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Here are a few guides for the upcoming Priconne NA event for anyone looking for boss team ideas:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ADo249nH7wO5KGqxxXBwdAQJHXNac2b7plPcCEPSC6U/edit#gid=101126793

https://fansubbing.com/priconne-event-present-panic/

Reposting the archive link since Priconne NA CB has started up again: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/holatuwol/priconne/cb21.html

As before, not the greatest resource due to differences between NA server and others, but since there doesn't seem to be anyone releasing auto-comps for this CB, it's the best we have.

Neither of the Christmas cakes are particularly meta defining. X!Christina is good for about 1 CB, and after that her biggest draw is more stats for regular Christina. X!Ilya is a ST magic attacker, but she still self-damages (though I think it can't crit her this time), she's a permanent unit, and she'll be overshadowed very quickly by NY!Karyl. Should have free daily pulls on X!Ilya and NY!Karyl Prifest banners though (assuming we keep following JP schedule).

X!Nozomi is bad. I'll probably push the event for her shards anyways because it's Nozomi, but she's bad.

Out of the new UEs, only X!Ayane is particularly good for CB, but overall it just makes her into a good physical attacker, not an overwhelming one. X!Kurumi is mostly a very niche PVP unit, though if you plan to use her she kind of needs her UE for her first skill to be very useful. X!Chika is useful for looping, but that requires a lot of research and planning for manual CB play, and you don't want to equip her UE if you plan to use her for CB loops.

6!Io is good in PVP (a really good disruptor, probably meta-defining for some time actually). Not a big deal otherwise.

Priconne NA news update: https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/10/25/princess-connect-re-dive-rings-in-the-holidays-with-christina-holiday

TLDR: X!Christina banner 11/1-11/12, X!Chika/X!Ayane prize banner 11/12-11/22, X!Nozomi welfare event 11/1-11/15, X!Kurumi event rerun 11/17-11/24, Io 6 star upgrade available from 11/1, Area 30 unlock on 11/16, Nov Tower of Luna 11/16-11/21, X!Chika/X!Ayane/X!Kurumi UE releases on 11/12.

Nothing unexpected, given that we're kind of a month ahead of JP schedule. The most important thing to note is that this likely means NY!Karyl will be an early to mid December banner unless they do something to delay it (like extending the X!Illya banner that will be after the X!Chika/X!Ayane rerun).

Priconne global monthly Luna Tower guide for people: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qeANy8yjm0pXxKPyLPZ1ViquoO7VuflOVVosEpoJTI8/htmlview?pru=AAABe_QL0sU*4jQm_KcDnEgW2fkgthUGPA#

Calwings posted...

Tomo is outclassed by some other physical attackers (both Makotos, Christina, Muimi, Eriko, Djeeta)

Disagree with Tomo being outclassed by Djeeta or both Makotos. Djeeta and regular Makoto have their team spots for their utility, not their personal damage, Tomo isn't really competing with either of them for her team spot, and would prefer to be on a team with them instead. IIRC Tomo's personal damage is better than either of them, for now at least.

S!Makoto is only better when there is exactly one target. Any more targets means Tomo is better, even without UE.

Muimi's the best comparison, as both are cleave DPS with good ST damage at this point. Generally I wouldn't consider Muimi outclassing Tomo though, as they're pretty comparable. Tomo has slightly more range, and her cleave damage is more consistent, while Muimi only cleaves during her UB window. I think Muimi has better ST DPS between the two, which is why she is generally better.

Reviewing what I posted earlier, I for some reason put Tomo's role backwards (which probably means I shouldn't post evaluations late at night). She's a good cleave DPS unit, with decent ST damage, not ST DPS with decent cleave. She's still not meta-defining, but is good enough to see use in the current PvE meta when her niche comes up.

She's useful as a ST damage dealer who also has some cleave capability (after her UE). Not a meta-defining unit, but still pretty useful from time to time.

Priconne NA event hasn't started yet, but here's the guide for boss teams ahead of time:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ADo249nH7wO5KGqxxXBwdAQJHXNac2b7plPcCEPSC6U/edit#gid=924007879

I'm not really surprised. Cygames has always been cagey about lewd Uma Musume art, because of the fact that the characters are based off of the actual race horses in Japan's racing circuit. From what I understand, it's more a decision from the horse owners than Cygames, Cygames just has to enforce it due to the licensing agreement.

