is-station

[woeful knot]

maybe i should ask poly for help

[mint onyx]

ok anyway

[halcyon flame]

so you dont care about rerolling in talons or lamp

[mint onyx]

whats my build prio for is6

[woeful knot]

stupid ass botlane

[halcyon flame]

do d16

[mint onyx]

i have the 6stars covered

[halcyon flame]

its unrionically easier

because you have access to evoluation

evolution

[severe oasis]

d16 almsot made is3 fun

[mint onyx]

its not easier because i often forget i have it and accidentally freeze some really important op for 15 seconds

[severe oasis]

then you go past that

[halcyon flame]

anyway guess waht i cooked

for d18 IS4

[severe oasis]

i want to do d18 sent im sure it will be peak

[halcyon flame]

ELITES ARE NOW CC IMMUNE FOR 20 SECONDS

NO MORE CC CHAINING

YOU WILL BE OVERRUN

[severe oasis]

memory issue

get this checked out!

[halcyon flame]

on d16 you geuinely want metasstatic

and frozen is the worse

[mint onyx]

anyways

[severe oasis]

i wonder if d18 is4 will be a thing before is7

[mint onyx]

who do i build for is6

[halcyon flame]

it will be

is6 still needs expand 2

likley will get expand 2 and d18 around the same timte

like with is3 d18 and is5 expand 2

[severe oasis]

true

surely 1 month then or whatever

[mint onyx]

what about is2 d18

[severe oasis]

shut up

[woeful anchor]

help me figurw out highmorb laterans instead

‼️

[mint onyx]

but i thought you guys looooove statbloat

[severe oasis]

is2 d15 is already completely diabolical

[sinful sparrow]

shut up pregnant male

🫃

[severe oasis]

anyway who care about is2

[sinful sparrow]

alyss pinging me for ts is cringe

[woeful knot]

nuh uh

[sinful sparrow]

🥀

actual senz tier

sloppiness

[mint onyx]

people care about is5 somehow

[sinful sparrow]

😢

[mint onyx]

im sure theres is2 fans

[severe oasis]

is5 has like, mechanics

[woeful knot]

bait is gonna be holding on to the whale account for a month now

[severe oasis]

both r shit anyway

[woeful knot]

hes gonna crash out

[sinful sparrow]

@senz give me ur OE gdoll 😇

[woeful knot]

get ur own :realmad:

this is my well earned gdoll

[halcyon flame]

maybe dont be a goober then

[sinful sparrow]

i never make fun of people like that 😇

[inland elbow]

d15 is3 is way more interesting thna d16

[severe oasis]

can i use ray in is6

[halcyon flame]

no

[stray dove]

Ed4 and Ed5 are fun for me

[halcyon flame]

i

[severe oasis]

what the FUCK

[halcyon flame]

no

[sinful sparrow]

at least not anymore
i am too tired for ts 🥀

[halcyon flame]

i fucking

tried

i really did

[stray dove]

Ed2 was also interesting

[halcyon flame]

I RELALY FUCKING TRIED

THE ENTIRE IS6 DESIGN

IS AGAINST HER

[severe oasis]

what is their problem

[sinful sparrow]

ST damage when i slap furniture on half the maps:

[inland elbow]

curing rejections was neccesary for how stat bloated d18 gets, but it's just a bad thing to have put into is3 overall imo

[sinful sparrow]

Nice damage ray

😇

[woeful anchor]

u suck

[crimson nest]

1 whole dmg per hit

How broken

[woeful knot]

later !!

when i finish this

im on the 45/52 stretch

[severe oasis]

i finally got ray after like a bit more than a year of pulling random bullshit standard banners and not getting her, and i dont evne know where to use her atp

[prime mountain]

Go back to a world where is4 is still relevant just dont use the new units 🤫

[severe oasis]

real..

[sinful sparrow]

ew IS4

i hope u explode

[severe oasis]

unfortunately ive already touched is4 with exu so i dont know if i can go back anymore

[sinful sparrow]

💢

[mint onyx]

do aak start

i did it once

[severe oasis]

what is your problme

[mint onyx]

hes funny

and hes a geek

[severe oasis]

you're funny looking

[sinful sparrow]

is4 is like ingots talons
slop

[mint onyx]

and i think i killed my medic once by accident

with his s3

[woeful anchor]

clear 390

[mint onyx]

instead of hitting degen

[woeful anchor]

gogogo

[mint onyx]

cuz i forgot he shoots in straight line first and not by deployment prio

[woeful anchor]

ur so slop

[mint onyx]

in other words is4 is like is5

slop

but is4 isnt slop tho

[inland elbow]

is4 is slop

[mint onyx]

its definately the most balanced and fair imo

i still like is3 more

[sinful sparrow]

i will clear 375 and u will like it

😇

i got to 365 last one

[languid barn]

Lmao, Ros Module solo entire this cancer stage

[sinful sparrow]

damn how broken is IS mod against 3+ year old content

🙀

[steel relic]

solo

look inside

3 redeploy timers

[stray dove]

its D15 is no joke though, especially with some cursed+reinforced+manuscript combos

[severe oasis]

its just pure stat blooat theres no skill

so shit

[stray dove]

and so are most ISs in max diff once you get map knowledge

[severe oasis]

map knowledge directly translates to skill in a sense

[stray dove]

i guess

[severe oasis]

broad term though

[prime mountain]

Bros endfield has a release date

we're winning

[severe oasis]

is there IS in endfield

[prime mountain]

Idk bro

[steel relic]

[sullen temple]

what 6 stars are best for is2/is3/is4

[crimson nest]

Wis exualt trag

[stray dove]

the only thing making me interested in Endfield's release is

to have some fucking AK PC news at all

[sullen temple]

is tragodia that good in is

[errant siren]

You can basically stall the fucking boss at same place without release

How do think it wouldn't be broken?

