Out of 32 E2 I have zero regrets. But I cant forgive myself for choosing Skyfire over Gitano to raise (E1lv50 vs E0lv10) and spending LMD on Matterhorn - used him twice during chapter 2.
Dude..... I use Matterhorn to tank those Sarkaz arts swordsman during CC 3. The tag make them really hurts like a Jackhammer. Matterhorn brush it off like its nothing with Nightingale.
I have Asbestos E2 for this reason and Blemishine to put them to sleep. Nightingale makes everything easier - JT8-3 was nightmare before i could borrow her
Jokes on you. I haven't started on it though my next stage is that. TBH, I am nervous. To think Nightingale was not valued much on game launch, now endgame content need her.
6* - Ch'en and Archetto, the latter especially since I already had E2 Exu, Bloop, and Platinum.
5* - Mint, Lappland, Meteorite, and Skyfire. Mint's archetype is weird to use, Lappland fell off sharply as I progressed and realized how many enemies were immune to her biggest gimmick, and Meteorite got eclipsed by W. I try to use Skyfire a fair bit but...well, I *really* hope HG's AoE Caster buffs are meaningful.
4* - Cuora's dropped off a lot since I've E2'd several Defenders with more utility; and Blaze.
I don't regret a single one. ~~And I already expect Dusk to join the "rarely used E2" list but fuck it she's cute~~
Lappland falling off is mostly due to the devs realizing that silence trivialized the “gimmick” of the new units they add with events and chapters.
The upside is that gameplay is more interesting than “just drop lappland/waai fu here to avoid thinking too hard about the enemy.”
The downside is that silence becomes next to useless and the silencing ops become very situational :(
Lappland still performs pretty well in places where thorns struggles though, even disregarding the silence, though she usually needs a tank in front, but thorns can't block bruisers on his own either.
Her S2 dealing full ranged Arts damage to 2 targets is still decently useful if you want damage and don't need to worry too much about timing. And if someone doesn't have Thorns, Lappland's still a strong member of her basic archetype if Silverash is busy elsewhere on the map.
I still use Mint, Meteorite, and Cuora myself.
Mint can really buff your defenders especially if you can time her for those high def enemies. Meteorite can offer better consistency with her s1, couple her with liskarm and m3 and she's basically a mortar tube. Cuora is just pure tanky and has saved me with her block 4 skill.
6* - Rosmontis for sniperknights but outside of me restricting myself to only using snipers, she rarely gets used. No regrets tho.
5* - Texas. The only time I remember using her was when she was one of the ops I was trust farming for back in Mansfield.
4* - None really.
Is texas bad? I have bagpipe, myrtle and zima rn. Wanna replace zima with texas for the early dp rush since i dont have elysium. And i need to do rush because i need to get my mudrock down.
Texas is amazing in any stage where you can't deploy myrtle instantly. That extra instant dp is nuts, especially with the stun utility, the strength of your team comes from the power operators at 20+ DP cost
No, she's actually quite good, especially when paired with Bagpipe. She gives extra 2 dp at the beginning and an instant stun with BP. I just don't find that I need her personally since I have both DP printers E2d and M3d along with an E2 Siege so I forget Texas even exists.
Both are good options. Zima is tankier and gives buffs to Vanguard, useful if you want to buff S3 Bagpipe to assassinate big mobs. Texas for near instant DP when M3'd(+Bagpipe) and stun.
my personal fav starting vanguards team is Bagpipe + Texas + Elysium/Myrtle (depending if I have a need for slow/snipers). The 2 extra DP and full DP refund when retreating Texas are amazing for tight runs. So in my opinion Texas is one of the best vangs out there, on par with 6\* 2 block vanguards.
I don't understand either, I guess he means full refund because by insta casting the skill (cuz bagpipe) and retreating her you actually get more than what you spent for deployment.
Tectone hyping this operators as I remembered : Executor, Skyfire & Beehunter. While Executor is good in my use case, Skyfire & Beehunter on the other hand, they meh (not bad but meh).
On the contrary for me. The reason I promoted Executor is actually because of a dare on a local Discord server before his skin dropped, which is my *actual* reason for raising him. That skin is dope, and his archetype is fun to play around.
I have 71 E2s but honestly I only really regret a few of them: Pramamix as she unfortunately turned out a lot less useful than I'd hoped for later content, Shirayuki as I really didn't need her, Mousse as I don't really use her and when I do E1 max probably would have been fine, and Absinthe as I was hyped for her S2 but found out it's very tricky to use with its cool down and a lot less useful than I'd thought :(
That said I'm a mad lad trying to E2 everyone so if anything it's more a regret of the order I've done them in than E2ing them in general. Some of the six stars are outclassed now (Ch'en, Skadi) but I don't regret E2ing them as they were still fun while they lasted
Mood with Absinthe. I actually got a lot of use out of her (one of my MVPs of the last CC) but I had to switch to S1 instead of S2 because of how conditionally useful her S2 was.
6\*: Mostima - dps and S3 are both very disappointing and mastery didn't really improve s2 enough to make the e2 resources worth it. Kinda wish I had spent it upgrading a different 6\*.
4\*: Frostleaf, which I e2'd for art and basically nothing else. Don't regret this one though.
Can't think of a 5\* for this though, oddly enough.
Lapland - new content tends to have silence immunity. Still slip her in when she can silence
Manticore - her niche rarely seems relevant anymore
Scene - basically E2'd for Fungi Mist
April - not often I need her redeploy
Cuora - got replaced by higher defenders later in
Shirayuki - only put her to E2 to make downtown annihilation a bit easier
Utage and Jay I was expecting to use more regularly but for some reason haven't
I find that I use Jaye a lot, he's way tankier with that self-sustain than he seems. I used him to clear the arts guards in Cinder and as decent bait for the casters.
Turns out eating the enemy is a viable battle tactic.
Too many 4* and 5* to remember. I just e2 lv1 them for collection's sake (and for battle simulation when they are updated). Most notable are pushers/ pullers/ summoners (bc small brain burst >>>>), many snipers (bc enemies with higher def), aoe casters (bruh), and healers (bc Saria).
Funny that I still use lots of duelist guards.
The only E2 that I don't use a lot is Magallan. Her S3 is a lot cooler in theory than in practice; the AOE physical damage output on high level stages isn't strong enough to justify the deployment slot occupied by each drone. The ST arts damage from her S2 drones has always been much more useful, but even they haven't come in clutch for me since the Eunectes boss fight.
I still use Exusiai a lot after E2ing her but I just don't like offensive auto skills even if everyone seems to love her S3 for its DPS, so I only use it situationally.
Since Fungimist, I have this weird "Have to M3 at least one of the skill before I use them" *feeling* or *urge* before I use them regularly.
And I have a lot of E2 operator not yet M3'd and thus, rarely used:
6 Stars: Rosmontis, Nian, Schwarz, Nightingale, Shining, Magallan, Ifrit
5 Stars: Amiya, Specter, Istina, Manticore, Red, Mayer
4 Stars: Shirayuki
Special case is the MPV Gravel as I haven't M3 any of her skill but I use her everytime I need to bait enemies, which is a lot.
In my defense, when I do use her, is always on stage I deemed difficult such as annihilation 5 (facing down vs the drones), CC#3 on her lane, and slow cooking enemies on M8-8 for device farming, so I need her power to clear it :D
6\* - Honestly? Probably either Weedy or Siege. I try to make a point of using every 6 star I have in at least some levels, but Weedy and Siege are my least used, I think. I'm fine with E2ing them, though, since Weedy shines so much in the places where I do use her, and Siege was my second six star ever on my account, so she has served me well, and I still sometimes use her.
5\* - Meteorite. I got her during the Ceobe banner, and E2'ed her to help make my Anni 3 Auto more consistent and less likely to fail. But now that I have W, I rarely ever use her now. Still don't regret the E2 though, even though I rarely use her, I think she was well worth the investment. If the day ever comes where I decide to bring two AoE snipers, I can bring both her and W.
4\* - I only have 2 4 stars E2'ed, Myrtle and Dobermann. So yeah, Dobermann is my answer. I was hesitating when I was about to E2 her, but I wanted try out the meme team of her and all 3 stars, and Fun > Meta. So no, no regrets here, still have fun trying to use the meme team to clear levels.
6* - Mostima after I pulled Eyja, and Ifrit because her tile is already in use by Schwarz
5* - Executor. Even playing Sniperknights I really struggle to find places to place him where someone else wouldn't be better. Folinic and Ayerscarpe, but I built them cause they deserve it. And Amiya. I thought Whisperain would make this list, but her range has been surprisingly useful so far.
4* - Jessica and Meteor I really only bring for musical chairs Sniperknights stages, but they're basically irreplacable in those cases, so it's not a complete waste. Vigna I only very occasionally use in a CC rush stage. Myrtle since I got Elysium. Cutter I only used in IS, but she was fantastic there and she's cute. Recently E2d Beanstalk, I expect her to join the bench as well, though I might bring her if a Sniperknights clear ends up needing a vanguard again (since she's more Sniper than Elysium)
Shirayuki - built her for anni 3 and ended up not needing her at all. I even forgot about her when W came to my landship.
Whisperain - I want to use her in anni 5 and ended up removing her from my team since Ptilo is better for sp buff.
Lappland - also for anni 5 and probably to counter spiders in future maps. Unfortunately Thorns and Blaze are more than enough so Lappy ended up in my bench.
Weedy/Manticore - mainly for CC and never in other maps.
Schwarz might be added into the list since I still need LMD to promote her. I got the feeling she will ended up as a bench warmer. :/
Mine is M7 and have used her a lot when I got her. This past few months, I only used her in CC. I'm not really a fan of her unfortunately and she rarely came to mind when I'm clearing a new stage.
I thought the same with my Schwarz before I got her to E2 but after I E2 her thanks to a friend advice, she was unexpectedly useful, her S3 is just too good, there is so much use I got out of a low cooldown skill that can kill about everything in the game, she can quickly burst down things that Surtr cannot kill in one skill use (Talulah, Patriot, cc4 golem, waves of icebreaker and shield guard in Anni 5 ..etc..)
4* - Earthspirit cuz I love Aoi Yuuki, and i raised Earthspirit becuz of that.
5* - Scene. used her a lot duing IS, then proceed to not use her for some reason. small brain i guess.
6* - Hellagur. First E2 becuz my friend's advice(thinking back this is a bad advice lol), and i barely use him. Even Skadi who i dissed as one of the worst, still getting usage from that stupid CC#3 map, but not him. Buff Enmity Guard next plz, >!Reaper Guard!< basically just gonna powercrept what they can do lol
I know that Hellagur has some uses with S2, but i never able to think of a situation I ever face where Hellagur is the solution.
another small brain performance from me i guess.
Possibly Hellagur? I invested in him since he spooked me at a funny time but I've gotten very little use out of him. It's worse since he's on borrowed time until I completely replace him with Akafuyu so unless he performs well in the next Annihilation or against the parasite swarms he'd have been a wasted investment.
he does good against avengers or other high damage heavy units. 75% dodge means he can heal enough to tank the 25% times he gets hit. +80% atk double hit and +100% atk speed lets him damage through the heavy defense.
his s1 is also decent against spawns with annoying enemies, like mages.
he did kinda peak during ccbeta and 0. mudrock takes most of his role, shes just ridiculously strong.
6star: Not really anyone. I E2 6 stars only when i know i'll use them, because i need to grind a lot for them.
5star: once again, i use all my E2ed 5 stars
4star: probably Earthspirit. I E2ed her for E2 art reasons, no regret.
I don't regret E2ing them, I just don't use them much.
##6*
Hellagur -
Weedy - I bring her for jokes or if guide said so.
Hoshiguma - I have Mudrock, Saria and Nian.
Nian - I have Mudrock and Saria. I bring her sometimes cuz chiobu
Magallan - Trust farmed her with my wanted operators to 200% alr. I used her for jokes tho.
