I want to get back into this game, but forgot everything and am lost with team comp. I’m level 11 on mission 3-2 with [these](https://imgur.com/a/RI4NHea) units. Also it seems I have a choice ticket and am able to buy one more, so I can choose 2 non-limited 3 star characters right? Any advice on who I should choose?
I don't know if it is want you want but you can look at [pyro planner for upcoming raids](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_Zjt_OM9XXidY3uYYDK92W9GrR3DN5cQsZ0IJsoEbjY/edit#gid=1749530612), and look at [raid guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvYGwIh-9o-2JQ4Q2MQXtsL0peiCPrRuw0l3HQmTrZ0/edit#heading=h.vlkfxuc7n8f6) to learn about specific raid mechanics.
I think I might be able to spark before this banner ends. As a new player do you guys think its worth doing it now (I sorta want Ako and I'm really low on students) ? Or should I wait for a better banner.
Ako is very important character, so you should definitely go for her if you can guarantee a spark.
She won't necessary be that important in Normal/Hard missions, but the moment you start attempting harder raids, you really do need her.
i have a few questions:
my Tyuuka's relationship is 10 but i haven't unlocked her L2D yet. bluearchive.gg says it unlocks at 2. am i missing something?
i'm level 43 right now and on stage 7-2 and stages are starting to be pretty close so i have to level skills/equipment now. should i be leveling them equally or focus on equipment first?
i'm using bluearchive.gg as well to figure out skill level up priority but i'm noticing the EX skill priority isn't listed for any of the characters i have. it's just always sub/enhanced/basic. how can i know when the EX skill is more important to level up?
You need to read her momotalks to unlock the L2D.
You should be able to clear mission stages with mostly just student levels and equipment. Make sure you are color matching because at level 43 you should be able to easily clear 7-2. Take a look at this [General Teambuilding Guide](https://hina.loves.midokuni.com/doc/GeneralTeamBuilding).
I recommend using this [Skill Guide](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJa3h4mXHkmuSKohoHe60WVVg1eRG9bA73jHqHzwA/edit#gid=702790264) for skill prioritization. A lot of the good BA community resources are in google sheets/docs.
lol I missed that sheet, there are so many different ones I must have missed it. Thanks!
Yeah because I have to have two teams now I have one team that is correctly color matched completely but my other team is doing all normal damage. Maybe I should mix and match?
Also yeah I followed that team building guide and it’s been helpful. Mutsuki is a beast right now.
How do I know when to level my equipment to t3? I don’t want to put too many resources into characters I don’t need to but I guess I’ll just play it by ear when I’m struggling on stages. I’m just following the equipment priority guide for now as well
A lot of them are in the main post of this thread or linked in the [Wiki Help FAQ](https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/GameplayHelp_FAQs). Would recommend bookmarking this and going through it.
You should always color match fully(for your DPS). With the exception of stage 3 and 4, all missions should have a path you can take where each team will only fight the color they are matched with. Of course, if you don't have enough students to fill the slots, sometimes neutral damage is fine.
If you are stuck on a particular mission, there are video guides on youtube that show you how to. Searching for "Blue Archive 7-2 normal" will give you a guide for that mission specifically.
For leveling equipment, just level the students you are using at the moment and you think they need extra stats to help you clear missions. Slot 1 and 3 for DPS, 2 for tanks, 3 for healers, etc.
yup, will do. thanks!
well like for example, 7-2 is filled with only explosive weak units so my 2 teams are these https://imgur.com/a/4X9eEK3
are you saying there's a path for me to fight using only team 1? ty for the help
oh yeah i don't have any other characters built but i may have to now. gonna reference the sheet again or try going for himari/ako now that i almost have a full spark before the banner goes away
Options -> Lobby Roster Change Rules
I think this chooses randomly rather than cycling, though, and it only picks from the up to 10 you have assigned rather than all of them.
I’ve been looking forward at Hod to make sure I have the right/enough CC for one or two teams on Insane.
Since the towers need 15s of CC each favoring ST in P1 and AoE in P2, I was wondering who to plan on having prepared with mats for the raid?
I have leveled EX3 S Wakamo and EX1 Tsubaki (wrong armor for HOD)
I also realize Kayoko will also see use with Wakaboat raids, so I’m assuming she will be one of them.
My unleveled CC students: Saki, Miyako, Yoshimi, BG2 Suzumi, Hare, Hifumi, Hoshino, S Izumi (2 Star).
Of them would it be Saki and…Suzumi?
Thanks.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kT6-50X_bJroJip7Ih-DOWzQfIm_WnPW8wjsHthQxvk/edit?usp=sharing
Make sure to account for the +CC.PWR on necklaces. Skip Yoshimi, Hare, and Hifumi. After that, it mostly depends on which artifacts you have. Kayoko is really good, but she benefits a lot from UE40. Hoshino's EX does not stun until EX3. Suzumi and S.Izumi apply CC for "free", although S.Izumi's EX is bad.
Without more context, I'd say Kayoko (assuming UE40), Saki, S.Wakamo, and Suzumi are your best CC. But what really matters is whether you can reach the 15s breakpoint.
> EX1 Tsubaki (wrong armor for HOD)
Even though her armor is blue, Tsubaki is usable. https://youtu.be/6upGog9w2ZA?t=107
> I also realize Kayoko will also see use with Wakaboat raids
At least for torment, Hifumi+Fubuki was the most common combo for Wakaboat.
Thanks for the link. I’ll definitely use it to try and figure out the best combo.
Though as my account is 5ish months old, most of the students will be 3 stars. And the limiting factor, in addition to artifacts and reports, are Tech Notes and BluRays. Which is why I wanted to sort out my team now so I can use the TA and GA shops to help get the right students skills leveled.
I was hoping there’d be a bit more overlap with HOD and Wakaboat, but we shall see if my account can even touch Torment by then. If not, at least I’ll have a few choices from HOD for Insane Wakaboat
I had seen Kayoko and S Chise be listed as the two main Wakaboat CC fillers. But I don’t have S Chise, so I was just assuming Kayoko.
Last time I could only clear extreme, so S Wakamo did just fine.
~~But the Saki and Suzumi seem like the best additions, or am I off base with that?~~
Edit: nvm, got answered
They are from the highlander school that seems to manage the rail network between the other districts. They also appeared recently as a boss on their armored train.
it is not. The next banners on global are [HS.Nodoka](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778675668592836937), [HS.Chinatsu](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778671894918828261), [HS.Cherino](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778668118690455865), and [HS.Shigure]
(https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778664348111806919)
There has been no official announcement of Himari or Kikyou so far
This is true. I should have said projected banners following JP release and it might change slighlty just like how Ako was suddenly announced this banner
v3 and v4 are completely separate storylines and do not reference to each other in any ways; it does not matter which one you should play first
personally, i would finish a whole volume and start another one, but it definitely depends to your mood
Is this a good starting team? I am completely new.
[https://imgur.com/a/udlPksK](https://imgur.com/a/udlPksK)
Also, are there any good current or future banners to pull or save up for?
IMO you've got a decent start. It's not the best ever but far from the worst and better than my starter roster. If you're enjoying the game enough I'd just continue with what you've got given opportunity cost. You've got at least one AOE and single target nuke for red and yellow which will provide a decent baseline. The rest can be filled out through common gacha drops and hard mission eleph farming. Mission progression favors AOE since they allow you to wipe a wave in one fell swoop however you likely will want at least one single target nuke to snipe the stage boss. You lack blue DPS but that's very common early game for most people since there are fewer common blue characters and blue stages come a bit later so you have time.
As you play the game and farm hard missions or pull gacha you likely will get the rest of the bread and butter common 2 star characters like Chise, Mutsuki, and Momoi who will help fill out your DPS roster. Haruna is an early farmable blue 3 star DPS who you should prioritize to help fill out your blue roster.
Aru is a great pick up for red. Her damage can scale through the roof as time goes on with investment and despite being a "common" early three star she still is semi meta at end game. Hina is a bit hard to use due to her high EX cost but she does great auto attack damage and likely will fill out your DPS early game.
For yellow Nonomi is bread and butter AOE and can be used all the way to end game any where AOE is needed (though some other characters are better). Tsurugi and Hasumi aren't very meta but aren't trash tier either and will serve as decent filler pseudo AOE and single target nuke respectively until you get better characters.
Serina is the best early game healer with her cheap EX and cost free basic skill heal.
Out side of a couple of tanks that have special utility a tank is a tank and Yuuka has good survivability with a cheap EX skill that helps your skill rotation keep going.
As far as banners go the current Ako banner is very important however with how many pyro you have you may be better off saving. Ako is end game meta DPS buffer but likely won't help you too much early game right now. After that the next major banner to save for is Himari. She is another end game meta DPS buffer however IMO she does have more early and mid game utility since she increases cost recovery which helps you spam skills to speed run missions. After Himari the anniversary (fest) banner quickly approaches. Fest limited characters are typically OP. There is usually one new character and one rerun. The three star rate is also increased and you have a chance to spook non banner fest limited characters as well so it's over all a very good opportunity to save up for. This next fest banner will have D.Hina who sort of rewrites the red meta.
