Operator Replacement Suggestions (ORS): Click: Any ST Caster. Plume/Vigna: Bagpipe/Reed. Surtr: S3 M3. Silverash S3 M3. Scavenger: Any E2+ Vanguard. Hibiscus/Gavial/Myrrh/Sussurro: Any ST Medic. Arene: Ayerscarpe S2/Lappland S2/SA S3/Thorns S1,S3? Gummy: Any Healing Defender. BE CAREFUL on doing too much damage. E1 low rarity Healing Defenders are fine provided you have sufficient healing (Medics). Cuora: S2 L7. E1 Gummy/Spot/Saria. E2 20-50 Croissant/Bubble/Heavyrain/Matterhorn. You want similar ATK or less and a good amount of DEF/HP. Too much ATK takes Dominion.
Agreed, it looked tight but the surtr splitboxing sections are decently forgiving. The first time (just to left of the blue box) i was worried about delaying as long as possible with the melee units, but if they die it's fine (you'll have plenty of dp) and if you withdraw them a little early surtr usually has no problem (e2 45 m3).
@@bluerazor2380 In OD-EX-8 the boss dies on it's own after it activates it's rage mode (i guess?). You just have to bring a Puller, a good medic and AOE Snipers and Casters. It's hard at first but once you figure out that the boss dies on its own, all you have to do is wait and survive. On the other this stage took me took me more than a dozen of tries before figuring it out. I didn't use the stall strategy, I instead used the deploy and retreat tactic that works well with Silverash, Surtr, Eyja and Bagpipe.
OD-EX-8 at least has only one primary threat, while this shit spawns 5 dudes that are equally as threatening as a whole after you kill Emperor's Blade, rendering rush strats insanely hard
Ecko's back at it again. This stage was a bit of a pain. The final wave of Elite Imperial Strikers was the real boss encounter for me. Cheers Ecko. ^_^
@@joaquerj9344 the fact that they wait for the boss to die is the real pain because at that point dp cost is high I'd rather deal with them while my operators are already out than having to redeploy with trillion dp and dont forget cd
@@zhan2780 thinking about it, the order doesn't really matter (if you use stall strategy with high end squad) low tier squad would be waiting enough to kill the enemies with silverash and killing the boss last
This stage was honestly insane... But thanks to your guide, I finally managed to do it after 3 hours of attempts! Thank you very much, you're the best! :)
Thanks for the guides. I was able to bulldoze my way through WD - 8 on my own, but I never understood what exactly the big boss was doing. It was only after watching your guides that I realized he was one shot-ing my ops.
@@turahindra9959 You get extra currency from Song of Dust from completing EX stages as well as intelligence certificates for getting the plaque from WD-EX-8 cm so there is literally no reason _not_ to do the EX stages again because this is free stuff regardless of resources being less than 1st time the event appears.
Definitely one of the BEST and EASY TO UNDERSTAND videos out there to clear this stage without relatively strict timing and decently flexible operators. This is as easy as it gets since it's ONE OF THE DIFFICULT stages to clear so far on global. *The main thing to keep in mind is that you CANNOT use Saria since the black AOE will go on her instead of Surtr since she deals too much damage. The SAFE picks are either Gummy or Nearl.* If you lack any DP at any downtime parts in the stage due to the high DP redeployment cost, just recruit a sunflower vanguard (Myrtle recommended) to recover some of that DP or bring one if you have Surtr as your recruited operator. Operators that helped me clear the stage easier (obvious upgrades to the base ones used in the video): -Silverash S3M3 (can tank the imperial striker later on instead of replacing with a defender and didn't use the skill in the whole fight except in the beginning to help clear the first set of mobs due to lack of DP) -Eyja S3M3 (to delete the drone and mobs even faster) -Bagpipe S3M3 (just really tanky and deals more damage) -Texas S2M3 (helped me stun mobs which helped early on and gain DP slightly faster) -Any 4-5 star ST healers (I used Shining S2M1, Whisperain S2lv7, Warfarin S1lv7, and E170 Silence) -Myrtle S1M3 (I used this since I lacked DP at the start after placing my Texas and SA and had no problem since) + Myrtle's passive can serve as a replacement healer for the bottom right spot instead placing the healer vs those Doggos.
