Puzzle & Dragons (Arcade/3DS/Android/iOS)

[Jem]

The challenge dungeons are fun although going in blind was not the best idea. I just took in whatever team and lead expecting to blast it away. I completely forgot that stalling and taking certain abilities / counters was thing! So rusty.

Wish I had done the challenge dungeons yesterday too before rollover as I didn't realize the rewards were good and you got a magic stone per one. I could have probably forced another Godfest reroll.

Can't remember if I said or not, I ended up with Venus (from the Rank 150 freebie roll) and Skuld from 1 Godfest roll. On the plus side I should have lots of magic stones available before next Godfest

[Tricen]

Skuld is a pretty good starter. Any unconditional 3x+ lead is awesome for starting out. Venus is ehh. Is ok wiafu material.

[Jem]

Well I think I already have a lot of decent pieces for a Skuld team (2x Lakhsmi, 2x Amon, Orochi, Hermes, Siegfried, Starling). 9x teams just seem so underwhelming when you're used to playing Ra/Kushinada/etc.

I think the issue I'm having right now is that my teams do not have the required bulk to clear the content that was added after I stopped playing. Just looking at some of the U.Evo mats I wanted, those descends look awful for my teams.

EDIT: Not sure I like some of these anti-burst mechanics. If I can drop a boss with 1 hit, I shouldn't be punished with instant death. Looking at it, it seems like a lot of things either have a hard counters to high damage or a way to prevent it. That seems stupid to me, being able to use challenging leaders like Ra should be rewarded not punished.

[Gokku]

Well I think I already have a lot of decent pieces for a Skuld team (2x Lakhsmi, 2x Amon, Orochi, Hermes, Siegfried, Starling). 9x teams just seem so underwhelming when you're used to playing Ra/Kushinada/etc.

I think the issue I'm having right now is that my teams do not have the required bulk to clear the content that was added after I stopped playing. Just looking at some of the U.Evo mats I wanted, those descends look awful for my teams.

EDIT: Not sure I like some of these anti-burst mechanics. If I can drop a boss with 1 hit, I shouldn't be punished with instant death. Looking at it, it seems like a lot of things either have a hard counters to high damage or a way to prevent it. That seems stupid to me, being able to use challenging leaders like Ra should be rewarded not punished.

its proabably to hard counter pad dark teams putting up absolutly ridiculous numbers i have a pandora team that i wun with lubu leader , when i spike its 3-5mil per person on the team nothing lives *full board of + orbs*

[Jem]

I think it's probably more a counter to Ra/Kirin/etc just steamrolling everything. Over lunch I was running Ra and Kirin and virtually every turn was either 40x, 64x or 80x. I wish I had Kirin, she seems ridiculous now, I'd rather have her than Ra.

That Decended special dungeon today is amazing. I didn't get what I wanted but just being able to have a chance at all those descended mobs is great. I pretty much spammed 1-3 all lunch. I didn't try the 4th as I don't hit the HP check yet on Goemon so it's game over if the start board trolls me (I do need 2 drops from there for Suzaku)

I was trying to get:

Tengu (for Orochi evo)
Noah (for Lakshmi evo)
Medjedra (for Ra / Bastet evo, not sure on Ra yet though)
Sphinx (for Ra / Baster evo)


The only one I got was Medjedra. Ended up with a lot of stuff I didn't want/need (Cauchemar, Yoroku, Xuanzang, Gravis, Sandalphon, Draggie, Dragon Zombie, Kaguya-Hime).

May throw more stones at it when it returns later today. How frequently do we get access to that dungeon?

[Anakron]

At least every other week, so it's not rare at all. Nice way to skip the annoying restrictions that many of the original dungeons have.

[Jem]

Ah ok. I had been tossing stones at it but that's probably unnecessary unless I'm desperate for one of the U. Evos. Do the actual descends for those mobs still roll around semi-frequently? I have the teams for some of them, just wasn't sure whether they would happen again anytime soon.