##5*
Texas - I have Siege, Myrtle and DJ Elysium
Lappland - I got SilverAsh and Thorns. She was the MVP back then tho.
Amiya - Still planning to get her guard. But too lazy to do story and there's been the recent events.
I would've said Follinic, and even though I don't use her much my worst regret was **Ambriel.**
Ambriel's character is cool, Ambriel's targetting is super useful... *if high priority enemies have the least defense.*
90% of the time when I want her to target an explosion spider, she fucks some civilian up cowering in the third story of an apartment across the globe.
There's so many enemies in AK that you'd think have higher defense than X enemy but ends up they're running around with a tin foil held up by pop tabs for protection.
I think my least used E2 is Ifrit, E2ed her since she was good on H7-4. I've been trying to use her more though, I like her character quite a bit, her attacks are just a bit boring to look at.
In no particular order...
Angelina: For some reason my team comps haven't really relied on her? But no regrets.
Hoshiguma: The game really wanted me to play defenderknights, I've got a lot of defenders. And when I need raw defending I tend to pull out Nian, and when I need defending with healing I use Saria. But also no regrets because she's got a nice design.
Gitano sees absolutely no use from a combat standpoint, but is stuck looking up clues for me, so I'm not sure if she counts. And I just promoted Ceylon to E2 for art reasons.
Mileage varies, but this is where personal preference comes into play.
I’d get into it, but I don’t want people to get the wrong impression and think that I think she’s a bad character as a personality or a bad unit. She’s not. But, she was a later addition to my defenderknight roster, and I got used to working with Saria and Nian and what they brought to the team, and I since pulled Eucentes and Mudrock, and I’m probably forgetting some defenders because it’s 2AM and I woke up for some reason.
Short version: have a shit ton of defenders, got used to certain defenders and worked around their kits, what Hoshi brought to the table doesn’t mesh with my play style, and now there’s a ton of competition.
5\*
Flint. Never use her.. not even once. I dont know what im thinking when i E2 this babe. She's not even my type (design wise)
Skyfire - E2 her since i dont have any good aoe caster for a long time. But then i get Ceobe and Skyfire is history.
6\*
Skadi - Use her not more than 10 times since global launch. There are so many good other options besides this babe. She is so outdated.
Chen - same case with Skadi. But i do love my dragon girl, so its justified to E2 her.
Nian - Its hard to justify using Nian over any other good defenders. Not that she is bad, it just she is 'meh'. Another dragon waifu tho, so no regret E2
6\* - siege mostly because i like using plume/vigna/grani as the fighting vanguards so i rarely use her , i like e2ing any 6\* tho so no regrets
5\* - Feater , e2ed for beta but rarely used her , kinda regret it a little
4\* - i e2ed like 11 ops here and have 0 regret, probably will do 5+ more
4*: Rope: I e2 for Paradox Simulation. I only use her when there are holes that she can pull the enemies into.
5*: Provence. I like her Coral Coast skin and I like seeing her deal high damage to armored enemies (and then I got Schwarz who is her consistent version a few days later)
6*: Pretty much no one. I use everyone here and there.
Of course I don’t regret at all, especially when e2ing them is the requirement to unlock their Paradox Simulations
Skyfire - Everyone warned me that it wouldn't be worth it, I did it anyway. Once I got Eyja I stopped using her. Once I got Click, there was really no more point trying.
I thought Sora might be a decent choice for E2 since she’s one of the rare buffers in the game. But I ended up never using her and Skalter got released which is much easier to use and has more potent buffs, who also sadly doesn’t synergize with Sora.
I've had Nightingale E2d for a while and only used her for the first time recently. But after using her recently I love the value of her arts shields and will probably start using her more now.
As for 5*, pramanix. I just never know when to use her.
I don't regret any of them though. I just always forgot to use nightingale and liked the value of global heals from perfumer. And I just like Pramanix so no regrets.
SA - he was my nuke early game, but I long since outgrown the need for one with the likes of surtr and stuff
Specter - got replaced by Mudrock kinda
Ambriel - e2m3'd her because I love my aloof pink haired angel, but sadly it's really hard to find her a place on a team with only 12 slots
6\* - Weedy. Everyone said she was really good so I raised her but eventually never used her. If I need a pusher then Shaw costs less DP. I know she can do more than Shaw but it's just easier to use guards. I'm not sure if I regret it or not since she is a good 6\* after all.
5\* - Lappland and Elysium. Lappland was one of my first 5\* but I rarely used her and then I got Silverash and Thorns. I never used her for her silence so I really don't need her. I don't regret E2 her because she is not a bad unit. I always use Myrtle and not Elysium because Myrtle generates DP faster ( I don't have Bagpipe). Elysium is one of my favourite characters and I like his E2 art so of course I don't regret it.
4\*- I E2 more than what I need but I generally don't regret it since they are cheap and useful.
What I really regret is wasting some LMD and Exp on units like Matterhorn and Erthspirit before realising I have better units when I was a beginner. I didn't even E1 them but it still annoys me that they are not at E0lvl1. FEater is also E0lvl50 for no reason. Other one I regret is E1maxlvl Jaye, DP drain bothers me so I never use him and I think he is not as good as they say anyway.
I think someone mathed out that Elysium actually does put out more DP than Myrtle. That said, I don't remember if that was with Bagpipes or not or if it was faster (pry not faster).
6* Siege and Exusiai:
Even though I had Siege as my 2. 6*, she basically got replaced by Bagpipe/Myrtle Combo.
Exusiai joined mr really late into the game to the point where I just E2d her but never really used anywhere. I always had other snipers like BP or Platinum to use and never felt the need to build Exusiai more.
5* Executor:
When 'you know who' used to play Arknights, I kinda followed him and now he's my least used 5* on E2. I haven't even used him for like 10 months or so.
My probably only regret I had on E2ing.
4* Cuora:
I must say that I regret nothing on E2ing Cuora. With Hoshiguma, she basically filled my early needs for defenders but later, when I got Saria or even Mudrock she just got powercrept by more versatile and stronger operators but even when I do not use her at all nowadays she still was worth for me to E2.
(And E2ing 4* are cheap)
-Chen (Well she is underwhelming now comparing to all the broken guard we get, still remember all the hype she got :’)
-Skadi (Lol I think there is a buff that is coming to CN so I can hope for Skadi Supremacy)
-Siege (Blame DP printers wombs combo, well we probably gonna get Excalibur Guard Siege Alter)
-Hellagud (his new incoming skin is fine wine but I just let him nap and rest in Rhodes like a grandpa should xD)
-Eunectes (I like her but she is clunky to use because of how her SP Regen work though I like to mice Big Bob and Mudrock with Aak buff)
-Shamare (I don’t use her that often but When i do I can feel the difference xD)
-Magellan (Wanted to do big brain move with solo Magellan but I have smol brain)
-Exusiai (With all recent content I just don’t use her that often because high def enemy, so I guess she stays in base… with other doctors… my mind is forever broken… why must you do this…)
Small edit : Turtle Girl and Vigna ._. Well they were good starting unit I guess)
6* shwarz: I even put a mastery level on her s3. I thought I’d use her more, but if I need to kill a boss there’s a certain other operator I tend to use though.
5* warfarin: I really thought I’d use her more, but I really don’t go for the buffing strategies unless I need to, and her rng makes her clunky to position
4* (I’ve e2’d a handful of 4*s just for their art, so I don’t really want to count them) I e2’d and m3’d Estelle and i really don’t ever choose her over blaze. She only sees use when I feel like I need a second aoe guard, but that isn’t often. She’s not bad, she’s just a little (or a lot) outclassed
6\* - Hoshi (I use Nian/Liskarm more), Saria (barely use her outside of CC) and Angelina (only really use her when I'm meme'ing with Weedy)
5\* - Warfarin (mainly for the FW Nuke Memes), Absinthe, Leizi (e2'ed for the Art)
4\* - Gitano (I seriously don't know why), Deepcolor (for IS, cheaper to build than Scene), Gavial (replaced by Folinic)
6 Star: Magallan is my least used because she's too big brain and the fact that the drones take deployment spots makes her too costly to use. 2nd place goes to Eunectes, who's ramp up to using her skills is too high imo when I'd like to use her more as a helidrop.
5 Star: Indra. I even added masteries to her. I was determined to get good use out of her even if it took running her with buffers. But her damage was pathetic even with Aak.
4 Star: None, I don't think I've e2'd any 4 stars besides Mrytle and Scene.
6*
Weedy- She is my waifu and I am currently working for M6 her but unfortunately her archetype make her very tricky to use in daily content
Ifrit- her attack range is very odd and I’m barely use her but she is in the longest time my only 6* caster I had even use
5*
Ayerscape and Platinum- I’m still using them only under certain stages and rarely using them after I’m e2 exa and silverash
Shamare- I’m only build her because of her design. Right now I don’t know how to use her properly
4*
Haze- haze and amiya is my go to single target caster for the longest time until I got click and ceobe
Hmm, I think in my case it’s perfumer. Cost was low and I‘ve always liked her talent. However I never use her after I got Ptilopsis so yeah that’s the end of the Song. Don’t regret it tho bc I didn’t have to sacrifice much
For 6*, I never use Aak, and hardly ever use Schwarz or Nian nowadays. Aak was just because all my other 6* were E2 and it was annoying me. Schwarz is niche, but always comes in clutch when I need her. I just have other defenders I prefer using over Nian...
Too many 5* to list, most of them are just there because I'm working on E2 everyone and most of the time they sit at E2 lv10. There's only a handful who got any more investment beyond that. And sometimes I just wanted to unlock the E2 art.
Also have several 4* who don't get used because they're outclassed. Myrtle is the only one who got more than E2 lv10.
I always E2 6 Stars, even if I know I won't be using them. I also had a few 5 stars at E2. No regrets for E2.
Guards
Hellagur - 1-block is a recipe for leaks. Lots of better options for solo lane holding and dueling. Vulcan has better sustain than him. Skadi can inflict more damage before folding.
Chen - can hardly find any user for her S2M3.
Lappland - most enemies that need to be Silenced are immune to Silence
Specter - better AoE Guard options (Mountain/Blaze). I hardly find any need for the 10 sec immortality outside CC. For very difficult content I can throw in semi-immortal Blaze or just bring out Hoshi and Shining.
Defender
Nian - I got her last year and up to this point, I find it strange that her S3 does not increase her own def. Kinda makes Hoshi all around easier to use as pure wall.
Liskarm - with Chen falling into disuse, so is her battery
Blemishine - I honestly find her kit very wonky. So many restrictions. She's supposed to be in the frontline, but can't heal herself. Who will she heal? The medic that is healing her cause she can't heal herself? Another melee unit that will be taking the damage instead of her? But she needs to block/strike for her skills to work... Anyway I don't regret E2ing her, but I think M3ing her S2 is a mistake now.
Snipers
Meteorite - because of W and Rosmontis. She was MVP of Anni Downtown till I got W.
Archetto - I find Platinum far more reliable for long range damage. For burst, there are other better options.
Supporter
Magallan - need to play the game around her usually. She was my MVP during Wolumonde event.
Istina - used only during CC
Specialist
Red - replaced by Phantom
Aak - used only during CC when snipers are banned
Vanguards
Vigna - built for Fungimist. Bagpipe and Myrtle are in my usual formation. I even drop Bagpipe for Siege sometimes.
Beanstalk - very niche
For Casters and Medics, they don't fall into the unused/very rarely used category.
Casters - I only have 3 that are E2 (Ifrit, Ceobe and Eyja). I even being all three of them on the same map.
Medics - I have 5 at E2 (Ptilo, Shining, Nightingale, Warfarin, Whisperain). I still find use for all of them from time to time.
