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disaster pastor
May 1, 2007


I got bored and threw a ton of resources into having an Ilm team, and Ilm x Ilmina is as good as advertised in the ranking dungeon. Just have to use the TWThF dungeon this weekend to evolve my third Ilm before I attack it full-force.

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Rascyc
Jan 23, 2008

Dissatisfied Puppy
My day has had so much bad life luck that I figured the game couldn't make my day any worse if I rolled bad with freebies so I single rolled a Julie too.

Hmm drat I probably need those evolved Andros now.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness
2.0% with 148k points and not really sure how I can get any higher. NA still only gives crowns to 1%, right?

That's the full 10k points from damage, plus always ending in the 202-206 second range doing nothing but board change swipes with Team Ilm/ina. Looked like the weak point was average combo, best I've had was like like 6.2 and I haven't had higher than that, so clearly that's "what" to improve, but it takes time to do anything other than swipe and pray.

Do I just throw more stamina at it or am I missing something? Wave one Avalon Drake and manually match fire, wave two Saria and swipe, waves three through six Ilm/ina and swipe.

RobotRob
Aug 7, 2007

Let's get weird, but not end of BSG weird.
The top scores that I've seen all seem to have 12+ avg combo with about 155-170 seconds remaining or so. Trading speed for a higher average combo count sounds like the way to go. Or just throw enough stamina at it and hope you get super lucky with sky falls for 1 run.

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010
JP also went back to 1% crowns, guess that 2/3% experiment didn't pan out

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

robbob posted:

The top scores that I've seen all seem to have 12+ avg combo with about 155-170 seconds remaining or so. Trading speed for a higher average combo count sounds like the way to go. Or just throw enough stamina at it and hope you get super lucky with sky falls for 1 run.
First quick try as a proof of concept brought me up to 8.2 average combo - 41,000 points instead of 30,000 for 6 - and 180s remaining - 89,800 points instead of 103,950 for 207.9s left.

It's 1,000 points per .2 average combo (which is 1.2 combos on one additional wave since it's a 6 wave dungeon) and also 1,000 points for every two seconds saved (50 points per .1 seconds is 500 points per second)

Skyfall luck is obviously still a factor, but yes, I think it's worth it to go for combos, at least a little. Every second of move time has to basically "create" two combos over a swipe to be worth it and at least the first of those is easy.

Kawasaki Nun
Jul 16, 2001

by Reene
Anyone got an extra account with a decent starter? Just lost my account that had my Ra dragon and a bunch of reincarnated God's to a pool...

Axetrain
Sep 14, 2007

What do Anubis teams look like? I'm trying to build one but could use some examples. I do have Diaochan (but just one) and a Cecil plus pretty much anything else he would need I think.

GoodBee
Apr 8, 2004


Kawasaki Nun posted:

Anyone got an extra account with a decent starter? Just lost my account that had my Ra dragon and a bunch of reincarnated God's to a pool...

I've got a pretty developed account that just got passed back to me. I can't transfer it for a few weeks though. Check my posts back a bit and you can probably find the previous account holder's PadHerder. I don't know if you want to wait though.

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

Axetrain posted:

What do Anubis teams look like? I'm trying to build one but could use some examples. I do have Diaochan (but just one) and a Cecil plus pretty much anything else he would need I think.

I've been using Anubis(amaterasu), Tsukuyomi(hades), Diaochan(nohime), Indra(indra), and Verdandi(sheen) and it's working pretty well. With the Diablos pairing, I think general utility is what matters the most really.

ChikoDemono
Jul 10, 2007

He said that he would stay forever.

Forever wasn't very long...


Kawasaki Nun posted:

Anyone got an extra account with a decent starter? Just lost my account that had my Ra dragon and a bunch of reincarnated God's to a pool...

Have you tried to contact GungHo about an account restoration? Kuros has a bunch of starters. I have a few JP accounts that are over rank 200 and full of cool poo poo.

jjef
Jul 25, 2008

iPodschun posted:

http://pad.dawnglare.com lets you practice on random boards or on boards you input. You can also share boards and solutions

Wow this is exactly the type of thing I've been looking for. Thanks!!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Just spent like a god drat hour clearing/sorting my boxes and beginning to clear my mail / use the ton of poo poo I have stockpiled.

Down to 140 mails to clear! (mostly pys and jewel left now).

I also evo Urd to the new one with FUA and after a quick trail run holy poo poo this is god drat nice to have because gently caress resolve. Kinda sucks that she's not bind immune but YomiDra on the team lets me clear binds so it's not a horrible loss. These Anubis/Diablos teams have no loving health, though.

