@@Vadikus2424 I want to like your comment but it's at (Arbitrary Number) and I'm an attention hog so I'm gonna make a comment instead of doing the polite thing. I know your anger.
@@Vadikus2424 They really just said "I want to like your comment/video but it's at (random number) and I'm an attention hog and chronically online so I'll leave this comment instead of doing what anyone else would do"
Nah bro, they created vulpi with Flametail kit in hand Flametail skill 3 does 8 dp, vulpi does 9, flametail gains +90% atk, vulpi +110%, flametail has survival in the form of +80% skill dodge, vulpi has her stun + healing, flametail has multitarget on dodge, vulpi has multitarget always with his skill activated, flametail has problems with enemies with a lot of defense, they gave vulpi some arts damage, flametail's skill lasts 8 seconds, vulpi's lasts 10 seconds
@@shiningnightmare5616I agree this is why Storn didn't rank her, tho I'd want welfare to be ranked purely because they are still a rss sink for beginners.
before watch this, I think Thorns the only one I'm interested in, the mechanic looks fun. but let's see, Marcille collab just unskipable for me, Yu for sui siblings of course, the rest Idk, but maybe I end up to get all of them. I wish a great luck for every doktah, may we get what we want for cheap price.
Yu to have at least one Lappalter because Lappalter Marcille is properly skip although nice anime and collab and Vulpisfoliga would be nice to get too The rest is non limited but i definitely want blazealter from Yu-banner and Thorns alter looks interesting but until now maybe a skip xD Nymph easy skip
the video: *ranking units low and explaining why* me, having become accustomed to using 5* units: "Whoa! They're so strong already! If the low-ranking ones are already this overpowered, what will the high-rank ones be?"
I know who I'm pulling for, but still watching because videos like this are so well done and I can pick up a thing or two. Also boosting for the algorithm!
Something I'm surprised you didn't mention after comparing Decadenza's S3 to Goldenglow's: the former has another weakness in that, unlike GG who follows the almost-universal rule of Objective Point proximity, Decadenza's S3 ignores it and (as per its description) targets "nearest enemies" instead - meaning that wolves can be tied up on the far side of the map and Lappy can leak (I'm guessing that's what her "can attack on-skill" is there to cover for). You can spot this behavior at 59:07 , missable because of Nymph and general enemy scarcity: after taking down the bottom car two out of three wolves go for the upper enemy (which is promptly taken out by Nymph's necrosis so the wolves re-target again) whilst Lappy struggles with one random hound until the third wolf catches up.
Funny how we got a 6* primal defender a new archetype, before getting a 6* arts defender an archetype. Which has been around for a very long time. I think Dur-nar is a year 1 unit, if not year 2.
The Lore: "The indomitable Patriot never capitulates, never backs down, and never shows mercy." The Lore: "Having never taken a single step backward, unwavering for even a single second, in the end, death put a stop to the Patriot's lifelong advance." Players, in their infinite hubris and hatred of all that is sacred: "Deals 400% of ATK as Arts damage to the target and inflicts Fear for 5s, and deals an equal amount of AOE Arts damage nearby the target, both of which inflict 25% of Arts damage as additional Necrosis damage; if the target is under the effect of Necrosis damage burst, increases Talent 1 damage to 100% of ATK"
I like the way Baze is built, not only does it incorporate the whole blood used as a weapon but having her drain health but also they are strong but not too strong and for best use they should be paired with good supporting ops. I feel people forget that most units shouldnt have to solo a stage to be good, but if they synergies with a team for result.
I'm still going to roll for Blaze but it does kind of annoy me that like Nymph she absolutely needs another op to help apply elemental damage. Where Logos a primary caster(kind of makes sense to make him busted) and Ebenholz a mystic caster can apply elemental damage on hits with their modules. I can only hope Blaze and Nymph can get similar modules. Mostly because Blaze and Nymph rely on limited ops to bring out their potential.
I do think it's fair to say that it sucks that Blaze's S3 requires a very specific, *limited* operator to use her S3 as intended. This isn't like with Thorns Alter, where you have many options to be that other operator or two needed for his S3. Blaze requires *AoE* burn bursting just to keep up with the health loss (since she needs a burst every four seconds for her talent to keep up with the HP drain, but bursts have a ten second cooldown), and only Yu can give that.
Logos s1 does have a wider use, but Marcille s2 still does better at wave clear, probably because she hits a much wider area than his single target zaps.
Another thing to add about Laptop: Her drones (on S3) has to fly to their target. They're not slow, but they're not that fast either (well, if you compare to GG's drones that just teleports, Laptop's drones are slow I guess lol) It doesn't really hurt her evaluation IMO.
