E2 and Mastery on 4 stars is really, really cheap in terms of sanity cost. I think that while 6 stars technically get a larger effect from the investment, E2 and M3 on a 4 star character gives a way larger payoff in terms of power gained for sanity spent on resources. its also very easy for even a F2P player to get a high Potential on them, so theyll get a lot of free stats/DP discounts from that as well.
Honorable but cautious mention for Estelle and Matoimaru, they are stat stick ops, and so long as they out scale the enemies, they are amazing, but they will fall off on later stages with out the right artifacts. P.S Have a lovely vacation Doktah 👋
Being a day 1 player I can attest to ES1 that scene was the best operator to have leveled outside of Thorns! Not sure about ES2, but having that supporter summoner role who can drop decent lane blocks is key for certain maps, especially early game when you can’t possibly have the bodies needed.
Exactly what I needed. Been scurrying around which ops to use and having absolutely no idea who to build. This is gonna be incredibly helpful. Thank you!
8:27 its true but because of the recent change of 5* costs (from 4hope -> 3 hope), its not as expensive of a pick as before. (Although, you still need to consider that [three 4stars > two 5stars] most of the time so you can slowly build a squad of 6* at the end game.
Hey Volke, thanks for the great prep content. However, I think there are a couple of important things you missed regarding certain units: -Arene (and ranged guards besides Thorns) are all highly recommended due to not only anti-air but also arts damage capabilities, which sometimes allows you to skip recruiting casters and melee arts guards. Thorns is just too broken to be in the same category imo. -Gummy is definitely worse than Saria, but early in runs it’s often better to pick Gummy since her healing is enough and it’s better to save Hope for DPS ops. -Perfumer is even more standout because of her full map regen passive, which gets better at E2. That passive adds a TON of value to tanky guards (namely AoE guards, and within that E2 Specter specifically) and ops that can’t normally be healed (Mudrock, Utage, etc.). -AoE guards across all rarities at E2 are one of the best archetypes in IS. So much potential for artifact synergy, they get better with practically every stat including block count. Again, thanks for the great prep content, always good to see guides like this out there!
Jaye S2 (s1 secondary), May S1 (S2 secondary) for me since most of the time they are my go to ops that i use even on higher floor because of their utility. and as an extra Gummy S1 (S2 secondary) mostly for early level when i dont get a medic or i dont get Saria yet
I would also recommend building Estelle if you have the resources. AOE guards are super good in general cause of the abundance of swarm maps and she has self sustain with her talent. Very reliable lane holder in this mode.
Today, for the first time since I started playing IS2, I didn't get tunnel vision and picked Perfumer instead of the usual Kal or Honeyberry. Holy mother of god Perfumer is so useful. The global passive heal does so much more than you'd expect
hey, ty for this awesome video..really helped me out a ton to beat is2 in normal mode...now im wondering could u maybe do a quick update video with following information: which of the units should we upgrade to E2 (regarind the benefit) and which skills are worth upgrading to m1,2 or 3? and with which units would u start.... tyvm and keep up the gr8 work
Honestly, everyone should have every 3 star operator built. They're very cheap to build, there's no reason not to do so. Especially with Integrated Strategies, when your Hope is at a premium and you need to save for carry units such as Thorns, Passenger, Mudrock, Eyja, and Surtr.
@@ddelkano333 Not true. Not everyone has Meteorite or W. And really new accounts might not even have a solid sniper. Adnachiel is a decent starter until you get someone better, and his niche of targeting ranged enemies first can be useful in some situations.
Don't need to raise units specifically for IS if you only have two 6*s in your account and have been relying on your fully built 3* and 4* ops for your entire playtime ;)
I'm super curious how the healing aspect of IS 2 differs from IS 1. In IS 1 I used myrtle as a healer on the stages with environmental damage, sarkaz casters, and exploding spiders. So I'm curious if you're referencing those stages or if there's an additional need for aoe healers in IS 2. Context is that I was running Thorns primarily who is self regenerative and I typically would pick up ansel early on because I didn't like to spend points on medics until I was in the back half of the stages. Likewise, I would frequently have Spot for basically the same reason, if I got a defender tag early I wouldn't spend points on it and Spot was my #1 choice for 3* defender. TBF, the runs where I didn't have an AOE healer for the higher difficulty versions of those stages (either the challenge versions or the final floor versions), I was able to complete it but probably less than half the time. Though by that point I was typically trying to pick up nightingale or saria or both and if I got to the last floor without either it was usually just because of tag RNG. I definitely can relate to getting a healer specifically for the final boss as I would often target Ceylon for "ghost nova".
