is-station

[sinful sparrow]

oh i see sakichan

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1287981429963100281/1423895108712927334/IMG_5956.gif

[gaunt bay]

alyssal

[ancient jacinth]

maybe making an e1 exualter face off a steam knight wasn't the best idea

[sick mason]

Heh can't believe I'm letting this reserve caster fella survived

[vagrant horizon]

@gaunt bay i was,but penny farthing man scares me

[gaunt bay]

what do you think of degen s2 cheeto comp with gnosis alpha

[muted tundra]

@gaunt bay also I'm mostly memeing, is5 is better than is2
is5 just makes me grumpy because i want to melt lamp and pour it down a sewer drain

[gaunt bay]

[sinful sparrow]

one correct answer
what is the best IS theme

[languid patio]

IS6 is the best for me because -2 Hope on Promot cost in Pathfinder

[muted tundra]

is4

[gaunt bay]

curie i love you

[halcyon flame]

it cooks

[languid patio]

I can spam many 6 stars in IS6

[arctic panther]

is1

[muted tundra]

gnosis alpha is decent?

[gaunt bay]

the double synergy

[halcyon flame]

but im still taking astgenne alter

[gaunt bay]

its a decent mod just weak on usecase

[halcyon flame]

s2 value

[muted tundra]

ah okay

[arctic panther]

astenne alter has a use??

[sinful sparrow]

wtf not 6

🥀

[muted tundra]

6 may overtake it idk, I love both

[gaunt bay]

also supp voucher is unfortunate nowadays i heard

[halcyon flame]

nah i purely take her for simp value

[ancient jacinth]

IS3 because we ball on dice rolls

[halcyon flame]

and because i have other tools to win

[muted tundra]

you are so real for that

[halcyon flame]

my supporter vouchers are free because i play with bans

[muted tundra]

I'm kinda avoiding thinking about karlan comp until I play with silvertrash alter and pram alter firsthand

[gaunt bay]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1158049223351222312/1435872026228428950/IMG_6136.gif

[sinful sparrow]

...in 6?

[muted tundra]

wait who got the other alpha mod again

oh right

[sinful sparrow]

bro i exploded to e.OOC earlier

[muted tundra]

ho'ol

[gaunt bay]

hool

[sinful sparrow]

30% def makes raidian dogshit wtf

[gaunt bay]

its so fucking bad

[halcyon flame]

yes

[gaunt bay]

:icant:

[muted tundra]

what were they cooking

[gaunt bay]

somehow the worst operators got the worst mods

dusk and hool

[halcyon flame]

im gonna start cutting haruka from my drafts prob

[gaunt bay]

cinema

[sinful sparrow]

wtf dont cut haruka

shes so cute

🥺

[gaunt bay]

dont cut her

[desert brook]

this gif goes so hard holy shit

[halcyon flame]

ok but purestream is free

[ancient jacinth]

they were higher than the levitation she could inflict when they made her module

[languid patio]

BGM Wise

Until today, none beats the IS2 Ending 1 Theme for me

[gaunt bay]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[halcyon flame]

and astgenne is cuter

[gaunt bay]

actually the best gif

[halcyon flame]

i dont make the rules

[sinful sparrow]

😢

[languid patio]

Literally nothing... I forgot IS5 Maybe in this case

[sinful sparrow]

bro has not heard of IS5 ending 4/5 theme

[arctic panther]

did this run use ling exploit or is it that easy to get 100 lp

[languid patio]

It's either IS2 or IS5 Ending 1 rheme

[muted tundra]

lowkey tho astegenne alter is so hecking handsome that I need need need need need to see astesia aged up too

[halcyon flame]

this stage is funny

[desert brook]

ive been staring at this gif laughing for a straight minute

[languid patio]

I have never touched that

[muted tundra]

[halcyon flame]

its such an intricate design

but so fked up

[ancient jacinth]

IS5 END5

[sinful sparrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1SKH_7fFc

i think this is possibly the best arknights OST

its so good 🧎‍♂️

[ancient jacinth]

there is no other answer but IS5 END5

anyone who says otherwise will be keelhauled

[gaunt bay]

post expansion economy is stupid good

[arctic panther]

is3 ed4

[gaunt bay]

nice burner bait

[muted tundra]

wait oh did mika mean bgm

[arctic panther]

they dont usually nerf things in expansions right

[sinful sparrow]

emergency is so fucked bruh

they intentionally halved statuegeists HP

[gaunt bay]

uh

[sinful sparrow]

😭

[gaunt bay]

:joyplush:

[muted tundra]

all the nerfs are indirect

like how they kneecapped reed alter start in is4

[rotund compass]

Finally i get ed 4 without crashing now i know why ASPD and tourist squad full buff is making gplay pc crashed

[gaunt bay]

indirect my ass

[sinful sparrow]

reed is still cutest operator for me

all good

👍

[gaunt bay]

petal upon ye

[halcyon flame]

my haruka was a little too jacked last run

[arctic panther]

expansion 2 is gonna be hell isnt it

[halcyon flame]

had to sub out for purestream

[sinful sparrow]

:joyplush:

[halcyon flame]

cause her bubbles were killing the statues

[ancient jacinth]

how did bro get end4 already 🙏

it isn't even out

[sinful sparrow]

i had a run that -12 to that map cuz Pram s1 was dealing 20k damage per s1 to it

:gigampreg:

[halcyon flame]

bro watching the sakiko notes fly right next to the cars and die right before reaching them was a moment

[sinful sparrow]

omg sakichan

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1287981429963100281/1423895108712927334/IMG_5956.gif

[arctic panther]

cn

[muted tundra]

wait what I'm gathering from context is that this is6 expansion stage has beneficial statue spawns?

