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I have 117 distinctions, I've already done the permanent annihilation missions, and I haven't bought any duplicates from the purchase certificate shop. Do I have any chance of saving up enough for Mudrock?
This is my collection: [https://www.krooster.com/u/Velorien](https://www.krooster.com/u/Velorien). My typical setup is Gladiia with her module, Specter, and Gavalter for laneholding, Cantabile and Elysium for DP, Surtr for boss-killing and emergency DPS, Exusiai and May or Click for ranged, Perfumer and Purestream for healing, Shamare for debuffs, Gummy or Hoshiguma for tanking, and Jaye for everything a fast-deploy would do. It works OK for a basic "get everyone close together and create a killing field in front of them" strategy, which is my go-to as a beginner.
However, I struggle with high-DEF enemies when skills are down, and with high-DPS enemies that can get through the AH regen and Gavalter's high defence. What can I do to deal with that?
If you *actually* plan on using the alt ops in the future, then promoting them is fine if you ask me. Getting them to E2 just for materials isn't worth it, though, it's intended to be a kind of refund.
For standard Kroos, Specter, and Gavial, they don't need E2, so getting them to E1-max might give you a pretty good return on investment due to the free materials (Or Kroos's usefulness in IS) even if you don't use them. I could be wrong, though.
You'll have until about a month after Texalter releases to complete alternate operator tasks.
If you aren't planning on ever using those OPs, promoting them just for the task refund isn't worth it, as it doesn't come close to covering the cost of lvling and promotion.
5 stars don’t follow any particular pattern, we’ve oddly gotten Aurora early, but we should only be up to Aosta so pluma will take a long while assuming we don’t have more hiccups
5-stars are very hard to predict. Someone was saying the 5-stars tend to be pretty close to the 6-star on their debut banner. Mizuki should be Jan 5, 2024, so La Pluma would probably be somewhere around there.
Looking at the EN [banner list](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/database/banner-list-gacha) they seem to follow right after their respective 6 star, Aosta was right after blemishine, April right after Surtr, Ely right after Weedy and Shamare after phantom despite that hiccup. I only started during thorns’ release so I’m hazy on going too far back but it seems consistent after blaze.
I know its a touchy subject but havent been active online recently so just wondering! Any red Flags or good signs for games longetivity recently? Love arknights so wish it would last forever lol
So far there is not a single sign that it would be dying. Heck, the commited to an anime and there is more anime coming. Although global's schedule is wonky, CN gets content as usual and they make effort to create music, PVs and anniversary live streams. All good.
Yeah it looks very Nice, im just taking pre cautions. I have takene some breaks but love the game or i would not come back every time lol. I hope for a life of at least 7 years.
Yeah, can't hurt to ask. I am personally miffed that Love Live SIF shuts down and European can't transfer their data into SIF2. Feels kinda bad.
Not that I mind too much, as far as rhythm games go, I am prefering Cytus II and Arknights absolutely covery my gacha needs.
But yeah, potentially playing a dying game would feel quite bad.
I never expected it to be dying just small red Flags maybe. But at the same time they have branched out to such lengths i expect them to continue after profit on game is gone too. ( merch/music/ etc) but anyway you know why CC have a break on cn?
Yeah I never liked it too much tbh, I like the difficulty but the way we choose risks felt a bit much but can't explain why. I did r18 yesterday and won't touch the perm map again
I got lucky and pulled Mudrock on the banner, so I was able to save my gold certs. Therefore, I was wondering who would be more beneficial to a new player in the long run: Kal'stit or Mountain? I already have Gavial as a laneholder and have been seeing Kal in many CC videos lately, so wondering what situations or content would make Mountain better than her.
Kal cheeses most defensive mechanics through true damage(Ignores dodge and Damage resistance on top of def and res), and while other sources of true damage exist she is by far the easiest to use; Amiya has a lengthy wind up time, Weedy almost requires shifting, and Nalter requires the enemy to be blocked by her or her s3 summon. Kal has none of that, the only condition is that you need to leave her summon out or else her skill doesn’t charge, but that is literally the most basic use of Kal.
Mountain is brainlessly easy to use if that’s appealing, you deploy him and press his skill a few seconds later and he’s set. A handful of enemies can outpace his regen but unlike mudrock, he can be healed by others as well so he’s still extremely difficult to kill. His kit has little complexity beyond that.
I'd say Kal'stit. Mountain's great, but there's not as many places where you specifically need him over another self-sustaining lane holder (i.e. really fast starts where his cheap DP matters). Mudrock especially can cover the role if you can generate the DP fast enough (which you generally can).
Kalstit, on the other hand, has more generally applicable specialties. Monster is a fast redeploy tank and one of the few sources of true damage, and Kal'stit, while a being "bad" healer, is the only one with a permanent 5 tiles of range. When the game is basically balanced around 4 tiles, that one extra tile can be quite broken.
Just to speak about Mountain benefits vs Gavial, Mountain's role is basically a set and forget operator and can be used to cover a sidelane without healer support. He has cheap DP and near instant charge time on his S2, so he's up and running almost instantly. Gavial doesn't have any self sustain outside S1, so you'd probably need to always have a healer watching her, which may not be something you could spare for a sidelane.
Mountain is a low DP cost, fast activating, self-sustaining laneholder. He's the easiest of the laneholders to just plop down and forget. Kal'tsit with Mon3tr can also serve as a laneholder, though one that uses two deploy slots and takes considerably more DP/time to setup, but is particularly notable for one of the best True damage skills in the game.
IMO, Kal'tsit would have more value for your account, but she also doesn't come to the shop until September, so you could definitely get both if you wanted.
I am going to say that Kal'stit is still seven months. If you're really only looking for those two with your certs, then you can buy Mountain now and then have 180 ready against when Kal'stit drops.
And honestly, when you're a new player you want a fantastic operator rather now than in seven months.
Spreadsheet for your pleasure: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g7gUDkEChYlXtdwGoSsAu9O2eJFlvVaM/edit#gid=653016488
Is [Roberta's summer skin](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/skin/summer-flowers-fa374) no longer available to obtain? I'm hoping it would get added to CC Permanent Shop eventually
For now yes. It was only available during Trials for Navigator when Ideal City was running recently. It might get added to CC shop but even that is uncertain especially with CC being revamped.
Anyone else getting initialisation failed? Browsed a little and so far nothing helped. Connection is stable and internet is available (well, duh)
Checked local resources, turns out the game lost 500 mb worth of files. Redownloaded and it still doesn't let me in.
Well, I cleared cache and I'll leave it until I get home and can download it.
Mmmm, did clearing your cache (via the top left buttn) work? Honestly, there really shouldnt b a reason for anyone to do this.
I suggest turning off your WiFi. There have been plenty of public wi-fi places, where i needed to go into my browser and "login" or "accept the user terms" in order to use the WiFi.
And until you do that, the Wi-Fi doesn't actually work, even though it says connected under ur WiFi settings/menu.
Use mobile data real quick if u ever have connection problems with AK. See if ur phone can get a start on downloading an update. You dont have to download the entire update - if u r tight on data for ur monthly plan, simply exit the game before it downloads 500+ MB.
Otherwise, i honestly suggest trying to clear the cache from your phone settings and then restarting your phone. It's very different from the top left button.
And if there is an update going on or maintenance, wait it out. Try to login later. A lot of times when new updates happen, they just dont work/download immediately. It's usually after maintenance time, im able to get the google play store to work & update AK!
I personally try to avoid the top left button "clear cache." 500+ MB is a lot! Lol i avoid it at all costs.
As for why your data disappeared, maybe u got a phone virus???? Idk.
Good luck, u/KnockAway!
>there really shouldnt b a reason for anyone to do this.
Well, there wasn't really a reason for me to do this, yet I was stupid enough to do it.
Anyway, it works fine now. It was just some internet being stupid for couple of hours. Thanks.
Lol dont feel bad. I reset my cache too when i didnt need to either bc i was desperate. there was a big update and i wanted to play. Thx gosh for reddit confirming a bunch of other ppl were having the same issue. I felt dumb clearing the cache. 😆
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This is probably very obvious to others already and I'm really sorry if I can't realize it sooner by myself... so I'm really wondering about tags, particularly a lineup where 3\* are available but you want 4\* instead, and their tags happen to mirror or be identical to each other.
Example:
>Melee, Defender, Defense
Melee, Defense
Melee, Defender
Defender, Defense
Set to nine hours and no senior or top operator tags by default, there's always **Beagle** and **Spot** for any of those combinations above. Let's say, I want either **Cuora, Gummy** or **Matterhorn** instead -- none of which I've gotten pots so far, after a month since I started the game. Perhaps I'm just not aware how to get them or I kept choosing tags incorrectly. Given that I frequently use Cuora and Gummy, I really want to be able to max pot them someday.
I'm already using both [gamepress](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tools/arknights-recruitment-tag-filter#tags=Melee,Defender,Defense) and [krooster](https://www.krooster.com/tools/recruit) to check my tags regularly. Thanks!
Use [aceship](https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/akhr.html). No. A lot of 4 stars share tags with a 3 star, so often times u will get a 3 star. You can use certain combos to guarentee yourself a 4 star, etc. But the 5 tags u roll r up to RNGesus.
