[austere skiff]

Wait this is strategy why am I here