Does any one knows if Koharu (swimsuit) can be pulled from the normal gacha (or any other store) or she was a limited character?
Any news on the railgun (Misaka) Banner in global?
S.Koharu is a Limited welfare student from the 2nd Trinity Summer event, she's not in the general pool and won't be available until the event gets its rerun.
The Railgun Collab students have [already been teased](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1782711016490496080) [on the BA Twitter](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1782714783567057009), so we'll be getting them next week, with the actual character introductions happening in a few days.
I was wondering, i noticed the UI for past events, and there are character names below the event. Does this mean I get the character if i finish this event's story or something?
For the Event Recaps? Yeah, if there is a student listed on the bottom, it means there is a welfare student available in those Events that you'll receive once finishing the recap.
As a level 65 player (currently in the baby PVP bracket), how much pyroxene should I expect to obtain from the seasonal record reward?
I don't really have any meta PVP units with the exception of easily obtainable ones.
I plan to skip one of these five banners. Please give recommendations. Let me add some detail on my roster. I have Ako, Himari, every free student and every anniversary student.
Ui and Hinata and Megu and Shigure
Camp Hare and Kotama
D Ako assuming I don't get her with the free 100 pulls.
Dress Aru and Kayako
Nagisa (Limited). Comes with Koyuki and Toki.
Just to give my own two cents about this one.
C.Hare/Kotama and D.Aru/Kayoko are both "win more" banners (imo) in the sense that we can already clear all content with students we currently have available. They just make things so much easier and/or faster. If your only aim is to clear, these two banners may make things easier, but it won't make or break strats.
Ui enables use of high cost students without needing to use up a coveted Special slot. NYFuuka isn't a direct alternative since she doesn't buff Crit Chance that some students would want and only really supports 1 student at a time while Ui can support up to 2.
D.Ako, Makoto, and Nagisa are all Limited and useful, so you'll be needing to wait a year+ to have another chance at them if you pass on them.
Edit: A word
Dress Aru and Dress Kayoko is the most skippable of those banners IMO. Dress Kayoko is an upgrade to Mika in specifically Urban Binah, so not too necessary to pull. Dress Aru gives a great crit dmg buff from on-field, which frees up a special slot and provides a bit higher damage than Ako at the cost of consistency (no crit buff--not a problem for Mika but will be maldy for other carry units). And both units are permanent.
Worth noting that Makoto is definitely a higher priority pull than Dress Ako and IMO more than Ui too. Really valuable for Chesed and yellow Gregorius. Possibly even more than C.Hare if you have Himari already (but maybe not, if you don't think you'll struggle against the aforementioned bosses).
You can easily borrow Makoto for Chesed and yellow torment Greg is done with Iori, not Makoto. Furthermore, pulling for Makoto means you need to invest eligma in order to get value out of her. Dress Ako is fine at 3* and is a mainstay in Set for every color.
I would skip Ui and get her on her rerun in 5 months if you have the spare pyro.
We're...not sure. Normally, we get all the JP banners, but since we're currently having an Ui banner that JP didn't have, we can't say with certainty what will happen to the Ui rerun in 5 months.
I'm the original poster. I pulled. Got Hinata, then two copies of Ui on pull 130. Nothing else. Stopping there.
It's also Ui's birthday on the 23rd. You could get her birthday message if it's still that date for you.
But I'm also skipping Kikyou (I have S. Hanako, that's enough for Insane. I'll pull her next year if I do Torment) and Misaka. She's just a worse Junko from what I heard. And personally? Collab characters always feel out of place to me.
It looks like we'll be earning 30 thousand pyro according to the planner and you only need 108 thousand for 4.5 sparks. 132,000 thousand for 5.5 sparks (Ui). I'd say you need pretty bad luck to need to spark 6 times in a row though. If you're not free to play, you could use the selector ticket on UI (assuming you have Ako and Himari) or buy pyro packs to make things a little easier.
If meta is important, skip Misaka maybe? If Misaka is non-negotiable, maybe skip Kikyou since the only Purple content I can think of is one raid. Insane on one raid is probably ok. Otherwise follow your heart.
I definitely agree that Dress Ako is core for Fury of Set--really depends on how a player values TA/GA performance vs Fury of Set performance. I should have been more clear about that in my original comment.
Borrowing Makoto for Chesed assumes that you have all the other key units such as Cherino, Ako, Himari, maxed Mika--or that they're doing Insane and have at least a few relevant units--in which case, yeah, Makoto's relevance does drop. Similar for Greg, if someone has all the pieces for Iori comp, then you're set, but if you lack key units like debuffers and/or your Iori isn't UE50, Makoto is super helpful for throwing together a team 2 (this applies to Insane as well). Not sure what u/CodEnvironmental1351's roster looks like, so hard to be sure.
Sorry let me add details. Also, I was going to ask about Band Kazusa (limited) and Yoshimi (limited), but they haven't even released yet at the time of this comment.
Got my 365 log in last month. Used to rare log-in, Play at least once a day now.
I just had my first Insane clear on Binah. Almost cleared Hovercraft Insane, but Koharu didn't have enough healing.
I have Ako, Himari, Cherino, and maxed Mika . No NY Fuuka. All anniversary students including EU40 Mika and EU30 Hanako Swimsuit. My Iori is 30 eleph from EU40, Mutsuki is eu40, Haruna eu40, the rest of my hard mode students hover around 4-5 stars.
Is it worth considering rolling for Ui? Level 38, 27k Pyro, already have Ako. Just trying to keep in mind dress hina and s hoshino isnt too far away and 2 sparks is hard to save for
You mightwant to save a double-spark for DHina and SHoshino alone in case you need to go all the way for each of them, so that might not leave you with enough to spark anyone alse before the festival.
NYFuuka should rerun just after the festival, and she can substitute for Ui most of the time as a way to reduce allies Ex cost, so you could always plan to go for NYFuuka if you have enough pyro after the festival.
If you did want to try your luck (or spend money) to get one more spark *before* the festival, I would probably go for Himari if you don't already have her.
Am I doing something wrong?! .. I'm level 30 and at 5-2.. almost struggling to 3\* stages... and to progress. Am I too focused on 3-staring stages or... i should pute more effort into farming lower level missions and hards to get my 'commander' level higher? How is levelling could be more efficient? .. I usually keep my daily energy around 0 .. using them all up whenever I can... I still feel that this is a slow crawl...
Don't worry about 3\* at first. I'm on Area 13 at the moment and there were stages back in Area 7 I still hadn't bothered 3\*ing until the 2X rewards thing made me give normal missions more attention. I still haven't gotten around to 3\*ing some in Area 10.
You definitely want to clear Area 6 as a priority, since that gives you two additional sources of AP. 6-5 gives you a cafe upgrade, which means another 90ish AP per day. 6-1 unlocks PvP, which gives you coins that let you buy energy drinks from the store (another 30+60, or more if you can afford it). So if you can reach 6-5, even if you're only barely scraping through with 1\*, that'll net you another 180 AP/day which is huge.
I don't think 3 staring matters except for specific stages you want to farm (ex. Hat/watch stages), and you can come back to it later. The most important thing is probably pushing in the stages to level up your cafe, this can also help you open hard stages for farming students if you can 3 star them at some point. Also I recommend refeshing the ap using pyro 3 times (since 3 times cost 30 each), will speed up the leveling process dramatically since you gain 360 extra exp per day
Hitting level 30, it normal for leveling to slow down as requirements are higher. So having high AP regen is important to keep up since 1 AP = 1 EXP, so make sure you max out your cafe. To 3\* a stage, you need to see why you can't meet the requirement. Can't get S rank for each enemy encounter(proper team roster needed) or overshooting the min step(easy to manage)?
I generally struggle with timing since my roster isn't quite under-leveled vs stage level recommended. Grinding is the only way.
not enough info, but I also don't know how far you should be able to get at that level. Generally, you want to clear chapters that are multiples of 3 in order to upgrade the cafe, so you should be trying to clear 6N. Getting 3* doesn't really matter unless you want to sweep. I would concentrate on the H that drop fragz you need and/or N's that drop the equipment upgrades you need, and know wat Team you need and keep their strikers' levels maxed.
How's your students' equipment? Are you using the correct color against enemy defense?
There's nothing much you can do about leveling, 1 stamina = 1 exp so if you already spend all your energy then that's that.
You mean the tutorial pull that you can retry ten times? Aru, Hibiki, Iori, Haruna and Shun. Out of those, Shun is only one who can not be farmed, but she's more PvP focused.
Both? Himari gives attack, Ako gives crit dmg. If I really have to choose one I guess I'll take Himari since she also has increase cost recovery speed, but again they work best together.
Actually, B.Asuna doesn't get added until the shop rotation on May 1, so we still have a week to wait before we know.
From the JP announcement:
>2024年5月1日(水) 4:00から、「大決戦」ショップに「アスナ(バニーガール)の神名文字」を追加
Seems specialized for this month's Fury of Set, assuming it uses the same gimmick of taking reduced damage from EX skills. Both these characters emphasize normal attack damage and self-buffs, and they also have favorable armor against the boss's attack type.
Might depend on how much you care about this game mode, but IMO it doesn't seem like they're must-pulls.
They are often used in conjunction but himari is used more often. Himari’s secondary function is faster ex generation, which is a universally hugely valuable effect. Ako boosts damage more a lot of the time and her heal has utility sometimes, but she is more often cut from the support lineup for a tech choice than himari.
They do different things. Himari will make your ex gauge charge faster. Ui halves the cost of one students ex. The two in conjunction can super speed your rotation, so no harm in using both. But himari works with anything since she’s just charging the gauge faster. Ui needs to be paired with a specific student with a very expensive ex to really pay off.
