Arknights - How to Elite 2 - What You Should Know (Efficiency Guide)

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Today in Arknights we're talking about Elite 2, the massive grind that lies before you, and how to be as efficient as possible.
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[@Noisykiller12]

Thanks man really helped me getting my Kroos to E2

[@Noisykiller12]

@Johnston Steiner shhhhh

[@pikantoz7146]

@Johnston Steiner shhhhh

[@thisisrka8845]

@Johnston Steiner shhhhh

[@harshul66]

KO KO DAAA YOOOO~

[@shadekeigarblacksky]

Are her eyes finally open?

[@LastSnailStanding]

Grinding for SilverAsh E2 was so worth it. The boi deletes hordes like they're made of paper

[@z3nkin]

im so close. I just need the chips and LMD. lel

[@blackxcrowdy]

I'm so close to getting his E2, just need literally everything else aside from the base character

[@zyklonb3132]

Ha ha true silverslash go shing shing shing shing

[@kowalskimaybeanalyze144]

When you hear the SCHING

[@mhikosale7233]

Just got silverchad last night so i have to searxh up how ro E2 him🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@himerin3576]

If only they lessen the sanity costs on stages that we've already finished this game would be perfect.

[@pyrunix3640]

that would make progression too fast and ez

[@leoaltivez7161]

Auto finish so you can save real life time

[@centagus8797]

I finished it day 6, no problem rlly

[@user-ln9zo1pv9j]

Azur lane balances the oil cost and oil you can gather on a specific time frame pretty perfectly.

[@MastroGillord34]

I don't get why people have to rush this game and make it die faster. I'm 2 weeks in and chillin' still in like episode 3. I want to actually enjoy it. It's pve, you ain't be left behind no matter what anyway. Just collect some waifus and have fun :D

[@Lyozen2428]

I wish the factory or trade post lets you make one sanity restore potion per 24 hours at minimum so it helps us f2p players but at the same time not overpowering us with too much free bees I guess

Sanity value of what base can produce is already well over 240 sanity u get daily. Like 300+ per day with good operators and even more with drone boosts.

[@KazeVongola]

The hardest enemy to beat in this game, is not the op mobs and bosses, its not the rare drops, its not even the grinding, oh no the biggest barrier to get through in this games is the sanity(stamina) system... I get nightmares just thinking about it. I absolutely love this games and if sanity wasn't this limited I'd probably be playing it even more. Now then, if I'd only get a 6* that's actually worth E2-ing that would help a lot...

[@YuutaKyon]

sanity level to insanity real quick

[@riveteye93]

I don't know, man, I think they give us too much actually. I'm charging my phone like twice as much as I usually do now.

[@zomzombos8257]

I mean, I usually have more than 500 sanity everytime. They give like 100 or 200 every day and I just log in and check my base, play a little and switch to Azur Lane.

[@KazeVongola]

@@zomzombos8257 I mean yeah, if you barely play the game at all and probably have not advanced the game past a couple of chapters, then yeah I'm sure you're full of sanity... Some of us play it for hours and seeing as one stage costs 25-35 sanity (out of 120 at lvl 40 for example), I think my point stands pretty firmly...

[@nabi7701]

Nah what they give now is perfect personally. It actually plays like a mobile game in that it respects my time and I can play it in short bursts. The most fun I have with it is figuring out how to beat stages not farming them and just getting a new stage to beat isn't that dependant on sanity for the most part.

[@erixgaming2106]

Yostar made a smart move to make the "energy" in this game costly and slow to regen. So that we play the game daily and have fun at the same time. Even you whale a sh*tload it still require you to do some farming. Props to them.👏

[@shadekeigarblacksky]

I'm glad that the game isn't "addictive" by that.

[@imstillhere3973]

For real, and honestly I feel less pressured when leaving it then come back again

[@notacasual5593]

Yep and I really enjoy the fact that low rarities can clear stuff, and also that 6* drop rate is way higher than a certain other gacha.

[@hermitix6206]

No mention of green certificate shop? This is by far the best way to get your first e2, I bought everything I need for silverash from that shop. Just because of that LMD and Exp were my biggest timegate, not materials.

