User blog:SolarMist/Ayakashi Anniversary Tower: Haul

Event: "Ayakashi Anniversary Tower"

Type: Tower / Sealstone

So. Uh. Aside from that massive Mira-distribution bug at the end and Levi (Anniversary)'s mis-advertisement, this event was pretty good ^^ IMO, Zynga's cash-grabbing strategies this tower actually weren't so bad. They've done some pretty crappy stuff in the past.

>> Introduction of 200-level conquest, and from what I've gathered, it was literally the original 100-level conquest + an additional 100 levels, and neither half had a difficulty reduction to compensate--I'm gonna focus on the very first one (hence "introduction"), which had Classic Alice (a reducer) at lv.200: bad move

>> Jackie (Returning)'s type change: bad move

>> Took quite some time to "fix" Jackie's type (I'm pretty sure a bunch of people highly doubt that Zynga was unable to fix it sooner; I forgot how long it took, but... uh, well, if it was fixed within the first 2-3 hours, then it'd be understandable, but I'm pretty sure it took much longer than that): bad move

>> That brief change of Shichi-Go-San Alice's skill: bad move

>> Sudden, unexpected tower changes in "Trouble at the Old Inn" that did not compensate for the minor improvements (see here and here): bad move

Compare those to this tower:

>> Same basic tower mechanics--well, reaching 200F now isn't the same as it was in 2013, of course, but there's nothing unexpected in the basic tower mechanics like what Old Inn gave us: good!

>> Extended entire event by a day: good! Especially since this is in tandem with the above. This combo means that no one has to spend as much (money, items, lost sleep, etc etc) to get the 200F GG--who is pretty good, too (see Behemoth's section below)

>> Making Mira (Anniversary #2), a daemon that nearly everyone wants, TR with amazing stats and an appropriate skill to boot: very sad for those who can't get her, but on Zynga's part, this is a good move since they didn't pull another Jackie or 753 Alice on us. Rankings will be bloody, and for those who wanted her and got her, it was probably worth it because she has (in many people's opinions) superb art from the main AGG artist (pretty sure he/she is the main artist for a reason), she has great stats, and she has an appropriate skill. And it's Mira.

Oh yeah, assuming that Zynga's RNG didn't hate you, you were probably able to snatch up a maxed SWG or two while you were at it. And Behemoth! (.... though you might not need her -hides- but if you don't, then you could sell her for 3 GA, or you could keep her to look at her in your fuse list easily if you like her art--pretty sure that's the second main artist's work)

>> Behemoth (Anniversary) at 200F: LOOKIT THOSE STATS. Skill obviously isn't too great, but that's to be expected and not that bad considering that she's sorta like lv.125 in solo CQ--except she's obtainable with candies. SW can be spent and depleted in a bunch of different events, the two most notable ones being solo CQ and GCQ. Candy? Not really. (I think people usually use SW and/or DN and/or remedies in SG and SSC.)

>> Shangxiang Sun (Anniversary) and Shuten-calm (Anniversary): With the number of reducers that have been getting released recently, it makes sense that these two have higher defense. Shuten's is insane, but it's not impossible, even for free players (no seriously there's a reason that no one wants 5* Phantom reducers LOL). I myself have a sucky free player deck and still had 33.48% chance to beat her (not that I went for her xD). I bet other free players have higher chances. And it's definitely not unheard of for free players to get SWGs in the first place.

>> A lot of returning daemons--literally only two new daemons (Merchant Chuck Eye and Alucio (Bayashi-5); IMO they have nice art, but your mileage may vary; also, Alucio's stats are freaking awesome for a 4*): self-explanatory

One of the only things--if not the only thing--that I'm worried about is power creep. We're in the Dramatically and 42-cost era now. Good thing that a dramatically boost for a 5* only gives 17%-19.5% boost on average! (-brick'd- jk it's still scary.) About the same average yield as Normal + VHTR, and both are slightly more than the average yield of Greatly + HTR.

-hides for the wall of text oops-

I think there were more points made, too, but I forgot them D:

Guardian Ghosts
Got all GGs! 8D

Kaede (Anniversary) IS SO FREAKING GOOD OMG I love Mamertine's efficiency, but OMG KAEDE'S IS EVEN BETTER

BEHEMOTH IS SO FREAKING GOOD TOO EEEEEEEEEEEEE

Plus I'm super happy that there are a bunch of returning daemons! And I'm super super super happy that Kaede, Pillow Phantom, and Wind Weasel finally got new forms 8D EEEEEE

Sealstone Daemon
I love Santa Claus (Anniversary)'s art! He looks so happy >w< I love his skill as well! He'll be replacing Ryukyu Luke on my attack team. Found his first sealstone on the first day.

I maxed his skill on June 3, 2014, in the ungodly early morning (1:27AM), aka in less than six days. No items! No levelups, either. I only had guild AS :3

I was attacked for his sealstones a grand total of 5 times: 1 blue and 4 purple. All of my attackers were whales who used overkill on me. I think one even used crew assist O.O My poor free player defense...