As an unrelated FYI: The reason why summoners, specifically Scene, were so popular in IS 1 is because your starting tags were always the random ones. You didn't have a choice to start with a guard like you do in IS 2. Scene could carry any combination of 2 other characters through the 1st floor and most of the 2nd floor. That gives you a lot of opportunity to pick up a guard (or other powerful carry) from tags. Generally though you needed to be prepared to take a carry from every possible class and I think I had 1 for every class except medic but I never got 3 medic tags so I didn't need 1. My 1st round tag list (in order of priority) was: Guard - Thorns Supporter - Scene Specialist - Jaye Sniper - Exusiai Vanguard - Siege Caster - Eyjafjalla Defender - Dur'Nar So as a for example if I got the tags: Supporter, Sniper, Caster I would've taken Scene, Kroos, and Click because Scene was higher priority than Exusiai. Also note that Dur'Nar, Scene, and Siege were very low priority choices for me outside of the 1st set of tags. Eyjafjalla I found would typically have leaks even though she's a great caster her high dp cost and slower attack speed would cause leaks unless you had the right 2 other operators for her. Click wasn't necessarily a bad choice alternative, but all casters kind of struggled as 1st floor carries. It was tough to pay for them and when you did then you would be delayed to get other operators out like a blocker, or someone to tank mortar attacks for example. Conversely you'd put your blocker out 1st and then they'd get overrun by enemies before you could get your caster out.
If you want about priority: 1. Myrtle (well why you need to ask about her lol) 2. Pinecone (or May (Pinecone is much better)) ---> Jessica is bad (I rather take Kroos lol) 3. Cutter (she is basically low budget chen) 4. Podenco (she is freaking strong if you want to save hope and don't choose medic as she can heal with S1) 5. Click (seriously she is freaking strong lol). 6. Jaye (well he is a monster and wreck a lot of enemy) 7. Gummy. (why you need to ask about our beloved bear) 8. Cuora. (turtle turtle turtle (or Bubble)) 9. Perfurmer (well Sussuro still good, but Ansel can cover that, meanwhile hibiscus cannot cover Perfurmer job). Honorable mention: 1. Deepcolor (if you want to save hope in early game !!!!) 2. Beanstalk (again same as Deepcolor) 3. Vigna or Scavenger (what you need dmg or defense) 4. Matoimaru (she is a good to have if you don't have defender as her high HP will help her a lot) 5. Shirayuki (in my defense, she is much stronger than Meteor). 6. Arene (well I rather wait to get SA, Thorns, or Lappland (heck you can just bring Midnight)). 7. Gravel (why I put her in this ? Because Jaye !!!) If you want a bit RNG: CONVICTION (she is freaking strong when RNG favor you lol)
IS3 has already arrived last month, and I loved it so much I finally decided to go back and do IS2! it's also a lot more tolerable now that Uncle Młynar and Texas Alter have are in the game. It's really late, but Amiya is also amazing here, but only if you've unlocked her Guard form, since she's very versatile in that way.
for advance play, conviction with relic spinach that increase base atk (+60% or +100%) during skill proc for 1 sec can deal a massive damage with his/her S1 especially when the crit proc
No Deepcolor love? When you talk about number of bodies being a thing... I've had Deepcolor carry so many runs. Provides lots of early block bodies, can provide fodder for things like bombers and spiders, and can bait other heavy attacks. Also good for throwing bodies in front of Lancers. Just... Super super good for IS I feel like. Especially maxed out with module of course, she's just... Bonkers.
