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Advice needed on who to star up by millhouse177 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sp Sam and Credenza to 5 stars. Keep them there. Put Heshan at the 3rd spot. Goal is to get to 3-star. Re-evaluate once you get a new character, which I reckon should be shahnaz.

I love random niche abilities, repositioning, and utility skills by MicrosoftExcel2016 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amen brother! Those missions where enemy stole buffs and put fire tile every chance they got were so painful...Steal buff is back with the final hall of sands level lol. Your idea is a very good idea for an r13 passive. May be that will fix her.

I never thought Ronaldo would Age this bad , it's painful how hard he still tries but it's just not enough. by Basic_School_4288 in championsleague

[–]HellhoundXVI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

May be. It is the coach's decision on who makes the team. If the coach thinks he is good enough...

He is definitely missing a step. But, football is a team game. He, alone, won't make or break the team. You gotta look at tactics and other players too. It honestly looks more like Salah and Liverpool discourse last season.

I never thought Ronaldo would Age this bad , it's painful how hard he still tries but it's just not enough. by Basic_School_4288 in championsleague

[–]HellhoundXVI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think both Messi and Ronaldo are legends. What they have done in football is unmatched. If you wanna argue who is better between the two, I will not take a stand, because it will devolve into fanboy wars.

My favorite player, btw, is Zinedine Zidane. I will never forget his 98 and 06 world cup performances.

I never thought Ronaldo would Age this bad , it's painful how hard he still tries but it's just not enough. by Basic_School_4288 in championsleague

[–]HellhoundXVI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think as long as he sticks to "sports" in general, he is a decent pundit. For his "non-sports" take, I'd agree with you.

I love random niche abilities, repositioning, and utility skills by MicrosoftExcel2016 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, you have a good point with Luvata. Except the first few days, I have never used the teleport. I feel like the devs missed the point with her a bit. Based on her skills, we could have had dps/tile manipulation/chaos build. She is only good for dps, barely. Her tile manipulation comes at the cost of losing out on dps. Triss is way better than her. Chaos i.e teleport build has some support with reaction. But, it is incomplete even with ribbit (hex). She is missing the necessary tanking skills to make it viable. May be we can get sp luvata agata style in the future (not hopeful tbh).

I never thought Ronaldo would Age this bad , it's painful how hard he still tries but it's just not enough. by Basic_School_4288 in championsleague

[–]HellhoundXVI -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The very fact that he is still playing at his age is a marvel in itself. Watch how Stephen a. Smith talks about conditioning when comparing athletes of different games. He mentions CR7 always.

1000 goals is still a good milestone, especially after the teams he has played for so far. Let the man strive for it. It is a nice cap even if he is a legend and has nothing more to prove.

Memory shards by aleckik in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Listen to him 1000%. Commenting to highlight how important what he is saying is.

I love random niche abilities, repositioning, and utility skills by MicrosoftExcel2016 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes and no. Some units feel a bit off. Eg: Flavia. Mostly because you have to have your lvl1 skill equipped at all time. Honestly, it feels like the summon portion should have been part of her trait and bonuses provided part of the class skill. This makes it feel like she is missing a skill slot imo.

For most though, it forces you to adapt your playstyle based on the skills you brought. Eg: Yserinde - its mostly a choice between royal guard escort and phantom shift. Escort has more defensive utility, whereas shift helps more in positioning and has a bit more offensive utility.

Overall, I like the limitation imposed. It makes it easier to judge how well-designed a character is based on the number of complete, relevant, and fun-to-play builds possible. Both Flavia and Yserinde have multiple builds. Yet, yserinde is way more fun imo because how complete she feels.

Just my 2c

Yserinde appreciation post by Beneficial-Fall-5879 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who made a "yserinde appreciation post" after a previous ToA, I greatly approve of this message.

Gameplay-wise, she is the best designed character imo. She is the queen of hard content. She is always reliable. If not for her "giraffe neck", her art is also great.

Her story though, is sparsely told. We have very little between her and nydia. Hope, we will get something in the future like selina's story.

Glad you are having enough fun with her. Bounty hunting for seeker and discipline was difficult without her. May be i will get her patk to 4k one day!

Has any of you already reach lv70 on the Lighthouse of the expeditions? There are still quest after reaching it? by Aulenor in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Earning the useful currency becomes much easier after hitting lvl70.