[ancient jacinth]

fair

[sinful sparrow]

yeah

[halcyon flame]

wat how is ur pram killing statues

youplace her lefti side

[arctic panther]

by using her skill

[sinful sparrow]

i place her near the statues on the left side
and s1 with dream curio

:pepelaugh:

[halcyon flame]

ur trolling

[sinful sparrow]

20k damage per s1 on an e1 pram is so diabolical

[halcyon flame]

wait even then you dont place her down untill everything is loaded

[gaunt bay]

is pram better than nimf

[halcyon flame]

yes

[gaunt bay]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/586588921614303233/1434332916430672033/Pramanix_is_Here.gif

broken

[ancient jacinth]

is the necrosis meta dying yet

[arctic panther]

she deserves it

she deserves everything

[gaunt bay]

there is no necrosis meta

[halcyon flame]

necrosis was never meta lol

[halcyon flame]

[gaunt bay]

closest thing is ed2 boss atk debuff

[halcyon flame]

this is for the EM variant right

[sinful sparrow]

i havent seen emer yet

imma be fr

[arctic panther]

https://tenor.com/view/pramanix-gif-17514296915217368826

[sinful sparrow]

everytime i play IS6 on CN
i see the shitter easy maps

and not it

[ancient jacinth]

in terms of elemental damage with how much people glazed necrosis when logos mod came out

[sinful sparrow]

so i only got to practice it once

[halcyon flame]

yea the normal variant the statue are on right side

[sinful sparrow]

oh wait i killed the cars

not the statue

:joyplush:

cars took like 3 years to start moving

[muted tundra]

logos second mod is actually quite good too lmao

[ancient jacinth]

not that I ever used logos so eh

[halcyon flame]

they start pathing to red box after the last caster on bot side

grrr

mika u dumbass

[gaunt bay]

turns out logos module good

not necrosis

🚬

this is known info bruh turia was shat on extensively

[ancient jacinth]

clearly, I did not know

[muted tundra]

turns out also that necrosis is a decent side benefit when every four seconds you press a button to make the enemy run away for 5s

[arctic panther]

if help/yt isnt talking about it extensively then surely it must be bad

[gaunt bay]

its almost as if the operator themselves is good not necrosis

help sucks

and theres no real big ak youtubers that are non slop

[halcyon flame]

yt sucks as well

[desert brook]

ive never heard anyone saying necrosis was good

[arctic panther]

if i had a nickel for every gacha game discord server had a help channel that sucked

[desert brook]

but like its pretty obvious that its just logos being good

[arctic panther]

i’d probably be a millionaire

[ancient jacinth]

tbf I saw more impressions of him having necrosis = true damage because of module rather than actually saying the module itself was good

[muted tundra]

that said hand of mystery is just relicslop

[ancient jacinth]

in my side anyways

[muted tundra]

is5 bad

send tweet

[paper notch]

you'd probably be 🫃

[muted tundra]

it's an awkward place in the game when there's some endgame content that scales HP like crazy and some endgame content that like barely scales it

[gaunt bay]

its worth noting the average player doesnt interact with endgame content

[desert brook]

those sarkaz shielders from ch14 or w/e get shit on by elem bursts

thats the most relevant thing i can think of necrosis being used for

[gaunt bay]

theres also a mindset difference

[ancient jacinth]

the beauty of a15

[muted tundra]

i don't either

[gaunt bay]

ive noticed people tend to think in terms of theoreticals instead of actual applications

[muted tundra]

assuming endgame is d18

[ancient jacinth]

endgame is burning out and farming 1-7

[gaunt bay]

real i think

[ancient jacinth]

no other answers

[gaunt bay]

the burning out part

if youre farming youre not burned out enough

[desert brook]

upcoming banners is enough motivation for me to log in twice a day tbh

idk why i just never burn out on the game

[vagrant horizon]

Update:im now a raidian e2 haver

[ancient jacinth]

I assure you nobody but masochists or people who get dopamine from seeing big ass numbers play IS seriously

[desert brook]

though i play like one match of IS a day and it stays fun so that probably helps avoid burnout

[ancient jacinth]

the average player would probably grind a few dozen levels on the IS pass than abandon it until they need more mats

[gaunt bay]

curie did you do anything fun for the holidays?

[hardy grail]

Who’s upcoming?

[sick mason]

Those who loved high diff IS are probably like 5-10% of players?

[ancient jacinth]

for me trying to push the absolute limit of making stat sticks is the reason why I even put hours into IS

[gaunt bay]

way less

[ancient jacinth]

much less though

[desert brook]

haruka/hoshialt/saki is what im looking towards personally

[ancient jacinth]

RA...

I have no idea why you'd want to other than getting bored of IS

[desert brook]

i mean it has decent rewards i think, its just a really really niche gamemode

[sick mason]

RA1 is absolute dogwater

[gaunt bay]

i think its piss incompetent game design

fine conceptually

but terrible in the details

[muted tundra]

just lowkey stuff with local friends over the week

[gaunt bay]

yay

[muted tundra]

boring holidays

[gaunt bay]

boring is good i think

i had to go to a funeral

[muted tundra]

:c

[gaunt bay]

:p

[muted tundra]

[gaunt bay]

meow

[muted tundra]

meow!

when is4 launched, if you didn't restart your client after patch, you had a buggy game that locked you into d15

idk why I just remembered that

[arctic panther]

pramanix alter

https://tenor.com/view/pramanix-gif-17514296915217368826

[gaunt bay]

damn i cant imagine noticing that

[muted tundra]

you're built different

[gaunt bay]

🤫

nuh uh

im bad player

[gaunt bay]

it is known

[muted tundra]

kiwi it's past midnight go to bed

[gaunt bay]

whatever mom

[muted tundra]

i'm just mesmerized by the cute dancing bug on the stream aly linked

for some reason this tournament round is bug vs. fish

[atomic fjord]

walter s2 is unironically great

[atomic fjord]

for that one stage

with 900000000 damage instanced enemies

[muted tundra]

s2 is better in many cases

[gaunt bay]

that fish made me immediately think of Poly's pfp

[atomic fjord]

ye

it shreds through damage instanced

[arctic panther]

its great when you have golden chalice with 260 ingots

[paper kayak]

welp, got my d15 clear for 6
that's actually my first d15 clear period

[gaunt bay]

congrats

[muted tundra]

yay

gg

[gaunt bay]

to many more!

[raw hemlock]

Ouch...

