[America Server] Discussions

[gleaming parcel]

For Lyney

No Fischl but a Lyney team

[thorny oyster]

hmm

theres like

[gleaming parcel]

Could yae work instead??

[thorny oyster]

bennett thunderbird lyney i guess?

but i have no idea if its good

it works tho

i think

[gleaming parcel]

What about cards to go with it though. What support cards

[thorny oyster]

magic package

yae will make the deck significantly worse tho

methinks

[gleaming parcel]

The quality makes it hard to read… is that your deck??

[thorny oyster]

because no initial application

[thorny oyster]

no.... its a deck from cn

[gleaming parcel]

That doesn’t help me

[thorny oyster]

lemme just send a link from genshincards then

[gleaming parcel]

What would a rotation even look like, I don’t even know how his card works

[thorny oyster]

should be easier to read

[thorny oyster]

its fischl e -> nahida e round 1

[gleaming parcel]

I regularly use Yae - Nahida - Tighnari and I have a orettt solid rotation down but Lyney obviously works differently than nari

[thorny oyster]

you can even foschl e -> lyney prop arrow r1

it depends on the matchup

and stuff

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah I don’t know half of these cards by name alone

I told you I don’t want to use Fischl

[thorny oyster]

uh then how would you know it?

other than... name

[gleaming parcel]

By the picture???

[thorny oyster]

lemme try hoyolab

1s1s

[gleaming parcel]

I also don’t understand why Fischl is better when Yae’s summon lasts for longer

[thorny oyster]

because fischl apply 2 elements round 1, while yae apply it only once

which is huge

and a lot more pressure

[gleaming parcel]

Uhh they both only apply electro? Fischl doesn’t apply 2 elements

[thorny oyster]

she applies once on cast, and oz applies another one end of turn

also nvm i cant access card plaza hoyolab on phone

:sadge:

[gleaming parcel]

okay???
I mean Yae can apply for up to 4 turns consecutively

[thorny oyster]

game ends in round 3, and yae doesnt have electro application on demand except normal attack 👍

[gleaming parcel]

Game doesn’t end in 3 rounds??

I’m also lot looking for the most meta deck ever… I don’t like being told I have to play a certain way and being forced into only using an exact set of cards. I want a good team but still have a say in what I play

[thorny oyster]

most games nowaday ends in round 3 and round 4....

[gleaming parcel]

screw off

[thorny oyster]

i didnt force you to play it, i even tell you another option

duh

this guy cant read

[gleaming parcel]

no you didn’t actually give me another option

[gleaming parcel]

Not really

[thorny oyster]

i give you this option but you keep asking about the first deck, so i keep talking about the first deck

....

[gleaming parcel]

ugh I can’t do this conversation again.
Cause it always ends up with people hating me.

[thorny oyster]

i just want to help

😔

[gleaming parcel]

Well you’re not helping

I mentioned trying Yae Lyney Nahida as an alternative to Fischl Lyney Nahida and I was shut down immediately

I explained why I was looking at that deck and I was still shut down

[pine heron]

I can ping one of my friends and he'll help you properly

Nomad help him

[gleaming parcel]

I’m not a him.

[thorny oyster]

you can still play that if you want, im just telling you from my view, which is what i stand because i cant spread misinformation, that why fischl is better, you can still play yae if you want i noone forcing you not to, im just telling why will it be worse than fischl 😔

[gleaming parcel]

im not a boy.

[pine heron]

Oh sorry

[gleaming parcel]

Don’t assume everyone here is a male.

[polar barn]

ah man i forgot to ping again

i blame creamlet for that

[ancient spindle]

Creamlet

[polar barn]

hi
i remember u

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah your view is that I’ll suck unless I play the exact meta deck
And I can’t stand when people have that mindset.

What works for one player doesn’t work for everyone. Heck, what even works for most doesn’t work for everyone.

I do like to at least have fun while I’m playing.

Last time I asked for help here about a specific deck I mentioned characters I wanted to use and people suggested a couple different decks to go with those characters.

Tha wasn’t what happened here at all

[polar barn]

this u

i presume

[willow lion]

yeah

i used to be up there top 3 and then school hit

[polar barn]

yeah

[willow lion]

didnt play for the rest of the season and still got top 10

some how

[polar barn]

yeah bcz everyone else also slowed down

it's dead nowdays

[ancient spindle]

Hmm Natan

[polar barn]

i don't know who this is

[gleaming parcel]

guess I won’t get help then, have fun rekindling your admiration or whatever

[polar barn]

hmm

now that mirai ia also back

i must play in NA

[willow lion]

how do i know that ive succesfully registered

is there a role

[pine heron]

Bad old days when I used to get farmed by this girl named lalisa

[polar barn]

dw u still will

[gleaming parcel]

that doesn’t make us feel better

[pine heron]

Try me

[polar barn]

really bozo

[pine heron]

Yup

[polar barn]

[pine heron]

Be ready to get bullied

[supple marsh]

if you hit register again and you see your info already on there then you should be all set

[willow lion]

stream it i wanna watch

[willow lion]

so ig i should be set

[pine heron]

We have potato phones and I'm outside

[willow lion]

wait theres spectate now right

let me spec

give a uid

[pine heron]

I can't play now

[willow lion]

oh

😔

[polar barn]

gib ur uid

ill add

although my main region is asia tough

[pine heron]

But for your kind information I'll let you know I can lose to a NPC but surely not against someone named nomadge

[gleaming parcel]

Can I please have help building a deck or do I just not matter any more

[willow lion]

mercy to opponenet is cruelty to self

[polar barn]

bro u lost to me twice in tournaments
and i only lost u once go figure

[willow lion]

:clueless:

[gleaming parcel]

Please, I lost every game last season . It’s hardly gonna hurt you.

But that’s a horrible mindset to even think that way

[pine heron]

Oh really I don't recall it

[gleaming parcel]

I was told I could come here for help, and you’re kicking me out the door

[polar barn]

[gleaming parcel]

and you don’t even care

[polar barn]

relax

[gleaming parcel]

its hard to relax when I’m being ignored and refused help

[polar barn]

he isn't someone to ask for help he just came back
on the contrary he is on the same page as u probably

[gleaming parcel]

despite being told multiple times that this would always be a place to ask for help

[polar barn]

aks specific questions

[gleaming parcel]

I was just asking for general help

[polar barn]

im sure people will answer

[gleaming parcel]

I did??

How specific do you want me to be

[willow lion]

anyone wanna fight

i wanna see how washed i am

i cant tell the power level of opponent in random queue

[polar barn]

fite me

[willow lion]

609882669

[polar barn]

deck building even I have trouble
i resort to netdecking at this point

giv me a bit to login

[gleaming parcel]

how does Lyney’s card work

What would a rotation with Lyney Yae Miko and Nahida look like

What is a general idea for the kind of cards I should use as support

I compared the team to my Nahida Yae nari team and while I feel like I could do something similar with the deck it’s unlikely

How do I play the characters I want to play and still be successful without being in a specific box and not forced to only play with specific cards and not a specific deck where if you don’t play that deck you lose every single match and make a fool of yourself again

How do I not be someone that others look down on as a player with out succumbing to box that is meta

How specific do you really want to be because I’ve asked these questions

And I keep being dismissed

I’m not a top player; I’m new to competitive play and last season was my first season. I got my asked kicked. Destroyed my mental health after losing 15 games in a row in a single day.

Im asking for help and I’m being kicked to the curb despite being told that this server would be otherwise for players that needed help.
I’m not asking for your pity or shame. I’m asking for help.

anaaaannmddd you’re gone again

Fine. Forget it. What’s the point.

If you don’t care just say so.
Enjoy your power.

[pearl glade]

NA server welcomes you with open arms

@willow lion i am down to spar sometimes if you want

[willow lion]

wow this is so joever

i misplayed badly

[pine heron]

See you in tavern

[pearl glade]

https://tenor.com/view/bromance-sig-curtis-alex-louis-armstrong-fullmetal-fma-gif-18194534

[pine heron]

Still need to grind cards for NA

[pearl glade]

are u gonna grind all three regions?

for ctg

[pine heron]

Probably yes

[polar barn]

[polar barn]

i said others will answer
not me

u see im old now

and i don't have the same energy

as before

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah will no one has answered period.
No one cares. Period. And that’s been proven

Idk why people assume I was only asking you

[polar barn]

ok ill try

but I don't know much myself

[gleaming parcel]

If it was a single question to a single person I would have dmed you or pinged you

[polar barn]

he has 3 intresting skills

[pale blaze]

wdym by power, just curious

[polar barn]

prop arrow which is his NA other than standard physical

deals 2 pyro

summons a hat

which deals 1 damage end phase

reduces 1 hp

gives one stack

when u do E his E does 3 + no of stacks

[gleaming parcel]

They said that helping someone was bad because it’s helping the enemy. That helping others hurts them.
They were also busy marveling over someone who ranked high almost a year ago.
I meant literal power.

[polar barn]

and heals no of stacks

his burst deals 3 and summons the same stuff as his NA and gives one stack

so if u do NA amd bhrst than his E will deal 5 damage and heal for 2

[gleaming parcel]

What do you mean by NA and E

[polar barn]

E is elemental skill

NA is well Normal attack

prop arrow

other than physical standard NA

[gleaming parcel]

Ok. Sorry I don’t use pc

[pale blaze]

idk who who said that or where, but most people are willing to help others people improve !! hopefully no one’s that competitive to the point where they think that “helping people is helping their enemy”

[polar barn]

u see not many people are as active as they use to before

[gleaming parcel]

It’s also the middle of the night. Most people are asleep.

[polar barn]

morning for AS

[gleaming parcel]

But this isn’t the Asia discussion channel.

[polar barn]

wel this is not asia thread nvm

[gleaming parcel]

🌝

[pale blaze]

oh hm idk what they mean by that 😭

[gleaming parcel]

That helping someone is hurtful to themself.
Helping someone is showing them mercy.

Which to them is hurting themself and hurting their chances of winning.

[polar barn]

pretty sure that was not meant to be taken literally but whatever

[gleaming parcel]

I was told that this was a helpful server, but pretty much everyone that is active here right now at this has ignored me and shut me out.

[polar barn]

let's do the qna thing

don't mind the distractions

[pale blaze]

hm thanks

[gleaming parcel]

Well it was.
If it was a joke then it wasn’t a very good one.

[polar barn]

why does this vibe remind me of andrew

[gleaming parcel]

That’s why I got defensive… the competitive players here are too competitive.
This isn’t the first time either.

[gleaming parcel]

Who is Andrew

[polar barn]

my old friend

anyhow

lyney has kind of similar role as mona

but u trade fast swap for more damage

[gleaming parcel]

I don’t really use Mona so I wouldn’t know how she works

[polar barn]

more personal damage

as overload is inferior to eltrocharge early phase of the game

[gleaming parcel]

Okay….

[polar barn]

mona

[gleaming parcel]

Sorry I’m just a bit lost

[polar barn]

combined with summons deal efficient damage

[gleaming parcel]

I don’t think I’ve ever used Mona

I don’t even think I have her card

[pine heron]

Missing your old friend

[polar barn]

instead of this

would u mind answering questions

smh

[gleaming parcel]

I guess yeah

I probably would understand Lyney better once I use him tbh

I’d

Idk

I just really like Lyney and I wanna use him

[polar barn]

there is this deck which is getting bit popular consist of lyney fischl and nahida

[pine heron]

Nah, I don't want to escalate the situation in a bad way

[polar barn]

predecessor of mnec ig

mona nahida fischl

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah that was mentioned, I don’t really like using Fischl though
So I asked about using Yae Miko instead

[polar barn]

hmm

u can use yae tbh

both are vaible

[pale blaze]

im sure they’d be willing to help

[gleaming parcel]

someone said it would be a bad choice and I’d suck though

[polar barn]

it's about preference

yae goes good into stall

[gleaming parcel]

You’d be suprised.
It’s pretty 50/50

[polar barn]

and Fish better against aggro

ig

[gleaming parcel]

yeah I just don’t like Fischl

[pale blaze]

nomad is helping u !! there’s definitely more nice people than people unwilling to help

[polar barn]

im not nice

[pale blaze]

oh !

well

[polar barn]

i got my friend banned

[pale blaze]

pls ?

uh

well there’s definitely more people willing to help then unwilling to help !

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah, after over an hour of begging and being ignored

[polar barn]

ye

[pale blaze]

probably cause this channel is inactive

[polar barn]

since i saw no one

i was forced to help

im anything but nice

[pale blaze]

um

ok

good to know ?

[gleaming parcel]

I mean no one forced you

[gleaming parcel]

Idk.
I’ll probably build him and try a few different decks and just end up failing

[pine heron]

For a moment there I thought you bought nitro again

[polar barn]

whenever u build a deck keep in mind other decks that are popular

and how will it fair against them

what are it's advantages

over others

otherwise the deck will not work

in competitive scene

[gleaming parcel]

I don’t know much about that other than people loving summons and raiden

[polar barn]

i would more worry about stall decks

as people generally don't know how to play against them

[gleaming parcel]

I don’t know what a stall deck is

[polar barn]

they drain ur resources by absorbing ur initial damage

while accumulatimg value overtime

u run out of resources and they are flowing in it

but they loose to otk decks
which just overwhelm them with insane damage in a single round

[gleaming parcel]

Ok

I feel like I play stall decks

Based on your description

[polar barn]

stall decks are difficult to play tough

and takes time to learn

since every move u have to think and come up with plans

since

stalls generally dosent have a standard line or path to follow

mostly intuitive and situationaly adaptive

if u want to build a stall deck

1. u need good drawing power and ramp
2. high value overtime units and equipment cards
3. any kind of disruption or cleanse like forced anemo swap/barb cleanse/freez
4. counter play cards like send off , judgment etc

[gleaming parcel]

Is that not normal playing?

[polar barn]

some decks have standard lines which are obvious

[gleaming parcel]

Okaaayyy

[polar barn]

so u don't always have to think every move

like fischl E into mona E opening

is pretty standard

u do have to think otherthings or if u want to change ur opening

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah

[twilit lodge]

what transpired here

i prob shldnt get involve

[proud yarrow]

How does matchmaking system work?

