I’ve been grinding through the campaign for the last week, and the difficulty spike after the recent patch feels a bit overtuned. Up until now, I was just brute-forcing everything with high-DPS units, but that strategy completely falls apart once you hit the elemental barrier stages in the mid-game.

I realized way too late that I’ve been sleeping on the synergy bonuses. I spent some time going through the full breakdown of Dragon Traveler Characters to understand the passive stacking mechanics better, and it turns out some of the supports I benched are actually essential for breaking shields. The in-game tooltips are a bit vague, so looking up the specific kit scaling helped me realize I was building my team completely wrong.

My main worry now is resource scarcity. I don’t want to waste upgrade materials on a unit that’s going to be useless in the late game. I checked the latest Dragon Traveler Tier List to see if my current roster is future-proof, and unfortunately, my main carry is ranked pretty low for the upcoming raid content. It seems the meta is shifting heavily toward crowd-control units rather than pure burst damage.

Has anyone managed to clear the Ice Cavern using a budget team, or is the current banner unit pretty much mandatory for that zone? I’m trying to save my currency for the anniversary event.