#theorycrafting
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What do you mean ?
i can swing navigator for now, while for LR i need to dump 80 pulls over a perma char sig
What was % of DMG In Teams for her?
One thing ppl don't talk about lr is that doing non bosses can be really aids with rite
Compared to Yvonne who is barely useable with max invest?
Different context
Esp with ard variant teams
issue is as bad as lr is out of bossing
yvonne is just as bad
as bad as lr is on sundered
she's still ahead of yvonne in bossing
Im not arguing for yvonne
I just meant in general
Lr stinks at doing mat farms
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idk, the monument that dropped today made me a bit wary about LR's actual strength cuz
I think all ST char gonna suffer in AoE content
the 2nd stage feels like its made in a way to be hilariously anti melee
making Yvonne look favorable lol
You can do btks with xaihi
Just dodge 
Just control xai with the normal rots
yeah dodging and NEVER landing the final strike
If you use xai as controlled and just do the normal rite bs cs and ult
Should be fine if ranged btk is rly that important
technically yeah, but at same, u can just be aggressive n spank those bull from side
Just dodge along the bulldozer path, you will land your FS just right
how about for ardelia? she could still work although it would be pretty scuffed. even if I pulled for gilberta, her bp weapon probably won't have as strong debuffs compared to ardelia's and there's also her arts suciptibility which lasts for 30 seconds and her weapon buff lasts for 25. Like do you thinkj I should pull for Gilberta for that comfort or just run her with ardelia rn?
i tried to Lava it and gave up and did my agony clear with Yvonne lol
or being poor man choice called using defender to cancel their charge
but yeah like, i wanted to do a 2nd main DPS cuz i got bored with Lava
but im hesitant to spend whole 80 pulls on LR sig
is Yvonne actually worthwhile in this case?
u can, the bull hitbox kinda lagging behind when u hit it from the side 
cuz i can just use Navi instead of Artzy
Mhhhh I think you should experiment first with first two options first (Xaihi and Ardelia).
Despite me being taken off guard by the choice of Xaihi, it's still a good option nonetheless
i have Gilberta if thats a concern
ALSO, please pull only if you like the character and want to pull for it. If you just pull because 'oh she gives buffs', she is going to rot 3 months later in your dijang unused later on lol. Enjoyment first
Does anyone know what the rewards are for the next part of Umbrial yet, IE how many crowns we get & what other resources? 
identical every time
permanent content
that's why I hope that they make a mistake and release a "Kazuha".
So 3 crowns, 9 EXP books , 24 skill nodes, 15 weapon EXP boxes?
sounds about right
Forgot the all important T-Creds but yeah ok cool that's something at least.
I should if I'm lucky be able to max LR's ultimate today then.
yeah that's probably what's going to happen
Donāt you get a crown per stage so 6 total?
I mean yeah Ardelia has better debuffs than Gilberta
But not by that much and lacks cc
I gonna hold pull to my dear life until there is someone that have synergy with Lae, or when we need 2nd team

