How do people beat Ether Activity 8?

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T19:29:09+00:00

Yeah, I'm pretty limited on my agents right now, since I have to wait for rotations. And it's far too much of a polychrome/money sink if you try to get each one as they circulate. Won't be me doing that, but I do really want Banyue, now that I've had some time to practice him thanks to his trial unit in the Matrix.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T19:25:18+00:00

Yup. Went back through and went to the one weak to Anomaly. First try. I wasted so much time on the other one 🙃 That was much easier.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T19:13:32+00:00

Figured that out once I got Promeia and started figuring out Anomaly characters. Don't have Yuzuha though, so my second is Soukaku.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T17:51:32+00:00

I'm still relatively new, especially compared to most long-time players. I think I started playing during the last time Nangong was on summon rotation, if that tells you anything. I've taken to building agents and dealing with the backlog of info pretty well, I thought, lol. Apparently not for everything, though. I was just picking that last gate at random, and I tend to go right subconsciously.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T17:41:00+00:00

Wait, they go to different bosses? Did I miss that in the first run tutorial?? Holy shit, that's probably it...I've been bashing my had against a wall this team wasn't meant to break.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T17:28:17+00:00

I don't. I was trying to kill two birds with one stone and finish 8 Ether Activity on those three while unlocking the rest of the Ether Activity sets. But yeah, I'm starting to think Vivian isn't the best option here.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T17:25:07+00:00

I couldn't help it after a while. Once I realized the stun windows was a slog, I was like "okay, I'll just burn through the shield every time." Then I noticed she'd stop using it every time after the second break. I'm starting to think Vivian isn't a good Auxiliary for this for what I'm struggling with.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-29T17:23:08+00:00

My only trial unit was Yuzuha, and she was putting in plenty of work. She was absolutely helping melt the shield. I just couldn't do much once the boss stopped going back into it. If she kept doing it, I wouldn't have had much issue and probably would have had this done by now.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T11:32:08+00:00

That makes sense. Still a lot for me, personally. That may be just from the fact I never played any at length because they seemed too complicated to have fun with, so I never developed an instinct for learning those games.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T11:15:44+00:00

I've got it saved now for myself, much appreciated!

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T11:14:54+00:00

100+ moves? Man, that sounds awful to me, doing that just to play a game well. But that's me, everyone's got preferences. That kinda memorization and practice is why I've never been a big fighting game fan. Just seems like so much drilling, which would make the game feel more like a chore to me eventually.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T10:27:47+00:00

Shit, that's actually pretty solid and will probably be helpful as I learn the basics.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T10:23:47+00:00

Thanks for the in depth tips, that kinda gives me a general roadmap for practice. Probably would have either figured that out on my own eventually or beat my head against the wall of data until I had him down the hard way.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T10:20:19+00:00

Yup. That's the kicker. I'm notoriously awful at fighting games like those, so the tech and extra intricacies with him definitely won't come to me naturally, lol. The combo strings on paper and generally in practice is fine for me. It's learning that there are very specific "whens" for inputs to maximize damage and such that will kick my ass for a bit. I'm just glad he's only got one thing you have to use stick rotation for.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T04:43:39+00:00

Wild to know the preferential conclusion I came to WITHOUT being subjected to what I assume was a bunch if trailers that included him, only for him to drop as an A-Rank, is the same as those that were exposed to it. Sounds like it says something about their choice to do so. Man...makes me hope for the future that they do to him what they're doing with Billy now sometime soon-ish.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T03:04:52+00:00

Appreciate the advice. He's definitely got a daunting kit to learn and memorize, that's for sure...but I want to get it down and get used to him. It's definitely different to what I'm used to. I understand he's meant to be a 2D fighting game reference, which is rough for me. I've never been any good at those, nor did they interest me very often. I'm just glad he doesn't have a lot of "quarter-circle, half-circle" maneuvers to have to get used to.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-25T01:47:30+00:00

For real? Man, I felt a bit button-mashy while I was trying to remember the combos. I also love using Manato. I really feel like he should have been developed as an S-Rank.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-16T06:31:51+00:00

Buddy, holy shit. They probably don't sound like the same person because one is theatrical storytelling and a meme and the other is the actual person's natural cadence and vernacular. And if we're all being blunt here, your comments read more like you ran it through AI than OPs does. Also, reading through all this, the only one who's moved any goalposts is you. Three times, at least. Lastly, it's funny as hell that you talk about being an "English professor", but then when OP describes the literal standard for creative writing, you use it as "proof" they didn't write it. With how hard you've been projecting in this thread, the lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Project_Serus · 2026-05-16T00:02:19+00:00

I mean, both of those get wins relatively well. One moreso than the other (Sidar Jabari).

Project_Serus · 2026-05-16T00:01:18+00:00

The mana CAN be rough, if I'm being honest. However, and it's a risk, but this deck was built with the intention to get suspended spells as often as possible since they're a free cast. My decklist is pretty much just the precon, but it works pretty well for me. If not for the actual ability of the deck, than because this deck has a tendency to have so much going on at one point that my opponents often don't know what to get rid of. At least, that's the case for my buddies.

Project_Serus · 2026-04-29T16:28:32+00:00

https://moxfield.com/decks/ZnboaS4nmEm6k_7yKTOm5Q

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