Well there’s one strategy to keep yourself sane. Just be EXTRA focused on reducing the health bar on all the swarms to a very low number, kill one and watch the chain reaction for the extra dopamine that you probably lost
1:27 some tips for stopping the swarm from propagating: if they are less than 5, let them propagate until there are 5. then attack them with aoe or do anything to damage them equally. once one of them reach 0 HP, they will start killing themselves by exploding. their max number is 5. beyond that they cant propagate. if you cant outspeed and kill them ASAP, they will keep propagating.
adding: also the action that they will multiply could be seen in the action order bar. you have to put those into account if one bug is going to die, you can delay their propagation
@@blacksiopao no, they will multiply whenever they hit if the amount of bugs is < 5, the one on the action bar is spawning lesser sting bug if there are < 4 bugs
one time i was on a swarm tile and i left to go eat dinner, I come back and my team is still out there struggling. I feel you so hard in the first clip.
@yaaaan6763 Bro ☠️☠️☠️💀💀💀 Deadass tho, Preservation is like the most boring & lame path to play But hey, daz just my opinion, I'm still a true advocate for Abundance & Elation tho 💯💯💯
I remember catching this stream right after watching your DPS Fu Xuan, the swarm fight was madness, it seemed to go on forever, I think we got lucky at 4:28 with the bugs to bring the last one low enough to kill 😂😅
Can’t wait to see full abundance, you get this level of pain but you also want to take as long as possible to get to the true sting because of the mercy tiles. This game has so much to do and I love it.
I can't believe how tanky Fu Xuan makes every team. I just cleared difficulty V for the first time without a single problem, not even once was I close to dying. It's actually fucking insane.
@@handihasan8823depends on how much invested she is, but with preservation or abundance paths she makes almost all teams immortal, but for swarm five i would recommend at least another defensive character, like fire tb or bailu
I actually use an extremely similar team to this, only I use Luka instead of a fourth preservation character (I’m not quite that masochistic lmao). Honestly incredibly fun to play with tho - especially when you get the blood loss preservation upgrades. There’s something just really comfy in knowing you probably won’t die, and you can just whittle down the enemy’s health with semi percentage-based bleed damage (not to mention Luka can hit like a truck when you have all those quake bleeds). And if you use Good Night Sleep Well, then Trailblazer’s taunt and burns from Universal Market should both boost Luka’s DoT (at least I think that’s how that works). Awesome video though. Even tho I like my spiky shield team, that first swarm fight was far too relatable lmao.
I found that preservation an destruction is just "no you kill yourselves for me 😂 Also, you should check the shirld count befor their ultimate an again after they do it. It's crazy how many you don't even lose😂
When Fu Xuan was released I was thinking about this build at work and to see if it would be entertaining to fool around with. Great minds think alike and boom your video popped up. Thanks again 😁
A friend of mine ran Gepard, Luocha, Tingyun and Blade with abundance and got a blessed run where he had 210% bonus healing and 42 points before reaching disruption on the final boss. And the last dise blessing was that he deals instant 3% damage per point up to 60% upon entering the bossfight. So, the moment he entered the bossfight he dealt 3M damage, down to 8% of his hp. Probably the fastest 1st phase of that boss I'll ever see. (The extra 32% damage probably came from some other blessing he had, idk which though).
Amazing video lol hahahahha my favorite part was when the strongest swarm attack from the final boss didn't even make your team flinch hahahaha I got killed by that thing at difficulty 3 😂
only thing that could make it better would be 100% EHR March 7th :D i finally finished that build recently, and it's so much fun freezing everything even with the basic atk...
Fun fact, the dmg boost they get from too many turns being taken doesnt apply to new bugs or mitosis bugs, so you really can endlessly fight those things without them ever killing you or you killing them. Speaking from experience.....
I got stuck in a fight with a Medicus Shapeshifter that I was certain would never end. Kept summoning those resurrecting guys, giving it the healing buff, and healing back up. But after like 15-20 minutes a break coincided with optimal DPS conditions and I finally got out of it. Really seems like they need to do something to stop shit like that from happening, though.