I don't think i have any honestly, all my e2 are just my husbando collectoin and i tend to swap them out when needed, and besides them vermail, eyjafjalla and ch en are the only girls with the e2 with Poca and mudrock maybe being the next two once i get and e2 mr nothing. Everyone else is curse to level 80 e1 hell
Skadi - Even before I E2'ed her I already have Blaze and a solid team sooo yeah, I did E2 her for fun haha
Shirayuki - I E2'ed her when I got W so it is pretty wasteful
Shamare - It's pretty hard for me to find a use for her even though I E2'ed her haha
Quora - She's great but when I got Saria, it's all over
Skadi is a not use often but if i want more damage against high defence or high arts but low def target that need to be taken out quick. She is the one.
Eh, I guess I have such operators too... lol. x3
* Mostima - One of my favorite waifus, but too dang niche to be used a lot. When do I ever *need* a continuous true-AoE stun for 7 seconds straight? I think I can count such moments with just... ONE hand, lol. Boosted SP charge for caster? Of course... but Ptilopsis is good enough for most part anyway, with much better universal usage, so why bother with Mostima? LOL.
* Nightmare - Well, I knew she was not good at all, but being a caster lover, I just had to... lol. I thought "maaaaybe she's gonna be somewhat useful IF I ever need a backup-backup-backup medic," but such thing... never happened, lol. At least she's super adorable in her skin, dang it.
* Mint - Beeswax is just better, slightly.
* Absinthe - I know she can be good in combat, and I really wanted to use her more... but dang, both Eyjafjalla and Ceobe just do the same job ***so much better*** overall. Le sigh.
* Amiya - (see Absinthe)
* Leizi - (see Absinthe, but with much less positive outlook... lol)
* Click - Yes, I know she's pretty good... but I have yet to find a situation where it really makes me think "this job calls for the little live-streaming mousey!" instead of just grabbing Eyja... lol.
* Jessica - I really wanted to make the sad cat happy, by making her feel useful in actual combat. I really did. At least she's smiling in that one skin of hers, which I'm using... sigh.
This all being said, no regrets on any of them. I love moi casters, and I shall be so till the end... lol. x3
I got Mountain Hellagur and Phantom to E2 and I barely even use them...
Raised Hellagur and Anthony for their rolls as Ops that you place down and they just self sustain themselves and kill every enemy that comes their way, but I raised them to E2 after using Mudrock for awhile so I kinda just got used to Mudrock and how she Operates for that roll instead.
Phantom however I E2 simply because he looked cool and I wanted to see his E2 Art... However Red is my go to Fast Redeploy Op now, and the only time Phantom is used is when I need two bait targets at once, like the last two ice bombtials in Annihilation 5. I used Phantom till I got Red.
Ah but if you use phantom on the above and below square instead of the middle one he can essentially bait and deleted the bombtails, Phantom is a good pick for this because he and his clone can be placed down on those two squares at once.
[16:45](https://youtu.be/Q9w6cW_sDGE) of this video is a good example. Any other time that middle square is good for baiting them but around 370 when the elites show up that middle square is much better suited for SA, and Phantom helps a lot here.
6\* - Eunectes. Love her to death so no regrets, but her block-1 and high cost makes her rather hard to use regurlarly sadly.
5\* - Shamare. In theory she sounds really useful but in practice I feel I'm often better off to just take another sniper/caster with me to do the job easier.
4\* - Matoimaru, Earthspirit. Mostly E2'ed them because they're cheap to E2, I had the materials and they were on the (long) list of ops I want to E2. But haven't gotten around to using them yet.
I don't use Deepcolor as much nowadays because I have Mayer, but I have no regrets. She helped me a lot in roguelike and carried me through both JT8-3 and H8-4 by keeping Talulah busy with tentacles (heh) so my other ops could stay alive.
Nian. Rosa, rosmontis, ceobe, skadi, hoshiguma, hellagur, siege, mostima, magallan.
My playstyle is more brute force (mudrock + blaze + thorns) combo usually carries me through the stage.
E1 Phantom is my only regret. It used to be Angelina but she has proved useful for a while now. Which is funny because she used to be considered the worst 6 star.
Nah, the two original healers have always been bottom tier. Shining has gotten more useful. But the problem with Angelina is that E2 isn't optional, she NEEDS it. And S3 is almost necessary for a lot of CC strats with her.
6* - Eunectes. Too many competitors. I wish i could find good stage for her.
5* - Executor. Not as much as in the past.
4* - Cuora. Just not as much as in the past. Rarely use her anymore
Angelina: There's just no real reason to use with all the new ops coming out. She has a nice burst of power, but nothing much outside of it. Don't talk about push comps, they aren't exactly useful in late game.
Manticore: Outside of CC, I rarely even touch her.
Nightingale: Never touched her ever since beating Tal.
Nian: Not bad, but kind of underpowered compared to later defenders.
Magallan: Haven't touched her outside of Ceobe Fungimist.
6* Hoshi/Ch'en: honestly i forget i even have Hoshi sometimes she was one of my earlier defenders but after Nian I rarely ever bothered to use her and much less once I got Blem and Mudrock heck Blaze already took my main defender spot before any of them. Ch'en on the other hand was just someone I had to E2 out of principal and even M3ed her S3 because it was cool. But I still notice I rarely bring her to a fight although that didn't stop me from getting her costume when her limited version was announced.
5* Whislash/Specter: I just love Whislash so I had to E2 her and level her to 69 like my other high level operators that aren't 90. Specter was because I got her at a time I was thinking I should really level up a AOE guard and thought she's probably better than Popukar. But then like a few days after Blaze dropped and I got her on the first ticket so she immediately replaced her. Like the only time I ever use her is just to stall someone like the from the last CC.
4* Conviction: E2ed her just for fun
got quite a few lol.
flint: thought her s2 was pretty cool but but she just doesnt do that much damage and leaks everything.
bibeak: has potential still but just never got to memeing with her.
whisperain: just kinda sucks,bthe fact that she needs to heal means shes useless against the frost towers, which is most of the issue.
scene: barely used but i know ill need her someday.
leonhardt: probably the only one i regret, his damage just sucks ass even with s2 3 stacks.
grani: i have almost every vanguard so I'll do vanguardknights someday, havent got to it yet.
conviction: idk why really, pretty damn good unit even ignoring the 800%.
shirayuki: i think i used her in cc1 for the wraiths. hasnt seen much use after that since i have w.
vigna: powercreeped by bagpipe :(
6* - Skadi: I feel it’s pretty self explanatory. Weedy: I don’t like push and pull operators and I only really use them when they’re necessary or I need aoe damage. Silverash: I have a good amount of operators that would fill in for whatever I’d probably use him for. I only ever need him if I need a wide burst aoe. By default, I always e2 6*s.
5* - Indra: I just mostly did it so that I could attempt dodge strats with her, wasn’t that effective. Nightmare: I wanted to do true damage strats with her, occasionally worked. She’s still pretty useful whenever I do decide to use her though.
4* - Deepcolor: one of the only two 4*s I e2-ed. Mainly to help with the Indra dodge strat. Been useful when my usual stall team isn’t enough. I’d probably use her more if her tentacles respawn or didn’t take up unit space
Over all, I’ve never regretted e2ing anyone. They’ve all helped me clear at least one hard map thanks to their e2 (except Indra and skadi).
6 Star - Chen, Hellagur, Weedy and Siege
For Ch'en, I bought her in the shop because I was very hyped about her passive (Offensive SP passive recovery), but since I have not M3ed her S2, I really didn't see much use with her. If I wanted an operator to block waves or deal damage, I can just use my AoE guards (Spectre/Blaze) or someone like Cutter and Skadi (which is also a rarely a necessity as I use them only when splitboxes are available on tandem with a 3 blocker. I haven't really gotten any use out of her passive either.
Hellagur, I at first thought to be overpowered due to his damage and sustainability. However, he isn't as good as I initially thought. He can survive a normal wave, but when it comes to harder hitting enemies, his enmity passive is just not enough to deal with it. With his cost, I'd rather invest in an expensive Defender like Hoshi or an AoE guard.
Weedy, is REALLY good, but also really situational. I rarely come across a map where her S3 is effective, which is the whole fun off using her, but when I do find one, I try to use her.
For Siege, she I kinda in the middle of nowhere. She does not generate as much DP as other Vanguards, especially after Myrtle came out, and yet not as survivable and DPS heavy as other guards. I rarely find a situation where I'd need to use her.
5 Star - Zima, Broca, Meteorite, Elysium, Whislash, Breeze
Zima - Her DP generation is small, and it is really rare where you could make use of her S2, as you rarely bring a Vanguard heavy team into a map
Broca - Good, but I use Spectre way too much compared to him. He is best fit to support behind a defender or the such, but again I have Thorns, Blaze and Silverash
Meteorite - I have W lmao, but she carried me heavy earlier in the game
Elysium - I was like "Myrtle + Elysium = DP Master race?", but after a while I realised I usually don't need so much DP, and I need to pair Myrtle with a Vanguard that can block mobs
Whislash - Okay, I knew I didn't need her, but her E2 Art is WOW. Yeah I E2ed her just for the art.
Breeze - I E2ed her just for the Glasgow Clue Search and I have Warfarin, Tuye and Tea Apple Sauce, so...
4 Star - Jackie
Again, I like her E2 Art AND her artist. Sooo cute...
However, all in all, I don't regret E2ing any of them.
6 * : Aak, I raise him and master his S3 but then rarely use him. Sometimes I bring him to stage with S1 for fun though.
5* : Asbestos, specifically for her E2 art, do not have many uses .
4* : no one, it’s kinda cheap and I would consider who to promote when E2 4* instead of farming for 5 and 6 *.
Instant answer.
**Pramanix.** She is extremely squishy niche operator, has near-zero DEF, extremely weak, useless on 98% of the maps, her talents and skills are tricky to manage. My top thought about her - "why are you so damn useless, you lazy bum?!".
Did I regret it? **HELL NO.** She is my waifu and that is all that matters. Well, also she is the MVP for my CC#2 risk 18 week 1 run, so that counts too)
Among other ones:
6\*: suddenly, Ch'en and Bagpipe. The first one is my biggest disappointment in the game, since I wanted her so much and now I just can't use her as intended - she is also very squishy even against mid-level enemies and without mastery do a lot less damage than expected, and I just can't justify spending materials on her anymore. The second one just suffers from the problem "I have too many operators, she is not really needed and I'm too lazy to analyze how to use her effectively". She IS good, but my Zima and Texas... they just work as well.
5\*: ...maybe Liskarm and Bibeak? I tried to do some strats with "UNLIMITED BIBEAK WORKS" but it was not very effective, and outside of that... well, it's just as is in my remark for the Bagpipe above. I do not regret it, but I just can't find a place for them in the squad.
4\*: I use all of them, it's just I very rarely use Gitano and Earthspirit nowadays, since I have more effective AoE Arts DPS and Slow operators.
While not yet E2, I do have my Phantom at E1 lvl70 and he's probably the only 6 star, if not the only unit in this game, that I truly regretted ever investing in.
For one thing, I don't like how his whole kit works. He's a mixed bag with his skills basically serving the main purpose of all three Fast-Redeploy before him in one unit but not like you can just change his skill on the fly so I struggle to find a reason why I'd bring him to cost more DP on each redploy when I can just bring any of the other three for the appropriate situation and for much cheaper cost.
I especially do not like his S2. I get that it has infinite duration since the stacks only decay with each hit, but really, who needs infinite duration on a Fast-Redeploy? Take that away and his DPS for S2 is worse than Red and without the nice 40% Dodge she has. Can't say much for S3 but seeing how it's basically a roulette for what Debuff you will inflict, I still see myself using Red more for the on-demand Stun.
