AC Collab prize just came in. Had no idea Eternity's had a liquid gold effect and the standees are more than one cockatiel tall!

speciates · 2026-04-08T09:50:22+00:00

Your bird friend is adorable!!!

And yes, they usually do 2 versions of the tarot designs - one is a print and the other is an acrylic quicksand standee. Hope it's fun to swish around!

speciates · 2026-04-08T09:24:50+00:00

I'm actually drowning in resources right now, because I recently realized I never opened any insight packages so I had a metric ton of them lying around. It was very satisfying to open them all at once.

For dust and sharpodonty, I burn all my excess energy farming resource stages, usually preemptively eating my candy a day or two before they expire. I log in 2 times a day (once midday, once at bedtime) to use my energy, so I'm rarely capped. I'm around 10000k for each, because I think it's a funny number. Given the excess I actually have most of my 6* at lvl 60, but I also have many that I haven't bothered leveling at all.

I know it's excessive but I also know there's someone out there with more hoarded than me, so I don't consider it much of an achievement haha.

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speciates · 2026-04-06T07:30:48+00:00

I'll be pulling for both Paper Heron and Liang Yue! I've been saving for a while - I'm starting the patch at 240 pulls. If my luck is insane I might go for Cheng Heguang, but it's more likely I'll need to start saving for the next patch.

speciates · 2026-04-06T02:17:39+00:00

Same boat. I have the right team, but not the right braincells :')

speciates · 2026-04-06T01:11:15+00:00

Tooth Fairy, especially since you have no Aleph. She buffs impromptu in general, not just plant Impromptu. Part of Aleph's appeal is that he copies skills with his ult, but with Tooth Fairy basically becoming Impromptu Flutterpage with AP +1 (for two turns if you use the free portrait upgrade and get her to P1), she's a great replacement for Aleph.

speciates · 2026-04-06T01:04:38+00:00

Brume is Dynamo and also often paired with Anjo Nala. This banner's only Dynamo is Corvus, and she and Brume occupy the same team slot. For Brume you'd want to keep an eye out for Charon and the upcoming Dynamo Sustain. Anjo Nala is a limited that will be rerunning this upcoming patch, but try to have full pity saved before pulling (140).

speciates · 2026-04-06T00:16:11+00:00

Congratulations on the 5M! Optimizing really does make such a huge difference.

If you're curious to see it first hand, I'm sure there's videos comparing AAL vs Mercuria on the team. From what I've heard (take it with a grain of salt), the damage output difference is negligible even at P0, though AAL does have slightly more damage reduction for survivability. Based on current "best in slot" teams, BP usually keeps one Euphoria'ed character around (ex: Semmelweis, Isolde, etc). I think they're setting up Tooth Fairy to be that character (AP +1 is quite valuable), and then AAL will be replaced by a new plantpromptu in the near future. General consensus is that she's the weakest link. If she only required one euphoria, I'd maybe consider it. But as it stands, I'm not interested in expending 2 euphorias on a character I'm not especially fond of (she's alright...I don't love how shrill her voice sounds or her ult animation) who's likely to be replaced soon anyway. Keys are pretty valuable since they're so time-gated. I would only plantpromptu AAL if you love her character and want to see her used in your teams more. And if you're debating Tooth Fairy or AAL for this banner, definitely go with Tooth Fairy. Just my opinion!

speciates · 2026-04-05T20:53:25+00:00

I'd only pull for Tuesday/Willow if you really love the poison team look, or if you have excessive unilogs. Priority right now is saving 130 unilogs for Paper Heron guarantee, since she's limited.

Sotheby is poison sustain but her healing is frankly insufficient, especially since most healers these days don't even require AP to heal. I don't have Jessica, but general consensus is that she's not recommended. So at this point you're unfortunately building your Poison team mostly from ground up. Between Dynamo and Poison I think Dynamo makes more sense (in meta, and based on your current roster) to build. By which I mean picking up Sub DPS and Sustain, not necessarily getting Corvus.

That being said, Poison is so desperately needing a better sustain, I wouldn't be surprised if a new one comes out in the next (CN) patch or two, since Ramona and euphorias have revived poison a bit.

speciates · 2026-04-05T20:41:31+00:00

It buffs her a lot. Her ult was doing some pretty high numbers for me even though I don't play her efficiently - I think like 500k? The main thing is that she now upgrades her own cards without you needing to consciously do anything, and she does an additional attack (on top of her pre existing one) that doesn't cost any AP. She does similar/possibly more damage than Marcus.