If you don't bring any unit that can debuff the enemy, my strategy is to 'kill' Mara-Struck Soldier so they consume "Rebirth," but after that let them live so the zone is clogged. Sanctus Medicus can't summon any more Mara-Struck Soldiers, and they can't heal anymore because there is no "Rebirth" status in the enemies' ally.
It seems that destructon path is better for shields than preservation, because it has blessings for shields too, but you can't activate them with path of preservation. There was run where i had 50k shields without any shielders. As for the damage, well...
@@moewww1907 Yes but overall the Preservation characters that uses def will be better with preservation path and it's not just because of tanking. The DoTs are way to Powerfull, my Kafka (luka is okay) damage is equal to nihility playing with her solo and only abusing the path dots and fusion with nihility and remembrance are way to broken, literally the two of the bests paths to clear the swarm. Will can use 7th march and gepard shielders and abuse remebrance dissociation cards with a fusion. And the damage reduction from the shields and path becomes much much more stronger. You can solo sustain with gepard with the card that cleanses by some % penality after receiving a shield, so 50k shield in Clara it's different with a Gepard having 50k shield with a +50% damage reduction on shields because of the path bonus. Preservation path is way to strong for DEF shielders because it's not just about tanking, the whole path and fusions in swarm is ridiculous powerful for gepard, March and Trailblazer.
@mauriciorosademoraes9209 i didnt talk about damage in the first place, but i think generally most damage is still quake damage from 3star preservation blessings, and they scale with current shield character possesses
@@moewww1907 I jusy wanted to say that Preservation has a insane ofensive value like destruction. I never see hugh damage from these cards. The true damage come of the high amount of bleed DoT based on Max HP full AoE doing more than 300k per DoT and dissociaton cards taking 30% health of the enemies. But maybe i just don't payed much attention
I got to complete the 0 countdown on the last boss with Fire MC, March, Lynx and Dan Heng IH and Fire MC carried so hard it was insane (had +40 blessings despite going straight for the boss thanks to Preservation quirks, it's so op when used right)
that's actually the team i was planing to use once i build fu xuan (except bailu instead of march) i like use presrvetion path cus it lets me auto the game without too much trouble the only problem that in the SUSD it takes a long time sometimes (that's why i plan to build dps fu xuan)
This happened to me, sat vs those bugs with Kafka + Seele for a solid 15 minutes. They kept spawning 1, until my kafka and seele synced up and then booty blasted them.
There is a preservation blessing that buff atk for character who has shield, but it also limit the shield amount by the %atk of that character, although my main path in simulator is preservation, but that blessing make me wanna go 👁️👄👁️
This is probably the most afk friendly team for swarm, i personalky play a team with only fire mc for protection and a bunch of destruction and preservation blessings with very few abundance ones and i almost never was close to death especially with the blessing that distribute the dmg
the only reason why I dont like to do preservation runs in SU is because the enemy will get a lot of turns, meaning they will stack berserk really fast to the point where no amount of defense will safe you.
Actrually, the trick on dealing with just the Swarms in lower levels is to not focus on the low health ones.. Balance the HP out.... But you need to take some damage thou but should be easy to 5 them all.. I do that in my early runs.. and damn the domino effect is satisfiying
If you do this again in the future swap out your defense oriented pieces on Fu Xuan for more sub dps oriented relics. Broken keel and 2pc qua with as much hp as possible while maintaining a solid cr. Fu Xuan hits like a truck when going down the preservation path.
"I don't want to get hurt so i'll max out my defense!" 😂
Bofuri 🔥♥️
Almost lost to a pack of bugs 😭
@@artumbo after that battle, maybe your team will learn a poison resistance skills :)))
My exact thoughts
@@artumboshould've tried eating the bugs
The swarm: Why won’t you die?!
Team Preservation: *Nanomachines son!* They harden in response to physical trauma! You can’t hurt me Jack!
The phalanx tactic from 300 where they push the enemies off the cliff with their shields is what brought this run into my mind.
