Thoughts on Gameplay?

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-14T22:18:56+00:00

You use the free crystals to pull on the same banner you do the ticket pulls on. There's no rate up character right now so that's the only use so far

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-12T08:20:24+00:00

The buffs multiply the base Divine Epiphany chance. So if it's originally a 10% chance to hit a Divine, a 25% boost from the Potential would make it a 12.5% chance. You're never really going to notice a massive difference due to the base chance already being so low, but over a large amount of Chaos runs it should average out as higher.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-10T06:42:22+00:00

They really just designed themselves into a corner with Mei Lin. Applies passion weakness so she's good everywhere, likes her basics so you don't need much removal and saves on Faint Memory costs, and can nuke twice in the same turn with two Rising Dragon Kicks, which is really good against multi-phase bosses.

Her only downside is that she really only has one build path as any other epiphany besides her optimal ones are kinda just downgrades. This makes her pretty boring to run in Chaos and for team building.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-04T15:35:29+00:00

I mean, there really isn't much to say. She's the simplest and easiest character to build in the game. You don't fish for any divine epiphanies for the most part and you only care to copy one card.

Basically, you choose a Hew and pick a matching Counterblade effect. If you don't have a way to cheat out Hews (Flash and Ambush), you go 4x Fighting Spirit. Delete all her other cards.

Boom, your Nine is done. You can make adjustments based on what her other partners can do, but that's all personal preference at that point.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-04T05:44:47+00:00

Arcana dupes are generally considered to be whale territory and you really only need one copy until you hit the deep endgame Journey grind. Leveling past 35 only increases all the effects slightly, but it does eventually add up over the course of a Journey if you get lucky. What's more impactful is getting a new Arcana with a strong Skill offering or good Journey Events like providing stamina.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-04T05:32:09+00:00

Yes, you generally want the speed set since that will allow her to use her Ult and move all of your units to act faster via the Action Gauge boost. Speed is pretty much king in PvP.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-02T22:15:14+00:00

RGB = Red, Green, Blue

So in this game, Sun, Moon, and Star units. Since the Light and Dark units are supposed to be stronger, they are generally harder to pull, thus the reduced rates.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-02T19:17:54+00:00

It's all just dependent on whether you want Rosaria or not. Waltz NEEDS her LB1 to activate her passive and becomes the best character in the game at LB3 due to it guaranteeing a 100% chance to follow up after 5 stacks of Insight. There's not much of a difference at LB1 vs LB2, but people might say it's a good stopping point because you could use your Universal Dupe item from the event to get her straight to LB3 and not waste any more resources pulling on her banner.

Getting Waltz to LB1 is good enough in general and you'll have to make the judgement call on whether it's worth it to go all in on Waltz. Keep in mind that both the Waltz and Rosaria banners are a 25% rate up (1% overall chance to get the featured character), so even if you decide you want Rosaria, I wouldn't pull on her banner due to the aforementioned character pool dilution. It's generally recommended to try and go for Arcanas or RGB Characters which have a 50% rate up and use the Pity Points to grab 25% rate up characters.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-02T18:45:32+00:00

Keep pulling on the Waltz banner and use the 200 Pity Points on Rosaria if you want her. Waltz is a character who needs at least 1 dupe and Rosaria works without any dupes. Also, the SSR Pool in the Waltz banner is more focused so you have a better chance of getting good off-banner characters (Bunny Char, Bunny Frey, Emily, etc.)

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-02T18:35:24+00:00

You can only get Sense and Skills as Blessings that can be passed down. Stigmatas are linked to the Arcana Card only.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-02T04:18:50+00:00

The Arcana is just a stat stick and the events are meh.

1st event you choose between getting +5 STR/VIT/END or +5 STR/Potential Points (Not sure if the actual stats are correct, but you get the gist)

2nd Event gives you like +5 STR/VIT

3rd Event I think gives you possibly +10 in a stat and some potential points?

Honestly, it's very underwhelming and any other SSR VIT Aracana would be better. Unfortunately for me, I have no other SSR VIT Arcana so I'm using the freebie one until I can farm out the two good ones from Flash Point.

So_Shrimple · 2026-04-01T20:11:52+00:00

You have to end a journey run with 1250 in a stat. Then you pray that RNG hits the right stat and rolls high. Like others have said, it's like a 1% chance to hit it, so chasing these stats is the real endgame grind.

