I F*****G HATE THIS F*****G LEVEL

[@azuzuni]

2:30 but clay, the entire point of having fast redeploy operators is to redeploy them, why yato is standing there, staring menacingly

[@Marinetr]

Fast Redeploy operators are too hard to use for Clay.

[@boilingman4357]

​@@Marinetr yeah his brain rot is too much

[@godo9358]

they are so fast that Clay forgets about their existence (but seriously, he fast-redeployed them once, so they did what supposed to do)

[@Libro_8832]

The important thing is clay stayed calm

[@badakangkasa]

1:46 Nightingale is using the halloween skin, so the pumpkin is actually the birb

[@justintime7577]

P2w skin, gives pumpkins +30 res when using skin 😂

[@headphones2308]

04:00 Tip 1: Manually retreating your guys instead of letting them die refunds some of their DP cost. If your fast redeploys are on fire, you can retreat them, solving your DP issues and making them ready to be deployed to tank the next "last 2 deployed" attack. 10:38 Tip 2: Talulah’s burn attack is in a cross pattern, and it spreads to nearby allies. Saria died faster here since your guys are huddled together burning eachother (hence why your other healer, Silence, died). If you placed Saria one tile back (closer to blue box), she won’t have any allies nearby and the burn won’t spread.

[@Sceptera]

Additional tip: I recommend redeploying Gravel every time the debuff hits her and redeploying because her redeploy time is slightly faster then Talulah's debuff, having 1 Operator soak it up reduces the healing load on the healers.

[@argent8496]

11:34 In chapter 9 they introduced the standard enviroment. Which is just the regular mode. On that screen at 11:34, you are on standard environment 2 which is normal. Standard environment 1 is easy mode. In chapter 10 and onward they introduce Adverse Environment. Which is hard mode. Adverse acts like the challenge mode in chapter 1-9.

[@zluxuria]

the fact that he brings fast redeploys but also ignoring the use of them to bait the talulah's burn skill

[@ChaosMind10531]

True... It hurts seeing them stand there the whole time...

[@kojaxsub7381]

13:23 "long press to speed up playback" constantly showing up to his rant peak content, actual self-feeding

[@zealotisaprettyokname]

I'd suggest using S1 or S2 on Saria. S3 is mainly used for the increased Arts Damage since it's healing is very subpar. I am running out of advice to give and thus have to pivot towards comedy someone send help :'3

[@kaynanbirro7277]

Was about to type that, I'd also consider leveling Typhon a little bit, so she can actually do damage

[@sotonamisimp4606]

Saria s3 healing is actually very good it's just that the downtime is so long you're gonna die before it's up again if she's your only source of sustain

[@bnau374]

Do not listen to this man!!!! Saria S3 is goated on this stage, it makes it insanely easy to survive the fire storm(s)

[@victoryerz2030]

@@bnau374 they already have nightingale, Saria is better off healing herself with S1.

[@Areus019]

​@@bnau374Nightingale already covered the fireballs, problem is after that, she can't outheal the damage to saria and she's burned too(I think). So S1 or S2 would help saria stall talulah for longer.

[@mikash91]

Hey clay, just a fyi, the first 20 levels of e2 are actually way cheaper to get than the last 20-30 of e1 so its worth snagging them for the extra power at a bargain as soon as you promote them.

[@crisperstorm]

Clay's random guesses at story and characters from the split seconds he clicks through is great I'd consume the whole story that way

[@ncx2727]

You were this close to clearing the stage, I believe in you king

[@charginginprogresss]

3:18 that setting exists in contingency contract, on pause you have continue, retreat and restart, last one re picks support and reloads the stage Wonder when they will implement it in main stages...

[@naverick22]

Supah is now Clay's designated support monkey.

