#it is the support carry dps patch

[qiinamii]

3.5 patch........

also: bonus guests from afar!

[all-purpose-dish-soap]

How about reader, who is a seasoned gamer, invites Gaz to play something like Valorant or Fortnite etc. She says "dw it took me a while to get good too" but he picks it up stupid quick. He spends the rest of the time enjoying winding her up more than the actual game.

absolutely absolutely. gaz can and should get away with everything.

1,833 words / lucky number 13

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"Gaz... you know most people play video games to escape their responsibilities."

"So you've told me." Gaz's voice crackles over your headset.

You're staring at your screen, watching as he confirms his character selection in the game's lobby. "You're absolutely sure you want to play tank?" you ask him.

He locks in his character, and it appears in the pregame lobby: a bald-headed, square-jawed guy with a muscular build and heavy armor.

"Positive. You're playing healer, aren't you?"

"Yeah."

"Then I'm playing tank. Pocket me."

"You've never even played this game. We'll both get obliterated."

"Come on. How hard can it be? Shoot, use ability, reset. I take the damage; you heal me; I dish it back out; we win; you thank me for carrying you as always. It's just like our usual game."

"Repeat that last one. I think your mic cut out on account of the bullshit."

"You don't think I can keep the heat off you?"

"I don't need you to keep the heat off me. I just want you to have fun and not die in the first five seconds of the round," you tell him. He did buy this game specifically to play it with you. After a totally reasonable amount of prodding on your part. It's been your go-to for weeks.

"Then pocket me and I won't die. I'm not having fun if I'm not in the thick of it. You know me."

"Fine. For one game."

"Bet," Gaz says, sounding smug about it. "I'm not gonna disappoint."

During that first game, he's getting his bearings. But he takes to it rather intuitively, especially with your help over voice chat. His tactical skills are whip-sharp as always. As you pocket him, you focus your character's abilities on keeping Gaz alive. But you switch to upping his damage output when you realize he's holding down a choke point by himself, taking on enemies and laying out a field of fire for your team. It's impressive, considering this is his first time playing the game.

When an enemy sneaks up on you, his pocket healer, he disposes of them with slightly more prejudice.

"You're pretty good at this," you tell him, scanning the results screen. "I mean, maybe mid-tier if you were on your own."

"Mid-tier?" he says, a little affronted. "It's called being adaptable. Not that you'd know. Hundreds of hours in this game and you're mid-tier support at best."

You cross your arms, leaning back in your computer chair. "Because I don't play support. You know what? I'm switching to DPS. See what you carry without me patching your ass up every ten seconds."

Back in the lobby, you select your main. Gaz eyes the character with a bit of respect. "A rogue, huh? You must think you're pretty good. Gonna need a lot more healing."

"Only if I get hit."

"I could sponge that damage right up for you. Keep you nice and safe."

You scoff. "Won't need it."

"Let's see."

In the next round, you weave in and out of combat, gleefully dodging attacks and landing devastating blows before you disappear. Your bread and butter. Meanwhile, Gaz does--at worst--an admirable job tanking. Still, when you look back and see enemies surrounding him, it's clear he could use an assist.

You double back and flank two of the enemies on him, picking them both off one by one. But before you can gloat, his voice in your headset interrupts you.

"Good kills, baby."

That's not the reaction you wanted. It immediately ticks you off. "I know."

He chuckles and takes down another enemy. He's tunneling in on the fight now that you've got him back on his feet, but clearly he still has time to talk to you. "Can't take a compliment."

The face that he's purposely pushing your buttons just irritates you more.

The next few games, he makes himself indispensable as a tank. It should be a good thing, but he keeps getting in your way specifically. You'd swear it's on purpose. He tanks hits for you and then acts like you'd lose the game without him. His cockiness is insufferable. Worse--you can't ignore how deftly he's scaling the difficulty curve here. He's holding the attention of the enemy players, keeping them away from you while you deal the damage. And you'd never admit it, but the way he's holding aggro is saving your ass.

You shouldn't need him to do that, though. You tell yourself the only reason you're not playing better is because he's forcing you to maneuver around him.

Then he offs the enemy rogue right as you're finishing her off. You swear into the mic. "Gaz, come on! You stole my kill."

"I'm giving my little rogue the help she needs. Besides, you know it's not about getting the most kills. It's about the team's collective score," he teases, and you have to remind yourself it's just a game.

It's like he can tell exactly what to do to piss you off in record time after that. Bossing you around, telling you to take this point or make that kill. He even pipes up once to remind you it'd be a good time to use your ult. You open your mouth to tell him it's not ready yet, but to your chagrin, you glance down and realize it is. Somehow he's keeping track? Unreal.

You're a little impressed about that one, but you'd never tell him. In your defense, he's distracting you with all this banter and teasing. He's making it hard to focus.

"No backseat gaming," you tell him.

"Wouldn't have to backseat game if you played better."

"I would be playing better if you weren't crowding me!" You sigh out your nose. "You're only doing this to get a rise out of me. Micromanaging me. I swear you get off on it."

"You're giving me too many opportunities to obsess over you." He sounds smirky.

The way he says it makes something in your lower stomach flip. You lose focus for half a second--long enough for the enemy rogue to slip past Gaz and smack you.

Gaz slams into her with his shield to stun her, then spins around and uses his special to deal more damage. That last hit downs her. You don't even have a chance to react.

His voice in your headset is smug still. "Like I said."

"Fine. Thanks."

"You can thank me by not dying again."

After the game, you sit back in your chair, arms crossed. "You sure talk a lot of shit."

"Am I?" You hear him grinning. "I hoped you'd give me a little more attitude than that."

"Oh, I know. You're not subtle."

"Neither are you. You get riled up so easy."

"You want me to fight you? Because it sounds like you'd rather me just roll over and bite the damn curb."

"No, you want that. You're a masochist."

"Thank you."

"It isn't a compliment."

"I know. Keep bullying me," you snark into your mic.

It's hard to resist teasing you when you say stuff like that. "Okay," he says, his tone turning playful. He leans back, crosses his legs, and situates himself in his chair. The game's results screen idles on his monitor, forgotten. "You've gotta stop making it so easy for me, though."

"I get that a lot."

"I'm sure you do, sweetheart."

"Ooh, are we doing condescension now?"

"I've been condescending to you since minute one. I can turn it up if it's not obvious enough."

"Keep going and I'll get off."

"Off voice chat, you mean?"

You smirk. "No."

He smiles, rolling his shoulders back. "I can absolutely be more condescending to you if that's what your incompetent little heart desires."

You laugh. "You were just waiting to bring that one out, weren't you?"

"I've got several of them tucked away just in case you got mouthy, But let's be honest--you're always mouthy."

"You're one to talk. You talked hella trash that last match."

"Only because I had to pull your ass out of the line of fire all the time. If you were better, I wouldn't have to. You're giving me ammunition, here."

"I just think it's telling that you play tank."

"Are you saying I'm compensating for something?"

"You said it. Not me."

He rolls his eyes, smirking. "You want to talk about projecting? You're the masochist, and you play a rogue? The one class known for being fragile? You're putting a target on your own back. What does that say about you?"

"Better than a tank main," you quip.

"I'm taking all the hits so you can DPS your way to getting play of the game. Makes me sound proper generous."

You examine your nails. "Makes you sound like a control freak."

"Why don't you look me in the eye and say that? Turn on your cam."

Your grin widens. "Gaz, please. If I turned my webcam on every time some guy online asked me to, I'd never have time to play."

He leans forward, lowering his voice. "Who says I'm kidding? Come on, baby. Give me eye contact. Look me in the eye and tell me I'm a control freak."

"Nope." You know he hates that you're not budging.

