Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9013340-20130603190727/@comment-9839593-20130607170203

@Daydreamers: Well, working on the base stats, as you and The Grey one stated should mean:

I atk first so my reduction on his def comes first: 10000 - 2000 - 2000 = 6000

Now, assume his def uppers trigger. Wouldnt they base on 6000, as I have reduced him down. So now this would result in his def up from 6000 * 1.4 =8400.

So becasue my reduction on him comes first, he can never make it up. (This is not about having higher base atk def, just in theory - every one can conclude his own strategy. Daydreamer is right if someone has higher base def, then reduce him.

A free players def can very well have a chance: becaus when I do a boost of my own say 10000+2000+2000=14000, and he does a reduction by 2x20% from me,14000-2800-2800=8400, I could end up with lesser atk than the defenders poor base atk - that is also the conclusion of above's daydreamers statements.

Summing up: IF the type atk reductions match on a pure atacker a atk downing team would be better than a def-upping team. AND IF the type def reduction match on the pure def team a pure def-down team is better than atk-upping team.

I personally have it following way:Pure-type-team of 2 def-downers of same type and 3 boosters: e.g. 5 div atk cards: 2 pha-down (Tristan ex, Ono no komachi) + 3 div-atk-uppers. Of course you should atk only teams with phantom leaders. So this is my atck against phantoms. If there would be to few phantoms I have a similar team against divinas.

The 3 boosters help you if a user has just the leader as phantom (and 2 of your cards are useless pha-downers) and the rest 4 in other type. So I can still win with the boosters (skill 18-20) thats enough.

Zanks for ze discussion.