[supple marsh]

You will be matched with a player having similar performance of the same server.
This is from S5 (2023) and is confirmed to not be changed this season. As for what "similar performance" means, I don't really remember if it was similar records (e.g. 6-0 would probably be matched with 6-1, 5-0 or 5-1) or similar winrate.

Though, I think that if it was actually similar winrate then that could be concerning

(e.g. a "25% winrate" player whose record is 1-3 but just to happen to have lost to 3 players of a higher skill tier, vs a 25% winrate player whose record is 3-9)

[tropic slate]

it's "number of wins", roughly

it will try to match you as close to the same number of wins as it can in a reasonable amount of time

in my experience

[proud yarrow]

I mean how do I play a match

[supple marsh]

There are specific times when the queue is open. At those times, click "Start" in #preliminary-queue and you'll be put in a queue for up to 10 minutes. If there's an opponent, you will have 60 seconds to confirm your match.

Once both of you have confirmed the match, you'll get a thread to discuss co-op joining, agree on using Heated Battle Mode (if applicable), and report match results.

[ancient spindle]

Try playing 35 games in the last day

[supple marsh]

do not

[pine heron]

And on dp

[polar barn]

and against dp

[summer thicket]

Omgosh similar performance matchups means i have a chance at getting the card back

[sick blaze]

It's actually a big chance

[thick charm]

yea if you play every game and don't give up

a 9% winrate gets you the card back

[summer thicket]

Yoooo lets go
9% winrate is plenty enough for meeee

[supple marsh]

no reason not to try

[thick charm]

note: 9% winrate will be depressing

[supple marsh]

also if you play all your 35 matches then you'll get one complimentary circuit point

depends on the queue to be honest

[thick charm]

it'll be better if you're on gigacope and mentalize yourself that you'll help someone also get their 9%

[supple marsh]

I mean if you're new and playing at the same time as new players then that 9% does become more doable

[thick charm]

that is to say

don't play all your games on Sunday

[supple marsh]

can't stress this enough, don't save all your games until the weekend

[thick charm]

the people that play on Sunday

are the gigachad sweatlords that crunched 105 games because they already play 100 games before breakfast as their morning routine

wish I had that energy

but alas, 5 games a day against actual people is exhausting for me

[supple marsh]

I mean if you're exhausted you can just try to be more relaxed after the cardback threshold

(don't be too relaxed though, or you'll break competitive integrity)

[thick charm]

True but my ocd demands I fill my quota

also I always do my utmost, any less would be an insult to my opponent

||unfortunately i'm bad||

[cursive gazelle]

are the queue windows the same as last patch or we dont know yet?

[thick charm]

maybe if we happen to rematch and I won I'll pick a different deck I do worse with but that doesn't mean I'm gonna sandbag

[supple marsh]

not updated yet, but I'd assume they stay the same since it's pretty reasonable for most players

(not talking about multi-queue players though, they don't care one bit about the queue windows)

[summer thicket]

last tournament i was in i had a 0% winrate so technically 9% would be over a million times my previous winrate

[supple marsh]

how did that happen

[summer thicket]

prolly bc i was using a deck that hadnt been updated since the first patch or two of gitcg...?
and also im a casual tcg player

i just wanna make decks that i think have an interesting strategy or have my favorite characters hahaha

[supple marsh]

I don't have the time to research but if I do I'd 100% try to break the meta (not that when I do it it becomes the new meta anyway)

[summer thicket]

yeeee break the meta is good stuff
i can only pull that off in the non tcg genshin hahaha

[cursive gazelle]

you can probably just update the action cards and stick with the same characters you like, that should be able to get you the 3 wins

[summer thicket]

perhaps
when i woke up this morning i was like 'what if qiqi dori sayu' bc qiqi and yuegui are two of my favorites
but my brain an hour later is thinking thats a rly bad idea

i needa update that old deck from forever ago anyway..

[polar barn]

sayu isn't added in the game yet

[summer thicket]

oh i meant yaoyao

[ancient spindle]

[gleaming parcel]

I struggled with this.

[gleaming parcel]

I played 15 games and on a single day and lost every single one.

[gleaming parcel]

It’s not always similar performance match ups though.

[gleaming parcel]

What about a 1% win rate 🌝

[gleaming parcel]

Lol rip people in bad time zones or who work evenings

[gleaming parcel]

That’s me, I also got demolished last season.
I prefer playing the characters I like than being a meta slave

@thick charm are you still there :0

[thick charm]

yea I'm gonna participate

but I haven't touched any of the new cards

so I have no idea how they even work

[gleaming parcel]

Oh I was gonna ask for deck advice actually

I’ve gotten very proficient with my nari Nahida Yae deck

But I wanna try a new one

But if you don’t know the new characters then nevermind (though one deck isn’t as new)

[thick charm]

the only one I remotely know is Yelan because I have a friend who's into her and im constantly pestering to participate in tctg

and even still I haven't even unlocked her card

[gleaming parcel]

I was looking at a Ayato - Kazuha - Yae deck but idk if that actually works

I also want to try to find a deck that works with Lyney but I’m ????

[thick charm]

yea no idea about Lyney

I'd just go to the gitcg discord and steal something from there

[gleaming parcel]

I didn’t know there was a gitcg discord… and idk
The one people threw at me had Fischl in it and I really don’t like using her

So I just don’t know

[thick charm]

well you're already using Yae as a substitute Fischl in your deck with Nahida, and from quickly skimming the convo earlier to catch up with chat, you were told about the tradeoffs between them

[gleaming parcel]

Yeahhh I just don’t like Fischl

Not even in tcg but in game too

[thick charm]

I have brain too smol to close games quickly so I can't in good faith tell you how important it is/it isn't that she applies electro on cast vs only at the end of the turn

but it is a big difference that keeps her relevant even after so many cards with Electro summons have released

[gleaming parcel]

yeah I suppose

I’m just not a meta slave I guess lol

[thick charm]

other than that tiny detail with a huge impact yeah Yae is kinda better in most ways so

it's okay to run her as a substitute

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah they kinda made it sound like it wasn’t though

[thick charm]

Well, I quickly skimmed and don't even remember the deck I only remember there was Yae vs Fischl discussion so I wouldn't know

Plus the whole elephant in the room that I have no idea wtf a Lyney is

[slow mason]

I honestly don't have time to look at the full conversation but if you don't like fish yae is a fine substitute here

[gleaming parcel]

Ok lol

[thick charm]

I think Yae vs Fischl boils down to Fischl applying more immediate pressure and threatening an Overload during the turn is a lot harder to play around than an end-turn Overload

[gleaming parcel]

I’m also not sure what deck to build around him; my instinct is to do something similar to my nari Nahida Yae deck

[thick charm]

doesn't Lyney have a summon or something 🤔 ok I should stop beating around the bush and just read his card

[gleaming parcel]

Yee he does

[thick charm]

ooh I see

so he also applies pyro and summons a pet to do pyro at the end of the turn

yea I can see why people insisted on Fischl then

that's basically two Overloads vs only 1 + possibly pyro application

his talent does buff damage to opponents affected with Pyro by 2 so maybe you could toy around with that? It's the same damage increase from Overload but without the forward switch and only once per round and without the ability to buff it with Fervent Flames

maybe not super worth it but could be ok

[cursive gazelle]

theres a bennett lyney thunder manifestation deck you could try too

[thick charm]