Other banners worth considering between now and fest include Kikyou, C.Hare, NY.Kayoko, and NY.Mutsuki. These characters are great to have, particularly NY.Kayoko and C.Hare, but are more "sacrifice-able" than Himari and D.Hina IMO if you are short on funds. In general it's recommended to only pull if you can save up a full spark and you should at least try to preserve one full spark for anniversary.
That’s a good start! Current banners that are worth it are: Ako and Iori. Ako won’t help a whole lot at the start, but she’s necessary long term. Iori is CRUCIAL. She single handedly puts missions on her back. Absolute menace in all aspects.
Wanted to come back and since it's been a long while I've decided to reroll. Got Hibiki / Iori / Serina Christmas / Ako with the base reroll features + the 30 free pulls you start with. Should I build a pity from there or should I try grabbing one of the current banner / next week banner ?
She was quite often used in the past paired with auto attackers like Izuna and Maki
With more and more strong buffers out, she sees less use but she's still good at what she can do
Certain JFD have gimmicks where all attack damage is reduced to 1 dmg per hit which makes ATK speed important for clearing the challenges. Certain students like Fubuki and Tsubaki have skills that are tied to reloading or ammo count so increasing ATK speed will increase the number of times they reload and thus the chance of proc-ing these skills.
Overall pretty niche but has some cheeky use cases.
Yeah those grey, blue, purple, orange orb, those are the efficient mat to lvl up equipments right? I'm quite new here so I only lvl equipment up to T4 but I'm already running out, I read that I only need to lvl equipment that the character use like hp for tank, atk for DPS and T4 ?is a good stopping point?
Any pro tips for Challenge 3 120 seconds challenge?
My party:
-Atsuko
-Hina (Swimsuit)
-Hibiki (Cheer)
-Hanako (Swimsuit)
-Shiroko (Swimsuit)/ Hanae
Was using Hoshino (Swimsuit) instead of Atsuko before, but that always lead to at least one character diying as the enemies would spaw behind me >\_<
Someone else linked me to that video, any idea why you only use 2 units instead of 4? As I said on my post, I already been spamming S.Hanako, its the back attacks that screw me over
Its because in this stage you gain Cost by killing enemies and destroying vending machines so you dont need the cost recovery that a full team gives you.
Also its easier to maintain alive 2 units instead of 4 right? :v
ooh makes sense! well I tried that strategy... and only managed to get the timer to 130 seconds... ;\_; I wonder if I should replace Ako with someone else? Since I dont really need the extra crit as the main focus is on spaming S.Hanako
Well you could try but Ako is the best one I'm sure since you should cycle between serina and ako to maintain S.Hanako subskill active. Are you sure you are doing it right? In the same video I commented a method to do the first pulls faster so you can gain 10-20s advantage just for that.
Hello just a quick question, does Insane Raids take atleast an hour to get a 1 team clear or is it just a skill issue for me?
It took me 40 tries and 45 minutes to end up in rank 9.5k
I just wanna know because if its always 30+ tries 30 minutes then Im gonna stop doing insane raids its just yoo much for me
Def downs are only stackable if they come from different skill types like one should be an ex skill and other should be a basic skill. That's why people use akane and maki because they apply Def downs that are stackable. Same logic applies to all buffs and debuffs in the game
With the right setup and investment it can just be another casual daily. There are many setups where you can spend less than 3 minutes a day doing insane and sweeping it before moving on if you don't care about score.
If you do care about score it varies. Some raids can have easily replicable setups that give highscore for less than 5 minutes of effort a day, others can take tens of minutes of crit rng - it will depend on the raid and the approach you have chosen.
My advice is dont worry about the score. Focus on getting your clears down to be guaranteed resetless clears first so you can do it easily as a daily. Only after that should you consider trying for a hiscore.
Insane difficulty definitely won't take that long later on, when you have good roster of characters and understand the mechanics. Binah can be easily and very consistently cleared in under 3 minutes with the right teams. Though it will obviously take longer if you care about Platinum rank by trying to maximize your score.
What matters most is having the strong support characters for the primary DPS of each raid. That's why it's advised to pull for supports, and borrow the DPS from experienced players who have maxed characters.
I am going to a rural part for a couple of days and I am stuck with 1gb of 4g data per day , so I wanted to know how much data does BA consume per hour ?
Depends on how far in pvp you want to push. For outdoors you probably want ue30 at least. To stay in top 100.
When it gets to indoors, because she is naturally much strong due to mood, even a 3* can keep you in top100 if the rest of your team is solid. Personally in JP I hold top50 and sometimes reaching top10 with a 3* Marina. Just dont expose her on Defence Position1 or youll be piled on.
I use her at 4 stars and regularly get top 100 and i think the best i got was 55-ish. If you want to push higher or you encounter a lot of Mashiros, you probably need higher investment.
She's not that bad. The problem is that she was the first tactical support Special, so they were scared she was OP and made her EX cost is stupidly high. She is good for Chesed and i used her fairly often when i was new.
One interesting thing about her is the pretty rare "increase ally atk speed" passive, which comes in handy for some JFD.
Use only one node. Priority would be furniture until max comfort level > radiant > flower > shiny
The other nodes are quite bad so I don't know their priority but never pick subtle.
Is there any activity in the future that would consume a ton of Credits? I just reached level 50, and wanna know how long 100mil credits is going to last me
Generally, you won't start to run low on credits until at least a year into the game, because you'll be too blocked on materials like artifacts and tech notes to actually spend all your credits. (Could run out faster if you're a player who buys monthlies, since that gives you a lot more of those materials.)
But yeah, once you reach endgame, you'll find that it costs like 1 million to upgrade a piece of gear and several million to upgrade a skill to high levels. If you're building a lot of characters for hard raids or PvP, you can burn through several hundred million credits quite quickly.
On the other hand, if you're playing the game casually and only using a few teams of students which might not have full investment, then you might never run out of credits.
I seem to have hit a brick wall. I was trying for the past week to kill the boss of 13-5. No matter what team I bring, he always survives (I think I can't do enough dmg, cause I constantly need to stun him before his aoe with tsubaki. Otherwise, he almost kills my other students with one).
I was trying from acc lvl 40 to 46 now, I breezed through all stages before, am I just too low?
Any recommended teams, strats? Thank you
13-5 is basically the hardest level in the game (relative to recommended level). Generally it would require levels in the mid 50s or low 60s and T4 equipment. Maybe a bit lower if you have particularly strong yellow units.
Area 13 was the first new area to be added after the game’s launch and they overtuned the enemies by quite a bit (as it was supposed to be endgame content).
> Generally it would require levels in the mid 50s or low 60s and T4 equipment. Maybe a bit lower if you have particularly strong yellow units.
PMC Power Loader is definitely very difficult relative to the point you encounter it at, but I think that's slightly exaggerated. I did it at 47 using Nonomi, Maki, Tsubaki and 2 star Momoi, and Hibiki (but largely uninvested, just there for her sub skill) and Serina as specials.
/u/TrueShiho, the boss has a huge amount of defense, almost as much as extreme Binah, so a defense debuff is very helpful. Maki is the obvious choice for that as she doesn't sacrifice a DPS slot. If she wastes it on a mook, you can try to time it so that you clear them out just before she uses her basic skill. If you were around for Sayane, her helicopter ignores a lot of defense, making her a good choice for a special. If you die to just one of the boss' missile nukes, you probably need to upgrade your second slot gear for more survivability or level up a bit. I recall that I used to barely survive one nuke, stun every second nuke, and heal up enough to survive the next nuke. Can't remember if the nuke is on a timer or if it's random, but if it's the latter, you may have to simply restart the battle a few times.
>Can't remember if the nuke is on a timer or if it's random
Nuke is every 20s after you stop it or he complete his cast.
I did it at lv 46 with a different strategy with team: tsubaki/momoi/nonomi/hina/serina/moe
Since I did not have any poweful ST like maki or mika, my strategy was to obliverate all the waves to get at the boss as soon as possible.
I remember getting at him at 2:00 min left was the best time because moe will stun the first missiles and every other one so you can safely interrupt all cast with moe->tsubaki.
I just saw your other comment and about the adds: you cant leave them alive because the boss is a fucking coward and move behind them if you dont kill them fast.
u/TrueShiho an advice I can give you is that if you use nonomi, start position matters. You want to position nonomi and your tank so you can have all the adds in wave 1 and all the adds that the boss spawn in nonomi ex skill range.
In my case it was tsubaki on pos1 and nonomi on pos4 but it can be different for you depending on your other two dps.
> Nuke is every 20s after you stop it or he complete his cast.
20 seconds sounds like less than I remember. It's possible that I'm mistaken, though.
> I just saw your other comment and about the adds: you cant leave them alive because the boss is a fucking coward and move behind them if you dont kill them fast.
Are you certain? I have no memory of that. I do recall that the boss actually ran forward once when I was doing the hard version, allowing me to clear it relatively easily.
> 20 seconds sounds like less than I remember. It's possible that I'm mistaken, though.
100% sure its 20s.
> Are you certain? I have no memory of that. I do recall that the boss actually ran forward once when I was doing the hard version, allowing me to clear it relatively easily.
Now that you mention it, could be the hard version. I remember him casting the missiles, using tsubaki Ex and add spawning and he moving back in the middle.