Thanks Ecko for sharing this guide. For me who don't have SilverAsh S3M3 option, this really helps! My ops have slightly higher DP costs, but the timing is still sufficient enough. "Delete them from existence" might be my favorite part here haha. Great job :D
Thanks for everything, Ecko! The clear, concise explanation of every turn of the operation, the timely and incisive nickname-puns of the operators make everything bearable. I was proud to not use any guides on WD and more than half of WD-EX by sheer brute forcing more dakka until I literally went zero sanity on autodeploy of WD-8 for farming, and about half of the WD-EX CMs because I keep forgetting fast deploy operators can be used as bait for the drones. >_
Thanks for this guide, Eckogen. I didn't follow it exactly, but it gave me a good idea of how to place those annoying dominions and how to use a stalling strategy to prep for the very last wave, which is the REAL boss of this stage. Gotta love brute forcing that hellish last wave of elite imperial strikers with Eyja, SA, and Surtr, lol.
Thank you for these With the bosses in these events being a level in themselves, and the last levels in events being long making that iteration and take a long time, I find myself not being able to allocate enough time figure out these last levels. Thanks for these guides, they really help to clarify what the bosses mechanics and to give an approach that helps in deconstructor the problem the levels proposes.
Thanks for this, Eckogen. I had to modify this strat slightly (borrowing E2L50 Lappland and swapping out arene for Silence E1L5 because 3 medics just wasn’t enough healing to reliably stall with Surtr for Cuora’s redploy) but after banging my head against this stage for three hours with no success it’s a great relief that there are guides like this available
THANK YOU!!!! 90+practice plans & 200sanity later (screwed up your setup a few times (up vs left and dps matters). But this stressful stage done finally, all hail your big brain.
GOOD LORD. Ten thousand hours later and I am finally done with this maddening stage and can go to bed!!! Thank you so much for your guide Ecko - you da best!!! Followed but with some amendments: Surtr E2 S3 Courier E2, Vigna E2, Reed E1 Ayerscape E2 S2 Gavial E1 Shining E1 Ceylon E1 S1 Whisperain E1 S2 Click E1 S2 Gummy E2 S1 - Lv. 51 Cardigan E1 - Lv. 55 SUPPORT: SilverAsh E2 S3 - Lv. 90 Played & failed sooooooo much I memorised everything very well. Got in such a sweat!!!!! Used Silverash twice. First time at the 1:53 mark after the last doggo on the left hand side next to the drone area (with Click & Cardigan). And placed Surtr on the right. Resorted to using Silverash as I was really struggling to take down the enemies on the left along with the drone. Second time Silverash used right at the end 9:35. Used Surtr as in your guide and placed Silverash in the middle between the blocks to help take out all three as was struggling there too. PHEW!!!!!!!!!!! Never want to see this stage EVER AGAIN!!!!! Haha. Thanks again Ecko. Your guides are always the best to follow!!
PS: Struggled to keep Cardigan alive for a decent amount of time right at the end. I don't know if the boss hit harder or what. Had 3 healers on her (Whisperain, Ceylon and Gavial). As soon as Cardi was wiped out had to quickly deploy Surtr + Silverash. I did try this stage just with Surtr but the boss always seemed to kill her. Frustrating as all hell lol
Phew! Took me 3 attempts because my Cuora kept dying (partially to timing, partially to a bit under-levelled), but got through it. Thanks a million for your guides - without them, I'd be missing out on a lot of medals and gear.
Thank you so much for this guide, Eckogen! I used this as a guide to clear both normal mode and challenge mode Hope you had lots of sleep after clearing all the ex stages; this one was truly awful....
Finally cleared it, it took me 2 days to beat this stage and the CM, i can't really do stalling strat since my brain is only thinking go all-out everytime i run a stage blindly, and the last time i use stalling strat was at 7-18. So thank you Ecko for the guide
For everyone revisiting this guide for the rerun, be wary that if you use Thorns instead of Arene, you need to retreat him AS SOON AS that right side is just the Emperor's Blade and the Striker. If not, Thorns will burn EB and get Dominion on him.