[prime mountain]

real

[sullen temple]

i mean dont most is bosses not move that much anyway

[stray dove]

you're forgetting about everything else that ain't those bosses...

do not forget. most runs end in a non-boss fight

[sullen temple]

oh yeah i guess so

[errant siren]

You can make them move backwards and dies in some shitty place.

[sullen temple]

so what about ops other than exialter wisadel and tragodia ig

[crimson nest]

He literally mogs all is3 boss

:icant:

[errant siren]

Rosm

https://tenor.com/view/rosmontis-arknights-gif-23832113

[sullen temple]

is rosmontis only good in is5 or is she also good in others

[errant siren]

In IS2 broken af

[stray dove]

her module's pretty good still. But is she worth 10 hope? Most likely depends on the IS's meta

[errant siren]

@sullen temple just watch here

It's basically her gameplay.

[sullen temple]

how that many refrigerators tho i can never get that many or am i just doing something wrong

what skill is best

[errant siren]

S2

And S1 if Spinach+Chocolate Pasta and lots of ATK.

[sullen temple]

ah i was using s3 this whole time 💀

[stray dove]

it's called redep spamming snipers/casters

[errant siren]

[sullen temple]

oh yeah

how do people get such high attack speed in is

[woeful anchor]

wat most bosses mov tho

[errant siren]

Chalice

[stray dove]

Chalice. Or in IS3's case, Flashing Swords

man, i love that relic

since it's already a given for high diff and ending 3-4 to have multiple cursed relics

[arctic panther]

theres also class specific relics that increase attack speed

[stray dove]

mostly for Snipers

[arctic panther]

(divine speed my beloved)

[arctic panther]

https://tenor.com/view/wisadel-waltuh-w-walter-arknights-gif-3812010922944326354

(but with s2 instead)

[stray dove]

i mean even with absurd ASPD

it really depends on the map and relics if you'd use her S2 or S3

always reminded of the guys who helped me around here that OOC is the only time you'd S2 in IS3

[woeful knot]

there's still some maps and/or relic situations where you can use it

[solemn beacon]

[pastel saffron]

is it possible to get is3 end3/4 encounter on f3?

[flint token]

If DPH and flying arent an issue s2 is better than s3

otherwise s3

[solemn beacon]

You need to beat the knight or para to unlock the next area

[woeful knot]

yes

thats the furthest you can get them

[flint token]

100 pulls and no leizi

ggwp

on an unrelated note im orundum farming

[empty gulch]

which IS?

[errant siren]

[fickle jungle]

Damn caught lacking in 4k

[woeful anchor]

caught not reading

EN syndrome

[rotund copper]

They almost cracked me

Praise be Tragodia

[gaunt bay]

Trag should be on s2 for this

[rotund copper]

He died too quickly on that couldn't make use of his cat

• I got some relics that made his s3 only cost 24sp

[chrome tangle]

How was he dying

S2 to stall le kings

[rotund copper]

aoe duh

this is just my second time trying this ending I'm in panic mode

[gaunt bay]

[chrome tangle]

I think its worth trying to understand what the bosses do

[rotund copper]

I died on my first try despite having 250 aspd mon3tr

[chrome tangle]

That means nothing

Tbh

[rotund copper]

no shit it doesn't allow me to read enemy stats on my first encounter

[chrome tangle]

You could use tomimi

To find the stage

In pins

[rotund copper]

be for real

[chrome tangle]

I am being for real

[rotund copper]

• 150% true dmg

I didn't know which one has res or def

Couldn't redeploy mon3tr back to other side fast enough

[chrome tangle]

https://tomimi.dev/en/stages/ISW-DF_Sands_of_Time

Ideally you have a solution for both sides

[gaunt bay]

Read Love in Sami

Standard yellow solve is mlynar cycle

Red king is more varied but you have lemon and trag there

Both work

[chrome tangle]

Nymph for Red

🫦

[inner anchor]

My fellow IS masochist

How ass is IS 6

[remote badger]

handless

[inner anchor]

Handless like its just afk shit?

[remote badger]

means there is no more hand relics

[inner anchor]

Aah fair

How about the enemies or stages or boss

[remote badger]

no idea

ask cube or euthy

[sonic sable]

Any is6 viability tier list?

[woeful anchor]

its piss easy from wat i heard

[icy lake]

good news: the stall works
bad news: i fucked it up (my dumbass forgot he does it 3 times)

[gaunt bay]

can someone with leizi pots add me

[steel relic]

How many

[gaunt bay]

idk

some

[steel relic]

I could buy the tokens in red certs for pot 2

[gaunt bay]

preferably p4

🥹

[steel relic]

[gaunt bay]

idk bruh its already hard enough justifying drafting her outside of is6 to begin with

[pastel saffron]

when IS5 came out it was capped at d15 right and d18 came later iirc?

[steel relic]

Yes

[gaunt bay]

ya

d18 was expansion 2

[pastel saffron]

I just have to leak the flying guy here if I have e1 wis start right?

[stray moss]

e1 you mean?

[pastel saffron]

yes e1

[stray moss]

if she can proc her stun which is alr asking for a lot

[errant siren]

Difficulty?

[pastel saffron]

d7

But I had it d18 last time

and I had to leak those guys

figured I'd ask now

[errant siren]

Steward should be enough to takedown all.

[pastel saffron]

I started with vg sniper spec

damn I should have taken beanstalk

[errant siren]

[pastel saffron]

[errant siren]

Then it's -2, unless Wis talent procc nearby

[gaunt bay]

just get lucky and proc talent 1 stun 🤫

[gaunt bay]

no what you shouldve done is not play vg sniper spec

[stray moss]

skillfully

[sinful sparrow]

shut up kiwi

[gaunt bay]

steward kills up to d15
havent tried it on 18 but for your purposes just play sniper cas def

[gaunt bay]

nop

[stray moss]

how was your pulling session

[gaunt bay]

time to kill light

[errant siren]

13% HP remaining

[crimson nest]

Taking beanstalk in is3

[errant siren]

🥹

[crimson nest]

[stray moss]

why?

[gaunt bay]

read from here

[steel relic]

I got her in 70, light did nothing wrong

[gaunt bay]

we can kill you too if you want

[nocturne cape]

also got her in 70, my boy was spot on

[sinful sparrow]

gm cube :minthype:

[nocturne cape]

Hi mika

[gaunt bay]

no way its cube

[nocturne cape]

Gm kiwi

Staying up or woke up early

[sinful sparrow]

bro why are my tongbaos so dogshit this run

[crimson nest]

Is the nymph incident happened again

[sinful sparrow]

i did like 8 combats and only 1 dropped a tongbao

[gaunt bay]

uh does it count if i woke up at like 3 am

[nocturne cape]

Yeah which is why you do EMs and guidance promotion fight

And faceoffs

[nocturne cape]

[sinful sparrow]

no ems 🥀

[nocturne cape]

What is this sleep schedule

[gaunt bay]

its

so fucking ass

[sinful sparrow]

the sleep schedule of a creature

yep

[gaunt bay]

im just too tired when i get home bruh

[sinful sparrow]

top 5 slop creature of AKO

[gaunt bay]

stfu mika

[sinful sparrow]

nope

[gaunt bay]

yup

[sinful sparrow]

cringe pregnant creature talking a lotta shit 🫃

[errant siren]

[gaunt bay]

thanks for being self aware

[halcyon flame]

"the numbers arent very impressive"

[sinful sparrow]

the numbers are terrible 🗣️

[open finch]

[remote badger]

aaaaaaa

[stray moss]

i got her in 70 as well (x2)

[steel relic]

Damn maybe Kiwi just sucks

[gaunt bay]

this fuckin game is not real man 🥹

[stray moss]

https://fixupx.com/Nepnepping/status/1993897340932133024.gif

[buoyant idol]

Going through all of IS and unlocking the higher difficulties, been doing fine but found myself a bit stumped going through IS3 d16, what's the general strat/rule I should be closely following?

[woeful anchor]

draft robots

3dp to cure cancer good 👍

then think about your drafts

[buoyant idol]

Hmm, never thought of that

[woeful anchor]

like uh u need a boss solution

and en route solution

[errant siren]

[woeful anchor]

so u should think if the op ur picking actually does something

if they do neither they suck

super generic advice cos idk which ending ur going for

specific ending = specific ops good for them

i also dont know what ops u have

[buoyant idol]

Just general clears to unlock all difficulties, not trying to get all endings with highest difficulty

[woeful anchor]

if ur only doing ending 1 angelina gladia can hole the boss

angelina is also good enroute

weedy also works to hole boss but its harder without ange

[buoyant idol]

[woeful anchor]

weedy is pretty good enroute vs some stages

like out of control bottom lane

ember phalanx she can push the elites thru bluebox and into hole

ubi flower solve as well

[buoyant idol]

My biggest op rn is pompeii and his stage. I tend to avoid his stage if I could, is the strat to just perma-stun him?

[woeful anchor]

er

u can perma stun with exu + mr nothing

idk how real it is

i mean the important thing is mr nothing also permastuns highmore

phase 2 highmore i mean

so its not like hes useless 🚬

pompei kinda ass anyway u can just leak 🚬

[buoyant idol]

I happen to always get him when I have 3 or less hp

[woeful anchor]

unfortunate ig

[buoyant idol]

Almost always, like a curse

I'll look into the ops ye mentioned, tyty

[woeful anchor]

mr nothing pretty ass

wouldnt rly use him unless no other specs

specs are the best class in is3

[buoyant idol]

[pastel saffron]

wait damn I have never tried this, end 1 is easy enuff u can just straight up dps it

[pastel saffron]

exia alters barrier can help her deal with it, when he is about to spawn activate her skill, if u still don't have enuff dmg, lemuen at last tile on left wouldn't get hit, since exia marks her lemuen kills

that's what I usually do

If u have tragodia u can use cat to keep him away from lemuen, u just have to mark it

[pastel saffron]

weedy glaze is real I can't believe I never take her
Bait told me about M9, where is s1 usage btw?

[pastel saffron]

if u mean the floor 6 pompeii stage, try to immediately mark the first one, lemuen can help at bottom lane while actively shooting pompeii, this is one time I feel like S2 is justified to immediately get rid of it (S3 can also work jusy make sure no other enemies in range so all missile land on pompeii, if can then s3 better) , because when it starts to move it will attack ur ops

for the 2nd one, u can spawn camp and immediately dps

have more phy dps

arts is useless in IS3 pmuch

everyone has high res

[woeful knot]

early floors weedy start

👍

[urban isle]

Weedy and exu carry?

[inland elbow]

Territorial tendencies (f4) or water fire union (f6)

[inland elbow]

Weedy exu ela

[pastel saffron]

how to unlock these? I googled the name of these bosses and I am pretty sure I have beaten them all 10+ times

unless I am reading the condition wrong

[steel relic]

Those are the alternate versions of the bosses

[pastel saffron]

how to get them

the wiki doesn't say anything wow useless

[restive shale]

gonna try and get to max diff on is4, anyone got any tips for speedrunning it as fast as possible

literally just gonna wisadel it lmao

[woeful anchor]

rng

super low chance

ive gotten then less than 1-2 times

thruout my whole is3 career lol

[pastel saffron]

draft the good ops, reach end 1, skip combat when u have the good ops, there is a github article do read it once

[woeful anchor]

basically u need to playmore™

[pastel saffron]

Oh my god

[woeful anchor]

keep on gambling

[pastel saffron]

Nah bro I need to start IS4

[woeful anchor]

i feel like its like 1% chance

[pastel saffron]

I just almost done with 3

[woeful anchor]

or smething

[pastel saffron]

are there 3 alt bosses? if so I think I faced one alr

coz only 2 relics need unlock

[woeful anchor]

each boss has an alt

ye

[pastel saffron]

I played in 2023 when I was still doing ling start

it was prng for me so did a lot of runs to reach like level 70

I think I fought it then

[ionic kestrel]

err

[pastel saffron]

also how to get ishar mla mission

[ionic kestrel]

ling start

[pastel saffron]

it says don't retreat

[ionic kestrel]

i am hearing this or the first time

[pastel saffron]

that means manual too?

[woeful anchor]

yes

just play d0

win

bruh

[pastel saffron]

It was a weak account, I actually started in ling patch, next month was cc and I did r16 with her and neb's p6 skalter. So I just was very used to her.

Game threw kaltsit event at me and last stage with ling killed me, so that's what I did in IS. Some people rcmd me it too

[pastel saffron]

So d0, nuke her 1ms into stage

and after she dead I can retreat right?

[ionic kestrel]

neb

🥹

[woeful anchor]

ye

or idk

im not sur

i didnt retreat any

cos piss ez stage anyway at d0

juat dont retreat to be sur

[pastel saffron]

I only talked to him for a bit but he was truly based guy

his supports helped me a lot

[pastel saffron]

yeah 0 stat

[delicate aurora]

Gate is the better option right?

[gaunt bay]

Yes

Its turbo broken

Genuinely top 3 relic

[paper notch]

i cant think of better relics

lamp doesnt count :realmad:

[somber stream]

[gaunt bay]

Lamp and talons

🤫

[blazing plover]

What are some good operators to take in IS2 from supports that aren’t Walter she is getting a bit boring

[robust grail]

top 1 relic

[dusk creek]

true

just don't do oddities emergency dense jungle fractured

[errant siren]

Rosm.

[robust grail]

Exu

Trag

[nocturne cape]

🧂

[dusk creek]

😇

[low vortex]

hi poly

[dusk creek]

Hi

[open finch]

Damn is dense jungle harder than exhaust vents

[low vortex]

Exhaust vents is the worst

case closed

known theurgy killer

[narrow cosmos]

Gate is OP. Recruitment Voucher is funny gamble

Like. Gate is one of the most OP relics if you are careful with it

Specifically deployment order at the end of missions

Aka: retreat someone not important then deploy the operator you want, Or the filler you don't care about

[prime mountain]

+50% sarkaz atk exhaust vents is the bane of my existence

[low vortex]

me thinking yeah I can take EM exhaust vents theres no epoch!

narrator: ...

[empty heart]

Do people actually use leizi s3 on is6

[eager gorge]

I think they do for ending 2

at least the few 4-5 clears that I've seen of it haved her with s3

[empty heart]

that skill is so bad i cant believe i have to m3 it

[robust grail]

it's the most broken relic

number one

[nocturne cape]

Yes

[robust grail]

hi cube

[silent silo]

Awesome

[robust grail]

nice

[nocturne cape]

Not just for ending 2 its also prob her best skill for bosky

[robust grail]

good job

[nocturne cape]

Since terrain are pretty limited in there

[prime mountain]

I just choked a portal kill because I didnt activate exu skill and she died from the fart cloud from killing those sarkaz bros

I will never emotionally recover from this

Oh well I blew up to EM motor squad with catastrophes right after ok its fine I guess

[unkempt lion]

Does the score stop at +50% in is3? I just unlocked d8 and it doesn't give more xp

[robust grail]

yes

it stops at +50%

[unkempt lion]

Gotcha, what's the best way to counter chests that reflect damage?

[prime mountain]

Incantation medics are an easy solve otherwise just like, point someone with low damage at it for some time

Like kroos + healer mostly works

[steel relic]

known gamewinning strat "do less damage"

[low vortex]

exu2 s2 works

usually

[inland elbow]

At low difficulty it will just work yeah

[gaunt bay]

How buns is this operator

Blocked by walls

[gaunt bay]

Yato alter s3

[prime mountain]

Actually criminal range like wtf

She can hit flying units too just cant target anything that isnt a ground tile like wtf

[muted skiff]

Outheal it

Am I right mon3tr

[prime mountain]

Mon3tr the honorary incantation medic on s3

[gaunt bay]

Next update they will drop someone that solved ed2 left lane completely and we can stop drafting this goober surely

[severe wing]

[prime mountain]

Chronic handmixer

Bro didnt even get crown 😭

[gaunt bay]

face holding back tears emoji

[nocturne cape]

