JWA Skill Tournament: Common/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Omega

NOTE – At the time of writing, this article’s information was announced as the following and was prepared as this week was originally intended to run.

Hello everyone and welcome to the “Tournament Talk” with Lucus1355 from the ‘GamePress JWA’ Discord.

This week’s tournament is the First in the Four week Megalania Alliance Championship.

Each tournament match is a 4v4 full battle. Whoever defeats 3 of their opponents 4 creatures will be the winner. In the case that both sides lose their 3rd creature in the same turn, then the bout will be declared a draw. In addition, all creatures will be set to Tournament Level (26) and have no Stat Boosts or Enhancements. However, regarding which Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Omega Creatures you can use, 'Select' Omega Creatures and 'Flock' Creatures are ineligible for this tournament.

Please see the Jurassic World Alive Website (here) for how Omega's Stats and Training Points will be affected/distributed when being used in a Skills Tournament. 

With all this in mind, the creatures that will be available to use are:

• 40 Common
• 70 Rare
• 81 Epic
• 64 Legendary
• 7 Omega 

With the rewards for this tournament being Coins:

Used predominantly to fuse hybrid DNA and level up your creatures.

The Omega creatures bring a new twist to the tournament format due to most of their abilities being unlocked as they level up. However, they are only allowed to use certain abilities dependent on whether they are unlocked and depending on what rarity of creatures are being used in the tournament format.

For more and better explained information please go to the following links (below) to understand these Omega Creatures (Oldest First):

• OMEGAS EXPLAINED
• OMEGAS – A FEW CLARIFICATIONS
• OMEGA TRAINING – TRAINING POINT SYSTEM
• OMEGA TRAINING IN SKILL TOURNAMENTS
• Training Points in Skill Tournaments. THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE. Jurassic World Alive (Video from IDGT902 YouTube)

As this is a Common/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Omega Tournament, the abilities that Omega creatures can use will be all the abilities at Level 16 and below that a player has already unlocked.

If you have not spent any Training Points, they will temporarily be applied evenly to match other Level 26 Dinosaurs during the Skill Tournament.

To see an approximation of what the stats may look like, please go to the Paleo JWA Toolbox website;

Select your Omega Creature by clicking on its image/name.

Once here, all you need to do would be to click on the 'Preset Points' which should show you an approximate example of what 'applied evenly' will look like on that Omega Creature's stats (see below).

It is recommended that Omega creatures have all their abilities unlocked up to/in line with the highest allowed rarity in a tournament. As this is a Rare/Epic/Omega Tournament, all Omega Creatures' Abilities don't have to be, but are advised to be unlocked.

However, you may find that some Omega Creatures may not have to have all their abilities unlocked, as some can still do well without all their abilities available in tournament battles.

After tournaments featuring the Omega Creatures and votes received as to which Omegas performed the best, but also the worst. The below shows the "speculated" Tier List for the fully unlocked Omegas in this Tournament:

As these creatures and their mechanics are still new, along with their 'Unique' strength resistances there is no certainty to how they will actually perform, come the tournament battles against each other and other rarity creatures. However, the lower the rarity of the tournament, the more difficult it could be to beat Omega Creatures, mainly because of the 'Unique' strength resistances but also the training points spread over the stats: Health, Damage, Speed, Armour, Critical Chance and Critical Damage.

A good start at facing Omega Creatures is taking note of its resistances, as we can see that using certain creature abilities against Omega Creature's would successful, unsuccessful or halfway between. Also, its armour and whether it can break shields and/or bypass armour.

FOR EXAMPLE, using the above image of Diabloceratops from the Paleo JWA Toolbox we can see:

• Using Stun, Swap Prevention and Vulnerability would be useless - they would have no effect on Diabloceratops, other than any damage.
• Using Damage Over Time and Rend would only be partially useless - they would have partial effect on Diabloceratops, plus any damage.
• Using Critical Chance, Damage, Speed and Armour Reduction would be useful - they would have the most effect on Diabloceratops on top of any damage.
• It does not have a shield breaking ability and can only bypass armour with its swap inability - you could use shields and armour against it.
• It does have high Armour - you would be better off using creature abilities that break shields and/or bypass armour.

