#is-station

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stray dove
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IS4 is where you want to continue indeed as a tryhard flexer

woeful anchor
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also u only need 1 offensive relic to make it easy

stray dove
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since it doesn't have IS5's Lamp

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or IS6's Raidian

woeful anchor
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wat

stray dove
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no shortcuts to get strong

woeful anchor
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is4 is easy tho

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relicless

sick mason
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You're suffering being polluted by IS4's collapse values

stray dove
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thats the point

woeful anchor
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wat

stray dove
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most would do IS4 relicles

stray dove
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and it still feel worth doing

ashen valve
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Yk what

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Im gonna try

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Not using Raidian

stray dove
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ngl

ashen valve
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Ill just borrow Tragodia instead

stray dove
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IS4 mostly feels relicless anyways if your luck is shit enough

woeful anchor
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all the f5 stages all take 3 or less ops

sick mason
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At least if you reduce your LP without leaking enemies, you don't gain extra collapse value

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Unlike in IS3

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Low LP? Automatically losing light

stray dove
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IS3 is a bleeding effect

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leak once

woeful anchor
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i dont like how is6 relicless is so ass

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man

stray dove
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you're gonna feel it the entire run

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but i also am not fond of being punished for leaking

woeful anchor
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no counterplay to epoch

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no counterplay to tongbao

stray dove
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not when the point of increasing LP and shield is to use it as a resource

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for letting enemeis through (1 of the options to use it)

sick mason
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Running IS6 relicless? You really need some massive guts to do that

stray dove
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@nocturne cape Is IS6 being done relicless by some people?

raw hemlock
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ooo sniper voucher from whacking the moles :D

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saving! :3

stray dove
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there's no Quilon/Amiyi situation that makes it feel impossible

woeful anchor
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grinding it is just miserable

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u restart if u get bad epoch

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u restart if u roll wrong tongbaos

stray dove
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you mean Hour

woeful anchor
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yes hour

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epoch

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same thing

stray dove
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use the actual terms

woeful anchor
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hour is a commom word so it feels wrong

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🚬

stray dove
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Hallucinations, Call of We Many, Collapsal Paradism, Epoch, Hour of Sui

raw hemlock
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EM veteran actor or encounter....? I know how the normal one goes...

sick mason
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Imagine getting the hour that buffed enemies atk and can't retreat ops under mark of epoch

woeful anchor
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if ur learning the stages always take new ones

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always take new stuff even if u die

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cant learn if u dont fail

stray dove
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considering IS5's most noteworthy bosses are Quilon and Amiyi and both are impossible to relicless, i don't think there's many who would bother just doing IS5 relicless

woeful anchor
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at least thats my take

stray dove
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there's no flex to be had

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in just doing Ed1-3 of IS5 relicless

woeful anchor
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they did map1 done

stray dove
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"grinding"

woeful anchor
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map2 in progress

stray dove
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so no clear

woeful anchor
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not yet

stray dove
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thats dedication

sick mason
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Also whoever made this shitty stage should get fired

woeful anchor
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u habe to dodge epochs

stray dove
woeful anchor
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so u need to get a bit lucky too

stray dove
woeful anchor
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i think the hard ems are good

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in is5

sick mason
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Why IS5 floor 4 have some of the most cancerous stage of all time HellaKek

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Even regular army is less shittier than this

woeful anchor
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its kinda funny cos theyre all 3oped

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regular army is 3ops

stray dove
sick mason
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Oh yeah that one

woeful anchor
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merc being 3op is diabolical

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bruh wtf is this shit

stray dove
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i can see how

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its just that the risk involved

sick mason
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I ain't facing invisible W

woeful anchor
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i cant see how

stray dove
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is not worth it

nocturne cape
woeful anchor
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no i mean its insane that its only 3 ops

stray dove
woeful anchor
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since this stage is super ass

nocturne cape
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Correct

woeful anchor
sick mason
stray dove
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how.....

nocturne cape
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D15 ED4

woeful anchor
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m3 aechetto sakiko gnosis pram sa sa2

stray dove
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i mean....sure

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but still

woeful anchor
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trag s1

stray dove
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that's still a Quilon

woeful anchor
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bro its so fucking meme

stray dove
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without Chalice

woeful anchor
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no its is6ed4

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not is5

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u asked is6

stray dove
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oh....

woeful anchor
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this clear is so meme

stray dove
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IS5

woeful anchor
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quilon no progress

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afaik

stray dove
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i mean makes sense

woeful anchor
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maybe some grp is grinding in secret

stray dove
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permastall solutions are mostly unavailable

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unless you're doing Cheeto QB

woeful anchor
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the issue is like u cant perma phase2

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cos of the boat

cold fjord
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they made a bit of progress on ed5 map 2

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ed4 is cooked

nocturne cape
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Quilon is 7ops on D0 iirc

woeful anchor
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ye quilon need to powercreep wis twice first

nocturne cape
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So cooked

woeful anchor
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me when d0 quilon is harder than d15 sentinel

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:joyplush:

stray dove
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makes sense.