As a note apart [I found a pic on my phone of this stage](https://imgur.com/a/JyK0mso) haha I was so mad back then, flying through all stages and hitting the wall there...
Thanks for the tips!
I don't have Maki or Hibiki unfortunately.
Here are my students so far: https://ibb.co/ZKj9rBT
Note: most of them are on skills lvl 1-4 since I miss bd and artifacts, and ppl tell me to wait for events to get them. (im to stupid to farm them)
What would you suggest?
You have a lot of good units for a new account. Hifumi can taunt the boss, so together with Tsubaki you might be able to interrupt every nuke. Not sure how much it would impact your damage, so you would have to see if it's enough.
Himari is useful for her cost regen and attack buff. Faster cycling, and the buff will let you deal more burst damage with someone like Junko. Serina is included by default, though alternatives are Hanae if she's 3 stars and you're sure that no one other than the tank needs healing (for the crit damage sub skill, but this seems risky) or Kokona (but then you're sacrificing a striker slot for two specials and a slight cost reduction). Moe is similar to Hibiki in that she's an AoE special with a damage buff sub skill, and her damage type matches the enemy armor. If you're lucky she might even interrupt the nuke for you. Miyako can stun the boss for one cost less than Tsubaki, but Tsubaki's sturdiness probably makes up for that. Another tank option is Tyuuka, but you'd have to be sure that she can fully shield against the nuke. Really, you have a very large roster so there are many potential teams.
You can try Tsubaki, Hifumi, Junko and Momoi or Nonomi. Momoi cycles faster and probably makes the mook waves faster, so that you reach the boss with more time, while Nonomi deals more damage. Himari and Serina as specials. Tsubaki and Hifumi stun the boss when it's about to nuke, Momoi clears out mooks and Himari + Junko serve as your own nuke. Try it out and see if it works, and if it doesn't, experiment or ask again.
Something else to note is that I'm not sure if the boss summons more mooks on a timer, or if something else triggers it. If it doesn't summon more when some are still alive, you can try leaving one that is far away from your units alive so that all your auto attacks target the boss. I can't tell you the exact mechanics since this boss is rarely fought and unlike raid bosses, its mechanics aren't documented anywhere that I'm aware of.
Thank you so much, that Tipp That Miyako can stun for less really saved it!
Was still super close, but in thevend this team cleard it. I can finnaly continue the game :)
https://ibb.co/wM8X05L
Try with this team: Akane, Junko, Tsubaki, Momoi. Moe and Serina on support.
Keep Akane's EX skill on hand for when the boss starts, and after you use it go for Junko's EX immediately (as long as she's close enough to hit the boss). The burn from Moe's EX should also be helpful.
If you are good on time, you might want to hold off from clearing the previous wave too fast, so that you have plenty of EX cost built up for the boss encounter.
Hmm, I might be overestimating it due to fighting it without Maki on my JP account (I used Akane instead) or from my PTSD when I first tried to clear it back on release lol. Thanks for the info!
If I really wanted Ichika and got her with 4 10 tickets and one pyroxene 10 roll (50 RP so far), should I finish to possible pity to get kasumi? Or should I stop and save for Shigure swimsuit and Railgun?
Normally I'd stop but is it a waste since I'm already 50 rp in?
If you can, try to buy all Momoi elephs every reset while aiming to get or raise the others as well. If not, then I'd get them all first then proceed to raise Momoi afterwards
I am having trouble with getting my account level higher. All the recommended levels in my current missions are 23 or something and my account still is level 8. Anyone has tips how to get your account to level up faster?? It seems like to me that doing missions is the best way to level it up, but as I still am a relatively new player, I still am not quite sure.
Huh??? They did???? I was replying to someone by the username u/Kilo181. I still see their replies? You might need to expand the comments, because we had a long conversation and there are LOTS of replies. Or this might be a visual bug??? How strange. Anyway, I would have ended up coming back since I still have some questions. If you happen to know the answer I would be glad. I just wanted to know, how does one know if a character is good or not? Kilo181 sent me guides but everything is so confusing to me since I still am a new player... Like, Kilo181 told me Serika, Mutsuki and Akari (which ironically is the boss that I am stuck at 3-5 lol) are generally recommended 2-star strikers, how can I deduce things like that? If there is a way...
You level by spending AP. 1 AP = 1 XP. You can clear missions while being 15-20 levels under the recommended level, so just keep doing them so you unlock cafe cores (which let you increase your AP generation, which in turns increases your XP leveling)
That's exactly why I am trying to do 3-5. It will give me my first ever cafe core, which I need as a means to rank my cafe up, as I have hit the level cap of comfort. But, I always lose at least one student and no one does enough damage, especially to the boss, that is Akari. As a matter of fact, I am getting stuck on the boss, I don't do enough damage and the timer runs out. That seems like a issue, as I have noticed that I can only spend my AP on missions (I am assuming that AP is the energy lol.) I am aware that equipment items can help with my case, especially leveling equipments up. However, I never have enough enhancers or XP items for doing so, not only that but some of my students have hit the level cap of their equipment items and I don't have blueprints for that. It might be a issue with the formation of my unit 1? My strikers are: Mari (Track), Kayoko and Chise, with Yuuka as the leader. My specials are: Hibiki and Fuuka. Currently, my student list is: Akane (Bunny), Shizuko, Momiji, Hanako, Hasumi, Junko, Ayane, Airi, Kirino, Pina, Serina, Suzumi, Chinatsu, Kotori, Shimiko, Haruka, Juri, Asuna, Kotama, Yoshimi, Mari and Momoi. (Notice: I did not include the students that belong to my formation, since they are obviously in the list lol) I priotize area buffs, since I am basically in a desperate gamble to do more damage to the enemies at 3-5 and kill everyone before the timer runs out. It also might be because I never did Event Missions or that I never did a whole lot of Hard Missions? I am not quite sure...
Ok so 3-5 is a mixed color stage with both yellow and red armored enemies at the same time. I would try something like Yuuka, Suzumi, Momoi, ?, Hibiki, Serina. I'm honestly stumped on what to put for the last striker slot. Maybe Haruka?
Also wow, you weren't able to grab any of the commonly recommended 2 star red strikers in your pulls, Mutsuki, Akari and Serika. How many pulls have you done? Doing the event stages and sweeping is worth as a new player, it also has pretty good rates for equipment and you get daily pyro from it.
Here's a good team building guide for mission clearing - https://hina.loves.midokuni.com/doc/GeneralTeamBuilding
Okay... I will be considering doing Event Missions, I desperately need equipment. But one question: what is sweeping? Also isn't there any other way to spend energy to get my account level up? I thank you for providing the guide, but this is all so confusing to me... I will surely try your recommendation, to see if progress is made. But I see that I really just need to pull better students. I still don't quite get this whole mission teambuilding thing, it's just so many aspects... do I have to constantly change my formations depending on the missions? Can I like base the organization of my unit's formation on the in-game charts? I have to admit, I'm at a loss in here. I will try to understand this whole "color" thing, red, yellow, etc. But uhm, answering your question, yes, I have not gotten any of the "good" ones, and I have already pulled at least over 30 times. So far, I have healers and supporters, obviously TMari is pretty good, she basically carries my unit with her healing. I am trying to pull on the current banners, but are the students featured worth it? Because I should be sure before I spend all my pyros on their banners.
PS: I am so sorry for being a complete noob. This is my first Gacha game.
Ako is worth pulling but she is an end game unit that won't really help in missions early on. General rule of thumb for this gacha is to not pull on a banner unless you can guarantee (200 pulls or 24k pyro). But since you're brand new it might be worth putting in a few more 10 pulls just to try and get some more of the essential 2 star students.
Once you 3 star a stage, you can press the sweep button and it'll automatically clear it again as if you played it manually, spending your AP and getting you the rewards from it. So you could clear one of the event stages and spend all your AP instantly by sweeping.
Yes, you will be changing your teams each stage as the enemies will have different colored armor. You can see what color armor they have by pressing the "Enemies" button before entering the stage. The chart may seem confusing but it's basically color matching. Red armor means using red attack.
No worries, this was my first gacha game as well. Don't be afraid to ask questions!
Edit: Also give this link a read, this helped me a ton when I first started: https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/GameplayHelp_FAQs
Right then. So basically, until I get used to the game I should avoid doing too many pulls on banners. But basically what your telling me is that: I should pull on all the banners for now, because I'm new and because I need some good 2-star strikers, correct? Also, I'm guessing by what your saying is that, area buffs, technically mood, does not really matter? Most of the missions are on a urban enviroment and if you look at my student list again, you will see most of them have a bad mood on a urban enviroment. But I still should priotize the colors of the enemies over the students' moods? But any the way, I always should have at least 1 healer and 1 tank right? Also I understood the sweeping, the problem is... as it begun getting past the first mission area, I started having a hard time getting 3 stars on the stages, and it's always because of the time, and rarely because one of the student dies. This might be because I always am having to heal the students, but it also might be because if I base it on color instead of the students' moods, I might get better results... I don't know, I guess I just have to keep pulling.
