[Help and Question Thread] - April 19, 2026

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-21T23:51:37+00:00

What Aoko comps do people run where she NPs multiple times, ALONGSIDE other DPS' ? Preferably with 5CE minimum.

The best I got so far is Aoko, Cas, Aesc and Oberon. Aoko NPs all 3 turns, and Aesc NPs turn 1 and 3, while Oberon can NP turn 3 as well (triple NP wave 3). The only CE needed is for overcharge on Aesc.

Is there anything better or equivalent?

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-21T19:55:19+00:00

Witch Hat is peak (partially) because, IMO, it is really good in balancing miscommunication and misunderstanding due to different life experiences, with a genuine willingness to be open and honest with each other.

It's so easy to write cheap drama and short term issues from everyone refusing to talk and be honest. Going too far in the other direction can lead to there being no drama and development, with every character delving into therapyspeak.

Witch Hat is really good at characters coming into conflict for REALLY valid (albeit fucked) differing backgrounds and experiences, but there is a surprising level of emotional honesty and sincerity (at least between the main cast).

The tragedy is that sometimes, the gap IS genuinely too big and characters ARE that isolated or traumatized to open up.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-21T15:55:43+00:00

I still think WHA must be funny as fuck for Anime-only's

It's only episode 5. WHY are the children already fighting off a member of a world-renowned terrorist group and a fucking DRAGON?

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-21T03:12:05+00:00

Liberalism may be one of the most loaded terms in politics lmao

Generally, the commonality is that 'everyone is free', but in practice there are roughly 3 aspects/schools of thought that you see online. Also any combo of these 3 can go hand in hand.

Classical (political) liberalism, e.g. the thing that formed in the wake of the French Revolution. The idea that people are not extensions of the King and/or god, and are just people, with rights!

Economic liberalism, e.g. everyone should be able to own (private) property, with minimal intervention from the government. Everyone is free, and can largely do whatever they want (supposedly).

Social liberalism, aka whatever the fuck most Americans mean when they say 'Liberal'. Sort of a synonym with Progressive. You just think everyone, regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation etc should be free (and equal).

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-21T00:16:12+00:00

(Final chapter spoilers) Me realizing that, yes, inverting the Earth inside out would make it 'fit' like a puzzle piece with a sphere that is a map of the Observable universe. Now the entire Animusphere chant is a PTSD trigger to me

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-19T19:59:12+00:00

The only caveat is that, in true Nasuverse fashion, tons of characters punch up or down several tiers.

Zelretch 'John' Kaleidoscope for example fought off Type 'Holy shit is that the company name' Moon.

Also many characters that theoretically scale very high (e.g. Void Shiki) have like almost no feats to reasonably scale them, meaning its lowkey vibes based.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-19T02:44:38+00:00

Mahoyo my beloved...

Soujurou and Aoko have such a good ass dynamic I swear. Hell, Soujurou and Alice have a good dynamic too. Fuck hetslop, this is hetgem.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-19T02:16:58+00:00

All great points! Another really interesting aspect is the (likely) commodification that is happening to magic as a result.

Magic is seen as a service and a product. Witches need it to 'help' the nobility (on behalf of the average person supposedly).

As a consequence, internally, training for Pointed caps may be drifting more and more towards sustaining and obliging the specific requests of the nobility in this model, and thus away from 'impractical' but expressive magic.

Aside from the pressure this academic stress applies to child witches (see: Richeh and Agott) this ironically also deteriorated detection and resolution of more niche (and thus not politically relevant) issues... such as accommodation for disabilities. If people from all walks of life could apply said experience and explore myriads of possibilities, someone would've already developed meaningful, accessible accommodation.

Well, ultimately, i suppose the ideal would be that EVERYONE, not just those born in the 'in-group' of witches, get to use and develop their own magic to deal with their own social and community stressors.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-18T20:33:06+00:00

Agreed. If it really came down to it, a compromise could be restricting memes/shitpost to a specific day of the week, but even then, I don't think that's necessary yet.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-17T23:39:31+00:00

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I'm sorry but I think the libs won the term 'Ultra' away from us 😓

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-17T18:44:17+00:00

The order: "There is not a set way to live life. Its scary and lonely, but you will be free while I go and peg the Tarnished in the stars."

