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Galbias posted...

5-3 in Arknights was pretty nasty. Ended up having to level Melantha to almost max so she could solo one of the Casters, then build up a halfassed team around each exit point (including Lancet, who dies almost immediately to any of the Casters) since you can't really use any Snipers or Casters. Not sure I'm huge on the whole "you have basically no slots to deploy ranged units" thing but oh well. To be fair, I have more options for ground-based ranged units than most people given that I have Lappland/Silverash/Liskarm.

5-3's a bit of a doozy yeah, but it got easier on Challenge once I noticed I could use quick-redeploy units to push the elite casters off-tile into range of my snipers. Also helps if you got Skadi ofc

I think I might take a break from the game once I've completed chapter 5 and Annihilation 3, I feel like I've done most of what's there to do aside from just grinding out E2 and skill upgrade materials forever.

Yeah I'm pretty much in that boat, I've finished basically all the content in the game including challenge modes, though I typically prefer to have fone games relegated to a side-game which I occasionally come back to lol

Incidentally, do you have to reset Specialization levels on one skill when you Specialize another? Ingame it makes it sound like you have to, but I think I remember reading otherwise somewhere.

I'm sure I've seen some instances online where people have multiple specializations for their units when talking about them. Either way though, specialization takes a ton of mats so you'd realistically only be maxing one skill, only a scant few units with some odd off-application would require specializing non-main skills (ie Saria's S1 is occasionally preferred in some scant circumstances) Pretty sure the training room descriptor simply refers to the fact that you can only level up one skill at a time.

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Kal'tsit was never in the public release of the game, only the players who signed up for the CN beta test had access to her. A lot of units were also stronger in the beta test, ie Skyfire's regular attack being her S2 meteors as also seen in this Kal'tsit video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw4LeXtVYQ0

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I don't bring Lancet myself, I have a healer pointed at Ifrit though (With Saria standing nearby), as per my setup: https://s5.gifyu.com/images/Anni3.jpg

A note about Lappland, she'll need to be E2 so her silence debuff lasts consistently throughout the stuns, otherwise there are gaps in where her talent is active. Also Ifrit can store 3 charges of her S2 at Level 7 so that's also a bit of a priority so she can burst down Hammerbros better.

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Just appearance, voice lines should be unchanged.

2-9C you'll need at least two snipers guarding each side yeah, casters are a bit more expensive so you might want to shuffle your team a bit to get them out in time.

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The main annoying about story challenge maps is how it takes 3 practice plans just to try them out (Meaning only 10 tries daily) which seems unnecessary since they already have the half-San penalty already which incentives people to only do them with a strong team, though there's also zero penalty for using a friend unit (There's no Auto mode for challenge maps). At least the new set of 4 Hard maps introduced from Chapter 5 onwards only cost 1 Plan/10 San.

That said yeah the first really difficult challenge map would probably be 3-8 for a newer player? The average player can probably complete up to Chapter 4 challenges with just E1 units, though 4-10 might be a bit of an issue without E2 DPS.

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Never felt like I had too much trouble with Clues myself, I seem to maybe hit a complete set once or twice a week and mostly rely on dorm credits/clue exchanges pretty much. It doesn't help that the credit store doesn't really give anything terribly interesting and it's mostly just to top up some extra LMD or so.

Galbias posted...

And then I went for a couple extra rolls to see if I could get Warfarin and got Ifrit instead, wow. I was thinking Silverdaddy would be my next E2 after Eyja but now I'm not so sure. Ifrit does actually seem kind of awkward to use due to her unique range so I'm not 100% sure about replacing Skyfire with her, but I probably should, I guess?