"Why? Aren't you decent?"

"More like I have Cheeto dust all over my hands."

"Doubt that."

"It's true."

"Come on. Prove it."

"See? Control freak."

"Fine, I'm a control freak--withyou. But you like it, don't you?"

"Oh, I love when you order me around. I love knowing exactly what you want me to do so I can avoid doing it forever."

He sits back in his chair and stares through his screen. It's not like he's never seen your face before. You've posted a selfie or two in shared chats. But he's never seen you cozied up in your pajamas. Or in a cute little robe. Or maybe a big t-shirt, the soft kind. Like he wears.

Yeah, he's realizing he's down bad. Worse than he thought.

"You wanna make the next round more interesting, then?" he asks.

You arch a brow, propping your sock-covered feet up on your desk. "Like how?"

"You lose, you turn on your camera, obviously."

You snicker. "I don't know what you think I get up to on a Friday night, but you're gonna be sorely disappointed." You pop another Cheeto in your mouth, knowing he'll hear it crunch.

Gaz laces his fingers behind his head. "I've already curbed my expectations. Bet you're sitting around in sweats and a hoodie with some anime character on it." Not that the thought of that isn't appealing. He suspects you don't let many people see you that way.

"You're... uh..." You look down at what you're wearing. "Not far off, actually."

"I know, baby. I've seen your Discord handle."

"So what if I win?"

"Then I won't tell anyone how hard you got stomped these last few rounds. And trust me, I'd be telling everyone. It's embarrassing how much of a load you were. Don't take that the wrong way, though--by all means, just sit there looking cute while I carry this next game."

"Oh, you're on."

Gaz grins, leaning forward. "Yeah, we'll see how cocky you are when I put you back in your place."

You pull your chair back up to your desk, hands poised over your mouse and keyboard. "Promises, promises."

Gaz readies up, too. "Don't worry, baby. I'll keep my word. But once I humble you, you're gonna regret ever doubting me."

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more Gaz / masterlist tag

[talestales-art]

Reverse 1999 OC Sigrid

One of many trolls residing in the mountains of northern Sweden, she always insists on helping the humans carry lumber to the sawmill. “Hej hej! Do you need any help? I’m stronger than I look, jänta.”

Exhibition details: An arcanist's work. Exhibited in the 1880s for 31 years. Completed in spring, on March 3rd. Exhibited in Sundsvall, Medelpad region in Sweden.

RARITY: ✦✦✦✦✦✦

AFFLATUS: Plant

Reality damage, DPS, Support

“You’ve heard those fairytales, haven’t you? Big, giant, evil, greedy, ugly trolls in the forest! They take your children and feast on their bones! A great exaggeration, really. Well okay we do live in the forest on the north mountain… but we’ve only ever helped humans!”

Items: Earrings, patches, knife

[lilyblackdrawside]

What are your favorite IS collectibles?

Okay, this'll be a bit long, so I'll put it under a cut.

Let's get the obvious ones out of the way: Anything that increases ASPD is great. The money-to-ASPD ones are all fun - shame that IS3 doesn't have the biggest one, but it came back for IS4 after all. Hand of Superspeed, some of the shop relics that give specific classes extra aspd, all of that. Good stuff.

Then all the +atk on skill use collectibles: Spinach Pack, No.073 Safety Reagent (IS2) and Wrath of Siracusans.

I have a lot of operators that can make great use of these and have even raised ones specifically to use with these or given mastery to skills that work with them.

Stun-increases: Victory Horn, Flash Camera, Therapy Tape

Bibeak and Gnosis come to mind for me as the biggest users of these. Gnosis can just passively lock enemies if you have either two of these or one and some +ASPD. Pretty funny! On this note I'll also mention Glory Pack. 6s aoe stun on operator death is pretty handy by itself, but this collectible can turn into something that just carries a whole run. Enhance the stun with these relics, add the "enemies take arts damage while stunned" ones and get your hands on a 0s redeploy Yato. I've had it happen, it's so evil.

+Starting DP collectibles are also among my favourites. Even just +10 from the Doll House can make stages much easier because you can snowball from the slightest bit of initiative.

Now let's get to some hands and the expected one is not at the top:

This is my favourite hand by far. It enables some very silly damage numbers and my main user of this was always Fiammetta. I frequently pick her in IS3 as is and this powers her up so much.

It's a bit difficult to read, but this is 14.5k damage from her S3 attack vs Paranoia Illusion. She was just banging these out once a second.

Other than that, obviously Hand of Diffusion, but before that I will bring up Flames of the Inquisition, which is that but for all operators as long as you're hitting Sea Monsters. Since this collectible is in the boss drop pool, that's usually where you'll get it an in IS3 once you pass the Floor 3 boss you're mostly fighting Sea Monsters anyway. Handed Passenger is funny, but so is everyone else getting the same effect. But yeah, Passenger with Hand of Diffusion and maybe a Spinach or two has carried me to victory more than twice. Astgenne and Firewhistle are also pretty good users of it. Firewhistle can replicate the way Passenger abuses it with her lingering flame dot both on S1 and S2, but of course she doesn't have the near map-wide range and absurd Spinach synergy.

IS2's Hand of Shredder has also always been very nice. I didn't get much out of it with any Instructors or Dreadnoughts, but Bibeak and Cutter have certainly shredded it up with it. Especially Cutter.

A good number of the shop class relics are really nice too. Bend Spears - Bloodbath/Deathmatch are both really strong increases to offense by providing silly amounts of SP and just better stats. The Sniper and Supporter ones also stand out to me, as well as the Caster ones added in IS3's final patch - Broken Wand Learning/Light of Wisdom/Solving, which give more aspd and atk for each held collectible (first two) and reduce enemy Res by 12 for each deployed Caster. Pretty much "fixed" the class for IS3, if you will.

I also really like this thing. Whiteflower in IS2 was alright, but this one also reduces costs by 3 first and with some squad tweaking you can get a ton of initiative off of this. I actually prefer this so much over Bladedance/Chitinous Ripper that I'll always take it over that one. They both ask you to adjust your squad, but while Chitinous Ripper just wants you to trim it down, Viviparious Lily has you putting in unpromoted Executors and Robots to shuffle their super low cost onto your heavyweights. It's very fun.

I also like Brokenblade and Wavebreaker a lot. Sacrificing 30% (IS2)/25% (IS3) max hp might sound a bit scary, but remember that all stat modifiers are additive. IS2 gives you a passive +10% HP, so you're really only losing 27% (okay this one's whatever) and IS3 gives you a massive +30% so it's actually just -19% compared to your default. and compared to out-of-IS3 default, you're still in the green anyway. Halved Redeploy time by itself is already great, but operators like Skadi, April, Yato or ModX Heavyshooters benefit doubly, because their flat reduction is applied after getting their base redeploy halved. ModX Skadi goes down to 3s (23 without) and Yato to 2s. Surely there's a use for spammable Skadi.

I'm also always happy to get Duck Lord's Golden Brick because having an 8-die rigs so many odds in your favour. You go from 16.7% chance to get a bonus collectible as a treasure node to 37.5%, same for getting an Elightenment if you're at 100 Light and if you're not, you're increasing your odds from 50% to 62.5% to not suffer a Rejection. And if you're on Dice Squad you get a 12-die, which is just dumb. With the regular 6-die you can get up to -30 ASPD and -70% movespeed for enemies when using it in battle. 7 to 9 rolls are -40/-80% and halve current redeploy times. You get this with just Dice Squad or Brick. 10 to 12 are the same debuff but completely remove redeploy times.