I can hear the frustration, annoyance and despair whenever they multiply
Edit: And the tears of joy aftsr defeating those bug swarm in the beginning
This went on for so long that you can see the Berserk effect about to come in 😅
Well there’s one strategy to keep yourself sane. Just be EXTRA focused on reducing the health bar on all the swarms to a very low number, kill one and watch the chain reaction for the extra dopamine that you probably lost
Yeah I tried different strats for half an hour before almost hitting their berserk phase 😭
If you think about it... The Aeon of Preservation literally squashed the Swarm from existence in the Aeon War 😂😂
lmao true so this is pretty lore accurate
Shoutout to Qlipoth enjoyers
Gotta be one of my favorite genders
@@Malam_NightYoruI identify as a Ouroboros
1:27 some tips for stopping the swarm from propagating: if they are less than 5, let them propagate until there are 5. then attack them with aoe or do anything to damage them equally. once one of them reach 0 HP, they will start killing themselves by exploding.
their max number is 5. beyond that they cant propagate. if you cant outspeed and kill them ASAP, they will keep propagating.
adding: also the action that they will multiply could be seen in the action order bar. you have to put those into account if one bug is going to die, you can delay their propagation
Very good tips! I had it on auto for about 10 minutes before realizing what was going on but I was worried I wasn’t gonna be able to clear it 😭
@@blacksiopao no, they will multiply whenever they hit if the amount of bugs is < 5, the one on the action bar is spawning lesser sting bug if there are < 4 bugs
Fu Xuan actually became my favourite unit after playing her
LETS GOOO she’s so fun and her animations are top tier
@@artumboher animations accompanied by the sound design is just perfect
@@artumbo i solely pull because her ult animation
i pulled for lynx but gat fu xuan and now im back on 72 pity with no lynx XD
I saved for her and skipped Daniel
This type of setup is just a straight up "no u" to the enemies. I might have to try this!
LOOLL perfect way to describe it
Preservation demonstrating how it’s the strongest path when disregarding time limits lol
one time i was on a swarm tile and i left to go eat dinner, I come back and my team is still out there struggling. I feel you so hard in the first clip.
Glad to hear we all suffered 😭
Gepard become real Simulated Universe 3 boss with that shield 😂
LOOOLL literally unbreakable
Gepard truly is the embodiment of Senator Armstrong. Only he can have the health bar of a final boss.
gepard gigachad
one must imagine sisyphus trying to beat difficulty 5 simulated universe swarm disaster with all preservation units
I'm impressed with how much fun this game mode has become, awesome video 👍
It really is! Thank you :)
That is until you realize you're not doing enough dmg and the bugs keep multiplying
@yaaaan6763 Bro ☠️☠️☠️💀💀💀
Deadass tho, Preservation is like the most boring & lame path to play
But hey, daz just my opinion, I'm still a true advocate for Abundance & Elation tho 💯💯💯
abundance is just boring @@shremp69
@@shremp69ofc preservation’s boring lol, anything that’s not dps material can be boring to some.
I remember catching this stream right after watching your DPS Fu Xuan, the swarm fight was madness, it seemed to go on forever, I think we got lucky at 4:28 with the bugs to bring the last one low enough to kill 😂😅
Thanks for being there! Yeah I’m so glad we were able to figure it out 😭
@@artumbowhen I take a closer look actually, the swarm was about to go berserk then multiply, if you didn’t activate resonance on the dot 🙃😅
Can’t wait to see full abundance, you get this level of pain but you also want to take as long as possible to get to the true sting because of the mercy tiles. This game has so much to do and I love it.
My jaw DROPPED when I saw Fu Xuan with 10k hp and a MAX SHIELD
LOOOL literally unkillable
I can't believe how tanky Fu Xuan makes every team. I just cleared difficulty V for the first time without a single problem, not even once was I close to dying. It's actually fucking insane.
Yeah she’s nuts at making you literally immortal
how?? mine was still die... what path are you using?
@@handihasan8823depends on how much invested she is, but with preservation or abundance paths she makes almost all teams immortal, but for swarm five i would recommend at least another defensive character, like fire tb or bailu
I think when we saw mono we thought lame mono quantum for a bit, but thx god we got a cooler video (and alot more painful for the artumbo to make)
Mono imaginary exist
LOOLL it was actually a lot of fun luckily
6:26 lmao absolute defense
The instant I saw the title I clicked immediately because I just finished my pres run in SU: Swarm 5 with this too
Let’s gooo
I actually use an extremely similar team to this, only I use Luka instead of a fourth preservation character (I’m not quite that masochistic lmao). Honestly incredibly fun to play with tho - especially when you get the blood loss preservation upgrades.