Lower debuff higher duration, not really better
Just for more context, there were people who got trim with Perlica main/sub DPS without Gilberta
So, like, really, only if you enjoy the character - pull. Don't let 'optimization dreams' dictate your wallet
What's everyone's take on Xaihi, for me her buffing potential seems the strongest out of all the 5* / 4* operators. So I'm thinking putting a bit more investment into her as she seems like she'll be strong for a long time? 
Trim is not that difficult if you understand the game
That really depends
A higher duration of a slightly smaller debuff can mean more dps overall
If you have even a shallow understanding on every basic aspect of the game you can trim
Youre maxing Last Rite, so yeah duh u wanna invest in her
she's kind of tied to cryo but otherwise she's always going to be a solid unit. Good buffs, she's a healer, and running double heal isn't the end of the world because a second healer helps ensure better uptime on her buff.
do you think antal would be a better buffer than xaihi even with the weapon? since he provides amp and suciptibility + with the obj weapon?
Can you build a half decent team with somewhat optimized operators and can you do simple rotations consistently
Nah Xaihi buff just too crazy
Yeah, since he buffs electric with an amp and bonus susceptibility almost constantly
Congratulations you can trim if you qualify for all of those
The only time Xaihi won't be a good slot on a Cryo team is if for some reason you are just NEVER Final Striking, but with how Stagger/SP gen works in this game I doubt that's almost ever going to be the case
oh wait no infelction clearer nvm
wouldn't be able to trigger ardelia's combo then
Then yeah, Xaihi
Or Even Akekuri, she can trigger are reaction too- The point is, there is enough room to wiggle in with experimentation
I have to say, I am pleasantly surprised by the strength of the 4 stars in this game
in general
apparently laevatain/xaihi/akekuri is 5.86% more efficient than laevatain/xaihi/wulfgard in dijiang for operator exp
for anyone interested
for those 2 elements shes by far the strongest in amp 
Im interested in the optimal dijiang setup with only operators lvl 40 and 60s
40s is rough lol
I do not want to 80/90 ops just for dijiang
I'm talking about if it's worth taking her to 90/90 an taking her talents past rank 9 potentially but this is more of a long term thing.
i could math it out but like someone should honestly just make a dijiang op calc atp
Yeah. i just need to build arclight at the moment.
I was expecting that the 4 stars would basically be like '3 stars' here and just be fodder, but most of them are actually pretty usable. 4 star here still feels like 4 star, with 6 stars as 5 stars. This game's 5 stars feel more like '4.5' stars
= more INT = higher buff
Xaihi is one of the rare pure supports that benefit significantly from those investments
Very well worth consideration
Should crown her ult regardless, but ur not locked in with LR afaik
So 9 should be fine
Actually
I don't think theres any other pure supp in the game worth taking to 90 like that
Does leveling give art intensity?
Don't believe so
WEEEEEEELL, actually never mind, true.
iirc mastery skills upgrades are unlocked at lvl 80? And even then only Xaihi and Antal benefit from that specifically with like some % differences from amp
Kind of, breach does scale off level
How impactful is breach for damage
debuffs enemies.
That doesnt answer it
Honestly, no idea, Iāve been told itās important but havenāt seen any specific values
I prefer Akekuri at reception room
Its hard to calculate but if you look at how ardelia works i'd say its pretty good.
not the value itself, only the shitty damage
Yeah id say pog qualifies

Wait does the dr reduction from breach not scale of level
Yea dont bother with Pog then
Nvm just keep him 80/90 for m1s
Xaihi the only 90 then
My bad, did not know that


Anyway
Xaihi too superior... Until Hypergrip realizes this and nerfs her to high heavens.
Investing in Gilb/Xaihi seems like a good idea regardless
just gonna dump number here
Dijiang op exp farm
Laevatain/xaihi/wulfgard
374 efficiency, 6 mood drop/hr
100/6 = 16.67 hrs
374x16.67 = 6233.33
Laevatain/xaihi/akekuri
330 efficiency, 5 mood drop/hr
100/5 = 20 hrs
330x20 = 6600
6600/6233.33 = 1.0588
akekuri 5.88% more efficient than wulfgard
Not only for cryo but future nature dps
She got hit by a nerf bat once can't say it won't happen again.
They both can only get better
reception room is kinda wtvr, exp is a big bottleneck later on
Not like well know, we wont get leaks
what is this? exp farm?
dijiang op exp farm yes
I'd already arrived at that by accident anyway. 
Is Akekuri supposed to be a shiba
well I don't have laeve... I got gilb and she got two kinda busted dijang exp farming tools.
congrats, just wanted to kill wulfgard for sure

Exp is fine long term. I prefer permanently active exchanges for a consistent trickling of arsenal/oro
Yvonne is growth chamber aaaa...
Hmm gachas normally try their absolute hardest not to nerf gacha units as it can cause a community outrage and potential lawsuits but i do wonder if that'd be the same for like endfield 5 star units
Akekuri Shiba Inu yeah
Cause nobody really pulls just for them you can't
Theres this person who count exp does anyone know how many exp you need for lv 53?
Wish they buff yvonne... she kinda needs it.
Doubt it
i guess it depends on the player then, but ake 80/90 is expensive yk
lvl 54 > 55 = 23400 xp
lvl 55 > 56 = 27000 xp
lvl 56 > 57 = 30960 xp
lvl 57 > 58 = 35280 xp
lvl 58 > 59 = x
lvl 59 > 60 = x
Theres this person who count exp does anyone know how many exp you need for lv 53?
Akekuri even acts a bit like a Shiba Inu, constantly wanting to just help & do things 24/7 without a moments rest. 
Buffs do happen somewhat frequent in gachas
maybe we will have modules 
designed as a dog... 
Tbh just give Yvonne's ultimate stance heavy armor and I think it will be fixed (IGNORING ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT YOU CAN MISS COMBOS/SKILLS SOMEHOW WITH HER)
Just that at least
The only hoyoverse game that has got buffs to characters is star rail, except for the zhongli incident
Yeah, Akekuri is in an interesting position where you have to weigh the opportunity cost over just % increase. And pick what you prefer
I just want her to have more damage on her ult... LAst rite outright outdps's her XXD
thats says alot..
He was so ass
He got number buffs and a mini rework
I also logged on randomly back in xilonen release and got her and nahida
albebo š§”
Albedo was weird
I have bad habits of building bad greatsword standard redheads
The elevator
But was a weird unit overall
My second cabin though. 
Albedo ult was the most mid thing in existence
Not that it matters all my operators outside of 8 are level 1.
Mid game on a character that built defense
no pog gilb? 
Geo traveller things I guess
Idk
My main team was Barbara and diona
With Diluc and fish
Like
1.0 gaming
He is shit
Gilberta will only get released to the mines once she trusts me completely. 
He was the dps back then
Gotta build up that trust before you give them a pick axe. 
I got c1 diluc on 1 pity after pulling albedo
The most mid result of having good luck
No they don't synergize.
I quit after i pulled ganyu
I was doing daily farming for her
And got a moment of like
I quit during inazuma after pulling yoimiya
Wtf am i doing
I had the fastest yoimiya in the west
I just log in do domains see what i got and log off
Ganyu was actually some of the most fun gameplay in Genshin honestly.
oh... then i don't have pog.

