12.
DO NOT base your entire battle strategy on
one item. What if your opponent uses a
sticky hand, and by chance grabs your
special item, what now? Or suppose it
breaks? Develop a complex strategy. It
takes time.
11.
SPEED, as of yet, is worthless (but will
probably be useful not too far in the
future). It should be your last stat
priority. Level and Defense are two other
misunderstood stats. Level is what lets
you gain abilities from faeries and
individual pet skills. Defense only blocks
attacks if you use a defensive item, like
a shield, or a skill like Defend or
Improved Defend.
10.
WATCH what your opponent does. Note the
items they use, and if you like what they
do, check them out in the Battlepedia or
Shop Wizard later. This will help you find
a good strategy.
9.
WORK towards getting the following
abilities above all others: Fiery Gaze
(fire), Heal (water), Diamond Dust (air),
Sink (darkness), Burrow (earth), and
Restore (light). Aim for Water first; you
can get it at any level by giving your pet
a Water Faerie. Then, go for Fiery Gaze.
Next, Burrow. Restore, and then Sink and
Diamond Dust. MAKE SURE YOU ARE AT THE
RIGHT LEVEL. Check the Abilities page to
see what level your pet needs to be to get
them. For Sink and Diamond Dust, ask the
people in the NeoChats.
8.
MOST people are not willing to fight a pet
that is ridiculously stronger than their
own. However, most people do challenge
pets that are weaker than theirs. Expand
your options. Do not challenge only pets
weaker than yours. Challenging pets a
little stronger will increase the chance
that they'll agree to fight, and it
probably won't harm the results of the
battle. Also, it's all right to accept a
challenge from a pet that is a little
stronger than yours. A little can mean
different things to different strengths,
so I'd recommend accepting if the
difference between your HP and your
opponent's HP is about 25% of your HP. For
strength, I'd accept if the difference is
10% of your strength number. The other
stats shouldn't really matter.
7.
TEMPORARY (1-time-use) battle items are
only worth the result of the battle. I've
had opponents toss three exploding
snowballs at me, and they STILL lost. That
money went down the drain. Keep this in
mind when you buy snowballs, battlecards,
bottles, and elixirs.
6.
BE COURTEOUS to your opponent. Talk to
them if you want; this will make the
battle more interesting. Say "good fight"
afterwards, no matter if you won or lost.
Some winners are so courteous that they
send their opponent a healing potion after
the battle. I've fought some of these
kinds of people, and they definitely are
great to know. You don't have to do this,
however, especially if you don't have
enough money to heal your own
pets.
5.
FREEZING is not against the rules, but it
is proper and preferred that you do not
freeze your opponent more than one time
per battle, unless they do. However, if
you're fighting one-player, you can freeze
your opponent as many times as you want.
If you do freeze, hit them with your best
shot. They can't block, so you will deal
maximum damage.
4.
THE STRONGER your pets are, the harder it
is to find an opponent. I've challenged
pets who were stronger than mine, and they
still refuse 80% of the time. Level 1 pets
with bad stats have a much bigger
selection of opponents than, say, Level 25
pets with great stats. Think of this as an
advantage to being weak.
3.
IF your opponent imposes certain rules for
battle(I.E., no freezing, no snowballs, no
battlecards, etc.), you are expected to
follow them if you agree to fight. I do
not recommend imposing these types of
rules against any of your opponents,
because, in my opinion, it is a sign that
you're too cowardly to take being frozen
and a few harsh hits. I think it's good to
participate in these types of battles now
and then, because it's a way of proving
that you aren't winning battles by cheap
shots.
2.
LOSING isn't as bad as you think it is.
Lost a fight? Join the other 50% of
Neopians in two-player fights. Losing
doesn't take battle points from your
score. So if NeoPets makes scores worth
something, none of your losses will
matter. In fact, losing can be beneficial
because having a lot of losses will make
potential challengers think you're weaker
than maybe you really are. So more people,
and often weaker people, will challenge
you.
1.
NEVER give up. I cannot recall how many
times I've seen players give up on the
Battledome just because they lost a few
battles. I lost 8 times in a row in my
first Battledome days. Now I win almost
every battle. Nearly everyone loses before
they get the chance to find out how they
can win. Focus on getting better at
battles, not winning battles.
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