[@umairag6768]

Me too I got the D steel thing done in one day

[@wanderer-my-beloved]

Same lol i spam recruitment section just to get op tokens for green certs

[@notacasual5593]

probably because people clear that anyway to get to phase 2 and get the 2 other pulls.

[@yukkurispee1773]

A Personal Tip: LMD farming should be the last time you should be doing, as normal stages you farm for mats will give you a bit of LMD, so you have a lesser need to farm CE-5

[@ginamatibag2045]

Yeah I do that too

[@PanRobak.]

That's true, but at the same time, LMD is basically required for everything, which means one is surely gonna have to farm it eventually

[@yukkurispee1773]

@@PanRobak. Of course, but for farming mats for E2 it's more efficient to farm lmd last, if you only focus on e2ing your ops

[@Nagantios]

LMD, LMD, and more LMD. Dammit Lungmen!

[@billymx2]

One thing the note is to level the 2 star f12. At 30 he gets his 2nd base ability that gives him a 70% chance of making a chip by product.

[@memetic_hazard]

At 6:00, you say that the higher the sanity value (implying total sanity) the better - but it's actually have a higher sanity ratio that's better, since the maps don't all cost the same amount of sanity.

[@Mogawty]

Yeah, you're right. That was an oversight on my part. The values are typically pretty close - but numbers in green are indeed the most important.

[@ryukagefurishira4075]

E2 grind is one thing... Wait until you try to grind for specializations "shivers"

[@Cocorobert01]

true the next step real grinding materials

[@Kimu3657]

Tbh, i find grinding here easier..

[@azuma9047]

Yeah we don't have episode 5 released in Global yet. That comes with the Ch'en banner.

[@FieryFoxGirl]

Thank you!! I was wondering how to build those dual chips after making the same rookie mistake of thinking they were the drops and quickly realizing they weren't me and my silverash thank you!

[@KuraiKodoku16]

I just made SilverAsh E1 (been playing for almost a week) so I shall save this video guide for whenever the time comes to farm E2 materials!

[@imyournme6632]

which is around lvl 35-40. dont waste your green certificates they are godsent.

[@KCGMiyu]

Farmimg 180k LMD is ez. What makes it tough is leveling them up to max (6*) which costs more exp tickets and lmd than anyone expects 😂

[@lilbirdmuse8938]

Just recently finished up lvling Eyja to E2 lvl 90, and that was a hell of a lmd sink.

[@frostykill]

Thank you for this guide

[@renzallen8251]

Sanity is the perfect to describe every gacha game action points

[@thinggnguyen5648]

Ty so much, it's very helpful

[@danelmore6553]

Dont underestimate her E2. It is active almost half the time anyway, and the reality is, at E2 lvl 40 everything she looks at dies (except armor of course) so there is not a ton of need to micro-manage her skill usage. Sure, if you are using her as a boss-killer, E1 is better to have, but it does not make a lot of sense to use the anti-air alpha as a mediocre boss-killer. I understand the inclination when she is your sole E2, but I think as someone has a more well-rounded squad and can let people do what they are meant to do, it will be uncommon to see anyone using her E1 still.

[@azirul9311]

"Everything she looks at dies" perfectly summarize Exu E2

[@Skysiax]

Azirul i looked at her e2 and i died

[@AethernaLuxen]

-rocks -lmd -battle records Good luck

[@JonathanSimanjuntakTD]

Ask to veteran: is that on CN server has "double drop rate" or "Half sanity usage" event?

[@azgooi]

sadly no

[@holeefuk2648]

The main problem i have is lmd and exp cards i keep running out of sanity real quick i don't even roll anymore i spend all of my yellow thingys on sanity if only theres away to farm without losing alot of it

[@aj5043]

I'm Respect , u list out a data for every tools & spec which is most suitable at which part.

[@ojojostar671]

The hardest part for me is getting chip catalysts cuz u can literally buy all the elite materials in the shop even if ur ftp just by getting all of ur weekly origunim and I'm too lazy to actually farm the voucher stages cuz the game already gives u chip catalysts at a decent rate

[@kurogami3999]

better if you waited for event to grind E2 material. It must easier and spend your prime there. It not long anyway like 4 days to go if the datamine correct(5/2/2020)

[@lilpotayto]

I was so confused why I couldn't promote Projekt Red with the chips I had. > < Thank you for explaining. I only have the lvl.4 chips.

