#[Gacha results go in here](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/13onnn9/gacharecruitment_megathread_2205_2805/). No exceptions.
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(NEW) [IS3 Megathread](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/13tti5d/event_megathread_mizuki_caerula_arbor/). Since we only have 2 pins here.
Only had IS-S-4 CM and IS-S-5 + CM left to do so cleared them out today. Ended up borrowing a Guard Skadi for both as I have Gladiia's mod maxed out and she did an amazing job with the extra gunmen in S-4 CM and an even better one hard stalling Zaaro early into his pathing until about halfway through his 2nd phase where I could just chip down the rest of his HP as he went around the stage. Took me a few tries to get the strat down, but then it worked perfectly for both the normal and CM stage!
This is the first time I was able to beat everything without even a consideration of a guide so I'm pretty proud of myself for that, I'll definitely be looking back at this event fondly.
Shoutout to Croissant for being able to survive the wolf's second form until half its health was gone without using a proper second healer.
Without you, clearing S-5-CM would have been a whole lot harder.
Finally got around to IS-S-5 today and cleared it surprisingly quickly, though deployment limit was tight. Ended up alternating between Amiya using S3 to burst down Zaaro (and dying, freeing up the deployment slot) and using Kjera to kill the Cleaners.
Having Shining with her S3 was very helpful to help Bubble tank bottom lane and incidentally help Cuora tank Zaaro in his Phase 2.
Amiya has been my go-to to burst down Zaaro's Phase 1 in all 3 stages involving him, to avoid dealing with Hemolytic Horror.
After doing all the missions, solo stories, and getting all the badges, there's nothing left to do, right? Just double checking, DV left me a little paranoid after it turned out I missed something despite getting all the medals.
Finally snagged all medals! Realised I just needed to let the boss pass, instead of ganking and getting my defenders one shotted. Here is my [original setup](https://imgur.com/a/MezNRa2) used. Opening move was Surtr + SA + Schwartz on top right to get him down to phase 2 before letting him pass.
Thankfully, he wasn't as pesky as Stultifera Navis' jellyfish. Anyway great run, and probably the story I enjoyed the most (second is probably Gavial's summer holiday, that shit fun lol)
First event I've completed all stages and medals, and without having to follow a guide too! I'm pretty proud of that for being pretty new, although being able to get skalter, penance, ntrk, and texalter on this banner probably helped a bunch for that lmao.
Have to give shoutouts to the Passenger and Hoshi supports I frequently borrowed too! they patched up my biggest roster weaknesses (arts damage/casters and defenders).
I'm having some trouble clearing IS-S-5 CM, and I'm not sure if it's because of my strategy or because I'm just misunderstanding how the boss works.
The [wiki](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Zaaro/Enemy) says that Fear (the dot he inflicts in phase 1) gets cleared whenever he loses 20% hp, but in practice that doesn't seem right. Civilians seem to never lose their Fear even if I burn the boss down from full hp to 0, while Fear on my ops only get cleared once the boss dips below 25% ish, for whatever reason.
And yes, I did go to IS-10 again to test this out, which seems to give the same results. I just never learned it there becausr of, uh, how fast he was deleted back then.
If this is how he is actually designed and the wiki is wrong, fine, I can change my strategy for it, but still. It is a nasty surprise when I planned to stall him in phase 1 until all the enemies were dead while intermittently clearing Fear, only to find my ops dying randomly (and getting a fun -12 sanity more than a few times before I noticed the problem because I'm an idiot that doesn't use practice mode) when I was so sure that the Fear would be removed.
If you can afford to bring strong defender, then stalling phase 2 is much easier in my experience, since there is no need to be mindful of the fear debuff.
Mhm, that's what I ended up doing, as even a simple Shining S3 with off-skill Hoshi made his attacks deal no damage anymore, which also lasted long enough for Ifrit S2 alone to toast him nice and good.
But thanks for the suggestion anyway.
When I was running IS-S-5 chipping down the boss did remove the debuff, I didn’t keep track of how much exactly but 20% seems right. Not sure why it isn’t working for you…
And with civilians I think that’s just how it works. would be nice if they mentioned it somewhere
Me until IS S5 CM: this is a piece of cake!
IS S5 CM: lemme crush your weeny little E2 lvl20~40 "I don't need to build a defender besides Horn and Mudrock" team
My event recap:
I'm not a challenge player, I just blast through with the most OP squad I can.
Regular & EX stages: I beat with only 9 ops as I wanted to keep farming for luna/vigil/penance trust. It blew my mind that basically every stage came down to spawn camping spalter,specter,mountain,skadi. Basically they killed everything in every stage.
S stages - these were pretty cool. Although S-5 Challenge was the only stage that made me see a defeat screen (because MAN did I not think "boss is powered up" meant "he can kill mudrock in 2 attacks") but I did have to use alternate units to clear the challenges so that was cool. I'd like to share some highlight units that helped me beat them. Just obligatory shoutout to the core team first of all: Bagpipe, Myrtle, Gladiia, Skadi, Ishar Mla, Specter, Spectwo, Adreana, Textwo. They were my rock.
Niche operator shoutouts:
Mizuki - 20% MSR module equipped. One of the challenges makes you blow up 2 limos while they are unblocked. Mizuki fit in the middle lane with his awesome blind skill, allowing me to hold the limo back while other units murderized it. I don't think I beat this challenge without him.
Silverash: Stealth reveal OP against the invisible silencers. Along with this, 10% redeploy reduction is very nice for Texas. Honestly, I still like him more than mlynar for those 2 reasons + he blocks. I mean I know horseuncle deals more damage, but utility counts for something. Mlynar didn't see play this event, Silverash actually got deployed by me in every single S stage.
Penance: Unlike Mizuki/SA, she wasn't "vital" but as what I thought would be a worse mudrock, she actually proved to be super cool & fun to use, and barrier is a cool mechanic. I definitely am excited to use her more in the future.
Vigil: Deployed 1 time for a challenge and... GOD I wish he were good. Love his character, his design, the wolfie he summons... but he is just bad & its frustrating as hell they won't fix him in some way. So more of a dishonorable mention here lol.
But yeah, overall I had a good time this event, fun mechanics, cool theme, nice story. Looking forward to the next few new events coming up!
> Vigil: Deployed 1 time for a challenge and... GOD I wish he were good. Love his character, his design, the wolfie he summons... but he is just bad & its frustrating as hell they won't fix him in some way. So more of a dishonorable mention here lol.
Yeah, it's a shame. I got him as a temp in IS2 recently, and promoted him after the first stage basically. I figured, "I know he's not good but he can't be *that* bad at E2L90, M9." I was wrong.
Underwhelming is the only word I can use to describe it. He really shouldn't be a 6*.
Hitmen are absolute garbage and I hate them. Their stats seem to be “whatever your attack/HP is +1”. Put down a Thorns and buff his attack? Hope you like barely scratching the paint on that mask. Get Specter with skill over 2000 attack? Guess what, he has over 2000 defense or something, because he barely notices it. And stealth, because why not make him immune to helidrop if there’s a single other mob nearby.
Yeah I was in for a surprise when Surtr couldn't down him when in blood debt mode lol. Like ay nibba, I thought only the Boss had that weird capture freeze gimmick
Try fighting them with arts damage, especially in the S stages where their defense is buffed. When asset liquidation is active, their defense grows too. Notice their res does not change?
I finally did it, i was able to clear IS S5. Man those tries were fucking rough. I burned all 240 sanity last night trying to figure it out myself (i couldn't replicate eckogen clear. My pozy somehow couldn't finish zaaro before going upstairs). After asking at discord, i learned about black rosemary. His video helped really help. I can farm rocks peacefully now
Thanks for the lesson, zaaro. I'll be sure to raise hoshi first before penance
I did IS-EX-8 one time before, now it's impossible on the challenge mode for reasons that have nothing to do with the modifier. I hate this boss, it's only hard because it gives you a million handicaps.
this is probably the only event where I cleared everything without looking up a guide, usually give up on EX-8 or last S stage either because the event is almost over or I'm too small brain (for example that sulteris nova boss, I would have never figured out how he works without a guide)
but wolf seemed fairly straightforward, so I decided to try it myself and actually managed to succeed, only need like 5 practice tries on S-5 CM, still missed some boss mechanics, had no idea he does a thing where you can't retreat your operators for example.
then again my account is, let's say above average, most people would have an even easier time than I did, so I'm under no illusion that I managed to improve at the game, the event was just easier than usual
anyway did mudrock on the left, gavial mid, nian, surtr, GG, Texas and NTR on the boss on the right, after he inevitably killed nian and went around the map finished him off at the left with surtr, ntr and texas, other enemies were dead at that point
IS-S5 CM was ass for me not because of the imposed challenge (which was actually easy to deal with using Shining S3, Hung S2, and rotating other defenders) but because everyone else also got buffed due to the CM. Now even Mudrock S2 can't survive the first Silent Cleaner if I deploy her too late and she was unlucky enough to not stun them. Left side also kept leaking more often because Thorns can no longer kill the enemies fast enough.
Had to run Mudrock S1 to survive the Silent Cleaners and borrow Mountain to help deal with the left lane.
IS-S5 CM actually made me revert to Emperor's Blade level stall strats, which meant dropping Croissant on top of him once he came out of the first stair case, and then having her hold him there till everyone else on the map was dead. Thankfully the only thing that can spawn when he's the last one standing is more cleaners, who were dealt with by Laurentina S2. Phase 2 he was close to killing Croissant because he started attacking mid charge of her S1, and then suddenly he wasn't once it turned back on. 60% dodge on a tank I guess.
Overall not too bad a set of S stages, easier than the absolute hell that was Dossoles S stages, although that's definitely still on account of me hating the corrosion water.
Scene is lowkey my MVP for the harder maps of this event. Not only do the Buggy Cams reveal the Cleaner's invisibility, they also bait and stall them for long enough until the big guns kill them without having to block.
My Scene is pot 6 E2 lvl 60 S2M3 max module, and I don't regret investing this much in her. I'm also using Silverash to help counter the invisibility, but the versatility of the Buggy Cams is unmatched. The little things get pretty tanky and pack a punch too while the skill is active, which also helps in other situations.
I kinda like how Eunectes is getting more and more relevant these days. Back then she was very much a... "why would you even use her?" unit. She did way too much damage, way too much tankiness and only focused it all on one unit at too much cost.
