JWA Skill Tournament: Common/Rare/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 Styracosaurus Lux Alliance Championship and it’s a Skills Tournament with no restrictions.

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 there are no restrictions on which Common, Rare and Omega creatures you can use. 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

·         3 Omega

With the rewards for this tournament being coins:

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 the unlocked abilities they learnt by a certain level, depending on what rarity of creatures are being used in the tournament format:

Level 1 = Common

Level 6 = Rare

Level 11 = Epic

Level 16 = Legendary

Level 21 =  Unique

As this is a Common/Rare Tournament, the abilities that Omega creatures can use will be those abilities at level 6 and below that a player has unlocked. Not very many of us will have that level 6 ability unlocked so how do these Omega creature perform when they come up against some recommended Rare creatures.

The table below shows the 3 Omega creatures (shown at the top in blue) where they are currently between Level 1 and Level 5. They are facing off against each other and also 2 Recommended Rare creatures for this tournament (shown on the far left). They battled an equal amount of times and the results are below.

(Green = More Wins) (Yellow = Tied Wins) (Red = Less Wins) 

Toro = Won 1 / Drew 2 / Lost 1

Diabloceratops = Won 1 / Drew 1 / Lost 2

Stegouros = Won 1 / Drew 3 / Lost 0

Looking at the results, it seems as though all 3 Omegas may have a place on a players team in this weekends tournament. