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...How do I get a high Rank?

Play through tourneys and earn messeta, beating players will give you more messeta then CPUs.

I've seen (and played alongside) twinbanj and immeyournot battleing and i've found there are two ways of getting a good rank e.g A, A+ or S
these are:


immeyournot calls it "20 - minuite S" and it actually works (use big things like chaos sorcerers for lots of damage, then combine them with concentration for damge of 20+ each turn!)

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twinkazz Wrote:immeyournot calls it "20 - minuite S" and it actually works (use big things like chaos sorcerers for lots of damage, then combine them with concentration for damge of 20+ each turn!)

Aah the good old 20 minute S, another one of my great inventions. Even twink & twinb doubted its 20minuteS-ness at first, but it never fails. I have 2 special 20 minute S decks, that are not only great in a normal battle, but if you use them properly you are guaranteed an S in 20 minutes.

Either A chaos sorceror deck or a nano dragon deck works fine. After a while these get so pumped up with AP/MP that they are doing SO much damage a turn that time becomes completely irrelevant. I usually keep it up untill i have about 200 damage which usually takes 20 mins (hence the name) & i always get an S.

Cyber Binarin Wrote:...How do I get a high Rank?

VS HUM:

Main point is damage dealt vs damage taken, and not letting the SC lose HP. The rank formula:

35 + (Attack Damage - Damage Taken) + (Max Card Combo x 3) - (Story Character Damage x 1.8) - (Turns x 2.7) + (Action Card Negated Damage x 0.8)

The number that results is checked against this chart:

Score Rank
0-14 E
15-24 D
25-29 D+
30-39 C
40-49 C+
50-59 B
60-64 B+
65-74 A
75-84 A+
85+ S

(Credit PSOW)

Don't underestimate the importance of good DEF - not only does it sustain a good damage inflicted vs taken ratio, you also get 80% of all damage blocked towards your rank as an additional award.

Good starting decks to try and get fast S-ranks vs other players are Yasi3000R and Sange & Yasha (with HP attack) on the Hero side, and Merlans / Ill Gil on the Arkz side.

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immeyourenot Wrote:Aah the good old 20 minute S, another one of my great inventions. Even twink & twinb doubted its 20minuteS-ness at first, but it never fails. I have 2 special 20 minute S decks, that are not only great in a normal battle, but if you use them properly you are guaranteed an S in 20 minutes.

20 mins? Ack, way too long! AP / TP growth is too slow.

For open play use items / creatures that have great HP, and the HP attack card. E.g. Sange & Yasha (Or Yasi3000R with Kylria if you don't have), HP attack, SW attack (GN attack with Kylria) Punch, Round Slay and Dice+1. Usually 8-10 mins for S rank including load times. Note you can increase any weapon's AP up to the same level as its HP very quickly using HP Attack + Drain if you have that latter card.

Personally I only fight the COM when there's no HUM games around, and would strongly recommend that to anyone, no matter what their level. EpIII vs COM gets VERY boring very quickly.

But... many people on this forum seem to be low level and desperate to get higher / find more cards. If you want to level fast, here's some 3 or 4 minute decks (including game load time and the card awards at the end) depending on your cards, note the rules changes you need to make.

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2-turn S rank

Tower of Caelum 1
Min dice: 6
Shuffle: Off

(HUM) Silfer vs (COM) Reiz, Creature=0

In this EXACT order:

Fly
Dice+1
Guard
Rika's Claw
Exchange
HP Attack
SW Attack
FL Attack
+whatevercardsyoulike

Turn 1 - Play Fly on Reiz, Dice+1 on yourself
Defensive turn - Guard
Turn 2 - Equip Rika's Claw, Exchange, then attack with the 3-card attack combo.

If you don't have Rika's Claw you can modify the deck a little to use Yasi3000R.

Note: You can hold X during the card award scrolling to speed it up.

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3-turn S rank

If you don't have Fly yet:

Nebula 2
Min dice: 6
Shuffle: Off

(HUM) Hyze vs (COM) Reiz, Creature=0

Again, exact order:

Nano Dragon
Dice +1
Dice +1
Dark Gunner
Guard
Guard
HP Attack
AB Attack
FL Attack
Split Boost
+whatevercardsyoulike

Turn 1 - Set Nano, Dice+1
Turn 2 - Set Dark Gunner NEXT TO Hyze, Play other Dice+1, move Nano in front of Hyze
Defensive turn - play the 2 Guard cards
Turn 3 - Attack with the 4-card combo

Note: The Dark Gunner is not necessary offline as HP attack is cost 2.

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DISCLAIMER / WARNING: The S-rank decks above are very, very boring to execute and are only useful for fast cards and level (good for things like the recent card festival and restoring corrupts). I would advise against doing this lots as you will put yourself off the game very fast!

20 minute S is now 2 minute S with the aid of my new friendly neighbourhood sinow zele. Its taken me ages to get one becuase me, twinkazz & twinbanj all seem to have problems finding any.

Risu Wrote:VS HUM:

Main point is damage dealt vs damage taken, and not letting the SC lose HP. The rank formula:

35 + (Attack Damage - Damage Taken) + (Max Card Combo x 3) - (Story Character Damage x 1.8) - (Turns x 2.7) + (Action Card Negated Damage x 0.8)
....
etc

Guess you could just use the calculator on our site?

http://ragol.warcrafttavern.com/calculat...rank.shtml

decswxaqz Wrote:Guess you could just use the calculator on our site?

http://ragol.warcrafttavern.com/calculat...rank.shtml

The point is to understand the system, not just be able to work it out - for which having the formula in the post was useful for those too lazy to look at the calculator.