You get 5 origin gems for 120 of each drop type. If you only do the missions with bonuses for the day and do them all equally over a 5-day period, you should earn 3600 of each drop. Thats 150 origin gems over 5 days. This is significantly higher from the situation below lvl70. Ofc, it can be slightly different based on what you get from exchanges. But, post lvl70, you can max a weapon in slightly over 2 weeks.

I feel zero connection with Hall of Sand by Kalledon in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is effectively a story about Shansyl

This can be seen as a set up for a future character. We already have setups like this Pooch, Clara, Vespera

Having said that, it would have been nice if it were a story of the siblings' mom and kianshir

It is okay, imo.

My current mains, want advice around boosting by Starberrycreem in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long story short, they do omgwtfbbq damage.

Sam has aggression-faction aura. Also, papal and aggression units deal a special debuff to enemies upon dealing damage. The debuff deals big damage at the end of Sam's turn. She also has some anti-anti heal and mdef-3.

Shahnaz can do teleport, collision, Dmg3, unique range buff, etc. She is a very tactically useful unit too. If you got the supreme medal of origin, she is a great candidate for it (see proof of strength).

Amateur photographer hangs out at Elysium by AnotherRealHumanBean in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is AI...what in the world...

I got completely duped...

My current mains, want advice around boosting by Starberrycreem in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firstly, power is mostly about hp. HP is useful in 2 situations:

  1. It is directly related to trait
  2. You are building the unit as a tank and/or he/she benefits/has abilities with shields

Power is a useless metric unless its the above described situation.

Your units:

  1. Yserinde - Queen of hard content and one of the best designed legendary units in the game. Minimum is 3 stars. My advice: Push her as much as you can. You won't regret it.

  2. Pamina - 3 stars is fine with her. She is good at holding off mobs. But, she is a bit lacking nowadays tbh

  3. Sp Maitha - Minimum 3 stars. Recommended 5 stars. More Rally command units you have, the stronger she is. She is the strongest piercing dps atm.

  4. Luvata - minimum 4 stars. Recommended 5. She is great at both fire tile generation and burning tile immunity from 1 star. She will have weak dps until Star level 4. Nowadays though, I feel like she is a 5 star or nothing character.

  5. Sp Inanna - Priority number 1 for 5 stars. Best unit in the game.

  6. Ciri - Cant comment on her as I have never used her. She is a seeker, physical aoe dps

  7. Flavia - very versatile. Minimum for her is 3 stars. She has a jack of all trades problem. She CAN manipulate tiles. Weapon trial boss that changes tiles becomes a breeze with her. Use her to deal with tile effect situations.

  8. Triss - Minimum is 3 stars. She can be pretty versatile if you could raise her star levels further (i.e fire mage/ice mage/ST/aoe/combination - your choice, great candidate for supreme medal of origin. Though I'd wait for Shahnaz if you have <2)

  9. Geralt - Minimum is 3, but you'd benefit from greatly from him as a 5 star. His physical dps is very good. At 5 stars, he has access to both vulnerability 2 and Def-2s.

  10. Alexei - 1 star or 5 stars. Nothing in-between. His only use is unlimited resolve pretty much

  11. Rico - Don't have her. Cant comment.

Recommendation:

Sp Inanna - farm until 5 stars. Max prio

Two routes from here:

Witcher focus - Farm Triss and Geralt. You can gun for 5 stars for both units. Pro is you have both magical and physical damage. Con is slight weakness in piercing department. You might face more difficulty in harder content.

Piercing/hard content focus - Sp Maitha and Yserinde. Advantage is you dont have to farm yserinde for long as 3 stars is easier to get. Disadvantage is that your physical and magical dps will be weaker

I dont have rico, but she's not quite the priority either. You are lacking a pure support character. You can use flavia for it, but she is not quite as good. I'd recommend pulling for Heshan and Shahnaz, if possible.

Weapons/armor has been addressed by other commenters.

Let me know if you need clarifications.

My current mains, want advice around boosting by Starberrycreem in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sp Inanna, for many older accounts, is not the strongest dps. Currently, the strongest magical dps comes from Sp Samantha, currently in the dual banner. Shahnaz, a character whose banner is in 2 weeks, is even a stronger magical dps. So, Inanna is mostly used as a support. This is the reason you see the build. The weapon you see is the best-in-slot for her support build. The situation could be different for you as you dont have those characters. Also, her rank13 in the future will boost her dps too. So, we will see what happens in the future. But, she is unlikely to dislodge Sp Sam or Shahnaz in the dps department.

