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[Bladelaw]

on which alb? Which team do you use, the one with leeza or the dioz team?

I have both sides of the team posted in the ALB discord. I think I posted it earlier. My ALB has Parvati inherited and enough SDR to ignore invades.

Thanks for the awesome write up on the FF stuff bladelaw. Probably going to consider a pack. It's always nice to add options to my teams.

Speaking of options, I can't decide on RR or RD Sanada. He doesn't fit on my Tsubaki team no matter what, so it's more for future fire or other utility teams.

Also is the new Ame as bad and underwhelming as everyone is making her out to be? I'm thinking of RB on her to cover that awkward combo because it's easy to skillup and because, again, her ult looks super blah.

I like R/R for the extra rows. I'd go R/D if Orb Enhance was more useful for a team or I needed to fill an "all attack" clause.

 

[nicoga3000]

2nd Dios done! Onto the third.

Of course, evolving them will be a whole different experience, ha.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Is there a reason why water gets the shaft on defense reduction active skills? The only ones I see with water as a main attribute are common fodder that have been around since Day 01.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

http://puzzleanddragonsforum.com/threads/chinese-version-of-pad.77707/

 

[SecretMoblin]

2105 magic stones...

REM rolls cost 263 magic stones per pull. Players can also pull 3~6* Fragments with 105 stones or 1~4* Fragments with 200 PAL points.

oh

 

[jay23]

263 magic stones per pull? 😳

Guess today I'm thankful for Gung Ho

 

[Bladelaw]

Anyone want to run Special Descended Rush? I can get at least 10 runs in today.

I can run either team floating on the PAD discord. You just need ALB, 3 Dios and a Grodin. Ideally with some form of SDR to guard against the invades.
Ping me on discord: Bladelaw#6504

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Bleach collab pt.2 happening
http://i.imgur.com/oG5iEjR.jpg

 

[Bladelaw]

Bleach collab pt.2 happening
http://i.imgur.com/oG5iEjR.jpg

Given how much I dumped into this collab I'm hoping everyone gets uevos. I have 2 max skilled Hitsugaya's, Ichigo, and Rukia.

Edit: My JP account has some ungodly luck

 

[CountAntonius]

Loving Awoken Kushi. She's not the strongest lead but damn is she fun to play and has amazing damage control. Just made Pentamaxed mine if anyone else uses her.

333, 752, 218

 

[jiggle]

Is the SDR invade in special descended rush today onlyz?


Edit: looks like it's up for 10 days. Nice. Didn't need to cram yesterday lol

 

[cw_sasuke]

Loving Awoken Kushi. She's not the strongest lead but damn is she fun to play and has amazing damage control. Just made Pentamaxed mine if anyone else uses her.

333, 752, 218

Nice - i will be able to evolve mine one Friday Dungeon is up. Looking forward to play around with her.

 

[raiot]

Here is a good step by step analysis for the special descended rush.
Awoken Ama on a Liu Bei with 1 SBR is a VERY good Idea!

https://www.reddit.com/r/PuzzleAndD...plow_cost_sdr_farm_in_special_descend_rush_1/

 

[cw_sasuke]

Okay i didnt know Awoken Kushi couldnt use Skyfall combos...thats kinda lame for a combo lead. Will have niche uses but not what i expected.

 

[raiot]

Okay i didnt know Awoken Kushi couldnt use Skyfall combos...thats kinda lame for a combo lead. Will have niche uses but not what i expected.

I think you don't get the use of No Skyfall. If youre good enough, you can actually completly control your damage output. And no, i can't do that, so i just use other leads .
If you want to Hit Sopdet below 200k you will just do that, no skyfall will fuck up your run, you're free from randomness!

 

[cw_sasuke]

I think you don't get the use of No Skyfall. If youre good enough, you can actually completly control your damage output. And no, i can't do that, so i just use other leads .
If you want to Hit Sopdet below 200k you will just do that, no skyfall will fuck up your run, you're free from randomness!

I get the use - its just not for me. As i said for some niche use in specific descend its fine but nothing that would replace my other main teams.

Sopdet hasnt been an issue for me with Lakshmi or Ronove (just dont cross-heart) - so yeah...just not for me ;-)

 

[Bladelaw]

If I didn't need to hit up the friday dungeon all day I'd be running more SDR. I got 2 yesterday and I "need" like 3 more for the usual farms. Everything after that is gravy. It's also likely the only way I'm going to max skill a volsung and gainaut.

FF buffs are live today also. A lot of existing cards got new awakenings.

On the SDR note: There's a more stable build if anyone's interesting in running it (I can't I'm out of tans, no NY tengu and it's hard finding a partner)
Special Descended Rush Faster Build(No Skip):

F1 - P1: Dios, swipe to kill
F2 - P2: Dios, swipe to kill
F3 - P1: Poison, Australis, Match a 16x row(meaning row + some more orbs)
F4 - P2: Dios, Grodin, match to kill¹
F5 - P1: Dios, 2-turn enhance, match to kill¹
F6 - P2: Dios, enhance, match to kill¹

Template Teams:

P1: LB(A.Freyja)/Dios/Dios/NYTengu(Australis)/Leeza(Poison)
P2: LB(Enhance)/Dios/Dios/Dios/Parvati(Grodin)

The reason for NYTengu over normal Tengu is to dodge Nordis's preemptive bind. Parvati needs to be Halloween or G/L for the Devil/Dragon killer.

I'm happy enough with my setup. it's not 100% since you can get orb trolled by locked orbs but since I added Jorm over Rodin I haven't had a failed clear yet.

 

[raiot]

I get the use - its just not for me. As i said for some niche use in specific descend its fine but nothing that would replace my other main teams.

Sopdet hasnt been an issue for me with Lakshmi or Ronove (just dont cross-heart) - so yeah...just not for me ;-)

Yeah, its a lead for puzzle gods, its like a precise scalpel for specialists...
I prefer a ... bludgeon i think?

 

[SecretMoblin]

I read somewhere that Santa Claus is a good Ilm (or Tsubaki? I forget) sub, but I'm not sure if it's worth blowing all my stamina today to run it. I still can't get over how much more relaxing and... fun? it was to try Tsubaki/Tsubaki/Tsubaki/Tsubaki/Ilm/Tsubaki in Endless. If the skillup dungeon for her ever came back I'd totally build the team.

I need lots of blue mythlits for some reason so it's daily dungeon for me.

 

[b33r]

Finally finished the challenges, star justice took a few tries until I realized it's fairly easy with my Shiva Dragon farm team.

 

[jiggle]

OHHH nice!
Looks like poverty server will get the free rank50 FF roll

 

[SecretMoblin]

yay, I like free, I hope I get something good because I don't want to buy a pack for FF


also plus egg management is up there with skillups as probably the most frustrating thing

having to do this

is so obnoxious. I wish I could just manage my in-game box (feeding, evolving, etc.) through an official online app. I honestly would go insane if PadListener didn't exist.

 

[jiggle]

also plus egg management is up there with skillups as probably the most frustrating thing

having to do this


is so obnoxious. I wish I could just manage my in-game box (feeding, evolving, etc.) through an official online app. I honestly would go insane if PadListener didn't exist.

What is this crazy thing
You don't combine them as you go?

 

[SecretMoblin]

I don't have the time to sit there after every dungeon and combine +eggs, especially when it's way more efficient to do the combine 6 +1s > combine 6 +6s > combine 6 +36s thing. And if I have a monster who is near the +99 limit I have to be careful about the eggs I'm using so I don't waste them.

Also I don't know whether an egg can be used for a skillup for a monster I have, which I would much rather use it for.


So alas, I have to use the downtime at work and make an Excel spreadsheet while cross-referencing my PadHerder and PADx. It cleans out the box nice and good but man is it annoying.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Combining into +6 -> +36 and using the special +stat sort functionality is good enough for me. The worst part of it is that the special sort doesn't split up the +stat display, so +6 appears right next to +2/+2/+2

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Just use the ingame filter option when feeding :lol.

And the game warns you if a fusion will waste +eggs.

 

[LiQuid!]

Moblin you crazy son of a bitch. Just use the box filtering to sort by +stat and then combine all monsters with the same plus stat onto each other. You should never ever have monsters with 2 or 3 different stat pluses on it unless you're saving a specific total to level out one of your useful cards.

 

[SecretMoblin]

I do use that, but then it's still a chore to cross reference each monster and see which ones could be used for skillups etc. or which are Descend bosses that I try and keep one of for future evos, or which drops can be used for other evos and on and on. I guess I could use the Favorite system to mark certain monsters as un-combine-able but that also takes work.

I hate staring at my phone screen for long periods of time even though it's a bigger phone. I wish I could just push a button and combine all the eggs in a way that doesn't waste millions of coins and won't go over the +99 limit.

 

[LiQuid!]

I guess I could use the Favorite system to mark certain monsters as un-combine-able but that also takes work.

Moblin you crazy son of a bitch

You are actually a disaster of a human being! How do you live with yourself?!

 

[SecretMoblin]

idk man I just run dungeons when I can and grind ranks when KotG is on 2x, I end up with a lot of loose monsters that I deal with later

honestly though the ability to sell monsters at the conclusion of a dungeon is a very big QOL upgrade for me

 

[LiQuid!]

Cmon man. It takes literal seconds to mark a card as a favorite and you should already be doing that with literally EVERY card you use and don't want to accidentally sell/combine. It also helps sorting a TON. I have my custom sort option to FAV > Awkn > + > Type, so that it sorts my cards by fav and then the ones that I use are on top and all the descend boss garbage is towards the middle of the box, then it puts all evo mats and enhance mats at the very bottom.

Just keep one of each boss fav'd so you don't sell it and the rest of your + egg monsters will automatically sort to the middle of your box (just under your FAV's and just above your evo mats).

I can't even fucking fathom how you've been playing this game with such wack organizational skills this entire time. No wonder you box is such a disaster.

 

[SecretMoblin]

but I don't know which stuff I want to Fav and which can be combined, that's the problem, I need to check every card

if I were blazing through some dungeons in some down time and came across something like a Red Cap, I would rather hold off on doing anything with it because surprise! this trash mob is actually a really important skill-up for essential Ronnie sub Rozuel.

With the amount of REM stuff I've gotten thus far, I'm wary of rushing to dispose of anything unless I'm absolutely sure I don't need it, and that takes time I often don't have after every single dungeon run.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

there's also a special filter that sorts skillup fodder! I use it when I get a farmable drop that I'm not sure I own the card it skills up.

 

[SecretMoblin]

I use that, too! It's very useful honestly, but it can be a pain to dig through hundreds of monsters and see which two adjacent monsters have the same skill. It's very useful when feeding skillups because they sort right at the top, I forget who (bladelaw?) suggested that at first, it was very nice.

Anyway I did my feeding and Ryune is almost finished and my box is cleaner now. I have about 150 free slots which is fine. I will probably sell off some evo mats.

I just need some blue mythlits and jewels and I can play with some more stuff.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Well what I mean is that when you get a fodder drop and don't know if you have anything in your box that shares the same skill, set the fodder as base and use the skill sort filter when choosing things to feed. The order will be
1) things that share the same skill that aren't favorited
2) piis
3) things that share the same skill that are favorited (will not be highlighted)
4) everything else (also not highlighted)

In particular 3) is useful to identify REM monsters you own (you do favorite all your useful REM pulls, right?). That way you don't have to hunt through your box or pull up a guide. Also a pretty handy way to be 100% sure that what you're feeding actually shares the same skill.

 

[SecretMoblin]

I don't favorite anything (except some stuff I've flagged as potential future evo materials that might otherwise be sold/fed like Dark Fairies or yellow masks), but I also don't sell REM pulls unless I have a stupid number of them (I sold my 4th Verdandi and 3rd Sherias, etc).

I just usually don't have time after every dungeon run to

Sort by CHR
Look at the first mob drop
Sort by Skill
See if they are skillup fodder

If they are, go back to the box and feed it

If not and if not a plus egg, sell it
If not and if a plus egg, find out if it's used in an evo
If not used in an evo but it is a plus egg, find another plus egg to combine it with

etc.

It's just too much work and digging through menus, especially if I'm running MP and can't organize after each run or need to answer the phone or something. It's actually less of a strain on my eyes and brain to just hold off on things I don't know until I have the time to update my PadHerder and go through things that way.


At least I've been making slow and steady progress on some important stuff. I just wish I could drag and drop monsters!

 

[jiggle]

Favorite all your REMs, jewels, piis, SDR latents, +297s, and globes
It makes organization imo

 

[LiQuid!]

I didn't know it was possible to play PAD wrong but then Moblin...

 

[Kreed]

http://puzzleanddragonsforum.com/threads/chinese-version-of-pad.77707/

I like the world map, but I'm not sure about everything else.

 

[hermit7]

Ran sdr for a bit today and got 3 skill delays. Threw them on radra who I am still working on my team for.

Have 3 +297 and have about half on a 4th. Just need some a rotation for dkali skills.

Also need for deus ex to come around again for mats for mech Zeus and I will be all set for his evo when he comes out.

 

[Kwhit10]

Ran through both Cosmo crusader difficulties with krishna/tsubaki/urd/gadius/yamato/krishna

Pretty straight forward.

 

[Bladelaw]

Ran sdr for a bit today and got 3 skill delays. Threw them on radra who I am still working on my team for.

Have 3 +297 and have about half on a 4th. Just need some a rotation for dkali skills.

Also need for deus ex to come around again for mats for mech Zeus and I will be all set for his evo when he comes out.

Hit me up Tuesday. If you're like me you'll need about 23 keepers of gold.

 

[hermit7]

Hit me up Tuesday. If you're like me you'll need about 23 keepers of gold.

Sound, think I need 18 or so total. Would definitely be inclined to run it coop for the stam reduction.

 

[Quantum]

- random roll and buff for final fantasy mobs or for the regular REM?

I like when they do this because some of the buffs are decent to silver pulls.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Ran through both Cosmo crusader difficulties with krishna/tsubaki/urd/gadius/yamato/krishna

Pretty straight forward.

Def. one of the most brainless new desc. in a while lol.

 

[LiQuid!]

Well the one card I have from the previous FF collab, Zidane, managed to avoid any significant buffs and thank fuck for that since we can't have me having any fun with this game.

 

[Quantum]

Well the one card I have from the previous FF collab, Zidane, managed to avoid any significant buffs and thank fuck for that since we can't have me having any fun with this game.

I think gungho is going to pull a few randomly and give additional buffs.

its like RNG on top of RNG - I like it.

(seems like it is true with rng buffs - discussion over at over at padf)

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

YOLO roll for lightning since she has a rate up, pulled Cecil instead. I am enthused

 

[Bladelaw]

Given the SDR farming I'm wondering if I should drop the inherits on the dios army and just plop the SDR's on them at this point. It'll keep me from having to inherit on to them if I need SDR protection and I don't run anything with them that would need more than 2 SDR's worth of coverage.

I just had a lucky string and went 4/5 so I can SDR the Dios's for either side. All that's left is to SDR Australis and Grodin to have both sides fully protected without needing inherits.

 

[jiggle]

I'm having that dilemma too
How many sdr to save for rainy days