Ifrit is pretty different from every other AoE caster yeah, though another defining point about her is that she naturally roasts everything at once on her tiles with every attack instead of single-target AoE attacks like every other AoE unit, which is a step up from regular AoE casters because the base DPS of a regular AoE mage is pretty terrible if they aren't hitting clumped groups. She also naturally lowers the overall defenses of all enemy units in her range so if you can take advantage of it she's able to drastically decrease the DPS requirements for your frontline. That said, her best skill is S2, so promoting her to E2 may not be entirely a priority for your needs (The big thing being her increased SP gains and S2 getting an increased flat defense debuff at M3). Even at non-mastery her S2 is strong enough to allow your regular ST snipers do considerable damage to high-defense units. And that's not even including her own naturally high damage output.

While you may feel obliged to try and use as many of her tiles as possible, she still does pretty well even covering only one or two tiles, and sometimes you can just use her to do some snipe cheese. There's apparently a quote from CN server that goes along the lines of 'Burn one tile, nothing is lost. Burn two tiles, great. Burn three tiles, you won the game.'

She does actually excel in Annihilation 3 if you can make a setup that takes advantage of her being at the top front tile flaming the entire front row.

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Yeah Myrtle's block count is 0 when using skills, main idea is just to quickly drop a couple other Vanguards/a Guard quickly after tapping her skill.

Siege's simply just best-in-slot for the offensive vanguard role, general consensus being she's not a terribly huge improvement if you already have say Texas, especially since she comes down a bit slower. She can at least hold a lane decently well so you can put a Guard somewhere else.

Nearl's very competent, just that Saria is pretty darn overtuned in comparison - A self-buff passive, a stupidly wide AoE for her S2 heal (which is on a 7 SP counter at M3), plus some SP generation tossed in as a bonus because why not.

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Well, not only is Myrtle the best DP generation in the game, she only costs a measley 8 DP on E2 at max potential; a realistic prospect due to her rarity. These factors allow her to match the DP output of two vanguards by her lonesome. Her S2 grants her additional flexibility by letting her double as a healer so you don't have to rush medic deployment in the early game and use your DP with more efficacy.

From data of the latest run of Contingency Contract, which is the hardest content in the game, her usage rate was only beaten by Saria.


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Let's just say she's pretty much a 6-star operator masquerading as a 4-star.

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https://s6.gifyu.com/images/MyrE2.png
Was able to E2 Myrtle almost immediately, promoting four-stars really feel much easier.
Also finally had something to use my 4* vanguard tokens that I got way back from the Grani event which I hadn't been able to before since I maxed out all my other 4* vanguards
The actual bonus pull got me Meteorite, I suppose I could use a 5* AoE sniper.

Kal isn't currently a real unit even in CN, just in the beta test; that aside I really should start putting more points into Hoshiguma but I also don't know where she'd fit into my team at the moment. Contingency Contract will probably change things up enough that I'll need her, though.

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https://s6.gifyu.com/images/WFE2.png
12th E2. I'd like to say she'll be my last one for awhile, though Myrtle's banner is coming up soon...

Galbias posted...
not actually sure what I'm gonna use Volcano on, the ridiculously high cost and short duration make it feel kind of impractical for some maps. Maybe Anni 3 but I still need to work on my other characters for that so I can actually get to the 350 rush safely in the first place, still hoping for Blue Poison in the cert store for that.

Yeah Ejya's S2 is the more practical skill for general use, S3 is just for those moments where you get swarmed by like 10+ mooks and a boss unit and need a quick get-out-of-jail-free card. Though if the rest of your units are up to the task you can just let her sit back and be an emergency button when a stage goes bad.

Galbias posted...
Interesting regarding autodeploy, it can't be saving all RNG because I've had certain maps work 90% of the time and then fail 10%, but it should be easy enough to test a specific ability like Warfarin's.

I'm testing my autoplay with Warfarin and 3 possible targets, so far for all the runs there's been no deviation in the three instances she picks someone to buff throughout each replay. It's only been a small handful of runs however. My squad is now all E2 with most of them at max trust though which might help the stability. Some other tests people have done involved using dodge operators (Durin/12F have 50% dodge for arts/phys respectively) with the patterns of dodges and hits being consistent throughout. It's still uncertain what exactly breaks the RNG, but it can be oddly consistent in these areas.