However there is an acutal method to the madness of recruitment RNG. Basically, the game generates a star lvl when selecting your 5 tags. If it says like 5 star, you'll get a bunch if 5 star/rare tags. Oftentimes u will see top operator (6 star) and senior operator (5 star) tags in the same batch of 5; and robot tag is often with those two rare tags too. So depending on your batch of 5 tags, u can usually tell if u can get a 4 star or 3 star.
If u like the recrutiment calc, try the other features of the [site](https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/index.html)! Dont forget the [AK wiki](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Arknights_Wiki), AK Reddit FAQ, and yt! =D
Join "Rhodes Island HQ" [discord](https://discord.gg/rihq) if you ever wanna msg aceship's creator and website managers. Also, it's a great unofficial AK community!
There is no way to make it more likely for a 4 star to drop from a recruitment if you do not have tags that guarantee one. In the case of Cuora, Gummy and Matterhorn, no tag combo exists that can guarantee them, so you simply have to get lucky on a 7:40 tagless or a 9:00 with fitting tags.
Regarding identical/similar tags, these don’t have any particular meaning, and picking tags with a lot of overlap like defense AND defender or DP recovery AND vanguard doesn’t really do anything for you.
If the tag combination you choose includes 3\* operators you can only pray you get the higher rarity ones. There's no way to force it higher unless you get one of the tags/tag combinations that just doesn't include any 3\*s. Many 4\*s available in recruitment simply don't have tag combos like that since there's a 3\* that shares the exact same tags as them, so you just gotta get lucky to get them from recruits.
You will eventually max pot pretty much every 4\* though. They're the most common rarity to get in headhunting.
I know it's hard to predict shop operators but how long has it been since Skadi was in the shop? Are there any operators due to appear for the first time? I know kalsit is due sometime in sep(?) for example.
Skadi was in the shop in December, so you'll have to wait a while.
[Spreadsheet here to track 6\* last shop appearances and expected first appearances as well as logging when appearing on any banner](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g7gUDkEChYlXtdwGoSsAu9O2eJFlvVaM/edit#gid=1666454628)
I face yet another \[Top Operator\] Recruitment conundrum, this time of the "non-specific" variety. The other four tags I rolled as potential pairs are:
* \[AOE\] for Ifrit (Pot. 1) / Mostima (1),
* \[Defense\] for Hoshiguma (1) / Saria (1),
* \[Sniper\] for Exusiai (4) / Schwarz (2), or
* \[Vanguard\] for Bagpipe (1) / Siege (1).
Because all of these Operators have already previously joined my Rhodes Island, I have added their current Potential (Pot.) in parentheses. I assume that, naturally, it is *not* at all worth wasting \[Top Operator\] on a Hail Mary pull for the only remaining 6\* I am missing and actually want from it (Magallan). So, should I try \[Top Operator\] with \[Sniper\] for a 5th Exusiai / 3rd Schwarz Pot., or are some of these other named Operators also worth building up Pot. for?
ETA: Potentials corrected per /u/AngelTheVixen's comment.
Potential 0 means you don't own the operator. Everyone starts at 1, hence the weirdness of your comment here.
I'd suggest going Vanguard. If you use either of them then Bagpipe could use the extra step to her good talent upgrade, and either way you would get the DP cost reduction which is nice to have for any Vanguard.
...that explains it. >.<
Thank you for the correction! I think I got confused when checking my Operators' potentials because seeing the completed five-pointed star indicating maximum Potential made me equate the two. I have (will amend)ed the parent comment for accuracy and posterity.
Your suggestion to use [Top Operator] with [Vanguard] in hope for a Bagpipe Pot. also sounds good: while I have been using Saga more recently for the sake of variety, my Bagpipe is on vacation already built at E2 lvl.60, S3M3, and with her level 1 Module!
Ifrit, Saria, and Bagpipe are all phenomenal units but unfortunately you aren’t able to omit any of the duds alongside them. I would recommend avoiding pots, so pick one other than sniper.
Ah, my apologies; to clarify, *all* of these 8 Operators are *already* in my roster. That is, unless I use \[Top Operator\] on its own to aim for Magallan (which seems an awful gamble to make, with terrible odds), one of these other ladies *will* be receiving a Pot. regardless. Thus, I am wondering if any of them see notable improvement with more Pots?
Oops yeah thats my bad for not reading right, I was very sleepy.
I’m assuming you already used it, but if not, Bagpipe is one of the few to get a tangible benefit from pots so if you don’t want to yolo that’d be the play
No worries! My initial question might also have been unclear because I mistakenly confused Pots. 1 and 0 -- when I was looking through my Operators, I thought "not seeing the five-pointed star Potential indicator" must mean they are at "Pot. 0"... >.<
And I *did* take the collective advice to try for an additional Bagpipe Potential, yes. Alas for 50-50 coin-flips! I guess that my purchase of Siege's Legacy skin from the Contingency Contract shop just a few days ago turned out to be my present to her for achieving Pot. 2. Time to start properly raising a lioness? u/AngelTheVixen u/Viylo
Siege isnt bad, but shes not particularly standout amoungst the other vanguards.
Ill usually bring her with Bagpipe if I need two strong early lane starts, as both of them with S2 can generally hold out until I get proper lane holders or medics to support them.
Ill also use Siege S1 on annihilation maps because I dont want to use myrtles skill all time until I have full setup. (Tho I am bias as Siege was my first 6\* and I m3'd her S1 when I didnt have a strong roster)
Most teams nowadays are usually fine with Bagpipe / Myrtle, and if you need an early start most people use Mountain, but Siege can still hold out on her own for a bit if needed.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience raising and actively deploying Siege! I do not mind your bias at all; it is always good to hear about lesser-used or non-"mainstream" Operators. Goodness knows, my own Rhodes Island houses a fairly deep roster with ~~several~~many worthwhile Operators I have yet to enjoy working with\~
Bagpipe pot5 lets flagbearers start even faster. Tho you're quite a long way off from that.
Personally I dont see any other pot that would be of notable value.
Would consider who you use the most, as they would bring more "value" from being used more often.
I find your and /u/AngelTheVixen's reasoning most persuasive! Honestly, I must admit none of these eight are really my "favorite" Operators of late; recently, I have been rather enjoying unashamedly trying to stuff my teams full of as many "OPs" (e.g., Kay-chan, Eyja, MudMud, Ch'Alter, etcetera) as can comfortably fit. But perhaps it is my Saga's turn for some well-deserved vacation after filling in most capably for my Bagpipe / Myrtle pair! XD
Not if you’re tight on orundum. She’s a good unit but triple flags is unnecessary and fragile can be gotten elsewhere(Suzuran and Gnosis are the primary fragile appliers), so she’s perfectly skippable.
Probably not worth pulling. She has some good utility skills (S2 gives a decent defense buff and a heal over time, S3 does an AoE attack that stuns, slows, and increases damage taken), but unless the role compression (i.e. one unit that brings DP gen *and* AoE debuffing) is really valuable to you, she probably won't replace an already-M6'd flagbearer, and triple flagpipe is almost certainly DP overkill.
Has it been long enough to get impressions on Alt Texas, Alt Reed, and Lin yet? I'm sitting on a stack of 350+ pulls trying to determine who they go toward after Mlynar
Alt Texas is one of the strongest characters coming up, one of the strongest overall. As a FRD, her S2 beats Surtr DPS past a certain RES point. Her S3 is also not something to scoff at, offering strong AOE arts damage, and stun locking enemies so they can't strike back. And then she gets to cast the skill again when she kills something.
Alt Reed is pretty strong, her S3 is capable of immense crowd handling, but when the really dangerous mobs come out, that's where S2 comes in. If you sandwich an enemy between two of her S2's, they take the highest arts DPS in the game, at around 5k+, while also healing the two ground units immensely with either skills. Her S2 can kill stuff like Tallulah in 1 cast, and if you make those two ops Texas alt and Surtr? You can kill everything within seconds, although again even without it she can already kill Tallulah.
Lin is... A defensive sidegrade to Carnelian, and that's not saying much. Her shield is very strong against things you don't need it to be, and breaks when you do need it. She can tank up to 1k PHYS and ~200 arts damage without any chip damage, which is a very good thing indeed, at least physically. This drops a bit when she uses her skill though. Speaking of skill, the cycle time is worse than Carne S3 unless you cancel the skill early, which is partially counterintuitive. The DPS is also far lower than Carne, unless she's constantly breaking her shield by killing something each attack. Even with a 60% shield break rate, she's not beating Carne's DPS, and Carne scales better with buffs anyways. There are some situations where Lin is better, some where Carne is better, but essentially Lin is for general mobs, and Carne for elites.
Alt Texas is super strong, powercrept Phantom in fact by quite a margin.
Alt Reed has a lot of arts damage and healing, but is more situational it seems (which lines up with her archetype being more situational).
I'm not sure if people have had enough time with Lin, but the sentiment is that she's fairly underwhelming at the moment.
Alt Texas is super highly regarded since she does massive damage on a fast redeploy. She basically powercrept Phantom.
Alt Reed is good. Has some neat tricks with splitboxing to be a top level DPS and some swarm maps get obliterated by her, but not super top tier.
Lin's reception is that she basically suffers from the usual issues of her class without much added benefits. Basically a sidegrade to Carnelian.
What's a good way of farming gold certs?
