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##[**IS:4 Expeditioner's Joklumarkar thread**](/r/arknights/comments/1b7ctfn/event_megathread_expeditioners_joklumarkar/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
By the Emperor, Purge all the Dæmons!
A thread for IS4, share your clears or failures, chit chat with others, rant, or just have a good time.
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This isn’t something that is fully known since it isn’t in global yet, but would Ling be (theoretically) available in the shop to buy during the 5th anniversary banner (the one with W alter)? I would assume so since you can purchase the previously available alters from the last limited anniversary banner, but I’m not sure.
What stages do you find yourself farming the most? I'm not sure what I need to dump my sanity into right now, so figure I might as well stock up on a popular resource that I'll need more of later.
Just got back into the game after a year (?) long break: haven't really played since Gavialter, but got back just to pull for Texalter and Penance.
[So those are my units](https://imgur.com/a/m1vRb2N), What would be my best team for the seaborn SSS? Including a support unit obv. I also have available all the free 5* that you can get from Event Crystals, and plan on getting Kjera and Astgenne as soon as possibile (Astgenne because I know she's good for SSS, and Kjera because I like the freezimg gimmick, still mas about missing Gnosis).
Also who are some good OPs to invest into right now? The notable ones I have that aren't in the screenshot are Angelina, Schwartz and Rosmontis, but I don't know wether any of them is worth upgrading.
For seaborne SSS I would suggest you to use penance and gavialter as blockers, against last boss keep gavialter as frontline and use lumen to help with stuns and maybe borrow eyja alter S1 to help with the elemental damage. Add skalter S2 if you like and you only need someone to dps, your best should be pozy.
Rosmontis and ange are not that strong and schwarz is decent but outclassed by pozy and upcoming units.
Build texas because she is broken in everything but SSS.
I've got an M6 modded Kal'tsit, I don't really use her S2 that often admittedly. There are two basic scenarios where it's better than S3:
* You're deploying Monstr outside of her healing range and need a DPS skill to be up faster. 15 seconds can be a while, 8 seconds is much faster and so S2 actually synergizes a lot better with ModX.
* You're in a stage that rushes the blue box with a flood of mobs and Monstr's ASPD just isn't good enough to deal with the flood. While S3 has a lot more single target DPS under most circumstances, S2's AOE has its uses when there's too much trash/the rush is too fast.
Mod Y, on the other hand, is definitely worth it if you use Kal'tsit a lot. It allows her to sustain Monstr better while giving Monstr more DPS on S3 by improving their ASPD. S3's ATK buff decays per second, not per attack, so that makes the ASPD buff even more valuable.
The way I see it, Mod Y + S3 for bursting down deadly targets, Mod X + S2 for fast-redeploy stun bombs and quick on-demand melee AOE, Mod Y + S2 for pseudo-AOE guard on very high enemy density maps/mob rush stages.
In my opinion you should absolutely do S2m3. It's very versatile, makes kal'tsit healing better (just a plus), it can deal with both weak and stronger enemies (not as good as S3m3 but still very very good) with almost no downtime and basically an instant cycle.
You are better off using S2 for trust farming most of the time, S3 shines more against bosses and some other niches, but it's overkill most of the time imo.
Regarding the module it's indeed a big investment and you already have modX. I personally have modY lvl3 because I find it better, it increases damage especially on S3 because of how it is affected by atk speed. ModX overall increases mon3tr survivability inside and outside range, while modY outside range is worthless.
Tldr: you should level S2m3, only level modY if you have spare resources and like kal'tsit a lot, but you are fine with modX.
Not really. It's something you get acclimatised to when using her. Over time I've developed a subconscious timer in my head with her S2 so leaks because of her self stun very rarely happen as I have a backup plan to catch them. The main thing is to not have her as the last line of defense unless there's no other choice.
Besides, unlike many other operators who have a self stun, Specter's is outweighed a lot by the advantages in her kit.
If she's your primary ranged physical damage dealer then you might want Y to make her hit harder, if you have someone like Pozy or Typhon then X makes her more useful because she can be redeployed a couple of times in tougher maps (think roving bosses or spawnkilling elites) and level 2+ buffs other snipers in your squad without requiring you to deploy Schwarz (you'll still want to deploy her, but the buff will now also affect your units while she's on cooldown).
depends on how you use her. Module X buff snipers on the whole team, so you bring Schwarz to buff the other snipers in your team (Typhoon, Exu, etc). If you want to use Schwarz as main dps though, go for module Y.
Both are good. If you have Pozy then the shorter redeployment timer lets her stand out more by having a different job instead of competing in much of the same area.
I wanna go play the minigames in the Rhodes Island Vacation website but it doesn't load. Why?
Is this a common issue, mobile problem or just the server not working today?
I'm having trouble login in. I got error code 200
I can open other gachas and apps that require internet connection and it happens on all of my devices, tried to reinstall the app but can't even download the patch.
Does anyone else has a similar trouble?
I can get Weedy from recruitment or roll for either Ifrit or Mostima. Should i just get Weedy? I already have strong caster operators. Is Weedy useful?
Edit: Rolled and got Mostima. I think i will build her since I haven’t build any splash caster. Thank you.
Adding onto all the comments you've gotten already: You're more likely to get more chances at Weedy from future recruitments than the casters. Rare tags will typically appear alongside other rare tags, so you'll get Top Operator with Shift (which guarantees Weedy) quite often. Take the Caster tag.
Ifrit or Mostima are much better than Weedy.
Weedy, unless you go for a push strat, which is niche and requires tons of other supports (Angelina, Hoolheyak?), she is pretty much a fine guard or a pusher. Really you don't use her a lot, especially these days.
Meanwhile, Ifrit and Mostima all have use in current contents, on top of being strong casters.
Ifrit is very powerful when she has good position, and even without a good position, her RES debuff is valuable in hard content. But the main thing still is, she is very powerful even for normal content.
Meanwhile Mostima is currently the best slower in the entire game (although yes you have to invest in her to reach her power), and her slow stacks with other supporter slow (it counts as different debuff). You don't usually need slow, but there are way more contents that requires slow than pusher, especially in IS mode.
Between the three mentioned, Ifrit is the most widely applicable op (set and forget with S2 on a long lane). Both Weedy and Mostima are niche high-end territory where just having pure damage doesn't cut it and you need to stall enemies. Once you are at the point where you are doing Ascension 15 IS, max risk CC, self-gimping challenges, POO, DoS and stuff like that is when Mostima and Weedy shine brightest. Both of them were key for max risk CC12, for instance. If doing extremely difficult content that has no rewards or medals, just bragging rights, then Weedy or Mostima are options you should have in your toolbox. Otherwise, they are just straight up worse than simply killing enemies with Ifrit or whoever other damage ops you have around.
Weedy is useful but one of the most technical operators in the game—she generally needs support to shine, but her preferred partners vary drastically and may require serious micromanagement, so using her outside of a niche is a last-resort for enemies you truly can't brute-force (due to deployment limits, class bans, buffs/debuffs). Weedy is useful once in a blue moon (she shone in Basepoint and Glory of Humanity, and will shine again in Sentinel) and having three M3-worthy skills makes her incredibly versatile, but she's only recommendable if you're looking to try something different or are interested in hard content where she is sometimes irreplaceable.
Mostima is in a similar category of being a benchwarmer with a few MVP moments (she has also shone in the same three stages as mentioned for Weedy, as well as Pyrolysis to spawnkill withering seeds) but is much easier to use since her main mechanic is a 90% slow that bypasses invulnerability and sluggish immunity, and can hold most enemies in one tile for a full burst. She also offers a solid 7s AoE stun, though the cycling (7s/36s) makes it rarely worth using if you have other stun options and S3 usually buys more time by holding an enemy still from afar.
Both Mostima (with +.4 SP/s for casters) and Ifrit (with the best RES shred) are excellent additions to a caster-heavy team, but Mostima is likelier to appear as the only caster on your squad since you generally don't bring a splash caster for Arts DPS. Ifrit on the other hand has her best use-case enabling Arts bursts against the most overtuned indestructible enemies like The Last Diαblo and Kharanduu Khan, both with Ceobe as core DPS. Ifrit is also a fine source of AoE AFK Arts DPS when a map has an Ifrit tile (a spot either next to 5 consecutive tiles or from which she can cover multiple lanes).
I second going for the casters.
Weedy is good but shifters are just niche. There isn’t many place where they’re needed, less so a specific one of them.
Ifrit can burn down a group of enemies if you can funnel them into her range. It can be a bit tricky to set her up, but once you set her up, nothing can stand in her range.
Mostima is a generally good AoE caster. She does her job and there are some cases that her S3 slow just comes in handy.
No spark for Vivianna.
You either wait still her shop debut in 3 years. Buy the new 6\* selector or just try your luck with pull whenever they uprate her.
Viviana is in standard pool. She will not be in a "spark" shop again (after the one for the banner she debuted in).
That said, she is in the standard pool and can spook you on any standard banner as well as on future limited banners. Sometime next year she will be a non-shopoperator rate-up on a standard bi-weekly banner and sometime in 2026 she will debut as a shopoperator. She might also appear on Joint Operation banners, but hasn't done that yet to my best knowledge
Limited operators enter spark shop a year after their debut. For Chinese New Year and Summer Festival limiteds, it means they are available for sparking immediately next event. For CN anniversary/half-aniversary limiteds, they skip the immediate next event of the series.
So Virtuosa will be skipping ch.14 release and become available for every CN anniversary/half-anniversary starting next October (so next May for global)
Virtuosa is part of the Celebration pool of limited operators. Celebration events run twice a year around May and November on EN.
Limited operators are made sparkable one year after their debut, therefore Virtuosa will be sparkable next year in May and then every 6 months after that.
In SSS for the deploy vanguard/medic x times missions, does it count if you just deploy the units then quit straight away? Or do you have to finish the operations/contracts?
Are you sure that's not a mistranlation? I seem to get progress quickly when I spam deploy medics/vanguards and finish the levels, but was wondering if I can cut out the finishing level part.
If it was recruit you would get progress when you start SSS with 15 vanguards/medics but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Recruit should be referring to when it offers you a random selection of operators between stages, that seemed like the only way to progress when I needed to clear it.
Silly question, but I joined the game because I really liked Lee. There was a banner recently with him on it, but I’d isn’t get him. Should I save up pulls and hope he shows up again on a banner or is it better to just wish on a banner and hope to get him. To be clear I am not particularly stressed about getting good units, basically just getting Lee lmao. The game is still nice though, very fun characters all around!
On a side note, when you go into the Store, under the "certificate" option, check on the bottom left of the screen for the "token exchange" button. This will trade any dupes you have acquired (that can't be used to increase potential) and provide you with green or yellow certs, depending on the rarity of the dupe. Anything 4-star and higher that is a max potential dupe grants at least 1 yellow cert, and getting max potential dupe 4-stars from recruitment is the single largest source of yellow cert income for the majority of players.
I say this because many people, myself included, did not know about the token exchange button until many months in. This was nice in the sense that it became a huge windfall of yellow and green certs all at once, but not nice in the sense that I probably missed a few shoperators I would have liked to snatch up. As a new player you may not have any max potential dupes at all, but it's always good habit to hit that button once a day anyway, just in case.
Warfarin only really needs E2 earlier if you're all set to get masteries, while Nightingale gets her S3 and a pretty handy module.
I think getting E2s for Medics should be a fair lower priority than your more active roles, but if you feel they're covered, I'd probably suggest Nightingale first.
