You could rage and produce no results or you could just raise your power. This is what I did after trying out the many guides out their in the forum and on youtube and it didn't work out for me. So I just raised my power and kept on trying until I was able to beat it. Remember, certain classes will be easier to do certain ninja exams so you could switch mains. There is a reason why it is much easy to do ninja exam 140 as an earth main compared to any other main.

Right, so, if my power is right now 4k above the recommended value, why the hell is that the recommended value? Why not like seven thousand more than it is now (around 50k)? Why is this game constantly godd4mn lying to me? Meanwhile, the recommended power for something I COMPLETED AT LESS THAN 40K MAX (around 36k with the team I was using) was 51,500 (the last Ultimate Challenge). Of course you can pass every single NE level with enough power, but the point is to be able to pass it with the right strategy. My point: UNLESS YOU SPEND AT LEAST $500 THERE'S NO GODD4MN STRATEGY TO TAKE YOU THROUGH NE 123.

I'm wondering which teams you used.. After looking at a video for Ninja Exam 123 with 51k bp and ninjas which every f2p player can have, i'm curious how your lineup looked like.

the recommended power is just the outcome of *gorithm that calculates it based on some specific stats/levels, doesn't consider at all any special abilities ninjas own in those exams.

believe me that ninja exam 123 is just the first of many very hard to beat exams you are going to face after it (127, 132, 140 for example...).

When my f2p char in UK pulled mei. I immediately went through exam 123 at 44k power, using the regular mabui 1010 mei lineup.... Funny enough, black hidan is actually poor for that specific exam.

Yeah well I don't have too many viable ninjas. Kazekage Gaara, Fu, Onoki, GNW 1010, Mabui, Hashirama, WB Asuma and a few others are the ninjas I'd call valuable. Believe me though, I know very well how to put to use the F2P ninjas that I sometimes rely on. In case I failed to explain this before, I've never needed help with any single level so far, including all the elite parts of plot instances, all the UTs and every NE up to 123. Most of the time, I didn't even have the recommended power, and if that doesn't mean much, add to that the fact that my teams would often die really fast because I was going through those levels prematurely, and yet with the right strategy I still managed to clear them. 123 is just plain bs.

Just git gud

I think the takeaway here is that they should just remove the recommended power thing because evidently there are people out there that might get bothered by that. It really serves no purpose anyways. You go as far as you can in Ninja Exam and when it seems too tough you gain some power and then get back to it. Most people already do that, I think. Apparently, there are some that actually look at the recommended power thing and think that should be some kinda gospel to guide them in what they're entitled to be passing...

I know it can be frustrated, been there done that.

If you have watched video(s) how to beat ninja exam "this"

Firstly you need to annnnnnnnnnnalyse how this person beat the exam.

If you don't have the same ninja. Try to create your own team with similar buffs and chases.

Timing is also crucial in some exams, i.e. when to use mystery. Even though you have exact same team, but you didn't use mystery at right timing, result would be different.

It's called "exams" for reasons.

p.s. censor words can be annoying sometimes ==