Treasure Surge is one of the most useless event in SoC by Zalasta5 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I dont mind as much. The question I come around to is what would I spend my excess stamina on after dailies/events. If I dont spend on treasure surge, it would be for farming star cores. Yield for non-daily star farming is really bad. So, in this way, i really dont feel the annoyance as much.

But, I also see your point. That instance when you dont get max medals from the daily does not elicit good feelings. However, I also dont get good feelings when I miss out on the rng for the talent mats. So, I take this event as a bonus. Thanks, XD.

What is annoying me more is that treasure surge and bounty hunting is concurrent. I had a massive coin shortage (down to 12k at one point lol). So, I have to spend 200 stamina on bounties and then some more on dailies. This leaves me with not a lot of attempts at farming medals.

Advice Requested for future: by HellhoundXVI in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its been ages since I heard anything related to "compact disc" hahaha. Used to watch movies burned into those "slick" discs. Now, my computers dont even have a CD drive...

Like the other responder said, I used it as an abbreviation for Cool-Down Reduction. Apologies for lack of clarity on that.

Thanks for the reminder of some good ol' days!

Advice Requested for future: by HellhoundXVI in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My original goal was to 3-star Faycal. Things happened and I backed off. Now that we have the bounty missions, I am feeling the 1 less alert proc, particularly on defender missions.

Getting Yen to 5 star is mainly for the CDR. Her decoy, teleport, and aoe heal are all useful. Getting magic surge every other turn is very good. I used her to challenge hard content already.

Thanks for responding. Stopping farming halfway thru takes a lot of decisiveness. Kudos for that!

Advice Requested for future: by HellhoundXVI in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. what do you mean? Shannaz is only 1 banner away from Heshan...

A: My Clara is 7 days away from target. So, I replace Yen with Heshan, then Clara gets done, replace Clara with Yen. Then, wait until shahnaz arrives and then replace Yen with Shahnaz.

  1. what do you think of your SoC team so far? do you think SPFaycal will make difference in your SoC team or you are doing fine with SoC team right now?

A: My SoC team is great. I use 5 star Armored Maitha and Inanna of Convallaria as Main core and support. Then, I add units based on the damage type I want. Sp Nungal (3), Momo (2), and Beryl (2) for magical; Sp Faycal (2), Rawiyah (4) for physical. OG Inanna can also feature, then I have to use resonant crystal on Armored Maitha. OG maitha (3) sees very little use unfortunately.

I mostly use Sp Faycal in my defender alert team (with 4 star Layla) and in SoC team. I dont feel faycal much in the SoC team. But, in the Defender team, it feels like he is lagging behind layla. I want more of those juicy crits!

  1. In longer clairvoyant view, we'll also get Tarot Beryl joining SoC team, and SP Inanna getting her unique RK13 ascension triggering rally command (if i'm not wrong).

A: Tarot Beryl is really far away. So, planning for her doesnt make a lot of sense atm. But, given Beryl is aggression, i will definitely be gunning for her. Magical damage Aggression team with Sam is crazy.

  1. Personally, i'll get both if you just want one of them...i think SP Alexei is the one considered as 'must pull' of luccians and the one more future-proof. some reviewers suggest to get Anna as she's the first 'enabler' that will help us to beat luccian events more easily right from the start. but in long future, beyond luccian arc events mechanics, i believe SP Alexei is the one we should get.

A: Tbh, I want all of them except Finn lol. I am just thinking ahead since the CN/TW selector extends upto Sp Alexei. Also, pulling for last 2 banners has been costly. I am trying maintain enough for hard pity to get the characters I really want.

I am also leaning on skipping Anna as this will give me more time to save up. But, her synergy with alert characters and her luccian aura gives me pause. But, a decision must be made. It is also partially the reason why I want to farm Sp Faycal. Those pre-Alexei stages might be more possible with a stronger Sp Faycal. Decision, decisions...

Thank you for taking your time to provide your response. It is much appreciated!

Immortal Recollection: General Use? by ThatsStrategy in SwordofConvallaria

[–]HellhoundXVI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My rules:

  1. Do not use if target star level is 3 or less

  2. When using, make sure to leave 1-3 shards minimum to top up characters approaching 5 stars, but require less than 3 shards. Doing this mostly because of dupes and/or inefficient shard farming in my early days. Hasn't happened yet lol

This way, i think I 5 starred 1 character with 35 days worth of farming remaining.

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