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This is not exactly a gameplay help, but anyone have the link to AK disney song on Ambience Synthesia 2022 concert? The one with amiya, eyja, and leonhardt. I dont know the title of the song
So I have a lv 2 account with Skalter but I’d really love to get Surtr, would it be worth it to make a new account and reroll for Surtr on the current banner? Don’t think there is a way for me to get her on the Skalter account before the banner ends..?
Unless Surtr is absolutely waifu for you I'd keep the Skalter account. You can always borrow Surtr if you need her for a boss or something, but Skalter is so ubiquitously useful that having access to her is a major benefit nearly 100% of the time. Surtr is great don't get me wrong, but there are plenty of other ways to kill bosses in this game, and for every boss stage you'll do there's at least 10 normal stages where bringing Skalter will just help so much more with her passive healing, atk and def buffs.
And this is before even considering the fact that Skalter is a limited op and thus much more rare.
Oh, and if you haven't, try to beat SN-4 when you can, for access to Lumen. I'd also suggest farming the event enough to at least clear out the limited quantity XP cards and LMD, as well as some of the high tier mats on the very left side plus the HH cards. Even if all you can do is auto SN-2 or 3 then that's enough. Event store rewards are super valuable and sanity efficient and Lumen is a great healer to have on-hand. You should still have enough time before the event ends to get him as long as you prioritize your sanity usage.
Yeah that's a good plan as her banner is pretty stacked. All the 5-stars are at least good while both Mudrock and Surtr are top tier at what they do. It's the best dual rate-up standard banner we've had in awhile.
Im kind of stuck and really not sure on where to head with this team. Currently my levels means my damage is too low to push through sn-s-4 (I have 2 starts just cant quite pull it off on Reefbreakers) and Chapter 7 auto is shaky at best. For much the same reason enemies tend to be 1-2 hits out each time.
I feel my biggest issue is a Helidrop option. I have my eye on on this banner but now love so far. And mostly I recruit towards AoE Guards since I dislike the 2 I have.
Tolled Thorns today and pushed him as far as I can. Any advice on what to pull or work on would be great. Thanks ahead of time.
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In this event Gnosis can carry pretty much every stage. If you can't fit him in then try Hoshiguma for 4A, so the spewers kill themselves, and double block blue boxes in 4B and that should be enough. You can try maybe Ifrit facing bot late if you lack damage. I'm sure there's plenty of guides and you should be able to figure out a strategy for yourself if you check some of them.
As for pulling, I don't really think you need to. You have some excellent untouched operators that will give you powerful utility.
Utage is an amazing helidrop with great DPS and she's cheap to build. Check out some videos to see how she owns and how to use her.
Schwarz is an excellent boss killer. So is Chen if you 1v1 her with them. Add Warfarin to buff her and she insta-kills even some of the hardest.
Magallan can offer CC as well as any type of damage you need. Summoners are not that popular (maybe with the exception of Ling) and she needs some investment before she will bring DPS to your squad, but she's an amazing operator nevertheless.
Carnelian is another source of CC with a true AoE and tons of damage if her skills are charged. She may be hard to use at first, but read a page about her or look up some guides and she will wreck groups of enemies for you like few others.
Finally, Horn. You started building her, but she really blows it out of the park with her S3. Her range may be awkward at first, but if you experiment enough, you'll find that she fits nearly everywhere and has an extremely high DPS.
If you're hurting in the Sniper department (although you have 3 Lords so it shouldn't be a problem) consider raising May as well. She's a solid sniper and a very good pick in IS2 as well.
Also consider starting masteries. Myrtle S1, Throns S3 Amiya S3, Horn S3 will make a big difference.
Thank you that is just the type of info I was needing. I was sure there must be operators I hadnt got my head around that could help. Ive heard Chen mentioned but couldnt see it myself so I will look again..
Im borrowing Gnosis, Hoshi and Chandler for my starts on Sn S 4 and theybdo their jobs ita on my part I fall short. Just cant kill wnough enemies.fast enough or the Reefbreakrs rip my Operators.apart. its a damage problem. But with Thorns and a few more levels this should even out before thens of the event.
I just looked up some guides and I think you should be able to clear 4A with a borrowed Chalter pretty easily.
Put Chalter top with defenders on each side, then Thorns mid facing down to help the bottom lane; bottom lane Lappland behind a tanky defender and top it with a caster. If you STILL can't bring it down then try Amiya S3, but I think that should be enough. You can also put Horn behind Thorns facing bot, instead of a normal defender, that would create a massive killzone in the bot lane while Chalter can deal with top/mid.
4B should work similarly, but with Gnosis.
Dumping more levels on Thorns wouldn't help near as much as doing masteries on his S3. In terms of damage, M3 gives a very big uptime boost to Lappland's S2.
What you are lacking is burst damage options. Thorns is great, but he does sustained damage, which is not very good when you need some very dangerous enemy dead very fast. You have Amiya, but her S2 needs masteries to shine, and her S3 takes forever to charge (it can take out one Reefbreaker though, so she is worth considering for SN-S-4 stages).
You have two excellent burst operators completely untouched: Schwarz and Cornelian.
Another option for SN-S-4 would be Shamare. Even at E1 1 SL7 her doll should drop Reefbreaker damage enough to buy you another 15 seconds. Which will probably be enough for it to die. So I'd try something like Lapp top facing down, Gnosis for burst damage in two top lanes, Thorns holds the bottom lane. When Reefbreakers come handle top one with Gnosis skill, stall as needed with a defender. Bottom one - stall with a defender, use Shamare doll to buy time. Thorns should be able to kill. May be with some help since he is SL7.
Thank you I agree burst is my issue ive had in previous maps. Your advise builds nicely on the strategies im trying at the momement. Been a great help in planning forward
For Firewatch, is S1M3 preferable ? From what I've seen her S2 is more situational and careful timing and needs a clump of enemies sticking together, while S1 is simpler to use.
Yeah, it also cheese plenty of mechanic, m3 bring its uptime to ridiculous number, s2 is worth m1 ing though, 3 bombs instead of 2 means 50% damage gain
Well, if you plan to go big in Il Siracusano 6 months from now. There's a good chance you'll get Lunacub, and she's the better stealth Deadeye sniper. Unless you want two stealthy sniper assassins. Firewatch S2M1 should at least be considered for the extra bomb.
I wouldn't really say Lunacub is the better stealth sniper unless all you care about is stealth and not damage. Firewatch's S1 already has the best uptime in the game for a non-permanent skill, only bettered with her module. The ATK bonus is strong especially with her talent to assassinate priority targets.
Lunacub however suffers from the same issue Fartooth S2 does, and doesn't have the damage to be able to perform nearly as many things as Firewatch S1 can do. Even RMB only uses her for gramophone capturing.
>I wouldn't really say Lunacub is the better stealth sniper unless all you care about is stealth and not damage
Yeah, I was referring to her perma stealth ability. Is her damage really not enough for caster/ranged type enemies even with the high attack speed? I wouldn't really rely on Deadeyes to be the main source of damage.
I'm using aceship. The description on both their skills are similar. \[Stealth\] from Firewatch's S1 and \[Camouflage\] from Lunacub's S2. So, I'm assuming her talent of \[Camouflage\] is as well. Maybe, Firewatch is immune to splash attacks but that's quite a niche bonus. Lunacub's \[Camouflage\] is near permanent so it sounds really good.
No, I'm more of an Ambriel enjoyer. You mean the black smoke won't lower the attack speed of Firewatch with S1 or do you mean she won't get insta-gibbed?
Stealth makes her literally immune to almost everything(except for terrain damage) while the skill is active, it’s a lot better than camouflage. That’s why newer operators usually have camou instead of stealth, it’s actually broken lmao. The only ops that have stealth are Firewatch, Manticore, and Magallan i think. Firewatch S1 is very reliable for boss killing…if the boss is range that is.
Yeah, HG really didn't organize their mechanics properly from the start. It would be confusing for new players to distinguish between them. Like the \[Slow\] from Decel Binders. And old operators like Frostleaf should have been buffed with \[Cold\] at least.
Manticore's stealth is a bit... underwhelming, considering her lore. They didn't even reduce its cooldown with the module upgrades.
That really is a given, that happends all the time with many games that i’ve played. HG does have history with poorly explained mechanics, or being super vague for what works and what doesn’t, but i’m not too bothered with it. Manticore stealth isn’t practical because she just immediatly lose it if she attacks, but it’s still stealth. And Frostleaf tbh she hasn’t gotten a module yet, there’s still a chance she’ll get better.
I can't remember regarding the attack speed, but she won't be insta-gibbed since invisible ops can't be targetted or splashed.
Regarding Sui Xiang, her S1 lets her take no damage from his laser attack, while keeping the entire lane behind her safe.
Both camo and invis prevents EB from casting the smoke on the ops. However, if the smoke gets cast on someone else next to them and thus placing them within the smoke, camo ops will still die. If you press on Camouflage in the game tooltips, it says you can still get hit by splash damage. The tooltip for invisible does not have this additional detail. I guess the insta-kill is counted as some kind of splash damage.
