Sword Art Online (SAO) Collab, 2nd Run Details!

22 Replies to “Sword Art Online (SAO) Collab, 2nd Run Details!”

1. Too bad they didn’t include Quinella ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

2. Huh. They immediately made a decent 7×6 pairing for NY Reeche. Cool. Already have Kirito. Super cool.

3. As much as I am like rank 950, I wasn’t around for the first SAO fun so I’m stoked for this one.

4. is anyone good

   1. … Alice, Kirito, Asuna?

      Most of the cards here still feel pretty average, which makes sense as it’s only 5 stones per roll (not saying they won’t have niches though, I’m hoping to get Silica on the memorial roll).

      1. Not really, even the five star cards seem pretty good. They buffed the awakening of the cards. Personally I’m excited for a few cards. I think the value in this machine is actually pretty good. (For a five stone machine anyway)

         Sachi now has three skill boost, three seven combos, and a multi boost, a 10 turn two combo increase that also creates three dark orbs.

         The new Kirito has so much potential to destroy content with New Years Reeche. His leader skill is a 7/6 with 9x attack, 4.5x recovery, and a shield. The active is so powerful like no joke. “For 1 turn, bypass void damage shield effects; For 1 turn increase attack by 30% for each Skill Charge awakening skill on the team” Which is nice because Kirito himself has two on his own and, Reeche has three. I’m already setting aside monsters aside to trade for him. (I want two of him)

         1. *a multiplayer boost and, a 10 turn 2+ that creates three dark orbs.

            1. *a 10 turn 2+ combo active (I hate auto correct…. mine deletes words…..)

         2. (Same anon you’re replying to here)

            Yeah, I was pretty impressed with Sachi (and Agil too now that I think about it). But the rest of the 5*, I still don’t feel much about, but that’s monster box dependent.

            You sound like you know more about how Kirito is used. Can I ask if ppl want to directly pair him w/ NY Reeche or as a leader swap to get the 7×6 board? 9x attack and no HP multiplier sounds a bit low to me, though the shield, 4.5x RCV, and AS sound great. I’m pretty clueless as to how that balances out, and what sort of content he would be suitable for. And what do you want to do with 2 of him?

            And yeah, I agree this machine is good for a 5-stone machine considering the Seasonal events exist. But it feels like a less severe version of the Seasonals in that there are very good (or at least very desired) cards (for me, that’s Alice, Kirito, and Asuna), mixed with lacklustre bottom rarity stuff at very high rates. I’m thinking in contrast to like… Samurai Shodown and FF in terms of rates and worth for your stones.

            (Also, sorry your autocorrect is trolling you, I understand what you’re saying though)

            1. I mean you can substitute with another New Years Reeche but, I’m sure you’ll always need to. As you going to an effective 2x/171x/4.5x with a 43.75% shield. Also something worth mentioning is that his active does the whole VDP active is better than another other card I’ve seen. The way it works is that for every skill charge on you team, his attack goes up by 30%. Because of with New Years Reeche and Kirito alone the attack damage is multiplied by 6.5. Now that I think about it; thank you for giving me a fun team idea. (Luckily I rolled Li from the DBDC machine)

               As I said before I’m saving like $20 and, at least 150 to 200 stones for this machine. I don’t know why but, I love Kirito as a character……. Like seriously, I’m so happy that he’s coming back I’m pulling all stops to get at least two of him.

               About the auto correct thing, it’s funny cause most of what I post on Reddit comes out with stupid titles. What’s even funnier is that most of what I use are new apple and android devices. I guess auto correct stinks even on new technology.

            2. @CookieVKS (Somehow I can’t reply to your newest comment directly, maybe bc the thread’s getting too long haha)

               Now that you mention, the effective HP of Kirito/NY Reeche doesn’t sound bad (comes to the equivalent of about 3.56 x HP if my math isn’t horrible?). 171x attack feels a little low, but I guess the trade-off for 7×6 board, 4.5x RCV, and VDP active makes up for it.

               Kirito is interesting to me too bc I also think he stands out from previous VDP actives (again, if my math isn’t horrible). IDK if he’s better than Shelling Ford’s 2-turn VDP active (can’t vouch bc I have 0 experience w/ him or any of the good rainbow teams), but having the spike at the same time is unique. Though I thought it’s only a 2.5x spike with him and NY Reeche alone?

