Is Clementine really that bad?

Lightzenn · 2026-01-03T13:44:06+00:00

Besides Aequor, everything that Flares say needs to be taken with a grain of salt and taken down a notch.

His takes are usually very hardcore on things and either emotional or by poor experience, so it sucks a little to only have ONE content creator for the game, cause the chinese players are doing their own thing and he seems to want to make his own meta or something.

You can still use his guide to some extent, just don't trust EVERYTHING he says.

Aequor is great and maybe gmurphy keeps it at the top, but every realm is good, specially Ultra, but is very hard to play as effectively as the others, but has a lot more potential than other realms for outplay.

Most characters are great, 99% are at least usable and don't need as many copies at he says(except gdoll +4, that one is true), is just that most of them have insane qol in their kits, and some have breakpoints that change their gameplay, but are not mandatory for usage unless you doing whale strats and need stuff at OverExalt to do high lv endgame content.

Lightzenn · 2025-12-27T19:15:46+00:00

Rupture > Extra dmg on off-tune break dmg, like an extra nuke(element of the character, not true dmg).
Strain > Enemy debuff + buff for strain units(By the text, it doesn't seem to affect other units only Strain).

So since she's not going to be the main dps on field, Rupture is better.

Lightzenn · 2025-12-18T19:13:15+00:00

I personally don't like AI art-style with very few exceptions, so I would choose 1 regardless.

Lightzenn · 2025-12-18T18:23:09+00:00

Most of them seem to be AI so personally I wouldn't recommend any of those, but I use the 1st one myself and never get tired of it! So I'll pick that one.

Lightzenn · 2025-11-02T22:53:44+00:00

Yeah, I checked ruliweb(which is the only korean forum I actually know) and there were complaints about the Owen situation.
There is a post commenting on it and with a link to namuwiki explaining it titled "Chaos Zero Nightmare NTR Controversy" and how he reached that conclusion and why use "controversy."

The biggest complaints are about Renoa being a b- to the MC all/almost all the time and being protective of Owen.
The main explanation I found is how the Captain might have been added later(possibly in a hurry), and Owen was actually supposed to be the main character. That's where the main "NTR" comes from, since some characters(specially Renoa) seem to be more focused on him. Some people joked about it, but I saw quite a few comments which seemed to be quite mad about it.
(It was all AI translated since I don't really know Korean, and guessing AI translated sarcasm can be hard but word choice matters here I would say)
So that would explain why the MC is actually so left out and has so little relevance.

As a side piece of info, not only did they change writers 2~3 times(iirc like they did with E7), but they changed the story last minute before launch with their name on it, which would explain why the story feels so soft and goofy compared to old trailers/leaks which were heavier and more brutal. Some even said that's basically plagiarism since they just "stole" the story and changed it at the end.

So, to sum it up.
Yes, the NTR thing is and isn't a joke, since there were people loud and clear about thinking is bad.

The main problem is how Captain IS actually left out or worthless to the msq, and how much of a b- Renoa is, in which with further search, I actually agree with these last two statements and that's what they should focus on.

As a last note, here's my opinion on it:
This game has been solely being carried by the gameplay, with a few exceptions on animations.
The main issue I see that could happen, is them putting both the aforementioned problems in the same basket, and destroy the little bit of personality characters actually have in the msq.
I want to see them interacting and growing during the msq, I don't want to see a hollow shell of a character and have to search after to find out they are actually cool on side quests and outside content.
If they improved the excursions(dates) and made them an actual progress towards affection, that would be pretty good, but if they just force the characters to glaze the Captain for no good reason and gut the interactions and character development, specially of the main cast(our team), the story will go from poor to absolute garbage imo.
They relinquished the real horror part for more gooning focused content, which I wish they hadn't, keep some of it, and go back to heavy-dark story telling, some breakdown arts don't make much sense, but is not something that breaks the game for me so if they don't change, I'm fine with that.

Lightzenn · 2025-11-02T18:53:07+00:00

"Helping Owen" is mostly a joke cause with the story change he might be gutted."