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I used both Shining and Silence for awhile, but while definitely very usable units honestly I found them ultimately... Unnecessary, so to speak, with the current state of the existing maps on EN. Besides only being single-target healers, Shining's talent defense buffs are often piddly for those that actually need them most (Defenders) while Silence's drone can be a bit awkward for placements in being only providing 1 grid healing around it (It does provide very strong regen). More DPS is typically better in general content than healing since killing things faster means you need to heal less, especially true with enemies that can regen and things like Defense Crushers, and SP batteries help with that. It's why Ptilopsis is probably the best medic for general use - AoE heals, a strong self-buff for pressure situations, and mapwide increased SP gain (30% on E2).

Some empirical observations seem to suggest autodeploy apparently actually saves RNG, it's just things like damage increases from trust gain/DP cost increases that makes it go wonky. Definitely a bit awkward for not simply giving us an instant map clear though.

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Warfarin's talent makes her great as an SP battery especially once you E2 her. Her stackable S1 is also the strongest single-target heal burst in the game since has a bonus that works off HP percentages and not just her own attack, so she works best on frontliners with large HP pools. Her S2 is typically mostly used for buff memes, but she's actually one of the strongest buffers if you can get it to hit the intended target, typically by positioning her so she only has one target.

Firewatch is a bit of an odd case since her bombs can't hit the same target among other things yeah, def. not a general-use sniper.

Blue Poison is super solid since she's one of the few snipers who can deal decent DoT arts damage thanks to her poison and her skills have an innate ability to deal with multiple targets every few hits.Not entirely an anti-armour option but she still contributes decently in that area. Her S2 also lets her hit 3 targets at once during its duration in case you need specialized mob clears, but usually her S1 will suffice. Since medium-sized mobs are typically the main course of the game she's generally more useful than Platinum, whose DPS starts to fall behind where multiple targets are involved. Works really well with SP batteries too.

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Yeah, I got her with the last banner as well. Glancing at some showcases, when unbuffed her bombs seem a bit weak unless they overlap AoEs, which is the only way their damage can stack since they can't hit the same actual target. Seems fun enough in a buff team setup though.

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Well yeah, I'm not disputing Texas is the better overall operator here, I'm just saying that Zima is in practice pretty easily able to outlast Texas without healing support which is her particular strength, especially in situations where they have to watch different lanes. It's just something to keep in consideration when deployment order is concerned. Of course that's just my observation since I've also used the both of them since the start of the game and pretty much finished every level with them since I don't have Siege.

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Texas doesn't have better base stats than Zima unbuffed - base-stat-wise Zima's stats are higher overall except in Attack, at E1 max Zima has 143 more HP and 16 more Def while Texas has 34 more attack. In high-pressure rush situations I find Zima outsurvives Texas pretty consistently, and my Texas is at E2 now.

Also Zima would actually gain back more DP overall if paired with another Vanguard, especially with an AoE skill like Texas/Siege, since it gives additional +1 DP on Kill properties to all vanguards.

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They sure pulled a fast one over everyone expecting the nth duo unit

Also this means you can now play Sturm and Drang in the same elements

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Leanaunfurled posted...

I did it, you guys. Went through 150+ fate episodes and a handful of different side stories, gathering up more crystals and single tickets to get the last 30 pulls for spark. And I got it. And I got my dog zodiac waifu, Vajra. ;_; So happy

It was my first time sparking, too.

Neat. Myself I wasn't expecting to spark this year but got enough from the free rolls and crystals, it's like my fifth spark since starting the game I think. First one was the hardest since I went full cold turkey and only had like one SSR character from my starting rolls, but it sure gave me a better appreciation of my SR units lol.

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YugiNoob posted...

I got all but the last reward so I'm not sure how much that was, but that level pisses me off so instead I'm just using the second stage for my weekly Orundum lol. Maybe after I'm done promoting my guys I'll go back, but for now I'm just working on getting Red and Amiya to E2.

There's no real reason to use Anni3 for your weeklies after completing it anyway, Anni2 is much faster. Gonna be doing that myself since I finished A3.

legendarylemur posted...