[paper kayak]

I will NOT be doing more of them because the d15 mod is toxic as fuck

[muted tundra]

evil stage

[paper kayak]

back to comfy d12

[atomic fjord]

yea walter s2 OBLITERATES this stage

[gaunt bay]

i think those drafts are your issue

ng gnosis exu

[atomic fjord]

i always lose vs that stage

[paper kayak]

it ain't gnosis's time (yet)

[atomic fjord]

but then i use my brain

[raw hemlock]

And of course that stage is the one I HAD to clear in order to get to the pathfinder and wander nodes

[atomic fjord]

and walter s2 shreds it

[gaunt bay]

aint his time ever

not with that squad

[atomic fjord]

[arctic panther]

how to use brnian

[gaunt bay]

you need a pretty specific comp

[paper kayak]

is mod soonge....

[atomic fjord]

u trick it to do this thing called "thinking"

[raw hemlock]

Who the heck is walter

[arctic panther]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-blast-jimmy-neutron-jimbo-gif-26286685

nah

still nothing

[atomic fjord]

7 days

🥹

[arctic panther]

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

[halcyon flame]

this

fucker

[arctic panther]

what does his is mod do

[halcyon flame]

got

kings encounter

yea ojk

back to bed

[raw hemlock]

I'm not taking her.

[sinful sparrow]

how slop is this tourney

[raw hemlock]

I'm not touching wisadel for any reason, I want to improve at strategizing not get a free parking pass

[paper kayak]

basically what I do
only have leaks when I dont have a hitcount unit to support raidian, even then I just had that happen with the EM in my d15 just now and only had like 3-4 leaks iirc

[sinful sparrow]

You can also just use ascalon ente

wis

its up to you really

[sick mason]

Hmm more Yan ops (currently has 2) or promote Tragodia...

[arctic panther]

trag

[paper kayak]

trag doesnt really need e2 but it is nice

[atomic fjord]

i press walter s2 and everything is probably solved

[sick mason]

Also I realized most Yan ops exist in specialist class for some reason

[atomic fjord]

yi playable when

[sick mason]

Not sure Texas alter and Exu alt still count as Yan ops or not

[raw hemlock]

I don't own Ethan (folks in another server said getting him from the shop wasn't really worth it anymore), I literally NEVER got more guard vouchers that run (which i didnt like), and I... don't know who Entel is

[muted tundra]

omg the one-week run

[paper kayak]

solid 90% chance he's playable in CN by the end of the month

[muted tundra]

oh ethan def worth

[sick mason]

Yi is gonna be the next playable Sui?

[paper kayak]

I mean who else could it be? Jie?

[sick mason]

Ji?

[raw hemlock]

I didn't properly start the run until tonight, it was left on the squad screen

[muted tundra]

hehe

<3

ethan is arguably the most important 4* to build, in terms of utility

[gaunt bay]

he is

definitively

[paper kayak]

also this for his base trait

[raw hemlock]

Well, I'll probably be back for more IS6 once the weekend's over, got work the next few days

[sick mason]

Gnosis has IS module now?

Or will have?

[muted tundra]

[desert brook]

will have

[paper kayak]

will, with SilverAlter event

it makes original silverash a permafreeze unit with S1

[atomic fjord]

20 orundum bet he will be defender

[paper kayak]

i'm going with drone caster or shaper caster

[atomic fjord]

🦅 nanji 🦅 nanji 🦅

[muted tundra]

jiang summons make the most sense

[arctic panther]

E1 SASH IS FINALLY USEFUL (we dont talk about cheeto)

[atomic fjord]

wait

he would be banger as a trapper

[paper kayak]

shaper caster because I'm thinking something like eblana S1 but on crack

[atomic fjord]

[arctic panther]

2000 orundum bet he’ll be an artificer

[sonic sable]

First ed2 d15 win

[arctic panther]

2 artificers back to back

[paper kayak]

like in CN IS6 has been out for 6 months and he's kinda infamous so I think his bombs will play into the playable kit

of course we could get jie and this could be all moot

[arctic panther]

isnt jie

yknow

[sick mason]

Jie... uhh

[paper kayak]

well

[atomic fjord]

we already got an artificer recently no

[arctic panther]

unless the jie lore is expanded upon in ed4

[paper kayak]

I meant Ji but technically Jie is possible too.....

[muted tundra]

jie gives us steppies

[arctic panther]

ok but artificer is perfect for yi

[atomic fjord]

what if they made honglu from the honglu tower playable

[sick mason]

Not sure how we gonna have a dead char as a playable OP soon

[arctic panther]

he literally makes machines

[muted tundra]

nasti s3 would make sense on yi hehe

[paper kayak]

come to think of it, we don't know the fourth or tenth proxies so we could just get some rando sui

[arctic panther]

yi s3 is the funny attack

[atomic fjord]

sui slop

[arctic panther]

and the bombs pass through walls

[arctic panther]

cant wait for pee

[paper kayak]

I was thinking of possible sui names and its still so funny that Dusk is named like that because her actual name transliterated into EN is Xi

[atomic fjord]

[paper kayak]

back on topic tho are there any funny openers you guys recommend for 6? I've just been spamming Entel Raidian and Exu Raidian

[atomic fjord]

why are the sui siblings so pretty bru

[arctic panther]

yato raidian because i dont have yato

[atomic fjord]

very aesthetically pleasant crew

[arctic panther]

they’ve had thousands of years to perfect their looks

[atomic fjord]

dusk and shu in particular

[arctic panther]

and possibly designed their bodies themselves?

not sure if the chaos just gave them random bodies or what

[paper kayak]

shu is easy to explain

[arctic panther]

who

[paper kayak]

responsible for:

Operators: Firewhistle, Lemuen, Lunacub, Nine-Colored Deer, Penance, Roberta, Shu

penance shu lemuen as your 6star resume is crazy work

[atomic fjord]

thats why i like lemuen so much

[sick mason]

Blud... (in floor 3)

Tbf if this is in floor 5, I wouldn't mind

[paper kayak]

I mean it's still same row which is crazy

[sick mason]

And I heard in expansion 1 traveling vertically would be possible for both nodes?

[ancient jacinth]

what if instead of fried rice

i deep-fried rice so that shu would stop plaguing my leisure nodes

[sick mason]

At least you don't strain rice with colander

[arctic panther]

why are you being mean to shu

[sick mason]

Or with that one meme where rice combined with pizza

[halcyon flame]

this is what every floor post expansion looiks like

basically

[paper kayak]

what a difficult decision

[arctic panther]

do we get more ways of obtaining coupons atleast?