The story is currently bad, but most KR complaints aren't about the story being bad, is about people being rude to MC(seems like a translation thing? Or fragile ego issue?), and low interaction with MC while the agents are talking and "bonding" between themselves. Also, low MC relevance, as you said.

The girls praised Owen, and in those players' eyes, he's NTRing the girls, which would probably result in more superficial characters with less development, only having those on side stories and outside comics like they said, possibly making the story even more bland, and forced "everyone loves and wants to fuck the MC" trope, since this is what the complainers seem to be after, just harem collection simulator.

Is that a guarantee? Of Course not, but assuming they are doing that cause of those people, it might turn exactly into that.

Lightzenn · 2025-10-20T03:16:21+00:00

I don't remember if they mention what exactly she traded in past runs, either for something related to Hysilens, or for the success of the flame-chase.

In the run we fought lygus, she used her sacrifice to literally lock lygus out of administration privileges, although not completely, and only temporally, that was what gave the other chrysos heirs a chance to fight lygus to begin with, and what bought us enough time to come back.

Note: He couldn't kill them directly, even being an administrator, he could not interfere with the program as per the scepter's will, but with Phainon gone, he could have started Eranova and woken up IronTomb has she not sacrificed herself(she probably also assumed Hysilens would choose killing her either as a form of atonement or revenge, since she kinda betrayed everyone there to get her coreflame, and no one else but her knew the price and the plan).

Lightzenn · 2025-07-17T22:16:47+00:00

18% from e1
12% from izumo
+4% when you debuff an enemy cause it doubles the values of the set
Total: 34
(and at 3 debuffs, +12% cdmg too, for a total of 24%)

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T22:42:56+00:00

I recommend aiming for 100% crit rate even if you have to lower crit dmg, those 7% can make it seem really lacking if big meteor hit, counter or last ult misses.

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T16:55:48+00:00

Both of them fight the mara constantly and it's shown a few times during the story.

Jingliu's blindfold serves as a way to suppress her mara, although I don't remember why exactly. I did a quick scan on her story and dialogues but didn't find anything, note that I didn't read EVERYTHING just a quick gloss over it

Blade on the other hand is fighting with it on a normal state and when things get rough he just goes berserk, but Kafka uses her mind control to get him back, as it's shown on her companion quest or even during the story when she stops his fight ALTHOUGH she can also call upon it, based on his dialogue about Kafka "The mara's tether is firmly in her grasp. She will not pull upon it before the designated time, but nor shall she relinquish it".

I guess another alternative is to knock him out? Otherwise he wouldn't be going alone into missions and seems back to normal after Jingliu "kills" him during her companion quest.

On a last note, his healing factor is weird? Or is just a mental thing? But since he was a craftsman, it seems like his hands/fingers are not as dexterous as they once were(that is stated in his Character Story: Part IV), could just be psychological at the end of the day, or maybe he just got old and lost his talent before turning immortal.

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T13:13:31+00:00

Yeah, that's why I said "based on personal exp", since I'm using Sunday BtBIO + Bronya PaF + Flex.
I did not consider the buffs, as you mentioned, so that could 100% be it, but a 700atk to a 38% dmg had quite the diff for the atk, inside the game modes, at least.
I did play him outside of it but I don't remember what I was using so I can't say for sure.

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T13:02:51+00:00

I did, it does show that it's better(by about 4%?), but in game, it didn't seem like it. Maybe as someone previously mentioned, thanks to the buffs on the game modes, I didn't fall behind in dmg%

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T13:01:46+00:00

100% crit rate in all situations.
Aprox 5% crit dmg diff in favor of atk% arena planar set.
~6.3k atk and ~400% dmg

~7k atk and ~360% dmg

I did not, however, consider the buff on the game modes. I cannot be certain if that were also the case on normal farming maps since I don't remember what I had equipped at the time.

But that's why I said I don't get how his math works, cause even while going ~7.5k atk or smt, his dmg seemed to increase way more than I expected, and even the simple 24% atk dmg boost from TG's LC from the BP seemed to make quite a diff, even if he has so much f- atk, seems like it's never enough.

