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Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#3901: Jul 4th 2025 at 3:30:24 PM

I think people generally consider Gallagher and Aventurine as sustains, not supports

...JQ exists, though

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#3902: Jul 4th 2025 at 3:46:56 PM

Oh right he would count somewhat

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
Bexlerfu Khatun of the Azim Steppe from Mol Iloh Since: Nov, 2020
Khatun of the Azim Steppe
#3903: Jul 4th 2025 at 3:56:46 PM

Also while I'm mostly using him as secondary DPS, I'm pretty sure you can use Anaxa as a main DPS and do extremely well with him without needing an insane investment. I've even heard of some people using him on break comps.

...You're ignoring media focus entirely if that's your takeaway. I don't think a single character in the game has gotten as much secondary material as Herta did

If it's not a trailer or in an Owlbert segment, then yes, pretty much. If there's no in-game alert telling me to check something (which usually means a trailer), then I don't usually see it.

I remember Herta having a funny trailer and like Thanos popping up at the tail end of various patches to remind everybody she exists without doing much, and that's it. She was advertised because she was a recurring character we knew about, but in-universe she has been about as relevant as Screwllum who isn't even playable yet (and even in this latest patch it's him who pops up to chat on behalf of the Geniuses).

Herta's most important featuring I remember was during the latest Simulated Universe update with the scepters, which probably was both the least interesting to play and the most relevant in the grand scheme of things. Even then, she shared the spotlight with Screwy and Ruan Mei.

Edited by Bexlerfu on Jul 4th 2025 at 12:57:42 PM

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#3904: Jul 4th 2025 at 4:21:29 PM

...We get notified about the animated shorts. You're actively ignoring the secondary media that this idiotic debate is about

Billy5545 An eagle from The sky Since: Nov, 2017
An eagle
#3905: Jul 4th 2025 at 5:08:03 PM

I'm probably going to get heat for this, but at this point it feels like the whole purpose of the argument is to cynically spite on the idiotic fandom, even if few of the bashes aren't true

Just an eagle. Feel free to PM me. Proposed pages in my sandbox are free to create/edit.
AmethystLeslie Schezo Wegey confirmed for King from IRL Unova Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
Schezo Wegey confirmed for King
#3906: Jul 5th 2025 at 10:20:20 PM

Meanwhile, I just see Castorice as "of course the pretty one is designed with a meta-defining kit so people who don't just pull for looks can pull for kit instead. Of course she gets all the marketing despite being no more lore important than her fellow Chrysos Heirs."

Goddammit, Schezo... || *insert incredibly thirsty copypasta about Dr. Ratio*
Ner0014reN Since: Aug, 2023
#3907: Jul 6th 2025 at 12:51:20 AM

[up] Cuz she's on the anniversary banner? That's how I'm seeing it

Xorn15 Nurse Mordred Attending from R&D Platform, Seychelles Waters Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Nurse Mordred Attending
#3908: Jul 6th 2025 at 5:33:20 AM

...Wow, Cyrene is shorter than I was expecting. I thought that she would be around March-sized, not Clara-sized.

Edited by Xorn15 on Jul 6th 2025 at 8:33:47 AM

Ner0014reN Since: Aug, 2023
#3909: Jul 6th 2025 at 6:51:40 AM

[up] She's gonna have an adult form, trust

MB74 Since: Feb, 2024 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#3910: Jul 6th 2025 at 7:09:48 AM

[up][up][up] Anaxa was on the anniversary banner and he didn’t get too much marketing

I’ll lift my face, and run to the sunlight.
Ner0014reN Since: Aug, 2023
#3911: Jul 6th 2025 at 7:10:49 AM

[up] Neither was Aventurine

They only limit it for the 1st half banner

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#3912: Jul 6th 2025 at 10:27:14 AM

Acheron is actually important though? That aside I do prefer that Cyrene stay short mostly because I find the sheer contrast more amusing

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#3913: Jul 6th 2025 at 12:04:05 PM

We're getting a heavily-marketed main DPS every other patch now. The anniversary doesn't really figure into it

And, yes, Cyrene is short. I don't expect it to be meaningful or end up changing

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#3914: Jul 6th 2025 at 9:29:22 PM

I'm seeing people on the subreddit saying Cyrene stopped aging and that they're expecting her to get an adult/older form but I'm not sure I believe that myself. They could make her playable while still keeping her current design. The creators clearly have no qualms with marketing her as a love interest despite her being a child so...

