Arknights

Iadien said:

Do not neglect upgrading skills, they can make a huge difference, this goes for all units you're using.

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In addition, you need to be going for skill "break-points" when skilling up. If you need to skill an operator up, don't just dump a point or two into their skill. Skill them up only if you can reach a break-point, as it isn't worth investing the resources otherwise. Skills get a big boost at skill levels 4, 7, and of course 7x3(these take a massive resource investment and should be saved for your top operators - they also can't be done until you get a training room in the base).

EDIT: Forgot to add that when you skill up an operator, you skill up all of their skills at the same time. Skills are meant to be a utility and serve different functions for different stages. An operator's E1 or E2 skill isn't always necessarily better than their base skill.

Intrinsic said:

Yeah it’s great on iPad. At least you’ll get a Cuora token pretty early for her. Still struggling with replacing my Beagle with her bc she’s been so good for me.

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Don't worry, I have Saria, E2 Cuora, and Hoshiguma and I still use that nerdy bitch sometimes.

Aazrael said:

Got my first top operator recruit today. Was hoping for Nightingale but got dupe Exusiai.

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Feelsbadman. It hurts when you get Top Operator but none of the good affixes to help narrow down who you can pull.

Still can't fucking pass GT-HX-2 on challenge mode. Got 1 and 3 after just a few practices, but 2 is giving me absolute hell. Shit would be an absolute joke if I had an Eyja, Exusiai, and/or Ifrit. My caster/sniper pool of operators is dogshit and I just don't have the DPS to kill Big Adam before he reaches the end. I have an idea on trying some Frostleaf shenanigans. Just waiting for practice passes to reset. It really sucks that each attempt eats up 3.

Avatar of Nyx said:

GT-HX-3 is gonna be my limit i think. I dont have any E2 people yet so I dont fancy my chances. I did manage to drop Big Adam after one practice attempt, which shocked me. Angelina and Istina kept him slowed for 75% of the map and my casters had their way with him. After the pain in the ass Bob was, I was pleasantly surprised on this one.

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GT-HX-3 is fairly easy in both challenge and normal mode once you realize you can bounce Adam back and forth with block placement.

Chris said:

Ok this is where I am up to, just about to finish my first week:
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I've used up the starting sanity (not potions) and got all the exp and money from the event.

Levelling things up is really slow now, what is the optimal route forward to max everything out to lv70/80?

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Get a level 3 factory asap so that you can start producing the better exp tickets. You only need 1 level 3 factory to be able to produce them, even in level 1 factories.

Next, start working on being able to complete stage LS-5 in the tactical drill section. Other than that, the only real method of exp tickets outside of events are from the credit/voucher shops. Check on those daily and purchase what you can.

I'd also aim on getting a solid team to E1 level 40-50ish as that should allow you to complete pretty much all content currently. I'd probably rush SilverAsh's E2, as he doesn't get completely bonkers good until his 3rd ability.

Aazrael said:

Got another top operator today. Combined with senior operator lol.

Used top operator and caster and got ifrit.

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You lucky bastard! However, when top and senior show up on the same tag, that's a big 'ole feelsbadman.

Springbok said:

Really loving this game, thanks for making the thread. I've pulled some good units and not near ready for my first E2, but when I am ready should I go S Ashe or Eyja (or even Ifrit) first?

Was thinking Ashe because Eyja's S2 is pretty good (and Ashe's isn't), and Ifrit maybe because although she's kinda niche, she still blows shit up for me in a pinch

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SilverAsh for sure. Eyja and Ifrit are both solid at E1 whereas Silverdaddy is just an average/slightly above average 2-block guard until his E2.

Also, Ifrit isn't really that niche. She goes from really solid AoE caster you have to position for, to completely fucking busted on certain maps (GT-HX-3 is a great example of totally busted).

Springbok said:

Also, didn't realize how good Saria actually was, and blew all of my tickets on fucking headhunting tickets instead of her...... Love this game, but some of the shit could be explained better!

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Saria is totally fucking busted, lol. Pulling her has made certain maps a complete joke, whereas before they were a real struggle. On top of that, she's fucking excellent at all levels and her E2 talent makes her an insane support unit.

Aazrael said:

Not sure what to E2 next. Got Silver Ash and Exusiai at E2 right now. it's between Saria, Siege, Ifrit, Hoshiguma I guess.

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Saria's E2 talent is really, really fucking good. Siege doesn't really gain much, aside from stats. Chances are you're going to use her E1 skill in just about every situation, because it's a CP generating machine(although her E2 talent does synergize well with her E1 skill).

Ifit's skill 2 can be useful in some very specific scenarios/memes, but she's another operator where her E1 ability is going to be used most often.

Hoshi turns into a pretty beastly damage dealing tank at her E2, but I just never use Hoshi. Any map where I'd need a defender, I'm bringing Cuora because she's so THICC (4-block is a lifesaver and she's one of the few units in the game that can do it) and Saria because of her insane ability to support everyone else. And if you're in a scenario where you actually need 3 defenders (I can only think of 1 map where that's sometimes necessary), just about any defender will do, because chances are you're just looking to stack up units for your AoE/damage dealers to nuke them down.

I'd definitely go with Saria. Even though her E1 skill will probably be her most often used, that E2 talent brings a ton of fucking utility.

Finally completed GT-HX-2 challenge mode yesterday, using somebody who had an Eyja up for support. So, event is fully complete for me. Bought out the shop entirely, 3-starred all maps and completed all challenge modes. 201 loxic kohl and 78 grindstones. Feelsgoodman. It's nice going back to the usual farming maps. GT-5 and GT-6 took so fucking long to run, especially GT-6.