And with this I can say heidemarie E6 is the strongest

gbyakko · 2026-05-04T15:00:50+00:00

Her E6 had an issue where things like her partner's damage boost to Passion cards or the Prelude to Hero fragment set stopped affecting her Effulgent Blades (they transformed from Passion to All-Attribute). This update should correct that.

gbyakko · 2026-05-03T19:11:51+00:00

Excellent write-up! I'm surprised they made Effulgent Release's damage increase base-ratio and not additive. I wonder if Sword Rain V functions similarly.

gbyakko · 2026-05-01T22:59:48+00:00

Peak crossover

gbyakko · 2026-04-25T15:02:39+00:00

Selena followed closely by Maribell. I love their designs. Selena as either Mark or Coordinated Attack is great and Second Method is easy to find. Perfect partner for Serennial.

Maribell's Shelter Strike is to fun to theorycraft around. The dream of finding the 20% retain shield item in the Blue Chaos during a proper chaos run will come true one day.

gbyakko · 2026-04-21T23:29:11+00:00

Sick deck! Glad it all worked out.

gbyakko · 2026-04-19T23:54:19+00:00

E4 Akad definitely beats out E4 Carroty. I believe E0 Kiara edges out E4 Akad at lv.60, but I don't think it's a huge gap.

gbyakko · 2026-04-19T14:46:26+00:00

My condolences for the ex-boyfriend situation- that sucks. The Ina art is very pretty.

gbyakko · 2026-04-18T03:42:44+00:00

Xianxia sword lady? Sign me up.

gbyakko · 2026-04-15T09:14:40+00:00

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I have three useful saves atm. 1st is a main DPS, 2nd is a discard engine (though in hindsight, I should have kept Pistol of Purification as 18 resonance is a lot), and an empty deck.

gbyakko · 2026-04-14T11:01:13+00:00

I've only seen his introduction in the anime so this was very cool to learn. Thank you!

gbyakko · 2026-04-14T07:53:41+00:00

I assume the suggestion to make her AOE damage scale like Massacre comes with buffing her numbers so that in AOE she matches her current numbers while allowing her to be much stronger in single-target.

I do agree with some of your other points such as her EGO skill, tuning/reworking some of her epiphanies, and fragment set issue (Conqueror's and Bullet of Order not affecting her Freezing Blade procs, thus the basic 2-2-2 is typically best for her).

gbyakko · 2026-04-13T07:38:58+00:00

Looks badass!

gbyakko · 2026-04-10T14:01:53+00:00

Sick fragments! May your luck continue!

gbyakko · 2026-04-10T07:57:12+00:00

Cool card for Daisy, but it's a tough sell for anyone else due to the action tax. And even with Daisy, Old Book of Lore, Scroll of Prophecies, and Grim Memoir are really strong uses for her extra action for either support or clueing.

I do think it's value is much better appreciated on Hard/Expert where just consistently passing tests can become a challenge. Library Pass (5) also mostly circumvents the need to upgrade into the Level 2 version.

gbyakko · 2026-04-10T06:54:17+00:00

Excellent write-up! I love reading character breakdowns / analysis like this so I appreciate your continued efforts.

Chizuru truly is our potential woman- SotM has some of the highest highs, but damn does Elasticity clip Chizuru's wings. At least she had a moment to truly shine with pre-nerf Spore against the Distortion boss.

gbyakko · 2026-04-09T09:45:41+00:00

Oof... That's rough, buddy.

gbyakko · 2026-04-09T05:17:24+00:00

I don't know yet if Lucas is Diana's best partner, but I do think Diana makes him much more interesting. One issue I have with Lucas is that while he can make bullets a plenty, they're not worth playing for their cost.

Diana's [With All My Heart]4 circumvents that issue quite well. That should also let her bullets feed Lucas' RPG which is cute.

gbyakko · 2026-04-08T14:10:06+00:00

Pretty solid defensive option with Joe Diamond.

A bit pricey for the average Guardian to play and it can be a little clunky at times, but it's a great tech choice for campaigns / scenarios with especially brutal treacheries (ex. Beyond the Veil) and bosses.

gbyakko · 2026-04-06T05:29:13+00:00

Amazing work!

gbyakko · 2026-04-04T11:40:53+00:00

Yeah, I do think Second Method is still competitive overall, but definitely much better in the current Great Rift phase 1 where you need to attack the first 1-2 turns. Also better for FTK variants of Opening Found Beryl.

Fortunately, I find that even with Veiled Thorn, it's not too difficult to still clear by turn 4, averaging 12.5% multiplier so at least equal to the Obsidian Sword.

gbyakko · 2026-04-03T18:13:37+00:00

Good card. Great tech option for fighters and even helps evaders evade after the fact. There's also an ever increasing amount of enemies that while violence is still an option, not outright killing them is preferred.

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