I agree. Everybody with lIght main-shisui-itachi anbu-iruka or kushimaru-jimpachi-light main-sasori. So sick of this.. more than half or my server are light main because of root of warrior E===D

same goes to hiruzen some people thought he can control the game even had same bp or more . yet it not .

i know sure thing anout that

( EVERYONE ARE TOO LAZY TO DO THAT )

and i agree with you i even hate to see minato hokage and shisui teams in arena or in anywhere i know some ppl they never change they team from where minato was in lucky sn@tch and this was from long long long time i just hate meet those players -__-

may i ask what is your current lineup?

The thing is, there will always be a "meta" or High Competitive teams in every competitive game you play. This can't be avoided, people will play the best ninjas.

So the best thing for you to do is play "Anti-meta" that focuses on breaking the meta.

For example, Jinpachi, Kushi, Edo Sasori, LM, just run Han/MM to counter Kushi, when Kushi drops the team falls apart.

The things you've said is all okay for me, but the only thing that irritates me is the idea of comparing things from other versions of the game to what we are having and getting here .. The arguments and debates, rants and comparisons that "ah here they get it free then us pays for this","this ninja was given for free in this version, whole set", "better give full set or don't give at all" life what the *censored* man, its better to have something than nothing completely and don't take other people who is already contented with what they get with your *censored* idea .. "this is intended to be free but being sold here" like how the hell did you know that the said ninja or item is intended to be free? ah yes, because you saw it or watched it from other version's youtube video .. Everything they release and update here in EN is what the management intends to give and not anything else ..

Back to the real topic, well people tends to copy teams when they see it good and strong better than to what they self made or built .. If the said teams from other versions are good enough to gave them win then they will copy it .. Everybody wants to have a good strong team and what they will do is go for the already proved and tested teams .. I admit i'm one of those people who only copies teams from other people of from youtubers but sometimes i adjust the compositions specially if i don't have one of the ninja .. But yeah, creating team is fun to do and i actually doing it now, i have a bunch of screenshots from simulator that i mix-match so it will be ready for me to check if i plan to use the teams i mix-match ..

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You forgot that people will also get bored and quit if they play creative but weak teams. And if you create a well balanced team people will be quick to copy it anyway. It is sad, but this is how this kind of games are.

This is why the best phase of the game is mid game when people have some ninja from treasures, but maybe not a full meta lineup. And you c*so actually win with improvised teams because not everybody owns a shisui or a minato.

Maybe in the future when we have more ninja and breakthroughs we'll see more creative teams. Oh wait... half the community are already putting together their kakuzos and edo deidaras

The reason we cant necessarily make to teams or innovate new stuff is what naruto online is. It's a browser game. There will always be top tier ninjas and what i meant by that is either you have the money or you dont. Power triumphs all and to get that power you need to commit to be a "p2w player". There really isnt much after that honestly. Only the 10% that actually spends alot in this game MAY think about counter teams but that'll be copy because lets be honest, there isnt much counters either. Just who have the money or who doesnt.

See. Very unpopular opinion: It doesn't matter how strategic you are, if you dont have the money, you're not going to win. And that *s.

Even high spenders have the same issue as you. Unless you are the top whale, you pretty much cannot win space time unless they no show. Play to have fun, and not being #1. You'll never be #1 in your server bracket unless you are spending ten's of thousands of dollars a year on this game.

The idea of "creating your own squad, making your own strategies" sounds very nice, but if you think about it, in a game like naruto where a person can only use 3 other ninjas + the main, teams that will actually be good limited to a small pool. I agree it's a bit tiring to see so many of the same teams, and that's why I enjoyed the mid-game the most where not everyone had the ninjas to make a complete meta team and had to test out ideas using the rare ninjas they pulled and other substitutes. I run the Kushi blitz, but it's not like I haven't tested out other teams. I have jonin minato, roshi, a few rares here and there from treasures, but testing them out in actuality, they don't seem to have the same effect that Kushi has. The bond mystery might give minato a push to the frontline, but by how expensive it is right now, I still need to piece the materials slowly. meta teams are there cuz they are top tier, and there isn't any way around it. And since this game is limited resourced, no one wants to waste their scrolls, money, coupons, and they will go for the teams that have stabilized themselves as the best.