[@sylv9570]

The game just know,, when i farm alot of chips it gives me the other,,,,, then when i plan on getting the other one they drop that frigging chip when i dont have lmd and sanity left

[@juiceolbkb7820]

Good video，the first E2 is very important to your future game experience.Please make a careful decision. （PS：I am a Chinese player）

[@ducjohn5030]

i was up E2 to Sliver ash. Is that a wise decision? :(

[@juiceolbkb7820]

Duc John It is the best decision

[@ares8580]

JUICEOL BKB is e2ing exusiai or eyjafjalla first okay cause i didn't pull silverash?

[@veewhy1236]

@@ares8580 eyja hands down

[@uteriel282]

the only 6* units i have are siege, angelina and saria. dont think im gonna e2 angelina any time soon. probably gonna go for saria first to have a sub medic for harder battles.

[@0203darkstar]

So close to E2 SilverAsh. Just need to get him to 80 and LMD. Would be closer if I didnt mistakenly farm Vanguard chips instead of Guard chips :'))) Also wish i saw this before I started farming the mats for him. Was almost done with everything when a mat I needed kept dropping while farming for something else when I was already done getting that one.

[@mlhm6451]

Thanks man its really usefull

[@ItsAzail]

I believe that's Tectone's chart.

[@croissant1109]

I just got Surtr and im a new player just lvl 25 maybe i should try to level up their skill first before to E2 them because i think i wont be able to handle the second chip stage of Sniper and Guard because im planning on E2’ing Exusiai

[@enihohs]

Got my first e2 even before CE 5 lol What does that makes me? Bwt my first e2 was Skadi

[@chenzhikang5433]

My workshop are alr level 3 but I still haven't unlock the dual chip

[@lonelysynthion3760]

Why can’t I see the dual chips in my factory even though my factory is level 3

[@oxxn111]

i have a level 3 factory but it wont let me produce dual chips...do i need to upgrade my base overall??

[@yuturr]

im a new player i cant decide which one should i e2 silver ash or apple pie?

[@Konpekikaminari]

So, what level should I as a doctor be, and what level should my ops be, for me to consider starting an E2 farm?

[@xylord8805]

I need more lmd,exp chips and the gold chips for first E2

[@_simon.s_]

Vouchers become useful when you need to E2 someone. I never farmed that place before. Just first clear it, get my OP and call it a day.

[@Mordeiv]

The game just released in my country and I'm currently stuck at 3-8. I'm kinda stuck between improving my High Maintenance 5-6* or just stick with the low cost ones

[@xxxCreepyFangirlxxx]

I'd pick a mix of both, 5-6* cost too much to deploy on most maps, so I only bring 1 or 2 high rarity ops with me and use the low star ones to support. So i focus on improving 1 or 2 5-6* stars and spend the rest on low star ops that fill the class gaps.

[@adz4528]

Still holds up quite well

[@leozendo3500]

Some tools might be unavailable due to heavy traffic in this file. Wow

[@ctrl.s3565]

am i crazy or is it not possible to create a copy of that spreadsheet?

[@killerbait8240]

The leveling for me was the hardest part as a f2p

[@Cocorobert01]

farming LMD is still easy but still need time to collect, but the materials is so rare damn

[@sam2866]

I only e2 two operators so far even tho i played since april. I can't e2 5 stars and 6 stars ops but i am too lazy too upgrade my base

[@RockerNerd345]

How do you get enough unit xp and lmd? The game gives you like no stamina at all, I get like a couple levels on one character a day. its absurd.

[@demonkid16]

Sheldon Carpenter you do LS-5 and CE-5 for exp and LMD respectively. You do AP-5 for the red vouchers to buy chips (CE-5 is the easiest. I would say AP-5 is the hardest). Still doable with f2p 3/4* team.

[@nad4243]

Petition to make those challenge mods to drop some things too with lesser sanity.

[@stefinkunii]

Why I can't make the dual chip i have the chip catalyst but still I can't make it.....