🥹

[severe wing]

fr

i speed run

and miss the thing for ed5

[prime mountain]

Thats not a speedrun bro you grabbed 4 hands

[severe wing]

[severe wing]

im nab

[arctic panther]

they’re speedrunning hand%

[severe wing]

thats fine

im doing my shit

[remote badger]

4hands any%

[sinful sparrow]

hello pregnant male

[low vortex]

gm mika

[sinful sparrow]

:mon3trsmug:

:MintHype:

[potent yarrow]

is2 has got to be the worst fucking IS ever, lack of hope + game buffs enemies so fast early starting d10

im only grinding just to get the rewards but man its a miserable experience the whole time

[halcyon flame]

i didnt yield

[mint onyx]

is anything notable about this stage

this is my first time seeing alt 2

[halcyon flame]

[mint onyx]

this is alt right

[halcyon flame]

Yes

[mint onyx]

ok

[halcyon flame]

You know those funny lil guys from that one sarkaz girl stage in IS3

Yea they’re here

And ufos

[mint onyx]

the lancers?

[halcyon flame]

No

The mages

World ursor

Curser

[mint onyx]

oh are these the guys that make the red balls when you hit them

[ivory badge]

finally beat focused epic

[halcyon flame]

Yes

[mint onyx]

i did not expect the fucking orbital strike drones

[quaint sable]

if you take the crimson ode au triomphe play, you'll lose 5 hp next combat but the gain 10 hp reward afterwards doesn't work

the reward is empty

was it ever bugged like this on cn?

[pastel saffron]

where can i see the condition to unlock these?

[arctic panther]

you cant

you just have to keep going into encounter nodes

[inland elbow]

second one is encounter

isn't the first just the lobby theme

idk where it unlocks from

maybe it's this

[coral coyote]

gg

[potent gulch]

New IS start at hoshi event?

[pastel saffron]

no no

open the image

I circled tjem

they are locked so like

I can't click on tjem

[pastel saffron]

prolly earlier

[sinful sparrow]

next week

[pastel saffron]

I maxed this today

level 170

and still not everything unlocked

[cursive verge]

What's meta for IS
All seasons included

[chrome tangle]

i feel like that's too much info to ask for

[pastel saffron]

it depends on different IS

[chrome tangle]

each IS plays differently

[cursive verge]

Welp lets go with IS5

[errant siren]

If all strictly - it's ofc Wisadel.

[cursive verge]

I am not trusting my luck with limiteds

Especially off-rate ones

[sinful sparrow]

why is it always -30% SP 🥀

[pastel saffron]

if ur new and missing a lot of operators then you just gotta work with what you have

generally u can see the pull prio in pins

IS6 will come out soon and you can play that

if you have Exia and Lemuen, they are good there

if you pulled Leizi, she is as well

In future Haruka, Silverash also can be used they work well

[agile hill]

is there any is6 use case for leizi

[pastel saffron]

A lot of usecase

read the article in pins

Sakiko also can be used tbh

[sinful sparrow]

the use case is generic big dps

idk chief

[pastel saffron]

And Leizi is Yan too

[agile hill]

whats good about yan

[errant siren]

Certain encounters in IS6 demands you to have amount of ops from THAT faction.

Lee Agency, LGD and Sui Dragons also counts on that.

[cursive verge]

I see, thanks

[white stratus]

Finally Yostar did something

[errant siren]

Yeah, and broke up everything once more.

[sinful sparrow]

me when my days are impeccable

[errant siren]

As usual

[finite hemlock]

Whats the best opener for IS6 later?

[solemn beacon]

Kroos alter

[errant siren]

Anyone Quartz players?

[chrome tangle]

@sinful sparrow Show me ur Leizi IS6 use cases

[sinful sparrow]

ed3 pre-req
ed2 left side
generic big dps
Yan operator (A wall node can checks for 4 yan ops and give you 2 relics)

:mon3trsmug:

[remote badger]

[sharp spindle]

from ED2 pins, is the stomp location random?

[remote badger]

no

[sinful sparrow]

it follows the boss counterpart in terms of targetting logic

most allied around 8 tiles -> bottommost -> leftmost

i'll include it in the guide

give me a sec

[sharp spindle]

👍

[hasty galleon]

No more Chinese text yay

Is5 is perfect

[pastel saffron]

why is purestream good in IS again? compared to any other healer, range?

and now it tells difficulty on this screen too, it doesn't on IS3

[remote badger]

range

[sinful sparrow]

big range, free, and for IS6 specifically, she's a Yan operator

[pastel saffron]

Also D15 IS6 should be easier than all other D18 IS right?

[sinful sparrow]

.

[pastel saffron]

Oh she's also yan, that's so great
In ur guide can u also include a list of all good to draft Yan? If not inconvenient ofcourse

[tacit oyster]

???

Earlier it was "Ingots, ___, Sniper Voucher"

Currently trying again an A15 BSL run

[spring olive]

is 135 route good enough to max out the reward ladder on is5 with flingers+lamp

[ruby edge]

Play is#2 got tin man

[spring olive]

or would it be much faster to just stick with ending 1+3 and repeat

[tacit oyster]

wdym

[flint token]

You need to actually prep to do ed5 so

I’d just do 1+3

Though ig it might be worth it just for the extra floor

whether you win or lose

[errant siren]

IS2?

Should be the Effect Card.

[tacit oyster]

Aye IS2

[tacit oyster]

You mean play? Either way I couldn't select it and moved on.

[errant siren]

Yes.