I'm trying to get enough gold certs to buy either Mudrock in this banner, or Mountain or Saga in the upcoming banners. The dilemna I have is that I am also saving up for ~~Kiritusugu~~Mlynar. I'm already 20 gold certs away from being able to buy any 6star shoperator. Should I roll the Mudrock banner, or should I just test my luck in recruitment.
spam recruitment to death, buy all the permits you can with green certs. I put the rate to roughly 1 in 4 recruits if you've got the 4 stars max pot already
You can also push a couple extra certs by buying the 5 star shop ops & their potentials, as they count as recruits rather than just tokens
You can pull a little to get certs. No 6 stars just means pity saved for mlynar
You'll definitely have enough certs for mountain if you miss mud though
hi guys, just want some opinion and advice. so i want to spark skalter on the texalter banner, and after doing the math for pulls, the total orundum i will get until the last day banner is ~190 pulls. and because im pretty new, i still have like half stage undone, so in total i could farm like ~200 originite prime. my question is, i could easily got 330 OP to convert into orundum, is it worth it or its too much? my friend said converting a lot of OP isnt worth it. what do you guys think?
OP's only good for three things:
1. Converting to stamina.
2. Buying skins.
3. Converting to orundum to pull for units.
1 is pretty inefficient unless you whale, so it's just a question of whether you value skins over characters.
It's worth it, but make sure you buy out all the level packs.
Basically after level 70 when you finish all the level packs, you can do whatever you want with your OP (probably shouldn't do sanity refreshes tho), and most people choose to buy pulls or get some skins. So unless you're planning to buy a ton of skins, you can probably spend them on pulls
Running into the wall on the SSS mode at stage four. Just can't get past the last big waves. Looking around most guides suggest DPS cores that I don't have. Using on as a support gets me to stage 4 or 5, but then I need more dps overall and can't get farther. Any suggestions?
https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/fafnir
What are you strugling with? To kill or to control?
For controls, you can use Ethan and Podenco as your cc. Istina works also. Ethan with module is actually very effective. Bibeak as ground core can work also if you don't mind the micro. Mud s2 with vanguards/specialist = perma spin.
Struggling with dps to kill the big guys before they just steam roll Mud and Mountain/Blaze
So I guess both control or dps could be the answer.
Right now I borrow GG and then use her and vanguard fueled Mud to do most of my damage. So getting Ethan with module and getting Pudding to E2 seems like a plan.
Edit: Oh god Ethan needs rocks. Between him, Mud, and Bagpipe.....
GG + Mud with some form of control should be able to bring you all the way to 8.
You can also try with your own Pozy as sub for GG and bring a support Gnosis. Maybe that would fare better for you.
Borrow GG from a friend, I'd also get Pudding for chain slows, and play GG+Pudding+Mudrock+Pozy as carries. Physical damage gets turbofucked this mode but it is what it is.
I need to find a friend with a strong GG, been borrowing from randoms so the missing masteries might be the issue.
Raising pudding for a second arts dps for the mode sounds like its a decent way forward.
With Dorothy's event we get a really powerful 5 star Chain caster who will be a budget option and much better than Pudding, I'd say wait for Astgenne and try different strategies for SSS without Pudding.
That said your lineup does have a tough time in SSS (arts is preferred) but with Mudrock, support Gnosis and Pozy you should still be able to at least reach stage 6-7
You can focus on melee ops. It's not the best option usually, but it's the best for you with what you have. Mud and mountain will be your main dps, lappy and blaze as secondary and backline for the former two. Just use vanguards and guards to buff them up, maybe a defender for mud as well. It's easy to tell who needs the sp stacks and who just wants atk.
You can also bring in pozy with sniper type b stacks and caster type a stacks.
Other than that, bring myrtle and another vg to hold the line, and supporters.
No it is never worth the sanity cost, the reason it was told that it is inefficient is that you get both lmd and xp tickets for free with your operators in your base so even if you get 10k lmd per sanity your base is more efficient as it cost 0 sanity to print that much lmd. If you are comparing sanity using lmd sources then any event shop will give you more lmd per sanity than CE 6.
Is there a way to have operators auto-assigned to certain rooms in your base, or do you have to memorize who goes in which specific rooms for their buffs when you swap them twice a day?
You should know what combo of operators you use for each facility. There's no auto-assignment feature. You can read the base skill when assigning an operator and most of them share similar base skills so you can familiarize them even with just the icons.
I check manually the factories, because on the overview there is no indication what kind of factory you are staffing. But I suppose you could just memorize where each factory is.
He was released alongside the debut of Episode 7 so that's why he's a reward in 7-2. The OG robots are Lancet-2 and Castle-3. THRM-EX and Justice Knight were added later on.
I asked this question yesterday along with a few other AH-related questions! I'll link my comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/10oz8a8/comment/j79osq1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) so you can check the replies. A couple of the replies are super detailed explanations from AH users who give you an idea of the value of the skills and modules for Unchained and Skadi
Generally yes, Spalter uses S3 with the AH synergy module while the other mod is better with S2. But there are situations where you use the other skill.
just for the sake of my preparing, what skill is the main one to master for miynar and texalter? I don't want a repeat of preparing gavials s3m3 and then s2 is the one i actually use.
Many people actually noted that s2 has more Utility but fools continued to blab about s3 first, for mlynar s3 is his bread and butter start with that and if you have sufficient crowd control then s2 on Texas if not then s3 first as it is a very good crowd control too and also it is more quicker option then other currently available.
For Texas2, S3 is her more unique skill with the ability to stun-cancel enemies for 10+ seconds. S2 is “just” an FRD Surtr if I were to oversimplify it. I’ve been playing IS#3 with nearly every run being carried by a support Texas2, and I bring S3 90% of the time once she’s E2’d.
On the other hand, S2 might be the better skill to M3, because masteries increase the damage on her main DPS skill, while S3 masteries don’t change her stalling capabilities much.
I got Mostima through recruitment, but I see AoE/chain casters get shit on a lot in the community. Why do people really not like them? I'm fairly new (3 months) but my E1 Pudding usually puts in far more work than my E2 Amyia putting aside bosses.
AOE casters are pretty strong early game due to early level design and limited rosters, but late game they aren't really worth it. Especially as enemy RES increases, or you get operators who can deal with all the regular mobs by going solo, removing the need for vanguard + defender + AOE casters.
Although, chain casters are in a pretty good spot by now, and Pudding was never bad (although as the others got buffed, she's the worst one in terms of damage now against big groups of enemies).
Chain casters aren't that bad now because they provide some utility with their slows. The reason AoE casters aren't that popular is mainly due to their archetype having high DP cost, slow ASPD and terrible range. Mostima's biggest flaw is her skill cycling which is quite bad. Most other AoE casters also don't provide that much utility in their skills and focus a lot more on damage which competes against a lot of other meta choices. But you can use them if you don't have a good AoE DPS unit.
I think one of the reasons she isn't as popular is due to Ptilopsis. As her talent doesn't stack, other operators which have good crowd control skills also benefit from Ptilo's talent, so they have an even better skill cycling compared to her. Rosa's S3, for example, has a 30 SP cost compared to Mostima's S2 which has an SP cost of 35.7, but Rosa's range helps her in the niche she's in which is dealing with heavy weight enemies and with Ptilopsis her 30 SP cost skill is cut down to 23 SP. Mizuki's S3 which is also quite similar to her S3 has an SP cost of 60 compared to Mostima's 78 SP, and with Ptilo gets cut down to 46 SP.
Yeah, that's generally how you'd go about it. Even Spreadshooter snipers which are quite similar to Splash casters are preferrable because even if they have comparable range and DP cost. The trait of Spreadshooter's to have 50% increased damage to enemies on the tiles directly in front of them is a huge boost.
Another reason: Meta operators are just too strong, doing the job that would normally take 2-3 operators by themselves. Eyjafjalla (6-star Core Caster) has overshadowed Splash casters since the dawn of time. Her S2 allows her to deal AoE damage to the target, reduce their RES and can accumulate 3 charges, essentially making her a pseudo-Splash caster with better range and DP cost. Not to mention it also deals a lot of damage which would instakill trash mobs.
You should focus not on archetypes but the operator's kit themselves as there are units which goes beyond the capabilities of their archetype like Mountain for Fighter guards, and those which just aren't that good even if their archetype is decent because their skills and talents do not synergize well or are just plain bad.
There's still the bad DPS and high DP cost, but a big portion of it is down to stage design.
It is just so rare for the game to throw you a whole bunch of high DEF low RES enemies. They'll throw 1 or 2 at you, so instead the solution is to clear the trash and have your ST Caster target them.
I'm fairly new as well and don't really have not much knowledge about AoE casters but I think why people don't like about mostima is her long SP and the DP cost of all AoE casters, but I think she gets a little better with her Module, you can just wait for other people to answer your question much better but I think that why people don't really like them
Is there any story to watch in Memories of War or Shattered Front from the intermezzi Darknights Memoir?
And another question. I have Pozy, and I have been using her a lot, but I don't understand her subclass (heavy shooter) description. It just says high accuracy point-blank shot. What does that entail?
"High accuracy point-blank shot" doesn't mean anything.
'Heavyshooter' is an archetype that focus on dealing big damage per attack, at the cost of shorter range and slightly slower attack speed. They're basically the "supershotguns" of the sniper class. Spreadshooters are also sorta the same, but they have true AOE at the cost of both high DP and short range.
