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1Ener gy)–80
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d:Deal AquaticorBi
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er att
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tat t
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ckyGoo( 1Ener
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Damageand0Shiel
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ional
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d:Deal
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terround4.
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gywhen JarBarr
age(1Energy )–70
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voryChop(1Ener
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onal
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rigger
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eaks
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kwark(1Ener
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sontotarget
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lyi
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ackrat
ingofacardi
sanumbershowinghowmanyhitpoi
ntsi
tcant
akefrom theenemywhil
ethe
def
enserat
ingshowstheext
raamountofhi
tpoi
ntsi
taddst
oaplayer
’sAxi
ejustfort
hatspeci
fi
cround.

Thesearesomeoft hethi
ngsthatplay
erstakeinconsi
derat
ionwhenpl
anningthei
rat
tacksanddefense.
Someti
mesi t’
sbett
ertouseallyourmostpower f
ulat
tacks,
someti
mesit’
sbesttopoisonorstunt
hem,
andsometimesit’
sbett
ertonotat t
ackatallandgai
nmor eener
gyint
henextroundforamor epowerful
att
ackagainstapowerf
uldefensiv
eenemy .

Oft
enti
mes, i
t’
sami ndgame.Youwanttokeept
heopponentguessi
ngwhatyournextr
ealmovesare.
Yourskil
linj
ukesandbluf
fi
ngandatmanagingwhi
chcardstouseandwhichtokeepforanot
herr
ound
canaffectwhet
heryouwinthematchornot
.

It
'sv
eryengagi
ng,andify
ouwanttowi
n,y
ouneedt obel
ockedi
n,car
eful
l
ycount
ingt
heenemy
'scar
ds,
ener
gypoint
s,andall
theelement
swe'
vement
ioned.

ThePVPex
per
ience
Ther
e’sr
eal
ski
l
linv
olv
edi
nget
ti
ngt
hrought
hePVPr
anksofAxi
eInf
ini
ty,
li
keanycompet
it
ivePVPgame.

Asinmulti
play
eronl
i
nebat
tl
earenasl
i
keDot
a2orbattl
eroyaleshooter
slikeApexLegends,t
hemor e
youconcent
rateoni
mpr
ovi
ngyourgame–asopposedtojustcr
uisi
ngthroughmatches–t hefast
er
y
ou’
l
lgetbet
ter
.
Experi
enceinclassi
ct ur
n-basedJRPGsl
i
ketheFi
nalFant
asygameswil
lal
socer
tainl
yhelpasi
t’
sagame
ofcal
culat
ingther i
ghtamountofdamagetodeal
,andnotusi
ngtoomanycar
dsthatleav
eyouwith
nothi
nginthenextr ound.

Toputitinboxi
ngpar
lance,
swingingwildl
ylikeanout
-of-
contr
olboxerwil
loft
enleadtoknockout
counter
punchesfr
om t
heenemy .Often,
it’
sbesttohaveacontroll
eddamageoutput:pokesandjabsand
maybeapowerpunchf r
om ti
met otimebef oregoi
ngforarealhaymakeryou’
remoreorlesscert
ainwil
l
connect.
Wil
lyouoptt
o"pass"ar
oundinordertosav
et hatr
ound'sener
gypointsfort
henextr
oundanddeal
a
massiv
eblowint
henextround?You'
recompletel
ydefensel
essthough,andt
heenemycoul
dpotent
ial
l
y
hi
tyouwit
hamassi v
eblow.

Inthisscenari
o,whatyou'
rehopi
ngt ohappenisthatt heenemyuseshisdefensi
vecardsinst
ead
becauset hatmeanstheywastedthei
renergyandt heircar
dsforanatt
ackthatdidn'
thappen.It
's
i
ncrediblysati
sfy
ingwheny oumaket hecor
rectpredicti
on,andt
hat'
swhathaskeptmepl ayi
ng,andqui
te
addictedforsomet i
me.