There’s something just really comfy in knowing you probably won’t die, and you can just whittle down the enemy’s health with semi percentage-based bleed damage (not to mention Luka can hit like a truck when you have all those quake bleeds). And if you use Good Night Sleep Well, then Trailblazer’s taunt and burns from Universal Market should both boost Luka’s DoT (at least I think that’s how that works).
Awesome video though. Even tho I like my spiky shield team, that first swarm fight was far too relatable lmao.
Omg no way you madlad you did it. I was wondering if mono preservation would be able to do enough damage to clear stuff LOL
Luckily quake and bleeds are super strong with preservation/nihility blessings!
@@artumbofor a second I thought we kept killing the bugs before we bring the new ones low enough
I found that preservation an destruction is just "no you kill yourselves for me 😂
Also, you should check the shirld count befor their ultimate an again after they do it. It's crazy how many you don't even lose😂
When Fu Xuan was released I was thinking about this build at work and to see if it would be entertaining to fool around with. Great minds think alike and boom your video popped up. Thanks again 😁
4 days late to respond but happy to hear that you had the same idea!
Another thing about swarm is the the berserk buff doesn't apply for newly spawned bug, so you can drag the fight on forever
A friend of mine ran Gepard, Luocha, Tingyun and Blade with abundance and got a blessed run where he had 210% bonus healing and 42 points before reaching disruption on the final boss. And the last dise blessing was that he deals instant 3% damage per point up to 60% upon entering the bossfight. So, the moment he entered the bossfight he dealt 3M damage, down to 8% of his hp. Probably the fastest 1st phase of that boss I'll ever see. (The extra 32% damage probably came from some other blessing he had, idk which though).
HOLY yeah that might have been the dice roll
Already seen someone solo it with FX and nihility path, shit's wild
As long as they can live I think nihility will be the best for any character to solo even if they don’t do much damage themselves
i had a 100+ turn fight with those bugs before i learned how to deal with them. my blade decided to be the bigger roach 😭
Of 5 bugs, 3 must pay a price
So... how many shield do you have?
Artumbo: yes
Fu xuan like the abundance lol
she's pretty much a healer right 😂
Amazing video lol hahahahha my favorite part was when the strongest swarm attack from the final boss didn't even make your team flinch hahahaha I got killed by that thing at difficulty 3 😂
LOOL yeah that thing hits hard but I'm glad a full preservation team made it do 0 damage
SIM Universe: how much sustainability you want
Artumbo : Yes
Sim Universe : .......
You’ve done your duty!
🫡
When the bugs stun you but ended up pulling out their own intestines...
😨😨
Thanks for the Idea dude, I cleared diff 5 with that strat. I just don't have March build and used lynx instead to get cleanse some debuffs
Glad to hear that!
I’ve been in that beginning situation… not because I chose defensive stuff. Just because I do no damage
i feel ya - i tried doing a run today and just got stuck cause not enough damage 😭
Bro took shielding to the next level 😂
How many shields do you want?
Yes
This the equivalent of making someone bang their head against a steel wall until they die
Bro really took the quote ""The best defense is a good offense" to heart 👌
Honkai SFX Rail, featuring too many DoTs in the Boss: Swarm Domain.
(The sound effect is so satisfying to listen to ngl)
All the different sound effects are SO satisfying - even the bugs exploding 😂
been using preservation in all SU content and boyy it didnt disappoint me... safe and op path
such a strong path especially with all the bleed blessings from quake
only thing that could make it better would be 100% EHR March 7th :D i finally finished that build recently, and it's so much fun freezing everything even with the basic atk...
Qlipoth smiled alot at corner "...hmmm, well done ma boiss & gurls"
Qlipoth is proud
Slow and steady wins the race i guess
It’s all about patience 😂
Patience is All You Need
The "Bofuri" approach, nice😂😂
LOOL love that anime
this was fun to watch live. so glad i asked to check ur shield. ggs
qlipoth is proud
Fun fact, the dmg boost they get from too many turns being taken doesnt apply to new bugs or mitosis bugs, so you really can endlessly fight those things without them ever killing you or you killing them. Speaking from experience.....