You beautiful and handsome lad! Managed to pass through with your strategy! Although had to change it in order for it to adapt to my operators, including Silverash since I used him instead of Surtr. Finally, and I thought I'd fail this event
I beat this stage using 8 ops. Silverash, Thorns, Siege, Bagpipe, Eyja, Saria (S3), Surtr and Aak. The key is timing and positioning of your units on those areas where the boss stops for a few seconds. This is probably the hardest stage so far at least in my opinion.
It's absolutely incredible when a stage makes you swap out Saria and Hoshiguma for Gummy and Cuora. I had trouble keeping Nearl (E1, level 65) alive as the final tank for the boss, so I swapped to Cuora and that did the trick. I used Silverash instead of Midnight, so I pointed him up instead of right. That still let me use S3 to help clear the pre-boss enemies when needed and let him take out the mage in his lane on his own since he could attack him where he spawns. Other little notes: if you have a good initial vanguard and ranged guard, you don't need to drop the first medic in right away. If you have higher-cost operators and can't get down the two 1-block vanguards that hold off the bears from the sides in time, saving the medic until after they're down can help with that. Also, a sufficiently leveled Vigna (E2 level 30, S7) can handle the bears coming down the right side without a medic, saving you DP.
Holy crap, I... I actually cleared this on my first try by following this strategy with high rarity operators, I'm so on edge I'm gonna need a glass of water to calm down lol That was so intense, sweet mother of Ecko. So many moments where I kinda messed up the timing and things went slightly not as planned, but then I somehow managed to fix them, so many ridiculously close calls... This sure was one hell of a thrill but certainly one I don't *ever* want to experience again. I'm so happy I managed to not spend a billion stamina trying to clear this!
The artillery drone will kill your Caster if you don't deploy Cuora after them. Alternatively, out-dps it if you're employing a stronger Caster than Click. There is such a thing as too strong an Healing Defender. Saria can and will slug it out against the Boss, and win right up until he uses his ability. If you're not careful, she can rake up enough damage to become the target of the Dominion ability. You can however shape your strategy around that if you want a slower battle order. Excellent guide as always.
JESUS! This was TOUGH!!!! I legit spent like 6 hours trying to find something before winning this damn quest. Now I check yours and see something rather similar! Congratz boss, and go get some rest!!!
after spending four hours getting the timings right in normal mode, I managed to one shot the challenge mode thanks to your guide. well and silverash clearing the 3 elites at the top.
Great guide. Stallknights ftw. This stage was pain. Kept messing up because my Gummy is E2 lvl 30, and kept getting the dominion on her. I used Spot, and was able to stall long enough for the second phase. From there DP was an issue, so I had to keep using Texas as a dp bomb to set up for the final wave. Thanks again for the guide, this stage was hard.
7:00 - I drop vanguards in, but they die before Surtr can do a lot of damage. At 10:00 in, Surtr dies before Cuora can get to 30s before recharge even with healers. Level 70, no less. I don't know how you managed to keep her upright here.
Yeah I can't pass this with Hoshi... Casting the 2nd Dominion on her like in the high rarity non-cm guide. Will have to drop this stage until I E2 another Defender (Croissant, Bison planned for the future), and then I'll build them to match Cuora's attack specifically for this stage.
Ugh. This was so...so very rough. I was missing some needed things. I don't even have four leveled single target medics, for one. I spent XP and money to get Hibiscus up to a decent level and managed to make Ptilopsis work as my fourth. Neither my Hoshi nor Cuora are E2 yet though, my two highest defenders, so I had to borrow someone's else's Hoshi. I'm so very thankful that they redid the support system. I managed it, if barely. This definitely did motivate me to get at least one of my defenders to E2 right quick though. Just have to pick between Cuora, who'd be cheaper, or if I should push for the longer haul for Hoshi first.
Dangit I got so close to clearing with this guide, but I was using Guma and she did too much damage and drew the final Dominion. It went from running *super* smoothly to being all over in a heartbeat ughhh Don't use Guma in place of Cuora everyone!! Edit: Still haven't been able to clear it. Just can't seem to get it right for some reason :/ My team is Myrtle, Zima, Texas, Bagpipe, Ansel, Shining, Silence, Folinic, Lappy, Ceobe, Gummy, Surtr (support), Hoshiguma (now swapping for Croissant)
PHEW finally managed to clear this without Surtr! Requires 4 defenders (To block the guys at the end) so need Myrtle and enough DP to deploy Caster & healing defender left side quick enough. (To not need vigna/plume).
