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My advice on who to pick would be any of the ones who aren't included in the recruitment pool or the store. Blaze is pretty much the must pick cause she's the best AoE guard in the game. Other than her, Mostima would be a good option cause she hasn't shown up in shop yet.

Shiri1
joined Aug 13, 2019

Eyja's a game changer. s2 is amazing with consistent aoe arts damage and s3 can make or break entire maps. I honestly think she's the best 6* in the game. Skadi isn't that amazing. Utage is a fine sub for her role and is 4*. Ch'en is fun. The s2 cherry bomb is pretty handy, but isn't really comparable to some other 6* skills nor is her s3. Saria's my fav and an amazing defender, but she's in shop pretty often and nearl or gummy can somewhat fill her role. I don't have Mos but I'm not really all that impressed seeing her kit and the way others have described her. Blaze is also really good and can solo entire lanes, but you can sort of finesse her role with Specter or something + support.

I\d recommend Eyja from a gameplay point of view. Don't really know what the shop schedule is but I don't recall seeing her often.

joined Jul 26, 2016

From what I hear Skadi is kinda meh. While she's certainly good at what she does - dueling bosses - she doesn't really do anything else which is pretty meh for a 6* Guard, never mind now one in an already rather saturated niche. At that rarity the selling point tends to be versatility and/or giving candy to the rest of the team after all.

Saria is better because she can also function as a Medic and thus performing two roles. This makes her better than either Hoshi or Liskarm and why she is considered part of the "Big 5" overpowered ops. However, Saria does show up in the shop often.

It's more that Saria can do things Hoshi simply doesn't, but on the flipside she also melts under the sort of massive pressure the oni can readily facetank (healer-defenders characteristically have lower raw stats to compensate for their versatility). Lisk isn't even in the same league anyway given she's 5*, but she's got a number of unique quirks and that passive makes her a silly good SP generator for other Ops in the right circumstances - a whole different niche.

Anyway, out of that list my pick would be Saria or Eyja - the former for versatility and universal applicability, the latter for being disgustingly OP for her DP cost. That S3 deletes whole waves of heavies like few other things in the game, fo' reals. (Mostima and Ch'en are both nice too but much more niche IMO.)

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whatayuri posted:

I\d recommend Eyja from a gameplay point of view. Don't really know what the shop schedule is but I don't recall seeing her often.

Ever since I bought her from shop, she almost never leaves my team and carried me through some of hardest maps. I couldn't be more happier with my first purchase of a 6 star.

From ones I don't have it leaves Skadi, Angelina, Nightingale, SilverAsh, Schwarz, Magallan, Mostima and Blaze.

I was mostly thinking about Angelina since she's great with her slow and will be handy for stuff like CC with limitations on casters etc. Nightingale or SilverAsh would be great too. Nightingale as ultimate arts defense (which isn't that important until you get enemies like GrudgeBearers/WorldCursers in recent event) and SilverAsh for curing cancer. Of course I can technically get both of them from recruitment, but my luck with top tags wasn't exactly the best. I didn't actually really consider Blaze, but I guess she would also be neat and I did like her in story... Then again I still want game to challenge me.

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joined Jul 26, 2016

From ones I don't have it leaves Skadi, Angelina, Nightingale, SilverAsh, Schwarz, Magallan, Mostima and Blaze.

I was mostly thinking about Angelina since she's great with her slow and will be handy for stuff like CC with limitations on casters etc. Nightingale or SilverAsh would be great too. Nightingale as ultimate arts defense (which isn't that important until you get enemies like GrudgeBearers/WorldCursers in recent event) and SilverAsh for curing cancer. Of course I can technically get both of them from recruitment, but my luck with top tags wasn't exactly the best. I didn't actually really consider Blaze, but I guess she would also be neat and I did like her in story... Then again I still want game to challenge me.

From that list Silverdaddy would be my first pick; his passives are crazy utility (decloak is a rare, very convenient ability and unconditional global team buffs are very yes) and he ain't known as the Schwing Schwing Man for nuttin'. Blaze is the Final Form of AoE Guards, already a strong archetype, and you can build whole strats around her but just doesn't have the same level of sheer utility and team synergy so I'd rate her as a lower priority. Ange is good too but that no-attack condition on her stronger skills can make her rather awkward to use (S3 turns her into discount Eyja with slow when active tho), and as you say Nightingale's specific niche doesn't come up all that often - her phantoms can be extremely useful though; I got good mileage out of them baiting casters and drones in Anni3 for ex.

