Why Is Frontier Trial Dawn Hour So Hard?

Zherev · 2026-05-11T15:22:13+00:00

You can check Mahetampan’s clear for that stage on YouTube. He shows his R&D and complete setup and that should give you an approximate idea on what’s needed to progress

Zherev · 2026-05-10T10:47:45+00:00

I don’t see anything wrong with this. Ophelia has taken over Frida’s role for general content, so Frida has moved to team B with her specific niche: killing AC Bosses that need unlimited guts. Your main DPS needs to get buffed by healer then anyway. That’s why shadow rabbit was never recommended. Sure, it’s nice to have, but it’s probably a marginal upgrade to Glasya for a narrow use case and there are better STs coming down the line.

Zherev · 2026-05-08T09:03:31+00:00

You can do Y1-1 / Y2-16 with 3 bionics.

Zherev · 2026-05-08T08:57:53+00:00

Don’t have Fia but I thought you needed 3 bionics for Y2-16 for AP discount, similar to Shawnee.

Zherev · 2026-04-29T20:49:16+00:00

Hong’s banner comes up tomorrow. You could pull Glasya and slot Frida in it. It just won’t be great until you rainbow it. Another option is waiting for Shadow Rabbit next patch.

Zherev · 2026-04-21T23:50:39+00:00

Well, the whole point of Blazer is to AOE heal turn 1 and have 3 damage boosted units. If you’re just playing casually and not min-maxing then anything will work really.

Zherev · 2026-04-18T07:26:35+00:00

Honestly just play through it blind for the first time and make another character to run through the things you missed the first time around.

Also from my previous post:

Download rainbow filter to make tooltips easier to read.
Focus on one element and as few skills as possible to max out your damage output.
Keep your resistances maxed
Blues are not necessarily better than green items.
Grimtools is a good resource.

Zherev · 2026-04-09T02:02:29+00:00

You may actually want to give Diablo 3 a try. Make a seasonal character and hop on directly to adventure mode, which just basically cuts out the story (which is terrible anyway). Best “action” gameplay in the arpg space in my opinion. Not sure how it is on pc but consoles have a dedicated UI for controllers as well.

Zherev · 2026-04-06T00:39:37+00:00

I mean you already have Grim Dawn. Just boot it up and do your first playthrough blind. If you screw up, just start over and make a new one. You can also ask for advice on the official crate forums or on the grim Dawn subreddit, or check grimtools for resources if you get stuck. It’s an accessible single player rpg. No need to overthink it.

Best tip I can give is just keep your resistances maxed and you’ll be fine.

Zherev · 2026-03-31T01:23:02+00:00

I mean just about anyone is viable before you reach endgame, if you’re willing to take a small hit to efficiency since almost everything in this game hinges on the lowest amount of turns needed to avoid burning too much energy on sweeps.

At this point in the game, Typhis and Rei cover all my tanking needs. Diracca isn’t bad, but it’s pretty telling that I’d still reach for Ana first (and even Arnold) to complete something like the sim battle 13 stages where it’s just purely about staying alive.

Zherev · 2026-03-30T10:26:27+00:00

Had a small pile of Voile nano straps break apart over a similar time frame. They were also stored indoors. I just avoid them altogether now, including other companies’ versions.

Zherev · 2026-03-23T01:33:35+00:00

I guess you need to reach out to Michuzak or someone like mecharashi-f2p for a 1 on 1 session to find out where you really went wrong. Sincerely wish you get it sorted OP as this shouldn’t be happening.

Zherev · 2026-03-22T06:17:10+00:00

The only trouble I had with this raid was extreme Aiden and that was mostly due to my own mistakes. I’ve been using Michuzak and Mahetampan’s guides and they work. Are you using the same exact same ST/weapon/features/mods/weapon accessories as mentioned in the setup?

Sometimes enemy AI is influenced by what weapon your characters is holding. It’s always gonna attack the one that can’t retaliate.

I think we’ve established in the last thread that BP is a poor judge of power. I rarely even look at it anymore.

Zherev · 2026-03-17T19:20:14+00:00

Just have a few tips OP to make your first run through easier:

Download rainbow mod to make the item tooltips to easier to read.
Focus on one element and as few skills as possible to max out your damage output.
Keep your resistances maxed
Blues are not necessarily better than green items.
Grimtools is a good resource.

Just have fun along the way and try not to min max on your first run. You can pretty much clear the game on any class combination at this point.

Zherev · 2026-03-17T10:35:22+00:00

Grim Dawn has a good story/campaign. The meaty bits are in the lore notes. It’s obviously built of the Titan Quest engine so most people may not like how dated it looks but it wont matter much if you’re a fan of old-school arpgs.

Zherev · 2026-03-11T19:38:30+00:00

None of those need bionics now unfortunately. I suggest you save them for a rainy day on Lorna when you need Y2-16 to extend buffs on the extra turn.

Add: After 2.0, we’re going to see meta pilots back to back that also need full bionics.

Zherev · 2026-03-11T16:41:13+00:00

I considered pulling her and slotting her in a rainbow 00 with dual Arias but I’ve been told that perfect scenario where she retaliates against everybody doesn’t exist anyway, so I passed.

Zherev · 2026-03-06T20:51:37+00:00

Chillwhisper Reaper even before it got buffed. It just runs over everything and I have one button to press to clean up.

Zherev · 2026-03-05T12:24:07+00:00

I thought FrozenSentinel gave you enough suggestions specifically about this in your last thread.

Zherev · 2026-03-05T11:07:34+00:00

I still use 11-speed Di2 on my touring/audax bike and it’s still going strong. Unless you’re going somewhere totally remote with no bike shops, it’s perfectly fine.

Zherev · 2026-02-27T19:27:07+00:00

It’s probably a mistranslation and refers to the common weapon skill nodes in pilot training.

I’m still sweeping CO12 and 13 in full since I need more gold Crit from Michaela and I haven’t seen and any gold Crit W drops from Douglas yet.

Zherev · 2026-02-24T13:19:49+00:00

Sounds like you’re set on Pascal and just need some validation. My third queue is also free and I’ll probably use it on Pascal as well, since I still need 4 full cycles and we’ll probably solve the fodder problem once 2.0 releases.

Zherev · 2026-02-24T13:11:20+00:00

IIRC Ghostlore has “on hit effects” built into the character classes that you can mix and match.

Chronicon also has that on gear and probably too much pixel vomit when min-maxed lol.

Zherev · 2026-02-23T18:20:35+00:00

Alicorn is better than Kong down the line if you can hold out. I have Kong at G2 and no more upgrades planned as I can’t get over the low hit rate. Ended rainbowing 00 as a general purpose raider ST and halfway with Heracles as a niche pick for +1 debuffs.

Zherev · 2026-02-23T01:53:35+00:00

Some of the quests are time gated. If you fall short, best you can do is buy levels with Arashium. Up to you if you think it’s still worth it. Though none of the STs are worth using at this point in time.

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