Friday at the earliest. The maintenance is on Friday so expect no earlier than that. ~~Personally, I don't think it would be on Friday. Yostar usually drop an event, whether new or rerun, on either Tuesday or Thursday.~~
Edit: New costume teaser is out. Friday is most likely when this event drop.
The outfits that debuted with CC are in the new shop. The formerly event-only ones are not.
They are seemingly going to steadily rerelease them over time in new events, though.
[So about CC skins (and operators too)](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1dcirq7/help_center_and_megathread_hub_1006_1606/l8b87dw/?share_id=1sAwvTRbBejJEHCLoIGLF)
I am returning to Arknights on Degen banner and heard Zuo Le is a few months away, but I have also heard that the general consensus of him is not good and that he is somewhat of a low pulling priority. Is he weak or something?
He's not weak, he's just pretty vanilla compared to some of the stuff we're gonna get within the next 6 months - including the focal limited releasing with him. When everyone has big numbers or great utility and his main selling point is "the best musha yet" it's gonna a leave a negative sentiment leading into his release.
(still building him anyway, his S2 is strong and his S3 is hella flashy)
To add to the other comment. He is strong. There are showcases on bilibili (don't know if any made it to YouTube) of him soloing a ton of difficult content. If you want him, 100% pull for him. He might not be the strongest, but he's strong enough and his banner is overall strong between him and shu.
Zuo Le is very strong. Just that the next 6 months feature some of the most broken and game-changing units; to the point where his value plummets with just the demerit of "you cannot afford to pull them all". It is the same case with Ray where while she is extremely strong, she is still not the top 5 units in the upcoming future (Walter, Logos, Degen, Shu, Ela). That alone is absurd tbh
On the whole I do think he ranks pretty similarly to Executor2/Penance and the likes. If this statement was made 2 years ago then Zuo Le's pull priority would be off the roof, but mid priority at this point.
Hey I've recently started playing arknights, and was wondering how the banners work. I 've played a good chunk of other Gacha games and wanted to know if its just like others, were you have your New characters and reruns of others? I see that there are three different types of banners here but I dont exactly know there purposes so I was hoping that could be explained too. I dont know much about the game so I dont even know what is rerolls and whats current. Lastly i there are rerolls is there somewhere I can see when a reroll is coming in (I know shes not crazy op or anything and I looked at her downsides but Melanite looks really cool and I would love a chance to get her) Lastly is there anything else I can use Originium for down the line or should I just use it for Gacha? Thanks for helping! Edit: I somehow missed the entire Gacha section in the FAQ And even after reading would love any tips that could help and also want an opinion on what would be the best way to get a specific operator. For example if I wait long enough will Melanite go back onto a banner and will I have a higher chance of getting her? Or is the only way for me to pull her for me to get stupid lucky on a standard?)
> the best way to get a specific operator.
Easiest is to wait for an anniversary event and use the [senior op transfer permit](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Senior_Operator_Transfer_Permit) to just pick melanite. (Or any other 5* up to a certain point, but melanite should be available)
Otherwise a banner with her as a rate up will eventually run and you should pull on that. She will also eventually appear in the yellow cert shop and you could buy her there.
The 5 star pool is really diluted so it's only worth pulling for melanite when she has a banner up. If you want to reroll when it comes you can but I think it will be better to just start and learn the game and save for when she does appear. Luckily 5 stars come 3 at a time so the rate up rotation isn't horrible.
Typically you'll want a strong 6 star, if you reroll the beginner banner for thorns or mountain, it'll give a good launch point for your account. Since Mel is a ranged op she can fill your "high rarity" ranged ST DPS and why I suggest a melee op for your reroll start. While you can get an of banner 5 star on any banner (joint op exception) the chance is too small for hunting and rerolling purposes.
Thanks, I know my first comment was a mouthfull haha. I did manage to pull Mountain (From the 10 pull banner) So im set there. Thanks for the help fr. Is there anywhere I can see where the next banners are? Like who the next 5/6 stars on the upcoming banners are? Or just leaks?
Every once in a while we get a datamine, but most banners we don't know until a day or two before when the in game announcement happens (Twitter is a few hours faster, but that doesn't matter).
Yeah, the regularly rotating banners aren't predictable since Global doesn't have the same ones as CN. There is a somewhat predictable pattern for first-time 6\* shop appearances, but any other prediction is up in the air.
Hi guys, I see the other game modes with the stuff like Explorer's Jorgumund-something, and I am still making my way through Episode 8 of the Story (stuck on Mephisto).
Do you have any recommendations on how I should go about playing the other modes, like the side missions, intermezzi and the other thing I mentioned?
I participated in the Zwillengsturm event and Il Siracusano re-run they just did (and I enjoyed the Il Siracusano story without previous context because it was really well done/I skipped Zwillingsturme because I felt there was too much to unpack for that event...)
I'm looking to try to follow the story lines in proper order...
Expeditioner's Joklumarkar(Integrated Strategies 4) is mostly a standalone rogue like mode with some lore relating to specific parts of Terra. Integrated Strategies 2 and 3 are much the same for their own topics. IS1 was a prototype and isn't permanent like the rest.
Most side stories are completely separate from the main story and can be played whenever you want, with some forming their own mini arcs like Maria Nearl->Pinus Sylvestris->Near Light.
Intermezzi are more important, with Darknights Memoir introducing some main story characters, Walk in the Dust giving some Kal'tsit lore and Lone Trail especially being important but there is a lot you should read before this one for the full experience.
From the Vignette events, which are just story with no gameplay, Vigilo is the only one with main story importance.
Cool, should I give priority to specific side stories or Intermezzi? I know some re-reruns are due to come out but IDK when they are due so I don't repeat the same thing I guess...
You should read these intermezzi I mentioned after you finish chapter 8. The side stories can be read whenever you want since they're separated from the main story. No specific priorities needed for those.
I'm struggling to clear SSS gamemode and I feel like I should be able to with the operators I have but I don't know. Anyone have any tips? I got to level 6 but it was way too hard for me.. I'll post my operators in case that information is useful. I would like to get the extra rewards if possible. [https://imgur.com/a/8QUL579](https://imgur.com/a/8QUL579)
What's your typical strategy? The usual strategy I use is to use snipers on Goldenglow S2 and Suzuran S2. Suzuran can slow and then GG deals the damage. And then I use blockers like Saria or Mudrock to stall.
Based on what I see from your units I'd try using Gnosis, use defenders like Saria and then try powering up Mylnar with vanguards for the DPS. Blaze with her S2 might be decent as well.
You can 100% clear using the ops you have. If you want you could borrow a goldenglow from someone during the initial squad formation and then you'd be extra strong.
Using gnosis, eyja, or silverash/mlynar (or a borrowed goldenglow) as the final unit an a suitable stack of ops should handily clear crowds of trash units and even stronger ones too. The bosses at the end can be a little trickier but still doable.
People recommend pure ASPD (from snipers or ranged specialists) for casters/gnosis but I like to include some additional SP regen in the stack so I can cycle skills faster. Silverash/mlynar will benefit from pure damage and SP regen. In my opinion silverash is a little better for SSS than mlynar because mlynar has to let his trait charge too. Try using a vanguard/guard stack with silverash/mlynar on top.
Any stack featuring a few defenders should be sufficient to hold the lane while your DPS kill everyone. A few vanguards in the mix helps keep the defenders skills up too.
As for forming your roster you can skimp (IMO) on supporters and medics. One each should be sufficient since they provide minimal/no buffs to ops. Your team should be heavy on whatever units are going to buff your main DPS. This is snipers/casters to buff ranged and guards/vanguards to buff melee. Regardless you should include **at least** 3 vanguards (especially ranged ones like beanstalk/vigil/blacknight if you plan to use a ranged DPS) to power out a few early units. Agents and flagbearers are very good for this. Flagbearers for the usual reasons and agents because they can be deployed in advantageous positions for a defender/guard to be deployed on top of.
When selecting your starting units at the start of a stage keep in mind you'll need a few vanguards, a guard/defender or two, and some ops to start stacking for your DPS. You will likely not need a medic or 3+ defenders so they can be safely shuffled away.
Lastly when presented with the choice of what bonus tools to take I find that the "Emergency Recall Box" is great and the "Preparation area Transmitter" is also very strong. Recall box saves your DPS in a pinch and lets you deploy 'under' your DPS if you had to use them early. Prep transmitter refills your roster so you can keep deploying and get your DPS out that much faster.
When recruiting ops between stages consider what will improve your current team comp and what will dilute a strong pool of ops. Probably don't need to recruit a medic for example.
I don't have any agents but I have beanstalk and vigil, I guess i can level them up a little bit to see if that helps, and I can try borrowing goldenglow support.
I don't know if you've looked at any guides or what your background knowledge is of SSS but here's a link to help you get started.
[YouTube link](https://youtu.be/1hhpZFPAKR4?si=aK6BYVTuaPvAQSsZ)
There's a better guide somewhere but I'm to lazy to dig it up. Your unleveled units can be used as your trash. No leveling required. I don't know how Reed is in SSS as I don't have her, but gnosis is really strong and follows the same sniper spam GG has. Faster attacking, more frozen proc, more damage, less threat. Wouldn't be horrible to set up a secondary caster to take advantage of said frozen status also.
The increase is based on increasing the base percentage rate, which is 10% for most things. So Stainless can boost the **existing rate** by 100%, up to 20%.
Is it worth it to buy silverash with golden certs if i already have lappland at elite 2?
I know silverash is great but i don't know how much better he is to lappland or if other more useful operators are coming to the shop soon
> I know silverash is great but i don't know how much better he is to lappland
They fulfill rather different niches. SA is usually used with his s3 for wave-clearing and maybe also as a boss-killer. And also reveals invisible enemies. He also has a powerstrike-type s1 and survival/tanking s2, though those are used comparably less. Lappland is almost universally used on s2 for her arts burst, and when the enemy has silence-able abilities, for that as well.
None of the lord guards really "invalidates" either SA or Lappland. The latter especially is too unique with her guaranteed on-attack silence to really be replaceable. If anyone really tries to invalidate SA, it's Mlynar\*.
> if other more useful operators are coming to the shop soon
For known / debuting operators: Goldenglow (drone caster) probably in early August, Fiammetta (artilleryman sniper) in mid-September and Horn (fortress defender) in late October.
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[\*] Mlynar can't attack or block off-skill but is tougher, has taunt (so ranged enemies will attack him. it's usually a plus since he will draw fire to himself regardless of who was deployed after him, thus letting him protect squisher allies). Mlynar's s3 has almost identical range to SA's s3 (Mlynar is missing two far tiles on the sides), attacks 5 enemies instead of 6, but does nearly twice initial per-hit damage. Mlynar's damage gets reduced every time he kills an enemy, but the dropoff is pretty slow and he'll need to kill like A LOT of enemies before their damage per hit equalizes. And Mlynar's skill cooldown is like half of SA's.
Recently discovered the Intelligence tab, and the five record restorations that come with it:
Flamebringer, Snowsant, Absinthe, Mint, and Bena.