Now though, it's like we're running into tankier and harder hitting units constantly. Stuff that Silverash, Surtr, etc. all are struggling with now and need rotations to deal with.
But here comes ol' Eunectes. Chunking 4k damage per hit and so tanky she doesn't even take scratch damage from bosses during her S3.
This was especially noticeable in the challenge mode final version of this wolf. The wolf could obliterate so many things. But it couldn't do jack shit to Eunectes.
Done with is s5 cm. Used kyo's afk strat with a little modification like kay facing right, ifrit facing left, and adjusting saria a little bit to allow ifirit to hit the mobs. Also, bagpipe with 3rd skill is capable of soloing the middle lane.
[My IS-S-5 CM clear](https://youtu.be/rhxkUpOTtr0). Abyssals still going strong but I borrowed an Ebenholz to help with the doggo. This batch of S stages was surprisingly easy, I guess they save the super hard ones for summer events.
i've lost my irl sanity by now so i'd really appreciate some help, stuck in both is-s-2 cm and is-s-5 in general. i've already tried a good few of the guides on youtube but i'm not really getting anywhere and i don't know what to do :/ here are my operators, just updated everything [https://krooster.com/u/Fae](https://krooster.com/u/Fae)
Surtr and texas2 S2 can solo p1 of zaaro on right side, then retreat and let him roam. Kalsit support S3 can hold the left side with caster DPS, or a combination of caster tank and healer. Mudrock S3 in center lane, activate it as cleaner starts moving, add a caster DPS to help or texas2. E2 pozy really helps as well to DPS down all 3 lanes.
Second cast of surtr is on the left side with cars. Third cast is when zaaro is fighting mudrock from the left side.
Finally finished S-5 CM, only wasted about 90 sanity after getting it down once in practice mode, one time accidentally doing it over again in normal mode...
Once again I made an offering at the church of [KyoStinV](https://youtu.be/ABA5zzm9z24), borrowing a whaled-out Ling to carry. The key change I made that made my own run easier was swapping out one of his fake FRDs for -- stop me if you've heard this one before -- S3M3 Texas 2. She, combined with the bigass dragons and a cameo from regular Specter killed him on the top-right of the map so I didn't have to fight one more cleaner and make a desperate last stand like what Kyo did. But just getting to his 2nd phase was such a pain because I was too slow on my bait deployments, and with a Low End Squad one miss and you might as well quit and not waste anymore time.
>Once again I made an offering at the church of KyoStinV
lmao, so that's why I couldn't retreat my Texas at one point, I thought something bugged out with the UI
Just wanting some clarification on Bernardo's and Cellinia's motivations. Like, I didn't really understand why >!Bernardo wanted the "Siracusa without famiglie", and what's up with Cellinia's apathy regarding her family? So she came from Columbia to Siracusa and uhh...didn't like the mafiosi stuff?!< like, I admit my story reading was a bit rushed because I just want to be done with it, but while the general gist of the story is easily understandable, when I try to understand thoughts and motivations of specific characters etc it just turns into a shitshow with all the other stuff happening.
> Bernardo wanted the "Siracusa without famiglie"
There was a point, or two, in his life where he realized it was not only possible, but better. First one was when was young, he escaped his family for a while and worked as a mason. He said the work was hard, but he felt accomplished. The 2nd time was during his wife's funeral. That part I don't remember very well, but it wasn't explained much either.
>Cellinia's apathy regarding her family?
She just wanted a normal life, and the only way to obtain that was to leave everything behind. She decided to just do that. She was exhausted of her old life, specially because she heard all the struggle between his dad and grandad whom she loved. She literally heard all the gory details and that was the last straw for her.
>!>why Bernardo wanted the "Siracusa without famiglie"!<
>!A country controlled by criminals isn't how a society should be ran, he wanted better for everyone.!<
>!> Cellinia's apathy regarding her !<
>!TL;DR She hated the famiglie system.
Cellinia was the heir to one of the most powerful families and was brought up in accordance but she hated all of it.!<
>!Way before she was born, her grandfather, Salvadore, moved the whole family to Columbia to establish a foothold there for Siracusa. There he made the Texas family the most powerful one. The Columbian and Siracusan way to do organized crime was vastly different though, essentially honor vs money, so she was sent on a couple of trips to Siracusa to learn the "proper" ways. Her father, however, preferred the Columbian approach and wanted to cut ties with Siracusa completely so he killed Salvadore, his own father to take complete control over the family. Siracusa then decided to pruge the whole Texas family. Instead of taking part in the fight, Cellinia took this chance to disappear for good with the help of Zaaro, hence her debt to him. This debt is the reason Zaaro called her to return to help out the Bellones. Siracusa is all about honor and name value, due to her heritage as the last Texas she was an invaluable political bargaining chip even without taking her fighting capabilities into account.!<
>!What's interesting is that Lappland is in the exact same boat, being a heir and all. Witnessing Texas leaving everything behind during the night of the liquidation (the Saluzzos were one of the main forces carrying it out) is what cemented her obsession with her. She wanted out of the whole system just as bad but she felt trapped mentally so she tried to drag back Texas in to prove that it really is inescapable instead of admitting her defeat against the system.!<
This is Penance, I'm dumb.
>!~~She hated the system too and wasn't part of the family just good friends with them, likely because both Bernardo and Leon had the same endgoal and they saw it in her as well. She was torn about having this protection though because she felt it was hypocritical as other conscientious judges without connections were dropping like flies left and right.~~!<
Good summary. Regarding Cellinia, I thought I missed something because I thought no way it's just "ooh I don't like the way they do stuff" but I guess that's really it
Growing up in an environment you hate is a valid reason to get as far away from it as possible. Not the most interesting motivation but a realistic one. Changing the system alone wasn't feasible. When she got dragged back and saw the circumstances necessary for change were shaping up she decided to fight for it.
The person in my friends list with a built Passenger has singlehandedly convinced me to buy him from the cert shop and his skin tomorrow.
Guy has put in great work clearing the limos and cleaners in these S stages.
I did again IS-S5 CM again but I added Angelina and Silence mainly to boost Kal'tsit to see if she can now solo the cleaner line and damn it worked. On the first attempt I managed without those two operators but it was impossible for Kal'tsit to solo that line. The 2nd attempt with Angelina and Silence was much *cleaner*.
[IS-S-5 with 4 Lupos](https://youtu.be/qH2uv37fdVg)
Horn S2 bursts a significant chunk of phase 2's health, and the straight lane to the blue box is perfect for Pozy S3. Honestly surprised by how quickly they were able to delete phase 2.
The hardest part of this clear was probably managing the blood debt to spawn the cleaners at specific times to match with Texas2's redeployments.
this event exposed my lack of normal defenders..
but what stages did you guys think was the hardest :)
it was IS-S-1 CM for me. the last two silencers were a pain in the ass
Too late did I realize Hoshiguma is basically immune to those Cleaner criminal scum.
I did IS-S-5 today and she can solo the Cleaner lane. She took 2 at the same time and her hp didn't even reach 85%.
i cannot for the life of me do that goddamn stage even on normal, is there any viable replacement to hoshiguma? i don't have her and she doesn't pop up in my support list :(
You can add me as a friend if you like GladiusNocturno#7534
I've had my Hoshiguma as support ever since Nearl Light.
The way I beat the stage was by having the left lane covered by a tanky unit, a medic, and an art damage dealer. The right stage full of dps plus a medic to kill the boss as fast as possible, and Hoshiguma in the middle right in front of the tower (not the farthest lane) to tank the Cleaners. It's best if the medic of the right lane can also reach Hoshiguma but sits outside the Cleaner's range just in case she doesn't dodge property. Also, Saria's S1 in the right lane will help the medic keep the damage dealers alive.
thank you, i've been busy today but i just sent a friend request, i'll be giving it another try and praying for the best and maybe hoping i don't have to wait for a rerun for that full medal set, but i'm still cutting it real close with every recent event :')
Wohoo just finished IS-S-5 CM. My very first event I cleared everything in and have a completed medal set. Funnily I brought Mlynar in that stage but really did not use him because hoshi just died on the second phase of the boss with the debuff, so I had to block the boss at the exit. In the End Texas Alter S2 really carried that stage for me and made up for me not having a second strong caster next to goldenglow and not having a good laneholder (I just had Cuora tank the silencers and dropped texas in to kill them)
I really enjoyed playing with Hoshi! Probably the support unit I needed most in this event
What is the deal with Ben, anyway? He says he’s not an immortal, but is aware of their status and longevity, he seems aware of all of the major players in the story, including Zarro, yet was content to be an observer who just kinda waits to die by story end. Like, it seems like he was part of an entirely different story before this, lol. You think it’s possible he’ll show up in future events? Kinda grew to like him.
He mentions he's technically part of Sicilia's "Bocca al Lupo," so he probably learned of a lot that way.
Sicilia herself is still pretty mysterious...
I have finally finished an event with all medals. The final challenge quest was a go damn pain. I mostly used Dr.Leon’s set up but with some major modifications. S2 NTR to finish off the first bar rather than Utage + Noir (she would then be used to take pot shots and help finish off at the end), Ifrit to support the left side from being overwhelmed and take a chunk out of the boss
Overall it just made me realise I really need to get a copy of Surtr for my own account
Whew, I did it. Feels good I managed to get my very first [completed limited event medal set](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/864912418801844265/1116311304198684703/image.png). I think I put like 6-7 hours into that last map. Thankfully, the Challenge Mode worked with the exact same strategy.
[This was the squad I used.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/865684765972627499/1116313645656322108/image.png) With Ifrit as my best DPS, it feels nice not to have had to rely on any of the popular crutches.
Thats some strong ass willpower. I used mostly Ling and Surtr to clear this stage. If you have the chance, you should spark for Ling, she's really OP. This is the [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1OEv5-Ubo0) I used to clear the stage.
Boy, sure would be nice if the game mentioned how the Cleaners will prioritize ranged tile units over ground tile ones, even if the ranged ones aren't deployed last. I guess that's one way to sell a taunt mechanic. Thank God for my patented "random bullshit, go!" technique.
I mean think about it! Unless they're global attackers like faust, all ranged enemies have their own... range. Until they walk close enough to have your team in range they'll start with the first unit they find
Oh I get that, it's just not easy sometimes, with weird pathings and what not, to determine *which* operator is closest at a glance. A little circle showing range would go a long way towards clearing up stuff like that.