Arene.... the twink is a cautious mention at best imo, along with Estelle and Matoimaru since they fall off hella fast. His numbers even with artifacts are passable at best, dead weight at worst with how mid to later stages' enemies are borderline stat sticks. If people have Lappy or Thons then Arene is just a wasted investment even after we consider "control" with his manual skill activation. We'll have an easier time snagging 5* and above this time around compared to IS1 since they lowered the cost a bit so don't be afraid of investing in higher rarity ranged/ Lord guards instead.
Good video, with a lot of interesting and useful information. However, I would rather not agree that Perfumer is the most important one. I've cleared IS2 so many times and literally never used Perfumer (or any other AOE healer). For those maps with poisonous fog, Ansel works pretty ok (he and Kaltsit are the only healers I choose), and if you have Jaye, or Kaltsit and any of fast redeploy (Cantabille is the best and only needed vanguard) - those maps are not a problem at all. By the way, I also literally never used Myrtle, and very rarely use Saria. For me must pics are Cantabile, May, and Surtr/Mlynar. Kaltsit, Gnosis, Mudrock are very solid. If talking about 4* only, then May, Arene, Podenco, Click.
The only one I raised for IS2 was Jaye. There are others who are good, but I don't think I would spend resources to build them only for that without building a lot of other operators first. There are lots of juicy 5* units for IS2, and I think they are the most luxury pick because they are expensive to raise, but a few stand out to me as well. Mainly Bibeak, and Lappland. I have leaned on 3 stars and 6 stars though for the most part. Just managed to complete hard mode today which was exciting. I think the must build for IS2 units are a handful of 3 stars. Spot, Kroos, Midnight, and Ansel. I personally also built orchid, steward, and plume, but you can get away with skipping them I think.
7:20 Pinecone is also recommended because her attacks attack everyone in her range. AOE Casters only attack one spot and generate splash damage. Gitano's S2 attacks everyone, but by default, she only deals splash damage. Also, Earthspirit is worth building because her S2 slows down everyone in range. It's like Suzuran's S3 minus the damage buff. Very useful for current CC's permamap. Vanilla & Catapult I recommend building for lore players. They have unlockable side stories.
Just wanna reinforce, you REALLY gotta set up Jaye/Perfumer/Gummy/Click in order to get anywhere in this mode Also, quick question... Why does no Arknights youtuber ever pronounce "Mousse" right? I thought it was an easy word to say for english speakers
She even says her own name for players to hear lol whenever you recruit her. It's like somehow people her them speaking Japanese but automatically filter it out instead of listening to what the characters are saying.
You can promote like four 4* ops for the cost of a single 6* op so frankly yes. Apart from the ubiquitous Myrtle: Jaye, Click, May, Shirayuki, Estelle, and Perfumer gain a lot from E2 and even their masteries are so cheap that you truly might as well. Masteries on Podenco, Beanstalk and Cutter are worth a lot too.
4*e2m6 use almost the same cost material as 6*e2s7, If you have limit materials but want full power one fast, then 4* is the way to go, not to mention the good one that the clips told are as powerful as mid-tier 6* when m3 their skill
Everyone is worth it personally, except frostleaf and Jessica and brawler. Top choice are usually Cutter, Jaye, Click, Pinecone, Sussuro, Arene, and May. Also perfumer for global Regen and she's waifu :D
Those artifacts were broken for Passenger specifically, because he could rain damage in a large area more frequently. Leizy and Pudding do benefit from it to but the value they give is much lower.
Myrtle, Jaye, Cuora, Shirayuki, May, Perfumer, Sussurro, Podenco, Click, Pinecone, Jessica. Don't bother with Arene or Frostleaf imo since the leap from 4 to 5* ranged guards are pretty massive, worse if we take Thorns into account.
If you have bubble I’d suggest you to build her up. Tanky rhino is tanky Honorable mention goes to Frostleaf! That slow is useful at times. May s1 and leaf makes good cc
I always Start with Myrtle with her S2 heal, Kroos cos no hope, and Ethan E1. They make early stages a literal cakewalk,. especially if you get that relic that deals art damage to bind enemies as dot, later on trying to grab Lappland, even though I have both her and Thorns at their max potential, 6 stars just cost way too much hope
I dont even use 4* in IS 5 * only cost 1 more 4 * cost 2. So it's 2 less hope for 6* Some of them are really good. But dont up or e2/M3 them just because they are "good" in IS.
