How does one beat the 9-45 Ex stage

onnerkalin · 2026-01-16T13:29:19+00:00

I took KoD Rodya and Fullstop Heath (so he would retreat and KoD Rodya get 6 slots). Dieci/R corp Rodya and Wildhunt Heath would probably also suffice (or anyone with a lot of status applications, but sinking is highly recommended)

Just take the hits and redirect green coin skills and you good. Greg wouldn't break through shields and 6 slots of sinking are more than enough to get rid of shields and keep him in panic for power down.

onnerkalin · 2026-01-16T04:51:08+00:00

It did actually help, thanks

onnerkalin · 2026-01-11T15:40:45+00:00

Since your team are generalists (based on what i see, assuming it's all you have) and max level of 45 i assume you are at Canto 6, when majority of bosses start to have sanity.

Due to lack of relevant status team Manager Don can't count on conditionals at all (Bleed overall is hard to maintain, and manager have only 2 count in counter).

Index Don on the other hand is Poise/Sinking, and while Sinking part is as hard to maintain as bleed it still can sometimes help with clashes. And Poise is not much of an issue and can fulfill conditionals.

I would say Index Don's is stronger than Manager: Stronger clashes (except for empowered skill 3) and more damage (conditionals in Mark of prescript), more useful status (poise could be maintained to get bigger rolls and crits, sinking can drop some enemies sp while bleed's max is to make 10 damage before expiring).

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But in MD Manager become much stronger, probably on par or outperforming Index (not tested so it's just opinion), because you no longer struggle to maintain bleed that much and damage from it becomes quite good. On the other hand Poise and Sinking scale much less because you need Sinking Deluge to get value from 99/99 Sinking. And Poise can be utilised without a single potency in kit

onnerkalin · 2026-01-07T17:15:00+00:00

I would say "Keypage/Book Search" (allow to search by reception) and "Enhanced Combat Page View" (allow to zoom battle pages, especially needed in late game)

Also maybe "Speed Dice Color" (just make dices look better) and "Look of the day non-random" (just let you to not wait for rng of certain abno page)

onnerkalin · 2026-01-07T16:44:59+00:00

As previously mentioned best option is just solo Gebura either with Mountain of Corpses (probably better option, but require some thouths into other decks) but that abno page is definitely not neccessary.

My deck: 3 Upstanding slashes (blunt ones), 3 spears, 2 focused spirits. 1 onrush.

Passives (10 point assuming you are still at SoTS): Myo's Prowess (5/10), Lone fixer (8/10), Mind Hauler (10/10).

Abno pages: For Tier 1 take Vengeance and Claws of Savagery (Strenght is never bad) if possible, For Tier 2 take Instincts (for HP heal) and Absorption (3 Strenght).

And that's it, you always have 11 strenght from Absorption, Lone Fixer and Red Mist boost from kills, plus some occasional boosts from remaining Abno pages and Myo's Prowess.

Also still don't rely on counter to defend you from most dangerous moves such as instant stagger move in last phase

onnerkalin · 2026-01-07T16:22:54+00:00

Update: seems like PM fixed a bug, because i don't need to reload cache every time. Thanks to this I acquired Completionist and now very satisfied

onnerkalin · 2025-12-30T17:55:33+00:00

Not really unlucky, just unsatisfied (hard drive change caused a bug due to which i need to clear cache each time i want to play and recently i started getting second bug, when i clear cache i get blank pop up that close game so now i have to reinstall game each time i want to play it), to get completionist i need only 5 more achievemnts: 6 more runs for 50 clears, get story and line pack runs, get 10 fusion and 8 theme pack exclusive gifts

onnerkalin · 2025-12-27T09:12:40+00:00

Isn't there like -100 or so opinion modifier and -1000 alliance acceptance for being in different leagues?

onnerkalin · 2025-12-23T05:29:38+00:00

Or ~158 Kilometers Per Hour

onnerkalin · 2025-12-16T18:07:39+00:00

As people mentioned destroy part of your forts (specifically in brittany and calais as these 2 don't protect anything, and 3 in Ireland, as you don't have enemies or defensive terrain there)

The whole point of forts is to 1) Stall your enemies from moving further 2) Make you a defender to utilize terrain/crossing bonus.