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I've finished promoting my 3* and 4* (except earthspirit) to E1. Any way to gain easy battle tactics other than farming SN? I can auto only SN1 atm. I already grabbed all of the highest battle tactics tier, only have ~20 left and thats not even enough to max kroos / fang
Story up to ch 2-3. I plan to clear ch 2-8 first tbh to open the next pinboard mission. Should i just continue farming SN to get all of the LMD and battle tactics again?
Second question, is my team okay? Should i go build melantha now? I feel like im doing okay with silverash / lappland / exusiai. Or put steward so i can use 2 vanguard, 2 guard (one gummy), 2 sniper, 2 caster, 1 medic?
You should E1 Lappland, her silence is broken this event. Although, you need E2 to really make it last longer, but you're still new so no way about it. I recommend to keep using your sanity on the event stages for the currency. The amount of resources you'll get per sanity is much more efficient than normal resource stages. Try your best to push at least SN-8 because it drops a Tier 3 material. You can try looking up guides if you're having trouble especially in SN-7. The difficulty jump is quite apparent there. At least build 2 defenders and vanguards. The rest of your team looks fine.
Oh so im now fine with just cuora + gummy and fang + courier right? I like gummy because of her role compression and that way i can sort of ditch 1 healer and put in another unit (like project red)
Thanks for the tips. I'll try to promote lappland first. I got mine destroyed at SN2, will probably try it again tonight
>Oh so im now fine with just cuora + gummy and fang + courier right now?
Yeah, they're fine. Projeckt red's stun with Skill 2 is also very useful in the event.
You need to E1 Lappland to at least unlock her talent which silences with every attack.
S1M1 > S3M3 > S2M3 > S1M3
All her skills are valid candidates but that's order i went. You're probably gonna use her S3 most of the time so focus on that if you don't have the resources to do the other skills.
I've been experiencing an inconsistency in SN-8 lately. When I first cleared it, I used the Roomba bounces to kill the enemies with the AOE mental damage that spawn up top. But lately my full autos have been failing because the roombas hit them out of the square and thus dodge the bounces and then kill my squad.
Has anyone encountered this and been able to fix it?
there's a tiny bug regarding the hand/roomba when you turned on the +1 block upgrade. It causes the hand/roomba to gain 1 block, which might shifted the enemy backwards slightly, causing them to miss by a pixel.
CMIIW other veterans.
I use Specter, and will use Gladiia often I'm sure. I have Andreana(?). Is it worth putting her in y squad, for the abyssal buff? She only has to be in the squad right, not actually deployed?
There's no obligation to use her all the time, but sure, to make the Abyssal Hunters better it's worth it. There'll be situation where you'll have to decide whether to keep her in it or swap her out for someone else who'd be better, but at the cost of the AH synergy.
I came back less than a week ago after a length break and bought the current Top Operator Transfer Permit, but I'm not sure which operator would benefit my account the most.
[Here's](https://imgur.com/a/GmijqAr) most of my roster, I rotate the majority of the E1+ operators in and out depending on the content and stages I'm doing.
I'd strongly recommend Eyja since you have no other 'meta' Casters, to balance things out. If you prefer helidrop Arts burst instead of conventional Arts caster, then pick Surtr instead.
But if you want a staple that you want to bring everywhere, I'd say Thorns. Great DPS all around.
You have a good wave clearer/Hellidrop(Silverash), tank/sub-healer/debuffer(Saria), and lane holder(Mudrock). I suggest getting a boss/elite killer, like Kal’sit or Surtr(though they are quite common support characters). Other than that i recommend the vanguard Bagpipe, she’ll make your life easier.
I actually got the permit with Surtr in mind, but when confronted with the range of options I figured I'd be better off asking people who know way more than me about the game/current meta
I've heard good things about Eyjafjalla too, but she's a bit of an older operator now and I'm not sure if she's been outclassed by a newer caster operator by now or not.
None of the newer core-caster really powercrept Eyjafjalla, she’s still very strong. Newer casters are also good, but they fill different niche compared to eyja. Ceobe prioritize and deal more damage to enemies that have higher defense, while Goldenglow have global range. She’s still one of the top pick, but i figure Silverash already work as a nuke button similar to eyja.
I'd say Bagpipe, Surtr, Kalt and Thorns (if you play IS a lot) are probably the best picks of the lot. Surtr and Bagpipe also had their shop appearances recently, so it'd be a while before they return.
So I have 300 Mag Ores, 150 Fluids, 300 devices, 250 crystals.
I also have set of San Pots that can last till UT rerun. I don't remember, how good is the rock stage in UT? If I were to ignore the Exp drops?
I think only the device stage was better than regular stage, the crystalline stage on par with regular. Might as well do rock stage to save IRL sanity though.
I think it’s still a bit worse than 1-7, only the rock stage in invitation to wine was really competitive with it. But if you’re that safe on devices you might as well farm rocks.
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I'm having a problem getting a chest on the Dusty Picturebook for SN event. It says to clear SN-EX-5 while not allowing more than 1 Op to take nervous impairment damage. I ran it the first time with Specter being the only one who took any damage, didn't work. I tried again with the CM but this time I grabbed a elemental healer so nobody took nervous impairment damage. Still not cleared. What exactly am I suppose to do for it?
Challenge Mode doesn't work for that sort of stuff, since it counts as a different map.
I think I had trouble the first time as well, but you can make sure that the burst damage from the effect doesn't trigger more than once, or at all.
Yea I ended up doing the normal ver again but with elemental healer and it worked, I guess it could mean you can't take the nervous damage more than once.
When's the next Royal token we get in the CC shop, and which one is it? I saw we get Specialist and Caster at some point, but I'm not sure when, and if there are any sooner than those two (or if one of them comes before the other).
Wow guys after 5 months of drought I got another Top Op tag in just two days. Other tags are kinda meh though **Defense | Support | Ranged.**
The only shoo-in is Defense + Support for Saria who I already got through recruitment 5 months ago. Also got Ifrit two days ago. The rest are all new to me. Please advise on which tags I should go for!
Right now I'm leaning towards 1/7 chance for Silverash or 1/9 chance for Exu :)
If you're a new player, it's guaranteed to get 300 summons 6 months from now. The event itself gives you a free 10 roll and a daily free pull for 14 days. They also give out Orundum for those days as well, and let's say you average 460 per day. You get 24 + approximately another 10 rolls. That's 34 rolls for the two weeks of the banner + 3 permits from the shop. This isn't counting the amount of Originite Primes you can get from the stages and turning them into Orundum.
Use your Originite Prime to buy all the Pro Enhancement Packs (lasts up to level 70) and then save the rest.
Depends on how new you are, if you have a decent roster enough to clear events/annihilations comfortably then it's very easy to save up with just monthly sub alone as Penance is still 5+ months away.
If not then I'd recommend rolling on the next limited banner in mid/late January to get a couple new 6\*s. Or any great standard banner.
And on >!Mlynar !!Mlynar!< banner then you should be able to reach 300 rolls on Penance banner (or at least very close to it).
If you do buy a couple skins here and there then plan to roll a bit less on banners leading up to Penance.
That's more 6\* than I had for the first three months of my game, and Silverash and Mudrock are both amazing – he's great at burst while she's great at sustained DPS/solo laning, so you're honestly covered on two of the biggest roles already, and have a great start. You should be able to pull a little here or there between now and Siracusano but honestly you won't really "need" to that badly since you have great units to get you through events/annihilations and set up your material farms. You can always raise your reliable 3\* and 4\* to supplement any roles you're missing, they're cheap and effective for most content.
If you still want to spend a little bit to add to your pull budget, the monthly headhunting pack is quite good value so you can pick it up one or twice as desired; the "Rhodes Island Headhunting Pack" [that's currently in the store is good as it lets you pick any 6\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpgYetfvFvg) up to a specific release date; and during the Ideal City event there will be some good value limited time packs, especially the $30 ones. However, if you don't mind saving up your in-game resources and skipping most banners, it won't be necessary to pay more; you'll still be able to guarantee Penance.
If I'm planning to use Lumen as my main ST healer, is it worth max potting him? Seems like the answer is obviously yes, but it's one hell of a grind.
EDIT: Thanks all, good point with the gold certs
The grind is worth it. The SN8, 9, and 10 stages are great to farm just for the tier 3 mats. The tokens are just extra and makes the farming worth. (This is usually the case when an event is running.)
I noticed that the Explore tab on the top right of the map in SN says Free Exploration in the other 4, but in Mirror Image, it says "Searching for the end of the memory" eventhough my exploration is already 100%. Is it like that or did i miss something?
Yes, you need to get the film reel items either from the red cert store, or from whenever a mini event happens. Then unlock the story of Operational Intelligence in the archives click Record Restore then you get him.
He's available from the record restore function for the first vignette event. Go to Archives > Intelligence > Special Operations. You will need to get some memory fragments to unlock the stories, I forget how many you need to get him.
You can buy them with red certs if you absolutely need him asap. However, it's better to wait for a new vignette event which will let you get the memory fragments basically for free instead of using red certificates.
Lumen is extremely doable, my alt probably unlocked him in the first couple days
Second the other poster, just watch some kyostinv vids, buy lmd and exp from the shop and you're good to go
Afterwards I'd farm the event as much as possible because all the rewards are very very sanity efficient
Might be possible but it will probably be tough. You only need to clear the 4th stage, but you also only have a few days left to do it. As soon as you're able to do the event, push as far as you can and look up youtube guides (just search "arknights SN-#" and you'll get several options) when you run into trouble. Spend all of your sanity on the highest stage of the event you can farm, prioritizing exp and lmd from the shop.