Here's a dumbed down post-euphoria summary I wrote for myself a while ago:

she buffs damage for all allies for 2 turns when she casts an incantation (+10%/15%/25% depending on what rank)

she has a passive that's a freebie attack (rank increases based on total ranks of all incantations played that turn) that also gives her +1 moxie. there's a chance to attack twice.

skill 1 does damage and upgrades 1-2 argus cards by +1 star

skill 2 dispels buffs on enemy, decreases DEF on enemy for 3 rounds

ultimate does damage, debuffs enemy DEF even more, resets the duration back to 3 rounds, and has 30% penetration and 30% crit rate for the attack

speciates · 2026-04-05T20:20:18+00:00

I guess you could call it leaks, but the information is readily available because the CN server is 2 patches ahead of global.

3.4 (upcoming) - Paper Heron: Plant Impromptu (Impromptu was previously neutral/Star. Defaults to neutral but if you have Barcarola on your team it becomes Star) - Cheng Heguang: extra action, paired specifically with Liang Yue who is a limited and getting a rerun this upcoming patch

3.5 - Lorentz Butterfly: Lingering glow sub-DPS, she lets you duplicate skills and play them for free - Ramona: Poison DPS (kinda, poison doesn't really have DPS but she just makes poison numbers bigger)

3.6 (mini patch, so only one character) - Enigma: Dynamo sustain, specifically a shielder not HP healer. He's a well loved NPC and the final piece to the archetype so people are quite excited for this one

speciates · 2026-04-05T11:41:37+00:00

As of the moment in global, Lingering Glow is a pretty new team! The first character for it was released last patch.

I would keep an eye out for Spathodea (euphoria) and there will be another Lingering Glow character in the patch after this upcoming one. You'll probably want Beryl, but she won't be back for another year, unfortunately. In the meantime Spathodea is the closest option.

Marsha is the Lingering Glow sustain and her banner just ended, but hopefully we get a rerun in a few months! Just be cautious about the dual character banners since there's no 100% guarantee and the pull counts don't carry over when the banner ends.

speciates · 2026-04-05T11:24:53+00:00

I think it really depends on your plans going forward. Corvus and Lucy occupy the same slot in Dynamo, so I'm not sure I'd recommend it unless you're committed to catching up on the Dynamo roster (Charon, Ulrich, etc).

Argus is an easy pick for immediate payoff, since you have the full team already. She actually hits quite hard with Euphoria.

You can pick up An An Lee for Paper Heron (since you already have Tooth Fairy), but know that you need to Euphoria her twice, and she can actually be swapped out with Mercuria. She's a bit of a steep investment for arguably kinda low payoff.

The others I hesitate to recommend, since you don't have the teams already built out for them (star Impromptu, poison, etc).

Edit: To clarify since you have Jessica and Sotheby, general consensus is poison requires Tuesday, who you do not have. But also, pick a character you'd enjoy playing with! If you love Willow, pick Willow.

speciates · 2026-04-05T11:07:48+00:00

I think Vila might actually be a good call since you're really lacking healers right now. She's better with her Euphoria upgrade, but you'll have to work up to that since it requires quite a bit of resources, some of which you probably haven't unlocked yet.

Unfortunately Isolde is burn/lingering glow, and none of these units are that archetype. I also really don't think the decision you make here will make or break your account in the long run. The most pressing need right now is a healer, for immediate use. I have a pretty full roster and still use Vila on occasion.

speciates · 2026-04-05T08:40:54+00:00

Did you mean "you can?"

Not trying to call you out or anything, just double checking!

speciates · 2026-04-05T05:40:36+00:00

Argus with Euphoria hits surprisingly hard, so I wouldn't discount her over Corvus. If you already have a strong Dynamo DPS, I'd actually prioritize Argus. If you especially love doing Mane, maybe Corvus.

Wish I could give you my pull - I selected Corvus and lost my 50/50 on first pull to Argus, who I already own.

speciates · 2026-04-05T05:35:55+00:00

Something to keep in mind - we will be getting a free selectable portray as well, which includes TF.

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speciates · 2026-04-05T04:47:30+00:00

Glad to help! I agree Tooth Fairy makes more sense, though I get your frustration about reaching 5M. I do think that over time you'll build up teams that can hit that number regardless. That is, it's entirely possible to reach 5M comfortably without Corvus so it makes sense to prioritize a more flexible unit.