[@Dr.Pitanger]

2nd supah collab Pog! 2:10 the pumpkins are literally the birds, just with a skin :') 3:15 : YES! PLEASE HG ADD THAT FFS, MOST ANNOYING THING IN CONTIGENCY CONTRACT IS LOSING A RUN AND FORGETTING TO PICK THE LAST SUPPORT YOU PICKED 5:30 : Typhon is a lane holder with her S2, with her S3 she's actually a boss killer 8:53 : good idea to deploy Typhon at this moment, unfortunately talulah targets the last two deployed ops so you should have deployed two operators after her after redeploying Gravel, not just one (good attempt though) 13:00 Bro deadass called Kal's yapping the "hardest boss in the entire game" (you're so based for that)

[@darkusandtoast2207]

Granted, cc probably won't be coming back, but before you fail the stage, you could press the restart button to automatically start again with the same support units and skip a lot of loading screens

[@Dr.GojoKun]

12:16 Rat King: I am the one who knocks

[@xX_Advita_Xx]

Reading the description of operators that you use is useful sometimes, you know... (FKN ALWAYS!!!1!!111!)

[@minhsangle9210]

now introduce to him those villager you need to protect when talulah on fire

[@salierihiyajo6596]

5:49 Typhon's S3 IS global, you just need to lock-on to a target, meaning you need to activate the skill while Talulah is in her normal range.

[@kevinseraphin5456]

4:07 you were 1 DP off for lappland, from the look of it, and from the look of you previous attempts you let your fast reeploy unit die, if you retreat them manualy insteat you get half theit DP cost back so you would'v been fine, also it makes them be ready in time for the next time she use her burn.

[@bnau374]

Clay got the units to have such an easy time with Talulah, he just needs to figure out how to place them

[@oturan9728]

Bro is ranting about cutscenes he can just skip 💀.

[@itisjeremy9800]

The number of times I forget to add a support unit or not select challenge mode is crazy

[@SUPAH_SUPAH_SUPAH]

9:50 Have you considered just rolling better on the supports refreshes? It would've saved you the 10 minutes!

[@ClayChoShow]

I needed my little SUPAH support.

[@naverick22]

You gotta stop feeding this man or he won't know how to feed himself.

[@void4461]

Imagine not having mod 3 nightingale

[@metalforge6915]

bro should've taught clay that retreating gives back some dp

[@coffee9418]

max level Gummy would've soloed the stage

[@oheertz]

I believe in you bro, soon enough you beat this painful stage. Also looking forward to the Supah collab, always fun to watch you both yapping, and Happy New Year!

[@ClayChoShow]

I meant it was an unofficial collab. Because he let me use his Nightingale. I would not be opposed to another actual collab though.

[@pathalenvivaldi7811]

Much as I love watching you lose your mind, do remember you can retreat the units Talulah marks. Retreating refunds half DP, and means the explosion doesn't happen. Your Saria got nuked by the explosion as well, cause Talulah attacks +2 explosions hit her at once. You got this! Also, you can have story go at X24 speed. I won't say how though, I'm sure you'll figure it out. ;D

[@HeroicPeanutOfStormAndLightnin]

"we are gonna try TalulahR" TalulahRRR fucking, the most american thing i heard this entire year so far.

[@KnoxZone]

It's worth getting a few levels on your e2 operators since the xp/lmd cost increases as the level goes up, so the first 20-30 levels are super cheap compared to the higher ones. Plus you'll want to get all your operators up to module level eventually (e2 60 for 6*, less for lower rarity ops). Typhon especially gets a huge damage boost from her module.