Magallan is peak drone gameplay and from vidyas I've seen can be insanely strong if used right, but dronemasters in general strike me as tending to require a bit of rejiggering of your whole tactical outlook and can't really be just "plugged in" to your more conventional lineups on the fly. Wouldn't consider her a priority unless that approach to the game particularly tickles your fancy, personally.

Mostima's interesting. That passive area slow and Caster SP regen buff are no jokes (combo her with Iffy and watch the world burn, for ex, or other area slow sources like Greyy and Manticore to totally tarpit a lane) and her actives are really strong if used right. S2 completely locks down and does heavy Arts burst to everything in her attack range for its (short) duration - I tripped up the buffed Crownslayer in the recent CC with that one to good effect - while S3 is basically Truesilver Slash (Arts remix) with side order of slow and some knockback. The activation costs are pretty prohibitive though, even with the SP gain from her second passive, and she doesn't deploy cheap herself either what with being a high-rarity AoE caster. I'd say she's definitely worth developing and using if you have her, but not someone to go out of your way to get.

Schwarz and Skadi are arguably rather similar in many ways - both are specialised "boss killers" and have the same problem of not really bringing much else to the table, or even doing something that you couldn't just as well use a lower-rarity or more versatile Op for. Franka or Hellagur (maybe even Utage) oughta be able to do Skadi's main job just fine and Hellagood can additionally hold an entire lane unsupported thanks to his self-heal if needed, freeing a medic slot; while Schwarz has no shortage of powerful and usually more versatile ranged monsters for competition. I wouldn't personally suggest picking either in this particular context, and if you somehow had the choice between the two outside it I'd take Schwarz no contest - if nothing else her range makes her more flexible in terms of deployment and application, and Skadi's "potent single-target melee" niche is seriously oversaturated anyway. also Skadi's attack animation looks fucking ridiculous

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joined May 28, 2016

I guess no Saria then. Nearl decided to come home today via a recruitment with Healing + Defender.

Edit: Popukar really is adorable. I changed my base assistant from W to her. Forget Blaze she's not as cute as Popukar. Popukar is a 6* in my book.

Edit 2: I forgot to mention but I also have over 180 yellow certs so I can buy a 6* (or Lappland) when they come out. :)

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joined Jul 26, 2016

Yay E2'd the terrorist cockroachW, guess I should start working on Final Form bullyWeedy next? ◕ω◕)v

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joined May 28, 2016

She (W) may be good from a gameplay point of view but her psychotic glee of blowing people up is a major turn off in my book. I almost have enough mats to E2 Ifrit, I just need some more Polyester Lumps. :(

Smallpred
joined Jun 29, 2015

Lappland next in the shop?
Great then, I can finally buy her!

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joined Apr 30, 2020

I just want to add about Blaze is how much of a no brainer she is to use. Just put her down with skill 2 and she is pretty much set. Personally Blaze with skill 2 active allows me to focus on other things on the map.

Then again I still want game to challenge me.

True enough lol. I can understand that but I'm not sure if I can go back to not using Blaze + Myrtle + Bagpipe. This combo is a such a no brainer it feels addictive lol.

Anyway, just cleared ch 7's Hell stages. A lot of fun especially H7-1 (easy) and H7-4 (challenging) and overall I think easier than ch 6 Hell stages which I think might be due to ch 6's frozen gimmick while ch 7 is more straightforward.

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She (W) may be good from a gameplay point of view but her psychotic glee of blowing people up is a major turn off in my book.

That's My Fetish™
...more to the point, I really like what Ayana Taketatsu does with those gleefully psychotic lines :d


Guess I should also at least E1 Elysium to keep Myrtle company. Were this many DP ever meant to be held by human hands?!

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joined Apr 30, 2020

Guess I should also at least E1 Elysium to keep Myrtle company. Were this many DP ever meant to be held by human hands?!

All the DP for when Jaye arrives. E2 Elysium seems to be really good for Sniper focused teams. I also plan on getting his first skill to mastery 3. I sure am glad I stocked up on mats and the fact that we're getting bonus mats right now. Been working on a batch of masteries. Hopefully I can be done by the actual anniv date since that's also the day I started playing.

Anyway art I wanted to share: Rex x Lappland but seems Red is after more than just tail fluff, My ship and a surprisingly taller Ch'en

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Sakura Cartelet posted:

her psychotic glee of blowing people up is a major turn off in my book.

Good thing that's just her playing a character then.

myrrhmidon posted:

E2 Elysium seems to be really good for Sniper focused teams.

Yea.

Her team consist of 3 snipers by default

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joined May 10, 2014

As an Utage simp, I can confirm she does Skadi's job just fine. I'm still going to buy her cuz she pretty and I got enough certs looool
Or maybe not? I want to roll for Swire anyway, maybe a spook could happen.

As for the Blaze pack, I think Eyja is an amazing choice if you don't have her. There's a good reason why I simpd so hard for her.

Still need LMD to E2 W/Weedy/Elysium...they are literally just waiting for me to get money with mats in hand...

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Rye posted:

As an Utage simp, I can confirm she does Skadi's job just fine.

I mean she can do Hellagur's job just fine. My jaw dropped when I saw her doing this.

Smallpred
joined Jun 29, 2015

Just need the money and exp to promote Hellagur, W, and Weedy. Sitting on the mats now.

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joined Jun 27, 2014

I've E2'd W, Elysium, Suzuran and Click, as well as leveled up my E1 6-stars (Aak, Skadi, Phantom and Siege) to about level 70, so now I'm completely out of money now. Out of them I'm not sure who I should E2 next.

Skadi x Specter image set with a video link in the description
Blemishine x Whislash comic
Lappland x Red picture

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Sakura Cartelet
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joined May 28, 2016

I got my Ifrit to E2 today. Am going to wait and see what my rolls get tomorrow before using the ticket and/or gold certs.

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joined May 10, 2014

Shamare, Lappy, Mayer. Still no Swire...let's keep spamming that guard tag, I guess.
I see I'm not the only one being held by by LMD poverty lol

I mean she can do Hellagur's job just fine. My jaw dropped when I saw her doing this.

I did mention I was using her against those guys, didn't I? xD

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After thinking hard about it I decided to go with Angelina after all.

Rolled for my guarantee. Didn't luck out so I had to go full 10 rolls to get 5 star. Got Tsukinogi, but she looks very underwhelming.

Rye posted:

Still no Swire...let's keep spamming that guard tag, I guess.

I think she spooked me like 3-4 times, not even on rate up lol.

I see I'm not the only one being held by by LMD poverty lol

YES.

I mean she can do Hellagur's job just fine. My jaw dropped when I saw her doing this.

I did mention I was using her against those guys, didn't I? xD

See!? Turns out it's not that stupid of a idea xD (assuming you maxed her out, I think she's M3 in this video, but no sure)

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Sakura Cartelet
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Well I got Warfarin today via the new banner. Picked up Lappland with my gold certs pushing them from over 200 to under 160. Not sure I need any more guards or snipers since I have Franka, Sideroca, Savage, and Lappland for guards; and W, Exusiai, Meteorite, Sesa, and Firewatch for snipers.

Smallpred
joined Jun 29, 2015

Got Lappland via teh shop now, yay!

Sitting on those epic guard tokens. is it more advisable to use them on lappland or Spectre?

Sakura Cartelet
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joined May 28, 2016

Give me my playable Crownslayer already.

C6ecb18a42241236b33d8a43252bfaf1
joined Apr 30, 2020

Got Lappland via teh shop now, yay!

Sitting on those epic guard tokens. is it more advisable to use them on lappland or Spectre?

Specter if you're aiming for pot5 for the HP boost (which is only useful for high level CC) or just having lower DP cost for someone that costs 23 DP. That said, I don't feel either choice is significant enough. Personally going to use the tokens for Indra lol. I might not use her as much but it seems very unlikely for me to get another Indra.

joined Jul 26, 2016

O boi Archetto's SP passive stacks with Ch'en's. Sniperknights confirmed?

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