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I got yoimiya on my 1st 10 pull as the banner rolled over
shouldn't you be asleep
Has anyone made a chart for optimal dijiang setup without accounting 80/90
boutta
some PIPES kept me up
yk me when i have an idea
Maybe some Chinese whale that's already spent like 50k on the game to get to that level of investment. 
mmmm i love pipe
I thought the optimal charts ppl post assume max talent nodes
No
Level 40 usually
Lvl 80/90 would be the same at lvl 40
Just with higher values
Cause the ratios would all still be similar
The issue is when you have some character at 60/80 and some at 40/60
@dawn patrol also did this if u want :ya:
Then some operators have T2 on a talent that is better than another's T1 talent
But if both talents were T2 then the other operator would be better
For instance I don't use alesh in dijang cause i have another more upgraded operator with higher mood regen due to T2 on that talent
It should be possible to make an optimizer
Where you check boxes for which operators you own at which unlocks
Take the most optimal setup
And it auto sorts for you
Then adjust 1 or 2 operators
But idk if anyone cares enough
Like it's not that bad
To just figure it out manually
I got my ardelia to 80/90 today for more clue room buffs
And also Estella to 40 for clue room
true but a robust calc would be nice
Guys hear me out maybe Yvonne is meta? That way we can punish husbando's from every room except the hallways? 
He doesn't consider lifeng a man gg
Least husbandoy husbando, so standin for now. 
What does that even mean
Basically Venti from Genshin 
Bang bang tangtang
does lifeng do the succ
we are really theorycrafting it up in here tonight
Donāt know much about succ, but his ulti does Plop - Plop - Plop
Keep that in mind
He also summons a brown giant with a big stick
Ngl I aināt messing with this thing
Scariest shit possible
Gotta recover some sanity I guess
if i consume link with ember ult do you get the dmg bonus for the entire duration or how does it interact
soz laev*
Laev ult consumes it. Laev ult does no damage. Link expires
alright ty!
Laev and yvonne ult are 'transformative' ults if you will
The cast is a state change
yeah so just use it after makes sense
so yvonne doesnt gain energy while ult
Shouldnt
are there any cases where you would take skill damage over arts intensity in a piece?
what unit
what team
What gear set
nah my dumb ahh was upping bskill instead of cskill on ake gg
in general i just got curious
i mean yeah obviously then
like i feel like you wouldn't really use it for endmin for example (i only phys)
so there's really no exceptions at least for our current chars
How much longer until Umbrial on EU 
other than the crushbot endmin build which isnt used much they dont build much if any AI
2hr
Cool, I can wait that long time to go watch a movie or read a book 
a bit off gloves, optionally
some off chest
thats all the AI endmin usually builds
maybe alesh has some secret skill damage tech idk i dont have him 
yup i use aether gloves myself
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anyone got art intensity chart?
Backsearch for damage doc, its linked in that at the top
can i get the link? @drifting quest
having to use discord search 
why is search so bad in so many services
when m12 flourite
Im not at pc so dont have on hand
Just search like
Has: link damage
I can send
ćEndfield Base Damage Documentationć Credit: 666bj Original Document Translated: sten Hi itās sten, this document undermines a comprehensive understanding on how base damage works in-game. For any questions or interesting discoveries feel free to DM me on discord @qqsten. For a more basic under...
The doc is much more thorough and technical than the former edition
just search "few errors"
below that msg is where shuo sent it
It was probably easier to just look at and understand at a basic level before
Should that be pinned?
If it's been peer reviewed sounds like a good idea
WeGood
HP Akekuri be like
It only works like that for enemies
Enemies doing combustion to your operators
And if this was how combustion worked for our operators
It would be much much more ass than what it is now even best case scenario
Discord search is efficient ash
Idk why u think its bad
Discord also has been sending data to basically everyone
With their regular schedule "data breach"es
And now they gonna implement age verification
thx
Enemies don't have the same reactions as us
Which idk probably makes it easier for them to balance
Which sounds cool to me
when etching an essence, do the stats on the essence I am sacrificing for the etching matter for success chance? IE will I have a better chance at boosting Suppresion on Jet if I use a gold suppression essence as materials?
nope
use any
cool, thanks š
so I already have the needed essence for Jet for Avy... the rest of the team is Akekuri, Perlica, and Gilberta. who's essence should I go after next?
if they're on buffing duty, you really just need the third stat upgraded, but still only upgrade if you have 3/3 for essence