Yes. She's a decent TP battery for mage teams.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/09/26/princess-connect-re-dive-meets-shadowverses-luna

In addition to Luna gacha running 10/2-10/13, we get Dragon's Nest event running 10/2-10/16 (Tomo and Matsuri shards). Lima 6 star upgrade and the addition of mock Friend battles on 10/2. Area 29, level cap to 148, and 15-4 equips on 10/13. Normal quest 2x from 9/28-10/2, and from 10/10-10/15.

The usual group didn't release auto team recommendations for this CB, but someone did compile information from the CN version of this CB that we can look up here:
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/holatuwol/priconne/cb20.html

I don't know what differences there are between CN's CB20 and NA CB20, so damage numbers might not be accurate for NA due to gear differences. It's somewhere to start though.

Priconne maintenance was kind of long. Think I ended up missing my dungeon and a few other dailies due to it, since I didn't do it during my morning login. Oh well.

Luna tower guide is kind of updated, WIP until the writer is no longer at work, though it seems to have the team comps at least:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qeANy8yjm0pXxKPyLPZ1ViquoO7VuflOVVosEpoJTI8/htmlview?pru=AAABfJ3xkk4*wm63RDSMKMV404BlZTNLng#gid=484879717

Priconne NA news:
https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2022/09/12-1/princess-connect-re-dives-spooky-specialities-continue-with-mimi-halloween

TLDR: H!Mimi gacha 9/17-10/2, previous Halloween rerun 9/17-9/24, Luna Tower 9/16-9/21, September CB 9/25-9/30, UE level cap increase to 150 on 9/16, 2x Normal 9/17-9/24, 2x Hard 9/22-9/27.

...I'd say nothing unexpected here, except that the article says H!Mimi is limited. She's supposed to be permanent, eventually farmable from World 34. Hopefully this is just a mistake on CR's part. Edit: Looks like the writer messed up. The banner image says "new character", not "limited character", so H!Mimi should still be a permanent addition.

Umbreon posted...

So how is Halloween Misogi? I can't seem to find anything on her, not sure how hard I should be doing this event.

IIRC, H!Misogi is a good multi-target attacker, but she's overall worse than 6!Rino. She's useful for PVP, but nothing special compared with other MT DPS in CB/quests.

blackrider76 posted...

This is the Muimi I remember.

Jokes that Mimis carrot sword was the real Tenrou Hadanken and all that.

I think most of the people here are focusing on quests and CB, and mostly ignoring arenas, so the difference probably isn't as notable for most of them.

Though both are currently outclassed on global by S!Mifuyu and to a lesser degree S!Kaori in arenas right now. 6!Rino cannon will likely overtake it once people farm the shards (or already has in the case of whale brackets), but they'll just move to a lesser PArena team, depending on how many people build H!Misogi.

Calwings posted...

Mimi's main niche is her UB doing big damage to the enemy team's second character (behind their tank) or doing heavy damage to a solitary boss by hitting it twice, and in those two specific situations, she's very good. But even with her having her UE, Mimi doesn't have the versatility or the sheer damage output across a full 1:30 battle that Muimi does, and that's not even taking into account Muimi's other tools like her defense shred, stun, and knockback.

Mimi's niche is her UE giving her amazing cleave damage and range, in addition to her UB also doing 2 hits. She also buffs PAtk. Muimi fills a similar role, with an AOE PDef shred, and also has a push and small stun (which are usually irrelevant outside of PVP).

In PVP, Mimi outclassed Muimi when UE released because Muimi stands in a worse position, making her more vulnerable, and Mimi's cleave range is absurd. For CB and regular quests, Muimi generally has higher ST that isn't nerfed when more than one target is present, and her burst cycles generally line up better with buffs IIRC.

I wouldn't really say UE!Mimi is outright better than Muimi until 6!Mimi (more AOE), but she's budget and does reasonably well, but the swap is usually a damage loss in CB IIRC. I can understand considering her a lackluster PriFes unit at this point, because she's not OMG more powerful than her competition, but she was better than her competition at release.

Priconne NA event guide is up for anyone looking for team comps when the event starts later today:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ADo249nH7wO5KGqxxXBwdAQJHXNac2b7plPcCEPSC6U/edit#gid=1545982222

I turned off image embedding at some point personally, so I'm not entirely sure what it looks like on the page. Can you right click and open the image in a new tab to see if that helps?

It's still a bit fuzzy when I view the images, but I can read it on my computer at least.

