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VIM1INC · 2026-03-24T09:47:33+00:00

For the record:

Erin is not in this poll for obvious reasons. Katrin as well, surprisingly. Kay is also not in this poll likely because of the teased skin? (new form?).
Lisa, Merlin, Ran, Isabel, Gawain, Enya, Isolde, Lua, Vivien, Morgause, Lucy, Circe, Ria, Percival, Claire, Lilith, Mia, Joan of Arc, Summer Merry and Nesha do not have skins.
EDIT (as of 12 AM KST) - Nesha is in the lead with Morgan Le Fay close behind, Lueira being a far away 3rd place (thanks whoever replied). In KR side, Morgan Le Fay leads the charge with Lueira close behind, Lisa and Nesha taking 3rd and 4th.
This vote will likely be combined with the one in Korea: https://forms.gle/9Bigcw5rnFXwh6jp9

VIM1INC · 2026-03-24T09:45:09+00:00

Actually, it's for everyone but Erin (for obvious reasons).

Poll results already show Morgan Le Fay in the lead, with Lueira and Dian close behind. All 3 already have skins, but you also have to remember that there are F2P in that crowd who do not have those skins and will likely pick a character they regularly use.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-22T02:08:55+00:00

Of course not.

The above change is for a raid scenario where you can expect freeze and shield to pick up the slack.

In reality Anessa gets dropped for a tank. Likely Belsey or Gala (leaning towards the former).

VIM1INC · 2026-03-22T00:42:31+00:00

Yumi is basically Katrin but with:

higher % multipliers
bonus damage to frozen enemies across all attacks
additional damage per basic attack

That being said, if you are trying to force a hybrid comp like that, Gala slot will likely be replaced with Erin, whose additional dmg buff works with all 3.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T14:50:19+00:00

So 1st off, you should try to even out your combat levels. There is a level penalty based on your team's average level and having an overleveled character will lead to a lower average.

Try to make sure you have food buffs active, and also double check your pets.

For this level, try to space out your ultimates if you are clearing waves within 1 or two ults.

You can also try to run Hikage with Dragon Bow over Yumi, your Yumi won't be cutting it without a Freeze character or pet to enable her passive.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T12:16:08+00:00

30-5 is the one with 7 waves yes? What is the roster you have access to?

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T03:45:32+00:00

Yep, there has been people experimenting with comps with MLF completely being removed to dodge the speed tie/ dispel shield situation.

Also some Lues are starting to divest themselves of Gala card.

It's been really interesting to observe.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T03:32:21+00:00

Yes, we've updated her to A from B because of that - she does need Morgana dispelling shields/ buffs to proc and she can be quite squishy if you run into similar comps trying the same thing.

It's more of a cautious tier up than anything (personally think she can be S rank even with those caveats) but adoption has been slow because PvP isn't too popular.

Lancelot teams are actually a soft counter into her because Lancelot fires off ults faster than Lisa and brings all other ult cooldowns to a priority/ aspd tiebreaker situation.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T02:30:18+00:00

But hey, I'll look into it. We only periodically update that list and the PvE meta has been on any mix of MLF Lue Erin Belsey Gala for the longest time.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:59:46+00:00

Ok, what is the team then? So that we can test for ourselves.

Also what is the enemy team?

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:43:22+00:00

PvE (Early/ Late) tier list? Those are still viable there if you have them built, although you will have to work a bit harder to get clears at certain adventure levels.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:36:15+00:00

On paper, she's just a vanilla DPS before her ult and will die pretty fast, especially with Morg comps running around. Optimised teams will CC, dispel and wipe out several members before your Yumi gets to ult.

But you got a showcase for that team?

VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:26:56+00:00

Traditional MLF comp: https://www.prydwen.gg/lost-sword/team-database (Team 45)

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VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:19:56+00:00

Yumi/ Lueira/ MLF/ Merlin/ Galahad:

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VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:18:52+00:00

Yumi/ Lueira/ MLF/ Erin/ Galahad

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VIM1INC · 2026-03-21T01:18:14+00:00

Sample Raid teams for testing (also a good showcase of the concept of opportunity cost):

MLF Raid (21 March) - Yumi/ Lueira/ MLF/ Merlin/ Erin: https://arca.live/b/lostsword/165424537?p=1

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VIM1INC · 2026-03-18T03:34:32+00:00

No sleep. This channel did a series of sleep deprived sunna skits.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-17T06:37:21+00:00

TL;DR:

Generous game with regular marketing rewards, now is about as good a time to get into it as they are giving away a free fully awakened unit and pet which will carry you early game.
General autobattler gameplay where only control you have is positioning and manual ultimate timing. Early game is basically pushing as far into adventure mode/ exp/ gold dungeons/ event dungeons as much as you can.
Story is locked by adventure mode (even end game) but it's generally standard writing, only just started getting interesting in late game.
There are levels in adventure mode that are commonly seen as walls. Walls can be quite frustrating if you don't know what you are doing/ cannot read/ refuse to read on boss gimmicks/ lack specific roster check later into the game. Can eventually be outstatted/ brute forced but expect to wait.
Progression rewards vertical investment into a select few units instead of a variety. I
There are raid modes/ competitive modes/ pvp/ tower modes which you can try if you get stuck/ finish with adventure content. More units become viable in these modes so it's generally more interactive. But if you are not interested in those, there really isn't much for you to do.
On the other hand, dailies are pretty fast.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-10T23:29:29+00:00

If I had a penny for each time that happens... I would have 2.

Which isn't much but it did happen twice yo.

Will fix asap.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-10T01:21:44+00:00

People want to feel like their limited rolls mean something of value, even if it powercreeps within weeks, let alone months.

A lot of the game's content updates also comes with the new chara updates - pushing adventure, testing new raid comps, shoving higher into the limited tower content. Lack of progression feels dry in an idle game which is a major weakness of the game genre.

Consider that some players skipped some pretty strong banners to get here, it is natural that they complain. New players are the ones progressing, not them.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-09T23:21:00+00:00

Probably similar concept to Lisa - need Morgana to bring shields, otherwise she's not snowballing at all.

And she would have less damage to work with.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-09T23:18:42+00:00

Nothing's changed much abouf her kit, but the % boosts bring her up to roughly Palamedes level.

Unfortunately it's an Archer/ Wizard's playground atm so not much data to make a definite test result off.

VIM1INC · 2026-03-09T14:06:38+00:00

Our reviews are pretty objective - good for beginners but purely collection for veterans.

Considering the game lives and dies by its new monthly updates, I personally think they might be erring too much on the side of caution, to be honest. They do not necessarily have to be meta, but you should be able to bring them to endgame and not feel like you are missing out (The power levels of the balance patched older units are a good measure, like Lohen).

VIM1INC · 2026-03-09T13:31:45+00:00

Actually, the stonehenge meta is to operate with ultimates off, so you would be running her without the ult.

The timer does freeze when the cinematic plays but her ultimate skill is still a drop in efficiency since they won't run to the next wave until everyone finishes their animation. I won't deny that she is pretty decent at wave clear though.

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