NL-S-5 + Challenge Mode | Low End Squad |【Arknights】

[@123goofyking]

La Pluma with S1 M3 is also really good at dealing with the constant hordes of enemies. But you still have to play the carrousel game with a team of defenders

[@chunkysweirdtoaster3081]

If you have a Nearl or Saria, they can help with the DP problem at the tanking phase, have them take Cardigan's spot with S1, after setting everyone else up, place the bait next to them, just make sure your tankiest defender is leveled enough to be able to take the punishment from the occasional focus (but this is because I left Nearl alone, so Cuora gets targeted after bait goes down, retreating and redeploying might help to have them as secondary bait but it sounds like it would be really tricky to pull off) Even Gravel managed to take dozens of shots with the Lazurite duo out in cm before going down Also one less sp on Mudrock really changes things

[@f.b.lagent1113]

pair mud+blemeshine is good, bottom 2 on the left side is Mud + -submissive and breedable- kuudere crow La Pluma, top of them is blemeshine(blemeshine s2 can heal enmity units iirc) drop 2 healing defenders on the right with, last dropping thicc snek placed at the bottom of the aoe medic

[@Mr_Rhodey]

The ultimate debate: Most annoying enemy type? For me that would be Bladehelms and Lazurites. They are an absolute pain. Cheers!

[@baduser103]

Lazurites are worse imo. Bladehelms often give you options to take them out, either they’re individual and can be focused down or you’re given a load of stun mines to ignore their mechanics entirely. Individual lazurites are almost as bad as Faust, they’re almost always paired and you have to wait a very long time to even attack them bc of visibility.

[@rezafebriansyah8620]

This stage skinned my Hoshi to hospital, dammit! WHAT KIND OF ARROWS WAS THAT?!

[@rezafebriansyah8620]

Believe me or not, aside from Mudrock. I have to brought at least 7 defender, 7!! And they all die as shooting targets for the Lazurites... I---HATE----KAZIMIERZ!! As if 100 pulls only for 1 Shining and no 6* afterwards... *"0 SANITY SCREAM"*

[@ユノタツモリ]

Personal hated-mob list: 1. pestilence fausts 2. Kamikaze drawings 3. Grudgebearers 4. Kamikaze gramophone thieves These fuckers shot themselves straight to the top of the list the instant they appeared. Also, kal'tsit is surprisingly good at handling mini-fausts as mon3tr is a pretty tanky redeploy that can also fill in if your hoshi/cuora dies, so if any of you guys plan to use a support that isn't mud, kal is probably the way to go.

[@sucklemecockles541]

Mine would be the backstabber knights.

[@amirmustaffa8933]

I've been waiting for this video since this morning

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

When you said "A lot of defenders"... I wasn't thinking THAT many XD

[@protoss5758]

There's 4 lanes, of course there will be at least 4 defenders on a low end squad

[@vladruthgorsky4022]

Did you know that arrows can be dodged? My Beehunter S1E3 stood the whole battle (it's random, but 60% evasion is pretty good).

[@literalshipley]

THANK YOU I was struggling with this level and this saved me! even s1m0 was good enough to make a huge difference

[@ReeRaRaB]

Jackie S2M3 is 100% evasion

[@famouzlj25]

S1E3?

[@Kyokka]

@@famouzlj25 he definitely meant M3

[@famouzlj25]

@@Kyokka he said skill 1 elite 3 not mastery 3

[@AlMugen]

Love to see Mud finally becomes a core Operator in Lord Kyo's Strategy

[@miyamotomusashi805]

Croissant's S2 works beautifully here. Just be careful to only use it when there are enemies IN FRONT OF HER. Otherwise, you'll be launching them right into your Protection Objective

[@pedromonteiro1196]

her S2 also helped me on NL-EX-8, managing Shaw and Podencos cooldowns Glad to see Croissant thunder-slapping some ass-assin cheeks

[@irvanmaulana941]

I use Croissant S1 here, her Dodge is useful she's tanky.

[@Elmolydini]

You, and your community are the best thing that have ever happened to Arknights

[@mitosis5843]

If you have Blemishine she makes the left side so much easier to deal with because of her synergy with Mud.