Ultima66
Sep 2, 2008

You can run literally anything on Anubis/Diablos. A shield is important for some dungeons but otherwise just stack things with useful orb changes, stuff like follow up attack awakening, and time extends.

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
Meh, I cannot get 1% in that stupid casino ranking challenge. I was gonna play it more but then I realized that the rewards are crap anyways (that's my official excuse!).

Back to farming tamas for 100 stamina a pop.

I also gave the new sherias-roots (both versions) a try and... why would I play this poo poo over better rainbow or combo leaders? (of both the glass-cannon and tanky varieties) Freeloader Sonia Gran, we need you!

trucutru fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Aug 27, 2017

Ultima66
Sep 2, 2008

154k on my alt now, 153.3k on my main. Main says 1% exactly so I might lose it.

Mason Dixon
Jul 28, 2001

Crimson Butterfly

Stuck at 1.2% :negative:

Ironsolid
Mar 1, 2005

Fishing isn't an addiction, it's a way of life. Everything to gain while losing everything
I got a solid 42% on my first and last run!

delfin
Dec 5, 2003

SNATTER'S ALIVE?!?!
Annoyed:

First run at Heavenly Palace of Heretics. Next to last wave, I need a board change, I think "easy enough, I'll use my RKarin this turn and the friend Skuld on the boss." I do this, punch out the Sucker Punch demons, advance to the boss, tap Skuld... and see Lakshmi's skill instead.

I get the idea of skill inherits if your base unit has a bad active. But why would someone wipe out a good one?

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

No skyfall combos is hard. Even when I run Diablos for a 7x6 board I have trouble getting enough combos. I think I need to learn how to cascade.

Tsurupettan
Mar 26, 2011

My many CoX, always poised, always ready, always willing to thrust.

delfin posted:

Annoyed:

First run at Heavenly Palace of Heretics. Next to last wave, I need a board change, I think "easy enough, I'll use my RKarin this turn and the friend Skuld on the boss." I do this, punch out the Sucker Punch demons, advance to the boss, tap Skuld... and see Lakshmi's skill instead.

I get the idea of skill inherits if your base unit has a bad active. But why would someone wipe out a good one?

Lakshmi has enormous hp values, so she's a big stat stick. I do kind of wish her active stayed at 23 turn base, though. A max skill skuld with an unskilled Lakshmi would be 9 turn + 12 turn, so yeah if you're stalling and/or have a lot of skill boosts, you're going to possibly run into it.

isndl
May 2, 2012
I WON A CONTEST IN TG AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CUSTOM TITLE
Lakshmi's active does synergize a bit with the FUA on Skuld as well, so you have a little more control over your orb counts versus the randomness of popping a board change. I wouldn't rate it as a bad inherit but it's definitely one you want to be planning around.

seebs
Apr 23, 2007
God Made Me a Skeptic

Mason Dixon posted:

Stuck at 1.2% :negative:

I don't think I've ever gotten out of the ~40-50% range, I sorta suck at puzzling.

And I think that, plus the stuff like "number of fully awakened monsters" are the only remaining quests I have, so the quest system is no longer interesting.

Kuros
Sep 13, 2010

Oh look, the consequences of my prior actions are finally catching up to me.

seebs posted:

I don't think I've ever gotten out of the ~40-50% range, I sorta suck at puzzling.

And I think that, plus the stuff like "number of fully awakened monsters" are the only remaining quests I have, so the quest system is no longer interesting.

Just wait, monthly quests are coming.

Ultima66
Sep 2, 2008

I ended up finishing at 0.3% on main and 0.9% on my alt.

At this point I'm not sure my alt is an alt and it's not just a second main.

ATP_Power
Jun 12, 2010

This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.


Anyone with a swole Diablos who wants a bff add me at 388,643,391 I'm running mostly running DAthena, RAnubis, and a few others most days.

Vasler
Feb 17, 2004
Greetings Earthling! Do you have any Zoom Boots?
So...what's the strategy to deal with enemies that have between 40 million and 200 (!!) million HP? This set of challenges seems absurd.

ChikoDemono
Jul 10, 2007

He said that he would stay forever.

Forever wasn't very long...


Gravity and/or Jewel Girls (or those egg things that give 5x to whatever color) and/or Anubis/Diablos. Mostly Anubis/Diablos.

pankus
Jul 30, 2003
Yeah drat this top floor was pretty tough. Flubbed a lot of boards because I couldn't get a heart in the top row not in the rotating spot to use FUA. Could never get the timing right. Used Anubis/Diablos for everything else except Azathoth (fl 7) where I used dmeta with 2x tsubaki.

edit: I lied I used kush for floor 6 to have some higher HP.

pankus fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Aug 29, 2017

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Vasler posted:

So...what's the strategy to deal with enemies that have between 40 million and 200 (!!) million HP? This set of challenges seems absurd.

You punch them really hard. I am not being snarky, 200 million HP is very manageable nowadays. My Ginchiyo often hits for 40 million by herself without using any skills in my Yuna team, for example. (She hits for the full 200m with skills).

Anubis/Anubis can usually one-shot anything and Anubis/Diablos is both way safer and much easier to play, while still hitting hard. Basically, just pick a high damage leader like Sakuya, Anubis, or Kushi (if you want more defense) and team with Diablos.

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

Rolled my 2nd Uruka :effort:

Finally decided to revo my isis because Radra is dead and buried forever and stuck her on that. What a thrilling time to be playing pad.

pookel
Oct 27, 2011

Ultra Carp
I cannot seem to deal with this 3rd floor challenge. I have Anubis and have a couple friends with Diablos. Am I building my teams wrong? Should I be focusing on max damage output, or orb-changers, or extra movement time? How big a deal is getting the 5-color combo off vs. being able to do a lot of damage in one color?

I have a lot of good stuff at this point but I guess I'm not good at the mechanics of figuring out best teams etc. Here's most of my possibly playable stuff:




Any advice?

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



that's the rainbow keeper floor, yea? focus on damage. it can't stop you from delaying it if you have anything that can do that

I did it with dathena so you can definitely do it with anubis/diablos

pookel
Oct 27, 2011

Ultra Carp
I've been focusing on damage, and I used the team I got the highest score with for the ranking dungeon (which is est. 23%, and highest damage on that one was 23 million), which is Gan Ning + Pollux/Momiji/Urd/Ame + Ilm, but it's just not working here. I admit I haven't tried with Anubis/Diablos, but that's because I haven't gotten great results with Anubis in general in the past. 50 stamina is a lot when you don't spend real money on stones, so I don't want to waste a ton of attempts getting it wrong.

I've been hoping for Ilmina from the REM, but no luck so far.

Kuros
Sep 13, 2010

Oh look, the consequences of my prior actions are finally catching up to me.
Seriously, Anubis/Diablos and bring orb changers with a ton of skill boosts. You should be able to 1 shot.

LuciferMorningstar
Aug 12, 2012

VIDEO GAME MODIFICATION IS TOTALLY THE SAME THING AS A FEMALE'S BODY AND CLONING SAID MODIFICATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS RAPE, GUYS!!!!!!!

pookel posted:

I've been focusing on damage, and I used the team I got the highest score with for the ranking dungeon (which is est. 23%, and highest damage on that one was 23 million), which is Gan Ning + Pollux/Momiji/Urd/Ame + Ilm, but it's just not working here. I admit I haven't tried with Anubis/Diablos, but that's because I haven't gotten great results with Anubis in general in the past. 50 stamina is a lot when you don't spend real money on stones, so I don't want to waste a ton of attempts getting it wrong.

I've been hoping for Ilmina from the REM, but no luck so far.

Use Anubis/Diablos. Put Nohime on your team. Make 10 combos and have Nohime one-shot the RK. Pack on time extend monsters for the rest of your team to help you get the combos.

Practice combos in Endless Corridors if you're worried about wasting stamina.

pookel
Oct 27, 2011

Ultra Carp
So um yeah, you guys were right

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
GungHo is preparing the whale bait...

http://imgur.com/a/D0C2l



Like Ney she has 5 evolutions, they all have the same awakenings and skills (but with switched colors, of course)



AS: For 1 turn, no skyfall; Wood orbs to Dark, Light orbs to Heart MAX 5 CD
LS: Match 2+ Dark combos for reduced damage and 3x ATK; Match 6+ combos for 2.5x ATK & RCV

They have the old stereotypical types for each color: Dragon plus Attacker, Physical, Balanced, Healer, or Devil (RBGLD)


And you thought Ney was a good sub. 6* of course.

trucutru fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Aug 30, 2017

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
The is also a new reincarnated Hera but who gives a crap. lol.

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Zo
Feb 22, 2005

LIKE A FOX

trucutru posted:

The is also a new reincarnated Hera but who gives a crap. lol.
spoken like a non japanese reading scrub

she has a 30% true gravity. she will be used.

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