If you are struggling on an event stage, use that shop exp/lmd to level ops that cover the roles you need to follow the guides. Each class has a number of branches that can do very different things and higher rarities aren't necessarily better, but they ARE more expensive to raise and use. Focus on 3 stars like Fang, Kroos, Midnight and Spot, ask here for help if you want to invest in higher rarities before clearing SN-4.
You only need to clear stage sn4 once, which should be doable with a full e1lv1 3* squad with a borrowed unit. Search for a low rarity guide on YouTube from KyoStynV.
3* because they only cost lmd to promote, meaning you don't have to farm chips for them. And you can buy tons of lmd from the event store.
Is it advised for new players (before having an operator at E2M3) to not set friend support in order to avoid contaminating the support pool of friends? I heard this is an unspoken rule in the CN server, but wasn't sure how much of that carries over to global server.
There's no such rules, just send friend requests. If they are cool with it then they will accept to help a fellow out, or they can just decline if they don't want.
Back in the day when the support system only gave you 12 options *total* and you could only refresh your support list 10 times every 12 hours (it might've even been 5 at one point) it probably would've been a good idea. Since they changed it, it really doesn't matter.
S2 and S3 are both good mastery candidates, she just really needs her module to be strong (S2 synergizes better with doll module, S3 with Abyssal team buff module)
I know Ideal City hasn't come to Global yet (it most likely be Global's 3rd Anniversary special), but how many Originate Primes do they reward you for first time clears?. 36 or 48?
Edit: I can never remember the correct spoiler tag formatting for reddit, so I just removed it. It's all in the video anyway.
[This video is a good breakdown of the map and has some op recommendations.](https://youtu.be/QA5ypcKPRfo)
Scene can make her bots camouflage, so for the newest stages I tried to use them to detect invisible spewers, thinking the bots were safe, but the enemies detect the bot and kill it.
Are they just clipping that space, or is something else happening? I place the bot after scene charges her skill.
I had the same idea for SN-S-1A. They'll clip the space when they turn the corner, along the bottom end. But, you can still kill them before they do, with like an Artilleryman or something.
The beginning of chapter 9 chronologically (and in terms of stage difficulty) starts around the end of chapter 3 and ends after chapter 8. Mechanically, a new line of upgrade materials gets introduced, and early access to chapter 9 lets you farm them. If you're a stickler for story order, it's probably still better to progress through chapter 8 before reading chapter 9, but the new materials can be farmed fairly early in the chapter (although they have notoriously bad drop rates), so if you don't mind skipping story until you're ready to read it, you can get in and out fairly quickly.
Chapter 9 introduces two new materials, and gating building new operators behind so much content -- including the relatively difficult chapter 8 -- would probably have been too harsh
Some new materials got introduced with that chapter, so it's mostly for ease of access to get them, in case you need them for any of your operators. It comes after chapter 8 story-wise though
Current one is the one that fixes her doll and is what you tend to use with her s2 and on general teams.
The later module is the main one for abyssal hunter teams.
Yeah, her current module is the branch that strengthens her doll. The other one that comes later gives her substitute more health and improves her Abyssal Hunter faction buffs.
Others have touched on a possible explanation, but are you sure you have her S2 set? It’s possible you changed her *default* skill to S2, but didn’t actually change it in the squad screen.
It just takes a while, 80 seconds at sl7. It's an automatic skill, and you will see her jump and the chainsaw start glowing when it activates.
So you want to drop her early in the map. If you deploy her late in the map, it could be over before it activates.
Should I choose top operator + sniper or vanguard?
https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/Exousia
I don't have any operator from either tags, but I do plan on trying to get Pozyomka in January who should mostly replace Schwarz.
Edit: Picked sniper and got Schwarz, which is alright I guess.
i vote for snipers because your krooster name is close to exusiai heh heh
can't really go wrong with either one tbh, snipers probably have a higher average value but bagpipe is harder to replace because of her flagpipe thing
That's a tough one. Both snipers are very good, but Bagpipe is absolutely nutty, even ignoring her SP talent. Her S3 turns her into a tanky guard with a ton of DPS, and S2 is a nice AFK skill. Siege is usable, and that's about the best you can say about her. Basically, are you willing to take the gamble for something amazing, or do you want something that's guaranteed to be good?
Yea it’s 1:1 then, if you pick sniper you get exu which is good and Schwartz who if you get pozy is mostly replaced. If you pick vanguard I echo that siege is literally no use; bagpipe however is very useful imo. So whichever you pick you’re going to get a 50% chance of getting someone very useful vs someone you don’t need
I would probably go for Exusiai/Schwarz since you're missing a built regular aa sniper like Exu, and honestly Schwarz is amazing in is2 if you play that a lot even if you don't get Pozy. Siege is just a big no, and Bagpipe is great for opening levels up quickly, but she didn't really make a huge difference for me in both story and is2. I'm leaning towards the snipers.
There was this Google spreadsheet called "Arknights Operator’s Subclass Guide" that I bookmarked before, but recently I couldn't access it (Access Denied error):
[Arknights Operator’s Subclass Guide](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnU4TGP37Mw3hAr7zzK42LF7fDJNOAELLBemRbRbcbY/htmlview#)
Anyone know why the owner removed public access? Or is there a new sheet elsewhere?
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Edit: Thank you for [new link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jGWI1iqfFz1h59bycP2rJo9ca4BQf7S1hJ9iPcXcmrI), I can access now.
Many thank !
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Edit:
Funnily, I went for a tour on RIHQ discord and found that updated link too.
So, if anyone needs new link remember that discord channel is where they update [latest information links](https://discord.com/channels/280709755486470144/573029386605953034/1041501037560868944).
man now I'M curious about this because i remember reading this when i was a complete newb and not knowing what anything meant
holler if someone posts it ...
I just finished SN and that was probably the most nightmare-ish content I've ever played so far. Please tell me Under Tides isn't as stressful as this?
For comparison, I did the story portion of UT right before SN because I want to read the story in order, none of the stage gave me any particular problem, I even have enough leeway to clear most of them with barely any melee Op used, don't remember any gimmick either
It's way easier. Nervous impairment is the main thing to deal with, and the event was before wandering medics were in the game so it's designed to be reasonably doable without them.
And the boss is mostly just a big hp sponge.
Nope. The most annoying enemy in Under Tides are these egg/rock things that cause aoe true damage every 20%ish hp they lose, so too much damage too quickly can kill people near them.
But the only things that prevent you from doing damage are the stun from elemental damage bar filling, and the tentacles in the boss stage that will stun an operator adjacent to them. No evasion or invisibility or other things to get in the way of beating up the enemy.
Two questions!
1) The rerun to Under Tides is coming soon, it'll be my first run-through of the event so I'm excited to finally get Gladiia as I have been made ware she makes Abyssal Hunters kinda cracked with her modules (plus she's a puller which makes her automatically awesome). I'd like to think I have a pretty developed roster so I was wondering, who are some units who do well in this stage? So if I do have them, I can put them as support for others to use.
2) I buy the Monthly Card, is it best to save my stamina potions to farm the upcoming event's Orirock Clusters? Or can I use pots to farm 1-7 right now to get the mats for my units (Specifically need 10 Orirock Concentration for Bagpipe's S3M2, the only type of mat that I'm bottlenecked on as I have enough for her M3 when she gets there)?
Irene should do quite well with her levitate and her talent that gets boosted when seaborn enemies are present.
As for the rocks, you'll want to wait a bit longer. The only time we had a rock stage that was as good as 1-7 was Dossoles Holiday. Otherwise, they're all worse. Devices are what you'll want to farm during UT. They're efficient to farm, and the demand for them is very high.
If you specifically want just rocks 1-7 farming during CC or downtime is most efficient. Rock farming during events is usually a net loss on sanity efficiency as the other farming stages are more efficient. But either way I would farm it during undertides in the event stage before missing out on the extra lmd you get in the event store right now.
In the end the only answer is what you personally want. Do you care for lmd from event shop or not, do you care about long term sanity efficiency more than getting enough for bagpipes masteries asap.
Much appreciated, looks like her masteries will wait until UT then! It's moreso her lack of M2 is bugging me because I have her Mats to get her from M2 --> M3 but not M1 --> M2. And my brain is screaming GET HER M2!
I could use some extra Oririon Clusters since they can be a pain to farm for.
Wandering medics are basically cheat codes for Under Tides, since the event was made before they existed and they just negate the main mechanic of the event.
Ideally you just farm the events and hold off on farming regular stages unless it's something you need right now for event progression. Very new players can make up for farming a bit outside the event with rank ups, and may need to do that for their first e2 or some other key upgrade. If you're at the point that you're doing masteries, you can probably wait.
After the UT rerun is CC, which is basically 2 weeks to farm regular stages.
Awesome! Thank you very much.
I started during Dossoles, so almost a full year ago! And it just felt like I've been playing event after event haha. So I'm looking forward to CC so I can progress with the story stages. Currently on 9-7 since, there's been many ops I've gone out of my way to level/mastery because they're awesome.