I've heard the m i s t a k e is everywhere (because it gud) so you could do that if you want red with purple

and I still don't know what it really does other than single out bully the hell out of a character

[cursive gazelle]

4 dmg skill that attacks backline

its crazy

[thick charm]

ah so it's just as much of a m i s t a k e as in irl ingame got it

[summer thicket]

if u need someone who applies electro immediately and does a summon, dori might be an option...?

idk abt the tcg meta or common strats tho

[cursive gazelle]

i think u still need the summon at end of r2 though

[summer thicket]

oh okay
needs a longer duration ig

idk what that deck is or what its gameplan is tbh

[cursive gazelle]

most of the time you go fischl -> nahida to spread seed and get aggravate

another opening is fischl -> lyney if you need the overload

lyney can trigger both burning and overloading which is nice. along with nahida seeds or even burst, the reactions can do a lot of dmg

[dusk sky]

Ok stupid question but this is my first tournament and I can’t find anything to confirm this info - is it true we need to have more than 1 deck prepared? When do we switch decks if so

[slow mason]

you only have to do that if you get to knockouts or in other words if you're in the top 16 of the region by the end of the week

[dusk sky]

Also is there limitations on what we can have in our decks?

[dusk sky]

Ty

[tropic slate]

not in the preliminaries, no

[dusk sky]

ty sorry for all the questions i just don’t wanna do anything wrong

[brittle finch]

how do i know if i have successfully register for prelimaries?

[night token]

There's so many new cards that I have to try and understand their mechanics

[inner dagger]

I really feel that

[night token]

Some I can understand while others are complex

But it's fun to try new cards

At least Wanderer has two monster friends that can attack standbys

[inner dagger]

The new monsters are frustrating, I don't quite understand them

[night token]

I'm trying to understand how la signora works

I use npc to be my test subjects

[inner dagger]

I just know that the signora should be eliminate in her second phase

[tropic slate]

her normal attack does 1 of her current element
her skill does 2+1 of her current element (2 immediately, 1 on the opponent's end phase)
as cryo signora, her burst does 4 damage 2 healing, and turns her into pyro
as pyro signora, her burst does 6 damage

she will turn into pyro automatically if she starts the round at 4hp or less
if killed as cryo signora, she will revive with 1hp and turn into pyro

she is actually less complicated than most of the new cards this patch

[night token]

Time to master her mechanic w/ Childe and Fischl before the 7th

[slow mason]

I am ready to go 5-30

[night token]

Same

[supple marsh]

beidoubting

[night token]

I will definitely not be in the top 16, but if I can be ranked 69th, then I'm happy

[rose perch]

Can you explain yelan as well? Particular how does she draw cards

[tropic slate]

• Yelan starts with 1 stack, and can have up to 3. She passively gains 1 stack per round, on end phase.
• Yelan's normal attack does 2 physical damage.
• Yelan's skill does 3 damage and adds 2 stacks.
• When Yelan has at least 2 stacks and uses a normal attack, she loses 2 stacks but the normal attack does hydro instead of physical, and you draw a card.
• Yelan's burst does 1 hydro, and then for this round and the next round, every normal attack you do will be followed up by an extra attack of 2 hydro damage.

The most basic strategy with yelan is usually to start on her (1 stack), use skill (3 stacks, apply hydro), then normal attack (down to 1 stack, apply hydro again, draw a card), then ramp with your remaining dice. On end phase, you recover one stack, so you're now at 2. Next starting phase, use normal attack (down to 0 stacks, apply hydro, draw another card), and then you have enough energy to burst so you can go from there

[rose perch]

you can also not start on her and just use normal on round 2 for a card draw right? Or do you need to use her for the passive to start being active

[tropic slate]

for just card draw you can do that yet

but yelan doesn't really have much power of her own - other than the utility of the card draw, she's mainly useful for setting up her burst for your teammates

the longer you wait before starting to set that up, the more tools your opponent has to interrupt it

[night token]

https://tenor.com/view/yelan-yelan-genshin-genshin-impact-mihoyo-hoyoverse-gif-25260806

If the game doesn't have the oratrice mecanique d'analyse cardinale card, I will be sad

[polar barn]

the what

[supple marsh]

inb4 TCG challenge where you have to do the OMdAC dance whenever that card's played

[sick blaze]

Rather 30-5?

[night token]

https://tenor.com/view/oratrice-oratrice-mecanique-d'analyse-cardinale-neuvilette-neuvilette-oratrice-genshin-gif-101987770630293005

[safe plaza]

btw yelan's passive + artifact magic is so good

yelan OTK is fun

[safe plaza]

@tropic slate

i drew lotus

AFTERWARDS

[tropic slate]

Gg wp

[safe plaza]

i forgot signora revived

HAHAHA

[safe plaza]

gg

[pearl glade]

dang you guys are playing early in the morning

[safe plaza]

we randomly matched into each other

so funny

LMAOOOOO

GG

[livid thunder]

what an exciting bo3

[frigid sundial]

[nocturne barn]

If i can see this is bc I'm registered, right?

[pearl glade]

no

i havent registered

[nocturne barn]

ª

The anxiety is killing me

[steep hound]

How many decks do we need to register?

[slow mason]

none

for the preliminary phase you can play anything

[steep hound]

Oh cool

[dusk sky]

can i switch decks in between rounds in the prelims or do i have to choose one and stick to it

[supple marsh]

no restrictions apply in prelims, you can use one deck for one match and decide if you want to keep using it or swap it out for the next match

[dusk sky]

👍 ty

[safe plaza]

#tournament-updates probably the best updates CTG has ever seen

i hope everyone reads them

[ancient spindle]

so in this CTG season we can still play 3 alt on 3 diff servers right ?

[raven fiber]

yeah you can, but i don't know why they say they are 'not encouraging it'

[rose perch]

Not encouraging it cuz if you make it to the serious showdown on 2 servers you are dq.

[violet rose]

What is "serious showdown" supposed to be anyway? I can't find any information on it.

[rich wasp]

i’m pretty sure it’s the equivalent to the closed qualifiers from last time

where top 24 from ctg and 8 from wild card qualify for it

[pearl fern]

by the sounds of it though serious showdown only qualifies you into the closed quali's alongside wild card and then you have to get through that to make it to top 16 PC

so it seems like an extra step from before?

where it was just CTG results directly leads to closed qualis

[safe plaza]

We'll get more info later

[pearl glade]

^ me when i win cats tail

[night token]

Ima speed run on mastering the new cards before the tourney

Been slacking off a lot cause of Honkai Star Rail

I'll probably win less this season

[gleaming parcel]

I’ll be lucky if I win at all.

[ember river]

Can someone tell me where is the rulebook for cats tailing plz?

Is it like the prince cup 3 different decks and BO3?

[thorny oyster]

for prelims its just bo1, no deck restriction

[ember river]

Thank you

[white cipher]

[nocturne barn]

Has some find a good use for the plunge/charge attack cards?