I liked the image comparison with the Steam Knight. They took out the same amount of trash mobs, while doing a similar amount of damage to the ones remaining. The placement was just inverted.
I really love your videos, lots of information that can't be gotten unless you research it for a long time, the dedication and effort u put kn this video is amazing
Slight nitpick regarding Thorns Alter's S1: The functional duration is actually 11 (or 12) seconds, since his first talent increases his skill durations by 3 (or 4) seconds if an ally is in his range, and I'm pretty sure zero people are bringing his S1 solely to heal *himself*... outside of Thornsnknights clears, I mean, but that'd still proc it anyways.
Honestly, I'd say you were---Wis'adel is stronger, obviously, but she's also just incredibly boring to use and doesn't really synergize with many other operators, either rendering them pointless or actively hindering them (as anyone who tried to use enmity or offensive recovery ops during the Icebreaker Games learned).
thanks for the video! not experienced f2p player here. got jessica alter and degen by pure luck and didn't even know if they're worth building or not.. despite your ranking i still wanna get marcille because i love dunmeshi
Here's a little guide from me For one, put the video on 1.25x or 1.5x Then, if you're thinking about pulling anyone here, go for the limited OPs first. this is because they won't rerun and will be much harder to spark than to just pull normally. So, prioritize OPs like Marcille, Lappalter and Yu. If you want the non limited operator on the banner, you should just go for them unless you want both OPs on banner, then just pull until you get them both. You will have to wait for them to rerun like any other non-limited OP, but it'll be more convinient and quicker to just get them when they debut. After that, You should go for the rerunning operators because this will be their last time appearing on a banner by themselves, so if you pull on a banner with 2 or more OPs, there is a chance you won't be getting the OP you want. So, go for them next. Then, go for OPs who are debuting like Vina, Thornsalter and Nymph. So heres a priority pull list 1. Limited OPs 2. Non-limited OPs on the limited banner 3. Rerunning OPs 4. Newly Debuting OPs Hope this helped someone
I thought thorns S3 was his main meta value? *Very* high uptime def/res shred and aoe damage, almost like a permanant ifrit debuff in a massive aoe with better personal damage.
it has 60 SP cost, the uptime is not that good (not that bad either since it starts charging instantly, but his other skills have over or near 100% uptime...
Ur last lesson is the hardest one for me coz why on earth my wisadel is pot 3 and not even a singel copy of logosss fckk im a poor student who can inly afford 200 pull yet he doesn't go home. Wish me luck 🤞🏻 on yhe future locating banner i hope really really hope to get him 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Killer video! Im totally confused why Degenbrencher is on here as new when shes been out since ~ nov last year i think on Global. but nice to know shes getting a great looking skin and she is still OP in the rankings
I saw the kyo live stream and i freaked out the same way he did when they gave us yu s2 Those heavyshooters from ch8 still gives me nightmares and now yu can bully them is crazy
Marcille for Dungeon Meshi, Suzumom for vanguard addiction, Yu for his insane kit, Nymph for pretty. Laptop and Blaze alter will force their way in as I get the other.
Haven't watched the video yet, but my plan for now is Nymph > Marcille > nothing until Vulpisfoglia. Getting lapipi alter would be cool, but not essential. Let's see if I'll change my mind :) Edit: Blaze alter is slow, huh... My Aak senses are tingling.
Lmao tbf for gnosis, its mostly coz they kill frozen mechanic after his release. Like imagine releasing lapter and nymph but soon after releasing fear immune on every boss after that or after yu then put S rank ele resist on each boss after his release
Sui siblings always be my priority, second is collab, and third is alter. I couldn't careless about those new limited OP (because it's not husbandos 😭).
you know whats funny about Blazter, her s3 is similar to candle knight's but need burn burst to be the optimal, and you know who can proc burn beside Yu? the actual candle knight with mod. The audacity of HG
The nymph worse dials on the necrosis scale than the virtuosa. Due to the fact that her damage is still considered art damage (but does apply as necrosis damage), which is dependent on resistances. So I wouldn't say that she scale well.
I've been watching for a while now and I gotta say brother, you are a treasure to the Arknights community. The way you take the time to show examples and even explain skills in layman terms is extraordinary. Arknights is better because you exist. That said, a lot of the demerits you mentioned for for some operators aren't really demerits? I mean no operator alone is meant to solo bosses or stages. Operators needing other ops to shine is just basic teambuilding though I will give you that limited ops needing other limited ops to shine is a bit much but eh c'est la vie.