Turns out its even easier to use than using SA, also if you bring sa instead do not overuse him to kill the emperor or you might ran out of DP before you can fully set last defense
I used my E2 Lappland instead of Arene and it seems that's a mistake since she manages to reduce the striker's HP that Gummy tanked to below half and ended up killing her lmao. Edit: manages to find a way out of that but met with another obstacle. My Cuora is E1 max and she keeps dying while taking the boss' attacks on phase 2 when Lappland tries to wiggle out the last dominion.
Thank you Eckogen!!!!! I really needed this especially since my wife is ready to deliver our fourth child any day soon! So completing this really helps and I can be ready for my wife and family! Sincerely appreciate your effort!!!
![[Arknights] WD-EX-8 Challenge Mode Low Rarity 12 Ops](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Kl9sNIQEag/mqdefault.jpg)
Operator Replacement Suggestions (ORS):
Click: Any ST Caster.
Plume/Vigna: Bagpipe/Reed.
Surtr: S3 M3. Silverash S3 M3.
Scavenger: Any E2+ Vanguard.
Hibiscus/Gavial/Myrrh/Sussurro: Any ST Medic.
Arene: Ayerscarpe S2/Lappland S2/SA S3/Thorns S1,S3?
Gummy: Any Healing Defender. BE CAREFUL on doing too much damage. E1 low rarity Healing Defenders are fine provided you have sufficient healing (Medics).
Cuora: S2 L7. E1 Gummy/Spot/Saria. E2 20-50 Croissant/Bubble/Heavyrain/Matterhorn. You want similar ATK or less and a good amount of DEF/HP. Too much ATK takes Dominion.
Ecko: Haze: Any ST Caster.
Me: But I don't see Haze, I only see Click
Ecko: Vanilla: Scavenger or E2+ Vanguard
me: but i see no vanilla, only her alternative
Ecko needed some more sleep
@@burushifudara ^
@@Eckogen Try to rest a bit more, I'm worried about your well being
This is the most stable low star run I've seen or tried so far.
Agreed, it looked tight but the surtr splitboxing sections are decently forgiving. The first time (just to left of the blue box) i was worried about delaying as long as possible with the melee units, but if they die it's fine (you'll have plenty of dp) and if you withdraw them a little early surtr usually has no problem (e2 45 m3).
I'm also done with this level, I don't want to see this level again, anyway, great guide as always
This stage makes you really FEEL like to burn Ursus down
This level ate up so much sanity trying to 3 star.
Thank you Eckogen, make sure to take a break after this
:)
I swear this is the hardest stage ever created in Arknights (at least for now). When you thought H8-4 and OD-EX-8 are hard.
for me od ex 8 is hardest because your medic must be very very stronk and the ****ing slug slow your aspd
furthermore this stage only need to delay the enemies while surtr eating her ice cream
@@bluerazor2380 In OD-EX-8 the boss dies on it's own after it activates it's rage mode (i guess?). You just have to bring a Puller, a good medic and AOE Snipers and Casters. It's hard at first but once you figure out that the boss dies on its own, all you have to do is wait and survive. On the other this stage took me took me more than a dozen of tries before figuring it out. I didn't use the stall strategy, I instead used the deploy and retreat tactic that works well with Silverash, Surtr, Eyja and Bagpipe.
OD-EX-8 at least has only one primary threat, while this shit spawns 5 dudes that are equally as threatening as a whole after you kill Emperor's Blade, rendering rush strats insanely hard
@@TuanAnhNguyen-en9bx Yeah. After you kill the Boss, those 5 Red Imperial Strikers will spawn, they can kill your Guards and Defenders in a 1 vs 1.
Ecko's back at it again. This stage was a bit of a pain. The final wave of Elite Imperial Strikers was the real boss encounter for me.
Cheers Ecko. ^_^
At least they wait for the boss to die. Else... I would kill myself
@@joaquerj9344 the fact that they wait for the boss to die is the real pain because at that point dp cost is high I'd rather deal with them while my operators are already out than having to redeploy with trillion dp and dont forget cd
@@zhan2780 thinking about it, the order doesn't really matter (if you use stall strategy with high end squad) low tier squad would be waiting enough to kill the enemies with silverash and killing the boss last
This stage was honestly insane... But thanks to your guide, I finally managed to do it after 3 hours of attempts! Thank you very much, you're the best! :)
Kudos Eckogen! the freaking easiest guide to follow out of all I've seen and used.
