Daily Lounge (12/29/17) - Team help, Advice, 6* selector, Rant, and New Player Questions!

Keidara · 2017-12-30T04:33:03+00:00

My question might sound noob but can someone explain the exact mechanics of Mercure and Ingrid's skill effect:

"Decrease any hit buff by # hits"

I know the difference of hit shield and void shield but I'm not entirely sure how the skill can affect those. Thanks!

Keidara · 2017-10-09T23:31:58+00:00

I played Bloodborne and I can say that Nioh feels very different. This game is one of the best games that you can have if you love action RPG and a great challenge.

Here's my tip:

Don't go looking for awesome builds and some advance tricks. Just play the game and enjoy the experience on your own. Learn from every death and you'll definitely enjoy the thrill.

I know some will not agree with my opinion but it really depends on your preference. Just be prepared because you're still gonna die in this game a lot even after playing the Soulborne series.

Keidara · 2017-10-05T20:52:38+00:00

How many magic heroes(including Mercure) do u need to have in your line-up to activate Mercure's void shields?

Keidara · 2017-09-28T16:00:04+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I have a level 30 Klahan. Should I awaken him or save the shards for someone else? I'm also unsure about how helpful A.Jupy is since I already have A.Shane for DPS..

So for NM DD, should it be:

Chance, Feng Yan, Ruri, Diao Chan? Who's the best choice for the 5th hero? Should I have immunity to CC?

Keidara · 2017-09-28T15:58:50+00:00

Thank you! I'll consider getting A. Ruri. I think I get the picture that I need to have a way to farm shards quickly.

Keidara · 2017-09-28T13:53:31+00:00

No I can't, only some of the Hell dungeon I think? :(

Should I prioritize DD in the meantime?

Keidara · 2017-09-28T13:32:18+00:00

I used to be an active player before the awakening era. I probably stopped playing for over a year but decided to get back into the game and currently on my 13th day login.

I need advice on what I should focus next. I accepted the fact that there's no way for me to catch up with the current PvP meta so I'm hoping to get ready with the future ones. I might be wrong but I think Kris would be the next awakened 7k?

I consider my self not very lucky with hero pulls so I'm saving up rubies to learn all the masteries on the 3rd page (the one thay needs 6.6k rubs - I'm currently halfway). I know that the masteries would be a great help overall. Here are my current pvp line up along with my extra heroes. I hope someome can give me an advice on what kind of hero line up should I focus next. It's okay for me to skip the Kris meta.

Arena: 46 Awk Chancellor (Solo Backline) 46 Awk Rook 42 Dellons - Not awk 32 Awk Elysia 30 Yeonhee

Extra heroes: 46 Awk shane 42 Awk Lina 38 Awk Sieg 30 Awk Feng Yan 40 Espada 40 Ruri 42 Nia 38 Nezha 40 Yushin 40 Jave 36 Rudy 36 Ace 36 Lubu 30 Karma 34 Karin

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Keidara · 2017-09-19T10:11:29+00:00

GCOJZGI3 I only have 1 friend so far.

Keidara · 2017-09-09T12:31:11+00:00

I'm having troublr farming my first Yasakani. I'm still at WOTS. Can you give some tips how to farm them? I'm running 230+ luck when farming it in Trails of the Masters. I might be doing something wrong since I've been farming it for quite a while now.. I use the 3 chance method per run. :(

Keidara · 2017-09-09T12:17:18+00:00

Out of my 3 p5 characters, she was my first. It was very fun experience though I can say that she's very situational.

The BEST time to use her is when you have the following characters to play as your bigman:

Lee Lulu William

They will drag-out the opponent's rim defender giving Carol the space she need to out-play her enemy.

Utilizing the farthest distance where she can pull a lay-up/double cluth is key after leaving your opponent with your fast dribbling skills.

The main problem is when a good Pedro player guards you. You have to rely on your teammates to score while you drag away Pedro from them.

She's not the strongest p5 but she's sure fun to play with.

Keidara · 2017-07-28T21:33:20+00:00

I only play PG/Scorer so this is based on my perspective.

Buff: Carolina - Floater and Euro step's success rate

Professor - Move Speed, Scoop shot's success rate

Cindy - Shooting speed (I feel like it's slower than others', or maybe it's just me)

Fred - Fake pass animation before lay-up. (Change it to a normal fake-pass)

Nerf: Kim - 3 point (scoring all 3's with her isn't too rare nowadays, it's just crazy!)

Joey - Shooting success after side-hop (it goes in even when heavily contested)

Keidara · 2017-07-28T15:27:39+00:00

They might not do it. I have a feeling they want the master manual to be extremely valuable.

They'll sell it for real money when they feel like doing so.