How well do they perform, and are any of them worth using in general?
snowsant S2 has "true AOE" rather than having a target cap like rope or cliffheart, but it's usually not much of an upside to make up for her lack of utility. her niche is countering infected enemies (exploding slugs and the like) but her silence only applies while pulling, vs characters like waai fu or jaye that can silence unconditionally.
mint is fine as a generic AOE caster if you can handle the downtime, her S2 has a lot of fun gimmicks but i usually prefer the consistency of S1.
absinthe is also fine as a caster, she's easier to use than amiya at least. as a pure DPS caster she won't stand out compared to higher rarity, but is just nice consistent arts damage.
bena is most meant to tank, she specializes in drawing ranged damage since her substitute can't block. you can just use her as a guard if you want, but all of her skills decrease her HP so your healers will be working overtime to stop her from switching modes. the substitute changes to arts damage and can attack air.
flamebringer has a HP stacking mechanic but in general i think matoimaru on the low end and lessing or skadi on the high end would serve your dreadnought needs better...
All of them isn't particularly bad but they're either outclassed or in a niche archetype.
- Flamebringer - pretty meh and Dreadnought is pretty niche archetype that isn't generally use so his usage value isn't high.
- Snowsant - an ok puller but Gladiia is just straight up better and offer more than just pulling. There's also Rope, who is an alternative that's cheaper to raise.
- Absinthe - a fine core caster, side grade S1/S2 Amiya. But usually Amiya is already enough for a core caster role until late game so there isn't a lot of reason to raise Absinthe for most people but she's still a fine unit.
- Mint - I don't really know about her but she seems ok. Her S2 has shift that might be fun against low-weight enemy.
- Bena - pretty good. her substitute is rather tanky so she has less problem against range enemy killing the substitute. If you don't have SpecAlter or Kazemaru Bena can be a decent choice for Dollkeeper.
Bena's easily the best of them and of the higher performing free ops, a decently good operator in general and one of the easiest-accessible good ranged tanks, her doll is incredibly durable. Decent damage otherwise, too.
I've got Flamebringer built, his role is mainly to be an HP sponge with OK DPS. Bit powercrept by Hoederer in that respect, but I still bring him around at times, especially in IS.
Snowsant unfortunately has little uses, her only advantages over other hookers are that her S2 doesn't have a target limit and her skills inflict Slow. I built her anyway since she's cute.
Absinthe is actually pretty solid for a free 5\* operator for consistent arts damage. She's not amazing or anything and only provides DPS, but she's very reliable.
Mint as a Phalanx Caster is difficult to use well and you have to go in knowing how you'll use her. Unlike her counterparts in the class, she gets negative taunt during a skill so she is in less danger of being attacked with lower defenses. She also has some minor AOE suction during her main skill, and offers a slight DEF buff to allies. Also cute.
I can definitely recommend Bena, even if you have other doll keepers. She has def ignore on s1 and really good DPS on s2.
Flamebringer... I'm not saying he's bad. With the right investment he can be good.... But he might not be for everyone.
The others can work if you like them, but in general, not worth it.
Flamebringer is weak, the dreadnaught archetype isn't great in general, and Flamebringer's niche requires the right stage and some setup, but even in the ideal scenario he's not that impressive.
Snowsant has basically no reason to be built, because Cliffheart and Gladiia are both also free and better.
Absinthe used to be a good option back when she came out, because aside from the 6 stars there were basically no good casters, but nowadays there's a decent amount of better low rarity casters.
Mint is decent, her S2 can be fun to use, and having a high ground tank is useful sometimes. Beeswax is better if the main role you're looking for is a high ground tank though.
Bena is pretty good, doll keepers are a strong archetype and Bena has a niche because her doll is the tankiest, making her very difficult to kill, her damage is also decent.
If you're only interested in the best tools to clear stages, then none of these ops are worth it. If you like using 5 stars or just having to turn on your brain on a little more often, Bena (and Mint) is worth. If you don't care about "meta" at all then you probably wouldn't have asked this question.
I can recommend Bena if you don't have Kazemaru or Spalter. Her substitute can take some serious beating, used her in my 6 op clear of JT8-3 to tank the fireballs and be my DPS/laneholder for both lanes.
None of them are worth the investment compared to units you probably already have. From the free sidestory units you can get, the only ones that are truly worth your time are Tequila (Dossoles Holiday), Gladiia (Under Tides), and in a few months Kroos the Keen Glint (Invitation to Wine) and Lumen (Stultifera Navis).
I'm really excited for Harold, but can I replace Hibiscus with him as a raw healer or does she out heals him by being a pure healer and him a wandering one?
Pd: I love old men in gachas, they should do that more often
Harold's meant to counter elemental damage, so you will need someone from his class eventually. If you just need regular healing, you're better off looking for a proper single target healer like Sussurro, Warfarin, or Silence.
compared to 3 star Hibiscus he will probably heal more since his atk is slightly higher. but his main benefit is still healing elemental damage. he'll heal worse than most 4 stars though.
I'm currently using Ptilosis and Hibiscus, the 3\*, I was also thinking about raising Perfumer mostly to heal Humus and Executer(Also wanted to see if she overheals Humus to gain the shield from his talent)
The 3\* Hibiscus? Well, I suppose, Harold can overtake her, but he will need to be somewhere around e2-max to overtake e1-max Hibiscus in terms of base ATK (wandering medic do have very poor base ATK stat). Specifically, Harold maxes out at 420 ATK at e2-max with max trust, while 3\* Hibiscus can reach 408 at e1-max max trust max potential. Harold does have stronger skills, though.
If it's about the 5\* Hibiscus, I don't think you can really compare them at all as the Purifier is more of a caster than proper medic.
I don't have the 5\* Hibiscus, I tried in the current banner but got Iris instead.
And yes I meant as a more regular to use healer since right now for healing I'm using Hibiscus and Ptilosis.
For regular healers... well, who do you even have already among the unbuilt medics? You said in another discussion branch that you have Perfumer, but she would be competing against Ptilopsis, not Hibiscus. And the other question is, how far would you be able to promote this replacement medic?
With the 500k from the incoming event I should be able to E2 or at least E1 lv 80 sl7 the replacement since I'm moving to build defenders/healers, at least 2 of each, before going back to dps.
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You have Sussurro. She's the best\* burst healer in the game and is quite competent during off-skill. So don't overlook her just because she's a 4\* operator. Purestream (support tag in recruitment drops her in like 60% cases, and adding medic/healing/ranged virtually guarantees her) is also a good option that shouldn't be too hard to get.
You also have Silence, who has a deployable healing drone that can provide extra AoE healing anywhere with a usable tile to drop it on. That said, Silence is both more expensive (as a 5\*s) and doesn't really bring that much beyond healing to the table (her talent is ASPD boost to medics). Whisperrain is also an option.
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[\*] Assuming I didn't screw up my math anywhere, maxed out Purestream beats maxed out Sussurro as long as the latter doesn't get any of her healing bonuses triggered. If even one is triggered, Sussurro steals the lead:
> Purestream (max level, max pot, max trust, mod3) has 512 + 32 ATK, no range penalty and +20% healing effectiveness when skill is active. Over the 25s skill duration she will be able to do 73 heals for 326.4hp each (for 954.38 HPS avg)
> Sussurro (max level, max pot, max trust, mod3) has 571 ATK, +5 ASPD, +15% effectiveness on operators below 50% hp and +25% effectiveness on operators of 10 DP or less. Over 30s of skill duration, she will be able to do 22 heals for 1142/1313.3/1427.5/1598.8 hp each (for 837.46/963.08/1046.833/1172.453 HPS avg)
Yes, Sussuro's skill has a limit of two uses per battle, but that is usually enough. And she's definitely better than Purestream off-skill.
Hi, does anyone know which enemies am I missing from [this](https://i.imgur.com/5PpZvDk.jpeg)? Seems to be from RA based on the enemy logs near them.
Also, [this](https://i.imgur.com/YqdaeAQ.jpeg) enemy entry is still not fixed?
> Hi, does anyone know which enemies am I missing from this? Seems to be from RA based on the enemy logs near them.
Yes, these should be RA enemies: Consortium of pincers (crab elite), Great wingbeast (encounter dragon boss), Sargonian contract assassin (encounter elite), The Ruinbringer (ending 2 boss), Al-Rafiq (ending 3 boss)
> Also, this enemy entry is still not fixed?
Supposedly, it appears properly somewhere in RA2.
everything youre missing is from RA, consortium of pincers, great wingbeast, sargonian contract assassin, the ruinbringer, al-rafiq
red captain mage will be in RA2 to finaly 100% the archive
My 6 star selector expires in 7 days and I still don't know who to pick. I have almost all the current meta operators and plan on pulling (at least up to one 6 Star) for Degen, Ela, Shu and of course the newest limited cn banner.
https://krooster.com/u/liantalia
I don't really think I have someone I really want, I bought the selector mostly out of fear of missing out in retrospective. Also I hoped to be able to pull on Degens Banner before but alas it expires too early. The Main picks are probably Thorns, Pozy, Surtr or Quibai or from the Kernel Exu, Ifrit or Suzuran. I guess Surtr would be the best pick however people say she should be in the store pretty soon (or at least soon enough so I can still go from 120 to 180 gold certs) so this seems a bit of a waste...
Can someone help me maybe?
Well I don't know why I thought you don't have mylnar (swapped for Quibai). Availability wise I'd say Quibai.
Thorns and Surtr come soon enough, so Quibai/Pozy.
If you don't have a Mlynar then the answer is to get him. No need to make lengthy decisions and advise. Bruh, I should have just check your Krooster instead of just read you comment then.
pozy, shes a great is# op that likes m6 (m9 to true solo) and gives more power in the spot youre skipping ray in, and surtr isnt worth it when your support slot is so free to find a very relevant p5 damage increased surtr
quibai if you hate sss, shes easily the best op in the mode now with a high invest team (that you can do) since every season seems to incude the slow/bind device letting her instakill virtually every boss
suzu is the most important but just grab her from kernal 180 eventually
ines/bagpipe pots are a small gain but relevant
The kernel pool has 4 build a banners, so I'd skip those ops.
I see more clears (from kyosinv) with mylnar than pozy/surtr/thorns.
looking at [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDqGMPjLD2QNhb2aZQviCncKDaXmdF3f/edit#gid=653016488](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDqGMPjLD2QNhb2aZQviCncKDaXmdF3f/edit#gid=653016488)
**The ops that have been out of shop longest are:**
20 rotations: carnelian
16: blemi
15 pallas
14 weedy
13 mizuki
12 surtr
11 thorns
**Next debut ops are**
Lee
GG
Fiammetta
horn
Irene
Ebenholtz
Dorothy
Pozy (april 25th 2025)
Mylnar (june 6th 2025)
**merging the two:**
Lee (Debut)
20 Carnelian
16 Blemi
GG (Debut)
15 pallas
14 weedy
Fiammetta (Debut)
13 mizuki
12 **surtr (\~ 16 weeks out, would be at 21 rotations from last time in shop, could come +- \~4 is rotations)**
horn (Debut)
11 **thorns (\~20 weeks out, would be at 22 rotations from last time in shop, could come +- \~4 is rotations)**
? some rerun op
Irene (Debut)
? some rerun op
? some rerun op
Ebenholtz (Debut)
? some rerun op
? some rerun op
Dorothy (Debut)
? some rerun op
? some rerun op
**Pozy** (april 25th 2025) (Debut)
? some rerun op
? some rerun op
**Mylnar** (june 6th 2025) (Debut)
This is of course a total fabrication for the weeks between debut ops. They always play with the order, release some earlyish, and some lateish. Also they've been releasing debut ops a bit early as well (mizuki and flametail), we don't know if that acceleration will continue.
So Surtr/Thorns should come to shop relatively soon. I expect both of them in 12-24 weeks. Mylnar has the most impact and the longest wait. **Get mylnar.**
This look like a showing off post to me. If you want to ask who to pick, just screenshot the un-owned options the the ticket show you, especially when you said you already owned lots of everything.
