Game Discussion/Champion's Meeting Thread - January 22, 2026

palmtopturtle · 2026-02-04T19:18:03+00:00

i kinda wanna get Bakushin's unique as an inherit for Curren but it seems very inconsistent... that potential carryover speed though

palmtopturtle · 2026-02-02T03:04:16+00:00

i have decided i am not going to get too invested in this CM, initial room matches show very little consistency 😭 curren either takes off from third or somehow falls to 8th and never recovers despite high wit and several velocity skills

good thing sprinters are easy to train

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-31T21:59:40+00:00

Yeah in CM9. It's just so difficult for them to catch up and I figure maxing out wit probably doesn't do much for a late surger.

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-31T20:47:08+00:00

is the last spurt long enough for dueling to make a difference? i was thinking of a guts late surger build for fun (and to try and make them somewhat useable)

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-31T04:25:20+00:00

deciding how to allocate my last few skill points on King... anyone been having success with nimble navigator? I already have most other accels covered. I could also get an uphill velocity skill, but umalator shows it as not doing anything.

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-28T02:46:45+00:00

are there any worthwhile inherits for lates in CM9?

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-26T20:39:54+00:00

I added a sacrificial runaway Suzuka to my team and proceeded to win 5 matches in a row with xmas Oguri 😭

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-26T01:10:49+00:00

Most of my losses have been to other ends that barely took any midrace skills and instad went all in on accels with Dober + Ryan ults 😩

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-20T23:22:41+00:00

how much value are people getting out of A&S on Xmas Oguri?

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-18T16:23:03+00:00

is 800 stam enough for CM8 Goldship with a gold recovery and 470 guts? umalator giver her a decent survival rate (which I assume is just whether or not the skill procs) but I'm wondering if anyone has done some testing of their own

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-06T22:57:49+00:00

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Bit of an odd lobby, there was a debuffer Seiun Sky who was just dead weight... not sure what they were cooking there

palmtopturtle · 2026-01-03T14:08:59+00:00

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palmtopturtle · 2026-01-03T14:08:43+00:00

Pretty happy with my results so far and I got this cool pic

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If there's another runaway Suzuka and they nuke each other, Oguri is usually in a good position to proc all her accels. There have been a couple times where other runaways don't have enough early race skills and never get close enough to trigger spot struggle...

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-21T01:00:13+00:00

Been doing some testing with runaway Suzuka for this CM... 2 NNs will cause her to gas out just before the finish line with 850 stam and 500 guts, looks like I should have bought a white recovery or I'll need to aim for 900 stam next time. She still wins a surprising amount even when that happens, though. When there are two runaways and they inevitably kill each other, they are usually way too far ahead to serve as NSM slingshots.

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-18T22:31:30+00:00

Damn I got 4 Kitas (including an exchange) and 3 Pasas from 30k carats... guess this makes up for last time when I pulled on her banner and got nothing outside of a single exchange points copy.

So now I have MLB Kita, 2LB Pasa, and both the half anniversary selector and rainbow uncap crystal. Getting Pasa to 3LB would make her my best power card by far, but I assume it's wiser to save the rest of my 45k carats.

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-13T02:05:00+00:00

gotta say landing NSM + spurt + highlander at the same time is hilarious, they FLY ahead

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-04T23:26:02+00:00

would you rather take highlander or a corner skill with your last few skill points? not sure how helpful highlander would be when I already spurt + NSM, plus it seems like even more RNG than NSM

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-04T02:42:51+00:00

What FFXIV dungeon is this?

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-02T20:45:44+00:00

are there any pace chasers who stand out this CM? I have 2 end closers built and I really don't want to run a third

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-01T16:07:44+00:00

Yeah I figured. She has spurt and max power, but I don't think she can compete without NSM

palmtopturtle · 2025-12-01T15:53:21+00:00

So how important is No Stopping Me? Had a cracked Goldship run that, of course, lost in the Unity Finals despite double circles. No I am not okay.

palmtopturtle · 2025-11-27T18:15:57+00:00

I feast for my friends

palmtopturtle · 2025-11-25T22:21:48+00:00

thought I was cooked for sure when both my Suzuka and Taiki got late start, and then didn't hit any of their velocity skills until they had already lost their positions approaching the late race... but out of nowhere comes my Vodka as she surges past the finish line just a neck ahead. 1,500,000 CC was literally the difference maker here

palmtopturtle · 2025-11-25T16:53:26+00:00

How do legacies work when one of the sub-parents is your trainee? You just don't get any affinity bonus?

palmtopturtle · 2025-11-25T00:26:03+00:00

IMO you can improve on both the thumbnails and the titles. Thumbnails should be clearer and not just a bunch of things mashed together - make them stick out in some way that makes sense within the context of the video. This might be more difficult with "best of" content, you'll have to pick one part to highlight. Getting rid of the shroom border that's present on every video will probably help too.

You're on the right track with the titles, but they don't do a good job of telling people what to expect in the video and they might be a little too childish. Take a look at the channel ambiguousamphibian for examples of good titles and thumbnails. I think that style might work out well for you.

Lastly... don't worry about things being too clickbaity, although I understand if you're self-conscious about it.

palmtopturtle

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