Thanks for the guides. I was able to bulldoze my way through WD - 8 on my own, but I never understood what exactly the big boss was doing. It was only after watching your guides that I realized he was one shot-ing my ops.
I can honestly say I’m glad we never have to do this stage again after getting it down once.
Well when WID rerun we atleast need to goes to the normal wd ex 8 once so yeah
well in rerun the resources in store prize is reduce so theres no need to redo the ex stages
@@turahindra9959 You get extra currency from Song of Dust from completing EX stages as well as intelligence certificates for getting the plaque from WD-EX-8 cm so there is literally no reason _not_ to do the EX stages again because this is free stuff regardless of resources being less than 1st time the event appears.
@@thanoof that juat what i said :/
@@turahindra9959 No, you said there is no need. I said there is no reason not to do them, therefore you should do them as usual.
Definitely one of the BEST and EASY TO UNDERSTAND videos out there to clear this stage without relatively strict timing and decently flexible operators. This is as easy as it gets since it's ONE OF THE DIFFICULT stages to clear so far on global. *The main thing to keep in mind is that you CANNOT use Saria since the black AOE will go on her instead of Surtr since she deals too much damage. The SAFE picks are either Gummy or Nearl.*
If you lack any DP at any downtime parts in the stage due to the high DP redeployment cost, just recruit a sunflower vanguard (Myrtle recommended) to recover some of that DP or bring one if you have Surtr as your recruited operator.
Operators that helped me clear the stage easier (obvious upgrades to the base ones used in the video):
-Silverash S3M3 (can tank the imperial striker later on instead of replacing with a defender and didn't use the skill in the whole fight except in the beginning to help clear the first set of mobs due to lack of DP)
-Eyja S3M3 (to delete the drone and mobs even faster)
-Bagpipe S3M3 (just really tanky and deals more damage)
-Texas S2M3 (helped me stun mobs which helped early on and gain DP slightly faster)
-Any 4-5 star ST healers (I used Shining S2M1, Whisperain S2lv7, Warfarin S1lv7, and E170 Silence)
-Myrtle S1M3 (I used this since I lacked DP at the start after placing my Texas and SA and had no problem since) + Myrtle's passive can serve as a replacement healer for the bottom right spot instead placing the healer vs those Doggos.
Thanks Ecko for sharing this guide. For me who don't have SilverAsh S3M3 option, this really helps! My ops have slightly higher DP costs, but the timing is still sufficient enough. "Delete them from existence" might be my favorite part here haha. Great job :D
Thanks for everything, Ecko! The clear, concise explanation of every turn of the operation, the timely and incisive nickname-puns of the operators make everything bearable. I was proud to not use any guides on WD and more than half of WD-EX by sheer brute forcing more dakka until I literally went zero sanity on autodeploy of WD-8 for farming, and about half of the WD-EX CMs because I keep forgetting fast deploy operators can be used as bait for the drones. >_
You're my hero, mate. Couldn't have done it without ya!
Thanks for this guide, Eckogen. I didn't follow it exactly, but it gave me a good idea of how to place those annoying dominions and how to use a stalling strategy to prep for the very last wave, which is the REAL boss of this stage.
Gotta love brute forcing that hellish last wave of elite imperial strikers with Eyja, SA, and Surtr, lol.
Absinthe can also work executing those Elite Imperial Strikers with 50% or less health(E1 lvl 70 S2 rank 5 Absinthe in my case)
Thank you for these
With the bosses in these events being a level in themselves, and the last levels in events being long making that iteration and take a long time, I find myself not being able to allocate enough time figure out these last levels.
Thanks for these guides, they really help to clarify what the bosses mechanics and to give an approach that helps in deconstructor the problem the levels proposes.
Thanks for this, Eckogen. I had to modify this strat slightly (borrowing E2L50 Lappland and swapping out arene for Silence E1L5 because 3 medics just wasn’t enough healing to reliably stall with Surtr for Cuora’s redploy) but after banging my head against this stage for three hours with no success it’s a great relief that there are guides like this available
Thanks, Ecko! This stage was very difficult for me and took over a dozen tries to get the timing right, but I finally got it.