Ner0014reN Since: Aug, 2023
#3915: Jul 7th 2025 at 5:23:32 AM

Eh, I'm fine either way, but I kinda do guess that she'll have a Super Mode where she grows taller (like Phainon)

Bexlerfu Khatun of the Azim Steppe from Mol Iloh Since: Nov, 2020
Khatun of the Azim Steppe
#3916: Jul 7th 2025 at 12:11:27 PM

She looks like March. I doubt they'll change her.

And she looks much less like a child than Huohuo.

Edited by Bexlerfu on Jul 7th 2025 at 9:11:42 PM

BoxOfPillows from Lost in a Warehouse (The New Guy)
#3917: Jul 7th 2025 at 7:38:25 PM

Having watched "Hark! There's Revelry Atop the Divine Mountain" again and reading his page again, where exactly did the idea that the Zephyro Phainon fought is a simulation by Irontomb come from? Part of the cinematic literally shows the Antimatter Legion pour in from Nanook's golden viewing window implying they're entering in from outside, so couldn't the real Zephyro do the same? Also why would Irontomb even have Zephyro's simulation data? I dunno that idea just doesn't make sense to me.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#3918: Jul 7th 2025 at 8:08:25 PM

I'm a little confused why we're treating her current form as the final one, we literally saw her in an adult form when Amphoreus was first announced. Her kid form screams "NPC pre-playable design" to me.

Maybe they'll keep it the same but the certainty I'm seeing just isn't justified.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 7th 2025 at 8:16:50 AM

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#3919: Jul 7th 2025 at 9:12:55 PM

[up]X2 because he's glitching around in the same way as the program after a point.

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
Ner0014reN Since: Aug, 2023
#3920: Jul 8th 2025 at 4:51:08 AM

[up][up][up] The monsters themselves also show glitches

[up][up] In that trailer? That's the exact same one as in game

Edited by Ner0014reN on Jul 8th 2025 at 4:51:59 AM

BoxOfPillows from Lost in a Warehouse (The New Guy)
#3921: Jul 8th 2025 at 5:08:08 AM

[up][up] and [up]

The only glitch in the cinematic is the Black Tide effect on Phainon's meteor and Zephyro teleporting to cut off his arm. Nothing else, and the former could simply be because it's being destroyed.

Doesn't really nullify the Antimatter Legion from seemingly coming in from 'elsewhere', and it not making sense for Zephyro's data to be on Irontomb, plus Zephyro and Phainon being outside Amphoreus in that one shot. For all we know the effect is just something that happens with Destruction that Zephyro can also do as a Lord Ravager. Look I just think it's cooler if that was the real Zephyro and not a fake, and I feel there's more evidence for him being real than a simulation.

Ner0014reN Since: Aug, 2023
#3922: Jul 8th 2025 at 8:04:31 AM

I saw Zephyro teleporting with black tide's effect

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#3923: Jul 8th 2025 at 11:05:32 AM

Yes he starts glitching a lot around when Phainon starts dropping the meteor

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
lancelot22 from The whirlpool of delusion Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#3924: Jul 8th 2025 at 11:22:57 AM

What's my best team, I got Dan Heng, Bronya, Cipher, Gepard, Clara, Preservation MC, Sushang, Sampo, Natasha, 4 star Herta, March, Asta, Qingque, Yukong, Xueyi, Serval and Tingyun

Beat the Jarlio-VI story and the boss for leveling up Cipher

Buffalo Chicken pizzas and Cheez-It pizzas are the GOAT; Aromantic cynic all the way
Bexlerfu Khatun of the Azim Steppe from Mol Iloh Since: Nov, 2020
Khatun of the Azim Steppe
#3925: Jul 8th 2025 at 1:01:49 PM

I'd say right now something like Cipher, Bronya, Tingyun and Gepard.

If you've got the pulls (and you like the character) among the currently available ones I suggest aiming for Tribbie. She is an extremely versatile support who dishes very decent damage, fits in many teams, and if you ever have to face a Quantum-weak enemy then her, Cipher and Xueyi will make mincemeat of it.


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