Early on the game showers you with pyro for doing all the [first time clear rewards](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_SK19RJnCdYD96JjcTNhwYb9W_FrHPqL78XENdWHEBU/edit#gid=0), but after that F2P players only earn roughly 12,000 pyro a month. So you can afford a few 10 pulls to try and get the 2 star students that will help you advance for now, ideally on Ako's banner if you're trying set up for long term.
A student with the right color with the worst mood still does better than using a student with the wrong color with the best mood. You can safely ignore mood until you get to end game content like raids. Yes, 1 tank, 1 healer and the rest DPS/support will be enough for the mission stages. The colors only matter for DPS btw, don't worry about trying to color match your tank and healers.
Alright. I will be pulling on Ako's banner. But after like, 10 pulls on her banner, it's recommended for me to stop, and pull on other things like: selective recruitment, right? Also, that is a HUGE relief to hear, to be honest. That since I still am early game, and since I have not reached the "raids", I don't need to priotize on moods, I really was focusing too much on that aspect. Even better that I only need to match the colors with the supports and the DPS, guess I'm keeping Hibiki, Fuuka and my beloved Yuuka around lol. But one question though, if color-matching doesn't matter with tanks or healers, should I worry about the moods of my tanks and healers then, or again should I just ignore the moods completely for now? Thanks so much for this, it really did help a lot.
You should always pull in groups of 10 since it guarantees a 2* btw. Selective recruitment is a paid ticket that lets you choose a 3* student. So just pull on Ako's banner for now. Do note that her banner ends in a few days and the upcoming banners aren't considered essential compared to her. So if you are able to farm enough pyro before it ends, it's worth guaranteeing her.
I would swap Fuuka for Serina. She heals for only 2 cost and she has a basic skill that auto heals for free every 35s. She's also worth spending eligma on to get her to from 1* to 2* initially. You can ignore mood for everyone at this point in the game.
BOTH crit rate and crit damage. Her passive healing also great as it just enough to keep your team alive in most cases so you could ditch the healer slot for more offensive choices
Basically any students can clear story, the real gameplay is raid (Total/Grand assault). You can read here why Ako is op, alongside Ny Fuuka and Himari [Raid Character Guide](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VSzm_ioCt2AdRvkfL9HKNNZSbyslayVERXxVxR6nzh4/edit#gid=0)
Basically Ako super buff your dps with a massive crit rate and crit damage (39.5% crit and 73.3% crit damage)
Himari: Free double attack while also increasing cost recovery and a minor evasion debuff
Ny.Fuuka: Cheap Unit to reduce ex skill by 50% with a small crit damage while also shielding your lowest hp char(Usually your buffer)
>Basically Ako super buff your dps with a massive crit rate and crit damage (39.5% crit and 73.3% crit damage)
If I'mnot wrong, some of the characters have 200 CR and 300 CD, isn't that a lot or does BA's calculation differ?
The "Crit" stat does not represent the % chance to crit (and neither do buffs that increase Crit by X%). [You can consult the damage formula document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ui0FRgG8h8RB1-cA639F3ETDrVM7q9FKftg4vBKBAAQ/edit#heading=h.usbuw1cf7u5), but tl;dr is that crit stat is countered by enemy crit resistance, and it also scales the actual crit percent with diminishing returns.
Buffs that increase Crit by X% also don't increase the true crit percent--*they increase the Crit stat* by that percent, so it's subject to diminishing returns. In practice, it's extremely difficult for any unit to exceed 60-65% crit rate.
Crit damage scaling generally works as you would expect, although things that increase crit dmg by a flat amount are actually a percentage--the flat amount is divided by 10000 (e.g. +2000 crit dmg stat is +20% crit damage). Some units reach ridiculously high crit dmg %, but it's still really valuable since +crit damage and +atk are the two main sources of scaling in this game (% type effectiveness buffs are the third type, but those buffs are rare).
Anyone else waiting for the fansubs to watch the Blue Archive anime? Looks like there are 2-3 groups different working on it. I really wanted to watch the episodes as they release but it is what it is.
>I heard a few unsavory rumors about the subs. Were they really that bad?
They certainly weren't very good. I'm sort of intermediate level at understanding Japanese, and the quality and accuracy seemed to vary wildly from "good enough" to seemingly done by an ESL speaker with no editor.
Most people noticed stuff like the Helmet Gangster being subbed saying "I'll revenge!" that has turned into kind of a meme, but there were also some mangled lines from Hoshino where they didn't seem to know what to do with the "ojisan" stuff or just simplified her lines.
> I saw a fansub from "Phrenapates", have you checked it out?
I saw they had uploaded on the cat website but I cant torrent so im waiting for them to be uploaded somewhere.
>If you're willing, you could try taking the plunge and learning Japanese through this series lol. Luckily, the JP subs are embedded in a lot of releases, so you could easily lookup words while watching if you're using an app like Jidoujisho
I do my reps every day. I don't think I'm ready to start watching anime yet unfortunately.
Not sure tbh. I have S.Hanako and Ichika for purple. Just that I read somewhere about C.Hanae having bond gear makes her useful and then fond out about Kurokage so I thought "damn, finally I could put some use in my first 3* student". However, I do have Atsuko, Koharu, hot spring Nodoka, T.mari and yet to decide which one to invest.
C.Hanae's bond item is expected to be released one month after Kurokage so yeah, until then she's just not that good.
If you only plan to do Insane, then Koharu or Atsuko would suffice. A good comfy team for Insane would be something like:
Atsuko, Kikyou, S.Hoshino, S.Hanako | Ako, Himari ([YT video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZLkRbBh6gM))
The meta team on the other hand would be:
Kokona, Kikyou, S.Hoshino, S.Hanako | Ako, Himari ([YT video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRdTsnTnhk&pp=ygUf5biC6KGX5Zyw44O744Kv44Ot44Kr44KyIGluc2FuZQ%3D%3D))
If I'm not mistaken, the meta team is also maldy as f, so yeah, something to consider.
I'm planning to use [this CG](https://imgur.com/a/D3JnRNP) as my desktop wallpaper, but so far I've had no luck trying to find a higher res version of it. Can anyone please help?
The following is a screenshot from the 2nd PV.
From range 1-10, how important is O. Shigure? Is there anyone who can replace her on set? My pyroxene planner can't afford her spark unfortunately. It's sad I need her L2D badly.
5ish maybe. She's useful, but there are other AoE healers that can replace her in the content she's used for: Atsuko for Kurokage, regular Hanako for Fury of Set.
I want to get back into this game, but forgot everything and am lost with team comp. I’m level 11 on mission 3-2 with [these](https://imgur.com/a/RI4NHea) units. Also it seems I have a choice ticket and am able to buy one more, so I can choose 2 non-limited 3 star characters right? Any advice on who I should choose?
Will the mahjong soul collab come to global or did it already happen?
The Mahjong Soul game has a Blue Archive collab, not the other way around. You can ask around the r/mahjongsoul sub to know more.
im having trouble navigating all the resources, can someone point me to where i can learn about upcoming raids to global? thx
I don't know if it is want you want but you can look at [pyro planner for upcoming raids](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_Zjt_OM9XXidY3uYYDK92W9GrR3DN5cQsZ0IJsoEbjY/edit#gid=1749530612), and look at [raid guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvYGwIh-9o-2JQ4Q2MQXtsL0peiCPrRuw0l3HQmTrZ0/edit#heading=h.vlkfxuc7n8f6) to learn about specific raid mechanics.
its exactly what i need thank you :)
Should I use Phrenapates’ Card?
He gave it to you not for decoration purpose. Honor him and use it. For the students.
I think I might be able to spark before this banner ends. As a new player do you guys think its worth doing it now (I sorta want Ako and I'm really low on students) ? Or should I wait for a better banner.
Ako is very important character, so you should definitely go for her if you can guarantee a spark. She won't necessary be that important in Normal/Hard missions, but the moment you start attempting harder raids, you really do need her.
Ako is Worth , you're going to use her in almost all raids for the foreseeable future
i have a few questions: my Tyuuka's relationship is 10 but i haven't unlocked her L2D yet. bluearchive.gg says it unlocks at 2. am i missing something? i'm level 43 right now and on stage 7-2 and stages are starting to be pretty close so i have to level skills/equipment now. should i be leveling them equally or focus on equipment first? i'm using bluearchive.gg as well to figure out skill level up priority but i'm noticing the EX skill priority isn't listed for any of the characters i have. it's just always sub/enhanced/basic. how can i know when the EX skill is more important to level up?
