[Arknights] CC#2 Blade Risk 31 clear

[@Turtlehoop]

My favourite part was the visible excitement in your mouse movement when Faust died and you got to deploy Bagpipe. Great clear!

[@Offy07]

Haha, glad someone noticed that. Also thanks!

[@21stsm61]

i like how you turn myrtle into an actual dp printer lol

[@Surtr2201]

she printed dp as fast as zimbabwe printed money lol

[@nightly2005]

It was also funny to do on that event map with 2-block vanguards, u didn't even have to press anything

[@tiraelrosenburg345]

Manticore: You're going nowhere, I got you for 3 minutes of *playtime*.

[@whitinnn]

@Wells Benton wtf

[@caturarbaatun2481]

This is really difficult. The timing for each skill & deployment is big brain move

[@Zafang]

i was wondering why you brought ethan, the moment you dropped him on faust i went HOLY FUCK this was a great clear, grats on the r31 my dude

[@nonameno4643]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I had most of the stuff needed for the ceobe strats (both "knife-skill" one and "freeze" one) except ceobe (and, well, also no p5 bagpipe, but Idk if it's needed there), but I didn't have a friend with required ceobe skill/level/potential, so this video helped me to get my first, and probably last, max risk in this game. Thanks! Now my replacements, changes and what I personally had problems with. Though cc has ended so probably useless info now, lol. 1) I had half-a-year-worth resources stored in preparation (8mil lmd&exp, f2p), so maxed every important unit I could. This, I assume, was most important for the medics, since Liskarm health is really quite rng here. Also, Anglelina lv90 + ptilopsis lv80, it seems, allows Angelina to tank 3 caster shots (she had less than 1 pixel of hp after the 3rd caster shot in a row) - though I didn't need this in my clear. 2) Red replaced with Phantom. Since I can't deploy Phantom clone due to the deployment limit, and he can't dodge, some adjustments were needed. Most important one was the caster on 8:22 - I've deployed Gravel few frames earlier to move caster down (or right, basically "not up"), so that angelina has more time in total to do damage to the caster, before caster reaches her. Though I'm not even sure if it was needed, as my Angelina could tank 3 shots from the caster, and phantom first few hits are significantly more powerful than red's. 3) Hoshi replaced with Nian (s2). Mostly because Nian gives 16% hp to Liskarm - even when she's not on the field!!! While Hoshi has to be deployed for the 6% defense bonus, so it's not really useful here. Also it's known that Nian can be used for eating 2 purple shots (compared to the 1 Gravel eats) due to her passive (so can eat one full cycle of faust attacs too), which can help with healer' skills downtime during late stages (I've used this fact, but, probably, didn't need to). 4) I didn't block the 1:08 shield guy with Gravel. What I did was that I activated Shining skill earlier, and Weedy managed to tank the shield guy for a long time with it. (Nian doesn't matter here as Hoshi 3rd skill works for this too. The idea is to activate defender' active skill once Shining skill runs out, due to Shining being activated earlier). I feel like that's the better way of doing this (because of dp saved on not deploying gravel), though idk if it works with lower than lv90 weedy + lv90 (s3m2!!!) shining. 5) I had a lot of difficulties managing the katana guys and Weedy skill. Basically katana positions were pretty rng for me, and sometimes Weedy had to use skill when 2nd katana is out of Weedy shot' explosion range (something like 1.5 cells I assume?) because the other katana is too close, so the 2nd katana then kills her, since it wasn't pushed. Main problem was the moment when 2nd red katana enters the ride. I've failed 2 times on this and then figured out the solution - deploying (and instantly retreating) Bagpipe near Liskarm at 9:30, to move 2nd red katana down a bit, so it can line up with the 1st katana better. This costs 24-12 = 12 dp though (but I had more dp due to 4) and 6) ). 6) 2:23 not sure if it's only possible with Phantom, but I feel with Red should be fine too, honestly. I've retreated Myrtle (and deployed Phantom) way later - right after the 1st time the caster hits Angelina. This way caster attack is on cd, so even without red dodging she has almost 2 full caster-attack-cycles to do the dmg to caster, and then red could be retreated earlier since Angelina also can tank another 2 hits of the caster. Though maybe I overestimate Red' dmg output, idk, with Phantom it works. 7) Also I was really stupid and when I had finally reached the "Faust pushing game" at the end I didn't use the correct "push when he moves" strat at the start, so at one point he was like fully in the blue box and the water cannon was at 10sec cd still, so I got really scared and rewatched the video more carefully. I did get out of this by using the correct pushing time later (and deploying Ethan again during Faust 1st-4th shots, Ethan' RNG binds really saved me here I think), but I was terrified there, especially since it was the last day of the event and I didn't really have time for more attempts. Just imagine Faust being 1 step from his goal and Ethan binding him at this moment with a 25% chance. Lol.

[@Offy07]

Congrats on the clear! I know my clear wasn't that optimized since I did rush to record it because I was really excited after my first clear. Not gonna lie I wasn't expecting to get max risk with my unit lvls. The previous max possible risk clears always had max lvl and almost max pot units(mostly Bagpipe) so it definitely did discourage someone like me who always didn't have 2-3 key units. This CC once again I didn't have Liskarm, Phantom and Ceobe. Of course I had to always pick Liskarm from support since she was the most important one. I built Red as a possible replacement for Phantom. And for Ceobe I was planning to use Eyja for week 2 until I found out that Faust was pushable. That find gave so much hope of possible max risk clear that I didn't even imagine. Weedy was such a game changer this CC not just because of the stalling strategy but also being able to keep Faust out of his goal. Anyway it's really cool to hear that my video was able to help others clear max risk.

[@sibericusthefrosty9950]

This deserves more views.