               Someone check my math pls:

               Kirito has 2 SC, NY Reeche has 3 SC.

               (2 + 3) x 30% + 100% = 250% = 2.5x attack.

               I hope that you manage to get 2 Kirito with minimal spending!

               I’m new-ish and NIAP so I give up on most of my PAD aspirations. But until this collab actually comes, I can still dream about how much Kirito could improve my mediocre rainbow teams or even make my rainbow cross Sousuke Sagara useable. That’s not meta, but it would make me very happy. >.>

5. I’m glad they gave Sinon a Resistance-Bind+ Because I really need it to keep her from being bind plus she the reason why I traded all the other SAO characters in the place!!

6. Wow Alice is bad

   1. As in her LS? I agree it’s orb hungry (needs 3 light combos for the AutoFUA, though I’ve heard of ppl saying to pair w/ Faska?), but her equip seems really good to me bc I never got Roy Mustang.

      1. Nvm the Faska paring is very strong. Though without it, looks like a lackluster card.

7. Cardinal seems perfect for NY Reeche

8. wow this is a bad run. very passable event for me. whatever. more stones saved for DMC collab

   1. I think GH is entirely banking on ppl rolling for the new cards, hence the minimal buffs for the old cards bc it’s still a 5-stone machine. :s

      My NIAP logic is to hope for a decent memorial roll (there are 2 5* that I actually want), get over my sadness about not owning Alice/Kirito/Asuna, and not roll at all.

      Is DMC coming though?

9. Don‘t know if I want to trade the bulk and ATK multiplier of NYR x NYR for a 7×6 board. Doing rainbows and 7c on a regular board was never really the problem and the damage is enough to usually oneshot Alt. Arena bosses easily. Paring Kirito with NYR might be good for Colloseum 2 even though I don‘t think this combo got a proper ATKx for Despharion.
   For me, Alice is quite a good card though since she can pair nicely with the new light 7×6 witch. Using Gabriev (or two), Kio and Athena Another should be enough for C2. Probably roll for her since my luck left me this GF rolling for the witches.

10. Can we please have super awoken animated YOG now whats taking so long? all these new worthless cards just release Super duper animated YOG the one with the 5× multiplier🤦‍♂️

    1. Are you talking about Mega Awoken Yog, which JP got a month ago, or the PAD Gold leader Yog? If it is the former, JP has had it for a month, and NA is not going to be getting it for at least two weeks to a month. NA just got the set of buffs that came out before the set Yog was in, so we are going to have wait a little while before we get the next set. This is also JP news, so it is strange to be asking about NA content here, and on an unrelated post at that. If it is about the PAD Gold version of Yog, as you said his multiplier was only 5x, then that one is never coming to regular PAD. It is just a version of evo Yog that was modified to better fit PAD Gold, and it holds no relevancy in regular PAD compared to his regular PAD original. As for these cards being worthless, Alice is problematic when dual leading, because the built in follow-up attack is orb hungry, but she has that weakness covered when she is paired Fraska for the 7×6. Asuna is a pretty good lead, and can also make a nice sub on teams that are at least already achieving all attributes. She has the fastest charging Fujin active in the game in ideal conditions, she beats out New Years Reeche by one turn, and it lasts for two turns on top of that, as a general statement not that Reeche does not have that and more. Then we have Kirito who has the fastest charging damage void null active, although his only lasts for one turn unlike Shellingfords. However, his also comes with a Gemstone style burst that scales with Skill Charge. For him alone, it is only a 1.6x burst. With an Asuna one the team it becomes a 2.2x burst, or with a New Years Reeche it becomes a 2.5x burst. It just keeps scaling from there if you have more cards with skill charge. Not only does it help in gaining damage for killing a damage void enemy, it also can be just used as an additional bit of damage. He also offers a solid pairing for New Years Reeche, making her and the skill charges more consistent, while giving her a pretty high recovery multiplier, at the cost of 2x HP and about half of the offensive multiplier.

11. please stop putting a messly L unlock with cloud or tape. I feel we have soo many of these. Gungho gave us a buyable orb skin that had 2 blinds a SFUA and a L unlock. I think that was OP honestly for a buyable, but these new rare cards with like a heart OE and an L unlock or something or the sort seem sooo lack luster