I keep seeing posts where people are frustrated with the arena. I happen to love it and do well, it's pretty rare that I lose to the bots. Would there be any interest in watching me blow through a few rounds of Icerun Event Arena on discord? I can show you how I play and talk about my choices as I make them. No pressure to get on the mic yourself, I'm more than happy to talk to myself.
I want everyone to get as much as they can out of the icerun event, and my secondary goal is getting people into the regular arena so I have more people to play against (long shot, I know). There really is no one best way to play, I see people I recognize as rivals from the regular arena giving different advice than I would. It's part of why I love the game so much.
In the mean time, here's some tips on my play style for Icerun Event Arena:
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as soon as a battle starts, hit refresh.
*I'm just going for synergies. 3 Tactician, 4 assailant, 2 or 4 dueler are my first choices. I try and get 2 or 3 of those combos then go from there.
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Any piece you buy, you can sell for the same cost later. Don't be
afraid to buy 'the wrong one'. Sell it if you think one more refresh
would help your hand or you need room.
*If it makes sense,
have 2 of the same cards in play, plan for it even. Cards with the same synergies will work together. For example,
having 2 lupins out in the beginning of the game will give you a great
synergy, even if they're both one star.
*PAY
ATTENTION to the passive combat abilities. Pieces with dodge, extra hp,
or status-effects-when-hit go in front. Pieces in front will get hit
first. Some passive abilities will work well with synergies, but for the pieces in Icerun Event I find there's nothing notable. Some people like building a Passive Aggressive team.
I never even look
at auto-attack or special.
*if you're getting defeated, that's fine and not an indication of having a bad plan. I get defeated a lot in the first third of the game. It's about the end game, having a plan and knowing it's going to work once everyone is in play.
I love pieces with Hyped, I hate Backstab. The Varani and Stork are my most loved guys, but you need one more piece with tactician to go with them or there's no point in having them. It's like that for all pieces, there are no "good pieces" only "good combinations of pieces".