[@Chrisbun1]

That was insane. Amazing job

[@coconut6454]

this is great, can also be considered as rng clear. Hoshi's rng dodge (1st talent) Red's rng dodge (1st skill) Bag's crit rng (1st talent) Ethan's bind rng (talent)

[@Offy07]

True. Most of my struggles were Red not dodging at least once on each caster otherwise I don't have enough dps to kill them. Ethan can be replaced with Saria's S3. I brought him because cheaper DP cost than Saria.

[@katsuga3]

Actuallly you dont really need Hoshi/Bag RNG, and i agree with everthing else

[@coconut6454]

@@katsuga3 Hoshi's dodge is more or less helpful for the first time she deployed. I observed her and I roughly saw that she dodged twice or once. If she didn't, might have been killed by whom she's blocking. but you have a point. There's Shining's S3 anyway lol Edit: Bagpipe's rng really isn't helpful in that kind of situation lol so I understand. I just said that she also have rng, that is, helpful in some cases.

[@katsuga3]

maybe i have hoshi 90 so she can survive even without dodge RNG i guess ? But its still a good thing to have in your runs

[@coconut6454]

@@katsuga3 still depends on whoever she's trying to resist. Her dodge RNG is also somewhat a good thing, I remember on ToW event DM-EX-8, she dodged Mudrock's bonks 4 times in a row (that is, should be dead within the 3rd time because her bonk stacks damage) And yes, her rng is really useful sometimes.

[@richmondlau5945]

This is insane. I can barely clear 18 lol

[@aws6264]

That Was dope, even i can't follow it, Nice vid

[@omarnakaidze4474]

Who needs ceobe yes ?

[@yunama47]

Faust washed with Liquid Nitrogen Cannon by Weedy 🤣 That Mindblowing idea, when i see ur thumbail , i wonder how do you kill Faust, cause there no Ceobe

[@nacl4988]

TFW 5 specialists

[@fin4407]

Bro your bagpipe make the plans perfect, I think I can do this strat with bagpipe no pot 🤣

[@farrassetiawan5]

I love it ❤️

[@LisztGaming]

gratz on the clear, i did a similar thing on CN during cc blade, out of curiosity how much tries did it take for ethan to RNG enough binds to kill faust?

[@Offy07]

Thank you! Ethan RNG wasn't too important it was Red's evasion that mattered more for killing casters. Ethan can also be replaced with Saria's S3 someone already confirmed in the comments that the person was able to clear with her instead of Ethan. I only picked him because cheaper DP cost than Saria. But overall for Risk 31 it took me like 5-6 hours of retries until I got it right.

[@weebo3552]

SP GOES BRRRRRRR

[@MoonLightOri]

That strat requirement is so LOW (Bagpipe can be under p5) LOL i might try this

[@kaimba14]

I've done the exact strat with my operators but can only push until Risk 28 because my average operators level is around 30+ haha

[@MoonLightOri]

@@kaimba14 you literally need red s1 rng to tank several caster shots and faust arrow at the end

[@MoonLightOri]

The only rng here is red s1 and ethan binds

[@kaimba14]

@@MoonLightOri oh, forgot to mention that I don't have other fast-redeploy besides Gravel, I use random operator instead, that's why I cannot spam operators to tank several arrows and Liskarm dead on higher risk XD

[@Offy07]

@@MoonLightOri Ethan can be replaced with Saria's S3. Elysium's S2 might work too if you can cast it twice on Faust. But yeah brought Ethan because cheaper DP cost than Saria.

[@atmaw2430]

Making Weedy face back is really a smart move, thanks for sharing

[@nemnemmen]

Grat

[@redninjavarietyvideos8516]

why did you retreat your drone immediately after the s3 use for faust? it seems like you could get more skill uses for more dmg if you kept it out

[@Offy07]

I wanted to do more single shots since you have to wait for Faust to step into the blue box for the cannon to reach him. Basically I only use the cannon when Faust gets too close to his goal.

[@Smis1337]

Wish I could replicate this but I don't have bagpipe nor manticore...

[@fiz_fuzzy]

me too, I don't even have weedy even after 100 pull for her

[@yanmk4122]

Is full pot Elysium a must？ I’m playing tw server and afraid that I can’t get Weedy... I think I can get at least pot 1 Elysium though.

[@Offy07]

Pot 1 Elysium should be fine.

[@halibierd]

Is Gravel m3 needed? Or is SL7 enough?

[@Offy07]

S7 is probably enough except the 1st heavy armored guy I delay at the start with her won't be able to tank 3 hits but that should be still doable imo.

[@EternaLaw00]

do you think it's possible to replace Red with phantom S2 for more dps and reducing the rng involving Red?

[@Offy07]

Definitely. Main reason why I M3'd Red's S1 is because I don't have Phantom and I needed Liskarm from support.

[@tiraelrosenburg345]

How come Red doesn't take damage from the casters for a while? 2:33 is a good example.

[@Offy07]

Her S1 increases attack and evasion. Since my Red's S1 is M3 she has 50% evasion for physical and magical attacks.

[@tiraelrosenburg345]

@@Offy07 Well there you go. Thanks.

[@serin314]

so many RNG in this run, especially red dodges, looks really painful to grind :(

[@Offy07]

It's really just Red. Hoshi can be replaced with Nian or any really high defense defender. Ethan can be replaced with Saria's S3 or even Elysium's S2. But yeah since I don't have Phantom I had to build Red instead and in the end she was worth it.

[@Zafang]

just tested waai fu, she actually does this no rng, just a bit of different placement to make angie tank instead of herself

[@rezzahafidh5696]

Can i replace red with phantom?

you can

with maxed lv one, phantom himself can tank one faust shot