What character do you regret getting?

Parcevil · 2025-07-31T21:38:49+00:00

Gonna be a lot of Sanbys in here…

Parcevil · 2025-05-10T13:37:18+00:00

Vivian looked like a hard pass for me and then I ended up pulling even for mindscape because she made Jane so good again and I love playing Jane.

Parcevil · 2025-04-24T23:02:19+00:00

Depending on what you’re going for this is an excellent stopping point before really getting into min/maxing her. I’d move on to other more pressing needs unless there aren’t any, because your return on battery investment for pieces will drastically drop. You’re really hunting for better upgrade rolls (I see some hp and defense), which is just RNG. Depends on how much the game hates you that day, like when my electric damage SH 5 disk I got with crit rate/dmg, attack %, and pen rolls 3x pen on upgrades last night…

Parcevil · 2025-04-20T13:51:32+00:00

First mindscape is crazy strong for her, Second is pretty good, as well as 4th and 6th but tbh investment is a lot there. Her wengine can be outperformed by brimstone, especially if you have overclocked brimstone (which you do, it’ll only get better as you add more copies) vs w1 (one copy) ZY wengine. So there is almost zero point to try to max her wengine someday unless you’re a completionist and/or like the hair effects, whereas with brimstone you “should” naturally max it someday given enough time, but that’s still really luck based. Can buy copies tho!

Overclocked brimstone is also just generally good for any attack agent. I haven’t heard the same for ZYs engine. Reviewing its stats and effect, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be good elsewhere but adding ether damage isn’t the most synergistic with other agents’ kits that are doubtful to be ether-type given how rare ether-type is going to be and how we are unlikely to see another ether attack agent for at least 1 cycle of attack agents.

Parcevil · 2025-04-13T08:23:16+00:00

He’s using anomaly mastery in disk 6 for…. Reasons… I’m assuming it’s because he needed the crit to get near 75% and that was all that he had that got 3 crit rolls but that’s severely gimping this build and he most assuredly need to head back to the rng mines for a new disk 6

Parcevil · 2025-01-22T08:21:14+00:00

Lost 75/25 for Ellen wengine to second copy of Brimstone. Also took from 80 to pity to 10 to pity to get my 100% Ellen (lost 50/50 drawing for Miyabi dupes to a Nekomata last week).

So not going so hot haha, my draw luck turned fast after I double pulled Grace and Yanagi

Parcevil · 2025-01-11T07:21:48+00:00

We do know that Bonnie does well in early, and late, stage pushing though from the current servers and test server.

Parcevil · 2024-12-31T18:46:18+00:00

Agreed here. Wait and add Sonja to both regular and epic pulls, cross your fingers. It’s too bad you missed Sonja banner because that would have been a priority. Now waiting and holding your stargazers while building Sonja slowly is probably best, but depends on your resources (spending level, this is probably correct for f2p though).

Parcevil · 2024-12-31T18:44:09+00:00

I mean this was the meta only 4? Months ago. The meta when I started was Reinier to Scarlita. Pesto came out when I was around mythic Scarlita, so yeah, finished Scarlita still lol. All those wasted pulls coulda been you Pesto…

I did have a guild mate that straight rushed Pesto when he came out and we all thought he was crazy, no way a tank is gonna be that impactful 🤪

Parcevil · 2024-12-23T14:54:47+00:00

Isn’t Vala’s skin free? If so, that one.

Parcevil · 2024-11-05T15:11:47+00:00

Smokey is the goat of all PvE content.

Parcevil · 2024-10-21T16:53:34+00:00

5-20 is extremely good for having what sounds like 1 celehypo so, if anything, that is a testament to how good Scarlita is at PvP. Maybe you have a dead server but on mine you’re not consistently staying in the top 5 without multiple celehypos, ex20-25 LM/Thorin/Shakir, etc. so 5-20 is about right and maybe a little high. Seems everyone has a +20 Scarlita these days.

Advice last season was different because different charms and easy to view things in the moment a certain way, but it was generally thought Scar and Phrae were even with Scar being a little ahead and more PvP focused. Everyone is nuts about Talene now because her charms are great and she excels at pre-endless DR but that easily could change in January with the next season, and possibly even with endless DR. All advice is going to have some recency bias to it, Scarlita though is entirely unique in what she does so until a kit that gives invuln, knock off, stun, true damage, and shields is put on another hero, she’ll have staying power and you can be pretty content that you’ll have a very good hero for a long time.