[sick mason]

Wow that's a lot of vertical travel

Does after expansion 1 the vertical travel still cost 3 coupons?

[arctic panther]

what the fuck do you mean “difficult decision”

[ancient jacinth]

probably

[arctic panther]

obviously you have to draft phonor here

[paper kayak]

oh you're so right actually

[ancient jacinth]

content megamus is good but just never appears

[sick mason]

Nahh draft U-official

[halcyon flame]

yes

[arctic panther]

isnt u-official a specialist

[paper kayak]

can we get sniper amiya so I can turn my sniper vouchers into amiya? thanks

[ancient jacinth]

bard

[halcyon flame]

you dont need more lol

[arctic panther]

o

[halcyon flame]

its 6 at most to travel around

[halcyon flame]

and theres more ways of making candlebearers so who cares

ie faceoff

[arctic panther]

i get 6 at most usually in my runs 😭

[halcyon flame]

is bro ignoring

all bosky combats

or what

[muted tundra]

how is f1 changed? heard something about combats but I'm unclear what exactly

[halcyon flame]

they added an extra node

so now you get 3 nodes before shop

[arctic panther]

does this mean bells isnt obnoxiously hard to stack anymore?

[muted tundra]

oh thank god

[halcyon flame]

yea ig

[arctic panther]

https://tenor.com/view/exusiai-the-new-covenant-arknights-yippie-gif-4934882651703129178

[sick mason]

Schwarz jumpscare

[arctic panther]

you need catapult more ngl

[halcyon flame]

nice image

i raise you this

and this

[sick mason]

Players with 17 LP or less:

[paper kayak]

can we get a tenor gif of yi wiping out an entire map

preferably with some really bad roster too to sell the skill issue

[halcyon flame]

hey you can technically still -17 you just wont survive

[arctic panther]

dont forget the dude locking in at the start

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1345312730923663381/1440505885771436135/IMG_2479.gif

[desert brook]

lmao

[paper kayak]

lmfao

[muted tundra]

it's 3:46am i don't have the energy for these decisions

[arctic panther]

go to SLEEP bro

exchange the coin that makes you fall asleep immediately

[muted tundra]

[arctic panther]

right now

[muted tundra]

hmph

[arctic panther]

i can help you sleep

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/586588921614303233/1170340144616841306/suzuran_fan_spotted-2.gif

[muted tundra]

[arctic panther]

im so helpful

(seriously go tf to sleep)

[paper kayak]

another brutal choice here

[arctic panther]

not even CLOSE bro

obv its shu

[vital ember]

Eunectes for sure

[muted tundra]

hm...

[vital ember]

Always take temp recruit

[paper kayak]

ya'll are silly

it's obviously a recruit bassline angle here

[arctic panther]

but what if bassline loses his tuba

[gaunt bay]

nop but u can die before you leak all 17

[muted tundra]

oh

[gaunt bay]

ive been thinking right

[muted tundra]

ch'en alter isn't yan

whoops

[gaunt bay]

she wll be soon

but chalter might have an angle with second mod right

cuz its 150k total skill damage on her own

[muted tundra]

no I mean

she doesn't count as yan

[gaunt bay]

yeah

ik

she will count soon

[muted tundra]

[gaunt bay]

with ato

[muted tundra]

oh!

mb

what changes?

[gaunt bay]

the dual factions thing

[muted tundra]

oh I thought we had dual faction already nvm

[gaunt bay]

but she gets 180k total skill damage with is buff right

[arctic panther]

wait thats not already a thing? 💔

[gaunt bay]

i think a lot of ops just dont have their added

[muted tundra]

ahhhh

gotchu

[gaunt bay]

this goes to like

230k

if you draft exu

the synergy

surely chalter is real post second mod

[halcyon flame]

shes supposed to be yan already

its just bugged

[muted tundra]

clown fiesta time

[arctic panther]

32 dp myrtle

[gaunt bay]

oops all commerce

[muted tundra]

why does shu hour make everyone fat

but yu hour gives everyone sp

[gaunt bay]

yu makes healthy food

shu is all rice (carbs)

[arctic panther]

she force feeds everyone rice

[muted tundra]

fetish content what the fudge

[errant siren]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-ventura-smile-ace-ventura-smile-evil-smile-happy-smile-gif-16181780987034984578

[sick mason]

1000 ingots holy

How many times you tossed the cocoon silk coin??

[errant siren]

Many

The less than I used coupons at least

[muted tundra]

good guess

[errant siren]

Proccs like 2 per 12

[light halo]

aw

imagine not having a single vanguard recruitment

[gaunt bay]

12 dp chalter tho!

[ancient jacinth]

how do i

beat troupe mouthpiece

I have beaten all IS5 bosses in a18 and still haven't beaten that guy

how do I even get to him

[main roost]

Ending 3 is pure RNG in IS2

[arctic panther]

get mantle of the condemned, get the puppet collectible from f3 boss relic, then get abrupt realization

1st and 3rd relic are encounter rng

2nd is guaranteed if you have mantle

[robust grail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZqJtIB1p0k

[muted tundra]

at d10+ the encounter rng ain't too bad

they really fixed it

you can even risk not encountermaxxing

[ancient jacinth]

considering each floor is like 5-7 nodes each with no vertical movement this is hell

and I have to get first relic before f3 boss fight

[muted tundra]

no it really is better than it used to be

[arctic panther]

it was worse..?

[muted tundra]

to the point that you wind up doing the first ed4 fight for fun most runs even if you're not doing ed4

[ancient jacinth]

presumably they didn't balance it so I'm expecting big sad lock type of bullshit

[muted tundra]

before the difficulty ladder patch? yea

[arctic panther]

lapptop melts him

literally

[ancient jacinth]

wait it doesn't use the three difficulty system anymore?

[arctic panther]

(atleast with yu)

[arctic panther]

ever since the masses travels i think

[muted tundra]

no, and at d10 the ending encounter chance improves

[ancient jacinth]

ic ic

[arctic panther]

oh

at d10

[ancient jacinth]

alright time to beat the bloody bastard to a pulp then and light up his archive slot

[muted tundra]

at d12 each ending boss has a specific miniboss that spawns that makes the fight harder

[ancient jacinth]

[muted tundra]

for ed3 it's not too bad

for ed1 it does makes the fight more challenging

so just do it at d10 if you literally just want the entry

[ancient jacinth]

nah we ball

[arctic panther]

do d18

[muted tundra]

d15 ed2 is actual hell

[rough portal]

Agreed.