Edit:
The first image is just a screenshot of the first page of Chocolate's UE/6* guide (same guide writer who updates the gear guide we generally reference), so you can always open that if you want a more readable version: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQhgyX9t1IJ1dafnjksIg09cy0Wv_NiYZM3THtNjgtWD6WZSQPt0R_aVlFI-K-HnshqJndkyppihGfL/pubhtml#
Not sure who or where the second one is from.

ShadowElite86 posted...

How many gems are required to spark in Priconne? I'm sitting on over 80k at the moment and want to plan ahead according to the release roadmap, assuming this is accurate in both release and priority.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/0/AADyH4AADn3i.jpg

45k atm (300 pulls). It'll be reduced to 30k (200 pulls) at some point, but I don't remember exactly when (3rd anniversary I think?).

Those recommendations are accurate enough, but that's the 6 star release schedule, not a banner schedule or recommendation. It has nothing to do with pulls. The easiest to reference schedule for upcoming banners is here: https://fansubbing.com/priconne-upcoming-banner-list/

It doesn't give pull recommendations though, so you'll have to look elsewhere if you want a more detailed pull recommendation.

Calwings posted...

Nice. I'm sure I'll enjoy that when it comes to global in like... probably over a year, I would guess.

Yep. She and Saren are the 6 star upgrades for the 2.5 anniversary next year. So they should be around next August.

Calwings posted...

I know nothing about her 6-star upgrade (again, I don't play JP) but if that suddenly makes her a lot better, then that's good news for me.

Akino's UB upgrade changes her UB from a ST attack to a big ST attack that gives her an absorb shield, a PAtk buff, and puts down a field that damages enemies inside of it. It greatly improved her capabilities as an all-arounder, especially when she's able to be the tank for the team.

She also gets a little TP Boost, a little PCrit, some defense boosts and a good chunk of PAtk as part of the 6 star upgrade, and better stats are almost always good.

She has occasional use here and there, but for the most part she's not good until her 6 star upgrade in about a year.

Priconne NA CB auto comps for those who want to reference them for this CB:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTHk2NNufBMBNbsGZaY3wiTGjBvYxfWBB6AaCq-nLS7XUElu2wW_0XzEjEBjgfBCZM7nVu33G1qHCIe/pubhtml#

Umbreon posted...

How far until Ninon's 6*? I'm really looking forward to bringing her out once more.

Around 1 year out. Probably September of next year, just after the 2.5 anniversary.

That means you are capped on Yukari shards. The game doesn't let you buy more shards from shops than you can actually use, which for Yukari is just the amount needed to ascend her to 5 stars and max out her UE. You will be able to buy more when she gets her 6 star upgrade in December, if you aren't already over the "cap" by 50 shards.

Cap doesn't apply to anything gotten from events or stages, just to shops.

Calwings posted...

Also, is there such thing as a double Very Hard mode drops event in JP? I know Normal and Hard have them, but we haven't had one for Very Hard yet.

There is, but I don't remember when it started in JP.

Priconne NA newspost:
https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2022/08/25/princess-connect-re-dive-kicks-off-halloween-early-with-kyoka-halloween

TL;DR: H!Kyouka gacha from 9/1-9/12. H!Shinobu/H!Misaki prize gacha 9/12-9/17. Little Lyrical Halloween event with H!Misogi 9/1-9/15. Area 28 unlock on 9/8, along with appropriate level cap increase and equips going to 15-3. Rino 6 star unlock on 9/1. UE for H!Shinobu, H!Misaki, and H!Miyako unlock on 9/12. Double normal event 9/7-9/12.

Pretty much everything expected. H!Kyouka gacha adds the 100 shards per focus dupe in the gacha, though there's nothing mentioned about it aside from it appearing in the banner image. H!Misogi is a decent multi-target attacker for anyone that wants to farm and build her, she's just horribly overshadowed by 6!Rino.

Datamining has shown an unannounced double normal event running 8/31-9/3 as well.

The public auto-comps haven't been posted to the Discord yet, but I'll try to link them here if/when they are released by the theorycrafters. Most likely it'll be a bit after CB starts on Friday.

You can probably make her work, but right now Saren teams are likely lower damage than using a buffing support because Saren by herself has lowish damage and no buffs. 6!Saren is approximately a year away, which boosts her by giving her PAtk and MAtk buffs. Until then, buffing supports have pretty much outscaled Saren's TP battery, and even after that her viability in the meta is mostly based on who she boosts. Why run Saren as just a TP battery when S!Saren and 6!Kokkoro give strong Attack Speed buffs(indirect UB increase) in addition to their other buffs?