[safe plaza]

Heavy strike very good in normal attack focused decks

Plunge attack card is SUPER situational because there are better things to play

[night token]

If a player has thundering manifestation, klee, and, bennett, is is preferred to have its talent card in the first round?

[thorny oyster]

you want to have bennett talent when you burst with him yes

[night token]

When I said it, I mean the Thundering Manifestation since it has no pronouns

and its talent card

So Benny's talent card & TM's talent card in the first hand?

[nocturne barn]

i would say it depends more on the enemy characters if you keep TM talent card or not

[pearl fern]

TM talent card is almost never a bad keep. You're quite likely to redraw it into a new card right away

[thorny oyster]

i once had a game against glass jp where they play around tm talent

:despairge:

after that game i never revealed the card early

[pearl fern]

Yeah you pretty much play it when you activate it

Same as all the draw effects

[olive spire]

i'm new to the tournament thing but hi

[slow mason]

hi hi

[rich pecan]

welcome

its my first time back in a while as well

def not only here for the new card back

and i finally found a deck i like

[hallow lance]

shake on it 🤝

[shadow wave]

do we know how many wins for the card back?

[twilit lodge]

3

[drowsy wharf]

is the card back the same as the dragonspine one?

[hallow lance]

similar, its for the chasm

[pearl fern]

it's pretty different looking as a side by side

[rose perch]

this is the only one that matters

This is just participation back.

[thorny oyster]

this one is pc ?

[rose perch]

ya golden is this year's prince cup prize

gated behind not only being good at tcg but you have to go to the live event and have your face revealed...

[supple marsh]

well that's the price of going pro, I guess

[pearl fern]

technically if I remember gold backs were for T16

so if you didn't make T8 you got the back but didn't have to be at the live event

[ember river]

no it's for top 8

[pearl fern]

did they announce this one differently? Pretty sure last series of prince cups awarded them to T16

[ember river]

it was top 8 😦

[pearl fern]

oh weird I somehow remember it going to t16 oops

[thorny locust]

so what do u do after u win or lose a match ?, does it add to ur score or do u do it manualy

[thorny oyster]

it auto adds

but you need to state if you actually lose or win in the discord first

and at the end of the season i think they have some kind of backend system to check for disputes

[eternal musk]

top16 in China

[pearl glade]

maybe you were thinking of south americans too

definitely more than 8 golden cardbackers on na server rmm 🤔

[thorny locust]

when will the matches start

[pine heron]

#🎫register message

[tropic slate]

gold card backs aren't for cats tail gathering at all, only for prince cup

[white cipher]

good luck everyone

[rotund lichen]

a card back only being available in one particular season is stressful

[trail leaf]

is this for knockout phase or for prince cup?

oh oops was already answered nvm

[crystal tapir]

how does azdaha absorbsion work

[tropic slate]

if azhdaha uses his geo elemental skill, and it causes a crystallize reaction, then he absorbs that element.
If azhdaha uses his non-geo elemental skills, or his geo elemental skill without causing a crystallize reaction, or equips his talent, he gets a status. When he takes elemental damage he will then absorb that element (if it's not the one he curretly has absorbed)

[pliant otter]

Is the structure of the preliminary rounds outlined somewhere? Number you can play per day and such?

Do we know how many people are in the event since registration closed this morning?

[crystal tapir]

5 game/day for 7 days

[pliant otter]

Do you need to do them every day or can I do 4 on day 1 and 6 on day 2 for example

[crystal tapir]

it stacks

you can play 35 games last day if games are fast enough

[pliant otter]

Is this structure laid out somewhere official? Appreciate the details.

[gleaming parcel]

You can do them on different days;
It stacks and it counts your games over the whole season.
Speaking from personal experience, I wouldn’t recommend doing as many as possible in a single day

[pliant otter]

Yeah i won't let them all till the last minute, but I probably can't do five every day so it's nice I can stack a few between days at least.

[gleaming parcel]

Yeah; I still personally hate the que times though. They don’t really fit in my schedule at all

[pliant otter]

Do we have a player count for the preliminary rounds?

[gleaming parcel]

It’s generally a little over a thousand globally if I’m remembering last season.
Probably only a few hundred in the NA server.
You’re matched with people around the same win rate though, if that’s what you’re worried about.
You don’t have to beat all 1000 people to make it into the knock out round, you just have to have the most match points.

[tropic slate]

it's like windtrace and etc

the match limit is 5 on the first day, 10 on the second, etc., going up by 5 each day

until it hits 35 on the last day

so you can't play more than 5 matches on day 1, but you can defer those matches until a later day if you want

[pliant otter]

So still max 35 for the week though. Like the structure. Much better than a massive one day event with hundreds of players

[pearl fern]

Oh thanks that's why i remember t16, you're right! My bad in the error thanks for the corrections

[pearl fern]

Also did not expect to find a big name from mtg here in ctg chat

[night token]

Has anyone having issues with starting the preliminary rounds?

[ancient spindle]

its next morning for NA

so you just need to go sleep and wait for tmr morning then play

[night token]

Ohh

[ember river]

1am eastern time.

So 10pm tonight for pst

[night token]

Sleep playing?

[ember river]

#

[tropic slate]

technically the preliminary phase begins at 1am, but the first queueing window begins at 8am eastern and ends at 12pm. Then, the second queueing window is from 7pm to 11pm eastern. This continues for the rest of the week.

You can't queue for matches outside of those two 4-hour periods

[ember river]

Oh

Thank you for clarifying

Didn’t know

[tropic slate]

please don't wake up at 1am to play cat's tail because it will not work

[ancient spindle]

unless you play 3 servers

smh

[night token]

https://tenor.com/view/up-late-paper-school-late-kiss-gif-13235824

[tropic slate]

even then, EU queue doesn't upen until an hour after

[rotund lichen]

i want a brain dead coin flip net deck i can use to get three wins

[tropic slate]

dvalin + kenki + fischl

cryo kenki summon -> anemo kenki summon -> either swap to fischl and cast her summon, or use the Abyssal Summons to get an electro hilichurl

then either starsigns (if you stayed on kenki and got the abyssal summon) or fastswap -> calx (if you swapped into fischl) into kenki burst, on the character who has electro on them, and you do 7+3+3

it's nearly impossible to come back from

[steep pendant]

Wow kenki's back in?

Gotta get back into tcg before prelim, anyone up to practice?

[tropic slate]

the problem with this is that it requires you to super-highroll in order to work

so it's extremely inconsistent and not very common in the meta

but if you want a diceroll for an easy win, then that's the one for you

[thorny oyster]

i wonder if cn players will invade NA again

:yaethunk:

[tropic slate]

I don't wonder

it's guaranteed

just 'cuz you can only participate in serious showdown in one region, doesn't mean you can't still farm for that opportunity in multiple and take whichever goes best

[thorny oyster]

true

lets see if kamisama can win na ctg again

wait kamisama isnt in invitational right

okay he isnt

[night token]

CN players are a whole different level

[olive spire]

does anyone know where I can find the rules for the preliminaries?

like are there any banned cards?

[gleaming parcel]

No

[gleaming parcel]

#1096770459892191284

But if there is something specific you can ask

[olive spire]

ah ok thank you

how many rounds total are there?

