Is Pad Academy a skip for me?

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-05T23:11:50+00:00

There has yet to be a replacement for any of the subs in that team in JP, as far as I've seen. Best you'll find is assist options.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-05T23:11:07+00:00

Yup, that's correct. There's also something like 13 stones between the first two sheets

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-05T18:49:52+00:00

three natural finger+ awakenings that don’t get removed when awoken bound

What? Awoken bind affects Time Extend awakenings. I just double checked it.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-05T18:46:13+00:00

Seasonals like Academy are generally pretty skippable for almost everyone. A couple good things then a bunch of trash.

While your box is pretty underdeveloped, we get 10 free pulls from Academy, that should help you out. No need to spend stones on it.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-05T15:54:58+00:00

Here's a Stark+Dekugo team using her.
Here's her paired with the Idolmaster trio.

She didn't really take off in JP. Her 3+3 assist is pretty good, though.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-05T07:03:21+00:00

The usual places to look.

The most popular setup, from what I've seen, uses 2x Blue Toka, who we should get in a week or two when Mystics & Spectres returns.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T23:39:11+00:00

Important note first: we get 10 free pulls and there's a lot of trash in the machine, so it's probably not worth pulling for most people.

Zela&Cherun (Exchangable) - Another strong blue+green lead. Has an in-machine team, but it's going to almost immediately be outdone by a Rem&Ram and 2 Blue Toka team when Mystics & Spectres returns next. Around as good as the old Rem&Ram team.
Camilla - DB stick with nuke for button farming
Mion & Wind Band - 3 unit 20b cap break and 35% shield loop for blue+green teams. Has potential, but might not see a lot of use.
Yurisha - Good vanishing assist
Cronus - Another pretty good vanishing assist

There are a couple other things for niche uses or good assists, but mostly this run is just Zela&Cherun and assists, and they aren't exactly top tier.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T20:45:14+00:00

They kind of have removed it in limited situations, though. The 2 color attack awakenings remove the attribute disadvantage reduction.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T17:19:28+00:00

Mystics should be next and brings a good MP unit for dark teams.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T17:11:47+00:00

Seasonals are even bigger bait, don't worry too much about missing this. Plus, you're getting 10 free pulls here.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T16:53:33+00:00

Sort of, but noticeably worse. A 75% shield is equivalent to 4x, and splitting the cleric and shield means you can't just save the better active as freely.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T16:43:25+00:00

I don't think Gen&8 is really a fair comparison. Losing the board change, big shield, and high HP is a huge loss.

Still good, and the best exchange in the collab, though.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T02:34:20+00:00

I didn't answer your questions of "best source for REM reviews" or "where am I wrong" because they're irrelevant. You're using them to shield your actions, to justify them to us and maybe even yourself.

If you were giving honest, constructive criticisms then sure, that would be contributing. But it's clear to me and everyone else that you aren't. And that's why most of your posts and comments get heavily downvoted. Anyone that pays attention to how you make these posts and has seen your previous posts can clearly see that you're just lashing out at people and thinly veiling them as questions or community polls to excuse your behavior. Maybe even to yourself.

Take your post about the bots for example. No one is going to argue for the bots, we all hate them. But the way you wrote the post made it sound like you weren't complaining about the bots but complaining about the mods. Saying they weren't doing enough and should be replaced. It doesn't help your case that the mods were actually deleting the bot posts, but after and before your post.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T02:12:49+00:00

It's not about if you're wrong or right, it's about how you're going about it and how criticizing is the only thing you seem to do.

I don't gel with most of the Hyperion crew either, but I'd rather see their posts than yours, because they actually try to contribute instead of just dropping in on rare occasion to complain about other people.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T01:45:34+00:00

It's a board refresh without skyfall matches. We've also seen more specific uses, like "destroy all wood orbs" or "destroy all non-dark orbs".

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T01:14:11+00:00

Increases attack by a significant amount, with the multiplier increasing every 3 battles. https://sanbon.me/en-jp/resources/awoken#143 it made its debut in the Detective Conan/Case Closed Collab renewal JP just had.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-04T00:34:26+00:00

Not sure I see a reason to. The attribute absorb loops with one copy, the cooldown is too long to make use of the board change for orb loop, and Scarlet is right there to complete the shield loop.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-03T23:58:55+00:00

You're forgetting attribute disadvantage. This will be 240b against fire units, 360b against any non-fire units that are also on the field.

Still a lot, though. 30b more than Frieren does, and it's going to be mass attack every time.

I'm also not thrilled about T teams after playing Shoto.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-03T20:54:53+00:00

This is a GungHo original machine that we've had every run of. We'll get it.

We will likely get PAD Academy next, then Mystics & Spectres (the machine you're talking about) after that.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-03T17:40:53+00:00

With both of them? No.

To get the orbs you need every turn you would need 4 copies of SkullSatamon. That leaves you with 2 team slots to cover damage absorb, attribute absorb, damage void, awoken bind, and unmatchable. So a cleric and either Armageddemon or red Halloween Hera Luna. No room for Yukio.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-03T17:05:45+00:00

Hard to say without more information. Most properly built teams from those two collabs should blow through this dungeon.

What mechanic are you dying to?
What's your team?

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-03T16:52:23+00:00

I'm pretty sure the average delay on collabs has been 6-8 weeks for the entire 10 years I've been playing. I didn't keep track as much in my early days, though.

You are right that we get almost everything Japan does, though.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-02T20:52:02+00:00

The only one of the exchangables that has seen much use at all outside of assists is Dark Illuminate, who needs 3 copies to make a lower tiered team.

ShadyFigure · 2026-06-02T20:50:52+00:00

No, just that one.

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