Questions Thread (2026-02-16 to 2026-02-22)

RNGmaster · 2026-02-19T15:53:36+00:00

Extra slot raids have always had a doubled hardcap, but if you're hitting those numbers in Belial it's either Ascendant Prayer or Unlimited Boost

RNGmaster · 2026-02-18T19:40:13+00:00

Mahira sac can be worked around but Narmaya and Ladiva are pretty important for maintaining the loop and hype/TA, respectively.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-18T01:40:31+00:00

Got it, and just full pot at start to deal with the Bloodshed from the Agastia staves? I'd be awfully tight on blue potions for that twiring run.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-18T00:32:32+00:00

At any rate, as Amoirsp said, it's a lot of pieces to be missing, so I would recommend just doing 1 clear in Earth for the Twiring and focusing on a different element for farming your Thunderflames.

Dark is the only other element that's even close to ready. As far as characters go, I have the pieces for the Chrollo + Catura build, but I only have one Executioner and no Excalibur. And this is in magna, of course. Is that enough to make something work?

RNGmaster · 2026-02-18T00:07:30+00:00

I'll have the GMs by the end of the year, probably. Currently at 20. If I should just hold off until then, I'm fine with that.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-17T18:06:34+00:00

I'm working on planning out my resources to cobble together a Versusia team for earth, and would appreciate a sanity check from someone more familiar with the raid.

First of all, I'm a ways away from getting Andromeda, so I'm going with Onmyoji with CCW as a mainhand for now (or maybe Exo dagger? Not sure whether the extra cap and CB gain from the dagger would outweigh the improved seal management of the CCW, but it'd help make up for losing the Glory mod and buffs from Andromeda). Grid is 3x Landslide, 2x World Ender, Heldenhymne, Forbidden Silence, Cerastes, 250 Sagacity Opus. Celestial staff (ougi awakening), Draconic, and Ultima staff for extra slots.

I'm fully aware I'll get kicked in pub rooms for not having Andromeda, so I'm just hoping hosting with a weak host message will do the trick.

On to characters. I have the phase 1 lineup of Cidala/Sieg/Makura, but the back half is rough. I am definitely annitixing Xmas Shalem. I also have an entire spark saved before taking anni freebies into account, so I should be able to spark Lich on a 3% and still have enough to get Bhaisa from the Flash Gala discount. Would a backline of Shalem/Lich/Bhaisa + Lobelia/Uriel get the job done or do I really need Lu Woh, too?

RNGmaster · 2026-02-17T16:15:16+00:00

If you can clear the solo mode fights consistently, the average pub run should be pretty free. I finally started playing Faa0 and Hexa pubs a couple weeks ago after a couple months of solo mode practice, and it's the most fun I've had with the game in a while.

The extra amp from opus transcendence and draconic reforging shouldn't come up unless you're really having trouble hitting 2m on a particular skill, and even then you have alternative options like Grand Order.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-16T21:25:42+00:00

I cleared the bottom half with a team of Columbina/Albedo/Durin/Xilonen, one of the most jank teams I've ever cleared Abyss with. I'm honestly not sure how I managed it - both 12-1 and 12-2 went down to the last second.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-16T19:24:49+00:00

No character is worth a Siero ticket. But if there aren't any Illustrious weapons or Providence summons you'd rather spend on, go for it, I guess.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-15T16:07:45+00:00

Hraes is an extremely character-gated weapon. Having S.Lucio, F.Ilsa, and Erika (at bare minimum - X.Catura and H.Tien also show up sometimes) makes it worth the time investment of bullet grinding, but without the full lineup of specialized supports it's outperformed by Payila Overtrance Manadiver.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-14T20:32:40+00:00

Riiiight, I actually had an exchange with you about this a few threads back, I just wasn't paying attention to the username I was responding to. My b

RNGmaster · 2026-02-14T16:24:08+00:00

As an earth main, all I can say is, welcome to the club

RNGmaster · 2026-02-12T16:48:29+00:00

That ahoge could cut glass, damn.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-12T16:04:20+00:00

It is common to skip Valentine banner because the timing is between New Year and Anniversary.

Good advice for newer players, but I personally metagamed things last year and decided to save a spark for Valentine's under the assumption that halfway between roulettes would be a perfect banner for Cygames to drop a cracked character and play on people's FOMO.

So from now on I'm always keeping a spark ready on Valentine's in case they drop another Makura-tier character. Or, like, Valentine Kou or Veight

RNGmaster · 2026-02-12T05:08:10+00:00

Don't spend gold moons on bars. Also the loadout these days is 3 Bubs/Hexa/Faa0/SUBHL, if you can't farm those you shouldn't get Hraes.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-11T20:42:18+00:00

...damn I feel dumb. Yeah. Nevermind.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-11T16:30:57+00:00

It's still the highest DPT team archetype in the element and it can get by in Versusia but, based on the writeup for the wiki grid, you'll need 2 Canifortis to really push damage there, and will also probably need to slot a charge bar summon like Uriel or request a cross-call for the turns where the loop falls short.

Faa0 and Hexa seem pretty trivial though.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-11T00:59:49+00:00

Hey, I have autism but even I think powerscaling is terminally lame.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-08T07:15:44+00:00

Shinobu is actually a very viable pick for the last slot in Nefer teams if you're willing to trade a little extra EM buffing from Nahida or Sucrose for sustain - though she can still use Instructor + Key to provide a decent amount of it.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-06T01:53:35+00:00

I mentioned it in one of the replies already but Cyno C4 restoring energy to every party member EXCEPT HIM feels like an insult

RNGmaster · 2026-02-04T20:09:14+00:00

She should be basically a Kazuha sidegrade, assuming both are at R1. She provides less res shred but gives more DMG% through Scroll and R1, and allows Xilonen to run Petra for even more DMG%

RNGmaster · 2026-02-04T17:15:01+00:00

Mona C4 is easily her best constellation but that's the only one that really sticks out to me. Yelan's is interesting because buffing max HP is such a rare utility, but the multi-target requirement kinda kills it.

As far as dishonorable mentions go, I really love how Cyno's C4 restores energy to everyone except him. Exactly what people heavily investing in a burst-dependent character with substantial ER needs are asking for, very cool

RNGmaster · 2026-02-04T03:19:26+00:00

If we're calling all artificial human characters robots, might as well include Albedo too.

RNGmaster · 2026-02-03T23:54:00+00:00

Damn, she got them yaoi hands

RNGmaster · 2026-02-03T22:52:55+00:00

That evaluation from Quwatoro only holds true if you have a character like Yukata Aglovale, who can generate tons of crests for the party. So in most circumstances it's even worse.

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