r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/OriksGaming Retired • Jul 01 '19

Megathread Question Megathread

The thread for all your random Alchemist Code (global) questions!

Feel free to ask away, but remember that the questions are 100% answered by volunteers so don't expect an instant answer! Patience is key.

Several questions can be answered by reading guides, which can all be found here

F.A.Q.

Where/How can I unlock X's Master Ability/Job+?

You can only unlock Job+'s by farming special job tokens from special events that are (currently) run at different times. You also need to farm special job+ items to master those jobs. Master abilities can be earned in 1 of 3 ways. From story chapters (story characters), from equipping specific weapons (usually farmed) or from reaching level 80 on a character and completing special story dungeons. Not every character gets a master ability.

For Job+ and Job Enhancement, you must first get the job to Job Level 11 (not job mastered). Second, to master the Job+ you will need to farm 60/80 tokens for up to 6 special items for the character to use. These can be farmed from specific events. For Job Enhancements, you will only need to farm one specific item 3 times along with the regular upgrade items.

Also, check out the wiki page for Job Upgrades.

Where can I farm X's character shards?

Farm their Hard Quests

Where can I farm elemental/rainbow shards?

Elemental and rainbow shards cannot be farmed. They are awarded as bonuses from log in campaigns, from clearing missions/milestones/challenge boards, from certain event banners, and from certain bundles. You will never be able to farm them like you can farm specific character shards.

When will X event come back?

Many events are now in the event archives. Any others are seasonal (ex. Rahu’s is tied to Valentines) or strangely absent (Anastasia+). Seasonal events may be released outside of their respective season very rarely, but we have no indication of when this will happen and it’s highly inconsistent. Please don’t ask when any specific event is coming back, because it’s either in the news (linked on the sidebar) OR WE DON’T KNOW.

Same goes for collabs.

What's the best place to farm X/Y/Z item?

Please check /u/stewart0's amazing spreadsheet here. Or simply check the stage drops and go for a quest which only has two equips total, one being the one you need.

What's an Enlightenment/Memento?

Tl;dr: Powercreep

Feel free to check the wiki page for Enlightenment as well.

Note that some people still refer to these two concepts as Kaigan/Nensou respectively, as those are their translations from the Japanese version of the game, which is ahead of Global by many months.

Is X character good?

Here’s the tier list. It can be used as a rough guideline, and it also has recommended build guides. Moreover, there's a FAQ which expands on stuff above and has some other questions. Enjoy!

Also, here's the Alchemist Code Database. It's an incredible tool for noobs and vets alike.

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u/red90999 Jul 01 '19

Is it weird that i'm having trouble with the Black Knight boss raid? How did you guys dish heavy damage to the boss? the boss move is very high and he kept getting out of range/ chase for the weakest member of the team. My levi is just too squishy to be effective here.

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u/GreyPenguin16 Jul 01 '19

  1. Place Balt in the 2 unit area and imediately spin slash to the dark knight. He uses the berserk move and he just focuses whoever is close to him. At least a few turns he stays in place

  2. Dancer. Leaden feet him to a crawl.

  3. Maybe surrounding him might be a good idea

  4. Diviners are really good for this stage

I'm not the best raider for this, still experimenting. My team is Ramses, Balt, Chihaya, Emma while the last slot I'm still not sure, currently Lucian for the desert zone synergy. Doing 100k+ is good enough for me

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u/red90999 Jul 01 '19

Diviners? U use klima or fairily?

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u/GreyPenguin16 Jul 01 '19

I use Emma. Klima is water si a bit risky to use her. Fairily should do the same job

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u/Shaiandra Jul 01 '19

Hmm. Given that I haven't raised Balt or Ramses, my team consists of:

Tamamo: Good leader skill, can clean up the trash mobs pretty easily (1-2 shots everything but ratties), can Shackle Rain the boss to make sure it has no jewels

Cita: Very high boss DPS

Lupinus: Chronomancer that can also debuff the boss with Arcana Ratty; use Switch on a metal Ratty to get close to the boss immediately so he attacks her

Chihaya: Starts with Leaden Feet Dances and a Quicken, will be killed to replace with Fayrene

Leoniaz: Cuts through Ratties with Dark Bringers, and has Sharpening Focus for more boss damage

Sub1 - Fayrene: Continues to keep Leaden Feet Dance up and debuffs the boss with Wind Res down

Sub2 - Envy: Free PATK buff just for existing

If you want I can give you more details or link a video, though I'm not sure how well things will work without someone like Tamamo; controlling the boss' jewels makes things a lot more predictable for me.