Since you will be on Dice Squad to be able to get this, you also have a bunch of dice on hand (so long as you don't go overboard all the time) and with the new upgrade to it, you can just keep rolling to inflict massive debuffs on enemies and get all your operators back if something bad happens. While I consider the class upgrade squads to be the very best, Dice Squad is right behind them. (got a bit more Dice Squad propaganda in, hah)

I'll give some mentions to

Royal Alliance Treaty - I don't like picking it, since it's a boss drop and when I do I always forget I have it and get confused when like... Yato tanks a Lancer charge. Then I laugh about it.

Medicine Sticks - You get two shields on anyone you deploy. What's not to like? When you pick Yato in IS3 she can basically go down two paths: Glory Pack suicider or Medicine Sticks baiter.

Fincatcher's Shawl - This thing should be so good, but it never performed well for me. I still like it.

Now, for IS4 I only have some picks that mostly revolve around the same thing:

These are the "We made Ho'olheyak good now." collectibles (and two others) Ancient Fresco, GSS and what I predict to be a third tier of these just work so well for her. With her talent inflicting Weightless on enemies above 80% hp, they just have to walk into her range to suffer damage and debuffs and if they're not too sturdy, they might just suffer two instances of this immediately from falling below 80% from the first hit. Hilarious! Naturally, this also works great with her S2 but also S3. S2 makes them really shine on heavier enemies that halve levitation. Irene's also pretty good with this with S1 and 2.

Celestial Dust seems quite clunky at first, at least that's what I thought, but then I remembered that Archetto S2, Pinecone S1, Leonhardt S2, Melanite S2, Indigo S1 and probably more exist that you can just spam to heavily control enemies. But even beyond spam, just using this with operators that have large ranges is good. W's S3 becomes an even harder control tool and Gnosis turns into an aoe levitation or freeze machine. Lots of incidental applications for this one. Also synergizes with the former two relics.

Dead Tree's Echo might not hold up on higher difficulty levels where you may not want to sit at reduced hp, but 50hp/s is pretty good and easily makes up for the lost max hp. Skalter with active S2 is like 80 to 90hp/s in her range for comparison.

And that's it! (for now. IS4 still holds many secrets) I know you asked for some, so this might've gotten a bit excessive, but I like to talk.

[narwhalandchill]

(natlan character lineup leaks/claims of dubious reliability as for now)

well huh. if u ask me the one thing i rly wasnt expecting to hear abt the alleged upcoming characters its this whole "5* geo tall lady in 5.1 will be big meta support" like. how come Now they remember geo as an element exists again more often than once in more than a year 💀 but ig interesting if true???

tho massive grain of salt w leaker "theorycrafting" as usual - even if the core claims themselves on her kit outline end up being somewhat true (a supportive 5* geo), when leakers say Anything about "team synergies" or "x will be meta" its uhhhhhhh. dubious at best. remember when clorinde and arlecchino were going to be good together in a team? yae the electro dps ceiling? lmao

(guess they did get the chiori albedo powercreep right tho but that ones. easy)

still tho if she actually ends up being a thing and a cool design i could actually see myself going for her??? i dislike mono geo yes and never had any interest in it but navia n chiori r obviously favorites and if shes more of a flexible unit than tied to geo completely (buffer support with an unkillable construct so it becomes the new zhongli/chiori flex core mby??????) then very cool and might well be a pull id go for

...... is what id like to say. BUT. the actual real important content this leak is giving me is. if 5* geo in 5.1. then chioris probably rerunning in the same patch???? so thats locked in actually and the priority lmao

anyway im p sure that starting the way i am aka. 0 pity p much and no guarantee but with the remainder of 4.7 left, 4.8, 5.0 and then depending on 1st or 2nd half of 5.1 or then the entire patch to save im fairly confident c4 will be guaranteed even in the worst case scenario? i have a bit under 50 pulls currently. so thats neat but getting lucky w even just a 50-50 win or two would b ideal . We will see .

also man im actually SO happy i just got uraku misugiri on release easy n comfy so i dont need to fear wasting my chiori constellation pulls on any weapon banner bs lmao. but like cheeky c6 with some sigma luck on first rerun pls.... just 4 copies hoyo 🙏

(also IF i luck out on chiori c6 and she runs w the new alleged geo 5* lady and IF she synergizes w carry chiori. then obviously we try pulling 😤)

no thoughts for now on the other alleged kits tho other than hydro 5* catalyst is so. Why another one. also i love the iansan element discourse of is she the claimed 4* geo of 5.0 or a later pyro unit bc she makes fire in her fists in travail and all. boothill explosions in splash art but still physical moment

(still wanna see the actual character designs so bad. leaks have dried up like hell recently bc hoyos tightened up security 💀💀)

[tritoch]

returning to this take to expand it a little post-dawntrail. spoilers through 7.0 under the break.

like, i've talked about this in another post, but you already had the coolest fight ever. your one true rival/evil double/relentless stalker fought you in an incredible battle at the end of the universe where the very force of your will and your hot-blooded emotions forge reality. your conflagration scorched even the stars. then you did a patch sequence where the main thing you did was teach a voidsent the human emotion called friendship and then watched her kick ass.

and now? now you're taking a break, going on vacation. it comes up pretty repeatedly in dawntrail that people can't always immediately eyeball you as the strongest person around. those who do often have some extra layer of intel and knowledge. like, the other claimants know it, but not all their mooks do. the job quest NPCs don't know. even estinien is like, yeah GJJ, you might not realize it just from looking at them, but my buddy here is the coolest fighter around. to me, this doesn't make a ton of sense if you're carrying around like, a fuckoff axe, or a big glowing gun. it makes perfect sense, though, if you look like a simple traveling healer.

then there's the GJJ of it all. after his solo duty, he has three different lines for the various roles after he fights you.

"I had to judge for myself whether you were fit to attend my beloved daughter. In some respects, she is much like me: hot-headed and prone to run into danger. But one with your..."

"...talents could readily dispatch the threats that bar Lamaty'i's way." (DPS)

"...adamant defense could shield Lamaty'i from those who would do her harm." (Tank)

"...healing touch could sustain Lamaty'i even as she does battle with the most fearsome of foes." (Healing)

Now, setting aside DPS getting the line with the lamest descriptor (talents???), I would say you only actually really get to do one of these in Dawntrail! You don't dispatch the threats barring Wuk Lamat's way, you largely set her up to face them in the best circumstances possible (indeed, at several points you very pointedly hang back). You don't shield her from those who would do her harm, either, especially since she basically jumps in and duels The Queen Eternal for you up front. And also like five seconds after this line you let her get kidnapped. Whoops!

You do, however, offer your healing touch! Pretty repeatedly! You're there to hear her concerns during the Rite, to grieve with and comfort her after her father's death and the attack on Tuliyollal, to support her against Zoraal Ja, to send Sphene into the afterlife with her. She's a tank! She's literally a warrior! You're her pocket support, there to keep her going when the going gets tough.

(also, basically all of Living Memory and the Interphos is one big Sending. Real FFX-heads know.)

I also think this makes a lot of your "cool" moments in Dawntrail...a lot better? Like, distracting Bakool Ja Ja with just your dauntless stride and defiant stare is a hell of a lot cooler if you do it as a healer instead of a fully-armored tank, and then Thancred leaping in for the blow doesn't feel like it's stealing your thunder. Similarly, if you're the tank or DPS, having Eliminator and Sphene identify you as the greatest threat is kind of like, yeah man, I know, I'm the guy who drops meteors on people/summons my enormous dragon ghost to hit you/Fell Cleaves. Obviously I'm the toughest guy.