for gilbertas sig however, you do want ultimate recharge and 3rd stat
but well
some support options dont need 3rd line, some want 3/3 still, etc
differs per unit
i would go for gilberta's next, if you get a good purple one you wont need to farm for ake or perli
but for which character's weapon do I want to farm for the correnct essnece next... my Avy is the only one who's weapon has an essence infused...
gilbertas
what weapons are they holding
What are the best alternative weapons for yvonne
navigator, wedge
Which one of those two is better? Or they're just the same
at equal pots wedge is higher
Gilberta has Delivery, Perlica has Detonation unit, and Akekuri has thermite cutter... I got lucky when drawing on the Delivery Guaranteed banner lol
Ight
you can farm all 3 at the same time then
somewhat
all 3 drop from the same alluvium in the hub
you can somewhat chase 2/3 or 1/3's
2/3 and 1/3 useless tho 
gas
for Gilberta what is most omportant: the Ult gain efficiency or the pursuit?
just max out both 
not enough pots
im not rolling pots on a support sig 
same
damn
How much arts sus do arts bursts give again?
should depend on stats of operator
iirc
How much does Daughter Perly give (pls it's lore accurate)
with her combo
i mean it depends on what stats you put on your operator
Oh
I gotta read about that
let me check where it shows it in game brb
gosh reading, the bane of Indonesians
tysm
pretty sure it shows when you click on "arts intensity"
but they do give arts damage increase?
corrosion does iirc
Ah do they give different effects
oh wait
hmm
an arts burst is when you apply the same infliction ontop of the existing stack
i think im mixing up terms rn 
I thought arts bursts are like, combustion, electrification, etc.
an arts reaction is a different infliction
ah yes you're right
regarding reactions none give susceptibility
corrosion reduces the enemy resistance
electrification increases arts damage taken
oooo
thank you
where do you read that?
you can click on most effects in game to read their tooltip
I can't really find it under each of the respective reactions' tutorials
or read on an external wiki
ooo
I assume the game doesn't give the percentages?
only the fact that this reaction does that
they dont tend to disclose the % but we know them
ćEndfield Base Damage Documentationć Credit: 666bj Original Document Translated: sten Hi itās sten, this document undermines a comprehensive understanding on how base damage works in-game. For any questions or interesting discoveries feel free to DM me on discord @qqsten. For a more basic under...
damn nice
Thank youv ery much
I will read
Holy 9 pages
maybe another time
So basically this means get as many damage multipliers
and don't oversaturate one multiplier(?)
live arts reaction:
thats the general logic for all damage yes
š«” Thank you very much
the more multiplicative zones you can access the higher your damage will be
ignoring vastly different quantities of buffing
e.g. 100% damage% buff is obviously going to be more valuable than like 5% susceptibility
I see
but 50% damage% buff and 50% susceptibility will be better than 100% on one of them only
cause it'll be 225% instead of 200%
yes Arknights: Mathfield
peak 1.3k oroberyls
i do like the atmosphere yeah
much nicer than say genshins blue disc
its harder than the last one too which is nice
maybe in 2-4 more it'll hit a sweet spot
i got dc'd for some reason 
Yeah, they give good rewards and a reasonably hard fight
they also don't have gimmicks this time, instead opting to give hard boss fights
lmao sub-1mins on all of them first try
The chrysalis modifiers were pretty disheartening too
stage 2 is a patience check or a dps check
which is nice
i do like that you can do it multiple ways
They remind me of monhun boar
one gilb cs and stage 2 becomes a joke 
i notice LR fs animation gives her brief cc immune, does that happen to every op?
Not immunity
It's a level of hyperarmor or superarmor idk what it actually is sweaty fg term
oh right monument
is it just me or the vid doesnt work
the vid work
Ion even know what i did but good to hear lol
ye that, does that happen to anyone else?
Yeah
Theres other sources of hyperarmor
I think a lot of other fs if not all have it
Might be to differing degrees however
Might not be
Honestly not quite sure and i don't have data on it
What i do know is that its not immunity
i thought it was immunity until stage 2 umbral today
P5 Gilberta, what is her best gear?
Like last right ult gives hyper armor
what you have rn is good
am I cooking chat?
theres a double slab setup for a dps-focused gilb which is actually fairly competent
that looks scuffed
but its kinda whatever
no it works
gilb does a LOT of damage because of slab matching her main attribute
there's also this
Mostly some form of xiaranite setup for bosses
Changes are made depending on ult charge needed
That's considered the best if you want her to ult as much as possible with a target of 260 Ult gain.
Whos this
does ur p5 gilb have 100% ult uptime with 260