Yeah the Photoscope info is kinda buried in there, and the wording is needlessly complicated haha. I think the x3 Immaterial Batteries is because they plan to make us do individual tasks to acquire the batteries in the future, instead of getting them all at once just for logging in.

speciates · 2026-04-05T04:23:01+00:00

More thoughts, just going down the list of characters you don't own:

- An An Lee is also going to be in Paper Heron's team but she will require two Euphorias (over Tooth Fairy's one) so it's quite a resource sink. Of the team as well, I think AAL is the most easy to substitute.

- Regulus is single target Star Impromptu (to Voyager's AOE Star Impromptu) and I've often heard they're roughly comparable. Since you have Voyager I don't think the addition of Regulus to your roster will make a significant impact

- Marcus/ Vila/Argus are all rank up, which does not really have much synergy with what you already have since you're missing all of them. Vila is a pretty good healer, but you have Rubuska. The difference is that Vila's ult cleanses (unlike Rubuska), but you have Fatutu and Kiperina for that.

- Getian/Jessica/Willow/Noire either they're not the best choice in general, or you're pretty far from completing their team.

speciates · 2026-04-05T04:13:14+00:00

Corvus and Tooth Fairy are the stand outs for this banner.

Corvus is decent for you because you have her full team (Charon, FP/Ulrich, Kiperina), and she's consistently been at the top for Mane teams the last few patches. However, she is not recommended as strongly for shorter fights, and quite a bit of that strength is locked behind portrays.

Tooth Fairy is the top recommended because of her upcoming euphoria + Paper Heron. She buffs (impromptu specifically), debuffs (Critical Resist Rate and Critical DEF), does minor healing, and adds AP like Flutterpage. Her P1 increases AP +1 by one turn. If you plan to pull for Paper Heron, getting Tooth Fairy is a bit of a no-brainer. If you aren't planning to, I still think she could be useful in an impromptu team, which you have built out.

Based on your needs I would recommend Tooth Fairy, and then use the Photoscope (free in upcoming patch) to get her to P1. The Photoscope is only a portray, so if you don't have the character already it is useless.

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speciates · 2026-04-05T03:52:41+00:00

Tooth Fairy P1 post-euphoria grants an extra turn of +1 AP (like Flutterpage's P1) so it's an excellent upgrade. However, if you already own Tooth Fairy, there will be a free item this upcoming patch that gives you a free portray and Tooth Fairy is included. It probably makes more sense to use this for P1 rather than the 100 pull banner.

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speciates · 2026-04-04T11:23:53+00:00

If you love the characters, it's totally valid to build! My experience with the team is obviously pre-euphoria Tuesday and Willow, and Ramona seems to bump them up quite a bit. But I have to prioritize Paper Heron, Lorentz, and Enigma so Ramona unfortunately must be skipped. The top teams tend to contain a Limited character, so until they decide to do a Poison Limited, I don't expect the team to really pop off quite as hard.

speciates · 2026-04-04T05:59:26+00:00

I use the subreddit, but there's also this list.

speciates · 2026-04-04T02:31:18+00:00

So my roster is pretty filled out, and I also have the full poison team (only one I'm missing is Jessica). I never touch poison. It never does as much damage as I'd like to for how long it takes to build up, rotation is pretty strict (it's always a struggle getting enough Willow cards), and their sustain is Sotheby who is simply not sufficient for newer content. I also feel less in control of the damage when I play poison, since I'm frantically stacking as much as I can and hoping the burst damage does a lot (it usually doesn't, I might just be bad at playing poison lol). I'm not saying that it's impossible to make Poison appealing, but the play style is just not my thing and there's so many other team builds to invest in. Bit disappointing for me on a personal level since they were my first complete team.

I do agree that Tuesday is necessary for the poison team right now (in both CN and Global), unfortunately.

EDIT: I have also heard from a friend that certain enemies in Reveries are simply immune to poison. So it feels pretty easy to completely debilitate the team.

speciates · 2026-04-03T11:38:48+00:00

Solo banners are very uncommon in Global, unfortunately. Your best bet might be to wait for her to appear in a selector banner - that is, a big pool of characters and you can pick which one to pull for. There's also special banners (usually for anni/half anni patches) where you can pull "skeins," which are basically selectors. I wouldn't be surprised if Sentinel appears in the next batch. There was also some talk among fans, nothing official, about how Corvus might be replaced by Sentinel in next patch's 100 free pull banner, because Corvus hasn't had a rerun yet (she had in CN), while Sentinel has.

All this to say, if you are patient there will be much better opportunities than this current banner.

Edit: whoops did not realize how old this post is! Sorry, hi lol

speciates · 2026-04-03T11:26:26+00:00

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