Most of the ops get one shot.

[ancient jacinth]

damn this feels kinda

odd

playing IS2 with year 5-6 ops doesn't feel right

[burnt hamlet]

idk what -17 means

[narrow cosmos]

going into ending 3 for the first time. Any vague hints?

I got a good squad and don't wanna lose it

[narrow cosmos]

Easiest way to beat the stage involves leaking the entire left lane of 17 enemies

[rough portal]

Oof.

This works, right?

[arctic panther]

kill the balls

[rough portal]

The balls spawn when placing an op, right?

[rapid pulsar]

Watch a guide to understand the mechanics

[narrow cosmos]

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind

My run is really good a tthe moment.

Wisadel, Lemuen, Tragodia, Raidian, Exualt, Lappalt, and Mon3tr

(yes its mostly ranged...)

I only have 3 melees tho lol

[hardy scaffold]

-2 hope for melee squad. 5 sniper vouchers. Fuck this game

[narrow cosmos]

Should have gone ranged squad lol

[hardy scaffold]

Last time i did i got 4 guard vouchers

[narrow cosmos]

LMAO

Should just give up at this point lol

[hardy scaffold]

Now you talking in my language

No game i don't want temp recruit Rosa

[narrow cosmos]

https://tenor.com/view/poca-sed-poca-arknights-rosa-arknights-poca-arknights-gif-17756657

[ancient jacinth]

it's all encounters

not even the boon node exists

[rough portal]

Died.

Bruh. The left side enemies are hard.

[muted tundra]

yea that's a new hallucination
it doesn't actually count as a floor

[ancient jacinth]

man wtf

even justice knight costs one hope

🙏

[muted tundra]

[lusty quest]

Man… is IS 4 ED 4 is really that hard? Man my squad doesnt do any damage

[ancient jacinth]

you're facing off against two of the strongest Terran kings in history

ofc its hard

not to mention you're just caught in the crossfire

and seeing that it seems you literally have no arts damage kharanduu will fold you into two

[burnt hamlet]

I wouldve never known that ngl lol

[narrow cosmos]

Btw what kind of defensive stats should I expect from the boss?

[ancient jacinth]

high ass def, high ass res; even higher when near his balls

[glossy phoenix]

If u can kill the balls the boss is fine

[narrow cosmos]

I can probability nuke his ass still

[glossy phoenix]

U can nuke him but if u can’t get rid of the balls ur dead

[narrow cosmos]

Wiš'adel & Lemuen as my main dps

[lusty quest]

Damn…. So still imposibble for my early progress account. Well maybe next time while i gacha for future arts unit

[glossy phoenix]

2nd phase is just ball management

You need to kill all the balls

[narrow cosmos]

Ok. That might be an issue because no fast redeploys or anything.

[glossy phoenix]

Ppl use yato s3 cause you can retreat her before her skill animation end

Then the balls don’t spawn

[ancient jacinth]

i applaud the balls though, do mind if one of them dies it greatly buffs the other so yeah good luck

[vital ember]

Is it just me or are is6 floors shorter than other is

[ancient jacinth]

no expansion so yeah

[glossy phoenix]

If u don’t have fast redeploy I hope u have raidian and sp coin or relic for her

I used my raidian turret to kill the balls by doubling them up on each other

[ancient jacinth]

or ascalon s3

[glossy phoenix]

It was very jank

[lusty quest]

Yeah, even i only got 1/8 health for the other boss, the other one still full health hahahaha. So for grinding level, the normal ending is enough

[ancient jacinth]

btw did you fulfill the choices or did you go in with all the debuff collectibles before the fight?

[lusty quest]

I got in with all the debuff HAHAHAHA. Its my first time meet that stage.

Even i google it what is this stage, and yeah…., I found out i got ED 4

[fringe sundial]

scout worth?

[ionic cradle]

Obviously

[ancient jacinth]

just remember to save 3 anti-interference, 50 ingots and 20 hope if possible

[ionic cradle]

Get all the upgrades generally tbh

[narrow cosmos]

Wish me luck

For whatever nonsense awaits

[languid patio]

Free promote if you willing to send the operator away to E2

That would worth something

[languid patio]

but in this IS6 Case, you can send the same unit to access the Sui Consciousness/Extra Level Dimensions

[narrow cosmos]

?

[ionic cradle]

Wrong reply

[ancient jacinth]

huh

[narrow cosmos]

Ah lmao

[ionic cradle]

What ending this btw

[ancient jacinth]

end3

[narrow cosmos]

Ending 3.

[languid patio]

Making an operator into a candleguest

[narrow cosmos]

Going in blind.

[ionic cradle]

Hmmm death

[languid patio]

I would just spam ED 1 like usual

[ancient jacinth]

mont3r s2 is better i don't think you'll see much use for s3 in this stage

[narrow cosmos]

Except deal with the balls

[lusty quest]

Alright got it, thanks for the tips

[ionic cradle]

May struggle a bit due to lack of area covering ground ops

[ancient jacinth]

since your other healer is literally E1 saria

[ionic cradle]

Wang REALLY HATES range ops existing

[languid patio]

tbh, I would always conserve my ticket and use them in Pathfinder for the sweet -2 Cost of everything

It could cut the costs of a unit from 9 for 6 star to 5, and virtually 0 for everyone else

[ancient jacinth]

ever since voucher conserving feature the experience hasn't been the same

[narrow cosmos]

Yeah pretty much just spamming Raidian summons

[ionic cradle]

I mean that's kinda why hope is abundant, somewhat encourage to save them for those nodes

[narrow cosmos]

I have quite a lot of HP boosts tho. So I hope it's good

[languid patio]

I can pretty much cut the RNG in half for this

[languid patio]

Especially if Nian and Shu rain you with one

[quiet mural]

now the week has passed

[ionic cradle]

think the most needed thing is fast redeploy dps, getting your raidian get cornered by 4 leads to a painful end

[quiet mural]

where's kiwi

[ancient jacinth]

(or an ambusher)

[ionic cradle]

or global thing

[languid patio]

For me ambusher(Ascalon if I use ticket)

I rarely use Texalter nor Yalter here

[ionic cradle]

You can especially cheese it by crippling it with a -30% max HP tongbao, a -65% max HP risk one and a texalter

[languid patio]

(And I never use other executors/merchant)

[quiet mural]

@gaunt bay how's is6 now the week has passed

[languid patio]

Anyways I haven't slapped a naughty Amiya(IS5 Ending something that involves Amiya being naughty(in actual serious way))

[ancient jacinth]

everyone who doesn't have an e2lv90 pot5 m9 mod3 raidian must have their balls twisted

[languid patio]

Ouch

I am not doing IS6 everyday tbh....

[ionic cradle]

Ideally made to be an floor 7 boss

[ancient jacinth]

f6 amiya is basically suicide

unless somehow you manage to max out somehow

[languid patio]

A level is capped at 10 anyways

I dunno how to gain enough hopes to raise every single 6 star I need to slap an Amiya

[ancient jacinth]

(sprout thought)

[languid patio]

huh?

[ionic cradle]

Using the squad that gives bajillions of collectibles

[ancient jacinth]

the squad that's starts you off with six sprout thoughts

[languid patio]

hmmm

[ancient jacinth]

it multiplies each floor so it's the most consistent way of getting collectibles

just balance your thoughts

[magic sapphire]

Question about Raidian, If I complete all her upgrades and my friend borrows it, Do they get all the talent and profeciencies and stuff?

[ionic cradle]

Just don't get unlucky at getting that stupid formative that prevents you from doing more thought exchange after like 1 or 2 times

[ionic cradle]

I think so... Though special squad is around the block

[low vortex]

Only what’s in her kit directly

Stuff unique to the tree can’t be shared

[narrow cosmos]

Talent, Module and Skills yes.

IS6 unique Proficiency no.

[wanton rose]

stir fry is such a scam bro
if only it adds stacks retroactively

[ancient jacinth]

nope

[narrow cosmos]

It's still a good item lol.

[wanton rose]

i feel like i'm being punished for clearing turmoil early

[ancient jacinth]

you gotta obtain it before doing any battles apparently

ah yes

[ionic cradle]

Hell ya did

Early coupons are always a blessing

[narrow cosmos]

Yeah that's what they said.

[ancient jacinth]

stir fry from the final turmoil node

amazing.

and candleguest bell too

horrible.

[muted tundra]

it's no minoan ode, but it's pretty good

[wanton rose]

candle bell is ok, you just plan ahead :ya:

[remote badger]

lol

[rotund copper]

[remote badger]

c

[ancient jacinth]

fair, it at least gives a base stat increase and doesn't require emergency nodes

[ionic cradle]

All talismans gone

[ancient jacinth]

and isn't just hp (p friston ftw)

[rotund copper]

🙏🏻

My exu has 275 aspd now

😭

all other aspd stacked all on her

[ionic cradle]

Aspd vagary tiles

imagine

[wanton rose]

also how do you get 15 stacks of candleguest through combat, just leifa?

such rng fest

[ionic cradle]

there's also the tongbao that's a bootleg chalice which instead gives aspd every 2 ingots

[ionic cradle]

Easiest way is that tongbao that calls lightning upon vagary tiled ops or smth

[wanton rose]

yea leifa

[ionic cradle]

ye

[wanton rose]

i did get the coin once with the bell, only 4 stacks is brutal tho

i want more dmg

[ionic cradle]

I mean it already gives alot of buff, if I remember +40% Max HP and attack?

Then a couple of redeployment reduction...

then when stacked up to 4, that's alot

[ancient jacinth]

assuming rng will even bless you with a lei fa punishment when you have those bells

[rotund copper]

this is evil

[ancient jacinth]

drums the tortoise statue is ass

[rotund copper]

I know obviously

[wanton rose]

drum is the best

[ionic cradle]

Coin toss one very great

[rotund copper]

crackhead apple

[thorny ermine]

would it be better to use the reserved ticket to promote Tragodia or get Raidian? I also have a guard and specialist ticket in reserve

[wanton rose]

40% atk -4% rdp time +4 dp

[ionic cradle]

Raidian if you wanna conserve more hope ngl

[ancient jacinth]

raidian is more cost-effective and reliable

[thorny ermine]

then should I pick up the relic for insta promote supporter?

[ancient jacinth]

hm

[ionic cradle]

if it's like in an addition sense stacked up to 4 is like 160% 16% +16dp ?

[ancient jacinth]

yeah go for it

[compact gorge]

Ending 3 pathfinder stage is pretty cringy

Lost twice

[ancient jacinth]

ass cologne:

[compact gorge]

Remove this map

[ancient jacinth]

yeah the granduke map is vile

whoever designed it is probably the same person who designed big sad lock

[ionic cradle]

Aye, only 1 path towards bluebox at least

[ancient jacinth]

ranged units are basically banned

[ionic cradle]

Unless they're invinsible

[ancient jacinth]

otherwise they get teleported and molested by the infected throwers

[ancient jacinth]

not a word

they say

I can't play this game

so I ask again

[compact gorge]

I don't even have tragodia and cockroach

Hell for me

[ionic cradle]

Simple solutions like qiubai could still work I think

[ancient jacinth]

tbh any ranged ground unit

[compact gorge]

But quibi

Would you

[ancient jacinth]

you just lose in this stage if you only have ranged operators as damage

[ionic cradle]

unless their name has "Wisadel" written over it

[compact gorge]

Glad i always recruit my m9 lazy

[rotund copper]

@ionic cradle

[ionic cradle]

those revenants are affected by summon collectibles so they get insanely tanky

[rotund copper]

yes more aspd...

[ancient jacinth]

600 aspd cap aughhh

[compact gorge]

Worst part is

[ionic cradle]

Almost max stack if I'm guessing all your ops are now guests

[compact gorge]

When the both tiles are full

If you deploy on puddle

Your operator insta dies

[ionic cradle]

then we go atk stack + 100% atk vagary tiles

[ancient jacinth]

real

[compact gorge]

Same with black balls

When you deploy an operator where the ball is about to fall they will die

[ancient jacinth]

black balls are less hard to deal with because unfortunately they spawn with the mortal folly of having a hp bar

ascalon s3 go

[granite pumice]

Guys, is it just me or IS 4 doesn't drop collectibles from battle..?