@@Eusthasia Blaze alt S3 is way better than Marcille's S3 in IS (even without Yu) , Marcille's only good skill in IS is her S2 and thats because of the perma slow-stun it brings with ASPD
There’s really nothing to talk about. There hasn’t been a single reason to use it yet because S2 provides more than enough in most content. S3 is primarily a debuff skill and on paper it’s effects are good, but there’s just been no content that requires this. It might see usage in the upcoming CC3, but there’s also it’s positioning requirements that might hinder it there too. If you’re a casual player, you will mainly use S2 and potentially S1 for afk.
Thorn alter is like phramanix upgrade not even shamare upgrade since thorn dont have her global range debuff which make her nice to use. Imagine converting phramanix fragile (with wisadel damage) with thorn alter dps. Thorn alter truly just offer bit better debuff number
@@IB_KIT wrong, his S3 can be used everywhere, you just need a melee op in range and it will apply the skill effects to all the enemies that its blocks
@@Eusthasia thats not the point, Storm even praised Yu S3 for making DPS art a "boss killer" even quibai can kill patriots like yu showcase if you use thorns s3 something that even the shamare/pramanix debuff can't do Yes, it's true that the Thorns debuff doesn't have a global range and is a bit difficult to use...but why did he skip it? skip it? not even mentioned in the slightest
TBH for me Thorns alter s2 can be really qol with big aoe range+uptime for trash mobs and early damage but also due to the issues mentioned by Storn and the low numbers in 2025 I just find that it is not nearly as appealing as one of the best debuff skills in the game (which actually provides more damage than s2 as well) I understand the argument that s2 is more interesting for daily and casual play which is true, but s2 is also unmeasurably more replaceable than his s3 imo.
All these good operators, and I wasted my orundums and OP trying to get the Egyptian cnnuy (that I didn't get anyway). I must save pulls more strictly from now on.
As my Logos is already M9 at max level and Pot 5 I will focus on the future operators: My plan for now is to go for the limited units Marcille, Lappland alter and Yu. Maybe I will skip Marcille because her kit is annoying me a lot I already can see it but we'll see if fomo will get me.
Funny blaze alter situation Its not limbussy bro, you cant just create 2 units of highest rarity who relies much on eachother to do big numbers (Full stop office hong lu and heathcliff)
Yea. Like making units that rely on other units is *fine*, but when that unit is a limited character... That's actually scummy. Limited characters might as well not exist past their initial banner if you don't spend money or skip 90% of banners to spark them later. The fact they've done this twice, first time with Virtuosa, is awful. At least have the decency of making good lower rarity elemental units At least Limbus allows you to reliably get every character you want (even if Walpurgis units have a 3 month wait for spark)
@@Vadikus2424 conversly, Pregor will absolutely kill himself in the average bleed build MD without Dulci. So atleast there's some level of codependence. Yu works just fine without Blaze, but blaze needs Yu.
Well, thank you for the showcase. I do have a question to: Isn't it normal (for a gameplay standpoint) that the primal caster are far more weaker when there isn't any ritualist or primal protector? I get that it's silly that the damage change so much without the support off ritualist/Primal pro, but for me it feel more logical because they are build to capitalize on the elemental damage. Then against, I guess it's just my point of view on the subject.
@@simmie912 Not if you have GG. As much as I am a Lappland simp GG is everything Lappland can do but better in terms of global caster thanks to her RES shred, and her global drone attack is better than slow floaty wolf thing
@@fz_dracohart1255 Did you even watch the video dummy?, the RES ignore of GG doesn't matter when Lappalter deals around 3x more dmg than her, and Yu S3 helps her a lot by being able to make her proc burn which reduces the enemy RES by -20, also Lappalter is way faster at applying burn compared to GG, the floating wolves from S3 are only a downside when playing IS/SSS with a lot ASPD buffs, GG is way weaker compared to Lappalter outside of IS/SSS
At the end with the Logos praise i was expecting a showcase with him + Yu with the burning wall thing lmao because the first thing i imagined after seeing Yu's S3 was "So now my Logos can become an even more powerful AFK killing machine" 🤣
Only one kind of elemental damage can proc at one time, so Yu's burn will compete with Logos' necrotic damage. Best pair for Yu is global range casters or fast arts damage source like Thorns
Every passing day, I regret thinking that I didn't need Shu because I already had Saria. I'm getting that same sort of feeling with Yu where I don't think I want him, but I think I might regret that
Tragically no, since the game categorizes alchemy unity damage as sourceless. Though, on the bright side, it also means he doesn't proc reflexive damage targeted at attacking operators (like the Last Knight's cold debuff or Spiked chests), and his skills will benefit from buffs for their full duration regardless of when the buff itself wears off, so long as Thorns tossed the unit while the buff was present. (In case you're wondering--yes, this does mean he can absolutely cheese the Last Knight in IS3)
1 HOUR RANKING VIDEO CHOCK FULL OF CASTER JUST TO SAY LEVEL UP YOUR LOGOS IS COMEDY GOLD
I want to like your comment but it 100 like right now so I thing I will leave it there
@@ngocthachtran689 i HATE these types of replies so much
@@Vadikus2424 I want to like your comment but it's at (Arbitrary Number) and I'm an attention hog so I'm gonna make a comment instead of doing the polite thing.