Yeah it's more that I would be out of deploy spots. I guess I should've retired the tank in favor of replacing that tank with Saria or something because having a healer tank is necessary there. Basically I should be killing the stunner b4 it reaches my tank. Much easier solution than a strategy that will probably cause problems down the line

More DPS is always a good solution, though aside from ifrit I don't think you've much other options left. I don't think my setup would have worked that well without E2 Ifrit constantly melting defense lol

As an aside, was the guide you were watching using Ptiopsis? Because her E2 grants 30% increased SP gain for everyone.

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Well, if your tanks aren't actually dying, if you have another on standby you can just replace the stunned one if you're quick about it.

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Galbias posted...

Managed 325 on Lungmen Downtown, not too bad. More than anything I think I need better Snipers, Meteorite pulls her weight but Kroos and Jessica not so much. I do like the layout of the map though, it makes it easy to put Silverash/Lappland on the top/bottom in a way that they can support the center lane characters.

also the autoturrets are worse than I was expecting. They just bounce off pretty much any Defenders but chop off like 40-50% of a Sniper's health which is pretty bad when they're being targeted by other stuff.

Yeah I once tried bringing a friend E2 Ejya and watched her immediately get 2hkoed by a turret, E2 Exu at least has her buff which makes her the tankiest sniper (And even then that heavy arts drone knocks off like 70% of her HP)

Yeah, Water is an element that I like character-wise but it's undoubtedly the worst option for null-element content right now. I have plenty of Dama atm so I could go Varuna if I roll a 2nd Drang Ball, but I want to hope there's a better Grand soon that'll make Varuna actually on-par with other Primals. KMR hates Water though, so probably not.

incidentally, Water Quartz is going to be a huge problem if I upgrade my Magna stuff and then decide to go Primal, so I'm just holding out on upgrading any Water weapons atm in case I do decide to go Primal before GW, the GW rotation being out of order really messed me up. And the new event isn't even Water Quartz.

I don't even have any water Dark Opus at the moment, which especially hurts my Water HP in Magna. Even at 80x140 Varuna my double fimbul at least punches above 20k which is a decent start. Game also saw fit to give me the full four Aglo swords so I kinda have a second bootleg drang ball lol

Hades is another element that I want to go Primal for, but no Hades or Bahamut summon and my only Grands are 1x Fallen Sword/Unheil, so that doesn't seem great. On the other hand I have solid characters for LuciHL in Dark and I've almost cleared the HP requirement, so FLB Opus is actually realistic sometime in the future, at least.

I have a Bahamut dupe, which is some maximum first-world problem but what the heck am I supposed to do with that now lol

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Galbias posted...

I'm kinda sorta hoping Drang gets FLB next month. Would be perfect timing with this event and Water GW upcoming. And then maybe a Sturm und Drang duo unit, probably in Dark so you can use them alongside Orchid/BK.

Funnily enough I also only just got BK this anniversary, feels like the game really wants me to make a Hades grid with all the stuff I've been getting more recently, just need maybe another couple FS and maybe Grand Ferry, though I still kinda want to make Varuna more even though its grids are in a bit of a sad state right now. Either way I'd probably need to crack my Sierotix fund to get more damabars so that's a bit of a pain.

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The whole 'speeding up oripathy' thing would be the crippling effect, since you eventually die and your corpse becomes a new vector of infection. Of course, most of its ongoing negative effects are quality-of-life stuff (senses, respiration etc) which isn't inherently obvious with the way it's presented to us, which I do agree could be done better than how it's being done now.

And for another tangent, since we were talking about GBF scratchers earlier:


Oddly fitting, I suppose, given his event is starting next.

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Could just click the back button to skip the salt lol
I'm amused how often they manage to display things I don't actually have, though a couple times I was actually worried about getting a dupe to something I already maxed out

Anyway, back to Arknights - Found a nice little site that lets you map out operators for easy visual reference; for example, here's my final setup for Annihilation 3.
https://s5.gifyu.com/images/Anni3.jpg

https://map.ark-nights.com/map/

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The Ch5 event mission isn't as hard as some of the other things in the same chapter yeah, don't think the ideal deployment is really different between the two actually. Finished all the event missions the moment it dropped lol.