For the physical teams you mentioned, Jun is probably the worst part of the teams you mentioned. At this point, CB bosses in the tiers our clan is in don't do particularly threatening damage, so Jun's defensive abilities are wasted when you could just run another DPS. You could try the teams, but I'd expect you to get more damage from replacing Jun with Kaori or Muimi (and definitely more damage by replacing Saren with S!Saren or 6!Kokkoro, possibly Djeeta or Rin with their UEs as well). Unfortunately, I'm not involved enough with creating timelines to be aware of any particularly high damage comps with Saren at this point, so this is mostly just conjecture on my part.

Saren's problems in mage teams are that she doesn't actually benefit from their buffs due to being physical, and any meta-typical mage team is going to run Ilya, Anne, Anna or Akari, all of which stand closer than Neneka (Anna especially is a waste of Saren's battery). You could try having Saren tank for a Neneka/Kyouka/S!Maho/Misato team, but I'd expect it to perform worse than running Ilya or Akari in her place.

Saren's usability depends entirely on your available characters, team line-up and the enemy line-up. Outside of PvP, it is rare for the enemy to interfere with your formation significantly, but sometimes the enemy position can alter where units stand at the start, which can affect who is standing close to each other.

Going to be referencing the gear guide here for easier number access:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VjvDwBrTinuWtqbxUxo0BNOvFpmztFO2p2D03tUxdA/edit#gid=560049407

The Range column on that guide is the distance that the unit stands away from the enemy front-line on a typical fight. Generally, in order to figure out which unit in your team stands the closest to Saren (therefore getting her battery), you subtract their Range from Saren's range (or vice-versa for characters standing behind Saren) and look for the smallest value. Some bosses stand in odd locations though, and cause this to not work, which you really can't tell without testing first.

Additionally, a lot of the value of a battery depends on how it affects the UB timing. It is entirely possible for a team to actually get less damage if the battery causes UBs to go off outside of the buff windows.

As an example, an old CB standby team is Shiori/Saren/Makoto/Kaori/Jun. This comp is a bit dated now, but it's a good example of how Saren can be used. Normally, Saren charges Makoto in this comp, which causes Makoto's UB to line-up better with Shiori and Kaori's UB, allowing them to benefit from the PDef shred on Makoto's UB more often. However, the Wyvern CB boss stands further to the left than most bosses IIRC, and causes the formation to shift, making Saren stand closer to Shiori instead of Makoto, which drops the damage potential of the comp.

In PvP right now, Saren's main partners are Illya and S!Kaori, though she's mostly off-meta at the moment (Illya especially is off meta because of all the cleave running around). Mostly useful for a third PA team when you're running short.

Genwai posted...

If there's no one notable to pull for until NY!Karyl, then I may just pull on Chloe's banner now.
Been waiting for her for a while.
Also apparently we won't be getting Chieru and Yuni for a while anyway, which works for me.

Yuni and Chieru should be around March/April of next year, just after the IM@S banners.

Calwings posted...

So she's a great physical attacker for event bosses or the Tower Of Luna, but not so much for PvP or Clan Battles. Is that about right?

More event bosses and CB. Luna Tower it's generally too easy to waste her burst, because it may just overkill one of the enemies depending on the line-up. In CB, her burst will at least always land on the boss, and she's useful if you're gaming last hits on the bosses, since the carryover means she'll also get to burst the next boss. PVP is no good due to being ST and potential overkill or accuracy issues, otherwise the shorter PVP fights might favor her decently like they do Monika.

Tennousu posted...

We don't have Rino's alt banners for EN yet?

First Rino alt is Wonderland Rino, expected around May of next year. Xmas Rino is a long way away, after Noir Io (~2 years at this point).

Calwings posted...

Kaya is a cute dragon girl so I'm pulling for her whether she's meta or not.

Kaya's main problem is her first UB is super powerful, but then her second UB and onwards are much smaller. She's best for quick fights, kind of like Monika before her 6 star upgrade. She's better off than Chloe generally at least.

Next major meta banner is New Year's Karyl around December/January. The new character banners in-between now and then are Halloween Kyouka, Halloween Mimi, Luna, Kaya, Christmas Christina and Christmas Illya. Nothing particularly meta-changing that I remember.