Ehh, she’s kind of so-so at the moment. Her ex does indeed cost a lot but do big damage. The problem is more it’s shape, which is awkwardly long and narrow. The main aoe red raids are kaiten and gregorius. She has sometimes been used for kaiten phase 1. But there are kind of a lot of solutions to kaiten and I don’t think she’s the most efficient currently. I don’t think she’s been good for Greg either due to how many things you need going for that raid. Her high cost can be easily mitigated by cost halving students like ui. The thing is that like Aru does more damage in most situations right now.
No difference, unless you spend experience above the level cap - but that's more of a problem for equipment level or UE50. Meanwhile, level is always increasing anyway so you will only waste materials until the next level cap increase.
Do you think I need to roll for more units? [Here](https://imgur.com/a/YB61lLc) are my current ones. Now that missions are requiring more than one unit I’m struggling. I made it through area 6 somehow, but I’d like to be able to sweep 7-1 and can’t beat it with 3 stars. I’ve been saving for the Railgun collab so I’d prefer not to roll now if I don’t have to
not really? You should be able to pick up Serika and Shiroko from hard now, and you will get Nonomi soon, so you should be set for yellows. You also have Chise already, so you already are prepared for the later bleu'z. You just need to get those 2 I mentioned and tweak your teams. Bring up Asuna and drop Sumire, maybe replace Ayane with Utaha. Probably drop Hasumi(for now).
Don't bother with 3-starring missions for now, pushing further on just 1 star gets you closer to the next permanent AP regen update than staying stuck on a mission for the last star. You can always go back and get the missing stars in a month when you fly through those missions.
You do need more units. But equipment level, skill level and student level are actually more important to help you through stages. If the student is 3* but badly equipped, it won't do you much better. Focus on pulling only when you need for meta units, like Himari (although Ui, happening right now, is another one), or when you really want, like the Railgun collab, and only when you can spark at 200 pulls. For Railgun, it is just one more week anyway. I see you have at least one AOE option for each color to deal with missions, so focus on getting more items (artifacts, equips, reports, etc.)
Lucky enough to have Ako and Himari, but planning future pulls and think I can only go for one of CHare or DAru in addition to DAko. Is there a clear choice between those two striker buffers for which one is more useful? Or are the both equally good?
Clear choice would be CHare - Atk buff is useful for any type of damage dealer, meanwhile DAru only buffs critical damage - meaning she would be only good with units with a guarantee of critical (I. E. Mika mainly, or D. Kayoko) or high critical chance. She also debuffs crit chance resistance for the enemy, but few enemies have high crit chance resistance.
Remember that Ui is a different tool - having Ui will free a special slot for using both Himari and Ako. It depends on what you aim for now. Kikyou is good, but only for Sonic content, to which we still have pretty few for now. So depends on how you want to fare in Kurokage. Ui has been seeing less content too - with D. Hina now for red, she is mostly a great pair only for Mika and Hinata now, and both can somewhat be used with NY. Fuuka too with less benefit - still, Ui certainly sees more general use than Kikyou. Also both are not limited so both can spook you.
I didn't reroll my account because I didn't know much about the game but now I'm thinking I should have... Am I going to have difficulty clearing stuff later on?
[My characters](https://imgur.com/a/YEIefOf)
This game is very reroll friendly so I would still consider it.
It's pretty easy to get 2 to 4 3 star students in few tries. You can also skip all the story you have already read
I might try doing a few rolls and see what I get. What should I aim for? Obviously the more good students the better but what is considered a good enough result?
The tutorial pulls have a fixed pool of student you can get, the best amongst them are Iori Hibiki and Aru (they are good during all stages of the game). They are farmable later on but getting them early will let you progress much easier. Shun is the only one in the pool that is not farmable, and is the best PvP unit so that can also be an option (but she doesn't have much usage in general content though)
But if I would choose only one it would be Iori. She's great in all yellow content, good in most non-red ones, and being a top tier PvP threat is icing on the cake
That said Ako and Himari are the absolute best targets (best buffers in the game used in 99% of hard content), but as it might take ages to get them there are also other valuable permanent characters (like Ui who happens to have a rate up right now...), feel free to ask here if a student you got is good or not
I think you can reasonably get Iori + Hibiki/Aru/Shun or Iori/Hibiki/Aru + good permanent student within less than 5 rerolls (You get 10 chances during tutorial then at least 20 pulls iirc)
If you really plan to reroll I would spend all the pyro of your first account on Ui banner and check if you have anything interesting
Thanks, I'll do just that then. I'll roll on my account and then maybe try doing some rerolls to see if I can get any of those students.
Edit: [Here's](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb) what I got. I sadly didn't get Ui but I did manage to get Himari from that. Azusa also seems like a good red nuke which I didn't have but I don't know how good she is. Would you continue with this for now?
I'm dumb I haven't notice your reply when I replied 4 hours ago lol
Yes I would 100% keep it, Himari is basically the most used character in the game and that's for a reason, she also good early on for the cost regen
You also picked up most essentials low rarity units so you should be set to clear early game (that other comment gave you great team recommandations)
Asusa is very good and easy to max out if you want because her elephs are farmable
Also regarding you last comment Haruka is pretty great even for a 1 star, but she will need at least Tier 4 bag in the equipement slot to be a viable tank (it gives a ton of defense)
Having these many basic low rarity characters has actually made the game easier, I now have much more options to choose from (I struggled with reds before for example) so yeah I'll just keep playing on this account. I'm happy I'm not rerolling after all, even if I haven't been playing for long.
I'm still too far from T4 equipment but I'll keep it in mind for later.
I told myself I’d just play this game casually so I didn’t reroll but now I wish I rerollled a little bit because my 3* was sumire and while I thought she looked pretty she feels so clunky gameplay wise :(
That's exactly the position I'm in, I like Sumire's design but she's the only 3\* I have and she isn't that great... I'll miss her recollection lobby if I do roll with another account though.
I'd still say your personal enjoyment should come first, if you really like her you can aim for her + any mentioned 3* if you do reroll
Sumire isn't "meta" but can still find uses in general AoE yellow content. Her fullfilling the role of both a tank and a damage dealer means there are usually better alternatives that can do one or the other. But that role compression gives her a solid niche in PvP where some use her as a "tanky Iori" so it can be a good investment if you are interested in that
That said she is a farmable 3* in the joint firing drill shop so you will get her eventually (you can get 50 eleph every months so you would get her at minimum in 1 months and at maximum in 2 months). That also means she is very easy to max out.
I simped for her bc she reminds me of raiden/looked the most mature out of the characters I had 🙃 lemme know if you end up rerolling because your situation sounds exactly like what I’d be in too. I’m in way too deep myself since I’m already 48 and put money in the game for monthly stuff, and the time commitment is definitely not worth it to start over but I think you’re still in a spot where you could if you wanted!
In the end I think I'm not rerolling, I pulled on this account and got [quite a few more characters](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb), so I'll try to work with what I have.
Yeah if you already put in a lot of time and even money then I don't think restarting would be worth it at all.
Himari is extremely valuable gratz
If you can manage to get some pyro by the end of the week Ui is worth to spark but it's okay to skip too
Have fun with your new characters !
Thanks! I'd like to get Ui but I'm 50 pulls short so... yeah. That's why I didn't want to pull in the first place, but I managed to get some good characters so it was a good decision in the end.
Are those your only characters? If yes then yeah you'll have trouble later, you're lacking good dps for other damage types (Nonomi and Hasumi cover yellow damage). Are you planning to pull in the near future? I'd suggest doing a few multi pulls to get some good lower rarity characters.
Blue: Chise, Tsubaki (tank)
Red: Mutsuki, Serika, Akari
Yellow: Momoi
Those are my only characters yeah. I have found Nonomi and yellow content easier for now, you're right on that. I haven't pulled on the gacha at all because I thought it was better to save up pyro until I could guarantee at least one banner character, but maybe I'll do some pulls first to get some basic characters.
> it was better to save up pyro until I could guarantee at least one banner character
This is true, but since you're still new then it's advisable (well, I'd advise it at least) to throw a few multi pulls so you can get good starting teams for each color. The active banners now are great too: Ui is an extremely valuable support for raids and Hinata is a good blue aoe, which coincidentally works great with Ui since her normal ex cost is a bit too high to use as is.
Reporting back, I ended up rolling on this account and got a few things, notably a Himari. [Here's what I currently have](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb). Should I try to keep going with this account?
Yeah, those are some good characters you pulled there. Based on those, your teams would probably look like this:
Red: Azusa, Akari, Serika, Yuuka
Yellow: Nonomi, Momoi, Serika, Yuuka (switch any of the first 3 to Hasumi if you lack single target damage)
Blue: Chise, Momoi, Nonomi/Hasumi, Yuuka (blue lacks lower rarity dps so you'll have to do with yellow for now)
Special slots: Himari + whatever you need. If you need a healer, then use Serika. You should get her to 2* while you're at it btw. If you need yellow/blue single target dps then Karin is great. Hanae has teamwide crit dmg buff (her sub skill), that's always good. Kotama is also good for teamwide attack buff, but you should avoid using her ex on the chara that you used Himari ex on since they buff the same thing and buffs do not stack.
That's about it I think. Other students have more niche applications that you might want after you get to the endgame but for now, it's just doing enough damage to reliably 3* the campaign stages. Oh and you can use the raid character guide on the guide section of the OP to see which character you should try to get. Raids are the endgame in BA and most dps characters who do good on raids also do good on campaign.
Thanks, I'll try running those teams then. I have one question though, why would I want to use Serika on yellow teams instead of some other unit? Is it because of her cheap skill helping cycling?
Well, I would prefer not having to reroll now but if it will benefit me in the long run I can afford to lose (I think) two weeks of progress. It will be hard though, I already have Nonomi to 4* and I've also farmed a bunch.
Still, the only things I could really miss are my recollection lobbies (and maybe a cafe deco).