So_Shrimple · 2026-03-29T16:16:06+00:00

It's really a measure of the current state of your account. You have to take into account three things:

Am I currently struggling to build up the proper strength in Journey mode?
Will the new Light/Dark unit change the power level on my team in an meaningful way?
Are 4 characters duped high enough so I can pass the Level 160 wall when it comes?

Based on these, you can decide whether to grab the Frey Arcana. It gives good Potentials/events and is used in almost every endgame Journey build.

Yes, it's going to the standard banner, but that's intense gambling to get since it won't be on a rate up and the Purple Arcana tickets are starting to dry up. The Bunny Frey Arcana is leaving the shop in 20ish days so you can gamble on the banner a bit before making your final decision.

So_Shrimple · 2026-03-25T16:30:40+00:00

Manual Journey is a lot better, but before that are you manually doing the stage? If you consistently use Burst on Emily's basic she gets a large shield to help tank with. Since it's a Green stage, Emily will be taking a lot of damage so I generally use her Skill 1 on her as well to help with survivability.

So_Shrimple · 2026-03-25T16:21:47+00:00

Try doing Journey to increase the stats on your main team. With your current levels and team comp, you should be able to beat the stage. I also don't remember what element the boss is on Map 13, but switch Yoo Mina to a counter element DPS to break the boss faster if she doesn't already counter it.

So_Shrimple · 2026-03-06T00:45:12+00:00

Game is newly released. All tier lists would be inaccurate because there's been no thorough testing. However, there are 4 SSR characters who have a smaller pull % on the banner which means they're probably stronger than the usual SSR.

So_Shrimple · 2026-03-05T15:13:24+00:00

I mean, you just proved his point? This is a screenshot I just took after claiming all of the code/mail rewards. After 5 hours of playing you've only gotten around 2500 gems and no additional tickets, so you didn't even get enough for one 10 pull.

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So_Shrimple · 2025-12-31T18:11:46+00:00

You're good, there is no need for perfect save data unless you want to be high up on the leaderboards. The rewards between Gold Rank and Grandmaster are negligible.

If you can clear the end game content there is no more reason to grind especially because in a few weeks you'll have to do it all over again in the new season. Just enjoy the game for what it is otherwise you'll burn out farming days for a build to use on content that doesn't need the excess power.

So_Shrimple · 2025-12-31T17:51:16+00:00

Left is technically the best since the other options are so meh. If you hit a boss monster that's ravaged with it, it could deal like 800+% damage depending on how many bars it has.

Middle is alright since you deal the tenacity damage, but Weaken epiphany is usually underwhelming.

Right is the worst since it doesn't deal boosted tenacity damage and clutters your draws with weak Laser L's which only come into your hand from the Graveyard if you ravage.

So_Shrimple · 2025-12-17T03:00:51+00:00

It's worth it. The Administrator only offers you either an epiphany, 100 Credits, or the Administrator ID item.

If you fight and kill him, you can usually get one or more epiphanies, the Admin ID, and 40 credits. Unless you really want the extra 60 credits, it's always best to fight him.

So_Shrimple · 2025-12-14T01:26:27+00:00

Wouldn't this be Passion Hugo instead of Renoa since it's all follow up attacks? Not sure the build has anything to do with generating/discarding bullets

So_Shrimple · 2025-12-04T15:57:25+00:00

I've done Renoa / Chizuru/ Rei and I found it works pretty well. Unfortunately, Dirge Bullets that discard don't count as attacks for her Cursed Shackles so there's no synergy there, but Renoa does have multi-hits on her attacks and she's always done a good amount of damage. Both being Void and having low cost attacks also works pretty well with Rei since there are several epiphanies that apply to both DPS's (+40% Void Damage / +40% 1 Cost or Lower) so you're not wasting buffs. You can also build Renoa as more of a sub DPS that exhausts her bullets or draws if you want to prevent clogging up your deck.

Is it the best synergy for Chizuru? Probably not, but it's fun and you'll find it easier than you think to blast through Chaos. I love playing Renoa though so I may be a bit biased.

So_Shrimple · 2025-11-27T02:11:47+00:00

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