Also, is there any consensus on what you should use Monster Points on? I have 3x L. Metas so sold 2 of them. Are any of the big ticket monsters worth saving up for? 250-300k seems like a lot unless you have GFE's to throw away and there doesn't seem to be any other reliable way to get points unless I'm missing something?

[Anakron]

They original dungeons still come around, but the ones like Tengu have been pretty rare from my recollection. The rest haven't gotten any more rare, outside of there simply being more descends now (although they've been doing more than one a day recently).

Of the current MP dragons, Ra Dragon has the highest ceiling, but obviously hardest to play. Shiva Dragon is easiest to play, and a great farming lead. Yomi Dragon sits somewhere in between. If you're not confident in playing Ra Dragon, Yomi Dragon is generally the recommendation if you want to buy one.

The marionettes are good if you are dead set on playing a color, and is essentially a 2x multiplier for the RGB team of your choice. But it'd basically be useless everywhere else.

But it is a lot of MP, and with so much power creep, I'm not looking to buy anything anytime soon.

[Jem]

Augh, stupid Challenge Dungeon. 3 times I have entered it with 80% Skill Bind Resist and all 3 times skill bind has still landed on me which is a problem as I'm relying on Echidna delay and don't have enough HP to take a hit.

[Anakron]

Which challenge dungeon are you doing, and what team are you bringing?

[Jem]

I think it's 4 or 5, whichever one has the Orb on 3F and Ceres on final floor. I've been taking Horus as his damage output seemed more reliable than Kushinada or Ra on a 5x4 board.

Like I know I'll win if Ceres skillbind doesn't hit me but it hits every damn time despite having 80% in skill binds resist. Just RNG being a dick I guess.

[Tricen]

80%=0% as they say lol. Yeah it's stupid, I know. When it doesn't matter it'll proc but when it matters you crit fail. Like come on. I need red trifruits for a few evos. Guess what never drops ever? Sigh

[Anakron]

Rainbow (and combo leads, to an extent) aren't very good for the 5x4 boards, because there are fewer orbs available to do rainbow matches or combo. Static multipliers are much better.

But if you don't have such options, it's not that bad to keep trying. Stamina refreshes so quickly nowadays that you can try again in a few hours.

[Jem]

Yeah, combo/rainbow leads are basically my only option unless I go something ultra tanky like Lucifer or maybe try cheese with Grodin and Ammy. Or I could even use Ceres and just chip away but the 3rd floor could screw me there.

I have like Valkyrie/L.Meta (still can't take a hit), Skuld (Water against Wood), R.Odin (awful RCV). But I don't have any of the solid static leads which can tank a hit. Maybe Athena or Zeus Dios but they aren't levelled.

I actually think Kushinada might be the best bet, just coupled with a different leader to normal. Maybe like Verdandi and full wood team or something

[Anakron]

If you can get enough B/G subs for Skuld, you can do Skuld x Ryune for a tanky build. It's almost like I&I x Ryune, just less RCV and no 2x active.

[Jem]

Not the same dungeon but entered another dungeon with a skill bind boss and again 3 times in a row bind has landed. 80% truly is 0%. Considering that's a 0.006% chance, I'm calling rigged.

In other news I U. Evo'ed Beefcake Owl. I don't really care if he's useful or not. I evo'ed him before purely because I thought it was hilarious he went from being a scholar to beefy out of nowhere. Now he's even more ridiculous I had to evo him again (although his prior form looks funnier because it still has the stretched clothes on)

EDIT: I guess he's not a bad leader thinking about it and he's got decent awakenings

[Yuri-G]

guys


guys


Shantotto is coming to PAD


SHANTOTTO


and Terra <3


guys


seriously guys


SHANTOTTO

[Anakron]

Too bad she's probably going to end up being a useless 4* like Vivi.

[Tricen]

don't even care, do want.

[Yuri-G]

agreed @ anakron, but also agreed @ tricen