[@christianwalker91]

Thanks for saving my IRL sanity with the Blem strat. MVP

[@jasonpascual103]

Phantom S1 finally had use for a while. Having his module just saved me all the DP problems by timing the retreating carefully. Once my targeted defender (croissant) dies, phantom with his clone can tank quite a while to have gravel back kicking. NTRK and Flametail with S2 also helped a bit even if it is just a few shots more to tank.

[@gho5trun3r68]

In anticipation for Integrated Strategies, I recently E2d Passenger and I was eager to try him out. I had him above the top left defender and his slow and massive aoe would kill and ease the wave gently into my friend's Mudrock who would proceed to smash the rest. Kaltsit was clutch here as well with Mon3tr as my fast redeploy/tank with her S1. It made the tank swapping much easier to breath with. I also used Bleminshine for the top left tank to help get Mudrock's skill up faster and for the extra heals. The beginning was the only tricky part as I had to use Mon3tr in place of the aoe guard and I had this moment where I had to be super fast replacing my two vanguards with the aoe guard at the bottom before I was overwhelmed. Once that was over, the rest of the map became easy. Fuck those snipers

[@gardajofariano5951]

liskarm skill 1 is a good aggro sponge for those snipers, you doesn't need to rotate defender as often

[@OmalleyDoc]

PSA: If you have Blemy you can effectively cut down the left side to just her and Rocc, also Specter and Blaze are both great for the aoe guard role and later tanking due to Blaze's defib talent and Specter's invulnerability (Surtr is also fantastic in place of one of the defenders on skill three giving her not only a second substantial lifebar to chew through but her talent as well which can also refund your DP if you're running short). ALSO, if you have Nian or take Nian in support she passively buffs defender health just by being in the squad. That's all I got for you all, good luck and give the Lazurites a bonking for me.

[@hB-vf9wx]

R u sure blemishine with rocc is enough? All 3 of kyos defenders were blocking

[@ditto3638]

@@hB-vf9wx maybe its possible since blemi let mudrock charge her spin faster, so more damage less enemies

[@OmalleyDoc]

@@hB-vf9wx Well it would depend on levels for sure, but yes my Blem and Rocc were fine, S2 on both of them basically just popping Blem on cooldown whenever there were a couple enemies in front of her.

[@silentdrews1504]

If you have Liskarm, place her near Mudrock and enjoy the S P I N as she clears out the wave of enemies.

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

Add blemy as replacement for cuora and Emotional damage!

[@kero2422]

Thank you so much for your hard work throughout this event once more!

[@boatlover5825]

thank you kyo for making this guide

[@aniusers]

what worked for me is to use fast redeploys to light up the left side and stack it with the best snipers I had (supported by a single medic) before plugging each side with an AoE guard, I brought along a support Blaze to solo the right lane and it worked very effectively. To tank the shots, I used Bena + Redeploys near the base.

[@bimajuantara]

Bena is such a blessings. Glad I raised her just before this event started.

[@rayve6453]

Kyo i think your mic volume should be up a bit, your voice kinda low i should put higher volume on my computer Also thanks for the guides

[@quantumslasher]

Had difficulty with the strategy with rank 2 level 80 Mudrock. Farmed materials to promote and got her to elite 2 level 70 and was able to do it. Thanks for the hard work in getting these made mate.

[@Zarrow1]

I'm just dropping by to say I finished this event without a single guide! And to check out how this is done with low end squad. Funny enough the key piece for clearing NL-S-5 challenge was borrowing max level Cuora to soak hits.

[@cantsu]

god bless your hard work kyo 🙏

[@predatorx104]

Man, stages are getting harder and harder to full clear for me Edit : GOD, finally did it after insane of tries, comment section helped lel, bringing surtr with S3 managed to buy me some time to get some dp

[@leon02356]

Since you can dodge the arrows, you can also make a really good dodge build using HeavyRain's trait and Beehunter with her passive skill. You can also place HeavyRain next to the last defender you put down and give that defender some dodge chance.

