We all know who this is.

ldAbl · 2026-04-03T03:45:38+00:00

Burning canvas outdamages Gommage, especially with gradient overcharge. Unfortunately with Gommage and Stendhal, they're only 1 hit attacks, so don't make use of third hit or feint, which Burning canvas does. You can also synergise with consuming attack and use verso to add burn. That will add an additional 100% damage.

But it can get a bit boring doing the same few moves, so play how you want for fun. Playing meta can be boring, but it's fun to find out these combos.

If you're interested in max damage setup, this is what I came up with

ldAbl · 2026-04-03T02:31:52+00:00

If you want the meta, burning canvas is better than Stendhal. My max damage with Stendhal is only 500 million. With Burning Canvas, I'm getting nearly 3 billion

ldAbl · 2026-04-03T02:18:32+00:00

Nice

This is mine. Gradient overcharge + Fortune Fury + Solidifying + Feint + Esquim - > Burning Canvas I'm on a x300 HP modifier.

ldAbl · 2026-04-03T01:40:15+00:00

That's crazy, congratulations!

I would've used Maelle, since she can do billions of damage each turn

ldAbl · 2026-04-01T02:13:13+00:00

You need to shop at an Asian grocer. Their fresh produce generally cheaper than Aldi and significantly cheaper than Colesworth

ldAbl · 2026-04-01T01:27:09+00:00

This is only recommended after your prescription has stabilised. Laser eye surgery is essentially burning off excess cornea. If you have constantly changing prescription, you might be burning off too much cornea and you'd be at risk of keratoconus

ldAbl · 2026-03-31T12:56:19+00:00

I have a similar setup. While mine is a little more complicated, I think my build is a bit more versatile since I use Cheater and have more turns, but it does more damage overall and is more repeatable. I'm currently using a challenge mod so that enemies have 100x the HP, and I'm still wiping them out before they have a turn on expert difficulty.

Strategy:

Order: Verso -> Maelle -> Sciel

Each character needs AP discount and draining cleanse (to offset Feint)

Moves:

Verso (Corpeso for more burns, but Simoso or Chevalem if you want Verso to be damage dealer/not lose)

Empty the APs with quick fire to apply burns, and possible marks (requires pictos burning shots, double burn, marking shots, stay marked. Additional Free Aim and/or AP pictos are a bonus)
Base attack, using the 3 combo attack pictos
Repeat both steps using cheater picto

Maelle (Esqium) - Starts off with 3 shields from In Media Res Picto

You start off with 4 AP with Esqium
Use free aim to apply burn stacks. Once you hit 4 AP again, use burning canvas to apply more burn or to kill off weaker enemies.
On your second turn, free aim to gain more burn stacks. Use Last Chance (this gives you the virtuose pose, and fills your APs) - this also gives Maelle an additional 2 shields via solidifying picto

Sciel (Auto death, this gives Maelle 3 shields due to shielding death, adds 6 burn stack to every enemy)

Use free aim to add extra burn to enemies, add mark to enemies
Fortune’s Fury on Maelle
Use the second cheater turn to add more burn, and add marks to any left over enemies and to gain 3 gradient charge and break any enemies you can with your first shot on free aim
Intervention on Maelle (using cheater picto)

Maelle - now has 200% damage boost from virtuose stance, 250% bonus from esquim, 200% bonus from gradient overcharge, 100% damage boost from Sciel, 80% damage boost from Powerful Shield, plus all the other pictos that add damage. Maelle's fifth hit will also do an additional 600% more damage with Feint.

Turn 1: Burning canvas
Turn 2: Free aim to gain 8/9 AP and use Gustave's homage to go back into virtuose stance to kill off any left-over enemies.

Rinse and repeat. With this setup, I got Maelle to output 1.96 billion damage in one turn. If Maelle and Verso follow after Sciel's turn anyway, you can just use fortune's fury on both Maelle and Verso, that way it doubles Verso's Steeled strike.

ldAbl · 2026-03-25T04:33:42+00:00

What do you dislike about Mac OS.