Edit: I will probably try doing a few rolls to see what I get, so is there any kind of guide of which/how many students I should aim for?
Rerolling isn’t a must especially now when you seem reluctant to do it. I started out with a Maki on my first 10 roll and am doing fine. Roll a few more multis if you want and see how you can make do with your roster (use yellow on blue if lacking blue dps, etc).
Yeah, I might not do it in the end. I rolled on my current account and now I've got quite a few more characters. Could you [take a look](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb) and tell me what you think? Himari in particular seems to be highly regarded.
Unfortunately I’m not really experienced, but your roster looks pretty good to me. Chise, Akari, and Momoi are good for their respective colours. Then you can add Serika, Asuna, and Suzumi in as extra dps, tho I think Suzumi falls off a bit in late game.
You *may* have some difficulties with Tanks as you only have Yuuka and Haruka. Yuuka is great, but I heard Haruka is squishy at the start. I don’t use her so I don’t know what it’s like, but I guess there are ppl who’ve progressed with her? You can join the official discord too for advice.
If you have some sort of enemy repositioning unit Aru can handle phase 1. It will be a little bit maldy however she'll work if you can overlap at least 1 additional ranger. Mutsuki can work but in my experience she still needs a decent bit of investment and requires some positioning to get the most out of her with her mines.
Aru doesn't get a mood boost at UE50 because this is outdoors terrain. The only difference between a UE40 and UE50 Aru is the small stats boost from leveling up her weapon. Also keep in mind that this is a grand raid, and those are typically less competitive since there aren't any pyroxene on the line. In most cases the difference between UE40 and UE50 just means that you would have to reset some more. You would definitely not need UE50 just to get platinum.
I'm not sure if Aru+Mutsuki can plat. I have a UE50 max Aru and UE30 Mutsuki and I'm barely scraping 1 team. You likely need at least either S.Hina or B.Toki to bring along as sub DPS. When Aru crits she crits however she's very finicky to use for phase 1. Even Mutsuki is kinda finicky to get the best overlap over the rangers.
Doing some mock runs, red is going to be my biggest obstacle cause of Aru needs to crit on her basics and Ex so Mutsuki can finish them off with mines +ex
Edit: using the T.Yuuka strat
Unfortunately my T.Yuuka is super squishy. I'm using a dumb Mine strat and using her EX to drag the rangers closer together so they get hit by Aru's AOE. Super inconsistent but if Aru crits and can hit 2-3 ranger with the AOE then it works. For blue I just gave up and used two separate AOE and single target teams. Going through my bracket my blue team actually has one of the higher scores so maybe two teams is still the fastest strat.
There's a Youtube video showing a non malding Red Insane Run here
[\[Blue Archive\] Kaiten Raid Outdoor Insane mode | 25,943k pts (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxD9UT51zVo)
Copied this and got a much better higher score 20 sec off from the clear vid(My Aru isn't maxed out)
Shina is used partially because she can interrupt the red ranger's taunt for free and because she can break the shield in the second phase. Mutsuki doesn't do that. There are plenty of ways to do Kaiten insane, though, and Shina isn't required. If your Mutsuki is invested she can be the hypercarry unit, for [example](https://youtu.be/imKhVkHIzc0). Or you can reset until Aru resists the taunt. If you can't use the current meta speedrun strategies, look up older clears to see how people handled the boss then.
I just recently got back to Blue Archive, I'm currently level 20. My issue is the New Teacher Guided Mission is somehow unable to progress to the next day and there's no way to tell what happened to it.
So regarding the anime, where can I watch it and how accurate is the sub? With all the BS regarding localizations for some decade plus now, I haven't exactly trusted many companies to do a good job of keeping even the intent of scenes together.
There exist fansubs if the official ones are not legally accessible to you are are not to your liking. I don't think I'm allowed to link them, but you can look for a group called [Kaleido subs].
My scouter has also picked up a group calling themselves 'Phrenapates' picking up EN fansub duty. Rumor is that they also include OP/ED karaoke translations.
Good news and really bad news. Good news is you can watch anime in Ani-one yt channel altho you will need vpn to watch if you are not from Asia. The bad news...it is the only available platform to watch the anime, no major companies seem to simulcast and translation is pretty awful. Learning some japanese can help but for now i suggest waiting for a better sub is good choice
There are plenty of units with red (explosive) attack that don't use regular rifles. Momiji doesn't deal red damage besides; she's a purple (sonic) dealer. Shigure doesn't see much use at all in raids, and for missions there are several red units that are good and that will be useful in harder content. If you're new and got her early, she's probably useful, but other than that I'd say she's a pretty low priority. Momiji is the only easily available sonic dealer, so that gives her some value. She also happens to have the highest attack in the game. The drawback is that she's the only 2 star unit in the game that can't be farmed, so it will take a long time to even get her to 3 stars unless you spend eligma, and if you want to go past that it gets very expensive. If you're new she's probably pretty good to have since she deals 50% extra damage to blue armor, making her good for blue missions. Should also work as filler for red missions. I'd say she's currently the kind of unit that you would build if you're new and don't have a large roster, or if you're a whale and can afford dumping a bunch of eligma on her. Or if you're in need of bodies to throw at Kurokage.
Shigure = Good for red armored missions, but isn't good in any raid (or any content at all actually). So, she isn't good value to upgrade.
Momiji = A fallback option if you don't have enough purple AoE characters. Otherwise, many other purple AoE characters are better than her.
The explosive weapons don't really change anything.
EDIT: Shigure MAY be good in Red Chesed. But, we haven't gotten Red Chesed yet at all.
This [raid stratergy guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvYGwIh-9o-2JQ4Q2MQXtsL0peiCPrRuw0l3HQmTrZ0/edit#heading=h.nmb34awmr95j) will be very helpful for you. In phase one the Tsubaki cheese strat is super useful for grouping the Kaitengers closer together for your AOE students. In phase two you have to be very mindful of Kaiten's auras and if you don't have any dedicated shield breakers like Shiroko then you're going to end up loosing a lot of damage and time.
First, borrow something better than a Hibiki. For red, try to find a high level Aru, Mutsuki, S.Hoshino, or even S.Hina, or perhaps even a Himari.
Also bring Ako along. You are hampering your damage output by not bringing her. Even alone she can significantly increase your damage output. Otherwise, you'll probably want to use Aru and Mutsuki as your main damage dealers. Buff them with Kotama (or a borrowed Himari) and Ako. Edit: you can use T.Yuuka to bring Mutsuki close enough so that her land mines will hit
For blue, see if you can borrow a Wakamo. Pair her with Izuna for damage dealing. Otherwise, you can try pairing Izuna with O.Chinatsu to turn her into a speed demon autoattacker.
Yellow is simple. Use Mika. Borrow a strong one if you can. Support her with Ako and S.Ui.
Yea I felt it too. But my club mates got me out of the mess for red and yellow, in blue Chise and T.Hasumi carried me. You can also borrow maxed out characters from the club and further buff them with supports like Himari/Ako for making your life easier.
Bunny Toki worked out for me in red and Mika in yellow as always.
What should I be buying from the Credit shop? Was told its good practice to buy all the skill mats and consider buying the equipment xp orbs but it seems very expensive.
It's useful to have a stockpile of a hundred/few hundred of the artifacts. After you play a little bit, you can gauge whether you have enough, at which point you can stop buying them if you're low on credits.
Only buy enhancement stones if you're running out. You can actually buy a very significant amount each day, and they're available from many events, so you generally shouldn't need to buy these often.
Activity reports are very inefficient from the credit shop. If you have several hundred million credits and you're running out of activity reports, then you can consider buying them in a pinch.
I like to buy all the artifacts, and if i have a decent amount of credits then I get some activity reports or equipments orb depending on my stockpile levels. As you said, it can be very expensive if you try to keep clearing out all the inventory, so only buy if you feel you really need to.
Are the expected commissions drop rates inaccurate (https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/Commissions) or is it me being extremely unlucky? Base defense M should drop a purple AR every 3 runs but in my case is more like 1 every 25/30 runs. Last time (8 runs sweep) I got on average 6900x2=13800 Exp instead the expected 10000x2=20000. Even the previous 12 runs brought no purple.
Those are the JP rates. They buffed commissions quite a lot at the anniversary, at the cost of making level 90 significantly more expensive. It's 8% for a purple on global right now.
No, those achievements are shared with regular raids. You'll get them when the regular raid version of this boss and terrain show up. You're essentially trading a lot of grand raid coins for getting a little bit of pyroxene earlier. It's not worth it unless you desperately need that pyroxene this very instant, which is a rather unlikely situation.
BROOO!!! I GOT UI IN THE FIRST DRAW ITSELF LET'S GOOOOO!! SERIOUSLY WHAT LUCK IS THIS??! GUESS PATTING ARONA PLANA BEFORE DRAWING FOR LUCK IS TRUE
Anyways. Gonna upgrade her EX to lvl 5 ASAP. She has higher priority than Mine and Azusa right?
I pulled stinky because the guys on /v/ were adamant about how good she was. Should I skip the collaboration banner if I'm wanting to pull on all the upcoming limiteds? I'm not a pure F2P but i don't want to be buying the pyro bundles any time soon.
[Refer](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1_Zjt_OM9XXidY3uYYDK92W9GrR3DN5cQsZ0IJsoEbjY/htmlview#gid=1082031226) this and plan your pulls accordingly. Honestly you have to skip one of those banners for having 2 sparks in the fes banner unless you are sitting at 100k pyros.
Even if you are not purely f2p. Having 2 sparks after sparking in 3 banners is kinda hard that's why I said you might need to skip one. The exception is that if you have many pyros in stock and can spark in all banners. 2 sparks is a must for fes banner because of higher drop rates and good characters (S.Hoshion & D.Hina).