[@fletchercurtin9042]

Fr its driving me insane seeing that many e2 lvl 1

[@bnau374]

I have seen Bro playing Chapter 9 on this very same channel days ago and now half of the video his him complaining that he needs to sit through the ending to get to chapter 9 ☠☠☠ I can't

[@kiwi_446]

your Saria was dying because you didn't use her ACTUAL healing skill (S1 or even S2 for crowd healing)

[@giornogiovanna8367]

It also helps to have Myrtle S1M3, by now I think all the Materials should be available

[@johnbas1564]

"My little Supah" -Clay 2025

[@GBlockbreaker]

if you want to make it really easy, just borrow Ulpianus Talulah's fire heals him and every time you use his s3 he becomes the last deployed unit on the map, making him the perfect lane holder for this map to avoid Talulah's fireballs you can then use Logos s3 (provided you get the materials for his e2 first) also did you forget that you can skip story cutscenes at the end there or what was going on? lmao happy new year and use your two weekly event unlocks

[@giornogiovanna8367]

Also Saria S2 and S1 are far better Skills and used far more often then S3 Her S3 is Very Situational most of the Times, with S1 and 2, Saria basically turns into a Defender/Medic Mix as she not only heals herself but also others around her

[@NoU-jc4kq]

Props to doing this under levelled, this stage is a pain in the ass without chunky laneholders because of the healing requirements to survive the meteors

[@Shadow6OO]

Btw, pressing and holding during cutscenes brings up a 2,4,8, and 16x speed autoread. So you didn't have to manually click through all of that (minus the "choices" that occasionally pop up).

[@TL_ForevezZ]

Brother, I can heavily retate with forgetting about picking support, lol. Man, this video was definitely a good one. Seeing this stage always gave me nightmares to this day... You'll get that 3 star eventually.

[@soloprimogeniture4678]

Hmm this stage is indeed tricky. You want 2 fast redeploys. You don't even need any level for them; they're just there to be put on fire by Talulah. You'll probably need a DP-geberating vanguard, like Zima. So you deploy your initial team > fast redeploys -> as soon as Talulah flame them, retreat them -> continue building your lanes -> as soon as your fast redeploys are redeployable, deploy them -> when they got lit, retreat them immediately again. That's the gist. As long as no one leaks you can generally ignore Talulah. Amongst your team, Amiya is the best at tanking her; Amiya have arts resistance. Put Amiya in S1 and have her fight Talulah under the Medic range (right in front of the stairs in front of the blue box). All the while, keep the routine with the fast redeploys, since Talulah will still put people ob fire. After she died for the first time, activate Nightingale skill to keep everyone alive. That's why in the setup you should ensure that all important blockers are in her range, or you put the cages to their left. After phase 2 start, ensure you have spare vanguards to kill the fire flowers that spawns, and do what you do in Stage 1. Amiya can "solo" her as long as she has 2 healers on her. And when people say that Typhon can kill Talulah 1st stage easily, is that you should deploy her at the topleft most tile and snipe Talulah before she enters the forst stairs.

[@deadkiller5798]

Will he read it? Let's find out

[@kavehbabygirlism]

my god he finally used his drill plans, he's evolving

[@kavehbabygirlism]

nvm he stopped after the first run

[@metalforge6915]

iirc he did in the early chapters but decided against it after some time

[@LuminousKaru]

Some op are just underlevel to survive.

[@Purplepentapus_]

You could have skipped the story cutscene, you know?

[@MB-sy1sk]

wait till clay gets to the h-stages lmao

[@otakujiji]

As soon as Gravel and Yato get ignited it is advised to immediately retreat them. Otherwise they won't be by the time Talulah uses that skill again. Plus retreating them gives you some DP back

[@Wampi.]

Just skip man wth, top right corner, colour white, 4 letters, and colour WHITE.

[@nyanko51]

you can hold the screen using mouse to speed up the story, if you dont want to use the skip button. Swap up to speed up the dialogue

[@SaintLiam3000]

"Your first mistake was not maxing Gummy" - Supah probably

[@larryc4106]

Something that will help immensely is Lumen. His trait ability is to reduce status effefts (like the burning effect talulah puts on operators) he is a free unit hnd has IMMENSE hps. You will need to do Stultifera Navis to get him Though. He is worth the effort. I was able to complete this level with him and without nightengale.