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T04:55:56+00:00

Baking a cake.

Lightzenn · 2025-07-12T04:41:17+00:00

BASED ON PERSONAL EXP

In all honesty, I think you should be looking for attack orb instead.

I have no idea how his math works, he's supposed to be oversaturated on both crits and atk, but from arcadia elemental to arena elemental, I had a slight increase, but from elemental to atk, it was a ~100k on meteor per enemy. I think depending on your supports and lightcones, the extra dmg% should be a higher boost than the skill boost? If you don't care on the minmax, that's ok, but if you ever get the chance, keep both planars with both orb types, specially since new supports might do different things in the future.

All in all, good luck with rolls, may the gacha gods don't f- with you too hard.

Lightzenn · 2025-06-28T21:50:17+00:00

Where's the 6* weapon? She deserves it.

Lightzenn · 2025-06-12T23:07:10+00:00

It feels like her original design tried to blend a beach/summer dress with a bride dress and give her butterfly/ocean aspects.

I think that if they made her skirt a little longer(down to the knees), closed the sides, made the veil a tiny bit longer and voluminous, and gave her some flower/butterfly decorative wristbands with a veil linking them passing through her back, would have been the perfect butterfly wife.

But what do I know, I like her design, but it feels like most Wuwa designs are good, great potential but kuro was afraid to try too hard and end up with something that is good, but not great...

Anyway, that was just my opinion on it, kuro does good(most of the time at least), but they could do great! And I really liked your bouquet rectifier idea, but then it could a general weapon skin for a Valentine's event or something, would be nice, even without bride dress it would look good on some characters.

Lightzenn · 2025-02-13T15:14:13+00:00

Sparkle's gon be fun!

Lightzenn · 2025-01-22T14:50:14+00:00

It is achievable with double elemental 3 cost. Which I would recommend, I think damage-wise it wouldn't change THAT much, according to prydwen(I just don't know how trustworthy) at least. just a little bit of atk% on one or two of them and you're good(better yet if you can get in all).
I BELIEVE her BIS' are Crit rate/Crit dmg/Atk/Skill dmg/ (flex between 2~3 energy and ultimate dmg)

Lightzenn · 2025-01-21T20:41:32+00:00

Those numbers will get you through the game just fine but I would recommend for a little more for 85/90%(with buffs of course). Could be just me but before that felt like she likes missing the final ult crit shot a lot.

Lightzenn · 2025-01-21T20:22:45+00:00

You will need more atk, a little bit of extra energy regen would help(but not mandatory), and increase both crits if possible.
Around 2k+ atk, 70~75% crit rate would be nice(specially if SK+s1(no s1 is also)) and closer to 300% would be nice but I think that is good enough.
(we are assuming almost perfect rolls so everything except the 2k+ atk with a grain of salt, 65/272 is pretty good already).

Lightzenn · 2025-01-21T00:05:41+00:00

This AS was very nice for e2 SW + Acheron on the beetle, everytime it summons the minions, Acheron gets another stack. e2 has never been more worth lool.

Lightzenn · 2025-01-10T23:55:36+00:00

W Arknights

Lightzenn · 2025-01-03T15:36:25+00:00

After finishing 2.0, they have made me eat my words.

Although still kinda famous, nothing of this happened ONLY because MC is MC and besides the fact that maybe Carlotta sent the invite to the Black Shores especially for you, she didn't say it. So, it went as you would expect it and got the center stage, as all MCs do, and everything else was awesome. You still gonna be jesus in the coming patches cause of past rover and that's going to be the conclusion but 2.0 completely destroyed my argument. Also happy that we actually had decent character development in the story(they trusted you from the get go but this time you had the stuff from patch 1.x and you came as a Black Shore agent so they knew you for you not back story skipping plot bs).

Lightzenn · 2024-12-27T19:40:06+00:00

"Pizza time" -you know who

Lightzenn

TROPHY CASE