Nightmare rerun has started in PriConne NA. Quick guide has updated for those that reference the guide for reruns: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kHODVvTEIgnFxOMU07L-PzIoUe91qXVHbm27GwqL6Ys/edit#gid=1608297157

August Luna Tower guide for Priconne global:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qeANy8yjm0pXxKPyLPZ1ViquoO7VuflOVVosEpoJTI8/htmlview?pru=AAABfJ3xkk4*wm63RDSMKMV404BlZTNLng#gid=484879717

Still a WIP apparently, but something to start off with.

Calwings posted...

Funny enough, because of PriConne's terrible game design when it comes to how TP generation works, there are a few characters who are actually made worse by the stat boosts from reading their bond stories.

They did actually fix that around the 3.5 anniversary I think? They changed all the stat boosts from bond levels to be attack stats instead of some of them being defense stats, so bond stories don't interfere with TP gen. Global has a ways to go before that change though.

For anyone waiting for this month's Luna Tower guide, the guide maker hasn't been able to update it yet due to work. I'll keep an eye on it and post when it is updated.

Edit: Also, unlike most events, the St. Theresa event has an epilogue that unlocks after the event ended. So if you want to have the full story in the archives, make sure to open the event again to read the letters.

Tennousu posted...

Oof, I got walled by that dinosaur at 14-14.
Dude is fast and murders Neneka and my backrow.

One of his abilities hits the first living three units in your party (the three slots on the right in the party formation when everyone is alive). So you want to have somewhat durable girls in those slots so that his cleave doesn't reach the back row.

Given Neneka's position, I'm guessing you had her in slot 3 (single tank, Yukari, Neneka and two girls behind Neneka)? Maybe try Yukari/Nozomi/Miyako for the front three positions (Miyako can be another tank, she's just best against physical damage), and then Neneka and someone else for positions 4 and 5. An additional mage might work best with Neneka.

You can also view teams other people have used to clear the level by clicking on the Past Parties button in the upper right after selecting the stage. It can give you some ideas for team building.

Yes, cakes are given as presents in the guildhouse to raise bond points.

As for Neneka, there's a reason she's considered a premier mage/support.

Rino 6 star upgrade should in September. She is literally the next 6 star release. If you haven't gotten her UE to 140, you can save 50 shards for the 6 star upgrade. She's still mostly useful for PvP, but that's still because AOE is more useful in PvP than PvE. 6!Rino is a good multi-target attacker in general.

Monika is slowly losing usefulness. Her UE is important for her, but she's still only good on short fights (fights less than 50s IIRC, anything over that Kokkoro is better even before 6 stars, and S!Saren outclasses them both regardless as a speed booster). Tamaki is still useful when her niche is needed (kill magic user). Nanaka is also useful now that she's finally in the BA shop on global. Nanaka's a decent mage, with an AOE MDef shred, so worth building for a budget mage.

For BA, I'd say it's a toss-up between Tamaki and Nanaka for the second pick. After those two would be Monika or Hiyori, though Monika has a long time before she gets her 6 star, while Hiyori should get 6 star in about half a year.

For PA, it would be Kaori or Anna after you finish Miyako. Suzuna's outclassed by Shiori, Tsumugi is a disruptor with limited use in PvE, and Hatsune is a niche physical killer. If you're trying to build a mage team, Anna with UE might have priority over Kaori, but otherwise Kaori is probably better to work on first.

Calwings posted...

Karyl is a mediocre mage until you get her UE (where she becomes good) and then eventually her 6* upgrade (where she becomes great) but that's a long-term investment. For a more immediate impact, Rin and Misato are both solid healers who provide buffs and group heals (Rin is great for physical teams, Misato is great for magic teams) in case Yukari's solo heal isn't enough to survive a quest. Mitsuki is a solid cleaver for a physical team in case you feel like you don't have enough physical attackers yet, but she's kind of outclassed by better characters at this point in terms of PvE usefulness. Matsuri (physical attacker), Maho (healer), and Ayumi (status spreader) are all primarily used for PvP rather than PvE content, so unless you really want to compete in the PvP, I wouldn't recommend going for any of those three at this point.