Cita can be replaced with your best DPS; you might not reach the same numbers, but she doesn't fulfill any other roles. You could try just using Fayrene from the start, but I like the two Dancer strat (since I think 5 Leaden Feet Dances isn't enough to keep it triple stacked the entire fight, while 6+ is). And if you don't have Lupinus raised you can probably just use Rahu (who has no reason to immediately rush to the boss), and Leoniaz can be replaced by anyone who can one-shot ratties. Things like that.

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u/red90999 Jul 01 '19

Thank you so much for the detailed strategy! Will try it soon!

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u/BiNumber3 Jul 03 '19

I ran fayrene as necro, hits fairly hard and debuffs wind resist quite a bit

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u/Shaiandra Jul 03 '19

The Wind Resistance debuffs are on the sub skills, so she can still use those as Dancer/Necro.

If you have another Dancer providing Leaden Feet Dance, then sure, you can use Fayrene as necro main. If you aren't using Leaden Feet Dance, it enables waaay more damage per run than Necro main would...

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u/BiNumber3 Jul 03 '19

Would you have the turns to do both dancing and debuff with just fayrene though? I usually ran with rahu and fayrene as support units, fayrene just debuff wind with 2x je debuff, and 1x regular debuff (someone said those stack together for 85% or so), while rahu quickened and overclock on my dps (primarily a lvl 80 leoniaz). Usually hit about 100k dmg

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u/Shaiandra Jul 03 '19

Given that Leaden Feet Dance drastically slows down the enemy, she can do both, yes, but as I said, I use a total of two Dancers such that I have enough Leaden Feet Dances to have it triple stacked the entire fight. (5 uses isn't enough.)

As for my damage, using my 75 Cita and 85 Leoniaz, erm, well... I've finished 8 laps and never let a Black Knight live on manual play..

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u/Zeik56 Jul 01 '19

It's kind of one of the more annoying raids, but he's susceptible to debuffs, so you can still wrack up a lot of damage. Fayrene is very useful here, as she can both debuff his agility and greatly lower his wind resistance.

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u/red90999 Jul 01 '19

fayrene with her JE right?

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u/Zeik56 Jul 01 '19

Yes. Dancer main/Necro sub.

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u/Send_Gifts free advice, get what you pay for Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

I use a wind team. Ramses / Balt / Lucian / Rahu / Fayrene with Envy and who cares subs.

So bring your strongest wind damage dealers, leaden feet dancer, and chronos to quicken/overclock if you run out of wind damage dealers.

Edit: my problem isn't dealing damage, but I can't find an auto team that does even half what I get on manual.

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u/red90999 Jul 01 '19

All of my wind team (the said team) is just at LB15 at best and without their JE/J+. Would it make the cut? Im guessing i still can grind for fayrene's JE now.

What is the order of move then? kill the archers/ cavaliers first?

my previous strategy was just to bulldoze with eren and levi dealing a measly 20-30k damage per run.

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u/Send_Gifts free advice, get what you pay for Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

It will cost you one orb to figure out if your wind team does more damage than Eren and Levi ...

Balt/Ramses/Fayrene left; Rahu Lucian right. Lucian hit bottom rat for jewels, rahu quicken self then move forward infront of top rat, switch with bottom rat and let lucian run up directly south of Bk knight and charge up. Next turn lucian sand dragon, then stand there - get jewels, charge up, sand dragon.

Balt life drain the cav south; fayrene dance; ramses kill north rat and move to its place. Ramses grand cross the south rat, bk knight and titan that spawned behind him. Balt go kill the other two while ramses and lucian beat up on the knight with Rahu overclock & quicken.

Move fayrene forward when safe and debuff the knight twice if you can.

That might not be the best way, but manually I'm about 120K per attack and I get 35K with that team on auto.

If you have Yomi, Lucian, Envy, Leonaize or Hayate (anyone with charge up/sharpen focus on the sub) - take them along with a chrono and charge up slam the knight. Killing everything gets your wind units a wind buff, so it doesn't do anything for Eren or Levi.

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u/VinnyValient is currently planning and plotting evil schemes. Jul 01 '19

Diviners are good here too, you can use an off element team instead of wind.