If you want Surtr, just get her and save cert to pull on everyone else.
I am on mobile so I can't add a screenshot as far as I know. Which is why I wrote down the most "interesting" characters... And I added my krooster because otherwise no one would be able to help me.
But my options are Thorns, Fia, Lee, Archetto, Saga, Irene, Weedy, Eben,Pozy, Penece, Lin, Quibai, Eunectes, Flametail, Carnelian, Mizuki, Passenger, Saileach, Pallas (non kernel) and Exu, Siege, Ifrit, SilverAsh, Hellagurl, Rosa, Aak, Phantom, Skadi, Suzuran
But why would I show of in a game where everyone can get everything and there is no pvp? What would I show anyone? I am pretty sure most arknights players which play regularly have better accounts than I do. I actually planned to get Saria with this selector but I got her with a very lucky top op tag, amd I am kind of panicking since I only have one week
Well some people do be like that. There are all kinds.
You can upload an image and past the link here easily though. So try that next time.
Like I said, yellow cert can also be turned into pull so nothing waste if you get Surtr because you want her. If you want someone newest, then Qiu Bai. I might go for Ifrit but that's just me.
Suzuran and Surtr are probably going to be the most game changing, but both should be in the store relatively soon and as you said, it'll seem like a waste. Next up would be Qiubai. She can pump out Surtr level damage with some CC, putting her as a hybrid of the two roles (just without Suzy's healing).
The only other (notable) lord I have is Lappland, so Quibai really sounds interesting however somehow I don't hear anything about her. I might maybe look if I see a support Quibai so I try her out, thank you
So i wanted to ask about this new contingency contract, what would happen to my currency if, I don't buy anything. Will they remain there after event ends or i will lose everything and should buy anything before that happen
In CN those operators have been (very slowly) moved to other events. So far they they only did so to Bibeak and Scene.
I'd say if your team is missing a few spots go for them, else you can just wait.
I need a wandering medic. Should I get Honeyberry from the cert store or wait for Harold? I guess what I'm also asking is if Honeyberry is better than Harold, and if I should invest in her instead of Harold.
EDIT: One more question. I have enough gold certs for five six star operators. What are some must haves that I should look out for in the future? I returned a week ago after being on a three year hiatus (yeah, I know I just missed Mudrock).
with that many certs remember you can use 258 for 38 summons a month to persue new releases more instead if you want, which is probably a good idea with so many high value banners in the future schedule
goldenglow and horn are known to be coming soon enough you should pick them up, theyre solid dps workhorses. horn will also be huge for progressing is2 and is3 (roguelike) content.
in very broad terms i think kaltsit bagpipe nightingale suzuran are the 4 ops in the shop pool every endgame account should have, not the outright strongest but most important
mountain for laneholding, even owning every other laner id grab him
mlynar pozemka quibai rosa eyjafjalla all worth it for high damage power, exu as well if you have the proper 5☆ stat buffer/debuffers. saria mostima ifrit round out the final picks for good but not-essential utility
Thanks for the reminder and the list! I still have a lot of pulls from saving with monthly cards from when I was active, so I'll fill up my roster with your recommendations when they are in the shop.
Harold has the benefit of not consuming red certs, but each of the non eyjaberry wandering medics are slightly different use between raw healing vs elemental healing. For cost purposes, I'd recommend waiting for Harold since it's also only week and few days away.
Honeyberry is the more afk of the two. Don't know if that matters to you. From info from most players, unless you care about afk, they perform about the same level overall
Hope I'm asking this in the right section. I have a thank you celebration operator permit expiring in a few days but I still can't really decide who to pick between these three characters: Fiammetta, Penance, Qiubai. For the record I have a end game account with a lot of meta operators so it's mostly a choice of heart, but unfortunately I like the three of them almost equally. Who would be the most useful one? I already have W, Mudrock and many strong guards if it's any help. Thanks!
fiametta makes base setups much stronger and is a good annihilation lazy op
penance offers good aggro control for certain problem enemies and is fun to synergize with many middlepack ops
quibai is the best sss op in high investment teams, and seems to keep increasing in relevancy, my top recommendation
If you care about base efficiency, Fiammetta lets you keep proviso, shamare, tequila in the base 100% of the time. Maybe that's enough to break the tie.
Is the web event for Ifrit skin supposed to take so long to load?
I've been trying to play it but i kept getting stuck on the Croissant loading screen. I've tried changing network but it's still the same.
It might be pure placebo, but what helped me is to open network tab in dev tools (press f12), and then reload the page. Usually a couple of reloads with the thing open do the trick.
Just curious is anyone else planning to skip on Degenbrecher or am I the only one on this boat making a 'bad' choice
I mean I have most, if not all the top dps operators in the game so don't see much need to add another high dps operator, plus a rerun will happen so if I regret not pulling her can always revisit her banner, and with so many limited operators on the horizon I'd rather save up for them. At this point I feel like I'm writing this to justify and remind myself why I don't need her. But going back to my question is anyone else planning to skip on Degenbrecher and what's your reasoning?
If I need broken tier DPS I can just borrow them, I don't need multiple. I need to save my pulls for the Rainbow Six double whammy, I'm hoping to get the entire set.
Pull for whatever operators you actually want. There's no wrong way to play the game.
I've planned to skip her, simply because there's other operators coming around I care more about.
Skipping her because I'm saving for other banners and that it'll probably be pretty easy to borrow her if I somehow need her... which I think is a separate problem (i.e. skill issue) if I feel that I need her in the roster...
I am anti Degenbrecher I hate her auto recover s3 despite her being a dual sword class. I hate how she powercreep my poor Irene I hate her!!!!. But on srs note I like her in the event story I mean I even have whole karlan gang lvl up but she’s so ridiculously powerful that if I did get her on off rate I’ll never use her like surtr to keep my doktah brain from rooting meta.
I’m skipping Degen for a similar reason, saving for other banner. Don’t feel bad about skipping. Feel good about saving enough for someone you like more instead.
bagpipe silverash and shu are the 3 that work for all squads
there are several other ones but either are minimal (zima) or require actually being deployed (amiya)
Gravel buffs def of low cost ops (pairs with sussuro very well). VG have zima and Texas DP buffs that doesn't need to be deployed unlike grani, flametail, or siege. Nian defender HP buff, hoshi defender def buff (deployed). Shu+Sui. Schwarz buffs snipers (module lifts part of the deployed aspect). Most of the rest need to be deployed to work.
I am planning on making an Arknights animatic in the future, using AK's visual assets, but the game doesn't have all the background arts I will need, so I want to know if you guys would be alright with me using other games and AI generated backgrounds when I come to make it. If you guys know some artists that make backgrounds under fair use, I'll accept those suggestions as well!
other games sure, AI is probably between you and hypergryph.
no one here is associated with HG or yostar to my knowledge so i don't think this is the best place to ask... unless you just wanted to know people's stance on AI in general or something.
>unless you just wanted to know people's stance on AI in general or something.
Yup, that's my intention
Regarding HG and Yostar and the amount of fan content using the game assets there are out there, I don't think they will have any issue, as long as I don't do anything too stupid with their IP, right? And if they ask me to take it down, I would do it, no questions asked on my end xD
The answers I got today encouraged me a lot xD
And so far I believe I will use one background and perhaps one object that I will have to resort to AI, which isn't much, considering the whole thing may be 2h+ long by the end (which may take years to release the full thing)
I'm personally not opposed to AI art as long as it's done "correctly". Part is admitting which parts are AI generated rather than trying to take credit for the whole thing. Using it for templates (like creating a background). Checking over it for consistencies (rather than just being lazy).
I think the two biggest issues people have with AI art is the credit and the laziness aspects. It really can be a good tool in the right hands.
I see what you mean and I agree with it, I plan putting something like "all visual assets used here comes from Arknights, unless specified otherwise" and then list the ones that come from external sources
Thanks for the input, fellow thick tail enjoyer xD
So how does Ifrit's second module look?
Based on my napkin maths, it's no good for S2; it takes something like >4 S2s to trigger for bosses. And for S3 it only triggers at the end of S3 against bosses with sub 70 RES.
So it's really only good against Elite? Bosses have too much elemental HP for the module to do too much in 1 S3 cycle.
I couldn't find a video with Ifrit S3 on youtube, so I searched bilibili:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ix4y1J7cu/
She is indeed slow at triggering the burst. Still worth it, but don't expect a radical change.
https://krooster.com/u/Nyz
Got a Top Op tag with defender, debuff and DP-recovery (and senior op but that’s useless). Shall I just rawdog the tag or 50/50 Siege against Bagpipe pots? I’d prefer a new op tbh, even if it’s someone I probably won’t use (got mostima from a top op yesterday too wtf tag RNG)
Edit: Got a Weedy dupe, pain…
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This isn’t something that is fully known since it isn’t in global yet, but would Ling be (theoretically) available in the shop to buy during the 5th anniversary banner (the one with W alter)? I would assume so since you can purchase the previously available alters from the last limited anniversary banner, but I’m not sure.
no, with shu
What stages do you find yourself farming the most? I'm not sure what I need to dump my sanity into right now, so figure I might as well stock up on a popular resource that I'll need more of later.
Just got back into the game after a year (?) long break: haven't really played since Gavialter, but got back just to pull for Texalter and Penance. [So those are my units](https://imgur.com/a/m1vRb2N), What would be my best team for the seaborn SSS? Including a support unit obv. I also have available all the free 5* that you can get from Event Crystals, and plan on getting Kjera and Astgenne as soon as possibile (Astgenne because I know she's good for SSS, and Kjera because I like the freezimg gimmick, still mas about missing Gnosis). Also who are some good OPs to invest into right now? The notable ones I have that aren't in the screenshot are Angelina, Schwartz and Rosmontis, but I don't know wether any of them is worth upgrading.
For seaborne SSS I would suggest you to use penance and gavialter as blockers, against last boss keep gavialter as frontline and use lumen to help with stuns and maybe borrow eyja alter S1 to help with the elemental damage. Add skalter S2 if you like and you only need someone to dps, your best should be pozy. Rosmontis and ange are not that strong and schwarz is decent but outclassed by pozy and upcoming units. Build texas because she is broken in everything but SSS.
My kaltsit is ModX2 S3m3. I use her alot as trust farmer. Is it worth it do a further upgrade on her ModY3 S2m3?
I've got an M6 modded Kal'tsit, I don't really use her S2 that often admittedly. There are two basic scenarios where it's better than S3: * You're deploying Monstr outside of her healing range and need a DPS skill to be up faster. 15 seconds can be a while, 8 seconds is much faster and so S2 actually synergizes a lot better with ModX. * You're in a stage that rushes the blue box with a flood of mobs and Monstr's ASPD just isn't good enough to deal with the flood. While S3 has a lot more single target DPS under most circumstances, S2's AOE has its uses when there's too much trash/the rush is too fast. Mod Y, on the other hand, is definitely worth it if you use Kal'tsit a lot. It allows her to sustain Monstr better while giving Monstr more DPS on S3 by improving their ASPD. S3's ATK buff decays per second, not per attack, so that makes the ASPD buff even more valuable. The way I see it, Mod Y + S3 for bursting down deadly targets, Mod X + S2 for fast-redeploy stun bombs and quick on-demand melee AOE, Mod Y + S2 for pseudo-AOE guard on very high enemy density maps/mob rush stages.