But if the computer is like "shit, i would've won if not for this fucking healer"? mmmm, that's the stuff. Sphene being like "idk you look like a girl with yu-gi-oh cards to me but the computer says you're the strongest so now we're fighting"? oh yeah. and wuk lamat's like "WAIT NO YOU CAN'T STRAND THE HEALER AND FIGHT THEM SOLO" except you're the warrior of light. they totally can.

plus, if the azem crystal is duty finder, there's only one possible reason it queues so fast.

I understand why it'll never happen from a marketing perspective, but honestly Dawntrail should've been the first expansion with trailer Meteor in a healing job. This is an expansion for healer mains.

[gamingow]

Season 4 Support Tier List

Season 4 Support Tier List This is the ranking from the best to worst Support heroes currently during the Season 4 patch. There will be a simple explanation on why each hero is within the category chosen. This is the Season 4 Support Tier List.

S- Meta

Kiriko Kiriko despite her minor nerfs is still a very solid pick. Her pick potential with her Kunai and her endless interactions with Suzu makes her very strong. Her mobility is also very solid and so is her healing potential. She is an all-rounder and works in every team composition. Those are the reasons as to why Kiriko Remains in S Tier. Ana Ana is slowly becoming more prominent due to the potential of sleeping high value targets like a nanod Winston and her potential to make plays with Nade is very strong due to Kiriko being a bit less picked in Ranked as a whole. Despite her lack of mobility her skill ceiling can be very high. Those are some of the reasons as to why Ana increases to S Tier.

A- Amazing

Lucio Lucio is a very solid pick due to his unique ability with Speed boosting teammates for rotations. While in ranked he is a little weaker due to lack of coordination and requires more skill than most supports, his ability to peel is very strong and the whole teams movement can be changed according to him. However, Lucio requires a huge range of both practice and mechanical skill to make him a solid carry in ranked. That is the reason why Lucio Remains in A Tier. Baptiste Baptiste is also a very solid pick ranging from his consistent dps and heal output and providing Utility to his team with Immortality and his self-survivability being very strong due to his Regenerative Burst. However, Baptiste is mainly good in Brawl style team compositions and doesn't get as much value in other team comps but he is still useful with the right player on it. Those are the reasons as to why Baptiste stays in A Tier. Zenyatta Zenyatta while mostly being a very glass cannon pick can be very strong when peeled and played correctly. His ability to Discord enemy tank and make them susceptible to constant increase of 25% damage helps his team take constant space. Zenyatta with a bit of mechanics can bring a ton of value to a team adding his Ultimate Transcendence that can shut down most potential win conditions the enemy has. Those are the reasons as to why Zenyatta Increases to A Tier. Brigitte Brigitte got the biggest and most changes in this patch. From her Ultimate mini rework to some changes to her packs. She was already a solid hero against dive due to her Whip Shot and mobility from her Shield Bash. With her improvements to her Ultimate is much more of a solid pick overall. Those are some of the reasons as to why Brigitte increases to A Tier.

B- Good

Mercy Mercy's nerf to her double healing on less than 50% hp targets and her nerf to most of her tech with Guardian Angel made her a less prominent pick overall. She is still solid at what she does with Damage Boosting certain heroes like Pharah, Sojourn, Soldier 76, Cassidy. Her overall strength definitely took a turn for the worst. Those are the reasons as to why Mercy Drops to B Tier. Lifeweaver Lifeweaver despite his few buffs, while having a very solid Utility, his overall damage and healing numbers are weaker than most other heroes he is competing with. He needs further buffs to become more solid. However, his Utility is very strong, so he still isn't fully bad. Those are some of the reasons as to why Lifeweaver is in B Tier.

C- Bad

Moira Moira's lack of utility and her whole kit being based on just heals and damage makes her a very unreliable pick. Since she can't make teammates immortal or help them live unlivable situations makes her very subpar. However, due to her buffs to her healing and her ability to not be able to reposition while using Coalescence makes her a bit stronger than before. Those are the reasons as to why Moira increases to C Tier.

F- Tier

Due to the many buffs the weaker supports received there is no F Tier hero in the support Category and every hero can be played in certain situations.

Discussion

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[saveyourprimos]

Would it be wiser to pull for kazuha or shongli considering they’re both great supports at the same time might rerun back to back? Or who would likely rerun faster after these patches?

If you like both characters equally, that's a tough call.

People may be quick to say Zhongli, but two of us use both regularly, and we'd say they're both game-changers in their own ways.

The decision depends on your play style.

Pull Kazuha if:

Taking damage isn't a major obstacle for you (e.g. good at dodging, already-built healers/shielders, etc.)

You have issues with crowd control / chasing enemy mobs

You favor quickswap reaction comps

You use Bennett regularly for Pyro application / Pyro DPS Boost (Bennett Burst + Kazuha Burst is OP AF and there's a reason the duo is consistently showcased in nuke setups)

Pull Zhongli if:

You use Hu Tao / Xiao / Ganyu / Yoimiya as main DPS (carries that arguably see the largest benefit from anti-stagger / not being interrupted during their attack strings)

You're more interested in raw DPS increase overall (less time spent dodging + 20% universal res shred)

You favor teams featuring main DPS carries with high on-field time

You want an effortless option for 100% shield uptime

You own / use other Geo characters

We'll crosspost this answer to our Twitter as well, as we're sure other Travelers may be struggling with the decision and would like to see more opinions.

[phoenix-is-the-hottest-thing]

Feel free to send me an ask if you need specific advice I am obsessed with this game

Re: dorm

Stygian Nymph isn’t great, she’s situational (for me it’s mostly that she can do support in a pinch if you have anything that’s set off on ult bc her ult is free, good for very quick kills strats like in MA or armada fights)

Azure Empyrea got powercrept but she’s still good since she gives Elemental Breach, which is a rare multiplier, and Herrscher of Thunder is a good DPS I’m still using but mine is high rank (SS1 I think?), she also needs her divine key to compete. So uh. Yeah honestly it’s easier to rely on non-dorm units. Early on in the game anything goes though.

Oh yeah important thing. Elemental damage doesn’t crit in hi3 (but it goes through physical shields, that was the tradeoff back when there weren’t elemental shields). Crit stats are largely useless unless maybe on phys dps tbh

Unlike Genshin and HSR you can actually just buy a lot of characters from shop, so you can do that to build your account— as you said the ones that cost Asterite are usually very good, though they might need their equipment so keep an eye out for those.

Most of them are supports but there’s a couple than can dps. The oldest ones are powercrept though.

In particular, Pardofelis aka Reverist Calico is very good as a universal support and can even dps so she’s a priority, try to get her to SS (good rank for all of them to be at while you catch up). Susannah aka Valkyrie Quicksand is also a surprisingly good Bleed DPS, she doesn’t crit though so don’t even think about it.

Never roll for A ranks with crystals, keep that for their gear. The gear really makes a ton of difference. Usually needs weapon at minimum to do well.

There’s a shop where you can buy S-ranks as well, I’d say you can grab Sushang aka Jade Knight because she’s an ice support that grants Breach which, as mentioned earlier, is a rare multiplier. Most of the other valks have been powercrept and/or are in the Dorm though. Some of them are still decent but might need rank and gear to compete. Honestly try to find a recent tier guide on google bc meta goes pretty fast in this game and I’m not sure how to advise in a way that won’t be obsolete in three months

For specific builds you can check youtube for gear comparisons, don’t throw away offrates you get since they might come in handy later (dupes are usually fine to get rid off for mats though)

For this patch specifically:

Hare AKA Misteln AKA Dreamweaver seems to be a good physical dps, and there’s a refund on Terminal Aide AKA Prometheus gear banner, I’d say at least try and get the Promy gear because the pulls refund and young accounts benefit the most from random offrates anyway. You’ll be able to get lots of stuff for cheap. If you have crystals left and struggle with physical you can try for Dreamweaver but Susannah is free and decent if you don’t. (Just try and grab her gear when it comes back around).

