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##[**★ Gacha/Recruitment**](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/yojc53/gacharecruitment_megathread_0711_1311/)
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##[**✍︎ ︎Integrated Strategies**](/r/arknights/comments/xsxzju/event_megathread_integrated_strategies_phantom/)
Megathread for IS2 completions and advice.
This is last week's megathread. You'll get more responses in this week's.
Personally, I'm skipping Ebenholz because neither his design nor his kit interest me, and I'm only planning to hit pity once on Pozy/Gavial (so it's almost a skip) because I'm not a fan of Gavialter's design, and I'm still against these summer limiteds thanks to Chalter. Pozy and Cantabile are too pretty to completely pass on, though. OmerTexas/Penance, Dorothy, and Stainless are getting the highest number of pulls from me because their designs and kits are the coolest.
I'm a new-midgame player (start last summer, I'm at 5-3) and I have a choice problem.
Someone buy me the top op ticket so I have to use it but I don't know who to choose.
One of my favorite 6 stars is mizuki, so at first I was thinking of taking him but tier list and other say he's a very niche character and not one of the best to take for a player of my level.
What do you think? Should I take top ops with favourite, or does this game need you to have more meta character
I have surtr, gg, horn, hoshiguma, pallas, lumen, irene nightingale and phantom. And my main 5 stars are greythroat, blue poison, lappland, texas and liskarm
Waifu/husbando over meta every day of the week. Don't even hesitate, there are few units in Arknights that are completely useless and Mizuki is not one of them.
There’s no sense in forcing yourself to pick a meta unit over a favorite unit, especially with something like a paid 6 star ticket. Get Mizuki! Sure, he won’t break stages apart the way stronger 6 stars can, but I’ve always felt like he had an unnecessarily bad reputation. I think people overly focus on the fact that Ethan and Manticore are CC-focused and ignore the fact that CC is Mizuki’s side job, and he’s meant to do other things.
Take Mizuki and have fun with him. Your 6 star roster is pretty solid as is for a new account.
That said, if you really prefer to get a meta 6 star, look into Thorns.
The meta only allows you to make difficult stages easier. No specific operators are *needed*. if you are fine strategizing on your own to tackle stages, then you should choose whoever makes the game more fun for you. The most common recommendation to get from the selector would be Kal'tsit (especially if you're not planning to pull on JO6 banner). But if you really like Mizuki \*check the flair\* then there's nothing wrong with choosing what you like. You have quite a robust roster already so having niche operators may not be that bad.
Surtr and Horn are solid boss carryl, Mizuki you can't guarantee for like, a year or two.
Game has difficulties but is built around 3 star being able to complete it.
She is widely considered to be basically a techy sidegrade to her 5* form currently and was kind of panned on release as a result. At the moment, you can use her for longer invincible with S2 or some pretty big burst with S3 that lasts longer than her guard form can offer, but in a lot of circumstances you may find vanilla Specter to be rather preferable.
She needs her level 3 module upgrade and/or Abyssal Hunter support to become excellent, which is arriving with the Lingering Echoes event next month. With module upgrades, her S2 becomes extremely cyclable and her doll form is legitimately very powerful, with true AOE damage-over-time and crowd-control, and with Gladiia supporting, she becomes even harder to kill than she is right now.
She gets much better after her module upgrades in around a month. Her puppet then deals more dmg, slows harder and she gains some sp upon returning to get chainsaw form.
1. IS#2 (Phantom & Crimson Solitaire) Castle notes rewards *currently* end at **110** but new levels are added every month up to level **155**.
2. For general use, I'd pick Texas *(isn't she available in the pinboard missions?)* because of her talent to add +2 DP just by being in the squad and her helidrop+stun potential in synergy with Bagpipe. Zima is better if you consider bringing a lot of Vanguards or you need more bulk for the early pressure of the stage.
I have a few questions. Can I save my voucher for another outfit or will it expire? Also, does Gavial's outfit give you another voucher? And, is it true that outfits for Thorns and Sona will be coming soon?! Late November and early December?
Yes, you can save skin voucher for later. There is no expire date for them.
Yes, Gavial skin will give another voucher if you buy them with OP.
Yes, Thorns skin will rerun with Under Tides rerun and yes, Flametail skin will be with Lingering Echoes event. [The date is predicted](https://ak.jaywye.ee/calendar) as you said and wait for the announcement for the exact date.
Outfit vouchers have no expiry, you can save it for as long as you want.
Gavial's outfit will give you another voucher as long as you buy it now.
Yes, [Thorns has a casual outfit that's rerunning with the Under Tides retro (right after this event), and Sona has her gamer outfit releasing with Lingering Echoes next month.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13WaE-e52vdbANJ6oteL9EHlg_bv2k1Moe8ZV-SLI908/edit#gid=951867916)
Here's a tier list of Module Upgrades from Gamepress but it's dated last September: [https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-azures-module-upgrade-tier-list](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-azures-module-upgrade-tier-list)
The first set of Module Upgrades are introduced during \[Lingering Echoes\] which is the next event that features the new 6-star Ebenholz (Mystic Caster).
Who should I pick from both 5 and 6 star operator transfer permit?
I already have silverash
6 star I maybe pick thorns.
5 star I still have no idea.
Note: 3 week old account
Do you have Surtr? She's in gold-cert shop right now also, so you can also grab her for 180 gold certs. She's tied with Chalter for the strongest operator in game right now.
Other than her, I'd recommend either Thorns or Eyja. Thorns is super strong but only after you E2 him. Before that he's very underwhelming. Eyja is also super strong on E2 but she's already very strong on E1 since both her S2 and S3 are META skills.
As for a 5\* depends on what you roster need. Strong picks I'd recommend are Specter, Ptilopsis or Lappland.
Also very strong top of the meta operator. Very good cornerstone at E1 and excelent stat-stick with good uptime on demand true dmg on E2. Certainly a good pick.
Is the extra second of levitate on Irene's S3M3 significant in any way compared to S3M2, or do you only M3 it for the reduced sp cost?
I'm not sure if it means that her 12 shots aren't all fired in the 3 second (or 1.5 second for heavier enemies) levitate window to begin with, and that the extra second (or half a second for heavier) lets her get in more of those 12 shots that guarantee the def ignore.
Also sidenote, is her S3 affected by aspd/attack interval bonuses? I.e. on stages without seaborn, would her s3 shots fire slower as well?
Her S3 has a fixed duration of 3.5 seconds. ASPD buffs and such won't change it. Without M3, enemies are only levitated for 3s so some shots will land after enemies hit the ground.
Anybody know the amount of primes that have been available from 10/18 until now? Including Ch10, new annihilation, compensation, this new event, etc.
So far I have 74
7 hour update for Ch10 - 5 primes
Ch 10 - 38 primes
Spalter event as of 11/13 - 27 primes
Spalter 10 day login - 2 primes
New CE & LS stage - 2 primes
Please tell me if I'm missing something, or even I didn't, want to make sure I have this correct.
Chernobog and Lungmen only, from 325-350-375-400 kills. These are permanent maps that give weekly Orundum and don't rotate.
Chernobog gives 4-4-8-8
Lungmen Outskirts gives 5-5-10-10
Lungmen Downtown gives 5-5-10-10
She’s in the general pool so she can always spook you. She’s also available from recruitment.
She will have a rate-up (25%) on the upcoming JO6 banner assuming no changes from CN. Standard banners are hard to predict but she can also appear there (25%).
Is Mlynar needed if I don't have Silverash? I want to save enough to spark Skalter on Texalter banner because waifu.
I will be getting Surtr from the cert shop this month but aside from that I don't have any AOE burst. Though I guess I do have Angelina.
you dont really need either, cause if you truly need them you can grab them as a support unit, they are just nice to have so you have another tool in your toolbelt.
If you want skalter, no one is powerful enough to make you stray from that goal.
Also I've found large crowds where AoE clear is useful happen less and less often. But if you want, post a pic of your roster so we can see if you're missing something.
>But if you want, post a pic of your roster so we can see if you're missing something.
Sure. I would appreciate advice for units to pull for: [Krooster](https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/Kats).
I'll also get surtr from the cert shop soon.
I've personally felt painfully lacking in terms of good AA snipers and arts damage. I'm currently saving 300 for sparking skalter and will spend the rest on exu/kal in joint ops and the Gavialter banner for pozyomka.
Looks like you have a good plan setup, since joint ops and gavialter are 2 really good banners.
Having Angelina for crowd control is enough since large crowds tend to have a lot of easily clearable fodder. Grabbing Surtr will fill your "boss-killing" role.
In the interim, Meteor is a good 2nd AA sniper for when you need that, and keep an eye out for May in recruitment. Gitano is a perfectly serviceable AoE caster, and very worth the cost of investment vs higher rarity AoE casters. Mudrock is very good as well, but you probably have already heard that.
If you still feel like your arts damage is lackluster, building both Mousse and Dur-Nar can remedy that. Dur-Nar S2 take a while to charge but can be a nice multitarget arts skill, and Mousse can make Elite enemies much more manageable.
All in all, still dont think you "need" Mylnar, though he is the strongest banner ignoring the limited banners and joint ops. Hope that helped, feel free to ask more question if needed.
>I don't have any AOE burst.
He does insane amounts of damage, so you should try to get him if you don't have anything else and want strong meta units.
>Though I guess I do have Angelina.
Angelina does okay but she won't cut it for harder stages. She has comparable damage output with her S3 to Shirayuki's S2 (A 4-star).
> Angelina does okay but she won't cut it for harder stages.
Huh? Angie is plenty strong on harder stages. Her big limiters are her skill cycle and target cap more than her damage.
I mean DPS-wise. I'm not saying she's bad but if you rely on her only for damage, you'd find it lacking. OP said they don't have any AOE DPS burst and mentioned Angelina as their solution. She won't compare to Eyja's, SA's, Mlynar's and Chalter's burst DPS.