I prefer the combo dmg set with one slab for p5, sac's ult damage for combo damage but you do combo twice as much
and p5 increases combo multiplier too
You can run xira chest xira gloves xira kit and hot work kit(intensity) if you don't need as much ult gain
Naw but can use it basically every rotation in most teams.
Theres other possible sets as well but these are some examples
The constant is some form of 3 piece xiranite and some ult gain pieces
Last Rite
Damage sets on Gilberta won't age well, sets that maximize her buff uptime will to be honest. Her damage isn't the only damage in the team.
It's fine if you aren't going to artifcie it of course.
There's nothing more QoL than having your ult every rotation.
Damage sets are literally just for killing trash mobs
depends a little on rotation too, if you don't run a vanguard and can't do 3 non refunded skills before combo is back up then there isn't a reason to run full energy gain
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Builds will different from team to team, but there's generally little harm done to your teams overall damage by having too much ult gain. But a lot of harm caused to your teams overall damage by having too little.
Or they click the link without thinking
Overall damage sets on Gilberta are for lolz not for serious investment.
it'll be a different thing that gets the accounts compromised
then they get used to push this scam which is like a money scam
I fell for an old gay friend into programming sending me a file from a russian guy he knew he wanted me to check out but the acc was hacked and my disc got compromised
lmao
It was just so convincing
Skill issue.
With his normal behavior
Yeah it's probably a whole operation
And that group of friend are ones to always send sketchy shi anyways
Yo mr yeast giving away free bitcoins

