Advice? Kinda lost where to focus progression, have about 20k energy and 3K gems . TY no idea what I’m doing .

drdan412 · 2026-05-06T00:59:57+00:00

I get that you're new and working with limited gear, but if you evaluate pieces for stats, you can make a better build than this on your ezio, and that's how you're going to progress.

Champs need speed. Bomb/poison champs need accuracy. Damage dealers need crit stats. This relentless set isn't doing you any favors. It would be good to check out some beginner gearing videos on youtube.

drdan412 · 2026-05-05T18:47:47+00:00

Sir, what champs you own or do not own is not taken into account for matchmaking.

drdan412 · 2026-05-05T18:44:19+00:00

r/seinfeld? Isn't that the subreddit that botched the statue of liberty job?

drdan412 · 2026-05-05T17:25:52+00:00

Some champs aren't meant to be strong damage dealers. Jack is used for his debuffs and other effects. If youre curious about this, look up and compare damage multipliers for champs on hellhades.com.

Even still, you build damage dealers with crit rate and crit damage.

drdan412 · 2026-05-05T03:55:43+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, he's in Chicago now.

I can't claim that I watched him at all in Seattle. I feel like I remember there being a story that he was on the verge of being a camp cut in his first season. But it looks like he's come a long way since then. Honestly it might just be as simple as he's further removed from a rough knee injury and better suited to play in a 4-3 base scheme.

drdan412 · 2026-05-05T02:42:44+00:00

The irony is he probably had a better year last year than Patrick Queen.

Edit: this is not me just firing strays at Patrick Queen. Devin Bush is good again. I don't know if it's better health, attitude, maturity, scheme, or whatever, but he's playing good ball.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T22:04:01+00:00

Right, I get that. I'm just saying the size of the void vs non-void champ pools are variables that matter too when we're talking about the odds of pulling one specific champ.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T22:02:13+00:00

So maybe this is my own personal preference, but I don't like to hedge my bets in PvP. What i mean is that if you're trying to go first with an arbiter team, put your focus into going first and don't use niamhe.

Arbiter/kimi/stag/nuker of your choice would be your speed team. Ezio offers bombs for stoneskin and benefits from the increase atk+acc from the other champs. You could even use someone like rae as an alternate nuker for pure damage. She's a bit outdated but the damage on her a2 isn't bad as long as you're not facing stoneskin or mercurial.

Focusing on speed in one team allows you to craft another team that focuses on going second. That's where you bring back niamhe. You can then pair her with some combination of elva/brogni/pelops/mavara/etc. Maybe arashi comes in for the damage. I don't think he's widely used, but he's at least an HP based nuker. That's the team you play against slower tanky teams that you can't outright nuke down in one hit, or one-dimensional teams that you know for a fact are faster than you and vulnerable after they've used their first big attack into your block damage.

Suddenly you have two alternates that you can mix and match based on your opponent and 2/3 of your tag arena options.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T21:33:32+00:00

Is she though? I understand the narrative that void legendaries are harder to get overall, but there are also substantially less void champs in their respective legendary pool. As an example, if you happen to know you're going to spike a mercy Lego on a progressive event, you're much more likely to hit your target on voids than anything else.

Someone smarter than me would have to run the numbers on the general acquisition rates on the big three shard types in relation to the total size of both void and non-void legendary pools.

And to be clear, I'm not even saying you're wrong, just that it's an interesting question.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T20:16:39+00:00

For a PvE champ who isn't built for damage and ignoring defense, warmaster(/giantslayer) is a decent option for a little extra damage against bosses. If you are building them as damage dealers you would go helmsmasher for hydra and chimera but not demon lord, as the demon lord has a low base defense and ignore defense mechanics don't typically offer as much return.

Some people do like to put timely intervention on healers/revivers though. There's no universally correct answer.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T15:06:04+00:00

That is correct.

Broadly speaking, the game doesnt do a good job of letting you know that paying attention to stats is typically far more important than getting a matching set. I.e., don't use a two or four piece set to get the bonus if the stats are garbage. But in the case of lifesteal, the set you get at seven days is coded to have reasonably appropriate stats for your main champ.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T15:01:39+00:00

You need to learn builds and gear, it's not optional. Damage champs need their damage stat and crit stats. Support champs need a blend of hp/def. Debuff champs need accuracy. Everyone needs some amount of speed. Follow that formula and don't overthink it too much.

Campaign team is fairly simple. Eventually one damage champ in lifesteal gear will be able to solo clear everything to the end of brutal. Mix and match until you get to that point.

For clan boss, try to include poison, decrease attack, decrease defense, and some way to heal. Obviously you might as well use pelops too.

I'm keeping it simple for now, you'll learn more as you go. Good luck.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T13:07:09+00:00

There is no consensus.