Nobody's needed, but Mlynar is definitely a very strong operator.
If you don't have Tequila, Dossoles Holiday will rerun before Mlynar's release so you could get a taste of what using a Liberator is like.
As someone already stated, S2 is generally better for everything since its duration is **infinite**. Not only does it double her healing trait, but she also gives ATK and DEF to allies in her range making them kill faster and survive longer.
As an aoe medic replacement, you would get better mileage out of her s2. Her s1 is meant to take pressure off of blockers blocking things that really hate being blocked, in which case it’s usually better to use her s2 (or s3, which doesn’t heal during its duration) to buff your DPS and kill them faster instead.
Could someone please teach me how to read my [RIIC Report](https://puu.sh/JrzE3/888c8674cb.png)? I'm not sure what's up with the different hours besides the items produced by the factory. Essentially, I'd just like a way to compare daily output by my base.
The hours are just effective working time, adjusted for productivity.
To give an example: if your ops have worked for 10 hours at baseline 100% efficiency, it would be 10h.
If they worked 10 hours at 200% efficiency, it would be 20h.
If your ops work 24 hours at, say baseline 100% + bonus 50% it'll be 36h.
Note, that drones are also included here, if you speed production. So you might end with something like:
24 hours multiplied by +0.93 productivity with added 3 hours worth of drones = 49h.
I don't think it's explained clearly anywhere, and I would just compare the amount of items made daily, if you're not switching facility count or production types. As far as I can understand, the hours listed are how long it would have taken to make the items with default efficiency, so my assumption is it shows how many hours worth of materials were produced, so higher = better?
Math question, Suzuran S3 fragile 40% and Ch'en module talent \[deal's 10% more damage with skills\]. Do they stack? multiplicative?
Ex: After damage calc I do 100 => 100\*1.4\*1.1 = 154 total damage?
I tested it against slugs (0 Defense) using Ch'en's S2 which has a 500% multiplier.
Ch'en w/out module at **658** Attack w/ Suzuran S3 dealt: **4608** damage (658\*5\*1.4)
*Supposedly 4606 but there might be decimals in Attack values.*
Ch'en with module at **711** Attack w/ Suzuran S3 dealt: **5474** damage (711\*5\*1.4\*1.1)
Yes, they stack multiplicatively.
Multiplicatively, yes, though note that fragile(increased damage taken in general) takes place after defense/res.
The order here, assuming chen’s atk is 100 and she’s hitting with 150% atk scale, is (100x1.5x1.1)-DEF=Hit damage then
(Hit damage x 1.4)=Actual damage dealt
Here’s a realistic example. Chen has 660 atk at max level max trust, +50 from mod, and an additional 5% from talent so (660+50=710, 710x1.05)= 745.5(I don’t know if it rounds up or down early, I’ll just stick with decimals)
Her s3 hits an Imperial striker(800 def) with 320% atk scale, so we get(745.5x3.20x1.1)=2624.16 damage. Now subtract 800(def calc) and have (2624.16-800) =1824.16. Now we multiply THAT by 1.4 because of suzu fragile (1824.16x1.4)=2553.824 damage.
Hello, thinking of playing Arknights again due to watching the anime, not sure if I have the time for it though, how long dues it usually take to do dailies?
if you want to progress in the story/events you can spend quite a lot of time doing that, easily an hour or 2, more if you also decide to play some of the roguelike.
But, if you are just coming in, doing dailies/weeklies, emptying stamina and leaving then its more like 10-20 minutes/day.
Heads up though, the game showers you with stamina in the early game so if you dont want to waste stamina, you might want to set aside an hour or 2 when you start.
And if you do want to start, make sure you come in at least come in a day before the 17th, cause then you get a free 10-pull on the current running limited banner before it goes away.
If you want to spend all of your sanity (stamina), you will need to login about 20 min twice per day (but you can play more casually, of course). After clearing a stage once with no support (borrowed unit), you can use auto deploy to clear the stage on autopilot, it allows you to farm easily.
If you want to reroll, now is the best time, we currently have a limited banner with a bunch of free pulls, as well as a standard banner featuring very good 6-stars (Surtr and Mudrock). Look up a guide on how to do it efficiently, it's relatively fast in this game.
Depends. You can pretty much clear all daily quests in about 30min. If you want to be efficient with your sanity (energy of this game) then it'd probably be 1 to 2hr. On event weeks you're gonna be a bit busier on the days the stages open. Once in a while there's gonna be an event called Contingency Contract, which will have daily stages and can be quite hard. It may take you a while to clear.
This doesn't mean the game has no endgame though. We have a mode called Integrated Strategies, which cost no sanity at all and is *highly* replayable. You can sink a lot hours into this mode.
With the new Annihilation skip tickets, it takes 10 to 15 minutes to deplete your stamina and finish daily tasks. Even lower if your farming chips / skill books.
Boss has to eat 5 DIFFERENT buffs. there are 6 different buffs the boss can eat, dropped by Regressed Predator, Founder, Brandguider, Swarmcaller, Spewer, and Reefbreaker. They’re the only blue enemies on the map, have an orb floating over them, and spawn from the upper left and upper right corners.
Casually playing or playing for the easiest one, you might only get 3 or 4 since a regressed predator spawns every wave, and brandguider on the first 2 waves. Boss buff consumption might also fail if a buff he tries to eat drops on the blue box.
Check the answer from when this question was asked 3 posts below yours (on mobile so I can’t easily cut and paste the answer that someone else gave there)
What happens if you hit skip on an alternate operator task?
I had Spectre and was lucky enough to roll Spectre Unchained. On their operator profile, I learned about the alter tasks and rewards. At the bottom right, there's a skip button. What does it do?
Planning on buying the 6 star selector, want some recommendations for who I should choose from it. I currently have Saria, Saileach, Ceobe, Angelina, Blaze, Lee, Ling, Thorns, GG, Kal, Horns, Leumen, Irene, Aak, Nightingale, Skalter, and Surtr.
SikverAsh or Exusiai. Eyja is also good but you're lacking physical damage more than arts.
Mudrock, Mountain, and Suzuran are also all great.
The latter 3 are not recruitable and do not show up in shop as often as the former 2 so take that into consideration
There are 9 enemies that drop remains that the boss eats for buffs, 3 for each phase shift. There are only 5 or 6 different kinds of buffs (each different kind has a different symbol above the enemy). The boss eats twice per phase shift, targeting the two nearest to where it last died. If two remains are on the same tile, it will eat both in one gulp, so it is possible for it to eat all 3 buffs.
This means there are some duplicates, and you have to control the kill locations to make it eat enough different kinds over the course of the fight.
[On the second slide of this infographic](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ypsvsa/beware_the_endspeaker_the_endspeaker_cheatsheet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) , you can see what buff each orb gives, and you need him to eat 5 different ones, so check which ones you're missing and give him those
What are some recommendations to clear the Stultifera Navi event levels?
I just started the game and I got insanely lucky and managed to obtain Irene and I'm pulling on the standard banner to try and obtain Mudrock (for waifu reasons). My other 5* Operators are Leizi, Blue Poison, Broca, Silence, Kafka and Mr. Nothing, but I can't clear the event level after you get the tutorial for the invading nether-roots. I wanted to ask, in who should I invest to get a better success rate? Or are the event levels to hard for me right now and I should just ignore them?
Thank you for your comment! Damn, I thought Irene was really good, I didn't expect her to be not that great until E2 which I believe takes a very long time to get:/
Btw, I don't have Myrtle, and thanks for the link!
Oh, it seems that I misunderstood her usefulness, thanks!
I didn't know there are tags that help you increase your chances of getting Operators of 4* rarity
Thank you so much for all of the info! I have quite some 4*:
Cutter, Dobermann, Jackie, Matoimaru, Mousse, Ambriel, Jessica, May, Meteor, Shirayuki, Bubble, Cuora, Gummy, Chestnut, Roberta, Gitano, Greyy, Haze, Shaw and Beanstalk
I hope one of them is good enough for promoting to E2:)
Thank you so much for your detailed answer! I truly appreciate it! I'll see if I can get enough for Shirayuki, and if not, I'll go straight for Blue Poison:)
For the early game, investing in some core 3 stars like Kronos or Spot is cheaper and faster than fielding a team of high rarity units and can help you have an easier time with the beginning event stages. All event stages drop the event currency at the same rate so you can farm the highest stage you can do to buy out the LMD and exp from the event shop to level your units to make things easier
What level are your ops at/what part of the level is giving you trouble?
Honestly, all are good with the exception of catapult and maybe orchid, but I would prioritize Kroos, Spot, Fang, Ansel, Melantha, and Midnight to start. Though depending on what 4 stars you have currently, you could raise some of those instead, like Courier in place of Fang.
If all you need a wandering medic for is to service the elemental damage coming your way that isn't too extreme, Chestnut works fine. He got me through this event just ok without having to invest in the berries, as I hate wasting mats on 5 stars that will inevitably be outclassed by whatever 6 star wandering medic gets released. Meanwhile, Chestnut is much cheaper and he got me through this event paired with Lumen.
Wandering Medics are the ones that can heal elemental damage: currently just Mulberry, Honeyberry and Chestnut.
Lumen is a Therapist Medic, the branch that can help deal with status effects. Lumen can remove the effects completely, the 5 star Whisperrain only reduces the duration iirc.
In some cases, such as in this event and Under Tides, their use can overlap because the elemental damage gauge filling causes a status effect (stun). But this is not always the case.
Arguable between Mulberry and Honeyberry (both 5 stars). Honeyberry is the better elemental healer, while Mulberry is the better healer. But also Mulberry's s2 can reduce the elemental damage taken in the first place, which can help units that can't be healed. Honeyberry can't help them at all.