[tacit oyster]

yeah it was right at the end of f4 before the treasure

also I realized it was in the sensitive+obsessed floor combo and I just left with 10+ more lives which are now gone for some reason

lost the run

I think the blank space were the +20 lives I was supposed to get

[woeful anchor]

1+3 is faster

floor cap is 7 for points

1+3 is already 7 floors cos ed3 bosky counts as a floor

[spring olive]

aight bet thx for the answer

i just wanna get the rewards maxxed out so i can focus on is6

[burnt lantern]

Wew, IS2 enemy at D15 built like tank! Is it worth to recruit debuffer such as Shamare?

I start with specaster with Exu2

[woeful anchor]

the tankiness is from hp

not def

shamare doesnt reduce enemy hp

[remote badger]

just the def

[woeful anchor]

u can pick shamare for specific bosses if u need -atk

or if the boss has high def to begin with ig

like ed4

[terse bough]

Hi yes mr talons id like an emergency op thank you

4x in a row no emergency

[unkempt lion]

Any 4* I should upgrade in advance for is4 & is5? I have a lot of ressources but dunno if I should aim for 1 operator of each subclass or something else

[tacit oyster]

Okay the -5 LP play and 10 LP after an operation IS BUGGED. It doesn't show +10 LP gain

[errant siren]

IS5 only. Would recommend Click and Gummy, since I always start with them.

The list is actually bigger.

Would also comes in handy Ethan, Beanstalk, May...

Or you called IS4 - Sarkaz, since it's IS5. Next Sui is IS6.

[unkempt lion]

But I can stick to my 6* and 3* units for IS4? I wanted to upgraded click tbh, how do you go about upgrading units? Do you aim for one of each subclass, or aim for 2-3 of each class in total? I have a fully upgraded 4* defender but I dunno if it's enough

[errant siren]

For my reason, E1-60 would be enough. Even nailed D18 all endings with E1-60 Click and Gummy, their stats are just enough to start the run and develop yourself.

Ethan E2-40 S2M3 Mod3 is breaking.
May E2 is preferable.

[unkempt lion]

Gotcha, I guess my question is too vague to be asked in is-station. I'll definitely upgrade click and gummy tho, my ethan is already e2-40

[errant siren]

Nah, it's OK tho.

Maybe Bait, Fib and someone else will say more about it.

Cos I usually just push 6☆ and just bruteforce everything.

[unkempt lion]

Got it

[gaunt bay]

From Mei et Al.

[unkempt lion]

I'm surprised shaw is in do not build, I thought he was the go-to push operator for early & mid game

[gaunt bay]

This is for IS

gen content mileage may vary

[unkempt lion]

Gotcha, thanks

[errant siren]

Conviction isn't recommended, oh no

🥹

Where my 5% clutch

[astral sentinel]

7/10

[prime mountain]

When the game just decides eh fuck it have an invincible wall who cares

Temp hoshi + defender buff relic + castle offpsring lmao

[gaunt bay]

0/10 ragebait

[astral sentinel]

You don't like my rating

[gaunt bay]

Dont quite like you tbh

[prime mountain]

Ok so does anyone know why leizi s1 sometimes hits the same target twice? Is it timing based?

[prime mountain]

Red sharing actual info? cant be real

[steel relic]

[gaunt bay]

he does its just almost always defenderslop

[prime mountain]

true...

[gaunt bay]

[steel relic]

[stray moss]

imagine not having leizi alter

[errant siren]

Imagine not needed leizi alter

[robust grail]

when there are only 2 authors you dont use et al

it's me and oyana

[gaunt bay]

oh i thought more people worked on it

lame

[robust grail]

also shaw is a girl

[gaunt bay]

also hi mei

hows ur morning

[errant siren]

:beerlovers:

[prime mountain]

Is5 is so balls I can't wait for is6

I just failed ed4 faceoff because my exu with 60 RELICS couldnt kill the boats

???

[alpine crown]

Guys, can someone have a advices how to make easier to clear Phantom Crimson Solitaire difficulty 14 and 15? Thats were my squad for 13 and it was so hard

[prime mountain]

Ok well dont do def/supp ling start for once

[astral sentinel]

It's because of your elitist narcissist approach

Can this squad do ed5 on d12? Lots of shields and Exu does 30k per shot too

[prime mountain]

Relics and how many shields

Also how good are you at the game

[astral sentinel]

First time doing ed5 so pretty bad rn

[prime mountain]

It might be doable but really rough

[astral sentinel]

Have king relics

[pastel saffron]

for me what works great is watching a run and skipping to the boss stages to see what they took there and how they placed what they placed, if ur doing ed1 ur problem might be phantom's dodge

Try someone who ignores dodge, Lemuen is really good. You can use S2 to make it very simple. Or S3 + Trag S2 is devastating

[astral sentinel]

32 shields and rising

[prime mountain]

Oh 32 shields you're fine

[arctic panther]

you dont even need to do it as intended you can just most of them

[astral sentinel]

Nice
I'll go for ed5 and then look up videos on strategy

[prime mountain]

Yeah and your exu kills the boss no problem if you dont fuck it up

[pastel saffron]

Skip to Boss timestamp, He has many ops u used like shu, roz, wisadel
https://youtu.be/0C8du5J9jQg

[astral sentinel]

But wait do I need to do ed3 or 4 too? To unlock floor 7 with ed5
It's just like in is4 right

No need for triple ending

[prime mountain]

Oh god no dont show him the cheeto wis s1 strat

DONT DO THIS

You will lose braincells

[gaunt bay]

