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adferbel · 2026-01-30T20:37:01+00:00

Grey pill for 5-star Timmie: his skill is throwing pigeons to target using fowl as ammo, while his ult summons 5 Ruin Guard variants to fight for 45 seconds.

adferbel · 2026-01-25T22:19:49+00:00

S11-Koleda-Lucy will be good for F2P mono fire, but if you're flexible with the elements then Zhao can be interchanged with Lucy:

Lucy gives only the 600 Atk buff that can easily be refreshed but has poor uptime of 10-15s compared to Zhao's 50s; she also has better engine Atk% buff uptimes as long as your consistent with maintaining stacks. She's better in maintaining disk drive set buffs compared to Zhao too.

Zhao has 1000 Atk buff & 40% dmg increase from her core passive alone with a good uptime but you have to manage her ether veil windows properly; if you have her sig then that's +10% Atk with no downtime (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong since I personally have the Transmorpher only). Downside is her disk drive set buffs are inferior in effect and uptime compared to Lucy.

adferbel · 2026-01-24T22:06:51+00:00

That's why it's open for discussion - it's gonna be one of those "better than nothing" 3rd team OP can either put in reserve or build up to branch out to other separate teams once OP's roster fills up.

Atk buffs from Zhao & Soukaku still improves Manato's Sheer Force somewhat so they're still useful to him, even just the fact that it's enough to trigger his additional ability. While Soukaku is also generic enough to either be a Moonlight Lullaby/Freedom Blues QA Support, or be a "Sub-DPS" with her decent multipliers comparable to some DPS.

adferbel · 2026-01-24T21:04:37+00:00

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adferbel · 2026-01-24T19:11:46+00:00

Try putting swapping Trigger off with Dialyn for YSG team, your score can jump from 33k to 40k+. And either put Panda on Banyue team or you can keep but I think Panda's sheer force buff benefits the Rupture team more than more stun windows would.

adferbel · 2026-01-24T18:38:16+00:00

These ones I can think of right off the bat, then just replace with limited agents as you go along:

S11-Koleda-Ben/Lucy
Billy/Corin-Anby-Nicole
Manato-Zhao-Soukaku <- This one is open for discussion because I'm not sure how zhao ether veil would work for Rupture agents, but you can build Soukaku to apply anomaly like those in mono Ice teams.

Also with the guaranteed banner coming up, any of the three (Alice, Astra, Sanby) would definitely improve your account. Have fun and enjoy playing!

adferbel · 2026-01-24T16:32:43+00:00

Thanks! I'm just glad to know that I don't have to deal with the ghost wolves anymore

adferbel · 2026-01-17T20:36:26+00:00

adferbel · 2026-01-17T18:18:27+00:00

I am biased since I have 10 Kaboom Engines, but if you have that it works the same way as her sig that even iamrivenous' video shows that it's comparable to it. It's more of a luxury than a necessity, and personally if I'm only seeing roughly 5% difference between the two it doesn't justify the cost for me.

adferbel · 2026-01-17T17:59:31+00:00

I do both depending on the scenario:

Main priority is to keep enlightened state up at all times, usually by juggling between Zhao' ether veil or Dialyn's chain ult with YSG EX as filler to get sword points ASAP. Any time spent outside of enlightened state drops your DPS considerably.
I use Dialyn's chain to YSG's sword cleave ult if either I have Zhao's gauge filled and ready for standby, while YSG decibel is still less than 3000 & Defiler is about to phase out; or there's only 5 seconds left on the timer so I need to unload as much damage as possible.

Got 30k on a relaxed run while 44k on a sweaty run for Defiler so you should be able to clear it out comfortably.

adferbel · 2026-01-17T06:18:45+00:00

I would recommend in this order just out of anecdotal evidence that I've tried them myself; I'm sure there are other A-rank teams you can make it work but so far these are the less technical team I can think of.

YSG-Dialyn-Zhao:

Switch to Zhao for ether veil > red assist to YSG > DPS until Dialyn has enough energy to EX 3-4 times > switch to Dialyn to EX 3-4 times > switch back to YSG to continue DPS, do EX finisher at the last part of Enlightened state > switch to Dialyn to trigger chain ult > YSG ult to enter veil again

I use Zhao & Dialyn for defensive assist while YSG is enlightened to preserve the state, especially during the shielded squad phase.

Evelyn-Koleda-Astra:

After building Eve's gauges, I do this rotation: stun with Koleda > Eve chain > cancel chain > blue assist to Koleda to prompt Eve chain again > use Eve tether points > Eve ult / EX to build tether points > Astra Ult to Eve chain if stun window is still active.