I know your anger.
@@Vadikus2424 They really just said "I want to like your comment/video but it's at (random number) and I'm an attention hog and chronically online so I'll leave this comment instead of doing what anyone else would do"
Agreed, but only because this upsets youtube people who care about meaningless numbers @@ngocthachtran689
Level up your Logos is truly the based advice! Thank you for mentioning him, This man is very useful to bring in any stage.
Nah, waifu only account. Logos stays at Lv. 1, occasionally useful in the training room.
@@EvanOfTheDarkness but logoat is the best waifu :v
@@EvanOfTheDarkness Cringe
@@EvanOfTheDarkness you do you, I guess. It’s your account after all.
Don't worry guys, my Wisadel is staying at level 1 until the sun explodes so it balances out.
In a world full of powercreep, I alone am the balanced one
-Suzumom
Crownslayer alone is the fraudulent one
Nah bro, they created vulpi with Flametail kit in hand
Flametail skill 3 does 8 dp, vulpi does 9, flametail gains +90% atk, vulpi +110%, flametail has survival in the form of +80% skill dodge, vulpi has her stun + healing, flametail has multitarget on dodge, vulpi has multitarget always with his skill activated, flametail has problems with enemies with a lot of defense, they gave vulpi some arts damage, flametail's skill lasts 8 seconds, vulpi's lasts 10 seconds
@@niyoruds4922vulpi is a girl, mate
@@niyoruds4922 Literally got powercrept in the same niche wtf
@@LowrollHaterSiege & Saga: first time?
Missed opportunity to say "Yuseless" and "Yuseful" for Blaze alters ranking lmfao
lmao
27:00 Lmao Crownslayer getting a small cameo where she kills a grand total of 2 enemies with her S3 over the span of 10 seconds...so peak.
reminder for those who want to watch the whole thing but dont want to spend the hour: you can speed the video up
Lmao
The way my eyes widened when I read this cause I did t register that the video was AN HOUR
Hardbass Hortus de escapismo at 2× speed is something else
Or just skip to the end- spoiler: just use Logos
Or just watch in segments
Poor Crownslayer didn´t even make it to the ranking lmao.
This was so well done, thank you for the detailed explanations!
Well, obviously this one is for gacha operators and act as a priority guide for who to pull
You don't have to worry for CS cause you'll get her anyway
She's welfare
@@shiningnightmare5616I agree this is why Storn didn't rank her, tho I'd want welfare to be ranked purely because they are still a rss sink for beginners.
@@Khroniclas crownslayer couldn't even kill her boss form while being maxed everything
As F2P I welcome her with open arms, well I didn't build any meta operators anyway.
Was only going to watch a little, mostly to see where they place against each other, but the detailed commentary got me.
23:58 even in a video that isn’t about him, executor cannot escape storns glaze 😭
Yeah Logos is just HIM nothing can beat that beautiful mf
Don't jinx it man 🤫
before watch this, I think Thorns the only one I'm interested in, the mechanic looks fun.
but let's see, Marcille collab just unskipable for me, Yu for sui siblings of course, the rest Idk, but maybe I end up to get all of them.
I wish a great luck for every doktah, may we get what we want for cheap price.
Yu to have at least one
Lappalter because Lappalter
Marcille is properly skip although nice anime and collab and Vulpisfoliga would be nice to get too
The rest is non limited but i definitely want blazealter from Yu-banner and Thorns alter looks interesting but until now maybe a skip xD
Nymph easy skip
Marcille is auto pull because super limited. Lappland alter is pull because lappland. That is all
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 Marcille looks fun with Yu. Not as useful as the others, but still fun.
Yu is the only one I'm really gunning for. I need that twink NOW
Bruh thorn the LOBSTER killing me
bruh i though it was his real name
the video: *ranking units low and explaining why*
me, having become accustomed to using 5* units: "Whoa! They're so strong already! If the low-ranking ones are already this overpowered, what will the high-rank ones be?"
I know who I'm pulling for, but still watching because videos like this are so well done and I can pick up a thing or two. Also boosting for the algorithm!
