Blog 01-16-22

1 Arknights

1.1 Top Operator Tag

After a few months, I was awarded a Top Operator Tag.

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Set it to 9 hours and skip the countdown with a [Expedited Plan].

The tag combination gives me  Magallan for the first time.

 If anyone is interested, I’m currently doing my epic quest for best possible reward on New Year Celebration CN banner. More information can be found in my earlier post, and  my Reddit comment.

Magallan’s presence substantially aids this task, as it reduces the number of missing operators in the New Year CN banner pool. 😎

1.2 Skadi the Corrupting Heart

 Few operators are deserving of maximum mastery, but  Skadi the Corrupting Heart is one of them.

Skadi the Corrupting Heart S2M3 Training ~ click to expand

1.3 Arknights 2nd Anniversary Event

1.3.1 Unknown Message

 After the interviews, there is a mysterious message on the 2nd Anniversary website:

1.3.2 Cake Rewards

I’m glad they included a lot of Supporter Chip Packs as a reward. Those could be a pain to farm. Because they require a lot of sanity to obtain. I’ll promote  Scene to Elite 2 soon after the 2anni event.

1.4 Paradox Simulation

1.4.1 Paradox Simulation: Melantha

Melantha Paradox Simulation ~ click to expand

 In this simulation, you need to pay attention to when Red Avenger and Sarkaz Greatswordman move, these two are real threats and they are further boosted by Active Originium tile. Therefore, save two medics skill and Melantha’s skill until this battle.

1.4.2 Paradox Simulation: Phantom

Phantom Paradox Simulation ~ click to expand

 You must use the [Specialist Tactical Point] on the map to complete this objective. You can push those horrible Enraged Possessed Leaders to the hole by deploying  Phantom S3 on that special tile and following by his phantom to the tile adjacent to the hole, or else they can rip through your defense line in a matter of seconds if you don’t.

 [Specialist Tactical Point]: Increases the push and pull strength of the Operator on it.

1.4.3 Paradox Simulation: Sussurro

Sussurro Paradox Simulation ~ click to expand

 To win this mission, you must be alert when the Centurion appears and have  Sussurro S2 ready.

1.5 Beanstalk E2 Promotion

Since her debut on The Wheat and the Anthem banner (featuring Chiave, Beanstalk, Iris, Archetto),  Beanstalk has been one of my favorite operators I want to acquire . However, I miss out on the opportunity to have her because I initially ignored that banner, and she has avoided me ever since. I recently acquired her through the Pallas banner. And she’s fantastic, I was so astounded by her performance that I promoted her to E2 right away.

 Beanstalk is a DP-on-skill vanguard, with skills that generate DP much like Courier, Scavenger, and Texas. Just like other vanguards, she helps hold the line early on during stages - however, there’s a twist. Beanstalk is a ranged operator (with the same range as AA Snipers), and she doesn’t do any blocking. Her summons do.

 One half of our duo, Beanstalk is a unique vanguard that has AA sniper range and must be placed on a ranged tile. She has fairly low stats even for a vanguard (base 405 atk and 125 def at E2), but she’s only half of the package: once deployed, you gain access to a “tactical point” that costs 0 DP and causes a crab summon to appear at the location the tactical point is deployed. Her attacks deal 150% damage to enemies blocked by the crab, which is a considerable improvement. As she lacks any other kind of attack steroid in her kit, she still can’t do much against medium armor, but the tandem crab-bow assault can kill low armor enemies fairly quickly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ofm9tx/everyone_together_beanstalk_thoughts/

1.6 Phantom E2 Promotion

Phantom S3M1 Training ~ click to expand

1.7 Angelina S3M1

Angelina S3M1 Training ~ click to expand

1.8 Indra E2 Promotion

Indra E2 promotion ~ click to expand

1.9 Pallas S1M1

Pallas S1M1 Training ~ click to expand

 Pallas S3M1

1.10 Update Contents

 Character’s Improvement:

• Increase the ATK & Max HP stat of [Splash Caster] operators.

• Increase the ATK & Max HP stat of [Dreadnought] operators.

• Increase the ATK and RES stat of [Therapist] operators.

• Increased the ATK stat of [Chain Caster] operators.

• Lowered the damage decrease with each successive jump in the trait of [Chain Caster] operators (20% –> 15%)

• Increased the duration of Slow with each successive jump in the trait of [Chain Caster] operators (0.2 seconds –> 0.5 seconds)

 See  patch_notes_summer_carnival for more information.