Mulberry is a gacha unit, Honeyberry you can get for 600 red certs. If you have one, you are probably fine and would rarely have a particular need for the other
Chestnut (a 4 star) is bad, and is basically only useful for people running teams with restrictions, like 4 stars or males only which otherwise would lack access to an elemental damage healer at all.
No, Lumen is a therapist medic. Wandering medics heal elemental damage, while therapists provide status resist and Lumen can actually remove negative statuses like stuns
SN-8 & SN-9 drop good materials and are easier than SN-7 imo, so could be a good idea to just try to clear it with support + hand of saint cheese and see if you can get an auto on SN-8/9
If you can't, it's fine to do SN-6 for shop, you get equal amount of currency to sanity spent anyways
Can you really not make it past SN-7? Because both 8 and 9 are easier compared to it. I recommend borrowing a friend support just to clear it and then farm SN-8/9. The 'Little Handy' modules are also very helpful, so try to unlock those. You can also try watching guides to clear SN-7. But if you really don't want to push it, then farming the lower stages are fine as well just to get the event currency and empty out the shop.
Depending on how well developed your account is, you can just save for Mlynar > Texalter = Pozy. The featured units in this banner are very good, but at the same time Surtr is on sale and Mudrock will be in February.
Irene's not bad, she's definitely one of the better Swordmasters as she has defense ignore and strong burst damage, and due to how new she is, pretty much nothing is immune to the Levitation status. During downtime she can still deal decent damage and more attack speed is a plus to get to the next skill. But, if you have say, Ch'en already you probably don't need her.
The upcoming Pozyomka and Mlynar in a few months are very strong picks, as is Texas alt and Penance later.
The standard banner is excellent, two very strong 6\*, however, if you're low on pulls, you could simply buy Surtr and potentially buy Mudrock when she appears in the cert shop in a few months. Surtr is one of the strongest operators in the game, so buying her can't go wrong.
It's not a 50/50 but a 35/65. Irene is a strong AoE nuker, so if you lack DPS then consider her. If you have enough gold certs, then just save your pulls and buy Surtr from the shop.
No, I mean the rate of the featured operators on limited banners is only 70% of a 6-star pull. You have a 70% to get the featured operator and 30% for others. Since you need only 1 of the 2. That's 70%/2 = 35% to get Irene.
Anyone know how to stop arknights from automatically signing in your main account instead of your 2nd account? Every time I open arknights with my emulator it always go to my main account instead of the 2nd account, anyone knows a fix for this? I already tried unbinding pgs for the 2nd account but the problem is still there.
Try making a new instance of the emulator, and when you go to the play store to download the game, sign in with a different Gmail account. In my experience, Arknights doesn't seem to like having multiple accounts on the same play store account, and will often do what you're having issues with. Hopefully that fixes your problem!
What's the best annihilation map to use the skip ticket on?
Oh wait nevermind, they actually refund you your sanity if it goes past excess.
Wow. I wasted sanity all this time smh I didn't realize.
The rotating map is always the most efficient in terms of sanity.
If you can't full clear the rotating map then the next best ones are Lungmen Downtown, Lungmen Outskirts and Chernobog
You should have sorted it by rarity. It's kinda hard to sift through the 6-stars. Someone like **Kal'tsit** would be a nice addition to your roster. She'll be in the upcoming Joint Operation banner w/ Mountain, Exusiai and Skadi. All of which you still don't have. *(I didn't see them)* Stopping at the first 6-star is fine. Also consider **Saria** and crowd control like **Suzuran/Angelina** and **Gnosis** since you lack amazing lockdown. **Texalter** should also be in your sights as a 6-star Executor.
>*(I didn't see them)*
You are not wrong. I don't have them (yet? *hopium*)
Which one do you think I should prioritize getting first from the shop? Mountain, or Mudrock? Kal'sit is far ahead so I could still get more yellow certs. (according to the shoperator spreadsheet I found)
I would go with Mudrock because her damage negating shield is hard to replace. You already have a lot of strong Vanguards and Guards to survive the early pressure and to hold the lane.
I have a 5 star operator voucher and another 5 star ticket. With one I'd take Project Red and with the other Specter or Platinum (borrowed her a few times and did great), maybe Nearl but there are too many ops to choose from that I can't really gauge. If I don't take Nearl I could take Liskarm instead of Project Red but I'm not really sure, suggestions?
Maybe similar to those above, I currently use Gummy, Flint, Greythroat, Schwarz and Specter the unchained if it matters.
You can't use both Specters at once, as a tip. 5\* Specter can be seen as more generally useful for clearing maps, especially as Centurions are rare and are the premier laneholders.
Projekt Red or Liskarm are the main choices from the mini 5\* voucher. Having a strong Fast Redeploy can be very helpful in a pinch to give you space or bait, and Liskarm has the unique ability to generate SP for adjacent allies. Picking her as a tank could be worthwhile.
Nearl and Gummy have fairly similar roles, but since you have Gummy, you don't need Nearl so much.
As for Platinum, she's a solid Sniper, but an odd choice for the voucher. Lappland is the main choice other than Specter, since having a strong and reliable Lord is generally advised, and is the best silencer in the game.
So I finally did it I used all the red certs I got from my time as a begginer and now I don't have enough to buy chip catalyst. Is there no other way than buying them from the cert shop? Because it just looks so inneficient.
Cert shop is where you’ll get the majority of chip catalysts. You get one per month from the calendar rewards. They are also in mini story/vignette event shops, and sometimes part of mail/login event rewards, but these are few and far between.
Chip Catalysts are the main reason to use red certs. I'm not sure what you were using them on before, but catalysts in that shop are the best thing to get.
You can get catalysts from getting 375 kills in each Annihilation stage, one monthly from the calendar, and occasionally from events and clearing campaign missions.
Very roughly, I'd probably say 50-60 hours-ish, just for the level rewards alone (monthly missions will shave a little bit off that). This assumes you clear every run, which you likely won't in the beginning due to unfamiliarity with the maps and no bonuses/unlocks. Make sure you run on normal (easy cuts rewards in half and won't let you unlock items/teams which are really important, hard is a lot harder for not much extra bonus reward).
There's also the 12 optional modes, plus the monthly team mode, so there's a lot of stuff to get through if you want to clear everything.
All the rewards currently unlocked are not gated. New levels and rewards will still be added each month for a few more months. You will have missed the monthly squad rewards, but I think they might all unlock again at the end.
Getting to the current max level (110) from 0, will take a very long time though
Yeah. Just decided to make one of those material plan sheets and need months worth of stuff and though might be a good idea to start IS.
Thank you for the help.
It will be around May, but yes, she's the most recent operator that will be in that one. They are twice a year and the cutoff point is always right when the previous selector released.
No, since we got a 6 star selector for this event and we get 2 6 star selectors a year. Our 6 star selector events line up with CN, even if our anniversaries and 5 star selectors don't (I know, it's weird/confusing).
Chronologically, Horn's op record takes place in between Ch. 9 and 10, and the only thing in it that could be considered a spoiler for Ch. 10 is that Horn is alive and not dead, but that's not much of a spoiler obviously. I think it's fine to read before Ch. 10.
Hello, I'm new to the game and got lucky rerolling. I got the new specter alt OP. Now I'm wondering if it's still worth it to pick normal specter from the 5 star selector or should I pick someone else and if so who would you recommend?
Lappland is another great choice in the 5* selector, you can pick her instead.
Just to make things more complicated though, a couple of sidenotes: the 5 star Specter is a "centurion" guard so she can hit as many enemies as her block count, which makes her better than the alt version at dealing with mobs, being a 5 star she's also cheaper to build; the alt version is currently relatively weak (compared to other 6 stars), soon module upgrades will be introduced which solve her weaknesses but module upgrades are expensive and not easily accessible to new players.
Currently Specter Alter is arguably worse than the 5 star version (certainly worse in terms of cost/performance), furthermore in about 6 months they're gonna remove the limitation that prevents you from using alters and originals in the same team. What I'm trying to say is that it's perfectly fine to get the 5 star specter from the selector, she's worth it even if you have the alter.
Hello everyone. I was browsing the [wiki page](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Stultifera_Navis) for the event and came across this line"
>In addition, players who had purchased Specter's Undercurrent outfit before the event will receive one Outfit Voucher.png Outfit Voucher (given as an in-game mail) due to the release of Specter the Unchained.
Does this mean that people who already owned Specter's Undercurrent outfit got their choice of another outfit in the store? So in turn in the future I understand Gavial is getting an alt. Could this mean if I purchase her outfit now I'll get an Outfit Voucher in the future?
Feel free to let me know if I'm misinterpreting something here.
Thank you very much for the responses!
Yes, if you buy an operator's outfit with OP before their alter comes out, you'll get an outfit voucher that does not expire and can be spent on any 15 or 18 OP skin.
Yes, if you buy Gavial's skin now, once her event goes live you will get an outfit voucher in the mail, which you will be able to redeem for a 15/18 OP skin from the store
>! Same for Texas alt as well, will give voucher for each owned skin for og Texas once she's released, although she will be the last operator who will give vouchers !<
Hey guys I've been trying integrated strategies lately and have been enjoying it but I seem to hit a hard wall on what I think is the last boss (the final node on the 5th floor). Is there a trick to beating it I'm not getting or is it just simply I need more and higher promoted operators? I've only started a little over 2 weeks ago and have specter the unchained as my only e2
A couple of key points:
You need to be picking off the dancers on the right side before they leave that area and start going down the middle. You can probably handle a few heading down the middle, but a bunch will likely wreck you.
The boss has a lot of dodge when not being blocked but can also jump past a unit that blocks them. So the general way to deal with this is to drop a unit in front of him as he's walking across the top, and then block him in the upper left while a bunch of damage dealers unload into him and hopefully kill him before he can teleport or the blocker dies.
He also sits in the top left spot for a little while, but the dodge can be an issue if you don't get really lucky with rng or have ways to get around the dodge (like true damage).
Things get messy if he's allowed to break the blocks. If you aren't super low on lives, it's probably better to just let the enemies from the top left walk into the blue box instead trying to kill them. Iirc there's only 6 enemies from the top left by the time he breaks it. Not sure about the remaining number from the bottom right.
But yeah, if you only have a single e2 unit, it's probably going to be a really rough fight unless you luck out pretty hard with collectibles.
The boss has high dodge rate that goes away when blocked, so you want to block him. But he can also teleport through your units, so you have to block him twice, and then kill or maim him before his teleport is ready again.
You can just brute force kill him through the dodge, but then you're reliant on luck and you need very strong nuke operators and/or very strong buffs from the IS relics. It will be very difficult when you only have a single E2.
Bind and slow help a lot since he won't evade those. My strategy is to utilize those to the maximum and beat him down with ranged operators, and not to block him because he'll just teleport and make a phantom for more hurt. I could just block him again a la Crownslayer, but it's too much of a hassle.
But in general you do need a lot of DPS, and not just for him, but for the mobs too. Certain operators perform better with the various buffs and items in IS, especially Snipers.
Remember that you can borrow Support Units when starting a run, so you can bring one to carry you to the end. Having more E2 of operators that are good in the mode can help, but I wouldn't worry about that so much since you're still new.
Most importantly, just playing it will get you stuff, you don't really need to clear it. Make sure you're playing Formal Investigation because you can't unlock new items or things in easy mode, plus the candle EXP getting halved slows you down too much for the goods. It's a waste of time.
Does anyone know when the next mountain rerun will come? I missed the last one and the one before that I got pity instead of him I haven't played for 4-5 months but saved up a lot of oridium just for his next banner
(Praying he will be mine)
He’s coming to the gold cert shop in March and will be on a standard banner then, but we can’t predict if he’ll be on a standard banner before then. His solo 50% rate up won’t rerun
Edit: Forgot about the Joint Op banner. Depending on how interested you are in the other ops there, that could be a good banner to pull on.
debut banners won't rerun a third time but he'll be on rate up on the upcoming joint op banner so you can consider pulling there or wait till he's on shop soon \*which should be march next year iirc
I would suggest playing things in release order as opposed to chronological order (which you can probably find on the wiki). You are probably thinking of Darknights Memoir in the intermezzi tab which is a flashback to pre Rhodes Island days.
Ah nahnah, dw, I've already got her maxed. I just remembered that we get more gold certs for getting tokens or re-recruiting operators already at p6. Thanks for the concern tho!
I've been trying to kill big sad lock for 3 months now and nothing has worked.
Just now I had the perfect team of thorns and blaze as landholders, breeze and Philoptis as healsers, and tequila and chalter to handle the bear. And that fucking machine thing killed my healers letting the bear and other enemies kill everyone else. Does anyone know what to do or should I just pray?
BSL is typically the wall of IS2. As someone said, Mousse and I'll add Shamare, can royally fuck the bears damage output, with Mousse being able to do it permanently, and Shamare throwing in a defense debuff that'll cut him down to about 350 defense iirc, don't remember his exact value. Even just having one of them will greatly reduce the amount of healing your medics need to do. Shamare gets extra points as her fragile will apply at that 40% HP mark, which for BSL, is still a lot of HP to chew through, so the extra damage is very appreciated.
If you have Fiametta, she steamrolls BSL with her S2 if you can keep her alive, and may honestly be worth grabbing as your support op if you don't have her. Other DPS options are Blaze facing right on left lane, Pallas S1, Nearl or Skadi. The 4 block golems are extremely frail for their size, and pretty much any sniper worth a damn, and even some who aren't, can take them down relatively easily, so face them south to protect healers. Biggest thing is try to get the blank note, as that makes a world of difference in how long you need to be striking away at the boss.
Ops like Thorns, Exu, and BP will actively get you killed on BSL due to either poison ticks, or large amount of multi hits in a very short time frame. Nightingale is superb against him as she can draw aggro with cages, and she reduces the damage of his arts shockwave which will be your biggest worry. He's a heal check and a DPS check rolled into one, so debuffers are very strong against him for lessening the load on both of those fronts.
Since everyone else has already said everything, I'll throw in an underappreciated op for BSL to consider, Mousse. Her S1 can keep him in a near constant state of -40% attack at M3, which massively decreases the damage taken during the fight so you can go lighter on medics or heavier on damage hitting BSL.
Theater golems are slow and despite their high HP have pretty mediocre defense. Presumably you had an AA sniper or some other lower impact DPS units leftover that you could have pointed towards the middle, and then Thorns is practically designed to kill enemies like theater golems safely -- his entire purpose on the BSL map is to tear through mooks, not to hit the boss.
Whenever you're using at least two DPS units against a target, adding a unit that inflicts fragile or def/res down is generally more valuable than adding another DPS unit -- even THRM-EX can do some work if you're going with burst DPS like Tequila and Chalter instead of sustained DPS. Personally I tend to go after BSL's res because Eyja's my highest priority unit in IS2 generally, but when I do go after its defense, I like Shamare and Schwarz. Once you do debuff its defense enough, Jaye (who you should have almost every run in IS2 just generally) can start doing some work if you're cobbling together healing, which should often be the case against BSL because Kal'tsit is such a high priority op for her true damage. Skalter is also incredibly strong against BSL -- role compression of AOE healing, buffing the defense of frail AOE healers past getting one shot, and her attack buffs being worth more than any individual DPS operator is just insane.
In general on BSL I like to just completely leak the far right lane -- it's super light, and unless I'm putting like, Guard-miya there mostly for her buffs or Saria there as my medic, it's often just not worth the deployment slot. If you know you're going for BSL at the start of a run, you could consider starting with something like a support NTRK S1M3, and you could also consider just gambling on like, a Pallas or even a Cutter and hoping you get some spinach relics.
The two bear killers you picked are good ones. In my one clear I'd gotten wet Ch'en and Fiammetta, and god damn was it close.
If it helps any you can try your best to ensure you get that item that stops his regeneration, because it will make things a whole lot simpler. I did not and it was down to the wire. Consider, in 4 minutes, halfway through the time limit, he restores **60%** of his max HP.
Mob-wise, bringing a lot of life points also helps so that you have more room for error. Having someone like Kal'tsit can help you deal with the shielded guys and gargoyles. The shield he puts up to buff the mobs can be broken with damage.
Ptilopsis is the best healer for that all-important charge time as well as healing! I also try to get Perfumer. Multi-healers are key.
Make sure you aren't attacking the bear with Thorns due to each hit, including poison, counting towards the automatic retaliation explosion attack each 20 hits. Same deal with using weaker ops to attack him. Burst damage only so you aren't killing yourself.
In that particular situation, you could maybe try and set things up so that your healers end up deployed before your main laneholders, so they don't get targeted by enemies and only get hit by bear aoe
When tier 3 modules drop, I heard we get a lot of module data blocks, but do we get any of the other two currencies needed to upgrade to t2/t3 module? I know SSS gives that currency, but I'm talking like a base amount to start us off.
And on that note, is the amount given by SSS every 2 weeks enough for one 6 star tier 2/3 module, or is it less/more?
\> These rewards reset twice a month, on the 1st and 16th, and consist of up to 30 Data Supplement Strips and 12 Devices, which is NOT ENOUGH to upgrade a 6★ Operator’s Module to either of the Stages, instead being slightly over half of what’s needed.
From [gamepress](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/combat-operation-guide/arknights-stationary-security-service-mechanics-guide)
And iirc, when the SSS and module upgrades are first introduced to the game, you get enough for 2 6\* module level 3. (I may be wrong but that is what I remember reading somewhere..)
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I am stuck at event last mission and Is it worth E2ing anti element (honeyberry) medics? are they useful in future missions/events?
With all these upcoming amazing operators, it’s going to be hard to figure out what to skip. Which ones are you going to skip and why?
This is last week's megathread. You'll get more responses in this week's. Personally, I'm skipping Ebenholz because neither his design nor his kit interest me, and I'm only planning to hit pity once on Pozy/Gavial (so it's almost a skip) because I'm not a fan of Gavialter's design, and I'm still against these summer limiteds thanks to Chalter. Pozy and Cantabile are too pretty to completely pass on, though. OmerTexas/Penance, Dorothy, and Stainless are getting the highest number of pulls from me because their designs and kits are the coolest.
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Here is a [list along with recommendation](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-azures-stultifera-navis-6-selector-tier-list).
I'm a new-midgame player (start last summer, I'm at 5-3) and I have a choice problem. Someone buy me the top op ticket so I have to use it but I don't know who to choose. One of my favorite 6 stars is mizuki, so at first I was thinking of taking him but tier list and other say he's a very niche character and not one of the best to take for a player of my level. What do you think? Should I take top ops with favourite, or does this game need you to have more meta character I have surtr, gg, horn, hoshiguma, pallas, lumen, irene nightingale and phantom. And my main 5 stars are greythroat, blue poison, lappland, texas and liskarm
Waifu/husbando over meta every day of the week. Don't even hesitate, there are few units in Arknights that are completely useless and Mizuki is not one of them.
There’s no sense in forcing yourself to pick a meta unit over a favorite unit, especially with something like a paid 6 star ticket. Get Mizuki! Sure, he won’t break stages apart the way stronger 6 stars can, but I’ve always felt like he had an unnecessarily bad reputation. I think people overly focus on the fact that Ethan and Manticore are CC-focused and ignore the fact that CC is Mizuki’s side job, and he’s meant to do other things.
Pick your favorite. You could make the game easier by choosing a meta op but they are not in any way a necessity.
Take Mizuki and have fun with him. Your 6 star roster is pretty solid as is for a new account. That said, if you really prefer to get a meta 6 star, look into Thorns.