My Mains Teams From My Journey in Naruto:

-SB, Hinata, Sasuke, Kabuto

-MB, Kimi, Sasuke, Kabuto

-MB, Kimi, Iruka, Sasuke

-MB, Danzo, Iruka, Kimi

-AF, Mei, GNW 1010, Mabui

-Chojuro, Mei, Ao, AF

-Chojuro, Mei, Mangetsu, AF

-Kushi, Jinpachi, Mangetsu, LM

-Kushi, Jinpachi, Onoki, LM

-Kushi, Jinpachi, Edo Sasori, LM

My tested teams prob go at least twice if not 3 times as long as that; it's just to a certain point, one team will have the best results and until you get something extremely good, nothing will change.

lol maybe u didn't stack enough xD; my kushi has like 35% on my team's power, but becuz i stack so hard, i find running water main teams tough, since it requires water main to survive

ninjas are limited.. people plan to make the best they can.. not all people can spend money to pull everything in the seal treasure.. and if the team is strong.. then why didn't use that.. it's up to people what they want to use.. if you c*e edo sasori in kushimaru lineup, why the hell you wanna use other ninja that can make the team weaker.. that's the point.. understand what the meaning of meta before you wanna talk about strategy lol.. the one that made the LINEUP you see in youtube videos came from thinking aka "strategy"..

I think the main reason people rely on China/Germany for teams is because they had these ninjas longer th* and have already run teams through the ringer until they find the better teams that end up becoming meta. That's why China has more variety. They are the first to get new ninjas so they actually have to do the work in figuring out what teams work and what teams don't. By the time we get new ninjas, China has already put that ninja through most teams that you can think of. I try to make teams off of what I myself think will work good, but it's hard to ignore good teams that you see in versions months to years ahead of us using while I'm watching space-time videos for entertainment purposes.

I will add a bit from myself~ Many people here are totally right and both sides of discussion too- people want to have as effective team as possible and if there's model of a team that is just great- they will aim for it and use it- because why make game harder? If someone already find out, tested and rock with certain lineup- then it's fine to copy.

And there are people who can't follow meta so fast, with lack of luck/resources and will just try to build what's best from what they have- or certain counter for the most meta teams/ninjas.

There are also those who just wanna play their fav ninjas or have fun with new teams so they will build new, creative teams and won't look at W/L ratio SO MUCH, because they have different targets in this game. Or simply refuse to play meta.

And you can't force any of them to change how they see this game and their way of playing- so just let everyone have fun their way. And as long as it happens to be annoying to see all the same lineups whole time- if something is a common problem then best is to build common counter for it.

As for me- I'm low spender without much lack for event ninjas and I'm always trying to build and play some new, more creative teams- as for now I'm mostly proud of my arena champ team: Han, Mei, Yagura with fire main- another season and going strong with 6 paths, gained within 2 hours of playing ranked. Han is awesome against all the Midnighty-chans and Yagura is life saver for when I don't get my barrier. And that team was created with main reason to break OP, at some time, team of 1010/Mei/Mabui and it did works just perfect.

And last thing- this game could be 100% creative when it comes to strategies and lineups only if all the ninjas had same good stats and skills- totally balanced to the point when you could drop a team with Choji and he would own Shark/Angel team. In short words- not really possible.

nope, on bonds it's enough 1 hokage minato or 1 han+kisame samehada and they are very easy to face on par power.

it's up to you if following them or not, is not said at all that chinese options are the best in our gameplay because our high tier ninja availability is way different than in china (look at how many people owns hokage minato, shisui and kushina habanero in comparison with the average chinese player!). And some options we have make some ninjas that in china are op not so op here because or we miss some feature or we have them implemented before others.

Oasis is planning the distribution of the ninjas and of the features exactly to avoid that chinese metas are metas here too for the vast majority of the playerbase, so yes, is better if you think with your head.

Its easy for p2w to make some fun teams and play game when they have all ninjas and power, what should i do? i was lucky with shisui and now i should stop using him and ofc i have to use clasic light main team bcs i dont have any good ninja to pair it (angel konan, madara, kurama, kushina or any other ninja on that rage)with him,when i c*e really strong lineup(masked, shisui, itachi) and im using it like 4-5 months maybe even more. :P