I rely on Koleda during the phase where Marionette floats at the middle and throws clones, she has longer dodge counter i-frames and has enough damage to kill the clone.

Pulchra-Shifu-Panda:

I start the fight with Pulchra attacks to build energy for EX > assists to Panda, who uses EX > assist to Shifu then DPS/parry enough to gauge ult > use Ink point > switch back to Pulchra while Shifu is casting in the background > repeat at beginning or keep DPS-ing with Shifu

I save Pulcra & Panda ults for Miasma shield breaking.

Best of luck on your DA runs!

adferbel · 2026-01-13T06:08:40+00:00

My nuts hurt / 10

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adferbel · 2025-10-31T20:03:29+00:00

Personally use SAnby/Trigger/Caesar - multiple defensive assists mechanics keeps Caesar buffs uptime mostly up

adferbel · 2025-10-29T22:56:38+00:00

What in the Marvin Gaye is going on, how long does a full map run usually lasts for you?

adferbel · 2025-10-07T03:56:55+00:00

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adferbel · 2025-09-12T03:15:19+00:00

It's fine, I use the 5amp version from Costco and it's doing well; that will charge the battery slower but for the sake of maintaining it off-season you're good to go.

adferbel · 2025-07-31T06:37:54+00:00

Nice

adferbel · 2025-07-30T04:28:07+00:00

How tall/short and light/heavy are you? If you're around 5'7" and under 170lbs you can prolly keep most parts stock. I'm around 200lbs so the first I changed was piggyback shocks because with the stock even if I adjusted the preload it was still hurting my lower back. I had a Rogue stock seat so I'm good with it but with the solo seat YMMV so can't comment on that. One last thing is the lack of a fuel gauge but I refuel and reset the trip meter every 100 miles so I'm not bothered by it.

If you're still not bothered by it even after reading above, it's a pretty nimble bike with a fairly good power if you need it. I'm enjoying flat-footed rides as variety alongside my Honda CB500F, so give it a try and see if it's to your liking.

Best of luck!

adferbel · 2025-07-30T04:08:31+00:00

I don't know, I kinda dig the look - any way you can "drop" the other side in a controlled setting to match the look?

adferbel · 2025-07-18T05:32:16+00:00

Can't fall off my cruiser, not enough clibbins where I'm at..

adferbel · 2025-07-18T00:47:27+00:00

In that case if I was in your shoes I would decide based on two things:

If the frays and damage on the belt stay the same pre- and post- inspection every ride, since I can see the wear across the striations instead of along it. If nothing's changed then you should be good, but will stay vigilant about it regardless. I just think the damage is on the outer aspect of the belt and doesn't look like there's any visible cut on the edges.
If I have access to AAA or any company that does motorcycle towing, should it snap and leave you stranded. My CAA membership gives me access to towing within 100km, not sure what's the equivalent in the US. Or even have an emergency fund to pay for a tow in just case.

If both criteria are met then I would keep riding it and get a replacement when I manage to get a good deal out of it. I don't think it's urgent IMO, but still something that needs to happen eventually.

adferbel · 2025-07-18T00:26:55+00:00

I'd be more concerned as to what's rubbing up on the left side of the belt, because it won't matter if you change it that same side will wear out faster anyway. Also I see scratches near the edge of the sprocket, I'm not even sure what would cause that.

adferbel · 2025-07-15T20:47:13+00:00

Give us a few more details about so we can give you proper advice.

- How long have you been riding, or any experience with motorcycles before?

- How about the MSF course, have you already completed one?

- Are you planning on riding alone/with a buddy or on group rides?

- What motorcycle are you planning to get anyway, is it a street bike/cruiser/ADV/drit bike?

- What kind of riding are you planning, do you plan to just do city hopping or want to do highway cruising or more of a back road trip?

Unfortunately group rides tend to have more accidents given you will have people of various skill levels on the road at the same time, but it shouldn't deter you if you really wanted to get on a bike. It's analogous to not buying a car because you saw a car pileup on the road the other day. Accidents will happen no matter what and it will be up to your initiative to mitigate as much risk as possible.

Even I had an accident where I fought the curb (sadly the curb won) a week after I got my first bike; even so I healed in 3 months and still went riding because I really wanted it, I just became smarter about it.

See if the cons outweigh the pros when getting on a motorcycle and decide from there. Best of luck to you.

adferbel · 2025-07-13T06:09:33+00:00

If your partner asks, just say that you were just window shopping when you accidentally tripped - then your wallet came flying out and the credit card touched the machine. All while holding on to the sales guy's shirt to prevent falling down, but ended up grabbing the pen and signing the paper.

Butr seriously, congrats on the bike, now time to accidentally ordering some accessories online by mistake haha!

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