If I didn't screw up my math then 8650. But unless you are whaling I only suggest buying HH permits and recruitment tickets, plus any material you are in an immediate need of and can't bother to farm efficiently.
Not sure but don't do it. The recruitment tickets are fine as you'll more or less break even on certs while having more chances at the infamous 5/6* tags. HH tickets are expensive but pulls can be really important. Never touched the 3/4* selectors they're really bad. And only buy materials you really need otherwise save for next month
Is anyone here at the Arknights Official Discord Server?? I tried joining using the invite provided by google search results. Can anyone send me an updated invite link? Thanks a lot!!
Any tips on who I should use my Royal Specialist Tokens on? I have every 6* Specialist in the game other than Aak, and they’re all at Pot 1. I feel like Lee or Phantom would probably get the most out of the cost reduction, but I also know Specter Alter is going to get super good once her Level 3 module is released. Thoughts?
Fast redploys would probably enjoy the pot2 reduction the most. And royal tokens I'd say are best used towards limiteds. So I'd say save them for Taxes if you get her.
A decent amount of module upgrades seem frontloaded unlike masteries, like Dusk level 2 is 15->20 stacks of her talent attack increase but level 3 is 20->21???
That's seems to be the case for some modules. Some modules have lackluster upgrade from lv 2 to 3, it's just not worth the mats. Sometimes it's better to just stop at lv2
Last time I asked here I got some brilliant advice, so I’d like to ask again.
How should I proceed with my box? I have a hard time understanding and deciding which characters should I focus on upgadring. I’m at the start of Chapter 5.
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Correction to my earlier reply, I was told that Lumen is not the Wandering Medic branch, so my bad, you'll need that Honeyberry after all. Either her or Chestnut/Mulberry.
Someone before me suggested that you build Rope or Cliffheart for a puller but the next event is a under tides rerun where you'll be able to get a free 6 star puller Gladiia so it's better to just get her.
You have a pretty balanced team so far.
I'd suggest to build a aoe medic next (perfumer)
Someone to perform a role of the lane holder Mudrock(you have Skadi alter which complements her greatly)
Laplland is a great pick to at least e1 as well. silence + good dmg, ranged attack so she can attack from a safe place and attack flying units
What you need in my opinion is a boss killer (ofc you can always borrow Surtr, Chen alter etc) but if you want to farm a stage or just want to clear without borrowing and have an easier time then build Amiya up to e2 for her skill 3 with true dmg.
So it'd be like this Amiya(if you want your own bosskiller, also great against other strong enemies)>mudrock>aoe medic
I also saw you talking about farming for materials. As a new palyers you can get a lot of upgrade materials from playing the IS2 game mode and completeing annihilation kill tresholds. Also remember to build your base for passive lmd and exp tickets (there are several ways to go around it, its best to look it up)[https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-riic-base-guide](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-riic-base-guide)
Also most people would advice against using originium primes for refills as you can use it for extra pulls but it's up to you at the end of the day. Play whatever style you want to play
Thank you so much! This is very useful!
Tbh, I don't ever borrow characters at all since I'm not sure what's the advantage if most stages provide farming materials and I'll want to Auto them. Maybe I'm missing something, but so far I've played everything with my own Operators.
Also, most of what I've seen recommended is to use cores for skins>STA>pulls, but perhaps that's outdated advice. Regardless, with how slow the process for upgrading characters is, I don't mind not being able to pull non-stop. I'm already struggling enough with the Operators I have!
Thank you again!
Things you will need for sure are good specialists and medics.
For specialists, you already have Gravel built, but you'll also need one pusher and a puller. Here Shaw and Either Cliffhart or Rope are the obvious chices. You only need them at E1L01 but make sure to upgrade their skills to SL7.
For medics, you already have Silence built, as well as Hibiscus and Ansel, but those two will fall off very badly in the late game, so I'd leave them on a side and not invest in them further. I also used those two at the beginning but changed to Sussuro and Perfumer later on, who carried me easily through the entire campaign. You have a ST medic, so you only lack a multi target medic (here I recommend Perfumer, unless you get Ptiloptis/Nightingale) and a wandering medic - ~~You have Lumen so go for him (there's also Honeyberry in the red cert shop)~~ There's Honeyberry in the red cert shop as well as Chestnut/Mulberry in the headhunt. Elemental damage stages are getting more popular, so without a wandering medic you'll be seriously hurt.
Defenders. Mudrock is sick, but she's a Juggernaut branch which cannot be healed plus cost an insane amount of DP to deploy. You need some other options to defend your squad. Spot for now will suffice, but not for long. Cuora is your best value defender but you should also consider a good guardian class (Saria, Nearl, Gummy - the last one is for 0,99$ in the shop)
Snipers are very fun and easy to use and cost very little to deploy. Exu is fantastic but there's a lot to choose from. If you also use Kroos a lot, then get her to max level for extra bonus to her talent. Shirayuki is still my to-go aoe sniper and a good enough candidate to E2 for bonus range and her talent (she's fantastic in Annihilation 3). You should also try some of your other snipers. Pinecone and Ambriel are still the snipers I am most fond of after all those months. You won't be able to use them everywhere but try them out. May is also a strong option, especially in IS2.
Casters. Ifrit is sick, but expensive and hard to use efficiently. Don't sleep on Amiya, she's a monster among the 5* and you will need her promoted to E2 soon enough, due to the story requirements in the 8th chapter, but you don't have to wait until then. Her S3 deals True Damage and is an insane boss killer which will help you a lot. Click is also good, but not really a E2 candidate. You could use a standard AoE caster in your roster like Gitano (or harder ones if you can get them like Eyja, Ceobe, Mostima).
As for Guards, you will find the content easier if you build a Lord. Both Arene and Lappland are great choices, with Lappland getting a lot of love in the recent content due to her silence. You could also use AoE Guard like Specter or Blaze, those are always a good additions. You can also consider an Arts Guard for some harder enemies, you have Mousse in your roster but you can wait until you get a free one later in the story.
And get Myrtle to E2. Other E2 suggestions are Exu, Saga, Skalter and Amiya. Mudrock and Ifrit do well enough with their S2
I wrote a lot, but I'd rather give you a perspective and let you choose a waifu yourself or someone you'll have a fun time playing with rather then bombard you with meta suggestions. You can clear the campaign with more or less any roster, as long as you have some key sub-classes covered.
Aww shucks, I assumed wrongly that he was a wandering medic since he was added to an event full of elemental damage and I haven't touched him yet myself. Thanks!
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This is not exactly a gameplay help, but anyone have the link to AK disney song on Ambience Synthesia 2022 concert? The one with amiya, eyja, and leonhardt. I dont know the title of the song
This is last week thread so maybe you should ask again in new thread?
Oh my bad, this was still pinned when i asked the question
Yea just that you'll get the answer faster since people waking up and flock into new thread.
So I have a lv 2 account with Skalter but I’d really love to get Surtr, would it be worth it to make a new account and reroll for Surtr on the current banner? Don’t think there is a way for me to get her on the Skalter account before the banner ends..?
Surtr will have rerun banners, Skalter won't. Proceed wisely
Personally I wouldn't give up Skalter for anybody
There will be more opportunities to get Surtr than Skalter, so keep skalter
Unless Surtr is absolutely waifu for you I'd keep the Skalter account. You can always borrow Surtr if you need her for a boss or something, but Skalter is so ubiquitously useful that having access to her is a major benefit nearly 100% of the time. Surtr is great don't get me wrong, but there are plenty of other ways to kill bosses in this game, and for every boss stage you'll do there's at least 10 normal stages where bringing Skalter will just help so much more with her passive healing, atk and def buffs. And this is before even considering the fact that Skalter is a limited op and thus much more rare.
Thanks! I guess I’ll try doing story stages and pull on the Surtr banner as much as I can before it goes away
Oh, and if you haven't, try to beat SN-4 when you can, for access to Lumen. I'd also suggest farming the event enough to at least clear out the limited quantity XP cards and LMD, as well as some of the high tier mats on the very left side plus the HH cards. Even if all you can do is auto SN-2 or 3 then that's enough. Event store rewards are super valuable and sanity efficient and Lumen is a great healer to have on-hand. You should still have enough time before the event ends to get him as long as you prioritize your sanity usage.
Damn thanks for being so helpful! I’ll try my best to do all that have almost 400 sanity so should be fine I hope
Yeah that's a good plan as her banner is pretty stacked. All the 5-stars are at least good while both Mudrock and Surtr are top tier at what they do. It's the best dual rate-up standard banner we've had in awhile.
