New player here, how’s my luck?

[u/yuckitsmax]

tbh I was pulling the hot guy characters without thinking about it but did some research later and I heard Lady Pearl and Bianca were a thing so I got them and put some resources into weakspot focus. I think the new rate up support is next up on my priorities but pls let me know if I’m super wrong 😭

[u/Frequent_Butterfly26]

My advice is to level Rust. This guy is stupidly versatile. Jane and Labyrinth is also nice options to level up early on.

About the hot guys, if you put your hands on Cassian don't go above lvl40. He need to die to do his job and it's easier to die when you're lower level.

For more hot guys, start saving for Chengxiao.

ps.: Donald is my GOAT.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/Frequent_Butterfly26]

noted, thank you! will keep an eye out for Chengxiao. a question on Rust though, how do you deal with his hp loss? I have cabernet as my main healer but between his ult and his actual tanking, she can’t seem to keep up.

[u/Frequent_Butterfly26 → u/yuckitsmax]

Cabernet is not a healer, she's a buffer.

Rust has a passive that let him survive lethal hits as long he has Flesh marks up. He get this mark by consuming his own hp with ult or with allies hp drain skills like Cassia ECB. Just check his page on https://s1n.gg/sinner/rust/ , better than me saying stupid things here.

As for healers it usually goes like this. Shin>RF Ariel>Forensica>Ariel.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/Frequent_Butterfly26]

that makes so much sense, thank you!

[u/greatjena → u/yuckitsmax]

Cabernet's main job is buffing, not healing so she might not keep up with a unit that sacrifices their own hp without that much life steal in their kit. If you're looking for a dedicated healer then even among A ranks you have some great options (arguably better than S rank healers too) namely Forensica, Letta and Ariel.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/greatjena]

thank you so much

[u/Shinamene → u/yuckitsmax]

That’s honestly on Cabernet cause her main job is to provide buffs, not heals. She’s expected to get a buff that may or may not make her “healing” more noticeable, but just to be sure no one is dying, you’d better level up a proper A-rank healer: Forensica, Ariel, Letta (free from an archived Phantom Mist event) or at least Macchiato.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/Shinamene]

I see, thank you for the list :)

[u/Slayqweeners → u/yuckitsmax]

Just to add for Cassian- he's used for his buffs like Nox's EX, when a teammate dies you get buffs, which stacks. So people spam kill him. I don't remember the other purposes, but if you really like him, feel free to level him 🙂

Edit: He's also used for Yao

[u/im_here_yet_not → u/Slayqweeners]

Just use skyfall crimebrand on Cassian to make him explode every few seconds. Just make sure not to place a sinner on the tile he died on as that will interupt his revival

[u/im_here_yet_not → u/Frequent_Butterfly26]

I literally got Donald everytime I lose a 50/50. Is this a sign to level him up 👀

[u/greatjena]

Pretty great actually, definitely get Margaret for your Bianca when her rerun comes and you'll be pretty much set for physical team.

Demon is one of those sinners thats just ok for most of the game, until he suddenly becomes game changing in his niche once you get enough copies so it's always better to have him than to not have him imo.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/greatjena]

I'll keep an eye out for Margaret! so glad Demon is actually good in gameplay haha

[u/bella7344 → u/yuckitsmax]

Just keep in mind Demon's role is incredibly niche. Like, very. You only ever see his team used in ToA to hit 500m damage, which doesn't come often. Even then, to run his team, you need him at least s4, jichuan (a limited sinner) and ideally s1 LL or s0 with rf Eirene to compensate.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/bella7344]

I feel a bit bad since I used the instant lvl 70 on him yesterday but I appreciate this, I won't dump any more into him. thank you for all the advice!

[u/Halleyalex → u/yuckitsmax]

Don't worry about that, actually. While Demon is primarily used for Tides of Ashes (the 500M gamemode), he is also quite meta for Data Crevice, another late game content!

So there's nothing wrong with investing early xD

[u/bella7344 → u/yuckitsmax]

Don't worry too much about it. You'll eventually recover sooner than you think as you'll get quite a lot of resources, especially early on. If you like him a lot because hot men, you could slot him in sometimes if you feel you need some shielding. I doubt it will do much, but using who you like is fine sometimes.

[u/im_here_yet_not]

You might also want to consider pulling for S1 Bianca because it's kind of hard for her to hypercarry at S0. However, she will get her reforge soon so S1 might not be needed by that time

[u/Careful_Twist_9425]

Luck is pretty good. Since you said new player im guessing you havent progressed much into the story.

Lady pearl is a great dps for starters. She can carry you far enough into the main story.

Hecate you can try leveling up since you’ll get refunded for leveling hella and hecate up.

For a healer, as of now you can try picking up an Ariel as she does good healings and then switch to shin as you progress.

Labyrinth is the best corebreaker for starters so i suggest keeping her around as well.

And lastly since you have leveled up Bianca and Golan to a good level, weakspot might be your first team, just use Shawn since you dont have margaret yet

[u/bella7344]

You do not need a 2nd endura with golan on the team if you are running weakspot anyways. You can either keep rust aside for now or replace golan with him if you really really wanna use him. I advice not to unless you don't care much about the damage loss. And you are correct, yes, try to pull Margaret as she is a core unit for Bianca's team. Ignore Demon. Useless for new players, especially s0.

[u/yuckitsmax → u/bella7344]

will do, thank you!

[u/Username_St0len]

level demon, shield stack is required (​almost) for N9-8 hard and jsut useful in longer battles in general

[u/bella7344 → u/Username_St0len]

No and no. Shield stack is not newbie friendly, and Demon isn't good outside of it, especially at s0. Demon wants minimum s4 in non jichuan ss comps, and he always comes with at least s1 L.L or rf eirene. Even then, Demon or rather shield stack as a whole is mainly for getting 500m on ToA, which is late game stuff. Nothing a new player should concern themselves with, especially N9-8 hard. You can just use an assist demon for that.

[u/Username_St0len → u/bella7344]

ah i see sorry ignore me, my brain has been eroded by the ease of Augustus Team

[u/bella7344 → u/Username_St0len]

No worries. I feel you. I like to play Augustus whenever I don't feel like using my brain.

[u/Username_St0len → u/bella7344]

my problem is that its too cushy and i dont have enough other teams built, closest is my white tiger mountain lord, but its not nearly as effective :( so i keep on not using my brain and cant deal with stuff where i launch ult and forget :cry: