You’ve probably been rolling wrong in Dragalia Lost

Update: At the time of writing this article I made a mistake in the formula for the 10 sim which skewed the results and distribution to the left. I will re-write the article this week with the updated values.

I’ve seen it all. From streamers to Reddit to Discord the infamous question “should I do singles or tenfolds” appears regularly.  The inevitable answer that comes up always, without a doubt, starts with “well I do….” 

No longer do we need to preface our “answer” with this phrase. If I’m being honest, that’s not really an answer in the first place if it’s just what you do without understanding why you do it.

In this article, I’ll talk about the best way to roll if you’re optimizing for 5s pulls as well as a simulator and some theory behind it.

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Ranking Theory

Ranking Theory

I’m writing this post in the midst of Xiu Min the Uber whale ranking. This post isn’t designed to give you an answer to all your damage capping woes but to help you understand the point trade offs in rankings to understand how to focus your team. Xiu Min is a good example because some of the faster builds miss out on damage capping which in the end just sets them back.

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The early review of the great five whale baits

The Great Five Baits

This is the review of the five witches and where I think they stand in the meta as of October 2018 (the announcement of the Dark Witch) and my rough value comparison of each one rated against the other.
What makes the witches whale bait?
When Gungho revenues started slimming down they sat sat in a boardroom and looked at what they could push for revenues now that whales already had dupes of all 6 star GFEs, the rates were public and expected to stay stable (therefore they couldn’t just drop the rates for new 6 stars) and new collab / seasonal whale baits could be traded for without needing to excessively roll in the REM. The result? A whole new rarity of Godfest Exclusives: 7 star GFEs. These feature lower rates than 6 stars (as one would assume logically by “more rare”) and cannot be traded for. They would also feature new tech as in new actives / leader skills / awakening sets to help push the narrative that they were designed to be meta.

TLDRs RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

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New JP Gungfest Buffs and Evos Part 1 added

When Gungfest was announced a lot of players were hoping for some big buffs to old GFEs like the Odins to make them end-game viable like they did the Sonias which were primarily left to assist / bicolor stick status for years. So what did we get out of Gungfest? I’m going to go one-by-one and talk about what I feel is the strength of the buff and what that means for players.

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