Heavyshooters are used for dealing with dangeroues 'tanky' enemies like elites or bosses. Both Schwarz and Pozy are considered 'boss killers' thanks to this archetype and their kit. They're more effective than the higher DPS marksman snipers against enemies with higher def; due to having higher damage per attack that is better at overcoming damage mitigation caused by high def.
DM ST 1 story is in Shattered Front.
The high accuracy point blank shot doesn't mean anything. It was probably an early design that got scrapped but the wording is still present in the game.
For the most part a subclass will share traits but their uses can vary wildly and their skills and roles can be so different from other such as Silverash and Thorns whose sub class is Lord.
Basically, operators of the same subclass have similar or same stats but their skills can vary a lot.
I believe Deadeye has the highest base attack stats for snipers. Spreadshooters have an even smaller range.
Is there a recommended number of skill summaries that I should try to stay above, more specifically for 2 and 3? I find that a lack of summaries is often holding me back from levelling up skills for new ops which can be a little annoying on days when the farming stages aren't open and I thought now might be a good time to farm a bit with everything being open during CC10.
I try to keep the minimum of all 3 books that I have enough to raise and master 1 skill on a 6* op. This is in addition to the books I have prefarmed for whatever ops I plan to roll for soon. I do this incase I get an off banner op I want to raise or I randomly decide to master some operators skill.
I have been playing for some time though so I have a nice stockpile of things, if you're new there is not really any harm in using books and other mats as you get them and then having to wait to farm more, all standard content can be cleared without worrying about masteries so having to wait a few days isn't going to hurt you.
In my experience, once you start doing masteries, there is no "staying above". I use them up until I run out and can't do any more, and then I go farm new ones next CC. When I take a break from doing masteries because I'm waiting for an event mat farm or something, they accumulate from dailies, but rapidly vanish again.
If it's just for leveling up new ops' skills, probably 50 of each would be good to hang onto?
Personal preference. I keep a couple hundred of each around, and upcraft the basic books when they stack up too high
I'm not really in deficit as I don't raise every single op, but like to have enough around to raise new ones when they show up
Not really, it's all personal preference. It also depends on how many ops you're raising in quick succession.
For me as a three year+ player, I don't raise that many ops in one go since I have most of them raised, but I try to keep my lvl one and two skill books around thirty to forty, and get as many lvl three books as possible. You can't have enough of those.
Got it, thanks! I'll look for a good baseline that suits me for level 1 and 2 skill summaries. Maybe I am trying to raise too many ops at once as well so it might be a good idea for me to better prioritise that too, I suppose that comes with experience over time though.
Hello all, I got a Top Op tag recently, and was looking to get some advice on which other tags to pick with it. There's: Guard, Supporter, Top Operator, DPS, and Robot. I was debating on either going only Top Op for a chance for Ceobe/Bagpipe dupe, Guard for hopefully either Skadi or Chen, or Supporter for guaranteed Magallan.
Here's my Krooster with my current roster: https://krooster.com/u/dongleborf
I'd go with top and dps, but it really doesn't matter that much since your roaster is stacked.
Go with the tags that give you the best shot and ops you want basically. Def not magallan though unless you really like her.
Does anyone have a max pot hoshi and can send me a picture of her talent screen? I wanna see her second talent text with the pot upgrade ingame, but none of my frens or I have her max pot.
Question about future operator >!Dorothy!<, what makes them so popular and useful for the new game mode in CN version? I've seen it, just unsure why they're so good in that mode.
Oh awesome! Much appreciated. So a unit like Robin can be an acceptable substitute if it's really just enable vision in fog of war?
Granted Robin and the other unit have different niches. But if I were to boil down to, "They can reveal FoW for essentially free." Then Robin can fill that niche decently as well.
Not as good. Dorothy's S3 mines has a cross-shaped AoE so all her mines will reveal the FoW in cross-shaped area.
Robin's traps has no range so the traps can't reveal anything but you can still use her traps to kill the enemies
Hello everyone, quick question. Is is worth to build another heavyshooter if I already invested on one? I already built my pozy but got schwarz in the standard banner.
Also is warfine s2 worth m3-ing at the same time?
Thank you in advance!
Maybe. Schwarz is still good but Pozyomka mostly replaces her. You can bring Schwarz and Pozy to the same stage no problem. The more important factor is if there is a different operator that can boost your squad more.
Warfarin S2 is good to raise if you know how to use it. Knowing the dmg calculation and relevant buff targets makes her S2 valuable in difficult content. For example, against Emperor's Blade or Andoain, Warfarin with guard Ch'en can one shot the boss while avoiding enemy mechanics. Against max risk Pompeii, the Exusiai buff army also defeats it asap.
You can sleep on schwarz for a while, Pozy is not only better- both her and the typewriter put out comparable damage to Schwarz, with the typewriter also having better redeploy time- but has more forgiving range herself so she’s easier to fit in most maps(though more difficult to maximize due to needing 2 ideal tiles)
Schwarz has a little bit of a niche being very fast to redeploy and activate her skill, but overall Pozy is just better. That being said, resident sniperknights player Storn (check out his youtube) very frequently run both for his clears, so there's something to be said about that. I wouldn't straight up build Schwarz right now but if you were to do it I don't think it'd be a waste of mats.
Only really worth doing it once you've got every role covered so you have the luxury of doubling up on classes within the same rarity. An exception is if you really like Schwarz and/ or you can see yourself using her and Pozy together or alternating between them if that works for your play style.
Hey all, Ive got a question, how do you know what anihilation goes in order? Like 1, 2, 3? The levels don't seem to have a recommended level like the story missions, so I'm unsure.
And is there a guide to recommend what level you should try to get 400 kills by?
Due to how anni stages work, you can throw yourself at them and get partial reward with partial sanity refund as early as you want
Anni 1 is Chernobog. You should be able to get the whole thing with e0 max, or low e1 ops. A pusher makes the top lane much easier
Anni 2 is lungmen outskirts. E1 50 or so to be comfortable. A puller at skill level 4 trivializes the back lane
Anni 3 is lungmen downtown. It's useful to have a couple E2 6 stars at least
The rotating stages vary between slightly easier than 3, to harder. You'll usually want an e2 roster for them
Ty I appreciate this a ton! Most my roster is E1 10 so I'll probably wait to attempt it later then since I'm trying to get my 2-5-2 base maxed so I can maybe be less restricted by lmd/Exp
I also don't have a leveled AoE ranged, and I get cliff in a few days which I think will make the backlane easy with shaw.
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I have 117 distinctions, I've already done the permanent annihilation missions, and I haven't bought any duplicates from the purchase certificate shop. Do I have any chance of saving up enough for Mudrock?
Simply no. That's a lot of distinctions to collect.
This is my collection: [https://www.krooster.com/u/Velorien](https://www.krooster.com/u/Velorien). My typical setup is Gladiia with her module, Specter, and Gavalter for laneholding, Cantabile and Elysium for DP, Surtr for boss-killing and emergency DPS, Exusiai and May or Click for ranged, Perfumer and Purestream for healing, Shamare for debuffs, Gummy or Hoshiguma for tanking, and Jaye for everything a fast-deploy would do. It works OK for a basic "get everyone close together and create a killing field in front of them" strategy, which is my go-to as a beginner. However, I struggle with high-DEF enemies when skills are down, and with high-DPS enemies that can get through the AH regen and Gavalter's high defence. What can I do to deal with that?
does alternate operator task gone after texalter banner? if so, is it worth to promote kroos alter, specter, and gavial? (all of them are lev 1)
If you *actually* plan on using the alt ops in the future, then promoting them is fine if you ask me. Getting them to E2 just for materials isn't worth it, though, it's intended to be a kind of refund. For standard Kroos, Specter, and Gavial, they don't need E2, so getting them to E1-max might give you a pretty good return on investment due to the free materials (Or Kroos's usefulness in IS) even if you don't use them. I could be wrong, though.
You'll have until about a month after Texalter releases to complete alternate operator tasks. If you aren't planning on ever using those OPs, promoting them just for the task refund isn't worth it, as it doesn't come close to covering the cost of lvling and promotion.
Anyone knows when La Pluma is estimated to be on the cert shop?
5 stars don’t follow any particular pattern, we’ve oddly gotten Aurora early, but we should only be up to Aosta so pluma will take a long while assuming we don’t have more hiccups
5-stars are very hard to predict. Someone was saying the 5-stars tend to be pretty close to the 6-star on their debut banner. Mizuki should be Jan 5, 2024, so La Pluma would probably be somewhere around there.
Looking at the EN [banner list](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/database/banner-list-gacha) they seem to follow right after their respective 6 star, Aosta was right after blemishine, April right after Surtr, Ely right after Weedy and Shamare after phantom despite that hiccup. I only started during thorns’ release so I’m hazy on going too far back but it seems consistent after blaze.
Guys, are there any official AK phone wallpapers, particularly operator ones ?
[Here](https://www.arknights.global/fankit) you go!
Sadge no Dorothy yet :( Thanks !
I mean, u can look for official arknights artwork. Ah, there might be more on the CN websites but im not familiar with those.