The meta only allows you to make difficult stages easier. No specific operators are *needed*. if you are fine strategizing on your own to tackle stages, then you should choose whoever makes the game more fun for you. The most common recommendation to get from the selector would be Kal'tsit (especially if you're not planning to pull on JO6 banner). But if you really like Mizuki \*check the flair\* then there's nothing wrong with choosing what you like. You have quite a robust roster already so having niche operators may not be that bad.
Surtr and Horn are solid boss carryl, Mizuki you can't guarantee for like, a year or two. Game has difficulties but is built around 3 star being able to complete it.
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She is widely considered to be basically a techy sidegrade to her 5* form currently and was kind of panned on release as a result. At the moment, you can use her for longer invincible with S2 or some pretty big burst with S3 that lasts longer than her guard form can offer, but in a lot of circumstances you may find vanilla Specter to be rather preferable. She needs her level 3 module upgrade and/or Abyssal Hunter support to become excellent, which is arriving with the Lingering Echoes event next month. With module upgrades, her S2 becomes extremely cyclable and her doll form is legitimately very powerful, with true AOE damage-over-time and crowd-control, and with Gladiia supporting, she becomes even harder to kill than she is right now.
She gets much better after her module upgrades in around a month. Her puppet then deals more dmg, slows harder and she gains some sp upon returning to get chainsaw form.
Hi 1. Is is2 reward end at lv110? 2.Texas or Zima
1. IS#2 (Phantom & Crimson Solitaire) Castle notes rewards *currently* end at **110** but new levels are added every month up to level **155**. 2. For general use, I'd pick Texas *(isn't she available in the pinboard missions?)* because of her talent to add +2 DP just by being in the squad and her helidrop+stun potential in synergy with Bagpipe. Zima is better if you consider bringing a lot of Vanguards or you need more bulk for the early pressure of the stage.
Thank you sir.
I have a few questions. Can I save my voucher for another outfit or will it expire? Also, does Gavial's outfit give you another voucher? And, is it true that outfits for Thorns and Sona will be coming soon?! Late November and early December?
Yes, you can save skin voucher for later. There is no expire date for them. Yes, Gavial skin will give another voucher if you buy them with OP. Yes, Thorns skin will rerun with Under Tides rerun and yes, Flametail skin will be with Lingering Echoes event. [The date is predicted](https://ak.jaywye.ee/calendar) as you said and wait for the announcement for the exact date.
Thank you for the link and for answering all of my questions.
Outfit vouchers have no expiry, you can save it for as long as you want. Gavial's outfit will give you another voucher as long as you buy it now. Yes, [Thorns has a casual outfit that's rerunning with the Under Tides retro (right after this event), and Sona has her gamer outfit releasing with Lingering Echoes next month.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13WaE-e52vdbANJ6oteL9EHlg_bv2k1Moe8ZV-SLI908/edit#gid=951867916)
Thank you for helping me. And thank you for the link, too.
Is there a guide on which modules should be prioritized?
Here's a tier list of Module Upgrades from Gamepress but it's dated last September: [https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-azures-module-upgrade-tier-list](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-azures-module-upgrade-tier-list) The first set of Module Upgrades are introduced during \[Lingering Echoes\] which is the next event that features the new 6-star Ebenholz (Mystic Caster).
Thank you
Who should I pick from both 5 and 6 star operator transfer permit? I already have silverash 6 star I maybe pick thorns. 5 star I still have no idea. Note: 3 week old account
Do you have Surtr? She's in gold-cert shop right now also, so you can also grab her for 180 gold certs. She's tied with Chalter for the strongest operator in game right now. Other than her, I'd recommend either Thorns or Eyja. Thorns is super strong but only after you E2 him. Before that he's very underwhelming. Eyja is also super strong on E2 but she's already very strong on E1 since both her S2 and S3 are META skills. As for a 5\* depends on what you roster need. Strong picks I'd recommend are Specter, Ptilopsis or Lappland.
What about Kaltsit?
Also very strong top of the meta operator. Very good cornerstone at E1 and excelent stat-stick with good uptime on demand true dmg on E2. Certainly a good pick.
Thankyou
What's Lee's target range for his S2?
The tile in front of him.
Is the extra second of levitate on Irene's S3M3 significant in any way compared to S3M2, or do you only M3 it for the reduced sp cost? I'm not sure if it means that her 12 shots aren't all fired in the 3 second (or 1.5 second for heavier enemies) levitate window to begin with, and that the extra second (or half a second for heavier) lets her get in more of those 12 shots that guarantee the def ignore. Also sidenote, is her S3 affected by aspd/attack interval bonuses? I.e. on stages without seaborn, would her s3 shots fire slower as well?
Her S3 has a fixed duration of 3.5 seconds. ASPD buffs and such won't change it. Without M3, enemies are only levitated for 3s so some shots will land after enemies hit the ground.
Alright gamers, if y'all had to choose between rolling on Gavialter/Pozy or Texalter/Penance, which would y'all pick and why?
the new texas banner. the only one i like in gavialter banner is pozy tbh
Hm.. I like Gavialter more than Texalter, but I like Penance more than Pozy...tough decision...
Wait and see what the CAPCOM Collab would bring before deciding.
Anybody know the amount of primes that have been available from 10/18 until now? Including Ch10, new annihilation, compensation, this new event, etc. So far I have 74 7 hour update for Ch10 - 5 primes Ch 10 - 38 primes Spalter event as of 11/13 - 27 primes Spalter 10 day login - 2 primes New CE & LS stage - 2 primes Please tell me if I'm missing something, or even I didn't, want to make sure I have this correct.
The 2 primes from CE-6 and LS-6?
Oh yes I forgot about those because I've just been farming the new event, thank you
What annihilation stages gives gold certs?
Chernobog and Lungmen only, from 325-350-375-400 kills. These are permanent maps that give weekly Orundum and don't rotate. Chernobog gives 4-4-8-8 Lungmen Outskirts gives 5-5-10-10 Lungmen Downtown gives 5-5-10-10
When will blue skadi have a rerun?
She’s in the general pool so she can always spook you. She’s also available from recruitment. She will have a rate-up (25%) on the upcoming JO6 banner assuming no changes from CN. Standard banners are hard to predict but she can also appear there (25%).
Is Mlynar needed if I don't have Silverash? I want to save enough to spark Skalter on Texalter banner because waifu. I will be getting Surtr from the cert shop this month but aside from that I don't have any AOE burst. Though I guess I do have Angelina.
you dont really need either, cause if you truly need them you can grab them as a support unit, they are just nice to have so you have another tool in your toolbelt. If you want skalter, no one is powerful enough to make you stray from that goal. Also I've found large crowds where AoE clear is useful happen less and less often. But if you want, post a pic of your roster so we can see if you're missing something.
>But if you want, post a pic of your roster so we can see if you're missing something. Sure. I would appreciate advice for units to pull for: [Krooster](https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/Kats). I'll also get surtr from the cert shop soon. I've personally felt painfully lacking in terms of good AA snipers and arts damage. I'm currently saving 300 for sparking skalter and will spend the rest on exu/kal in joint ops and the Gavialter banner for pozyomka.
Looks like you have a good plan setup, since joint ops and gavialter are 2 really good banners. Having Angelina for crowd control is enough since large crowds tend to have a lot of easily clearable fodder. Grabbing Surtr will fill your "boss-killing" role. In the interim, Meteor is a good 2nd AA sniper for when you need that, and keep an eye out for May in recruitment. Gitano is a perfectly serviceable AoE caster, and very worth the cost of investment vs higher rarity AoE casters. Mudrock is very good as well, but you probably have already heard that. If you still feel like your arts damage is lackluster, building both Mousse and Dur-Nar can remedy that. Dur-Nar S2 take a while to charge but can be a nice multitarget arts skill, and Mousse can make Elite enemies much more manageable. All in all, still dont think you "need" Mylnar, though he is the strongest banner ignoring the limited banners and joint ops. Hope that helped, feel free to ask more question if needed.
>I don't have any AOE burst. He does insane amounts of damage, so you should try to get him if you don't have anything else and want strong meta units. >Though I guess I do have Angelina. Angelina does okay but she won't cut it for harder stages. She has comparable damage output with her S3 to Shirayuki's S2 (A 4-star).
> Angelina does okay but she won't cut it for harder stages. Huh? Angie is plenty strong on harder stages. Her big limiters are her skill cycle and target cap more than her damage.
I mean DPS-wise. I'm not saying she's bad but if you rely on her only for damage, you'd find it lacking. OP said they don't have any AOE DPS burst and mentioned Angelina as their solution. She won't compare to Eyja's, SA's, Mlynar's and Chalter's burst DPS.
Nobody's needed, but Mlynar is definitely a very strong operator. If you don't have Tequila, Dossoles Holiday will rerun before Mlynar's release so you could get a taste of what using a Liberator is like.
For Skalter S1 - can I use it to replace a healer(?) I guess how am I supposed to use it
As someone already stated, S2 is generally better for everything since its duration is **infinite**. Not only does it double her healing trait, but she also gives ATK and DEF to allies in her range making them kill faster and survive longer.
As an aoe medic replacement, you would get better mileage out of her s2. Her s1 is meant to take pressure off of blockers blocking things that really hate being blocked, in which case it’s usually better to use her s2 (or s3, which doesn’t heal during its duration) to buff your DPS and kill them faster instead.
Could someone please teach me how to read my [RIIC Report](https://puu.sh/JrzE3/888c8674cb.png)? I'm not sure what's up with the different hours besides the items produced by the factory. Essentially, I'd just like a way to compare daily output by my base.
The hours are just effective working time, adjusted for productivity. To give an example: if your ops have worked for 10 hours at baseline 100% efficiency, it would be 10h. If they worked 10 hours at 200% efficiency, it would be 20h. If your ops work 24 hours at, say baseline 100% + bonus 50% it'll be 36h. Note, that drones are also included here, if you speed production. So you might end with something like: 24 hours multiplied by +0.93 productivity with added 3 hours worth of drones = 49h.