Penguin? Penguin.


Ninth E2. 9 is the strongest fairy.

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Ah yes, I see our lovable Tetris Psychopath Idol is letting her inner Gudako leak.

...Completely unrelatedly, I now have a sudden and inexplicable hankering for apple juice.

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Exusiai's one of the main reasons I started the game lol, but Platinum is cute too (plus chess motif), don't have her though

legendarylemur posted...

Also which skill to prioritize for Saria? Her s2 seems like it would work better with her passive, but s3 obviously seems like a much higher impact/higher risk skill

S2 is the general go-to for Saria for general usage and specialization, though S3 does provide the listed healing as a regen instead of a singular heal so it can give a whole bunch of SP in a pinch. Although keep in mind only damaged units get SP from her heal. S3 is definitely pretty powerful in the instances you can make use of it though.

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legendarylemur posted...

Cuora is definitely the best of the bunch. I don't have a 5+* healer so perfumer E2 has been doing work (Oh wait no, I have the owl girl).

8 E2s is pretty insane though. I was thinking of doing a 5* next but I think Siege takes a bit of precedence

Yeah, my primary healers are Ptilopsis and Warfarin, but Perfumer's a nice secondary for when I need global regen/a second AOE healer, particularly in H5-4 and Downtown. Cuora used to be my primary defender, but then I got Saria, on top of E2 Specter providing a pretty good approximation of the defender role (Block-3/Regen/Invulnerability) with extra AOE DPS on top, so I don't bring her as often.

Where promoting Siege is concerned, I figure it's generally a good idea to prioritize your primary DPS over defenders and vanguards, but you've already promoted the best DPS uberlords in the game already so yeah haha.

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legendarylemur posted...

Oh god, this is my 4th 6 star E2 (got 6 E2s total, Cuora and Perfumer for the 4*s, Exusiai, SilverAsh, Eyja, and Saria for the 6*s with Siege next in line potentially)

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/507380099532849152/690459611035074580/Screenshot_20200320-001505_Arknights.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/507380099532849152/690459610464911430/Screenshot_20200320-001527_Arknights.jpg

It's a real pain in the rear, but it's never really as bad as you would think it is. The worst part is the money and the leveling, but material wise, they're usually a lot easier to get than it would seem. Green certificates help too

Nah as someone on my eighth E2 it's totes as bad as I think it is hahah

Of course this is also made worse that none of them are 4-stars (Which are almost twice as easy to promote as 5-stars tbh), but there aren't really any 4-stars I would want to promote to E2 at the moment before at least finishing up my core team


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Galbias posted...

For Annihilation maps you can't survive without Vanguard DP generation since it doesn't regen automatically, though for regular maps it's probably not as big of a deal, yeah. Texas's skill seems slightly better than Zima's (as does Siege's obviously) but oh well. And yeah, I have a feeling Downtown might be harder than it looks, but I'll find out soon, I guess. Still trying to develop my base atm, most of my buildings are still tier 2. Really wish there was a way to just grab all the money from Trading Posts in one go instead of clicking each individual one.

Unrelated, a lot of girls in Arknights have a bad case of noodle legs for some reason but Texas is one of the worst offenders, which is a pity because she's pretty cute otherwise

Yeah Texas kinda pays for her AoE by being awfully squishy which is where Zima has an advantage on being able to decently hold off a small mob without her HP draining like a leaky bucket, especially when her skill gets going; a lot of times I drop Zima in front of Texas for huge mobs for this reason.
As an aside I think Zima's the only one with earphones plugged into her animal ears, which is kinda cool

I think I mentioned this before but it really bugs me how clicky the base and mission page is; a simple 'sell all' button just like for your daily trust/factory collection would have been super nice. That and constantly needing to refresh your operators feels like a needlessly cumbersome mechanic.