[@brencispereyra3836]

Thanks for all guides, helps a lot for new players like me :3

[@Delphineas]

This one was pretty fun! Made me SO happy that I had pulled a Horn. She was only E1 80, but still her flashbangs were so helpfull. I guess I have a pretty stacked Defenderknights roster now, huh. Anyway, instead of playing bait-go-round. I decided to go a different route. Saria behind Mudrock, Nian above, Honeyberry E1 70 as my single target healer. First try it turns out the support Liskarm I took had the wrong skill, so she died quick. Second try, I had Horn on the bottom position, waited for the last enemy to die, retreated AoE guard to deploy Nearl in her place, and immediately placed Liskarm to her left so the SP battery would feed Horn and Nearl. Alas, this only worked a little bit, Liskarm died about mob 70 because she is only elite 1, but an E2 version feeding Nearl might have survived.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

This is insane, I skipped asap to the left most tile and put pinecone on the bottom and chalter on the top side with a healer behind them. Lazurites don't bully me, I bully Lazurites.

[@2more.]

pure suffering

[@alan0996]

thanks for the guide!!! NL rerun now and i'm new player on CN

[@WellAnywayyz]

Had to find a honeyberry support for this stage

[@tankteam3367]

Lets be honest, Kalsit is absolutely broken here: +Healer +Defender with 5k hp 700 def and 20s redeployment time with the cost of 10 dp that doesnt increase +Skill effect: +120% and 40% phys res (skill lvl 7)

[@hehehehe2842]

Imagine if those snipers have aoe damage

[@ikmalt9851]

Welcome back to defenderknights LOL

[@abysswatcher1056]

The real mvp is bena in my opinion, she truly immortal but still need fast redeploy for reduce pressure damage on her xd

[@edisonrainegonzales2398]

Ngl, those sniper is very annoying but this level is much easier that NL-S-4 and its CM

[@g-dojjo]

Thanks Kyo finally im pass this annoying stage with your strategy :'( im really crying this is not a tower defense anymore....

[@doretaja9056]

Hoshiguma is the MVP, she can dodge and tank alot of arrows, giving you more reaction time (you can also use Red skill 1 no M as support)

[@irvanmaulana941]

Hoshiguma + croissant s1, Dodge master.

[@doretaja9056]

@@irvanmaulana941 + Flametail S2 THE ULTIMATE DODGE GAME!!!!

[@ZackJrShiro]

I already clear this stage on my own but still gonna watch how the lord himself does it, I'm an apprentice graduate from Kyo

[@nicole9680]

If you have Mudrock, taking Blemi from the support units (or mudrock from support if you have Blemi) can make this setup braindead easy.

[@ravioli8959]

Finally time for defender-knights to shine

[@MioTaeyeon]

Defender knights are real lmao ggwp

[@somwanderer8331]

naAHh took me 3 whole hours I gave up lord HG forgive me for my sin

[@bukubiru750]

Thank You Kyo-sama

[@leamer_84]

perfect plan, the consistancy is nice :D

[@ambrosiusaan9910]

Mostima goes Schwing Schwing

[@1FUNN]

I need to leveling my honeyberry just for this stage 😮‍💨

[@SeekGrace]

You fight 8 Fausts in a single battle basically. This stage was so annoying man... PS: Honestly they're stronger than Faust lmao.

[@Phoenixzz12]

Even CC Risk boosted Faust is still a joke compared to those pew-pew-goodbye-defense

[@onyasku]

I calling this stage UNLIMITED BAIT WORKS

[@zeffurein]

NL-S-5 for the normal i use High end strategy NL-S-5 Challenge Mode i use low end strategy and both of them work fine xD

[@say4814]

you can actually spawn camp monique with range burst

[@10001vader]

That’s what I did: Schwarz on the top lane and exia on the bottom handled all the lazurites

[@108계단40단컴보]

Need skill upgrade? 스킬 레벨업을 진행해야합니까? 한다면 몇 랭크까지 해야합니까?