Im rich now
gotta learn the art of vt and vm
If you get 2 combos per ult, you overkill the energy by way too much. Sig alone is enough for that. Keep in mind this is about p5, at p0 then you would need the extra er. Only reason to run full energy at p5 is to get it in 1 combo and 3 skills
I just don't talk to anyone problem solved 
I did the umbral. It was really fun this time but still killed everything before I could get to ult
bulls were funny free sp
yeah I am definitely hopeful now compared ot the last one
these stages actually felt decently enjoyable to engage with
maybe not the 1st one it folded too easily
but the 2nd and 3rd
If the 3rd is good then I think it'll be good going forward
it just needs to be a bit harder without losing the engagement
and it hits a nice sweet spot
devs cooked
With Gilberta on Xir. gear, Avywenna and Perlica, what set should Antal run?
Time do Ember.
Me when devs improve the game instead of releasing perfect
you can swap gilb off xir to let antal run it
You fell for a gay friend? Whens the wedding
Damn

3rd one dies too fast right when it shows its red ass
Too much lore dropped

antal on xiranite like that person above said and ive seen ppl say a broken set can be fine? like incomplete
mb didn't see
but Gilberta's on Xiranite and the effect doesn't stack
so putting it on Antal is useless
Ult bot.
ig you could also do that 4* set with the sp recoverg
its only once but antal doesnt need to skill more than once rly
but ive heard conflicting opinions on that set
i assume with gilberta alone you can maintin the uptime on xiranite?
probably yeah
though i'm not even quite sure to play that team with Antal or Ake
I'll see
i mean ake with thermal is really good
Mmmmm I feel like this type of question fits here more rather than team-build channel.
Just want to get all your opinions, in terms of comparing to other regular teams, how decent is this completion for Rock Solid on Agony mode?
This is technically theorycrafting too, right?
don't have thermal though
rip
iirc I picked Oblivion from the selector
do you have gilberta's sig
not yet
once Yvonne's banner starts I'll have enough for it
perfectly average clear time
Mmmmh I'll take it, fair enough
pretty much any team is clearing it at the ~1min mark
idk i think broken set is gilb's best set if she's not using xiranite
but you rly want sig
if she doesnt have sig you should still do xiranite i think
That last boss in the new Umbrial is pretty fun.
Wish he was a bit more tanky though.
congratulations my chud son
Yeah I only just got 1 ult off before he died an I was playing it uber safe an dodging most of the fight.
a strong chud
Fat
'stronger core hp part' as he falls apart like lego from gust of wind
Yeah uh-huh, no not really
shouldāve given him 2 phases, they give us like 10 minutes just for everyone to do it sub 2

im hoping we get another support-ish set like xiranite when 1.1 drops
3rd boss was kinda fun
think i might use that one instead of rhod now
to test stuff
I wish 3rd boss had actually more hp on his core though
It's like 'oh boss doesn't have stagger now', but then when you get to his core it just goes the same way
Or like at first you chip away first layer of core, second loop of boss fight, and then destroy the core at the second time would have worked better
elitesā attack patterns are too simple to be put in this so-called āendgame contentā
literally just punching bags
well dodge trivializes a lot
they would have to make some things un-dodge able to force us to care about mechanics
Well all those extra resources went a long way, not only did I get LR's ult to rank 12, I also got her combo trigger to rank 11. 
nice
whats the best opening rot when starting with 0 energy for pog/lifeng/endmin/chen
I figured you wouldn't like that one, the bosses are incredibly mobile & barely stay still. No ideal for a nuking team.
Nah
The enemies werent the issue
Its the auto target that was already ass but even more ass on mobile
First was just nuke before adds
Second was dodge away with them and do ur combo
It's one thing I can honestly say I have never struggled with on PC.
But I hear a lot of complaints about it
The target is horrible
But damn mobile is genuinely hairpulling annoying
You cant switch target etc have to retarget
I assure you its no less aids on pc
So I'mma be 1 crown away from maxing all of the skills I need on LR this patch unless they gave some more away in another event. We're getting one from Yvonne's trial. But I don't think there's a confirm other source rn?
There's a new event on the 24th hopefully that has some.

I'mma whale do you honestly think I have cleared those out yet. 
It's nearly two more skills mastered though.
As long as you spent them wisely it's a decent trade.
Aquito lowkey looks like the endmins mum. 
fr
the game will never steal those 10 pulls from me every patch
man i wish a whale accidently log on my acc and accidently p5 my khrav
and they accidentally change the password and email

me when im not laev whale #1897387298273
erm actually im a laevatain dolphin
my dumbass pulled pog sign 8x for no reason
what is pog's sig lol
never rest
this was way easier than the last one
i need to start giga theorycrafting by making teams like lr, laevatain, catcher and snowshine
š¤ sub 10 rhod for us
Being a whale is not the flex u think it is bro
^just do that
I feel sorry for u taking it so serious
Oh nah Iām saying cause u call urself a whale lol
I know what you meant
later ig
I donāt get it š
We can tell
So being a whale isnāt the flex I think it is?
tc drama
Iām not even a whale myself
I'm F2P 
Man I said a joke mb twin š
Stand on business blud
tc is not beating the general 2 allegations 
I think I can stand behind that
You werent joking
forced2pay for my gil full pot when
I mean u said imagine being a Laevatain main and I said imagine calling urself a whale

Pretty obvious it was a joke clap back to a joke insult
Seemed very targeted for a joke
I didnāt even start it with u 

dont think this is that deep
A total of 5 bucks and the gum stuck to my pants

well at least you can grab grand spectrum without getting a label
Oh I prolly have very diff definitions of whales lol
Cause Iāve seen whale whales
oh and is that $5 after tax?
Which I just call whales now cause Iāve been humbled
i have played EvE, those are real whales
Bro Iāve seen a whole guild spending 20k+ a month
thats it?
Like everyone in it
Obv thereās bigger whales but the min being that much is disgusting
there was a game called lineage in korea some players not taking account inflation spent literally over a mil a year
tho you made back a lot of that money tbh
everyone who isnt me is a whale
cause the game was heavily monetized on every level
League of legends is the most p2w game
for real
wut?
?
Imagine you start the game with lux but then some p2w guy pulls up with 3000 blue essence and plays malzahar š
So heavily monetized
yeah not falling for rage bait today
how am I supposed to beat the guy when his champ is 4800 be and mine is less than 2k