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stalling Quilon (immediately going to exit asap)

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and a LOT of chalices

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really overwhelms you

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i still feel like Quilon and Amiyi are fun bosses.
It's just that conquering them in hardest difficulties really forces your hand to go Lamp-ing

sick mason
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I mean HG knew everyone's gonna go to lamp

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And thus they have to make stages to counter lamp usage

stray dove
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i think my appreciation of IS bosses only began on Craz, then Lugalz+Khagan, then Quilon and Amiyi

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since they all feel like raid bosses

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with chores and alternate things you need to do

sinful sparrow
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i wonder why noone has done d15 ed3 relicless for is6

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is it the shitty 800 variants

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πŸ«ƒ

sick mason
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Your ops getting debuffed by -50% initial SP and 2% HP loss per second is already suffering enough

stray dove
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right now there's not too many stat checks in IS6

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that it feels very possible

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to relicless

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Quilon and Amiyi is where i really felt like stat checks were too much

sick mason
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Lamp of wishes granting everyone easy king's relics ReedBean

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And chalice

raw hemlock
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Just invest or grab something, then invest the rest?

woeful anchor
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the issue is they want low ops

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why would u grind out slop clear

cold fjord
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However

stray dove
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i'd rather throwaway early runs

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than higher diff runs

cold fjord
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there is a 75% chance to roll x2 right side wallbreaker

woeful anchor
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gg

cold fjord
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relicless eats dick to wallbreakers

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so

woeful anchor
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lmao 25% chance to play the game

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-3 hrs

stray dove
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i can imagine that

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IS6 feels rough in higher diffs without a smidgen of DPS relics

raw hemlock
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investor crashed again, only got 5 ingots into it

stray dove
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and you have to do that everytime as relicless

sinful sparrow
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🀫

cold fjord
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the thing is

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you need to roll the 25%

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and also not roll a piss epoch

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on f6

woeful anchor
cold fjord
woeful anchor
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when d18 drops

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πŸ₯±

sinful sparrow
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ballsack 😭

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can we get ed2 relicless ballsack commerce variant

woeful anchor
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wats ed2 record

sinful sparrow
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5

woeful anchor
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its like 5 ops?

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ye i saw tsg post

sinful sparrow
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ange yato exu raidian ela

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excellent

woeful anchor
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but i didnt watch

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yep yato op

stray dove
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what screws relicless the most, Wei-Chien, Ssu Nung, ...or is it just Shen-Chu?

woeful anchor
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anyway thoughts on 4op ooc

sinful sparrow
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john 16x2 hit against furniture wcyd

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kinda broken

woeful anchor
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but its is6 ooc and we bring radian

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πŸ˜‚

sinful sparrow
woeful anchor
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real?

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ive been playing no radian

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so idk how good she is

raw hemlock
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at the f2 pathfinder node, which sniper do I grab? my lem, chalter, exu, or naran?

sinful sparrow
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i thought we are talking about is3

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Wtf

woeful knot
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πŸ‘Š if the record for d15 ooc is 3 you can go lower there in is6

cold fjord
cold fjord
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wtf

stray dove
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learning what Apparitions are, i begin to learn how I should despise this one a lot

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Ssu Nung still takes the cake for me

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it ruins my openers badly

woeful anchor
sick mason
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I can't believe Yi himself counts as Apparition

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And also Wang?

stray dove
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they're fragments of a Feranmut

raw hemlock
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screw it, Naran

stray dove
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they even state that they're still "dreaming"

woeful knot
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fib pick the music

stray dove
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and they are scared what happens if they wake up

sinful sparrow
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Yi, Sui and Wang are all Apparitions

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apparently ed4 boss isnt

stray dove
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lulz

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Ed4 is an actual Feranmut

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Sui foot is actually Jie

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another Sui proxy

sick mason
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Actual feranmut doesn't count? Wow how anomaly

stray dove
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they're not technically geists/ghosts/etc.

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proxies might be considered as such

woeful anchor
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🀯

stray dove
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it's the same reason why Vernal Winds enemies aren't apparitions

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they're an extremist human group of pro-feranmuts

sick mason
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It sucks because I didn't conserve these guys due to my conserve voucher is already full

woeful anchor
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wtf

stray dove
shrewd yoke
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how many scout nodes 😭

stray dove
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no that's how Wang yeets out un-candled

cold fjord
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Thats just ed3

stray dove
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they make them take a walk

raw hemlock
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one of the bosky retrieve nodes is giving me two-river spring, do I take that to replace a blank coin?

sick mason
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Meanwhile the lucky ones

smoky tiger
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Does this need to be tossed for the effect to be active? Or its passive?

sick mason
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Needed to be tossed

stray dove
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it is hlarious in a way

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that how HG coded uncandled to be unplayable is

sick mason
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Even though you got a stack from previous toss, if you didn't toss it, you don't get the effect

stray dove
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they give them Scouting status

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makes sense

raw hemlock
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I dunno about this trader...

stray dove
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it's the simplest way to ban them

sick mason
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Would ed4 also require candleguests too or not?

sick mason
stray dove
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haven't heard

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i doubt

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Wang's prophecy is banning uncandled

