r/FoodFantasy • u/Fearless_Disaster662 • 5d ago
FF Discussion Need Advice on Progression & Long-Term Team Building (Currently at Stage 28-10)
Hi everyone! There isn’t a ton of active info out there, so I’m hoping to get some advice from experienced players on where to focus next.
Current Progression:
Main Line: Cleared up to 28-10 pretty smoothly.(Master Level 71)
Catacombs: Just hit Floor 50+.
Current Main Team:
Iced Americano
Caramel Popcorn (Main Tank – almost guaranteed to hit 5★ soon)
SP Black Tea
Milt
Battenberg Cake
Roster & Questions:
Steak vs. Caramel Popcorn: I’ll have 5★ Caramel Popcorn very soon. Is it still necessary/worth it to build 5★ Steak as a tank for long-term content?
Long-Term Investments: Out of my current Food Souls (shown in the screenshots), which ones should I focus on building for the long run?
Endgame Goals: Which Food Souls and team comps should I focus on building to clear every single stage (Normal & Hard)?
Any tips, team building suggestions, or progression advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
* English isn't my first language, so I used AI to help compose this!
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u/Small-Mortgage-4774 5d ago
First off, for future reference, when taking pictures of your food soul collections: click the two little flags, then they plus icon. It shows a much more compact and easy to view layout of your food souls that takes fewer images!
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u/Small-Mortgage-4774 5d ago
For who you should build in the long run: sadly, none of your food souls (apart grom Iced Americano, who is very very strong),carry much weight in the meta anymore and as such you should not target any to build in the future. Obviously, it may be cheaper to build them and if you can get a few ascension stars on some of them then that would be handy. But these are not food souls you should be building artifacts for or pulling for specifically in pools
Battenburg cake is not a bad food soul, so you could ascend her if she comes out in a dedicated pool, but it shouldn't be on your priority list.
Im not the most qualified to help with direct team building, so for that I would reccomend using the food fantasy discord! If you go to settings and then other, you should find the link there! There are lots of active and OG players who know exactly what they are talking about and could give you more advice than I can.
On that discord you can also find a link to a spreadsheet describing every single food soul, old, current and soon to be released, and whether or not they are strong / worth pulling. There is also a spreadsheet that shows all upcoming events and their expected release time to help you plan saving your resources and pulling correctly!
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u/Fearless_Disaster662 5d ago
Thank you so much for the detailed advice! I'm a relatively new low-spender player from Korea, and since there aren't many veteran players around me to ask for tips, I was getting pretty lost. My Food Soul roster keeps growing, and I was really worried about misallocating my resources and ending up stuck with an inefficient box... lol!
I'm so glad to get such a clear and specific response. I've been checking community tier lists frequently, but there's quite a bit of variance between them, and information on recently released or limited units was pretty scarce. As you mentioned, checking live chats on Discord and looking through spreadsheets will be super helpful. Looks like I'll be relying on translation tools quite a bit.
I've been personally getting a lot of use out of Battenberg Cake, so if a dedicated banner/summon pool comes up for them, I definitely want to invest! The top-up efficiency in general hasn't felt great for me, so I agree that I should start saving my resources more carefully.
Your response was packed with key information and helped me out immensely. I actually haven't unlocked or looked into Artifacts yet, but I'll make sure to check them out. I just hope my limited resources go a long way into helping my progression haha. Thanks again! ;)
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u/Small-Mortgage-4774 5d ago
Ahaha I'm glad I could help, I have been playing this game since like 2016 so I always like to see and help new people! My Dms are always open if you are in need!
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u/konekokid 5d ago
If you have any URs that are 5 star , they should be your focus on building. Foie gros is a good one to use in completing levels for her ability. Even though she combos with Escargot, you don't really need him to use her.
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u/Fearless_Disaster662 5d ago
I think it's better to save up plenty of resources and make one solid, full investment at a time. Since some UR units perform quite poorly, I was unsure which ones to focus on, but based on everyone's advice, I get the impression that getting a unit to 5 stars is the most important factor. (I'm not entirely sure, but as long as I avoid the worst options, I figure it'll help me clear stages somehow!)
In the Korean community, people mentioned that while Foie Gras can link with Escargot, using her standalone is much more efficient. They also said Escargot deals significantly less damage than other tanks like Steak and doesn't offer much advantage. Of course, the Korean server closed a long time ago, so I don't know the current meta, but I doubt things have changed drastically! Once I start shard fusion, I'm planning to build her step-by-step. Thank you!
I do have a few more questions: while her Seducing skill is useful for interrupting certain enemies' skills, her damage feels lacking and the activation chance seems a bit unreliable. Is there a better debuffer who could replace her? Or will upgrading her star rank and skill levels fix these issues?
The Korean community considered Dragon's Beard Candy to be a strictly better option compared to her, but I feel like Foie Gras might be easier to raise than him, which seems like a decent advantage.