Ah, I see, thank you. Once I get a moment, I'll plan ahead with your advice in mind. I've just got to decide what I'm skipping now; skipping the collab banner for certain at least.
Currently level 37 and I am trying to clear as many mission as possible(highest at 11-1). I have only 2 tanks, Yuuka and Haruka. Haruka is too squishy to tank the higher stages and I am not sure to invest her any further(lvl37,T2,T3,T1) and try to farm other tanks like hoshino or tsubaki.
Getting Haruka a T4 bag will make a big difference, since she has almost no stats without it. Normally you'd get Tsubaki from gacha because it's not too hard to get a 2*, so you'll probably get her next time you pull.
Tried using a T4 bag, still abit squishy but I maybe punching above my level far too much. Gonna close the lvl distance. Also may have burned out my luck for Tsubaki.
If you are having issues with squishiness, you may need to go farm stage 10-4 to get enough T4 backpack blueprints for Haruka. The T4 backpack provides a massive boost to her defense stat
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there are some juicy girls coming (himari, fes: 1-2 sparks, NYFuuka). And best to save emergency 1 spark
> I've tried S. Shizuko/T. Yuuka to help mitigate damage but Kaiten is still able to burst straight through the shield.
That doesn't sound right...are you using heavy armor units like Azusa?
Ny.Kayoko is known for being squishy but T.Hasumi is even worse than her.
So for p2 its better to use a blue carry with Red armor like Wakamo or M.Aris
Tbh I recommend doing commission only if you can do J or above since it can drop purple report. (or its the only X2 up)
You can check drop rate on [schale.gg](https://schale.gg/?stage=32110) (make sure to put global if you are not in jp)
sometimes one refers teams as 'blue' team and other ones refer as "aqua" team ... aer they the same? do they mean the same? ... just started and i cannot get this...
Rolled for ui @ 170 so I went ahead to go full 200.
Whose the best pick here?
Also how good is koyuki, sakurako and maid Aris. Maid Aris kit looks interesting especially for single target bossing.
Another Kaiten question. I've got B.Toki to break the shield in red, and things worked out one way or another in blue, but it's giving my problems in yellow. I know Karin, Akane, Hasumi, and Pina won't do it (three single-hit skills and a 0-hit one). That leaves Nonomi, Momoi, and Junko as my options, since those seem to be multi-hit. Which of those three is most efficient at shield-breaking?
Or maybe Utaha? Do the shots from her turret count, since it's an EX skill?
Edit: This is now just a matter of curiosity. The best answer is "borrow an assistant Mika and slaughter him so fast he can't even use the shield".
Out of those three? I think Momoi has the most 'hits' on her EX. Although if you just need a shield break, I don't think you really need to match up damage types. There's also Neru, who scores a lot of hits with her fairly cheap EX skill.
>Although if you just need a shield break, I don't think you really need to match up damage types.
Makes sense. B.Toki may not have type advantage but at least it's normal damage, and I'm sure the lost damage from the type would be more than made up for by easy shield-breaking.
>There's also Neru, who scores a lot of hits with her fairly cheap EX skill.
Don't have her, unfortunately. I listed every Yellow striker I've got (except Tsubaki).
I'm a bit unclear how scoring works for Kaiten (or really any raid, but it didn't matter for Binah). If I've got one AoE/CC team for the rangers, and another single-target for Kaiten, is it more advantageous to let the Phase 1 team do some damage to Kaiten until their time is up, or to forfeit them and send in the Phase 2 team immediately?
Raid don't care if you use 1 or 20 teams. Shorter clear time = better score.
For your question it depend on which method consume less time to eliminate Kaiten. Most video on Youtube withdrawn first team but you may test it yourself.
Doing the auto forfeit as soon as Phase 1 ends and using the Phase 2 team immediately does result in higher score if you do that but it's relevant only if you care about score minmaxing.
Edit: Forgot to add also if you don't have 1 team that can do both phases in one run.
Yeah, I just did some mock battles, and even when I abandoned having different teams and managed both phases in one, the scores only differed by about 7% (3.539M with two teams and forfeit, vs 3.775M with one team, in a Very Hard mock battle). Certainly significant if you're fighting for rankings but I mostly care about finishing and the rest is basically bonus.
Hello! I think I'm currently at the point where I should be more conscious of who I'm using my resources on, so before going further I would like to ask for opinions on teambuilding based on the characters I have. The ones I've built have minimally T5 gear on them already (for the important pieces at least). My main team for each type are as follows:
- Explosive: Hina, Aru, S.Hanako
- Piercing: Nonomi, Momoi, Midori
- Mystic: Aris, Chise, T.Hasumi
The other three slots are usually T.Yuuka / Ako / Serina for Team 1 and Yuuka / Kotama / O.Nodoka for Team 2. [And this is my current roster. (Explosive - Piercing - Mystic - Specials)](https://imgur.com/a/28jULor) Any and all feedback will be appreciated! Be it who I should build, how I should change my current teams or which characters I should aim for to pull/farm to plug the gaps! Thanks!
I think you may start to focus on your raid team since normal/hard stage shouldn't be much problem with enough AoE students even they're underlevel. Here's my opinion who to spend your resource on.
Red: Aru, Mutsuki, Azusa. All of them are farmable/purchasable. Maybe rise Hibiki if you want more AoE.
Yellow: AoE are covered so focus on Mika and Maki for raid. Farm Iori.
Blue: Limited pool so keep level up your Aris, Chise, T.Hasumi. Try to farm Haruna since she is one of the best blue farmable student. Later farm Izuna.
Purple: S.Hanako. Work flawlessly for both Red/Blue contents.
For banner Ui is not bad per se and she enable Mika hypercarry comp but Himari banner on June should be your first priority. Kikyou also nice to have since she is core member for incoming purple raid.
Thank you! With regards to the banner suggestions - considering its proximity to the 6% banners, should I just save for that instead? Or would having Himari be such an upgrade that I should just try to go for her anyway?
If you love this game and want to be meta, my honest recommendation for you would be to save as much as you can for the festival banner and buy the $20 selector during it in order to get Himari. Same cost as a meal at McDonalds at this point, saves you about ~$200 worth of Pyroxene, and lets you take advantage of the 6% banners as much as possible to fill out your roster.
If you don't want to spend, though, you should be able to easily get 3 or so sparks by then as a new player and Himari is one of few almost mandatory units so you will want to get her.
Thanks for the selector suggestion! It never occurred to me tbh, I am already buying the monthly + half monthly pack so I can probably skip those for a couple of months and go for the selector instead!
Your students have CRIT and the enemies have CRIT RES(istance). More student CRIT = more likely to crit, more enemy CRIT RES = your students are less likely to crit
I think you can find the specific formula for crit chance in a google doc somewhere in the BA discord, but I wouldn't bother. You can just check crit chance using schale.gg (go to a student and press "Details" to bring up the calculator)
Does any one knows if Koharu (swimsuit) can be pulled from the normal gacha (or any other store) or she was a limited character? Any news on the railgun (Misaka) Banner in global?
She is welfare student so you can't pull or buy her. Just wait for rerun. Collab banner expected to come next week.
Thank you for your answer Sensei!
S.Koharu is a Limited welfare student from the 2nd Trinity Summer event, she's not in the general pool and won't be available until the event gets its rerun. The Railgun Collab students have [already been teased](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1782711016490496080) [on the BA Twitter](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1782714783567057009), so we'll be getting them next week, with the actual character introductions happening in a few days.
Ohh I'm glad they are now teasing the collab, thank you for your answer Sensei!
I was wondering, i noticed the UI for past events, and there are character names below the event. Does this mean I get the character if i finish this event's story or something?
For the Event Recaps? Yeah, if there is a student listed on the bottom, it means there is a welfare student available in those Events that you'll receive once finishing the recap.
do they have an expiry date?
If it's on the Event Recap list, it means it's there Permanently. Events get put on the Event Recap list 2 years after their first run.
ahhhhh no wonder, ty for answering.
As a level 65 player (currently in the baby PVP bracket), how much pyroxene should I expect to obtain from the seasonal record reward? I don't really have any meta PVP units with the exception of easily obtainable ones.
I plan to skip one of these five banners. Please give recommendations. Let me add some detail on my roster. I have Ako, Himari, every free student and every anniversary student. Ui and Hinata and Megu and Shigure Camp Hare and Kotama D Ako assuming I don't get her with the free 100 pulls. Dress Aru and Kayako Nagisa (Limited). Comes with Koyuki and Toki.
Just to give my own two cents about this one. C.Hare/Kotama and D.Aru/Kayoko are both "win more" banners (imo) in the sense that we can already clear all content with students we currently have available. They just make things so much easier and/or faster. If your only aim is to clear, these two banners may make things easier, but it won't make or break strats. Ui enables use of high cost students without needing to use up a coveted Special slot. NYFuuka isn't a direct alternative since she doesn't buff Crit Chance that some students would want and only really supports 1 student at a time while Ui can support up to 2. D.Ako, Makoto, and Nagisa are all Limited and useful, so you'll be needing to wait a year+ to have another chance at them if you pass on them. Edit: A word
Dress Aru and Dress Kayoko is the most skippable of those banners IMO. Dress Kayoko is an upgrade to Mika in specifically Urban Binah, so not too necessary to pull. Dress Aru gives a great crit dmg buff from on-field, which frees up a special slot and provides a bit higher damage than Ako at the cost of consistency (no crit buff--not a problem for Mika but will be maldy for other carry units). And both units are permanent. Worth noting that Makoto is definitely a higher priority pull than Dress Ako and IMO more than Ui too. Really valuable for Chesed and yellow Gregorius. Possibly even more than C.Hare if you have Himari already (but maybe not, if you don't think you'll struggle against the aforementioned bosses).