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i doubt Ed4 would "copy" him

sinful sparrow
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if they dont then gg slop

sick mason
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We still dunno what ed5 would look alike tho

sinful sparrow
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then 3 might be worse than 4 in terms of diff bruh :joyplush:

stray dove
sick mason
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Could it be another Sui proxy? Feranmut boss?

stray dove
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and it's only Candleholders

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since Wang's prophecy stuck

sinful sparrow
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allat for 600 nerds to be scouted next floor

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wcyd

sick mason
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When ed4 comes out, I'm not doing ed3 anymore ._.

cold fjord
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cuz otherwise u need to do ed4ICANT

sinful sparrow
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bro i dont wanna play ed4

stray dove
sinful sparrow
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the two times i play it i crush it leakless

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what do

stray dove
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or fully complete

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Ed5 PV showed that Wang lost

cold fjord
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its ok bro the 3+4 stage will be peak

stray dove
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to Bestial Sui

sinful sparrow
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surely right

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surely

sick mason
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Hmm a bestial Sui is more powerful than a real Feranmut?

sinful sparrow
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@cold fjord post fish eggs in cult

sick mason
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Like the ed4 capybara?

stray dove
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no Sui proxies

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it's when it was still truly complete and alive

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what Sui right now is "dead" and reviving itself

sick mason
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... Could ed5 actually be the real Sui? And then suddenly all 12 fragments forced to emerged

cold fjord
stray dove
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hell the only times we felt like we fought "Sui" is Wang's actions in Sui events

cold fjord
stray dove
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and Jie-only in Ed2

sick mason
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But ed2 is just "Jie"

stray dove
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not complete at all

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Sui would be stronger

stray dove
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taking the position so it makes it easier to imprison or kill again

sick mason
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I'm talking about the complete Sui, the combination of all 12 Sui proxies

ashen valve
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Who’s a REALLY fast healer

cold fjord
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Oh true

sick mason
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Chongyue, Wang, Ling, unknown 4th, Jie (dead), Shu, Ji, Yi, Nian, unknown 10th, Dusk, Yu

stray dove
sick mason
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Burn

ashen valve
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Heals back to full

stray dove
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good luck with that 1 hp then

ashen valve
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I dont need it

sick mason
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Did you buy those from Ji's shop??

sinful sparrow
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@cold fjord u wanna bet that this CNY event gonna be Wang, 4th sibling as 6*

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🀫

stray dove
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these guys don't even feel much of the lightning

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with that bulk

sick mason
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Mlynar having tanky DEF and RES while Hoe just stretching his HP pool

cold fjord
stray dove
ashen valve
raw hemlock
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that looks pretty

ashen valve
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Infinity

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Or smth

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3D art

split void
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@stray dove after deploying the dagger , . the talisman just run free somewhere

sinful sparrow
woeful knot
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i dont goon

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its better if we get yi tho

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πŸ‘

stray dove
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not a huge fan of Ines S3. As for that specific Hour of Sui

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if it hits VG

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I would've gone with Surfer/Canta

stray dove
# ashen valve 3D art

IS relics, RA items and foods, mats and modules, everything that isn't the operators and ingame sprites themselves are all 3D models

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and they are all amazingly designed

raw hemlock
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Hmmmmmm

trail spear
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what the hell is this node ive never done it

raw hemlock
stray dove
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it's just unfortunate that you fought that one in Emer immediately

sick mason
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The other one is easier than this

trail spear
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its a fucking pressure oven on the middle box

sick mason
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I lost 26 LP first time trying this stage

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In D10

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For the sake of maxxing Raidian's module

trail spear
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ok just murdered ending 3

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i gotta say needing 2 carries is abit annoying

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and my purestream in the middle lane doesn't hit both units because i dont have her module

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time to raise

errant siren
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5-6 ensures his die.

stray dove
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nice

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the smoothest Inferno for me is just letting the enemies feel like they're playing Touhou

trail spear
stray dove
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no wonder

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the only way a Chalice run fails is

trail spear
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Pepe is good in is6?

stray dove
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lack of DPS relics

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no that's the 6* voucher coin

trail spear
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And the sui food relic

stray dove
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thats already good

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Stir Fry?

trail spear
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Yea

stray dove
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one of the best

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since it bulks you up too

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unlike Drum and Bells that's purely ATK

trail spear
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Quite a good run

errant siren
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Drum is juicy ATK

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Should get it.

trail spear
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Wait

stray dove
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Drum is the highest ATK you can get from a single relic

trail spear
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Fuck i did ed3

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I forgot to do ed2

trail spear
stray dove
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it technically is King's Crown in IS6

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doing a coin toss = +15% ATK

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stacks up to 10 times

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Stirfry, Bells, Drums

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the best DPS relics in IS6

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are all boss-tier relics

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that you can buy in shop or drop in normal fight

sick mason
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Or also get a chance to get them after f3 boss

stray dove
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thats why it's actually possible to get all 3 of them in one run

sick mason
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0 cost Raidian summons in floor 2 ReedBean

flat hamlet
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Finally 😭

errant siren
# trail spear Whats drum

+15% ATK, +15% (1 stack) additionally for each coin toss (up to 10 stacks = 150%). If you get all 3 coins Risk-type, you get 2 stacks instead.

stray dove
trail spear
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I feel like ive never seen it

stray dove
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you're new

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new enough

trail spear
stray dove
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i most likely do not even consider the all-risk-coins

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I don't let it get that badly

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and I doubt I have immediate Drum in F1 start

obsidian needle
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one of the best thing to spend coupons on

stray dove
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-1 coupon per floor

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yeah

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heh....