[@sb18wlc]

Didn't know Moga actually played AK before

[@HSRFirefly]

Grats on ur first e2 xD For me, i will go for overload.. reason being, i have 3 units (E1 Liskarm, E2 Saria and E2 Ptilopsis) that provides SP which makes my exusiai use that skill as frequent as possible.. Already have 6 E2 atm btw hahaha.. In order of E2 : Silver Ash, Angelina, Vigna, Exusiai, Ptilopsis and Saria

[@manoftitans]

How is angelina E2?

[@randodox8375]

Im getting tired of Epic7, so i tired Arknights... I guess it’s time to jump ship, bois. This game is fun as hell!

[@TheApple07]

Indeed

[@kennykenny6864]

I left it completely

[@zeca7418]

haven't touched epic ever since they added the pets and I can't bring myself to come back even after they removed the pet snacks

[@iangonzales625]

this is so much fun than any gacha games indeed

[@Granhier]

Yeah, have fun with your Arknights gametime aka 5 minutes per day. The game is great, but in no way replacing Epic Seven for me. It's a comfy sideproject at best.

[@Raddeon_kara]

2:47 for 2 sec my heart stop XD

[@Melchio22]

vote for 1 sanity - 1 minute. all for docktaaahhh.

[@pseudoharm]

I use event to get LMD. Lotta of it

[@HoshikawaHikari]

Amiya first to E2, now Specter just needs her golden potato chips, next one.... Hoshiguma.... that’s gonna be a pain to grind~

[@certifiedbridgeforfrozenwa8114]

Good Luck,And happy grinding.

[@DragonKnight90001]

No wonder I was struggling with chapter 5 I need e2 units

[@Ortagonation]

The order of this actually matter. Just farm mats first then doing lmd. Lmd gives by base is like 20k a day. And you probably farming mats more than 1 day anyway

[@exzobree9158]

Waiting for sanity to fill up to play the game decreases my sanity!

[@Liferake]

I lopsided my team towards 4 stars to save my sanity for elite 2, both in game and out. They are much easier to upgrade at the expense of not having a crazy 3rd skill or 2nd talent. Their max stats aren't that much worse and often their 2nd skill was all you needed anyways (Cuora's 2nd skill that blocks 4 for instance). 5 stars are also less expensive to get done as a happy middle ground between 4 and 6. I would absolutely advise doing a 6-star first because they are what breaks the game wide open, but grinding that much LMD, Exp, and Materials can be soul draining and expensive if you do it multiple times.

[@dronred8817]

That's why pretty much everyone gets like 2-3 selected E2 others become just supporting units

[@Spalbeert]

Why shes still using the Vector if there is a different Gun on her E2 pic

[@Karuro04]

this game has a *Great Filter* (stuck on level=level up op=gets stuck again=promote op)

[@bloodyopus]

The only thing that's on overloading mode while I'm watching this video is my brain.

[@andriansapoetra798]

I can farm all day but Sanity and Originate don't allow it.

[@hellacooook]

this game was fun at first utilizing abilities and distances strats then once e2 turned into a necessity requirement , totally killed the vibe

[@notacasual5593]

It's not a necessity at all kekw, what chapter you at? I know I'm pretty early game, like chapter 5 rn, but E1 operators are good enough pretty much.

[@morkismork7836]

I started playing arknights a month ago and I was gonna E2 my Mudrock but I don't know how to get the chips so big thanks my guy

[@notacasual5593]

What

[@d4rkmus4sh1]

Does she look any cooler in game after going to E2?

[@samael8135]

no

[@renni9813]

The lmd is always the hardest thing for me to get lol, the fact that you need to get it on top of getting them to level 80. The dualchips are easy once you beat the dualchip level once, and the rest are easy to get through farming levels, the credit/certificate shop, events etc. edit: and the catalysts are easy if you just farm the red certificate from the level, I called them dualchips, but at base they're just chip packs, but although the sanity cost is high since you need 8 to E2 an operator, it's still a lot less farming than the LMD

[@senshidaisuki]

cant believe i found this

[@DailyKnowledgeForYou]

You E2 a unit by pressing the E2 promotion button.