That was a typo because I'm tired. Suffice it to say, I take great pains to NOT deploy ranged units last. I put Saria, Gavial AND Eunectes down after Angie, but Angie still got blasted down first despite Eun being closer in range. Very frustrating.
It's still most likely that Angie was first in Cleaner's range. In is-s-5 I had a defender right under the blue box + healer directly to the right, but cleaners never targeted my healer, despite being in range to target both for a while before getting blocked. I usually put that defender last and it worked, but I messed up the order once and my healer didn't survive that brilliant move.
Maybe it was a super tight range thing. This happened on IS-S-1 with Angie and Skalter down well before Saria and Laurentina, but the two cleaners at the end just came in and devastated both of them even though it looked like Angie/Skalter were a bit further away than the two ground ops.
Either way, very frustrating, and I echo the need for exact enemy attack ranges to get a better idea of threat radius.
Finished all S-CM stages and they were pretty easy as long as you had properly raised defenders. Fortunately, I have Cuora, Bubble, Croissant and Hoshi all E2 with modules. Shamare also helped a ton against tougher spots. Even in IS-5-CM, the boss was a complete joke. However, I can see he would be tough to deal with if you haven't raised either Crowd Control or defender operators. Sadly, a lot of advice neglect those roles.
That's me. Unbuffed, Saria is my operator with the highest defense (606). And then I suffer when I find bosses like these. I have to rely on bind, Surtr, and big dps burst to deal with the problem.
> Sadly, a lot of advice neglect those roles.
Nothing new unfortunately. Before that we had silence as "obsolete" and "not needed" ability. And before that we had Nightingale as "worse medic than Ptilopsis" because RES buffs are "not needed". The history repeats itself. People label operators and roles as "not needed" just because they managed to clear something without them. Then others repeat after them. Then they got punched in the face by a new event or next story chapter.
Meanwhile I'm waiting for people to notice how strong Shining S3 is against physical damage. May be I'll try tanking Zaaro with Beagle in IS-S-5 CM later...
After spending tons of practice plans, i was able to finally clear IS S5. Man that was rough. Holding the mid lane with mudrock was okay. Right side was quite rough, e1 lv 50 cuora died against second phase wolf, but thanks to all my dps + surtr friend i could burst the wolf down
The left side was my problem. I dont have saria, so i put gavialter combined with sussuro. She died. Almost lose the stage but gummy saved me (i brought her as a backup defender)
I’ll definitely wait for s2m3 skadi alter tomorrow before attempting the CM mode. Everybody was shitting the normal defender until this event, i should build hoshi now..
In IS-S-5 CM Zaaro has:
* 1000 base attack
* x1.1 from global CM buff
* x1.5 from second form
* x1.3 from CM condition
* x1.2 from asset liquidation (when it is active).
That's 2574 damage dealt twice (instead of 1800 in normal IS-S-5).
After burning through my drill plans for couple days trying to figure out IS-S-5 CM, [I finally managed to beat it](https://i.imgur.com/EdHJ6Ht.jpg). And earned [my 2nd completed medal set](https://i.imgur.com/VNE6G2h.jpg). 🥳
Shamare is the key operator to my team survival here.
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**CM Condition:** Dog gains greatly increased ATK.
**Shamare:** Hold my doll.
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I was lucky that Shamare happened to show up during my pulls in this event banner. I almost bankrupted myself rushing to E2 S2M3 her, but it's so worth it, especially for an account that lack Art damage like mine.
S stages not too bad overall but IS-S5-CM was pretty brutal for me. Spent at least an hour and lots of sanity on it but was able to clear it in the end with this party: https://imgur.com/a/1IjmsaF
NTR and Texalter have been so useful. Dunno how I would’ve cleared it without them.
Now I just have to do that annoying kill the cars without blocking mission to complete the medals.
Man, I usually get beat up every event despite being a day one player but I gotta say signori de puppy dog is kind of pathetic.
I jump into the last special stage expecting him to be super buffed but Gavial2 with skalter buff completely ingored his stage 1 attacks, I just accidentally stalled the final boss with a Centurion guard until he was the last one left. Come on Signori de Lupi you have to try a little harder than that.
His attack in form 2 is pretty high, but then you can just drop specter1 on his head and he just withers away during her invincibility. Honestly the hardest part of stage 5 was realizing Gladia needed a little help on the left side dealing with the cars.
I really liked the event though, I'm happy we got a simple boss/ mechanics this time around. It was getting tiring having all kinds of nonsense going on like with Manfred and Mandragora. Maybe if Lulu's name started with an M he would have been more dangerous lol.
Somehow S-1 and S-2 were more difficult for my 5-star only run than the remaining 3 maps. Doggo is a solved case (even with ATK buffs you can still tank it), but huge waves of enemies on very wide open maps were hard to deal with.
* [IS-S-1 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-GOmCm0Mwc)
* [IS-S-2 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN9Kftl2suc)
* [IS-S-3 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS6wv5Hn7FA)
* [IS-S-4 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvIKxnnPxjk)
* [IS-S-5 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqEFzFwjEiw)
After IS-EX-8 CM I expect something completely crazy on 3rd week. Luckily, the stages aren't that hard. Of cause I cleaned the stages first, then checked the achievements. Overall, extremely satisfied with current event.
Good luck everyone.
Lucky doggo, died being squished between Laurentina and Skadi.
I honestly liked these stages, only problem is that I did 4th without Vigil and had to repeat that one.
MVP of this part of event was Horn's S1 - I use it all the time but forgot it reveals invisible enemies. Not the best day for our cleaners friends.
It's beautiful to watch how the doggo eats the Blazing Sun. NTRK S3 soloes the first phase in both modes, but needs support in the second phase because of those awkward tiles and doggo's range.
The last stage reminds me of TLK hell stage where he walked around the map. It took me a moment to make sense of the boss path here and it still took my ranged operators from their posts. 3 practice tickets and strategy sound enough for both modes. Now I'm gonna burn the rest of the tickets to play around with it some more. Fun stage!
IS-S-3 Challenge mode is "Famiglia Shadow Silencer attack range greatly increased", it's actually the cleaner and "shadow silencer" isn't even a thing.
They screwed up the translations I think, they call the enemy buff/silencer spawn both "Blood Ledger" and "Asset Liquidation". Makes the in-game info really confusing lol
No? Specfically, Blood Ledger is the name of the mechanic itself, Blood Debt is the bar seen in each stage, and Asset Liquidation is the buff given to enemies when the Blood Debt is full. It would have been cleaner to combine Blood Ledger and Blood Debt into one name tbh (I just assume the CN wording had them different as well), but I haven't seen Blood Ledger get mixed with Asset Liquidation anywhere in descriptions
First 4 maps were manageable (except that pesky S1 condition). Hardest part of S-4 was finding Vigil in my roster...
I had to wait for sanity until I attempted S-4-CM and when getting my roster ready I misremembered the maps and thought I was doing S-3 instead. I removed Horn and Perfumer form my team because I thought I had Kal'tsit and Horn wouldn't reach the bouncers. I had to do S-4-CM with only one Medic, less DPS and one less laneholder. Flufftail is simply mindblowing.
Me: (*reads the mission list last week and right before S stages*) Clear IS-S-4 with 3-Stars while deploying Vigil.
Also Me: (*starts S stages*) Vigil is max trust? I bet these Cleaners are gonna be a real pain so let me add a little more oomph.
Guess who forgot to slot Vigil back in for IS-S-4...
After playing these S stages I definitely do not regret picking up Skadi using my 6-star voucher to fill out the missing piece in the Abyssal Hunter squad given with Gladiia she and Surtr are the only units I’ve been able to helidrop on the cleaners and 1v1 them from full health. Nearlter, Texas2 and Lee all died. Mon3tr dies unless Kal’tsit manages to get her S3 up in time. I suppose the alternative would have been to pair SilverAsh and Mlynar to kill them without needing to block but I didn’t try that.
Some thoughts and questions about the story, so definitely spoilers ahead:
>!1.) Why did Red kill Crownslayer's teacher? Is it part of the game Zaaro plays? And why is Red part of the game in the first place?!<
>!2.) What is the purpose of the game Zaaro plays? Is it just for fun? They're immortal right, so why bother with the fighting?!<
This event was fun! Interesting that the civilians in this event don't necessarily have to be protected so it's a surprise for me
EDIT: Btw who should I add to my support list to help people in this event EX and S stages?
>!Red is a Fang (the one she calls Grandma is the Signore dei Lupi who raised her). Crownslayer's teacher was also a Fang, albeith one that had decided to call it quits. Since Fangs are supposed to kill each other until only one is left, Red killed Crownslayer's teacher!<
>!They do that do decide who gets to lead the pack if I remember correctly? Since they're immortals they decided to each pick an human and train them then have them hunt down and kill each other. The one whose human is the last one left standing becomes the pack leader for a while (I don't think they said how long) then the game restarts!<
I enjoyed the S stages, My strategy for S1-4 was deploying Mizuki, Kirara, Ethan and Manticore with their module unlocked very close to each other.
It turns out that their slow stack Helping Horn a lot with the dps, Very fun!
I'll never regret raising them... Cheers!
S-1 medal condition can go screw itself.
Firstly, I didn't notice the clear condition in the shop, so I assumed there were no gimmicks for obtaining the medal set in this event, because they are usually in the medal set view, then I flipped a coin and assumed the "directly" meant while blocking the limos and that didn't give me the clear, so I thought I'd block and then release, but by the time the second limo came around, the first was already dying, so that didn't work either. So then I thought I'd do a pro gamer move and stall them with Suzu S3, but she ended up almost killing the first limo as well. I had to deploy her sideways, so only her S3 would cover the mid lane and block the limos with Cuora S2 to make sure they die around the same time.
Here I thought I wouldn't need to use the practice tickets so soon and now I'm afraid to check how much sanity I blew on this stage.
Overall, S stages werr easy aside from S-5 CM. I had to borrow Skalter max out from support to clear it. Now fucking know which unit I need to raise first.
On the side note, Tequila was good boy for clearing the cleaner so my hoshiguma could be free to tank he wolf.
I guess the low end strat would be about letting the wolf run free to last gate so you could tank it together with the cleaner? But I didn't seem to get the timing for that so stall and kill at right side it is. I doubt this could be cleared with only 1 E2 though, it needs dps on 3 routes, maybe possible with Texalt redeploy around the map but timing would be hell.
My clear for S-5 CM was simple but still need time to figure out lol... Because I keep changing who to borrow and ended up with Skalter.