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one of the strongest runs I got

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so much DPS, a lot of bulk, and ASPD coin

trail spear
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I just want my p6 dorothy to be viable in is

alpine solar
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now everyone is viable!

stray dove
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that's facts

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D0 exists so you don't feel like you're forced to play what you don't want

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just play whatever

flat hamlet
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I just want to play Lin but I don't think there's anything good for phalanx casters

trail spear
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Wait does IS have previous run records

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I dont remember

alpine solar
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nyope

trail spear
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Right

stray dove
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thats why they removed Hand relics even (also removed King relics but for a different point)

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its making people go only to specific things

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most of them aren't even good

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it's a nice direction what they're doing now with the newest relic designs

obsidian needle
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yea I like this one a lot better than previous

stray dove
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high printing builds with +99 onwards, blocking builds, ammo builds, it feels less subclassy and just flavored flexibly

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that isn't even including some of the Tongbao designs

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which adds a few more ways to make other relics work

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the dodge coin but making enemies attack faster. I can imagine that as a fun low diff run

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with dodge relics

flat hamlet
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I was just thinking "I didn't see any hand relic in a long time" kek

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Turns out there's none

stray dove
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Dream Curio with other relics that stack effects per skill spam

trail spear
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My only main problem is raidian

stray dove
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is very effective even in high diff

trail spear
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Shilled way too hard

stray dove
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ehhh

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i'm fine with it

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sweatlords wouldn't like the way she's designed

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she feels too integral

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but she's a solid crutch for newbies

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issue is newbies don't like going for higher difficulties

trail spear
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I feel like not taking summoning items when i have the chance to is like

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Why am i intentionally nerfing myself

stray dove
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you really don't

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i've played Raidian runs without a single summon relic

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Raidian could just be there to carry you in F1 and F2

flat hamlet
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Yeah I hate that her masteries and module are just "clear ending at difficulty 7" or something

stray dove
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and the rest is up to the others

flat hamlet
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I'm on difficulty 3 bro chill

sick mason
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Just do special squad

stray dove
sick mason
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You'll get temp Raidian anyway

trail spear
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For us with a solid roster its not that hard to climb diffs so far

stray dove
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but difficult for those who only play low diff

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thats all i can say

trail spear
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I've got the funny exu 2 and tragodia

stray dove
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once you have cleared D2

flat hamlet
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Maybe I should read the mechanics of the stage lmao

stray dove
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just keep using Special Squad

flat hamlet
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I still have no idea how the white/black thing works kek

stray dove
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.....

trail spear
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Idk what's coming with expansion 1 other than a lot of people telling me its relatively cooked

flat hamlet
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Which one is the special squad ?

stray dove
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that's just Dusk event

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deployment squad...

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it's literally the second squad

obsidian needle
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Dusk event is long time ago

stray dove
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time to revisit it

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we have unlimited practice plans

flat hamlet
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Oh the +2 deployment ?

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Yeah I used it

stray dove
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yeah keep using it

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temp Raidian gives you M9 and E2 90

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even if everything else is locked

sick mason
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Bruh can I do floor 1 rob with Raidian, Luo Xiaohei and Purestream damn

flat hamlet
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Wait I never saw the free raidian coucou

stray dove
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rob or die

flat hamlet
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I truly can't read lmfao

stray dove
stray dove
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then yes, it has Raidian

errant siren
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You can with S1 Raidian leak at least 3 enemies.

stray dove
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ewait

flat hamlet
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Just cleared it yesterday

stray dove
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is your Raidian E2?

flat hamlet
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So that's why

trail spear
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@stray dove do i pritorise tragodia, exu 2 or wisadel

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Hmm

flat hamlet
stray dove
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ever

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he ain't carrying harder than the other 2

flat hamlet
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I cleared D2 yesterday, haven't started a new run since

trail spear
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I dont know if there's any guards i ever want to take

stray dove
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well

trail spear
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LOl

stray dove
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Special Squad is now there for you

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keep using it for easier time

flat hamlet
trail spear
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Mlynar is mlynar but ehh

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Everyone else feels so underwhelming

stray dove
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as someone that's Lazerless

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Mlynar only

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i pick 2 others

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Windscoot for Yan requirements

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Quartz in case I need to do Bell stacks (potential future Bell gain)

trail spear
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I lost my lazer to a thorns alter dupe

trail spear
stray dove
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i chose to remain Lazerless

stray dove
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and just want a potential deploy attack

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Luo is less useful as an E1

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I don't even plan on E2ing them

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unless my hope costs are solved

trail spear
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Hmm

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Wish i had ulpianus then

stray dove
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no you don't

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well

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your diff is low

sick mason
stray dove
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but Ulp ain't helping you much in IS6

sick mason
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Grandpa why are u here HellaKek

trail spear
stray dove
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how they did D15 modifier is pretty foul already heh

