Tales of Link

[Ayn]

Ugh, I still need to cough up 19 stones. Was going to try Ares realm, but I'm stuck on one of the earth trials because my strongest team is wind.

That, and that fucking freeze move.

[Ayn]

Ugh, just a 5 Star jude and a bunch of no names.

[arus2001]

Yeah, I can't bring myself to do a 50 stone pull unless they guarantee a 5*. Otherwise, the game has way too many characters/variants that even getting the one you want could still troll you. x.x

[Ayn]

Eh, actually dropped some money on 60 hero stones, did two pulls.

Got the shitty Yuri (no, not the good one with turn delay. the stupid festival one) and the shitty Colette.

But at least I got Kratos.

About the only thing I could see Yuri being useful for is if I place Reid as a lead and field and all thrust team.

[Kirin]

Just as a psa, there are 2 events that started today. Both are down at the bottom of the lists after Sara and Lippy clash stages.

6 stage skit for Sara's birthday. 3 hero stones and about 20 stamins. Clear it and forget it.

Sara's Birthday actual event. This rewards tokens for the exchange shop where you upgrade the event items. Each difficulty is 3 stamina and the fights are easy. This is the event that global needs to clear 1,000,000 times for collective rewards.

Edit: I take it back, even the easier fights can give headaches and the tougher ones can flat out kill you in one hit. They all don't have a lot of HP, as I took 2 2x at 50%+ HP atk leads, fell below 50% HP, and still took them out in one unboosted MA. Just bring a multi tile changer and you won't have problems.

Also went against better judgement and pulled again on the anniversary banner. 5* Cheria (not the event one) and 3* junk. I think the next rainbow load comes with new years, so I'm just saving until then I guess.

[Meian]

Should I be blowing all my stones on this outfit guarantee event? I just been hoarding for ages.

[Kirin]

Should I be blowing all my stones on this outfit guarantee event? I just been hoarding for ages.

If you need arte healers, yes. There's some very good units in the pool on top of that too.

If you pull all 5 times, it's like an 85% chance at an arte healer.

[Meian]

I don't know much about Arte healers outside of them being needed for harder content.
I got Ludger which says Restore 50% of damage dealt as hp. Is this considered one? Or is it a direct heal?

[Kirin]

Yes, arte healers are basically a unit that restores your hp as their specific arte attack goes off.

It's the most efficient healing in the game outside of advanced use of a heart tile changer.

So when Ludgers arte goes off and it does 20k damage, it will also heal you for 10k.

[Ayn]

Having even *one* arte healer on my team was a total gamechanger for me; God Eater Edna.

It also meant everyone and their mom suddenly wants to friend me.

About 20 stones shy of another pull. FINALLY cleared that Ares realm section that was blocking me.

Oh, according to my friend.. even though the Saleh fight (Trial of Dark) only shows you getting one of any item he drops (herb or guardian ticket), it's actually 5 in your inventory soo..not a bad idea to farm if you want.

Honestly at this point, the only thing I really need is maaaayyybe another solid arte healer. I'm pretty much set on Turn Delay people (Keele, God Eater Reid, Regular Reid).

[Meian]

Yes, arte healers are basically a unit that restores your hp as their specific arte attack goes off.

It's the most efficient healing in the game outside of advanced use of a heart tile changer.

So when Ludgers arte goes off and it does 20k damage, it will also heal you for 10k.

I see, so I can just cease on pulling this banner then since I have him? Or keep going for more of them and other units here.

[Kirin]

I see, so I can just cease on pulling this banner then since I have him? Or keep going for more of them and other units here.

I'd pull the max 5 times honestly. It's the best banner global has had, theoretically stronger than God Eater, and with a little luck in grabbing 2-3 arte healers can make tackling higher end content a lot easier.

[Ayn]

Speaking of, Kirin:

Any tips for handling the Wind trial in the Ares Realm? The one with the..3 headed Cerberus or whatever.

My team is pretty much all wind. The elemental system in this game is weird, so I think earth is actually strong? Only have 3 or so earth units/weapons.

[Kirin]

Speaking of, Kirin:

Any tips for handling the Wind trial in the Ares Realm? The one with the..3 headed Cerberus or whatever.

My team is pretty much all wind. The elemental system in this game is weird, so I think earth is actually strong? Only have 3 or so earth units/weapons.

The Cerberus stages generally start the "save LC until you can use a boosted MA" and are generally the last major hurdle before being able to tackle the last 3-4 Ares stages.

Earth would beat wind. I don't always worry about loading out my party with hidden elements. An earth weapon on your finisher (double weapons) and then armor on everyone (except arte healers, go armor+weapon) helps with surviving long enough to get the boosted MA off.

Guardians and gear help a lot more than hidden elements for your party, with the exception of the finisher.

[Ayn]

Good advice Kirin:

Made it to the light Cerberus stage. Not sure if I'll be able to make it past this or even get a Barbatos item..but those tips were a huge help.

[Meian]

I'd pull the max 5 times honestly. It's the best banner global has had, theoretically stronger than God Eater, and with a little luck in grabbing 2-3 arte healers can make tackling higher end content a lot easier.

Did so, the other Arte healer I got was Bride Sara.

Other 5's I got was Bright Eyes Sorey, New Year's Party Estelle, Lovely Cheerleader Marta (2 of them), New Year's Kimono Ludger (2 of them including the first one I mentioned in an earlier post).

In what circumstances should I be fusing the 5's dupes to each other? Going to have to rework this team it seems... not many good guides on it.

[arus2001]

May wanna hold off on fusing them. However, if their hidden element happens to align with your usual party, it might be okay. Like, Wind is my strongest since I managed to pull some good guardians when that phase was going. Then again, I've only been playing about 50 days now.

Still kinda flummoxed seeing people with 24k+ ATK when my highest barely break 11k with matching guardian.

[Kirin]

I would go ahead and combine the Marta's personally, because she doesnt have anything that would truly warrant using more than 1 of her. Shes a decent tile changer without an arte heal, lucky healing, LC boost, or similar trait that would provide benefit of keeping her separate. Might as well get the small boost in stats.

Bride Sara has the best active heal in the game right now, in addition to being a decent arte healer and good stats as a bash unit. Her issue is sadly she got royally demolished with her passives. Everyone else you got is worth keeping separate.

As a general rule, never fuse arte healers. Rely on limit breaking them with limit hawks.

[Ayn]

Did another pull.

Vest Parka Asbel.
Kratos #2.

Pretty nice, as Vest Parka Asbel replaces God Eater Reid as a lead in my backup squad (GE Reid's LS - Boost HP/Atk/RCV of Thrust by 1.5; Vest Parka is HP/Atk of Thrust/Shot).

So now in my line up of heroes, I have..

4 Arte Healers (GE Edna, Kratos #1, Kratos #2, Asbel)
2 Single Target Turn Delayers (GE Reid, 5 Star Reid)
1 AoE Turn Delayer (4 Star Keele)
..1 random skill turn delayer (Lumiela).

I think I'm set. Just have to work on weapons now.

The only thing that would be better is a lead like Stahn or Anni-Sara (1.5 across the board), but eh.

[Ayn]

Pop up Ares Realm.

I'm still a bit stuck on the Barbatos one, but I think I'm gonna go all in on the Mithos one.

Also, Global Milla is pretty solid.

But ugh at the soul arena being wind element..just getting trashed in it. I don't think I'll be able to get her UR arte, and getting even 100k for her SR one is a struggle right now.