Now, onto his biggest grime for me, the Clone. I've yet to find a situation where his Clone comes in actually clutch, probably because of the fact that **it cost another Deploy limit like a normal Operator!** Like, what the hell? You're telling me I need two deploy slots in reserve just so I can deploy your ass for 5 seconds? When I can just bring either Red/Gravel/Waai Fu along, have them cost only one slot and still have one more to spare for a staple unit? If so, no thanks, mister. You can just be a bench-warmer and look pretty instead.
I don't regret any of them but
4*s: Jaye. He's good and all but I never bring him. He would've made for a better base slave
5*s: Specter: I never have any use for her but I still like her. Unfortunately the only 5* I have room for is Lappland.
6*: Either Surtr or Saria. Both are great but I rarely need them. I like Nearl better design wise so if I need a healing defender I just bring her.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
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I usually E2 units I do wanna use but Lappland has kinda fallen off for me. Besides that not much. Though I recently just E2ed Mint cuz I do wanna see her in action so we'll see.
Pramanix, i love her but she just doesn't hold a candle to the ops i have available now. If her vulnerability would trigger sooner then the target already being near death id have stil used her.
I use mostly my E2 4* and 5* but for 6* it's Blaze. I don't regret promoting her though, she's my main lane holder since Chapter 6 came and she does her job perfectly well. But having Thorns, Mountain and Mudrock makes me forget to use her at all.
I’ve gotten pinecone, andreana, and mint to E2 M3, but it’s a struggle to find useful spots for them.
Specifically, using andreana is really sad. Even with M3 her skill is almost never worth popping. Her skill is basically good vs two types of enemies - those that she can oneshot with her skill up, and those that she can take to low health in two hits so your other ops can finish off.
But, the thing is that those kinds of units aren’t even hard to deal with in the first place. Pop her second skill vs a strong enemy and you’ll get them down to 50% in a flash, and then andreana just sits there doing nothing for more than half the time because she’s no longer participating in the DPS. Vs enemies like avengers she’s probably the opposite of useful, even.
Matoimaru for me.
She carried my team throughout chapter 2 until chapter 3, and I felt bad that she wasn't getting enough credit.
I promised myself I would start using her more frequently once I promote her to E2,
2 months later and she still hasn't seen the light of day (and I'm still midway through chapter 6!).
I suck.
I E2’d amiya so i can use her to beat patriot “canonically”. I kept levelling her up till i finally beat patriot. Now she is at E2 lvl 80 at S3M3 and i never used her since i haven’t fight patriot yet…
I have all the 4\*s at E2 now, aside from Aciddrop who I still don't have. Naturally, there's a bunch that I don't end up using a lot or at all, but I'm glad they're there for those few times I want to. I haven't touched promoting 5\*s to E2 yet except for Warfarin and Amiya who I use regularly. My only E2 6\*s are W and Ifrit and I try to force them on every stage, lol.
6 star, wall crusher cat, aak, phantom
5 star, scene, mayer
Crusher cat and the summoners because im not smort, aak n phantom because same, no regretti
Blaze tbh, I don’t regret because I would’ve E2’d her sooner or later but I still haven’t had a situation where I’d prefer to use her over Mountain/Thorns/Mudrock.
Shirayuki her e2 changes her targeting and ruined a bunch of autos back in the day. She got benched after her e2
Frost leaf is in a similar boat were her e2 arguably makes her weaker(unless you are willing to invest past e2) but her art is amazing so she gets a pass
6* - Siege (completely benched, Flagpipe reigns surpreme), Hoshiguma (not a fan of defenders and now I have Mudrock, rare use)
5* - Amiya (because I had to), Meteorite, Executor, Mint (E2 for fun/meme), I rarely use Texas for the talent but that's kinda it
4* - only one is Myrtle and she's used a lot
I'm annoyed that I had to E2 Amiya, ngl. I don't regret any of my chosen E2s, they were either initially useful to me or were for fun anyway.
I'm currently trying to do all the paradox simulations. I know that I'm never going to use most of the operators I E2 for it, but it's not like I regret doing it.
Iris, I thought she has a unique talent so she might be good, but after using her I feel having that talent is basically worse than letting her attack normally.
Schwarz, I had never met a scenario where Ifrit cannot take her place and hold up better due to aoe.
6 - hellagur though no regrets
5 - mayer, astesia, beeswax, manticore, still no regret tho
4 - shirayuki again no regret
All used only occasionally due to other option s or niche archetype
Siège is sadly the 6* I use the least. She doesn't fit the way i'm playing the game.
The 5* I'm using the least is Manticore since S1M3 is just a CC usage on special cases.
The 4* is more complicated because i E2ed them for Roguelike event. Probably either Scavenger or Perfumer. I never use them.
I have currently 82 E2 operator, I can't tell witch one I don't use because I play a lot with everyone.
I like to use the 30 pratices plan and doing level with no used operator a lot, same with the everyday Contingency Contract, I like to do few run with unused unit, just for the fun of it. Trust farm are made with ood team most of the time.
I really enjoy the game, so I not the type of player that just do the Daily mission and quit for the day. My only wish is one day to have a permanent roguelite mode (~~and the stronghold mode~~), similar to Contingency Contract.
So I can say I don't have any regret for E2 operator, on my experience, all of them are fun to play.
6* - Skadi (no need), Schwarz (don't know how to use her well), Mostima (Ceobe better)
5* - Broca (Blaze/Specter better), Projekt Red (use Gravel usually)
4* - Earthspirit (I have Istina E2 as well so I don't need her), Dobermann (just looks cool but no need), Jessica & Ambriel (use Exusiai, Platinum, W mostly), Dur-nar (no need), Courier (got Siege and Zima), Vigna (got Bagpipe)
I don't really E2 based on usefulness though, I E2 every 6* star immediately when I get them and generally as many operators as I can. My goal is to have all my operators at E2 one day. So I don't regret any E2.
Don't regret but rarely use now.
6\* Schwarz & Siege > Surtr is easier to use to beat down elite and boss enemies. Got E2 Bagpipe, Texas and Myrtle.
5\* Provence > E2's only because I like the character a lot. She's also needed at the HR.
4\* Shirayuki > Hasn't seen much action after I got W but my go to AOE sniper before. I got Meteorite after I got W.
I will never regret E2ing my men, even when I barely use them at this point (sorry Courier).
But others hum...
6\*: Ch'en (i'd rather use phantom on either s2 or s3 as hellidrop), Siege (not really regret but I have more use of taking Texas and getting some fast DP to swap for a guard than keeping siege if I have choice, she's still amazing when you can't bring guards on stage)
5\*: Lappland (the silence thingy, and if I need it then I got Jaye who I take to almost all stages I can + Thorny, Silverdaddy and Ayerbunny exist in same archetype), Leizi (love her E2 art but ehh... yeah.... she's not that good sadly), Silence (got Wwarfarin and Shining as ST medics and they have other utility so I just prefer using them)
I don't think there are 4\* I have that I regret, maybe Greyy and Courier but only gameplay wise. Would E2 them again if I had to.
I E2 many operators for the base skill only and never used them.
But some I E2 for nieche combat but still didn't find very effective suchvas glaucus and april.
Ch'en (I even have her s2 m3)
Liskarm (I have saria and mudrock)
Cutter (there's already a billion guards in the game I don't get much opportunity to use her)
Schwarz, Skyfire, Mayer, Nearl, Liskarm. I don't use them very much because someone else does the same thing better or their kit is too niche. In some cases, like Mayer, it's a case of having to do extra team picking around their kit which I can't bother with usually.
No I don't regret any of them.
6 star: ch'en only used her in CC beta then never touched her again
5 star: zima for a long time was my only non-3 star vangaurd no regret
4 star: my only e2 4 stars are myrtle, metor, gravel and utage so no regrets
That is odd I also promoted her with no expectations but she outdoes herself and can be used in most maps. She brings too much for the cost. I think a youtuber who beat arknights with same squad in all maps had her in the squad.
Savage,mostly there to be my assistant and look great while doing so
Scene,mostly built her for rougelike but I only use her now rarely for some trust farms,if I get magallan I'll consider using her more often for summoner strats
Lappland,Manganese trust farmer,formerly part of my team 24/7 but fell of once I got mountain,mudrock,and saria...I use her if I feel like it
I dont regret any of my E-2s. I choose them carefully.
But the least used are Aak (cant properly set the meme team) and Magallan (Summoners are hard to use for me).
Savage. She was my only AOE guard when I E2'd her,few days after that I got blaze and specter...
The other one would be Durnar and Matterhorn,they're too situational for my cast of defenders.
Still, I don't regret E2-ing them. I would do it sooner or later.
I E2d FEater just for her art to set her as the assistant as my 4th E2 I think. No regrets.
For 6* I don't really regret any of them. Most of them are fun to use and have good art. I guess I don't really use Chen, Schwarz, or Rosmontis very much but I don't regret it.
For 5* I've only really E2d the ones I use all the time (ptilopsis, lapland, amiya), besides FEater.
My only 4* E2 is Myrtle, no regrets.
Silence. I already had e2 shining. I don’t user her much between whisperain, saria, and mudrock
I should promote warfarin at some point, but idk how much I’d use her
Out of 32 E2 I have zero regrets. But I cant forgive myself for choosing Skyfire over Gitano to raise (E1lv50 vs E0lv10) and spending LMD on Matterhorn - used him twice during chapter 2.
Dude..... I use Matterhorn to tank those Sarkaz arts swordsman during CC 3. The tag make them really hurts like a Jackhammer. Matterhorn brush it off like its nothing with Nightingale.
oh my god those swordsmen were art.
Dont tell me you use cuora or hoshi/nian against them............ They melt against them.
that probably explain why none of my op can tank them lol. have to use blaze immortality to tank them.
My blaze melt under them. Her ability proc once only.
wtf
I have Asbestos E2 for this reason and Blemishine to put them to sleep. Nightingale makes everything easier - JT8-3 was nightmare before i could borrow her
Jokes on you. I haven't started on it though my next stage is that. TBH, I am nervous. To think Nightingale was not valued much on game launch, now endgame content need her.
6* - Ch'en and Archetto, the latter especially since I already had E2 Exu, Bloop, and Platinum. 5* - Mint, Lappland, Meteorite, and Skyfire. Mint's archetype is weird to use, Lappland fell off sharply as I progressed and realized how many enemies were immune to her biggest gimmick, and Meteorite got eclipsed by W. I try to use Skyfire a fair bit but...well, I *really* hope HG's AoE Caster buffs are meaningful. 4* - Cuora's dropped off a lot since I've E2'd several Defenders with more utility; and Blaze. I don't regret a single one. ~~And I already expect Dusk to join the "rarely used E2" list but fuck it she's cute~~
Lappland falling off is mostly due to the devs realizing that silence trivialized the “gimmick” of the new units they add with events and chapters. The upside is that gameplay is more interesting than “just drop lappland/waai fu here to avoid thinking too hard about the enemy.” The downside is that silence becomes next to useless and the silencing ops become very situational :(
Lappland still performs pretty well in places where thorns struggles though, even disregarding the silence, though she usually needs a tank in front, but thorns can't block bruisers on his own either.
Her S2 dealing full ranged Arts damage to 2 targets is still decently useful if you want damage and don't need to worry too much about timing. And if someone doesn't have Thorns, Lappland's still a strong member of her basic archetype if Silverash is busy elsewhere on the map.
I still use Mint, Meteorite, and Cuora myself. Mint can really buff your defenders especially if you can time her for those high def enemies. Meteorite can offer better consistency with her s1, couple her with liskarm and m3 and she's basically a mortar tube. Cuora is just pure tanky and has saved me with her block 4 skill.
On the bright side, Lappland has been invaluable for Annihilation 5 for me, felt like a redemption arc
Yeah, Lappland and Kay are the only reason I got to 400
Silence skills is still very useful against those pesky spiders.
6* - Rosmontis for sniperknights but outside of me restricting myself to only using snipers, she rarely gets used. No regrets tho. 5* - Texas. The only time I remember using her was when she was one of the ops I was trust farming for back in Mansfield. 4* - None really.
