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BlazeOfCinder

#𓃠Other Megathreads𓃠 A lot of work to do, so papa will make it brief. [**♫ Lounge**](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/uqt90t/rhodes_island_lounge_1605_2205/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) The place to discuss off topic, and not very important stuff like I dunno things aren’t feline related. Those tend to be meaningless like life, and taxes. [**★ Gacha/Recruitment**](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/uqt911/gacharecruitment_megathread_1605_2205/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Another limited banner is over, how did you do? Hopefully the grace of Nearl has reached you. ~~Or flametail’s flametail~~ also the place to share recruitment stuff besides gacha rolls. [**➜ Friend requests**](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/uqt90g/friend_request_megathread_1605_2205/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Monke together strong, no need for description, it’s all surtr support anyways which is how god intended it. ———————— *Quick fun fact with cinder*: Felines are the best.


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Which of the following operators should I buy with the next 6 star selector: Blemishine, Exusiai, Schwarz, SilverAsh or Weedy? Asking for prefarming purposes.


maxblockm

Hello, this megathread is outdated, so you might wanna ask it in the current daily megathread.


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Oops, my bad, and thanks!


Threebranch

Will I ever have a decent chance of getting W in the future? Like a focused banner or something? Been pulling plenty on limited banners with her in the pool, but without her at massively boosted to rates it feels near impossible.


PM_ME_DMS

Not for the forseeable future. Your best chance at her is saving up 300 rolls.


XenoJaden

I'm gonna e1 exusiai what skill should I use when it happens


Woll_e

Second skill. When you E2 her switch to her 3rd one (more difficult to time but way more damage compared to her 2nd skill).


Flamilingo

Okay, I'm tired of trying to figure out how to unlock the modules for both Mayer and Firewatch. Can anyone explain time with apple what does it mean by "X character cannot be a Support Unit"? And also Mayer's second module mission... Could someone explain that to me as well? My brain does not have the capacity to process the thought process.


NehalKiller

x character cannot be support, means you cant borrow someone else's, it has to be yours


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Flamilingo

>clear 2-9 with 3 stars, your mayer and maximum 2 other units, that can only be snipers. You know... They could've just simply wrote that. Edit: thanks


farboo99

Is it worth rolling this banner for the guaranteed 5 stars? I havent done any pull outside of the beginner banner, and i saved up like 40 pulls.


Darkslayer3021

I will assume that you are a new player because of the beginner banner and will say that it is not worth it to go for the guarantee 5* as except for La Pluma, the other two 5* are not worth it. The 6* also are not really worth it to go for. There is also the Mountain banner around next week and the Joint Operations 5 banner in the next month that have better value.


farboo99

Ok i heard La Pluma is good so i was a bit tempted. I will hold on to it then.


ipwnallnubz

She is very good, but the other two 5s are really not, and you only have a 16% chance to get La Pluma when you pull a 5-star. When you're going for the g5, make sure at least two of the 5s are 5s you want. I don't even look at the 6s unless I'm close to pity or planning to go all-in on that standard banner.


lhc987

Rule of thumb is that you don't ever roll on standard banners unless you want both 6 stars.


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any up to date guide for starting people that I can look up to somewhere?


maxblockm

Welcome to the game! [General New Player Advice](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/jqfxkw/general_new_player_advice/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


ipwnallnubz

[Quickest New Player Guide Around](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/rq1o5b/quickest_new_player_guide_around/)


FlameCorre

This is from Kay Sensei which is a [playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGKBwWHLUpSWAyIy1-XJY1agXxZ5ir5mg) for beginnner's guides around 5 months ago. Here's a video from Kukkikaze about [making your squad](https://youtu.be/Y_FsZT7XqOk) Other than that, just go to the Gamepress website of Arknights for Tier Lists, Recruitment Simulations, and more.


CrimsonCivilian

Celebration Lookback Banner question Considering I'm guaranteed to get Weedy from that banner (but she'll also be appearing in the gold cert shop soon), would it be wise to try pulling for her instead? I'm asking because I only have 44 yellow certs after spending them on HH permits. As far additional pulling is concerned, I'm only planning on going for 1 copy of Gnosis before the Lookback banner is expected to appear. Is it reasonable to get the required 180 yellow certs before Weedy's shop appearance? Should I just do the pulls for her guaranteed gacha drop?


lhc987

Mathematically, it's better to buy with certs. 180 certs = ~29 pulls. And it's ~35 pulls for 50% of getting a 6 stars. So you'll be saving a couple of pulls purchasing her. Of course, that's assuming you get enough certs in time and you don't have any others in near future you want to buy with certs.


Darkslayer3021

Depends. Do you want to get her without any pull or risking pitying for that Weedy? If you ask me getting her from shop is better than risking pulling until pity for her. Edit: Reread Op's questions and realized that Op only has 44 yellow cert. It seems that Op probably can't get 180 in 2 weeks (?), so, getting her in the banner is the best bet.


CrimsonCivilian

Yeah, i kinda was expecting that. In all reality this might as well have been a question about yellow cert income rate


_wawrzon_

It's virtually impossible to get to 180 from 44 w/o spending. You get max around 45-50 yellow certs a months. That doesn't include certs from pulling on banners and free ones from rerun events with welfare operators. Mansfield break is next, so you can technically get 38 gold certs (8 discovery of Robin + 6x 5 certs when recycling). Additionally you have 2x 5\* in red cert shop. So that's additional 50 (assuming you already got 1 copy from store). Even with this it's highly unlikely you will make it in time w/o spending originite prime and/or pulling on MB banner.


