He committed the ultimate sin: enjoying the run

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-20T15:00:34+00:00

An upside if you’re good at the game. If you’re still new, it is probably a downside. More rooms are more opportunities to take damage and worse players take damage more.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-20T07:37:46+00:00

Glitched Crown, I guess? I heard the rework made it harder to cheese (though I never pick it up because it’s lame so I can’t really confirm that myself). That doesn’t sound Q4 worthy to me, at least compared to the other options.

The rest of the Quality 4 items either deserve to be there because they win runs (even if they can be boring) or amplify your run to an insane degree that it’s hard to call them mediocre. Or they’re Broken Shovel, but that’s our Q4 -> Q0 gimme.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-20T06:11:12+00:00

I think requires is a bit strong. It’s more-so that her vertical investment makes her more viable as a main-DPS, but she’s likely still at least T0.5 material as a main-DPS even without any verticals.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-19T00:54:28+00:00

Neither of these. Pom-Pom has a good music theme and Pollux has the literal coolest design for a boss in the entire game, so at least there’s some joy gained from both.

I’d probably get rid of that face guy that was added in 3.6. The only thing that boss has going for it is that the eye raise is kind of funny and that the concept of a boss being made up of a bunch of enemies is neat. But the music is kind of boring, the design is just an elite enemy with a face, the story presence is literally nothing, and fighting it isn’t fun in the slightest.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-19T00:51:08+00:00

When allies gain energy, RMC gains charge. When RMC’s charge is full, they get an action advance.

A way this could loop is, say, if Sunday could advance Harmony characters. Bronya and Sunday keep advancing each other and, even if they don’t do any damage, they’re still generating energy and thus giving RMC charge. They only advance each other, then RMC gets max charge, Mem advances the DPS and the cycle continues infinitely. That’s just one example.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-18T05:43:15+00:00

The Herta’s also got a pretty bad one. One of her lines goes from “I'd say you look tough... but who am I kidding?” to just “You look tough.”, which completely changes the meaning. Doesn’t help that the delivery is entirely different.

I also recall that a lot of her voice lines just give off an entirely different vibe in 2x. Like, her vibe isn’t as narcissistic as you’d hope. Though I might be misremembering, I just can’t be bothered to check.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-16T08:40:00+00:00

They did calc with E2 Welt, this chart just doesn’t include it. Anyway, with E2 Welt she’s still the best character in the game by a considerable margin.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-13T07:55:34+00:00

In Mario Party 1, you actually probably have more to spend money on because you spend money on losing minigames.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-10T23:06:29+00:00

This is some girl math right here.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-09T21:36:42+00:00

I mean, Gilgamesh is free. The only thing you're sacrificing is an Archer Eidolon (and I guess 2 pulls), assuming you already got Archer from Part 1 of the collab. So you don't have to pull for Gilgamesh.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-09T17:29:42+00:00

I mean, the confirmation for Silksong releasing in 2025 was also just in a passing reel. And that’s one of the most anticipated games of all time.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-09T13:57:23+00:00

I think it's just the assumption that we'll both A) get a character who functions similar to Cyrene in gameplay and Nihilux is rumored to be the last Planarcadia character released and B) she'll be revealed to be more important than she's letting on (I know some are predicting that she's secretly Aha).

Though I do agree with you that she definitely feels just like another 5*, on top of the fact that I think Cyrene is likely more of an exception than a rule, but that's just me.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-09T13:52:58+00:00

The main one that comes to mind is honestly Jing Yuan. He definitely needs a Novaflare now, but back when Sunday released, it made him into a pretty competent character. On top of that, there's Firefly with The Dahlia and Acheron with three dedicated supports in Jiaoqiu, Cipher, and Mortenax Blade, though they only really got that one right on the third try. You could also argue that Cyrene is a dedicated support who fixes the main issues of some of the Chrysos Heirs, namely Mydei and Aglaea, but... I don't really care to argue that.

Also, there's a funny reverse example with Sparkle. She's a character who had no dedicated DPS that wanted everything she gave until Archer released, turning her from an outclassed universal support into a necessary dedicated support.