Exactly what Iām saying, thereās no chance I beat these guys
Iana can u apply for mod
pay me a wage i can live on
they changed all the be costs and it messed with me
if its caedral malzahar, i think i can beat
Which weapon banner do you all think is higher priority? Definitely doing at least two more on Ardelia's weapon banner for pot 5 Thermite cutter, but I'm not sure if I keep going for more pots on Ardelia's weapon or start chasing pots for LR weapon? Both Ardelia & LR's weapon are P2. 
Striker
Are u trying to be a LR main all of sudden
Thought u were a laev rider

Get ardelia p5 first
Maxed everything they had to do side quests
Ik u run multiple teams so lowk id lean to ardelia since sheās used everywhere
And Akekuri buff
I'm maxing both teams eventually. But yeah I think I'll go to at least P3 on Ardelia first since that's 50% shred to enemies.
Why choose. Do all weapons 
P5 doesnt see you deal much more damage on LR
I deal the same as someone with p0 khav

Ardelia sig p5 better invest
My opinion tho is imma just pull the ālimitedā weapons to p5 and along the way just max the permanent ones
^
The permanent weapons/operators can wait tbh
I lose the 25/75 way too often
Eventually youāll max them, no rush either
Forced to max everything š
Youre not gonna max them by the time you can max them
Cause standard chars will be ass

Only 15 pulls if I'm not going to chase Yvonne which I'm unlikely to do it just seems a quick way to burn money for zero benefit. 
Either max m now or never
I just need a banner with dreams
Mmmm nuh-uh /j
But weāll see where the game goes
I might go for P0 Yvonne but that's basically just for ship & outpost management.
Where are my ardelia sig dupes
how can you even consistently whale for a standard char when there is no 50 50 or pity
Gacha be gacha
not sure about that, arknights og standard characters were good for 2+ years @.@
Thatās true, but knowing how Hyprglyph handled Arknights, I have high hopes
Stop comparing this game to OG AK already
This game has proven plenty times its not following it
I havenāt played og AK, what have they done diff?
idk, quite a bit is same @.@
Ok so where are limited on standards
Why is the pity system not the same
I think they meant on how they handled Arknights, but not directly comparing both
Why do we not have tower defense
og arknights is an entirely different genre and design/balance/marketing/financial philosophy
that's the gacha system not the game systems?
Tower defense š„
You get ruined most of the time if you chase potentials on a standard banner character. Cost me like $700 for 1 potential on Ardelia. Although I did pick up every other standard character sometimes twice first. 
The game systems arent the same either bro
^
fair
The way I see it is that I donāt directly compare them, but I have some hope
yea see i haven't spent nearly that much
Glad I wasnt most of the time
i dropped like 175

you can have hopes about how things are ran but I would direct you to compare how hoyo handles their 4+ games or how kuro handles their 2+ games
they are ran differently despite being under the same parent company
stage 2 umbral part 2 already kind of shows similarities in the necessities of team building. like yeah you could brute force it but using defenders and other reactions, by swapping less meta characters into your team can make clearing things easier
and all my other stuff
well
To be fair I got LR to P5 for basically free, she was my first P5 standard as well. Even though I picked Ardelia on every selector.
depends on the team you're running too
Mmmm, fair point
Wdym every selector
You only got one
i have literally gotten literally every 6 star once and no more except yvonne
Dont tell me u whaled on standard banner
You get two.
i had the first one down before the 2nd could spawn
Yep
i have p0 every 6 star except ard cause of the free one and yvonne cause i dont have her
300 pulls 