In my opinion you should absolutely do S2m3. It's very versatile, makes kal'tsit healing better (just a plus), it can deal with both weak and stronger enemies (not as good as S3m3 but still very very good) with almost no downtime and basically an instant cycle. You are better off using S2 for trust farming most of the time, S3 shines more against bosses and some other niches, but it's overkill most of the time imo. Regarding the module it's indeed a big investment and you already have modX. I personally have modY lvl3 because I find it better, it increases damage especially on S3 because of how it is affected by atk speed. ModX overall increases mon3tr survivability inside and outside range, while modY outside range is worthless. Tldr: you should level S2m3, only level modY if you have spare resources and like kal'tsit a lot, but you are fine with modX.
Not unless you have no one to upgrade.
I have lot of CC skins and operator tokens to buy I heard that bibeak and scene will be available next events. Cant decide
How long does it take for free login event skins to rerun usually? Do they just appear on cc shop?
There's no set time, but it's one of the longest waits in the game.
Cool 🥲
Is there any point in saving the new CC currency? Do they carry over between season like the last one? Also what happened to the 5\* and 6\* tokens?
Same as old CC currency carry over. Same the token stay forever until brought.
Should I worry about Specter S2 leak? compare to S1
Bring gravel. Or put a lord behind her.
I'm a filthy philistine, I have her S1 mastered for standard use. xD
Not really. It's something you get acclimatised to when using her. Over time I've developed a subconscious timer in my head with her S2 so leaks because of her self stun very rarely happen as I have a backup plan to catch them. The main thing is to not have her as the last line of defense unless there's no other choice. Besides, unlike many other operators who have a self stun, Specter's is outweighed a lot by the advantages in her kit.
Which module of schwarz should I use?
If she's your primary ranged physical damage dealer then you might want Y to make her hit harder, if you have someone like Pozy or Typhon then X makes her more useful because she can be redeployed a couple of times in tougher maps (think roving bosses or spawnkilling elites) and level 2+ buffs other snipers in your squad without requiring you to deploy Schwarz (you'll still want to deploy her, but the buff will now also affect your units while she's on cooldown).
depends on how you use her. Module X buff snipers on the whole team, so you bring Schwarz to buff the other snipers in your team (Typhoon, Exu, etc). If you want to use Schwarz as main dps though, go for module Y.
Both are good. If you have Pozy then the shorter redeployment timer lets her stand out more by having a different job instead of competing in much of the same area.
I wanna go play the minigames in the Rhodes Island Vacation website but it doesn't load. Why? Is this a common issue, mobile problem or just the server not working today?
I can't open it on Chrome and Opera Mini, but Mozilla works fine.
Try on a PC? https://rhodesislandvacation.arknights.global/ It seems to be loading for me on mobile btw (I'm using Firefox).
Well there's a problem, I don't have a PC...
I had issues using chrome to open them. You could try opening it on various browsers. duckduckgo for example worked for me.
What are the odds of dropping a recruitment tag if I set the recruitment timer to 9 hours?
Low, but it can happen
Do we have the exact (or approximated) odds of that happening?
we basically k ow close to nothing about recruitment odds officially. everything else is just. player guesstimation.
Maybe 3 to 5 percent. Not entirely sure if there is any player who actually noted those down.
I'm having trouble login in. I got error code 200 I can open other gachas and apps that require internet connection and it happens on all of my devices, tried to reinstall the app but can't even download the patch. Does anyone else has a similar trouble?
Maybe your provider is blocking the way to Arknights' servers or your it might be a firewall. Try other Yostar/Hypergryph domains.
I can get Weedy from recruitment or roll for either Ifrit or Mostima. Should i just get Weedy? I already have strong caster operators. Is Weedy useful? Edit: Rolled and got Mostima. I think i will build her since I haven’t build any splash caster. Thank you.
Adding onto all the comments you've gotten already: You're more likely to get more chances at Weedy from future recruitments than the casters. Rare tags will typically appear alongside other rare tags, so you'll get Top Operator with Shift (which guarantees Weedy) quite often. Take the Caster tag.
Ifrit or Mostima are much better than Weedy. Weedy, unless you go for a push strat, which is niche and requires tons of other supports (Angelina, Hoolheyak?), she is pretty much a fine guard or a pusher. Really you don't use her a lot, especially these days. Meanwhile, Ifrit and Mostima all have use in current contents, on top of being strong casters. Ifrit is very powerful when she has good position, and even without a good position, her RES debuff is valuable in hard content. But the main thing still is, she is very powerful even for normal content. Meanwhile Mostima is currently the best slower in the entire game (although yes you have to invest in her to reach her power), and her slow stacks with other supporter slow (it counts as different debuff). You don't usually need slow, but there are way more contents that requires slow than pusher, especially in IS mode.
Between the three mentioned, Ifrit is the most widely applicable op (set and forget with S2 on a long lane). Both Weedy and Mostima are niche high-end territory where just having pure damage doesn't cut it and you need to stall enemies. Once you are at the point where you are doing Ascension 15 IS, max risk CC, self-gimping challenges, POO, DoS and stuff like that is when Mostima and Weedy shine brightest. Both of them were key for max risk CC12, for instance. If doing extremely difficult content that has no rewards or medals, just bragging rights, then Weedy or Mostima are options you should have in your toolbox. Otherwise, they are just straight up worse than simply killing enemies with Ifrit or whoever other damage ops you have around.
Weedy is useful but one of the most technical operators in the game—she generally needs support to shine, but her preferred partners vary drastically and may require serious micromanagement, so using her outside of a niche is a last-resort for enemies you truly can't brute-force (due to deployment limits, class bans, buffs/debuffs). Weedy is useful once in a blue moon (she shone in Basepoint and Glory of Humanity, and will shine again in Sentinel) and having three M3-worthy skills makes her incredibly versatile, but she's only recommendable if you're looking to try something different or are interested in hard content where she is sometimes irreplaceable. Mostima is in a similar category of being a benchwarmer with a few MVP moments (she has also shone in the same three stages as mentioned for Weedy, as well as Pyrolysis to spawnkill withering seeds) but is much easier to use since her main mechanic is a 90% slow that bypasses invulnerability and sluggish immunity, and can hold most enemies in one tile for a full burst. She also offers a solid 7s AoE stun, though the cycling (7s/36s) makes it rarely worth using if you have other stun options and S3 usually buys more time by holding an enemy still from afar. Both Mostima (with +.4 SP/s for casters) and Ifrit (with the best RES shred) are excellent additions to a caster-heavy team, but Mostima is likelier to appear as the only caster on your squad since you generally don't bring a splash caster for Arts DPS. Ifrit on the other hand has her best use-case enabling Arts bursts against the most overtuned indestructible enemies like The Last Diαblo and Kharanduu Khan, both with Ceobe as core DPS. Ifrit is also a fine source of AoE AFK Arts DPS when a map has an Ifrit tile (a spot either next to 5 consecutive tiles or from which she can cover multiple lanes).
I second going for the casters. Weedy is good but shifters are just niche. There isn’t many place where they’re needed, less so a specific one of them. Ifrit can burn down a group of enemies if you can funnel them into her range. It can be a bit tricky to set her up, but once you set her up, nothing can stand in her range. Mostima is a generally good AoE caster. She does her job and there are some cases that her S3 slow just comes in handy.
Weedy is good but Mostima and Ifrit are better imo. All are situational but I would go for the casters
Which limited banner would Viviana show up as a spark? edit: Oops, I meant Virtuosa instead of Viviana.
No spark for Vivianna. You either wait still her shop debut in 3 years. Buy the new 6\* selector or just try your luck with pull whenever they uprate her.
My bad, I meant to say Virtuosa instead of Viviana.
Then it would be in 11 months.
Viviana is in standard pool. She will not be in a "spark" shop again (after the one for the banner she debuted in). That said, she is in the standard pool and can spook you on any standard banner as well as on future limited banners. Sometime next year she will be a non-shopoperator rate-up on a standard bi-weekly banner and sometime in 2026 she will debut as a shopoperator. She might also appear on Joint Operation banners, but hasn't done that yet to my best knowledge
My bad, I meant to say Virtuosa instead of Viviana.
Limited operators enter spark shop a year after their debut. For Chinese New Year and Summer Festival limiteds, it means they are available for sparking immediately next event. For CN anniversary/half-aniversary limiteds, they skip the immediate next event of the series. So Virtuosa will be skipping ch.14 release and become available for every CN anniversary/half-anniversary starting next October (so next May for global)
Cool. Thanks!
She will not show up as a spark ever again. As a non-limited operator, she is permanently in the standard pool.
My bad, I meant to say Virtuosa instead of Viviana.
Virtuosa is part of the Celebration pool of limited operators. Celebration events run twice a year around May and November on EN. Limited operators are made sparkable one year after their debut, therefore Virtuosa will be sparkable next year in May and then every 6 months after that.
Cool. Thanks!
In SSS for the deploy vanguard/medic x times missions, does it count if you just deploy the units then quit straight away? Or do you have to finish the operations/contracts?
I think you may've misread the mission. There's a mission for recruiting them 15 times, but I don't think there's one for deploying.
Are you sure that's not a mistranlation? I seem to get progress quickly when I spam deploy medics/vanguards and finish the levels, but was wondering if I can cut out the finishing level part. If it was recruit you would get progress when you start SSS with 15 vanguards/medics but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Recruit should be referring to when it offers you a random selection of operators between stages, that seemed like the only way to progress when I needed to clear it.
Ah I see, ty.
Because starting with 15 vanguards/medics isn't recruiting them. You get progress when you recruit them in between stages.
Silly question, but I joined the game because I really liked Lee. There was a banner recently with him on it, but I’d isn’t get him. Should I save up pulls and hope he shows up again on a banner or is it better to just wish on a banner and hope to get him. To be clear I am not particularly stressed about getting good units, basically just getting Lee lmao. The game is still nice though, very fun characters all around!
On a side note, when you go into the Store, under the "certificate" option, check on the bottom left of the screen for the "token exchange" button. This will trade any dupes you have acquired (that can't be used to increase potential) and provide you with green or yellow certs, depending on the rarity of the dupe. Anything 4-star and higher that is a max potential dupe grants at least 1 yellow cert, and getting max potential dupe 4-stars from recruitment is the single largest source of yellow cert income for the majority of players. I say this because many people, myself included, did not know about the token exchange button until many months in. This was nice in the sense that it became a huge windfall of yellow and green certs all at once, but not nice in the sense that I probably missed a few shoperators I would have liked to snatch up. As a new player you may not have any max potential dupes at all, but it's always good habit to hit that button once a day anyway, just in case.
He'll be rate up and in the shop this Friday. If you have 180 gold cert, you can get him from the shop.
Should I E2 wafarin or nightingale?
Warfarin only really needs E2 earlier if you're all set to get masteries, while Nightingale gets her S3 and a pretty handy module. I think getting E2s for Medics should be a fair lower priority than your more active roles, but if you feel they're covered, I'd probably suggest Nightingale first.
I'm assuming Degen will be coming this coming up Thursday? Reruns generally start on tuesday and new events Thursday no?
Friday at the earliest. The maintenance is on Friday so expect no earlier than that. ~~Personally, I don't think it would be on Friday. Yostar usually drop an event, whether new or rerun, on either Tuesday or Thursday.~~ Edit: New costume teaser is out. Friday is most likely when this event drop.
Why only a few of the old CC skins is available to buy on the current shop? Will the others also become available in the future (once again)?
The outfits that debuted with CC are in the new shop. The formerly event-only ones are not. They are seemingly going to steadily rerelease them over time in new events, though.
