JWA Skill Tournament: Common/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Unique/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. We will modify this article as best we can accordingly.

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

This week’s tournament is the Third in the Five week Toro Alliance Championship.

Each tournament match is a 4v4 full battle. Whoever defeats 3 of their opponents 4 creatures will be the winner. In addition, all creatures will be set to Tournament Level (26), have no stat boosts and will feature Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Unique (with Enhancements) and Omega Creatures. In the case that both sides lose their 3rd creature in the same turn, then the bout will be declared a draw.

With all this in mind, there will be available to use:

• 42 Common
• 74 Rare
• 90 Epic
• 71 Legendary
• 52 Unique
• 7 Omega

With the rewards for this tournament being boosts:

Used predominantly to increase the health, damage and speed stats of 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/Unique/Omega Tournament, the abilities that Omega creatures can use will be all the abilities that a player has managed to unlock.

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 Common/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Unique/Omega Tournament, all Omega Creatures' Abilities should 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.

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 of 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.

Name:  Dracoceratosaurus

Best used: All Rounder

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Crit & Speed Down & Swap Prevention Immune. Resist DoT & Damage Down. Armoured. Swap In Ability. Double Stun. Cleanse. Damage Down. Nullify.

Good against (creatures): Prone To Stun & Damage Down.

Counter this creature with: Resist Damage Down. Resilient Creatures.

Name:  Atrocodistis

Best used: All Rounder

On your team: YES

Positives: Vulnerability, Speed Down, Swap Prevention & Stun Immune. Resist Damage Down. Armoured. Counter Ability. Group

Attack. Berserk. Heal. Shields.

Good against (creatures): Flocks. Fierce& Cunning Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Shields. Counter. High Damage. DoT. Rend.

Name:  Aenocyonyx

Best used: Starter, Finisher

On your team: YES

Positives: Crit & Speed Down, Swap Prevention & Vulnerability Immune. Resist DoT, Rend & Stun. Crit Chance. Counter, Swap In & On Escape Ability. Devour. DoT.

Good against (creatures): DoT Prone. Resilient & Fierce Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Damage Down. Flocks.

(This is also the last time that we will see Aenocyonyx in tournament before its Debuff next week:

• 'Challenging Howl on Escape'  going from 50% to 25% speed and damage increase and only doing 0.5x damage stat.
• 'Disarming Decimate And Run' having its Priority removed.)

Name:  Tyrannometrodon

Best used: Starter, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Crit & Damage Down & Vulnerability Immune. Resist DoT, Damage Down, Stun, Rend & Swap Prevention. Crit Chance. On Escape Ability. Crit Chance. On Escape Ability. Devour.

Good against (creatures): Dodge. Damage Down. High Damage.

Counter this creature with: Resilient & Fierce Creatures. Armour. Shields.

Name:  Compsoraptor

Best used: Mid Battle, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Damage & Speed Down Immune. Resist Vulnerability & Rend. Crit Chance. Swap In & On Escape Ability. Rally Heal. Priority Attack. Speed Up. Dodge. Cleanse.

Good against (creatures): Group Attacks. DoT. Stun. Armour.

Counter this creature with: Low Health & Damage. Fierce Creatures.

Name:  Dsungascorpios

Best used: Mid Battle

On your team: YES

Positives: Crit Down, DoT & Stun Immune. Resist Vulnerability & Rend. Armoured. On Escape & Counter Ability. Stun. DoT. Nullify. Group Attack. Shields. Damage Up.

Good against (creatures): Prone to Stun & DoT. Resilient Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Group Attacks. Break Shields. High Health.

Name:  Pyrorixis

Best used: Mid Battle

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Crit & Speed Down Immune. Resist Damage Down, Rend, Stun & Vulnerability. Swap In, On Escape & Counter Ability. Nullify. Berserk. Precise. Dodge.

Good against (creatures): Stun Immune. Damage Down. DoT.

Counter this creature with: Prone To Stun. Dodge. Armoured.

Name:  Constrictoraptor

Best used: Mid Battle, Finisher

On your team: MAYBE

Positives: Crit Chance and Speed Down, and Swap Prevention Immune. Resist Stun and Damage Down. Super Powered Panthera. Precise Group Attack. Berserk and Revenge Abilities. Counter Ability. On Escape Ability.

Good against (creatures): Under 3375 Health. Flocks. Slower creatures. Swap Abilities.

Counter this creature with: Faster Creatures. On Escape Abilities. Fierce Attacks. High Damage. Damage Over Time.

Name:  Dracovenator 

Best used: Starter, Mid Battle

On your team: YES

Positives: Damage Over Time, Stun and Damage Down Immune. Resist Rend and Swap Prevention. Group Attack. Priority Attack and Dodge. Cloak Rampage. Swap In Ability. Nullify.

Good against (creatures): With Positive Effects/Abilities. Flocks. Fierce and Some Cunning Creatures. Slower Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Armour. Speed Down.Vulnerable. Resilient Moves and Creatures.

Name:  Styracosaurus Lux 

Best used: Starter, Mid Battle

On your team: YES

Positives: Stun and Vulnerable Immune. Resist Armour, Damage and Speed Down, and Damage Over Time. Shields. Heal. Stun. Damage Over Time. Swap In Ability. Priority Attack. Precise.

Good against (creatures): Prone to Stun and Damage Over Time. Resilient Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Rend. Fierce Attacks. High Damage. Flocks. Swap Prevention.

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 and so haven't a full team. 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 Unique creatures but maybe a few Legendary and Omega creatures. Lower level players may also be looking to use Epic or even Rare creatures. Whatever your level, try to stay clear of using the following creatures:

Creatures not included in this article, are those that are neither top tournament creatures for this tournaments Unique to Rare format, nor are they to be "stayed cleared of". These unmentioned 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 recommended 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.