I did the standard banner selector also lol
smh whales
yeah but for quite a few this was not the case 
But that's all I did for standard pulls
Iām glad I havenāt lost to lifeng yet
Otherwise I'm just doing about 600 pulls per limited banner
i'm missing yvonne and lifeng
what team are you running btw?
i don't think i'm gonna drop many pulls outside of her event stuff and the 10 spot they give you for the gilb banner
LR
ah lr
Yeah, to be honest, standard banner is likely one of the best places to whale at the beginning of the game if you want long term power. Because as soon as you get all them standard nerds P5. You get a lot more 6* weapon selectors. But it's literally just a whale strat. 
p4/p5
maxed artifice and essence
Striker are you over or under $35 spent?
geez that's crazy
maxed stanza and deto unit for support
I told you I'm F2P.
Oh gotcha so probably under
āprobablyā š
If you spend over 35 dollar you are gambling addict 
he just said he spent 700
I'm really hoping I p5 my Ardelia on the Yvonne banner
An P5 LR an P4 Lifung & P4 Ember to be fair. 
But they came naturally. I wasn't chasing them.
If I p9 LR I'll have to do something bad
He meant 700 seconds (true and fact checked) š
$16 and I have everything I want
This 
yea the side stuff you get if you pull the right stuff just kinda fills everything out
i could see being in a similar situation if i decided to drop more on the game
pretty happy with what i have now tho
if i get lucky on the yvonne banner with the free pulls i will drop an attempt on laev weapon again
To be honest, it's way more sensible to just get 1 powerful team together an see how things evolve & go where the meta takes you.
try to get p1
when i realized how close i was after dumping the free stuff into the weapon banner and basic pulls on LR i decided to push it with some dollars
i was only trying to spend like 100 but gambling took hold and got another 70ish out of me
I mean I'm at the point now where I'm focusing on building a second team where I have literally no idea when that second team will be useful if ever.
my second will be laev, just got my gilberta to 80 so she can wear gear
Tbh Iāll probably buy a monthly thing and maybe 1 pack when Iāll get extra money from my pay so I wonāt spend my savings, since I do enjoy this game
got p5 wolf leveled with a perf essence
that needs etching
gilbertas essence is close to being done
laev and weapon are 80
but they have like zero skills lol
id expect the third permanent mode to do it
maybe not a second team directly
but a wider roster
I think the 24th is just a puzzle event.
Something similar to the camera event?
I had the option to make a second team or max my ship operators.. I chose to max the ship operators 
Are you going to P5 Yvonne / every operator or just the ones you think are good?
All
Because if you're just maxing everyone I don't think it'll matter to you at all.
When you're maxing every single character your resources should be pretty much unlimited going into the 4th or 5th month of the game I reckon.
Yeah that's what I'm finding. It's just I got 'unlucky' and took gilb to p4 during Laev banner so I didn't get tons of stuff for her banner
You'll have everyone built at that point minus limited crowns.
i figured laev was still pretty good at p0/p0
and could do the aoe stuff i might not be able to do with LR
I'm sure she is. But she's truly crazy at p5 p5
Yeah I kind of want to play LR team for my second
For me Laevatain & LR teams are the only ones that feel close to complete rn.
The others have some serious gaps.
The only things not maxed on my Laev team is Ardelia potentials and the masteries for useless skills, I m3 the useful ones
All weapons essence and everything is maxed
i build them both, my f2p acc is sure lucky
how about phys team though?
I'm at a similar spot except I'm missing 1 potential on Thermite which I'll get in 2 days. An 3 potentials on Ardelia's weapon but she's max potential.
it is expensive however
i'm trying to decide if i just want to dump adelia into my laev/wolf/gilb team or use akekuri
wulf potentials? build?
if its full essence/artificing to the right breakpoint then you can go with either, but the ake rotation is naturally easier
if you dont have the 200+ ult gain req on wulf then you have to go ake
its not artificed or etched yet
chen solo agony 4
232, even
higher than i thought
I am genuinely confused at the 1:11 moment though
Any reason why Perlicaās caused for some reason two electrifications and two damage instances from a single battle skill?
Isnāt it supposed to be just 1 damage instance with just 1 electrification?
I feel like I still donāt understand arts reactions fully sob
2 parts, 2 nature inflictions, 2 electrification
hence the 2 health bars
OOOH okay, thanks
there we go
no too hard
don't even need full artifice
managed to get the rapid ascent 3/3 essence i was missing as well
quick question regarding last rite's weapon
when it says (for every skill) what does it mean exactly
ooo
but its a very popular guide recommendation by people who dont know better
so you have probably seen it suggested a lot
its okay for like overworld i guess
but for recrisis, trims especially, and umbral monument its not good
Why is not good? Is for the rotation time? or both are fighting for the cryo charges?

Two carry dps just isn't ideal in general and yes both fight over cryo
They have anti synergy
Yvonne cs needs solidification
so you end up running last rite as a pure infliction bot which giga ruins her personal damage and makes her worse than just having a buffer most of the time
even for providing inflictions hers are slower to stack than other units
the argument is her sp refund but due to the way sp refunded works it causes massive misalignment of ultimate generation and doesnt end up making the rotation faster or cheaper than normal
and after all of that if you already have last rite you have a better team by building last rite hypercarry than yvonne hypercarry because last rite is just a better unit