Freaking Gnosis hanging out in the background KILLED me LMAO
4 new casters, surely the caster meta has changed.
Build your Logos.
My 🐐 at it again. Thanks Storn for the great content. Time to see who is worth it.
11:04 "blaze attacking once every chinese new year" lol
The message in this video is very clear and very accurate: LEVEL YOUR LOGOD
Something I'm surprised you didn't mention after comparing Decadenza's S3 to Goldenglow's: the former has another weakness in that, unlike GG who follows the almost-universal rule of Objective Point proximity, Decadenza's S3 ignores it and (as per its description) targets "nearest enemies" instead - meaning that wolves can be tied up on the far side of the map and Lappy can leak (I'm guessing that's what her "can attack on-skill" is there to cover for). You can spot this behavior at 59:07 , missable because of Nymph and general enemy scarcity: after taking down the bottom car two out of three wolves go for the upper enemy (which is promptly taken out by Nymph's necrosis so the wolves re-target again) whilst Lappy struggles with one random hound until the third wolf catches up.
Arknights basically became Limited Banner Simulator
Dang 1 hour
Funny how we got a 6* primal defender a new archetype, before getting a 6* arts defender an archetype. Which has been around for a very long time. I think Dur-nar is a year 1 unit, if not year 2.
Durnar was at launch abestos was year 2 and chenzy was a year ago
The Lore: "The indomitable Patriot never capitulates, never backs down, and never shows mercy."
The Lore: "Having never taken a single step backward, unwavering for even a single second, in the end, death put a stop to the Patriot's lifelong advance."
Players, in their infinite hubris and hatred of all that is sacred: "Deals 400% of ATK as Arts damage to the target and inflicts Fear for 5s, and deals an equal amount of AOE Arts damage nearby the target, both of which inflict 25% of Arts damage as additional Necrosis damage; if the target is under the effect of Necrosis damage burst, increases Talent 1 damage to 100% of ATK"
I have a 9 am tournament tomorrow and I watched the whole thing, whoops. Good video! (So many casters.)
I like the way Baze is built, not only does it incorporate the whole blood used as a weapon but having her drain health but also they are strong but not too strong and for best use they should be paired with good supporting ops. I feel people forget that most units shouldnt have to solo a stage to be good, but if they synergies with a team for result.
You've been naughty.
I'm still going to roll for Blaze but it does kind of annoy me that like Nymph she absolutely needs another op to help apply elemental damage. Where Logos a primary caster(kind of makes sense to make him busted) and Ebenholz a mystic caster can apply elemental damage on hits with their modules. I can only hope Blaze and Nymph can get similar modules. Mostly because Blaze and Nymph rely on limited ops to bring out their potential.
@@kosmosXcannon All Nymph needs a copy paste Core Caster Y Module and she'll be S or EX tier.
I do think it's fair to say that it sucks that Blaze's S3 requires a very specific, *limited* operator to use her S3 as intended. This isn't like with Thorns Alter, where you have many options to be that other operator or two needed for his S3. Blaze requires *AoE* burn bursting just to keep up with the health loss (since she needs a burst every four seconds for her talent to keep up with the HP drain, but bursts have a ten second cooldown), and only Yu can give that.
@ that would defeat the purpose of the class.
2:14 Banger suddenly dropped
Logos s1 does have a wider use, but Marcille s2 still does better at wave clear, probably because she hits a much wider area than his single target zaps.
i love your detailed analysis of the operatos
72k ready just for Nymph (without having arturia), She'll come home for sure. I like her design, kit and voice a lot
Team up Nymph with Mostima, Stainless, Ptlopsis, Saria, and/or Warfarin and she'll do WONDERS on S2.
@@bloxguy999 yep thats exactly my plan is, I have so many team that will help Nymph even if I don't have arturia
YU TOP 1 LET'S GOOOOO
Another thing to add about Laptop: Her drones (on S3) has to fly to their target. They're not slow, but they're not that fast either (well, if you compare to GG's drones that just teleports, Laptop's drones are slow I guess lol)
It doesn't really hurt her evaluation IMO.
I liked the image comparison with the Steam Knight. They took out the same amount of trash mobs, while doing a similar amount of damage to the ones remaining. The placement was just inverted.
Was NOT expecting the Enviosity reference at the end there.
Can't wait for throns alter
I really love your videos, lots of information that can't be gotten unless you research it for a long time, the dedication and effort u put kn this video is amazing
Slight nitpick regarding Thorns Alter's S1: The functional duration is actually 11 (or 12) seconds, since his first talent increases his skill durations by 3 (or 4) seconds if an ally is in his range, and I'm pretty sure zero people are bringing his S1 solely to heal *himself*... outside of Thornsnknights clears, I mean, but that'd still proc it anyways.