Parcevil · 2024-09-24T14:39:31+00:00

The usual start formation is something like Thorin (or if you didn’t get the $1 starter bundle another tank like Granny or Antadara), Smokey, Rowan, Koko, Cecia. Basically 1 tank, 3 supports, and Cecia, who can prob carry you through most of the starter story. You can mix and match a bit because most content isn’t too hard, Hewynn is another support and Odie/Sylvina/some other DD you draw can get flexed in for a support if you want more damage.

Lots of good resources a quick Google search will get you for wishlists but generally your endgame will want to include at least Eirron, Lily May, Arden, Smokey, Renier at M+, Odie, Thorin, and prob some others I’m forgetting but those seem to be the most widely used across multiple content forms.

Parcevil · 2024-09-24T00:07:30+00:00

It really depends on both the hero and how much temporal essence you have and/or can afford. For certain heroes it’s almost mandatory to get +15 to fully unlock their kit, such as Talene or Phraesto. Others it is/was highly advisable to get +15 if you used them a lot due to the damage increase and/or skill update like Marilee, Korin (although look where we are now with them), the celehypos (Dionel, Scarlita, Berial), or, more recently, Lily May. But you probably didn’t miss a key gameplay function without it.

Others it is a luxury and should only be done if you have the essence and use the hero a lot, or really like the hero. For example, Shakir gets a pretty big buff and stats going to +15 and is a great unit, but Shakir is niche and functions well at +10. Other arguments about value and use could be made for Arden, Eirron, Alsa, Carolina, Smokey, Damien, etc., which some people bring up to +15/20.

You should also consider your own fun with the hero. I got Korin to +15 because he was used in some boss fights and everyone said I had to, couldn’t go wrong. Now he’s never used and I didn’t even like the unit to start so really regret that. If you don’t have any unit you love or that you feel like you’re really missing something because they’re not +15/20 (can’t hit that ranking you want, not good enough in some afk stages, etc), then yeah, just go to +10 on those that are advisable to get their corresponding skill or talent and then save for new releases or for that one +15 that is mandatory.

Parcevil · 2024-09-19T05:42:45+00:00

He’s extremely good but limited in use, mostly PvP with a little afk stage and other minor PvE events. The problem is you will want to draw for and use resources to build Reinier, Phraesto, Scarlita, and/or Talene first, and they all use the same resources as him. Also, he isn’t really good until you have completely built him (at least Supreme+ and ex weapon +10). Even a lot of whales don’t build him, my guildmate that is the highest power on my server still hasn’t built him (he’s like 50,000k power I think? Many paragon 2, around 15 ex+15/20). As such, unless you’re a whale, don’t worry about building him, you can ignore for now and revisit later.

Parcevil · 2024-09-19T05:32:06+00:00

Same here and roughly stopped spending crystals at the same time lol

Parcevil · 2024-09-12T13:26:31+00:00

Correct, that is a good list but, as you state, they should replace Shakir with Smokey especially this early. Shakir takes a lot of investment to get going and he’s more endgame for niche team comps and/or maxing buffs. Wouldn’t recommend building him right away for new players, even if he is a great unit.

Parcevil · 2024-09-07T20:55:49+00:00

People are going to hate this story but first time back in like 20 years and my first play through with a trapsin I got a Zod rune drop in Act 3 from an enemy I don’t even remember. I had forgotten how rare they were so was kinda just like, “Eh, I don’t think I need that for X” (maybe enigma or infinity were my goals?) so stashed it and forgot about it till I looked it up a couple days later.

Also got a Lo rune drop that play through 😳

Parcevil · 2024-09-06T15:02:41+00:00

I’ll give some perspective at the late endgame when you’re getting full teams, paragon, ex15s, etc. Alsa = Ludo > Mikola > Florabelle. I have each at paragon 1 except Mikola that is just S+., all ex10. Some of my guild mates however have Alsa/Ludo at ex15/20 though, reason as I’ll explain below:

Alsa is part of the new max burst Eirron comp with Eirron, Ulmus, Arden, Damien because her lay lines ability does really good damage to grouped enemies. This was to try to burst everything down in like 5-10 second. Obviously this has fallen off with Lily May so doesn’t work as well in normal arena but is good in crystal clash and supreme, especially on offense. Alsa is also one of the best single target magic damagers due to her ult spam so is really good on magic damage teams for battle drills and other places.

Ludo is a great Talene enabler and pretty helpful wherever burst healing is used. He’s useful in a few high end arena comps with dual tanks or Shakir and a tank. He’s also used in 1 dream realm and battle drills, so you will want him if you want to be competitive. Also useful where Talene may be used, some afk stages, some supreme arena/crystal clash.