[thorny compass]

So how does this work? they have to message me a UID or what?

[supple marsh]

both players' UID will be in the dedicated match thread once it's created

[gleaming parcel]

During the specific queuing periods, you go to #preliminary-queue and press the start button at the bottom.
The instructions are also in the post.
You’ll then match with someone near your win rate.
Both of your uid will be shown, so one of you will join the other’s world (you have to go into coop to do so) and then play a coop match in the tavern 🙂

[thorny compass]

Thank you Coryn

[supple marsh]

protip: you might want to ask the other person if their WL is different from yours because that would decide who's joining whose world

and the other person might not speak the same language as yours so that's something to keep in mind

[thorny compass]

Awh, that will make things...difficult

Thanks for the help you two. Best of luck!

[gleaming parcel]

Sometimes you do get matched with people who do almost no talking too lol

[supple marsh]

their CTG display language will also be shown in the match thread alongside their UID to accommodate that, however, so less worries

[thorny compass]

Do I need to stream while playing?

[supple marsh]

for the preliminary round, not necessary

[thorny compass]

Do I need to use the same deck every time or can I change it up?

[gleaming parcel]

That’s only for the knock out round; most people don’t make it into that round

[thorny compass]

I almost won worlds at Yugioh, I'm kind of hoping those skills transfer. I need a new water heater.

[gleaming parcel]

I’ve never played yugioh, but the strategy of playing tcg games is generally the same competitively
It’s giving yourself the best deck and being familiar with other decks and cards

[supple marsh]

oh btw just to answer this: there are no deck restrictions in prelims, so you can use any deck for each match

[thorny compass]

Oh I stayed up late thinking NA was playing at 12

[gleaming parcel]

It depends on your timezone. I personally can’t play the morning que because it’s so early

[thorny compass]

it's 12am here at the moment and according to the queue the first time slot for NA is 7am

[gleaming parcel]

Oh you’re in central time

[thorny compass]

is the Queue time based on my time zone?

[gleaming parcel]

It’s the same “time” for everyone, but it will be adjusted for your timezone

7am your time is 6am my time, for example
5am PST
8am EST

but it’s all the same “time”

[thorny compass]

Gotcha~ Coryn do you want to duel? Might as well pratice a bit since I'm up.

[gleaming parcel]

I could use some practice, yes!!

[thorny compass]

607642329 That's me.

[supple marsh]

yep, it's a feature Discord introduced a while ago and it has been really helpful

[gleaming parcel]

Okie! Just give me a minute to log in

[thorny compass]

I haven't used discord since the dark ages of Among us.

[thorny compass]

No rush.

So suppose I make it to knock out stage, and I need to stream. Do I need to talk in said stream? My kids destroyed my mic... may it rest in pieces Q.Q

[cursive gazelle]

only the matches for first 3 places will be streamed, i dont believe voice is needed

[gleaming parcel]

@thorny compass you keep declining 💀

[thorny compass]

Oh I didn't see it, hold on

[thorny compass]

Try now!

[lucid sable]

Sooon

[thorny locust]

will it start in an hour?

[dawn knot]

I think so

[pine heron]

Yup 56 mins from now

[thorny locust]

nice

[ancient spindle]

Huh its now

Oh

Its 1 more hour

Smh

[thick charm]

Hello chat

Rules say we can agree to play Heated Battle right, if both players are okay with that.
But I'm guessing nobody in their right mind would do *this* Heated Battle since it's a draft format right

[thorny locust]

nope lol

[fiery vault]

yes i assume you want to play it

if you encounter me, just ask, i'll play heated with you

[thick charm]

Oh no absolutely not lmao

I am, for the time being, in my right mind

[slow heart]

Playing heated is better than playing against magic shenanigan tho

[brisk shadow]

WE CAN DODGE THE MAGIC META

[fiery vault]

[crystal tapir]

Feels bad losing to an opponent with 0 dice while having 3 8hp characters

[white cipher]

has anyone faced this issue? i changed my registered uid but my old uid still shows up

[crystal tapir]

Maybe you didnt click submit, try messaging the mod bot

[white cipher]

i did click submit

i remember i resubmitted twice, still the old uid

[crystal tapir]

Maybe the bot was down at the time, regardless its best to tell them in modmail to resolve the issue

[white cipher]

thank you

[fiery vault]

[trail leaf]

wait @burnt glen

[burnt glen]

?

[trail leaf]

i accidentally clicked yes but didn't finish reading

did you put yourself lose??

[burnt glen]

Ah, I put myself as win

[trail leaf]

oh good

[burnt glen]

yep

[summer thicket]

Im so excited imma gunna lose haha

[summer thicket]

There any way to cancel my queue
Right after i pressed i realized maybe i should get ready for work instead lol

[summer berry]

Just let it time out

[summer thicket]

Ok
What if i match against someone tho..?

[summer berry]

You have to confirm anyway

[summer thicket]

i suppose
I dont wanna hafta queue dodge someone.. rip

[summer berry]

Wdym it’s not queue dodging?

[supple marsh]

ok so as far as I can understand, not confirming a match does not count as a strike; however you will be timed out of the queue for a while (FAQ #19) (this should not matter if you really need to do something important and not just attempting to dodge players)

[willow lion]

whats the point of choosing a language

[cursive viper]

So you can read what the bot says

[willow lion]

oh

[bold widget]

Everyone on the leaderboard is getting the card back

[crystal tapir]

Cant wait to go 2-33 this tournament!

[summer thicket]

Thank you !! It worked out in the end i think !

[summer thicket]

Oh, i thought queue dodging was anytime u cancel the queue after matching up with someone

[lucid sable]

queuing while in class and hoping I dont time out on accident

[lucid sable]

I couldn't squeeze one more match in cuz my opponent wanted to cancel but wouldnt use the cancel command so now Im blocked for 15 mins

[night token]

Is it b/c of the reasoning?

As in like if you choose specific reasons, there might be a penalty

But if you choose to write out your reasoning that is understandable then you won't be penalized

[barren belfry]

First time competing here only lvl 5. Any meta decks I should look into? I just want the 3 wins for the card back

[brisk shadow]

#🎴genius-invokation-tcg message

||only issue is that if you're not familiar with meta decks in this patch and your opponent is familiar with your deck, you'll prob lose as well ||

[barren belfry]

I just need 3 people to not be familiar then 🫡

[shadow wave]

oo matches already started?

praying for a clean 5-0 then quitting

[brittle finch]

can the electro hypostatis still use its talent when frozen or petrified?

[tropic slate]

...I've never checked, but I think probably

[brittle finch]

if lets say signora or a hypostatis dies frozen, if they respawn do they still have that effect?

forzen/petrified effect

[tropic slate]

yes they are still frozen if they revive

unless they are thawed by the blow that kills them

[brittle finch]

👍

[pearl glade]

cat

[wet bluff]

Yes, it's pretty good lol
I play cube a lot

Oh this was answered, my b

[brittle finch]

👀

[wet bluff]

A re-revive + turn pass as well

[thick charm]

Was making my spreadsheet for this season and I noticed that the primogem prizes are miscalculated

they forgor

[slow mason]

let them cook

[thick charm]

ok I feel a bit more comfy sharing my sheet now.
I was 👌 this close to sharing it last season but it bugged and I didn't know what to do about it

It's still bugged but at least I'm warning you of the bug so you don't break it

If you use the sheet to track your games, make sure to keep at least one win in your results because it would try to divide by zero and go boom. If there's anyone smarter in excel that knows a workaround let me know
Also make a copy for yourself of course so you can edit

[pliant otter]

Is there a website that tracks decklists people used in the single elim rounds of previous events like this? Wondering if there is a better option than pulling them manually out of the youtube videos.