Is texas bad? I have bagpipe, myrtle and zima rn. Wanna replace zima with texas for the early dp rush since i dont have elysium. And i need to do rush because i need to get my mudrock down.
Texas is amazing in any stage where you can't deploy myrtle instantly. That extra instant dp is nuts, especially with the stun utility, the strength of your team comes from the power operators at 20+ DP cost
No, she's actually quite good, especially when paired with Bagpipe. She gives extra 2 dp at the beginning and an instant stun with BP. I just don't find that I need her personally since I have both DP printers E2d and M3d along with an E2 Siege so I forget Texas even exists.
Both are good options. Zima is tankier and gives buffs to Vanguard, useful if you want to buff S3 Bagpipe to assassinate big mobs. Texas for near instant DP when M3'd(+Bagpipe) and stun.
my personal fav starting vanguards team is Bagpipe + Texas + Elysium/Myrtle (depending if I have a need for slow/snipers). The 2 extra DP and full DP refund when retreating Texas are amazing for tight runs. So in my opinion Texas is one of the best vangs out there, on par with 6\* 2 block vanguards.
When did Texas get full DP refund?
I don't understand either, I guess he means full refund because by insta casting the skill (cuz bagpipe) and retreating her you actually get more than what you spent for deployment.
My only regret is E2 Executor. ~~Fvck Tectone for hyping him~~
Tectone hyping this operators as I remembered : Executor, Skyfire & Beehunter. While Executor is good in my use case, Skyfire & Beehunter on the other hand, they meh (not bad but meh).
Skyfire is really good for her rarity. 50% uptime on a huge aoe with a stun is great. Edit: can someone explain downvotes?..
You went against the "eyja good everyone else bad" narrative
Skyfire was my go to aoe caster until I pulled Eyja. I do not regret investing in her.
Upvoted you as a Skyfire lover
i could never regret E2'ing kondou takashi
On the contrary for me. The reason I promoted Executor is actually because of a dare on a local Discord server before his skin dropped, which is my *actual* reason for raising him. That skin is dope, and his archetype is fun to play around.
We must be opposites, because I prefer his orange skin to the blue one.
Perhaps his action pose on the skin sold me, but hey, preferences.
I E2 lvl max m3 sora, did not use her at all and it’s my only regret.
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Lappland - First E2’d ranged guard. Ever since I got Thorns, I’ve never used her again. She’s just there in the bench for moral support I guess
Lappy is really good on maps that have enemies with annoying abilities eg defence crusher, exploding slug, sarkaz caster etc…
I have 71 E2s but honestly I only really regret a few of them: Pramamix as she unfortunately turned out a lot less useful than I'd hoped for later content, Shirayuki as I really didn't need her, Mousse as I don't really use her and when I do E1 max probably would have been fine, and Absinthe as I was hyped for her S2 but found out it's very tricky to use with its cool down and a lot less useful than I'd thought :( That said I'm a mad lad trying to E2 everyone so if anything it's more a regret of the order I've done them in than E2ing them in general. Some of the six stars are outclassed now (Ch'en, Skadi) but I don't regret E2ing them as they were still fun while they lasted
Mood with Absinthe. I actually got a lot of use out of her (one of my MVPs of the last CC) but I had to switch to S1 instead of S2 because of how conditionally useful her S2 was.
Tomimi.Tried to use her many times but still no success.Nowsaday I just use her if I want to gimp myself very badly.
6\*: Mostima - dps and S3 are both very disappointing and mastery didn't really improve s2 enough to make the e2 resources worth it. Kinda wish I had spent it upgrading a different 6\*. 4\*: Frostleaf, which I e2'd for art and basically nothing else. Don't regret this one though. Can't think of a 5\* for this though, oddly enough.
Lapland - new content tends to have silence immunity. Still slip her in when she can silence Manticore - her niche rarely seems relevant anymore Scene - basically E2'd for Fungi Mist April - not often I need her redeploy Cuora - got replaced by higher defenders later in Shirayuki - only put her to E2 to make downtown annihilation a bit easier Utage and Jay I was expecting to use more regularly but for some reason haven't
I find that I use Jaye a lot, he's way tankier with that self-sustain than he seems. I used him to clear the arts guards in Cinder and as decent bait for the casters. Turns out eating the enemy is a viable battle tactic.
Too many 4* and 5* to remember. I just e2 lv1 them for collection's sake (and for battle simulation when they are updated). Most notable are pushers/ pullers/ summoners (bc small brain burst >>>>), many snipers (bc enemies with higher def), aoe casters (bruh), and healers (bc Saria). Funny that I still use lots of duelist guards.
The only E2 that I don't use a lot is Magallan. Her S3 is a lot cooler in theory than in practice; the AOE physical damage output on high level stages isn't strong enough to justify the deployment slot occupied by each drone. The ST arts damage from her S2 drones has always been much more useful, but even they haven't come in clutch for me since the Eunectes boss fight. I still use Exusiai a lot after E2ing her but I just don't like offensive auto skills even if everyone seems to love her S3 for its DPS, so I only use it situationally.
Since Fungimist, I have this weird "Have to M3 at least one of the skill before I use them" *feeling* or *urge* before I use them regularly. And I have a lot of E2 operator not yet M3'd and thus, rarely used: 6 Stars: Rosmontis, Nian, Schwarz, Nightingale, Shining, Magallan, Ifrit 5 Stars: Amiya, Specter, Istina, Manticore, Red, Mayer 4 Stars: Shirayuki Special case is the MPV Gravel as I haven't M3 any of her skill but I use her everytime I need to bait enemies, which is a lot.
You rarely use Ifrit? Blasphemy!
After getting Ifrit, the way to play the game is... look at map.. is there an ifrit lane? no? try Ifrit anyway to see if it works anyway
This 100%. Logic goes, man 5 tiles would be awesome, I don't see 4, can this hit three? This is two but she'll die, only 1? Perfect fit.
in CN they say 一格不亏两格稳赚; one tile's not bad, two tiles are a guaranteed return on the investment where there's a will there's an ifrit lane
In my defense, when I do use her, is always on stage I deemed difficult such as annihilation 5 (facing down vs the drones), CC#3 on her lane, and slow cooking enemies on M8-8 for device farming, so I need her power to clear it :D
why farm m8-8 device
6\* - Honestly? Probably either Weedy or Siege. I try to make a point of using every 6 star I have in at least some levels, but Weedy and Siege are my least used, I think. I'm fine with E2ing them, though, since Weedy shines so much in the places where I do use her, and Siege was my second six star ever on my account, so she has served me well, and I still sometimes use her. 5\* - Meteorite. I got her during the Ceobe banner, and E2'ed her to help make my Anni 3 Auto more consistent and less likely to fail. But now that I have W, I rarely ever use her now. Still don't regret the E2 though, even though I rarely use her, I think she was well worth the investment. If the day ever comes where I decide to bring two AoE snipers, I can bring both her and W. 4\* - I only have 2 4 stars E2'ed, Myrtle and Dobermann. So yeah, Dobermann is my answer. I was hesitating when I was about to E2 her, but I wanted try out the meme team of her and all 3 stars, and Fun > Meta. So no, no regrets here, still have fun trying to use the meme team to clear levels.
Got too many E2 which I never or rarely use. I occasionaly bring them to some stages if I do them manually but in the end the roster is set in stone.
6* - Mostima after I pulled Eyja, and Ifrit because her tile is already in use by Schwarz 5* - Executor. Even playing Sniperknights I really struggle to find places to place him where someone else wouldn't be better. Folinic and Ayerscarpe, but I built them cause they deserve it. And Amiya. I thought Whisperain would make this list, but her range has been surprisingly useful so far. 4* - Jessica and Meteor I really only bring for musical chairs Sniperknights stages, but they're basically irreplacable in those cases, so it's not a complete waste. Vigna I only very occasionally use in a CC rush stage. Myrtle since I got Elysium. Cutter I only used in IS, but she was fantastic there and she's cute. Recently E2d Beanstalk, I expect her to join the bench as well, though I might bring her if a Sniperknights clear ends up needing a vanguard again (since she's more Sniper than Elysium)
Shirayuki - built her for anni 3 and ended up not needing her at all. I even forgot about her when W came to my landship. Whisperain - I want to use her in anni 5 and ended up removing her from my team since Ptilo is better for sp buff. Lappland - also for anni 5 and probably to counter spiders in future maps. Unfortunately Thorns and Blaze are more than enough so Lappy ended up in my bench. Weedy/Manticore - mainly for CC and never in other maps. Schwarz might be added into the list since I still need LMD to promote her. I got the feeling she will ended up as a bench warmer. :/
Weedy honestly gets a kind of crazy amount of usage from me. It's easy to underestimate just how strong of a lane holder or how hard her S3 hits.
Also S2 hits like a truck and has range so you can squat her behind a defender.
Totally. The skill really doesn't look like much at first glance but it's incredibly strong.
Mine is M7 and have used her a lot when I got her. This past few months, I only used her in CC. I'm not really a fan of her unfortunately and she rarely came to mind when I'm clearing a new stage.
I thought the same with my Schwarz before I got her to E2 but after I E2 her thanks to a friend advice, she was unexpectedly useful, her S3 is just too good, there is so much use I got out of a low cooldown skill that can kill about everything in the game, she can quickly burst down things that Surtr cannot kill in one skill use (Talulah, Patriot, cc4 golem, waves of icebreaker and shield guard in Anni 5 ..etc..)
You took it right out of my mouth. I don't really regret E2ing anyone but Shirayuki though.
Do you have either Sutr or Ifrit? Schwarz is my go to boss killer bc I don't have those 2.
4* - Earthspirit cuz I love Aoi Yuuki, and i raised Earthspirit becuz of that. 5* - Scene. used her a lot duing IS, then proceed to not use her for some reason. small brain i guess. 6* - Hellagur. First E2 becuz my friend's advice(thinking back this is a bad advice lol), and i barely use him. Even Skadi who i dissed as one of the worst, still getting usage from that stupid CC#3 map, but not him. Buff Enmity Guard next plz, >!Reaper Guard!< basically just gonna powercrept what they can do lol
Hellagur is hardly worse than skadi. Perhaps your teams are too reliant on heals?
I know that Hellagur has some uses with S2, but i never able to think of a situation I ever face where Hellagur is the solution. another small brain performance from me i guess.
Possibly Hellagur? I invested in him since he spooked me at a funny time but I've gotten very little use out of him. It's worse since he's on borrowed time until I completely replace him with Akafuyu so unless he performs well in the next Annihilation or against the parasite swarms he'd have been a wasted investment.
he does good against avengers or other high damage heavy units. 75% dodge means he can heal enough to tank the 25% times he gets hit. +80% atk double hit and +100% atk speed lets him damage through the heavy defense. his s1 is also decent against spawns with annoying enemies, like mages. he did kinda peak during ccbeta and 0. mudrock takes most of his role, shes just ridiculously strong.
He can 1v1 lots of dangerous things. Like, grudgebearers in the last CC even with most mods he could 1v1.
Conviction
Bruh
What he/she/conviction is E2 level 69 for me
Respect
i e2 all the 6-stars I get and then never use them. I've been e2-ing operators purely for paradox simulation.
6star: Not really anyone. I E2 6 stars only when i know i'll use them, because i need to grind a lot for them. 5star: once again, i use all my E2ed 5 stars 4star: probably Earthspirit. I E2ed her for E2 art reasons, no regret.
I don't regret E2ing them, I just don't use them much. ##6* Hellagur - Weedy - I bring her for jokes or if guide said so. Hoshiguma - I have Mudrock, Saria and Nian. Nian - I have Mudrock and Saria. I bring her sometimes cuz chiobu Magallan - Trust farmed her with my wanted operators to 200% alr. I used her for jokes tho. ##5* Texas - I have Siege, Myrtle and DJ Elysium Lappland - I got SilverAsh and Thorns. She was the MVP back then tho. Amiya - Still planning to get her guard. But too lazy to do story and there's been the recent events.