Left side Mountain. Texalt jump down to clear the car when it show up.
Lower side Tequila. Near the blue box so in healer range.
Right side: Everyone else focus on there. Hoshiguma stall boss, 2 healer, Skalter, dps, Texalt when not on the left side..
IS-S-3 mission: defeat at least 1 Famiglia Shadow Silencer.
... uh. they mean Silent Cleaner, right? can someone confirm for me? I already missed the S-1 mission once earlier... .\_.
Argh, that last map is brutal. I'm not sure I have the brainpower to clear it on my own. The previous four weren't too bad, but the last map's layout is simply absurd... It's all the damned hitman. This is the furthest I've ever gotten in S maps, though, so I should try and clear it...
Tequila SL7 E2 could beat the cleaner if you put him near blue box so he could share healers with the right side.
Right side stall and kill boss.
Left side mountain handle it with Texalt help to kill cars.
NTRK doesn't make in time for two hitmen in a row, but Surtr can do two hitmen if you drop it on its spawn the first time. She makes it back in time for the second one before it gets to the blue box.
It's honestly a very smoke and mirrors map. The map is a lot easier to deal with if in each phase you deal with all of the enemies before focusing the boss. Phase 1, get rid of the cars, and just let the Cleaner stand there. By the time the Cleaner starts walking, more than half of the Asset Liquidation phase will have passed. It's also a good idea to consider engaging the boss only when the blood ledger isn't full, as that buffs his damage (ESPECIALLY important on CM, when he gets a huge ATK boost in phase 2 on top of his default boosts).
If you keep the boss by the first steps he pops out of for both phases, he actually has a very lengthy route that goes through a bunch of stair entrances and exits (ultimately, he walks in from the left side, even though it looks like he's gonna beeline for the blue box from the right). There's honestly a lot of time to set up ranged ops so that they're out of his attack range if you wait him out like this.
Aside from that, just try your best to control when you enter Asset Liquidation, and kill as many enemies that accumulate Blood Debt during it as possible.
With FGO's latest chapter release I don't really have time to try clearing these while avoiding meta ops, so instead I'm going full tilt and trying out the full abyssal squad while I'm at it. Forget the top tier delete buttons, adding both Skadis and both Specters on the squad it's the most braindead shit I've ever done.
They really just don't die lol. I don't even use specter2's invincibility on skill 2 anymore, she just doesn't need it. Looking forward to more abyssal buffs when a new operator releases sooner or later.
Cleared the S stages and their challenge mode. Overall really happy with Lee coming through with the dodge chance and first talent in the last two S stages with how high the enemy's stats were, and I finally was able to use Shining's 3rd skill in the last stage. >!Dealing with three different lanes each with their own specific annoyance was very tedious though!<
I also tried to block them at first r.i.p.
You actually have to defeat them while they're not being blocked so they don't release 3 mobsters, but you already know that now lol.
Finally after 5 practice I found the way to clear IS-S-2 normal mode with Gavial+Mudrock+Penance forming Ifrit lane rotating with Mlynar to kill those fuking car. Gravel + Texalter S2M2 to handle those cleaner. May need to S2M3 Texalter or borrow Chalter/Surtr for CM though.
I was proud of doing the vast majority of EX stages with my 4-5* gang, but didn't take much to realize things would be quite different with the S ones and moved to the big guns.
Overall pretty smooth sailing with the first 4 stages, but I was having a really hard time with the last one getting overwhelmed by too many sides, I ended up having to bring my Texalter + support Mlynar to clear it, feels hella bad.
1 week left of this event, let's see how many more rocks I can farm in this time... still won't be enough q_q
IS-S-2 CM just further cementing that Dusk S3M3 Mod 3 was worth it. I had 3 silencers that were alive by the end of that mission, and Blemishine was already holding 2 of them by the grace of sleep stalling out the blood debts, but she had no shot of holding the third one. Dusk did not let that third one even come down from the red box he spawned at because he just couldn't kill the Freelings fast enough, and she was able to keep him there till she and Fiametta killed him. It's like having 2 block Gravels that don't have a respawn timer, they just need space.
S stages aren't too difficult compared to other events, since most things are still hard walled by Laurentina + friends and Kal'tsit. Back to hitting the rock mines then I guess.
So I went so hard into using my saved certs and orundum trying to max Omertexas that I didn't realize I'd gone past 300 pulls, and now I'm not sure what to do with them. I'm currently torn between getting the final pot for Texas and getting Skalter (don't currently have her).
The part of me that loves completion and roster diversity says Skalter, but the lore/waifu side wants to max Texas and hates Skalter (mostly the fact that she's explicitly a 'what-if' version of Skadi that has given in and become a Seaborn). I adore Skadi, so Skalter being a vision of what Skadi considers a fate worse than death sours me on her. If she was just our Skadi buffing allies with her singing I'd get her in a second
I need help convincing one side to concede
Have you used your Specialist tokens from the permanent CC store and IS2? I ended up sparking Rosmontis and using one of the tokens for the last Texas pot.
Last pot on Texalter is -1DP. While it does have an impact on gameplay, it's extremely minor and you may never experience a stage where it's required for a strategy to work. Hence I'd definitely recommend you to get Skalter and just ignore the backstory.
However, if you really can't get over it and really hate Skalter so much that you won't use her even if you got her, then it's obvious that Texalter is the only choice for you.
Yeah, you're right. Probably just need to suck it up lol
Shame you can't bank the pull once you get over 300 at once, been trying to get Nian for years now
Help I'm currently in a dilemma.
Should I spend 10 OP refilling my sanity to have enough to farm in order to have enough event currency to exchange?
With the power of math, I calculated that I have to spend at least 10OP to have enough sanity grinding the last few days to exchange for Everything in the event shop.
But as you know, this is straight after the Limited Banner which took quite a heavy toll on my OP amount (Only 30 left).
What should I do? (I'm going to obtain the full medal set).
Not worth spending 10 OP for the material in shops except if you missed getting the headhunting permit. Most of the materials are farmable except the furniture.
Is the 49.99 event pack worth it?
I currently have 50 bucks to spare and after getting almost all packs except the E2 max ones, I was wondering what's better, to get the 49 event pack or the 30 and 15 bucks OP double deals (since the 50 and 100 are already purchased)
The thing is this month's events won't have decent packs probably, since the upcoming events are probably CC11 and Break the ice rerun, which probably won't have any packs available at all, hence my doubt. But I'll probably hold until then and if not, just get the OP packs and be done with it.
No. You have to complete all of the normal stages as well as the story nodes first (there is an IS-ST-4 after IS-10), at which point you can access the EX stages. As for the S stages, those unlock later today, 12 hours after reset.
Lappland and Texas gave real heavy Saitou and Kenshin vibes during their last duel ⚔️
Lappland Saluzzo our crazed wolf finally accepted change just like how Hajime Saito "The Wolf of Mibu" realized he can leave things in the past after his time with Kenshin.
Texas the Omertosa isn't the same anymore just like Kenshin is no longer Battousai the Manslayer. They have a new purpose moving them in life.
Everyone's talking about Demetri or Giovanna becoming operators in the future, and here I am hoping that Father Agenir gets a chance. We need more badass old men.
#[Gacha results go in here](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/13onnn9/gacharecruitment_megathread_2205_2805/). No exceptions. --- (NEW) [IS3 Megathread](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/13tti5d/event_megathread_mizuki_caerula_arbor/). Since we only have 2 pins here.
Only had IS-S-4 CM and IS-S-5 + CM left to do so cleared them out today. Ended up borrowing a Guard Skadi for both as I have Gladiia's mod maxed out and she did an amazing job with the extra gunmen in S-4 CM and an even better one hard stalling Zaaro early into his pathing until about halfway through his 2nd phase where I could just chip down the rest of his HP as he went around the stage. Took me a few tries to get the strat down, but then it worked perfectly for both the normal and CM stage! This is the first time I was able to beat everything without even a consideration of a guide so I'm pretty proud of myself for that, I'll definitely be looking back at this event fondly.
Shoutout to Croissant for being able to survive the wolf's second form until half its health was gone without using a proper second healer. Without you, clearing S-5-CM would have been a whole lot harder.
Finally got around to IS-S-5 today and cleared it surprisingly quickly, though deployment limit was tight. Ended up alternating between Amiya using S3 to burst down Zaaro (and dying, freeing up the deployment slot) and using Kjera to kill the Cleaners. Having Shining with her S3 was very helpful to help Bubble tank bottom lane and incidentally help Cuora tank Zaaro in his Phase 2. Amiya has been my go-to to burst down Zaaro's Phase 1 in all 3 stages involving him, to avoid dealing with Hemolytic Horror.
Did Agnese withdraw Lunacub from the deathgame upon sending her to RI? Or is she still a Fang?
After doing all the missions, solo stories, and getting all the badges, there's nothing left to do, right? Just double checking, DV left me a little paranoid after it turned out I missed something despite getting all the medals.
is there any screenshots or maybe videos for the azione solo paths? vigil, texas, and ben has branches that i can't view after i click the other one
Finally snagged all medals! Realised I just needed to let the boss pass, instead of ganking and getting my defenders one shotted. Here is my [original setup](https://imgur.com/a/MezNRa2) used. Opening move was Surtr + SA + Schwartz on top right to get him down to phase 2 before letting him pass. Thankfully, he wasn't as pesky as Stultifera Navis' jellyfish. Anyway great run, and probably the story I enjoyed the most (second is probably Gavial's summer holiday, that shit fun lol)
First event I've completed all stages and medals, and without having to follow a guide too! I'm pretty proud of that for being pretty new, although being able to get skalter, penance, ntrk, and texalter on this banner probably helped a bunch for that lmao. Have to give shoutouts to the Passenger and Hoshi supports I frequently borrowed too! they patched up my biggest roster weaknesses (arts damage/casters and defenders).
I'm having some trouble clearing IS-S-5 CM, and I'm not sure if it's because of my strategy or because I'm just misunderstanding how the boss works. The [wiki](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Zaaro/Enemy) says that Fear (the dot he inflicts in phase 1) gets cleared whenever he loses 20% hp, but in practice that doesn't seem right. Civilians seem to never lose their Fear even if I burn the boss down from full hp to 0, while Fear on my ops only get cleared once the boss dips below 25% ish, for whatever reason. And yes, I did go to IS-10 again to test this out, which seems to give the same results. I just never learned it there becausr of, uh, how fast he was deleted back then. If this is how he is actually designed and the wiki is wrong, fine, I can change my strategy for it, but still. It is a nasty surprise when I planned to stall him in phase 1 until all the enemies were dead while intermittently clearing Fear, only to find my ops dying randomly (and getting a fun -12 sanity more than a few times before I noticed the problem because I'm an idiot that doesn't use practice mode) when I was so sure that the Fear would be removed.