Gnosis jumps care is 🔥
I managed to pull only Walter from "Our kind" banner and as more time goes on, i unironically feel like i got shafted.
Honestly, I'd say you were---Wis'adel is stronger, obviously, but she's also just incredibly boring to use and doesn't really synergize with many other operators, either rendering them pointless or actively hindering them (as anyone who tried to use enmity or offensive recovery ops during the Icebreaker Games learned).
thanks for the video! not experienced f2p player here. got jessica alter and degen by pure luck and didn't even know if they're worth building or not.. despite your ranking i still wanna get marcille because i love dunmeshi
Degen is considered as meta as Mlynar so if you can build herr, do it. Jessica alter while isn't meta is quite fun to use as still strong as a 6*
@@fz_dracohart1255 Yeah Jessica alter is a really solid unit, mostly down to her utility if you can learn using her.
20:25 that's some nice tech you got there. Lucky for you I'm too lazy to even steal it
incredible video, thanks for working so hard for us brother.
I'm surprised you didn't mention thorns alter s3
Ah, blaze, the caster that wins by (unintentional) self harm
Nymph is cute ROLL HER ROLL HER
Yuji has waited so long to get a 6 star operator with their art
I know who I wanted already but I love this type of content on every second
A 1hr vid by one of my fav Arknights youtubers? Hell yeah!!
This video is just soooo good,tysm
I will go for Thorns and then Yu. I have already a fairly amount of metas so just going for operators i like
I feel like Marcille S3 should definitely had either RES ignore, or True Damage to reflect the amount of setup required.
Also, once we get a Burn Ritualist Blaze is getting a huge synergy boost
@@lt.swampfox7339 my man Bobbing getting ignored...
Here's a little guide from me
For one, put the video on 1.25x or 1.5x
Then, if you're thinking about pulling anyone here, go for the limited OPs first. this is because they won't rerun and will be much harder to spark than to just pull normally. So, prioritize OPs like Marcille, Lappalter and Yu. If you want the non limited operator on the banner, you should just go for them unless you want both OPs on banner, then just pull until you get them both. You will have to wait for them to rerun like any other non-limited OP, but it'll be more convinient and quicker to just get them when they debut. After that, You should go for the rerunning operators because this will be their last time appearing on a banner by themselves, so if you pull on a banner with 2 or more OPs, there is a chance you won't be getting the OP you want. So, go for them next. Then, go for OPs who are debuting like Vina, Thornsalter and Nymph.
So heres a priority pull list
1. Limited OPs
2. Non-limited OPs on the limited banner
3. Rerunning OPs
4. Newly Debuting OPs
Hope this helped someone
1 hour without audio to listen while doing other stuff is kinda diabolical
thx as always for the video storn
1:14:20 YOU DID *NOT* JUST MAKE A MINTPICKER REFERENCE LMAOOOO!!!
Subscribed! 🤣🤣
Yu is really incredible, teleporting enemy with s2 and literally become torchwood on s3
I thought thorns S3 was his main meta value? *Very* high uptime def/res shred and aoe damage, almost like a permanant ifrit debuff in a massive aoe with better personal damage.
it has 60 SP cost, the uptime is not that good (not that bad either since it starts charging instantly, but his other skills have over or near 100% uptime...
Wait, what about Thorns Alter S3?
strom dont know how to use it
@@nuginurohman7613 I'll take this as a joke I just didn't get
NOTHING is stopping me from pulling for blaze . Knowing my luck ill be getting Yu as well. Time for a cracked team
Great video!
Ur last lesson is the hardest one for me coz why on earth my wisadel is pot 3 and not even a singel copy of logosss fckk im a poor student who can inly afford 200 pull yet he doesn't go home. Wish me luck 🤞🏻 on yhe future locating banner i hope really really hope to get him 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Anyway i've watched ur whole video its well made, and so nice to see. Thx u so much
Wishing you a logos off-rate on your future banners! GL
Same I was so sad bc I returned to Arknights after so long just to get him and I didn’t get him :( hope he’ll come off-banner soon!
Same, I got wis pot 5 and 2 other ops but I just want Logos😭😭😭
Didnt realized this was a 1 hour video until i finished it and looking at the comments, albeit at x2 speed
Killer video! Im totally confused why Degenbrencher is on here as new when shes been out since ~ nov last year i think on Global. but nice to know shes getting a great looking skin and she is still OP in the rankings
So basically the limited banners are the ones to pull on, plus Nymph and maybe Thorns. If you get Blaze try to get Yu.