Having one geared DPS carries you through the early game just fine but if you want to survive abyss (and get weekly yummy crystals) you will need multiple teams to fit the abyss weather and decently geared supports, brute forcing falls off in endgame. Also MA forces you to lock gear and valks to one boss so if you want those rewards too you’ll also need plenty of gear to go around. They also made leveling super fast so you’ll get there sooner than you think.

HOWEVER, you can also ignore most of the meta if you’re not interested in that aspect of the game, if you have at least one full geared recent character you can probably get through the story parts that require you use your own character (like Elysian Realm). I mean back when ER was young I managed the entirety of Chapter 1 with friggin Raven (Midnight Absinthe) so it’s definitely doable, just a big pain.

Uhh no other random comes to mind. Good luck my ask box is open

Omg pls,,,, teach me about hi3rd 😭

ACTUALLY?????? bro ik idk what hoyov was thinking but i literally could not understand like half the game mechanics (and still dont) they even make way better tutorials than genshin for characters and stuff but im still like ‘what is this for’ etc etc but im totally willing to help🥺 especially cuz when i first started i built the best supports at that time and now theres tons of new supports that replace them😭 anyways send ur uid when u make ur account or whatever hehe

also tips rn: idk if u played hsr but theres a similar starter supply/wish called dorm supply that u get a lot of free supply cards for as u complete the story (supply card=fates=starrail pass) so dont spend ur crystals on dorm supply (also a lot of people ‘reroll’ their account if they dislike the starter S valkyrie they get, i got rozaliya who isn’t great without unlocking her augment core but I didnt reroll tho cuz i didnt think about it plus i got palatinus equinox pretty early on who carried me.

best S valks to get on dorm supply imo would be azure empyrea, stygian nymph, or herrscher of thunder but u can make do with a lot of others too.

best support/SP valks to get fragments of in the basic currency shop: starry impression and golden diva and now terminal aide (i swear by haxxor bunny but shes gonna be outclassed by a new valk kira in a bit) basically all the valks from pardofelis to prometheus are doing really good damage if u have some of their gear and are the newest sp characters

THIS UPDATE: currently u have dreamweaver (hot white haired spear mommy) who is a physical dps and should be pretty decent so if ur a simp shes here for another 20+ days. also unlike genshin it’s much easier to get a characters gear (weapon + 3 stigmata) so i recommend pulling in that if u get the character early (which happens frequently but not too frequently bc herrscher ely came to me SO late i only got one stig) OH dreamweaver also is the first spear character and idk if theres much for craftables so definitely go for her spear

hhhhh that was so much information and covered like nothing lmk if u actually play im totally willing to answer questions as u play😭🫶

also to other players if any of my info is wrong plz correct me lol bc i also need help😖

[mattoyaki]

An anon asked me for a Mona build guide, I hope this helps!

Mona is the only non-banner 5 star I’ve yet to obtain, I hope she comes home soon! 🥲

Notes not included in the graphic:

Weapons

* Widsith is BiS for sub DPS if it’s max refinement.

* Skyward Atlas is BiS if running a DPS build.

* Thrilling Tales is BiS for freeze comp such as Morgana team with Ganyu or if you just want a a purely supportive build.

Artifacts

* Noblesse is preferred set unless there’s already a 4pc user in the comp such as Bennett or Fischl.

* Atk% sands will yield higher damage but ER will help with Burst uptime, thus, more omen buffing

* Elemental Mastery can be ran over atk% and ER on timepiece if Mona is the main carry in a vaporize comp with Bennett.

* A new artifact set called “Emblem of Severed Fate” is dropping with Inazuma next patch. This set sounds better than Noblesse on paper but once it’s out and tested I’ll update this guide on how it compares to other options :)

EDIT: EoSF is about equal with Noblesse. If you already have a NO user in the comp then Emblem is the better choice.

Gameplay

* Mona’s alternate sprint, which is useful for exploration, is somewhat clunky in combat. The animation when she exits the sprint leaves her vulnerable to attacks and unable to switch out. It’s recommended not to use her sprint that much in combat.

* If using Mona in a permafreeze comp be sure to apply cryo before popping Mona’s burst. This will freeze the enemy on contact and extend the duration of her omen for as long as the enemy remains frozen. An effective way to set this up is Ganyu + Venti/Sucrose/Kazuha

Team Comps

Mona can work in plethora of team comps due to her damage buffing and ability to effectively aura hydro. She can also deal an insane amount of damage if she vapes with her elemental burst. Bennett is by far her best partner, in any role. Their bursts together deal a lot of damage and further enable the main carry of the comp. Mona also works very well with cryo characters since frozen enemies keep their omen mark as long as they stay frozen.

Popular Teams

One Shot Nuke: Bennett + Mona + Sucrose/Kazuha + Literally Anyone (Mona can also carry here)

Morgana: Ganyu + Diona + Mona + Venti/Kazuha/Sucrose

Electro-Charge: Keqing + Mona + Fischl / Beidou + Jean/Sucrose/Kazuha

For a more in-depth guide I recommend Keqing Mains:

[elrios-trash]

ED Grinding Part 1

Another translation of my friend's guild content. Updated March 2022 Created by Viri ~~

Leveling Character Recommended before the patch comes to NA/INT-

Story quest from level 1-99 Total ED : 200m ++ (Elsword-Ain) and 150m (Laby-Noah)

UPDATE ABOUT STORY ED QUEST

On KR Patch 4/13 : link Maybe this patch will come to NA/INT Server about a month later. So, if you want to grind raw ED from From Ruben to Elrianode (Forgotten Elrian Sanctum) you will get only : 30m Instead you will get Epic Points.

Sell Accessories and Adventure Cube while you leveling Not So Recommended-

1. While leveling, put IDR gain 100/100 point for dropping more accessories (like Ignia set is very valuable) and advanced adventurer cube. 2. Advanced Adventure Cube around 4-5m/ea (INT server).

Secret Dungeon Additional, Not Recommended for Stamina-

1. Clear Secret Dungeon every day to get barrier fragment (with Treasure Hunter character) 2. Gather the barrier fragment and sell it when there is 2x EXP Stamina needed for 1x run at dungeon : 5-6%

Heroic Dungeon Recommended for Daily and Weekly Only-

1. Do daily heroic 3x to get 2 sertificates. Weekly : 3 sertificates. 2. Then upgrade Shining Dual Magic Stone (SDMS) Growth and Pursuit (Damage to Boss monster and Damage from Boss decrease) via NPC Glave. 3. Sell it when there is EXP event (for Growth) and Job Change event/new character release (Pursuit). Worth for : 4.5m /ea

Water Dragon Sanctum (WDS) Spam Not Really Recommended-

1. For smaller CP characters. 2. Get rare El Tear, Elrianode Defend Request, Heroic Entry ticket, Secret Manual Force A, or Corrupt Elri Circlet. 3. You can sort which El Tear is valuable.

El Tower Defend (ETD) Spam Recommended with Additional ED

1. For higher CP characters 2. Get rare El Tear, Heroic Entry ticket, Secret Manual Force A, or Corrupt Elri Earrings. 3. You can sort which El Tear is valuable.

Shadow Vein (SV) Spam Recommended, for higher CP-

1. For medium CP around 750k-1,5m 2. Get Mystic Stones or Agate Fragment 3. Mystic Stone : you can use it for yourself/sell it 4. Agate Fragment : you can use it for yourself/sell it (70-90m)

Varnimyr Raid Spam Recommended for HDPS, DPS, and Leecher Supports-

Farming Flame Marks -> exchange for pots, shining mystic stones/raid reset ticket (all tradeable!)