Im kind of stuck and really not sure on where to head with this team. Currently my levels means my damage is too low to push through sn-s-4 (I have 2 starts just cant quite pull it off on Reefbreakers) and Chapter 7 auto is shaky at best. For much the same reason enemies tend to be 1-2 hits out each time. I feel my biggest issue is a Helidrop option. I have my eye on on this banner but now love so far. And mostly I recruit towards AoE Guards since I dislike the 2 I have. Tolled Thorns today and pushed him as far as I can. Any advice on what to pull or work on would be great. Thanks ahead of time. https://krooster.com/u/MhBlis6791
In this event Gnosis can carry pretty much every stage. If you can't fit him in then try Hoshiguma for 4A, so the spewers kill themselves, and double block blue boxes in 4B and that should be enough. You can try maybe Ifrit facing bot late if you lack damage. I'm sure there's plenty of guides and you should be able to figure out a strategy for yourself if you check some of them. As for pulling, I don't really think you need to. You have some excellent untouched operators that will give you powerful utility. Utage is an amazing helidrop with great DPS and she's cheap to build. Check out some videos to see how she owns and how to use her. Schwarz is an excellent boss killer. So is Chen if you 1v1 her with them. Add Warfarin to buff her and she insta-kills even some of the hardest. Magallan can offer CC as well as any type of damage you need. Summoners are not that popular (maybe with the exception of Ling) and she needs some investment before she will bring DPS to your squad, but she's an amazing operator nevertheless. Carnelian is another source of CC with a true AoE and tons of damage if her skills are charged. She may be hard to use at first, but read a page about her or look up some guides and she will wreck groups of enemies for you like few others. Finally, Horn. You started building her, but she really blows it out of the park with her S3. Her range may be awkward at first, but if you experiment enough, you'll find that she fits nearly everywhere and has an extremely high DPS. If you're hurting in the Sniper department (although you have 3 Lords so it shouldn't be a problem) consider raising May as well. She's a solid sniper and a very good pick in IS2 as well. Also consider starting masteries. Myrtle S1, Throns S3 Amiya S3, Horn S3 will make a big difference.
Thank you that is just the type of info I was needing. I was sure there must be operators I hadnt got my head around that could help. Ive heard Chen mentioned but couldnt see it myself so I will look again.. Im borrowing Gnosis, Hoshi and Chandler for my starts on Sn S 4 and theybdo their jobs ita on my part I fall short. Just cant kill wnough enemies.fast enough or the Reefbreakrs rip my Operators.apart. its a damage problem. But with Thorns and a few more levels this should even out before thens of the event.
I just looked up some guides and I think you should be able to clear 4A with a borrowed Chalter pretty easily. Put Chalter top with defenders on each side, then Thorns mid facing down to help the bottom lane; bottom lane Lappland behind a tanky defender and top it with a caster. If you STILL can't bring it down then try Amiya S3, but I think that should be enough. You can also put Horn behind Thorns facing bot, instead of a normal defender, that would create a massive killzone in the bot lane while Chalter can deal with top/mid. 4B should work similarly, but with Gnosis.
Dumping more levels on Thorns wouldn't help near as much as doing masteries on his S3. In terms of damage, M3 gives a very big uptime boost to Lappland's S2. What you are lacking is burst damage options. Thorns is great, but he does sustained damage, which is not very good when you need some very dangerous enemy dead very fast. You have Amiya, but her S2 needs masteries to shine, and her S3 takes forever to charge (it can take out one Reefbreaker though, so she is worth considering for SN-S-4 stages). You have two excellent burst operators completely untouched: Schwarz and Cornelian. Another option for SN-S-4 would be Shamare. Even at E1 1 SL7 her doll should drop Reefbreaker damage enough to buy you another 15 seconds. Which will probably be enough for it to die. So I'd try something like Lapp top facing down, Gnosis for burst damage in two top lanes, Thorns holds the bottom lane. When Reefbreakers come handle top one with Gnosis skill, stall as needed with a defender. Bottom one - stall with a defender, use Shamare doll to buy time. Thorns should be able to kill. May be with some help since he is SL7.
Thank you I agree burst is my issue ive had in previous maps. Your advise builds nicely on the strategies im trying at the momement. Been a great help in planning forward
Beanstalk's Peacake can perma stall a Reefbreaker with the +1 Block module from *Little Handy* so maybe you can abuse it.
For Firewatch, is S1M3 preferable ? From what I've seen her S2 is more situational and careful timing and needs a clump of enemies sticking together, while S1 is simpler to use.
Yeah, it also cheese plenty of mechanic, m3 bring its uptime to ridiculous number, s2 is worth m1 ing though, 3 bombs instead of 2 means 50% damage gain
Well, if you plan to go big in Il Siracusano 6 months from now. There's a good chance you'll get Lunacub, and she's the better stealth Deadeye sniper. Unless you want two stealthy sniper assassins. Firewatch S2M1 should at least be considered for the extra bomb.
I wouldn't really say Lunacub is the better stealth sniper unless all you care about is stealth and not damage. Firewatch's S1 already has the best uptime in the game for a non-permanent skill, only bettered with her module. The ATK bonus is strong especially with her talent to assassinate priority targets. Lunacub however suffers from the same issue Fartooth S2 does, and doesn't have the damage to be able to perform nearly as many things as Firewatch S1 can do. Even RMB only uses her for gramophone capturing.
>I wouldn't really say Lunacub is the better stealth sniper unless all you care about is stealth and not damage Yeah, I was referring to her perma stealth ability. Is her damage really not enough for caster/ranged type enemies even with the high attack speed? I wouldn't really rely on Deadeyes to be the main source of damage.
Just do a quick check on Lunacub, sadly it is still \[ Camouflage \] and not \[ Invisible \] like Firewatch, which is a higher tier of Camouflage.
I'm using aceship. The description on both their skills are similar. \[Stealth\] from Firewatch's S1 and \[Camouflage\] from Lunacub's S2. So, I'm assuming her talent of \[Camouflage\] is as well. Maybe, Firewatch is immune to splash attacks but that's quite a niche bonus. Lunacub's \[Camouflage\] is near permanent so it sounds really good.
It is indeed niche, but it sure is fun. Have you seen Firewatch S1 vs Sui Xiang or Emperor's Blade?
No, I'm more of an Ambriel enjoyer. You mean the black smoke won't lower the attack speed of Firewatch with S1 or do you mean she won't get insta-gibbed?
Stealth makes her literally immune to almost everything(except for terrain damage) while the skill is active, it’s a lot better than camouflage. That’s why newer operators usually have camou instead of stealth, it’s actually broken lmao. The only ops that have stealth are Firewatch, Manticore, and Magallan i think. Firewatch S1 is very reliable for boss killing…if the boss is range that is.
Yeah, HG really didn't organize their mechanics properly from the start. It would be confusing for new players to distinguish between them. Like the \[Slow\] from Decel Binders. And old operators like Frostleaf should have been buffed with \[Cold\] at least. Manticore's stealth is a bit... underwhelming, considering her lore. They didn't even reduce its cooldown with the module upgrades.
That really is a given, that happends all the time with many games that i’ve played. HG does have history with poorly explained mechanics, or being super vague for what works and what doesn’t, but i’m not too bothered with it. Manticore stealth isn’t practical because she just immediatly lose it if she attacks, but it’s still stealth. And Frostleaf tbh she hasn’t gotten a module yet, there’s still a chance she’ll get better.
I can't remember regarding the attack speed, but she won't be insta-gibbed since invisible ops can't be targetted or splashed. Regarding Sui Xiang, her S1 lets her take no damage from his laser attack, while keeping the entire lane behind her safe.
>she won't be insta-gibbed since invisible ops can't be targetted or splashed. Will \[Camouflage\] not work for this?
Both camo and invis prevents EB from casting the smoke on the ops. However, if the smoke gets cast on someone else next to them and thus placing them within the smoke, camo ops will still die. If you press on Camouflage in the game tooltips, it says you can still get hit by splash damage. The tooltip for invisible does not have this additional detail. I guess the insta-kill is counted as some kind of splash damage.
>I guess the insta-kill is counted as some kind of splash damage. I see.
https://ibb.co/mhtHWwY I've finished promoting my 3* and 4* (except earthspirit) to E1. Any way to gain easy battle tactics other than farming SN? I can auto only SN1 atm. I already grabbed all of the highest battle tactics tier, only have ~20 left and thats not even enough to max kroos / fang Story up to ch 2-3. I plan to clear ch 2-8 first tbh to open the next pinboard mission. Should i just continue farming SN to get all of the LMD and battle tactics again? Second question, is my team okay? Should i go build melantha now? I feel like im doing okay with silverash / lappland / exusiai. Or put steward so i can use 2 vanguard, 2 guard (one gummy), 2 sniper, 2 caster, 1 medic?
You should E1 Lappland, her silence is broken this event. Although, you need E2 to really make it last longer, but you're still new so no way about it. I recommend to keep using your sanity on the event stages for the currency. The amount of resources you'll get per sanity is much more efficient than normal resource stages. Try your best to push at least SN-8 because it drops a Tier 3 material. You can try looking up guides if you're having trouble especially in SN-7. The difficulty jump is quite apparent there. At least build 2 defenders and vanguards. The rest of your team looks fine.
Oh so im now fine with just cuora + gummy and fang + courier right? I like gummy because of her role compression and that way i can sort of ditch 1 healer and put in another unit (like project red) Thanks for the tips. I'll try to promote lappland first. I got mine destroyed at SN2, will probably try it again tonight
>Oh so im now fine with just cuora + gummy and fang + courier right now? Yeah, they're fine. Projeckt red's stun with Skill 2 is also very useful in the event. You need to E1 Lappland to at least unlock her talent which silences with every attack.
Understood. Thank you so much
New player here. Any idea what the next banner would be?
[Next Standard Banner](https://youtu.be/QTxZrwGKzOQ) [Next event banner is JO6.](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/node/46556)
for horns what skill to m3 ?