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i wonder if they're gonna be creative with D16-18 modifiers

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or just make boring stat buffs

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I guess d14 Leaders taking less damage is a form of stat gain already but universally affecting even high ATK

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but d15 adds burning aura to talismans attached

remote badger
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death

stray dove
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It didn't even occur to me that Wang acts like Mouthpiece in phase 2

trail spear
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Wait so you just kill all the go pieces and he leaves?

stray dove
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for phase 2 maybe

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i do remember some times

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when he dies with Flaws present

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i think it's just an alternate lose condition for him in phase 2

trail spear
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Is it remotely viable to do

stray dove
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he does flood you with pieces in Phase 2 transition

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there's no point

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just stall and kill him

sick mason
trail spear
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Is arts still worthless in is6

stray dove
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it's only worthless in IS3 high diff

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since when did you last play to think otherwise?

trail spear
sick mason
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Arts dmg is still gud

But casters are not (outside Logos)

sinful sparrow
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@nocturne cape hoshi gnosis actually has pretty great mu into f2 bosky

trail spear
stray dove
sinful sparrow
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good to know

trail spear
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Logos is like the one exception but its logos

stray dove
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....do you know how Drone Casters are statistically built?

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they have naturally low ATK bases

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so no matter how many DPS relics you have

#

it ain't increasing much in damage

errant siren
trail spear
#

Doesnt that mean they're just bad?

stray dove
#

thats why they thrive in high ASPD with decent DPS

errant siren
stray dove
errant siren
#

Right before battle ends.

stray dove
#

even if it means hand mixing

trail spear
#

Hand mixing is satan

stray dove
#

only for those who rely too much on the usual Lamp rewards

#

i've had runs with enough leeway to use more Wish nodes

heavy pumice
#

well arts are weaker than phys dmg by default due to how the formula works
but that doesnt stop players to go for arts comp core in any IS (except IS3)

stray dove
#

like constant Vertical Wish node visits

#

because i do Blueprint

#

when a run is smooth, i greed harder

heavy pumice
#

as for bad or nah, idk
its always back to case by case method
me personally always call arts dmg as inferior one :ya:

stray dove
#

It's inferior until it's not

#

in other words

sick mason
#

Physical dmg reduced by DEF is just a simple substraction while arts dmg reduced by RES is by percentage ._.

stray dove
#

it starts being the only dmg option

#

when DEF becomes too bloated (RA CC, CCB max risk)

#

but since IS gives you relics to help dmg and stats

#

yeah physical will remain king for a long while

#

with Trag doing minor arts and true dmg procs

#

Hoshi2 is actually really good in general

#

and might be the preferred arts nuking gateway moving forward

sick mason
#

Hoshi alter making arts defender finally got a spotlight

#

Like this f-ing subclass never got any spotlight

stray dove
#

a lot of subclasses never got any

#

until 1 champion makes them even semi-relevant

#

no matter how minor it felt

sick mason
#

Ah yes I know one subclass that will never get any HellaKek

#

Duelist defender

stray dove
#

and i do say a lot of MINOR relevance to even make you think about a subclass

#

like Lin as the best solution against low but fast-proccing damage

stray dove
#

whether it suits the class or not

#

ahem.....Ela and Geexu

heavy pumice
#

duelist defender huh
that is a weird archetype to begin with
or another word its a gen content archetype

sick mason
#

A defender that can only block 1, can only gain SP while blocking (module-less) and has cancerous DP cost?

#

Oh yes we can certainly called it "duelist defender"

stray dove
#

here's the thing

#

most of them are old operators with still high SP cost

#

imagine what Duelist defender 6* would be designed now

#

with module that removes the blocking penalty

#

and gives them slow auto-rec

heavy pumice
#

yes and zumama its the highest ceiling
i doubt hg would go so far to make a better zumama in the future

stray dove
#

it's not even about her

#

they can make a kit that's not just DPS-oriented

#

and that really is most of Zumama. Her S2 being the most enticing one for ACTUAL use these days

#

but even then there are better ways to stall enemies than using her S2

sick mason
#

Zumama 2.0

stray dove
#

they can really go fun with it

#

have you ever thought

#

that the very 2nd 6* Crusher would have a dash skill?

sick mason
#

Casually getting closer to enemies so he can beat the shit out of them

stray dove
#

have you ever thought that the very 2nd 6* Liberator would idle in air?

#

they are getting creative

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and i like it

sick mason
#

I mean Nasti is another case of insane creativity

heavy pumice
#

and still he ended up as gen content

sick mason
#

Creating a damn high ground tile

stray dove
#

it's....really not too much

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Nasti is the case of

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finally....applying RA to every other content

heavy pumice
#

i agree with creativity but creativity alone wont satisfy player base

stray dove
#

here's the thing

#

most of the playerbase won't be

#

because you know what they playerbase really wants?