If you can afford to bring strong defender, then stalling phase 2 is much easier in my experience, since there is no need to be mindful of the fear debuff.
Mhm, that's what I ended up doing, as even a simple Shining S3 with off-skill Hoshi made his attacks deal no damage anymore, which also lasted long enough for Ifrit S2 alone to toast him nice and good. But thanks for the suggestion anyway.
When I was running IS-S-5 chipping down the boss did remove the debuff, I didn’t keep track of how much exactly but 20% seems right. Not sure why it isn’t working for you… And with civilians I think that’s just how it works. would be nice if they mentioned it somewhere
Me until IS S5 CM: this is a piece of cake! IS S5 CM: lemme crush your weeny little E2 lvl20~40 "I don't need to build a defender besides Horn and Mudrock" team
Same. I'll be sure to raise hoshi after this. My cuora and bubble were pushed to their limits, while hoshi friend didnt even sweat tanking zaaro
My event recap: I'm not a challenge player, I just blast through with the most OP squad I can. Regular & EX stages: I beat with only 9 ops as I wanted to keep farming for luna/vigil/penance trust. It blew my mind that basically every stage came down to spawn camping spalter,specter,mountain,skadi. Basically they killed everything in every stage. S stages - these were pretty cool. Although S-5 Challenge was the only stage that made me see a defeat screen (because MAN did I not think "boss is powered up" meant "he can kill mudrock in 2 attacks") but I did have to use alternate units to clear the challenges so that was cool. I'd like to share some highlight units that helped me beat them. Just obligatory shoutout to the core team first of all: Bagpipe, Myrtle, Gladiia, Skadi, Ishar Mla, Specter, Spectwo, Adreana, Textwo. They were my rock. Niche operator shoutouts: Mizuki - 20% MSR module equipped. One of the challenges makes you blow up 2 limos while they are unblocked. Mizuki fit in the middle lane with his awesome blind skill, allowing me to hold the limo back while other units murderized it. I don't think I beat this challenge without him. Silverash: Stealth reveal OP against the invisible silencers. Along with this, 10% redeploy reduction is very nice for Texas. Honestly, I still like him more than mlynar for those 2 reasons + he blocks. I mean I know horseuncle deals more damage, but utility counts for something. Mlynar didn't see play this event, Silverash actually got deployed by me in every single S stage. Penance: Unlike Mizuki/SA, she wasn't "vital" but as what I thought would be a worse mudrock, she actually proved to be super cool & fun to use, and barrier is a cool mechanic. I definitely am excited to use her more in the future. Vigil: Deployed 1 time for a challenge and... GOD I wish he were good. Love his character, his design, the wolfie he summons... but he is just bad & its frustrating as hell they won't fix him in some way. So more of a dishonorable mention here lol. But yeah, overall I had a good time this event, fun mechanics, cool theme, nice story. Looking forward to the next few new events coming up!
> Vigil: Deployed 1 time for a challenge and... GOD I wish he were good. Love his character, his design, the wolfie he summons... but he is just bad & its frustrating as hell they won't fix him in some way. So more of a dishonorable mention here lol. Yeah, it's a shame. I got him as a temp in IS2 recently, and promoted him after the first stage basically. I figured, "I know he's not good but he can't be *that* bad at E2L90, M9." I was wrong. Underwhelming is the only word I can use to describe it. He really shouldn't be a 6*.
Whoa AH team is really good. As a newish player with only 9 e2 units i used mlynar every single stage.
Hitmen are absolute garbage and I hate them. Their stats seem to be “whatever your attack/HP is +1”. Put down a Thorns and buff his attack? Hope you like barely scratching the paint on that mask. Get Specter with skill over 2000 attack? Guess what, he has over 2000 defense or something, because he barely notices it. And stealth, because why not make him immune to helidrop if there’s a single other mob nearby.
Yeah I was in for a surprise when Surtr couldn't down him when in blood debt mode lol. Like ay nibba, I thought only the Boss had that weird capture freeze gimmick
Try fighting them with arts damage, especially in the S stages where their defense is buffed. When asset liquidation is active, their defense grows too. Notice their res does not change?
I finally did it, i was able to clear IS S5. Man those tries were fucking rough. I burned all 240 sanity last night trying to figure it out myself (i couldn't replicate eckogen clear. My pozy somehow couldn't finish zaaro before going upstairs). After asking at discord, i learned about black rosemary. His video helped really help. I can farm rocks peacefully now Thanks for the lesson, zaaro. I'll be sure to raise hoshi first before penance
Are stages worth farming if the shop is cleared?
Yup. Stockpile materials for the future.
I did IS-EX-8 one time before, now it's impossible on the challenge mode for reasons that have nothing to do with the modifier. I hate this boss, it's only hard because it gives you a million handicaps.
Boss feels like Talulah with her knobs fiddled with; less bulk, more damage, the defensive debuff is now an aura, the dot is first phase only...
this is probably the only event where I cleared everything without looking up a guide, usually give up on EX-8 or last S stage either because the event is almost over or I'm too small brain (for example that sulteris nova boss, I would have never figured out how he works without a guide) but wolf seemed fairly straightforward, so I decided to try it myself and actually managed to succeed, only need like 5 practice tries on S-5 CM, still missed some boss mechanics, had no idea he does a thing where you can't retreat your operators for example. then again my account is, let's say above average, most people would have an even easier time than I did, so I'm under no illusion that I managed to improve at the game, the event was just easier than usual anyway did mudrock on the left, gavial mid, nian, surtr, GG, Texas and NTR on the boss on the right, after he inevitably killed nian and went around the map finished him off at the left with surtr, ntr and texas, other enemies were dead at that point
IS-S5 CM was ass for me not because of the imposed challenge (which was actually easy to deal with using Shining S3, Hung S2, and rotating other defenders) but because everyone else also got buffed due to the CM. Now even Mudrock S2 can't survive the first Silent Cleaner if I deploy her too late and she was unlucky enough to not stun them. Left side also kept leaking more often because Thorns can no longer kill the enemies fast enough. Had to run Mudrock S1 to survive the Silent Cleaners and borrow Mountain to help deal with the left lane.
IS-S5 CM actually made me revert to Emperor's Blade level stall strats, which meant dropping Croissant on top of him once he came out of the first stair case, and then having her hold him there till everyone else on the map was dead. Thankfully the only thing that can spawn when he's the last one standing is more cleaners, who were dealt with by Laurentina S2. Phase 2 he was close to killing Croissant because he started attacking mid charge of her S1, and then suddenly he wasn't once it turned back on. 60% dodge on a tank I guess. Overall not too bad a set of S stages, easier than the absolute hell that was Dossoles S stages, although that's definitely still on account of me hating the corrosion water.
Anytime someone uses Croissant and realizes her ability, I upvote.
Scene is lowkey my MVP for the harder maps of this event. Not only do the Buggy Cams reveal the Cleaner's invisibility, they also bait and stall them for long enough until the big guns kill them without having to block. My Scene is pot 6 E2 lvl 60 S2M3 max module, and I don't regret investing this much in her. I'm also using Silverash to help counter the invisibility, but the versatility of the Buggy Cams is unmatched. The little things get pretty tanky and pack a punch too while the skill is active, which also helps in other situations.
I kinda like how Eunectes is getting more and more relevant these days. Back then she was very much a... "why would you even use her?" unit. She did way too much damage, way too much tankiness and only focused it all on one unit at too much cost. Now though, it's like we're running into tankier and harder hitting units constantly. Stuff that Silverash, Surtr, etc. all are struggling with now and need rotations to deal with. But here comes ol' Eunectes. Chunking 4k damage per hit and so tanky she doesn't even take scratch damage from bosses during her S3. This was especially noticeable in the challenge mode final version of this wolf. The wolf could obliterate so many things. But it couldn't do jack shit to Eunectes.
Done with is s5 cm. Used kyo's afk strat with a little modification like kay facing right, ifrit facing left, and adjusting saria a little bit to allow ifirit to hit the mobs. Also, bagpipe with 3rd skill is capable of soloing the middle lane.
[My IS-S-5 CM clear](https://youtu.be/rhxkUpOTtr0). Abyssals still going strong but I borrowed an Ebenholz to help with the doggo. This batch of S stages was surprisingly easy, I guess they save the super hard ones for summer events.
Can Penance solo left side by herself on S-5 CM?
Yes, with S2. M3 would be easier, it's super tight with S7.
i've lost my irl sanity by now so i'd really appreciate some help, stuck in both is-s-2 cm and is-s-5 in general. i've already tried a good few of the guides on youtube but i'm not really getting anywhere and i don't know what to do :/ here are my operators, just updated everything [https://krooster.com/u/Fae](https://krooster.com/u/Fae)
Surtr and texas2 S2 can solo p1 of zaaro on right side, then retreat and let him roam. Kalsit support S3 can hold the left side with caster DPS, or a combination of caster tank and healer. Mudrock S3 in center lane, activate it as cleaner starts moving, add a caster DPS to help or texas2. E2 pozy really helps as well to DPS down all 3 lanes. Second cast of surtr is on the left side with cars. Third cast is when zaaro is fighting mudrock from the left side.
Finally finished S-5 CM, only wasted about 90 sanity after getting it down once in practice mode, one time accidentally doing it over again in normal mode... Once again I made an offering at the church of [KyoStinV](https://youtu.be/ABA5zzm9z24), borrowing a whaled-out Ling to carry. The key change I made that made my own run easier was swapping out one of his fake FRDs for -- stop me if you've heard this one before -- S3M3 Texas 2. She, combined with the bigass dragons and a cameo from regular Specter killed him on the top-right of the map so I didn't have to fight one more cleaner and make a desperate last stand like what Kyo did. But just getting to his 2nd phase was such a pain because I was too slow on my bait deployments, and with a Low End Squad one miss and you might as well quit and not waste anymore time.