Very much this. I basically only had meta 4* built but all 6* and wide range of 5*. I kept hearing I should build 4* for IS2 and leveled and did masteries on around 20 of them. 1 week ago I’m talking to a CN player and get told that was only the thought process early on and with more playtime it’s now generally agreed that if you have a lot of 5* built then 4* should be the tech choice over main choice. RIP hundreds of mats. 🤡🤡🤡
Most important 4 star is myrthle no questions asked 3 stars and 4 stars arent even good as people make it up to be seriously dont build 4 stars and 3 stars because people said they are useful in IS no they arent most of them arent 5 stars and even 6 stars is better to use and cost difference isnt much Only build some 4 stars and some 3 stars
'Most important 4 stars is Myrtle' True. '3 stars & 4 stars aren'r even good as people make it up to be.' Not true. It's called having different opinions and lack of equivalent 6 stars. '5 stars and even 6 stars is better to use.' No fucking shit. 'Only build some 4 stars and 3 stars.' Agree.
See you in 2 weeks!
Let's be real here, Jaye isn't a 4-star. He's a 7-star who was lazy during the application process.
I've had too many runs with Jaye being my only healer. Build Jaye.
hes e2lv30 on my acc rn and he's already killing everything i dislike
Jaye is my base slave so no thank you!
@@PatValmor tequila should have made jaye in the base moot
@@PatValmor just pull for gnosis almost 200% eficiency plus you get 2 borderline overpowered units
@@PatValmor L
The correct answer is to build all of them and go Silvergun mode
E2 and Mastery on 4 stars is really, really cheap in terms of sanity cost. I think that while 6 stars technically get a larger effect from the investment, E2 and M3 on a 4 star character gives a way larger payoff in terms of power gained for sanity spent on resources. its also very easy for even a F2P player to get a high Potential on them, so theyll get a lot of free stats/DP discounts from that as well.
I will always vote for Beanstalk solely based on the fact that Peacake is adorable.
Cheers!
gotta admit peacakes backstory hits hard though
I keep forgetting all the names
But I love that they're rappers
Beanstalk is such a chad
Beanstalk is great!
Honorable but cautious mention for Estelle and Matoimaru, they are stat stick ops, and so long as they out scale the enemies, they are amazing, but they will fall off on later stages with out the right artifacts.
P.S Have a lovely vacation Doktah 👋
i remember one IS1 run where i ended up with 4 Block Estelle that had 3.5k attack with her skill active, that was a fun time
Thank you so muchhhh, i was just looking for the updated video about which 4 stars operator i should invest in the next event.
I was waiting for someone making a guide of this kind, I alredy have many of the good 4* built because I like to try new things in some maps
Being a day 1 player I can attest to ES1 that scene was the best operator to have leveled outside of Thorns! Not sure about ES2, but having that supporter summoner role who can drop decent lane blocks is key for certain maps, especially early game when you can’t possibly have the bodies needed.
There is only one stage that has a risk of that in ES2, though it rarely ruins you.
having played the last IS i would recommend Scene she can regen summons and they are pretty good for what they are
i built scene becuz kyut
Exactly what I needed. Been scurrying around which ops to use and having absolutely no idea who to build. This is gonna be incredibly helpful. Thank you!
8:27 its true but because of the recent change of 5* costs (from 4hope -> 3 hope), its not as expensive of a pick as before.
(Although, you still need to consider that [three 4stars > two 5stars] most of the time so you can slowly build a squad of 6* at the end game.
Hey Volke, thanks for the great prep content. However, I think there are a couple of important things you missed regarding certain units:
-Arene (and ranged guards besides Thorns) are all highly recommended due to not only anti-air but also arts damage capabilities, which sometimes allows you to skip recruiting casters and melee arts guards. Thorns is just too broken to be in the same category imo.
-Gummy is definitely worse than Saria, but early in runs it’s often better to pick Gummy since her healing is enough and it’s better to save Hope for DPS ops.