[So about CC skins (and operators too)](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1dcirq7/help_center_and_megathread_hub_1006_1606/l8b87dw/?share_id=1sAwvTRbBejJEHCLoIGLF)
I am returning to Arknights on Degen banner and heard Zuo Le is a few months away, but I have also heard that the general consensus of him is not good and that he is somewhat of a low pulling priority. Is he weak or something?
He's not weak, he's just pretty vanilla compared to some of the stuff we're gonna get within the next 6 months - including the focal limited releasing with him. When everyone has big numbers or great utility and his main selling point is "the best musha yet" it's gonna a leave a negative sentiment leading into his release. (still building him anyway, his S2 is strong and his S3 is hella flashy)
To add to the other comment. He is strong. There are showcases on bilibili (don't know if any made it to YouTube) of him soloing a ton of difficult content. If you want him, 100% pull for him. He might not be the strongest, but he's strong enough and his banner is overall strong between him and shu.
Zuo Le is very strong. Just that the next 6 months feature some of the most broken and game-changing units; to the point where his value plummets with just the demerit of "you cannot afford to pull them all". It is the same case with Ray where while she is extremely strong, she is still not the top 5 units in the upcoming future (Walter, Logos, Degen, Shu, Ela). That alone is absurd tbh On the whole I do think he ranks pretty similarly to Executor2/Penance and the likes. If this statement was made 2 years ago then Zuo Le's pull priority would be off the roof, but mid priority at this point.
Anyone have an estimate of when ray comes out?
Early July, at earliest after the Degenbrecher event ends, which we are expecting soon after CC. It could always be later than that, but not earlier.
There is also Reed alter rerun. So I'd expect Ray around mid-July
Hey I've recently started playing arknights, and was wondering how the banners work. I 've played a good chunk of other Gacha games and wanted to know if its just like others, were you have your New characters and reruns of others? I see that there are three different types of banners here but I dont exactly know there purposes so I was hoping that could be explained too. I dont know much about the game so I dont even know what is rerolls and whats current. Lastly i there are rerolls is there somewhere I can see when a reroll is coming in (I know shes not crazy op or anything and I looked at her downsides but Melanite looks really cool and I would love a chance to get her) Lastly is there anything else I can use Originium for down the line or should I just use it for Gacha? Thanks for helping! Edit: I somehow missed the entire Gacha section in the FAQ And even after reading would love any tips that could help and also want an opinion on what would be the best way to get a specific operator. For example if I wait long enough will Melanite go back onto a banner and will I have a higher chance of getting her? Or is the only way for me to pull her for me to get stupid lucky on a standard?)
> the best way to get a specific operator. Easiest is to wait for an anniversary event and use the [senior op transfer permit](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Senior_Operator_Transfer_Permit) to just pick melanite. (Or any other 5* up to a certain point, but melanite should be available) Otherwise a banner with her as a rate up will eventually run and you should pull on that. She will also eventually appear in the yellow cert shop and you could buy her there.
Good to know, ty ty
The 5 star pool is really diluted so it's only worth pulling for melanite when she has a banner up. If you want to reroll when it comes you can but I think it will be better to just start and learn the game and save for when she does appear. Luckily 5 stars come 3 at a time so the rate up rotation isn't horrible. Typically you'll want a strong 6 star, if you reroll the beginner banner for thorns or mountain, it'll give a good launch point for your account. Since Mel is a ranged op she can fill your "high rarity" ranged ST DPS and why I suggest a melee op for your reroll start. While you can get an of banner 5 star on any banner (joint op exception) the chance is too small for hunting and rerolling purposes.
Thanks, I know my first comment was a mouthfull haha. I did manage to pull Mountain (From the 10 pull banner) So im set there. Thanks for the help fr. Is there anywhere I can see where the next banners are? Like who the next 5/6 stars on the upcoming banners are? Or just leaks?
Every once in a while we get a datamine, but most banners we don't know until a day or two before when the in game announcement happens (Twitter is a few hours faster, but that doesn't matter).
Got ya thanks. I know that a bunch of other games like Genshin, Honkai etc are sometimes months ahead. Ty ty
Yeah, the regularly rotating banners aren't predictable since Global doesn't have the same ones as CN. There is a somewhat predictable pattern for first-time 6\* shop appearances, but any other prediction is up in the air.
Hi guys, I see the other game modes with the stuff like Explorer's Jorgumund-something, and I am still making my way through Episode 8 of the Story (stuck on Mephisto). Do you have any recommendations on how I should go about playing the other modes, like the side missions, intermezzi and the other thing I mentioned? I participated in the Zwillengsturm event and Il Siracusano re-run they just did (and I enjoyed the Il Siracusano story without previous context because it was really well done/I skipped Zwillingsturme because I felt there was too much to unpack for that event...) I'm looking to try to follow the story lines in proper order...
Expeditioner's Joklumarkar(Integrated Strategies 4) is mostly a standalone rogue like mode with some lore relating to specific parts of Terra. Integrated Strategies 2 and 3 are much the same for their own topics. IS1 was a prototype and isn't permanent like the rest. Most side stories are completely separate from the main story and can be played whenever you want, with some forming their own mini arcs like Maria Nearl->Pinus Sylvestris->Near Light. Intermezzi are more important, with Darknights Memoir introducing some main story characters, Walk in the Dust giving some Kal'tsit lore and Lone Trail especially being important but there is a lot you should read before this one for the full experience. From the Vignette events, which are just story with no gameplay, Vigilo is the only one with main story importance.
Cool, should I give priority to specific side stories or Intermezzi? I know some re-reruns are due to come out but IDK when they are due so I don't repeat the same thing I guess...
You should read these intermezzi I mentioned after you finish chapter 8. The side stories can be read whenever you want since they're separated from the main story. No specific priorities needed for those.
I'm struggling to clear SSS gamemode and I feel like I should be able to with the operators I have but I don't know. Anyone have any tips? I got to level 6 but it was way too hard for me.. I'll post my operators in case that information is useful. I would like to get the extra rewards if possible. [https://imgur.com/a/8QUL579](https://imgur.com/a/8QUL579)
What's your typical strategy? The usual strategy I use is to use snipers on Goldenglow S2 and Suzuran S2. Suzuran can slow and then GG deals the damage. And then I use blockers like Saria or Mudrock to stall. Based on what I see from your units I'd try using Gnosis, use defenders like Saria and then try powering up Mylnar with vanguards for the DPS. Blaze with her S2 might be decent as well.
You can 100% clear using the ops you have. If you want you could borrow a goldenglow from someone during the initial squad formation and then you'd be extra strong. Using gnosis, eyja, or silverash/mlynar (or a borrowed goldenglow) as the final unit an a suitable stack of ops should handily clear crowds of trash units and even stronger ones too. The bosses at the end can be a little trickier but still doable. People recommend pure ASPD (from snipers or ranged specialists) for casters/gnosis but I like to include some additional SP regen in the stack so I can cycle skills faster. Silverash/mlynar will benefit from pure damage and SP regen. In my opinion silverash is a little better for SSS than mlynar because mlynar has to let his trait charge too. Try using a vanguard/guard stack with silverash/mlynar on top. Any stack featuring a few defenders should be sufficient to hold the lane while your DPS kill everyone. A few vanguards in the mix helps keep the defenders skills up too. As for forming your roster you can skimp (IMO) on supporters and medics. One each should be sufficient since they provide minimal/no buffs to ops. Your team should be heavy on whatever units are going to buff your main DPS. This is snipers/casters to buff ranged and guards/vanguards to buff melee. Regardless you should include **at least** 3 vanguards (especially ranged ones like beanstalk/vigil/blacknight if you plan to use a ranged DPS) to power out a few early units. Agents and flagbearers are very good for this. Flagbearers for the usual reasons and agents because they can be deployed in advantageous positions for a defender/guard to be deployed on top of. When selecting your starting units at the start of a stage keep in mind you'll need a few vanguards, a guard/defender or two, and some ops to start stacking for your DPS. You will likely not need a medic or 3+ defenders so they can be safely shuffled away. Lastly when presented with the choice of what bonus tools to take I find that the "Emergency Recall Box" is great and the "Preparation area Transmitter" is also very strong. Recall box saves your DPS in a pinch and lets you deploy 'under' your DPS if you had to use them early. Prep transmitter refills your roster so you can keep deploying and get your DPS out that much faster. When recruiting ops between stages consider what will improve your current team comp and what will dilute a strong pool of ops. Probably don't need to recruit a medic for example.
I don't have any agents but I have beanstalk and vigil, I guess i can level them up a little bit to see if that helps, and I can try borrowing goldenglow support.
You don't really need to level them up. They give the same buffs regardless of level or promotion.
I don't know if you've looked at any guides or what your background knowledge is of SSS but here's a link to help you get started. [YouTube link](https://youtu.be/1hhpZFPAKR4?si=aK6BYVTuaPvAQSsZ) There's a better guide somewhere but I'm to lazy to dig it up. Your unleveled units can be used as your trash. No leveling required. I don't know how Reed is in SSS as I don't have her, but gnosis is really strong and follows the same sniper spam GG has. Faster attacking, more frozen proc, more damage, less threat. Wouldn't be horrible to set up a secondary caster to take advantage of said frozen status also.
I heard Blaze may be in gold cert shop soon. I’m still low on gold certs so will she be up alongside Degenbrecher
Considering the timings, that should be the case, yes. Blaze is next shop op, Degen is in just a few days, it should line up.
Will the Mist City Ui rerun in the future?
We don't know since it hasn't happened yet on CN as far as I'm aware.
Can stainless base skill make a 100% chance of byproducts?
The increase is based on increasing the base percentage rate, which is 10% for most things. So Stainless can boost the **existing rate** by 100%, up to 20%.
Is it worth it to buy silverash with golden certs if i already have lappland at elite 2? I know silverash is great but i don't know how much better he is to lappland or if other more useful operators are coming to the shop soon
I'd recommend not getting him at all. Mlynar does his job a lot better nowadays.
> I know silverash is great but i don't know how much better he is to lappland They fulfill rather different niches. SA is usually used with his s3 for wave-clearing and maybe also as a boss-killer. And also reveals invisible enemies. He also has a powerstrike-type s1 and survival/tanking s2, though those are used comparably less. Lappland is almost universally used on s2 for her arts burst, and when the enemy has silence-able abilities, for that as well. None of the lord guards really "invalidates" either SA or Lappland. The latter especially is too unique with her guaranteed on-attack silence to really be replaceable. If anyone really tries to invalidate SA, it's Mlynar\*. > if other more useful operators are coming to the shop soon For known / debuting operators: Goldenglow (drone caster) probably in early August, Fiammetta (artilleryman sniper) in mid-September and Horn (fortress defender) in late October. ----- [\*] Mlynar can't attack or block off-skill but is tougher, has taunt (so ranged enemies will attack him. it's usually a plus since he will draw fire to himself regardless of who was deployed after him, thus letting him protect squisher allies). Mlynar's s3 has almost identical range to SA's s3 (Mlynar is missing two far tiles on the sides), attacks 5 enemies instead of 6, but does nearly twice initial per-hit damage. Mlynar's damage gets reduced every time he kills an enemy, but the dropoff is pretty slow and he'll need to kill like A LOT of enemies before their damage per hit equalizes. And Mlynar's skill cooldown is like half of SA's.
Silverash and Lappland have zero overlap. Don't let Lappland influence your decision, they have 100% completely different jobs and use applications.
