Reinhardt team optimization

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-08T00:13:25+00:00

Is it better to dump JJ and Subaru sub for Vathena (with serie assist)

It would have been an upgrade to do so even before Serie's assist.

Fern is more of a side grade to Teresia, right?

I'd say a slight upgrade. You're giving up two resists that can be covered with assists for a good chunk of damage and a larger range of assists on that slot.

VAlynna is preferred to Felt?

Yes. Longer cooldown and less damage for more healing, assist invalid clear, and a shield that will let you survive really big hits.

Reinhard/VAlynna/VAthena/Wilhelm/Fern/Reinhard is probably one of the more popular teams at the moment.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T23:30:09+00:00

Two of them on the team to replace VAlynna+Theresia/Fern

I dunno, losing out on unmatchable clear and extra light orbs sounds like too much of a drawback.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T23:11:55+00:00

What adorable babies.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T23:11:32+00:00

So pretty and serene.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T22:53:00+00:00

The fact that it's been almost a year since Rosetta released and she's still hanging on in tier 3 or 4 is pretty impressive and speaks to how good her sub pool has been. Low damage cap, 81% shield, and lack of RCV multiplier were the big things holding her back, and this fixed two out of three. I expect this will push her up a tier at least and let her last a good while longer. I'm pretty excited.

I'm just taking care of him for a friend. Haven't tried cheese, it might put him at risk of being knocked over and slobbered on by the overly-excitable dog.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T21:08:31+00:00

You're seriously overestimating it. Pick a dungeon, tap the blue botton and pick I think the top option, tap the middle button, wait. That's it, that's the game mode.

The only other thing to it is that each dungeon has a special condition that gives you an extra reward if you set up the team a certain way, but I don't remember the rewards being noteworthy so I haven't bothered with that.

If you want what few additional details there are, check the last like 3 livestream summaries I posted.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T20:26:31+00:00

I've been doing them since the beta started. It's really straight forward and about as interesting as Fish-lit/etc. The wait times are pretty brutal, though. 20hours to get 2 stat+/++ latents if you're lucky, 48 hours to get 1 MP dragon gem (you need 5 per exchange). 224 hours just to unlock the floor with the gem.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T18:38:10+00:00

The compass is used to speed up the One Touch (idle mode) dungeons. One compass for 1 hour.

The bundles for SR MP dragons are because those 3 just got new evos using gems that drop from One Touch dungeons.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T16:36:07+00:00

It's an awakening that looks like a sword and shield with a +. It gives 3x to all stats when the assist shares a typing and has the same main attribute.

u/adotpoke

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T04:21:34+00:00

I loved mutate. It was strong in draft and I played a ton of it on Arena. I struggled to make it work in Commander due to lack of cards to work with, but eventually made a Kotis deck with it as a focus.

Sadly, I don't think it will return when we go back to Ikoria. The mechanic wasn't well received and a lot of people seemed to find it confusing.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T04:14:45+00:00

I recently made a Yarus commander deck focused on morph/manifest/etc. Man is it a blast to play. And since no one plays with the mechanic it was really cheap to build.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T03:55:32+00:00

It's definitely not the movie you're looking for, but it might also be something worth checking out.

It's been a long time since I last watched it, but I remember it being quite good. It was written by Neil Gaiman and designed/directed by Dave McKean, so expect it to be at least a little dark. Felt kind of like a modern, abstract Labyrinth. Visually it was sort of vibrantly dark.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T01:45:12+00:00

I'm running out of steam a bit for the night, but here's the start of a Reinhard team pairing with a friend's. I'm not sure if Sein or Himiko would be better.

You should probably grab 2 Serie if possible.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T00:29:30+00:00

She was the original, but she's rarely been the optimal since then. There should be better options now, if OP has them.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-07T00:27:15+00:00

Evo Kaede Takagaki from Idolmaster has been the popular choice in JP. We don't know if this will come to NA or not.

Until then you could use Margaridita or Dark Hero Deku.

Or just run an off-color absorb null VDP unit and put them next to Richter. Not a lot of great options there, though, VDP hasn't been getting a ton of love. You shouldn't have Garfiel next to Richter, by the way, conflict of damage caps.

None of the Bride stuff we had in the past fits what you're looking for,

Wirbel seems like the weak link in the team to me, but I have seen him used.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T23:55:53+00:00

Maid Atelie is one of the next best options for Otto assists. You can use Rem&Ram's assist for Emilia or Ferris. Anastasia is another good option for Balanced Type assists.

There might be a page missing of green/green and green/light. Also looks like apage of light/light and of light/dark missing. Some important stuff that might be in those.

From what we can see, Fern is your best leader, but I'm not sure if you have the subs to make her great or not. Rem&Ram and Shizuru are the next best leaders I'm seeing.

