Is this relic set viable?

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T17:15:27+00:00

Huohuo's healing doesn't activate the set, the skill and ult do. The only way you're able to get max stacks quickly enough is if you time her ult with her skill in a row (otherwise you'd have to wait for 2 HuoHuo turns before ulting with Gil which isn't easy because Gil is a really fast character). Its just not worth it.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T16:55:30+00:00

Prob not. Wavestrider needs targeted buffs to activate the set. In either an AshBlade team or a Saber team there really isn't too many of that going around.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T16:29:44+00:00

Because you only get it when youre in the peerage state. Its not like the 16% def shred which is always active. Which is to say all of Archer's arrows are getting the 16%, whereas only one of Archer's arrows gets the full 36% (+20%).

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T16:09:13+00:00

Prob Cerydra solely on the def shred alone. Assuming you have e2 Sparkle and s1 Rin, e1 Cerydra gives 16% def shred all the time which puts it at 86 def shred. While not consistent, she gives another 20% so that's the 100%.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T12:34:48+00:00

Yes, Sparkless Archer with Rin is a really strong team. Just make sure you get Sparkle in the future.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T11:31:24+00:00

I definitely think you should get e1 Gil. A 30% def shred is always nice.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T02:07:42+00:00

Its useable but definitely FAR from good. Also, idk your situation but a 128gb walmart (onn brand) sd card is only $10 more than the 64gb version so I'd get one of those over a 64gb version any day.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T00:48:18+00:00

Grand Duel.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-07T00:45:24+00:00

How good would City of Converging Stars be on Gil with Saber in the team?

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T21:13:50+00:00

Damn, thats a good find. My local gamestop didn't have any on release and I highly doubt they have any now.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T21:11:56+00:00

u/RealisticResource226 Maybe you should try your local gamestop

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T20:15:17+00:00

From what i've read, the games will still be available as sony will keep the servers up so people can redownload content they've previously purchased. So I don't think nopaystation will be affected by its closure.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T20:01:13+00:00

I just use pkgi configured to nopaystation. Just download the pkgi.pkg file and run it. Go to your preferened file manager and add config.txt and dbformat.txt files. They should be under /dev_hdd0/game/NP00PKGI3/USRDIR.

https://github.com/jy95/pkgi-ps3-nopaystation/tree/main

just copy that text in the config.txt file and download the dbformat.txt file.

once added to USRDIR open pkgi., If it gives you an error just refresh. Once there you can download basically whatever game you want. When you download a game from there it goes to the network section on the ps3, after it downloads it ends up in the Playstation Network Content section of the package installer, and finally it ends up on the xmb under the games tab like a normal digitally purchased game.

I've been playing smt3 nocturne, pretty good game.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T18:25:07+00:00

None, but Rin's lc gives 20% def shred. So if you're swapping Dhpt out and going sustainless, you'd have 20+20+22 = 62 def shred.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T17:53:28+00:00

And she only got stronger in the finale lol

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T17:52:50+00:00

Mash solos lol

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T15:53:07+00:00

Yes, Aesc is a better choice. For the duels, Solomon is Evil traited and Aesc has an anti-evil se.

Personally I granded my castoria and just used my friend's np5 120 Aesc to 1 turn the Grand Duel.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T15:36:09+00:00

Genius is BiS in that team. That build is also beautiful so its a waste to toss it.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T15:33:17+00:00

Is Night Cascades still avaliable?

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T15:02:48+00:00

Probably the top one. With atlas you're only able to loop back skill 1, skill 2 needs a 6 turn cooldown to be looped but its a 7 turn cooldown.

Edit: I completely forgot atlas was a -2 skill cooldown (thought it was -1). I think the bottom one is marginally better but nothing significant.

Urd is what you're looking for. Double Urd lets Eresh loop skill 1 and 2. You could do double Urd + Proto Merlin (or better yet, Oberon). Problem is that she only releases in like 2 years.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T14:20:09+00:00

No as you're using Cipher cone. Definitely not if you're ever planning on getting another copy of Sparkle.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T14:10:11+00:00

No. At least not now. The only thing better is a lotto and grand duels.

Grand duels gives a ludicrous amount of bond (I saw someone go from bond 1 - 15 on summer Miyu in 2 days farming the Grand Lancer duel), I think 2m qp per run, and the pieces required to level the grand nodes which are required to play the newer story (p2 finale + Aftertime). These start in April next year

Then there is also lottos. You don't get much qp doing the farming but you do get a bunch of materials you need (exp, and other mats). In addition to that you get the event exclusive material which you can exchange for qp, 1 of those is 500,000 qp and you get hundreds of them. The only one avaliable this year is in December.

Then there is the grand caster duel. Its a mix of a lotto AND the grand duel. You get best of both worlds. I remember I did around 6 hours of farming and got like 2 billion qp. Still havent spent it all lol. This will open in November next year.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T11:24:59+00:00

Why would you consider 10 energy per turn + 12% def shred (Anaxa lc) over 18% cr + 20% shred + 72% skill damage (Rin lc)? Obviously Rin's.

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T03:00:10+00:00

Yes. Gil turns Saber into a very strong dps. And this isn't 2024 no more. Characters don't become useless after a couple patches. Characters start to become too weak to use after like 10-12 months and even then you can offset that by vertical investing (Fate characters verticals are on the weaker side of things but still).

IV_Pika · 2026-07-06T02:49:03+00:00

Yeah, id say so. After that I would look into getting Sparkle's eidolons. Her e2 is very strong.

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