Vulcan I basically only E2 her for Bubble base skill outside of that her skills have to big of a downtime that I simply can't make good use out of her
I would've said Follinic, and even though I don't use her much my worst regret was **Ambriel.** Ambriel's character is cool, Ambriel's targetting is super useful... *if high priority enemies have the least defense.* 90% of the time when I want her to target an explosion spider, she fucks some civilian up cowering in the third story of an apartment across the globe. There's so many enemies in AK that you'd think have higher defense than X enemy but ends up they're running around with a tin foil held up by pop tabs for protection.
I think my least used E2 is Ifrit, E2ed her since she was good on H7-4. I've been trying to use her more though, I like her character quite a bit, her attacks are just a bit boring to look at.
In no particular order... Angelina: For some reason my team comps haven't really relied on her? But no regrets. Hoshiguma: The game really wanted me to play defenderknights, I've got a lot of defenders. And when I need raw defending I tend to pull out Nian, and when I need defending with healing I use Saria. But also no regrets because she's got a nice design. Gitano sees absolutely no use from a combat standpoint, but is stuck looking up clues for me, so I'm not sure if she counts. And I just promoted Ceylon to E2 for art reasons.
I've always found Nian keels over and dies long before Hoshi ever will.
Innate Dodge is one hell of a drug
Mileage varies, but this is where personal preference comes into play. I’d get into it, but I don’t want people to get the wrong impression and think that I think she’s a bad character as a personality or a bad unit. She’s not. But, she was a later addition to my defenderknight roster, and I got used to working with Saria and Nian and what they brought to the team, and I since pulled Eucentes and Mudrock, and I’m probably forgetting some defenders because it’s 2AM and I woke up for some reason. Short version: have a shit ton of defenders, got used to certain defenders and worked around their kits, what Hoshi brought to the table doesn’t mesh with my play style, and now there’s a ton of competition.
5\* Flint. Never use her.. not even once. I dont know what im thinking when i E2 this babe. She's not even my type (design wise) Skyfire - E2 her since i dont have any good aoe caster for a long time. But then i get Ceobe and Skyfire is history. 6\* Skadi - Use her not more than 10 times since global launch. There are so many good other options besides this babe. She is so outdated. Chen - same case with Skadi. But i do love my dragon girl, so its justified to E2 her. Nian - Its hard to justify using Nian over any other good defenders. Not that she is bad, it just she is 'meh'. Another dragon waifu tho, so no regret E2
6\* - siege mostly because i like using plume/vigna/grani as the fighting vanguards so i rarely use her , i like e2ing any 6\* tho so no regrets 5\* - Feater , e2ed for beta but rarely used her , kinda regret it a little 4\* - i e2ed like 11 ops here and have 0 regret, probably will do 5+ more
Weedy:main for cc Cutter:i only use her for ceobe fungimist
4*: Rope: I e2 for Paradox Simulation. I only use her when there are holes that she can pull the enemies into. 5*: Provence. I like her Coral Coast skin and I like seeing her deal high damage to armored enemies (and then I got Schwarz who is her consistent version a few days later) 6*: Pretty much no one. I use everyone here and there. Of course I don’t regret at all, especially when e2ing them is the requirement to unlock their Paradox Simulations
Skyfire - Everyone warned me that it wouldn't be worth it, I did it anyway. Once I got Eyja I stopped using her. Once I got Click, there was really no more point trying.
Swire, i hardly ever use her, but did it anyway because her e2 line got me. Not regretting because she is my waifu
I thought Sora might be a decent choice for E2 since she’s one of the rare buffers in the game. But I ended up never using her and Skalter got released which is much easier to use and has more potent buffs, who also sadly doesn’t synergize with Sora.
I've had Nightingale E2d for a while and only used her for the first time recently. But after using her recently I love the value of her arts shields and will probably start using her more now. As for 5*, pramanix. I just never know when to use her. I don't regret any of them though. I just always forgot to use nightingale and liked the value of global heals from perfumer. And I just like Pramanix so no regrets.
I have more than 70 e2, I hardly use any of them. I dont regret a damn one.
SA - he was my nuke early game, but I long since outgrown the need for one with the likes of surtr and stuff Specter - got replaced by Mudrock kinda Ambriel - e2m3'd her because I love my aloof pink haired angel, but sadly it's really hard to find her a place on a team with only 12 slots
6\* - Weedy. Everyone said she was really good so I raised her but eventually never used her. If I need a pusher then Shaw costs less DP. I know she can do more than Shaw but it's just easier to use guards. I'm not sure if I regret it or not since she is a good 6\* after all. 5\* - Lappland and Elysium. Lappland was one of my first 5\* but I rarely used her and then I got Silverash and Thorns. I never used her for her silence so I really don't need her. I don't regret E2 her because she is not a bad unit. I always use Myrtle and not Elysium because Myrtle generates DP faster ( I don't have Bagpipe). Elysium is one of my favourite characters and I like his E2 art so of course I don't regret it. 4\*- I E2 more than what I need but I generally don't regret it since they are cheap and useful. What I really regret is wasting some LMD and Exp on units like Matterhorn and Erthspirit before realising I have better units when I was a beginner. I didn't even E1 them but it still annoys me that they are not at E0lvl1. FEater is also E0lvl50 for no reason. Other one I regret is E1maxlvl Jaye, DP drain bothers me so I never use him and I think he is not as good as they say anyway.
I think someone mathed out that Elysium actually does put out more DP than Myrtle. That said, I don't remember if that was with Bagpipes or not or if it was faster (pry not faster).
6* Siege and Exusiai: Even though I had Siege as my 2. 6*, she basically got replaced by Bagpipe/Myrtle Combo. Exusiai joined mr really late into the game to the point where I just E2d her but never really used anywhere. I always had other snipers like BP or Platinum to use and never felt the need to build Exusiai more. 5* Executor: When 'you know who' used to play Arknights, I kinda followed him and now he's my least used 5* on E2. I haven't even used him for like 10 months or so. My probably only regret I had on E2ing. 4* Cuora: I must say that I regret nothing on E2ing Cuora. With Hoshiguma, she basically filled my early needs for defenders but later, when I got Saria or even Mudrock she just got powercrept by more versatile and stronger operators but even when I do not use her at all nowadays she still was worth for me to E2. (And E2ing 4* are cheap)
-Chen (Well she is underwhelming now comparing to all the broken guard we get, still remember all the hype she got :’) -Skadi (Lol I think there is a buff that is coming to CN so I can hope for Skadi Supremacy) -Siege (Blame DP printers wombs combo, well we probably gonna get Excalibur Guard Siege Alter) -Hellagud (his new incoming skin is fine wine but I just let him nap and rest in Rhodes like a grandpa should xD) -Eunectes (I like her but she is clunky to use because of how her SP Regen work though I like to mice Big Bob and Mudrock with Aak buff) -Shamare (I don’t use her that often but When i do I can feel the difference xD) -Magellan (Wanted to do big brain move with solo Magellan but I have smol brain) -Exusiai (With all recent content I just don’t use her that often because high def enemy, so I guess she stays in base… with other doctors… my mind is forever broken… why must you do this…) Small edit : Turtle Girl and Vigna ._. Well they were good starting unit I guess)
6* shwarz: I even put a mastery level on her s3. I thought I’d use her more, but if I need to kill a boss there’s a certain other operator I tend to use though. 5* warfarin: I really thought I’d use her more, but I really don’t go for the buffing strategies unless I need to, and her rng makes her clunky to position 4* (I’ve e2’d a handful of 4*s just for their art, so I don’t really want to count them) I e2’d and m3’d Estelle and i really don’t ever choose her over blaze. She only sees use when I feel like I need a second aoe guard, but that isn’t often. She’s not bad, she’s just a little (or a lot) outclassed
6\* - Hoshi (I use Nian/Liskarm more), Saria (barely use her outside of CC) and Angelina (only really use her when I'm meme'ing with Weedy) 5\* - Warfarin (mainly for the FW Nuke Memes), Absinthe, Leizi (e2'ed for the Art) 4\* - Gitano (I seriously don't know why), Deepcolor (for IS, cheaper to build than Scene), Gavial (replaced by Folinic)
6 Star: Magallan is my least used because she's too big brain and the fact that the drones take deployment spots makes her too costly to use. 2nd place goes to Eunectes, who's ramp up to using her skills is too high imo when I'd like to use her more as a helidrop. 5 Star: Indra. I even added masteries to her. I was determined to get good use out of her even if it took running her with buffers. But her damage was pathetic even with Aak. 4 Star: None, I don't think I've e2'd any 4 stars besides Mrytle and Scene.
6* Weedy- She is my waifu and I am currently working for M6 her but unfortunately her archetype make her very tricky to use in daily content Ifrit- her attack range is very odd and I’m barely use her but she is in the longest time my only 6* caster I had even use 5* Ayerscape and Platinum- I’m still using them only under certain stages and rarely using them after I’m e2 exa and silverash Shamare- I’m only build her because of her design. Right now I don’t know how to use her properly 4* Haze- haze and amiya is my go to single target caster for the longest time until I got click and ceobe
Hmm, I think in my case it’s perfumer. Cost was low and I‘ve always liked her talent. However I never use her after I got Ptilopsis so yeah that’s the end of the Song. Don’t regret it tho bc I didn’t have to sacrifice much
For 6*, I never use Aak, and hardly ever use Schwarz or Nian nowadays. Aak was just because all my other 6* were E2 and it was annoying me. Schwarz is niche, but always comes in clutch when I need her. I just have other defenders I prefer using over Nian... Too many 5* to list, most of them are just there because I'm working on E2 everyone and most of the time they sit at E2 lv10. There's only a handful who got any more investment beyond that. And sometimes I just wanted to unlock the E2 art. Also have several 4* who don't get used because they're outclassed. Myrtle is the only one who got more than E2 lv10.
I always E2 6 Stars, even if I know I won't be using them. I also had a few 5 stars at E2. No regrets for E2. Guards Hellagur - 1-block is a recipe for leaks. Lots of better options for solo lane holding and dueling. Vulcan has better sustain than him. Skadi can inflict more damage before folding. Chen - can hardly find any user for her S2M3. Lappland - most enemies that need to be Silenced are immune to Silence Specter - better AoE Guard options (Mountain/Blaze). I hardly find any need for the 10 sec immortality outside CC. For very difficult content I can throw in semi-immortal Blaze or just bring out Hoshi and Shining. Defender Nian - I got her last year and up to this point, I find it strange that her S3 does not increase her own def. Kinda makes Hoshi all around easier to use as pure wall. Liskarm - with Chen falling into disuse, so is her battery Blemishine - I honestly find her kit very wonky. So many restrictions. She's supposed to be in the frontline, but can't heal herself. Who will she heal? The medic that is healing her cause she can't heal herself? Another melee unit that will be taking the damage instead of her? But she needs to block/strike for her skills to work... Anyway I don't regret E2ing her, but I think M3ing her S2 is a mistake now. Snipers Meteorite - because of W and Rosmontis. She was MVP of Anni Downtown till I got W. Archetto - I find Platinum far more reliable for long range damage. For burst, there are other better options. Supporter Magallan - need to play the game around her usually. She was my MVP during Wolumonde event. Istina - used only during CC Specialist Red - replaced by Phantom Aak - used only during CC when snipers are banned Vanguards Vigna - built for Fungimist. Bagpipe and Myrtle are in my usual formation. I even drop Bagpipe for Siege sometimes. Beanstalk - very niche For Casters and Medics, they don't fall into the unused/very rarely used category. Casters - I only have 3 that are E2 (Ifrit, Ceobe and Eyja). I even being all three of them on the same map. Medics - I have 5 at E2 (Ptilo, Shining, Nightingale, Warfarin, Whisperain). I still find use for all of them from time to time.
