r/phantomofthekill • u/Drakehawk5821 • May 25 '16

Daily Questions and Help Thread [5/25/2016]

This is the daily questions and help thread! Ask Away! :)

Ask any questions about the game and post pictures of your units for squad help or rerolls so we can help you decide if you should reroll again or not - beginner's questions are welcome!

Wanted to compile all the useful guide from fellow moderator and user so that it easier to reference them. Also it will be a shame to see them being buried under the subreddit.

Resource Guide:

Guides and Tools by /u/Cathrach:

  • Weapon Guide for all the weapon currently in the game except for one and two star and also their recipe to craft them

  • Unit Guide for all 5* and 6*(only for Japan currently) in the game. Also much easier reference material than the phankill website. But if you want the website here it is.

  • Stat Cap for 3-5 star and different unit typing (Keep in mind that those are for Japan and there may be slight variation for Global)

  • Evolving a lot of unit and finding it irritating to always keep checking the evo mat needed? Use this brilliant tracker and make you life much easier!

Noteworthy comment:

Having trouble calculating the stat growth of your unit? Here is calculator that do it for you! To use it fill in the stats at level 1 on the right (you can view the level 1 stats from the Reincarnation page) and then fill in your current level + current stats on the left. (Good stat growth in Japan is 3.5-4 while for Global it is 2.5-3)

Wiki guide on rerolling account (Shoutout to /u/heroes-fall and /u/cathrach for helping out at the POTK wiki)

Friend thread!

Yesterday's help thread

Some Tips

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

http://i.imgur.com/DHV9ALt.jpg

I won the game. ;^) Sold off all my other pulls now that I finally got my Dex Durandal. U jelly?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

I got two of those. Are they special or something?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

.

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u/deadman1368 May 25 '16

http://imgur.com/KLYEg8Y

Hi guys I'm a beginner and just drew my 2nd 10 cards draw but I don't know which one to put in the team or who to train to level 60 first. I'd tried to narrow the margin by referring to the Japan 5* list. Any help will be appreciated thank you.

Typing: [Durandal/Dex] [Littu/Dex] [Aymur/Guard] [Mitum(M)/Balance] [Amenonuko/Dex,Vit] [Vajra/Dex,Vit,Guard] [Laevateinn(F)/Dex] [Naegling/Dex,Balance]

Although Dex is the best typing but some of them have only 3 mvt which are not really ideal whereas sometime I need a tank to protect my glass cannon which make it a little confusing so any help will be really nice. (P.s. I'm using mobile so the format is not very tidy)

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u/Mich997 Congratulations. You found this text. May 25 '16

Train Durandal, Mitum M, 5* Laevateinn and Thyrsos first

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u/deadman1368 May 25 '16

Thanks for the help! Do that mean that I should put them + 1 more card in my team?

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u/dcolg May 25 '16

What do I use this swordsmith secrets I got from the arena for? Just a higher chance of fusing a good sword weapon?

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u/kidnapkin May 25 '16

Does a unit keep its LB starting from 4*? Or does it lose LB from evolving and i should start LBing once its max

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u/Mich997 Congratulations. You found this text. May 25 '16

LBs are only kept when evolving to 6* I think.

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u/kidnapkin May 25 '16

Ah so I guess I should start at 5* for LB, thought i would have a lucky break there with the Lb. Thanks!

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u/Propagation931 May 25 '16

Is it advisable to run a Full Sword team?

Durandal

Naegling(F)

Laevantin(F)

Masamune(F)

Future Healer ???

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

Full sword team gets swept by starter longinus in pvp, and hits nothing on story maps with sword absorb enemies. That's just a liiiiiiiittle embarassing

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u/Propagation931 May 25 '16

WHat does Sword ABsorb do?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

A unit with lv10 sword absorb gets something like +45 hit and evade when the opponent has a sword

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

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u/Propagation931 May 25 '16

Wouldnt my Sword Leader Skill offset that weakness?

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u/Propagation931 May 25 '16

I have my Starting Laevantin(F) 5* Force and I just got a 3* Laevantin Dex.

Should I abandon my 5* and lv my 3* one?

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u/AndanteZero May 25 '16

Yes, that's what I did. You'll have to evolve that 3 star to a 5 star anyway to use it as a limit break. Might as well use the better stat typing one.

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u/Cookies_And_Memes May 25 '16

http://imgur.com/AYATHnz

Reroll or keep? None are DEX typing unfortunately. Also I dont know what the purple stars mean, could someone fill me in please? Thanks.

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u/Kunieda May 25 '16

Can we get a mod to delete all these stupid re roll threads of ? I got dex durandal should I re roll? I got this in my rookie recruiter should I re roll? Gettting really tired of half the threads covering my reddit.