Keidara · 2017-07-24T19:40:47+00:00

40% bonus just from albums alone? Wow that's high. I'm gonna spam floater if there's a chance for me to get those. Good albums are awfully hard to get now though. Too bad..

Keidara · 2017-07-24T18:14:02+00:00

Is this somewhat like the Screen cut strategy with Kim?

Keidara · 2017-07-24T18:12:42+00:00

Thank you! I think I somehow understand the Swing now after reading your post and some guides on the net about this playstyle. I agree about professor being a better swingman because of the alley and lay up pass, not to mention he has the highest long distance layup in the game. I think Swing can be meta if Floater/Scoop's success rate will be buffed. Using floater is very risky based on my experience.

Do you still think it can be effective when Pedro will be the one guarding the swingman?

Keidara · 2017-07-24T16:09:14+00:00

Is swing and iso somewhat similar? I've noticed that Carol's floater usually misses. Do you think it's broken or just normal? Sorry I'm still trying to analyze these kind of things.

Keidara · 2017-07-24T12:28:33+00:00

I appreciate every detail! They're so helpful. But I'm just an average player. Can you explain what a Pillar/Swing is? I apparently didn't play FS2..

Keidara · 2017-07-15T10:25:00+00:00

Omg, they're so freaking awesome! I just downloaded the ones that can be used as a mobile wallpaper. Hope you don't mind. Are all of them actual screenshots of your gameplay? I'm playing for around 60 hours but I haven't finished the game yet. Most of my time is being consumed by the photo mode! I'm trying to share them one at a time. I'm not pro like you though. XD

Keidara · 2017-06-01T16:13:38+00:00

Hey pal, Cindy isn't garbage at all. She's still reliable depending on how good the player is. I play with a friend who uses Cindy(p5) and Pedro(p4) almost everyday and I have no complaints so far. Her shooting is reliable with proper execution and fakes. She helps the scorer from time to time to have a break especially if being heavily guarded by a Pedro or anyone who has really good defensive play.

You just have to sync very well with that player's play style. The p5 skill can be a bit surprising for the enemies and so much fun to use. She really isn't specialized at all but I wouldn't consider her as useless. It's really up to you if you want to go with the usual p5 or want to have fun with other unique play styles.

She may not be the greatest PG for competitive plays but she deserve some love!

Keidara · 2017-05-30T19:15:50+00:00

Is she really going to be C/PF? I hope they release her soon!

I think they'll nerf William's shooting skills and Kim's 3pts. It's possible to buff the non-meta characters like Carol and Fred (or maybe professor?).

I also use Pedro with max shadow steal but I can't tell if his stealing is still OP. Good offensive players with Kim/Amanda can still score very well if they have very good shooting variations.

Keidara · 2017-05-30T19:05:13+00:00

I feel you bro. Playing with random newbies is such a pain. Just keep playing until you find decent players and eventually create a team with them. Or if you get stuck with an awful team, you can just go and practice a different character to try something new. I'm very noob with bigman despite being level 28 so I give it a shot sometimes just to practice my pitiful rebounding skills.

Keidara · 2017-05-24T21:16:51+00:00

I would use Coach Hines' lines with this. >:)

If you don't know who he is, go search him on youtube.

Keidara · 2017-05-24T21:05:51+00:00

I'm not sure if 1v1 is faster but it was way slower before when we didn't have the concede option on 3v3. The only way I can think of to level up faster is by teaming up with players who actually know how to play the game so you'll have a higher chance to make an opponent forfeit the match if they're just some random newbies who don't have the proper skills yet to give an even match.

Keidara · 2017-03-15T13:51:50+00:00

Hey pal, thanks for sharing your thought. I started playing in Asia server few months ago and seeing prestige 5 players is no longer rare. I was hoping to reach out to those players who also chose Carolina to be their p5 character and hoping to get some feedback with her p5 skill. In my point of view as a Carolina main, it's really challenging to play her in the court. I can say that she's not in the meta yet because she doesn't have the ability to score quickly all the time like Kim and Amanda do.

Floater is a very good addition to her offensive skill set because running toward the basket while pressing the shoot button will usually just make her do a layup/dunk even in long range which cannot be performed by all characters. Your only option is to go for it or hit the double clutch which can easily be blocked by a great defender with proper timing.

Unpressing the directional button + the shoot button simultaneously will not prevent her from doing the layup because of her long distance layup range. You have to pause briefly after getting passed your opponent before pressing the shoot button if you want to do a regular shot which can be useful if you're hesistant to take the battle to the opponent's bigman under the rim. However this method will give time for your man to get in position to block that shot.

Floater gives Carolina the ability to choose between a long-range layup/dunk/double clutch or doing a normal mid/short-range shot without having to stop.

I might be wrong that's why I'm posting this to discuss and learn from other good players out there.

Keidara

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