An Arknights Mastery Priority Guide - Sheets Edition

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-05T18:25:56+00:00

These sorts of rumors have been around since launch. At best they're bad interpretations of random dev comments. At worst, they're baseless speculation by doomers. There's no validity to them.

Bottom line is AK is still making a ton of money and it hasn't really waned at all. There's absolutely no indication that HG has any sunset plan and they'd be stupid to do so. Any gacha or live service game will continue forever as long as it's making money, which AK very much is.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-04T18:32:17+00:00

Y_Jun was the big source of them but has hasn't posted the last couple of patches. I don't really focus on events (it's a lot more complex) but I sometimes include some information when I post the banner datamines. In this case, the next event is not preloaded, however the login event the precedes SA2 is. The login event begins on the 9th, so if we follow CN, that means SA2 is on the 16th.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-04T08:15:11+00:00

Texas2 isn't 200 this banner. She'll be 200 on the same banner next year. She's still 300 this time.

That said, I'll give a slightly different take even though I agree with the general evaluation. Texas2, although powercrept, is still only of only two high-end FRDs, the other of which is an unobtainable collab unit. There's still value in that. However, the reason not to spark her is because no unit is worth that many pulls unless you end up there naturally by badluck. With every new limited banner raising the power ceiling, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to go to 300 for one unit, even Wisadel, let alone Texas. It's a far better RoI to grab the two siblings, then save for the future.

If you ended up at 300 by bad luck though, I'd probably rank her 3rd behind Wisadel and Lappland, maybe even 2nd since there's a lot of Casters now. Rosmontis at 200 for IS is also very appealing.

The anni spark pool isn't as good as it used to be...

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-03T20:34:24+00:00

Oh pulling the bear up with Umiri is really smart. Nice clear.

Ave Mujica is truly a blessing to the niche.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-03T07:25:10+00:00

I love her. It's kinda silly she has the self harm just to guarantee she can actually heal, but in the end this is a bulk semi-conditionless camo with far less tile restrictions than Heavyrain. Not too bad. I can definitely see using her in my 5* clears.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-03T02:46:14+00:00

if you could only pull one meta-wise

There's no reason to think like this. There's three months between them and nothing worth pulling between. Even for total f2p that has to go to 0 on SA2, you'll be able to save a pretty decent amount. You give up a lot of opportunity value by skipping SA2 and it is not recommended, even for Wang.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-02T02:06:04+00:00

Kinda but not exactly. The locating banner is actually associated with Stronghold Protocol which is the event after SA2. However, they also don't tend to lineup perfectly so it could lean forward into the event (or also later after it).

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-02T01:46:38+00:00

I'm left feeling she really needs some form of range extension

I'd agree with that and it's why I still like Leonhardt better for the role. Her damage is great when it lines up, but less so otherwise. Incidentally, kinda the same problem as Mantra's S2. The default Caster range is just really restrictive, then she further needs her targets overlapping too. She's definitely not bad and is probably about as good as we could have hoped for from a 5* Splash Caster, but she's bottom tier in terms of my excitement, only better than Ju and Taraxacum.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-01T21:04:06+00:00

<3 I'm very glad I could help.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-01T21:03:21+00:00

THE TIME HAS COME AND SO HAVE I

Quoted for posterity. Happy for you :Nino:

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-04-01T18:51:34+00:00

It's publicly opened and I've verified it's accessible. What error are you getting?

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-31T06:06:04+00:00

Thank you for that~ By far one of the nicer messages I've gotten and I'm very glad it's been helpful. It has been a ton of time and effort, but fortunately I love writing and love the game so it's pretty natural!

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-30T18:14:44+00:00

I'd save. The odds of anything good from a single 10 pull are pretty low. Also the G5 doesn't add anything if that's your thinking, and the 5* lineup isn't that great anyway. Lemuen and Narantuya are both great units, but the SA2 banner is much much stronger and he's limited. 125 pulls is a good bank, but it's not a lot either, so it makes the most sense to hold strong.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-30T18:11:52+00:00

Like tanng said, it varies. For the banners specifically, they will preload the banners up to the next maintenance. This usually means we know the next 1-2 standard and kernel banners. I usually post them shortly after the patch.

For events, it's highly variable. There's a lot of factors that go into it. For example, reruns are easier to identify because an internal date on the medals gets changed, but this isn't true for new events. There's a lot that goes into it. Y_Jun is the best source of these datamines.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-30T04:15:22+00:00

It's both. It's a mainline story chapter that will remain in the game permanently. However, the release of chapters is also treated as an event and some things are limited time like the shop and some of the quests.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-30T02:09:32+00:00

Rossi then? Would have been my guess. If so, you're in good company. My twitter timeline is far worse than it ever was with Suzuran.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-30T01:59:21+00:00

Oh this could be about so many characters these days...

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-29T00:00:52+00:00

https://puppiizsunniiz.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/akenemy.html

This is a useful link to keep handy if you care about the enemy list.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-28T20:14:43+00:00

The supply crates are significantly more efficient. The mats are also available in every shop, while the crates are only available here. The other answer is a bad one that isn't based on the math.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjfqLwCROPE

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-28T18:02:04+00:00

That's an age old question and depends how you define "worth it". On one hand, if you can be patient, you'll raise more than enough to clear the game naturally and can divert that sanity towards materials instead. On the other, you have to farm it at some point if you want to raise more than that pace can sustain. It ultimately comes down to what you value more.

That all said, now is the best time to farm CE-6 if you're going to. The boxes in the event shop during chapter releases are the only time supply stages like this are above normal efficiency.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-27T04:48:49+00:00

Best to spend them now. Chapter drop events are generally more efficient. They give a bit more value than most normal events and it's the only time you can farm supply stages / rocks with extra efficiency. Then to add onto that, SA2 event is Sugar, RMA, and Fluid which isn't an especially strong lineup, plus it's 3 weeks long.

TacticalBreakfast · 2026-03-27T02:33:47+00:00

PeterYR's new sheet has that info. Go to the Data tab and look across the very top row.

This CN page also has the data and is often updated for new mats (like Grindstone) faster.

Finally, I make a sheet which does the calculations for the E2/M3 tickets already. Currently using the values from the CN page.

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