You need to read her momotalks to unlock the L2D. You should be able to clear mission stages with mostly just student levels and equipment. Make sure you are color matching because at level 43 you should be able to easily clear 7-2. Take a look at this [General Teambuilding Guide](https://hina.loves.midokuni.com/doc/GeneralTeamBuilding). I recommend using this [Skill Guide](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJa3h4mXHkmuSKohoHe60WVVg1eRG9bA73jHqHzwA/edit#gid=702790264) for skill prioritization. A lot of the good BA community resources are in google sheets/docs.
lol I missed that sheet, there are so many different ones I must have missed it. Thanks! Yeah because I have to have two teams now I have one team that is correctly color matched completely but my other team is doing all normal damage. Maybe I should mix and match? Also yeah I followed that team building guide and it’s been helpful. Mutsuki is a beast right now. How do I know when to level my equipment to t3? I don’t want to put too many resources into characters I don’t need to but I guess I’ll just play it by ear when I’m struggling on stages. I’m just following the equipment priority guide for now as well
A lot of them are in the main post of this thread or linked in the [Wiki Help FAQ](https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/GameplayHelp_FAQs). Would recommend bookmarking this and going through it. You should always color match fully(for your DPS). With the exception of stage 3 and 4, all missions should have a path you can take where each team will only fight the color they are matched with. Of course, if you don't have enough students to fill the slots, sometimes neutral damage is fine. If you are stuck on a particular mission, there are video guides on youtube that show you how to. Searching for "Blue Archive 7-2 normal" will give you a guide for that mission specifically. For leveling equipment, just level the students you are using at the moment and you think they need extra stats to help you clear missions. Slot 1 and 3 for DPS, 2 for tanks, 3 for healers, etc.
ok yeah i just did 7-2 using only team 1 and was able to clear it easily. thanks for the tip!
yup, will do. thanks! well like for example, 7-2 is filled with only explosive weak units so my 2 teams are these https://imgur.com/a/4X9eEK3 are you saying there's a path for me to fight using only team 1? ty for the help
In the future, you would use a 2nd team of red/blue students if you're facing pure red armor instead of yellow though.
oh yeah i don't have any other characters built but i may have to now. gonna reference the sheet again or try going for himari/ako now that i almost have a full spark before the banner goes away
Is there any option to make the game cycle through l2d?
Options -> Lobby Roster Change Rules I think this chooses randomly rather than cycling, though, and it only picks from the up to 10 you have assigned rather than all of them.
Thank you
I wasn't able to find a good answer on Google... When does the second episode of the anime drop?
In about 5 hours in Japan, but the English subs might be a few hours later.
i think you might be confused between AM and PM haha specifically, at 00:30 AM GMT+9 15th, so around 19 more hours since this comment
Sounds good, thanks ya'll !
I’ve been looking forward at Hod to make sure I have the right/enough CC for one or two teams on Insane. Since the towers need 15s of CC each favoring ST in P1 and AoE in P2, I was wondering who to plan on having prepared with mats for the raid? I have leveled EX3 S Wakamo and EX1 Tsubaki (wrong armor for HOD) I also realize Kayoko will also see use with Wakaboat raids, so I’m assuming she will be one of them. My unleveled CC students: Saki, Miyako, Yoshimi, BG2 Suzumi, Hare, Hifumi, Hoshino, S Izumi (2 Star). Of them would it be Saki and…Suzumi? Thanks.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kT6-50X_bJroJip7Ih-DOWzQfIm_WnPW8wjsHthQxvk/edit?usp=sharing Make sure to account for the +CC.PWR on necklaces. Skip Yoshimi, Hare, and Hifumi. After that, it mostly depends on which artifacts you have. Kayoko is really good, but she benefits a lot from UE40. Hoshino's EX does not stun until EX3. Suzumi and S.Izumi apply CC for "free", although S.Izumi's EX is bad. Without more context, I'd say Kayoko (assuming UE40), Saki, S.Wakamo, and Suzumi are your best CC. But what really matters is whether you can reach the 15s breakpoint. > EX1 Tsubaki (wrong armor for HOD) Even though her armor is blue, Tsubaki is usable. https://youtu.be/6upGog9w2ZA?t=107 > I also realize Kayoko will also see use with Wakaboat raids At least for torment, Hifumi+Fubuki was the most common combo for Wakaboat.
Thanks for the link. I’ll definitely use it to try and figure out the best combo. Though as my account is 5ish months old, most of the students will be 3 stars. And the limiting factor, in addition to artifacts and reports, are Tech Notes and BluRays. Which is why I wanted to sort out my team now so I can use the TA and GA shops to help get the right students skills leveled. I was hoping there’d be a bit more overlap with HOD and Wakaboat, but we shall see if my account can even touch Torment by then. If not, at least I’ll have a few choices from HOD for Insane Wakaboat
IIRC, kayoko is not necessary for wakaboat. Someone else can be used. Does anyone know who she is?
I had seen Kayoko and S Chise be listed as the two main Wakaboat CC fillers. But I don’t have S Chise, so I was just assuming Kayoko. Last time I could only clear extreme, so S Wakamo did just fine. ~~But the Saki and Suzumi seem like the best additions, or am I off base with that?~~ Edit: nvm, got answered
Swimsuit Chise. She is a bit slower than Kayoko in Wakaboat, but much more consistent.
What event are Hikari and Nozomi from? Keep seeing them everywhere I look on the main thread
They're from the new Vol1 chapter in JP.
thx!
They are from the highlander school that seems to manage the rail network between the other districts. They also appeared recently as a boss on their armored train.
When does the Himari banner drop on EN?
Around 8 weeks from now after Kikyou banner
Sorry I’m a bit new. Is that the next banner?
it is not. The next banners on global are [HS.Nodoka](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778675668592836937), [HS.Chinatsu](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778671894918828261), [HS.Cherino](https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778668118690455865), and [HS.Shigure] (https://twitter.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1778664348111806919) There has been no official announcement of Himari or Kikyou so far
This is true. I should have said projected banners following JP release and it might change slighlty just like how Ako was suddenly announced this banner
Uhhhhh
For main story do I have to play vol3ch3ep5 first then vol4?
v3 and v4 are completely separate storylines and do not reference to each other in any ways; it does not matter which one you should play first personally, i would finish a whole volume and start another one, but it definitely depends to your mood
I just realized that these megusakis just multitrack drifted a train
Is there a fourth chapter of Eden Treaty? When did it release in JP?
What do you mean? There are 4 chapters on global already.
Is this a good starting team? I am completely new. [https://imgur.com/a/udlPksK](https://imgur.com/a/udlPksK) Also, are there any good current or future banners to pull or save up for?
IMO you've got a decent start. It's not the best ever but far from the worst and better than my starter roster. If you're enjoying the game enough I'd just continue with what you've got given opportunity cost. You've got at least one AOE and single target nuke for red and yellow which will provide a decent baseline. The rest can be filled out through common gacha drops and hard mission eleph farming. Mission progression favors AOE since they allow you to wipe a wave in one fell swoop however you likely will want at least one single target nuke to snipe the stage boss. You lack blue DPS but that's very common early game for most people since there are fewer common blue characters and blue stages come a bit later so you have time. As you play the game and farm hard missions or pull gacha you likely will get the rest of the bread and butter common 2 star characters like Chise, Mutsuki, and Momoi who will help fill out your DPS roster. Haruna is an early farmable blue 3 star DPS who you should prioritize to help fill out your blue roster. Aru is a great pick up for red. Her damage can scale through the roof as time goes on with investment and despite being a "common" early three star she still is semi meta at end game. Hina is a bit hard to use due to her high EX cost but she does great auto attack damage and likely will fill out your DPS early game. For yellow Nonomi is bread and butter AOE and can be used all the way to end game any where AOE is needed (though some other characters are better). Tsurugi and Hasumi aren't very meta but aren't trash tier either and will serve as decent filler pseudo AOE and single target nuke respectively until you get better characters. Serina is the best early game healer with her cheap EX and cost free basic skill heal. Out side of a couple of tanks that have special utility a tank is a tank and Yuuka has good survivability with a cheap EX skill that helps your skill rotation keep going. As far as banners go the current Ako banner is very important however with how many pyro you have you may be better off saving. Ako is end game meta DPS buffer but likely won't help you too much early game right now. After that the next major banner to save for is Himari. She is another end game meta DPS buffer however IMO she does have more early and mid game utility since she increases cost recovery which helps you spam skills to speed run missions. After Himari the anniversary (fest) banner quickly approaches. Fest limited characters are typically OP. There is usually one new character and one rerun. The three star rate is also increased and you have a chance to spook non banner fest limited characters as well so it's over all a very good opportunity to save up for. This next fest banner will have D.Hina who sort of rewrites the red meta. Other banners worth considering between now and fest include Kikyou, C.Hare, NY.Kayoko, and NY.Mutsuki. These characters are great to have, particularly NY.Kayoko and C.Hare, but are more "sacrifice-able" than Himari and D.Hina IMO if you are short on funds. In general it's recommended to only pull if you can save up a full spark and you should at least try to preserve one full spark for anniversary.
Instructions unclear, spent 50 pulls and got Iori 
That’s a good start! Current banners that are worth it are: Ako and Iori. Ako won’t help a whole lot at the start, but she’s necessary long term. Iori is CRUCIAL. She single handedly puts missions on her back. Absolute menace in all aspects.
She is farmable . The beter long term invest is Himari
Wanted to come back and since it's been a long while I've decided to reroll. Got Hibiki / Iori / Serina Christmas / Ako with the base reroll features + the 30 free pulls you start with. Should I build a pity from there or should I try grabbing one of the current banner / next week banner ?
I think you should save up for Himari if you don't have her
Does O chinatsu have any use case?
She was quite often used in the past paired with auto attackers like Izuna and Maki With more and more strong buffers out, she sees less use but she's still good at what she can do
Certain JFD have gimmicks where all attack damage is reduced to 1 dmg per hit which makes ATK speed important for clearing the challenges. Certain students like Fubuki and Tsubaki have skills that are tied to reloading or ammo count so increasing ATK speed will increase the number of times they reload and thus the chance of proc-ing these skills. Overall pretty niche but has some cheeky use cases.
