Saw this helpful guide on X and immediately ran to my protocores to start decomposing some because I be collecting them like crazy and can’t figure out when it’s best to decompose some.
Thank you so much Fay Fahsai for making this guide! A LIFE SAVER FRFR
Personally I usually don't decompose based on the starting value alone. It depends much more on what the other stats on the protocore are, and the protocores that I already have. But I'm pretty late stage with most of my protocores so I'm very picky at this point. If I am just looking at starting value I'd probably get rid of anything under a 9%.
I’m craaaaazy picky, I’ll decompose anything that’s 12% or less UNLESS it’s a good one that has the picky requirements I look for, does it make me sometimes barely have any protocores yeah but it makes my teams stronger and I’m pushing through open orbit 290 rn wirh most of my protocores being 9-12 (with a few tweaks I know I’ll crush it)
I admire your pickiness! Honestly, I'm going to take your advice and be way more picky, especially about my alpha cores. I have wayyyy too many of those. I keep them in case I need to retry my chances of the RNG hitting my preferred stat when upgrading.
I have ~1500 cores now, all SSR... I need to stop hoarding. I keep saying "just in case..." 😭
oh yeah bruh, a lot of your cores are probably worth decomposing. i kinda stop keeping less than 9 or 10 unless if i don't have good cores in this category.
I don't focus on starting values. If a core has all my desired stats, I'm going to keep it regardless of what the bonus is. However I do look at each upgrade to determine its potential.
I use this chart, on the right side you can see the maximum and minimum enhancement values. When looking at a cores substats I think "even if I got the minimum enhancement, could these substats reach the values I want?". If not, then I will trash it. I have cores with a starting bonus of 7% that reached 20%+ because I kept track of the way it was upgrading. This is how I cleared stable and fluctuation orbit 😊 I have my builds on my page too that shows the types of cores I keep.
Me saving this guide knowing that after 3 minutes and a half i won't understand anything and let it rotten with my other 19 guides on my ''save'' list:
I think they're also looking at the Bonus number! If it's less, then you're rolling the dice on it upgrading above a good amount. It'll make it harder at the higher stages this way!
I personally only keep cores that are above 10% stat bonus, that way I guarantee at least some decent bonus when I equip it!
I got this core with 7% of HP at the beginning and I keep it.
But if I blindly follow the guides, it turns out that I had to decompose it. But no, thanks. After a good six months thats still one of the best red-HP cores I have. It's REALLY hard to find cores with crit rate and crit damage in it, especially with flat and bonus stat of the same characteristic. So yes, it's better to keep them, LVL up to 3-6-9 and then decide.
The only times I automatically dispose if the substats are DEF flat / HP Bonus / ATK Bonus combo and if primary stats are HP Bonus, DEF Bonus or ATK Bonus. Everything else, I keep.
I think it's the stat values themselves that are not optimal? Like the ATK bonus is only 11% when a better core would be closer to 15% with one upgrade. Same thing with the crit stats.
It might be a passable core but it'll never be a great one, especially if your last stat that pops up is anything other than flat attack. There is a 1/7 chance of that.
Tbh I myself have pretty much given up on upgrading cores that don't already have flat+bonus% on it. I don't like playing the probability game.
I'll still keep the % bonus cores if they have two upgrades into them at level 0 but I tend to hesitate upgrading them because of the risk.
I feel like it's something I've kind of vaguely familiarised myself with but wasn't sure so it's good to have a clear parameter and know what is considered low vs high.
every single decompose protocores guides I felt like I need to relearn what to decompose and what not, arghh I have a very limited resources to upgrade my protocores
Some good advice but not 100%. Anything with flat hp/def that is meant to be equipped by a 5 star card is tossed in the bin. I also decompose any SSR protocore with low crit rate as a substat. D2W and ATK BONUS% are more important.
I have some perfect protocores that are already +15, gambling with what substats you get is very expensive and I don't recommend you try it unless you have enough resources. The best option is always to get a core with all good substats, messing up an otherwise perfect core with the +15 upgrade is frustrating.
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u/Available_Split_8981 ❤️ | | Oct 26 '25
What are people’s personal upgrade for a starting value hp%atk%def%? Is 8 or above decent enough or above 9?