Did you, uh, survive the berserk effect? 😅
@@Celestial-yq6hzwell it looks like
thank you for justifying my reason for leveling up 4 different preservation lightcones ( three 4 stars and one 5 star )
I got stuck in a fight with a Medicus Shapeshifter that I was certain would never end. Kept summoning those resurrecting guys, giving it the healing buff, and healing back up.
But after like 15-20 minutes a break coincided with optimal DPS conditions and I finally got out of it. Really seems like they need to do something to stop shit like that from happening, though.
If you don't bring any unit that can debuff the enemy, my strategy is to 'kill' Mara-Struck Soldier so they consume "Rebirth," but after that let them live so the zone is clogged. Sanctus Medicus can't summon any more Mara-Struck Soldiers, and they can't heal anymore because there is no "Rebirth" status in the enemies' ally.
That’s a good strategy but yeah that sounds super frustrating to deal with 😭
gone with the same experience so I make sure I evenly spread out my damage (even attacking edges with an aoe basic) just to have the perfect chain
It seems that destructon path is better for shields than preservation, because it has blessings for shields too, but you can't activate them with path of preservation. There was run where i had 50k shields without any shielders. As for the damage, well...
Destruction is for HP. Only fu xuan uses HP all shielders uses DEF.
@mauriciorosademoraes9209 it doesnt matter, my clara had 50k hp shield with only 3.5K hp base (in swarm disaster it was 4.7K hp)
@@moewww1907 Yes but overall the Preservation characters that uses def will be better with preservation path and it's not just because of tanking. The DoTs are way to Powerfull, my Kafka (luka is okay) damage is equal to nihility playing with her solo and only abusing the path dots and fusion with nihility and remembrance are way to broken, literally the two of the bests paths to clear the swarm. Will can use 7th march and gepard shielders and abuse remebrance dissociation cards with a fusion. And the damage reduction from the shields and path becomes much much more stronger. You can solo sustain with gepard with the card that cleanses by some % penality after receiving a shield, so 50k shield in Clara it's different with a Gepard having 50k shield with a +50% damage reduction on shields because of the path bonus.
Preservation path is way to strong for DEF shielders because it's not just about tanking, the whole path and fusions in swarm is ridiculous powerful for gepard, March and Trailblazer.
@mauriciorosademoraes9209 i didnt talk about damage in the first place, but i think generally most damage is still quake damage from 3star preservation blessings, and they scale with current shield character possesses
@@moewww1907 I jusy wanted to say that Preservation has a insane ofensive value like destruction.
I never see hugh damage from these cards. The true damage come of the high amount of bleed DoT based on Max HP full AoE doing more than 300k per DoT and dissociaton cards taking 30% health of the enemies. But maybe i just don't payed much attention
Swarm true sting why you wont die
Caelus and the gang shield son they harder to response to physical trauma you can hurt us bug
Why kill when you can just outlive 😂
I got to complete the 0 countdown on the last boss with Fire MC, March, Lynx and Dan Heng IH and Fire MC carried so hard it was insane (had +40 blessings despite going straight for the boss thanks to Preservation quirks, it's so op when used right)
LOOL 40+ is insane you must’ve been invincible
that's actually the team i was planing to use once i build fu xuan (except bailu instead of march) i like use presrvetion path cus it lets me auto the game without too much trouble the only problem that in the SUSD it takes a long time sometimes (that's why i plan to build dps fu xuan)
Lol this team looks so much fun, great idea
I never knew this game required so much planning and brain 🧠😭
dw most the time no brain is needed 😭
I need a god damn Gepard.
This is really fun!!
Swarm: *why are we still here just to suffer*
defeating them with heals
So glad I’m not the only guy who immediately thought for a full preservation team
LET’S GOO it’s actually super fun
"Defense is the best attack" or something
Man I wish had Gepard & Fu Xuen I keep dying to 2nd boss of Difficulty 4 even with upgraded preservation blessings 😭
it'll take some time but once you level up more in the swarm you'll be able to clear it easily :)
seeing this live was the serotonin boost I needed yesterday.
LOOL glad I could help, thanks for joining!
This happened to me, sat vs those bugs with Kafka + Seele for a solid 15 minutes. They kept spawning 1, until my kafka and seele synced up and then booty blasted them.
