Hey Buddyfighters!
With the release of Future Card Buddyfight Ace's 5th main set, The Buddyfight Meta has moved on from Dimension dragon dominance. BT05 has brought upon us amazing decks such as Evil Deity Dragons and a never before seen mechanic known as Double Buddy! Although it is early to determine the Meta, This is what we think are the top picks for this set. Do note that with the release of S-BT02A, Blazing overclash, in the next two weeks, The Buddyfight Meta will face a complete shift. This Meta analysis will be useful if you have an upcoming Regionals before S-BT02A. Without further ado,lets see where the decks stand at the current moment.
Tier 1
Dimension Dragons(DD)- This deck is still one of the most reliable deck in the game with the ability to fully abuse the power of lost world and its overpowered cards. With the addition of cards like D.Zenith, The deck's consistency level has increased by a huge amount. And by calling Vanity End Destroyer, it allows you to add any card of choice from the soul every turn. This ensures that you will have the specific card needed for any situation. Making the entire deck an even greater threat then it used to be.
Evil Demon Dragons- This is a brand new deck introduced in BT05. Their unique concept of reaching their full potential when you are at 1 life makes this a very interesting deck to play. With tools like Black Parsol of Eternal Darkness, Umbrell, You are able to completely control the game from the early stages. It has many great tools that ensures your survival each turn. The main goal of the deck is to reach 1 life as soon as possible and finish the opponent with their trump card, Belial, Which has a critical of 666 and triple attack. The ability to control the opponent's gauge and cards that allow survival of multiple turns makes this deck a very frightening foe.
Horus - A newly introduced concept in Buddyfight where you can have two Buddy! This changed the way Buddyfight was played. The deck has insane draw power and massive board presence. Similar to Link Dragon Order, This deck creates a field full of cards that cannot be destroyed or returned to hand and will have double or triple attack. Being in Legend world also gives it a added bonus of amazing draw support and anti-meta options which lands this at tier 1.
Tier 2
Detective Conan - Unfortunately with the errata, This deck has dropped in power and popularity. Loyalty hurts this deck even more now since you are unable to pull of the ftk during your opponent's turn now. The deck is still very viable and performs well, but with the weakness of not having Generic cards and being so vulnerable to Loyalty, This deck has dropped to the tier 2 spot.
Astrodragons - Another classic SDW deck that has been seeing less play due to Dimension Dragons speed of reaching lost world and the inability to deal with Lost world consistently. This deck is still very good and is able to close out games in one turn given the right cards. However, it does have the same problem of being stopped by Loyalty as it heavily relies on monsters to do its damage.
Dragon Garga - There are two versions for this deck. One is multi world Garga and the other being Gboost. Both the decks have amazing field control and huge damage output. Whats stopping them from being tier 1 is Battle Phase enders and rest spells, Which significantly limit what the deck can do. That being said, We are still in the debate of whether it should be a tier 1 or tier 2 deck.
Not Categorized Tier
This Tier are decks that are not popular anymore and can be considered as Rouge decks. These decks wont Significantly affect the meta as much as the ones stated in Tier 1 and 2. This is a free for all Tier.
So that is what we think is the Meta for this set. Tier 1 picks are extremely safe choices for regionals.
*Disclaimer*: These are all personal opinions and/or based on statistics from tournaments.
We hope you enjoyed this post and get a better understanding of where each deck stands.
Keep on Buddyfighting~
Friday, August 30, 2019
Friday, August 2, 2019
Preparing for regionals
Hello Buddyfighters!
With Regional qualifiers right around the corner, We will be providing some useful tips on how one can prepare for their upcoming regional and do well in them! We will do a step by step breakdown on what you have to consider if you are hoping to do well and have fun!
1. Attend as many locals as possible one or two months before the actual event. This will help you analyse and learn the current meta state of the game and also you can make friends with experienced who will give you some good tips. The key to doing well is to discuss and playtest with others!
2. Pick a Meta deck and practice with the same deck again and again until you have reached a point where you wont do any miss plays. Then you can slowly change one or two cards to cover the weakness of the deck. Players who often switch decks will find them self doing missplays more as they do not know their own deck as compared to players who master one deck. That being said, the deck you master must be a deck that consistently does well in the meta.