[@dani._ik]

Heh thats pretty great, you have great

[@kasid4759]

Recommended future unit : fang alter As a player who start around the same time, she solves practically all my early enemy rush problem at E1 which is pretty cheap. a magnificent charger you can rely on until you get a better charger, but she’s second only to bagpipe anyway. S1 : 1 block constant damage to clear trash mob S2 : 2 block clear mobs better but act like a fast redeploy-lite so you’d need to retreat her after her skill ends. You can plop her down whenever you need a lil extra something to hold early enemy before you can drop your heavy hitter, she’s essentially free with the full DP refunds and even a net+ DP anyway

[@azuzuni]

6:33 chapter 8 H 4th stage is harder than this i believe, though i doubt you would challange it anytime soon

[@charginginprogresss]

3:00 yknow not facing her sideways would help her covering more lanes, her facing down on the top left ranged tile allows her to cover every lane (top one at the chokepoint next to her, btw)

[@jakesmith4760]

An just think that this is how the year is beginning wish you the best this year too

[@xtranathor8143]

Mate! Leaving units at E2 level 1 is a huge missed opportunity! It's super cheap to add another 20 levels for a decent stat gain. Gummy would get a big boost to survivability, and Mountain would do a good bit more damage! Now that Saria is level 60, you could think about her Modules, which would be good improvement too. You should consider which module you think is better when upgraded to level 3 before you invest in it though.

[@nabi7701]

Literally just 2500 lmd to get to Lv 10 ! Going a bit further isnt that expensive either. 11k for lv 20 and 30k for lv 30 (starting from lv 1, not in between)

[@dros-]

Even though Typhon's S3 can be considered global range, you need to have Talulah in her sniper range first, Clay. After that, she would follow where Talulah is as longvas the bullets there. Btw, Typhon can kill Talulah if we consider the max level state with module. So you need second nuker beside her 😂

[@APOLLO3240]

Just a huge tip, make sure to immediately retreat your fast redeploy units when they get affected by talulah skill. This makes it easier to gain dp because if they die, you won’t get the dp back! 4:03

[@shilohmagic7173]

the pumpkins ARE the birds

[@remur-1]

My guy, use logos support, his third ability is capable of stopping tallulah screen wipe.

[@notusneo]

This stage is a baptism to all Arknights player

[@darkshado124]

Man, when I did this stage with just 3-5 stars, I screamed in rage a lot. Now, though? Only using Logos and Wis'adel makes my soul feel like it ascended between Kal'sits thighs!

[@ULTrANIUM1947]

C&c : i hate this level Me : bro thats just beginning

[@Marinetr]

btw, he actually hate every level in Arknights.

[@LilyBannel]

This is the most you swore, sir. Don't blame you. That level looks like a pain. Here's hoping future levels aren't that full of baloney.

[@FateStayDanny]

Ive 3 star every level of the story mode so far, im in chapter 12 THIS IS THE ONE ONE AND ONLY LEVEL I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO 3 STAR😭

[@IamHolou]

oh man this was so hard for me too, i just skipped it until i had almost every other stage completed and thenn i was leveled enough to beat it

[@jaysonmoya1089]

i kinda wonder if clay tried to place lappland on mountains place looking up and mountain left to gummy so that way he could have more dps to hold the top lane since his mountain is most of the time doing nothing in the bottom lane while the rest of the team struggles with top lane and talulah

[@zevaia]

the strats using two fast redeploy to tank talulah's fire is good, but first while gravel is a real fast redeploy yato isn't but her redeploy time is kinda fast for about 30 second (gravel is 18 second), in that case you need to add 1 more pseudo fast redeploy for example jaye to have a cycle of 2 fast redeploy deployed on talulah's fire. or if you have projekt red which is another real fast redeploy like gravel then you just need 2 characters instead of 3.

