Trickcal: How to Plan Banners for Year 2 Apostles

To prepare for Year 2 Apostles in Trickcal, build a functional launch team first to clear daily resource farming stages, then halt general pulling to save summon currency exclusively for guaranteed rate-up pity on high-impact utility units.

Prioritizing Personalities for Year 2 Rosters

Trickcal builds revolve around character Personalities, which grant team-wide resonance stat boosts when you field matching traits. Year 2 Apostle banners address structural gaps present in launch-era rosters. Instead of spreading pulls across all traits, identify which personality you have already developed and target the specific Year 2 additions that complete that team archetype.

Personality Trait	Early Launch Weakness	Year 2 Roster Role	Pull Priority
Pure	Reliance on baseline frontline sustain	Cleansing and advanced defensive utility	High for campaign progression
Vivacious	Inconsistent burst setups	High-tempo offensive debuffs	High for fast raid clears
Cool	Limited sustained area damage	Reliable multi-target crowd control casters	Moderate to high for wave clearing
Gloomy	Fragile backline positioning	Self-sustaining attackers and disruption	Priority for PvP and arena
Mad	Niche, inconsistent disruption	High single-target execution scaling	Flex pick for boss encounters

Unit Selection: Utility vs. Duplicate Scaling

When planning summons, separate Year 2 Apostles by their investment floor:

Base Utility Apostles: Characters that provide crowd control, active buff dispels, or team-wide barriers deliver their primary value at base copy. Prioritize these units if you have a limited summon budget, as their mechanics remain effective without pulling duplicates.
Stat-Scaling Damage Carries: Dedicated damage dealers rely heavily on star ascensions and Apostle Copies (duplicates) to outscale fully upgraded Year 1 damage dealers. Avoid splitting resources on damage banners unless you can commit enough currency to reach their higher promotion breakpoints.
Apostle Board Progression: Unlocking new Apostles provides passive stat bonuses across your entire roster through the progression board. Prioritize acquiring new distinct units over pursuing minor upgrades on redundant damage dealers.

Managing Summons and Accelerated Schedules

Overseas release schedules often compress banner timelines compared to the original Korean server run. Faster banner rotations mean fewer weekly resource resets between debuts, making selective budgeting critical.

Secure your farming core: Level a basic team capable of clearing high-tier resource domains. Without consistent access to upgrade materials, newly pulled Year 2 Apostles cannot be built.
Follow a skip-or-commit rule: Only spend currency on a banner if you have enough summons banked to reach the targeted rate-up guarantee. Pulling without reaching pity risks wasting resources on incomplete banner cycles.
Pass on luxury side-grades: Skip minor role upgrades or hybrid damage dealers if your current roster clears required content, reserving your pity guarantee for transformational personality anchors and dispel specialists.