I found yellow and green sealstones this event.

Wandering Ghosts
I'm sad :c But I'm also happy! I finally got my second 5* WG! Moon Viewing Set (Anniversary) has really awesome stats for me 8D Yay for boosting my weak CQ deck! Plus I like this form's art better than the other forms, so that's nice ^^

My luck with presents and WGs poofed ever since I hit 190F. I was on track to getting over 1500 presents by 200F, but nope--I ended up with barely 1300 presents at 200F and looped 201 once and I never did break 1500 total presents (only 1414).

My second goal was Amaymon (Anniversary), whom I thought I could get before 200F (see above paragraph). Unfortunately, he never showed up after I got enough presents for him after trading for MVS.

Dora offered me 5 of Amaymon's magatamas :U She's making me regret wanting to boost my fallen-less CQ team with MVS. -shakes fist- I can handle the regret from being offered one or two magatamas--maybe even three of them--but FIVE! Five entire magatamas! At skill level 18, Amaymon would boost phantom defense 12.5% on average--about the same as a 4* with normal boost and HTR or a 5* with greatly boost and NTR--as opposed to just 10% on average at skill level 13. orz I met Amaymon plenty of times before 190F, too...

I did lose 90 presents from being absent-minded, but even if you add those presents, the above wouldn't really change: I would've been on track for 1600 presents by 200F, I would've actually ended up with less than 1400 presents at 200F, and I would've ended the event with 1504 presents. And the last time Amaymon showed up was when I had 360-something presents on hand, which means that even if I hadn't lost those 90 presents, I still wouldn't have had enough to claim Amaymon.

I didn't claim any other WGs.

All non-5* WG teams below have a 100% chance of winning--i.e., I did not rely on skills. All daemons' XP levels were maxed.

WG Team: Rat Clan Boss (Anniversary) - 22 AS

 * Kaede (Anniversary)
 * 4x Kaede (original)
 * 11,566 > 10,523

WG Team: Merchant Chuck Eye (Anniversary) - 47 AS

 * Leader: Hamal
 * Obligatory Chocolate
 * 2x Kotetsu (original)
 * Kaede (Anniversary) (cannot be leader)
 * 24,130 > 22,770

WG Team: Bisque Doll (Anniversary) - 78 AS
39,350 > 38,383
 * Leader: Faithful Hound
 * Sanuki no Miyatsuko (original)
 * Kaede (Anniversary)
 * Hamal
 * Obligatory Chocolate

WG Team: Amaymon (Anniversary) - 117 AS
55,142 > 56,342
 * Leader: Sanuki no Miyatsuko (original)
 * Lu Bu
 * Faithful Hound
 * Hamal
 * Kiri

WG Team: Moon Viewing Set (Anniversary) - 166 AS
To win, I need one of my reducers to activate alongside any other daemon if MVS activates her skill. If she doesn't use her skill, then I just need any of my daemons to activate.
 * Leader: Dragon Princess (Halloween) + 0 magatamas
 * Lunar Hare (original)
 * Shotaro Fuma (Tanabata)
 * Asterius + 0 magatamas
 * Charismo Chris (Academy) + all 7 magatamas
 * Chance of winning: 95.31%

Yes, it is the highest when DP is leader rather than Lunar Hare or Shotaro.

WG Team: Shangxiang Sun (Anniversary) - 178 AS
Swapping out Zamashi for Hortense + 0 magatamas gives me the same chances, but it costs 1 more spirit.
 * Leader: Satellite Cannon
 * Lu Bu + 2 magatamas
 * Ring of Fire + 0 magatamas
 * Libra (Calm) + 0 magatamas
 * Big Kite Zamashi + 1 magatama
 * Chance of winning: 54.07%

WG Team: Shuten-dōji (Calm) (Anniversary) - 150 AS
I can set any of the Divinas as leader for the same chances, actually...
 * Leader: Befana + all 5 magatamas
 * Nataraja
 * Munenori Yagyu
 * Nobutsuna Kamiizumi + 3 magatamas
 * Satori (Tanabata)
 * Chance of winning: 33.48%

Swapping out Nobu for Sanuki (original) gives me the same chances, but it costs 3 more spirit.

Rankings
SW, SW, DN

725, 689, 1414


 * 1) 15200, #10731, #13063

I got kicked out of SH after sitting at 9xxx for a few days, and I never got to touch Alucio's lowest ranking bracket -cries a little- I still don't have a tower TR 4*!

5* Magatama Trade-in
Traded for 2 Diamond Magatamas.

tl;dr
Got all GGs. Got Moon Viewing Set (Anniversary) for my CQ deck. Obtained and maxed Santa Claus (Anniversary) with no items in less than six days.

Behemoth (Anniversary) and MVS have replaced Lu Bu and Ring of Fire in my CQ deck. Behemoth is also my new single-hit leader.

Old CQ stats: 129k+ attack, 118k+ defense, 182k+ health

New CQ stats: 128k+ attack, 127k+ defense, 191k+ health

I FINALLY BROKE 190K HEALTH YES YES YES