how?

[whiteninja]

Furthermore - here's a little trick I picked up. The AI will block your first attack if it can, then none of them afterwards. That's why I always attack first with a nice tentative move, then power everything into my subsequent attacks.

Yeah, whenever you attack, it's best to first attack with a weak lil' dude who'll do 1 or 2 damage, and then they waste their Gaurd and DEF dice on that, so when your Hildebear comes along with a Attack > Slash > Rampage combo, they won't have didly to stop it.

I do not understand how the team block works - and it annoys me. Could anyone clear that one up?

The thing where the ally's picture pops up and says a stupid phrase? I know how that works. Every time you are about to win, or they are 1 step away from winning, that happens so that you do 0 damage or they do infinite! (depending on who's attacking and being attacked) It has never happened to me though (my ally never assists me), it's happened against me alot though. It's also seperate from them playing an "Ally OK" card, because they do that normally.