My normal build for survival is your typical "stay hidden" build, 110% assassination damage, rest in CACD. Not super effective for Saito because there are so few opportunities to chain vanish. I still try to do high single target damage and revive any downed teammates. When I can, I will melee Saito but nothing in my build is geared towards melee damage so it feels weak.
Any tips?
Just tested the popular (but stab-myself boring) River Village pre-wave run that gives 320 XP + 1 gear on Platinum. Each weapon tier needs 3,600 XP, which comes out to 12 runs.
12 runs took me 38 minutes, or about 3:10 per run. Roughly 2:50 gameplay, plus around 20 seconds for menu/running-to-portal time (the timer only starts once you’re in the level).
There is some XP overage since 12 runs nets 3,840 XP, but trying to optimize with a Bronze run (80 XP) to hit exactly 3,600 is actually slower, because you start with 3 Onryo tokens and need to die 4 times.
38 minutes per tier is much faster than my usual route of 1 NM Incursion + 1 NM Survival, which takes about 55 minutes, not including matchmaking or downtime.
If 4 people ran it together, it should be even faster, probably 1.5 to 2 minutes per run, which brings it down to 18–24 minutes per tier.
Any faster way?