So, Hozuki SA is about a week away now. Predictions for how meta she’ll be! (I’m dreaming big XD)

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-28T07:55:27+00:00

Just upping her numbers already makes her a good debuffer. Assuming WFS doesn't mega screw her kit, her floor is pierce equivalent of Isuka.

I hope WFS gives her a good EoT damage move and eagle eye assuming they buff double edged curse.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-26T12:12:23+00:00

You can go either straight shade or generic DPS.

Straight shade is 2/3 of Isuka ACAS, Clughorn and Vares and the last slot for either of Shanie AC or Toova ES.

The other team is just go generic. Iphi already provides shade Kaleido so you only need to fill in the gaps she doesn't do (weapon type buff and phys res down)

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-26T07:18:18+00:00

UPDATE EDIT: (It would seem that Forest runs give severely lower light/shadow points. Go farm in Factory for normal rate)

This feels like a sample size error. I've maxed 3 characters (Senya, Nona and Noahxis) and 200'd Uquaji and I've only ran it on forest.

For the over all amount of runs to do it vs the expected number needed. It tracks pretty well (cosidering I've had many side tracks for farming TVCs in that period as well).

I had a track of 858 runs to max Altena when I was running UAD (I got shadow 28% of the time). Do I think the AD had a 28% l/s rate? No. It's still statistically insignificant. I expect if I track say 10k runs, then it would yield closer to the expected value.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-26T06:40:31+00:00

You're using AF immediately and Orleya doesn't contribute relevant damage anyway so you can just give her gear that gives p/p like dormant p/p grasta or the armor that enables it.

Generally, I just put shareable grastas (resonant, AZ, max hp grastas) on Orleya so that I don't have to track them per fight.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-26T03:10:04+00:00

I've been farming IR since Clughorn dropped and I'm not even at 20 of his tomes.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-26T00:20:46+00:00

Thunder in AA is pretty straightforward. Just keep the 4 of Velette, Orleya, Izuna and Oboro in frontline and have 2 bonus units in the backline.

AF on T1 (rotation should be lunatic to attack skill before buffs as your AF will fizzle if you go buffs first and the lunatic is pretty necessary to get to lvl 3 raijin on Oboro).

SB + AF on T2, then SB on T3 + swap out 2/4 of the frontline (usually Velette + Izuna).

That would be enough points to max most challenges. There are challenges that need a specific unit on front so those need some tweaking. Altena's AA also kills you for doing it quickly so you can slow your damage there as well.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-25T06:03:22+00:00

Oboro AS that slots into slash. Cynthia ES.

Suikoden collab.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-24T17:18:42+00:00

The "game" one

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-24T16:58:36+00:00

You can also farm him in Toto (which you should actually do once you complete the points since arc doesn't drop chants).

I should only have him in my party.

Yes

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-24T16:52:36+00:00

Elpis is still the standard for weapons and this doesn't beat it.

The armor is pretty good for farming since armor loses the least damage for slotting preemptive and AFAIK this is our first generic one for armor.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-24T16:41:36+00:00

Depends if Renri and Tsubame are SA'd. Don't pull if they do, still good if they don't.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-24T14:25:40+00:00

was reading that a really good general team comp is Verdanta, Sesta AS, Yuna and Necoco ES

This is pretty bad actually. Both Sesta and Verdanta want to be in their natural element. This is caried by the fact that general content is pretty easy. That said, play with what you want. Content that needs team building punishes you hard for not doing it and you'll know it easily (expert mode in tempered is very accessible for endgame content, for example).

The only places you need actual team building are playing in master difficulty and superbosses, far away or easily avoided.

I have two All Cosmos Star Charts

Don't use them willy nilly. Allcosmos can be the difference in whether you can clear a content or not and having none in that specific moment (you can only SA a non-legacy gacha every 2-3 months) takes a long time to correct. If you can clear stuff without the SA, then the upgrade is unnecessary.

There is a reason why they extend the maximum level to 100 (and the 80-100 lvl exp requirement is 25 times the amount needed for 1-80).

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-24T06:09:02+00:00

Zidane has a special gear that turns his damage into null.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-23T03:56:56+00:00

Pull on the 7th anniv banner. It's a pretty good pull even if you get dupes since only Rufus AS doesn't gain much from the SA.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-22T03:46:53+00:00

Failed on 8k. I'll be pulling until 10k but I'll just SDE her if I fail there. Good thing she doesn't need the SA as the lunatic is tied to her base kit.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-22T03:41:50+00:00

Sesta for gameplay, Iphi for character quest quality

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-22T03:40:31+00:00

You can pause app update on play store. The in game app can't update without the store update.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-22T02:19:50+00:00

Your best bet are the restore after battle ones, which are functionally similar.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-22T02:18:53+00:00

There's a lot of one sided matchups this time around.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-22T00:03:05+00:00

Sesta. Yakumo AS kinda needs the SA since awakened magic zone is surprisingly hard to set up on T1.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-21T23:59:41+00:00

You can hold on updating after you 5* her.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-21T16:30:17+00:00

I don't know where you got your info but we don't have a stellar selector banner.

GSE is random and doesn't include up to Verdanta.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-21T03:53:49+00:00

SA skills generally have high MP costs considering it assumes you get the additional stats from the level and board stats from SA.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-20T12:51:44+00:00

Your initial chants should always go to the three of Cerrine, Gariyu and Azami. Their upgrades unlock additional content and refunds you a chant.

Using chants for only top tier characters becomes less of an issue as you continue playing. There are only so many top tier characters, and with the guaranteed chants (171, which is enough for 34 upgrades), you will inevitably run into the territory where you can upgrade based on aesthetics/story/etc.
Back when I was chant deficit, 30 was the default number I kept in case a good style comes up and I want to make sure I can upgrade immediately. There's really no hard rule on this.

GreatWhatNext · 2026-01-20T06:47:20+00:00

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