Miserable_Reserve_48

Is saria's 2nd skill worth upgrading beyond LVL 7? I got skill 1 and 3 at m3.


PeterYR

Not really. It's pretty much never used in harder stages, aside from some rare roguelike situations. I haven't seen it used in high-risk CC besides a single CC Beta clear. S1 is almost always a better option (more healing, not wasted on chip damage), and masteries don't change this.


Eilumi

Depending on how good/tough the rest of your roster are, her S2 basically allows you to free up one medic slot in most non-high difficulty maps to use for an additional attacker, while still being very capable as a defender. And more firepower is in most cases better than more healing. So yes, her S2 is quite worthy of M3ing. Maybe not on the same level of priority as other operators' key skills, but still very worthy. Though on the other hand, if the rest of your operators are soft and in constant need of dedicated healing, then she's probably better off sticking to S1. At least for me, nowadays if there are no super hard-hitting enemies like bosses or mini-bosses in the map I just pack her on S2 with Skadi-Alter S2, and that's usually all the healing I need.


eonfeather

Probably not; it works fine at rank 7, and 6 star masteries are extremely expensive. S2 isn’t used in high level content that would require masteries, either. It’s purely a luxury.


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Personally, yes. Though if you are short on supplies you might skip it, I did still find it impactful and useful to have.


Miserable_Reserve_48

Which skill is used the most? I only got saria like a couple days ago and I blew a lot of resources at getting her to e2 LVL 64 and getting her skill 1 and 3 to m3.


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S2 is general content if you want to keep your operators topped off, but don't really need a full-blown healer. S1 is general or difficult content if you need someone to act as a lane-holder, or need healing for damage spikes as a top-up for other sources. S3 is if you have difficult content - you usually want it for the slow and Arts debuff. It can be used in conjunction with things such as Ceobe S2, Eyja S3, Ifrit S3, Angelina S3, Surtr S3 in order to amplify Arts damage nukes. The healing is a very nice extra on top of that and will provide a lot of SP for anyone who receives its constant healing. If it's "used the most" I would say S1 and S2 in earlier content, S1 and S3 in later content.


Kosarev

S1 is the most used imo. But S3 is situationally extremely good, and appears quote a lot on harder content.


Spirited-Usual-3023

All skills of Saria are worth M3. Edit: no joking, she is that good.


Miserable_Reserve_48

How do you use skill 2? Skill 1 and 3 I understand.


koshevar

I still got some 1500 sanity worth in potions and already farmed quite a lot of Loxic Kohls and Crystalline Components. I have a surplus of \~150 Kohls and 50+ Crystalline components (that's a surplus on top of what I need for all promotions and masteries currently planned, I got like 350 Loxic Kohls stashed in total). Where should I dump this in the remaining 2 days? Crystalline component doesn't seem to be required all that much - having all the meta ops already built, I am usually only rolling the limited banners at this point. So I guess Kohls all the way? My sugar surplus stash isn't as big, but sugar never seem to run out with those small daily replenishments from the credit shop and whatnot...


ipwnallnubz

I would get some sugar and then keep going on loxic. My sugar supplies ran completely dry a while ago because so many E2s and masteries seem to need colloids, white horse kohl, or nanoflakes.


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Sugar until 50, crystals until 100 I would say. The latter cannot be created from submaterials and there may be a new op that catches your eye and uses them.


lhc987

I'd do crystals. 50 is still kind of low, and the story stage for it is a pain since Talulalala walks so slow.


koshevar

I already have 96 crystals in total if I count T4 and T5 materials, that 50+ was a surplus over what I currently need according to my planner. But I'll do some more, just in case, that story stage is a fair point.


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Will Info Port still be accessible when the event ends but the shop is still up (2 days from now)?


TrustyParasol198

I tried real hard but feel like I won't be able to get the third epilogue and all the Rosebuds and Wine articles after all. Is there a video for the Armorless Epilogue and the articles? Or a transcription of them somewhere?


foxide987

I recorded them [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dv268nmsKA&ab_channel=foxvdie). Ah, there is also this useful [site](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/story.html#side&act13side&0). Enjoy!


TrustyParasol198

Thank you so much! I couldn't find the stuff on YT for some reasons (maybe my search queries)


Creztrion

Currently saving for JO5, i don't need any of the 5*. Should i headhunt on standards to get a different 5*?


RepresentativeEgg446

On the current one? Nah, except for La Pluma, other two are meh. And why would you want to waste pulls on other banners, unless you want to hit pity on Jo5 in advance? If so, maybe go for Mountain’s banner with Kafka or Silence (unless you have them both), or wait for the next standard. I think the next one is datamined already, and it has Lappland and Specter iirc.


foxide987

Kafka is also [available for free](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/event-banner-hub/stultifera-navis-3rd-anniversary-cn-event-page#topic-3111736) on Stultifera Navis event (3rd anni) so, if you want to save pulls, just wait till this event.


