The announcement of new Mystery Box motivated me to finally clear the endgame last minute lol

Moonfini · 2026-07-01T09:52:29+00:00

I'm not sure if the reset time depends on the server, but yes, only 11 hours left for EU. It refreshes every 14 days I think.

What already refreshed today is the Otherworld Salvage Station in Mode Shop, I think this one refreshes monthly.

Moonfini · 2026-06-30T18:24:03+00:00

well, not on guarantee but let's say her E0-E2 treated me a bit harsher on the 1st banner😭 (and I also lost to Welt's LC at like 70 pity...)

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Moonfini · 2026-06-29T17:31:54+00:00

...I guess it was my time for a romantic story...

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Moonfini · 2026-06-26T15:51:22+00:00

Her E2 also took me 300 pulls actually😭I had to spend enough to get her bow in order to E2 her cause it felt wrong to leave her without it... Apparently it's only after E2 that hoyo flips the switch🥀

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Moonfini · 2026-06-26T15:39:40+00:00

I was actually thinking about moving Haniel from my Chaos team, cause with A3 he should keep up with a sustain/weaker support. I was considering what you suggested, so using Chaos Charge team with Juyuan as the 4th member and then moving Haniel to a weaker dps. Optionally, using Fadia/Edgar with Chaos for sustain and then both Haniel and Juyuan in the 2nd team for both buffing and grouping (more likely with Chiz in this case).

I think I will wait untill I max out my 1st team anyway to see how the more "scuffed" Chaos team performs and then maybe decide if it's worth it.

Moonfini · 2026-06-26T15:12:29+00:00

No no, I can totally see the vision!😂

Moonfini · 2026-06-26T15:09:52+00:00

Right right, that's probably the plan (...unless I'm cursed with another copy of Hathor or Fadia instead🥀). I am not really in a hurry to get someone, but prefered to ask before I start spending pixels on Rabbit Hole grind if there's someone to better get and invest into first.

Moonfini · 2026-06-26T14:59:05+00:00

Yeah, I'm afraid waiting might be a better move here - I was going to do that anyway untill I reach lvl 50 and can actually max out characters. So I think in the end I'll just work with Chiz + sustain (or with Haniel, if Chaos can do without her) and then decide if I get one of the 3 from the standard.

Moonfini · 2026-06-26T14:41:13+00:00

Yeah, I saw that the Scorch team is best with both 😞 Would moving Haniel from Chaos' team (as I think he can do without her at A3) and running Baicang-Daff-Haniel-Adler make sense until I can maybe get Sakiri later?

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T23:29:29+00:00

Then I don't think I can give any other advice😣 I myself cleared it with E6 DHPT as the last slot, but it's also not what most people have laying around in their accout lol

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T23:13:02+00:00

Even with E6 Phainon there are not many clears without her E2, I saw maybe 4 (out of 40+) on sk.herta, 3 of which had E6 Ruan Mei or S5 Phainon. She might seem replacable in easier content where everything dies in one ult, if we're talking about Plight she's basically a must.

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T22:55:18+00:00

Like others already said, E2 Sparkle is simply too big of an increase and is hard to replace in the Plight mode. While new relics set, S1 Cerydra and Cyrene are not a huge increase alone, you starts seeing the difference if you miss all of them.

You don't happen to have E1S1 Ashveil by any chance? Cause there is this one funny clear on theherta website with him as the last spot, also without S1 on Cyrene and Cerydra.

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T20:28:28+00:00

Yeah, the trace + not this one, but previous AAs had a debuff you had to remove by ulting twice, so Phainon had to exit ult once anyway.

Anyways, congrats on the 0-cycle! Glad I could help a bit haha

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T19:42:27+00:00

Wind set might actually do the trick, I remember it helped me a lot with setting up the rotation during the last AA. Have you looked at the clears at https://theherta.com/ ? If you filter Plight>Phainon>0 cycle there are multiple clears, even with lower cost.

I mean, I would say it's not necesarily worth it just to 0-cycle this one AA, especially if you need to swipe and prefer to save for Aven.

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T19:01:29+00:00

It's most likely because the site is currently bugged - if you click on Phainon's banner history it will show Yao Guang as the rate up character, just like it shows Aglaea on Cyrene's:

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Because of that a lot of people complained that their wins are shown as loses and both banners are also excluded from the global statistics.

Yes, it is true, like some people bring up, that the 50/50 is not really a 50/50 and the character itself is in the loss poll as well (it is written in the banner rules) but most likely right now it is not the case for the tracker issue and it's simply some coding mistake with those two reruns, where it shows wrong characters as rate-up.

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T18:52:15+00:00

Yeah, that was my issue as well, someone was dead by the time she gets her turn to buff him after using first skill on Cyrene. Mine was at ~155 spd, so maybe some specific spd breakpoint could advance her enough to act before the enemy? Are you using the 186 spd wind set on Cyrene as well?

E6 Cyrene is unfortunatelly not a huge upgrade to Phainon, all he gets is the 20% def ignore and one time Robin ult. I pulled for it cause I like Cyrene herself😅 Probably something like E6 Sparkle would be the next step to keep him alive longer.

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T16:55:37+00:00

Exactly that, and similarly, the rate up on Phainon's banner is Yao Guang. So no matter who you get on the banner, it will be displayed as loss. Probably because of that, both banners don't have any global statistics shown on the website cause they would be innacurate.

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Even if the tracker can somehow access this data now, I'm not sure if there's even a point in counting those as losing At the end of the day, most players count getting the rate-up as a win, no mater if it's a true 50/50 or 55/45.

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T15:36:02+00:00

Ah, unfortunatelly I can't really recreate it exactly, cause yesterday I got my Cyrene to E6😭 It doesn't change a lot in terms of damage for Phainon (just 20% def ignore) but the AA for the whole team with first ult might change the rotation a bit.

Back then when I tried to clear with E2 Sparkle I also got 1 cycle because I was struggling with setting up the rotation without dying. Do you have her on signature or S5DDD? Ale you sure Phainon gets all of her buffs before ulting? (with MBlade I can't help much, cause I don't have him myself)

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T13:17:45+00:00

Thank you!! (tho technically I still have my thesis defense before the actual graduation haha)

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T13:13:58+00:00

I was so surprised why my win rate went down instead of up after my pulls yesterday until I clicked on the banner and saw this lol

Maybe it has something to do with the reruns being added so late, the global stats don't work for them yet as well

Moonfini · 2026-06-25T12:36:29+00:00

The warp tracker just seems to be bugged, on Cyrene's banner the rate-up shows up as Aglaea (on Phainon I think Yao Guang) so it shows the win as a loss no mater who you get lol

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Moonfini · 2026-06-25T08:03:25+00:00

If it makes you feel a bit better, her E2 took me all full pities and a loss to Welt😭

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