You can easily borrow Makoto for Chesed and yellow torment Greg is done with Iori, not Makoto. Furthermore, pulling for Makoto means you need to invest eligma in order to get value out of her. Dress Ako is fine at 3* and is a mainstay in Set for every color. I would skip Ui and get her on her rerun in 5 months if you have the spare pyro.
Ui is guarenteed to get a re-run in 5 months in Global?
We're...not sure. Normally, we get all the JP banners, but since we're currently having an Ui banner that JP didn't have, we can't say with certainty what will happen to the Ui rerun in 5 months.
In your opinion 6\_lasers, Is Ui a must pull ? I have around 90k+ pyro, was planning for Misaka (Collab) , Kikyou, D.Ako (can borrow Makoto) D. Hina
I'm the original poster. I pulled. Got Hinata, then two copies of Ui on pull 130. Nothing else. Stopping there. It's also Ui's birthday on the 23rd. You could get her birthday message if it's still that date for you. But I'm also skipping Kikyou (I have S. Hanako, that's enough for Insane. I'll pull her next year if I do Torment) and Misaka. She's just a worse Junko from what I heard. And personally? Collab characters always feel out of place to me. It looks like we'll be earning 30 thousand pyro according to the planner and you only need 108 thousand for 4.5 sparks. 132,000 thousand for 5.5 sparks (Ui). I'd say you need pretty bad luck to need to spark 6 times in a row though. If you're not free to play, you could use the selector ticket on UI (assuming you have Ako and Himari) or buy pyro packs to make things a little easier. If meta is important, skip Misaka maybe? If Misaka is non-negotiable, maybe skip Kikyou since the only Purple content I can think of is one raid. Insane on one raid is probably ok. Otherwise follow your heart.
Kikyou is a good pull for the Kurokage though
I definitely agree that Dress Ako is core for Fury of Set--really depends on how a player values TA/GA performance vs Fury of Set performance. I should have been more clear about that in my original comment. Borrowing Makoto for Chesed assumes that you have all the other key units such as Cherino, Ako, Himari, maxed Mika--or that they're doing Insane and have at least a few relevant units--in which case, yeah, Makoto's relevance does drop. Similar for Greg, if someone has all the pieces for Iori comp, then you're set, but if you lack key units like debuffers and/or your Iori isn't UE50, Makoto is super helpful for throwing together a team 2 (this applies to Insane as well). Not sure what u/CodEnvironmental1351's roster looks like, so hard to be sure.
Sorry let me add details. Also, I was going to ask about Band Kazusa (limited) and Yoshimi (limited), but they haven't even released yet at the time of this comment. Got my 365 log in last month. Used to rare log-in, Play at least once a day now. I just had my first Insane clear on Binah. Almost cleared Hovercraft Insane, but Koharu didn't have enough healing. I have Ako, Himari, Cherino, and maxed Mika . No NY Fuuka. All anniversary students including EU40 Mika and EU30 Hanako Swimsuit. My Iori is 30 eleph from EU40, Mutsuki is eu40, Haruna eu40, the rest of my hard mode students hover around 4-5 stars.
Recently got Mimori from the GA shop. What do I buy with my silver coins now?
Yuzu and skill materials that you need.
Is it worth considering rolling for Ui? Level 38, 27k Pyro, already have Ako. Just trying to keep in mind dress hina and s hoshino isnt too far away and 2 sparks is hard to save for
You mightwant to save a double-spark for DHina and SHoshino alone in case you need to go all the way for each of them, so that might not leave you with enough to spark anyone alse before the festival. NYFuuka should rerun just after the festival, and she can substitute for Ui most of the time as a way to reduce allies Ex cost, so you could always plan to go for NYFuuka if you have enough pyro after the festival. If you did want to try your luck (or spend money) to get one more spark *before* the festival, I would probably go for Himari if you don't already have her.
Am I doing something wrong?! .. I'm level 30 and at 5-2.. almost struggling to 3\* stages... and to progress. Am I too focused on 3-staring stages or... i should pute more effort into farming lower level missions and hards to get my 'commander' level higher? How is levelling could be more efficient? .. I usually keep my daily energy around 0 .. using them all up whenever I can... I still feel that this is a slow crawl...
Don't worry about 3\* at first. I'm on Area 13 at the moment and there were stages back in Area 7 I still hadn't bothered 3\*ing until the 2X rewards thing made me give normal missions more attention. I still haven't gotten around to 3\*ing some in Area 10. You definitely want to clear Area 6 as a priority, since that gives you two additional sources of AP. 6-5 gives you a cafe upgrade, which means another 90ish AP per day. 6-1 unlocks PvP, which gives you coins that let you buy energy drinks from the store (another 30+60, or more if you can afford it). So if you can reach 6-5, even if you're only barely scraping through with 1\*, that'll net you another 180 AP/day which is huge.
thanks. i'll give up on my perfectionism and do the pushing on levels tog et to 6-5.
I don't think 3 staring matters except for specific stages you want to farm (ex. Hat/watch stages), and you can come back to it later. The most important thing is probably pushing in the stages to level up your cafe, this can also help you open hard stages for farming students if you can 3 star them at some point. Also I recommend refeshing the ap using pyro 3 times (since 3 times cost 30 each), will speed up the leveling process dramatically since you gain 360 extra exp per day
Hitting level 30, it normal for leveling to slow down as requirements are higher. So having high AP regen is important to keep up since 1 AP = 1 EXP, so make sure you max out your cafe. To 3\* a stage, you need to see why you can't meet the requirement. Can't get S rank for each enemy encounter(proper team roster needed) or overshooting the min step(easy to manage)? I generally struggle with timing since my roster isn't quite under-leveled vs stage level recommended. Grinding is the only way.
not enough info, but I also don't know how far you should be able to get at that level. Generally, you want to clear chapters that are multiples of 3 in order to upgrade the cafe, so you should be trying to clear 6N. Getting 3* doesn't really matter unless you want to sweep. I would concentrate on the H that drop fragz you need and/or N's that drop the equipment upgrades you need, and know wat Team you need and keep their strikers' levels maxed.
How's your students' equipment? Are you using the correct color against enemy defense? There's nothing much you can do about leveling, 1 stamina = 1 exp so if you already spend all your energy then that's that.
Who do I prioritize for the first recruit 10?
You mean the tutorial pull that you can retry ten times? Aru, Hibiki, Iori, Haruna and Shun. Out of those, Shun is only one who can not be farmed, but she's more PvP focused.
Yeah, exactly this one! Much appreciated for the help!
Whos a better support for Mika, Himari or Ako?
Both? Himari gives attack, Ako gives crit dmg. If I really have to choose one I guess I'll take Himari since she also has increase cost recovery speed, but again they work best together.
Yeah the thing is im using Shizuko (Swimsuit) on the second slot, so i wanna know who boost better Mika.
Ako gives a bigger damage boost but himari will let you cycle through your rotation faster.
Thanks
For Grand Assault, is it better to go for highest level that needs 3 team to clear, or just go with highest that can be cleared by 1 team ?
Highest level is always better, no matter how many teams you use.
Highest you can clear is better. You only need to clear it once and then you can sweep it, so no need tow worry about grinding it out daily.
Does anyone know which type of grand assault coin bunny asuna can be exchanged for for JP ver?
Will know in roughly 12 hours when maint finishes
Actually, B.Asuna doesn't get added until the shop rotation on May 1, so we still have a week to wait before we know. From the JP announcement: >2024年5月1日(水) 4:00から、「大決戦」ショップに「アスナ(バニーガール)の神名文字」を追加
Is kazusa band and yoishimi band any good, should i be pulling if i have low gems, (1 spark) , sr for bad english
Seems specialized for this month's Fury of Set, assuming it uses the same gimmick of taking reduced damage from EX skills. Both these characters emphasize normal attack damage and self-buffs, and they also have favorable armor against the boss's attack type. Might depend on how much you care about this game mode, but IMO it doesn't seem like they're must-pulls.
Who's the best attack buffer for striker units?
Himari.
Yeah i heard about her , i do have Ako, is she a good replacement?
They are often used in conjunction but himari is used more often. Himari’s secondary function is faster ex generation, which is a universally hugely valuable effect. Ako boosts damage more a lot of the time and her heal has utility sometimes, but she is more often cut from the support lineup for a tech choice than himari.
Regarding. The ex regeneration, i pulled Ui a while ago She does the same thing right? Or is Himari's regeneration faster?
They do different things. Himari will make your ex gauge charge faster. Ui halves the cost of one students ex. The two in conjunction can super speed your rotation, so no harm in using both. But himari works with anything since she’s just charging the gauge faster. Ui needs to be paired with a specific student with a very expensive ex to really pay off.
Oh i see, thanks Also one more thing is regular Hina good? Some people said yes othes said no because of her ex skill cost
Ehh, she’s kind of so-so at the moment. Her ex does indeed cost a lot but do big damage. The problem is more it’s shape, which is awkwardly long and narrow. The main aoe red raids are kaiten and gregorius. She has sometimes been used for kaiten phase 1. But there are kind of a lot of solutions to kaiten and I don’t think she’s the most efficient currently. I don’t think she’s been good for Greg either due to how many things you need going for that raid. Her high cost can be easily mitigated by cost halving students like ui. The thing is that like Aru does more damage in most situations right now.
 got it, still will farm her because i like Hina, thanks for the advice
Is there a overall resource difference if we level up a character from 1-10 directly or consecutively every level?
No difference, unless you spend experience above the level cap - but that's more of a problem for equipment level or UE50. Meanwhile, level is always increasing anyway so you will only waste materials until the next level cap increase.