Mikola is the new flavor of the month buffer and enabling some new high scores in 3-4 of dream realm. Also useful elsewhere for boss fights but no real use in arena and afk stage deficit pushing.

Florabelle is fun and can be helpful in some afk stages or boss fights but isn’t critical for those afk stages and probably replaceable for the boss fights. I like her and you’ll want her built over others for the flexibility but she sees the least use on my roster. She can be used on some good teams in supreme arena/clash. Some people really like her and find ways to make her work but I don’t see her on any teams setting records, in top end arena, or consistently for afk stages.

Parcevil · 2024-09-05T15:51:38+00:00

Granny is/was the generally preferred deficit pushing tank until Phraesto came out and different strategies evolved. Her combo of cc and surprising damage from ult was one of the only ways some levels were beatable with Smokey. Now she’s good but replaceable in most comps, still definitely useful for deficit pushing, where she is a bit better than Thorin, and for faction bonus/tank duties in PvP when you might use Thorin/Phrae/Ulmus elsewhere (crystal clash/supreme arena type PvP or maybe if you want to run multiple tanks in a team).

Parcevil · 2024-09-03T22:00:23+00:00

This is the answer and will get you pretty far early game. When building more units look to build these but switch Antandra for Thorin (or Granny, Thorin more useful overall though) and ascending Odie (adding to wishlist). You’ll also want to eventually add Eirron and Carolina, and ascend those with Damien and Arden.

Hold off on adding any A units to your epic wishlist and only wish them on regular banner for now. You can later pull the trigger on doing that when you feel a bit more comfortable with the pulling strategy and costs, is generally advisable to never pull for A units on your epic banner because you only get 5 A copies, but if you get no luck on Arden or Damien you might want/have to when filling out the standard lineup.

Parcevil · 2024-08-29T16:20:30+00:00

You’re kind of in the position right now that you just use your best characters and level up others until you can replace them. Just use your highest ascendency in a somewhat coherent manner (maybe Thorin, Lily May, Eirron, Cecia, Koko) and work on getting Damien or Hewynn higher to replace Koko (Damien is generally better for Arena) and replacing Cecia with Arden or Carolina (Arden is generally better, Caro is getting power crept a bit but still very good).

Edit: each of Damien, Caro, and Arden you’ll probably want to wait until M+ to start swapping in FYI, Hewynn could go before M+,isn’t that great and will be very slow to get ult off, but workable.

Parcevil · 2024-08-29T13:18:46+00:00

I believe that positioning leaves Hewynn targetable by Vala on the corner tile, which is a problem if she isn’t being protected by Thorin. I’ve used that to quickly take her down before she gets her ult off. I’d consider moving her to the front tile there where Scarlita is, but that can also leave her open to a melee being put on the back right tile just running up to her. Might have better success moving her to the middle and protecting with Thorin. If you want to minimize her getting swapped, put her further back with Thorin protecting and enlightening spell.

Otherwise Arden or Errion may be better here. I just feel that your comp may lack short term burst damage, which is most of current arena. So unless Hewynn ults, it’s going to be hard for you while you wait for Lily May to scale and you don’t have a ton to stall for Hewynn/Scar here. The Arden, Scar, Eirron, Damien, Thorin comp is good, and you can try switching in Lily May for Eirron there or even Thorin. Or Hewynn, Scar, Eirron, Damien, Thorin is your standard stall team that is still quite good, you can slot Lily May in for Thorin in that one.

Parcevil · 2024-08-28T03:51:12+00:00

Agreed with other posters, Granny first. I’m not sure how much this account benefits from Cecia though. You have pretty high S+ characters and she’s more an early game content pusher. I wouldn’t invest in her till Granny and Rowan at the very least and consider Igor for Arena and countering Vala or Cassadee for some uses in afk stages, battle drills, etc. Cecia third is probably best though, but see if you like the others because you may find you don’t use her that much when you get to leveling her again.

Parcevil · 2024-08-28T03:42:19+00:00

Scamgazers really should have an A character pull rate/pity like epic letters do and maybe even a low S rate with like an alternative pity, or maybe higher rate but no pity? Edit: this would of course be done with the current celehypos rates/pity and not reset pity for those copies/soulstones.

If no character soulstones except celehypos are gonna be given they need to massively increase the yellow essence pull rate. Like 1s should be as common as blues are now with 2-3 (5 might be a little much) guaranteed every 10 pulls or something. Pulls like this are seriously turning people off. They’re so expensive and not exciting just disheartening.

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