[slow mason]

previous events wouldn't be great if you're trying to find a deck to play in this format

the meta has changed a bit since the last ctg

but to answer your question, I don't think there is such a site

[cursive gazelle]

a bit

[slow mason]

"a bit"

[thick charm]

I am not ready to cope with this meta I'm about to get btfo after making minimal changes to my deck to bring in a few new cards

[pliant otter]

Yeah, obviously balance passes aand new cards, but being able to look over choices better players made for events lets you build up heuristics for how decks are built in a more general theory perspective.

Step one in building good decks is knowing what works / has worked in the past and figuring out why.

[slow mason]

I don't know I feel like you have to have the background of what was going on in the meta at the time to understand why something worked in the past

[thick charm]

that's all well and good but what leoric is getting at is like

this new update was basically a paradigm shift lol

rather than just big

[slow mason]

you're better off looking at more recent tournaments (though there arent many)

[thick charm]

at least that's my impression 'cause I legit haven't played a game but man I'm already scared of what's about to smack me

[cursive gazelle]

cn has had a lot of tournaments

[pliant otter]

I would also accept deck lists from recent events to make copying things easier. There just really isn't information for this game out there and I'd like a few starting points.

[cursive gazelle]

i guess no keqingmain guide for latest patch yet

unfortunately most updated info and guides are all in chinese community

[slow mason]

I'm somewhat blind to what happens in cn but you could look through the tournaments channel in the gitcg server #🤝partnered-servers message

[pliant otter]

Thanks. I'll dig through there when time permits. Even just having lists to look at would go a long way

[sullen walrus]

Weekly tournament in GITCG discord is the closest thing we have to update meta

[thick charm]

let me steal a post from there for you for convenience

https://fxtwitter.com/invokationtcg/status/1744331414060060807?s=20 oh hey this was just posted

in the morning

[slow mason]

gitcg always post everyones deck lists so you can look through a lot of them there

though I can tell you it's just going to be a lot of this

[pliant otter]

The make two dice when you KO someone is busted.

[slow mason]

gilded dreams is worse

[slow heart]

magic package

[thick charm]

Yayoi engine scary

[pearl glade]

nanatsuke donya

[tropic slate]

Thanks for sharing!

[gleaming parcel]

How true is this though??

[cursive gazelle]

these are all decks used in competitive tournaments, or variants of those decks

[gleaming parcel]

I’m not saying they don’t exist
I just meant more of “are they really the most popular”

[cursive gazelle]

they are popular in tournaments

[gleaming parcel]

Cause there is that one dude who keeps popping out “sales” charts for character banners but they have been proven false dozens of times because they’re estimates and based on a tiny portion of sales in a specific area

[cursive gazelle]

the image shown is a list of decks that did well in a recent small tournament, not about popularity of decks

[gleaming parcel]

Even most used abyss characters should also be taken with a grain of salt because it’s just a sample of a population and not the whole population

[cursive gazelle]

i thought abyss data were from official sources

[gleaming parcel]

It’s based on a small chuck of Asia server

It doesn’t take into account Europe and NA

it’s just a sample

[cursive gazelle]

regardless it's unrelated

[gleaming parcel]

Idk. I’m just saying take it with a grain of salt

[cursive gazelle]

well if you want more data samples, CN does a lot more tournaments and there are a lot of deck performance stats for them

and they point to these decks being the most popular decks used in those tournaments

[gleaming parcel]

Okay and

[cursive gazelle]

ofc it depends on the tournament format, and thats why there are some variants

[gleaming parcel]

Okay

[cursive gazelle]

so ya to summarize, these are among the most popular decks used in competitive tournaments, with as much data samples to back up the stats as possible

[gleaming parcel]

Okay

I mean I’m not gonna play any of those decks so I don’t care lol

[cursive gazelle]

oh then why did you ask

you sounded curious

[pearl glade]

good luck yall

https://tenor.com/view/finding-nemo-today-todays-the-day-excited-gif-13929260

[slow mason]

https://tenor.com/view/mihoyo-genshin-genshinimpact-diona-calculating-gif-20176174

[pearl glade]

diona mathz

me when i calculate breakpoints

[thick charm]

uh this isn't a popularity chart this is literally the players that won a tournament

[arctic valve]

nooooooooooooooo, youre the man, i trust you

[slow mason]

queue now for free wins

[pearl glade]

wait till i get to starbucks

then i Q

[gleaming parcel]

Okay

[gleaming parcel]

That’s assuming we match with you.
I need the wins but I doubt I’ll match with you

[pearl glade]

gonna buy hashbrown for good luck

might come clutch

[crystal tapir]

no one beats my leoric

https://tenor.com/view/diona-genshin-gif-22216755

[cursive gazelle]

no the true saviour is obviously egg

[pearl glade]

youre right

but where to buy fried egg?

also idk i dont wanna play at a diner

[slow mason]

when did I become yours?

[cursive gazelle]

make ur own

[pearl glade]

if i make my own no good luck

[slow mason]

you crack an egg and throw it into the frying pan

[cursive gazelle]

[pearl glade]

also i cant play at home

[gleaming parcel]

Raw eggs used to be given to women trying to become pregnant in renaissance times because it was believed it would increase their chances

[cursive gazelle]

csb

[gleaming parcel]

Csb?

[pearl glade]

cs🅱️

[ember river]

is queue up now?

[slow mason]

yes

[ember river]

Thank you

[pearl glade]

Thank you

[desert grove]

Perfect 0-5

[gleaming parcel]

It’s been up for an hour

[crystal tapir]

how is everyone doing rn

[ember river]

oh a hour ago I thought someone said it's another hour

[slow mason]

4-1

not awful

[crystal tapir]

q is rigged

[slow mason]

my only loss is to you

[crystal tapir]

keeps giving me good players

[tropic slate]

consider it a preview for tomorrow and onwards

[gleaming parcel]

4-1 is a wining rate
Heck 3-2 is a win rate

[crystal tapir]

cardback secured!

[slow mason]

4-1 is good if you can keep it up the whole week

but I have a tendency not to

[tropic slate]

the thing it, first day is easiest because no one has many wins

[gleaming parcel]

Dude today is my first day playing in the tournament

I can still play 5 more games

[crystal tapir]

nah bro every tournament

[tropic slate]

later days, if you have a lot of wins you get matched against people with similar wins, so harder matches ensue

[crystal tapir]

i get good opponents every early round

[gleaming parcel]

I’m already doing better than last season so I’m happy

[crystal tapir]

and then lose a few

[tropic slate]

that's because the game knows how great you are

[crystal tapir]

at the end everyone is easy

[tropic slate]

and needs to give you a challenge

[crystal tapir]

like the last 15 games is usually the easiest

with maybe 3-4 pros sprinkled in

[tropic slate]

that is not my experience

[desert grove]

So I'm hoping things get easier for me

[crystal tapir]

yea keep up the great work good improvement!

welp anyways im probably not aiming for top cut this time

[gleaming parcel]

Leave me alone

[crystal tapir]

started learning 4.3 3 days before tournament 💀

[crystal tapir]

half the cards give me a headache

also magic dice go brrrr

[gleaming parcel]

At the very least you’ll be more familiar with decks and cards so it should feel easier

Best of luck to you!!