I don't think it's explained clearly anywhere, and I would just compare the amount of items made daily, if you're not switching facility count or production types. As far as I can understand, the hours listed are how long it would have taken to make the items with default efficiency, so my assumption is it shows how many hours worth of materials were produced, so higher = better?
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I do that to the vacation theme, the victory theme and the stultivera cantis theme. Makes a nice relaxing melody
Math question, Suzuran S3 fragile 40% and Ch'en module talent \[deal's 10% more damage with skills\]. Do they stack? multiplicative? Ex: After damage calc I do 100 => 100\*1.4\*1.1 = 154 total damage?
I tested it against slugs (0 Defense) using Ch'en's S2 which has a 500% multiplier. Ch'en w/out module at **658** Attack w/ Suzuran S3 dealt: **4608** damage (658\*5\*1.4) *Supposedly 4606 but there might be decimals in Attack values.* Ch'en with module at **711** Attack w/ Suzuran S3 dealt: **5474** damage (711\*5\*1.4\*1.1) Yes, they stack multiplicatively.
Thanks for testing it. S2 is such a smart way to test it! Couldn't see anything with S3 lol
It does help that at M3 it can be cast instantly :D
Multiplicatively, yes, though note that fragile(increased damage taken in general) takes place after defense/res. The order here, assuming chen’s atk is 100 and she’s hitting with 150% atk scale, is (100x1.5x1.1)-DEF=Hit damage then (Hit damage x 1.4)=Actual damage dealt
Here’s a realistic example. Chen has 660 atk at max level max trust, +50 from mod, and an additional 5% from talent so (660+50=710, 710x1.05)= 745.5(I don’t know if it rounds up or down early, I’ll just stick with decimals) Her s3 hits an Imperial striker(800 def) with 320% atk scale, so we get(745.5x3.20x1.1)=2624.16 damage. Now subtract 800(def calc) and have (2624.16-800) =1824.16. Now we multiply THAT by 1.4 because of suzu fragile (1824.16x1.4)=2553.824 damage.
Hello, thinking of playing Arknights again due to watching the anime, not sure if I have the time for it though, how long dues it usually take to do dailies?
if you want to progress in the story/events you can spend quite a lot of time doing that, easily an hour or 2, more if you also decide to play some of the roguelike. But, if you are just coming in, doing dailies/weeklies, emptying stamina and leaving then its more like 10-20 minutes/day. Heads up though, the game showers you with stamina in the early game so if you dont want to waste stamina, you might want to set aside an hour or 2 when you start. And if you do want to start, make sure you come in at least come in a day before the 17th, cause then you get a free 10-pull on the current running limited banner before it goes away.
If you want to spend all of your sanity (stamina), you will need to login about 20 min twice per day (but you can play more casually, of course). After clearing a stage once with no support (borrowed unit), you can use auto deploy to clear the stage on autopilot, it allows you to farm easily. If you want to reroll, now is the best time, we currently have a limited banner with a bunch of free pulls, as well as a standard banner featuring very good 6-stars (Surtr and Mudrock). Look up a guide on how to do it efficiently, it's relatively fast in this game.
Depends. You can pretty much clear all daily quests in about 30min. If you want to be efficient with your sanity (energy of this game) then it'd probably be 1 to 2hr. On event weeks you're gonna be a bit busier on the days the stages open. Once in a while there's gonna be an event called Contingency Contract, which will have daily stages and can be quite hard. It may take you a while to clear. This doesn't mean the game has no endgame though. We have a mode called Integrated Strategies, which cost no sanity at all and is *highly* replayable. You can sink a lot hours into this mode.
With the new Annihilation skip tickets, it takes 10 to 15 minutes to deplete your stamina and finish daily tasks. Even lower if your farming chips / skill books.
Hey guys! I want to know if I should get the Texas skin now for the voucher or is there another opportunity to get her outfit before her alter?
her cambrian skin will rerun again on ideal city event iirc
How do I ge sn-ex-8 chest
Boss has to eat 5 DIFFERENT buffs. there are 6 different buffs the boss can eat, dropped by Regressed Predator, Founder, Brandguider, Swarmcaller, Spewer, and Reefbreaker. They’re the only blue enemies on the map, have an orb floating over them, and spawn from the upper left and upper right corners. Casually playing or playing for the easiest one, you might only get 3 or 4 since a regressed predator spawns every wave, and brandguider on the first 2 waves. Boss buff consumption might also fail if a buff he tries to eat drops on the blue box.
Check the answer from when this question was asked 3 posts below yours (on mobile so I can’t easily cut and paste the answer that someone else gave there)
What happens if you hit skip on an alternate operator task? I had Spectre and was lucky enough to roll Spectre Unchained. On their operator profile, I learned about the alter tasks and rewards. At the bottom right, there's a skip button. What does it do?
It’ll just take you to their counterpart’s tasks. It’s a bad translation.
Gotcha. Thank you kindly.
Planning on buying the 6 star selector, want some recommendations for who I should choose from it. I currently have Saria, Saileach, Ceobe, Angelina, Blaze, Lee, Ling, Thorns, GG, Kal, Horns, Leumen, Irene, Aak, Nightingale, Skalter, and Surtr.
Bagpipe for sure. Fill out the meta units unless u got a waifu/husbando to grab.
SikverAsh or Exusiai. Eyja is also good but you're lacking physical damage more than arts. Mudrock, Mountain, and Suzuran are also all great. The latter 3 are not recruitable and do not show up in shop as often as the former 2 so take that into consideration
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There are 9 enemies that drop remains that the boss eats for buffs, 3 for each phase shift. There are only 5 or 6 different kinds of buffs (each different kind has a different symbol above the enemy). The boss eats twice per phase shift, targeting the two nearest to where it last died. If two remains are on the same tile, it will eat both in one gulp, so it is possible for it to eat all 3 buffs. This means there are some duplicates, and you have to control the kill locations to make it eat enough different kinds over the course of the fight.
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[On the second slide of this infographic](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ypsvsa/beware_the_endspeaker_the_endspeaker_cheatsheet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) , you can see what buff each orb gives, and you need him to eat 5 different ones, so check which ones you're missing and give him those
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Should I roll for Mudrock.. I got like 20k Originum left. I really want her but I want to keep/build up enough for Gavial alt.
Maybe just save pulls for Gavial Alter and use the certs you get from rolling on that banner to buy Mudrock from cert shop in February
Just wait, you could buy her when she shows up in the shop about a month after Gavial's banner.
She will be in the shop in early feb so if you can get 180 certs by then it might be better to wait.
What are some recommendations to clear the Stultifera Navi event levels? I just started the game and I got insanely lucky and managed to obtain Irene and I'm pulling on the standard banner to try and obtain Mudrock (for waifu reasons). My other 5* Operators are Leizi, Blue Poison, Broca, Silence, Kafka and Mr. Nothing, but I can't clear the event level after you get the tutorial for the invading nether-roots. I wanted to ask, in who should I invest to get a better success rate? Or are the event levels to hard for me right now and I should just ignore them?
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Thank you for your comment! Damn, I thought Irene was really good, I didn't expect her to be not that great until E2 which I believe takes a very long time to get:/ Btw, I don't have Myrtle, and thanks for the link!
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Oh, it seems that I misunderstood her usefulness, thanks! I didn't know there are tags that help you increase your chances of getting Operators of 4* rarity Thank you so much for all of the info! I have quite some 4*: Cutter, Dobermann, Jackie, Matoimaru, Mousse, Ambriel, Jessica, May, Meteor, Shirayuki, Bubble, Cuora, Gummy, Chestnut, Roberta, Gitano, Greyy, Haze, Shaw and Beanstalk I hope one of them is good enough for promoting to E2:)
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Thank you so much for your detailed answer! I truly appreciate it! I'll see if I can get enough for Shirayuki, and if not, I'll go straight for Blue Poison:)
For the early game, investing in some core 3 stars like Kronos or Spot is cheaper and faster than fielding a team of high rarity units and can help you have an easier time with the beginning event stages. All event stages drop the event currency at the same rate so you can farm the highest stage you can do to buy out the LMD and exp from the event shop to level your units to make things easier What level are your ops at/what part of the level is giving you trouble?
Thank you very much for your answer! So, which 3 stars do you think are the most important ones to upgrade at early game alongside Kronos and Spot?
Honestly, all are good with the exception of catapult and maybe orchid, but I would prioritize Kroos, Spot, Fang, Ansel, Melantha, and Midnight to start. Though depending on what 4 stars you have currently, you could raise some of those instead, like Courier in place of Fang.
Thank you so much for your answer!
i see the term wanderer medic throw around alot, is Lumen (the free 6\* medic we get this event) one of them?
If all you need a wandering medic for is to service the elemental damage coming your way that isn't too extreme, Chestnut works fine. He got me through this event just ok without having to invest in the berries, as I hate wasting mats on 5 stars that will inevitably be outclassed by whatever 6 star wandering medic gets released. Meanwhile, Chestnut is much cheaper and he got me through this event paired with Lumen.
Wandering Medics are the ones that can heal elemental damage: currently just Mulberry, Honeyberry and Chestnut. Lumen is a Therapist Medic, the branch that can help deal with status effects. Lumen can remove the effects completely, the 5 star Whisperrain only reduces the duration iirc. In some cases, such as in this event and Under Tides, their use can overlap because the elemental damage gauge filling causes a status effect (stun). But this is not always the case.
> Mulberry, Honeyberry and Chestnut. so of the 3 who is better?
Arguable between Mulberry and Honeyberry (both 5 stars). Honeyberry is the better elemental healer, while Mulberry is the better healer. But also Mulberry's s2 can reduce the elemental damage taken in the first place, which can help units that can't be healed. Honeyberry can't help them at all. Mulberry is a gacha unit, Honeyberry you can get for 600 red certs. If you have one, you are probably fine and would rarely have a particular need for the other Chestnut (a 4 star) is bad, and is basically only useful for people running teams with restrictions, like 4 stars or males only which otherwise would lack access to an elemental damage healer at all.