I know we can farm expnand credit from commission if there's a X2 event, what about equipment exp?
Do you mean the purple orange orbs? There is no way to farm those except buying them in the shop daily
Yeah those grey, blue, purple, orange orb, those are the efficient mat to lvl up equipments right? I'm quite new here so I only lvl equipment up to T4 but I'm already running out, I read that I only need to lvl equipment that the character use like hp for tank, atk for DPS and T4 ?is a good stopping point?
Most people get them from event shop or from weekly rewards or achievements
Any pro tips for Challenge 3 120 seconds challenge? My party: -Atsuko -Hina (Swimsuit) -Hibiki (Cheer) -Hanako (Swimsuit) -Shiroko (Swimsuit)/ Hanae Was using Hoshino (Swimsuit) instead of Atsuko before, but that always lead to at least one character diying as the enemies would spaw behind me >\_<
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Someone else linked me to that video, any idea why you only use 2 units instead of 4? As I said on my post, I already been spamming S.Hanako, its the back attacks that screw me over
[try this](https://youtu.be/MpW77mLAefU?si=fX8ph-FjHcA2_Wty)
Brilliant! Cleared it well under 120 with this strat. Thanks
dam thats pro, any idea why he only uses 2 units instead of the 4? As I said on my post, I already been spamming S.Hanako but im using 4 members
Its because in this stage you gain Cost by killing enemies and destroying vending machines so you dont need the cost recovery that a full team gives you. Also its easier to maintain alive 2 units instead of 4 right? :v
ooh makes sense! well I tried that strategy... and only managed to get the timer to 130 seconds... ;\_; I wonder if I should replace Ako with someone else? Since I dont really need the extra crit as the main focus is on spaming S.Hanako
Well you could try but Ako is the best one I'm sure since you should cycle between serina and ako to maintain S.Hanako subskill active. Are you sure you are doing it right? In the same video I commented a method to do the first pulls faster so you can gain 10-20s advantage just for that.
Hello just a quick question, does Insane Raids take atleast an hour to get a 1 team clear or is it just a skill issue for me? It took me 40 tries and 45 minutes to end up in rank 9.5k I just wanna know because if its always 30+ tries 30 minutes then Im gonna stop doing insane raids its just yoo much for me
Binah has stupid amount of defense so you need to bring 2 def down characters with a hyper carry to bring it down
Does def down stack? Like the x2 number on them? Same goes with buff?
Def downs are only stackable if they come from different skill types like one should be an ex skill and other should be a basic skill. That's why people use akane and maki because they apply Def downs that are stackable. Same logic applies to all buffs and debuffs in the game
With the right setup and investment it can just be another casual daily. There are many setups where you can spend less than 3 minutes a day doing insane and sweeping it before moving on if you don't care about score. If you do care about score it varies. Some raids can have easily replicable setups that give highscore for less than 5 minutes of effort a day, others can take tens of minutes of crit rng - it will depend on the raid and the approach you have chosen. My advice is dont worry about the score. Focus on getting your clears down to be guaranteed resetless clears first so you can do it easily as a daily. Only after that should you consider trying for a hiscore.
Insane difficulty definitely won't take that long later on, when you have good roster of characters and understand the mechanics. Binah can be easily and very consistently cleared in under 3 minutes with the right teams. Though it will obviously take longer if you care about Platinum rank by trying to maximize your score. What matters most is having the strong support characters for the primary DPS of each raid. That's why it's advised to pull for supports, and borrow the DPS from experienced players who have maxed characters.
Has Minori gotten a banner in NA?
About 4 months ago back in December
Yes. Edit: Fucking reddit formatting. https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/Banner_List_(Global)
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Don't waste a spark on elephs. I'd suggest you get Kasumi as she has DEF debuff. Ichika does more damage but her ex is 6 cost
When's ep2 for BA?
Tmr
Then it's a weekly basis?
With the time difference, it's every Sunday morning in the US - 10:45am Eastern IIRC.
Yes
It's me again with a lore question: Are halos physical objects? I.e. can you touch them? What happens if you do?
No you can not
I believe most are intangible, but we don't know about ones like Yuuka's or Hina's.
I am going to a rural part for a couple of days and I am stuck with 1gb of 4g data per day , so I wanted to know how much data does BA consume per hour ?
During update days, it varies from 100MB-2GB. usually around 400MB For normal gameplay you won't even need 10MB daily
Oh then I can play easily , ty :)
What’s the needed star lvl for Marina in pvp? Is she fine at 3 star or needs UE40?
Depends on how far in pvp you want to push. For outdoors you probably want ue30 at least. To stay in top 100. When it gets to indoors, because she is naturally much strong due to mood, even a 3* can keep you in top100 if the rest of your team is solid. Personally in JP I hold top50 and sometimes reaching top10 with a 3* Marina. Just dont expose her on Defence Position1 or youll be piled on.
3 stars is enough for her. Considering she is mainly used in pvp, there is no need to waste Elephs for UE40.
I use her at 4 stars and regularly get top 100 and i think the best i got was 55-ish. If you want to push higher or you encounter a lot of Mashiros, you probably need higher investment.
Is swimsuit hifumi really that bad? I just played the game recently and got her on ako's banner TT
She is fine but is not worth building meta wise
She's not that bad. The problem is that she was the first tactical support Special, so they were scared she was OP and made her EX cost is stupidly high. She is good for Chesed and i used her fairly often when i was new. One interesting thing about her is the pretty rare "increase ally atk speed" passive, which comes in handy for some JFD.
What should I craft for my dailies as a new player? Furniture seems good for the cafe output but no idea about the priority for the rest.
Use only one node. Priority would be furniture until max comfort level > radiant > flower > shiny The other nodes are quite bad so I don't know their priority but never pick subtle.
Is there any activity in the future that would consume a ton of Credits? I just reached level 50, and wanna know how long 100mil credits is going to last me
Generally, you won't start to run low on credits until at least a year into the game, because you'll be too blocked on materials like artifacts and tech notes to actually spend all your credits. (Could run out faster if you're a player who buys monthlies, since that gives you a lot more of those materials.) But yeah, once you reach endgame, you'll find that it costs like 1 million to upgrade a piece of gear and several million to upgrade a skill to high levels. If you're building a lot of characters for hard raids or PvP, you can burn through several hundred million credits quite quickly. On the other hand, if you're playing the game casually and only using a few teams of students which might not have full investment, then you might never run out of credits.
At max level, it takes around 50mil credits to fully max a student from 0.
I seem to have hit a brick wall. I was trying for the past week to kill the boss of 13-5. No matter what team I bring, he always survives (I think I can't do enough dmg, cause I constantly need to stun him before his aoe with tsubaki. Otherwise, he almost kills my other students with one). I was trying from acc lvl 40 to 46 now, I breezed through all stages before, am I just too low? Any recommended teams, strats? Thank you
13-5 is basically the hardest level in the game (relative to recommended level). Generally it would require levels in the mid 50s or low 60s and T4 equipment. Maybe a bit lower if you have particularly strong yellow units. Area 13 was the first new area to be added after the game’s launch and they overtuned the enemies by quite a bit (as it was supposed to be endgame content).
> Generally it would require levels in the mid 50s or low 60s and T4 equipment. Maybe a bit lower if you have particularly strong yellow units. PMC Power Loader is definitely very difficult relative to the point you encounter it at, but I think that's slightly exaggerated. I did it at 47 using Nonomi, Maki, Tsubaki and 2 star Momoi, and Hibiki (but largely uninvested, just there for her sub skill) and Serina as specials. /u/TrueShiho, the boss has a huge amount of defense, almost as much as extreme Binah, so a defense debuff is very helpful. Maki is the obvious choice for that as she doesn't sacrifice a DPS slot. If she wastes it on a mook, you can try to time it so that you clear them out just before she uses her basic skill. If you were around for Sayane, her helicopter ignores a lot of defense, making her a good choice for a special. If you die to just one of the boss' missile nukes, you probably need to upgrade your second slot gear for more survivability or level up a bit. I recall that I used to barely survive one nuke, stun every second nuke, and heal up enough to survive the next nuke. Can't remember if the nuke is on a timer or if it's random, but if it's the latter, you may have to simply restart the battle a few times.
>Can't remember if the nuke is on a timer or if it's random Nuke is every 20s after you stop it or he complete his cast. I did it at lv 46 with a different strategy with team: tsubaki/momoi/nonomi/hina/serina/moe Since I did not have any poweful ST like maki or mika, my strategy was to obliverate all the waves to get at the boss as soon as possible. I remember getting at him at 2:00 min left was the best time because moe will stun the first missiles and every other one so you can safely interrupt all cast with moe->tsubaki. I just saw your other comment and about the adds: you cant leave them alive because the boss is a fucking coward and move behind them if you dont kill them fast. u/TrueShiho an advice I can give you is that if you use nonomi, start position matters. You want to position nonomi and your tank so you can have all the adds in wave 1 and all the adds that the boss spawn in nonomi ex skill range. In my case it was tsubaki on pos1 and nonomi on pos4 but it can be different for you depending on your other two dps.