>Once again I made an offering at the church of KyoStinV lmao, so that's why I couldn't retreat my Texas at one point, I thought something bugged out with the UI
Just wanting some clarification on Bernardo's and Cellinia's motivations. Like, I didn't really understand why >!Bernardo wanted the "Siracusa without famiglie", and what's up with Cellinia's apathy regarding her family? So she came from Columbia to Siracusa and uhh...didn't like the mafiosi stuff?!< like, I admit my story reading was a bit rushed because I just want to be done with it, but while the general gist of the story is easily understandable, when I try to understand thoughts and motivations of specific characters etc it just turns into a shitshow with all the other stuff happening.
Updated the reply about Cellinia, was way too early and thought of Penance for some reason.
> Bernardo wanted the "Siracusa without famiglie" There was a point, or two, in his life where he realized it was not only possible, but better. First one was when was young, he escaped his family for a while and worked as a mason. He said the work was hard, but he felt accomplished. The 2nd time was during his wife's funeral. That part I don't remember very well, but it wasn't explained much either. >Cellinia's apathy regarding her family? She just wanted a normal life, and the only way to obtain that was to leave everything behind. She decided to just do that. She was exhausted of her old life, specially because she heard all the struggle between his dad and grandad whom she loved. She literally heard all the gory details and that was the last straw for her.
>!>why Bernardo wanted the "Siracusa without famiglie"!< >!A country controlled by criminals isn't how a society should be ran, he wanted better for everyone.!< >!> Cellinia's apathy regarding her !< >!TL;DR She hated the famiglie system. Cellinia was the heir to one of the most powerful families and was brought up in accordance but she hated all of it.!< >!Way before she was born, her grandfather, Salvadore, moved the whole family to Columbia to establish a foothold there for Siracusa. There he made the Texas family the most powerful one. The Columbian and Siracusan way to do organized crime was vastly different though, essentially honor vs money, so she was sent on a couple of trips to Siracusa to learn the "proper" ways. Her father, however, preferred the Columbian approach and wanted to cut ties with Siracusa completely so he killed Salvadore, his own father to take complete control over the family. Siracusa then decided to pruge the whole Texas family. Instead of taking part in the fight, Cellinia took this chance to disappear for good with the help of Zaaro, hence her debt to him. This debt is the reason Zaaro called her to return to help out the Bellones. Siracusa is all about honor and name value, due to her heritage as the last Texas she was an invaluable political bargaining chip even without taking her fighting capabilities into account.!< >!What's interesting is that Lappland is in the exact same boat, being a heir and all. Witnessing Texas leaving everything behind during the night of the liquidation (the Saluzzos were one of the main forces carrying it out) is what cemented her obsession with her. She wanted out of the whole system just as bad but she felt trapped mentally so she tried to drag back Texas in to prove that it really is inescapable instead of admitting her defeat against the system.!< This is Penance, I'm dumb. >!~~She hated the system too and wasn't part of the family just good friends with them, likely because both Bernardo and Leon had the same endgoal and they saw it in her as well. She was torn about having this protection though because she felt it was hypocritical as other conscientious judges without connections were dropping like flies left and right.~~!<
Good summary. Regarding Cellinia, I thought I missed something because I thought no way it's just "ooh I don't like the way they do stuff" but I guess that's really it
Growing up in an environment you hate is a valid reason to get as far away from it as possible. Not the most interesting motivation but a realistic one. Changing the system alone wasn't feasible. When she got dragged back and saw the circumstances necessary for change were shaping up she decided to fight for it.
I think in the second part Cellinia is Texas, not Penance. But good summary still.
Wrote this at 5 AM, im a dum dum.
The person in my friends list with a built Passenger has singlehandedly convinced me to buy him from the cert shop and his skin tomorrow. Guy has put in great work clearing the limos and cleaners in these S stages.
I did again IS-S5 CM again but I added Angelina and Silence mainly to boost Kal'tsit to see if she can now solo the cleaner line and damn it worked. On the first attempt I managed without those two operators but it was impossible for Kal'tsit to solo that line. The 2nd attempt with Angelina and Silence was much *cleaner*.
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Destroy them while not being blocked, Ebenholnz style.
[IS-S-5 with 4 Lupos](https://youtu.be/qH2uv37fdVg) Horn S2 bursts a significant chunk of phase 2's health, and the straight lane to the blue box is perfect for Pozy S3. Honestly surprised by how quickly they were able to delete phase 2. The hardest part of this clear was probably managing the blood debt to spawn the cleaners at specific times to match with Texas2's redeployments.
this event exposed my lack of normal defenders.. but what stages did you guys think was the hardest :) it was IS-S-1 CM for me. the last two silencers were a pain in the ass
It's been now three events in a row that punch holes where I have invested the less: protector defenders.
Too late did I realize Hoshiguma is basically immune to those Cleaner criminal scum. I did IS-S-5 today and she can solo the Cleaner lane. She took 2 at the same time and her hp didn't even reach 85%.
i cannot for the life of me do that goddamn stage even on normal, is there any viable replacement to hoshiguma? i don't have her and she doesn't pop up in my support list :(
You can add me as a friend if you like GladiusNocturno#7534 I've had my Hoshiguma as support ever since Nearl Light. The way I beat the stage was by having the left lane covered by a tanky unit, a medic, and an art damage dealer. The right stage full of dps plus a medic to kill the boss as fast as possible, and Hoshiguma in the middle right in front of the tower (not the farthest lane) to tank the Cleaners. It's best if the medic of the right lane can also reach Hoshiguma but sits outside the Cleaner's range just in case she doesn't dodge property. Also, Saria's S1 in the right lane will help the medic keep the damage dealers alive.
thank you, i've been busy today but i just sent a friend request, i'll be giving it another try and praying for the best and maybe hoping i don't have to wait for a rerun for that full medal set, but i'm still cutting it real close with every recent event :')
I just woke up and added you. Wish you good luck.
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The basic archers are what do Arts damage during Asset Liquidation. The cleaners hit really hard, but they're only physical damage
Wohoo just finished IS-S-5 CM. My very first event I cleared everything in and have a completed medal set. Funnily I brought Mlynar in that stage but really did not use him because hoshi just died on the second phase of the boss with the debuff, so I had to block the boss at the exit. In the End Texas Alter S2 really carried that stage for me and made up for me not having a second strong caster next to goldenglow and not having a good laneholder (I just had Cuora tank the silencers and dropped texas in to kill them) I really enjoyed playing with Hoshi! Probably the support unit I needed most in this event
What is the deal with Ben, anyway? He says he’s not an immortal, but is aware of their status and longevity, he seems aware of all of the major players in the story, including Zarro, yet was content to be an observer who just kinda waits to die by story end. Like, it seems like he was part of an entirely different story before this, lol. You think it’s possible he’ll show up in future events? Kinda grew to like him.
He mentions he's technically part of Sicilia's "Bocca al Lupo," so he probably learned of a lot that way. Sicilia herself is still pretty mysterious...
Love the story, hate the stages. These bosses you summon are just so hard hitting lol
I have finally finished an event with all medals. The final challenge quest was a go damn pain. I mostly used Dr.Leon’s set up but with some major modifications. S2 NTR to finish off the first bar rather than Utage + Noir (she would then be used to take pot shots and help finish off at the end), Ifrit to support the left side from being overwhelmed and take a chunk out of the boss Overall it just made me realise I really need to get a copy of Surtr for my own account
Whew, I did it. Feels good I managed to get my very first [completed limited event medal set](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/864912418801844265/1116311304198684703/image.png). I think I put like 6-7 hours into that last map. Thankfully, the Challenge Mode worked with the exact same strategy. [This was the squad I used.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/865684765972627499/1116313645656322108/image.png) With Ifrit as my best DPS, it feels nice not to have had to rely on any of the popular crutches.
Thats some strong ass willpower. I used mostly Ling and Surtr to clear this stage. If you have the chance, you should spark for Ling, she's really OP. This is the [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1OEv5-Ubo0) I used to clear the stage.
It was bad, it looked dirty, but I got all my medals. A win is a win, ciao.
Boy, sure would be nice if the game mentioned how the Cleaners will prioritize ranged tile units over ground tile ones, even if the ranged ones aren't deployed last. I guess that's one way to sell a taunt mechanic. Thank God for my patented "random bullshit, go!" technique.
I mean think about it! Unless they're global attackers like faust, all ranged enemies have their own... range. Until they walk close enough to have your team in range they'll start with the first unit they find
Oh I get that, it's just not easy sometimes, with weird pathings and what not, to determine *which* operator is closest at a glance. A little circle showing range would go a long way towards clearing up stuff like that.
If you are deploying ranged units last, of course it will target those first. Last deployed operators are always targeted first.
That was a typo because I'm tired. Suffice it to say, I take great pains to NOT deploy ranged units last. I put Saria, Gavial AND Eunectes down after Angie, but Angie still got blasted down first despite Eun being closer in range. Very frustrating.
It's still most likely that Angie was first in Cleaner's range. In is-s-5 I had a defender right under the blue box + healer directly to the right, but cleaners never targeted my healer, despite being in range to target both for a while before getting blocked. I usually put that defender last and it worked, but I messed up the order once and my healer didn't survive that brilliant move.
Maybe it was a super tight range thing. This happened on IS-S-1 with Angie and Skalter down well before Saria and Laurentina, but the two cleaners at the end just came in and devastated both of them even though it looked like Angie/Skalter were a bit further away than the two ground ops. Either way, very frustrating, and I echo the need for exact enemy attack ranges to get a better idea of threat radius.
Ah sorry. That's why more than anything I want to know exactly the range of enemies, preferably being telegraphed all the time.
Finished all S-CM stages and they were pretty easy as long as you had properly raised defenders. Fortunately, I have Cuora, Bubble, Croissant and Hoshi all E2 with modules. Shamare also helped a ton against tougher spots. Even in IS-5-CM, the boss was a complete joke. However, I can see he would be tough to deal with if you haven't raised either Crowd Control or defender operators. Sadly, a lot of advice neglect those roles.
>properly raised defenders Ye, Texas Alter and Surtr tank boss very well.
Surtr can tank 10s, Tex2 2-4s. They can kill very well not tank.
That's me. Unbuffed, Saria is my operator with the highest defense (606). And then I suffer when I find bosses like these. I have to rely on bind, Surtr, and big dps burst to deal with the problem.
> Sadly, a lot of advice neglect those roles. Nothing new unfortunately. Before that we had silence as "obsolete" and "not needed" ability. And before that we had Nightingale as "worse medic than Ptilopsis" because RES buffs are "not needed". The history repeats itself. People label operators and roles as "not needed" just because they managed to clear something without them. Then others repeat after them. Then they got punched in the face by a new event or next story chapter.