Just to add to this:

• Mitsuki is mainly useful for providing a PDef shred field, compared with other PDef shredders who use debuffs. This doesn't come up often, but occasionally there are bosses that cleanse debuffs, so fields like Mitsuki's end up with higher uptime than the usual shredders.
• Rin provides an MDef buff to her teammates, in addition to her PAtk and PCrit buffs. This which gives her a solid niche as a support. She was fairly notable as a support for the S!Io event boss special mode due to this, but generally gets passed over for other supports most of the time. She needs her UE to be useful though, since that's what gives her first skill the PAtk and PCrit buffs.
• I'd consider Maho better than Rin for straight healing, due to having a ST heal on a skill rather than a smallish party heal on UB. She has a niche against physical damage, similar to Rin's niche against magic damage. Also provides an MAtk buff.

For further future planning, Yukari's 6 star upgrade should be in December, and Maho's should be in January. Both are very useful at 6 stars, Yukari especially, but Maho's is a huge improvement to her usability due to making her UB provide a lot more TP.

Oh right, one additional note on multi-target bosses: debuffs on one target are shared with all targets. So the usual shredders (Makoto, Neneka, Akari, S!Karyl, etc) should still be fairly useful against Glutton.

Calwings posted...

What exactly is the difference between these multi-target CB bosses and the ones we've been facing so far? Does this mean that characters with AoE attacks (Rino, Hatsune, Grea, etc.) do damage to all of the targets and therefore do a lot of damage to these bosses in particular?

It's primarily to get AOE and cleave units into CB. Multi-target attacks hit all targets on the boss, and will generally do more damage. Additionally, after taking a certain amount of damage on each target, that target "breaks", and once all targets are broken the boss enters a vulnerable period for a time IIRC where their defenses are lowered (it might also be lower defenses for each target broken, need to double-check). I believe ST units target the closest non-broken target. I'm actually not sure how multi-target bosses interact with S!Makoto, since it should still be considered 1 enemy, but that's what trials are for.

We've had a few multi-target bosses in the past: the last time we fought pigs in the CB was MT, and the Re:Zero event boss was multi-target. Here's an example MT boss from an event on the JP server a few years ago for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbZ0wcEQ9k

Edit: Quick search shows that break status applies each time a target is broken, not once all targets break.

Priconne NA newspost:
https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/08/11/princess-connect-re-dive-cools-off-with-chloe

TL;DR:
Chloe gacha 8/19-9/1. Nightmare event rerun 8/19-8/26. Luna Tower 8/19-8/24. CB 8/26-8/31 (Glutton boss is now multi-target), along with solo-mode for CB. Friend list for Main and Event quest support added on 8/26. Double Normal 8/18-8/25, double Hard 8/24-8/30.

Nothing too notable. Not sure how the solo-mode for clan battles really affects our clan, since the toggle is clanwide. It changes bosses to personal progression rather than clan progression, and no longer ranks the clan globally. Might need to dig for more info if people seem interested in that.

I would have assumed the imposter was Enterprise, mainly because the image used is from an anime, not from the game, while all others are in-game portraits. I think the image used is from the Slow Ahead adaptation, though I might just be misremembering how things looked in the original "adaptation".

Could be GFL or Counterside characters though, since they aren't the icon images for their games (at least right now in the American Android store). I'm not particularly familiar with those games though.

The only Main Fleet ships that can drop from Light construction are CVL (Light Carriers), most of which aren't very good, and can be found in Special as well. So if you're focusing on main fleet ships, Light Construction should be avoided.

Unicorn is farmable from 4-4, and should be a fairly good healer to start with, once you are able to clear up to there. Shouhou can be farmed in 2-2, 2-3, and 2-4 as a healer until then. You can look up what ships drop in each chapter on the wiki: https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Azur_Lane_Wiki

I don't really play any more though, so I haven't really kept up with much AL meta.

Kircheis posted...

So I'm still kind of newish to Azur Lane, and I want to start collecting a greater variety of Main Fleet ships (the ones in the back row). Is there a specific build pool between Light, Heavy and Special construction that's more likely to yield Main Fleet ships?

Battleships will be in Heavy, Special will have Aircraft Carriers.

Calwings posted...

Also, put all of your clan coins into buying shards to ascend Makoto. She's amazing and none of the other characters whose shards are in the clan shop are really worth raising.

Yori is worth raising, just not before Makoto. Good magic cleave, and safer than Illya. Also has an absurd 6 star upgrade, but that's irrelevant for global right now since it's about a year and a half out.

Tennousu posted...

But seggs teacher-

Io is primarily a PvP unit. She's fairly useful there, and will be better after her 6 star upgrade in about 4 months, but she won't really help in CB or regular maps.