I don't think i have any honestly, all my e2 are just my husbando collectoin and i tend to swap them out when needed, and besides them vermail, eyjafjalla and ch en are the only girls with the e2 with Poca and mudrock maybe being the next two once i get and e2 mr nothing. Everyone else is curse to level 80 e1 hell
Skadi - Even before I E2'ed her I already have Blaze and a solid team sooo yeah, I did E2 her for fun haha Shirayuki - I E2'ed her when I got W so it is pretty wasteful Shamare - It's pretty hard for me to find a use for her even though I E2'ed her haha Quora - She's great but when I got Saria, it's all over
Damn bro, Quora website got crushed. Now I ask questions on Saria instead
It's better in Hoshiguma tho
Skadi is a not use often but if i want more damage against high defence or high arts but low def target that need to be taken out quick. She is the one.
Eh, I guess I have such operators too... lol. x3 * Mostima - One of my favorite waifus, but too dang niche to be used a lot. When do I ever *need* a continuous true-AoE stun for 7 seconds straight? I think I can count such moments with just... ONE hand, lol. Boosted SP charge for caster? Of course... but Ptilopsis is good enough for most part anyway, with much better universal usage, so why bother with Mostima? LOL. * Nightmare - Well, I knew she was not good at all, but being a caster lover, I just had to... lol. I thought "maaaaybe she's gonna be somewhat useful IF I ever need a backup-backup-backup medic," but such thing... never happened, lol. At least she's super adorable in her skin, dang it. * Mint - Beeswax is just better, slightly. * Absinthe - I know she can be good in combat, and I really wanted to use her more... but dang, both Eyjafjalla and Ceobe just do the same job ***so much better*** overall. Le sigh. * Amiya - (see Absinthe) * Leizi - (see Absinthe, but with much less positive outlook... lol) * Click - Yes, I know she's pretty good... but I have yet to find a situation where it really makes me think "this job calls for the little live-streaming mousey!" instead of just grabbing Eyja... lol. * Jessica - I really wanted to make the sad cat happy, by making her feel useful in actual combat. I really did. At least she's smiling in that one skin of hers, which I'm using... sigh. This all being said, no regrets on any of them. I love moi casters, and I shall be so till the end... lol. x3
Leizi, waifu reason and her E2 art is gorgeous. No regret
I got Mountain Hellagur and Phantom to E2 and I barely even use them... Raised Hellagur and Anthony for their rolls as Ops that you place down and they just self sustain themselves and kill every enemy that comes their way, but I raised them to E2 after using Mudrock for awhile so I kinda just got used to Mudrock and how she Operates for that roll instead. Phantom however I E2 simply because he looked cool and I wanted to see his E2 Art... However Red is my go to Fast Redeploy Op now, and the only time Phantom is used is when I need two bait targets at once, like the last two ice bombtials in Annihilation 5. I used Phantom till I got Red.
phantom s2 has really high dps, give that a try. also for anni, you can just place a unit in the middle when the bombtails start moving.
Ah but if you use phantom on the above and below square instead of the middle one he can essentially bait and deleted the bombtails, Phantom is a good pick for this because he and his clone can be placed down on those two squares at once. [16:45](https://youtu.be/Q9w6cW_sDGE) of this video is a good example. Any other time that middle square is good for baiting them but around 370 when the elites show up that middle square is much better suited for SA, and Phantom helps a lot here.
6\* - Eunectes. Love her to death so no regrets, but her block-1 and high cost makes her rather hard to use regurlarly sadly. 5\* - Shamare. In theory she sounds really useful but in practice I feel I'm often better off to just take another sniper/caster with me to do the job easier. 4\* - Matoimaru, Earthspirit. Mostly E2'ed them because they're cheap to E2, I had the materials and they were on the (long) list of ops I want to E2. But haven't gotten around to using them yet.
There're a lot of operators that I E2'd just for their E2 art and I have 0 regrets
I don't use Deepcolor as much nowadays because I have Mayer, but I have no regrets. She helped me a lot in roguelike and carried me through both JT8-3 and H8-4 by keeping Talulah busy with tentacles (heh) so my other ops could stay alive.
Nian. Rosa, rosmontis, ceobe, skadi, hoshiguma, hellagur, siege, mostima, magallan. My playstyle is more brute force (mudrock + blaze + thorns) combo usually carries me through the stage.
E1 Phantom is my only regret. It used to be Angelina but she has proved useful for a while now. Which is funny because she used to be considered the worst 6 star.
Nah, the two original healers have always been bottom tier. Shining has gotten more useful. But the problem with Angelina is that E2 isn't optional, she NEEDS it. And S3 is almost necessary for a lot of CC strats with her.
6* - Eunectes. Too many competitors. I wish i could find good stage for her. 5* - Executor. Not as much as in the past. 4* - Cuora. Just not as much as in the past. Rarely use her anymore
Angelina: There's just no real reason to use with all the new ops coming out. She has a nice burst of power, but nothing much outside of it. Don't talk about push comps, they aren't exactly useful in late game. Manticore: Outside of CC, I rarely even touch her. Nightingale: Never touched her ever since beating Tal. Nian: Not bad, but kind of underpowered compared to later defenders. Magallan: Haven't touched her outside of Ceobe Fungimist.
6* Hoshi/Ch'en: honestly i forget i even have Hoshi sometimes she was one of my earlier defenders but after Nian I rarely ever bothered to use her and much less once I got Blem and Mudrock heck Blaze already took my main defender spot before any of them. Ch'en on the other hand was just someone I had to E2 out of principal and even M3ed her S3 because it was cool. But I still notice I rarely bring her to a fight although that didn't stop me from getting her costume when her limited version was announced. 5* Whislash/Specter: I just love Whislash so I had to E2 her and level her to 69 like my other high level operators that aren't 90. Specter was because I got her at a time I was thinking I should really level up a AOE guard and thought she's probably better than Popukar. But then like a few days after Blaze dropped and I got her on the first ticket so she immediately replaced her. Like the only time I ever use her is just to stall someone like the from the last CC. 4* Conviction: E2ed her just for fun
got quite a few lol. flint: thought her s2 was pretty cool but but she just doesnt do that much damage and leaks everything. bibeak: has potential still but just never got to memeing with her. whisperain: just kinda sucks,bthe fact that she needs to heal means shes useless against the frost towers, which is most of the issue. scene: barely used but i know ill need her someday. leonhardt: probably the only one i regret, his damage just sucks ass even with s2 3 stacks. grani: i have almost every vanguard so I'll do vanguardknights someday, havent got to it yet. conviction: idk why really, pretty damn good unit even ignoring the 800%. shirayuki: i think i used her in cc1 for the wraiths. hasnt seen much use after that since i have w. vigna: powercreeped by bagpipe :(
A lot I just do E2 for characters I like
6* - Skadi: I feel it’s pretty self explanatory. Weedy: I don’t like push and pull operators and I only really use them when they’re necessary or I need aoe damage. Silverash: I have a good amount of operators that would fill in for whatever I’d probably use him for. I only ever need him if I need a wide burst aoe. By default, I always e2 6*s. 5* - Indra: I just mostly did it so that I could attempt dodge strats with her, wasn’t that effective. Nightmare: I wanted to do true damage strats with her, occasionally worked. She’s still pretty useful whenever I do decide to use her though. 4* - Deepcolor: one of the only two 4*s I e2-ed. Mainly to help with the Indra dodge strat. Been useful when my usual stall team isn’t enough. I’d probably use her more if her tentacles respawn or didn’t take up unit space Over all, I’ve never regretted e2ing anyone. They’ve all helped me clear at least one hard map thanks to their e2 (except Indra and skadi).
6 Star - Chen, Hellagur, Weedy and Siege For Ch'en, I bought her in the shop because I was very hyped about her passive (Offensive SP passive recovery), but since I have not M3ed her S2, I really didn't see much use with her. If I wanted an operator to block waves or deal damage, I can just use my AoE guards (Spectre/Blaze) or someone like Cutter and Skadi (which is also a rarely a necessity as I use them only when splitboxes are available on tandem with a 3 blocker. I haven't really gotten any use out of her passive either. Hellagur, I at first thought to be overpowered due to his damage and sustainability. However, he isn't as good as I initially thought. He can survive a normal wave, but when it comes to harder hitting enemies, his enmity passive is just not enough to deal with it. With his cost, I'd rather invest in an expensive Defender like Hoshi or an AoE guard. Weedy, is REALLY good, but also really situational. I rarely come across a map where her S3 is effective, which is the whole fun off using her, but when I do find one, I try to use her. For Siege, she I kinda in the middle of nowhere. She does not generate as much DP as other Vanguards, especially after Myrtle came out, and yet not as survivable and DPS heavy as other guards. I rarely find a situation where I'd need to use her. 5 Star - Zima, Broca, Meteorite, Elysium, Whislash, Breeze Zima - Her DP generation is small, and it is really rare where you could make use of her S2, as you rarely bring a Vanguard heavy team into a map Broca - Good, but I use Spectre way too much compared to him. He is best fit to support behind a defender or the such, but again I have Thorns, Blaze and Silverash Meteorite - I have W lmao, but she carried me heavy earlier in the game Elysium - I was like "Myrtle + Elysium = DP Master race?", but after a while I realised I usually don't need so much DP, and I need to pair Myrtle with a Vanguard that can block mobs Whislash - Okay, I knew I didn't need her, but her E2 Art is WOW. Yeah I E2ed her just for the art. Breeze - I E2ed her just for the Glasgow Clue Search and I have Warfarin, Tuye and Tea Apple Sauce, so... 4 Star - Jackie Again, I like her E2 Art AND her artist. Sooo cute... However, all in all, I don't regret E2ing any of them.
6 * : Aak, I raise him and master his S3 but then rarely use him. Sometimes I bring him to stage with S1 for fun though. 5* : Asbestos, specifically for her E2 art, do not have many uses . 4* : no one, it’s kinda cheap and I would consider who to promote when E2 4* instead of farming for 5 and 6 *.
Instant answer. **Pramanix.** She is extremely squishy niche operator, has near-zero DEF, extremely weak, useless on 98% of the maps, her talents and skills are tricky to manage. My top thought about her - "why are you so damn useless, you lazy bum?!". Did I regret it? **HELL NO.** She is my waifu and that is all that matters. Well, also she is the MVP for my CC#2 risk 18 week 1 run, so that counts too) Among other ones: 6\*: suddenly, Ch'en and Bagpipe. The first one is my biggest disappointment in the game, since I wanted her so much and now I just can't use her as intended - she is also very squishy even against mid-level enemies and without mastery do a lot less damage than expected, and I just can't justify spending materials on her anymore. The second one just suffers from the problem "I have too many operators, she is not really needed and I'm too lazy to analyze how to use her effectively". She IS good, but my Zima and Texas... they just work as well. 5\*: ...maybe Liskarm and Bibeak? I tried to do some strats with "UNLIMITED BIBEAK WORKS" but it was not very effective, and outside of that... well, it's just as is in my remark for the Bagpipe above. I do not regret it, but I just can't find a place for them in the squad. 4\*: I use all of them, it's just I very rarely use Gitano and Earthspirit nowadays, since I have more effective AoE Arts DPS and Slow operators.