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a Wis 2.0. But here's the thing

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they will also hate the very thing they want

#

because it feels "powercreep"ing

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even when they want the new powercreep

sick mason
#

2 sides of fanbase

stray dove
#

not exactly

#

the very people who want the new powercreep

#

also complains "oh its too easy now"

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the very people you want to ignore

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HG is doing fine

#

let them cook

sick mason
#

I bet those kind of people who complained like that are the "guide watchers"

stray dove
#

btw these people who complain "shit's too easy now"

#

don't play endgame

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they never do

#

they just complain and leave

sick mason
#

Y'know when they always rely on Youtubers to do... well almost everything in this game

stray dove
#

i don't exactly blame them

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wanna know why?

#

i will always believe

#

that most of AK's playerbse

#

do not like the core gameplay

#

it's a TD

#

a very niche gameplay genre

#

those who keep relying on Kyo and Ecko

paper kayak
#

thats true of an absolute ton of games

stray dove
#

do not like to play the game themselves

#

and just want goodies

sick mason
#

FFFFFFFF I DON'T HAVE WISADEL

stray dove
#

you chose that

errant siren
stray dove
#

you could've picked the 3 shields

#

but noooooooooooooooo

errant siren
#

FREE DEATH

sick mason
#

I was expecting Manmade carnival

stray dove
#

you get the wok risk coin ehhhhh

#

i only ever tolerate 3 risk coins

#

make it 4

#

99 DP, Dream Curio, Spill, and vertical pathing taxation

sick mason
#

Bloodshed spill?

stray dove
#

yeah

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IF NOT ED2

#

yeah

#

i want to be bulkier in Ed2

#

and Spill ruins that

heavy pumice
#

maybe i should finish my firework core tripple ed IS5
and start to act like a true elitistRedOmegaLul

ashen valve
#

Idk why I kept

#

Making things harder for myself

#

I could’ve just leave

#

But no

#

I gotta try my luck on the butterfly

#

And I got it

#

I cant even remove it at lost and found

stray dove
#

Lost and Found do not get rid of Ending relics

sick mason
#

Why not store more HellaKek

#

And I actually managed to beat that stage thanks to that wok coin again

stray dove
#

well store your run ending

#

you guys really like the DEF coin huh

#

it needs too much to even feel decent

sick mason
#

If upgraded that coin is actually great tho

#

-1750 DEF is insane

stray dove
#

and i am not a fan of Frozen operators when Wang's debuff relic is poisoning my operators to death

stray dove
#

yeah not much.....

#

unless you Ling loop

#

and by that point

#

the run's over

ashen valve
#

Just

#

ASPD it

#

Get golden chalice and Wisexualter

#

Thats a funny name

stray dove
#

all i can say is, making that wok worthwhile is a meme or just for fun

ashen valve
#

How do I upgrade a coin in plan

#

Do I just

#

Exchange it

smoky tiger
#

Do I claim this relic on early floor or can I wait till floor 4 and enter pathfinder node on floor 5?
Does completing the pathfinder node remove the sp debuff?

sudden cloak
#

Ya

errant siren
#

Exchange this particular coin and you'll 100% get the other version of this.

stray dove
#

getting Wang's relics too early means more debuffed fights

#

as for removing SP debuff

#

NO

errant siren
stray dove
#

it adds another one

#

Wang is now infamous for being one of the more dangerous ending routes to do

#

maybe only second to Quilon's NO MORE INGOTS and EXP debuff

smoky tiger
#

Noted and thx!

stray dove
#

to fight the enlightened one, you have to let go of your earthly tethers as well

#

also it does not say

#

but to even get this

#

means turning all your ingots to 0

split void
stray dove
#

like what they say sounds like my usual

#

F4 WiW is to get Masterplan

#

F5 Pathfinder for Clarity fight

#

rare chance F5 Pathfinder may not exist

#

but i'd rather do that

split void
alpine solar
#

just curious

#

what makes encounter on floor 1 > wish fulfilled

stray dove
#

random

#

most F1 encounters aren't worth it

#

as someone who keeps hunting down rare Hour of Suis

alpine solar
#

i forgot who said it here

stray dove
#

the only one that might outdo a Wish

#

is Gopnik fight

alpine solar
#

but someone said 2x combat > 1x combat 1x encounter > 1x combat 1x wish

stray dove
#

it is

#

simply because of drops, exp, AND VOUCHERS

alpine solar
#

but if most encounters arent worth it

#

ah

stray dove
#

vouchers -> F2 Pathfinder

#

is the biggest value

alpine solar
#

so what's better

#

3x combat or 1x combat 1x emergency

errant siren
#

3 combat imo

#

Although Emergency

#

But if your ops are strong, they dedicate you to clear IS with ease.

alpine solar
#

i just got a gopnik fight on floor 1 against a wish lmao

stray dove
#

dont risk that out anyways

#

i would actually

#

gladly exit a run with "f3" starting perks

#

if it means 1 less fight

stone ferry
#

crosscode such a good game

void root
#

Aspd + coin make every of your skills become offensive recovery is pretty bruh lmao

split void
errant siren
#

Free relic

#

Nice

carmine token
split void
stray dove
#

because the effect that relic chain does kind of can give you fuck all depending how it procs

split void
#

Clearing all stuffs ?