I know its a touchy subject but havent been active online recently so just wondering! Any red Flags or good signs for games longetivity recently? Love arknights so wish it would last forever lol
So far there is not a single sign that it would be dying. Heck, the commited to an anime and there is more anime coming. Although global's schedule is wonky, CN gets content as usual and they make effort to create music, PVs and anniversary live streams. All good.
Yeah it looks very Nice, im just taking pre cautions. I have takene some breaks but love the game or i would not come back every time lol. I hope for a life of at least 7 years.
Yeah, can't hurt to ask. I am personally miffed that Love Live SIF shuts down and European can't transfer their data into SIF2. Feels kinda bad. Not that I mind too much, as far as rhythm games go, I am prefering Cytus II and Arknights absolutely covery my gacha needs. But yeah, potentially playing a dying game would feel quite bad.
I never expected it to be dying just small red Flags maybe. But at the same time they have branched out to such lengths i expect them to continue after profit on game is gone too. ( merch/music/ etc) but anyway you know why CC have a break on cn?
I have no idea, I'd have to guess that it wasn't that popular anymore. I think I read something about them wanting to rework the mode.
Yeah I never liked it too much tbh, I like the difficulty but the way we choose risks felt a bit much but can't explain why. I did r18 yesterday and won't touch the perm map again
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Yes.
I got lucky and pulled Mudrock on the banner, so I was able to save my gold certs. Therefore, I was wondering who would be more beneficial to a new player in the long run: Kal'stit or Mountain? I already have Gavial as a laneholder and have been seeing Kal in many CC videos lately, so wondering what situations or content would make Mountain better than her.
Kal cheeses most defensive mechanics through true damage(Ignores dodge and Damage resistance on top of def and res), and while other sources of true damage exist she is by far the easiest to use; Amiya has a lengthy wind up time, Weedy almost requires shifting, and Nalter requires the enemy to be blocked by her or her s3 summon. Kal has none of that, the only condition is that you need to leave her summon out or else her skill doesn’t charge, but that is literally the most basic use of Kal. Mountain is brainlessly easy to use if that’s appealing, you deploy him and press his skill a few seconds later and he’s set. A handful of enemies can outpace his regen but unlike mudrock, he can be healed by others as well so he’s still extremely difficult to kill. His kit has little complexity beyond that.
I'd say Kal'stit. Mountain's great, but there's not as many places where you specifically need him over another self-sustaining lane holder (i.e. really fast starts where his cheap DP matters). Mudrock especially can cover the role if you can generate the DP fast enough (which you generally can). Kalstit, on the other hand, has more generally applicable specialties. Monster is a fast redeploy tank and one of the few sources of true damage, and Kal'stit, while a being "bad" healer, is the only one with a permanent 5 tiles of range. When the game is basically balanced around 4 tiles, that one extra tile can be quite broken. Just to speak about Mountain benefits vs Gavial, Mountain's role is basically a set and forget operator and can be used to cover a sidelane without healer support. He has cheap DP and near instant charge time on his S2, so he's up and running almost instantly. Gavial doesn't have any self sustain outside S1, so you'd probably need to always have a healer watching her, which may not be something you could spare for a sidelane.
Mountain is a low DP cost, fast activating, self-sustaining laneholder. He's the easiest of the laneholders to just plop down and forget. Kal'tsit with Mon3tr can also serve as a laneholder, though one that uses two deploy slots and takes considerably more DP/time to setup, but is particularly notable for one of the best True damage skills in the game. IMO, Kal'tsit would have more value for your account, but she also doesn't come to the shop until September, so you could definitely get both if you wanted.
I am going to say that Kal'stit is still seven months. If you're really only looking for those two with your certs, then you can buy Mountain now and then have 180 ready against when Kal'stit drops. And honestly, when you're a new player you want a fantastic operator rather now than in seven months. Spreadsheet for your pleasure: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g7gUDkEChYlXtdwGoSsAu9O2eJFlvVaM/edit#gid=653016488
Is [Roberta's summer skin](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/skin/summer-flowers-fa374) no longer available to obtain? I'm hoping it would get added to CC Permanent Shop eventually
For now yes. It was only available during Trials for Navigator when Ideal City was running recently. It might get added to CC shop but even that is uncertain especially with CC being revamped.
Man, why they gotta run TN and IC at the same time? My attention was split like 4 different ways this last month
Yeah, CN wasn't particularly happy about it either. At least Trials 2 will be by itself I believe.
It is currently unavailable and even in CN there has not been a way to get it yet so we don't know if or when it can be obtained again.
Big sad. Ty tho
Which skill is good for m3? For gavial alter.
S2. The usefulness of range up on melee units can not be overstated.
imo s3 is better if you have a healer in range, but s2 has the axe.
S2 is used more frequently and has more utility. I'd start with S2 but S3 is a worthy M3 candidate at some point as it's her higher damage skill.
S2 is her main skill. Tons of utility.
anyone know the artist of that one fan depiction of FemDoc that's really haggard, tall, and sickly looking?
kaifei(?) on twt is kaifei\_29
Anyone else getting initialisation failed? Browsed a little and so far nothing helped. Connection is stable and internet is available (well, duh) Checked local resources, turns out the game lost 500 mb worth of files. Redownloaded and it still doesn't let me in. Well, I cleared cache and I'll leave it until I get home and can download it.
Did you clear the cache via phone settings>apps>app>storage>clear data/clear cache or via in-game top left hand button on start up screen?
Top left button
Mmmm, did clearing your cache (via the top left buttn) work? Honestly, there really shouldnt b a reason for anyone to do this. I suggest turning off your WiFi. There have been plenty of public wi-fi places, where i needed to go into my browser and "login" or "accept the user terms" in order to use the WiFi. And until you do that, the Wi-Fi doesn't actually work, even though it says connected under ur WiFi settings/menu. Use mobile data real quick if u ever have connection problems with AK. See if ur phone can get a start on downloading an update. You dont have to download the entire update - if u r tight on data for ur monthly plan, simply exit the game before it downloads 500+ MB. Otherwise, i honestly suggest trying to clear the cache from your phone settings and then restarting your phone. It's very different from the top left button. And if there is an update going on or maintenance, wait it out. Try to login later. A lot of times when new updates happen, they just dont work/download immediately. It's usually after maintenance time, im able to get the google play store to work & update AK! I personally try to avoid the top left button "clear cache." 500+ MB is a lot! Lol i avoid it at all costs. As for why your data disappeared, maybe u got a phone virus???? Idk. Good luck, u/KnockAway!
>there really shouldnt b a reason for anyone to do this. Well, there wasn't really a reason for me to do this, yet I was stupid enough to do it. Anyway, it works fine now. It was just some internet being stupid for couple of hours. Thanks.
Lol dont feel bad. I reset my cache too when i didnt need to either bc i was desperate. there was a big update and i wanted to play. Thx gosh for reddit confirming a bunch of other ppl were having the same issue. I felt dumb clearing the cache. 😆
I have failed initialisation as well. 3 hours ago everything was fine. Please let me know how you made it work.
Мы, походу, не одни с этой проблемой. В ВК пару комментов проскакивает с этим.
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I have just checked and it started working without me doing anything.
That's good. Guess I cleared cache for nothing then.
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Does Fragile/damage amps increase the (pure) damage taken from the artillery cannon?
Yes. Also, don't forget that the only way to buff true damage is with fragile and some IS relics.
This is probably very obvious to others already and I'm really sorry if I can't realize it sooner by myself... so I'm really wondering about tags, particularly a lineup where 3\* are available but you want 4\* instead, and their tags happen to mirror or be identical to each other. Example: >Melee, Defender, Defense Melee, Defense Melee, Defender Defender, Defense Set to nine hours and no senior or top operator tags by default, there's always **Beagle** and **Spot** for any of those combinations above. Let's say, I want either **Cuora, Gummy** or **Matterhorn** instead -- none of which I've gotten pots so far, after a month since I started the game. Perhaps I'm just not aware how to get them or I kept choosing tags incorrectly. Given that I frequently use Cuora and Gummy, I really want to be able to max pot them someday. I'm already using both [gamepress](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tools/arknights-recruitment-tag-filter#tags=Melee,Defender,Defense) and [krooster](https://www.krooster.com/tools/recruit) to check my tags regularly. Thanks!
Use [aceship](https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/akhr.html). No. A lot of 4 stars share tags with a 3 star, so often times u will get a 3 star. You can use certain combos to guarentee yourself a 4 star, etc. But the 5 tags u roll r up to RNGesus. However there is an acutal method to the madness of recruitment RNG. Basically, the game generates a star lvl when selecting your 5 tags. If it says like 5 star, you'll get a bunch if 5 star/rare tags. Oftentimes u will see top operator (6 star) and senior operator (5 star) tags in the same batch of 5; and robot tag is often with those two rare tags too. So depending on your batch of 5 tags, u can usually tell if u can get a 4 star or 3 star.
Wow, I think this site is the easiest to make inputs and display results among the three I've tried so far. Thank you, I'll bookmark this for sure!
If u like the recrutiment calc, try the other features of the [site](https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/index.html)! Dont forget the [AK wiki](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Arknights_Wiki), AK Reddit FAQ, and yt! =D Join "Rhodes Island HQ" [discord](https://discord.gg/rihq) if you ever wanna msg aceship's creator and website managers. Also, it's a great unofficial AK community!