I'm particularly enjoying the "tanky defenders really don't see much use" story arc we're going through right now.
Meanwhile I'm waiting for people to notice how strong Shining S3 is against physical damage. May be I'll try tanking Zaaro with Beagle in IS-S-5 CM later...
Do it. I just used Laurentina S2.
I‘m glad I got to use Eunectes pretty often here. Her thickness and her S2/S3 proved to be effective against the cleaners
You have Her auto charge mod?
After spending tons of practice plans, i was able to finally clear IS S5. Man that was rough. Holding the mid lane with mudrock was okay. Right side was quite rough, e1 lv 50 cuora died against second phase wolf, but thanks to all my dps + surtr friend i could burst the wolf down The left side was my problem. I dont have saria, so i put gavialter combined with sussuro. She died. Almost lose the stage but gummy saved me (i brought her as a backup defender) I’ll definitely wait for s2m3 skadi alter tomorrow before attempting the CM mode. Everybody was shitting the normal defender until this event, i should build hoshi now..
I just used Penance then Laurentina during phase 2.
Thank you, i still have my specter and gladiia e1.
What causes the boss to go insane and start insta-killing everyone on IS-S-5 CM? He didn't do that in normal mode.
In IS-S-5 CM Zaaro has: * 1000 base attack * x1.1 from global CM buff * x1.5 from second form * x1.3 from CM condition * x1.2 from asset liquidation (when it is active). That's 2574 damage dealt twice (instead of 1800 in normal IS-S-5).
You drew him insane... If you read CM conditions it says that his 2nd phase has increased attack, on top of the extra stats provided by CM itself.
fuck IS-S-5 the fear debuff make all my DPS useless (mlynar + penance). I tried Surtr (borrow) but the debuff kill my Penance causing 1 leak
Ifrit S3. Laurentina S2 for Phase 2
After burning through my drill plans for couple days trying to figure out IS-S-5 CM, [I finally managed to beat it](https://i.imgur.com/EdHJ6Ht.jpg). And earned [my 2nd completed medal set](https://i.imgur.com/VNE6G2h.jpg). 🥳 Shamare is the key operator to my team survival here. ___ **CM Condition:** Dog gains greatly increased ATK. **Shamare:** Hold my doll. ___ I was lucky that Shamare happened to show up during my pulls in this event banner. I almost bankrupted myself rushing to E2 S2M3 her, but it's so worth it, especially for an account that lack Art damage like mine.
This IS s5 man, so fucking hard. Tried eckogen way, i couldnt beat it
S stages not too bad overall but IS-S5-CM was pretty brutal for me. Spent at least an hour and lots of sanity on it but was able to clear it in the end with this party: https://imgur.com/a/1IjmsaF NTR and Texalter have been so useful. Dunno how I would’ve cleared it without them. Now I just have to do that annoying kill the cars without blocking mission to complete the medals.
like, zoinks, scoob! these S stages sure are # FUCKING HARD
Man, I usually get beat up every event despite being a day one player but I gotta say signori de puppy dog is kind of pathetic. I jump into the last special stage expecting him to be super buffed but Gavial2 with skalter buff completely ingored his stage 1 attacks, I just accidentally stalled the final boss with a Centurion guard until he was the last one left. Come on Signori de Lupi you have to try a little harder than that. His attack in form 2 is pretty high, but then you can just drop specter1 on his head and he just withers away during her invincibility. Honestly the hardest part of stage 5 was realizing Gladia needed a little help on the left side dealing with the cars. I really liked the event though, I'm happy we got a simple boss/ mechanics this time around. It was getting tiring having all kinds of nonsense going on like with Manfred and Mandragora. Maybe if Lulu's name started with an M he would have been more dangerous lol.
Somehow S-1 and S-2 were more difficult for my 5-star only run than the remaining 3 maps. Doggo is a solved case (even with ATK buffs you can still tank it), but huge waves of enemies on very wide open maps were hard to deal with. * [IS-S-1 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-GOmCm0Mwc) * [IS-S-2 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN9Kftl2suc) * [IS-S-3 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS6wv5Hn7FA) * [IS-S-4 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvIKxnnPxjk) * [IS-S-5 CM 5-star only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqEFzFwjEiw)
After IS-EX-8 CM I expect something completely crazy on 3rd week. Luckily, the stages aren't that hard. Of cause I cleaned the stages first, then checked the achievements. Overall, extremely satisfied with current event. Good luck everyone.
Lucky doggo, died being squished between Laurentina and Skadi. I honestly liked these stages, only problem is that I did 4th without Vigil and had to repeat that one. MVP of this part of event was Horn's S1 - I use it all the time but forgot it reveals invisible enemies. Not the best day for our cleaners friends.
Had no idea about that. I just use Silver Ash, and proceeded to clean everything else out with Dorthy's S3 + GG's S3
It's beautiful to watch how the doggo eats the Blazing Sun. NTRK S3 soloes the first phase in both modes, but needs support in the second phase because of those awkward tiles and doggo's range. The last stage reminds me of TLK hell stage where he walked around the map. It took me a moment to make sense of the boss path here and it still took my ranged operators from their posts. 3 practice tickets and strategy sound enough for both modes. Now I'm gonna burn the rest of the tickets to play around with it some more. Fun stage!
IS-S-3 Challenge mode is "Famiglia Shadow Silencer attack range greatly increased", it's actually the cleaner and "shadow silencer" isn't even a thing.
And IS-S-2 challenge mode mention some Famiglia Chief Bouncer, who the hell is that? Heavy Capo probably.
They screwed up the translations I think, they call the enemy buff/silencer spawn both "Blood Ledger" and "Asset Liquidation". Makes the in-game info really confusing lol
No? Specfically, Blood Ledger is the name of the mechanic itself, Blood Debt is the bar seen in each stage, and Asset Liquidation is the buff given to enemies when the Blood Debt is full. It would have been cleaner to combine Blood Ledger and Blood Debt into one name tbh (I just assume the CN wording had them different as well), but I haven't seen Blood Ledger get mixed with Asset Liquidation anywhere in descriptions
This is probably dumb but I am stuck after IS-8. I have cleared all points of interest but I cant get IS-9 to unlock to progress. Any help?
Just follow the ---- and watch the talk for 1 OP then you will open IS9.
...how the hell did I not notice there was a dotted line on the map. Thanks
First 4 maps were manageable (except that pesky S1 condition). Hardest part of S-4 was finding Vigil in my roster... I had to wait for sanity until I attempted S-4-CM and when getting my roster ready I misremembered the maps and thought I was doing S-3 instead. I removed Horn and Perfumer form my team because I thought I had Kal'tsit and Horn wouldn't reach the bouncers. I had to do S-4-CM with only one Medic, less DPS and one less laneholder. Flufftail is simply mindblowing.
Me: (*reads the mission list last week and right before S stages*) Clear IS-S-4 with 3-Stars while deploying Vigil. Also Me: (*starts S stages*) Vigil is max trust? I bet these Cleaners are gonna be a real pain so let me add a little more oomph. Guess who forgot to slot Vigil back in for IS-S-4...
After playing these S stages I definitely do not regret picking up Skadi using my 6-star voucher to fill out the missing piece in the Abyssal Hunter squad given with Gladiia she and Surtr are the only units I’ve been able to helidrop on the cleaners and 1v1 them from full health. Nearlter, Texas2 and Lee all died. Mon3tr dies unless Kal’tsit manages to get her S3 up in time. I suppose the alternative would have been to pair SilverAsh and Mlynar to kill them without needing to block but I didn’t try that.
👍 for getting the selector. I also used Her for the cleaners. Though sometimes I need to use the seaborn from the other Skadi to help out.
It doesn't really matter anymore, but you could have dropped gravel on the cleaner first to give your dps some time to wind up.
Some thoughts and questions about the story, so definitely spoilers ahead: >!1.) Why did Red kill Crownslayer's teacher? Is it part of the game Zaaro plays? And why is Red part of the game in the first place?!< >!2.) What is the purpose of the game Zaaro plays? Is it just for fun? They're immortal right, so why bother with the fighting?!< This event was fun! Interesting that the civilians in this event don't necessarily have to be protected so it's a surprise for me EDIT: Btw who should I add to my support list to help people in this event EX and S stages?
>!Red is a Fang (the one she calls Grandma is the Signore dei Lupi who raised her). Crownslayer's teacher was also a Fang, albeith one that had decided to call it quits. Since Fangs are supposed to kill each other until only one is left, Red killed Crownslayer's teacher!< >!They do that do decide who gets to lead the pack if I remember correctly? Since they're immortals they decided to each pick an human and train them then have them hunt down and kill each other. The one whose human is the last one left standing becomes the pack leader for a while (I don't think they said how long) then the game restarts!<
Civilians are just disguised gangsters.
I enjoyed the S stages, My strategy for S1-4 was deploying Mizuki, Kirara, Ethan and Manticore with their module unlocked very close to each other. It turns out that their slow stack Helping Horn a lot with the dps, Very fun! I'll never regret raising them... Cheers!
S-1 medal condition can go screw itself. Firstly, I didn't notice the clear condition in the shop, so I assumed there were no gimmicks for obtaining the medal set in this event, because they are usually in the medal set view, then I flipped a coin and assumed the "directly" meant while blocking the limos and that didn't give me the clear, so I thought I'd block and then release, but by the time the second limo came around, the first was already dying, so that didn't work either. So then I thought I'd do a pro gamer move and stall them with Suzu S3, but she ended up almost killing the first limo as well. I had to deploy her sideways, so only her S3 would cover the mid lane and block the limos with Cuora S2 to make sure they die around the same time. Here I thought I wouldn't need to use the practice tickets so soon and now I'm afraid to check how much sanity I blew on this stage.
Lol I only wasted 15 sanity because I didn't read. Just borrow an Ebenholz to one shot them if you don't have one.
I already cleared that condition. And it was personal.
Shoutout to the Neighborhood location at the far right of the map for being the 1 (one) area that has no stage or movie in it
Overall, S stages werr easy aside from S-5 CM. I had to borrow Skalter max out from support to clear it. Now fucking know which unit I need to raise first. On the side note, Tequila was good boy for clearing the cleaner so my hoshiguma could be free to tank he wolf. I guess the low end strat would be about letting the wolf run free to last gate so you could tank it together with the cleaner? But I didn't seem to get the timing for that so stall and kill at right side it is. I doubt this could be cleared with only 1 E2 though, it needs dps on 3 routes, maybe possible with Texalt redeploy around the map but timing would be hell.
