puppylove4: You're welcome to try to run one, but I don't see much support from better players or the staff. I consider SR25 to be average - and with the way the rank system works, you could actually have an even 50% win/loss record and still get rank 28 if you just played enough games.
As for a Kongai tournament, the 2nd league is starting sometime soon - within a few weeks probably. Skill Rank 30 or higher is required for entry. There may be a junior league run for people in lower ranks, say 25-29, if we find someone that wants to run it.
Hahahahaha @ "[Juju] has no major defenses". I mean, JujuFeather is the most defensible character in the entire game. He can take a beating then heal up the damage afterwards. In addition to his innate blocking a variety of debuffs, muti-hit light and dark magic attacks aren't generally worth using on him, and he has a reasonable chance of dodging at least one physical attack per game. Like ValkAnex, I wouldn't consider him broken (that is, he doesn't destroy the game), but he IS on the overpowered side.
25 wins = 10 cards, then you do the current challenge for another, then you pick 3 starters after that. 25 wins playing Random All for 14 cards is not exactly that tough nor does it take that long. (This is assuming you don't pick starters at first, which unfortunately most new players do.)
phabyos: Skill is drastically more important than the cards used - just play Random All to start. The game is balanced enough overall that you can win with anything if you're better than your opponent. (That's not to say there aren't imbalances, like how awful Helene is, but the big picture is decent!)
Crusader32: Taf starts are usually a bad idea actually. Basically you might get lucky and catch a Rumiko, but otherwise you're at a disadvantage in most matchups.
Covaxe: So basically you want an advantage over the other players? Hell, you can still have that to some extent - multiple copies of the same item are all useful!
Random: If they are actually afk and passing both phases, I would propose that they auto-forfeit after 4 rounds of that. If they're playing and just playing slowly, eh - the timers aren't that long anyway, and some people think out their options slower than others.
SlimOne: Ranked matchs would have to be the same time limit for all involved. You could add a 'no time limit' option for unranked, but that would be pretty pointless as nobody is complaining about not having enough time. Overall, the time limit is set to a good amount, and some people just think through their options slower than others. Have a little patience.
Destroyer96: Uh, hate to break it to you, but Skill Rank 20 is considered pretty bad and/or new :P At any rate, the skill rank system only lets you play + or - 15 skill ranks at most, so newbies can't really play anyone good until they win a few games and pull SR10-15 anyway. In addition, playing people better than you is often a good way to learn to be better yourself.
socipath: Actually, intercepts are somewhat rare in higher level play because they are such high risk; say you intercept there while Andro rests, now you're at an energy disadvantage.
DiomedesDiaz: Eh, There are several characters that do okay versus ValkAnex - CritAnex isn't one of them, though. CandleAnex does decently, as does Oni, Yoshi, Ambro, MLM, and others. She's a powerhouse with a lot of advantages and a hits fleeing attack, but she's not unstoppable.
runerocker864: Phoebe is *not* good against Anex, and in fact that's part of the reason Phoebe sucks in this meta. So let's say they are at range - even if Phoebe has CritStone, She only has a 48.5% chance of stunning or critting (30.6% otherwise), and then is 98% to eat a powerzone Power Toss. (Granted, if Phoebe wins she's unhurt and when Anex wins she's hurt, but Anex in powerzone is still a huge threat.) Now, when you look further, what is more realistic here? Anex moves close. At close she does more damage than Phoebe, and even if Phoebe later brings it far again her speed is now slower than Anex, and she's getting knocked away before she can Lash.
fexen: The speed is actually HUGE on Anex. 9 Speed at close, 7 Speed hits fleeing, 5 Speed nuke that interrupts Rush of Bats/Spirit Assistance/Hex? It's not unstoppable, but Valk is her preferred item for good reason.
ddent - The funny thing about lowering Anex's stats is that making her have 0 dark resistance instead of 1 is actually a buff! Honestly the main thing she needs is quite simple -- Valk Charm giving +1 speed instead of +2. It becomes merely a useful item instead of THE item.
Ilux - SR50 is the highest possible; 45? Is the highest achieved. Generally speaking, Under SR20 is new or awful, SR21-25 is below average, SR26-29 is starting to be decent, and SR30+ is pretty good.
Sandyoso - There will be 20 new characters, not 3. Assumedly there will also be 20 items to go with them. Balancing that is no mean feat, but we'll do what we can; hopefully they'll still work with us and patch multiple times down the line.
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