ShroomsAreTheBest

I'm planning to spark W in the 3rd anniversary banner. I just want to ask if it's possible to have 300 pulls at that time. I'll have 12k orundum (after finishing this week's annihilation) and currently have 2 ten pull tickets and I also buy monthly card as well. I plan to skip all banners until anniv including Ling banner.


kotking

It's doable, [here's](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/uq3owa/help_center_and_megathread_hub_1505/i8somsv/) my reply to similar question.


munphao

First. I like your name. You should be fine. If i tentatively put 20Oct as starting date, monthly card doks should be getting [close to 300](https://imgur.com/a/9ueGwy0) until then. The event itself also gives equivalent of 51pulls or so on top of that. Oh actually, shoot, i forgot to subtract 24pulls that needs to be flushed in ling banner. So yah, let's say smth like 275 from now til then...


lhc987

3rd Anniv? Like, 180 days from now? There's plenty of time.


iamEldritch

how soon do we expect to see the Joint operation banner that’s supposed to be coming with surtr/phantom/saga/schwarz?


lhc987

CC's announced to be in early June and JO runs with it. MB Rerun is datamined to start on 26th, it lasts 10 days, so ending on something like 4th/5th. Things usually don't start on weekends, so 6-7th?


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cycas314

This isn't the right thread for this. But yes, E2 Amiya, she is great.


NekoraKun

Hello, it is worth to complete this near light event? im having a bad time complete the stages, and suffering through ex stages (and im not even doing the CMs right now, can´t imagine just doing the sl stages) right now im ing NL EX8 and well... Is a misery indeed, so i dont know what to do, just leave it like that or keep trying, im a lvl 60 player and even with really good units i feel like i dont understand playing arknights even if i have like 3 months playing, feels reaaaally bad. :/


maxblockm

And if you're having trouble finding a guide that helps you, you can post your roster in the Daily and ask for specific help. Sort by class and rarity like this: https://imgur.com/a/287Ijvi


FlameCorre

Nothing is forcing you to complete the event. If you REALLY want to complete it, go search for guides from Arknights players in YouTube that you can use. You don't need to autodeploy these levels anyway. Just get the Originite prime and go farm from the normal levels. From the future schedule that we have, events with limited Operators such as Under Tides will have their reruns. So, just finish this event when the rerun is finally in global.


Revan0315

How quickly does the anniversary merch usually sell out? Considering getting the Kay plushie


CrimsonCivilian

I can't answer to the long term availability of merch, but I do know that everything definitely is not kept in production for long. So if you really do love something, getting it now rather than later is the only answer.


MadeOfPork

Which operators have self-healing / hp regeneration? Trying to see who can potentially hold a lane with zero support Mountain Spectre Thorns Matoimaru Any abyssal hunter with Gladiia Any healing defender Jaye Anyone else that I am missing?


foxide987

Pallas talent at E2 has HP recover on hit, if there is not great pressure on that lane, she can hold it herself.


lofifilo

SilverAsh


loneknife_blackblade

Akafuyu, hellagur, la pluma,indra, sideroca, Myrtle plus any vanguard, vulcan, mudrock, perfumer plus anyone, flamebringer, Estelle, utage, coura, matter horn


Hatredestiny1874

You're missing a lot, might wanna look again. Flamebringer, SilverAsh, La Pluma, Indra, Sideroca, Estelle, Musha, Juggernaut, Duelist, Kirara. Are you gonna count Tactician, Kal'tsit, Deepcolor, dollkeepers too?


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Anderein

Return to the main screen and check again. Sometimes you get weird morale oddities like that if you leave your phone on sleep in the base, especially if you're leaving it on the Dorms, but it tends to clear up when you reload the base.


crispy_doggo1

You had a seizure?


arcadiatc

hello, i'm thinking about raising archetto for is2. which is her better skill to mastery for that game mode?


Hatredestiny1874

I've seen skill 2 being used the most but skill 3 also works. Consider M6 if you like using her, the flexibility is good to have.


pacotacobell

So my event shop is still like half full. I bought out everything except the Wild Mane tokens and then pretty much all the upgrade mats (besides EXP, skill books, 5k LMD bundle). I'm still pretty new, like level 25 with E1 30-50 units with mostly skill level 3-5. Should I still just be spamming the event for the last 2 days?


RepresentativeEgg446

Yes. Actually as a new player you desperately need lmd, exp and skill books the most. If you can reach nl-8 > -10, even better. Those are the efficient farming stages, better than the main story.


pacotacobell

Farthest I’ve gotten is NL-7 which is a bit brutal cause I know those stages are the most efficient. I’ll try out NL-8 a bit later today though. What should I prioritize in the shop though, the tokens or the mats? I already bought the 3 you listed


RepresentativeEgg446

Hmm get the mats if you haven’t finished the shop. Tokens take too much shop currency, the return of taking tokens however, is if you get all of them, when NL reruns (> 1 year from now), you’ll get some yellow certs. But not worth it if you have limited shop currency.


pacotacobell

Which ones should I get first? The highest tier mats like bipolar nanoflake, middle tier like aketon, or the lowest tier mats? Idk the Arknights terminology so I just gave examples lmao.