[ancient jacinth]

normal stages don't usually

[thorny ermine]

E2 Exualter or save for Ascalon?

[remote badger]

nm rarely drops

em actually drops

[compact gorge]

Good question

[remote badger]

exualt

[ancient jacinth]

exualter

[compact gorge]

Exaust

Slaps

Also doesn't die

[granite pumice]

Please tell me how to get as many collectibles on IS 4, went to 3rd floor and only has 1 collectibles

[remote badger]

totally normal

[compact gorge]

Boosky maxing

[ancient jacinth]

if you're high on testosterone aim for emergency nodes

and get into a bosky every chance you get

[granite pumice]

What squad is best then?

[remote badger]

class squads

[ancient jacinth]

I personally like the science squad but class squads in general

[remote badger]

actually anything works

[muted tundra]

scientific thinking if you're brave and wanna pop the heck off

[ancient jacinth]

free 2 interference every floor

[remote badger]

its just the draft issues

[sick mason]

I kinda find it funny that the best 6* starters for IS6 are not Yan ops

[granite pumice]

Alright then, thx all

[compact gorge]

Raidian should be yan and able to do aoe multi hit dmg

[sick mason]

Raidian, Exu alter, Tragodia, Wisadel

Unless if you want to include Leizi alter, I’d feel like she’s not a proper starter but okay

[compact gorge]

While being invisible

[steel relic]

Exu counts as Yan

[ancient jacinth]

what.

[sick mason]

Default Exu yes, but Exu alter?

[muted tundra]

yea

[steel relic]

Yes

[remote badger]

here comes the raidian exualt trag wis ban-

[sick mason]

Alters still count as previous faction despite they’re now related to others huh…

Like Chalter no longer worked for LGD

But smh still counted as Lungmen (which still part of Yan)

[muted tundra]

chalter isn't yan but exualter is

[compact gorge]

Send yan ops list

[ancient jacinth]

skalter and nearl:

[hardy scaffold]

It is called QoL

[sick mason]

Isn’t Skalter… like very different person to Skadi 🏃

[ancient jacinth]

purestream, pretty sure all sui, lazy, zuoli, uhh

yeah

[compact gorge]

White rabbit?

Vanguard

[stray dove]

lesson fucking learned.

if you see only -ASPD drones

[ancient jacinth]

surfer is blacksteel

[ionic cradle]

Surfer?

[sick mason]

But Chalter was from Lungmen, isn’t she?

[stray dove]

you're gonna get chain lightning'd

[ancient jacinth]

or rim I forgor

[muted tundra]

@sick mason

[sick mason]

So the archives doesn’t count Chen as Lungmen anymore?

[muted tundra]

chen is

[ancient jacinth]

it does

[muted tundra]

that's why she's not in the blue region

she's just shown as a connection

[muted tundra]

more obvious zoomed out

[ancient jacinth]

no base blaze 😔

[stray dove]

Beagter when?

[muted tundra]

[rotund copper]

322 aspd exu

[ancient jacinth]

when sun explodes

or some random ass event

[rough kindle]

raidianless

[ancient jacinth]

what is fangalter story actually

[lusty mesa]

whats the best start with special squad with radian . just got her to e2 today

[ancient jacinth]

exualter

[lusty mesa]

okay guess i borrow from friend

first time playing her shes st wisadel right basically

[remote badger]

dont worry

just use her s2

and win

[lusty mesa]

[remote badger]

and think

[ancient jacinth]

i don't actually use special squad opening, but I assume that using the squad with a support and spec voucher allows you to get an E2 raidian opening?

[remote badger]

yep

[ancient jacinth]

ah

[remote badger]

with the tradeoff of unable to draft other 6* on start

[ancient jacinth]

I think that only applies on the difficulty level that increases 6* cost

[rough kindle]

finally unlocked all art

[ancient jacinth]

honestly dusk is so rare I don't even remember visiting her but somehow she's unlocked

rarer than ling even

[carmine token]

defenatly a floor of all time

[carmine token]

accurate

[stray dove]

wait that's the one I'm missing.

What node is it?

[ancient jacinth]

presumably a leisure node

I doubt it's a legend

[pearl oyster]

I did not think e1 Jaye Raidian and Shu could do this and went in because there’s nothing else. But they did. Jaye is surprisingly strong. He almost get one shot by egg but he’d heal back to full before egg could attack again.

[atomic fjord]

chat which ops are good vs sui in high diff

[thorny ermine]

What should I do here?

[ancient jacinth]

the usual just have sp collectibles/tongbao and any buff collectibles in general and use summons to bait sui

[stray dove]

Recruited Lin just so I can have a better survivor in Pathfinder battle to buff Bells

[ancient jacinth]

is the candlestand stage one time per run or per pathfinder node

[stray dove]

every pathfinder

[thorny ermine]

I have Exualter E2

[stray dove]

the only once per run is just giving 1 ops a candle

almost pointless

[real mango]

What a mess

Started the run almost losing to early maps

Ended dominating the rest

[atomic fjord]

so just stack redeploy timer and damage like usual

[real mango]

Kirara MVP for hitcount maps

Unironically

[ancient jacinth]

yeah

[real mango]

Especially Feng Shui

[atomic fjord]

walter s2 carried me through hitcount

🥹

its a bit too good

[ancient jacinth]

tbh if you can get lots of hp and shield just ignore the left side entirely

[atomic fjord]

i got that shield coin

super goated

[thorny ermine]

should I E2 Kal'tsit or get Walter? This is the same run as I got E2 Exualter

[atomic fjord]

left side is only 17 hp right

[ancient jacinth]

yeah

[ancient jacinth]

E2 exu

[thorny ermine]

I already have E2 Exualter

[real mango]

He already has E2 exu

[atomic fjord]

how to deal with the sui slams tho

[ancient jacinth]

sh mb I read it wrong, kaltsit e2

you're probably good as is since it's low diff

[ancient jacinth]

hp collectibles and tongbao like bustling trade

[ivory gull]

what's the best option for this one?