Feel
i
ngouthowyourenemypl
aysi
sabigpartofknowingwhentothrowy
ourbestshot
s.It’
sagameof
i
nchessometi
mes,wi
thsomematchesendi
ngwiththevi
ctoremer
gingwi
thj
usttheti
niestsl
iv
erof
heal
th.
The'
l
astst
and'
element
:exci
ti
ng
Laststandsareacruci
alpartofcl
osemat ches.AnAxiecouldgointoal
aststandwhenanattack
reducesit
shitpoi
ntstozerobutbarelyso.Wheni nl
aststand,
theAxiei
sgivenonetofourt
urnbars,
whichisanumberdependentonanAxi e’
s“morale”st
at.Whenalltur
nbarsareusedup,t
heAxiedies,
somet i
mesev enwi
thoutitbei
ngattacked.
Forexample,
whenanenemyAxi eatt
acksanotherAxi
easidefrom t
heAxi
ethat’
salr
eadyi
n“laststand,
”
i
tcountsasoneturn,
andonet urnbarisremoved.AnenemyAxi ecoul
dal
sojustuseanot
herstrong
att
ack,andbedonewithi
t.Again,i
talldependsonthesi
tuat
ion.

All
theseel
ement s,al
ongwithamov eti
merthatput
spressur
eontheplayer
s,r
eall
ymakethePVPmode
ver
y,ver
yexciti
ng.Especi
all
yifyou’
renewt
ocar dgames,i
t’
samazingl
yfuntofi
gureoutwhi
chat
tacks,
ski
ll
sordefensiv
emaneuv erstouse.
Ican'
tspeakyetabouthowexactl
yitcomparestoot
hercar
dgamesli
keMagicorHear
thst
onethough
becauseIhav
en'tpl
ayedthose.ButIt
hinkIcansayt
hatAxi
e'scar
dsy
stem i
sn'
tcompl
etel
ynew.Itf
eel
s
novelt
houghforputt
ingint
hatPokémonf l
avor.

Thebl
ockchai
nel
ement
s,whichwe'
l
ldi
scussi
nanot
herar
ti
cle,
arewhatmaket
hegameuni
quer
ightnow
i
nthel
argergami
ngl
andscape.

Thecardgamei sactual
l
ypr et
tyaccessi
blet
oo,whichi
softenagoodthi
ngf
oranygamelooki
ngtogrow
i
tsplay
erpopulati
on.Andt hesi
zeofthepopulat
ionmatt
ersalotf
orPVPgames–toofew,andyou’
l
l
havetr
oubl
efindingamat ch.Thi
sisn’tt
hecasewithAxi
e.
Fastmat
chmaki
ng
Matchesstarti
namatt
erofseconds–andlesswait
ing,
morepl
ayi
ngalwaysmakesf
oragood
experi
ence.Nogamer
,nomatterthepl
atf
orm,hasev
erwishedf
orl
ongerl
oadti
mesormult
ipl
ayerl
obby
waiti
ngperiod.

Withmatchesstar
ti
ngquickl
y ,y
ousimplyhavetoplayaf ewrounds,swi
peupt ousecar
ds,
and
fr
om ther
eit’
seasytounderstandthel
ogic.OnereasonI’veneverpl
ayedMagic:TheGat
her
ing
i
sitalwaysseemedsointi
mi dati
ngwit
hallthewrit
tentextonthecardthatcoul
dbequit
e
esoter
ict
ocasualobser
vers.

Forthosewhohav eneverplay
edany t
hingtur
n-basedbef
ore,
theAdventur
emodeisthepl
acet
ost
art
l
earning.Ther
e’snorealt
utori
albutanyoneexceptthemostt
ech-
avoidantcanl
ear
nthi
s.

Whil
eit
’seasyt
olearn,
goinguptheplayerr
ankingl
adderi
sadif
fer
entmat
teralt
oget
herify
ou’re
i
nexper
iencedi
nthesetypesofgames.Experi
encedpl
ayer
swil
ldemoli
sht
otalnewbi
es,j
ustli
keany
compet
iti
vegame.

AsI
'
vesai
d,r
eadi
ngski
l
ledenemi
esi
sar
eal
chal
l
enge,
andi
t’
sal
way
sal
ear
ningexper
ienceseei
nghow
t
heyuset
hei
rcar
ds,
andhowt
heymanaget
omakey
ouuset
hewr
ongcar
ds.