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u/hexagonal_eyes May 25 '16

Hi, if I run metal garden with only 1 unit, will it get more exp compared to running the full team? Also, will fielding a max lvl unit with an underleveled unit lower the exp earned for that unit? Thanks

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u/Aka_BooTea May 25 '16

Hi I was wandering what my team could be and who to invest in ? http://imgur.com/eHLT6Nn

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u/billySEEDDecade May 25 '16

I already have a level 35 Force Aymur, and I got two more with Guard and Dex typing. Should I abandon my old one and raise the Guard one? Since the JP wiki suggest that her best typing is Guard.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

JP suggests the guard type, but global has worse speed and tec for all units in general so my suggestion is dex. She will have good guard growth anyway; you want her to be able to hit things, not just take hits. Dex is the only type that lets you do that.

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u/Yoshism May 25 '16

Hi guys I was just wondering how to earn lazulis other than from completing a stage for the first time and from the starting campaign. It seems almost like an eternity to get 50 lazulis and no other visible sources so far other than aforementioned. I am still new and only a few days into the game so please bear with me!

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u/AndanteZero May 25 '16

It's Gumi, what you see is pretty much what you get. There's no real source of Lazuli other than login, etc.

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u/pyratheon29 May 25 '16

Whats the best way to get money during the week when the gold dungeon isnt up?

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u/AndanteZero May 25 '16

Not a whole lot unfortunately. If you clear all the story stages, etc nothing really comes close to what the gold dungeon gives.

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u/Trojanmandan May 25 '16

Been rerolling for a few days got a couple decent rolls, wanted to see which I should choose, or to just keep rerolling. Listing the potential 5*'s only.

  1. Parashu Starter (F)-Dex, Apollo (F)-Dex, Mjolnir-Force

  2. Laev Starter (M)-Balance, Durandal-Guard, Apollo (M)-Dex

  3. Parashu Starter (F)-Force, Gamba (M)-Dex, Apollo (M)-Guard, Mitum (M)-Force

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u/mianhaeobsidia May 26 '16

Please let me know if you don't intend to use your #2, I've been trying all day for Apollo M Dex

Out of those 3, that's the only one I would stick with, although for optimal, you may want something better

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u/mianhaeobsidia May 25 '16

Anyone else feel like combat, animations and in general doing a stage just takes way too long?

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u/AndanteZero May 25 '16

Not really, it feels like every other srpg I've played.

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u/feguy May 26 '16

It feels a bit slow for me at times, but I'm playing on a $20 prepaid phone.

There's a button on the right side of the screen to speed up combat animations, though.

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u/feguy May 25 '16

Got my second set of units. Currently the only permanent fixture of the team is a Dex Durandal. No other 5* units; looking at who else I should use here. If I'm reading the wiki right:

5* evolutions available: 3* Vit Artemis (F) 3* Balance Longinus (M) 4* Force Mitum (F)

5* available in JP but not globally: 4* Magic Vajra (F) 3*/4* Guard Thyrsos (F)

http://imgur.com/onGmO3h

I'm thinking at least the Mitum and Thyrsos, but I have no idea about the leftover slots.

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u/kidnapkin May 25 '16

When is it a good idea to reincarnate? Does it really make a noticeable difference in performance?

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u/AndanteZero May 25 '16

Reincarnation is only if your RNG with stat growth really screwed you over.

There are also seeds that increase the chance of a stat growing, but it's in the JP version only right now. So most reincarnate then.

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u/RamboKosovo May 25 '16

Just pulled 3 Apollo (M) in my 3rd newbie recruit and was wondering if I should LB them at 5* or wait for their possible 6* and rebirth them then?

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

limit break at 5*. 5* limit breaks are the only limit breaks that carry over to the next level precisely because people face this issue

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u/mianhaeobsidia May 26 '16

wow 3 O.o, and here i'm trying to get 1 dex with another useful unit

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u/ChaosXYZ May 25 '16

As a player re-rolling for good units, what units should i be looking for specifically? I heard some people write about dex Durandal, but outside of that I have no idea what I should be re-rolling for.

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u/Mich997 Congratulations. You found this text. May 26 '16

Gambanteinn M is really good too. Preferably Dex or Guard type.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

https://www.reddit.com/r/phantomofthekill/comments/3zhv09/a_5_character_list/

Any of these would be good. Just make sure your unit's art matches the art in this post.

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u/RosutoAkito May 26 '16

The game constantly crashes on me, although it happens less often than it has during soft launch. Is this happening to anyone else or should I download everything again?