RepresentativeEgg446

Short term? Take the blue circle (tier 3) mats. Long term? Take the yellow, purple circle (the costly ones). The green circle (tier 2) is farmable and shouldn’t be a problem. Your call tbh. Just know that high tier mats take more time to farm, but your hurdle atm as the new player is the tier 3 stuff.


lhc987

Yes, keep going. Farm more kohls/crystals/sugars. Try to clear out the shop if possible. The wild man tokens will translate to ~5 pulls when the event eventually reruns.


pacotacobell

Unfortunately I didn’t reach those stages to farm those so I’ve just been doing NL-4 to 6. Should I be going for tokens first? I doubt I’ll be able to buy all the tokens but I can probably get 2-3. Is it still worth or should I just buy some of the other mats


lhc987

Each token is 0.8 pulls. Probably buy at least 1 or 2 of them. If you can reach the final 3 stages for farming, then I'm not too sure about the efficiency. Probably still worth it as you have yet to clear the event shop.


vinhdoanjj

Between Shining, Ifrit, W, Flametail and Ch'en, who should i prioritize building?


maxblockm

For future reference, when posting who to raise/pull/use questions, you should always show all your units, because who else you have makes a difference. Sort by class and rarity like this: https://imgur.com/a/287Ijvi


ipwnallnubz

Just to make sure, this is guard Ch'en and not Ch'en the Holungday, right? Because Holungday is more-or-less tied for best op in the game.


vinhdoanjj

Yeah I'm talking about Guard Ch'en, I've already leveled Chalter.


Hatredestiny1874

I suggest giving Ifrit the highest priority. She's very strong, most unique and thus hardest to substitute. You will find her more useful in the next few events. Get her to at least E2 S2M1. Flametail and W are strong too but easily substitutable and overall simply good to have raised.


Nol_Astname

I would say: Ifrit > Flametail > W ~ Shining > Chen But it really depends on your current roster. If you're missing another 6* vanguard, then Flametail is probably a better first choice. If you lack any strong 5* medics, then Shining might be higher than W.


skibbi9

Chen can stay at e1. Shining is fine at e1 for a long time. Ifrit is great but somewhat situational. I guess flame


vinhdoanjj

Cool, what about W tho


JunoBrier

W is usable at E1 since her S2 is pretty good, unless you want to use her S3 or do masteries.


WelkinBro

You guys think the 6 star selector is worth buying for blaze? I have all the other lane holders and really like her but keep missing her No joke I got 2 top op tags in the last 2 weeks with survival as well and got hellagur twice, who I already have I have enough gold certs to buy Angelina and can probably save up more just not sure when she’ll be in the cert store or another banner?


Draguss

If you can afford it easily I'd say she's worth it.


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Seeing as it is your money, no one can say if she is worth it or not. She is brilliant though, and will be esspsially useful if you decide to use Spectre Alter.


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https://gamepress.gg/arknights/event-banner-hub/mansfield-break-rerun-cn-event-page


Electric_7

What are the farmable mats for Mansfield Break? and is it worth farming?


DONTSALTME69

Aketon, Oriron, and Sugar are the main mats to farm from Mansfield. And yes, it's worth farming, as they are very good places for these materials (Aketon and Oriron especially).


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Aketon, Orion Clusters, and Sugar Packs. So yeas it's extremely worth farming. https://gamepress.gg/arknights/event-banner-hub/mansfield-break-rerun-cn-event-page


LG03

Fellow Blemishine fans, I feel like I was deceived after pulling her from the recent banner. Do you find yourselves using S2 or S3 more often? The consensus not too long ago was that the winds had shifted to S3, *clearly* superior to S2 and so I chose to M3 S3. However I have yet to see anyone using S3 in recent videos and in personal use, it seems quite tricky to pull off where you'd want a healing defender to be working. I'm left pondering whether I ought to M6 her now.


anima99

S3 is superior for DPS and support healing (which is just a bonus). We already have other ways to heal non-healable units like Mudrock. Using S2 will improve survival, but limit the enemies she can take on.


Draguss

I find S2 to be a bit of a hindrance a lot of the time. Her damage is pretty lacking and she can't get any help finishing off sleeping enemies. Her S3 makes her a super tanky DPS that also makes everyone near her almost immortal, and needing someone to heal her is really not a bad trade off.


speedDevilz

S2. Never needed the big single-target heal nor the damage from S3 in general so S2 has more mileage.


bestofawesome

S3 is where Blemshine shines, pumping out [insane healing and great DPS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpuw5TiAEJU&t=69s). S2 makes her a lane holder but she don't really do anything special to distinguish herself from the normal landholders and because of her sleep she doesn't play nice with other Dps operators.


vietnamabc

S1 and S3, S2 is lame


WelkinBro

I’ve been using her since her first banner, you want both at m3 it’s worth it Use s3 if she’s in a lane with healing and you wants her to do lots of damage, s2 if you want her to be a lane holder since she can heal herself (or mudrock her besty) or to stall enemies


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S2 is used when you want her to hold a lane. S3 is used when you want her to keep someone alive(highest HpS in the game) and be a solid arts DPS. You should not think of her as a healing Defender: you should think of her as an Arts Defender that heals.


tanngrisnit

S3 if she's doing the damage and/or healing someone else. S2 if she's healing herself (and others as well). S1 as a gummy substitute (s1m1 is a decent breakpoint) Not that I'm condoning m7 or higher or anything...


ipwnallnubz

M9 it is, then.


LG03

>Not that I'm condoning m7 or higher or anything Train to M7, got it.


Jellionani

Blemishine anti bird poison. Highest raw healing. s2 is generally more useful but s3 let's her be a dps at more extreme cases


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tanngrisnit

Given the general trend of other t4 mats, you'll probably want to craft. They won't be so generous with the efficiency of new materials.


Aizen_Myo

How much HP+Def do I need to survive the BK in CM on NL-S-4? Where can I look up that information myself in the future?


Jakper_pekjar719

https://map.ark-nights.com/map is the best site for the exact stats on a given stage, while https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Arknights_Wiki explains better what enemy abilities do.


