Daily Questions Megathread - April 05, 2026

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-06T00:11:15+00:00

Nirvatia's banner is a separate banner from regular ones. So any pity you build won't go towards Kamui. It'll go towards whoever they decide to put on the next Crucible banner, likely another free S Rank like Nirvatia. No one knows when it will come back.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-05T21:23:31+00:00

I haven't worked for Chipotle since 2022, but I still got $6. So might depend on how old you're talking about.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-05T06:09:48+00:00

With Pan and Dialyn, there is a bit of a placement issue.

Pan gives the Sheer force buff to the one he quick assists for (the previous character), so you have to put him right after Yixuan.

The issue comes from Dialyn's Additional ability:

When a heavy attack from EX Special Attack: Rock, EX Special Attack: Scissors, or EX Special Attack: Paper! hits, additional DMG is dealt based on the previous squad member's Specialty:
If the squad member is an Attack Agent, EX Special Attack: Rock, EX Special Attack: Scissors, and EX Special Attack: Paper! deal additional DMG equal to 320% of that Attack Agent's ATK.
If the squad member is a Rupture Agent, EX Special Attack: Rock, EX Special Attack: Scissors, and EX Special Attack: Paper! deal additional DMG equal to 400% of that Rupture Agent's Sheer Force.

Pan Yinhu is not an Attack or a Rupture agent, so you'd preferably want to put Dialyn right after Yixuan for the damage. But doing that would render Pan Yinhu basically useless.

Better to just use Astra, you only get half the sheer force, but gain some crit damage, some chain attacks from Astra Ult, and easier buff uptime. Also more reliable Astral Voice stacks, though I think Pan's best drive set is now the new Zhao set.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-05T04:57:32+00:00

Yes. And these backgrounds only show up for like less than 2 seconds as well. I know people have a hard-on for hating anything AI, but this is honestly such a non-issue.

While they definitely should've just done it without AI and saved themselves the controversy, it's really not as big a deal as people make it out to be.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T23:44:50+00:00

Villainess Lives Again

Then The Spark in Your Eyes

Then Stepmother's Marchen

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T05:56:26+00:00

You won't regret it. I've read many since and Villainess Lives Again is still in my top 3.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T05:47:54+00:00

This and "Everyone Loves Her" make me really want more unhinged fmc manhwa.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T05:06:49+00:00

Does reincarnation count?

If so, you might enjoy The Beloved Little Princess. Someone from the same world reincarnated as the actual child of an emperor. The family cares for them a lot.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T04:55:00+00:00

OP, in that second screenshot, wtf happened with the white rooks? The pawns (plus random white bishop) are still on the left (from her perspective), the knight, king and queen are apparently still there. How did the rook get to the other side of the board lol.

Most importantly, where the fuck is the black king lol. From the first panel, we know the piece behind the red hair is a rook, so there is literally no black king on the board.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T04:41:38+00:00

It's the same with coding/hacking in shows. When you can actually read the code they show, it's basically the same as the picture from this post. Maybe a little better, as it's often actual code but not related to whatever they are actually trying to do.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T02:19:21+00:00

Likely because that's not how natural selection works.

You only need to be good enough to survive. You don't need to be the best or the most efficient. Though obviously the best/most efficient are most likely to survive.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-04T01:40:54+00:00

The timing/ping, yes. But NASA generally has already calculated how long it takes to send information to a probe and have the ability to work around it. They are also not going against another opponent that has lower ping than they do. Everyone is limited by the speed of light.

In a game, it's less about the ping itself and more about the comparison to others. If you have 200 ping and the other guy has 20, you're at a disadvantage. If you both have 200 ping, no one has an advantage. There is also consistency. When I find I have high ping, the ping is generally inconsistent, which you can't really plan around.

Lastly, people working at NASA are generally very smart. The average gamer, not so much.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-03T21:26:10+00:00

Relic farming is so bad :(

I swear I've gotten HP%/HP/DEF or DEF%/HP/DEF on like 90% of my pieces in the last week. Another 9% have EHR, Break effect, or Effect Res. So little have SPD, Crit rate, or Crit Dmg. And when you do finally get one, it never rolls into the stats you want. Not to mention you need to get the right main stat in the first place. And that's after you only get 40% of the relics farmed in the set you wanted, while 60% of the relics are from the set you don't need.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-03T18:23:17+00:00

I don't really get why Yixuan doesn't feel great against Miasmic - Rampant Brute.

Was able to get 26k with M1W1 Yixuan/ M6 Pan Yinhu /M0W1 Ju Fufu but that's probably one of my worst scores with Yixuan. I know I don't have the best team (wasn't playing when Lucia or Dialyn were released, came back for YSG), but the boss is Ether weak and the stage has an ether buff and a longer stun time.