It’s so satisfying once you finally get to chain all of them blowing up together
There is a preservation blessing that buff atk for character who has shield, but it also limit the shield amount by the %atk of that character, although my main path in simulator is preservation, but that blessing make me wanna go 👁️👄👁️
Yep that blessing is crazy I take it every time haha
This is probably the most afk friendly team for swarm, i personalky play a team with only fire mc for protection and a bunch of destruction and preservation blessings with very few abundance ones and i almost never was close to death especially with the blessing that distribute the dmg
Yeah it’s SUPER comfy and great for easy clears
STANDING HERE I REALISE
Thanks to FX and QQ.I finally finished SU:Swarm diff 5😭
LETS GOOO congrats I’m happy to hear that
Ah, the belobog run.
Since it took 700 years.
💀💀
the only reason why I dont like to do preservation runs in SU is because the enemy will get a lot of turns, meaning they will stack berserk really fast to the point where no amount of defense will safe you.
Yeah we came close a couple of times loool
I can't believe Fu Xuan was a month ago...
i dont even remember how to play the game without her 😭
@@artumbo MoC was hell once I realized I had to have one team with no Fu Xuan.
It's fun if you manage to get all the quake bonuses blessing but really hard in the early game because they barely deals any damage
yep it took a while to get going but once we did it was so good
march really teasing u at this part 3:48
she's been giving me lots of that recently 😂
This makes me want to pull for Fu Xuan although I have Lynx, Gepard, and FMC I must stay strong for Jinglou
First clip: BASICALLY THE LIFE OF A LUOFU PERSON
The disadvantages of being a life long species 😂
The definition of battle of attrition should send u to this video
Truly one of the battles of all time
When you run hunt and get that one blessing that refills your energy when you get a kill, Seele just deletes them one by one
that's my favorite blessing haha
this is how nanomachine work
I would have lost my mind with all this time taken 😭
Self inflicted sisyphus syndrome
So true 😂
I once was stuck like 20 minutes with those damn respawning bugs
The worst feeling
Preservation team is insane for real
So much fun - definitely give it a shot if you can!
I know this kind of team and path is so fun to run but I not have full build of this 4 to try. kaka so much fun to watch
Glad you enjoyed it!
on my way to building fu xuan. After this i'll build gepard and i can finally have "The Wall" as my team formation
YESSS have fun!
I saw this live it was great
Thanks for tuning in!
Mono quantum: ❌
Mono Preservation: Yes⭕⭕🤣🤣🤣
mono paths >>>
Just beaten difficulty 4 with that, but had Luocha + IL for Imaginary weakness for the final boss.
that's definitely the best way to do it
Aight now do abundance
Oh shit you already did that damn that ain't easy
haha it's been done
was tough but still fun! give it a shot if you haven't tried it yet
Actrually, the trick on dealing with just the Swarms in lower levels is to not focus on the low health ones.. Balance the HP out.... But you need to take some damage thou but should be easy to 5 them all.. I do that in my early runs.. and damn the domino effect is satisfiying
yeah it's making sure they're balanced but i left it on auto for too long 😭
@@artumbo But damn that Run makes me wanna attempt it...I am only left with Preservation and Nihility for V ..
full team of harmony chars next
will do eventually haha
@@artumbo im gonna need itttt
Just you all wait for remembrance Jingliu XD
He is the real aeon of preservation
That was a awsome combo team now you have to try a Quantum team with miss Q your girl!!!
Just did!
I used March, fire MC, Natasha and Luocha with Preservation path.
That’s literally unkillable LOL
If you do this again in the future swap out your defense oriented pieces on Fu Xuan for more sub dps oriented relics. Broken keel and 2pc qua with as much hp as possible while maintaining a solid cr. Fu Xuan hits like a truck when going down the preservation path.
Yeah I’ll definitely revisit it at some point with full DPS gear on fu xuan :)
Got Gepard on the standard banner right after getting Fu Xuan, guess i have to make this team now
LETS GOOO it’s actually such a good feeling not being able to take damage lol
bugs say: "dude, you really got a disgusting shield"
I remember tries that team i still lose :( but i have my own solution is pela break (ruan mei, Gallagher,mcharmony,pela)
"Im fucking invincible"
-some random cyborg