Abandoned Icerite Plant SPAM Recommended for higher CP-

Glaciem and 5% Seed. Glaciem per stack = 30m

Master Road Spam (All Region Hell Mode) Recommended for HDPS, DPS, and Leecher-

1. Make a party includes 1 person to damaging as carry and the rest are farmer. 2. Artifact, Acc, and Artifact Scroll

Update from Eno:

Right now El Tear Balance, Proficiency, and Transformation is hard to sold. People tends to looking for Skill (the square)

Elrianode accs is hard to sold because Professor Phoru 2nd Growth already give a better stats for your Elrianode armor and two permanent Elrianode accessory cubes (you can select).

[zydrateacademy]

Review: Path of Exile

I gave this game an attempt some years back, clocking at a mere eight hours while looking for an alternative to Diablo 3. I had made two rangers, several months apart, and only managing to get to Act 2 and into the low 20′s a couple of times before finding myself ultimately bored at every attempt. The world felt empty, the zones were lonely. There was no flavor, and there wasn’t even much of a game beyond completing the story. So I just went back to Diablo but as crisp as D3 is, their seasonal mechanics have done nothing to liven up the game and it’s just become a waiting game for the next in that franchise.

So I’ve returned while waiting for some of my other, bigger games to get some patches and content including Cyberpunk and Valhalla. I’m very happy to report that some updates have really livened PoE up, something it has sorely needed. The rituals for example (an incredibly new update, about a week old as of this review) add shrines (two to four) in every zone you come across. Activating them spawns a horde of enemies, which generates a currency to use at said shrines which randomly generate all kinds of gear and resources. You can spend some of that resource to have a nice item that you can’t afford to carry over to other zones.

Also new to me (though not new to others), are various mine excursions, temple assaults, and heists. Each with a unique mechanic they defy comparison. They are all littered within your leveling experience from time to time (though it is of course, generally more profitable to do deeper delves once you’ve hit the endgame). It has done the general mapping of the game a great service, helping the game feel like an actual game beyond a point and click adventure. There’s so much more to do than ever before. Another thing I’ve liked is that I have seemingly walked backwards into greatness. I’ve read no guides and have only used the ingame global channel to ask questions, but ultimately I rolled a witch and concentrated on the tried and true minion master build. Merely asking global if it was viable, I was met with several responses akin to “oh yea necromancer is strong.” Some claims of golem nerfing but certain ones still seem viable through support. Beyond that, I have basically just hunted every minion-based node and eventually found a support skill that set my skeletons on fire, and a perk that makes them explode. So, skeletons are temporary anyway (while zombies are permanent so mostly ask as my all-around dps), so attaching a life-draining fire aura and then a self explosion has been hilarious. My gameplay mostly consists of spamming skeletons whenever possible and just watching enemy health bars melt and explode as I run in circles to escape enemies grasp. I use the Carrion golem which buffs my minions damage, and sometimes plop a fire-spewing totem down that still manages to do decent chunks of damage despite me having no perks or gems to support totems in general. The Diablo 3 MM build wishes it could be this fun. All I did was just make a beeline for all minion-related nodes, with some health on the side. Honestly, I’m having a great time. Enough to have spent some real money on this. 

So yea, let’s poke the microtransactions a bit. Mercifully there’s nothing pay to win, but there is pay to convenience which does still irritate me. You have to pay real money for extra stash tabs, which also allow them to be generally more customizable than the default. It’s damn near a must-have at a certain point if you’re an avid ARPG player. Everything else is largely cosmetic, which I don’t mind terribly much.

Another point of contention is that the game can feel incredibly complicated. It’s not Korean MMO levels of convoluted, but it takes certain quality of life concepts in recent gaming conventions and decided to add some extra steps. In order to craft decent items, you must first find a basic white. Then you put several gems on it to get some desired effects, then you go to a crafting bench to roll out some other modifiers. If you can’t get what you want, there’s a gem you can use to start it over. There’s a gem for everything, from changing the color of sockets to adding any number of modifiers and upgrades. It’s wild and confusing and you will most certainly need some player assistance by Act 5, wherein I started to take some real damage for once because every act artificially tanks some of your resistances. So if you don’t pay attention, you can start melting and will be forced to upgrade your gear. I had a dual set of wands that had everything I wanted. Big minion damage and all my spells, but ultimately had to start giving certain things up just so I could take a hit, and I could only get through that hump because of a helpful and charitable player. This is a game that requires a small bit of homework, which I feel should not be present in a game. Regardless, once the learning curve is done and over with (I still don’t know how crafting works), the game is great fun. If you’re anything like me and you’re sitting around waiting for Diablo to get good again, then PoE has vastly improved itself over time.

[theworldofmycreations]

This is Bailey and she was a birthday gift for my dear friend Amos Martinez, an amazing artist on Instagram!

(https://www.instagram.com/amos.martinez.105/)

On the top is my design for her and since he loved it so much, he decided to take her in as one of his new OCs, which you can see on the bottom! 

Bailey is the daughter of two of Amos’s OCs, Makenna and Jett. 

Her full name is Bailey Dorothy Henderson and as you can tell, she’s inherited her mothers genes and loves to do art. Her middle name Dorothy, comes from Makenna’s mother Dorothy. 

Age: 8

DOB: 12/14/2012

Hair Color: Blonde (like Jett’s)

Eye Color: Black (like Jett’s)

Clothing

Regular Wear: A light pink t-shirt with a paint palette on it, a blue and white striped skirt, turquoise sandals, her hair in a ponytail supported with a green hair tie, and a red barrette hat on her head. 

Bedtime Wear:  Her sleep attire consists of a white T-shirt, white socks with blue dots, and rainbow striped pants. She also has her hair down.

Winter Wear:  A light blue coat, dark purple pants, white and paint splat pattern gloves, brown boots, and white earmuffs.

Fall Wear:  A light blue coat, dark purple pants, white and paint splat pattern gloves, brown boots, and pink and white zig-zag scarf. Sometimes, she wears a colorful wool sweater her grandmother made her, black pants, and brown shoes.

Swim Wear:  Her swimwear consists of the same purple one-piece suit that Makenna had as a little girl.

School Wear: A light blue shirt with puffy sleeves and white collar, a blue pleated skirt, white knee-high socks and black Mary Jane shoes. Around her neck is a Bob Ross Happy Accidents ID lanyard with her school ID card inside and a paint pallet charm on the side (https://www.amazon.com/Lanyard-Happy-Accidents-Painting-Holder/dp/B07GH7V3LQ). She also carries a colorful backpack (https://www.pbteen.com/products/gear-up-paint-palette-backpack/) and a Bob Ross lunchbox (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bob-Ross-Happy-Little-Trees-7-75-x-6-75-x-4-Collectible-Tin-Lunch-Box/164149466). 

Beach Attire: The purple one-piece swim suit Makenna had as a little girl, her turquoise sandals, the beach hat that Makenna had as a little girl, and a blue beach towel with pink starfishes on it.

Halloween Wear: She dresses up as Evie (the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White) from the Disney Descendants movies while carrying a  pumpkin bucket. (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Disney-Descendants-2-Evie-Costume-AND-Wig-Authentic-Girls-Sizes-7-8-9-10-11-12-/263904926082)

Christmas Wear: She wears a red and green plaid Bonnie Jean Christmas dress with a black cardigan (https://www.amazon.com/Bonnie-Jean-Christmas-Dress-Cardigan/dp/B07ZCFFNTR), long white socks, and black boots.