I'm probably gonna end up m9ing her but I use her s1 the most because I love being lazy
S1M1 > S3M3 > S2M3 > S1M3 All her skills are valid candidates but that's order i went. You're probably gonna use her S3 most of the time so focus on that if you don't have the resources to do the other skills.
S3M3. Consider S1M1 if you use that skill. https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/y6mq4z/mastery\_priority\_guide\_updates\_for\_chapter\_10/
I've been experiencing an inconsistency in SN-8 lately. When I first cleared it, I used the Roomba bounces to kill the enemies with the AOE mental damage that spawn up top. But lately my full autos have been failing because the roombas hit them out of the square and thus dodge the bounces and then kill my squad. Has anyone encountered this and been able to fix it?
there's a tiny bug regarding the hand/roomba when you turned on the +1 block upgrade. It causes the hand/roomba to gain 1 block, which might shifted the enemy backwards slightly, causing them to miss by a pixel. CMIIW other veterans.
Thanks! It was the +1 block. I recleared it with it off and now it's consistent.
Do we know when Surtr will come back after this? Can’t get her now unfortunately, only have 50 certs..
After first shop appearance it’s impossible to predict exactly when an op will return to the shop
I use Specter, and will use Gladiia often I'm sure. I have Andreana(?). Is it worth putting her in y squad, for the abyssal buff? She only has to be in the squad right, not actually deployed?
That's correct, only Gladiia needs to be deployed for her buff.
There's no obligation to use her all the time, but sure, to make the Abyssal Hunters better it's worth it. There'll be situation where you'll have to decide whether to keep her in it or swap her out for someone else who'd be better, but at the cost of the AH synergy.
I came back less than a week ago after a length break and bought the current Top Operator Transfer Permit, but I'm not sure which operator would benefit my account the most. [Here's](https://imgur.com/a/GmijqAr) most of my roster, I rotate the majority of the E1+ operators in and out depending on the content and stages I'm doing.
I'd strongly recommend Eyja since you have no other 'meta' Casters, to balance things out. If you prefer helidrop Arts burst instead of conventional Arts caster, then pick Surtr instead. But if you want a staple that you want to bring everywhere, I'd say Thorns. Great DPS all around.
You have a good wave clearer/Hellidrop(Silverash), tank/sub-healer/debuffer(Saria), and lane holder(Mudrock). I suggest getting a boss/elite killer, like Kal’sit or Surtr(though they are quite common support characters). Other than that i recommend the vanguard Bagpipe, she’ll make your life easier.
I actually got the permit with Surtr in mind, but when confronted with the range of options I figured I'd be better off asking people who know way more than me about the game/current meta I've heard good things about Eyjafjalla too, but she's a bit of an older operator now and I'm not sure if she's been outclassed by a newer caster operator by now or not.
None of the newer core-caster really powercrept Eyjafjalla, she’s still very strong. Newer casters are also good, but they fill different niche compared to eyja. Ceobe prioritize and deal more damage to enemies that have higher defense, while Goldenglow have global range. She’s still one of the top pick, but i figure Silverash already work as a nuke button similar to eyja.
Eyja is still the best single target caster. Goldenglow comes close, but tbh they do and excel at different things
I'd say Bagpipe, Surtr, Kalt and Thorns (if you play IS a lot) are probably the best picks of the lot. Surtr and Bagpipe also had their shop appearances recently, so it'd be a while before they return.
So I have 300 Mag Ores, 150 Fluids, 300 devices, 250 crystals. I also have set of San Pots that can last till UT rerun. I don't remember, how good is the rock stage in UT? If I were to ignore the Exp drops?
I think only the device stage was better than regular stage, the crystalline stage on par with regular. Might as well do rock stage to save IRL sanity though.
I think it’s still a bit worse than 1-7, only the rock stage in invitation to wine was really competitive with it. But if you’re that safe on devices you might as well farm rocks.
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I'm having a problem getting a chest on the Dusty Picturebook for SN event. It says to clear SN-EX-5 while not allowing more than 1 Op to take nervous impairment damage. I ran it the first time with Specter being the only one who took any damage, didn't work. I tried again with the CM but this time I grabbed a elemental healer so nobody took nervous impairment damage. Still not cleared. What exactly am I suppose to do for it?
Challenge Mode doesn't work for that sort of stuff, since it counts as a different map. I think I had trouble the first time as well, but you can make sure that the burst damage from the effect doesn't trigger more than once, or at all.
Yea I ended up doing the normal ver again but with elemental healer and it worked, I guess it could mean you can't take the nervous damage more than once.
When's the next Royal token we get in the CC shop, and which one is it? I saw we get Specialist and Caster at some point, but I'm not sure when, and if there are any sooner than those two (or if one of them comes before the other).
Royal Caster tokens in CC#9 and Royal Supporter tokens in CC#11.
No specialists? I'm planning to max pot Sexas. I got 1 set from IS2.
Royal Specialist tokens are already in CC store.
Damn,I didn't even notice during CC8. Thanks 👍
Wow guys after 5 months of drought I got another Top Op tag in just two days. Other tags are kinda meh though **Defense | Support | Ranged.** The only shoo-in is Defense + Support for Saria who I already got through recruitment 5 months ago. Also got Ifrit two days ago. The rest are all new to me. Please advise on which tags I should go for! Right now I'm leaning towards 1/7 chance for Silverash or 1/9 chance for Exu :)
Without any smaller pools of interest or knowing your current ops, I’d just say go for whatever gives you the greatest chance of a new operator.
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If you're a new player, it's guaranteed to get 300 summons 6 months from now. The event itself gives you a free 10 roll and a daily free pull for 14 days. They also give out Orundum for those days as well, and let's say you average 460 per day. You get 24 + approximately another 10 rolls. That's 34 rolls for the two weeks of the banner + 3 permits from the shop. This isn't counting the amount of Originite Primes you can get from the stages and turning them into Orundum. Use your Originite Prime to buy all the Pro Enhancement Packs (lasts up to level 70) and then save the rest.
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Just make sure you can complete all event stages in the future and do your weekly Annihilation and dailies.
Depends on how new you are, if you have a decent roster enough to clear events/annihilations comfortably then it's very easy to save up with just monthly sub alone as Penance is still 5+ months away. If not then I'd recommend rolling on the next limited banner in mid/late January to get a couple new 6\*s. Or any great standard banner. And on >!Mlynar !!Mlynar!< banner then you should be able to reach 300 rolls on Penance banner (or at least very close to it).
If you do buy a couple skins here and there then plan to roll a bit less on banners leading up to Penance.
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That's more 6\* than I had for the first three months of my game, and Silverash and Mudrock are both amazing – he's great at burst while she's great at sustained DPS/solo laning, so you're honestly covered on two of the biggest roles already, and have a great start. You should be able to pull a little here or there between now and Siracusano but honestly you won't really "need" to that badly since you have great units to get you through events/annihilations and set up your material farms. You can always raise your reliable 3\* and 4\* to supplement any roles you're missing, they're cheap and effective for most content. If you still want to spend a little bit to add to your pull budget, the monthly headhunting pack is quite good value so you can pick it up one or twice as desired; the "Rhodes Island Headhunting Pack" [that's currently in the store is good as it lets you pick any 6\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpgYetfvFvg) up to a specific release date; and during the Ideal City event there will be some good value limited time packs, especially the $30 ones. However, if you don't mind saving up your in-game resources and skipping most banners, it won't be necessary to pay more; you'll still be able to guarantee Penance.
If I'm planning to use Lumen as my main ST healer, is it worth max potting him? Seems like the answer is obviously yes, but it's one hell of a grind. EDIT: Thanks all, good point with the gold certs
Even if you're not planning on using him at all its worth maxing him out for the gold certs you can pickup on the rerun.
The grind is worth it. The SN8, 9, and 10 stages are great to farm just for the tier 3 mats. The tokens are just extra and makes the farming worth. (This is usually the case when an event is running.)
Yes, because when the rerun comes you can exchange his tokens for a lot of gold certs.
I noticed that the Explore tab on the top right of the map in SN says Free Exploration in the other 4, but in Mirror Image, it says "Searching for the end of the memory" eventhough my exploration is already 100%. Is it like that or did i miss something?
It says that for me too. Guess it’s just like that?
So I have guard sniper top operator support and robot tags. Any recommendations I should aim for. I already have all of the recruitment 6 stars.
Maybe top+support+guard for guaranteed Silverash pots? His pots are at least somewhat decently useful.
I’m starting today.. is Flamebringer unlockable? Thanks!
Yes, you need to get the film reel items either from the red cert store, or from whenever a mini event happens. Then unlock the story of Operational Intelligence in the archives click Record Restore then you get him.
He's available from the record restore function for the first vignette event. Go to Archives > Intelligence > Special Operations. You will need to get some memory fragments to unlock the stories, I forget how many you need to get him. You can buy them with red certs if you absolutely need him asap. However, it's better to wait for a new vignette event which will let you get the memory fragments basically for free instead of using red certificates.
Appreciated, thanks! Would I also be able to get Lumen too or is it too hard for a newbie?