-Perfumer is even more standout because of her full map regen passive, which gets better at E2. That passive adds a TON of value to tanky guards (namely AoE guards, and within that E2 Specter specifically) and ops that can’t normally be healed (Mudrock, Utage, etc.).
-AoE guards across all rarities at E2 are one of the best archetypes in IS. So much potential for artifact synergy, they get better with practically every stat including block count.
Again, thanks for the great prep content, always good to see guides like this out there!
u could always use spot instead of gummy tho 4 stars defenders arent high prio
Now the question is who to prioritize for masteries among the 4* units
May
Jaye S2 (s1 secondary), May S1 (S2 secondary) for me since most of the time they are my go to ops that i use even on higher floor because of their utility.
and as an extra Gummy S1 (S2 secondary) mostly for early level when i dont get a medic or i dont get Saria yet
(Mousse is pronounced like "moos", from the French dessert)
Utage is insane even on general content, having her S2M3 is like dropping a nuke into something. And S1 makes her a really nice permanent field unit.
the problem is that surtr, phantom, skadi, and ntr exist in general mode. as long as you have one of them, there’s little to no reason to use utage.
@@micramism6431 big tiddy nue.
Already working on it. done May, Jaye, Vigna, Podenco, Coura and Mousse, Working on Click, Cutter, PInecone and Beanstalk currently
I would also recommend building Estelle if you have the resources. AOE guards are super good in general cause of the abundance of swarm maps and she has self sustain with her talent. Very reliable lane holder in this mode.
@@kaladinstormblessed1762 she's on the list of ops to raise, may do her after Beanstalk
Shirayuki might deserve an honorable mention imo, wide-range AoE caster with a bit of slow.
Today, for the first time since I started playing IS2, I didn't get tunnel vision and picked Perfumer instead of the usual Kal or Honeyberry. Holy mother of god Perfumer is so useful. The global passive heal does so much more than you'd expect
hey, ty for this awesome video..really helped me out a ton to beat is2 in normal mode...now im wondering could u maybe do a quick update video with following information: which of the units should we upgrade to E2 (regarind the benefit) and which skills are worth upgrading to m1,2 or 3? and with which units would u start.... tyvm and keep up the gr8 work
Honestly, everyone should have every 3 star operator built. They're very cheap to build, there's no reason not to do so. Especially with Integrated Strategies, when your Hope is at a premium and you need to save for carry units such as Thorns, Passenger, Mudrock, Eyja, and Surtr.
Catapult and Adnachiel is non-needed.
@@ddelkano333 Not true. Not everyone has Meteorite or W. And really new accounts might not even have a solid sniper. Adnachiel is a decent starter until you get someone better, and his niche of targeting ranged enemies first can be useful in some situations.
frankly, if not for the utility, then at least for the free 200 orundum when you unlock their paradox simulations.
"every three star" "very cheap"? Sure one is nothing, but all of them? Lmao
@@redgopnik2227 yes, it is still very cheap to build all of them considering there’s only 17
Don't need to raise units specifically for IS if you only have two 6*s in your account and have been relying on your fully built 3* and 4* ops for your entire playtime ;)
success through suffering
I'm super curious how the healing aspect of IS 2 differs from IS 1.
In IS 1 I used myrtle as a healer on the stages with environmental damage, sarkaz casters, and exploding spiders. So I'm curious if you're referencing those stages or if there's an additional need for aoe healers in IS 2.
Context is that I was running Thorns primarily who is self regenerative and I typically would pick up ansel early on because I didn't like to spend points on medics until I was in the back half of the stages. Likewise, I would frequently have Spot for basically the same reason, if I got a defender tag early I wouldn't spend points on it and Spot was my #1 choice for 3* defender.
TBF, the runs where I didn't have an AOE healer for the higher difficulty versions of those stages (either the challenge versions or the final floor versions), I was able to complete it but probably less than half the time. Though by that point I was typically trying to pick up nightingale or saria or both and if I got to the last floor without either it was usually just because of tag RNG.
I definitely can relate to getting a healer specifically for the final boss as I would often target Ceylon for "ghost nova".