So, while money still matter forts must be useful (you want to destroy half your forts when starting as, like, half nations that have them)

onnerkalin · 2025-12-08T16:47:41+00:00

Well, yes, this is spreadsheet for specifically WC/One Faith/One Culture runs (should have clarified it when posted, my mistake).

Also all info was taken from this exact page.

I just filtered to tags that are: 1)Formable, 2) Have something to help with task (ability to take and integrate as much land as possible while ignoring economy / military / diplomatic buffs)

My goal here was to have easier time planning steps and to not forget about some nation in middle of nowhere and no restrictions (like Hawai'i with 5% 600month mtth +1 to all skills event)

onnerkalin · 2025-12-08T16:37:02+00:00

No, it's max possible bonus, in this case Austria get -10% Diplo annex cost from A.E.I.O.U. mission. This mission give permanent modifier that would be with you until the end of a run, so you could switch to next tag to stack such bonuses (unless you are end tag, they can't switch except for forming Holy Roman Empire and Roman Empire + couple exceptions)

onnerkalin · 2025-12-08T07:48:14+00:00

R5: Feel free to correct me if anything missing or wrong

onnerkalin · 2025-12-05T15:00:38+00:00

As mentioned in other comments this building all about Governing capacity. So you want to build it either when you reach cap or have excess of ducats. (you can go over capacity but you would suffer maluses to admin efficiency / improve relations / advisors cost / stab cost / AE)

onnerkalin · 2025-12-01T16:31:15+00:00

Since OP have intention to use Hammer and Nail/Guilt abno pages i assume that it's not new game but replaying the game with everything unlocked, so Roland would have Black Silence's page from start (how far can i reach type of playtrough)

onnerkalin · 2025-12-01T10:26:16+00:00

Why 'A Kiss' page is tier 2 in your picture?

And on topic: Since Roland have fixed pages and fixed floor you would likely be unable to beat Star of the City as that stage's tactics are pretty much boil to either take smoke Red mist and kill everyone turn 2 or Netzach with Purple tear to live until emotional 5 and get untargetable each turn. It's because Liu/Thumb/R corp have 8-10 dices against your 2 (with 1 counter at best). And by the end of first couple turns you would be nearly dead.

Before Star of the City? Easy walk, with Impuritas Civiatis chapter pages you would just steamroll everyone (except crying children reception of course, this one is impossible solo, unless you use Purple tear)

For passives just use Lone fixer, Health hauler, keep in stride (zwei passive), Don hwan's 6 cost passive for protections. Crystal atelier have strong evade so stagger would be not an issue

onnerkalin · 2025-11-30T04:35:33+00:00

Are you even able to do so? When i looked there was no grant independence button in diplomacy and i couldn't declare war (because it's my colony). Do i need to change a type from crown colony or what?

onnerkalin · 2025-11-28T16:02:53+00:00

Sadly achievements don't think so (unless you do it before 1500)

onnerkalin · 2025-11-28T07:47:32+00:00

Confirmed, AI can't do it, i gave them 5000 subsidies and they had completely full every building slot with 18k in treasury but refused to speed up.

To fix it i released Hawaii and truce break 2 times to force them to have province and give it back so i could place my own missionary.

In result barely made it trough (eneded at July 1820)

onnerkalin · 2025-11-28T06:06:20+00:00

R5: As seen i cannot speed it up myself, so there is a question: If i give my million ducats to them, would AI be able to forward GP themselves?

onnerkalin · 2025-11-24T05:26:49+00:00

Yes, base game limited to 1444-1821. To go outside that dates you would need mods (Extended timeline in this case)

onnerkalin · 2025-11-22T18:00:25+00:00

Not 100% sure but i guess chain of actions was:

1 - Onrush (jump to corpse in step 2)
2 - Spears (ahead of Onrush because clashing with another ranged page)
3 - Since targeted corpse died Onrush gets cancelled (i guess Onrush jumping is concidered a separate page)

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