stray dove
#

imagine getting this near the time you get Wooden Lump

#

tell me it's potential "fail" status

#

either ways, aiming for this is purely for "hunting" relics rather than any form of practicality

carmine token
sick mason
#

Well it’s just doubled the chosen resources

carmine token
#

ts kinda ass

sick mason
#

For example if you currently have like 10 hopes, 80 ingots and 20 objective shield

And when u obtain this relic, it’s either your hopes turned into 20, or ingots to 160, or objective shield to 40

carmine token
#

im gonna get ts when i have like 1 hope n its gonna double it

sick mason
#

It truly depends on how many do you own now LappKek

#

Also, is it just me or stir-fry is pretty easy to obtain in every single run

#

Although the difference is in which floor

alpine solar
#

woohoo guards helped me clear d15

sick mason
#

Is that a f-ing Gavial2

carmine token
#

thorns in d15 aint no wayyy

#

CE s1 SkadiDaijoubu SkadiDaijoubu

alpine solar
#

wait this isnt is2?

#

oops wrong squad

sick mason
#

Thorns can rest forever once Sakiko arrives

#

And Thorns alter is pretty meh

carmine token
sick mason
#

Ngl debuffing is gud but I feel like it’s merely a side thing

alpine solar
carmine token
#

i see they were temps ReedBean

alpine solar
#

unironically gavial s3 was neat for facetanking the bombs

sick mason
#

Blud had godblessed coin huh

alpine solar
#

it rolled when i entered bosky on f4

stray dove
#

Godblessed must be a blessing for newer players

#

but as an old af player

#

doesn't gel with me at all

#

since it's ruining voucher drops for me

sick mason
#

And also depends on whether you have chalice or that one aspd coin or not

stray dove
#

do not fully rely on Coin to carry your entire run strat

#

not when it's so easy to miss it in a toss

sick mason
#

Well you can technically get it for free from wonderland but toss 1 risk coin

sick mason
stray dove
#

i know

#

but what I'm getting is

#

that ASPD coin ain't a chalice entirely

sick mason
#

I swear I owe bloodshed spill the most out of all coins

stray dove
#

not when you can make it keep missing procs

#

even with re-tosses

sick mason
#

I know arduous trade, 99 DP and dream curio are also broken

stray dove
#

and it'd be sad for you to lose just because you were banking on that

#

coins are supplementary. So don't rely on it too often

#

I've had runs that had both spill and curio

#

but none of them popped up

sick mason
#

People who run tourist squad:

stray dove
#

in final floor

alpine solar
#

what are the top 3 best squads

#

im assuming support is no 1

stray dove
#

All I know is Special Squad is best squad

#

lmao on support

sick mason
#

IS6? Special squad, def/support

alpine solar
#

oops

#

i meant special

sick mason
#

And probably also sui regulator?

stray dove
#

ehhhh

alpine solar
#

whatever the one that gives u free raidian

stray dove
#

hmmm

#

lemme check

sick mason
#

More conserve recruitment voucher is good

stray dove
#

which one I'd go for

sick mason
stray dove
#

yeah i think I'd rather get Sui Regulator than Tianshi.

#

so that's my 3rd/4th

sick mason
#

Tianshi bureau really forced your ass to always enter wonderland

stray dove
#

cause CasSpec can also be a 4th/3rd

sick mason
#

It makes me doesn’t want to miss one in floor 3 too

stray dove
#

you barely get value in Tianshi if you skip WiW visits

alpine solar
#

yeah lately ive been just hoarding candles until floor 4

stray dove
#

with a bit more consideration, I'd 3rd place Sui Regulator

#

CasSpec is mixed for me

sick mason
#

I suppose IS6 is where no squads are that terrible

stray dove
#

I've never ever been into a particular squad

#

but DefSupp has never been stronger now more than ever

sick mason
#

All have their own good, even that one squad that automatically promotes 4* and 5*

stray dove
#

with incoming Hoshitter and Haruka

stray dove
#

than most class squads

sick mason
#

Leader squad has its own value to help floor 1 rob

stray dove
#

since it instapromotes anyone that ain't 6*

sick mason
#

Special squad is broken to help players who doesn’t have maxxed Raidian

#

Class squads are being class squads

#

And now there’s breaching squads

alpine solar
#

even with maxed raidian isnt it just better to start out with free raidian

stray dove
#

cause E2 Mamiya and E2 Humus feels really good at the start in First Class

#

for F1-F2 to Cannot rob

#

immediate E2 Gummy and E2 Purestream later

#

with maybe E2 Windscoot depending on the ending route

stray dove
#

+2 deployment limit in a Raidian world

#

is too good

alpine solar
#

first class squad doesnt work with temp recruit right

stray dove
#

and i always felt like Pathfinder fight deployment limit is low

#

4 iirc

#

so any extra deployment limit makes Bells safer to stack

sick mason
#

Pathfinder normal combat still feels like a scam

stray dove
#

you never do those

#

unless there's Bells

alpine solar
#

first class squad not insta promoting my advanced voucher πŸ™

stray dove
#

and Bells is worth the trouble if your run's not having any Drums or Frys

stray dove
alpine solar
#

do u have module for mamiya

stray dove
#

I'm not too keen on class squads in any IS especially if it makes specific classes drop more frequently