As an unrelated FYI:
The reason why summoners, specifically Scene, were so popular in IS 1 is because your starting tags were always the random ones. You didn't have a choice to start with a guard like you do in IS 2. Scene could carry any combination of 2 other characters through the 1st floor and most of the 2nd floor. That gives you a lot of opportunity to pick up a guard (or other powerful carry) from tags. Generally though you needed to be prepared to take a carry from every possible class and I think I had 1 for every class except medic but I never got 3 medic tags so I didn't need 1.
My 1st round tag list (in order of priority) was:
Guard - Thorns
Supporter - Scene
Specialist - Jaye
Sniper - Exusiai
Vanguard - Siege
Caster - Eyjafjalla
Defender - Dur'Nar
So as a for example if I got the tags:
Supporter, Sniper, Caster
I would've taken Scene, Kroos, and Click because Scene was higher priority than Exusiai.
Also note that Dur'Nar, Scene, and Siege were very low priority choices for me outside of the 1st set of tags.
Eyjafjalla I found would typically have leaks even though she's a great caster her high dp cost and slower attack speed would cause leaks unless you had the right 2 other operators for her. Click wasn't necessarily a bad choice alternative, but all casters kind of struggled as 1st floor carries. It was tough to pay for them and when you did then you would be delayed to get other operators out like a blocker, or someone to tank mortar attacks for example. Conversely you'd put your blocker out 1st and then they'd get overrun by enemies before you could get your caster out.
great vid volke , as always thx :)
If you want about priority:
1. Myrtle (well why you need to ask about her lol)
2. Pinecone (or May (Pinecone is much better)) ---> Jessica is bad (I rather take Kroos lol)
3. Cutter (she is basically low budget chen)
4. Podenco (she is freaking strong if you want to save hope and don't choose medic as she can heal with S1)
5. Click (seriously she is freaking strong lol).
6. Jaye (well he is a monster and wreck a lot of enemy)
7. Gummy. (why you need to ask about our beloved bear)
8. Cuora. (turtle turtle turtle (or Bubble))
9. Perfurmer (well Sussuro still good, but Ansel can cover that, meanwhile hibiscus cannot cover Perfurmer job).
Honorable mention:
1. Deepcolor (if you want to save hope in early game !!!!)
2. Beanstalk (again same as Deepcolor)
3. Vigna or Scavenger (what you need dmg or defense)
4. Matoimaru (she is a good to have if you don't have defender as her high HP will help her a lot)
5. Shirayuki (in my defense, she is much stronger than Meteor).
6. Arene (well I rather wait to get SA, Thorns, or Lappland (heck you can just bring Midnight)).
7. Gravel (why I put her in this ? Because Jaye !!!)
If you want a bit RNG: CONVICTION (she is freaking strong when RNG favor you lol)
thanks for this quick list. just went and 'marked' all the ones i have not built yet, so now i have a good priority chart
Thank you for your guidance 😌
o.. the pinecone skin is beautiful..
IS3 has already arrived last month, and I loved it so much I finally decided to go back and do IS2!
it's also a lot more tolerable now that Uncle Młynar and Texas Alter have are in the game. It's really late, but Amiya is also amazing here, but only if you've unlocked her Guard form, since she's very versatile in that way.
Give me that unraised zima.
for advance play, conviction with relic spinach that increase base atk (+60% or +100%) during skill proc for 1 sec can deal a massive damage with his/her S1 especially when the crit proc
Scene (summoner) is a life saver build even in IS2. Air, reveal, and stalling annoying bosses through bodycount XD.
No Deepcolor love? When you talk about number of bodies being a thing... I've had Deepcolor carry so many runs. Provides lots of early block bodies, can provide fodder for things like bombers and spiders, and can bait other heavy attacks. Also good for throwing bodies in front of Lancers. Just... Super super good for IS I feel like. Especially maxed out with module of course, she's just... Bonkers.
Arene.... the twink is a cautious mention at best imo, along with Estelle and Matoimaru since they fall off hella fast. His numbers even with artifacts are passable at best, dead weight at worst with how mid to later stages' enemies are borderline stat sticks.
If people have Lappy or Thons then Arene is just a wasted investment even after we consider "control" with his manual skill activation.
