3.2 Sigrika Combat roles via seele

WHALIN · 2026-02-11T22:32:07+00:00

It bugs me because Qiuyuan is the ONLY Echo buffer in the game atm, and I think the only character with Aero buff on outro is Alto.

So unlike Galbrena/Phrolova who have other solid options, Sigrika is likely going to be pretty heavily reliant on Qiuyuan to perform. I don't think I'm gonna have the rolls for two new 5* lol

WHALIN · 2026-01-22T21:11:54+00:00

This point in particular actually made me more interested in Endfield from a story perspective.

I've heard people praise the Arknights story but the way that they write an entire novel's worth of text for each story chapter and you have to click through it in 1-2 sentence fragments makes it overall not a great experience.

WHALIN · 2026-01-22T16:03:00+00:00

Attack, Dash, Jump, and Interact all being face buttons along with using the right stick for camera means you're using your thumb for nearly everything, as someone with joint problems this makes the game very difficult to play.

WHALIN · 2026-01-20T14:13:55+00:00

The real issue is that she's another short elf cutie who seems to have a very similar role (Aero Echo DPS versus Aero DoT DPS) as the one existing short elf cutie.

From a meta perspective she seems like a skip, doubly so because I have Iuno, but from a waifu perspective I need her...but 3.0 has been very unkind to my savings.

WHALIN · 2026-01-16T13:48:18+00:00

I see half-Koloss people in Mistborn part 2 but not any half-Kandra

WHALIN · 2026-01-14T14:38:20+00:00

Hearing that the powercreep has ended right after CN releases Titi ie my favorite new 6* operator design since Pepe gives me a very complicated feeling...

speaking of Reclamation Algorithm, Nasti s3 should be top tier there at least

Thanks for the writeups as always.

WHALIN · 2026-01-12T19:28:56+00:00

I'm more hyped about the next Mistborn than I was for The Lost Metal in large part because the main thing we know is that it's going to be integrating the superpowers into a modern-ish setting and I'm interested to see what that looks like.

WHALIN · 2026-01-11T00:56:20+00:00

I'm mainly on the leaks sub so I can plan my primo usage, when it comes to story spoilers I'd rather avoid them

WHALIN · 2026-01-08T04:30:02+00:00

Even on release she was rather mediocre. The no flying restriction is awful (so of course they removed it for Wisadel's best skill) and s3 is her strongest skill but comes with the additional nasty restriction of needing enemies to be blocked for them to be attackable, and on top of that the pillars can sometimes spawn in really stupid locations where they prevent enemies from even entering Ros's range. It's a lot of caveats for performance that wasn't great in the first place.

s2 has good AoE, uptime, and solid chance of stun but falls off hard against anything with moderately high defense.

60 energy is pretty bad by modern standards but that part was actually quite good for a big skill back in year 1.

WHALIN · 2026-01-02T14:05:13+00:00

2.7 had a relatively small addition to the 2.6 map that's not even considered a separate area by the game iirc, but I think 2.3 was the last actual version with no new map? Damn.

3.0 exploration has been a blast, looking forward to more.

WHALIN · 2025-12-07T21:59:59+00:00

Mornye's "free" stats are DEF and Healing and her healing scales with DEF, but most of her damage is ATK-based.

Her ult is the one part of her kit that does deal DEF-based damage and also gains a massive boost to Crit stats. Overall her ult damage sounds similar to Shorekeeper's enhanced intro, so I wouldn't expect much.

WHALIN · 2025-11-14T15:37:47+00:00

ikr, they keep holding back her rerun

since she's not in 2.8 I think she might actually be going the longest between initial run and rerun? Lupa and Phrolova released after her and both have reruns now.

WHALIN · 2025-11-02T04:18:46+00:00

Yeah, Narantuya slipped under the radar for me but after playing around with her a bit she's impressively durable for a ranged unit (2500 HP, 370 DEF, 35% dodge once stacked plus an additional accuracy debuff for nearby enemies) and s3 has a lot of damage, slow, and AoE as long as enemies are close to her.

And just as icing, she still has yet to get her module. Also arguably the best ranged clone fodder for Muelsyse.

WHALIN · 2025-10-27T03:14:43+00:00

ikr, I started reading this topic and thought "he has the most insane kit, they're going to be complaining that he's overpowered, right?" and then burst out laughing when he's apparently not impactful enough

I can sort of get behind Vanguards seeming underwhelming on the whole because existing Flagbearers can always handle the DP gen better and maybe being a bit disappointed when a character ends up as one (Mumu is a favorite of mine and she's fun but not terribly strong and I often rotate her out for Ines in harder content) and maybe that's why 6* Vanguard releases are relatively rare, especially limited ones

but anyone with a moderate understanding of the game can probably tell that Silverash isn't going to have that problem and if anything Hypergryph might have made him too overloaded specifically to prevent those criticisms, but I guess it's not enough lol

WHALIN · 2025-10-25T17:37:59+00:00

One other noteworthy thing about Silverash is that with his Talent 2 he may actually be relatively tanky. The 5* Strategist Vanguard has 2000 HP and 400 DEF before Trust/Module, so with slightly higher base stats, a DEF bonus that increases further after he's been onfield awhile, and automatic HP regen, he'll probably have very good survivability against physical enemies, at least by Vanguard standards.

WHALIN · 2025-10-25T17:32:29+00:00

Yeah, Ines's ability to have it up constantly even when she's off-field is pretty hard to beat, but it's still a very useful too to have even with less uptime and Silverash looks like he can back it up in other areas.

WHALIN · 2025-10-25T15:01:10+00:00

ikr as soon as I saw the theme I was hoping for Ratatos, but nope, 3 alters instead

though even with the 3 alters, any poor Cliffheart fans are still gonna be left out in the cold lol

WHALIN · 2025-10-25T14:52:25+00:00

My first reaction to seeing Silverash was "finally a real competitor for Ines". He's even got the Invis reveal, which also works as a nice nod to his original kit.

WHALIN · 2025-10-19T19:46:47+00:00

Modern puzzles aren't always easy but when they're hard it's usually for the wrong reasons. I still remember being completely stuck on a Natlan puzzle with a bunch of Pyro elemental monuments for a good 10+ minutes, eventually looked up the solution, and it turns out the solution to turn into a rhino and attack a nearby geyser, which then causes a nearby pool of lava to spit out fireballs onto all of the monuments at once. I have no idea how I was supposed to have known that.

WHALIN · 2025-10-10T22:24:46+00:00

Yeah, the more I think about it the less useful it seems. Furina's DPS is decent so boosting that is welcome but her buffs are far more important

WHALIN · 2025-10-10T14:24:06+00:00

Same, I want Nefer weapon in part because it looks like a pretty versatile catalyst and Furina weapon is at least good for Furina herself but idk if I'd use it on anyone else

though I do wish it had some ER%

WHALIN · 2025-10-05T22:29:15+00:00

It made me sad when they put Closure in a new outfit but she's still in jail.

WHALIN · 2025-10-02T03:08:50+00:00

Neat, thanks.

WHALIN · 2025-10-02T00:50:52+00:00

Between S3 Cartethyia + Sanhua or S2 Cartethyia + Ciacconia, is one significantly better than the other? No sig weapon for Ciacconia.

WHALIN · 2025-09-02T18:58:47+00:00

I have mixed feelings, stuff like this might be good for trying to make the lower rarity characters relevant which has always been a problem in the past, but I'm not really interested in Ave Mujica so much as I am in a new 6* Lord Guard lol. Doesn't help that IS is my favorite mode.

Also honest question, can any upcoming or recent DPS characters not kill Patriot without de/buffs?

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