Hi guys! I'm not the best player or most knowledgable or anything, but I thought I'd just go ahead and share some strategy ideas I have!


I'll jump right in: I see a lot of argument and discussion about specific lineups, but I think what makes a good lineup relies more greatly on the power roles of each ninja rather than one particular ninja over the other.


When I'm talking about power roles, I mean a format that's used in a lot of video games that I've sort of retrofitted to apply to this one. In many battle teams, there's a tank, a healer, a damage dealer, and sometimes a power controller.


Tanks usually are characters that are placed in the front, middle row, or around there. They take a lot of damage and have great defense, their role is to draw the attack to them and away from the other team members.


I've found that Chiyo makes a great tank, as she can take a lot of damage and her two puppets both protect her and do damage themselves, so she doesn't have to be put in the front. Plus, she can revive other characters, so that's awesome. I'm still playing around with some other tank ideas as I get more characters. Choji is also a pretty good tank I've found, and Kurenai c*so be a healer, but she doubles as a tank as well. Neji and Hinata make great tanks because their ninjutsu makes them hard to hit.


Healers' role is pretty straight forward, to heal other team members. If the healer c*so do some damage, that's great. Healers are usually in the back behind another ninja, because they're very important and if possible should always be the last ones to go down. Personally, I enjoy Sakura as my healer, but some other good ones are Kabuto, Kurenai, and Karen. Kabuto heals more but less often, and Karen doesn't heal as much, but she deals the enemy a lot of poison, which is helpful.


Damage Dealers make up most characters of the game. Their job is in their name: deal damage. They also should somewhat guard the healer. Personally, Kakashi is one of my favorite of these. Not all DDs are strong, but there are plenty of him. Some other good ones are Naruto, Kiba, Guy, Lee, Sasuke, etc. There are usually 1-3 DDs on a team (I recommend no more than 2), and they're placed behind the tank or on either side.


Power Controllers in this case, don't have a huge part in the game. The power, being chakra. Any character that restores or uses minimal chakra in this case could be a controller. I don't know if there's really a good example in this game because I haven't unlocked that many characters yet, but both Sai and Lee are good because they don't use chakra for their mystery power, and they don't have a long move waiting period.


I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT! I'm probably wrong about a lot of things, so please don't get upset if you disagree with all of this! Simply let me know what you think! Thanks for reading! Hope I helped maybe put some ideas in your mind!