Isupposet hesamecouldbesaidformanysuccessf
ulcar
dgamesbutagain,I
’
veneverreall
yplay
ed
those.Isupposepokercounts?ThatI
’
vepl
ayed,andit
’ssi
mil
art
othatbecauseofal
lthebluff
ingand
misdirect
ionyou’
retr
yingtodo.

Somemor
epol
i
sh,
ser
veri
mpr
ovement
sneeded
There'
sbeensomeserversl
owdownfrom timetoti
me,whichhavel
edtoacouplelostmatchesforme.
Whenitslowsdown,someti
mesyouwon' tbeabl
etoswipeacardforpl
ay,ort
oresetyourcardsel
ect
ion.
Thosemat cheswer
everyfr
ust
rat
ingespecial
l
ywhenyou'r
etryi
ngtowinSLP.

Sometimesaswell
,thegamei
ssl
owt oupdatetheSLPy ouwon.Thetimeatwhichthedai
l
yenergyy
ou
useforstar
ti
ngSLP-
earni
ngPVPorexper
iencepoint
s-ear
ningAdvent
urematchesissomet
imes
i
nconsist
ent.

Thegamecan'
tbei
nconsi
stenti
nref
reshi
ngt
heener
gybecauset
imeandmoneyar
einv
olv
ed.

Thesear
ethebi
tsi
nthegamet
hatneedpol
i
shi
ng.

Oneot
hert
hingt
hatbugsmei
sthi
sonei
nconsi
stencyi
nthedesi
gn:

There'
samov et
hatwil
lal
l
owy outodest r
oyenemyenergy.I
tdi
splay
samessaget hatenemyener
gyhas
beendestroy
edi
fpul
ledoffcor
rect
ly.Butthemessagesti
l
lappear
sev eni
ftheenemyhadnoenergyt
o
bedestroy
ed.

Thi
swoul
dbef
inebutt
her
eseemst
obesomei
nconsi
stencywi
thanot
herski
l
lthatal
l
owsy
out
ost
eal
e
nergy
.Whenyoustealf
rom anenemythathasener
gyt
obest
olen,
thegamedispl
aysamessaget
ell
ing
youyou'
vest
olenener
gy.Whentheenemyhasnoenergyt
obestol
en,nomessageisdi
spl
ay–unl
ikethe
casewit
hthedest
royener
gymov e.

May beit
'sarealdesi
gnchoi
ce?I'v
enotgiventhatenought
houghtactuall
y,andwoul
dlovetohearf
rom
thedeveloper
s,ifi
thadbeendeli
berat
e.Iwoul
dal solov
etopi
cktheirbrai
nsontheaesthet
icsoft
he
Axiesthemselvesandthel
argergameofcourse.

Al
lIknowi
sthat
,becausemoneyi
sinv
olv
ed,
it'
simpor
tantf
ort
hegamet
obui
l
dtr
usti
nal
li
tsaspect
s.
Andt
hatmeanshav
ingt
hel
evel
ofpol
i
shast
hebestt
ri
ple-
Ast
udi
ovi
deogames.

Howhar
disi
tto'
gi
tgud'
?

Axi
esbecomegr
eeni
shsoul
saf
terdeat
h

Ihadasmuchf
unpl
ayi
ngAxi
easIdi
dpl
ayi
ngt
heot
hercompet
it
ivegamesIment
ionedear
li
er.

HowdoesAxi
ecompar
etot
hesegamesi
nter
msoft
hel
ear
ningcur
ve?

Iwoul
dsayAxi
e,i
nitscurr
entst
ate,i
sfareasi
ert
ogeti
ntothanmyafor
ementionedgamesofchoi
ce.
Oft
en,y
ou’
ll
hearpl
ayersofal
lmulti
play
ergamescompl
aini
ngthatt
hey’
renotwinni
ngenough.
Atonepoi
ntoranother
,they
’reoft
enmetwit
hthephrase:“Gi
tgud.
”Basi
cal
l
y:st
opcompl
aini
ng,
the
gamehasnoproblems,youjustneedt
ogetgoodatplayi
ngit
.

Let
’sgetbackt
othegamesI
’
vet
ri
edt
ogi
tgudat
.