Brilliant! It help me alot, both EX-8 and EX-8-CM. Thank you for this!
Once again you really helped me, because of you i have collected all medals! Thank you so much Eckogen! Keep up the good work!
You make it easier to low end clear this damn hard stage, kudos to you
a very very big thank you for you!! finally I can finish this crazy level, thank you very much for your hardwork, Eckogen!!
Thanks for the guide Ecko! Finally can clear the stage
Just in time for the WD rerun, thank you for the guide! It worked perfectly, even though my Gummy was L60 at E2.
That was a real awesome set-up! I forgot to wait for the bear there what you've mentioned in the regular stage. XD XD XD
Participating in the conversation. Thanks a ton Eckogen.
THANK YOU!!!! 90+practice plans & 200sanity later (screwed up your setup a few times (up vs left and dps matters). But this stressful stage done finally, all hail your big brain.
Thank you for all the guides! ^_^
GOOD LORD. Ten thousand hours later and I am finally done with this maddening stage and can go to bed!!! Thank you so much for your guide Ecko - you da best!!!
Followed but with some amendments:
Surtr E2 S3
Courier E2, Vigna E2, Reed E1
Ayerscape E2 S2
Gavial E1
Shining E1
Ceylon E1 S1
Whisperain E1 S2
Click E1 S2
Gummy E2 S1 - Lv. 51
Cardigan E1 - Lv. 55
SUPPORT: SilverAsh E2 S3 - Lv. 90
Played & failed sooooooo much I memorised everything very well. Got in such a sweat!!!!!
Used Silverash twice. First time at the 1:53 mark after the last doggo on the left hand side next to the drone area (with Click & Cardigan). And placed Surtr on the right. Resorted to using Silverash as I was really struggling to take down the enemies on the left along with the drone.
Second time Silverash used right at the end 9:35. Used Surtr as in your guide and placed Silverash in the middle between the blocks to help take out all three as was struggling there too.
PHEW!!!!!!!!!!! Never want to see this stage EVER AGAIN!!!!! Haha.
Thanks again Ecko. Your guides are always the best to follow!!
PS: Struggled to keep Cardigan alive for a decent amount of time right at the end. I don't know if the boss hit harder or what. Had 3 healers on her (Whisperain, Ceylon and Gavial). As soon as Cardi was wiped out had to quickly deploy Surtr + Silverash. I did try this stage just with Surtr but the boss always seemed to kill her. Frustrating as all hell lol
This stage took me 3 hrs of trying, but I finally managed to do it with the help of this and KyoStinV's guide, I used a combination of the strats.
Thanks! Your strat gave me just the right advice to improve my own run.
This was like a strategy wargame, planning out where to draw his four dominion attacks. Thanks for the guide! Curious how painful it was to make
Cheers Ecko! this is it! ohh my god this stage, i am speechless
Oh god finally. It's over.
"What you see is what you feel, and the pain sets in immediately."
once again thank you for the clear! this boss required more patience than i have
Ecko thank you for this guide it's so stable even a E1 max Cuora can do the trick! Amazing choices man cheers!!
Well-done ecko, thanks for the guide
Phew! Took me 3 attempts because my Cuora kept dying (partially to timing, partially to a bit under-levelled), but got through it. Thanks a million for your guides - without them, I'd be missing out on a lot of medals and gear.
this really helped since i have most of those units except surtr, borrowed one, and used SA as a replacement slot and used for normal and cm
Dayum, this strat is smooooooooooth. As smooth as Ecko's humor.
Thanks for the guide mr. Eckogen
Thank you so much for this guide, Eckogen! I used this as a guide to clear both normal mode and challenge mode
Hope you had lots of sleep after clearing all the ex stages; this one was truly awful....
Amazing run as always Ecko!
I LOVE YOU ECKOGEN! I haven't said fuck it to a stage since twilight ex 8 and I was worried I would have to again. Thank you so much for this guide.
I did it! This is my first medal clear! Thank you!
THANK YOU!!! Amazing guide! I can’t tell you how much sanity and irl sanity you saved me 😂 Thanks for the spectacular content!
