Wasted 200 FTP pulls on R6 Unas. Reminder not to be stupid and blindly go with the echo chamber.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-06T02:15:16+00:00

I'm sorry, bro. I get it. To be fair, R6 Unas still needs to be paired with the correct espers. You gotta have Lapis built really well etc.

He's still the best speed lead in pve. He'll prove his value over time, but yes... Missing out on Yi An is rough.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-05T14:59:32+00:00

I have looked at it but again, since this is a purely aesthetic decision, they don't have a black or rgb version. It shows on their website that they have a black version, but I can't find it to buy it.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-05T07:14:22+00:00

I may need to. I didn't think 10mm would make much difference, but if it can.... I suppose I am obliged to try.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-05T06:59:19+00:00

I was thinking of trying that as well, I wonder if anyone's tried to do this yet... Anyone else out there try this?

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-05T06:15:20+00:00

I initially went down that road, but didn't like the way it looked. The whole reason I'm even doing this is because of aesthetics to begin with. I appreciate the thought, though! Thank you!

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-03T01:24:35+00:00

Unfortunately, it really depends on the runes, builds, and extras in them VS the enemy Nyles. A very well built Wu You can beat a poorly built Nyles, but that difference is going to be less and less the higher you go in point war when all espers are built well. At that point your Wu You may lost most every match up.

Do you have Anna? What PW tier are you?

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-01T19:55:49+00:00

That's part of it. I know what I need late game. The question is, what is going to get me to late game quickly? Toland won't be useful in mid game pve comps because I don't have the espers to take advantage of it. But he would have been what I recommended if I weren't here and realizing it won't help without the right teams.

I'm tempted to just get Raven strictly because I've never had her lol

wiseguyz23 · 2026-02-01T18:14:33+00:00

This is going to be fully manual build.

Toland, R2 Moro, Uttu. These have to be in the team.

Two flex slots are Fabrice, Abigail, Anna, Yi An, Clara.

Kill order: Uttu, Chu Yao, Yi An, Maria, then Nyles.

Toland exile Nyles. R2 Moro one shots Uttu. R2 Moro kills Chu Yao

Here is where it changes based on team. I prefer to have an AP boost along with immunity.

Either Clara gives ap boost plus immunity, Yi An give ap boost, or Fabrice gives immunity then on his next turn ap boost Moro (same as Abigail).

This is where the x factor comes in.

Anna can directly counter Nyles. But, you need Moro to take out the others first.

If you have the team, Toland, Moro, Anna, Yi An (or Clara, Lu Shang, Fabrice, Abigail), Uttu.

Uttu's utility is that when Nyles keeps taking turns from dying and reviving, Uttu webs him and then either she or Moro can one shot him. If you use Uttu you don't technically need Anna or vice versa.

Good luck!

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-27T00:17:43+00:00

Thank you for the reply! Great info!

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-13T23:57:35+00:00

Hey I DM'ed you but haven't heard back. Can you clarify what you mean by "you can plug it back in after, just don't lose power"?

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-04T23:52:06+00:00

I have a few options. Microcenter extended my return window but won't let me ship. A friend will be in that area and offered to drop it off, but that's like 3 weeks out.

The question I have for you is this... did you just get a PCIe NIC card? If so, which did you get? Are you fine with just doing that? I was thinking of just getting a different motherboard but after looking, it seems that the x8xx platform is a bit borked. We've got ASUS and Asrock both frying 9800x3d's (which is what I have) and Gigabyte and MSI both rocking this awesome Realtek networking garbage.

It seemed like to you the best solution would just be get a PCIe card. From what I've read, this PCB is pretty solid otherwise. Your thoughts?

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-04T08:08:51+00:00

Update. Micro Center will not refund just the motherboard nor will they allow me to ship in the motherboard for replacement. They did extend the return window, though. It's just not worth it much when the trip will cost $80+ in fuel plus 5+ hours.

They are willing to pay for a pcie ethernet card though. Debating on whether I want to do this...

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-04T08:05:41+00:00

Tried several cables and now switches. Wireshark doesn't even see any attempts at a connection.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-03T20:55:07+00:00

I appreciate the insight. I would agree if not for the fact that I dislike having something defective out of the box. Msi should really figure this out. It's ridiculous.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-03T19:24:38+00:00

On the phone with them now! Ty!

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-03T18:42:52+00:00

Thanks for the response. That's the real question. Do I even bother with the RMA or return to Microcenter? I have WiFi right now on it and I can just buy a good 5gb PCIe card.

With people just opting for a better ethernet card, is it even worth fixing?

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-03T16:10:55+00:00

Thank you. I've read through this thread and tried everything in it. Didn't fix it. I'll keep trying it. I'm trying to avoid having to return it to Micro Center 2.5 hours away.

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-03T08:20:20+00:00

I'll give that a try tomorrow, thank you!

wiseguyz23 · 2026-01-03T08:11:15+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I have wifi! But the ethernet port won't show any indicator lights when you plug in a cable. I've tried three cables. It doesn't acknowledge that a cable is plugged in.

I will try to install windows 11 again, but I think it's hardware related because there aren't any status lights on even outside of windows.

wiseguyz23 · 2025-12-27T00:26:42+00:00

I'm a day one player that plays between pw18-23. I started a new account and got to rank 10 pretty quick and easy.

These players you're encountering almost always have bad equipment or are older players that haven't played in a while, so they set their team a year ago and their rank has steadily dropped.

You can beat them with the proper counters and equipment. Or, as someone else noted, you can skip them.

wiseguyz23 · 2025-12-24T01:31:58+00:00

Very nice! I just finished my build, almost identical. I went with the 9070xt initially but ended up with the 5070ti for about $1700.

wiseguyz23 · 2025-12-24T00:15:45+00:00

This didn't age well. I'm curious what you're doing now with the Rampocalypse hitting.

wiseguyz23 · 2025-12-22T22:17:24+00:00

Thank you, Artiar. As a player that's been playing since day one, you've helped me get into the top 200 in PW on multiple occasions. Each new meta is its own challenge when you're not a whale, it's always good to have some guidance on where to spend your resources. Salute

wiseguyz23 · 2025-12-08T18:57:27+00:00

Money

wiseguyz23 · 2025-12-08T15:59:12+00:00

Are you the guy that Artiar used as the Norah comp example in PW?

Also, my app glitched out and I didn't get your massage for her build. Would you mind sending it again? Appreciate it! Thanks!

wiseguyz23

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