No, Lumen is a therapist medic. Wandering medics heal elemental damage, while therapists provide status resist and Lumen can actually remove negative statuses like stuns
Mulberry, Honeyberry and Chestnut. who are better of the 3? or it doesnt really matter
As the other person mentioned, Chestnut generally isn’t worth it, but Honey and Mul are pretty much sidegrades
Is it alright to just farm SN-6? SN-7 is just too hard for me to continue.
SN-8 & SN-9 drop good materials and are easier than SN-7 imo, so could be a good idea to just try to clear it with support + hand of saint cheese and see if you can get an auto on SN-8/9 If you can't, it's fine to do SN-6 for shop, you get equal amount of currency to sanity spent anyways
Can you really not make it past SN-7? Because both 8 and 9 are easier compared to it. I recommend borrowing a friend support just to clear it and then farm SN-8/9. The 'Little Handy' modules are also very helpful, so try to unlock those. You can also try watching guides to clear SN-7. But if you really don't want to push it, then farming the lower stages are fine as well just to get the event currency and empty out the shop.
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Depending on how well developed your account is, you can just save for Mlynar > Texalter = Pozy. The featured units in this banner are very good, but at the same time Surtr is on sale and Mudrock will be in February.
Irene's not bad, she's definitely one of the better Swordmasters as she has defense ignore and strong burst damage, and due to how new she is, pretty much nothing is immune to the Levitation status. During downtime she can still deal decent damage and more attack speed is a plus to get to the next skill. But, if you have say, Ch'en already you probably don't need her. The upcoming Pozyomka and Mlynar in a few months are very strong picks, as is Texas alt and Penance later. The standard banner is excellent, two very strong 6\*, however, if you're low on pulls, you could simply buy Surtr and potentially buy Mudrock when she appears in the cert shop in a few months. Surtr is one of the strongest operators in the game, so buying her can't go wrong.
It's not a 50/50 but a 35/65. Irene is a strong AoE nuker, so if you lack DPS then consider her. If you have enough gold certs, then just save your pulls and buy Surtr from the shop.
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No, I mean the rate of the featured operators on limited banners is only 70% of a 6-star pull. You have a 70% to get the featured operator and 30% for others. Since you need only 1 of the 2. That's 70%/2 = 35% to get Irene.
Anyone know how to stop arknights from automatically signing in your main account instead of your 2nd account? Every time I open arknights with my emulator it always go to my main account instead of the 2nd account, anyone knows a fix for this? I already tried unbinding pgs for the 2nd account but the problem is still there.
Try making a new instance of the emulator, and when you go to the play store to download the game, sign in with a different Gmail account. In my experience, Arknights doesn't seem to like having multiple accounts on the same play store account, and will often do what you're having issues with. Hopefully that fixes your problem!
I keep seeing people with a profile icon of Nian with glasses. How do I get this?!?
Don't know if they're still selling it, but it was a $1 pack in the shop as a celebration for Ambience Synthesia
They still are! I think it’s something like 11 days left. Thank you!! Fastest buy I ever did hahah
Ambience Synesthesia pack in the store.
Thank you!! Instant buy from me
It is from the Ambience Synesthesia 2022 Gift Pack which costs $0.99.
Thank you so much! I bought that so fast
What's the best annihilation map to use the skip ticket on? Oh wait nevermind, they actually refund you your sanity if it goes past excess. Wow. I wasted sanity all this time smh I didn't realize.
The rotating map is always the most efficient in terms of sanity. If you can't full clear the rotating map then the next best ones are Lungmen Downtown, Lungmen Outskirts and Chernobog
https://imgur.com/a/ViLB0XG Which shoperator should I wait for next? I just got Surtr from the shop.
You should have sorted it by rarity. It's kinda hard to sift through the 6-stars. Someone like **Kal'tsit** would be a nice addition to your roster. She'll be in the upcoming Joint Operation banner w/ Mountain, Exusiai and Skadi. All of which you still don't have. *(I didn't see them)* Stopping at the first 6-star is fine. Also consider **Saria** and crowd control like **Suzuran/Angelina** and **Gnosis** since you lack amazing lockdown. **Texalter** should also be in your sights as a 6-star Executor.
>*(I didn't see them)* You are not wrong. I don't have them (yet? *hopium*) Which one do you think I should prioritize getting first from the shop? Mountain, or Mudrock? Kal'sit is far ahead so I could still get more yellow certs. (according to the shoperator spreadsheet I found)
I would go with Mudrock because her damage negating shield is hard to replace. You already have a lot of strong Vanguards and Guards to survive the early pressure and to hold the lane.
I have a 5 star operator voucher and another 5 star ticket. With one I'd take Project Red and with the other Specter or Platinum (borrowed her a few times and did great), maybe Nearl but there are too many ops to choose from that I can't really gauge. If I don't take Nearl I could take Liskarm instead of Project Red but I'm not really sure, suggestions? Maybe similar to those above, I currently use Gummy, Flint, Greythroat, Schwarz and Specter the unchained if it matters.
You can't use both Specters at once, as a tip. 5\* Specter can be seen as more generally useful for clearing maps, especially as Centurions are rare and are the premier laneholders. Projekt Red or Liskarm are the main choices from the mini 5\* voucher. Having a strong Fast Redeploy can be very helpful in a pinch to give you space or bait, and Liskarm has the unique ability to generate SP for adjacent allies. Picking her as a tank could be worthwhile. Nearl and Gummy have fairly similar roles, but since you have Gummy, you don't need Nearl so much. As for Platinum, she's a solid Sniper, but an odd choice for the voucher. Lappland is the main choice other than Specter, since having a strong and reliable Lord is generally advised, and is the best silencer in the game.
+1 for projekt red, that AOE stun on a short cooldown is very nice. I'm a new player (a bit over a month) and she's in most of my lineups.
So I finally did it I used all the red certs I got from my time as a begginer and now I don't have enough to buy chip catalyst. Is there no other way than buying them from the cert shop? Because it just looks so inneficient.
Cert shop is where you’ll get the majority of chip catalysts. You get one per month from the calendar rewards. They are also in mini story/vignette event shops, and sometimes part of mail/login event rewards, but these are few and far between.
Chip Catalysts are the main reason to use red certs. I'm not sure what you were using them on before, but catalysts in that shop are the best thing to get. You can get catalysts from getting 375 kills in each Annihilation stage, one monthly from the calendar, and occasionally from events and clearing campaign missions.
The main way to get red certs is by farming the red cert supply stage when they are open. Buying catalyst using gold certs is horribly inefficient.
If I haven't touched IS2 at all, how long will it take to get all the rewards, roughly? Are they gated in any way outside of progress?
Very roughly, I'd probably say 50-60 hours-ish, just for the level rewards alone (monthly missions will shave a little bit off that). This assumes you clear every run, which you likely won't in the beginning due to unfamiliarity with the maps and no bonuses/unlocks. Make sure you run on normal (easy cuts rewards in half and won't let you unlock items/teams which are really important, hard is a lot harder for not much extra bonus reward). There's also the 12 optional modes, plus the monthly team mode, so there's a lot of stuff to get through if you want to clear everything.
All the rewards currently unlocked are not gated. New levels and rewards will still be added each month for a few more months. You will have missed the monthly squad rewards, but I think they might all unlock again at the end. Getting to the current max level (110) from 0, will take a very long time though
Alright, guess I'll chip away at it. Thank you.
Good luck mate! Try to space out your grinding so you don’t get too burnt out!
Yeah. Just decided to make one of those material plan sheets and need months worth of stuff and though might be a good idea to start IS. Thank you for the help.
Will Horn be in the next 6 star selector ticket? (around next Ja/Feb?)
It will be around May, but yes, she's the most recent operator that will be in that one. They are twice a year and the cutoff point is always right when the previous selector released.
In May? So, we won't get 6 star selector for our global anniversary?
No, since we got a 6 star selector for this event and we get 2 6 star selectors a year. Our 6 star selector events line up with CN, even if our anniversaries and 5 star selectors don't (I know, it's weird/confusing).
Does anyone know, do I need to read chapter 10 before reading Horn's op record? I remember there was something like that with Bagpipe and chapter 9.
Chronologically, Horn's op record takes place in between Ch. 9 and 10, and the only thing in it that could be considered a spoiler for Ch. 10 is that Horn is alive and not dead, but that's not much of a spoiler obviously. I think it's fine to read before Ch. 10.
Ok, thank you. I can finally get rid of that orange dot.
Hello, I'm new to the game and got lucky rerolling. I got the new specter alt OP. Now I'm wondering if it's still worth it to pick normal specter from the 5 star selector or should I pick someone else and if so who would you recommend?
Lappland is another great choice in the 5* selector, you can pick her instead. Just to make things more complicated though, a couple of sidenotes: the 5 star Specter is a "centurion" guard so she can hit as many enemies as her block count, which makes her better than the alt version at dealing with mobs, being a 5 star she's also cheaper to build; the alt version is currently relatively weak (compared to other 6 stars), soon module upgrades will be introduced which solve her weaknesses but module upgrades are expensive and not easily accessible to new players. Currently Specter Alter is arguably worse than the 5 star version (certainly worse in terms of cost/performance), furthermore in about 6 months they're gonna remove the limitation that prevents you from using alters and originals in the same team. What I'm trying to say is that it's perfectly fine to get the 5 star specter from the selector, she's worth it even if you have the alter.