I saw the kyo live stream and i freaked out the same way he did when they gave us yu s2
Those heavyshooters from ch8 still gives me nightmares and now yu can bully them is crazy
Marcille for Dungeon Meshi, Suzumom for vanguard addiction, Yu for his insane kit, Nymph for pretty. Laptop and Blaze alter will force their way in as I get the other.
Haven't watched the video yet, but my plan for now is Nymph > Marcille > nothing until Vulpisfoglia. Getting lapipi alter would be cool, but not essential. Let's see if I'll change my mind :)
Edit: Blaze alter is slow, huh... My Aak senses are tingling.
I'm watching it as if I hadn't already decided to try all of them
Thorns the Lobster got a giggle out of me
Lappland might be the first instance where I just actually use both Lapland and GG. Just cycle the skills when you don´t want to deal with the map.
Lmao tbf for gnosis, its mostly coz they kill frozen mechanic after his release. Like imagine releasing lapter and nymph but soon after releasing fear immune on every boss after that or after yu then put S rank ele resist on each boss after his release
Sui siblings always be my priority, second is collab, and third is alter. I couldn't careless about those new limited OP (because it's not husbandos 😭).
you know whats funny about Blazter, her s3 is similar to candle knight's but need burn burst to be the optimal, and you know who can proc burn beside Yu? the actual candle knight with mod. The audacity of HG
thanks for the guide, maybe now I can beat H 7-1
The nymph worse dials on the necrosis scale than the virtuosa. Due to the fact that her damage is still considered art damage (but does apply as necrosis damage), which is dependent on resistances. So I wouldn't say that she scale well.
Why would Blaze alter talent damage being wasted on weaker enemies in s2 be a problem when her s2 is true aoe? You're not wasting any time on them.
I've been watching for a while now and I gotta say brother, you are a treasure to the Arknights community. The way you take the time to show examples and even explain skills in layman terms is extraordinary. Arknights is better because you exist. That said, a lot of the demerits you mentioned for for some operators aren't really demerits? I mean no operator alone is meant to solo bosses or stages.
Operators needing other ops to shine is just basic teambuilding though I will give you that limited ops needing other limited ops to shine is a bit much but eh c'est la vie.
finally our sea urchin become a full fledged lobster
An over 1 hour Arknights video? Don't mind if I do
26:57 IS THAT THE META DEFINING UNIT THE CLOWNSLAYER?!
Blaze attacking once every Chinese New Year 🤣🤣
Yu S2 is basically thyme warp lite edition and S3 is super buffed torch wood😂
OH GOD IT IS 😭
watching blood knight, i can hear a loud "come on broooo, i want to move"
Won’t be a storn video without some fedex glaze
the true endgame content is base building. roll thorns for base sl@ve
THE FACTORY MUST GROW
the fact half of them are alters and one is an older version of an already existing unit
now that i look at it, isnt blaze alter s3 just a stronger version of marcille's s3?
If you're looking at it even more, Blazer S3 literally has the same explosion VFX as Marcille S3
Funny enough that marchile s3 is better on IS than blazter s3 for oneshot overbuffed strat
@@Eusthasia Blaze alt S3 is way better than Marcille's S3 in IS (even without Yu) , Marcille's only good skill in IS is her S2 and thats because of the perma slow-stun it brings with ASPD
others does fancy originium magic to attack, lappland just releases the dogs 😂😂
Not talking about Thorns s3 is crazy lmao
There’s really nothing to talk about. There hasn’t been a single reason to use it yet because S2 provides more than enough in most content. S3 is primarily a debuff skill and on paper it’s effects are good, but there’s just been no content that requires this. It might see usage in the upcoming CC3, but there’s also it’s positioning requirements that might hinder it there too. If you’re a casual player, you will mainly use S2 and potentially S1 for afk.
Thorn alter is like phramanix upgrade not even shamare upgrade since thorn dont have her global range debuff which make her nice to use. Imagine converting phramanix fragile (with wisadel damage) with thorn alter dps. Thorn alter truly just offer bit better debuff number
@@IB_KIT wrong, his S3 can be used everywhere, you just need a melee op in range and it will apply the skill effects to all the enemies that its blocks
@@Eusthasia thats not the point, Storm even praised Yu S3 for making DPS art a "boss killer"
even quibai can kill patriots like yu showcase if you use thorns s3
something that even the shamare/pramanix debuff can't do
Yes, it's true that the Thorns debuff doesn't have a global range and is a bit difficult to use...but why did he skip it? skip it? not even mentioned in the slightest
TBH for me Thorns alter s2 can be really qol with big aoe range+uptime for trash mobs and early damage but also due to the issues mentioned by Storn and the low numbers in 2025 I just find that it is not nearly as appealing as one of the best debuff skills in the game (which actually provides more damage than s2 as well)
I understand the argument that s2 is more interesting for daily and casual play which is true, but s2 is also unmeasurably more replaceable than his s3 imo.
