Thread: The Princess, The Bandits, and The Capital of Evil Spirits Guide

Originally Posted by lolix

Don't tell me you would rather get saki then get and awaken spica , or your core HAT units first ?

I got Spica, then got Saki, then awakening came and I awoke Bernice, Iris, Betty and Katie (so far). I do not regret getting saki, even though I still haven't CC'ed.
My current limiting factor for awakening isn't DCs, it's unit experience and silver fodder. Possible other use for the 300 DCs would be getting a second Spica to CR the main, not sure if an extra unit is better than a CRed unit or not.

Originally Posted by Eab1990

I didn't even bring up magic fencers because the pumpkins here have MR, as well as the mummies on desert maps that need most of its ranged slots taken up by healers/archers, so you get better mileage out of ninja assassination there too.

Due to their ability to toggle damage type via skill activation Enemy MR and Armor are relatively minor concerns for Magic Fencers compared to the fact that they have a ranged damage penalty and much slower attack speed than ninjas--things have to be pretty heavily armored before magic fencers really rival ninjas in dps. Charlotte and Horace actually can do quite well in this event but that has more to do with the fact that they have decent health and MR and thus are competent lightning rods in addition to pitching in some extra damage at range and dueling in melee. They're more like off-tanks than a big pile of extra dps.

Originally Posted by lolix

ok , i can get behind that. She's a panic buton. A lot of blacks are because of black skills. She's still expensive , and she's still not a priority unit in any case. Don't tell me you would rather get saki then get and awaken spica , or your core HAT units first ?

In all honesty the only Awakened unit you really need is a Healer (even then you don't really), there are many video solutions to maps where you don't require Awakened units or use a variety of different units to fill for not having a certain unit.

I mostly prioritized my damage sponges. You can often make for a lack of soak with careful parachutes and withdrawals but messing around with that crap gets old pretty fast when you're grinding the same map for 10 days. I'd rather just park Awakened Bernice and go back to my book than hover over the withdrawal button to make sure I save enough UP for my next chump blocker.

Just awaken a DPS and iris or Camilla. And you're golden for days, Katie is also good for the passive and she becomes a somewhat decent blocker

lets not forget about awakened spica. Increases damage to all archers , and gets bonus damage to fliers , which is great for farming the x and g maps for more dcs. There are a crapload of units that i'd rather awaken first before buying a saki. That was exactly my point. If ill ever have extra , then sure , ill go for her , but i wouldn't recomant a saki to newbies , unless they really really need a ranged on melee slot

except even if they need a ranged on a melee slot, you wouldn't recommend saki to them either. that was the problem. you could've said she's not necessary for one who has a ranged melee alternative, but you didn't. you literally assumed everyone has access to a good ranged melee already and therefore saki is unnecessary and therefore you can jump straight to AW'ing units without getting saki (after getting spica. spica is a priority, period)

spica is probably a priority even if they need a ranged on melee spot.That's the issue with god damn saki. Like seriously , i've done the shitiest maps that were without/very few ranged slots where a ninja would have helped a lot , without them, even before charlotte;s event, with multiple duelists and/or archers/aoe. Hell , for solanos and horace there were maps that could have been easier with ranged on melee , but i still did it without her , and still got perfect units. Saki is in no way a god damn priority. SHe's good to have if you do want a ranged on melee and you have the dcs for her. If you're a newbie low on dc's , don't bother getting her first. Get a god damn spica and even awaken her long before you even decide to get saki. ANd even then , you might find a better use for those dc seing as we're getting harder and harder maps that require awakenings of healers , or tanks , or of duelists.

lolix what are you 2 main dps ranged slots?

spica/bashira on first account (keep in mind that i started during kerry's era) and bashira/spica/nanaly (still in kerry's era) on my second. Usually my second has better ranged dps. My first has much better duelists/healers