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Finally reached level 59 today and got my main team to level 60. I tried to do the level 60 Dark Dragon, but I'm seriously lacking in DPS. I managed to beat the level 60 Ice Dragon on turn 15, but that's impossible for the Dark Dragon since it become impossible to attack him once turn 11 rolls around. He just one shots all my units. However, I did manage to beat TT A+. Considering how much trouble it gave me, I'm not gonna stop there for this week, but it did give me 200 Orichalcum Ore, which is a nice bonus.

I thought Path of Light lasted 14 days? Or at least that's how long I had IIRC.

This reddit thread contains tons of useful guides and is something I often come back to in order to access various resources.

I'm disappointed because it's a shitty fix to the summoning pool. A lot of these units don't deserve to be 5 star exclusives anymore and it does nothing to make me less disgusted of seeing the same 3-4* unit I've been seeing since I've started the game. It's not just the 5* pool that needs to be cleaned to be less bloated, the 3-4* pool is also incredibly stale and this change does nothing to fix that. Also, I barely pull on VG, TT Season rerun and skill banners compared to those with new heroes. And knowing I could might be pity broken by Lucina there is not gonna give me more incentive to pull on those.

I'm not gonna spend several orbs hoping to pull OG Lyn if she ever gets a focus banner. At this point, stats wise and skill wise, she's an utter joke. Better to save up for when Legendary Marth/Roy come back or wait for a Karla banner if I want a sword infantry. Or heck, just use the now 3-4* Soleil who has much better stats than her. Same with OG Azura when L!Azura and Reyson exists. Not to mention that bad Gen 1 pity breakers are a minor part of why summoning is so stale nowadays. If they were gonna make summoning pool change, please kick out Raigh and co. from the summoning pool and replace them with Lyn, Mist and Luke. At least we'd see new faces when summoning instead of the same units I've gotten 50 copies of since the game launched. Not to mention that while a lot of the gen 1 units had terrible fodder, some of the units that got booted were the lone source of some premium skills. Sure, pity breakers are not reliable, but I was never mad when Hector, B!Ike, Hinoka or Takumi pity broke me since they were the lone source of premium fodder. And now they're gone from the banners where I tend to use most of my orbs.

Really don't like the Summoning Pool changes. These heroes are for the most part outdated and should have been made more available, not less. Sure, not being pity broken by Mist or Luke is nice, but I now fail to see how I'll ever get the last 2 copies I need to make my Lucina +10 since gen 1 units barely ever get featured on banners anymore. These units should have been demoted, not removed. If units had to go, it should have been some of the units in the 3-4* pool. I'm sick and tired of Raighs, Donnels, Bartre and company. Not to mention that some skills are now way harder to get. Nailah is now the lone carrier of Distant Counter in the summoning pool, Close Counter, Hone Fliers and Steady Breath, among others, are now unavailable from new heroes banners (which are probably the banners most people pull on). In exchange we get a mere 12 units added to the 3-4* pool. Yeah, I was already playing Feh less and less and this summoning pool change combined with yet another competitive mode you need to complete weekly is really not helping my growing disinterest.

Freya might not be the best tank, but I love having her with Tenacity and throwing her in the middle of tons of cavalry units. I was doing the 9-5 chapters where you potentially have to deal with 6 cavalries rushing you turn one and she managed to get 6 stacks of Tenacity going, increasing her Def from 524 to 629. Her pokes were doing 3.1K damage to the poor cavalries while she was barely taking any damage in return. @SylphidThe main issue a lot of people have with this map is that you rely on predicting what the Ai controlled phoenix will do. If you predict wrong and one of your unit ends up outside of the range of the phoenix's passive, they're pretty much done for. Though I didn't test whether or not Luna's aura alone would be enough to at least allow someone to survive.

I heard a lot about the Phoenix world event with regards to how much of a pain it was. So I was dreading doing it a bit, but since I had neglected the story for a while and my characters were now level 58, I finally got around to doing it yesterday. And it was much easier than I was expecting. I used Luna as a flier for this map since her mobility as an archer is horrible on desert terrain, but it was well worth it since her 4* talent + the phoenix's aura meant the damage from the boss AoE spam only dealt 1-2 damage. I don't know if I got lucky with the AI, but aside from his very first move, I was able to predict where the phoenix would move, though having watched vids of people completing the map probably helped with that. The funniest thing was that when the phoenix reached the last bonfire, Luna's aura somehow made him take only 1 damage from his attempted self-destruct, meaning I still had the phoenix aura when I faced the boss. Also, despite the boss having a buff that supposedly prevents all damage when he's frozen, he still took damage from Luna's faction buff, so I was able to chip him with Lana and Shelf AoE spell before the ice even melted. @SylphidGlad I could help you clear the dragon. I didn't use Leon myself, since mine is still sitting at level 38, but I've seen plenty of Ice Dragon clears where the team is a 2 out of Luna/Lana/Bozel to take on the Dragon itself with Leon to clear the mobs, especially the witches, since they have really high MDef.

I had to figure out a strategy to optimally take care of the mob to get the dragon as fast as I could. The witches were a problem since Luna was my sole source of physical DPS and Lana could only touch them with Dark Scythe and Shelfaniel couldn't do anything against them. One I reached the dragon, I used Tiaris and Liana to heal Luna on non AoE turn, Shelfaniel mostly stayed back to Faction Buff Luna and Lana. I was hesitant to leave Lana in range of the dragon during AoE, but as long as she was in range of Luna's Talent, she could survive it. It was mostly a DPS check since I only killed it on the very last turn and I needed to attack with all my attackers and use Again on Attack Blessing Luna.

@Sire You're ahead of me as far as mastering classes is concerned. Only just managed to master Freya's Royal Vanguard and Luna's Bow Master, so I'm far from mastering second classes. I realized pretty soon the reddit post about skin availability was wrong when I watched a youtube vid and clearly saw the skin cost tickets. I personally decided to spend the cash to get the skin since I'm partial to Freya (I now have the #1 Freya in Roga Valley and she's actually my unit with the highest total power at 4133 thanks to reaching level 57). I managed to get Angelina, though I had to blow through most of my crystals to do so. At this point, I'm only missing 3 SSRs in Bernhardt, Altemuller and Dieharte, which should all appear on focus banners in the coming weeks, though Alt and Bern are sharing one, meaning I'm probably still gonna miss one of the two after the banner. I managed to beat the level 55 flier Aniki myself today. Probably gonna wait before I try the 55 Lancer, since he caused me some problems when I tried to solo level 50. I might give a try soloing the level 60 ice dragon, though I don't know if I'll be strong enough with level 57 units, especially considering Lana only has SR equipment. Speaking of equipment, I a nice surprise with one of the daily bonus giving me a Twilight Armor duplicate, that I merged into Luna's and one of the daily map event gave me the Last Rite, which is a nice change from yesterday where I got all silver equipment. Not gonna give it to Cherie just yet though, since I don't have the Epic Martial Spirit to make it better than her current SR gear. Edit : After 3 tries, I managed to beat the lvl 60 Ice Dragon by the skin of my teeth on turn 15. Since I'm still at level 50 with the thunder dragon, I'll probably start another Ice Dragon fight before going to sleep to use the daily bonus on the ice dragon rather than the thunder dragon.

IIRC Moonknight on reddit talked with the devs and we should be getting the chapters after the weekly update. Hopefully there will be some form of compensation for the mistake.

Did a good amount of progress this week, with my team level reaching 54 yesterday. I also managed to solo two level 55 dragons, the Ice and and Dark one. I'll probably try doing it for the Fire Dragon next, but the Thunder Dragon is still at level 45 since I don't have enough resources to build up Elwin. My main team was falling behind equipment wise, so I've spent most of my gold and ore leveling up their gear to level 50. Managed to max out Cherie's Last Knight and Aeneas' Armor is sitting at level 48. My focus on completing the time rift is slowed down, but I really need to make my team stronger before I can tackle the further levels. Though despite being able to beat higher level dragons, they've been pretty stingy since I haven't got a single SSR from them in a while now. I also did some pull on the recent banner since I wanted to get more shards to finally get some of my R characters to 6 stars and hopefully 5 stars some characters. After nine 10 pulls, I ended up with Leticia as my first 6 stars, though I have a lot of other characters that are floating around 140 shards, so others should come. I also got access to the memory shop as a result, though with 10 shards at the moment, I won't be buying anything anytime soon. I also managed to get both Zerida and Jugler, which I'm pretty happy about since they both seem to be interesting units, though they'll probably sit on the bench until my main team is maxed out due to how many resources they need in order to reach a their true potential. Aside from that, I also managed to 5 star Chris and get my Freya to 5 stars with 59 shards toward her 6 stars. Speaking of Freya, I know she's objectively worse than Ledin, but I've been using her and she still manage to do her job of tanking for my team even in level 50+ maps. It helps that she has 3 SSR equipment (Aeneas's Armor(48)+Helmet(40) and Overlord Badge(30)) plus a level 50 Blood Lance, making her my unit with the highest Total Power. This also contributes in making her the third strongest Freya on my server.