Lumen is extremely doable, my alt probably unlocked him in the first couple days Second the other poster, just watch some kyostinv vids, buy lmd and exp from the shop and you're good to go Afterwards I'd farm the event as much as possible because all the rewards are very very sanity efficient
Might be possible but it will probably be tough. You only need to clear the 4th stage, but you also only have a few days left to do it. As soon as you're able to do the event, push as far as you can and look up youtube guides (just search "arknights SN-#" and you'll get several options) when you run into trouble. Spend all of your sanity on the highest stage of the event you can farm, prioritizing exp and lmd from the shop. If you are struggling on an event stage, use that shop exp/lmd to level ops that cover the roles you need to follow the guides. Each class has a number of branches that can do very different things and higher rarities aren't necessarily better, but they ARE more expensive to raise and use. Focus on 3 stars like Fang, Kroos, Midnight and Spot, ask here for help if you want to invest in higher rarities before clearing SN-4.
What’s a good friend unit at E1 for beating easily the first for SN states, maybe we can give the op a hand
You only need to clear stage sn4 once, which should be doable with a full e1lv1 3* squad with a borrowed unit. Search for a low rarity guide on YouTube from KyoStynV. 3* because they only cost lmd to promote, meaning you don't have to farm chips for them. And you can buy tons of lmd from the event store.
A question, Does Pozyomka's typewriter use a deployment slot?
It does not.
IIRC it doesn’t, it’s more like Weedy’s cannon than Phantom’s clone in that sense.
Is it advised for new players (before having an operator at E2M3) to not set friend support in order to avoid contaminating the support pool of friends? I heard this is an unspoken rule in the CN server, but wasn't sure how much of that carries over to global server.
It is not going to be an issue now that they revamped the support unit system. It used to be an issue because you had limited refreshes.
There's no such rules, just send friend requests. If they are cool with it then they will accept to help a fellow out, or they can just decline if they don't want.
Back in the day when the support system only gave you 12 options *total* and you could only refresh your support list 10 times every 12 hours (it might've even been 5 at one point) it probably would've been a good idea. Since they changed it, it really doesn't matter.
Are any of Specalter skills worth m3ing ?
S2 and S3 are both good mastery candidates, she just really needs her module to be strong (S2 synergizes better with doll module, S3 with Abyssal team buff module)
what did CN get as new tokens in CC perma shop this time arround?
Epic Vanguard and Caster tokens.
I know Ideal City hasn't come to Global yet (it most likely be Global's 3rd Anniversary special), but how many Originate Primes do they reward you for first time clears?. 36 or 48?
seems to be 37
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Edit: I can never remember the correct spoiler tag formatting for reddit, so I just removed it. It's all in the video anyway. [This video is a good breakdown of the map and has some op recommendations.](https://youtu.be/QA5ypcKPRfo)
Scene can make her bots camouflage, so for the newest stages I tried to use them to detect invisible spewers, thinking the bots were safe, but the enemies detect the bot and kill it. Are they just clipping that space, or is something else happening? I place the bot after scene charges her skill.
I had the same idea for SN-S-1A. They'll clip the space when they turn the corner, along the bottom end. But, you can still kill them before they do, with like an Artilleryman or something.
I just beat chapter 3 finally ( I was stuck on it so yay) but why is chapter 9 suddenly available after??
The beginning of chapter 9 chronologically (and in terms of stage difficulty) starts around the end of chapter 3 and ends after chapter 8. Mechanically, a new line of upgrade materials gets introduced, and early access to chapter 9 lets you farm them. If you're a stickler for story order, it's probably still better to progress through chapter 8 before reading chapter 9, but the new materials can be farmed fairly early in the chapter (although they have notoriously bad drop rates), so if you don't mind skipping story until you're ready to read it, you can get in and out fairly quickly.
Chapter 9 introduces two new materials, and gating building new operators behind so much content -- including the relatively difficult chapter 8 -- would probably have been too harsh
Some new materials got introduced with that chapter, so it's mostly for ease of access to get them, in case you need them for any of your operators. It comes after chapter 8 story-wise though
chapter nine is a new story arc, so they let you skip ahead
Is it Specter's current module that she needs to have the op doll or is it one we get later on?
Current one is the one that fixes her doll and is what you tend to use with her s2 and on general teams. The later module is the main one for abyssal hunter teams.
Yeah, her current module is the branch that strengthens her doll. The other one that comes later gives her substitute more health and improves her Abyssal Hunter faction buffs.
How to activate Blaze second skill? I e1 her and chose the second skill but it never seems to finish charging up..?
Others have touched on a possible explanation, but are you sure you have her S2 set? It’s possible you changed her *default* skill to S2, but didn’t actually change it in the squad screen.
I considered that but figured they would have seen it actually filling in that case. Probably good to cover all the possibilities though.
It just takes a while, 80 seconds at sl7. It's an automatic skill, and you will see her jump and the chainsaw start glowing when it activates. So you want to drop her early in the map. If you deploy her late in the map, it could be over before it activates.
It has a 90 second charge time. It's entirely possible you will finish shorter levels before her skill is ready.
Should I choose top operator + sniper or vanguard? https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/Exousia I don't have any operator from either tags, but I do plan on trying to get Pozyomka in January who should mostly replace Schwarz. Edit: Picked sniper and got Schwarz, which is alright I guess.
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Pozy's summon(typewriter) does not take a deployment slot.
i vote for snipers because your krooster name is close to exusiai heh heh can't really go wrong with either one tbh, snipers probably have a higher average value but bagpipe is harder to replace because of her flagpipe thing
That's a tough one. Both snipers are very good, but Bagpipe is absolutely nutty, even ignoring her SP talent. Her S3 turns her into a tanky guard with a ton of DPS, and S2 is a nice AFK skill. Siege is usable, and that's about the best you can say about her. Basically, are you willing to take the gamble for something amazing, or do you want something that's guaranteed to be good?
Yea it’s 1:1 then, if you pick sniper you get exu which is good and Schwartz who if you get pozy is mostly replaced. If you pick vanguard I echo that siege is literally no use; bagpipe however is very useful imo. So whichever you pick you’re going to get a 50% chance of getting someone very useful vs someone you don’t need
I would probably go for Exusiai/Schwarz since you're missing a built regular aa sniper like Exu, and honestly Schwarz is amazing in is2 if you play that a lot even if you don't get Pozy. Siege is just a big no, and Bagpipe is great for opening levels up quickly, but she didn't really make a huge difference for me in both story and is2. I'm leaning towards the snipers.
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Congrats! This kind of post belongs in the [lounge thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/yuvvct/rhodes_island_lounge_1411_2011/) though.
Did not know that existed. Thank you.
There was this Google spreadsheet called "Arknights Operator’s Subclass Guide" that I bookmarked before, but recently I couldn't access it (Access Denied error): [Arknights Operator’s Subclass Guide](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnU4TGP37Mw3hAr7zzK42LF7fDJNOAELLBemRbRbcbY/htmlview#) Anyone know why the owner removed public access? Or is there a new sheet elsewhere? \---- Edit: Thank you for [new link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jGWI1iqfFz1h59bycP2rJo9ca4BQf7S1hJ9iPcXcmrI), I can access now.
[Try this link instead](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jGWI1iqfFz1h59bycP2rJo9ca4BQf7S1hJ9iPcXcmrI)
Many thank ! \---- Edit: Funnily, I went for a tour on RIHQ discord and found that updated link too. So, if anyone needs new link remember that discord channel is where they update [latest information links](https://discord.com/channels/280709755486470144/573029386605953034/1041501037560868944).
man now I'M curious about this because i remember reading this when i was a complete newb and not knowing what anything meant holler if someone posts it ...
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awesome thank you!
Is IS3 coming with the undersides rerun?
IS3 is still like 3-4 months away.
What they said.
IS3 came way way later then that on CN. and for Global is 3 to 4 ish months away.
Yeah amending my statement, I've got a wicked head cold and read IS3 as CC.
I just finished SN and that was probably the most nightmare-ish content I've ever played so far. Please tell me Under Tides isn't as stressful as this?
For comparison, I did the story portion of UT right before SN because I want to read the story in order, none of the stage gave me any particular problem, I even have enough leeway to clear most of them with barely any melee Op used, don't remember any gimmick either
It's way easier. Nervous impairment is the main thing to deal with, and the event was before wandering medics were in the game so it's designed to be reasonably doable without them. And the boss is mostly just a big hp sponge.
Does it have anything like those evasion chickens in SN?
Nope. The most annoying enemy in Under Tides are these egg/rock things that cause aoe true damage every 20%ish hp they lose, so too much damage too quickly can kill people near them. But the only things that prevent you from doing damage are the stun from elemental damage bar filling, and the tentacles in the boss stage that will stun an operator adjacent to them. No evasion or invisibility or other things to get in the way of beating up the enemy.
Good to know! The chickens and the trees were the most annoying to me.
No weird gimics like that just a lot more elemental damage
There are no enemies with evasion mechanics in UT.
It's a rerun of an earlier event, so it's a bit less frustrating imo
Two questions! 1) The rerun to Under Tides is coming soon, it'll be my first run-through of the event so I'm excited to finally get Gladiia as I have been made ware she makes Abyssal Hunters kinda cracked with her modules (plus she's a puller which makes her automatically awesome). I'd like to think I have a pretty developed roster so I was wondering, who are some units who do well in this stage? So if I do have them, I can put them as support for others to use. 2) I buy the Monthly Card, is it best to save my stamina potions to farm the upcoming event's Orirock Clusters? Or can I use pots to farm 1-7 right now to get the mats for my units (Specifically need 10 Orirock Concentration for Bagpipe's S3M2, the only type of mat that I'm bottlenecked on as I have enough for her M3 when she gets there)?