Finally cleared it, it took me 2 days to beat this stage and the CM, i can't really do stalling strat since my brain is only thinking go all-out everytime i run a stage blindly, and the last time i use stalling strat was at 7-18.
So thank you Ecko for the guide
For everyone revisiting this guide for the rerun, be wary that if you use Thorns instead of Arene, you need to retreat him AS SOON AS that right side is just the Emperor's Blade and the Striker. If not, Thorns will burn EB and get Dominion on him.
You beautiful and handsome lad! Managed to pass through with your strategy! Although had to change it in order for it to adapt to my operators, including Silverash since I used him instead of Surtr. Finally, and I thought I'd fail this event
Thank you so much!! This was a Blast
Thank you for making this guide
I beat this stage using 8 ops. Silverash, Thorns, Siege, Bagpipe, Eyja, Saria (S3), Surtr and Aak. The key is timing and positioning of your units on those areas where the boss stops for a few seconds. This is probably the hardest stage so far at least in my opinion.
It's absolutely incredible when a stage makes you swap out Saria and Hoshiguma for Gummy and Cuora. I had trouble keeping Nearl (E1, level 65) alive as the final tank for the boss, so I swapped to Cuora and that did the trick.
I used Silverash instead of Midnight, so I pointed him up instead of right. That still let me use S3 to help clear the pre-boss enemies when needed and let him take out the mage in his lane on his own since he could attack him where he spawns.
Other little notes: if you have a good initial vanguard and ranged guard, you don't need to drop the first medic in right away. If you have higher-cost operators and can't get down the two 1-block vanguards that hold off the bears from the sides in time, saving the medic until after they're down can help with that.
Also, a sufficiently leveled Vigna (E2 level 30, S7) can handle the bears coming down the right side without a medic, saving you DP.
It's 4 a.m I did more than 60 tries, I finally did it. Thank you!
Honestly I love that kind hard challenging levels.
This event must have warped something inside Ecko, never before has he ever said to send em to hell.
Thank you very much!! It has been about six hours of PAIN but finally I'm done.. your guide help me a lot.
Sorry for my poor grammar 😅😅
The legend of coura: now it's personal
Holy crap, I... I actually cleared this on my first try by following this strategy with high rarity operators, I'm so on edge I'm gonna need a glass of water to calm down lol
That was so intense, sweet mother of Ecko. So many moments where I kinda messed up the timing and things went slightly not as planned, but then I somehow managed to fix them, so many ridiculously close calls... This sure was one hell of a thrill but certainly one I don't *ever* want to experience again. I'm so happy I managed to not spend a billion stamina trying to clear this!
Ty for this
I actually had to do it like 20 minutes (Stalling moment) since im using high cost operators.
The artillery drone will kill your Caster if you don't deploy Cuora after them. Alternatively, out-dps it if you're employing a stronger Caster than Click.
There is such a thing as too strong an Healing Defender. Saria can and will slug it out against the Boss, and win right up until he uses his ability. If you're not careful, she can rake up enough damage to become the target of the Dominion ability. You can however shape your strategy around that if you want a slower battle order.
Excellent guide as always.
JESUS! This was TOUGH!!!!
I legit spent like 6 hours trying to find something before winning this damn quest. Now I check yours and see something rather similar! Congratz boss, and go get some rest!!!
Egh, that was brutal. Any tiny mistake and the run is wasted. Thanks for the guide. I honestly don't think I would have tried this stage without it.
This helped so much trying to finish it a few hours away before the event closes 😅😅😅
really simple to follow, thank u so muck ecko ^_^
after spending four hours getting the timings right in normal mode, I managed to one shot the challenge mode thanks to your guide. well and silverash clearing the 3 elites at the top.
Great guide. Stallknights ftw.
This stage was pain. Kept messing up because my Gummy is E2 lvl 30, and kept getting the dominion on her. I used Spot, and was able to stall long enough for the second phase. From there DP was an issue, so I had to keep using Texas as a dp bomb to set up for the final wave. Thanks again for the guide, this stage was hard.
7:00 - I drop vanguards in, but they die before Surtr can do a lot of damage.
At 10:00 in, Surtr dies before Cuora can get to 30s before recharge even with healers. Level 70, no less. I don't know how you managed to keep her upright here.