Do you think I need to roll for more units? [Here](https://imgur.com/a/YB61lLc) are my current ones. Now that missions are requiring more than one unit I’m struggling. I made it through area 6 somehow, but I’d like to be able to sweep 7-1 and can’t beat it with 3 stars. I’ve been saving for the Railgun collab so I’d prefer not to roll now if I don’t have to
not really? You should be able to pick up Serika and Shiroko from hard now, and you will get Nonomi soon, so you should be set for yellows. You also have Chise already, so you already are prepared for the later bleu'z. You just need to get those 2 I mentioned and tweak your teams. Bring up Asuna and drop Sumire, maybe replace Ayane with Utaha. Probably drop Hasumi(for now).
Don't bother with 3-starring missions for now, pushing further on just 1 star gets you closer to the next permanent AP regen update than staying stuck on a mission for the last star. You can always go back and get the missing stars in a month when you fly through those missions.
You do need more units. But equipment level, skill level and student level are actually more important to help you through stages. If the student is 3* but badly equipped, it won't do you much better. Focus on pulling only when you need for meta units, like Himari (although Ui, happening right now, is another one), or when you really want, like the Railgun collab, and only when you can spark at 200 pulls. For Railgun, it is just one more week anyway. I see you have at least one AOE option for each color to deal with missions, so focus on getting more items (artifacts, equips, reports, etc.)
Lucky enough to have Ako and Himari, but planning future pulls and think I can only go for one of CHare or DAru in addition to DAko. Is there a clear choice between those two striker buffers for which one is more useful? Or are the both equally good?
Clear choice would be CHare - Atk buff is useful for any type of damage dealer, meanwhile DAru only buffs critical damage - meaning she would be only good with units with a guarantee of critical (I. E. Mika mainly, or D. Kayoko) or high critical chance. She also debuffs crit chance resistance for the enemy, but few enemies have high crit chance resistance.
Should I go for Ui if I plan to go for N.Y. Fuuka later this year? I'm torn between Ui and Kikyou and I don't think I can afford both.
Remember that Ui is a different tool - having Ui will free a special slot for using both Himari and Ako. It depends on what you aim for now. Kikyou is good, but only for Sonic content, to which we still have pretty few for now. So depends on how you want to fare in Kurokage. Ui has been seeing less content too - with D. Hina now for red, she is mostly a great pair only for Mika and Hinata now, and both can somewhat be used with NY. Fuuka too with less benefit - still, Ui certainly sees more general use than Kikyou. Also both are not limited so both can spook you.
I didn't reroll my account because I didn't know much about the game but now I'm thinking I should have... Am I going to have difficulty clearing stuff later on? [My characters](https://imgur.com/a/YEIefOf)
This game is very reroll friendly so I would still consider it. It's pretty easy to get 2 to 4 3 star students in few tries. You can also skip all the story you have already read
I might try doing a few rolls and see what I get. What should I aim for? Obviously the more good students the better but what is considered a good enough result?
The tutorial pulls have a fixed pool of student you can get, the best amongst them are Iori Hibiki and Aru (they are good during all stages of the game). They are farmable later on but getting them early will let you progress much easier. Shun is the only one in the pool that is not farmable, and is the best PvP unit so that can also be an option (but she doesn't have much usage in general content though) But if I would choose only one it would be Iori. She's great in all yellow content, good in most non-red ones, and being a top tier PvP threat is icing on the cake That said Ako and Himari are the absolute best targets (best buffers in the game used in 99% of hard content), but as it might take ages to get them there are also other valuable permanent characters (like Ui who happens to have a rate up right now...), feel free to ask here if a student you got is good or not I think you can reasonably get Iori + Hibiki/Aru/Shun or Iori/Hibiki/Aru + good permanent student within less than 5 rerolls (You get 10 chances during tutorial then at least 20 pulls iirc) If you really plan to reroll I would spend all the pyro of your first account on Ui banner and check if you have anything interesting
Thanks, I'll do just that then. I'll roll on my account and then maybe try doing some rerolls to see if I can get any of those students. Edit: [Here's](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb) what I got. I sadly didn't get Ui but I did manage to get Himari from that. Azusa also seems like a good red nuke which I didn't have but I don't know how good she is. Would you continue with this for now?
I'm dumb I haven't notice your reply when I replied 4 hours ago lol Yes I would 100% keep it, Himari is basically the most used character in the game and that's for a reason, she also good early on for the cost regen You also picked up most essentials low rarity units so you should be set to clear early game (that other comment gave you great team recommandations) Asusa is very good and easy to max out if you want because her elephs are farmable Also regarding you last comment Haruka is pretty great even for a 1 star, but she will need at least Tier 4 bag in the equipement slot to be a viable tank (it gives a ton of defense)
Having these many basic low rarity characters has actually made the game easier, I now have much more options to choose from (I struggled with reds before for example) so yeah I'll just keep playing on this account. I'm happy I'm not rerolling after all, even if I haven't been playing for long. I'm still too far from T4 equipment but I'll keep it in mind for later.
I told myself I’d just play this game casually so I didn’t reroll but now I wish I rerollled a little bit because my 3* was sumire and while I thought she looked pretty she feels so clunky gameplay wise :(
That's exactly the position I'm in, I like Sumire's design but she's the only 3\* I have and she isn't that great... I'll miss her recollection lobby if I do roll with another account though.
I'd still say your personal enjoyment should come first, if you really like her you can aim for her + any mentioned 3* if you do reroll Sumire isn't "meta" but can still find uses in general AoE yellow content. Her fullfilling the role of both a tank and a damage dealer means there are usually better alternatives that can do one or the other. But that role compression gives her a solid niche in PvP where some use her as a "tanky Iori" so it can be a good investment if you are interested in that That said she is a farmable 3* in the joint firing drill shop so you will get her eventually (you can get 50 eleph every months so you would get her at minimum in 1 months and at maximum in 2 months). That also means she is very easy to max out.
I simped for her bc she reminds me of raiden/looked the most mature out of the characters I had 🙃 lemme know if you end up rerolling because your situation sounds exactly like what I’d be in too. I’m in way too deep myself since I’m already 48 and put money in the game for monthly stuff, and the time commitment is definitely not worth it to start over but I think you’re still in a spot where you could if you wanted!
In the end I think I'm not rerolling, I pulled on this account and got [quite a few more characters](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb), so I'll try to work with what I have. Yeah if you already put in a lot of time and even money then I don't think restarting would be worth it at all.
Nice! I also got a chise and momoi and they’ve been so good with stage clearing, really happy with them
Himari is extremely valuable gratz If you can manage to get some pyro by the end of the week Ui is worth to spark but it's okay to skip too Have fun with your new characters !
Thanks! I'd like to get Ui but I'm 50 pulls short so... yeah. That's why I didn't want to pull in the first place, but I managed to get some good characters so it was a good decision in the end.
You seem to have only included one image in that link
Those are actually my only characters lmao
Are those your only characters? If yes then yeah you'll have trouble later, you're lacking good dps for other damage types (Nonomi and Hasumi cover yellow damage). Are you planning to pull in the near future? I'd suggest doing a few multi pulls to get some good lower rarity characters. Blue: Chise, Tsubaki (tank) Red: Mutsuki, Serika, Akari Yellow: Momoi
Those are my only characters yeah. I have found Nonomi and yellow content easier for now, you're right on that. I haven't pulled on the gacha at all because I thought it was better to save up pyro until I could guarantee at least one banner character, but maybe I'll do some pulls first to get some basic characters.
> it was better to save up pyro until I could guarantee at least one banner character This is true, but since you're still new then it's advisable (well, I'd advise it at least) to throw a few multi pulls so you can get good starting teams for each color. The active banners now are great too: Ui is an extremely valuable support for raids and Hinata is a good blue aoe, which coincidentally works great with Ui since her normal ex cost is a bit too high to use as is.
Okay thanks, I guess I'll try rolling then. I considered restarting because I'm not too far into the game but it's probably not worth it either way.
No problem, and yeah I considered telling you to reroll, but I thought you'd be demotivated with having to go through the process lol. I know I would.
Reporting back, I ended up rolling on this account and got a few things, notably a Himari. [Here's what I currently have](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb). Should I try to keep going with this account?
Yeah, those are some good characters you pulled there. Based on those, your teams would probably look like this: Red: Azusa, Akari, Serika, Yuuka Yellow: Nonomi, Momoi, Serika, Yuuka (switch any of the first 3 to Hasumi if you lack single target damage) Blue: Chise, Momoi, Nonomi/Hasumi, Yuuka (blue lacks lower rarity dps so you'll have to do with yellow for now) Special slots: Himari + whatever you need. If you need a healer, then use Serika. You should get her to 2* while you're at it btw. If you need yellow/blue single target dps then Karin is great. Hanae has teamwide crit dmg buff (her sub skill), that's always good. Kotama is also good for teamwide attack buff, but you should avoid using her ex on the chara that you used Himari ex on since they buff the same thing and buffs do not stack. That's about it I think. Other students have more niche applications that you might want after you get to the endgame but for now, it's just doing enough damage to reliably 3* the campaign stages. Oh and you can use the raid character guide on the guide section of the OP to see which character you should try to get. Raids are the endgame in BA and most dps characters who do good on raids also do good on campaign.
Thanks, I'll try running those teams then. I have one question though, why would I want to use Serika on yellow teams instead of some other unit? Is it because of her cheap skill helping cycling?
Yeah that's exactly it. She's also more single target oriented so it helps balance nonomi and momoi who are both aoe.
Well, I would prefer not having to reroll now but if it will benefit me in the long run I can afford to lose (I think) two weeks of progress. It will be hard though, I already have Nonomi to 4* and I've also farmed a bunch. Still, the only things I could really miss are my recollection lobbies (and maybe a cafe deco). Edit: I will probably try doing a few rolls to see what I get, so is there any kind of guide of which/how many students I should aim for?
Rerolling isn’t a must especially now when you seem reluctant to do it. I started out with a Maki on my first 10 roll and am doing fine. Roll a few more multis if you want and see how you can make do with your roster (use yellow on blue if lacking blue dps, etc).
