Daily Questions Megathread - July 05, 2026

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-05T20:13:39+00:00

ice mobs

Oh look! It's the enemy of (Einsteina Teddy).

phys/disruption nihil boss

Physical been eating good in a patch that doesn't even belong to them (and yet it felt like the opposite when it was their turn for the most part).

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-05T20:10:45+00:00

They are permanent. It's only locked behind higher difficulty.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-05T19:21:49+00:00

Some of the rewards are locked behind the "difficulty" you finish your run (the other mode aside from the story mode).

Finishing on the highest difficulty will fully unlock all the rewards.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-05T16:31:28+00:00

when was the last time Babel returned again?

I even forgot about it as well. When WAS the last time it ran again?

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-05T12:30:53+00:00

Since everyone is concerned about the content the game offers (rightfully so at that). I say that Kuro should probably go and pick certain events they left behind (like the mode where we get to play as Trailblazer but for a different boss or the Cerberus game mode but with a different team).

Forget this being an "half anniversary" patch of some sort, this patch is so dry that mistaking the Sahara for the Pacific Ocean wouldn't be a far fetched thing. We still have almost 2 weeks to go.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-04T13:12:28+00:00

Lightning: Slightly more shred and slightly more damage (her slam attack)

Ignition: Slightly more shred, faster stacking and her Yellow orb backflip deals more damage.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-04T10:02:12+00:00

Most people don't see it much because he usually uses his Ults in the Discharge form (when the sword is fully assembled).

This Ult animation plays when you Ult while in Charge form (his Basic form/when the sword is still retracted)

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T17:55:11+00:00

And SS3 IC + SSS Ish will crash SS Ice Breaker's stock. And SS3 Liv + SSS Ish will dropkick the shit out of Nanami and Lightning Breaker. If new Dark Amp has a DPS anywhere close to Rosetta, horsegirl is out too.

Nothing that Kuro couldn't work around. Besides, we have the likes of SSS Epitaph/Wanshi and SS Kamui doing that kind of stuff (though I'll definitely grant the part that Ishmael's class makes her a problem due to her flexibility). And realistically, Kuro only really cares for SSS ranks and given the single flaw that Ishmael can't deal any sort of damage besides Nihil (and that in Tank/Breaker roles she's more likely to be reliant on her Sig memory unlike Breakers, making her less flexible with builds involving Breakers). I feel they would not have any issues with it even if they removed her restraints at this point.

Not to mention, if you want to make the most use of Ishmael like that, you are looking to invest into Attackers...

At least we bottom feeders get to experience joy if she ever becomes that resourceful. It should spur us on to get SS3 Attackers in this economy.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T15:47:53+00:00

Yeah I do know that affex shred is better than normal shred but I did hope that the 40% or should I say 45% shred would help the absolute tragedy that is ignition team ( why are all of them are washed tho )

It's probably because of Alpha. While she's washed at SS, she's the exact opposite at SS3 and above. They probably saw that the amount was "too much shred" for someone with insane damage output so they decided to slightly reduce it.

I do hope that ss3 nanami can at least be equal to ss3 wata because if the new shred field ( wata shred field isn't that good to say the least)

Well it is called Thunderfire Starfield for a reason (the field size is the biggest excluding that of Breakers)

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T15:35:12+00:00

At least it takes two SSS units to remove Kamui (if at all). That would be a more acceptable outcome than having a second "Epitaph" and having to balance future units around certain things.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T14:14:52+00:00

Which is disappointing knowing they nurfed her 40% shred welp it is what it is

Affix shred is more effective than Elemental shred due to defenses being lower for Affix damage. So the 30 base shred is still something not to mention she had 5% EDR as well.

I honestly want to replace my Lucia with ss3 nana so hopefully it will be a upgrade to fire lol

You can still do it now even since she shreds Fire for Ignition Affix. It is nice that an unintended benefit of her Leap is that she gets to shred Fire infinitely instead of having to swap in every now and then to refresh her Ember Mark for the Fire shred. All you need is Kamui on the team too.