Formal Wear: She wears a tie dye ruffle off shoulder dress (https://www.childrensplace.com/us/p/Girls-Short-Sleeve-Tie-Dye-Print-Knit-Ruffle-Off-Shoulder-Dress-3011344-1128) and her turquoise sandals.

Robe and Slippers: Her bed robe consists of a cream colored bed robe with dark pink roses on it with the stems(https://www.walmart.com/ip/Women-s-Rose-Print-Long-Robe-Floral-Shawl-Collar-Bathrobe-with-Patch-Pockets) and her slippers are fuzzy, and pastel colored, and look like sandals (https://www.jcpenney.com/p/arizona-girls-slip-on-slippers/ppr5007922998?pTmplType=regular&rrplacementtype=pdp3_jrecs&criteriaName=You%20may%20also%20like).

Rain Gear: Her rain gear consists of a rainbow striped raincoat (https://www.amazon.com/YNIQ-Girls-Colorful-Rainbow-Raincoats/dp/B07ZQC5VF8), black, pink, and paint splat rain boots (https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/86059296), and a watermelon umbrella (https://www.amazon.com/Hipsterkid-Child-Size-Umbrella-Watermelon/dp/B079ZCHFVH). 

Jacket: A black and gray varsity jacket with colorful stars on it (https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Kids-Star-Varsity-Jackets-Wholesale-Varsity_50015680613.html).

Smock: When shes painting or doing ceramics, she always wears a blue smock with dolphins on it. 

Apron: When helping either Makenna or Jett in the kitchen, she always wears her gray apron with colorful flowers and roosters on it (https://www.etsy.com/listing/696656229/handmade-polish-apron-folk-print-apron?show_sold_out_detail=1).

Riding her Bike: When riding her bike (This is her bike: https://www.walmart.com/ip/LittleMissMatched-20-Sweet-Style-Girl-s-Bike-Multi-Color/657542031), she wears a kaleidoscope patterned bike helmet (https://nutcasehelmets.com/products/kaleidoscope?variant=5147899691045) with ombre colored elbow pads and knee pads (https://fritzysrollerskateshop.com/products/triple8-saver-series-3-pack-junior?variant=33339588280364¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2020-03-27&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign).  

Life Jacket: Her life jacket is a blue and green life jacket (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32908664821.html).

Easter Dress: Her Easter dress is a pink flowery dress (https://www.amazon.com/Youngland-Little-Easter-Floral-Spring/dp/B07Q7VVZ3P) with white socks and cream colored ballet style shoes. She also carries a beautiful woven Easter basket her grandfather gave to her. 

St.Patrick’s Day Outfit: She wear her regular skirt, sandals, and barrette hat but she wears a green thermal long sleeve tunic instead of her regular shirt (https://www.citythreads.com/girls-clothing/basic-tops/long-sleeve-tops/girls-thermal-long-sleeve-tunic).

Birthday Attire: Her birthday attire consists of her regular attire but with a Disney Descendants birthday button pinned to the right of her shirt (https://www.etsy.com/listing/784433857/disney-descendants-style-birthday-button?ga_search_query=descendants&ref=shop_items_search_1).

[spoldhamauthor]

The Face of the Gale - an excerpt

Don't think I have ever posted an excerpt from The Face of the Gale before, so here is one to tempt your reading tastebuds.

From 'The Face of the Gale,' a short story in 'Wakeful Children: A Collection of Horror and Supernatural Tales.' I hope you enjoy, please feel free to share and to comment. Thank you,

'Andy’s skin was raw with the wind. It tore into him as if it meant to rip the flesh from his bones. When he had come out barely twenty minutes ago it had been nothing more than mildly chilly, so he had thrown on his usual leather jacket. Now he was beginning to wish he had chosen something warmer.

He dug his hands deeper into his pockets and bowed his bare head against the elements. Shards of rain had entered into the fray, hitting him with spiteful, stinging blows. For the briefest of moments he considered turning back, but it was not really an option; he had a date to keep.

He turned right onto the high street, hoping to find it more sheltered than the back roads. He was disappointed; if anything, the wind picked up its pace here, though now it was at his back, pushing him. Rather than hastening him on, it made him clumsy; stumbling over his own feet, tripping on uneven paving slabs as they seemed to rise up to meet him. Cursing, Andy pulled his hands free of his pockets, holding his arms out for balance. It crossed his mind that he must look ridiculous, like some ungainly, flightless bird. Then he realised the street was empty; no one was around to see.

“I must be the only idiot stupid enough to come out in this,” he muttered.

As if in answer, the wind gave a sudden shriek, shrill and piercing. Wincing, Andy clapped his hands over his ears. The sound was all pervading, his hands affording him no defence against it whatsoever.

Hunched, Andy stepped off a broken kerb to cross an alley way. The moment he lost the protective shelter of the shop fronts he was exposed to a vicious sidelong draught. It punched into him, hard and deliberate, driving the breath from his lungs and making him double over.

He gasped, staggering to a wall for support. He couldn't believe the violent turn in the weather. It had felt like a real blow, like a fist slamming into him and he began to wonder if he should turn back. Who else would be likely to turn up to the meeting in these conditions? He fumbled in his pocket for his phone, checking for a missed call or a text to say it had been cancelled.

His fingers were numb with cold as he tried to negotiate the keys, frustration bubbling in him as first they and then the phone refused to do as he asked of them. When he finally got them to comply, the screen showed him neither a new message nor an unheeded call. It glowed with the network logo, gave an irritating beep and went dead, its screen black and useless.

When the hell had the wind ever felt like a real fist hammering into his ribs?

He didn’t allow the question to fully form inside his mind, though he was well aware that it lurked there. It unsettled him; that seed of understanding that something was wrong. Denial was far more comfortable, was something he was used to. Everything was fine; everyone knew the weather could be unpredictable, even dangerous. Later, when he was safely home nursing a coffee in front of the T.V he would laugh at the absurdity of it.

For now, his heart felt anything but light. The weather had a heavy, repressive feel to it and he wanted nothing more than to escape it and take shelter somewhere. The small centre they met at was still a few streets away. Decision time; carry on the path he was set on, or turn back?

‘Your choice Andy; up to you.’

He pushed away from the wall, bracing himself for another buffeting. “Okay, you win; I’m going home,” he said aloud, turning on his heel and preparing for a battle as he took the gale head on.

The wind dropped so suddenly that he stumbled forward, its invisible presence not taking his weight as he had expected it to. Andy stretched out his hands to take the impact of his fall, his wrists taking the brunt of it and sending thrills of pain up his forearms. His knees were grazed beneath his jeans. He could feel the hot sting of scraped skin. A small patch of blood bloomed on one knee, staining the denim darkly."

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01C04VGUG

Wakeful Children is available on kindle and in paperback.

[frejahertziswritingthistime]

Where the wild roses grow, chapter 3

A/N: I love the response on this story, friends! Thank you for supporting me! This is my first Mishalecki story, so I’m really happy, you guys seem to like it.

I mean NO hate towards their respective families – this is a work of fiction, based on my idea of how the two would be in real life.

Remember, feedback feeds the writer!

MASTERLIST

Where the wild roses grow masterlist

Buy me a coffee (help me get to my MR-scan, please)

Pairing: Misha x reader x Jared

Warnings: Language, smut 18+ stuff (don’t read if you’re not old enough, I don’t want to lose my blog), DP, male on female on male, all other kinds of dirty deeds, fluff

Misha

I was staring at Y/N as she talked animatedly with Jared, her eyes twinkling in the dim lights of the living-room. It was bizarre to be a part of this. For one, we never expected her to want to be a part of this, and we never expected the both of us being so okay with what we were doing.

