First G2, after years and years, shout-out to some people that deserve it
So, I hit my first G2 (rank 60), some 2-3 years after having gotten my first guardian. A big reason for the long time is that I rarely have time to really rush and just couldn't bother. Another reason is that I was missing some meta monsters and just didn't think it worth it.
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Fast forward: I pulled Vanessa some 6 months ago, and last month I pulled Bastet. Since I now had a pretty good combo, I decided to somehow go for it.
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The main reason why I went for it, and the reason I create the post is so that I can make a shout-out to Foxysw (I am a reddit noob, so cannot link the name, if someone can, then please do since he should have credit for this...). He created a lot of content lately where he focuses on AO, and especially lushen comps. Since I never pulled Tiana or Psama, his videos were very inspiring to me, and showed that with a good AO, you can come very far. The second inspiration was Math Games Plus who I find really inspiring.
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I rushed the last three weeks to get a feel for it, and hit G1 both times (rank 220 and 111) which is what I normally reach by just using 6-7 swords. Yesterday I used my swords about 2 hours before rush, and was at G2, which is higher than I usually start (normally at C3). I then took care of the kids etc. and went back to check the phone with 25 minutes left of rush. Since I was still G1 (had been attacked some 6-7 times) I decided to "rush".
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In the end I just used 10 or 11 swords, and won all. On my last sword I encountered a 300+ speed orion (that was at 21.58) so I just decided to wait it out.
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I solely used:
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Shimi-Bernie-Bastet-Lushen
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My Shimi is not skilled up since I stupidly decided to use those 4\* for legendary from shop (thought I'd never build Shimi). The others are maxed.
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\- Bernie I think has 311 speed
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\- Bastet on fight/fight/will at 240 or so speed with decent accuracy (40%)
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\- Lushen is rage blade, 195 speed, 96 CR. Hits for 10.5k per card
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\- Shimi has 197 speed and is on fatal blade
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I'll try to improve the team next FRR to make Shimi hit harder so that all Psama dies from cyclone (I guess they would if he was skilled) and to put Lushen on will to avoid being stunned. I sometimes used my other lushen which is on will, but he only hits for 9.6k per card, at 194 speed. I think I actually double lushened one opponent, but not 100% sure. My other AO is with Fei, but she's rather unreliable, and I rarely use her. She's good when you face heavy fire teams with lushen.
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AD was Vanessa-Celia-Perna-Cami
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Nessa and Cami are on tanky builds (40-45k hp), celia swift and Perna violent will.
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Sorry for the wall of text, but I just wanted to give my experience. Main reason, like I said, it to give a shoutout to foxysw showing the importance of a fast AO. I also really enjoyed watching Math Plus Games. Both of these guys, in their own way, explain very well (and often with very good theoretical reasoning) what is needed in your comps, what options there are etc. Also shout-out to all my nice friends in the SW community.
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You might say that in my case the AD did the work, which, since I just got attacked 8-9 times (with just one win), might be true to some extent. I also didn't use many more swords than normal, difference is just that I started higher. But, to be honest, once you work on your AO, tune it, give it good runes, reaching guardian is very easy. G2-3 might be a different bag, who am I to say, but irrespective of that, a good AO is key at any rank.