Thread: Accessory Quests

I ran rank 4s for every element for several weeks until I ran out of elemental runes; when I'm low I run rank 3s instead. I've typically had a ~95% success rate in rank 4s.

Rank 3s seem to have an equal SSR drop rate to rank 4s. Rank 4s drop 2 SRs instead of 1, and more enhance fodder also. If you just want SSRs, rank 3s are fine. However, SRs will actually be standard equipment for quite a while. You'll get a lot of them, so you'll have a wide pick of buffs to choose from, and they're relatively cheap to level to max for the full buff effect. For the must-have affliction rate up buff, I'll even happily equip Rs. Meanwhile, I haven't leveled any of my SSRs; the best I have is a Water brooch with 2x HP and 1x Ability DMG. That's not worth leveling.

-50% Atk sure is painful. Did R3 today, was getting hit for 1500 per attack.

Dreading tomorrow's R4 runs. Not sure how I should handle it. Since reaching -50% is possible without Sol, and Cleanse and Dispel has little use, replacing Sol is possible for a quite large increase in damage output.
... well, would be possible, if I had any other healers. Not sure if Andromeda alone can handle it.

I run all my Rank 4s with Sol as my only healer, though I have Gaia in reserve also. Granted, I relied heavily on healing drops in my runs on Friday, and my other runs since the ATK debuff nerf have been Rank 3s (no cores).

Shingen seems like she'd work well in Thunder teams that already have a class A DEF debuff and Raiko. But if you miss the timing on the Burst, you're going to wipe (should be able to adjust that with ability damage). And if your DEF debuffs miss, you're in serious trouble.

Originally Posted by sanahtlig

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Shingen seems like she'd work well in Thunder teams that already have a class A DEF debuff and Raiko.--

Read: teams that have Tyr and Raiko. I mean, Tyr is literally the only Thunder Hime who has -Def until Mammon. Well, there's Noel, time will tell if we get her or not.

Without Tyr, I can't even run Greed on my Thunder team... I'm doing fine with my Water team, as Sniper Shot + Ryu-Oh + Sol is a good combo.

You can give Arthur + Provisional Forest, Shingen + Raging Assault, or Shingen + Sniper Shot + Kikuri-hime a try on your Water team, since you have Ryu-Oh. Might be able to push to Stun with Provisional Forest and Belphegor. Obviously it'd work a lot better with Cthulhu, and if your DEF debuffs miss you're screwed, but you'll have 2 chances to land them at least.

I wouldn't run with Andromeda if you have Sol. Sol sacrifices 15% damage, but you can get +40% spike damage with Shingen, and that's what counts.

*Finally* got a good Water SSR accessory--from the shop of all places. Affliction rate up + DEF up ring. I'll take it. With this I'll be able to equip every single Water member in my team with triple affliction rate up, once I level them all.

Arthur + Provisional Forest is an interesting idea. It does however mean that my -Def would go down to 32%. Damn, life sure would be easier with Cthulhu. Additionally the first wave would be notably harder without Sniper Shot.

Shingen + Raging Assault is also interesting. Does the added Burst gain stack with Shingen's passive, leaving you with a guaranteed 100 Burst after two turns? Well, either way, same problem as before. Don't think this is viable for my situation.

Kikuri-hime huh... I do have her. The only slot she can get is Triton's, and lack of combo- is terrifying. Even more so now that enemy attacks don't tickle anymore. Without it, a single turn of bad luck can instantly wipe a run. In any of the three waves. Don't think I'll be running her, but for now, I limit broke her and will level her up from 60 -> 70. It's good to have options.


I guess I have some experimenting to do tomorrow. Provisional Forest opens a lot of doors, while Sol's "nerf" hurts a lot. It'll be an almost whole new experience. And that's good, since my god I'm getting sick and tired of Accessory quests.

Originally Posted by sanahtlig

*Finally* got a good Water SSR accessory--from the shop of all places. Affliction rate up + DEF up ring. I'll take it. With this I'll be able to equip every single Water member in my team with triple affliction rate up, once I level them all.

Am very jelly.

Originally Posted by Slashley

Kikuri-hime huh... I do have her. The only slot she can get is Triton's, and lack of combo- is terrifying.

Blind can substitute for Combo attack down. Apocalyse's Blind lands pretty often for me with Mordred's Affliction resistance down.

played couple r4 accesorry after the nerfs, before i felt uncomfortable running with only sol for heal but it was possible. after the nerf i really needed to add andromeda, lost way to much HP in those extremely long and drawn out fights.