Relics seem fine prob

[pastel saffron]

He doesn't need to follow the cheeto strat

[gaunt bay]

Wis is on s2 always

[pastel saffron]

You just look at how he plays

[gaunt bay]

Doesnt matter if cheeto comp

[pastel saffron]

for boss he used s3 anyways

yeah wis s2 has better dps

s3 if there is air stuff u need to deal with

[gaunt bay]

For all the ending bosses its all s2

[pastel saffron]

Makes sense yeah

the only flying thing in ed1 is the baloon

[gaunt bay]

Ph wait this is is2

I read ed5 somewhere

Er its s3 for is2

😂

Theres two convos going on i cant keep up

🥹

Still dont use s1 tho

For is2 you wont use s2 alot btw

[pastel saffron]

Why not

[gaunt bay]

I just misread

[pastel saffron]

doesn't it straight up have better dps

esp if u get aspd buff

[gaunt bay]

Yeah but enemies actually have defense there

[pastel saffron]

does is2 have snipers get +70 aspd

[gaunt bay]

So

[pastel saffron]

I get that relic a lot in IS3

[gaunt bay]

Plus you want revenants to actually tank stuff

[pastel saffron]

I see

Its actually so ass when game put me at d9 in IS2

like why not give me all diff option

I alr maxed it before

so now I have to grind all the difficulties

🚮

[prime mountain]

No way, leakless amiya am I becoming good player

[gaunt bay]

dalao furrilo

[prime mountain]

Scuffed af run but it cleared ig

But just 25

Ingot squad be like: 100 relics, 0 dps

[alpine crown]

Хөүл

Holy, i just tried a archetto and this is perfectoo

[quaint garden]

My body went cold after seeing this

Lord please take me away already

[astral sentinel]

Yes

[astral sentinel]

And no cockroach

[prime mountain]

I don't use cockroach

boring unit

zz

[kind depot]

can we start IS6 runs with Leizi ?

Asking because I'm skipping

[nocturne cape]

You can, but its better to start someone else and draft another guard

[kind depot]

oh okay

[nocturne cape]

There are plenty other good guards, if you dont have Leizi you’ll still do just fine

And if you really like her, ig you can start her E1 and you’ll still be fine

Even on D15, its just slightly suboptimal

[gaunt bay]

Cube should i raise blaze alt for ed2 left

🥹

[nocturne cape]

No

That shit sucks

If youre not playing bans just use wisadel

Or like Ascalon or something

[drifting mango]

Lmao ok 🚬

[robust grail]

ISS is stooping to the lowest of lows

[robust grail]

???

how did you even kill it

don't hit it that hard

[sinful sparrow]

hand of rumble wisadel is kinda crazy

[drifting mango]

Tragodia cat go brrr
Also the windstream slows enough

And also glory pack

[robust grail]

yea like

try to keep it alive

[drifting mango]

Eh I had low HP and didn't wanna risk it 🥹

[flint token]

Is it really IS gameplay if you dont risk it all by pathing into an emer you cant handle?

[woeful anchor]

wtf wishadele

ur so cringe

[sinful sparrow]

the pregnant man fibrinogen is here 😢

[woeful anchor]

damn projecting again

[sinful sparrow]

cant be projection if its literally u

[woeful anchor]

proof?

[sinful sparrow]

check ur belly

🥚

[drifting mango]

I just wanna get to the 5th ending without losing hair 🥹

[woeful anchor]

join the cn strat grp

theyre doing ed5 relicless now

[flint token]

I smell 8 hours of stalling

[woeful anchor]

?

she seals floor after 4 min

tf u mean stall

or 5 min

i mean she has 8k def right so ceobe does giga dmg

[paper notch]

it's not that bad just highroll

if you struggle you can always highroll harder

[woeful anchor]

silvergun tactics

yep

[drifting mango]

Huh, funny

[gaunt bay]

Dont take rhine

Quite shrimply

[pure talon]

This will go horribly

[wintry void]

Made a quick IS tier list on my personal enjoyment of the encounter.

I hate Skadi because of that one mission where you can't retreat anyone.

[pure talon]

Lmao

[ionic bridge]

Another victim of Qui'lon

[woeful anchor]

skill-

[woeful anchor]

huh when do we fight hologram amiya

or u cant just find img of ed5 amiya lol

[wintry void]

Well cuz the template does not have the expansion for IS5

Ye

Red and gold knight are my favorite AK boss

[inland elbow]

They're so zzz

[ionic bridge]

Agree with those 4 at S. Those are my fav boss in probably the entire game

Even tho Qui'lon beat me many times, I freaking love him. He's just so cool

[inland elbow]

the 2 Kings are a solid fight, but they're not that mechanically interesting and way too easily solved if you know the meta

A tier

Amiya is a good fight, but way too formulaic, you do the same thing every time

and the only time you deviate is when you get a bad epoch

A tier

Quilon is a shitty fight, there's basically nothing interesting going on here. You either have the stats to do it or you don't

D

[inland elbow]

the most interesting part is the m3 boat jump

but once again, extremely formulaic

Theresis/Theresa with ED4 relics is an amazing fight where you have to manage the boats and figure out how to stall the boss. S tier

[steel relic]

Can Ulpi do the boat jump

[inland elbow]

Playright is the most nothingburger ever, C tier

yes

[steel relic]

Epic

I still won’t e2 him

[inland elbow]

(this will never be useful)

Izumik is easily S tier

EX tier even, it's the best fight by far

Knight seesaws between B and A

closer to A though

Sentinel is C tier too, really boring fight similar to Quilon but at least setting up the burst is interesting