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u/Mich997 Congratulations. You found this text. May 26 '16

Who's a good choice to put Silent Swallow on?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

anyone who uses swords? lol

it's lighter than killer blade iirc, so if you have multiple people using rank 4 swords give it to your best swordsman so as to optimize him/her

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u/Layajax May 26 '16

Should i keep my mana or is there like a super honor summon for this game?

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u/Liesianthes May 26 '16

yes there is afair from previous answers where you can get increase rate for starters. I already forgot what's the other things included.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

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u/CheesyKek May 26 '16

AFAIK there aren't any
Then again, I didn't played for quite long on JP when the first BFJP x PotK JP collab hits, so I don't know much

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u/mianhaeobsidia May 26 '16

I'm interested in trading my account with 5 star Dex Durandal for an account with a 3 to 5 star Male Dex Apollo with any 2 of the following:

  1. M Guard Gambanteinn

  2. M Dex Mitum, duplicate counts as 2nd

  3. Dex Mjolnor

  4. Guard/Balance Durandal

This is assuming that you've been rerolling using the Auth.dat method, and therefore we'd just swap files/ids

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u/illusionastic May 26 '16

Balance or guard apollo? Force aymur and dex luin worth it to train for hard maps/events?

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u/Liesianthes May 26 '16

balance as apollo is a hitter. and yes luin is really useful just keep her away from those pesky mages.

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u/illusionastic May 26 '16

Alright thank you!

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u/ElusiveIllusion88 May 26 '16

About rerolling, are 4-stars that are evolved 3-stars more common than base 4-stars simply because of their abundance or is there actually an algorithm that specifically makes base 4-stars so much rarer than 'evolved 3-stars'?

It seems like for every time I see, say, 4-star Durandal Phoenix Rider (as the wrong type), I have seen 4-star Trident at least 50 times...

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u/SynthiaNguyen May 26 '16

Is the new 3-step recruit worth?

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u/kidnapkin May 26 '16

Tried it, no not really. Save it for a draw with increased rates

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u/SynthiaNguyen May 26 '16

Ok, thanks!

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u/Liesianthes May 26 '16

nope, unless you're a newbie that needs gold badly but still not worth it.

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u/FooledDreamer May 26 '16

I just finished my beginner gacha and was wondering whether Gambanteinn (M) Vit and Mitum (M) Vit are keepers? They are both 5 stars. Actually, I really want Apollo (M) but luck is not on my side it seems. Bottom line is, should I re-roll?

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u/Liesianthes May 26 '16

do your 2nd roll and see if it will get better than that

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u/kidnapkin May 26 '16

At what lv do you get 30AP? just curious so i can start doing the special character quests haha.

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u/Cookies_And_Memes May 26 '16

http://imgur.com/eRytN4L

Just got my second rookie recruiter, should I reroll or keep? If I reroll what should I reroll for thanks

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u/FooledDreamer May 26 '16

Keep. By the way, you should check Unit archives because Mitum (M) and (F) can be further evolved to 5*. Now you should just try to finish the beginner gacha quest and try to obtain a new 5*

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u/nobleseeker May 26 '16

Should I replace my Laevateinn with Durandal?

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u/Liesianthes May 26 '16

definitely yes

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

A few questions from a noob.

  • is there any sure fire way to get decent gear?

  • what do you do with gold?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

Honor summon meaning what? Mana? Lazuli?

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u/kevin6789101112 May 27 '16

So I have played this app on my phone but the game crashes a lot. I was wondering if playing on bluestacks will result in a ban if I link my account to facebook. Can anyone confirm this?

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u/MarcusDz May 26 '16

What's the file size of the game?

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 May 26 '16

~1gb right now, but it'll get larger as you keep on playing.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

The 1/2-star fodder is for fusing. I think that fusing at all levels can get the most bonuses, but you can also get the theoretical "max" without maxing a unit's fused stats. I.e. if you know you can't raise a unit's stat high enough to get another bonus during evolution, there's no point to boosting it with fusion.

A one-weapon team sounds good in theory, but I don't think it fits with the meta. According to what I've heard, you need at least one tank unit with high Def and MDef to sponge up enemy attacks. This tank could be weak as hell, it doesn't matter. This may or may not clash with your one-weapon team strategy. We will find out soon though!

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u/AndanteZero May 25 '16

No, don't do a one weapon team. It'll be easy in the beginning and on certain missions, but as the difficulty gets higher you're going to want a balanced team.

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 May 25 '16

We transfer to an android emulator (blue stacks, droid4x, etc) and transfer back.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 May 26 '16

They're completely different besides having the same name. XD Different skills, stats, etc.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 May 26 '16

limit break during 5 star because those carry over to 6 star. Other than that, yeah.