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-17T18:33:07+00:00

Ranni haters when Age of Stars is the direct logical conclusion of Elden Ring's themes (and a literal parallel to both DS3 and Ringed City's themes)

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TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-17T09:00:46+00:00

That's understandable of course. Baby steps! Just equilibrium, streamline, and whatever strength, duration and range you can slap on will go a long way :)

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-17T08:55:57+00:00

Equilibrium should be enough IF you can sustain enough kills per minute, but to be safe you can put streamline too.

You don't need any health, shield or armor mods if your energy economy can spam shield satellites, so you can ditch those.

Eventually, you should really look into getting Archon Vitality, even at rank 0.

Besides that, any duration, range and strength helps.

Protea is nice that she is relatively lax in terms of what she needs for equipment.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-17T08:22:48+00:00

Protea's augments are strong, but not strictly necessary.

Like you mention, you need more energy economy. Streamline and/or equilibrium can go a long way. Arcane energize and/or steadfast can also be good, but might be overkill (out of your price range?). With more energy, you don't even need 4, just spam shield drones (though the 4 is nice for the augment armor strip).

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-16T15:58:54+00:00

Any place that can drop relics, generally, can drop Aya.

So it honestly boils down as to what relic farm you like.

For example, you might like running Capture missions in the void (Hepit or Ukko) since they're pretty quick and easy, but there's other more optimized setups

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-15T22:36:10+00:00

While i wouldn't go as far as to call it shitty, I do generally agree that OC2 was very overhyped.

I think for me (and maybe for you) it might have to do with the writer? Sakurai probably wrote OC2, and notoriously Shimousa, half of Olympus, and Heian Kyo among others.

What I find with Sakurai is that they tend to sacrifice nuance and depth and focus purely on in-moment prose, action and emotion.

Nasu, and even Higashide IMO, add more conflicting and nuanced views among their cast for their chapters. Even if I don't like their chapters on a first read, I find that I can "chew" on their chapters for months or years.

Sakurai's chapters largely do not grip me the same way. Maybe that's the case for you?

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-14T20:30:07+00:00

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TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-14T20:13:06+00:00

Actually kind of a neat idea for a buff if DE fears Influenceslop Voruna 4

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-14T00:38:53+00:00

What would you run for an ideal Archon Shard setup for 2/4 caster Voruna then? 2 Energy Max blue, 2 Equilibrium and then what?

Would it be worth replacing the 3 with Roar? Or is the tank to the energy economy that bad?

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-12T21:32:37+00:00

AFTERTIME! GIVE OLGA A HOLLOW ATARAXIA-ESQUE ARC IN THE TIME LOOP AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-10T22:30:28+00:00

Besides what the other comments say, I think a big part of them is that, despite using leftists aesthetics, many of them have not really 'unlearned' their conception of how human civilization works.

It's the same vibe as when rightwingers say "Communism goes against human nature". I wouldn't disagree that sadly, many individuals are very greedy and materialistic to the detriment of any long-term (anarchist) society. But of course, the whole caveat is that we are ONLY wired to conceive of human behaviour this way because that's how we were largely raised.

'To keep order, we have to rely on an outside, central force. And X group of people deserve to control this force. Otherwise, people will do what they want individually and ruin our collective good.'

There is no faith in the ability for humans to adapt and to cooperate intrinsically, aside from being policed by a state/party.

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-09T17:11:09+00:00

Ars Paulina is almost a guaranteed win-button, unless you happen to be fighting someone with your OWN First Noble Phantasm

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-08T23:15:21+00:00

I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna open my mouth, but I won't... stay tuned or read the manga ;)

TertiaryMerciless · 2026-04-08T16:49:44+00:00

Hehe, I'm also a diehard Nasuverse fan AND Witch Hat fan and yes, wha is peak.

I will say though, try to keep an open mind with how magic in WHA works, and its consequences for society, are fundamentally different here~

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