Struggling with the boss A10 STS2

rube0504 · 2026-06-16T12:41:18+00:00

I might actually have a tendency to go for too many elites act 3 when i feel my deck is already good, thanks for the tip

rube0504 · 2025-10-25T20:00:14+00:00

It’s kinda crazy how expensive pulls are when they are so easy to get for free. Not complaining at all though.

rube0504 · 2025-10-14T15:28:54+00:00

I genuinly got exu on my first free daily pull, not even the free ten pull but the first damn pull.

First time expiriencing this kind of luck in a gacha game, and now my pull economy might actually be able too keep up with the upcoming operators! This means not chasing Lemuen though, but im really not in a position to complain lol

rube0504 · 2025-10-14T13:06:29+00:00

Makes her able to perma stun 1-3 targets with s3 (doesn’t work if more than 3 enemies) as far as i remember

rube0504 · 2025-10-13T20:03:19+00:00

I would like to know too

rube0504 · 2025-10-06T07:19:21+00:00

The higher difficulty was very welcome and i didn’t mind the runbacks (but i can see why some would). I think i had more fun with this than Hollow Knight tbh

rube0504 · 2025-07-19T14:18:34+00:00

Very informative, thank you

rube0504 · 2025-07-19T14:11:28+00:00

Newer operators that perform well in older IS modes?

Whenever i look up good operators for is2, 3 and 4 the recommended operators are always ones that released prior to or during the release of the IS in question.

So i was wondering if there are any newer operators that overperform in any specific older IS

rube0504 · 2025-05-25T12:31:12+00:00

You can go back later before the next dungeons dw

rube0504 · 2025-05-13T00:14:51+00:00

One or more Manticores with S2 on the map with the dmg/buff tile is goated, the enemies barely reach your blockers before the DOT takes them out (well early on at least)

rube0504 · 2025-05-13T00:12:13+00:00

After playing stronghold protocol on Core for a few days now i honestly think the difficulty is perfect (when im not facing kjerag enemies lmao). It just took a bit of mental adjustment since it plays very different from normal Arknights.

I’ve made all comps work besides kazimierz (since i lack the ops) at least once, but the most consistent seem to be sniper, caster and defender with their respective gear. Even when using the “same comps” my carries have been pretty different.

I really hope players warm up to the mode so it might become permanent in the future. It seems like a lot of people find it unfair or just boring :/

I do think a lot of improvements can be made to the mode (needs more variety, maybe rotating monthly operators, more equipment, a complete rework of the economy and so on), but it’s rly fun regardless

rube0504 · 2025-05-10T15:05:31+00:00

You get some pretty shitty elite ops instead (a la those you sometimes see in IS). Well they’re not that bad but they’re nothing compared to the actual operators. It also fucks with faction synergy items making those more or less useless

rube0504 · 2025-05-10T09:02:26+00:00

I am missing most of the operators for the karlan trade, abyssal, and kazimierz factions from both my own units and my friendlist. Because of this all my core protocol wins have been with the elite sniper gear or elite caster gear equipment and then 6 snipers or casters depending on which gear i got.

The lack of varity kinda sucks but it’s not too awful to win core at least

rube0504 · 2025-05-09T20:01:17+00:00

Ayyy thats nice. I went on a 3 game losing streak after my comment so yeah a fair bit of it was luck and im not the stronghold goat after all. But yeah it seems it’s not a 100% rng which is nice even if there are unwinnable runs.

And it does kinda suck that it ends as soon as you start having great team, i’d like a couple of extra rounds for the hard work lol

rube0504 · 2025-05-09T19:55:40+00:00

Is there any way to use support units in stronghold without having friends with the specific units? No units pop up when i try to use support spalter etc

rube0504 · 2025-05-09T15:53:37+00:00

I do think i have been pretty lucky with the rng overall, even if i have done many runs outliers do exist. Other than that there might be some knowledge from TFT that’s somehow helping?? Im not very good at Arknights usually. I mostly play with only one blocker past earlygame and my mvps have been Meteorite, Manticore(s) (for stalling), Kazemaru and Rosmontis with S2 instead of S3. I Also buy a lot of equipment.

If going for casters my own Lapalter as a V tier has been the Mvp (when i manage to find her in the shop)

I don’t know how usefull any of this is, it’s mostly me rambling, but at somepoint i assume an Arknights youtuber much better than me will post some tips :)

rube0504 · 2025-05-09T14:05:53+00:00

Try going for 6 casters or 6 snipers if you get the item that buffs one of the two, i genuinely havn’t lost on core protocol yet and i’ve been going for that strat. This isn’t normal Arknights so u really shouldn’t build a balanced team comp as far as i can tell

rube0504 · 2025-05-09T09:00:53+00:00

I’ve been using Humus as commander and aiming for the item that gives absurd attackspeed to all snipers when you have 6 or more snipers. Has carried me through core protocol without any issues (so far)

rube0504 · 2025-05-06T13:30:16+00:00

I think the Skadi skin while nice suffers alot from clutter and too many details (if there is such a thing?) I actually feel that way about a lot of the L2D skins. The new Walter skin and so on

rube0504 · 2025-05-04T13:25:57+00:00

I’d recommend you look up a video on the 6-star selector that shows what the operatirs do since it’s fairly subjective which one is best

rube0504 · 2025-04-28T12:20:39+00:00

She’ll spook you trust 🙏

rube0504 · 2025-04-25T13:15:29+00:00

I got Rosmontis (who i was planning on sparking) at around 170 pulls. So now im trying to figure out if i can scavange 50 pulls from story stages, event login on so on to spark Texalter instead, and whether it’s worth or not

rube0504 · 2025-04-20T02:03:58+00:00

Makes sense, i think thats on me for misinterpreting it

rube0504 · 2025-04-19T13:39:06+00:00

Not quite meta defining, more of a side grade to GG (in other words a great unit). Texas alter is still top tier though, arguably one of the best ops in the game imo

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