[@juuryoushin6181]

This stage is balls hard when you get through the story at a fairly fast pace with very few E2s, I remember that. Having to cycle FRDs to juggle with the burns and actually deploy stuff in time is pretty demanding, let alone ... finding time to dps the boss after that. Plenty of people have given sound advice, so I am not going to add more to the pile since there's almost nothing that has not been said.

[@chaos_aurelius]

yeah I don't remember how I beat it 4 years ago, we don't have all these W alter and Typhon back then definitely went "Amiya defeating Talulah" path tho

[@Zihark92]

I suggest reading what the boss does, you can pack your units this close, but if one of them catches the debuff they all eat the explosion. Also Amiya S1 is the one for tanking, S2 is a short burst and did nothing to Talulah anyway

[@Reldan]

You can press and hold on the screen and have text auto at 16x speed. There's no need to click through each dialogue.

[@ClayChoShow]

That skips dialog options, which I thought I needed to click on to get the hidden endings for chapter 8. Since its still saying that I'm in chapter 9 early after beating the final stage of Ch8

[@ncx2727]

​​@@ClayChoShowthe hidden stuff unlock by beating certain stages and clearing certain conditions such as letting mephisto bird leak, not letting any shield guards die on that one level with rosmontis or not letting talulah go below 50% hp on the 8 billion drones level, the dialogue options are only an illusion of choice

[@johnfan1015]

@@ClayChoShow They moved you into chapter 9 because you already beat chapter 8, what are you talking about?

[@MariAlter]

Thats a boss stage for ya

[@soybeans8587]

Ah Yes the Sanity when i Play that stage

[@RISSA0990]

Clay bring 2 fast redeploy for talulah stage 🎉🎉🎉 Also clay, deploy them at the beginning and never redeploy them😢😢😢

[@randypc1]

If you are not constantly underlying and deploying the fast-redeploys, then there is no point to bringing them. Might as well bring two other medics in a bid to outheal the burn and stall

[@mastermavrick]

Closer, you'll get it... it is one of the hardest levels in the game overall.

[@xenthosmamentos1496]

Lmao, I wanna see how u gonna handle H8-4. That stage was one of the most hellish experiences I've ever had yet ain't the hardest. Took me a whole week to be cleared by my early rooster at the time 😂

[@kevinplayz7965]

Spending 5-6 hours trying to beat this stage on the VC so everyone can hear my rage😂

[@daktotathecolossus7404]

Where did bro get the idea typhons third skill was global.. Also what made him think he didnt beat chapter 8?

[@jeownek]

Someone in the comments probably said the skill is global, and it's kinda is. Clay is just too underleveled for this

[@tiol2963]

​@@jeownekbro did not read the very first line in the description of the skill😂

[@jeownek]

@@tiol2963 EN don't read

[@kasunda_]

im ngl i had nightingale myself when i did this stage so i just borrowed a lane holder and cheesed with 3 medics

[@Edelgard-and-Claude-simp]

Saria S1 is best for tanking as it's a super heal that doesn't prematurely active Her S3 is exclusively for arts damage buffing and ensuring the enemy stays in range for the casters to deal damage Also chapter 9 and every chapter after have 3 difficulty modes with one being if you want to focus on the story but you don't get primes the middle being standard and the last one is just challenge mode and some of them have a small reward tree

[@twinmill53]

Every 10 seconds Talulah ignites your last 2 deployed ops. so you gotta count. or ya know My waifu Eyjaberry. Eyjafjalla the healer. Adle Nauman. lava goat. you get the point

[@rodjack6995]

Instead of saria blocking the boss using guard amiya is better because thats what arts guards are made for holding bosses/big enemies while doing damage she also boost everyone with s1 including the healers

[@JayKeysS]

you actually need 12 support unit to beat this stage! YEP

[@kojaxsub7381]

chapter 8 and clay still needs to learn the art of retreting ops to save dp and because some actually have their skill faster that way (nightingale) also remove your fast redeploys, you clearly don't have the attention span for them cheers

