The 999 Second Harold Stall | RS-8 Skadeknights

RS-8: 3 Skade-illustrated operators only
Not the worst stall I've ever done, but certainly the longest I've done with the Skade squad. Executor Alter can kill literally everything else in the map, but Harold requires some special attention. With Specter Alter and Phantom S1, both of Harold's phases can be infinitely stalled due to Specter's two forms being able to tank attacks long enough for Phantom to block during the doll's duration. Of course, this takes long enough that I run into the 999 second time limit for the blizzard, which makes managing Harold's HP in phase 2 a lot easier. I probably could still win with an infinite duration blizzard, though the clear would've been longer than 14 minutes as a result.
Music:
Play with Burdenbeasts (RS battle theme)
First Crevasse on the Frozen Lake (Harold boss theme)

[@Pengod]

Man I really hope this stall doesn't work in EX-8 CM because I'd rather burst Harold like a sane person instead of stall for another 14 minutes

[@ducklordk4195]

Harold as an operator: a decent wandering medic
Harold as a boss: Dark souls boss

[@kyarumomochi5146]

"Decent" dude he is worse than honeyberry wich is free

[@ducklordk4195]

@@kyarumomochi5146 yeah thats why i said hes decent beside eyja alter honeyberry is the best wandering medic out there thats why hes decent

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@ducklordk4195 you cant call him decent when a free option is so much better than him. He has no niche at all, probably the worst wandering medic to build excluding chestnut

[@sundoll3710]

thank god he chose to be a medic ngl
i can't imagine how scary it'd be if he powercrept the 5* cast with powers like these

[@sundoll3710]

@@kyarumomochi5146 how is honeyberry 'so much better' than him? /genq

[@user-fl1tn7si8h]

I didn’t know that the blizzard can actually stop after a certain time ,hail the stallkights , I guess?

[@Pengod]

There's a decent number of map mechanics that just cease to function after 999 seconds pass. Notable ones I've seen are the Lone Trail balls in EX-8 disappearing and the taunt of CH13 bomb payloads expiring after 999 seconds. HG almost certainly doesn't design event mechanics around degenerate 999 second stalls, so I assume they're ok with just sticking that 999s timer on a lot of things.

[@warhammer3012]

@@Pengod it does mean they can’t make annihilations with these event mechanics. Although they might be able to sat a flag for re-starting it every 100 kill-gate or something

[@saccharine_sky]

@@warhammer3012 lone trail annihilation has the balls, no? i believe they work there?

[@sundoll3710]

that 41 years of battle experience do be proving its worth against an abyssal hunter and assassin
also. THE BLIZZARD CAN END???? WHAR

[@s1_diandrakarinp.25]

i just wanna say this is a very awesome clear, very fun to see Exalter And Friends defeat this level but i'll be honest, the mixing between the added bgm and laurentina's doll bgm was so heavenly i nearly ascended (2:07 especially was so good)

[@Blubii101]

WTF, bro really stalled the blizzard out. Didn't even think that was possible.
This video is the definition of "I'll wait", a great clear for sure.

[@brokencrayonAK]

0:37 lol that Specter line
Nice clear on this cursed 999 wait

[@noname-tw4mm]

when the doll is keeping the master

[@stef2337]

Never know that 1 single gentleman can be more hard and scary than every Arknights boss in game

[@LNRspeaks]

Spalter and Executor really pulling their weight as very "balanced" units, well compared to what's coming and the next Skadeknight unit

[@Pengod]

Logos is a monster with every single skill (whereas Executor basically only uses S3 90% of the time) for any purpose, be it AFK trash clear, single target boss kill, and generally obliterating everything that walks into his range with S3.
Ulpianus is harder to get a read on for Skade usage from what little non-AH squad performance I've seen of him, but he still gets AH buffs from the two Specters and deals a lot of damage with utility (and range) that Executor lacks. Healing him will be quite an issue though.

[@LNRspeaks]

@Pengod Praying for interesting event mechanics, so it doesn't just become Logos+blocker

[@GabFaus]

@@Pengod He heals himself with his talents, and if you are really having trouble, just slap a Gladiia with him and he's basically immortal.

[@Calico48]

I have to ask sir, why go to such extreme lengths?

[@Pengod]

Low op niche clear brainrot strikes again

[@selensewar]

Veterinarian btw.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Spalter breaking game mehanics as usual

[@harunammie4898]

how is harold taking damage when all 4 heaters are down, genuine question.

[@BillyONeal]

I don't think anything stops him from taking damage without heaters?

[@LNRspeaks]

Damage reduction is not damage immunity, passive damage builds up in the long run

[@Pengod]

35% per inactive heater stacks multiplicatively, not additively

[@Sazandora635]

@@BillyONeal He has a passive that states that he takes 35% less damage per inactive heater, but get the impression it's stacking multiplicatively so it can't actually reduce your damage to zero.

[@RevyaAeinsett]

​@@Sazandora635There's also the minimum 5% damage limit, so even if his reduction did go over 100% he would presumably still take that small bit of chip damage.