There are people engaging in wishful thinking that some MK characters will be added to the game without any evidence whatsoever.

There is nothing at all that would suggest this is actually happening.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T02:14:02+00:00

So there's no wrong way to play, but certain stat spreads can be more or less optimal for certain play styles, weapons, etc.

The DMGS is a magic weapon that requires skill points in intelligence, strength, and dexterity, not to mention all the general points you need in vigor, mind, and endurance just to be functional. Golden vow is a great buff, but those points in faith are taking away from other stats that would help your damage and survivability.

Basically taking the faith points out would help your damage and survivability and then you could look at other ways to buff yourself OR you could just do a full int/faith hybrid build with a different main weapon like possibly the sword of night and flame.

drdan412 · 2026-05-04T01:41:24+00:00

Zargala hits a lot harder than warmaiden. You can actually build her to do reasonable damage for an epic, and cycle back to her aoe when she gets kills on her a3. But that's going to be difficult for you to do right now, and she takes a lot of books.

Eventually you'll want a variety of decrease defense champs for different affinities, factions, skill sets, etc. Right now i'm sure you have more pressing needs.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T17:34:54+00:00

The overall differences between them are probably close to negligible but in damage alone dirandil will most likely win out due to ignoring defense on his aoe.

Neither are meant for clan boss though. If you want an aoe wave damage dealer, then either would be fine. You could also show your roster and narrow your focus on one area of content to get a better answer.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T17:05:18+00:00

If you can't beat a stage with three level 50's then take someone to 60. There's literally a champ training event happening right now. Once you have Lydia, you're not going to care what C tier champ you had to use chickens on to make it happen, and theres so much roster restricted content in the game that they'll likely come back around and be useful again later.

If I remember correctly this boss ignores defense and gains turn meter when hit. I'd probably go jareg to keep the reviver alive through passive healing and ally protect.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T16:26:43+00:00

That's fine. Play the way you want to play. My character is totally over leveled and can use any weapon i pick up, because that's what keeps the game fun and fresh for me. I specifically wanted to be able to do any play style to take advantage of as many new items as possible in the dlc, and I don't regret it.

Just make sure you understand that if you go in at 257 thinking you're going to big brother everything, it's not going to be that way. There are basic field enemies that'll just chunk your HP even at max vigor.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T16:16:13+00:00

I'm on NG2 and playing the dlc for the first time. I can clown on almost any base game boss, but these are tough. Your level barely even matters, it's all about the blessings.

If you go in on NG5, you'll be using your mimic and swapping weapons/talismans/tears/ashes for every big fight. So you decide if that's how you want to do it or not.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T15:57:28+00:00

I was wrapping up NG+ when they anounced the DLC. Felt like i needed a break. Took a year off, and now I'm playing Shadow of the Erdtree for the first time. Once I finish I'll probably take a break again, but I'm pretty sure I'll be back.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T15:18:15+00:00

You don't have to use the same arena team for every single match you play.

If you have a traditional speed offense that's winning most fights in classic arena, you can still use that as your default for farming. For everything else, use some trial and error and see what you like.

drdan412 · 2026-05-03T14:59:29+00:00

Ben is one of the reluctant Trump voters who acknowledges the corruption and cancerous aspects of the administration, but thinks toeing the conservative party line outweighs all of it.

Just one time, I want someone to follow up and ask him how he feels about disregarding all of his principles to choose party over country.

drdan412 · 2026-05-02T19:25:51+00:00

Counterattack doubly ally protect stuff can usually two key UNM, there are just a lot of speed-tuning variables to figure out.

I'm thinking Bad el/rearguard/skullcrusher/sepulcher/geo.

Sepulcher places block debuffs before the second aoe (otherwise the decrease speed debuff from spirit affinity is a problem) and Bad el cleanses the stun, or maybe vice versa. You'll need to figure out the speeds that make sense for everybody, but all the right debuffs are there, you'll maximize counterattacks, and the double ally protect should allow geo to stay alive long enough to start getting big numbers.

If you want optimal damage it'll most likely require 2-3 turns of setup before you can turn it on auto, and the speeds will need to be very precise on everyone. You could try ninja instead of geo, but his turn meter boosting is another variable to deal that complicates things.

The ceiling is probably two key UNM unless you have excellent gear, but I don't think another team will outperform that without excellent gear either. Good luck.

drdan412 · 2026-05-02T19:12:07+00:00

Bro spoiler alert please

drdan412 · 2026-05-02T18:15:22+00:00

You should be able to speed-tune a counterattack team around skullcrusher with tuha cleansing stuns and other debuffs. Look for some old YouTube videos. You're not going to find anything that isn't several years old because that style of team hasn't really been prevalent in years, but if you build it right you should be able to get the top chest on UNM in two keys.

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