5:09 following this and my Cuora shouted out in sync that was a little freaky
Everyone is friend till WD EX-8 came. Cheers Ecko!
Eckogen, you have become my father. I love you from the bottom of my heart. Tysm.
you make it look so easy
thanks for the guide 😊
Yeah I can't pass this with Hoshi... Casting the 2nd Dominion on her like in the high rarity non-cm guide. Will have to drop this stage until I E2 another Defender (Croissant, Bison planned for the future), and then I'll build them to match Cuora's attack specifically for this stage.
Ugh. This was so...so very rough. I was missing some needed things. I don't even have four leveled single target medics, for one. I spent XP and money to get Hibiscus up to a decent level and managed to make Ptilopsis work as my fourth. Neither my Hoshi nor Cuora are E2 yet though, my two highest defenders, so I had to borrow someone's else's Hoshi. I'm so very thankful that they redid the support system. I managed it, if barely.
This definitely did motivate me to get at least one of my defenders to E2 right quick though. Just have to pick between Cuora, who'd be cheaper, or if I should push for the longer haul for Hoshi first.
Cuora will carry you through just fine. Don't really need Hoshi.
@@Eckogen
Thank you.
thanks a bunch ecko!
Dangit I got so close to clearing with this guide, but I was using Guma and she did too much damage and drew the final Dominion.
It went from running *super* smoothly to being all over in a heartbeat ughhh
Don't use Guma in place of Cuora everyone!!
Edit: Still haven't been able to clear it. Just can't seem to get it right for some reason :/
My team is
Myrtle, Zima, Texas, Bagpipe, Ansel, Shining, Silence, Folinic, Lappy, Ceobe, Gummy, Surtr (support), Hoshiguma (now swapping for Croissant)
Might be easier if you reach out on Discord. You can then show us your set up and we can advise.
Goddamn, I spent waaay too much time trying to big brain my way outta this one...
Shoutouts to my friend's M3 Surtr, that guy's a hero
Stable, easy to understand, affordable units (Except for Surtr) who's mostly E1 max lvl. I've been save, thank you Eckogen 👍
PHEW finally managed to clear this without Surtr! Requires 4 defenders (To block the guys at the end) so need Myrtle and enough DP to deploy Caster & healing defender left side quick enough. (To not need vigna/plume).
Gummy is just chilling on this map nothing gonna phase her
My heart was not ready for “Among Us”
Ergh. Fuck this stage. I spent several hours trying to beat phase 2. >.< Thanks Ecko! You came through again!
even i can clear this CM stage with your advice (mybe almost 8 hourse for only this stage) but anyway thanks for the guide
Ty this stage was a ure hell...
Finished on the very last day thank you
Most hated stage so far. Thx for the guide
Finally a fckn guide i could fckn use to clear this shitty stage
Big thanks srsly
Turns out its even easier to use than using SA, also if you bring sa instead do not overuse him to kill the emperor or you might ran out of DP before you can fully set last defense
What would we do without this man
I used my E2 Lappland instead of Arene and it seems that's a mistake since she manages to reduce the striker's HP that Gummy tanked to below half and ended up killing her lmao.
Edit: manages to find a way out of that but met with another obstacle. My Cuora is E1 max and she keeps dying while taking the boss' attacks on phase 2 when Lappland tries to wiggle out the last dominion.
Thank you very much
Thanks ecko, my medal its completed now. Imo this stage is harder cm to me
There is also a limit to his dominion rosa can proc dominion and just keep doing dps until he procs another dominion onto rosa.
Yup, 3 dominions in phase 2.
I did it after 2 tries thanks Eckodad
surtr appreciation week
Thank you Eckogen!!!!! I really needed this especially since my wife is ready to deliver our fourth child any day soon! So completing this really helps and I can be ready for my wife and family! Sincerely appreciate your effort!!!
Congratz on the 4th one! May you have a prosperous and healthy family.
@@Eckogen thank you! My wife safely delivered my daughter today 💕
Well, I guess if you pull Cuora early, Surtr's basic attack will kill the guy lol. It was quite a situation when that happened.
That we need from our king eckogen
Thank you!
Can you do a High-Stars version of this for the rerun? I'm having trouble with this stage.