Ice Cold Image is S tier

[chrome tangle]

why is bro lying

about S tier ICI

[steel relic]

He’s named bait

[inland elbow]

bro it's like about as good of a f5 boss as you can get

having to manage 4 zones and the boss

solving the opener

it's an excellent stage

the only let down is that once you've opened, the stage is mostly over

[wintry void]

This feels like an opinion coming from a non casual

But thematic, wise Quilon is amazing

[gaunt bay]

bait is famously a non casual

i think ici is too solved to be s tier in this day and age

standard draft the stage is basically over in 3 steps

i think bait is just an izumik glazer

kinda slop

[dusk creek]

rating should be based on the design tbh

every boss is solved and trivial with the ideal team

[inland elbow]

Amiya is probably the best one then

Quilon and Izumik are excellent

Knight would be S but not having his own theme lets him down a lot

mf aura farms in cgs only to not have his own wrestling song

[ionic bridge]

Tied between Qui'lon and Amiya for me

Thematic wise

Qui'lon bgm so good

[inland elbow]

yes, though reaching the ideal squad is dramatically different in difficulty

and I think taking historical context into account is important

like ici is completely trivial now

but I think it deserves S simply for how good it was back when our tools were weaker

[wintry void]

Who is ici?

[inland elbow]

ice cold image

[gaunt bay]

its is4 ed1 boss

but alter version

ici is the stage name

:ya:

[wintry void]

Ngl I never know wht he does

He always dies before anything interesting happen

Even on higher diff

[dusk creek]

ya

[inland elbow]

here we go

here's the #1 indisputable tier list

I maybe should've added B for boats for is5

since ed2 without boats is C

[wintry void]

Big sad lock on b

[nocturne cape]

You should post it on reddit for clout

[wintry void]

[inland elbow]

D is I never want to see these bosses again, game would be better if they didn't exist

[gaunt bay]

"top IS SNP player"

[wintry void]

I can’t comprehend big sad lock

[inland elbow]

C is pretty boring but functional

[woeful anchor]

wat is this for

[inland elbow]

B is I like doing the stage somewhat

[gaunt bay]

design

apparently

[inland elbow]

A is I mostly enjoy it

S is I have fun almost every time

[woeful anchor]

its not design goober

playwright is S tier design 🤫

bro is very cute

[woeful knot]

cuz ur gae

[woeful anchor]

nop

[inland elbow]

big sad lock is like an ok boss

[nocturne cape]

Why is fib permanently horny

[inland elbow]

you have to manage two lanes while dps'ing the boss

[woeful anchor]

??

[wintry void]

Big sad lock makes me wanna kms

[woeful anchor]

im not

[woeful knot]

cuz he's gae

[inland elbow]

it's like the protoype for future iterations on the concept like is4 ed1

[wintry void]

I love not getting the suicide note

[gaunt bay]

is izumik based on d18 or 15

[woeful anchor]

ice cold is very fun until trag released

and then its sleeper fest

[dusk creek]

honestly regular cresson was ok I think

[inland elbow]

izumik is based on historical context and now

[gaunt bay]

ici post trag is kek

[dusk creek]

in a sense it admitted more strats than sentinel

[woeful knot]

its not like the core strat of izumik changed in diff

[dusk creek]

because no 5s burst window

[inland elbow]

I think regular cresson is just so bad

I think sentinel is bad too

[woeful knot]

its still a util based gameplay

[inland elbow]

but sentinel is hard enough that you focus up and have to manage the stage well

but gardener you just don't

[woeful anchor]

the fight doesnt change if ur doing push

[woeful knot]

which is based whichever time you played

[woeful anchor]

theres nothing going on in gardener after boss kill

like at most u 4 cycle

[dusk creek]

it was kinda okay in lowroll runs

[woeful anchor]

but thats still like uh only 25% of the map

[dusk creek]

but maybe that's every boss

[inland elbow]

I'd rather struggle and lose to sentinel than actually pray for gardener to show up

[gaunt bay]

the stat based bosses arent very fun in lowrolls

idk

[woeful anchor]

play relicless

every run is a mid roll

cos ur stats never change

👍

[gaunt bay]

maybe its time to play is4 but perma EH

probably a more balanced is4 experience

[woeful anchor]

i think 2+4 relicless is fun

for is4

idk abt sentinel

too hard for me

🥹

[gaunt bay]

🥹

[woeful anchor]

gardener should be bing chilling

[inland elbow]

sentinel isn't that fun with no damage relicsa

I think the ideal sweetspot for is4 is like +25 melee attack

[woeful anchor]

sentinel is prolly too hard for me relicless

ya the first combat relic is too OP

[inland elbow]

which is like 2 cycle threshold for sentinel

more than that and stages feel jobber because dgeen just kills

[gaunt bay]

bro is still degen shill in 2025

[woeful anchor]

degen no relic -> shit

degen +25% atk -> broken op

[inland elbow]

well, is4 in modern day is hella jobber

[woeful anchor]

yep

[dusk creek]

yeah but the standard way to do it was 1 put op left and dump everyone else right

not really a fan of lock stage design

[inland elbow]

heidi + warf + exu just blasts cresson relics or no

[woeful anchor]

bsl stage could be improved on

[inland elbow]

I think bsl isn't exactly good, but I appreciate that you have to build for it

[gaunt bay]

kinda

u gotta deal with res drone

[woeful anchor]

they should add the f3 stun golem bro

to bsl