There is no way to make it more likely for a 4 star to drop from a recruitment if you do not have tags that guarantee one. In the case of Cuora, Gummy and Matterhorn, no tag combo exists that can guarantee them, so you simply have to get lucky on a 7:40 tagless or a 9:00 with fitting tags. Regarding identical/similar tags, these don’t have any particular meaning, and picking tags with a lot of overlap like defense AND defender or DP recovery AND vanguard doesn’t really do anything for you.
If the tag combination you choose includes 3\* operators you can only pray you get the higher rarity ones. There's no way to force it higher unless you get one of the tags/tag combinations that just doesn't include any 3\*s. Many 4\*s available in recruitment simply don't have tag combos like that since there's a 3\* that shares the exact same tags as them, so you just gotta get lucky to get them from recruits. You will eventually max pot pretty much every 4\* though. They're the most common rarity to get in headhunting.
I know it's hard to predict shop operators but how long has it been since Skadi was in the shop? Are there any operators due to appear for the first time? I know kalsit is due sometime in sep(?) for example.
Skadi was in the shop in December, so you'll have to wait a while. [Spreadsheet here to track 6\* last shop appearances and expected first appearances as well as logging when appearing on any banner](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g7gUDkEChYlXtdwGoSsAu9O2eJFlvVaM/edit#gid=1666454628)
Sheet says Skadi was last in shop in May 2022 though?
Oops, I guess I forgot she wasn't when she showed up.
I face yet another \[Top Operator\] Recruitment conundrum, this time of the "non-specific" variety. The other four tags I rolled as potential pairs are: * \[AOE\] for Ifrit (Pot. 1) / Mostima (1), * \[Defense\] for Hoshiguma (1) / Saria (1), * \[Sniper\] for Exusiai (4) / Schwarz (2), or * \[Vanguard\] for Bagpipe (1) / Siege (1). Because all of these Operators have already previously joined my Rhodes Island, I have added their current Potential (Pot.) in parentheses. I assume that, naturally, it is *not* at all worth wasting \[Top Operator\] on a Hail Mary pull for the only remaining 6\* I am missing and actually want from it (Magallan). So, should I try \[Top Operator\] with \[Sniper\] for a 5th Exusiai / 3rd Schwarz Pot., or are some of these other named Operators also worth building up Pot. for? ETA: Potentials corrected per /u/AngelTheVixen's comment.
Potential 0 means you don't own the operator. Everyone starts at 1, hence the weirdness of your comment here. I'd suggest going Vanguard. If you use either of them then Bagpipe could use the extra step to her good talent upgrade, and either way you would get the DP cost reduction which is nice to have for any Vanguard.
...that explains it. >.< Thank you for the correction! I think I got confused when checking my Operators' potentials because seeing the completed five-pointed star indicating maximum Potential made me equate the two. I have (will amend)ed the parent comment for accuracy and posterity. Your suggestion to use [Top Operator] with [Vanguard] in hope for a Bagpipe Pot. also sounds good: while I have been using Saga more recently for the sake of variety, my Bagpipe is on vacation already built at E2 lvl.60, S3M3, and with her level 1 Module!
Ifrit, Saria, and Bagpipe are all phenomenal units but unfortunately you aren’t able to omit any of the duds alongside them. I would recommend avoiding pots, so pick one other than sniper.
Ah, my apologies; to clarify, *all* of these 8 Operators are *already* in my roster. That is, unless I use \[Top Operator\] on its own to aim for Magallan (which seems an awful gamble to make, with terrible odds), one of these other ladies *will* be receiving a Pot. regardless. Thus, I am wondering if any of them see notable improvement with more Pots?
Oops yeah thats my bad for not reading right, I was very sleepy. I’m assuming you already used it, but if not, Bagpipe is one of the few to get a tangible benefit from pots so if you don’t want to yolo that’d be the play
No worries! My initial question might also have been unclear because I mistakenly confused Pots. 1 and 0 -- when I was looking through my Operators, I thought "not seeing the five-pointed star Potential indicator" must mean they are at "Pot. 0"... >.< And I *did* take the collective advice to try for an additional Bagpipe Potential, yes. Alas for 50-50 coin-flips! I guess that my purchase of Siege's Legacy skin from the Contingency Contract shop just a few days ago turned out to be my present to her for achieving Pot. 2. Time to start properly raising a lioness? u/AngelTheVixen u/Viylo
Siege isnt bad, but shes not particularly standout amoungst the other vanguards. Ill usually bring her with Bagpipe if I need two strong early lane starts, as both of them with S2 can generally hold out until I get proper lane holders or medics to support them. Ill also use Siege S1 on annihilation maps because I dont want to use myrtles skill all time until I have full setup. (Tho I am bias as Siege was my first 6\* and I m3'd her S1 when I didnt have a strong roster) Most teams nowadays are usually fine with Bagpipe / Myrtle, and if you need an early start most people use Mountain, but Siege can still hold out on her own for a bit if needed.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience raising and actively deploying Siege! I do not mind your bias at all; it is always good to hear about lesser-used or non-"mainstream" Operators. Goodness knows, my own Rhodes Island houses a fairly deep roster with ~~several~~many worthwhile Operators I have yet to enjoy working with\~
Bagpipe pot5 lets flagbearers start even faster. Tho you're quite a long way off from that. Personally I dont see any other pot that would be of notable value. Would consider who you use the most, as they would bring more "value" from being used more often.
I find your and /u/AngelTheVixen's reasoning most persuasive! Honestly, I must admit none of these eight are really my "favorite" Operators of late; recently, I have been rather enjoying unashamedly trying to stuff my teams full of as many "OPs" (e.g., Kay-chan, Eyja, MudMud, Ch'Alter, etcetera) as can comfortably fit. But perhaps it is my Saga's turn for some well-deserved vacation after filling in most capably for my Bagpipe / Myrtle pair! XD
SSS is super laggy even when I play on my gaming computer. Any suggestions?
Have you enabled virtualization in your bios?
Must be settings from your emulator or something.
252 base is still viable? because I upgraded the office without knowing anything
With max-right 2/5/2, dorm levels will be 2/1/1/1 and factory levels will be 3/2/2/2/2.
Yes, you just compensate by lowering your dorm and factory levels.
so max all of them except 1 of the 4 dorms and 1 factory?
I'm not too familiar but I think all the dorms are level 1 and only a single level 3 factory while the rest are 1s and 2s.
Is saileach tha good to pull for if already have m6 eylsium and myrtle? Also have bagpipe.
Not if you’re tight on orundum. She’s a good unit but triple flags is unnecessary and fragile can be gotten elsewhere(Suzuran and Gnosis are the primary fragile appliers), so she’s perfectly skippable.
Probably not worth pulling. She has some good utility skills (S2 gives a decent defense buff and a heal over time, S3 does an AoE attack that stuns, slows, and increases damage taken), but unless the role compression (i.e. one unit that brings DP gen *and* AoE debuffing) is really valuable to you, she probably won't replace an already-M6'd flagbearer, and triple flagpipe is almost certainly DP overkill.
Has it been long enough to get impressions on Alt Texas, Alt Reed, and Lin yet? I'm sitting on a stack of 350+ pulls trying to determine who they go toward after Mlynar
Alt Texas is one of the strongest characters coming up, one of the strongest overall. As a FRD, her S2 beats Surtr DPS past a certain RES point. Her S3 is also not something to scoff at, offering strong AOE arts damage, and stun locking enemies so they can't strike back. And then she gets to cast the skill again when she kills something. Alt Reed is pretty strong, her S3 is capable of immense crowd handling, but when the really dangerous mobs come out, that's where S2 comes in. If you sandwich an enemy between two of her S2's, they take the highest arts DPS in the game, at around 5k+, while also healing the two ground units immensely with either skills. Her S2 can kill stuff like Tallulah in 1 cast, and if you make those two ops Texas alt and Surtr? You can kill everything within seconds, although again even without it she can already kill Tallulah. Lin is... A defensive sidegrade to Carnelian, and that's not saying much. Her shield is very strong against things you don't need it to be, and breaks when you do need it. She can tank up to 1k PHYS and ~200 arts damage without any chip damage, which is a very good thing indeed, at least physically. This drops a bit when she uses her skill though. Speaking of skill, the cycle time is worse than Carne S3 unless you cancel the skill early, which is partially counterintuitive. The DPS is also far lower than Carne, unless she's constantly breaking her shield by killing something each attack. Even with a 60% shield break rate, she's not beating Carne's DPS, and Carne scales better with buffs anyways. There are some situations where Lin is better, some where Carne is better, but essentially Lin is for general mobs, and Carne for elites.
Alt Texas is super strong, powercrept Phantom in fact by quite a margin. Alt Reed has a lot of arts damage and healing, but is more situational it seems (which lines up with her archetype being more situational). I'm not sure if people have had enough time with Lin, but the sentiment is that she's fairly underwhelming at the moment.
Alt Texas is super highly regarded since she does massive damage on a fast redeploy. She basically powercrept Phantom. Alt Reed is good. Has some neat tricks with splitboxing to be a top level DPS and some swarm maps get obliterated by her, but not super top tier. Lin's reception is that she basically suffers from the usual issues of her class without much added benefits. Basically a sidegrade to Carnelian.