3. Knowing your match ups. When it comes to match ups, Certain decks can be very difficult for you to face against. For example, if you are playing a deck that looses to a certain deck in particular, it is advisable to include cards that will help you specifically in that match up and also has a beneficial effect in general. Such an example would be cards like "Loyalty". Another thing to note is that if you are playing one of the best decks in the meta such as Dimension Dragons now, then you should not worry about playing against rogue decks that much compared to meta decks that specifically counter Dimension Dragons. If a certain deck is considered meta, it is likely so because the deck has an edge over other decks. So instead of worrying about a certain rogue match that might beat you, it is more practical to main or side cards against other meta decks that can potentially beat you.
4. Controversial to what people may say, it is better to finalize your deck the night before regionals as that gives you more time to analyse the meta and come up with counter measures. Get a group of trustworthy friends and discuss with them the night before and then finalize your decklist. This has been one our most effective strategy.
5. Do not get paranoid about certain decks that you think might beat you. do not overthink about situations that rarely happen. Every strategy will have a counter to them, it is all about how easy it is for other decks to counter them. Lets say you are playing Gboost Garga based deck. The deck can be stopped easily by Buddyblock. However, you have to consider that not every deck will main deck Buddyblock and even if they do its highly unlikely that they will main more than two copies. So you have to understand that they have to even have it in their hand before they can counter you with it. So getting paranoid about a certain situation and choosing not play a certain card or deck might end up causing you the tournament.
6. Reach the venue early and have a heavy breakfast and gets lots of sleep the previous night. your body and mind must be at their peak performance for you to do well and not do any missplays.
7. Always remember, This is a game about having fun! Do not be sad if you did not do well. Do not give up and keep on trying until you reach your goal. Never hold grudges and destroy your friendships because of the game. The only thing that matters is that you enjoyed the event together.
That sums up on our tips for preparing for regionals. if you think we missed anything important out do leave a comment!
Keep on Buddyfighting~
With Regional qualifiers right around the corner, We will be providing some useful tips on how one can prepare for their upcoming regional and do well in them! We will do a step by step breakdown on what you have to consider if you are hoping to do well and have fun!
2. Pick a Meta deck and practice with the same deck again and again until you have reached a point where you wont do any miss plays. Then you can slowly change one or two cards to cover the weakness of the deck. Players who often switch decks will find them self doing missplays more as they do not know their own deck as compared to players who master one deck. That being said, the deck you master must be a deck that consistently does well in the meta.
3. Knowing your match ups. When it comes to match ups, Certain decks can be very difficult for you to face against. For example, if you are playing a deck that looses to a certain deck in particular, it is advisable to include cards that will help you specifically in that match up and also has a beneficial effect in general. Such an example would be cards like "Loyalty". Another thing to note is that if you are playing one of the best decks in the meta such as Dimension Dragons now, then you should not worry about playing against rogue decks that much compared to meta decks that specifically counter Dimension Dragons. If a certain deck is considered meta, it is likely so because the deck has an edge over other decks. So instead of worrying about a certain rogue match that might beat you, it is more practical to main or side cards against other meta decks that can potentially beat you.
4. Controversial to what people may say, it is better to finalize your deck the night before regionals as that gives you more time to analyse the meta and come up with counter measures. Get a group of trustworthy friends and discuss with them the night before and then finalize your decklist. This has been one our most effective strategy.
5. Do not get paranoid about certain decks that you think might beat you. do not overthink about situations that rarely happen. Every strategy will have a counter to them, it is all about how easy it is for other decks to counter them. Lets say you are playing Gboost Garga based deck. The deck can be stopped easily by Buddyblock. However, you have to consider that not every deck will main deck Buddyblock and even if they do its highly unlikely that they will main more than two copies. So you have to understand that they have to even have it in their hand before they can counter you with it. So getting paranoid about a certain situation and choosing not play a certain card or deck might end up causing you the tournament.
6. Reach the venue early and have a heavy breakfast and gets lots of sleep the previous night. your body and mind must be at their peak performance for you to do well and not do any missplays.
7. Always remember, This is a game about having fun! Do not be sad if you did not do well. Do not give up and keep on trying until you reach your goal. Never hold grudges and destroy your friendships because of the game. The only thing that matters is that you enjoyed the event together.
That sums up on our tips for preparing for regionals. if you think we missed anything important out do leave a comment!
Keep on Buddyfighting~
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