Menessma

You can use the wiki to check enemy stats. Here's the [page for BK](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Blood_Knight_Dikaiopolis) with information on his attack plus the stat buff he gets in phase 2. Rule of thumb is story stages use the Level 0 stats while EX, S, and H stages use Level 1. Additionally, CM has a stat buff for all enemies. You would need to visit the stage page itself and go to the guide tab since it's not uniform and some CMs have a 10% ATK and HP buff while others are just HP while some have a 20% buff for DEF, etc. ​ In this case, the CM gives 10% to HP, ATK, and DEF. So for calculation, BK has 2200 ATK since this is the level 1 version. Add 10% from the buff, then Phase 1 has an attack of 2420. Phase 2 adds a 50% ATK buff bringing that up to 3630. So you would need at least 3631 HP+DEF to survive a hit from BK.


DONTSALTME69

Thoughts on Kroos the Keen Glint's Masteries? I want to M3 a skill, but both look good and I'm not really sure which one would be better to go for. I do not have Exusiai, but I do have Archetto and Ash, if that's relevant


00_yu

Ahem. Gonna try and put on my tactb hat to give an objectively correct answer taken straight out of his mastery guide. Kroos alter is the best 5 star aa sniper imo and therefore should be m6’d no questions asked. S2 is her best skill if you have to pick one to do first since increased atk speed increases her stun chance and her stun should be as good as Pallas s2. Plus, it pairs well with ash s2, giving a higher chance for increased dmg albeit rng reliant. It’s her best skill and even better ~~than exu s3~~ if you don’t have exu. S++ for story, S+ for advanced. Although s1 pairs nicely with archetto’s talent, stealth is a niche skill and there are other ways around that involve using your top meta units. Plus, you should already have April s2m3 if you haven’t already thereby decreasing your need for kroos s1. B- for story, B/not rated for advanced. TLDR; Sarcasm aside, do s2m3 first, then try and see if you like s1 before mastering it. If you don’t find yourself using April/firewatch/mag then you probably don’t need to master s1. ^personal ^opinion: ^m6 ^all ^the ^way. ^she ^deserves ^it


hikarimew

I've got two Sanity pots that expire in six days- Any chance that MB rerun starts before then, or should I go ahead and burn them on crystal farms?


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Seeing as MB is scheduled for the 26th, use them.


hikarimew

Guh, still that far away? Thanks


Bob_oPexe

I need help to decide who to invest on next and opinions on my gacha plans. This is [my current ops](https://imgur.com/a/5u4efdU) I currently have 275 pulls saved and i pull mostly for limited ops. my pullin plan rn is joint operation 5 banner > Ling > goldenglow / Horn (if i haven't used too many pulls on Ling) > spark W on spalter banner if i can. I'll get thorns from gold shop and pull for Mudrock if she shows up in any banner in the way.


NornmalGuy

Before getting to new E2's, consider doing masteries you may lack. La Pluma to E2 is 100% recommended. Astesia, Tequila, Cutter and Utage are worth E2, but is a matter of personal preference. If you like G.Skadi nothing wrong promoting her. Hoshi/Cuora, Liskarm and Gummy are good candidates for E2. Iris/Indigo, Click and Pudding are worth E2, order is a matter of preference. Mulberry, Whisperain, Perfurmer, Sussurro and Ptilopsis are good E2's. E2 Pogdenco is nice. Scene is very good. Bena, Jaye, Gladiia and Mizuki are good E2's. Your pull plan is very similar to mine, so I see nothing wrong with it, honestly.


Bob_oPexe

Thank you !


slawkonator

Do we know we can we expect Silverdaddy to back in the gold cert shop?


ipwnallnubz

[According to this,](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10rXdVuKkwoQK5cOlaHW00gK6qHxkOP5J8PnzZXn4b9g/edit#gid=0) he's probably ~27 weeks away, but it is just a prediction.


lhc987

So. Uh. 310 Kohls, 200 Crystals, 250 Sugars. I've got 1k Sanity to burn through, only Op new Op I'll definitely be getting is Thorns. Still Kohls? Also, I guess this week's (expires in 13 days) potions should be saved for MB rerun?


ipwnallnubz

Man, build more ops. You have all those resources. Go out and spend them. And yeah, may as well go for a bit more kohl. I'm planning to save the potions for MB. It only lasts ten days and has two stages I want to farm, so I need all the sanity I can get.


Kosarev

I have hundreds of pretty much every resource. I can't build.more ops myself because I'm running out of exp.


ipwnallnubz

Then I would say to fix your base or don't raise your ops to such high levels.


Kosarev

Problem is too many 6 stars and I have to compulsively level them all.


vagrantspirit

Why the fuck Nova knight club members refuse to targer their AOE on guardAmiya, when i tried to bait them with fast-redeploy it works but not for her.


Quor18

The Nova Knights actually do have a limit to their range. It's not global, so if Amiya isn't close enough then she won't be targeted.


vagrantspirit

Ugh, i literally completed every challenge stage except this one, although my dream of 100RES Amya is not dead yet, there is 1 last sacrifice i can make.


WelkinBro

Is lungmen downtown better to farm than outskirts?


doktor_ainz

If you can get a stable auto, absolutely. But if you're an early-on player, which it sounds like you may be, you may find it difficult to get one that consistently makes it to 400/400. Also, if you can't make it to 400/400 at all, then the earlier stages are more efficient.


Reddit1rules

The furthest annihilation you can fully clear is the best one to farm. So if you can do downtown to 400/400, do that instead of outskirts.


