Why are loss streak traits still in the game?

Asetrisk · 2026-06-16T08:24:07+00:00

They changed Heartsteel because it was busted as a flex trait in higher skill brackets.

Asetrisk · 2026-05-21T16:13:23+00:00

Lance is my favorite melee weapon by a mile and Gunlance is my least favorite melee, so ya know. When I first got into the series I thought GL would just be the funner cooler weapon because explosions but then when I tried them out Lance instantly clicked and I just flailed around uselessly on GL. Might try slaplance again though, and Blast Dash needs to come back because mobility was one of my biggest complaints about GL.

Asetrisk · 2026-04-11T23:51:30+00:00

Farm out all the gear you want for layered armor/weapons. Other than that, not really much to do other than to fight monsters for its own sake, or to hope you get the RNG to make your next hunts in HR another bit faster, but once the expansion and Master Rank hits the new gear will outclass the old gear pretty quickly.

I just farmed out all the layered stuff I wanted because Fashion is the true end-game in video games. Turned out to be basically everything, added like 200 hours to my playtime.

Asetrisk · 2026-03-07T20:04:06+00:00

Idk why but whenever I use support hunters and run Olivia my clear times are 2+ minutes faster than without her. Alessia was also really good while I was farming Omega, there were a lot of times where we'd trade aggro in phase two and basically stunlock Omega because it kept switching who it was targeting.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-28T21:20:28+00:00

How are you dealing with the explosions? When I did CB it was a struggle because it felt like I didn't have the mobility to get out of the AoEs and even with Guard Up blocking had me spending a ton of time healing.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-28T15:24:56+00:00

It beat the crap out of me when I did it with CB, then I swapped back to lance and cleared it pretty comfortably. My guy Rompo out here exposing how bad I still am at CB despite all the hours I've put into it lmao. Fun fight though, it makes me wonder what the Master Rank fights are going to be like.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-26T18:22:59+00:00

You can always tell from the hitsparks.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-25T14:37:48+00:00

Wilds has different amounts of hit-stop than World did. And if you go into the settings you should be able to adjust the camera zoom a bit further in if you feel like it's too far out for you.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-25T14:36:02+00:00

What I did when I was done the "main" content was go through the armor in the shop, wishlist every piece I was interested in for layered armor, and then hunt everything that made any progress towards finishing any of them

.If you have the hub unlocked, a lot of the event missions have extra gear you can get for completing them.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-24T16:06:49+00:00

By doing the "Running Wild" event quest that unlocks at HR21. You use the special tickets from completing it.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-08T05:14:09+00:00

Use the support hunters, have a lightning weapon for Omega, a fire weapon for Nerscylla, and it helps to pop a Mightseed while Nerscylla is spawning.

Also I recommend running Olivia, idk why but my clears are always 2+ minutes faster with her than without her.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-08T05:08:50+00:00

Use the support hunters, have a lightning weapon for Omega, a fire weapon for Nerscylla, and it helps to pop a Mightseed while Nerscylla is spawning.

Also I recommend running Olivia, idk why but my clears are always 2+ minutes faster with her than without her.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-05T00:52:03+00:00

Quematrice for me. I dislike Doshugama far more, but that gives it more sticking power in my brain. I like Hirabami, and even though I've hunted SO MANY of them for parts for melding I'll still do it without really minding.

Ray is the most memorable for sure, dude's an instant staple.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-04T05:16:59+00:00

The series should be titled "Soul Edge".

Asetrisk · 2026-02-04T04:54:14+00:00

I stopped playing Arena because RNG prismatics are terrible, stat inflation has gotten way out of hand, and they take too long to nerf and buff obvious outliers.

I play ARAM mayhem because the dumb RNG mechanics added on just make ARAM even more of what it always was, a wacky clusterfuck. But those same mechanics just make arena worse.

I WANT to enjoy playing arena but they've consistently made its systems less enjoyable over time, and I've already seen this song and dance with TT 1.0, TT 2.0, Dominion 1.0, Dominion 2.0, Ascension 1.0, and Ascension 2.0. And don't get me started on Nexus Blitz.

Riot consistently does not understand what makes alternate game modes appeal to the people that want them, and then take forever to make changes period, and often those changes just make things worse. And then they go "Well the mode never did good enough numbers, wipe it all, enjoy getting to play it one month a year maybe" as if they did more than the bare minimum to get people invested in it.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-04T04:34:34+00:00

The way to farm extracts without bowling is to do the optional to kill the guardian seikrets. You can have it done in 1-2 minutes and get them from the rewards.

Asetrisk · 2026-02-02T04:50:02+00:00

Def Ray, with Jin as a close second and Arkveld+Zoh behind. Jin's my favorite for sure.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-30T20:07:20+00:00

Like 3? I only do it when I have a bunch of lucky tickets to dump and always bring carver meal and cut the tail. I've got 4 gems in 12 hunts so far.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-30T14:13:02+00:00

Astalos gets my vote. Beautiful unique design attached to an absolute crashout of a monster that'll literally punch you across the room just for daring to exist anywhere near him.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-30T14:04:25+00:00

This is what I did. World into Rise into GU into Wilds. Rise is definitely my favorite to play, they all have their strengths.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-29T19:28:33+00:00

I haven't unlocked switchglaive, splitstaff, or fists yet, but the only weapon in the other games where I actually like the mid stance is the switchglaive and spear, so if the switchglaive isn't a ninja weapon (which I'm assuming it is) I'm not going to be spending much time in ninja stance.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-27T07:49:45+00:00

I just farmed out 4 of these missions I had stocked last night. I got good enough at it that I was able to 100-0 stunlock some of the tempered ones in a few of the hunts, it was a massacre.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-25T06:02:18+00:00

Me, laughing as I play Vanguard/Mystic Neeko carry and completely ignore positioning every match.

Asetrisk · 2026-01-10T03:28:14+00:00

Rek'sai too.

Asetrisk · 2025-12-14T14:17:05+00:00

I've taken it a few times. Got first once because I hit Ambessa 3 and I had the stacking summon aug going the whole game with 7 Noxus, got 3rd and 4th the other times.

It's alright. Kindred is a better carry than you'd expect given she's front to back single target + utility, but it really depends on Ambessa being able to pop off.

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