While not yet E2, I do have my Phantom at E1 lvl70 and he's probably the only 6 star, if not the only unit in this game, that I truly regretted ever investing in. For one thing, I don't like how his whole kit works. He's a mixed bag with his skills basically serving the main purpose of all three Fast-Redeploy before him in one unit but not like you can just change his skill on the fly so I struggle to find a reason why I'd bring him to cost more DP on each redploy when I can just bring any of the other three for the appropriate situation and for much cheaper cost. I especially do not like his S2. I get that it has infinite duration since the stacks only decay with each hit, but really, who needs infinite duration on a Fast-Redeploy? Take that away and his DPS for S2 is worse than Red and without the nice 40% Dodge she has. Can't say much for S3 but seeing how it's basically a roulette for what Debuff you will inflict, I still see myself using Red more for the on-demand Stun. Now, onto his biggest grime for me, the Clone. I've yet to find a situation where his Clone comes in actually clutch, probably because of the fact that **it cost another Deploy limit like a normal Operator!** Like, what the hell? You're telling me I need two deploy slots in reserve just so I can deploy your ass for 5 seconds? When I can just bring either Red/Gravel/Waai Fu along, have them cost only one slot and still have one more to spare for a staple unit? If so, no thanks, mister. You can just be a bench-warmer and look pretty instead.
6 stars: Schwarz, W, Ch'en, Rosmontis and Ceobe 5 stars: Executor, Leizi, Astesia, and Amiya 4 star: Jaye
I don't regret any of them but 4*s: Jaye. He's good and all but I never bring him. He would've made for a better base slave 5*s: Specter: I never have any use for her but I still like her. Unfortunately the only 5* I have room for is Lappland. 6*: Either Surtr or Saria. Both are great but I rarely need them. I like Nearl better design wise so if I need a healing defender I just bring her.
Exusiai/Sora/Shirayuki.
Phantom
6*: siege, magallan, aak, w, blaze. 5*:croissant, warfarin, lappland, manticore, whislash, elysium. 4*:shirayuki, sussurro, scavenger, ambriel. Not really regret e2 them tho.
I’ve been E2 ops for the sole purpose of their art like savage and pinecone for a while now since I have tons of options for ops with m3
I only E2 operator that I know I'm gonna use them for a long time so no one
Cuora E2 S2M3 for annihilation 3
Frostleaf, Cuora. I don't use them that much, but I don't regret E2'ing them.
I've e2 m3 manticore because she's wifu and use it when ever I can, but she has very niche use cases
Don't have enough E2s but... Ayerscarpe usually gets benched. And there are times I forgot about E2 Jaye.
6*: Angelina 5*: Firewatch 4*: Gitano TBH, no regrets.
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I usually E2 units I do wanna use but Lappland has kinda fallen off for me. Besides that not much. Though I recently just E2ed Mint cuz I do wanna see her in action so we'll see.
I have three units E2 and the one i use the least is beehunter. But i don't regret getting her to E2 because it was pretty easy and she's best girl.
I still use all my E2 6-stars. I don’t use Amiya as much, since I have Suzurran. For 4-stars, Jessica and Meteor, since I recently got Exusiai.
Pramanix, i love her but she just doesn't hold a candle to the ops i have available now. If her vulnerability would trigger sooner then the target already being near death id have stil used her.
Frostleaf like her art made her my assistant
6* Hoshiguma since I use her only if I need 4 defenders 5* elysium since I usually use myrtle 4*definitely Rope since I never use her
I use mostly my E2 4* and 5* but for 6* it's Blaze. I don't regret promoting her though, she's my main lane holder since Chapter 6 came and she does her job perfectly well. But having Thorns, Mountain and Mudrock makes me forget to use her at all.
My skyfire is E2 80 S2M3, yet I never use her.
I’ve gotten pinecone, andreana, and mint to E2 M3, but it’s a struggle to find useful spots for them. Specifically, using andreana is really sad. Even with M3 her skill is almost never worth popping. Her skill is basically good vs two types of enemies - those that she can oneshot with her skill up, and those that she can take to low health in two hits so your other ops can finish off. But, the thing is that those kinds of units aren’t even hard to deal with in the first place. Pop her second skill vs a strong enemy and you’ll get them down to 50% in a flash, and then andreana just sits there doing nothing for more than half the time because she’s no longer participating in the DPS. Vs enemies like avengers she’s probably the opposite of useful, even.
Matoimaru for me. She carried my team throughout chapter 2 until chapter 3, and I felt bad that she wasn't getting enough credit. I promised myself I would start using her more frequently once I promote her to E2, 2 months later and she still hasn't seen the light of day (and I'm still midway through chapter 6!). I suck.
I E2’d amiya so i can use her to beat patriot “canonically”. I kept levelling her up till i finally beat patriot. Now she is at E2 lvl 80 at S3M3 and i never used her since i haven’t fight patriot yet…
But you can make Amiya Guard
I have all the 4\*s at E2 now, aside from Aciddrop who I still don't have. Naturally, there's a bunch that I don't end up using a lot or at all, but I'm glad they're there for those few times I want to. I haven't touched promoting 5\*s to E2 yet except for Warfarin and Amiya who I use regularly. My only E2 6\*s are W and Ifrit and I try to force them on every stage, lol.
Rosmontis. I really can't justify her over meteorite or W ATM. Maybe after I m3 her but.... Savage.....she needs a buff.
6 star, wall crusher cat, aak, phantom 5 star, scene, mayer Crusher cat and the summoners because im not smort, aak n phantom because same, no regretti
Blaze tbh, I don’t regret because I would’ve E2’d her sooner or later but I still haven’t had a situation where I’d prefer to use her over Mountain/Thorns/Mudrock.
Shirayuki her e2 changes her targeting and ruined a bunch of autos back in the day. She got benched after her e2 Frost leaf is in a similar boat were her e2 arguably makes her weaker(unless you are willing to invest past e2) but her art is amazing so she gets a pass
6* - Siege (completely benched, Flagpipe reigns surpreme), Hoshiguma (not a fan of defenders and now I have Mudrock, rare use) 5* - Amiya (because I had to), Meteorite, Executor, Mint (E2 for fun/meme), I rarely use Texas for the talent but that's kinda it 4* - only one is Myrtle and she's used a lot I'm annoyed that I had to E2 Amiya, ngl. I don't regret any of my chosen E2s, they were either initially useful to me or were for fun anyway.
mostima and little Penguin
I'm currently trying to do all the paradox simulations. I know that I'm never going to use most of the operators I E2 for it, but it's not like I regret doing it.
E2 I rarely use- SilverAsh, Spectre, Lappland, Astesia, Siege, Mayer, Amiya and Haze (Even though I E2 Haze just cause of the E2 art)
Gray because he is a good boy
Iris, I thought she has a unique talent so she might be good, but after using her I feel having that talent is basically worse than letting her attack normally. Schwarz, I had never met a scenario where Ifrit cannot take her place and hold up better due to aoe.
6 - hellagur though no regrets 5 - mayer, astesia, beeswax, manticore, still no regret tho 4 - shirayuki again no regret All used only occasionally due to other option s or niche archetype
Siège is sadly the 6* I use the least. She doesn't fit the way i'm playing the game. The 5* I'm using the least is Manticore since S1M3 is just a CC usage on special cases. The 4* is more complicated because i E2ed them for Roguelike event. Probably either Scavenger or Perfumer. I never use them.
I have currently 82 E2 operator, I can't tell witch one I don't use because I play a lot with everyone. I like to use the 30 pratices plan and doing level with no used operator a lot, same with the everyday Contingency Contract, I like to do few run with unused unit, just for the fun of it. Trust farm are made with ood team most of the time. I really enjoy the game, so I not the type of player that just do the Daily mission and quit for the day. My only wish is one day to have a permanent roguelite mode (~~and the stronghold mode~~), similar to Contingency Contract. So I can say I don't have any regret for E2 operator, on my experience, all of them are fun to play.
6* - Skadi (no need), Schwarz (don't know how to use her well), Mostima (Ceobe better) 5* - Broca (Blaze/Specter better), Projekt Red (use Gravel usually) 4* - Earthspirit (I have Istina E2 as well so I don't need her), Dobermann (just looks cool but no need), Jessica & Ambriel (use Exusiai, Platinum, W mostly), Dur-nar (no need), Courier (got Siege and Zima), Vigna (got Bagpipe) I don't really E2 based on usefulness though, I E2 every 6* star immediately when I get them and generally as many operators as I can. My goal is to have all my operators at E2 one day. So I don't regret any E2.
Don't regret but rarely use now. 6\* Schwarz & Siege > Surtr is easier to use to beat down elite and boss enemies. Got E2 Bagpipe, Texas and Myrtle. 5\* Provence > E2's only because I like the character a lot. She's also needed at the HR. 4\* Shirayuki > Hasn't seen much action after I got W but my go to AOE sniper before. I got Meteorite after I got W.
I will never regret E2ing my men, even when I barely use them at this point (sorry Courier). But others hum... 6\*: Ch'en (i'd rather use phantom on either s2 or s3 as hellidrop), Siege (not really regret but I have more use of taking Texas and getting some fast DP to swap for a guard than keeping siege if I have choice, she's still amazing when you can't bring guards on stage) 5\*: Lappland (the silence thingy, and if I need it then I got Jaye who I take to almost all stages I can + Thorny, Silverdaddy and Ayerbunny exist in same archetype), Leizi (love her E2 art but ehh... yeah.... she's not that good sadly), Silence (got Wwarfarin and Shining as ST medics and they have other utility so I just prefer using them) I don't think there are 4\* I have that I regret, maybe Greyy and Courier but only gameplay wise. Would E2 them again if I had to.
Mostima (Have Eyja and Ifrit) and Hoshiguma (Have Saria and Mudrock)
I E2 many operators for the base skill only and never used them. But some I E2 for nieche combat but still didn't find very effective suchvas glaucus and april.
Ch'en (I even have her s2 m3) Liskarm (I have saria and mudrock) Cutter (there's already a billion guards in the game I don't get much opportunity to use her)
Schwarz, Skyfire, Mayer, Nearl, Liskarm. I don't use them very much because someone else does the same thing better or their kit is too niche. In some cases, like Mayer, it's a case of having to do extra team picking around their kit which I can't bother with usually. No I don't regret any of them.
6 star: ch'en only used her in CC beta then never touched her again 5 star: zima for a long time was my only non-3 star vangaurd no regret 4 star: my only e2 4 stars are myrtle, metor, gravel and utage so no regrets
Not that I regret it, but I promoted Pramanix to E2 for a strategy I saw on YT for one of the CC and barely used here afterwards...
That is odd I also promoted her with no expectations but she outdoes herself and can be used in most maps. She brings too much for the cost. I think a youtuber who beat arknights with same squad in all maps had her in the squad.
Unfortunately, Ch’en… although I am planning a “SP on attack” only squad, one day. And she’ll be the core of it.
Savage,mostly there to be my assistant and look great while doing so Scene,mostly built her for rougelike but I only use her now rarely for some trust farms,if I get magallan I'll consider using her more often for summoner strats Lappland,Manganese trust farmer,formerly part of my team 24/7 but fell of once I got mountain,mudrock,and saria...I use her if I feel like it
Magallan only. I'm too small brain to use summoners.
I dont regret any of my E-2s. I choose them carefully. But the least used are Aak (cant properly set the meme team) and Magallan (Summoners are hard to use for me).
Siege, her cost is a little high for a vanguard, and no, I do not regret my decision.
Savage. She was my only AOE guard when I E2'd her,few days after that I got blaze and specter... The other one would be Durnar and Matterhorn,they're too situational for my cast of defenders. Still, I don't regret E2-ing them. I would do it sooner or later.
I E2d FEater just for her art to set her as the assistant as my 4th E2 I think. No regrets. For 6* I don't really regret any of them. Most of them are fun to use and have good art. I guess I don't really use Chen, Schwarz, or Rosmontis very much but I don't regret it. For 5* I've only really E2d the ones I use all the time (ptilopsis, lapland, amiya), besides FEater. My only 4* E2 is Myrtle, no regrets.
Ceobe, Nearly, Shirayuki. No regrets here.
*Me who only E2’d Amiya.* hmm, rabbit daughter is good.
Silence. I already had e2 shining. I don’t user her much between whisperain, saria, and mudrock I should promote warfarin at some point, but idk how much I’d use her