Apexi sthefir
stmult
ipl
ayercompet
iti
veshooterI
’v
epl ay
edonacontr
oll
er,
soIbasical
l
ystart
edfr
om
scratch.ArenaofVal
orisalsomyfir
stMOBA.I ’
veputinmaybe500hoursi
ntoApex.AndIthi
nkIonl
y
start
edt ogainsomesuccessatthe200thhourmar k.

I
’v
eplay
edmaybe80to90hour
sofAr
enaofVal
or,
andIst
art
edt
opl
aywi
thsomemeasur
eofsuccessat
maybet
he30t
hhour.

Soy
oucanseeher
ethatApexhast
hest
eeperl
ear
ningcur
ve.

ForAxieInf
ini
ty,
Ithinkittookmemay be16to18hour
sbeforeIstar
tedtogai
nsomesuccess.Af ter
theseini
ti
alst
arti
nghour s,I
’vewonmaybe50%ofmymat ches.Sofrom mypersonalexperi
ence,Arena
ofValori
salmostt wotimesashar dt
olear
nwhil
eApexismor ethan10timeshardertolearnthanthe
corecardbatt
lesinAxie.Of ,
course,
theAxiesyouuseplayav er
y,verybi
gpar talso.AndI ’v
ebeen
l
entaprett
ygoodteam ofAxi
es–roughl
ytwi
cei
nval
ueast
hecor
efl
oorl
evel
3-Axi
eteam
cost
ingaboutP30,
000curr
entl
y.

Myteam waschosenandl entt

omebyanexper tpl
ayer
,somyteam wasal
readybui
lttosucceed,
Ijust
hadtopl ay.Idi
dn’thavetogothroughtheprocessofbui
ldi
ngmyownAxieteam wheresynergi
eshaveto
becruciall
yconsideredtobesuccessful
.Learni
ngtobuil
dteams,
theequi
val
entofbuil
dingadeckin
tr
adi
tionalcardgames, isawholeotherlear
ningcur
ve.

Whyar
ewemappi
ngoutt
hel
ear
ningcur
ve?Becauset
hel
engt
hoft
hel
ear
ningcur
vemi
ghtcor
respond
t
othetotalamountofhoursyou’
dwanttoplaythegamebefor
eyourinter
estst
art
stol
evel
off
.The
l
ongeryourbegi
nnerhoursar
e,thel
ongeryou’
ll
playthegamefor
,itseems.

Again, l
etmebeverycleart
hatmyassessmentoft helengthplayerint
erestisjustbasedonmyown
experiencepl
ayi
ngcompet i
tiv
egames.Tof i
ndoutt herealfi
gureforsustainedplayeri
nteresti
nAxiefor
allt
ypesofplayer
s(breeders,bat
tl
ers,
deckbui
lders,we'l
lgettothoseinournextar ti
cle,
alongwit
ht he
blockchainel
ements)
,well,
Isupposetherewouldbeal otofcompl exmat hinvolv
ed.

Axieissodi
fferentf
rom tr
adi
ti
onal
gamesbecauseitat
temptstobri
nginmoneyfrom t
hetradi
ti
onal
economyandi ntoadigi
talwor
ld–int
heend,cr
eati
ngthisseemingl
yamorphous,
hard-
to-
immediatel
y-
deciphermi
xoft hetwo.

Butitisalsoqui
tesi
milartoagamei nthesensethathowlongy
ou’l
lst
ayinAxie’
sdigi
tal
wor
ldi
s
dependentonhowwel litkeepsyouengaged,chal
lenged,
sti
mul
atedorent
ert
ained,
andhowwel
lthe
developermanagestheplayercommunity.

Topr i
ghtcornerishowmanycar dshehadLASTr ound..
.youget3cardsperround.
..soifauserhad4
cards.
..used2...thent
heywouldhave5car dstochoosef r
om thi
sround.
..
.bott
om rightiswhat'
ssti
l
l
avail
ablefrom hisdeckbef
orereset
..
.eachcardcanonl yappeart
wicebeforeadeckr eset.
..sot
he
str
eameri sprobablykeepi
ngtr
ackofwhi chcri
ti
calcards

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