I'm currently using Luna as an archer with Ulr's Bow since most discussions talking about endgame Luna point towards it as the best endgame set-up for her, especially if using Heavenguards. But recently, some people have been pointing out that while Ulr's Bow + Demon Hunter makes a fantastic hit and run unit that allows you to safely bait enemies, her best endgame set-up as a damage dealer is as a flier using maxed out Holy Pegasus. Apparently lvl 10 Pegasus gives you 50% damage reduction 100% of the time when you initiate combat, so it basically makes up for her squishy modifiers and her MDef to Atk conversion allows to hit as hard as Leon if using appropriate gear. Not to mention that the damage reduction from the pegasus apparently stacks additively with Tiaris' Attack Blessing 50% damage reduction, meaning Luna basically takes no damage on initiation with both while hitting really hard. I liked Luna as a flier, so it's nice to know that she'll eventually be really good as one, though I'll need to find a Cursed Lance, Twilight Gear and a Veil of Light on top of maxing out the Holy Pegasus. Though 3 range attacking is definitely fun.

About the skin, there's gonna be an update down the line that makes skins usable for all tier 3 classes. So the current skin will eventually have a Now Master sprite alongside the current Pegasus sprite. For example, here's the assassin sprite for cherie's angel skin.

I'm down to 35 crystals, but I got the Luna skin. Had to go all the way to get it this time. Got the Holy Ark as the SSR accessory, which doesn't look all that good sadly. Extra Runestone is always nice though.

Regarding the last line of the E3 trailer version, re-listening to it, I think the line is "Born as time betrays", which would make it very similar to the line in the recently released version, just with "Knowing" replaced with "Born as". @EnduinI agree with you that it sounds more like "Faint lights" than "Daylights". I can definitely hear a "t" sound. Not sure if it's "As joy surrounds" or "As choice surrounds", I can definitely hear both. For the following line, I'm really not sure. It's clear its starts with a "Come" syllable and ends with "bounds", but I can't make out what's between both, though I feel like I hear a "b" syllable right after the "come".

One thing to note is that the version we hear in the trailer seems to be different than the one we got today. The singer has a different tone and I'm 100% sure that she's not singing "Knowing time betrays" after the "I fear the edge of dawn" line in the trailer. It clearly sounds like a word that starts with a "b" (pretty sure it's "born" in fact). No idea if that means there's more to the song and the part we here in the trailer and the one that was released today are 2 different sections of the same song or if they changed the lyrics between E3 and now. Though it would make sense for the song to be longer since 1:45 is pretty short, especially when looking at "Lost in Thoughts all Alone" and "Heritors of Arcadia" which are around 6 and 4 minutes respectively.

@Sire With regards to patreon, I have no idea how successful it will be since I feel the Langrisser community is not that big overall outside of CN at the moment, so the pool of willing supporter is probably pretty shallow. Editing the wiki definitely shouldn't become your job if you're not receiving income from it though. Sure it's nice to have improvements on it, but it shouldn't be more than a pass-time if you don't get paid. Kind of sad you ended up with that responsability thrust upon you if the previous admin didn't discuss it with you. You might want to ask around on reddit to see if other people are willing to become admin on the wiki, though I guess whether that's possible or not depends on how hard it is to become admin. Out of curiosity, is the layout of the wiki mostly CSS or is it something else?

Ulr's bow on Luna is amazing. When I first saw it suggested, people were saying to use melee units with the bow to hit like a truck at 2 range, but I saw a post saying using demon hunters for the 3 range attack and enhanced kiting was really good and after trying it out myself, being able to safely delete mages and to counter catapults is really nice. Shame her MDef is lower as a bow knight so she hits less hard, though Flier effectiveness is really nice. Also Sky Archer on Shelfaniel is great for her mobility. @SireJust saw on reddit you got yourself a job. Revamping the wiki is a massive amount of work considering its current state.

@SireRegardind Lewin getting one-shot, it's probably a gear issue. My Elwin with level 10 gear got one shot by the level 40 dragon while he was himself at level 40 with tier 3 soldiers. As for the event, I've been grinding the lvl 45 maps heavily in the past few days and I'm up to 65000 points. The first SSR gear I got wasn't amazing, but the equipment got me the Lone Star Armlet, which is good for units like Cherie and Leon. Biggest surprise was when I decided to spend some Orichalcum on a SSR weapon instead of keeping it for spirits and got Ulr's Bow from it, which is THE bow for Luna. Guess I'll finally be able to switch her to Bow Master, though losing flier movement will be a shame. Grinding the event also gave me tons of EXP and I'm now near to level 48, so I need to think about getting the mats required to get Ledin his Phalanx since level 50 is so close now.