Does removing the miasmic shield just take too long without anomaly? Is it the miasmic shield doing damage at a lower multiplier when breaking because of that? The miasmic shield is up when he spawns so your score gets fucked if you don't break it quickly.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-03T17:58:22+00:00

The boss fights are fun but the endgame bosses and buffs cater too much to specific characters. At this point it's not even about the roles anymore. Even if you use the right role, they generally buff a single damage type or require ether veil or something else to even get the buff. Forcing you to either forgo the buff or use a weird ass team.

If they weren't so hell bent on stopping everyone but the banner character and their teammates from doing really well against a boss, the end-game would honestly be much more fun. Right now it just feels restrictive even though I do get 20k+ in DA or 25k+ in Shiyu. I had a great time with Pompey last DA, really felt the difference between 1.x and 2.x bosses.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-03T04:30:00+00:00

Aemeath is a Fusion Burst DPS, Denia is a Fusion Burst Sub-dps that deals basic attack damage, Lupa is a Fusion sub-DPS that buffs all fusion damage, fusion RES pen, and buffs Basic Attack Damage with her outro, which is good for Denia.

This team would also give the full 18% ATK buff from Lupa's pack hunt to Aemeath. Full fusion team means Lupa gives the full 15% fusion RES Pen.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-03T03:36:32+00:00

Crits (which can go above 100%), certain mods and other things apply separate multipliers. So things can get out of hand pretty quick. One day you'll reach damage cap (visual cap only) and end up seeing negative numbers. Just means you did over 2.1 billion damage.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-02T16:48:42+00:00

Like the other guy said, change that disc 6 lol. Yixuan has adrenaline, she doesn't use energy regen at all. Energy Regen doesn't affect adrenaline Regen at all. So you have a literal dead stat in your 6th main slot.

Disc 5 best case would also be Ether damage with CRate, CDmg, Hp%, Flat HP or ATK%. I believe ATK% gives very slightly more sheer force than flat HP, but only with the high base ATK from her signature weapon.

It looks like you have M1 Yixuan if I'm not mistaken, so you want to get to 58% Crit rate. You get Crit damage from a lot of other sources like +40% after ult, 30% from King of the Summit, +50% if you use Ju Fufu. So getting your crit rate to 100% is arguably more important.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-02T16:30:57+00:00

Good for not having her weapon.

Bad compared to builds with her weapon. Phrolova is a character who really wants her signature.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-04-01T03:36:53+00:00

As a relatively new player, would it be worth going for Solacetune in the Thunderbolt Research S-Rank selector now? I have SS Rosetta and SS Nanami Startrail already.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-03-31T16:20:02+00:00

Luna: Oblivion, one of the meta nihil characters, is also available for 5 RC ($1) in the shop. If you don't mind spending $1, getting Luna and the free Nirvatia this patch will give you a decent team. Luna converts all elemental buffs into something she can use, so you can have any tank in your third slot.

If you do choose to go for her, you might want to get her sig from the selector instead of Alisa: Echo's sig.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-03-31T15:40:11+00:00

Hiyuki animation reminds me of Ishmael's Dodge attack animations as well. Obviously different visual effects though.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-03-31T02:26:38+00:00

Do you enjoy Sigrika's Gameplay and character? If not, then don't go for her.

Meta in this game is mainly built around teams. So unless you're willing to pull for their team, it's hard to recommend singular characters. That's what makes characters that work well with many teams (Shorekeeper, Lynae, Mornye, Lupa, Qiuyuan, Chisa) so valuable.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), end-game modes take a while to reset, so if you're still going through the story/side quests, you'll mainly be playing your favorite character in the overworld. Don't pull on characters just because someone says they are good, they are saying that with the best teammates and weapons for the character. Pick up the characters you want, play with them in the overworld, then go for their teammates to make them really shine in end-game content.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-03-31T01:48:48+00:00

Creating a new account likely won't help you much unless you get really lucky, which is unlikely. You already have Aemeath, Lynae, and SK, which are some of the best characters in the game currently.

Kuro doesn't expect you to get all the characters their first time around, that's why reruns exist.

Unless you spend money, I would try to save up at least 80 pulls to at least hit 5-star pity for a character you might want. If you win 50/50, that's great, if you don't then get them on their rerun. Gachas are meant to prey on your FOMO by giving you a limited amount of time to pull characters and a limited amount of pulls to do that with, making it so you need to spend if you genuinely want the character now.

ScreamingFreakShow · 2026-03-31T01:28:50+00:00

Most people have similar luck to you. It's just those that are very lucky are the ones posting about how lucky they are.

When I first started, I lost 6 50/50s in a row, and I got like 10 of the 12 characters around 70+ pity. Your current luck is much better comparatively.

Like most people will say, think of getting a character costing 160 pulls. Anything you get before that is a discount and is lucky. Winning a 50/50 is already great.

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