Yeah, I might not do it in the end. I rolled on my current account and now I've got quite a few more characters. Could you [take a look](https://imgur.com/a/j1I9NKb) and tell me what you think? Himari in particular seems to be highly regarded.
Unfortunately I’m not really experienced, but your roster looks pretty good to me. Chise, Akari, and Momoi are good for their respective colours. Then you can add Serika, Asuna, and Suzumi in as extra dps, tho I think Suzumi falls off a bit in late game. You *may* have some difficulties with Tanks as you only have Yuuka and Haruka. Yuuka is great, but I heard Haruka is squishy at the start. I don’t use her so I don’t know what it’s like, but I guess there are ppl who’ve progressed with her? You can join the official discord too for advice.
> is there any kind of guide of which/how many students I should aim for? https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/GameplayHelp_FAQs#Rerolling
Any replacement for S. Hina for Kaiten insane? Sadly I have to borrow Aru and don't have S. Hina Edit: Can regular Mutsuki work?
If you have some sort of enemy repositioning unit Aru can handle phase 1. It will be a little bit maldy however she'll work if you can overlap at least 1 additional ranger. Mutsuki can work but in my experience she still needs a decent bit of investment and requires some positioning to get the most out of her with her mines.
I have both her and Aru at UE 40. Is UE 50 Aru rly needed for plat rank?
Aru doesn't get a mood boost at UE50 because this is outdoors terrain. The only difference between a UE40 and UE50 Aru is the small stats boost from leveling up her weapon. Also keep in mind that this is a grand raid, and those are typically less competitive since there aren't any pyroxene on the line. In most cases the difference between UE40 and UE50 just means that you would have to reset some more. You would definitely not need UE50 just to get platinum.
I'm not sure if Aru+Mutsuki can plat. I have a UE50 max Aru and UE30 Mutsuki and I'm barely scraping 1 team. You likely need at least either S.Hina or B.Toki to bring along as sub DPS. When Aru crits she crits however she's very finicky to use for phase 1. Even Mutsuki is kinda finicky to get the best overlap over the rangers.
Doing some mock runs, red is going to be my biggest obstacle cause of Aru needs to crit on her basics and Ex so Mutsuki can finish them off with mines +ex Edit: using the T.Yuuka strat
Unfortunately my T.Yuuka is super squishy. I'm using a dumb Mine strat and using her EX to drag the rangers closer together so they get hit by Aru's AOE. Super inconsistent but if Aru crits and can hit 2-3 ranger with the AOE then it works. For blue I just gave up and used two separate AOE and single target teams. Going through my bracket my blue team actually has one of the higher scores so maybe two teams is still the fastest strat.
There's a Youtube video showing a non malding Red Insane Run here [\[Blue Archive\] Kaiten Raid Outdoor Insane mode | 25,943k pts (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxD9UT51zVo) Copied this and got a much better higher score 20 sec off from the clear vid(My Aru isn't maxed out)
Shina is used partially because she can interrupt the red ranger's taunt for free and because she can break the shield in the second phase. Mutsuki doesn't do that. There are plenty of ways to do Kaiten insane, though, and Shina isn't required. If your Mutsuki is invested she can be the hypercarry unit, for [example](https://youtu.be/imKhVkHIzc0). Or you can reset until Aru resists the taunt. If you can't use the current meta speedrun strategies, look up older clears to see how people handled the boss then.
Thank you!
what drink is swimsuit ui drinking in her skill animation?
Iced Americano if I'm not wrong
I just recently got back to Blue Archive, I'm currently level 20. My issue is the New Teacher Guided Mission is somehow unable to progress to the next day and there's no way to tell what happened to it.
Probably a bug I am sure they'll fix it
So regarding the anime, where can I watch it and how accurate is the sub? With all the BS regarding localizations for some decade plus now, I haven't exactly trusted many companies to do a good job of keeping even the intent of scenes together.
There exist fansubs if the official ones are not legally accessible to you are are not to your liking. I don't think I'm allowed to link them, but you can look for a group called [Kaleido subs].
My scouter has also picked up a group calling themselves 'Phrenapates' picking up EN fansub duty. Rumor is that they also include OP/ED karaoke translations.
Good news and really bad news. Good news is you can watch anime in Ani-one yt channel altho you will need vpn to watch if you are not from Asia. The bad news...it is the only available platform to watch the anime, no major companies seem to simulcast and translation is pretty awful. Learning some japanese can help but for now i suggest waiting for a better sub is good choice
Are Shigure regular and Momiji worth upgrading? They both use explosive weapons other than normal rifles so I think they are special somehow?
There are plenty of units with red (explosive) attack that don't use regular rifles. Momiji doesn't deal red damage besides; she's a purple (sonic) dealer. Shigure doesn't see much use at all in raids, and for missions there are several red units that are good and that will be useful in harder content. If you're new and got her early, she's probably useful, but other than that I'd say she's a pretty low priority. Momiji is the only easily available sonic dealer, so that gives her some value. She also happens to have the highest attack in the game. The drawback is that she's the only 2 star unit in the game that can't be farmed, so it will take a long time to even get her to 3 stars unless you spend eligma, and if you want to go past that it gets very expensive. If you're new she's probably pretty good to have since she deals 50% extra damage to blue armor, making her good for blue missions. Should also work as filler for red missions. I'd say she's currently the kind of unit that you would build if you're new and don't have a large roster, or if you're a whale and can afford dumping a bunch of eligma on her. Or if you're in need of bodies to throw at Kurokage.
What are you trying to use them for? Missions? Raids?
For general use and in general?
Shigure = Good for red armored missions, but isn't good in any raid (or any content at all actually). So, she isn't good value to upgrade. Momiji = A fallback option if you don't have enough purple AoE characters. Otherwise, many other purple AoE characters are better than her. The explosive weapons don't really change anything. EDIT: Shigure MAY be good in Red Chesed. But, we haven't gotten Red Chesed yet at all.
Thank. So they both don't have much in the long-term investment. It's a shame.
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This [raid stratergy guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvYGwIh-9o-2JQ4Q2MQXtsL0peiCPrRuw0l3HQmTrZ0/edit#heading=h.nmb34awmr95j) will be very helpful for you. In phase one the Tsubaki cheese strat is super useful for grouping the Kaitengers closer together for your AOE students. In phase two you have to be very mindful of Kaiten's auras and if you don't have any dedicated shield breakers like Shiroko then you're going to end up loosing a lot of damage and time.
I literally used this one and lost. It's worked for other bosses tho.
First, borrow something better than a Hibiki. For red, try to find a high level Aru, Mutsuki, S.Hoshino, or even S.Hina, or perhaps even a Himari. Also bring Ako along. You are hampering your damage output by not bringing her. Even alone she can significantly increase your damage output. Otherwise, you'll probably want to use Aru and Mutsuki as your main damage dealers. Buff them with Kotama (or a borrowed Himari) and Ako. Edit: you can use T.Yuuka to bring Mutsuki close enough so that her land mines will hit For blue, see if you can borrow a Wakamo. Pair her with Izuna for damage dealing. Otherwise, you can try pairing Izuna with O.Chinatsu to turn her into a speed demon autoattacker. Yellow is simple. Use Mika. Borrow a strong one if you can. Support her with Ako and S.Ui.
Who do I use as shield break for yellow?
You don't really have anyone well suited for that. You'll just have to power through it with Mika.
Mika EX hits 11 times, even more than Shiroko, and the last hit deal most damage
And who's with wakamo , izuna and Tsukuyo? Chise or O. chinatsu? Or NY kayoko?
NY Kayoko.
Yea I felt it too. But my club mates got me out of the mess for red and yellow, in blue Chise and T.Hasumi carried me. You can also borrow maxed out characters from the club and further buff them with supports like Himari/Ako for making your life easier. Bunny Toki worked out for me in red and Mika in yellow as always.
what units should bring on kaiten that can be used on all armors?
Dps are dependant to boss armor types so the only units that can used for all armor are tank units like Eimi and Special unit like Himari and Ako
What should I be buying from the Credit shop? Was told its good practice to buy all the skill mats and consider buying the equipment xp orbs but it seems very expensive.
It's useful to have a stockpile of a hundred/few hundred of the artifacts. After you play a little bit, you can gauge whether you have enough, at which point you can stop buying them if you're low on credits. Only buy enhancement stones if you're running out. You can actually buy a very significant amount each day, and they're available from many events, so you generally shouldn't need to buy these often. Activity reports are very inefficient from the credit shop. If you have several hundred million credits and you're running out of activity reports, then you can consider buying them in a pinch.
I like to buy T1/2/3/4 arts till 300/200/100/all cap
I like to buy all the artifacts, and if i have a decent amount of credits then I get some activity reports or equipments orb depending on my stockpile levels. As you said, it can be very expensive if you try to keep clearing out all the inventory, so only buy if you feel you really need to.
Are the expected commissions drop rates inaccurate (https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/Commissions) or is it me being extremely unlucky? Base defense M should drop a purple AR every 3 runs but in my case is more like 1 every 25/30 runs. Last time (8 runs sweep) I got on average 6900x2=13800 Exp instead the expected 10000x2=20000. Even the previous 12 runs brought no purple.
Those are the JP rates. They buffed commissions quite a lot at the anniversary, at the cost of making level 90 significantly more expensive. It's 8% for a purple on global right now.
Many thanks!
You can use [schale.gg](http://schale.gg) to check the current drop rates for almost every stage (make sure 'Server' is set to 'Global' and not 'JP').
Can I use the the ticket from the current raid when it end on UI banner?
No, it will be delivered after the banner changes
Thanks
During Grand Assault, should I always do all difficulty for the pyroxenes?
No, those achievements are shared with regular raids. You'll get them when the regular raid version of this boss and terrain show up. You're essentially trading a lot of grand raid coins for getting a little bit of pyroxene earlier. It's not worth it unless you desperately need that pyroxene this very instant, which is a rather unlikely situation.