#

my strongest squads tend to be very mixed class

#

and Breaching squads barely feel like advantages

alpine solar
#

rather, is module for mamiya worth it for is6

stray dove
#

nah

#

most modules are bonuses

#

not operator defining

#

those are rare

alpine solar
#

feels like there's too many operator defining modules

sick mason
#

At least the perk of class squads is that each rogue trader shop is guaranteed to have 2 class vouchers being sold

stray dove
#

nah

#

when i mean module defining

#

i meant that the operator is literally pointless without it

alpine solar
#

stuff like passenger, fedex, logos, wis etc

stray dove
#

I'm talking some of the IS modules, stuff like Sakiko

alpine solar
#

oh

stray dove
#

Gladiia

sick mason
#

It makes me wonder why they even released Logos 2nd module

stray dove
#

those tiers

alpine solar
#

sakiko has an IS module?

stray dove
#

no

gentle gazelle
#

LappDumb i must be very dumb, but I always lose the pathfinder special battles

stray dove
#

but it makes her talent absurd

gentle gazelle
#

any tips or tricks to it?

stray dove
#

didn't work

#

but ehhhhh

stray dove
#

nice that they tried

sick mason
#

Tragodia + Yu ironically worked HellaKek

#

For some fucking reason

gentle gazelle
stray dove
#

no

#

the point is

#

if i'm using Yu Burn

#

i don't want other ele procs getting in the way

sick mason
#

It’s just Laptop and GG at this point

stray dove
#

nah

#

maybe it is for you

#

but for me

#

there's 3 more

sick mason
#

Don’t tell me Blaze2 is one of them

stray dove
#

well yeah have you tried a Yu Burn without her?

#

it's ass

sick mason
#

Ofc it’s very ass

faint rampart
alpine solar
#

was blaze alter used in arclight max risk clear

#

it was either the upcoming ccb or the previous one

stray dove
#

was burn used in arclight?

alpine solar
#

yah

sick mason
#

A 2025 operator that heavily relied on someone else? Are you serious?

stray dove
#

i feel like that's....

#

medium risk or low

tribal furnace
#

Fuck me ig

carmine token
stray dove
#

i've only seen Trag carries and stuff for high risk

sick mason
alpine solar
#

wasn't the popular strat to run gg and lapp2 with yu

tribal furnace
stray dove
#

for max rewards

#

sure

sick mason
#

Or getting certain class gets talisman-ed when deployed

stray dove
#

but max rewards has a lot of ways to beat it

sick mason
stray dove
#

this is my Yu Burn.

alpine solar
#

risk 870 clear had blaze2 lapp2 with yu

sinful sparrow
#

slopass comp

alpine solar
#

who's saalt

stray dove
#

SAlter

alpine solar
#

salty

carmine token
alpine solar
#

surely the next sui event will feature wang

stray dove
alpine solar
#

then u can place go pieces down against him in ed3 in a secret interaction

carmine token
stray dove
alpine solar
#

i mean what is even the likelihood that we get a sui sibling that hasn't already been revealed

stray dove
#

low

#

very low

#

most have already been seen in NPC jail

alpine solar
#

but unironically the unseen medic sui might be crucial for the team

stray dove
#

i'm not lacking in healing but anything that's more useful than Nian or Ling (in a low deployment amt) will do.

alpine solar
#

so ur saying dusk is better than the two

stray dove
#

I'm saying she doesn't register

#

at all

#

in my radar

#

at least Ling can block in emergencies

carmine token
#

if the next sui is yi, he is gonna be supporter or spec

stray dove
#

and no, i don't like Dusk's summons

stray dove
#

either way

#

i find global burn fun

#

with widespread burn on Blazer's S3 range and Reedic's creeping burn

#

soon Hoshitter will join them

#

as the main nuker

#

and me adding Ptilo + Shu's 4 season buff makes the SP recovery go really fast for more activations

stray dove
#

I actually removed Nian for Ling because she conflicts with SAlter prios

stray dove
cloud cairn
#

Is this doable

#

Ed3

sinful sparrow
#

depending on diff

stray dove
#

looks like it....

sinful sparrow
#

15, you’re cooked
10 and below, should be fine

stray dove
#

pray it ain't double tanks at front

#

cause you have a good opening with purestream -> Lapptop

#

then she sweeps everything she can kill

#

maybe it would kill the tanks

#

Shu not being E2 is gonna be rough

#

but it really is all about your relics/coins/difficulty

cloud cairn
#

Okay it's fine

stray dove
#

interesting layout....

#

but whatever works

#

at least for me in D12, you might want to have a blocker on Wang's pathing

#

but yeah, a high DPS run with Lapptop would solve most of Wang's piece issues

cloud cairn
#

I honestly relied on lapp2 a lot

#

Since I have brilliant lament and the +70% arts dmg for casters

stray dove
#

whatever works

#

and yeah good decision in adjusting your preferences based on what you got

#

cause those 2 relics would make any decent caster choice be a carry