[pliant otter]

Is there only one playable deck in this format? Played against the same thing 5 times

[tropic slate]

pretty much only one archetype

[crystal tapir]

no the meta isnt very centralized rn actually

[tropic slate]

which is three unique-element characters and a whole bunch of artifacts

[crystal tapir]

if you mean magic dice its quite popular

however there are still decks that dont run it

[arctic valve]

4-1

[crystal tapir]

ex ning ls, 2nemo, dp

[gleaming parcel]

A lot of people use meta decks

Ones people find online that they copy and paste
Some know how to use them and others don’t
On the plus side if you see it often enough you get good practice

[desert grove]

Thank you!

[slow mason]

there's a ton of decks but basically only one engine

[pliant otter]

I understand what a metadeck is. In TCGs that are well balanced you typically have a few.

[gleaming parcel]

I don’t fully understand your question then

Also I thought I had more rounds I could play since I didn’t play yesterday?
I could only play 5

[tropic slate]

today was the first day

[arctic valve]

the tourney started today

[patent ridge]

any idea how many people in total are in this tournament across all regions?

[arctic valve]

birdyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, you snatched my 5-0, why arent you on the 5-0 score

[gleaming parcel]

I thought it said it started 1/7

[tropic slate]

aidenweisssssss, you snatched my 5-0, why aren't you on the 5-0 score

oh wait no it was fleur who did

never mind

[arctic valve]

hahahaha

i was ria

[crystal tapir]

i would consider the following to be "meta"
nahida +2 summon chars
2nemo
death penalty
life sentence
MEW
yelan OTK signora station
yelan OTK freeze
pyroKeq (rare but quite good)
boss SC
quicken

[fathom fog]

What’s the meta guys? Long time I’m not play the game 😰😰

[cursive gazelle]

quicken meta

[arctic valve]

but, what type of quicken

weapon quicken, alhaitam otk

[crystal tapir]

anything with alhaitam

[slow mason]

dps diona

[gleaming parcel]

It changes.
But you don’t have to oblige by it

[cursive gazelle]

wheres layla dhydro on this list

[crystal tapir]

under dp

do people call the deck dp?

[slow mason]

it's dp wannabe

[crystal tapir]

i dont actually know the name of layla version

but its literally the same thing

[cursive gazelle]

layla dp prob

naw

you can still freeze after layla dies

[crystal tapir]

while thats true, if one of your char dies its kinda cooked

[gleaming parcel]

I like letting my characters haunt even after they die 🌝

[crystal tapir]

ahhhhhh

[tropic slate]

not necessarily, xingqiu can carry if you draw aquila

[crystal tapir]

4 good players in a row

early q sucks

[arctic valve]

sht up, that deck almost got me, i wasnt prepared

[tropic slate]

oh there's your problem

[cursive gazelle]

sorry for your loss for running into the deck

[tropic slate]

morning queue is when the real tryhards, and also the AS invaders, play

[arctic valve]

no no, i won, i lost to birdy

[gleaming parcel]

Bird I played you right?
You had the dvalin deck??

[crystal tapir]

issok still 3-0 rn

gonna throw this one tho

[tropic slate]

that wasn't me, but we did play

pls don't leak deck sauce

[gleaming parcel]

Why

[crystal tapir]

bruh imagine leaking someone elses deck

[gleaming parcel]

I genuinely don’t remember who I played, it was kind of a blur

[tropic slate]

i'm trying to catch people by surprise rather than using a perfect meta deck

[gleaming parcel]

I mean I don’t use a perfect meta deck either

[slow mason]

don't count me as a good player

[crystal tapir]

you went 4-1

and hit top 16 before

[slow mason]

on day 1

[arctic valve]

ill try to not leak leorics deck...

[crystal tapir]

🤔

[gleaming parcel]

Is there a way to go and see previous matches?

[slow mason]

and lost instantly

[thick charm]

itto dead

then u realize ur deck is still itto

[slow mason]

my top 16 was before skilled match making

[cursive gazelle]

you can go to prince and view last 3 matches

[thick charm]

0-2 so far gonna continue now that I dumped my resin on the side game

no billets btw! billet tax is theft!

[slow mason]

I just feel average

[arctic valve]

x2

[rich pecan]

first match won 💪 just two more left

[arctic valve]

gogogo

[slow mason]

I can catch people off guard if they don't know me but I lose to most decent players with a meta deck

[rich pecan]

whats currently meta

[thick charm]

[crystal tapir]

#1072075083025223770 message

[rich pecan]

cool

[ember river]

which deck did u encounter

[slow mason]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1145217630924460123/1174547586246524938/bug_cat_nod.gif?ex=6567fdae&is=655588ae&hm=4f323d71599cff009a3c94f0dca6962b52e265ecac8a94076652edbbf3338314&

[ember river]

lol that's pretty accurate

[arctic valve]

i cant find flaws in that logic

Btw nyahida, welcome back, long time no see you online

[slow mason]

yeah somewhat back from the grave

[gleaming parcel]

@thick charm I’m current 3-2 which is already a better win rate than my 1-25 last season

[slow mason]

would you teach me your ways?

[pliant otter]

Dendro Electro Lenny 4x and then one just Quicken

[ember river]

Ahh

[crystal tapir]

sounds about right maybe its time to play the anti meta deck xD

[crystal tapir]

thanks! been mostly gonge since after prince cup xD

[thick charm]

holy hell well done

hard work paying off, you got the card back secured

[crystal tapir]

4-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 no way

whos gonna be the final boss today

[rotund lichen]

woohoo for netdecking 3-1 and done until next time card back secured

[gleaming parcel]

Didnt the card back require 5 wins?

[rotund lichen]

3 wins

[thick charm]

nope 3

[gleaming parcel]

Oh

[thick charm]

time to kick back and relax then it's just primos from here

[jolly osprey]

3-2, got my card back. im out!

[tropic slate]

consider playing the rest, just for fun

tcg goes real deep, this is the best time to practice and get into it

[jolly osprey]

too many games, too little time

i still have the tcg challenges and new tcg world fights to do

[pearl glade]

fair enough

[slow heart]

My sister got her 3 wins for the card back and she is done

[jolly osprey]

literally a picture of Yayoi cooking up some cancer

[thick charm]

2-3 let's go

I still have like 5k coins locked behind the tavern bosses lol

[crystal tapir]

100 primo ggs

[tropic slate]

what are you even complaining about with hard matches when you're 5-0

[crystal tapir]

because the matches were hard...

highrolled like 4/5 games

probably lose if i didnt top deck 2 lyres and a gilded dreams