I'm not typically sensitive to noodle legs (Probably desensitized, ha-ha) though I can appreciate a thiccer set, but it does seem a bit awkward where Myrtle seems to have thicker legs than Texas lol. That said, Myrtle a cute (and also very good); I hope they release her in EN soon

The Catgirl Fondler posted...

My gacha playing is going to be hampered really hard now, I was pretty much 100% reliant on wifi hotspots (I'm homeless), but all the usual places (like libraries) have been shut down over Corona virus concerns.

This is going to be a real boring next few weeks/months unless I can find other stable locations to log into. (This one is pretty flaky, took over 20 minutes to get this message done due to constant connection errors.)

Darn, hang in there pal

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Galbias posted...

whoo finally 100% cleared Lungmen Outskirts Annihilation, after quite a few tries/party configuration and dumping all my EXP into Cuora

now just Downtown, which surprisingly doesn't look that hard before 350, though the guy that I'm watching video of has a bunch of high-rank Snipers that I don't. And the last two benchmarks on Chernobog, but that's not a huge priority since it doesn't increase weekly Orundum cap, it's just some extra money/exp/certs.

also, looking at the 5* Vanguards, it looks like their secondary skills mean that you have to manually press buttons to generate DP (with the exception of Siege's 2nd skill), which sounds like it'd be really annoying on Annihilation. Guess not having one atm isn't that big of a deal.

Funnily enough I just maxed my Cuora via recruitment today

Downtown can actually be a bit annoying with the autoturrets; they practically require high levels on all your healers/casters or they could get 2-3hkoed - Which can be a bit tight when the heavy laser drones start sniping your formation. My last try I managed a fairly stable configuration for a run of 398, just need to tweak a bit for the leaks - But I also maxed out my weekly ori so I figure I'll just try again next week after buffing my team a bit more.

While it can be a bit annoying to remember to click off during lulls in the rush, honestly I'd argue the DP is more a bonus with their S2s; Texas' ability to stall and deal AoE damage gets important in clearing early mobs and stalling. Zima also has the potential of getting more DP than her regular skill since she also gives all your Vanguards DP-on-kill (besides a nice buff) when it's activated. The main thing is both ease the pressure on your healers.
But f you really can't be bothered to press those then you can just set them to S1 lol


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From sneak peaks of the JP server like the next Arknights standard banner will have shop Zima for those who still need a good vanguard. Angelina's also one to consider grabbing if you don't have Eyja (Which is basically just me in this topic I guess ())


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More than likely simply an educated guess from her name 'Cuora' being a genus of turtle, since Petram itself doesn't mean anything related to turtle ('Petra' simply meaning 'stone' or thereabouts) and she doesn't have any visible turtle features or anything.

That aside, having two defenders is still usually a good baseline for a fair number of stages so it's not like you have to shelve Liskarm.


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Galbias posted...

Provence seems like she'd be really hard to use just because her range sucks so much. I have a hard enough time finding good spots for Skyfire, and short range means you can't do stuff like hitting enemy Casters before they hit you, which is really important on some maps (Lungmen Outskirts Annihilation in particular, though my problem there is just the Hateful Avengers chewing through Liskarm's HP in two hits).

Note that most ranged/healing units have an extended range at E1 that you can preview, might be worth prioritizing.

Liskarm in particular isn't well-suited for tanking particularly strong hits unfortunately since her mitigation isn't on demand, isn't very strong and doesn't last particularly long. Cuora would work much better, her S2 is activated and its mitigation is pound-for-pound the strongest defender mitigation skill in the game. Cuora's available in the shop if you don't have her, although she's a 4* so she could have spooked you a couple times by now. Of course you'll still need the DPS to kill the katanabois in time, but they get their damage boost at half HP so you should save your skills for that moment.


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For what it's worth where their S2s are concerned Siege needs a supply of enemies to generate DP while you can just hit Texas's/Zima's switch even when there's nothing around. Bit awkward sometimes when Apple Pie just shreds everything outside Siege range and she has no way to activate her stacks.