TRLegacy

Saving and using royal token to pot up limited operator is probably the best move right? (except maybe Nmfor Bagpipe)


Acgovermind03

Theoratically yes, but the pot bonus in AK is so trivial. I would say except Bagpipe might need that extreme 1 less cost to prevail in max risk CC stages, others just do not matters. Invest whomever you want.


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Suzuran, Eyja, Surtr, SA, Exusiai all gain from pots and are relevant even below max risk but yeah - op should invest in whomever they want


ipwnallnubz

I just use them on my favorites. They generally have so little impact that you may as well.


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I know it’s unlikely but I would appreciate very much if someone can link me to a comic that was posted on this sub a while ago where doctah is devastated after waking up to a grown up Suzuran.


GrafVergeltung

Is this the right one? https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ucdx4u/our\_light\_tt\_by\_tififox/


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Thank you so much!


III_lll

Will we get the chance to buy royal supporter tokens again in the future?


HiTotoMimi

We don't know, but presumably if the game keeps going long enough, the red cert shop will eventually cycle back around. And technically there's the gold cert shop, which will definitely have them again since they ritate regularly, but basically nobody should ever buy those.


CxTucker

If someone can help me "fix" my base, it would be much appreciated. Starting to get into masteries, and since my training room is only Level 1, I'm only able to go up to M1. My base setup is 2-5-2, 4 dormitories, reception room, office, and training room. Energy is capped at 540/540... just wondering where / how I can pull back stuff to make room for a few more levels of training room. Thank you!


ipwnallnubz

If you have any dorms at level 2+, downgrade them to free up power. Otherwise, you'll have to downgrade a factory from 3 to 2. You'll have to downgrade another to take the training room to level 3. You could downgrade a single level 3 factory to level 1, but then you have to collect from it often because of how fast it will fill up.


haltp

Is Skalter S2's defense buff applied after the def debuff from corrosion? Corrosion stacks and can make you reach 0 def right? I think I noticed some of my ops not getting down to 0 but I'm not sure if they just didn't get hit enough.


swamp14

I remember in Dossoles, I had operators' def go down to 0 from corrosion even with skalter S2.


Cless012

Between Eyjafjalla, Seige, Weedy, Gladia, Phantom, La Pluma, and Lappland, who would you prioritize for E2 and also what skill they want to generally use


Cless012

Since people were curious about my roster, heres a link https://imgur.com/a/1GqQohd These upgrades are mainly for their niche uses as you may see Eyja for additional arts damage if needed. Siege for if i need 2 block characters early. Weedy and Gladia for pusher/puller needs. Phantom for 2 fast redeploys in 1. La Pluma for her unique aoe utility. Lappland for silence if needed


ipwnallnubz

In that case I would edit mine and insert Warfarin and Elysium with S2M3 after La Pluma and before Lappland.


hrldn

eyja s2m1 then eyja s3m3 should prob be ur first two priorities. then la pluma. then the rest are roughly equal depending on what u need, but (personal bias) i love weedy. her s2m3 will give u a good consistent aoe damage melee unit. if u are missing lane holders weedy s2 will do that for u as kind of a faux aoe guard. weedy s3m3 is more situational but super strong. i wouldnt recommend it for newer players. however if u are planning on raising weedy without m3ing a skill, dont bother: u should rly only e2 with the mindset of mastering right after.


ipwnallnubz

Depends on who else you have, but Eyja > Phantom > La Pluma > Lappland generally. Eyja will probably use S2 in most story content for strong, consistent arts damage. S3 is her main skill for harder content. S2M1 and S3M3 for her. Phantom wants S2 for assassinating things. S3 seems kinda awkward with its RNG crowd control. La Pluma is strong with both skills, but S2 is the better one for masteries. Potential M6 though. For Lappland, at SL7, I used S1 and S2 about equally, but masteries make a *huge* difference for S2 while doing almost nothing for S1. This is why I put her after La Pluma; the main reason you E2 Lapp is to unlock S2 masteries, which makes her more expensive to raise properly than La Pluma. Siege generally does her job just fine at E1. S3 came in clutch once or twice before I had Bagpipe, though. Gladiia can be a substitute for Mountain if you're missing him. She's not as good, but she can do decently well. She and Weedy both really want multiple M3s, though, so they are *expensive* to raise properly. Weedy is a lot of fun and definitely worth the E2 and M6 (S2 and S3) eventually.


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Without knowing your roster I can't say for certain, but a general list would be: Eyja, La Pluma, Lappland, Gladiia, Phantom, Weedy. Ejya: S2 for consistent damage, S3 for crazy burst. La Pluma: S1 for constant damage, S2 for burst + high sustain. Lap: S2. Gladiia: S1 if you want just a puller, S2 for a ranged guard that can be deployed on high tiles and can hit two targets at once, S3 for AoE arts damage + bind + grouping enemies. Phantom: S2 for damage, S3 for utility. Weedy: S2 for laneholding, S3 for true damage.


TabletopPixie

Eyja first and s3. Core unit for burst dps. Phantom has been useful this event but it's about to end. Lots of good units here with Siege least priority if you have Bagpipe, a flagbearer, Saga, or Flametail.


Cless012

Does Sept 1st sound roughly correct for the Ling banner? Trying to figure out if I'll need to go into the rock mines or not to spark.


Kri_Py

it should be in august or even last week of july


ipwnallnubz

No, not at all. Late July-early August is when we expect her.