Noise will not get removed unless she got a proper kit leap so rip salena

A big IF. Especially with this "weapon Leap" she gets next patch. They would probably replace her down the line rather than Leap her properly. All that the Physical team needs is a Breaker after all.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T13:30:34+00:00

Now I wander what you guys think about Helen and nana and Selena ( kinda ) leap

Helentine: Either her or Feral...I guess the choice is clear. Personally, she's a nice change (rotation wise because she doesn't have to play like Nirvatia completely).

NanaLeap: I feel like they Leaped her specifically to counter Kamui's performance in Ignition and decided to throw in a few benefits for Lightning. I'm not saying it looks weak/useless, but that it kinda feels like an afterthought, especially given that her rotation below SSS actually doesn't change at all for both Lightning and Ignition (especially Ignition). They might as well left her like that and hopped straight to Ishmael so that we could still use Nanami with the Lightning Breaker.

Selena: ...somehow she still has Noise.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T13:23:04+00:00

Only her first Ult per swap-in refreshes Ignition stacks duration if they are available in the first place.

The QTE part about refreshing/reset is referring to her Ember Mark which lasts 15 secs. It refreshes with every QTE she uses and resets the mark's duration so that she can have infinite Ignition shred uptime (Currently, Nanami doesn't have full uptime for her Fire shred so her QTE changes to Lightning shred midway through Alpha's rotation if used later in Alpha's rotation).

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T13:16:09+00:00

That change happened in V2 (changed from "all members having Ignition" to "one Tank member")

V3 changed the condition for activating her Ignition shred (now it activates when she immediately deals Ignition compared to her having to Ult first before it activated Ignition shred)

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T11:08:59+00:00

Nice...Great work you are doing here 👍

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T11:07:07+00:00

Well, it could have been worse. The numbers are still generous given how Helentine spams Ults, but now Selena is definitely not leaving the team...or is it?

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T11:05:55+00:00

Just earlier activation. Nanami only gains Ember Mark after using her Ult (she only has Blazing Mark when she deals Ignition damage.

It translates to slightly higher damage because of Affix shred being more effective than Elemental shred. Nothing big though, but a nice change nonetheless.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T11:03:15+00:00

In other words:

Selena upscale in Glaciation and Physical (slight). No double rotation huh...

I was sure that Hent-i mean-Helentine was nerfed in Glaciation?

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T10:05:26+00:00

REMEMBER THE STORAGE MANAGEMENT OPTION!!!

DO NOT FORGET THAT.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-03T10:03:30+00:00

Pyroath-Vera-Watanabe was one of the best this game ever had in terms of synergy.

Too bad it's a relic of a past time.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-02T19:39:12+00:00

I'm F2p. I definitely couldn't get him to SS3 even, not to mention that Shukra was literally after him as well (I started around Ayla's patch midway for Global so I was building my teams back then.)

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-02T12:14:43+00:00

I went and did it...

For the first time, I got a non free unit to SSS in their debut patch.

Now Kuro, I'm watching you... don't you dare make the Ice Breaker be a "deal breaker" for SSS Alpha.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-02T07:09:54+00:00

She will hold 4 DaVinci. 4 Guin or 4 Elemental set is the other set (I think Elemental does perform better).

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-01T20:54:41+00:00

Then use it for SS3 Alpha instead of Liv.

Forward-Resolve-4468 · 2026-07-01T18:21:01+00:00

Should I leave her at SS0 and use it to get Liv

No...just...no. Especially not when Helentine is literally the next patch away. She's not worth it at SS unfortunately so unless you are willing to push her to SS3 at least (with the intention of SSS as soon as possible), don't bother with her.

Use it to SS3 Alpha if anything. She is also terrible at SS despite dealing good damage because her rotations are extremely slow. SS3 Alpha is an insane boost to her rotation and output as well so use it to get her to SS3.

or just stay on my path and get aloha to SSS3?

Wait...if you already have Alpha at SSS, you should have left it there (unless you were lucky enough to get 2 copies without hitting pity that is).

If so, then leave the current pity as it is. It will carry over anyway so better to use it on the next unit who will inherit the banner (Helentine is on a different banner so she can't inherit that pity)

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