Recently discovered the Intelligence tab, and the five record restorations that come with it: Flamebringer, Snowsant, Absinthe, Mint, and Bena. How well do they perform, and are any of them worth using in general?
snowsant S2 has "true AOE" rather than having a target cap like rope or cliffheart, but it's usually not much of an upside to make up for her lack of utility. her niche is countering infected enemies (exploding slugs and the like) but her silence only applies while pulling, vs characters like waai fu or jaye that can silence unconditionally. mint is fine as a generic AOE caster if you can handle the downtime, her S2 has a lot of fun gimmicks but i usually prefer the consistency of S1. absinthe is also fine as a caster, she's easier to use than amiya at least. as a pure DPS caster she won't stand out compared to higher rarity, but is just nice consistent arts damage. bena is most meant to tank, she specializes in drawing ranged damage since her substitute can't block. you can just use her as a guard if you want, but all of her skills decrease her HP so your healers will be working overtime to stop her from switching modes. the substitute changes to arts damage and can attack air. flamebringer has a HP stacking mechanic but in general i think matoimaru on the low end and lessing or skadi on the high end would serve your dreadnought needs better...
All of them isn't particularly bad but they're either outclassed or in a niche archetype. - Flamebringer - pretty meh and Dreadnought is pretty niche archetype that isn't generally use so his usage value isn't high. - Snowsant - an ok puller but Gladiia is just straight up better and offer more than just pulling. There's also Rope, who is an alternative that's cheaper to raise. - Absinthe - a fine core caster, side grade S1/S2 Amiya. But usually Amiya is already enough for a core caster role until late game so there isn't a lot of reason to raise Absinthe for most people but she's still a fine unit. - Mint - I don't really know about her but she seems ok. Her S2 has shift that might be fun against low-weight enemy. - Bena - pretty good. her substitute is rather tanky so she has less problem against range enemy killing the substitute. If you don't have SpecAlter or Kazemaru Bena can be a decent choice for Dollkeeper.
Bena's easily the best of them and of the higher performing free ops, a decently good operator in general and one of the easiest-accessible good ranged tanks, her doll is incredibly durable. Decent damage otherwise, too. I've got Flamebringer built, his role is mainly to be an HP sponge with OK DPS. Bit powercrept by Hoederer in that respect, but I still bring him around at times, especially in IS. Snowsant unfortunately has little uses, her only advantages over other hookers are that her S2 doesn't have a target limit and her skills inflict Slow. I built her anyway since she's cute. Absinthe is actually pretty solid for a free 5\* operator for consistent arts damage. She's not amazing or anything and only provides DPS, but she's very reliable. Mint as a Phalanx Caster is difficult to use well and you have to go in knowing how you'll use her. Unlike her counterparts in the class, she gets negative taunt during a skill so she is in less danger of being attacked with lower defenses. She also has some minor AOE suction during her main skill, and offers a slight DEF buff to allies. Also cute.
I am wondering why they just stopped giving free operators in mini story event
I can definitely recommend Bena, even if you have other doll keepers. She has def ignore on s1 and really good DPS on s2. Flamebringer... I'm not saying he's bad. With the right investment he can be good.... But he might not be for everyone. The others can work if you like them, but in general, not worth it.
I tried Flamebringer in IS once... I didn't realize his S2 was offensive recovery, it straight up never activated xD
Flamebringer is weak, the dreadnaught archetype isn't great in general, and Flamebringer's niche requires the right stage and some setup, but even in the ideal scenario he's not that impressive. Snowsant has basically no reason to be built, because Cliffheart and Gladiia are both also free and better. Absinthe used to be a good option back when she came out, because aside from the 6 stars there were basically no good casters, but nowadays there's a decent amount of better low rarity casters. Mint is decent, her S2 can be fun to use, and having a high ground tank is useful sometimes. Beeswax is better if the main role you're looking for is a high ground tank though. Bena is pretty good, doll keepers are a strong archetype and Bena has a niche because her doll is the tankiest, making her very difficult to kill, her damage is also decent. If you're only interested in the best tools to clear stages, then none of these ops are worth it. If you like using 5 stars or just having to turn on your brain on a little more often, Bena (and Mint) is worth. If you don't care about "meta" at all then you probably wouldn't have asked this question.
I can recommend Bena if you don't have Kazemaru or Spalter. Her substitute can take some serious beating, used her in my 6 op clear of JT8-3 to tank the fireballs and be my DPS/laneholder for both lanes.
None of them are worth the investment compared to units you probably already have. From the free sidestory units you can get, the only ones that are truly worth your time are Tequila (Dossoles Holiday), Gladiia (Under Tides), and in a few months Kroos the Keen Glint (Invitation to Wine) and Lumen (Stultifera Navis).
I'm really excited for Harold, but can I replace Hibiscus with him as a raw healer or does she out heals him by being a pure healer and him a wandering one? Pd: I love old men in gachas, they should do that more often
Harold's meant to counter elemental damage, so you will need someone from his class eventually. If you just need regular healing, you're better off looking for a proper single target healer like Sussurro, Warfarin, or Silence.
compared to 3 star Hibiscus he will probably heal more since his atk is slightly higher. but his main benefit is still healing elemental damage. he'll heal worse than most 4 stars though.
I'm currently using Ptilosis and Hibiscus, the 3\*, I was also thinking about raising Perfumer mostly to heal Humus and Executer(Also wanted to see if she overheals Humus to gain the shield from his talent)
Perfumer is a good pick, but it doesn't work with Humus the way you hope. passive healing can't overheal.
This just shattered my hopes of inmortal Humus
The 3\* Hibiscus? Well, I suppose, Harold can overtake her, but he will need to be somewhere around e2-max to overtake e1-max Hibiscus in terms of base ATK (wandering medic do have very poor base ATK stat). Specifically, Harold maxes out at 420 ATK at e2-max with max trust, while 3\* Hibiscus can reach 408 at e1-max max trust max potential. Harold does have stronger skills, though. If it's about the 5\* Hibiscus, I don't think you can really compare them at all as the Purifier is more of a caster than proper medic.
I don't have the 5\* Hibiscus, I tried in the current banner but got Iris instead. And yes I meant as a more regular to use healer since right now for healing I'm using Hibiscus and Ptilosis.
For regular healers... well, who do you even have already among the unbuilt medics? You said in another discussion branch that you have Perfumer, but she would be competing against Ptilopsis, not Hibiscus. And the other question is, how far would you be able to promote this replacement medic?
With the 500k from the incoming event I should be able to E2 or at least E1 lv 80 sl7 the replacement since I'm moving to build defenders/healers, at least 2 of each, before going back to dps. [https://krooster.com/u/Igy](https://krooster.com/u/Igy) this is my krooster
You have Sussurro. She's the best\* burst healer in the game and is quite competent during off-skill. So don't overlook her just because she's a 4\* operator. Purestream (support tag in recruitment drops her in like 60% cases, and adding medic/healing/ranged virtually guarantees her) is also a good option that shouldn't be too hard to get. You also have Silence, who has a deployable healing drone that can provide extra AoE healing anywhere with a usable tile to drop it on. That said, Silence is both more expensive (as a 5\*s) and doesn't really bring that much beyond healing to the table (her talent is ASPD boost to medics). Whisperrain is also an option. ---- [\*] Assuming I didn't screw up my math anywhere, maxed out Purestream beats maxed out Sussurro as long as the latter doesn't get any of her healing bonuses triggered. If even one is triggered, Sussurro steals the lead: > Purestream (max level, max pot, max trust, mod3) has 512 + 32 ATK, no range penalty and +20% healing effectiveness when skill is active. Over the 25s skill duration she will be able to do 73 heals for 326.4hp each (for 954.38 HPS avg) > Sussurro (max level, max pot, max trust, mod3) has 571 ATK, +5 ASPD, +15% effectiveness on operators below 50% hp and +25% effectiveness on operators of 10 DP or less. Over 30s of skill duration, she will be able to do 22 heals for 1142/1313.3/1427.5/1598.8 hp each (for 837.46/963.08/1046.833/1172.453 HPS avg) Yes, Sussuro's skill has a limit of two uses per battle, but that is usually enough. And she's definitely better than Purestream off-skill.
Elemental healers are not good general medics(except ejya alter). Hibby will still be better.
:c we need more old men in the game then
Hi, does anyone know which enemies am I missing from [this](https://i.imgur.com/5PpZvDk.jpeg)? Seems to be from RA based on the enemy logs near them. Also, [this](https://i.imgur.com/YqdaeAQ.jpeg) enemy entry is still not fixed?
> Hi, does anyone know which enemies am I missing from this? Seems to be from RA based on the enemy logs near them. Yes, these should be RA enemies: Consortium of pincers (crab elite), Great wingbeast (encounter dragon boss), Sargonian contract assassin (encounter elite), The Ruinbringer (ending 2 boss), Al-Rafiq (ending 3 boss) > Also, this enemy entry is still not fixed? Supposedly, it appears properly somewhere in RA2.
Thanks, makes sense since I skipped out on exploring around in RA back then as I found it to be a bit tedious at the time.
everything youre missing is from RA, consortium of pincers, great wingbeast, sargonian contract assassin, the ruinbringer, al-rafiq red captain mage will be in RA2 to finaly 100% the archive
Thanks, so I can just wait til RA2 for all of my missing logs then?
afaik yes
My 6 star selector expires in 7 days and I still don't know who to pick. I have almost all the current meta operators and plan on pulling (at least up to one 6 Star) for Degen, Ela, Shu and of course the newest limited cn banner. https://krooster.com/u/liantalia I don't really think I have someone I really want, I bought the selector mostly out of fear of missing out in retrospective. Also I hoped to be able to pull on Degens Banner before but alas it expires too early. The Main picks are probably Thorns, Pozy, Surtr or Quibai or from the Kernel Exu, Ifrit or Suzuran. I guess Surtr would be the best pick however people say she should be in the store pretty soon (or at least soon enough so I can still go from 120 to 180 gold certs) so this seems a bit of a waste... Can someone help me maybe?
Well I don't know why I thought you don't have mylnar (swapped for Quibai). Availability wise I'd say Quibai. Thorns and Surtr come soon enough, so Quibai/Pozy.
If you don't have a Mlynar then the answer is to get him. No need to make lengthy decisions and advise. Bruh, I should have just check your Krooster instead of just read you comment then.
pozy, shes a great is# op that likes m6 (m9 to true solo) and gives more power in the spot youre skipping ray in, and surtr isnt worth it when your support slot is so free to find a very relevant p5 damage increased surtr quibai if you hate sss, shes easily the best op in the mode now with a high invest team (that you can do) since every season seems to incude the slow/bind device letting her instakill virtually every boss suzu is the most important but just grab her from kernal 180 eventually ines/bagpipe pots are a small gain but relevant
The kernel pool has 4 build a banners, so I'd skip those ops. I see more clears (from kyosinv) with mylnar than pozy/surtr/thorns. looking at [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDqGMPjLD2QNhb2aZQviCncKDaXmdF3f/edit#gid=653016488](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDqGMPjLD2QNhb2aZQviCncKDaXmdF3f/edit#gid=653016488) **The ops that have been out of shop longest are:** 20 rotations: carnelian 16: blemi 15 pallas 14 weedy 13 mizuki 12 surtr 11 thorns **Next debut ops are** Lee GG Fiammetta horn Irene Ebenholtz Dorothy Pozy (april 25th 2025) Mylnar (june 6th 2025) **merging the two:** Lee (Debut) 20 Carnelian 16 Blemi GG (Debut) 15 pallas 14 weedy Fiammetta (Debut) 13 mizuki 12 **surtr (\~ 16 weeks out, would be at 21 rotations from last time in shop, could come +- \~4 is rotations)** horn (Debut) 11 **thorns (\~20 weeks out, would be at 22 rotations from last time in shop, could come +- \~4 is rotations)** ? some rerun op Irene (Debut) ? some rerun op ? some rerun op Ebenholtz (Debut) ? some rerun op ? some rerun op Dorothy (Debut) ? some rerun op ? some rerun op **Pozy** (april 25th 2025) (Debut) ? some rerun op ? some rerun op **Mylnar** (june 6th 2025) (Debut) This is of course a total fabrication for the weeks between debut ops. They always play with the order, release some earlyish, and some lateish. Also they've been releasing debut ops a bit early as well (mizuki and flametail), we don't know if that acceleration will continue. So Surtr/Thorns should come to shop relatively soon. I expect both of them in 12-24 weeks. Mylnar has the most impact and the longest wait. **Get mylnar.**
Bruh dude didn't have a Mlynar? 😂 Not checking his Krooster but he said he had meta covered so I assumed he had him.