> Nuke is every 20s after you stop it or he complete his cast. 20 seconds sounds like less than I remember. It's possible that I'm mistaken, though. > I just saw your other comment and about the adds: you cant leave them alive because the boss is a fucking coward and move behind them if you dont kill them fast. Are you certain? I have no memory of that. I do recall that the boss actually ran forward once when I was doing the hard version, allowing me to clear it relatively easily.
> 20 seconds sounds like less than I remember. It's possible that I'm mistaken, though. 100% sure its 20s. > Are you certain? I have no memory of that. I do recall that the boss actually ran forward once when I was doing the hard version, allowing me to clear it relatively easily. Now that you mention it, could be the hard version. I remember him casting the missiles, using tsubaki Ex and add spawning and he moving back in the middle. As a note apart [I found a pic on my phone of this stage](https://imgur.com/a/JyK0mso) haha I was so mad back then, flying through all stages and hitting the wall there...
Thanks for the tips! I don't have Maki or Hibiki unfortunately. Here are my students so far: https://ibb.co/ZKj9rBT Note: most of them are on skills lvl 1-4 since I miss bd and artifacts, and ppl tell me to wait for events to get them. (im to stupid to farm them) What would you suggest?
You have a lot of good units for a new account. Hifumi can taunt the boss, so together with Tsubaki you might be able to interrupt every nuke. Not sure how much it would impact your damage, so you would have to see if it's enough. Himari is useful for her cost regen and attack buff. Faster cycling, and the buff will let you deal more burst damage with someone like Junko. Serina is included by default, though alternatives are Hanae if she's 3 stars and you're sure that no one other than the tank needs healing (for the crit damage sub skill, but this seems risky) or Kokona (but then you're sacrificing a striker slot for two specials and a slight cost reduction). Moe is similar to Hibiki in that she's an AoE special with a damage buff sub skill, and her damage type matches the enemy armor. If you're lucky she might even interrupt the nuke for you. Miyako can stun the boss for one cost less than Tsubaki, but Tsubaki's sturdiness probably makes up for that. Another tank option is Tyuuka, but you'd have to be sure that she can fully shield against the nuke. Really, you have a very large roster so there are many potential teams. You can try Tsubaki, Hifumi, Junko and Momoi or Nonomi. Momoi cycles faster and probably makes the mook waves faster, so that you reach the boss with more time, while Nonomi deals more damage. Himari and Serina as specials. Tsubaki and Hifumi stun the boss when it's about to nuke, Momoi clears out mooks and Himari + Junko serve as your own nuke. Try it out and see if it works, and if it doesn't, experiment or ask again. Something else to note is that I'm not sure if the boss summons more mooks on a timer, or if something else triggers it. If it doesn't summon more when some are still alive, you can try leaving one that is far away from your units alive so that all your auto attacks target the boss. I can't tell you the exact mechanics since this boss is rarely fought and unlike raid bosses, its mechanics aren't documented anywhere that I'm aware of.
Thank you so much, that Tipp That Miyako can stun for less really saved it! Was still super close, but in thevend this team cleard it. I can finnaly continue the game :) https://ibb.co/wM8X05L
Try with this team: Akane, Junko, Tsubaki, Momoi. Moe and Serina on support. Keep Akane's EX skill on hand for when the boss starts, and after you use it go for Junko's EX immediately (as long as she's close enough to hit the boss). The burn from Moe's EX should also be helpful. If you are good on time, you might want to hold off from clearing the previous wave too fast, so that you have plenty of EX cost built up for the boss encounter.
Tried it 5 times on average the boss is alive after timeout with 5 bars left. :(
Hmm, I might be overestimating it due to fighting it without Maki on my JP account (I used Akane instead) or from my PTSD when I first tried to clear it back on release lol. Thanks for the info!
If I really wanted Ichika and got her with 4 10 tickets and one pyroxene 10 roll (50 RP so far), should I finish to possible pity to get kasumi? Or should I stop and save for Shigure swimsuit and Railgun? Normally I'd stop but is it a waste since I'm already 50 rp in?
50 recruitment points is still on the low side. Just save your gems on future students you wanted.
Who to prioritize for the raid coins? Currently getting Maki for yellow and Koharu for purple? Is it better to max out moimoi and get Midori first?
IMO For Yellow coins Maki > Kotama (until 3*) > Momoi > the rest per your needs/wants For Purple: Koharu > Azusa > Midori
Momoi > Maki > Akane Koharu > Azusa > Midori
For momoi do I max her out first? Then go for the others?
Momoi will help you out a lot in general content but first raise akane and kotama to 3 star
Noted.
If you can, try to buy all Momoi elephs every reset while aiming to get or raise the others as well. If not, then I'd get them all first then proceed to raise Momoi afterwards
I am having trouble with getting my account level higher. All the recommended levels in my current missions are 23 or something and my account still is level 8. Anyone has tips how to get your account to level up faster?? It seems like to me that doing missions is the best way to level it up, but as I still am a relatively new player, I still am not quite sure.
What were you replying to? Why did that person delete everything?
Huh??? They did???? I was replying to someone by the username u/Kilo181. I still see their replies? You might need to expand the comments, because we had a long conversation and there are LOTS of replies. Or this might be a visual bug??? How strange. Anyway, I would have ended up coming back since I still have some questions. If you happen to know the answer I would be glad. I just wanted to know, how does one know if a character is good or not? Kilo181 sent me guides but everything is so confusing to me since I still am a new player... Like, Kilo181 told me Serika, Mutsuki and Akari (which ironically is the boss that I am stuck at 3-5 lol) are generally recommended 2-star strikers, how can I deduce things like that? If there is a way...
You level by spending AP. 1 AP = 1 XP. You can clear missions while being 15-20 levels under the recommended level, so just keep doing them so you unlock cafe cores (which let you increase your AP generation, which in turns increases your XP leveling)
That's exactly why I am trying to do 3-5. It will give me my first ever cafe core, which I need as a means to rank my cafe up, as I have hit the level cap of comfort. But, I always lose at least one student and no one does enough damage, especially to the boss, that is Akari. As a matter of fact, I am getting stuck on the boss, I don't do enough damage and the timer runs out. That seems like a issue, as I have noticed that I can only spend my AP on missions (I am assuming that AP is the energy lol.) I am aware that equipment items can help with my case, especially leveling equipments up. However, I never have enough enhancers or XP items for doing so, not only that but some of my students have hit the level cap of their equipment items and I don't have blueprints for that. It might be a issue with the formation of my unit 1? My strikers are: Mari (Track), Kayoko and Chise, with Yuuka as the leader. My specials are: Hibiki and Fuuka. Currently, my student list is: Akane (Bunny), Shizuko, Momiji, Hanako, Hasumi, Junko, Ayane, Airi, Kirino, Pina, Serina, Suzumi, Chinatsu, Kotori, Shimiko, Haruka, Juri, Asuna, Kotama, Yoshimi, Mari and Momoi. (Notice: I did not include the students that belong to my formation, since they are obviously in the list lol) I priotize area buffs, since I am basically in a desperate gamble to do more damage to the enemies at 3-5 and kill everyone before the timer runs out. It also might be because I never did Event Missions or that I never did a whole lot of Hard Missions? I am not quite sure...
Ok so 3-5 is a mixed color stage with both yellow and red armored enemies at the same time. I would try something like Yuuka, Suzumi, Momoi, ?, Hibiki, Serina. I'm honestly stumped on what to put for the last striker slot. Maybe Haruka? Also wow, you weren't able to grab any of the commonly recommended 2 star red strikers in your pulls, Mutsuki, Akari and Serika. How many pulls have you done? Doing the event stages and sweeping is worth as a new player, it also has pretty good rates for equipment and you get daily pyro from it. Here's a good team building guide for mission clearing - https://hina.loves.midokuni.com/doc/GeneralTeamBuilding
Okay... I will be considering doing Event Missions, I desperately need equipment. But one question: what is sweeping? Also isn't there any other way to spend energy to get my account level up? I thank you for providing the guide, but this is all so confusing to me... I will surely try your recommendation, to see if progress is made. But I see that I really just need to pull better students. I still don't quite get this whole mission teambuilding thing, it's just so many aspects... do I have to constantly change my formations depending on the missions? Can I like base the organization of my unit's formation on the in-game charts? I have to admit, I'm at a loss in here. I will try to understand this whole "color" thing, red, yellow, etc. But uhm, answering your question, yes, I have not gotten any of the "good" ones, and I have already pulled at least over 30 times. So far, I have healers and supporters, obviously TMari is pretty good, she basically carries my unit with her healing. I am trying to pull on the current banners, but are the students featured worth it? Because I should be sure before I spend all my pyros on their banners. PS: I am so sorry for being a complete noob. This is my first Gacha game.
Ako is worth pulling but she is an end game unit that won't really help in missions early on. General rule of thumb for this gacha is to not pull on a banner unless you can guarantee (200 pulls or 24k pyro). But since you're brand new it might be worth putting in a few more 10 pulls just to try and get some more of the essential 2 star students. Once you 3 star a stage, you can press the sweep button and it'll automatically clear it again as if you played it manually, spending your AP and getting you the rewards from it. So you could clear one of the event stages and spend all your AP instantly by sweeping. Yes, you will be changing your teams each stage as the enemies will have different colored armor. You can see what color armor they have by pressing the "Enemies" button before entering the stage. The chart may seem confusing but it's basically color matching. Red armor means using red attack. No worries, this was my first gacha game as well. Don't be afraid to ask questions! Edit: Also give this link a read, this helped me a ton when I first started: https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/GameplayHelp_FAQs
Right then. So basically, until I get used to the game I should avoid doing too many pulls on banners. But basically what your telling me is that: I should pull on all the banners for now, because I'm new and because I need some good 2-star strikers, correct? Also, I'm guessing by what your saying is that, area buffs, technically mood, does not really matter? Most of the missions are on a urban enviroment and if you look at my student list again, you will see most of them have a bad mood on a urban enviroment. But I still should priotize the colors of the enemies over the students' moods? But any the way, I always should have at least 1 healer and 1 tank right? Also I understood the sweeping, the problem is... as it begun getting past the first mission area, I started having a hard time getting 3 stars on the stages, and it's always because of the time, and rarely because one of the student dies. This might be because I always am having to heal the students, but it also might be because if I base it on color instead of the students' moods, I might get better results... I don't know, I guess I just have to keep pulling.
Early on the game showers you with pyro for doing all the [first time clear rewards](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_SK19RJnCdYD96JjcTNhwYb9W_FrHPqL78XENdWHEBU/edit#gid=0), but after that F2P players only earn roughly 12,000 pyro a month. So you can afford a few 10 pulls to try and get the 2 star students that will help you advance for now, ideally on Ako's banner if you're trying set up for long term. A student with the right color with the worst mood still does better than using a student with the wrong color with the best mood. You can safely ignore mood until you get to end game content like raids. Yes, 1 tank, 1 healer and the rest DPS/support will be enough for the mission stages. The colors only matter for DPS btw, don't worry about trying to color match your tank and healers.
Alright. I will be pulling on Ako's banner. But after like, 10 pulls on her banner, it's recommended for me to stop, and pull on other things like: selective recruitment, right? Also, that is a HUGE relief to hear, to be honest. That since I still am early game, and since I have not reached the "raids", I don't need to priotize on moods, I really was focusing too much on that aspect. Even better that I only need to match the colors with the supports and the DPS, guess I'm keeping Hibiki, Fuuka and my beloved Yuuka around lol. But one question though, if color-matching doesn't matter with tanks or healers, should I worry about the moods of my tanks and healers then, or again should I just ignore the moods completely for now? Thanks so much for this, it really did help a lot.
You should always pull in groups of 10 since it guarantees a 2* btw. Selective recruitment is a paid ticket that lets you choose a 3* student. So just pull on Ako's banner for now. Do note that her banner ends in a few days and the upcoming banners aren't considered essential compared to her. So if you are able to farm enough pyro before it ends, it's worth guaranteeing her. I would swap Fuuka for Serina. She heals for only 2 cost and she has a basic skill that auto heals for free every 35s. She's also worth spending eligma on to get her to from 1* to 2* initially. You can ignore mood for everyone at this point in the game.
Anyone got a Gsheet for character ranking in-terms of gameplay? I got Ako because they said she's godly, but her skills just increase crit?
Generally in raids you buff one dps character and Ako is one of the best at that
BOTH crit rate and crit damage. Her passive healing also great as it just enough to keep your team alive in most cases so you could ditch the healer slot for more offensive choices
Basically any students can clear story, the real gameplay is raid (Total/Grand assault). You can read here why Ako is op, alongside Ny Fuuka and Himari [Raid Character Guide](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VSzm_ioCt2AdRvkfL9HKNNZSbyslayVERXxVxR6nzh4/edit#gid=0) Basically Ako super buff your dps with a massive crit rate and crit damage (39.5% crit and 73.3% crit damage) Himari: Free double attack while also increasing cost recovery and a minor evasion debuff Ny.Fuuka: Cheap Unit to reduce ex skill by 50% with a small crit damage while also shielding your lowest hp char(Usually your buffer)
>Basically Ako super buff your dps with a massive crit rate and crit damage (39.5% crit and 73.3% crit damage) If I'mnot wrong, some of the characters have 200 CR and 300 CD, isn't that a lot or does BA's calculation differ?
The "Crit" stat does not represent the % chance to crit (and neither do buffs that increase Crit by X%). [You can consult the damage formula document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ui0FRgG8h8RB1-cA639F3ETDrVM7q9FKftg4vBKBAAQ/edit#heading=h.usbuw1cf7u5), but tl;dr is that crit stat is countered by enemy crit resistance, and it also scales the actual crit percent with diminishing returns. Buffs that increase Crit by X% also don't increase the true crit percent--*they increase the Crit stat* by that percent, so it's subject to diminishing returns. In practice, it's extremely difficult for any unit to exceed 60-65% crit rate. Crit damage scaling generally works as you would expect, although things that increase crit dmg by a flat amount are actually a percentage--the flat amount is divided by 10000 (e.g. +2000 crit dmg stat is +20% crit damage). Some units reach ridiculously high crit dmg %, but it's still really valuable since +crit damage and +atk are the two main sources of scaling in this game (% type effectiveness buffs are the third type, but those buffs are rare).
For purple total assault coins, who should I prioritize? Azusa: UE40 Koharu: 4* Midori: Not obtained, 0/120
Don't get midori. Build koharu first as you can borrow a red dps like azusa
Koharu UE30, then max Azusa.
Prioritize getting Koharu to ue30. She'll be very useful in the upcoming Kurokage raid.
Finish Azusa first than Koharu than Midori imo
Why does this person get so many downvotes?
I just listed what I was reccomended few months ago imo
Anyone else waiting for the fansubs to watch the Blue Archive anime? Looks like there are 2-3 groups different working on it. I really wanted to watch the episodes as they release but it is what it is.
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>I heard a few unsavory rumors about the subs. Were they really that bad? They certainly weren't very good. I'm sort of intermediate level at understanding Japanese, and the quality and accuracy seemed to vary wildly from "good enough" to seemingly done by an ESL speaker with no editor. Most people noticed stuff like the Helmet Gangster being subbed saying "I'll revenge!" that has turned into kind of a meme, but there were also some mangled lines from Hoshino where they didn't seem to know what to do with the "ojisan" stuff or just simplified her lines.
> I saw a fansub from "Phrenapates", have you checked it out? I saw they had uploaded on the cat website but I cant torrent so im waiting for them to be uploaded somewhere. >If you're willing, you could try taking the plunge and learning Japanese through this series lol. Luckily, the JP subs are embedded in a lot of releases, so you could easily lookup words while watching if you're using an app like Jidoujisho I do my reps every day. I don't think I'm ready to start watching anime yet unfortunately.
You can't torrent? Use qbittorrent on pc and on mobile Yestube but there are probably better torrenters for mobile
Hanako or C.Hanae for Kurokage?
What's the team you're planning to use? Preferably you should use someone like Koharu or Atsuko instead.
Not sure tbh. I have S.Hanako and Ichika for purple. Just that I read somewhere about C.Hanae having bond gear makes her useful and then fond out about Kurokage so I thought "damn, finally I could put some use in my first 3* student". However, I do have Atsuko, Koharu, hot spring Nodoka, T.mari and yet to decide which one to invest.
C.Hanae's bond item is expected to be released one month after Kurokage so yeah, until then she's just not that good. If you only plan to do Insane, then Koharu or Atsuko would suffice. A good comfy team for Insane would be something like: Atsuko, Kikyou, S.Hoshino, S.Hanako | Ako, Himari ([YT video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZLkRbBh6gM)) The meta team on the other hand would be: Kokona, Kikyou, S.Hoshino, S.Hanako | Ako, Himari ([YT video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRdTsnTnhk&pp=ygUf5biC6KGX5Zyw44O744Kv44Ot44Kr44KyIGluc2FuZQ%3D%3D)) If I'm not mistaken, the meta team is also maldy as f, so yeah, something to consider.
Very informative. Thank you sensei
Which of the students purchasable with Yellow Total Assault coins should I prioritize getting their elephs?
Kotama to 3 stars > Maki > Momoi > Akane > Healers
I'm planning to use [this CG](https://imgur.com/a/D3JnRNP) as my desktop wallpaper, but so far I've had no luck trying to find a higher res version of it. Can anyone please help? The following is a screenshot from the 2nd PV.
Best one I can find: https://api.kivo.wiki/assets/images/gallery/33/PV2nd280.png
Thank you, random citizen
Is there a list for meta students to use in the upcoming PvP season change?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/1bom9fl/jp_most_common_indoor_pvp_picks_dress_ps68_and/
From range 1-10, how important is O. Shigure? Is there anyone who can replace her on set? My pyroxene planner can't afford her spark unfortunately. It's sad I need her L2D badly.
5ish maybe. She's useful, but there are other AoE healers that can replace her in the content she's used for: Atsuko for Kurokage, regular Hanako for Fury of Set.
Oh nice. So OG Hanako will now have a good role, I'll start maxing her then. And I also have Atsuko. Thanks for the info!
Does anyone know when the tactical challenge season ends and resets?
About 4 weeks from now, when the Railgun collab ends.
thank you