Mr? Why does thorns only have 2 skills? I was hoping to learn more about the third skill which I must have dreamed of in my sleep
Bro really did that zoom in on Thorns alt showcase to show everyone he found a way to use CS.... poor crownslayer lol
23:01 at a base line she will work provided you have basic knowledge on how the game works and use her s3
All these good operators, and I wasted my orundums and OP trying to get the Egyptian cnnuy (that I didn't get anyway). I must save pulls more strictly from now on.
As my Logos is already M9 at max level and Pot 5 I will focus on the future operators:
My plan for now is to go for the limited units Marcille, Lappland alter and Yu.
Maybe I will skip Marcille because her kit is annoying me a lot I already can see it but we'll see if fomo will get me.
Funny blaze alter situation
Its not limbussy bro, you cant just create 2 units of highest rarity who relies much on eachother to do big numbers (Full stop office hong lu and heathcliff)
(yea, they are doing great alone, but together they are just 500% better)
Don't forget the Bloodfiends. Without Pregor, everyone is still usable but with him on the team, they became so much better
Yea. Like making units that rely on other units is *fine*, but when that unit is a limited character... That's actually scummy.
Limited characters might as well not exist past their initial banner if you don't spend money or skip 90% of banners to spark them later.
The fact they've done this twice, first time with Virtuosa, is awful. At least have the decency of making good lower rarity elemental units
At least Limbus allows you to reliably get every character you want (even if Walpurgis units have a 3 month wait for spark)
@@Vadikus2424 gregnancy 👍
@@Vadikus2424 conversly, Pregor will absolutely kill himself in the average bleed build MD without Dulci. So atleast there's some level of codependence. Yu works just fine without Blaze, but blaze needs Yu.
Well, thank you for the showcase.
I do have a question to:
Isn't it normal (for a gameplay standpoint) that the primal caster are far more weaker when there isn't any ritualist or primal protector?
I get that it's silly that the damage change so much without the support off ritualist/Primal pro, but for me it feel more logical because they are build to capitalize on the elemental damage.
Then against, I guess it's just my point of view on the subject.
I'd go for Yu (obviously), and Vina because she's the strongest true damage dealer for now. Others just don't seem appealing
I don't know about strongest but she does seem easier to use than Nearl S3
tbh if you go for Yu, you gotta at least go for Lapalter, she's one of his best partner
@@simmie912 Not if you have GG. As much as I am a Lappland simp GG is everything Lappland can do but better in terms of global caster thanks to her RES shred, and her global drone attack is better than slow floaty wolf thing
@@fz_dracohart1255 Yeah exactly, I pulled GG back in 2022😂
@@fz_dracohart1255 Did you even watch the video dummy?, the RES ignore of GG doesn't matter when Lappalter deals around 3x more dmg than her, and Yu S3 helps her a lot by being able to make her proc burn which reduces the enemy RES by -20, also Lappalter is way faster at applying burn compared to GG, the floating wolves from S3 are only a downside when playing IS/SSS with a lot ASPD buffs, GG is way weaker compared to Lappalter outside of IS/SSS
jessica is actully really good in is
At the end with the Logos praise i was expecting a showcase with him + Yu with the burning wall thing lmao because the first thing i imagined after seeing Yu's S3 was "So now my Logos can become an even more powerful AFK killing machine" 🤣
Only one kind of elemental damage can proc at one time, so Yu's burn will compete with Logos' necrotic damage. Best pair for Yu is global range casters or fast arts damage source like Thorns
@@fz_dracohart1255 I see i see, but considering Logos Necrosis is RNG dependent maybe their synergy isn't completely off :0
Every passing day, I regret thinking that I didn't need Shu because I already had Saria. I'm getting that same sort of feeling with Yu where I don't think I want him, but I think I might regret that
Can Thorns alter work with that new Sui sibling?
Anything deal art dmg that pass through the fire wall work with him
sadly no
Tragically no, since the game categorizes alchemy unity damage as sourceless. Though, on the bright side, it also means he doesn't proc reflexive damage targeted at attacking operators (like the Last Knight's cold debuff or Spiked chests), and his skills will benefit from buffs for their full duration regardless of when the buff itself wears off, so long as Thorns tossed the unit while the buff was present.
(In case you're wondering--yes, this does mean he can absolutely cheese the Last Knight in IS3)
1:21 psytrance in this part low-key go hard