We'll have an easier time snagging 5* and above this time around compared to IS1 since they lowered the cost a bit so don't be afraid of investing in higher rarity ranged/ Lord guards instead.
Even more so considering how Lappland tends to snowball with certain SP generating artefacts
MOUSSE IS PRONOUNCED LIKE "MOOSE" THERE'S TWO S IN THERE
Tbh you only need gravel and myrtle to lvl
Just pick 3 stars and save the currency for high rarity units
I still haven't got Arene but i already have lappy S2M3
Good video, with a lot of interesting and useful information. However, I would rather not agree that Perfumer is the most important one. I've cleared IS2 so many times and literally never used Perfumer (or any other AOE healer). For those maps with poisonous fog, Ansel works pretty ok (he and Kaltsit are the only healers I choose), and if you have Jaye, or Kaltsit and any of fast redeploy (Cantabille is the best and only needed vanguard) - those maps are not a problem at all. By the way, I also literally never used Myrtle, and very rarely use Saria.
For me must pics are Cantabile, May, and Surtr/Mlynar. Kaltsit, Gnosis, Mudrock are very solid.
If talking about 4* only, then May, Arene, Podenco, Click.
The only one I raised for IS2 was Jaye. There are others who are good, but I don't think I would spend resources to build them only for that without building a lot of other operators first.
There are lots of juicy 5* units for IS2, and I think they are the most luxury pick because they are expensive to raise, but a few stand out to me as well. Mainly Bibeak, and Lappland.
I have leaned on 3 stars and 6 stars though for the most part. Just managed to complete hard mode today which was exciting.
I think the must build for IS2 units are a handful of 3 stars. Spot, Kroos, Midnight, and Ansel. I personally also built orchid, steward, and plume, but you can get away with skipping them I think.
nice strategy with Beanstalk, deploying the blocker to be a priority target.
Thanks for this, so helpful
~Looks at my E-2 lvl. 70 skill 1 M3 Jessica~
It's okay sweetie. I still love you.
Same
I would think that La Pluma would be a great 5* to build. Better than most of the 5* you mentioned. Thoughts?
La Pluma is pretty good for IS2
Mulberty is excellent pick as well
Should add la pluma to must have 5*. In is she on par w 6 star guards
Podenco spotted, for sure my favorite unit
7:20 Pinecone is also recommended because her attacks attack everyone in her range. AOE Casters only attack one spot and generate splash damage. Gitano's S2 attacks everyone, but by default, she only deals splash damage.
Also, Earthspirit is worth building because her S2 slows down everyone in range. It's like Suzuran's S3 minus the damage buff. Very useful for current CC's permamap.
Vanilla & Catapult I recommend building for lore players. They have unlockable side stories.
ok glad i watched this didnt know units in is mode are the same level as they are on my roster.
Thanks for the guide
:D CUTE! n.n
@@bananachan2684 eh????
you didn't mention Pudding?
Just wanna reinforce, you REALLY gotta set up Jaye/Perfumer/Gummy/Click in order to get anywhere in this mode
Also, quick question... Why does no Arknights youtuber ever pronounce "Mousse" right? I thought it was an easy word to say for english speakers
She even says her own name for players to hear lol whenever you recruit her. It's like somehow people her them speaking Japanese but automatically filter it out instead of listening to what the characters are saying.
Would love for a timestamp either in the video or in the description/comment. Either way nice video!
thanks for the guide and have fun on your vacation/break!
Behold, my e1 60 sl1 Conviction
can you do a tier list for integrated strategies?
Is it ever worth E2ing any of these units, if you can spare the materials?
You can promote like four 4* ops for the cost of a single 6* op so frankly yes. Apart from the ubiquitous Myrtle: Jaye, Click, May, Shirayuki, Estelle, and Perfumer gain a lot from E2 and even their masteries are so cheap that you truly might as well. Masteries on Podenco, Beanstalk and Cutter are worth a lot too.