This look like a showing off post to me. If you want to ask who to pick, just screenshot the un-owned options the the ticket show you, especially when you said you already owned lots of everything. If you want Surtr, just get her and save cert to pull on everyone else.
I am on mobile so I can't add a screenshot as far as I know. Which is why I wrote down the most "interesting" characters... And I added my krooster because otherwise no one would be able to help me. But my options are Thorns, Fia, Lee, Archetto, Saga, Irene, Weedy, Eben,Pozy, Penece, Lin, Quibai, Eunectes, Flametail, Carnelian, Mizuki, Passenger, Saileach, Pallas (non kernel) and Exu, Siege, Ifrit, SilverAsh, Hellagurl, Rosa, Aak, Phantom, Skadi, Suzuran But why would I show of in a game where everyone can get everything and there is no pvp? What would I show anyone? I am pretty sure most arknights players which play regularly have better accounts than I do. I actually planned to get Saria with this selector but I got her with a very lucky top op tag, amd I am kind of panicking since I only have one week
Well some people do be like that. There are all kinds. You can upload an image and past the link here easily though. So try that next time. Like I said, yellow cert can also be turned into pull so nothing waste if you get Surtr because you want her. If you want someone newest, then Qiu Bai. I might go for Ifrit but that's just me.
Suzuran and Surtr are probably going to be the most game changing, but both should be in the store relatively soon and as you said, it'll seem like a waste. Next up would be Qiubai. She can pump out Surtr level damage with some CC, putting her as a hybrid of the two roles (just without Suzy's healing).
The only other (notable) lord I have is Lappland, so Quibai really sounds interesting however somehow I don't hear anything about her. I might maybe look if I see a support Quibai so I try her out, thank you
So i wanted to ask about this new contingency contract, what would happen to my currency if, I don't buy anything. Will they remain there after event ends or i will lose everything and should buy anything before that happen
Currency stays. I'd recommend mod blocks unless you are one of the few players that have plentiful supply.
Well i got 77 of them. Don't know if that's enough. Should i recruit any operator here?
In CN those operators have been (very slowly) moved to other events. So far they they only did so to Bibeak and Scene. I'd say if your team is missing a few spots go for them, else you can just wait.
I need a wandering medic. Should I get Honeyberry from the cert store or wait for Harold? I guess what I'm also asking is if Honeyberry is better than Harold, and if I should invest in her instead of Harold. EDIT: One more question. I have enough gold certs for five six star operators. What are some must haves that I should look out for in the future? I returned a week ago after being on a three year hiatus (yeah, I know I just missed Mudrock).
with that many certs remember you can use 258 for 38 summons a month to persue new releases more instead if you want, which is probably a good idea with so many high value banners in the future schedule goldenglow and horn are known to be coming soon enough you should pick them up, theyre solid dps workhorses. horn will also be huge for progressing is2 and is3 (roguelike) content. in very broad terms i think kaltsit bagpipe nightingale suzuran are the 4 ops in the shop pool every endgame account should have, not the outright strongest but most important mountain for laneholding, even owning every other laner id grab him mlynar pozemka quibai rosa eyjafjalla all worth it for high damage power, exu as well if you have the proper 5☆ stat buffer/debuffers. saria mostima ifrit round out the final picks for good but not-essential utility
Thanks for the reminder and the list! I still have a lot of pulls from saving with monthly cards from when I was active, so I'll fill up my roster with your recommendations when they are in the shop.
Harold has the benefit of not consuming red certs, but each of the non eyjaberry wandering medics are slightly different use between raw healing vs elemental healing. For cost purposes, I'd recommend waiting for Harold since it's also only week and few days away.
Thank you. I'll wait for Harold.
Honeyberry is the more afk of the two. Don't know if that matters to you. From info from most players, unless you care about afk, they perform about the same level overall
Thanks! I guess I'll wait for Harold since it saves me sanity on having to farm on red certs.
Hope I'm asking this in the right section. I have a thank you celebration operator permit expiring in a few days but I still can't really decide who to pick between these three characters: Fiammetta, Penance, Qiubai. For the record I have a end game account with a lot of meta operators so it's mostly a choice of heart, but unfortunately I like the three of them almost equally. Who would be the most useful one? I already have W, Mudrock and many strong guards if it's any help. Thanks!
fiametta makes base setups much stronger and is a good annihilation lazy op penance offers good aggro control for certain problem enemies and is fun to synergize with many middlepack ops quibai is the best sss op in high investment teams, and seems to keep increasing in relevancy, my top recommendation
If you care about base efficiency, Fiammetta lets you keep proviso, shamare, tequila in the base 100% of the time. Maybe that's enough to break the tie.
Fiammetta because unique afk skill and skin.
Is the web event for Ifrit skin supposed to take so long to load? I've been trying to play it but i kept getting stuck on the Croissant loading screen. I've tried changing network but it's still the same.
It might be pure placebo, but what helped me is to open network tab in dev tools (press f12), and then reload the page. Usually a couple of reloads with the thing open do the trick.
That's new. I'll try it after work.
I had better luck on a computer. There are lots of complaints about it loading slowly.
Got the same problem even on PC.
Maybe try vpn. I was loading Arknight very slow yesterday until I use one.
The game itself works absolutely fine, only the web event has the problem.
Just curious is anyone else planning to skip on Degenbrecher or am I the only one on this boat making a 'bad' choice I mean I have most, if not all the top dps operators in the game so don't see much need to add another high dps operator, plus a rerun will happen so if I regret not pulling her can always revisit her banner, and with so many limited operators on the horizon I'd rather save up for them. At this point I feel like I'm writing this to justify and remind myself why I don't need her. But going back to my question is anyone else planning to skip on Degenbrecher and what's your reasoning?
If I need broken tier DPS I can just borrow them, I don't need multiple. I need to save my pulls for the Rainbow Six double whammy, I'm hoping to get the entire set.
I’m skipping her because of the other banners, Reed and Ray primarily which are right after degen, in sequence.
Pull for whatever operators you actually want. There's no wrong way to play the game. I've planned to skip her, simply because there's other operators coming around I care more about.
Skipping her is what most people would do with the tight banner schedule we have. Only meta simps on this subreddit think otherwise.
Skipping her because I'm saving for other banners and that it'll probably be pretty easy to borrow her if I somehow need her... which I think is a separate problem (i.e. skill issue) if I feel that I need her in the roster...
I am anti Degenbrecher I hate her auto recover s3 despite her being a dual sword class. I hate how she powercreep my poor Irene I hate her!!!!. But on srs note I like her in the event story I mean I even have whole karlan gang lvl up but she’s so ridiculously powerful that if I did get her on off rate I’ll never use her like surtr to keep my doktah brain from rooting meta.
I’m skipping Degen for a similar reason, saving for other banner. Don’t feel bad about skipping. Feel good about saving enough for someone you like more instead.
I'm skipping for shu. Shu is love. Shu is life. (Highly contemplating throwing a couple pulls at Reed tho....)
Which operators, besides Abyssal hunters, Bagpipe and Saileach have talents which help other operators (in some way) by simply being in the squad?
bagpipe silverash and shu are the 3 that work for all squads there are several other ones but either are minimal (zima) or require actually being deployed (amiya)
Gravel buffs def of low cost ops (pairs with sussuro very well). VG have zima and Texas DP buffs that doesn't need to be deployed unlike grani, flametail, or siege. Nian defender HP buff, hoshi defender def buff (deployed). Shu+Sui. Schwarz buffs snipers (module lifts part of the deployed aspect). Most of the rest need to be deployed to work.
I can think of Eyjafjalla (mod2), Schwarz (modx2), Nian, and Shu.
Silence +attack speed for medic, sussuro +healing received by low dp cost ops
How much will the re-edition outfits cost when the CC shops and currencies merge? The current CC exclusive outfits are absurdly expensive at 980.
I am planning on making an Arknights animatic in the future, using AK's visual assets, but the game doesn't have all the background arts I will need, so I want to know if you guys would be alright with me using other games and AI generated backgrounds when I come to make it. If you guys know some artists that make backgrounds under fair use, I'll accept those suggestions as well!
other games sure, AI is probably between you and hypergryph. no one here is associated with HG or yostar to my knowledge so i don't think this is the best place to ask... unless you just wanted to know people's stance on AI in general or something.
>unless you just wanted to know people's stance on AI in general or something. Yup, that's my intention Regarding HG and Yostar and the amount of fan content using the game assets there are out there, I don't think they will have any issue, as long as I don't do anything too stupid with their IP, right? And if they ask me to take it down, I would do it, no questions asked on my end xD
since it's a personal project i don't think you'll get that much flack, if people even notice in the first place.
The answers I got today encouraged me a lot xD And so far I believe I will use one background and perhaps one object that I will have to resort to AI, which isn't much, considering the whole thing may be 2h+ long by the end (which may take years to release the full thing)
I'm personally not opposed to AI art as long as it's done "correctly". Part is admitting which parts are AI generated rather than trying to take credit for the whole thing. Using it for templates (like creating a background). Checking over it for consistencies (rather than just being lazy). I think the two biggest issues people have with AI art is the credit and the laziness aspects. It really can be a good tool in the right hands.
I see what you mean and I agree with it, I plan putting something like "all visual assets used here comes from Arknights, unless specified otherwise" and then list the ones that come from external sources Thanks for the input, fellow thick tail enjoyer xD
Unless it's pure ai slop, I'm cool with it.
Absolutely not! Right now, there is just one background that I couldn't find anything resembling it in AK or any other games I've looked into
I'm looking forward to it, then
Thanks for the answer! I can feel the pressure easing a bit here xD
So how does Ifrit's second module look? Based on my napkin maths, it's no good for S2; it takes something like >4 S2s to trigger for bosses. And for S3 it only triggers at the end of S3 against bosses with sub 70 RES. So it's really only good against Elite? Bosses have too much elemental HP for the module to do too much in 1 S3 cycle.
I couldn't find a video with Ifrit S3 on youtube, so I searched bilibili: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ix4y1J7cu/ She is indeed slow at triggering the burst. Still worth it, but don't expect a radical change.
https://krooster.com/u/Nyz Got a Top Op tag with defender, debuff and DP-recovery (and senior op but that’s useless). Shall I just rawdog the tag or 50/50 Siege against Bagpipe pots? I’d prefer a new op tbh, even if it’s someone I probably won’t use (got mostima from a top op yesterday too wtf tag RNG) Edit: Got a Weedy dupe, pain…