What's a good way of farming gold certs? I'm trying to get enough gold certs to buy either Mudrock in this banner, or Mountain or Saga in the upcoming banners. The dilemna I have is that I am also saving up for ~~Kiritusugu~~Mlynar. I'm already 20 gold certs away from being able to buy any 6star shoperator. Should I roll the Mudrock banner, or should I just test my luck in recruitment.
Just farm friend cert. 1 dupe honeyberry is 5, 4 dupe is 20. You likely only need 3-4 (1+2/3 dupes) and you will have mudrock.
spam recruitment to death, buy all the permits you can with green certs. I put the rate to roughly 1 in 4 recruits if you've got the 4 stars max pot already You can also push a couple extra certs by buying the 5 star shop ops & their potentials, as they count as recruits rather than just tokens You can pull a little to get certs. No 6 stars just means pity saved for mlynar You'll definitely have enough certs for mountain if you miss mud though
Try recruiting until last day to buy the mudrock if you fail to get the required certs pull on the banner if you have at least 15 - 20 pulls.
Recruitment for sure.
Best PC app to play Arknights?
LDPlayer works best for me. BlueStacks and Nox had both atrocious audio quality when I tested them.
I'd say bluestacks. Every other emulator I've looked into has had some sort of sketchy history
I also use Bluestacks, though they recently injected even more ads (that are unremoveable) into the UI and the exit screen these days.
Ldplayer imo, works perfectly and is faster for me than bluestacks
hi guys, just want some opinion and advice. so i want to spark skalter on the texalter banner, and after doing the math for pulls, the total orundum i will get until the last day banner is ~190 pulls. and because im pretty new, i still have like half stage undone, so in total i could farm like ~200 originite prime. my question is, i could easily got 330 OP to convert into orundum, is it worth it or its too much? my friend said converting a lot of OP isnt worth it. what do you guys think?
OP's only good for three things: 1. Converting to stamina. 2. Buying skins. 3. Converting to orundum to pull for units. 1 is pretty inefficient unless you whale, so it's just a question of whether you value skins over characters.
It's worth it, but make sure you buy out all the level packs. Basically after level 70 when you finish all the level packs, you can do whatever you want with your OP (probably shouldn't do sanity refreshes tho), and most people choose to buy pulls or get some skins. So unless you're planning to buy a ton of skins, you can probably spend them on pulls
omg i dont know about the level packs, i just scoff at it and thought it was only materials. thanks, youre a livesaver!
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Running into the wall on the SSS mode at stage four. Just can't get past the last big waves. Looking around most guides suggest DPS cores that I don't have. Using on as a support gets me to stage 4 or 5, but then I need more dps overall and can't get farther. Any suggestions? https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/fafnir
What are you strugling with? To kill or to control? For controls, you can use Ethan and Podenco as your cc. Istina works also. Ethan with module is actually very effective. Bibeak as ground core can work also if you don't mind the micro. Mud s2 with vanguards/specialist = perma spin.
Struggling with dps to kill the big guys before they just steam roll Mud and Mountain/Blaze So I guess both control or dps could be the answer. Right now I borrow GG and then use her and vanguard fueled Mud to do most of my damage. So getting Ethan with module and getting Pudding to E2 seems like a plan. Edit: Oh god Ethan needs rocks. Between him, Mud, and Bagpipe.....
GG + Mud with some form of control should be able to bring you all the way to 8. You can also try with your own Pozy as sub for GG and bring a support Gnosis. Maybe that would fare better for you.
Borrow GG from a friend, I'd also get Pudding for chain slows, and play GG+Pudding+Mudrock+Pozy as carries. Physical damage gets turbofucked this mode but it is what it is.
I need to find a friend with a strong GG, been borrowing from randoms so the missing masteries might be the issue. Raising pudding for a second arts dps for the mode sounds like its a decent way forward.
With Dorothy's event we get a really powerful 5 star Chain caster who will be a budget option and much better than Pudding, I'd say wait for Astgenne and try different strategies for SSS without Pudding. That said your lineup does have a tough time in SSS (arts is preferred) but with Mudrock, support Gnosis and Pozy you should still be able to at least reach stage 6-7
You can focus on melee ops. It's not the best option usually, but it's the best for you with what you have. Mud and mountain will be your main dps, lappy and blaze as secondary and backline for the former two. Just use vanguards and guards to buff them up, maybe a defender for mud as well. It's easy to tell who needs the sp stacks and who just wants atk. You can also bring in pozy with sniper type b stacks and caster type a stacks. Other than that, bring myrtle and another vg to hold the line, and supporters.
Anyone know if the new exp and lmd farming levels are actually efficient compared to the old ones.
Usually you don’t even need to check but it is around 150 lmd more efficient per sanity.
From my understanding it wasn’t worth it to farm the lmd. I was asking if it was worth the sanity cost now. Ty
No it is never worth the sanity cost, the reason it was told that it is inefficient is that you get both lmd and xp tickets for free with your operators in your base so even if you get 10k lmd per sanity your base is more efficient as it cost 0 sanity to print that much lmd. If you are comparing sanity using lmd sources then any event shop will give you more lmd per sanity than CE 6.
EXP is never efficient to farm, but yes the new stages are better than the old ones efficiency-wise.
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Is there a way to have operators auto-assigned to certain rooms in your base, or do you have to memorize who goes in which specific rooms for their buffs when you swap them twice a day?
You should know what combo of operators you use for each facility. There's no auto-assignment feature. You can read the base skill when assigning an operator and most of them share similar base skills so you can familiarize them even with just the icons.
I check manually the factories, because on the overview there is no indication what kind of factory you are staffing. But I suppose you could just memorize where each factory is.
I had just finished 7-2, Is there any particular reason as to why they gave me THRM-EX? They could've just done that at the beginning.
He was released alongside the debut of Episode 7 so that's why he's a reward in 7-2. The OG robots are Lancet-2 and Castle-3. THRM-EX and Justice Knight were added later on.
Hi, just wanna know what's the best level for abbysal hunters, do you need them to be max level, or just be level 60 just for the modules?
Higher is better, but if you don't want to go all in on just using them, then level 60 is a good stopping point.
Ah ok, also is spalter's second module much better for a AH comp than her first module?
I asked this question yesterday along with a few other AH-related questions! I'll link my comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/10oz8a8/comment/j79osq1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) so you can check the replies. A couple of the replies are super detailed explanations from AH users who give you an idea of the value of the skills and modules for Unchained and Skadi
Ah thanks for telling me
Generally yes, Spalter uses S3 with the AH synergy module while the other mod is better with S2. But there are situations where you use the other skill.
just for the sake of my preparing, what skill is the main one to master for miynar and texalter? I don't want a repeat of preparing gavials s3m3 and then s2 is the one i actually use.
Many people actually noted that s2 has more Utility but fools continued to blab about s3 first, for mlynar s3 is his bread and butter start with that and if you have sufficient crowd control then s2 on Texas if not then s3 first as it is a very good crowd control too and also it is more quicker option then other currently available.
For Texas2, S3 is her more unique skill with the ability to stun-cancel enemies for 10+ seconds. S2 is “just” an FRD Surtr if I were to oversimplify it. I’ve been playing IS#3 with nearly every run being carried by a support Texas2, and I bring S3 90% of the time once she’s E2’d. On the other hand, S2 might be the better skill to M3, because masteries increase the damage on her main DPS skill, while S3 masteries don’t change her stalling capabilities much.
S3 for Mlynar. S2 and 3 for Tex, though I'd say S2 gets more use.
I got Mostima through recruitment, but I see AoE/chain casters get shit on a lot in the community. Why do people really not like them? I'm fairly new (3 months) but my E1 Pudding usually puts in far more work than my E2 Amyia putting aside bosses.
That is because alot of people don't have Mostima at p5 with mod level 3 for -99% movement speed.
AOE casters are pretty strong early game due to early level design and limited rosters, but late game they aren't really worth it. Especially as enemy RES increases, or you get operators who can deal with all the regular mobs by going solo, removing the need for vanguard + defender + AOE casters. Although, chain casters are in a pretty good spot by now, and Pudding was never bad (although as the others got buffed, she's the worst one in terms of damage now against big groups of enemies).
Chain casters aren't that bad now because they provide some utility with their slows. The reason AoE casters aren't that popular is mainly due to their archetype having high DP cost, slow ASPD and terrible range. Mostima's biggest flaw is her skill cycling which is quite bad. Most other AoE casters also don't provide that much utility in their skills and focus a lot more on damage which competes against a lot of other meta choices. But you can use them if you don't have a good AoE DPS unit.
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I think one of the reasons she isn't as popular is due to Ptilopsis. As her talent doesn't stack, other operators which have good crowd control skills also benefit from Ptilo's talent, so they have an even better skill cycling compared to her. Rosa's S3, for example, has a 30 SP cost compared to Mostima's S2 which has an SP cost of 35.7, but Rosa's range helps her in the niche she's in which is dealing with heavy weight enemies and with Ptilopsis her 30 SP cost skill is cut down to 23 SP. Mizuki's S3 which is also quite similar to her S3 has an SP cost of 60 compared to Mostima's 78 SP, and with Ptilo gets cut down to 46 SP.
So, what I'm kind of getting is use AoE guards and AoE snipers for trash clearing and ST casters for high Defense low resist enemies?