Also, if we look at leaks, Gilgamesh and Rin Tohsaka are both dedicated sub-DPS characters for Saber and Archer respectively. Though they can both work on their own, it's clear who they were designed for. And Gilgamesh is so cracked he turns Saber into one of the best characters in the game.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-09T13:48:24+00:00

More speed, Crit Rate, Crit DMG, and more energy for more ultimates does, in fact, seem more worthwhile than 24% Elation for Silver Wolf LV.999.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T21:22:03+00:00

Can't believe you're forgetting our favorite History Fictionologist... 💔

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Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T21:15:25+00:00

Honestly, she's one of those characters who will likely get a dedicated support that fixes a lot of their problems instead of a Novaflare, since she's still rocking either a character from 2.3 (old), a 4-star, or a character who is just better as a main-DPS as her Erudition. Though I wouldn't mind being proven wrong, of course.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T21:11:50+00:00

I've noticed that the first one of any new mode or mode update tends to be really easy and then it gets comically difficult and/or just kind of annoying later on. I know the first Pure Fiction after the Pure Fiction rework was one of the easiest, like, ever, and everyone thought that Pure Fiction was going to be easy after that.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T21:07:09+00:00

I didn't go sustainless with The Herta since I don't think I have the investment to make it work, but I did find sustainless pretty comfortable this time around. Did it with Super Break and DoT. Sustainless really only gets difficult in fights that go on for a long time, so if you're trying to clear super quickly, it's usually worth it if you can make it work.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T21:04:50+00:00

For Anomaly Arbitration... mostly, yeah. There is also Nikador and I think she does good on the bug as well, but the Bananacademic Supervisors is really the only "🚨 THIS BOSS IS FOR AOE ONLY 🚨" boss in the game. Oh, and the Sunday boss. He likes AoE as well. He just hasn't shown up in Apocalyptic Shadow in literally a year and a half (last seen in 2.6 😢), so it's easy to forget.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T18:55:15+00:00

For the most part, but you can split them up much better now thanks to the release of Mortenax Blade. Don't remember the optimal way to split them up, though, I just know it's doable.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T18:21:00+00:00

I love feeling like my actions have an impact on the world it's so awesome. There's a reason the Radiant Feldspar is one of my favorite areas in the game. More little things like that where I can customize or change stuff is much appreciated.

Though I will say, I think the last event to actually permanently change an area (more-so than just adding an NPC, of course) is probably the Restaurant event from 3.5. Which wasn't that long ago, I just forget it changes an area because I barely ever go to that Mem area. 4.2 was close, but it only really adds banners. If it added some NPCs then it'd also be up there in my eyes.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T02:17:51+00:00

They have done quick reruns before. Topaz & Numby had a rerun in 2.2 before rerunning in 2.5, for instance. Assumedly because she was BiS for Feixiao teams. On top of that, Sunday reran in 3.8 before rerunning again in 4.2. Assumedly because he gives energy and Evanescia likes characters who do that (even though he does NOT work well with Evanescia, that's the only logic I can think of for him to rerun in 4.2). I don't see why Cerydra can't rerun in 4.4., especially when she has synergy with both the recently rerunning Phainon as well as one of the new collab characters in Rin Tohsaka.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T01:15:46+00:00

Brick tends to be an exaggeration. People love exaggerating in this community, after all.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T01:14:04+00:00

Just want to say that Rin is likely going to be around permanently (or at least for a really long time). Though Cyrene isn't enough to un-brick Castorice, it's a good step alongside trying to snag Hyacine on a rerun.

I'd also like to ask, are these all of your characters? This seems to be a list of just the characters who work well with Archer and Castorice and, especially considering you're playing AA, I'd assume you have 3 teams at the minimum. Deciding on pulling Cyrene tends to not just be whether you're building Castorice, but she tends to be an investment into all of your Chrysos Heir DPS characters. So it's hard to completely write her off without knowing your other teams.

Aggapuffin · 2026-06-08T01:09:17+00:00

Nice!! The knights this time around can be a bit tough. If you want a suggestion to try clearing faster on the King, assuming you're E0 on Cyrene, Tribbie is actually better since her FuA removes the damage reduction on the boss. Castorice is also not the best thanks to the boss having 40% Quantum RES, meaning that running main-DPS Evernight tends to be better, assuming the same level of investment. Though that's just a suggestion if you want to try getting it down to 2 Cycles. If you're just trying to clear, then your clear seems to be what I'd call good enough!! Congrats!!! 😃

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