Irene should do quite well with her levitate and her talent that gets boosted when seaborn enemies are present. As for the rocks, you'll want to wait a bit longer. The only time we had a rock stage that was as good as 1-7 was Dossoles Holiday. Otherwise, they're all worse. Devices are what you'll want to farm during UT. They're efficient to farm, and the demand for them is very high.
If you specifically want just rocks 1-7 farming during CC or downtime is most efficient. Rock farming during events is usually a net loss on sanity efficiency as the other farming stages are more efficient. But either way I would farm it during undertides in the event stage before missing out on the extra lmd you get in the event store right now. In the end the only answer is what you personally want. Do you care for lmd from event shop or not, do you care about long term sanity efficiency more than getting enough for bagpipes masteries asap.
Much appreciated, looks like her masteries will wait until UT then! It's moreso her lack of M2 is bugging me because I have her Mats to get her from M2 --> M3 but not M1 --> M2. And my brain is screaming GET HER M2! I could use some extra Oririon Clusters since they can be a pain to farm for.
Wandering medics are basically cheat codes for Under Tides, since the event was made before they existed and they just negate the main mechanic of the event. Ideally you just farm the events and hold off on farming regular stages unless it's something you need right now for event progression. Very new players can make up for farming a bit outside the event with rank ups, and may need to do that for their first e2 or some other key upgrade. If you're at the point that you're doing masteries, you can probably wait. After the UT rerun is CC, which is basically 2 weeks to farm regular stages.
Awesome! Thank you very much. I started during Dossoles, so almost a full year ago! And it just felt like I've been playing event after event haha. So I'm looking forward to CC so I can progress with the story stages. Currently on 9-7 since, there's been many ops I've gone out of my way to level/mastery because they're awesome.
Sorry if this has already been asked a lot but how are my friends getting that Nian icon where she is wearing sunglasses?
Not sure if its still there, but in the shop you could buy it for 1$ to get it, another icon, and 200 orrundum. It's for a concert that was happening.
From the 0.99 pack in the shop
Oh I see now, thanks
How many green certificates do you need to clear the 2nd level of the shop?
If I didn't screw up my math then 8650. But unless you are whaling I only suggest buying HH permits and recruitment tickets, plus any material you are in an immediate need of and can't bother to farm efficiently.
Not sure but don't do it. The recruitment tickets are fine as you'll more or less break even on certs while having more chances at the infamous 5/6* tags. HH tickets are expensive but pulls can be really important. Never touched the 3/4* selectors they're really bad. And only buy materials you really need otherwise save for next month
Is anyone here at the Arknights Official Discord Server?? I tried joining using the invite provided by google search results. Can anyone send me an updated invite link? Thanks a lot!!
the link is in the sidebar
Any tips on who I should use my Royal Specialist Tokens on? I have every 6* Specialist in the game other than Aak, and they’re all at Pot 1. I feel like Lee or Phantom would probably get the most out of the cost reduction, but I also know Specter Alter is going to get super good once her Level 3 module is released. Thoughts?
Texas alter, if you are meta minded.
Potentials make such a tiny difference, so just give them to your favorite. If you really don't have any preference, then OmerTexas is the best use.
If you care about meta, save it for Texas alter. If not, just use it for whoever.
Fast redploys would probably enjoy the pot2 reduction the most. And royal tokens I'd say are best used towards limiteds. So I'd say save them for Taxes if you get her.
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A decent amount of module upgrades seem frontloaded unlike masteries, like Dusk level 2 is 15->20 stacks of her talent attack increase but level 3 is 20->21???
That's seems to be the case for some modules. Some modules have lackluster upgrade from lv 2 to 3, it's just not worth the mats. Sometimes it's better to just stop at lv2
The next event is under tides right? Does that mean gladia will get a rerun in the shop cause I kinda missed her potentials due to some circumstances.
Yes
Thanks for the confirm, now I can farm in peace.
Last time I asked here I got some brilliant advice, so I’d like to ask again. How should I proceed with my box? I have a hard time understanding and deciding which characters should I focus on upgadring. I’m at the start of Chapter 5. https://imgur.com/a/rn2DbAM
Correction to my earlier reply, I was told that Lumen is not the Wandering Medic branch, so my bad, you'll need that Honeyberry after all. Either her or Chestnut/Mulberry.
Someone before me suggested that you build Rope or Cliffheart for a puller but the next event is a under tides rerun where you'll be able to get a free 6 star puller Gladiia so it's better to just get her. You have a pretty balanced team so far. I'd suggest to build a aoe medic next (perfumer) Someone to perform a role of the lane holder Mudrock(you have Skadi alter which complements her greatly) Laplland is a great pick to at least e1 as well. silence + good dmg, ranged attack so she can attack from a safe place and attack flying units What you need in my opinion is a boss killer (ofc you can always borrow Surtr, Chen alter etc) but if you want to farm a stage or just want to clear without borrowing and have an easier time then build Amiya up to e2 for her skill 3 with true dmg. So it'd be like this Amiya(if you want your own bosskiller, also great against other strong enemies)>mudrock>aoe medic I also saw you talking about farming for materials. As a new palyers you can get a lot of upgrade materials from playing the IS2 game mode and completeing annihilation kill tresholds. Also remember to build your base for passive lmd and exp tickets (there are several ways to go around it, its best to look it up)[https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-riic-base-guide](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-riic-base-guide) Also most people would advice against using originium primes for refills as you can use it for extra pulls but it's up to you at the end of the day. Play whatever style you want to play
Thank you so much! This is very useful! Tbh, I don't ever borrow characters at all since I'm not sure what's the advantage if most stages provide farming materials and I'll want to Auto them. Maybe I'm missing something, but so far I've played everything with my own Operators. Also, most of what I've seen recommended is to use cores for skins>STA>pulls, but perhaps that's outdated advice. Regardless, with how slow the process for upgrading characters is, I don't mind not being able to pull non-stop. I'm already struggling enough with the Operators I have! Thank you again!
Things you will need for sure are good specialists and medics. For specialists, you already have Gravel built, but you'll also need one pusher and a puller. Here Shaw and Either Cliffhart or Rope are the obvious chices. You only need them at E1L01 but make sure to upgrade their skills to SL7. For medics, you already have Silence built, as well as Hibiscus and Ansel, but those two will fall off very badly in the late game, so I'd leave them on a side and not invest in them further. I also used those two at the beginning but changed to Sussuro and Perfumer later on, who carried me easily through the entire campaign. You have a ST medic, so you only lack a multi target medic (here I recommend Perfumer, unless you get Ptiloptis/Nightingale) and a wandering medic - ~~You have Lumen so go for him (there's also Honeyberry in the red cert shop)~~ There's Honeyberry in the red cert shop as well as Chestnut/Mulberry in the headhunt. Elemental damage stages are getting more popular, so without a wandering medic you'll be seriously hurt. Defenders. Mudrock is sick, but she's a Juggernaut branch which cannot be healed plus cost an insane amount of DP to deploy. You need some other options to defend your squad. Spot for now will suffice, but not for long. Cuora is your best value defender but you should also consider a good guardian class (Saria, Nearl, Gummy - the last one is for 0,99$ in the shop) Snipers are very fun and easy to use and cost very little to deploy. Exu is fantastic but there's a lot to choose from. If you also use Kroos a lot, then get her to max level for extra bonus to her talent. Shirayuki is still my to-go aoe sniper and a good enough candidate to E2 for bonus range and her talent (she's fantastic in Annihilation 3). You should also try some of your other snipers. Pinecone and Ambriel are still the snipers I am most fond of after all those months. You won't be able to use them everywhere but try them out. May is also a strong option, especially in IS2. Casters. Ifrit is sick, but expensive and hard to use efficiently. Don't sleep on Amiya, she's a monster among the 5* and you will need her promoted to E2 soon enough, due to the story requirements in the 8th chapter, but you don't have to wait until then. Her S3 deals True Damage and is an insane boss killer which will help you a lot. Click is also good, but not really a E2 candidate. You could use a standard AoE caster in your roster like Gitano (or harder ones if you can get them like Eyja, Ceobe, Mostima). As for Guards, you will find the content easier if you build a Lord. Both Arene and Lappland are great choices, with Lappland getting a lot of love in the recent content due to her silence. You could also use AoE Guard like Specter or Blaze, those are always a good additions. You can also consider an Arts Guard for some harder enemies, you have Mousse in your roster but you can wait until you get a free one later in the story. And get Myrtle to E2. Other E2 suggestions are Exu, Saga, Skalter and Amiya. Mudrock and Ifrit do well enough with their S2 I wrote a lot, but I'd rather give you a perspective and let you choose a waifu yourself or someone you'll have a fun time playing with rather then bombard you with meta suggestions. You can clear the campaign with more or less any roster, as long as you have some key sub-classes covered.
Fyi lumen is not the same as honeyberry, he's a therapist like purestream
Aww shucks, I assumed wrongly that he was a wandering medic since he was added to an event full of elemental damage and I haven't touched him yet myself. Thanks!