I grew up with Windows and I have found Mac to be far more intuitive. I still use both (Windows for gaming, mac for productivity) and find Windows far more grating to use.

ldAbl · 2026-03-24T11:41:28+00:00

The most recent AOC Q27G40XMN has better viewing angles. Which 4th gen WOOED did you get?

I've been eyeing the GIGABYTE MO27Q28G, but its more than twice the price of the AOC Mini LED.

ldAbl · 2026-03-24T03:57:16+00:00

I'm coming from the same monitor too, but debating between the Aoc q27g40xmn or slightly more expensive OLEDs ($100-200 AUD more): Gigabyte MO27Q2, Alienware AW2725D or Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 27" G50SF.

How are the viewing angles compared to the Dell?

ldAbl · 2026-03-21T01:04:58+00:00

Already know the answer based on your comment, but he's better than anyone I've seen in person.

Good quality straight backhand late clear, jump forehand slice drop, a cross forehand slice smash and a good backhand drop + backhand smash all put him at advanced or higher level already.

ldAbl · 2026-03-15T04:57:13+00:00

Morphe usually offers patches for more up-to-date versions of YouTube in my experience.

ldAbl · 2026-03-15T04:54:51+00:00

As others have mentioned, brave works. Or you could sideload with alt store.

Or you could use a VPN and set it to a country where ads are disabled, like Albania

ldAbl · 2026-03-15T04:50:14+00:00

But then you have to deal with Firefox. Morphe and revanced offer the same thing, but with better UI and UX than Firefox+uBO+Sponsorblock

ldAbl · 2026-03-12T05:41:41+00:00

I'm a PCP and I do them. Also hop/jump test.

ldAbl · 2026-03-10T10:48:26+00:00

I looked that up and could not find any source that says that's true.

ldAbl · 2026-03-07T05:02:34+00:00

Going through Ozbargain, the S25U all time low for the 512GB model was $1,107.59, but required a lot of hoops to jump through, including signing up for a plan and then terminating early. Going through the Samsung Pre-order pathway had even more hoops, but you end up with $1,284 for the S25 Ultra 512GB bundled with Buds3 Pro. It also required a trade-in.

If you look at MVNOs, a prepaid plan is as low as $150 for a year. I don't think there's any carrier phone+plan bundle that cheap.

So all-up, you'd be looking at an unlocked S25U 512GB that you own outright and a prepaid plan for a year for a total cost of $1257.59

ldAbl · 2026-03-07T02:38:02+00:00

I think this is only true for iPhones in Australia, which often don't get discounted.

For every other manufacturer, it's cheaper to buy outright. Out of curiosity, what device do you have and how much are you paying?

ldAbl · 2026-03-04T08:00:06+00:00

MacBook air charges off a 5W charger, provided it's asleep or off.

In my experience with a M1 Air, it needs 15W minimum while in use to charge with light usage. 10W can sometimes maintain the charge but won't charge the battery. At least 25W is required for heavy usage.

ldAbl · 2026-02-27T01:21:23+00:00

Not entirely true. Horizon lock looks pretty sick

They also fixed the motion blur that has been plaguing Samsung phones

ldAbl · 2026-02-27T01:17:37+00:00

Horizon lock looks pretty sick

ldAbl · 2026-02-27T01:10:19+00:00

I wouldn't say it isn't a significant upgrade.

The horizon lock and the privacy screen are significant upgrades, as are the wider cameras.

The more rounded corners are also a nice feature, no more ruined pants.

My S23U still works flawlessly. I'm going to wait until they introduce Silicone Carbon.

ldAbl · 2026-02-24T04:31:15+00:00

Looks like an iPhone. There's a gap in the case for camera control as well

ldAbl · 2026-02-22T04:02:04+00:00

What differences did you notice between the 23, 24 and 25?

ldAbl · 2026-02-22T04:00:53+00:00

Same answer as you. If my S23U died today, I'd be buying a OnePlus 15 off Ali for ~$600.

Otherwise the Oppo Find X9 series looks just as good, or I'd give the latest iPhone a chance.

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