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Well yeah, that's what 'vanguard' means, they're your early troops. That aside Texas is definitely not usually better than Seige, she's the squishiest among the top vanguards while Seige is the exception to the usual Vanguard rule by having the raw stats and DPS to last into lategame. There's a reason no gameplay tier list ranks Texas as highly.

Also Vanguards are super important for Annihilation where there's no passive DP gain.

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At least you don't have to pick all three tags to dilute the pool so there's something

Still haven't gotten a top/senior tag myself, though I got Mayer and some other 5* I can't quite recall at the moment, probably Provence or some other that I ended up not using

Vanguardwise I was lucky the shop had Texas early on and I got angery russian schoolbear on my opening roll too so those two settle my vanguard needs for the most part, but the game does kinda have a lack of higher-star vanguards - The opposite of the Guard glut problem (Guardknights!) - Heck, CN's only now just got a second 6-star Vanguard.
Might be worth investing in Courier from the credit shop if nothing else good comes by, or just use Fang I guess - 3*s are moderately cheap enough that you won't feel too bad investing in them and replacing them later


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Galbias posted...

I've been using Eyja and Amiya as my two Casters, but I have Skyfire as well. Should I be developing her over Amiya? Seems like it'd be a good idea to have both a regular and AoE caster in retrospect.

The good thing about Eyja is that she basically doubles as an AoE caster on S3, but yeah wouldn't be a bad idea to have Skyfire ready, AoE casters tend to be useful for quite a few areas

Galbias posted...

that's something. I like Grani's design so I'd probably want to use her if I rolled her, but Siege is my main hope I guess.

Unfortunately yeah Grani was the welfare purchaseable Vanguard from the previous event, you could buy her to max potential from the event shop.

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Vignette is practicably the best of the DP-kill vanguards thanks to her hefty S2 buff, which still allows her to ohk most mobs. I still use her for DP-tight maps like LS-5 (EXP).

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Yeah, this is a new slightly modified banner just for EN. Kinda hoping they also shake up the shop purchaseables a bit - Seiba Lion shows up a bit more often than I'd like (And I don't even have her lol)

Wouldn't be one to complain if they bring in fire sheep early though

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She and Specter def do different things though, it's not uncommon to use both in various stages; Specter's definitely one of those 5-stars that can hang with the 6-star lineup

Speaking of, I personally got Blue Poison from the banner which completed my Abyssal Hunters bingo (Even though she's kinda not really a member) so I was happy enough with that (Though that also meant I had to retire sadcat; sorry sadcat, there's a new no. 2 sniper on my team)



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Yo this be someone who already dropped enough real-Life Money Dollars to max Texas
At that point you should just shrug and let 'em have this lol

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I'm in the no-Eyja club but at least I completed my Rhine Labs bingo with that banner



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legendarylemur posted...

But she has a passive that gives 1 sp to herself and all the units within 1 tile of the 4 cardinal directions 1 sp every time she's attacked.

Just a random one of them at a time actually

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Eab1990 posted...

Arknights, finally got my base up to 4.0, so Im wondering how everyone else built their base.

Im assuming everyone is using three power plants, so Im debating between 2 trading posts/4 factories, or 1 TP/5 factories, or 3 of each.

Also, refresh my memory, does the game force you to build the workshop before the office?

Just went with 2/4 myself
Also yeah the workshop is an office pre-req

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YugiNoob posted...

Did something happen with Granblue Fantasy? It says to update the game, but then the weirdness starts. Whether I click cancel or ok, it takes me to the app store to update...but then says that the app isnt available in my country or region. But when I went to the app store normally, I saw that I could update it there, so I did. That didnt do anything though, as it still says to update. Also, the game itself isnt on the app store anymore.

I logged in just yesterday, so it mustve happened really recently :<

As far as I can tell official support for the app has been dead for awhile now, you're meant to play it in a browser these days. Never used the app myself, been a Chrome player from day 1.


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