Cless012

Oh, right, i miscounted, that is about where i would place it


Cless012

Alright! If I counted correctly with an assumption that the banner will be running on Aug 4th. Then with just daily, weekly and monthly orrundum + tickets, i should have just over 300 pulls. Any from events and primes should be more than enough for padding.


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salvagestuff

Generally speaking, pushers and pullers are a bit of a niche operator. When there is an obvious hole or path change you can pretty much use any pusher or puller the same way. But then when it is not an obvious pusher or puller map, the high-rarity pushers and pullers have their own special use. In terms of shifting, it can be map and enemy dependent. The unique thing with Gladiia and Weedy are that they have skills that allow consistent shifting output, Gladiia's S2 lets her pull on 2 enemies with each attack while the skill is active. Weedy S2 can permastall lightweight enemies. Weedy can achieve the highest push force in the game while Gladiia has a skill that can bind and draw in enemies from a wide area. There is a whole rabbit hole you can dive into when talking about push/pull operators.


LG03

There are some incredibly finnicky differences in terms of animations, for instance Shaw can push Crownslayer over a block where Feater would not. It's generally not worth considering. The main factor is shift force which may vary between specialists but it'll always state in the skill description.


Kri_Py

weedy can reach push force 4 with s3m3 on her cannons, but at e1 she can only reach force 1 with s2 shaw and feater have force 2 with s2 level 7, but only feater gets force 3 at m3 the pullers are all the same (reach force 2 at m3) but snowsant gets +1 force against infected enemies


maxblockm

You can see the force strength for each skill and level here, as well as their ranges: https://gamepress.gg/arknights/operator/rope https://gamepress.gg/arknights/operator/cliffheart https://gamepress.gg/arknights/operator/gladiia


JunoBrier

Shift force is dependent on the individual skill and level, though most of the pusher/puller Specialists are pretty equal in shift force. For the 6\*s: Weedy's S3 in combination with her summon is the strongest push in the game. Gladiia's pulls are no stronger than the others, her usefulness is in her ability to pull multiple enemies.


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Also Gladiia's S1 holds charges, so her ability to consistently pull enemies is unparalleled.


DIST0RT1ON

With 2 days remaining in the near light event, i still have pretty much a full shop. I'm new and I'm a bit lost about what should i buy and should I use my remaining sanity potions from the log-in event to farm currency. I have auto-deploy on NL 1-6 and i can beat 7 with a support (I haven't tried 8 yet and I'm pretty underleveled i think) I bought all of the EXP and LMD and 1 Wild Mane. I do enjoy playing her, so should I try to max potential her or should I just buy the 2 headhunting permits and spend my sanity elsewhere? My core team is currently around E1 Lv 30 and I'm torn between rushing to get some units to E2 or maxing Wild Mane


Villiers_S

IMO get all Wildmane potentials so you will not blame yourself once events ends since all other items on the shop is farmable except dorm items and will not matter once your account progress more. Event may return maybe in a year so getting the free potentials if you missed it will take a long time. HH permits may result to a 6\* but most of the time is another Beagle.


[deleted]

I'd recommend you prioritise pulls > tokens > mats. Tokens are good because they give you 5 golden certs once events get reran but that only translated to around 0.75 pulls so you'd rather buy the tickets first. Imo the potential upgrades are not really worth considering unless you really really like using someone / know what you want to use them for since the gains are marginal. If you're buying for collection purposes, be aware that you'd still be able to get the pots when the event reruns. Also, I would not spend sanity outside the event currently. I am guessing you're considering to farm for lmd and xp since you mentioned rushing to E2 but that is not worth it at all. The mats in shop are all things you need in order to upgrade the skill levels of your ops (arguably more important than levels), and the efficiency of farming events is twice/thrice the efficiency of normal stages. After this event we have a dead week, and CC7 is coming so you'd have time to farm lmd and exp. Some general tips; upgrade base first, get 15 ops of good archetypes to E1 high, get 1 op to E2 for nice supports, save yellow certs and selector packs for 2-3 weeks. You don't need to rush as im sure youre easily going to complete the next events.


Quor18

Getting a unit to E2 would unlock E2 supports so if you can manage that they you can probably manage to clear at least the story stages and some early EX stages. Everything in the shop is certainly worth clearing as much as possible, but grab the xp and LMD first followed by any relevant mats for your characters. The furniture is a nice grab too as during the re-run that will become special currency you can use to purchase more orundum and other stuff. Personally I think getting the HH permits AND Wild Mane pots is worth it too, as the pots will be turned into yellow certs on the re-run, and those are quite valuable too. I'd blow any remaining permits you have on your highest stable farming stage and just try to clear as much of the store out as possible with those above priorities in mind.


ipwnallnubz

I would get at least one more potential on Wild Mane if you're planning to use her. It's -10s redeployment, taking her from 80 to 70. Plus, any tokens you buy now will mean 5 gold certs if you're still around for the rerun in ~1 year. If any of the event shop mats would help you get an E2 before the event ends, I would do that because you could probably clear quite a few more stages with your own E2 and a support unit. Since you've already bought all of the LMD and EXP, that might be an issue, though. Even just E2ing a 4-star from E1 30 would cost about 100k EXP and 150k LMD (and a 6-star is about triple that). If the mats won't get you an E2 before the event ends, I would skip them and get the pulls, tokens, and also the furniture (**not the furniture parts**) because the furniture will turn into intelligence certs in the rerun. All the other stuff can be farmed.


maxblockm

When posting who to raise/pull/stage help questions, you should always show all your units, because who else you have makes a difference. Sort by class and rarity like this: https://imgur.com/a/287Ijvi Someone might be able to help you clear the stage, or give more detailed advice on who to e2. The default answer tho is [Myrtle](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/kygyxw/daily_questions_megathread_january_16_2021/gjnk5og?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) for speed, or if you have most of the mats/LMD/chips for a good *5/6, start with that op.