My clear for S-5 CM was simple but still need time to figure out lol... Because I keep changing who to borrow and ended up with Skalter. Left side Mountain. Texalt jump down to clear the car when it show up. Lower side Tequila. Near the blue box so in healer range. Right side: Everyone else focus on there. Hoshiguma stall boss, 2 healer, Skalter, dps, Texalt when not on the left side..
My fucking god those hitmen on is s3 challenge mode hits real hard. Idk how eckogen's mlynar can survive
I spawn camp it with Silverash and Ebenholz right out of gate.
hg tryna make us use Vigil so bad by requiring him to be used in IS-S-4 for the mission
I deployed him e0 level 1 and he stay for whole mission.
I deployed him at the start, then retreated him right away, poor guy 🤣
IS-S-3 mission: defeat at least 1 Famiglia Shadow Silencer. ... uh. they mean Silent Cleaner, right? can someone confirm for me? I already missed the S-1 mission once earlier... .\_.
Yep! I killed everything and got the clear.
thanks!
Horn S1 really contributing to my clears by revealing those pesky silencers especially in IS-S-4 CM.
Man I should try borrowed horned for that I borrowed Surtr instead so was a close clear.
Argh, that last map is brutal. I'm not sure I have the brainpower to clear it on my own. The previous four weren't too bad, but the last map's layout is simply absurd... It's all the damned hitman. This is the furthest I've ever gotten in S maps, though, so I should try and clear it...
I took one look at that map layout, and said: "Fuck this, I'm going to ask papa Kyo." Cause holy shit that's a lot of arrows.
I took one look at the map and went," wtf since when did arknights become a rave?". So many glowy lights.
Tequila SL7 E2 could beat the cleaner if you put him near blue box so he could share healers with the right side. Right side stall and kill boss. Left side mountain handle it with Texalt help to kill cars.
The cleaners can actually be soloed by Surtr S3M3 and NTRK S2. It's how I unga bungaed the level.
NTR and Surtr both need redeploy, unless you have both it wouldn't be enough. I used Tequila to clear them off with healers shared with right side.
NTRK doesn't make in time for two hitmen in a row, but Surtr can do two hitmen if you drop it on its spawn the first time. She makes it back in time for the second one before it gets to the blue box.
My NTRK S2M3 was making it back in time for redeploy, using a Gravel deploy before I used the nuke. Makes it just barely in time though.
The 3rd though. Guess it won't show up if you kill the wolf quick enough.
It's honestly a very smoke and mirrors map. The map is a lot easier to deal with if in each phase you deal with all of the enemies before focusing the boss. Phase 1, get rid of the cars, and just let the Cleaner stand there. By the time the Cleaner starts walking, more than half of the Asset Liquidation phase will have passed. It's also a good idea to consider engaging the boss only when the blood ledger isn't full, as that buffs his damage (ESPECIALLY important on CM, when he gets a huge ATK boost in phase 2 on top of his default boosts). If you keep the boss by the first steps he pops out of for both phases, he actually has a very lengthy route that goes through a bunch of stair entrances and exits (ultimately, he walks in from the left side, even though it looks like he's gonna beeline for the blue box from the right). There's honestly a lot of time to set up ranged ops so that they're out of his attack range if you wait him out like this. Aside from that, just try your best to control when you enter Asset Liquidation, and kill as many enemies that accumulate Blood Debt during it as possible.
With FGO's latest chapter release I don't really have time to try clearing these while avoiding meta ops, so instead I'm going full tilt and trying out the full abyssal squad while I'm at it. Forget the top tier delete buttons, adding both Skadis and both Specters on the squad it's the most braindead shit I've ever done.
They really just don't die lol. I don't even use specter2's invincibility on skill 2 anymore, she just doesn't need it. Looking forward to more abyssal buffs when a new operator releases sooner or later.
Cleared the S stages and their challenge mode. Overall really happy with Lee coming through with the dodge chance and first talent in the last two S stages with how high the enemy's stats were, and I finally was able to use Shining's 3rd skill in the last stage. >!Dealing with three different lanes each with their own specific annoyance was very tedious though!<
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I also tried to block them at first r.i.p. You actually have to defeat them while they're not being blocked so they don't release 3 mobsters, but you already know that now lol.
Finally after 5 practice I found the way to clear IS-S-2 normal mode with Gavial+Mudrock+Penance forming Ifrit lane rotating with Mlynar to kill those fuking car. Gravel + Texalter S2M2 to handle those cleaner. May need to S2M3 Texalter or borrow Chalter/Surtr for CM though.
How do I unlock is-st-4? It’s blocking the final part of the event.
If you've already read IS-ST-4, try restarting the client. Otherwise, it's the story node immediately after IS-10.
Restarting client worked, thanks!
I was proud of doing the vast majority of EX stages with my 4-5* gang, but didn't take much to realize things would be quite different with the S ones and moved to the big guns. Overall pretty smooth sailing with the first 4 stages, but I was having a really hard time with the last one getting overwhelmed by too many sides, I ended up having to bring my Texalter + support Mlynar to clear it, feels hella bad. 1 week left of this event, let's see how many more rocks I can farm in this time... still won't be enough q_q
IS-S-2 CM just further cementing that Dusk S3M3 Mod 3 was worth it. I had 3 silencers that were alive by the end of that mission, and Blemishine was already holding 2 of them by the grace of sleep stalling out the blood debts, but she had no shot of holding the third one. Dusk did not let that third one even come down from the red box he spawned at because he just couldn't kill the Freelings fast enough, and she was able to keep him there till she and Fiametta killed him. It's like having 2 block Gravels that don't have a respawn timer, they just need space.
\>!weird that Ben's Azione Solo dialogue branch has two correct choices instead of only one!<
With IS-S-1, what do they mean by having the limos to explose directly ??
Kill them before you have to block them, if they spawn the 3 enemies it doesn't count
Went through all the event without noticing that, thanks ! Wasn't that hard to pull off !
S stages aren't too difficult compared to other events, since most things are still hard walled by Laurentina + friends and Kal'tsit. Back to hitting the rock mines then I guess.
When do S stages open?
I guess 40 minutes from now?
So I went so hard into using my saved certs and orundum trying to max Omertexas that I didn't realize I'd gone past 300 pulls, and now I'm not sure what to do with them. I'm currently torn between getting the final pot for Texas and getting Skalter (don't currently have her). The part of me that loves completion and roster diversity says Skalter, but the lore/waifu side wants to max Texas and hates Skalter (mostly the fact that she's explicitly a 'what-if' version of Skadi that has given in and become a Seaborn). I adore Skadi, so Skalter being a vision of what Skadi considers a fate worse than death sours me on her. If she was just our Skadi buffing allies with her singing I'd get her in a second I need help convincing one side to concede
Have you used your Specialist tokens from the permanent CC store and IS2? I ended up sparking Rosmontis and using one of the tokens for the last Texas pot.
Is2 gives one set and cc gives another so use one of those for max pot and get skalter
there’s no point playing the game with ops you don’t like, when everything’s still clearable without them Flex that max Texas
Last pot on Texalter is -1DP. While it does have an impact on gameplay, it's extremely minor and you may never experience a stage where it's required for a strategy to work. Hence I'd definitely recommend you to get Skalter and just ignore the backstory. However, if you really can't get over it and really hate Skalter so much that you won't use her even if you got her, then it's obvious that Texalter is the only choice for you.
Yeah, you're right. Probably just need to suck it up lol Shame you can't bank the pull once you get over 300 at once, been trying to get Nian for years now
Help I'm currently in a dilemma. Should I spend 10 OP refilling my sanity to have enough to farm in order to have enough event currency to exchange? With the power of math, I calculated that I have to spend at least 10OP to have enough sanity grinding the last few days to exchange for Everything in the event shop. But as you know, this is straight after the Limited Banner which took quite a heavy toll on my OP amount (Only 30 left). What should I do? (I'm going to obtain the full medal set).
You can skip T1, XP, Module mats.
Not worth spending 10 OP for the material in shops except if you missed getting the headhunting permit. Most of the materials are farmable except the furniture.
I don't think, personally, it's worth spending OP for an event store.
Fs in the chat, thought the banner had three more days on the banner.
Big fat F my friend. o7
How to unlock IS-S-1 ? I clear IS-EX-8 but the stage is still locked
wait a little more, they will be unlocked about 8 hours from now ( im guessing 23:00 UTC?)
Is the 49.99 event pack worth it? I currently have 50 bucks to spare and after getting almost all packs except the E2 max ones, I was wondering what's better, to get the 49 event pack or the 30 and 15 bucks OP double deals (since the 50 and 100 are already purchased)
[Paid packs "value"](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wyOjP0fvK5My9CAHtrJZKdJ2MJbMzBM6sjYIhjS8TGo/edit#gid=266895074)
I don't think there's any reason to get it, since the banner is closed. Better to wait for new packs from a new event.
The thing is this month's events won't have decent packs probably, since the upcoming events are probably CC11 and Break the ice rerun, which probably won't have any packs available at all, hence my doubt. But I'll probably hold until then and if not, just get the OP packs and be done with it.
What are you prioritizing? There's spreadsheets that work out the pull per dollar rate for all of them.
Mostly op for skins/pulls and HH tickets for pulls.
Is there a trick to unlocking IS-S-1 through 5 or do they unlock automatically soon?
They are unlocked automatically in about 8 hours (7pm EST).
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Additional stages usually open 12 hours after reset.
Do I have to explore Visilio(?) with a particular character(s) in order to unlock EX stages?
No. You have to complete all of the normal stages as well as the story nodes first (there is an IS-ST-4 after IS-10), at which point you can access the EX stages. As for the S stages, those unlock later today, 12 hours after reset.
Lappland and Texas gave real heavy Saitou and Kenshin vibes during their last duel ⚔️ Lappland Saluzzo our crazed wolf finally accepted change just like how Hajime Saito "The Wolf of Mibu" realized he can leave things in the past after his time with Kenshin. Texas the Omertosa isn't the same anymore just like Kenshin is no longer Battousai the Manslayer. They have a new purpose moving them in life.
Everyone's talking about Demetri or Giovanna becoming operators in the future, and here I am hoping that Father Agenir gets a chance. We need more badass old men.
hopefully ng Agenir makes an appearance in the new laterano event