I originally wasn't planning on pulling on this banner, but getting a random Leon from the Twin Princesses banner, realizing that Princess teams are helpless to face the Thunder Dragon and that a lot of my units need Elwin to fully unlock their Bond Powers made me pull for him. Took me all of my crystals, but I got him. I'll need to build him up so he can catch up and I know he won't be 100% effective until his buff, but at least I now have someone I can use for the Thunder Dragon as well as another Glory buffer. Might also work on Lewin when I have the resources since he's also a good Thunder Dragon slayer. It also means I'll have to work more on the Infantry training grounds since I've been slacking off there. Infantry, Lancer and Cavalry are all lvl 9 while Flier, Archer and Holy are all 12.

You talking about the wiki made me realize that I could have added the information on material requirements I compiled into a spreadsheet directly to the wiki instead. Granted ,I'm pretty sure my spreadsheet still has some errors in it. Kind of hard to verify it when I don't have all the character, rune stones are limited and it being impossible to check back on material required for past levels. Hope people on reddit, where I shared it, will be able to catch them and point them out so I can correct them. I'm curious, from looking at their stats and skills, I have a pretty good idea why they're so disparaged, but could you tell me exactly what makes them so terrible? And what extra work does being Vice Lead entails?

Lost my first match in the Arena today. Thought it would be fine since their power level wasn't too high above mine and they were only one level ahead. They had Leon/Altemuler/Vargas and the 2 SSR healers. I forgot to consider that Leon has Angels and Freya got 2 shot by him on the enemy's first turn thanks to Liana's Act Again. I would probably still had been able to come back if freaking Altemuler hadn't procced his 20% Gale and deleted Lana after using his buff. Left with Shelfaniel, Pegasus Luna and Cherie, I had no way of dealing with both Altemuler and a Slayer's Emblem Leon, plus an untouched Vargas assisted by the two best healers in the game. I did reach level 45, so I can now do more Secret Realm maps. Still haven't managed to get a single unit their level 45 promotion since they decided you can't get class material reliably from non Elite rifts passed level 35. In the meantime, I also decided to make a spreadsheet that would list the materials required to promote every character. Another redditor (with the lovely name of DennisShitShow) offered his help and added an Index on the front page. Currently, only the released SSRs are included, but other characters will be included eventually.

After realizing my current team lacks a way to deal with the Thunder Dragon, I decided to try for the upcoming Ledin/Elwin/Leon banner since it's my best chance to get Elwin. Admittedly, I could also invest in Lewin, but getting Elwin would allow me to run a Glory team and at least give me another unit for guild battle (not to mention that he's needed to completely unlock the bond powers of some of my main units). I'll probably skip on the Jugler/Zerida banner to save for the focus banner with Angelina/Cherie/Liana banner since Angelina being the only missing unit from the Princess faction list is bugging me and I like her character design. I farmed Aniki hard today and I managed to get the Shrine Maidens and Sorceress. I also have a rainbow Archer book for Sky Archers, but I need to reach level 12 first. Current levels are 12 for Fliers and Holy, 10 for Archers, 9 for Infantry and Cavalry and 8 for Lancer. Really need to work on lancer to make them stronger for Freya and eventually Ledin. I'm close to finishing time rift 6, but I feel I'm punching above my rating. Thankfully, Luna's buff coupled with AoE allows me to shave a lot of HP, but I'll need to focus on upgrading my party's equipment, since some of it is still level 10. @SireI've been looking at the promotion materials required for later levels and seeing I'll eventually need 22 of a certain type of material made me dread farming them. Thankfully guild battles can accelerate the process. I also saw some people on Reddit say that once you have your main team set up, raising other units becomes less of a chore. Gold and gears are no longer as limited since you can mostly just re-use the equipment of your current team.

I thought World Arena counted for the Arena Feat, and since I was 11 matches away from getting 600 Honor points, I decided to try it out. It's really unbalanced. I'm currently level 43 and I got put up against level 37 and level 47 opponents. It's also nerve-wracking, so I don't think I'll be doing it too much, even if the rewards are great. Also, I got a SSR drop from the thunder dragon today, which happened to be the Assault Headgear, the best SSR helmet for Luna, which I also happened to 4 star today. Shelfaniel also reached 4 stars, but that was because I was weak and tried to go for Angelina again. Disappointed I didn't get her, but -2 Cooldown on all active damage skills is great for Shelfaniel. Her single target spell now has no cooldown and her AoE only has 1 turn of downtime. Excited to reach level 44 tomorrow since I'll be able to get my units to 45 and start working on their next class upgrade. Getting Prayer for Liana would be great. And while looking around on the CN wiki, I found out that Freya eventually gets another tier 3 class, Valkyrie, the same class as Chris. I can't find the units she gets from that, but she apparently gets Iron Maiden and Dedication. I know Dedication from Ledin, but I have no idea what Iron Maiden does. Kind of nice that she gets a buff since I like using her despite Ledin being the superior tank.