Hey guys!

Let's talk a bit about Stacking with these topics:

-What is it?

-Why do it ?

-Suggestions

What is it?

Starting off with explanations about what exactly do people mean when they say "stacked position 1 ninja"

It's a strategy method , a playstyle per say

Basically it means putting all the best equipment (best magatama,rune stones,charm level, refine level, treasured tool) to your 1 ninja in team which is often the position 1 ninja as you want him to be first one to move in fight.

It often translates to leaving your other ninjas behind on upgrading (for example there are players who go to extremes and have level 12 rune stones and level 9 magatamas on position 1 ninja but they have only level 3-4 rune stone/magatama on their position 4 ninja)

Why do it ?

Now there are some teams that wouldn't benefit from this method and those are mostly defensive teams.

The teams that mostly benefit from this method are the heavy offense ones, especially the ones that revolve around 3 buffer/support + 1 damage dealer (for example Edo Deidara teams, Kushimaru teams, Lightning Main blitz, Hokage Minato full buff teams etc etc)

Why do it? It's very simple, due to this method your position 1 main damage dealer will hit HARD and also be quite tanky as bonus, making it possible to even 1 shot someone who is same power as you in numbers.

However the downside is that it makes your other ninjas hit less and be less tanky therefore it's best to use pure support/buffer ninjas as the other 3.

Suggestions:

As for suggestions it will vary depending on your options in the game, whether you are a bigger/smaller spender or free player.

I'd say bigger spenders can go for the extremes such as leaving your pos2-3-4 equipment a lot behind (for example level 5 rune stones on pos2-3-4 and level 11 on pos1) because they can afford to make that happen quite fast and then improve a bit of other positions after that also.

Smaller spenders can't go for those extremes, I'd recommend low spenders to slowly upgrade their position 2 ninjas along with position 1 also (for example level 5 rune stone on pos3-4, level 7-8 on pos2 , level 10 on pos1)

Free players are quite tricky, since they find it very hard to afford the high levels of the power upgrading, I'd recommend for them to try going the same method as low spenders however it will take them longer time.

That was just a quick suggestion, I'll make another thread with detailed recommendations about stacking goals for each power feature so please look forward to it !

Hope you guys found this info useful as always!