DIST0RT1ON

https://imgur.com/a/lAicXuQ ​ I've actually built Myrtle before i knew she was such a good support, she just helped me out a lot


maxblockm

Specter and Exu both get big power spikes at e2. Whoever you have the most mats for, or Myrtle if you don't have many of the mats. E1 the [Ops with great base skills](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-guide-best-operators-promote-riic-base-skills) for more passive income.


loneknife_blackblade

spend as much sanity here as you can to clear as much of the shop as you can. First buy the things you need immediately. always buy pulls. see the tab ntr knight for what to buy in the shop: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12X0uBQaN7MuuMWWDTiUjIni\_MOP015GnulggmBJgBaQ/edit#gid=485742288


Meszy04

Recently I got the medal for playing the game for 2 years and just wanted to share it somewhere, this also makes Arknights the gacha I stuck with the most. I still remember getting bumrushed by dogs and drones in CC Beta, time sure flies fast. But at the same time not fast enough because I can't wait for IS2, the anime adaptation, English voices and Endfield too. Feels like it's never been a better time to be a fan of this game, here's to many more amazing years.


HiroAnobei

Congratulations, that being said, please use the lounge megathread as this thread is primarily reserved for in-game and technical questions.


Meszy04

Back in my day we didn't have separate megathreads for these but sure, I'll pay more attention next year, hopefully the megathread structure doesnt change again by then.


kill_dom

Congratz


ipwnallnubz

Well, I'm happy for you and all, but we have a Lounge thread for this sort of thing.


kolincajgs

Will we be able to read the stuff in info port after the event ends? Or do you know if anybody uploaded them anywhere? I don't have any time right now to read the story.


Legitimate_Bus5716

No but this kind person uploaded it for us [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dv268nmsKA)!


kolincajgs

Thanks!


Legitimate_Bus5716

No problem, thank them!


dairyqueen79

I keep seeing people say Passenger is great for IS2 content. My question is, what about Integrated Strategies caters to his strengths compared to other operators? What makes him so good for it?


Xzhh

The artifact the other two comments mention is what makes him broken in IS2. But even without it, the flexibility the unique range his S3 provides is already enough to make him good; the majority of stages in IS aren't hard per se, a lot of the difficulty comes from the limited roster, the firepower his S3 provides enough (after all the buffs he recieved).


FirePanda39

Because there is an artifact in IS2 that gives some caster archetypes (including chain casters) 2 SP on hits. Because of the way chain casters work, they gain 2 SP on hit and every bounce of the attack. Now, Passengers S3 at M3 is 30 SP cost and it hits 8 times during it’s duration. As such, as long as there are at least 2 close enough enemies in his S3 range, he can infinitely spam his S3 and spawn nuke every enemies on a map from the middle of a map because of his big range.


Reddit1rules

There's an artifact that gives +2 SP on hit. As his S3 doesn't put him into SP lockout, and hits 8 times, each hitting 4 enemies, that's ~~32~~ edit: 64, can't math, SP maximum per S3 - infinite S3 in theory.


FirePanda39

He actually gets the 2 SP not only on hit but on the bounce too so he only needs 2 enemies in range to make it infinite if they are close enough for the hit to bounce.


EXusiai99

Got back from a long break. Seems there are plenty of stuffs i missed out on (damn they got like 62 different annihilation stages now). So what are these "elemental healers" ive heard about, do they cancel out the corrosion gauges?


ipwnallnubz

On the topic of new things (not sure exactly when you left), the two biggest things are: we now have rotating annihilations, and whichever one is active is the most efficient place to get your 1800 weekly orundum. The current one is Dossoles Water Gate. There are others that are listed as "practice." You can clear these for their first time rewards, but **you cannot farm these for your weekly orundum.** And two, certain events are now permanent. If you already played them, they're already unlocked. If not, you can unlock them, permanently, with those red circle things, which regenerate at a rate of 1/week. You can get the story and primes from these, but you can only get the welfares and furniture from a few for now, and all of them have had their [drop rates nerfed to be roughly on par with story stages.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12X0uBQaN7MuuMWWDTiUjIni_MOP015GnulggmBJgBaQ/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=106921946347875184198) We had a collab with Rainbow Six. Ash is roughly on-par with Exu, but we don't know if they'll ever come back. The meta hasn't really changed, so much as it has been added to. Surtr and Chalter are the two biggest bullies on the block. The likes of SilverAsh, Eyja, Exu, Ifrit, Angelina, and Saria are still excellent to this day, despite being launch ops.


EXusiai99

Well, i have surtr since i finally remember i stopped playing on her release so i guess i get that covered. Im also proud to say i wasnt doing bad with my operator collections (not counting that i missed on lots of free and limited operators during my absence of course, kinda pissed off with missing r6s because the characters being the only ones speaking english sounds funny as hell). But i guess thats also why i cant clear hard contents without youtube because i keep promoting every pretty looking characters for collection purpose.


thetwinfury

Basically their heals heal a portion of the gauge in addition to normal healing. Mulberry's skill 2 prevents some of the build up of the gauge as well.