[@projectadman1443]

Thanks for the help, edgelord

[@arky5674]

my e2 prio was on silverash and eyja. so fking expensive

[@farihkobe8947]

i dont have Silverdady, then i upgrate Lappland to Elite 2.

[@kennykenny6864]

SHOWCASE!

[@nathansantee7056]

the chart was made by tactone

[@someone-dw3xe]

SO basically, all you need is sanity and lmd?

[@lt.admiralkd_malaysia3987]

yeah but even though you still can use sanity to farm others mats....in the base you can still get Lmd for 60-65k per day as long as your production and gold is alot then you're gud to go

[@raymondcabato4618]

If only the refresh cap wasn’t a thing x/

[@skr0gu3]

And there the cap goes

[@YYAT]

i have 6 E1 already, but i will E1 most of my team before E2 anyone. Most likely the 1st one will be Exusiai or Texas if i go for a 5* Edit: after watching the video I really think E2-ing a 5* first would be better :/

[@space8931]

That's what I did. I e2`d my vigna, pilo and meteorite it was more cost efficient for me since I use them the most

[@Narach.]

i'll be very happy if there is FEater in di coupon shop rn :/

[@karusen7]

Just a reminder, the next event has a lot of materials & LMDs in the event shop to buy. It has been confirmed even a F2P can clear out the shop! So save those sanity potions Doctors!

[@randodox8375]

Noted!

[@LastSnailStanding]

500k LMD let's goooo

[@munteanurodica2252]

Even a free to play without E1 units? I only have Siege at E1 and she is a pain to lvl up.

[@adityamahendra6196]

@@munteanurodica2252 well you need E1 with 30 lvl and 4 skill lvl, but guess what? it can be cleared with *3 and 4 (5 if you consider the free chara and amiya)

[@munteanurodica2252]

@@adityamahendra6196 I will try my best with Siege. She is my best chara, if I fail, will try months later when I am ready for events. lol

[@diokosa7001]

the best way to farm for these materials is simply by doing events no rng just spending sanity for guaranteed rare materials.

[@myeyeshurt9328]

Grindstone are pain

[@ShrR-ud3xv]

Me thinking that getting SilverAsh E2 is easy: hmm yes easy farm Me 20 minutes later: well i guess i have no sanity anymore

[@Kimu3657]

Looking at my 1k sanity and 12 emergency sanity boxes that time...

[@nefariogaming7068]

Its papa tectone's spreadsheet

[@arnforge6882]

E2 Ch’en. Treat Ch’en well, she’ll treat you well, after your sanity and soul has been taken though

[@legendredux1291]

Damn this is so grindy I am a hardcore Granblue Player so I know the grind but I can spam pots(sanity) this game has energy issues

[@noddwyd]

Best way to E2 is to only do it for 4 stars. It's hella cheap.

[@mikemcklieve]

Already 3 months playing this game, still ep 3. Still no 6* but maxed out all 3* and 4* i have. Im really taking this game really slow because i wanna savor it slowly as possible

[@thereaper2143]

how tho you get a guaranteed 6* in the newbie banner? did you not pull?

[@fengxiaoxiao3635]

you always use your sanity for LMD stage ???

[@nibblesnarfer]

Every stages used up sanity, mate.

[@wweed1726]

Just... wo! O.O

[@krxlcifer]

Pro

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

Yeah.... 6star elite 2 is ridiculous amount of work.

[@MustProtectUwU42069]

But hella worth it

[@levibaker1212]

Me needing this in 2024 and this not working.

[@ItsBonz]

I have two E2s and can’t do CE5

[@demonkid16]

Sim Zu can you do LS-5? Cause CE-5 is easy compared to LS-5 or AP-5.

[@donovanroberto841]

That's probably because your team isn't balanced. I can do it just fine without any e2 and with *3-4 operators

[@ItsBonz]

Donovan Roberto yeah I did it on my f2p account. Your right

[@antonlouis612]

Iwanna Elite2 Kroos Koko dayo

[@FloeShiyou]

I came for gameplay tips but met with maths yet again. Fuck

[@MrMannerless]

Yeeleet twoos?

[@kokutoryuu8312]

I WISH you would get 1 chip for every 10 dollars you spend lol, I'd be set for the next 2 months xD