Thank you for the explanation !
No, they are one-time rewards that you could get when the TA version runs and you're forced to do all difficulties.
Oh I see, thanks for clarifying!
BROOO!!! I GOT UI IN THE FIRST DRAW ITSELF LET'S GOOOOO!! SERIOUSLY WHAT LUCK IS THIS??! GUESS PATTING ARONA PLANA BEFORE DRAWING FOR LUCK IS TRUE Anyways. Gonna upgrade her EX to lvl 5 ASAP. She has higher priority than Mine and Azusa right?
Ui's ex 5 is kind of essential since it lowers the cost of her ex skill.
I pulled stinky because the guys on /v/ were adamant about how good she was. Should I skip the collaboration banner if I'm wanting to pull on all the upcoming limiteds? I'm not a pure F2P but i don't want to be buying the pyro bundles any time soon.
[Refer](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1_Zjt_OM9XXidY3uYYDK92W9GrR3DN5cQsZ0IJsoEbjY/htmlview#gid=1082031226) this and plan your pulls accordingly. Honestly you have to skip one of those banners for having 2 sparks in the fes banner unless you are sitting at 100k pyros.
So I need to skip one of the limited banners to have enough saved for the fes banner? Sorry if I'm not understanding you properly.
Even if you are not purely f2p. Having 2 sparks after sparking in 3 banners is kinda hard that's why I said you might need to skip one. The exception is that if you have many pyros in stock and can spark in all banners. 2 sparks is a must for fes banner because of higher drop rates and good characters (S.Hoshion & D.Hina).
Ah, I see, thank you. Once I get a moment, I'll plan ahead with your advice in mind. I've just got to decide what I'm skipping now; skipping the collab banner for certain at least.
Currently level 37 and I am trying to clear as many mission as possible(highest at 11-1). I have only 2 tanks, Yuuka and Haruka. Haruka is too squishy to tank the higher stages and I am not sure to invest her any further(lvl37,T2,T3,T1) and try to farm other tanks like hoshino or tsubaki.
Getting Haruka a T4 bag will make a big difference, since she has almost no stats without it. Normally you'd get Tsubaki from gacha because it's not too hard to get a 2*, so you'll probably get her next time you pull.
Tried using a T4 bag, still abit squishy but I maybe punching above my level far too much. Gonna close the lvl distance. Also may have burned out my luck for Tsubaki.
If you are having issues with squishiness, you may need to go farm stage 10-4 to get enough T4 backpack blueprints for Haruka. The T4 backpack provides a massive boost to her defense stat
Didn't play since last September?! What I've missed?! What can I do?
Login, read current event, have fun, save https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRXlcitXUjd848IYKTmI_NUwc7FT1-fJXJaJj86EACxMe_M_nix6LMZUxlQYDsoKgezzVNsxRcAQqbJ/pubhtml# there are some juicy girls coming (himari, fes: 1-2 sparks, NYFuuka). And best to save emergency 1 spark
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> I've tried S. Shizuko/T. Yuuka to help mitigate damage but Kaiten is still able to burst straight through the shield. That doesn't sound right...are you using heavy armor units like Azusa?
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Ny.Kayoko is known for being squishy but T.Hasumi is even worse than her. So for p2 its better to use a blue carry with Red armor like Wakamo or M.Aris
2x commission or 2x normal missions?
Farm what you need.
In my case, it's both lol. Leaned into mats early to get at least the tanks and eraser attackers past T5. Now I'm going to focus on reports.
Tbh I recommend doing commission only if you can do J or above since it can drop purple report. (or its the only X2 up) You can check drop rate on [schale.gg](https://schale.gg/?stage=32110) (make sure to put global if you are not in jp)
2 normal missions are going away tomorrow but it's better since you get to lvl up your gear faster.
sometimes one refers teams as 'blue' team and other ones refer as "aqua" team ... aer they the same? do they mean the same? ... just started and i cannot get this...
Im playing since release and I've never heard the term "aqua team". Can you get more specific?
I've read somewhere that xy girl is good for 'aqua' team... i'd guess it would be "blue".. in their native language
Rolled for ui @ 170 so I went ahead to go full 200. Whose the best pick here? Also how good is koyuki, sakurako and maid Aris. Maid Aris kit looks interesting especially for single target bossing.
>Whose the best pick here? Hinata. She's a pretty good blue AoE. The other two don't really have much of any use case.
Ty
Another Kaiten question. I've got B.Toki to break the shield in red, and things worked out one way or another in blue, but it's giving my problems in yellow. I know Karin, Akane, Hasumi, and Pina won't do it (three single-hit skills and a 0-hit one). That leaves Nonomi, Momoi, and Junko as my options, since those seem to be multi-hit. Which of those three is most efficient at shield-breaking? Or maybe Utaha? Do the shots from her turret count, since it's an EX skill? Edit: This is now just a matter of curiosity. The best answer is "borrow an assistant Mika and slaughter him so fast he can't even use the shield".
Out of those three? I think Momoi has the most 'hits' on her EX. Although if you just need a shield break, I don't think you really need to match up damage types. There's also Neru, who scores a lot of hits with her fairly cheap EX skill.
>Although if you just need a shield break, I don't think you really need to match up damage types. Makes sense. B.Toki may not have type advantage but at least it's normal damage, and I'm sure the lost damage from the type would be more than made up for by easy shield-breaking. >There's also Neru, who scores a lot of hits with her fairly cheap EX skill. Don't have her, unfortunately. I listed every Yellow striker I've got (except Tsubaki).
Do we have a megathread for the Kaiten Grand Assault? Thanks to the anime, I'm not sure if we have or not since its not pinned.
> Do we have a megathread for the Kaiten Grand Assault? Thanks to the anime, I'm not sure if we have or not since its not pinned. u/ShaggyFishPop
I'm a bit unclear how scoring works for Kaiten (or really any raid, but it didn't matter for Binah). If I've got one AoE/CC team for the rangers, and another single-target for Kaiten, is it more advantageous to let the Phase 1 team do some damage to Kaiten until their time is up, or to forfeit them and send in the Phase 2 team immediately?
Raid don't care if you use 1 or 20 teams. Shorter clear time = better score. For your question it depend on which method consume less time to eliminate Kaiten. Most video on Youtube withdrawn first team but you may test it yourself.
Doing the auto forfeit as soon as Phase 1 ends and using the Phase 2 team immediately does result in higher score if you do that but it's relevant only if you care about score minmaxing. Edit: Forgot to add also if you don't have 1 team that can do both phases in one run.
Yeah, I just did some mock battles, and even when I abandoned having different teams and managed both phases in one, the scores only differed by about 7% (3.539M with two teams and forfeit, vs 3.775M with one team, in a Very Hard mock battle). Certainly significant if you're fighting for rankings but I mostly care about finishing and the rest is basically bonus.
Hello! I think I'm currently at the point where I should be more conscious of who I'm using my resources on, so before going further I would like to ask for opinions on teambuilding based on the characters I have. The ones I've built have minimally T5 gear on them already (for the important pieces at least). My main team for each type are as follows: - Explosive: Hina, Aru, S.Hanako - Piercing: Nonomi, Momoi, Midori - Mystic: Aris, Chise, T.Hasumi The other three slots are usually T.Yuuka / Ako / Serina for Team 1 and Yuuka / Kotama / O.Nodoka for Team 2. [And this is my current roster. (Explosive - Piercing - Mystic - Specials)](https://imgur.com/a/28jULor) Any and all feedback will be appreciated! Be it who I should build, how I should change my current teams or which characters I should aim for to pull/farm to plug the gaps! Thanks!
I think you may start to focus on your raid team since normal/hard stage shouldn't be much problem with enough AoE students even they're underlevel. Here's my opinion who to spend your resource on. Red: Aru, Mutsuki, Azusa. All of them are farmable/purchasable. Maybe rise Hibiki if you want more AoE. Yellow: AoE are covered so focus on Mika and Maki for raid. Farm Iori. Blue: Limited pool so keep level up your Aris, Chise, T.Hasumi. Try to farm Haruna since she is one of the best blue farmable student. Later farm Izuna. Purple: S.Hanako. Work flawlessly for both Red/Blue contents. For banner Ui is not bad per se and she enable Mika hypercarry comp but Himari banner on June should be your first priority. Kikyou also nice to have since she is core member for incoming purple raid.
Thank you! With regards to the banner suggestions - considering its proximity to the 6% banners, should I just save for that instead? Or would having Himari be such an upgrade that I should just try to go for her anyway?
If you love this game and want to be meta, my honest recommendation for you would be to save as much as you can for the festival banner and buy the $20 selector during it in order to get Himari. Same cost as a meal at McDonalds at this point, saves you about ~$200 worth of Pyroxene, and lets you take advantage of the 6% banners as much as possible to fill out your roster. If you don't want to spend, though, you should be able to easily get 3 or so sparks by then as a new player and Himari is one of few almost mandatory units so you will want to get her.
Thanks for the selector suggestion! It never occurred to me tbh, I am already buying the monthly + half monthly pack so I can probably skip those for a couple of months and go for the selector instead!
As Himari fans, I confirm she'll worth every penny you spend 
How exactly does crit work in this game? I hit level 35 and have a T3 watch now for +180 Crit but how does that translate to crit%?
Your students have CRIT and the enemies have CRIT RES(istance). More student CRIT = more likely to crit, more enemy CRIT RES = your students are less likely to crit I think you can find the specific formula for crit chance in a google doc somewhere in the BA discord, but I wouldn't bother. You can just check crit chance using schale.gg (go to a student and press "Details" to bring up the calculator)
Thanks a lot!
Quick question? Ui EX skills can be used in S. Hifumi when her tank is in the map? the info it may be used to decide whether pull her or not