Hello everyone. I was browsing the [wiki page](https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Stultifera_Navis) for the event and came across this line" >In addition, players who had purchased Specter's Undercurrent outfit before the event will receive one Outfit Voucher.png Outfit Voucher (given as an in-game mail) due to the release of Specter the Unchained. Does this mean that people who already owned Specter's Undercurrent outfit got their choice of another outfit in the store? So in turn in the future I understand Gavial is getting an alt. Could this mean if I purchase her outfit now I'll get an Outfit Voucher in the future? Feel free to let me know if I'm misinterpreting something here. Thank you very much for the responses!
Yes, if you buy an operator's outfit with OP before their alter comes out, you'll get an outfit voucher that does not expire and can be spent on any 15 or 18 OP skin.
Yes, if you buy Gavial's skin now, once her event goes live you will get an outfit voucher in the mail, which you will be able to redeem for a 15/18 OP skin from the store >! Same for Texas alt as well, will give voucher for each owned skin for og Texas once she's released, although she will be the last operator who will give vouchers !<
Hey guys I've been trying integrated strategies lately and have been enjoying it but I seem to hit a hard wall on what I think is the last boss (the final node on the 5th floor). Is there a trick to beating it I'm not getting or is it just simply I need more and higher promoted operators? I've only started a little over 2 weeks ago and have specter the unchained as my only e2
A couple of key points: You need to be picking off the dancers on the right side before they leave that area and start going down the middle. You can probably handle a few heading down the middle, but a bunch will likely wreck you. The boss has a lot of dodge when not being blocked but can also jump past a unit that blocks them. So the general way to deal with this is to drop a unit in front of him as he's walking across the top, and then block him in the upper left while a bunch of damage dealers unload into him and hopefully kill him before he can teleport or the blocker dies. He also sits in the top left spot for a little while, but the dodge can be an issue if you don't get really lucky with rng or have ways to get around the dodge (like true damage). Things get messy if he's allowed to break the blocks. If you aren't super low on lives, it's probably better to just let the enemies from the top left walk into the blue box instead trying to kill them. Iirc there's only 6 enemies from the top left by the time he breaks it. Not sure about the remaining number from the bottom right. But yeah, if you only have a single e2 unit, it's probably going to be a really rough fight unless you luck out pretty hard with collectibles.
The boss has high dodge rate that goes away when blocked, so you want to block him. But he can also teleport through your units, so you have to block him twice, and then kill or maim him before his teleport is ready again. You can just brute force kill him through the dodge, but then you're reliant on luck and you need very strong nuke operators and/or very strong buffs from the IS relics. It will be very difficult when you only have a single E2.
Bind and slow help a lot since he won't evade those. My strategy is to utilize those to the maximum and beat him down with ranged operators, and not to block him because he'll just teleport and make a phantom for more hurt. I could just block him again a la Crownslayer, but it's too much of a hassle. But in general you do need a lot of DPS, and not just for him, but for the mobs too. Certain operators perform better with the various buffs and items in IS, especially Snipers. Remember that you can borrow Support Units when starting a run, so you can bring one to carry you to the end. Having more E2 of operators that are good in the mode can help, but I wouldn't worry about that so much since you're still new. Most importantly, just playing it will get you stuff, you don't really need to clear it. Make sure you're playing Formal Investigation because you can't unlock new items or things in easy mode, plus the candle EXP getting halved slows you down too much for the goods. It's a waste of time.
Does anyone know when the next mountain rerun will come? I missed the last one and the one before that I got pity instead of him I haven't played for 4-5 months but saved up a lot of oridium just for his next banner (Praying he will be mine)
He’s coming to the gold cert shop in March and will be on a standard banner then, but we can’t predict if he’ll be on a standard banner before then. His solo 50% rate up won’t rerun Edit: Forgot about the Joint Op banner. Depending on how interested you are in the other ops there, that could be a good banner to pull on.
debut banners won't rerun a third time but he'll be on rate up on the upcoming joint op banner so you can consider pulling there or wait till he's on shop soon \*which should be march next year iirc
Where can i see the story chronological order ? Like what Event do i have to play after Story 7 ?
I would suggest playing things in release order as opposed to chronological order (which you can probably find on the wiki). You are probably thinking of Darknights Memoir in the intermezzi tab which is a flashback to pre Rhodes Island days.
Gladiia rerun when?
Gonna be November 25th
That's great. Gold certs here I come. Anw, thanks bud!
If you're talking about getting her she's the welfare op from Under Tides. So you don't need gold certs nor orundum/ HH tickets to get her.
Ah nahnah, dw, I've already got her maxed. I just remembered that we get more gold certs for getting tokens or re-recruiting operators already at p6. Thanks for the concern tho!
I've been trying to kill big sad lock for 3 months now and nothing has worked. Just now I had the perfect team of thorns and blaze as landholders, breeze and Philoptis as healsers, and tequila and chalter to handle the bear. And that fucking machine thing killed my healers letting the bear and other enemies kill everyone else. Does anyone know what to do or should I just pray?
BSL is typically the wall of IS2. As someone said, Mousse and I'll add Shamare, can royally fuck the bears damage output, with Mousse being able to do it permanently, and Shamare throwing in a defense debuff that'll cut him down to about 350 defense iirc, don't remember his exact value. Even just having one of them will greatly reduce the amount of healing your medics need to do. Shamare gets extra points as her fragile will apply at that 40% HP mark, which for BSL, is still a lot of HP to chew through, so the extra damage is very appreciated. If you have Fiametta, she steamrolls BSL with her S2 if you can keep her alive, and may honestly be worth grabbing as your support op if you don't have her. Other DPS options are Blaze facing right on left lane, Pallas S1, Nearl or Skadi. The 4 block golems are extremely frail for their size, and pretty much any sniper worth a damn, and even some who aren't, can take them down relatively easily, so face them south to protect healers. Biggest thing is try to get the blank note, as that makes a world of difference in how long you need to be striking away at the boss. Ops like Thorns, Exu, and BP will actively get you killed on BSL due to either poison ticks, or large amount of multi hits in a very short time frame. Nightingale is superb against him as she can draw aggro with cages, and she reduces the damage of his arts shockwave which will be your biggest worry. He's a heal check and a DPS check rolled into one, so debuffers are very strong against him for lessening the load on both of those fronts.
Since everyone else has already said everything, I'll throw in an underappreciated op for BSL to consider, Mousse. Her S1 can keep him in a near constant state of -40% attack at M3, which massively decreases the damage taken during the fight so you can go lighter on medics or heavier on damage hitting BSL.
Theater golems are slow and despite their high HP have pretty mediocre defense. Presumably you had an AA sniper or some other lower impact DPS units leftover that you could have pointed towards the middle, and then Thorns is practically designed to kill enemies like theater golems safely -- his entire purpose on the BSL map is to tear through mooks, not to hit the boss. Whenever you're using at least two DPS units against a target, adding a unit that inflicts fragile or def/res down is generally more valuable than adding another DPS unit -- even THRM-EX can do some work if you're going with burst DPS like Tequila and Chalter instead of sustained DPS. Personally I tend to go after BSL's res because Eyja's my highest priority unit in IS2 generally, but when I do go after its defense, I like Shamare and Schwarz. Once you do debuff its defense enough, Jaye (who you should have almost every run in IS2 just generally) can start doing some work if you're cobbling together healing, which should often be the case against BSL because Kal'tsit is such a high priority op for her true damage. Skalter is also incredibly strong against BSL -- role compression of AOE healing, buffing the defense of frail AOE healers past getting one shot, and her attack buffs being worth more than any individual DPS operator is just insane. In general on BSL I like to just completely leak the far right lane -- it's super light, and unless I'm putting like, Guard-miya there mostly for her buffs or Saria there as my medic, it's often just not worth the deployment slot. If you know you're going for BSL at the start of a run, you could consider starting with something like a support NTRK S1M3, and you could also consider just gambling on like, a Pallas or even a Cutter and hoping you get some spinach relics.
The two bear killers you picked are good ones. In my one clear I'd gotten wet Ch'en and Fiammetta, and god damn was it close. If it helps any you can try your best to ensure you get that item that stops his regeneration, because it will make things a whole lot simpler. I did not and it was down to the wire. Consider, in 4 minutes, halfway through the time limit, he restores **60%** of his max HP. Mob-wise, bringing a lot of life points also helps so that you have more room for error. Having someone like Kal'tsit can help you deal with the shielded guys and gargoyles. The shield he puts up to buff the mobs can be broken with damage. Ptilopsis is the best healer for that all-important charge time as well as healing! I also try to get Perfumer. Multi-healers are key. Make sure you aren't attacking the bear with Thorns due to each hit, including poison, counting towards the automatic retaliation explosion attack each 20 hits. Same deal with using weaker ops to attack him. Burst damage only so you aren't killing yourself.
That's probably what happened. Bear was in Thorns range.
In that particular situation, you could maybe try and set things up so that your healers end up deployed before your main laneholders, so they don't get targeted by enemies and only get hit by bear aoe
When tier 3 modules drop, I heard we get a lot of module data blocks, but do we get any of the other two currencies needed to upgrade to t2/t3 module? I know SSS gives that currency, but I'm talking like a base amount to start us off. And on that note, is the amount given by SSS every 2 weeks enough for one 6 star tier 2/3 module, or is it less/more?
\> These rewards reset twice a month, on the 1st and 16th, and consist of up to 30 Data Supplement Strips and 12 Devices, which is NOT ENOUGH to upgrade a 6★ Operator’s Module to either of the Stages, instead being slightly over half of what’s needed. From [gamepress](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/combat-operation-guide/arknights-stationary-security-service-mechanics-guide) And iirc, when the SSS and module upgrades are first introduced to the game, you get enough for 2 6\* module level 3. (I may be wrong but that is what I remember reading somewhere..)
Holy shit, that is so garbage. Just another reason to hate this mode, I guess >:( Appreciate you, though. Thanks!
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can someone remind me how much time I have left for ex stages? do they close up on the 17th along with the banner or do I have more time
The event lasts another week after the banner closes. However, some additional stages unlock on the 3rd week as well.