Now I know all the Fire mains out there think the game is about stacking Tobi and combos and burning all the things... but it's really not.
With a bit of craftiness, positioning, utility, and decent initiative you can wipe out 16 teams of ninja without loss of life.
Most of these I cleared using my patented Vampire Lord build. li
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Survival Tips!
1) Iruka is God Mode. A tanky interrupter, a shield for your team, a buff to your damage, there is no better character for Survival.
2) Healers, debuff cleansers, and clones are extremely valuable against an awful AI that doesn't understand how to handle them.
3) Sakura and/or Tsunade are beautiful condition dispellers. Carry one with you and don't let conditions stay on you for long.
4) Don't neglect the Retreat option. This isn't PVP, there is no shame in a "Defeat" screen if it saves your ninjas from death.
5) The enemy is a bunch of predictable robots. Learn their turn sequence then restart the battle and counter every move they make.
6) In mixed support teams, target and eliminate the damage dealer first. The healers can't hurt you, kill what actually can.
7) Is your enemy using a mega combo of absolute terror? Identify the lynchpin and stop the combo. Paralysis, Immobile, Interrupt.
8) Once you've destroyed their damaging threats, don't rush to murder the enemy. Give your healers a few rounds to patch you up.
9) Don't just use the same positioning every round! You'd be shocked at how often moving people on the grid produces better results.
10) Facing a stronger opponent than you? Poison and Ignition scale, use them to wear them down while using clones to tank.
When I faced condition teams, I didn't use a skill turn 1. I let them apply their conditions, waited for near the end of the turn, then hit Sakura to get rid of them all. When I faced tanky teams I stacked damage, relying also on people like Kimimaro or Neji to avoid early hits so I could isolate and eliminate the targets that were destroying me. At one point I faced an Earth main that abuses shields and poison stacks... so I brought Kabuto and Naruto and abused Clones and dispels. Go ahead and poison my clones, see if I care. Kabuto prioritizes healing your real ninja of their conditions. Iruka likewise can shield ALL of Naruto's clones.
I even faced an unholy abomination team with a Fire main using Tobi/Orochimaru, a team based entirely on burning down and slaying one ninja with rapid combo damage output. How to fix that? AOE shields, clones to absorb the sleep attacks, and controlling the life of my ninja with magas/moods to ensure my resistance-heavy condition-immune main takes all the damage. After which he just vampires up to full health again. :lol
The quick and easy: Figure out what the enemy is trying to do with their team setup and don't let them do it. Your team will win with autoattacks if it has to. Just keep the enemy jutsu under control, keep conditions off of you, and have a plan for health restoration. Combos help make it easier but you have 10 rounds to do it in. Plenty of time. This post was last edited by Kyutaru at 2016-8-31 04:15