It’s been three months. Three months of dating, of whispered secrets between damp sheets, and it had been glorious. Perfect. I wanted her to feel loved, and I think she did. Does. She looked at me and winked, before returning to the conversation with Jared, who was smiling widely. He was in love with her, and I knew it. Pretty sure, he didn’t know it yet, much less her. She was beautiful, the light in the room casting a gentle glow over her face, making her look ethereal, much like a goddess that just so happened to descend into Jared’s living room to get a glass of wine.

Jared looked at me with an eyebrow cocked. “What do you think about this?” He asked, and I realized I forgot to listen to the conversation. I smiled tightly, guilt probably coloring my face. “Sorry, I must’ve zoned out.” She smiled and walked to me, settling down on my lap, with her hands thrown around my neck. “I was thinking of a little retreat with the two of you. Maybe with the kids, as well.” You looked at Jared, who simply shrugged. “Oh, really?” I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer, kissing her bare shoulder. “Really. Maybe a cabin in the woods or something. If you’re not up for it, it’s fine, it’s just… You guys are on hiatus, and I thought that you guys might want to…” She rambled and blushed. I smiled at her, hugging her. “I’d love that. I meant with the kids. Tom and Shep, they’re troublemakers.” Jared rolled his eyes. “They drew on your wall one time, and suddenly they’re troublemakers?” I laughed. “They painted a wall, Jared. Not just a part of a wall. A whole wall.” He sighed and shook his head, getting up and sitting down next to us, his hand on her thigh. “Alright, they’re rambunctious. They’re kids.” Y/N laughed. “Excuse the mess, the kids are making memories.” She said, and we all laughed. “I’m worried though. I’d love to meet them, truly, but I… I’m scared, they won’t like me. I’m dating their dad and their chosen uncle, I mean…” Jared shrugged, and his thumb slid higher on her thigh – her legs spread just a fraction, and I doubted she even noticed. She felt warmer on my lap, and I had to concentrate hard to keep my dick down, because she was moving perfectly on top of me, her legs spreading as Jared thumb drew circles on her inner thigh. “They’ll love you. I promise. They’re kids, they won’t… A family is a family, Y/N, no matter how it came to be.” Jared said, a small smirk playing on his lips. She hummed in response, as Jared thumb found a bare patch of skin under her dress. I almost groaned – she was wearing thigh-highs, and her perfect skin was on display just under her black dress. She closed her eyes, and I rubbed circles with my thumb just under her breast, feeling her heave for air – she was already riled up, and I caught Jared’s eye. His pupils were dark.

“You want us, Y/N?” he whispered, his voice soft like damn velvet, and I even got a little turned on by it. Her legs had spread even further, as his fingers delicately crawled upwards, her hands nuzzling the back of my neck. She moaned, as I stroked over her nipple, hardened under the thin fabric of her dress.

“Yes.”

The magic word had been spoken, and I grabbed her, lifting her and carrying her into the bedroom; she was always complaining, she was too heavy for it, but I didn’t think so. I thought she was damn near perfect. Jared was trailing behind us, already unbuttoning his shirt, as we walked into the bedroom and I gently laid her on the bed, her body trembling slightly. I didn’t even think, I just started working on getting her damn dress off, gliding the fabric over her heated skin, revealing black lace under it. Jared growled at the sight. “Leave the stockings.” He whispered. I grinned at him, and she arched her back, as my fingers deftly undid her bra, throwing to the side in the darkened room.

Jared was already down to his underwear, sliding over to her on the bed, his fingers dancing along her ribcage, silently tracing her. I sat back, watching him and her back arching, her hips rolling at every touch, and began to undo my own outfit. I regretted the amount of layers now, but Y/N loved me with a sweater and a nice shirt under it – it was hard to get it off, as my eyes were trained on Jared’s big hand traveling downwards, dancing along the edge of her panties.

“Jesus fuck, Jared, can you just do me?!” she moaned, half-annoyed, half-horny. Jared chuckled, and his fingers slipped under her panties, a circle-motion beginning at the same time as her moans. She was damn beautiful.

“Take them off.” I demanded, as I slipped out of my own underwear, standing naked at the end of the bed. Jared cocked an eyebrow at me. “Patience is a virtue, man.” She groaned at his words and wriggled around, moving her hands down until the panties rested around her knees. I pulled them down, flinging them somewhere, and kissing her legs softly, as I made my way up. Jared removed his fingers, as I neared her dripping heat, and moved under her, lower and lower – she bucked her hips as his fingers slid inside her, and my tongue hit her clit.

She tasted like candy. Sweet and perfect, like she was made for my tongue. I swirled my tongue around, dipping into her as Jared’s fingers moved quicker under me – he was opening her up for him. Her thighs clenched around me, as I added a finger in her dripping pussy while working faster with my tongue. I could do this until the day I died. Her hand was wrapped around Jared’s cock, and I felt mine twitch painfully at the sight; she was fucking gorgeous, sexy and sent from fucking heaven.

She came fast, hard and loud – Jared moaned as she clenched his cock with her delicate fingers, and I moaned as I felt her pulsate around me; She was screaming my name and Jared, before turning into incoherent stutters.

“You want us?” Jared whispered and kissed her gently. She nodded, her eyes closed, and smiled. I caught Jared’s eyes and nodded to the bedside table. “Thanks, man.” I winked at him, before moving next to her, her hand wrapping around my cock gently. “You need to be on top of me, baby.” I whispered as she started pumping my cock – everything felt so fucking tight, and the taste of her still lingered on my tongue. She kissed me deeply as the tell-tale sound of the lid on the lube being popped, sounded. “Anything for you.” She quietly and gracefully straddled me, gliding down on my cock and I almost came; it was like this every time – it felt like the first time, like I was a fucking school boy, and I had to force myself to be still inside her. My cock twitched, and her walls tightened around me. She kissed me and moaned, when I rolled my hips. “Get a fucking move on, Jare….” She moaned, slowly moving back and forth on me, grinding her clit against my pelvic bone. She was dripping again, ready for more, and Jared chuckled behind her. “Ready for me, babe?” She moaned in response.

I felt him enter her from behind, and the stretch felt like fucking bliss. He was pressing down on me, and she was mewling, falling over as he pressed inside her, deeper and deeper, before settling with a grunt. I didn’t need to look at him, before we started moving in perfect sync – as I slid out, he drove in, and so forth, creating a perfect rhythm for her and us; I was shaking, trying to contain myself, and she was mewling, moaning and grinding down on us, as she neared her peak.

Her walls were like velvet, and they fluttered gently around me, the head of my cock tingling lightly, as I felt her tumble over the edge. She pulled me deeper, scratching my chest as she screamed out for the both of us, and we both lost control.

Jared’s pace became erratic, harsher, as did mine – we were chasing her high with our own, and Jared reached his peak just before me. He growled, biting down on her shoulder as he came, making her mewl against me, rolling her hips as I hit my peak.

I emptied myself in her, my seed filling her completely, dripping out slightly from the side. Jared slowly extracted himself and went to the bathroom on wobbling legs. I could feel his release running down on my legs, but I didn’t care. I was in heaven. She kissed me, before gently getting off and laying down next to me, huffing a little. Jared came back with a damp washcloth to clean her, while I kissed her skin as much as I could. He threw the dirty washcloth somewhere in the room with a wet thunk and laid down next to her; she was sandwiched between the two of us. She giggled happily, and I pulled the covers on top of the three of us.

“Y’know… I love you. Both of you. You know that, right?” she said quietly, a whisper in the dark. I smiled and kissed her forehead, and laid my hand on her stomach, where I found Jared’s hand. We weren’t really into anything with each other, but it felt right to entangle my fingers with his. He gave me a light squeeze and ran his thumb over my hand.

“We love you too, Y/N.” He whispered back at her.

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