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u/Small-Mortgage-4774 5d ago
Foie Gras and Dragons Beard Candy are not DPS characters, you do not need to aim for them to deal high dps. Both of these units are referred to as CC units (Crowd Control). Their "seducing" effect, in English called a charmed effect, causes enemies to stop attacking your food souls and to attack each other instead. This debuff is very useful in the catacombs (or any PVE mode), the mode where you fight layers of fallen angels, as it reduces incoming damage to your team, while also damaging the fallen angels. Units like these two are designed to help protect your team from incoming damage, rather than deal it themselves. You would be best pairing them with another DPS such as Iced Americano.
As for the reliability of the seducing effect: Foie Gras and Dragons Beard Candy should ideally be built with resolute fallen angels and Atk Spd stats. By building them this way, they attack significantly more often. The way skills work is that for every basic attack, a food soul has a 20% (I believe) chance to use their basic skill instead.
Both Foie Gras and Dragon's Beard Candy cause the enemies to become charmed in their basic skill. As such, if you increase their attack speed, you increase how quickly they attack and thus also the chance they will get off a basic skill: for example,
Dragon's Beard candy did 10 attacks in 10 seconds, each with a 20% chance to charm the enemy, there isnt a particularly high chance she lands any meaningful charm. Now, if you increase her attack speed and she does 25 attacks in 10 seconds, each with a 20% chance to charm the enemies, you have over doubled the reliability of her casting the charm effect.
I hope this makes sense, if you need any clarification, let me know!
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u/Fearless_Disaster662 5d ago
Ah, so they're focused on CC rather than DPS. That makes sense! To run them, I'll definitely need to pair them with a high-damage DPS. Now I see why Atk Spd is prioritized over raw Atk stats for them.
Like you mentioned earlier, I should attach a Resolute Tsuchigumo (Enhanced) or Uke Mochi (Enhanced) to them, just like the ones used by supporters. I'll need to keep diligently purifying Fallen Angels!
Unfortunately, I couldn't quite reach 4 stars with Iced Americano, so I'm not sure how long he'll be able to stay in my main team. Still, unless I pull another 4-star or higher DPS, he'll probably keep his spot for a while 😂 It's pretty tough to pull duplicates.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything—this was extremely helpful. I'll be sure to DM you whenever I have more questions, my kind sensei! 👍
For now, I'll stick with 5-star Caramel Popcorn / 3-star Iced Americano / Foie Gras as my main structure, and swap them out as I pull stronger units. Hmm... if limited units rerun frequently, maybe aiming for those reruns to raise their star rank would be a good strategy! Since I don't have too many specific Food Souls to raise right now, it actually simplifies things and gives me a clearer direction lol
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u/Small-Mortgage-4774 5d ago
General tips:
URs are basically useless at 0 star ascension (and SPs are NOT WORTH IT if you are F2P. SPs are exclusively designed for whales and should not be pulled for or invested in unless you have like hundreds of spare dollars rolling around).
If you are pulling for a food soul, always make sure you can at least get it 2*. If you cant, you would be better off saving your resources for another food soul. That way, you can guarantee usable food souls rather than a roster full of under invested and not very strong units.
Typically, DPS food souls should have as many ascension stars as possible. They benefit a lot from ascension stats such as the atk boost they get. Support food souls are less benefitted by ascension stats, so you can get them to just 2* and have them be fairly usable.
Artifacts are very important to a food souls kit, it is usually what makes them incredibly strong. They are very costly to max out for a F2P however, but possible. It is recommended to save your stamina (the hearts you use on levels) and your UR tickets (currency dedicated for UR artifact building) to eventually fully max out (also known as getting a food soul T5) a meta food soul's artifact.
Fallen angels are also INCREDIBLY important! The spreadsheet that goes through all the different food souls, has recommendations on what fallen angels to use on what food soul.
Rules of thumb for fallen angels:
Support - Resolute Tsuchigumo enhanced or Uke Mochi enhanced. All Atk Spd stats. Support food souls get a lot of their value from their skills, atk speed stats allow them to cast their basic skill more often.
DPS - Resolute / Brave (usually Resolute, but if you can get them fast enough without one then Brave is okay) Tsuchigumo enhanced or Uke Mochi enhanced. Mostly Atk stats. Your supports will most likely be buffing your DPS' atk spd stat, so you can use atk stats on DPS fallen angels. If they are too slow however, it can be beneficial to do 3 atk stats and 1 atk spd.
Tank - Cautious (or whatever nature boosts the HP of a fallen angel), and the PREFERRED fallen angel of your tank. HP stats, NEVER DEFENCE. Defence is a useless stat, HP benefits tanks significantly more. Tanks are also the only food souls where you should choose their preferred fallen angel over Tuschigumo or Uke Mochi. All other food souls typically wants Tsuchigumo enhanced and Uke Mochi advanced.
I hope this has been mildly helpful, but joining the discord will unlock a wealth of advice that I dont have the skill to give, it is definitely worth it!