[ancient jacinth]

high ground is limited so medics are quite a pickle to use

[ancient jacinth]

whats in your squad?

[atomic fjord]

i still dont encounter that node enough to know what the options do

[real mango]

There was a chart for that iirc

[ancient jacinth]

"ranged operators shall" "steady balance"

man I memorized it by heart

[ivory gull]

thank you!

[carmine token]

leasure

[stray dove]

dang, it would've been better if you found that in WiW.
the Candleholder variants are pretty good

[ancient jacinth]

it's a legend node in Sui's Remnant Consciousness called butterfly of elm wood or something

basically cough up 30 ingots for the collectible or pray that it gives it to you for free

[atomic fjord]

thats the ed2 node i meant this one

[ancient jacinth]

oh it's a legend/encounter node that lets you mix and match a buff collectible

generally pick steady balance for hp and atk

the other two are meh

[solemn glen]

how does arduous trade work?

[ivory gull]

it's an encounter node

[ancient jacinth]

if you have it in your coffer, it lets you travel vertically with any node youre on (not for free; it just gives you the ability to do so in any node you're in)

[solemn glen]

I see, still needs 3 coupons then

[real mango]

Apparently the best one is "All Operators Shall" and then just pick the third option

[ionic wraith]

I am hard stuck trying to get ed3 on d14

What is the strat? It's regular stages that kill me tbh

Combination of sp and dot debuff makes it very hard to get going

[remote badger]

rose salt

[ancient jacinth]

right my dumbass forgot that the garden encounter is +50% physical and arts damage dealt against apparitions

[ionic cradle]

All bosses being apparitions

every mini bosses included, IS6 is the one where every major enemy's trait are pure

[ancient jacinth]

eh out of trauma I'd still pick balance to make them more chunky

[ionic cradle]

Apparation type enemies are already jacked tho, even those darn stupid Invitation to Wine enemies

[ancient jacinth]

mfw emergency green hills speak not:

anyways the real goat of the stamp collection is the "all candleguests shall" "steady balance"

+50% atk and +50% def

too good

or the risk version if you have fast redeploys

[cloud cliff]

ohh damn, i always pick random shit on that

guess im missing out lol

[thorny ermine]

which squad should I unlock first?

[rapid pulsar]

if im going for ed3+ed5 in is5 d15 which starting squad should i go?

[ancient jacinth]

erudite squad

free collectibles every floor assuming you don't get your thoughts blocked

[stray dove]

I fucking hate the bug that i instalose FOs due to Wis Sniper Talisman debuff

[ancient jacinth]

eh?

[shadow bluff]

I was expecting Ji and i didn’t realize the boss would change… i feel like this run is cooked for me

[ancient jacinth]

do you have raidian?

[shadow bluff]

I borrowed someone’s raidian

[ancient jacinth]

just use her s1/s2 summons to bait out sui

if you have more than 17 hp just ignore the left side

[shadow bluff]

I have…6 hp with 6 objective shield… i weep

[ancient jacinth]

then at least try to not let the brass spearheads leak

just ignore the sharpedges

[stray dove]

YES! This is perfect for my Ed2 run

[ancient jacinth]

+80% hp is cracked ash

[shadow bluff]

Ty…. Goddamn i was so prepared for ji so I could get raidian e2 T-T

[rotund copper]

I will stun them for next century with this bro

[rapid pulsar]

what starting ops would you reccomend with that?

[rotund copper]

[ancient jacinth]

and they still won't count levitate as a single-instance status effect 🥀

[rotund copper]

fuhhh who cares bout that

[ancient jacinth]

really depends on you, I always go with as your heart desires for a free 4* or 5*

[rotund copper]

[rapid pulsar]

i see thanks

[left ledge]

Defeated IS3 Ishar'mla. Never thought I'd make the ranger operators into living turrets with those ASPD buffs.

[ancient jacinth]

cracking out on collectibles and only using reserve operators

[thorny ermine]

is Tianshi Buruea or Tourist squad good?

[ancient jacinth]

tourist squad if you wanna make your tongbaos more significant to the gameplay; tianshi if you like being in Sui's Remnant Consciousness

generally tourist because tongbaos are broken if you can get specific combinations

and an extra 2 coin toss slots can help a long way

[tacit oyster]

Shit

[carmine token]

Tooc(Eo)😭

[ancient jacinth]

you have a guardian, right?

[remote badger]

death sentence

[tacit oyster]

these are my current tosses. I can afford another though

[remote badger]

they stand no chances 🥀

[tacit oyster]

25 lp and these are my only ops I could get

[ancient jacinth]

westlianzhenmt is the last thing you want to give to enraged infected tweakers

[tacit oyster]

Good call. here's my reroll

[ancient jacinth]

alright

maybe you might have a chance

[tacit oyster]

here's hoping. Anything I should change?

[ancient jacinth]

the shennongwatches might fuck you over though

[tacit oyster]

can't reroll anymore

[ancient jacinth]

maybe a prayer

and some strategical positioning

raidian S2 would work better

you can snipe them from far and because most of the high ground is guarded by bonethrowers

[tacit oyster]

s2. got it. ty

[ancient jacinth]

or S1 to stall the runners

[remote badger]

no praying here

[sick mason]

Uhh

[tacit oyster]

WOOOHOOO RAIDIAN S2

I ONLY DROPPED JAYE ONCE JUST TO STALL THE RUNNER FOR A SECOND

[ancient jacinth]

both, both are good

[sick mason]

I can only pick one there

[ancient jacinth]

but bloodspillrisk is better imo

[sick mason]

But I suppose I only have Ines as my VG

[lost anchor]

Wisadel creep is real

[ancient jacinth]

firstwordfalls is really good though, early stage advantage

[tacit oyster]

No Vanguards too

[sick mason]

I realized that all of my ed3 runs are always with bloodshed spill coin activated

[tacit oyster]

Raidian and wisadel. S2 at M3 is amazing

[sick mason]

No wonder why I felt like it's really fast to take down Wang and his goons

[gentle leaf]

d8 :)

like a gazillion aspd

[ancient jacinth]

we can't use the word goon to describe an underling in the year of our lord 2026 🙏

[tacit oyster]

FINALLY A DEFENDER VOUCHER. Should I pick horn? Or shu/saria?

[carmine token]