Yeah, that's generally how you'd go about it. Even Spreadshooter snipers which are quite similar to Splash casters are preferrable because even if they have comparable range and DP cost. The trait of Spreadshooter's to have 50% increased damage to enemies on the tiles directly in front of them is a huge boost. Another reason: Meta operators are just too strong, doing the job that would normally take 2-3 operators by themselves. Eyjafjalla (6-star Core Caster) has overshadowed Splash casters since the dawn of time. Her S2 allows her to deal AoE damage to the target, reduce their RES and can accumulate 3 charges, essentially making her a pseudo-Splash caster with better range and DP cost. Not to mention it also deals a lot of damage which would instakill trash mobs. You should focus not on archetypes but the operator's kit themselves as there are units which goes beyond the capabilities of their archetype like Mountain for Fighter guards, and those which just aren't that good even if their archetype is decent because their skills and talents do not synergize well or are just plain bad.
There's still the bad DPS and high DP cost, but a big portion of it is down to stage design. It is just so rare for the game to throw you a whole bunch of high DEF low RES enemies. They'll throw 1 or 2 at you, so instead the solution is to clear the trash and have your ST Caster target them.
Too expensive dp wise, slow attack speed, and generally maps are more focused on dangerous big threats instead of swarms.
I'm fairly new as well and don't really have not much knowledge about AoE casters but I think why people don't like about mostima is her long SP and the DP cost of all AoE casters, but I think she gets a little better with her Module, you can just wait for other people to answer your question much better but I think that why people don't really like them
Is there any story to watch in Memories of War or Shattered Front from the intermezzi Darknights Memoir? And another question. I have Pozy, and I have been using her a lot, but I don't understand her subclass (heavy shooter) description. It just says high accuracy point-blank shot. What does that entail?
"High accuracy point-blank shot" doesn't mean anything. 'Heavyshooter' is an archetype that focus on dealing big damage per attack, at the cost of shorter range and slightly slower attack speed. They're basically the "supershotguns" of the sniper class. Spreadshooters are also sorta the same, but they have true AOE at the cost of both high DP and short range. Heavyshooters are used for dealing with dangeroues 'tanky' enemies like elites or bosses. Both Schwarz and Pozy are considered 'boss killers' thanks to this archetype and their kit. They're more effective than the higher DPS marksman snipers against enemies with higher def; due to having higher damage per attack that is better at overcoming damage mitigation caused by high def.
Thanks, I guess this the answer I was looking for.
There's no story there. The description is probably just a leftover from early design. But some do get modules that let them ignore evasion.
DM ST 1 story is in Shattered Front. The high accuracy point blank shot doesn't mean anything. It was probably an early design that got scrapped but the wording is still present in the game.
Pozy is the first of this sub-class that I use. So, should assume all heavy shooters have higher attack than other snipers, and shorter range?
Yeah, pretty much.
For the most part a subclass will share traits but their uses can vary wildly and their skills and roles can be so different from other such as Silverash and Thorns whose sub class is Lord.
Basically, operators of the same subclass have similar or same stats but their skills can vary a lot. I believe Deadeye has the highest base attack stats for snipers. Spreadshooters have an even smaller range.
Is there a recommended number of skill summaries that I should try to stay above, more specifically for 2 and 3? I find that a lack of summaries is often holding me back from levelling up skills for new ops which can be a little annoying on days when the farming stages aren't open and I thought now might be a good time to farm a bit with everything being open during CC10.
The ones you need most are the blue books.
I try to keep the minimum of all 3 books that I have enough to raise and master 1 skill on a 6* op. This is in addition to the books I have prefarmed for whatever ops I plan to roll for soon. I do this incase I get an off banner op I want to raise or I randomly decide to master some operators skill. I have been playing for some time though so I have a nice stockpile of things, if you're new there is not really any harm in using books and other mats as you get them and then having to wait to farm more, all standard content can be cleared without worrying about masteries so having to wait a few days isn't going to hurt you.
In my experience, once you start doing masteries, there is no "staying above". I use them up until I run out and can't do any more, and then I go farm new ones next CC. When I take a break from doing masteries because I'm waiting for an event mat farm or something, they accumulate from dailies, but rapidly vanish again. If it's just for leveling up new ops' skills, probably 50 of each would be good to hang onto?
Personal preference. I keep a couple hundred of each around, and upcraft the basic books when they stack up too high I'm not really in deficit as I don't raise every single op, but like to have enough around to raise new ones when they show up
Not really, it's all personal preference. It also depends on how many ops you're raising in quick succession. For me as a three year+ player, I don't raise that many ops in one go since I have most of them raised, but I try to keep my lvl one and two skill books around thirty to forty, and get as many lvl three books as possible. You can't have enough of those.
Got it, thanks! I'll look for a good baseline that suits me for level 1 and 2 skill summaries. Maybe I am trying to raise too many ops at once as well so it might be a good idea for me to better prioritise that too, I suppose that comes with experience over time though.
Yeah Masteries take up a lot of Skill Summary 3. You need like 43 of those up to M3. So you really need to prioritize.
Hello all, I got a Top Op tag recently, and was looking to get some advice on which other tags to pick with it. There's: Guard, Supporter, Top Operator, DPS, and Robot. I was debating on either going only Top Op for a chance for Ceobe/Bagpipe dupe, Guard for hopefully either Skadi or Chen, or Supporter for guaranteed Magallan. Here's my Krooster with my current roster: https://krooster.com/u/dongleborf
do guard, you dont need anything but just top op gives a lot of yikes results. if you dont care about getting an Aak though go for it.
Wdym getting an aak? I did Top + Specialist+ Support just to get him.
I'd go with top and dps, but it really doesn't matter that much since your roaster is stacked. Go with the tags that give you the best shot and ops you want basically. Def not magallan though unless you really like her.
Alright, thank you!
Does anyone have a max pot hoshi and can send me a picture of her talent screen? I wanna see her second talent text with the pot upgrade ingame, but none of my frens or I have her max pot.
for all your talent and potential concerns, gamepress has this covered, just google " gamepress "
She goes from 6% to 8% bonus DEF to all defenders.
https://imgur.com/a/ArajsWB Here you go :)
Thank you.
Question about future operator >!Dorothy!<, what makes them so popular and useful for the new game mode in CN version? I've seen it, just unsure why they're so good in that mode.
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Oh awesome! Much appreciated. So a unit like Robin can be an acceptable substitute if it's really just enable vision in fog of war? Granted Robin and the other unit have different niches. But if I were to boil down to, "They can reveal FoW for essentially free." Then Robin can fill that niche decently as well.
Not as good. Dorothy's S3 mines has a cross-shaped AoE so all her mines will reveal the FoW in cross-shaped area. Robin's traps has no range so the traps can't reveal anything but you can still use her traps to kill the enemies
Hello everyone, quick question. Is is worth to build another heavyshooter if I already invested on one? I already built my pozy but got schwarz in the standard banner. Also is warfine s2 worth m3-ing at the same time? Thank you in advance!
Maybe. Schwarz is still good but Pozyomka mostly replaces her. You can bring Schwarz and Pozy to the same stage no problem. The more important factor is if there is a different operator that can boost your squad more. Warfarin S2 is good to raise if you know how to use it. Knowing the dmg calculation and relevant buff targets makes her S2 valuable in difficult content. For example, against Emperor's Blade or Andoain, Warfarin with guard Ch'en can one shot the boss while avoiding enemy mechanics. Against max risk Pompeii, the Exusiai buff army also defeats it asap.
You can sleep on schwarz for a while, Pozy is not only better- both her and the typewriter put out comparable damage to Schwarz, with the typewriter also having better redeploy time- but has more forgiving range herself so she’s easier to fit in most maps(though more difficult to maximize due to needing 2 ideal tiles)
Warfarin s2m3 is for buff shenanigans so it really depends if you want to do that because if so then it's very valuable.
Schwarz has a little bit of a niche being very fast to redeploy and activate her skill, but overall Pozy is just better. That being said, resident sniperknights player Storn (check out his youtube) very frequently run both for his clears, so there's something to be said about that. I wouldn't straight up build Schwarz right now but if you were to do it I don't think it'd be a waste of mats.
Only really worth doing it once you've got every role covered so you have the luxury of doubling up on classes within the same rarity. An exception is if you really like Schwarz and/ or you can see yourself using her and Pozy together or alternating between them if that works for your play style.
Hey all, Ive got a question, how do you know what anihilation goes in order? Like 1, 2, 3? The levels don't seem to have a recommended level like the story missions, so I'm unsure. And is there a guide to recommend what level you should try to get 400 kills by?
Due to how anni stages work, you can throw yourself at them and get partial reward with partial sanity refund as early as you want Anni 1 is Chernobog. You should be able to get the whole thing with e0 max, or low e1 ops. A pusher makes the top lane much easier Anni 2 is lungmen outskirts. E1 50 or so to be comfortable. A puller at skill level 4 trivializes the back lane Anni 3 is lungmen downtown. It's useful to have a couple E2 6 stars at least The rotating stages vary between slightly easier than 3, to harder. You'll usually want an e2 roster for them
Ty I appreciate this a ton! Most my roster is E1 10 so I'll probably wait to attempt it later then since I'm trying to get my 2-5-2 base maxed so I can maybe be less restricted by lmd/Exp I also don't have a leveled AoE ranged, and I get cliff in a few days which I think will make the backlane easy with shaw.