[@ahmadalvan8578]

Manually retreat your op will refund some dp, its extra work but will clear your dp problem

[@voltrixgames4375]

I promise you this stage isn’t that bad. You just haven’t gotten to that part of the experience curve plus raised team point yet. Once you hit it it’s better than what it looks like

[@nota7098]

Completely using the “fast redeploys” completely wrong was so painful to see. Also I don’t know if anyone have said it to Clay yet but try using crushers against the boss

[@nathanbastos4961]

The funny momentwhen the new players realize they didn't even need to play chapter 8 and can just skip Tallulah and start chapter 9 and keep going xD don't worry, Tallulah is a block for all players until you understand her mechanic

[@Necvi-C]

I think i play this use abyssal squat in my team (damage reduction and hp and self heal form abyssal team) this ez 😅

[@awesomesauce980]

I honestly want to see his reaction to Zaikozila's 22-day challenge video.

[@mukti5896]

No worries man you are not alone😂 As early player with limited Operator available this Stage is Hell for me at that Time😅

[@jeownek]

Yeah, this level without eyja alter s3 is so hard

[@MalthRa]

Is funny see you trying but here are some tips Try to deploy and retreat Yato and Gravel all the way in the stage, not only in the begining Saria is better with S1 or even S2 for holding a boss, Guardian don't have a lot of defense, so you need their healing skill to help the medics in the survive Use your fast redeploy operators to block the fireballs when Talulah dies and Nightingale is off skill Try to put Nightingale in a spot she can heal your laneholders to make the fireball problem a lot easier You don't need to damage Talulah when she is walking, just block her in front of the blue cube and the kill her, it will be better for you, save that Typhon DP cost

[@azuzuni]

saria died cuz S3 isnt suited for defending, its more utility for burst dps + heal for survival better use S1 or S2

[@julescallais125]

level up your E2 units to 20 - 40 it's really easy and you get a lot of free stats!

[@VectoRaith]

I have Fang as team leader in like 99.999% of my playthrough. Except this one. This is no place for her or any other Pioneer Vanguards.

[@seijibaka]

This level seems very doable with your team. Have to practice fast redeploying your operators and use saria s2 or s1. Yato was just staring most of the time instead of catching fire

[@izzuddinyusof1093]

aside from nightingale which you already using, ptilopsis would be really good here. as an aoe medic she would free more space for dps, a sp battery and her S2

[@fishoreo]

The reason people suggesting nightingale here because she gave massive arts resistance to allies within range to countee talulah fireballs. He can still use other medics if he knows how to block those fireballs with his frd

[@izzuddinyusof1093]

@fishoreo talent did make her a prime counter for arts damage.pity he doesnt have owl medic alongside nightingale

[@JamesP7]

@@izzuddinyusof1093He does have Silence, he was using her in this video.

[@izzuddinyusof1093]

@@JamesP7 wait..i thought ptilopsis is an owl as well?😅

[@JamesP7]

@@izzuddinyusof1093 I think both are Liberi. I assumed you were talking about her for the talent and drone. But yeah, Ptilopsis would be excellent here too, I used her when I cleared the stage.

[@arisushimada1001]

bro retreat your fast redeploys after they got burned so that you can redeploy them on time

[@DylansLapplandSimping]

"I F*****G HATE THIS F*****G LEVEL" Clay said calmly. Ps. Operators on fire deal reduced damage to Talulah. When Talulah detonates the burning operators, it deals damage to the 4 surrounding operators aswell as burning them too. Talulahs auto attacks deal true damage, so tanking with the highest HP operator is the play. Low rarity strats do stall Talulah in front of the blue box like how you did it in that 2* clear, however you dont want to speedkill Talulah just yet, stay patient.

[@Seventh-wn1sn]

It took me 3.5 year and wisdel and nightgale to beat this stage

[@marcusgrian552]

Logos E2 will carry this stage