Using this information and knowing what abilities Diabloceratops is able to use, you should be able to make a good choice of creature to go against it in battle.

(FOR OMEGAS - PLEASE SEE ABOVE TIER LIST FOR OMEGA RECOMMENDATIONS)

Name: Rexy

Best used: Starter, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Speed Down &

vulnerable Immune. Resist Damage Over Time,

Rend & Stun. Group Attacks. On

Escape Ability. Dominant Roar.

Devour Heal. Break Shields

Good against (creatures): Flocks.

Resilient Creatures. Low Health.

Counter this creature with: High

Health. Damage Down. Dodge.

Name: Spinoceratops

Best used: Starter, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Resist Damage Down.

Speed Down, Stun, vulnerable &

Swap Prevention Immune. On

Escape & Swap In Ability.

Damage Over Time. Rend. Heal. Precise Attack.

Good against (creatures): Prone to

Rend&Damage Over Time. Low health. Resilient.

Counter this creature with: Damage Over Time.

Shield breaking. Resist Damage Over Time.

Name: Thylaconyx

Best used: Mid battle

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Resist Damage Over Time & Rend.

vulnerable, Speed Down & Stun

immune. Damage Over Time. Crushing Prowl.

Group attack. Devour heal.

Counter & Swap In Ability.

Good against (creatures): Resilient.

Prone to Damage Over Time. Rend. Flocks.

Counter this creature with: Damage Over Time

Resistance. Dodge. Damage Down.

Name: Panthera Blytheae

Best used: Mid battle

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Crit, Damage&Speed

Down & Stun Immune. Evasive

Hunt. Counter & Swap In Ability.

Double Strike. Damage Down.

Good against (creatures): Prone to

Damage Over Time & Damage Down. Fierce

Creatures. Crit & Damage Up.

Counter this creature with: Damage Over Time.

Resilient creatures. Rend. Precise.

Name: Fukuimimus

Best used: Mid battle, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Reduced Crit&Damage

Immune. Reduced speed+Stun+

Swap prevention resistant. Group

Attack. Counter. Heals. Speed

Increase. Cleanse. Dodge.

Good against (creatures): Flocks.

Low damage. No armour.

Counter this creature with: Rend.

Damage Over Time. Resilient creature. Shields.

Name: Alloraptor

Best used: Starter, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Reduced damage+Swap

prevention immune. vulnerable+

Reduced speed resistant. Damage

increase. Reduced damage. Swap

In ability. On escape ability.

Good against (creatures): Fierce

creatures. Low health.

Counter this creature with: Flocks.

Cunning creatures. Shields.

As we have depleted numbers of 'Recommended' creatures due to the Flocks being ineligible for this tournament, we recommend choosing some of the following creatures to fill those gaps in your team. Just because the 'Recommended' Creatures are more viable for this tournament format, does not mean that they must be used. You may feel that something is missing from your team or another creature would fit better; perhaps you haven't managed to obtain some of those recommended. The below creatures may be what you're looking for and might be able to fill the empty spots on your team:

Due to the tournament format, you’re likely to be using mostly, if not all Omega creatures but maybe a few Epic creatures. Lower level players may also be looking to use Epic or Rare creatures. Whatever your level, try to stay clear of using the following creatures:

These creatures may be used to fill gaps in players teams.that have not managed yet to obtain most, some or even any of the top recommended creatures or Team Fillers advised to be used in this here tournament.

Hopefully that will give some of you an idea about your tournament team, but maybe you have already got your team sorted and are just doing some last-minute reading. Either way and whatever your plan, the very best of luck to you! If you have any questions or tournament strategies of your own that you would like to share, along with any other opinions that you can share in conversation by joining the ‘GamePress JWA’ Discord Server. Get in the discussion today!!

And leaving you with that, from Lucus1355 and the ‘GamePress JWA’ Discord, thank you for reading and have a great weekend.