4*e2m6 use almost the same cost material as 6*e2s7, If you have limit materials but want full power one fast, then 4* is the way to go, not to mention the good one that the clips told are as powerful as mid-tier 6* when m3 their skill
Everyone is worth it personally, except frostleaf and Jessica and brawler. Top choice are usually Cutter, Jaye, Click, Pinecone, Sussuro, Arene, and May. Also perfumer for global Regen and she's waifu :D
Does Pudding work as a budget Passenger? I was told that class had some broken artifacts for the event
Those artifacts were broken for Passenger specifically, because he could rain damage in a large area more frequently. Leizy and Pudding do benefit from it to but the value they give is much lower.
Myrtle, Jaye, Cuora, Shirayuki, May, Perfumer, Sussurro, Podenco, Click, Pinecone, Jessica.
Don't bother with Arene or Frostleaf imo since the leap from 4 to 5* ranged guards are pretty massive, worse if we take Thorns into account.
*cutter
Don't build Jessica. If you really can't find _any_ other sniper then just bring kroos
Yeah Lappland is so good with artifacts
I never got the 4 special 5* in this game mode
everyone, build your JAYE!!!
If you have bubble I’d suggest you to build her up. Tanky rhino is tanky
Honorable mention goes to Frostleaf! That slow is useful at times. May s1 and leaf makes good cc
Tbh cuora outperforms bubble
And cutter is way better than frostleaf, who needs extra cc if cutter can kill them dead so there's nothing to cc
POGdenco ❤️
I always Start with Myrtle with her S2 heal, Kroos cos no hope, and Ethan E1. They make early stages a literal cakewalk,. especially if you get that relic that deals art damage to bind enemies as dot, later on trying to grab Lappland, even though I have both her and Thorns at their max potential, 6 stars just cost way too much hope
just got elysium and I'm a little confused as to which of his skills I should prioritise for mastery? which one would be better for is for example
If you build for printing Skill 1 and if for support Skill 2
Of you have maxed Myrtle, s1 is replaceable with her. Personally I pick s2
This is very helpful, since i totally fucked up in previous IS xD
Damn Im stuck in Phantom Boss
what a great time to not have ptilopsis or nightingale...
I dont even use 4* in IS
5 * only cost 1 more
4 * cost 2. So it's 2 less hope for 6*
Some of them are really good. But dont up or e2/M3 them just because they are "good" in IS.
Very much this. I basically only had meta 4* built but all 6* and wide range of 5*. I kept hearing I should build 4* for IS2 and leveled and did masteries on around 20 of them. 1 week ago I’m talking to a CN player and get told that was only the thought process early on and with more playtime it’s now generally agreed that if you have a lot of 5* built then 4* should be the tech choice over main choice. RIP hundreds of mats. 🤡🤡🤡
@@caster269 Which 5* are good?
Hush
I have no worries couse all my 4star are E2 Lvl 40
I usually do 3 stars and 6 stars.
Sad story, I don't have Thorns
Bro jaye is gcha op?
I just back again aftr sleep more thn 8months :v
Yes he is
Skill rank 6 Mousse? How sad for Mousse.
I have a question if we pick caster amiya are we able to turn it to guard amiya?
She stays in what form you have her in your account
Why waste resources on operators you'll never use again?
"Pogdenco" ;P
I am speed
Yoo don't need 4* in IS2
Still nice to have.
Most important 4 star is myrthle no questions asked
3 stars and 4 stars arent even good as people make it up to be seriously dont build 4 stars and 3 stars because people said they are useful in IS no they arent most of them arent
5 stars and even 6 stars is better to use and cost difference isnt much
Only build some 4 stars and some 3 stars
'Most important 4 stars is Myrtle'
True.
'3 stars & 4 stars aren'r even good as people make it up to be.'
Not true. It's called having different opinions and lack of equivalent 6 stars.
'5 stars and even 6 stars is better to use.'
No fucking shit.
'Only build some 4 stars and 3 stars.'
Agree.
@@VitchAndVorty Whats with the attitude lmao
Calm down bro no one insulted you 💀
@@kyarumomochi5146 What's with yours?
@@VitchAndVorty Damn not the passive agressiveness 💀
This guy legit came and replied to a 7 month old argument like i insulted them personally
@@kyarumomochi5146 I am not the one who told people not to build 4 stars operators.
E0L1 Zima?? You lack culture, sir!
pogenco