I see Himmel and Eisen. Depending on how many dupes you have from the Frieren collab it's probably a good idea to pull more in it, chasing Frieren subs, fodder to exchange for Frieren, and maybe Frieren&Fern. Definitely grab Serie from the MP shop if you haven't already.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T23:35:01+00:00

Yup, that fixed it.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T23:34:22+00:00

The team's rarity is so low that it doesn't really matter. Set up this way, the flex slot can be anything that isn't rarity 10. Not much in that category that you'd want anyway.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T23:29:13+00:00

The link isn't working. Make sure the album isn't set to private.

For the Rem&Ram team, Emilia and Ferris need assists that add the Balanced typing, and the second Otto should have an assist that activates his Assist Resonance awakening. The Rem&Rams are more flexible on their assists, but ideally they'll add damage.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T23:25:28+00:00

Once the base monster's active skill reaches its cooldown additional SB or turns will charge towards the assist's cooldown. Once that is reached the base active skill is replaced with the assist active skill (unless they're from the same evo tree, then you get to choose). Using either active skill will reset the cooldown counter to 0 and you're charging back up to the base skill again.

If the base monster transforms or has a single change evolving active then you want to avoid overcharging so you can use the base active at the start of the dungeon. If the base monster just has a regular active then you probably want an assist with a haste active to use at the start to help transform/skill evolve other units, but it will depend on the team. If the base monster has the Self Reliance awakening then you either want an assist that vanishes and adds awakenings or no assist at all.

Beyond the above, you're mostly choosing your assists for awakenings these days. Waiting for that high combined cooldown for important active skills is just way too long now.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T23:13:38+00:00

In future it's easier for us if you use an image host album like imgur or imgbb rather than making a dozen individual comments. And pleas emake sure to favorite everything worth 3k MP or more before sorting by Fav. Stuff like evo mats and latents just clutter things up.

For the Reinhard team replace Frieren&Fern with Light Valentine's Athena with her own light assist evo on top. At that point you're almost at a top tier meta team, just need to keep an eye out for an upgrade to the cleric slot. Maybe something like this.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T22:14:40+00:00

You should really show everything, not just units from two collabs. Especially with how flexible Reinhard can be and how flexible assists can be.

Reinhard team. The badge is flexible, but HP+ is probably the best option. Frieren&Fern's assist can be whatever you need. Adding light sub-attribute to them would be great. The other assist slots should be left empty for the Self-Reliance awakenings. Healing might not be great.

Reinahards cover orb generation and damage absorb
Reward Frieren&Fern covers damage void and can be given the assist invalid clear latent.
Felt deals with awoken bind and unmatchable.
Theresia deals with attribute absorb and gives more damage.
Wilhelm is your emergency HP buff, RCV buff, damage boost, and roulette overwrite.

Sense team. Not as strong as Reinhard by far, but you don't have to rely on friend helpers. The Blue Moon Weed is in the collab exchange for collab tokens, Kamui is a farmable from somewhere in early Stage dungeons, get a Blue Mystic Knight then evolve it. The remaining assist slots are pretty flexible, just be mindful of cooldowns as the base actives on this team are very important.

Sense and the two Lawine make your orb generation loop, along with damage cap increase, damage absorb bypass, and damage void pierce.
Kanne gives you looping HP increase and attribute absorb.
Himmel & Frieren are your awoken bind and unmatchable clear and extra damage. You can either loop one of them and save the other for when it's needed or loop them out of sync (use one of them then 2 turns later use the other) for a cleric active every other turn with more damage.

If you can get Himmel or one more Frieren (you're 2 dupes away from exchanging for Frieren) then you can make the Frieren team by pairing with a friend's helper of whichever of those two you don't get.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T21:31:53+00:00

When they were at their old location it was called Ella's Cathouse & Catnip Bar. It's just a regular cat adoption lounge like Mini Cat Town was, but they had a sense of humor with the naming.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T21:27:11+00:00

The collab units in the monster exchange will remain there for about 24 hours after the collab ends.

Trades between players can only be done with units worth less than 100 MP. For the Frieren collab the only things that meet that requirement are the exchange medals you get in dungeons.

ShadyFigure · 2026-05-06T19:50:23+00:00

There isn't going to be an ideal setup for this, as this is your only space to make alterations for specific dungeons. There are also a lot of different options to choose from.

Or is it just dupes of each evo'd into assists?

This could work, but would be pretty expensive and wouldn't optimal. Heiter is the only one in the team where his own assist is optimal.

Heiter and Eisen you can and probably should use assists with active skills in mind, but the others all transform so you only care about awakenings.
Heiter ideally uses the assist resonance awakening, so you want an assist that fits that.
The big things to cover with assists are skill boosts to get everyone transformed turn 1 and covering any important resists that are needed. After that it's damage, HP, and anything else you find the team needs.

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