[@ikyiAlter]

Surprisingly, NL-S-5 is easier than NL-S-4 which is easier than NL-S-3 >.>

[@Bdlotusamv]

*bring 4 of your best tank* F***, I only have 3

[@KaptenN]

Gah! Too much timing. If it isn't exactly right the one too many arrows will hit the wrong operator and make you run out of operators to tank arrows. My lineup is just like yours, except I brought Bison as an additional tank and use Croissant as my tankiest defender since she has the highest DEF and HP. I used the wrong skill on Sussurro and Perfumer though, and I should probably have given Croissant the DEF skill rather than the hammer one. Had forgotten to level Perfumer's rank past 5 too... Time for another attempt!

[@uriel-i1w]

phantom s1 helps a bit if u get good rng instead of 1 defender (i changed noir)

[@uriel-i1w]

and blemishine helps mudrock healing and doing a lot more dmg

[@kitaselamanya7086]

THAAAAAAAAANKKSSSSSSS!!!!!!! 🔥

[@LordSauron22]

Nightengales phantom also tanks so

[@yamato19928]

Uhuh after i stressed because i have to clear NL-S-4 where it's so hard because i don't levelled up my Defenders and i don't know how i managed to clear the cm now i need to using all Defenders for this cm stage... Very suck life Anyways i already cleared NL-S-4 cm mode because i have a luck? Im using Kyo strategy with a few modification and boom its worked and i was panicked when playing the cm mode when my cuora who hold the Boss was dead and the surtr is stunned but the RNG still with me the surtr was waked up when the Boss was wanna leaked up and boom i killed the Boss anyways my thorn who hold the bloodsword with in front is dead and now i need to use the horse to kill the Viviana luckyly my horse dead but i still have saga and melantha

[@hazeauburn]

arknights is a tower *defense* game

[@yaoiman]

S E G S

[@buitung1083]

can we swap the ST healer with a wandering healer for those right side to tank the arrows ?

[@123goofyking]

It's like bringing an umbrella for an avalanche. It's not gonna help for this stage

[@Yumiesthetic]

you can but bring mulberry and honeyberry together then a 6-star defender like hoshi 2nd skill and u can prolly afk it with mudrock doing all the cleaning lol

[@thatguy-ce7kj]

s2 silverash works better than any defender here

[@rz860]

Yup, i just brought 2 defender saria and mud, while ash tanking all the shots with shining's s3

[@aelricc]

ur a genius

[@aelricc]

ur a genius

[@melone8008]

sheesh

[@_TruongMinhTam]

love u

[@elangsh4813]

Can I use Mudrock lv 60? Or no?

[@markopusic8258]

I'm pretty disappointed in this stage to be honest. Yes, it's a stage centered around the Lazurites being an actual menace for once, and it succeeds at that, but the way this stage can cleared is just so dull. It literally boils down to setting your frontline up and cycling defenders until the stage ends. There isn't exactly a lot of strategy here compared to a stage like NL-S-3 and it's pretty lame as the last stage you discover in the event.

[@veritas4887]

For blemi havers, >:)

[@myracleskillz9992]

nice :))

[@lalilola3770]

KyoStinV, what app do you use to emulate the game? I am using BlueStacks, but in this even all the stages are very low fps (from usual stable 60 down to 25-30 max). I don't know if there is some problem, because I didn't change anything and now it doesn't work well (then again, only in this event)

[@fabulousimcatbulous690]

If I'm not mistaken, he use LDPlayer. I also using it because after making comparison between Nox, Bluestack, and LDPlayer. I found that LDPlayer is the lighter and stable one, at least in my PC.

[@lalilola3770]

@@fabulousimcatbulous690 tyvm. I use it now, works wonders. And, just like you said, it really doesn't really put too much strain on my pc.

[@dj66800]

piss off I can;t find a high level mudrock on support so literally impossible

[@123goofyking]

Did you try getting friends with Mudrock as a support unit? You can just add 5 people and come back tomorrow Also, a well built La Pluma can also work for DPS like I mentioned in my comment

[@protoss5758]

Support units don't have masteries, that often breaks strategies like these. However there is another strategy you can use involving Chalter on the bottom lane to spawncamp snipers and the roadblock breakers, nothing on this map demands masteries on her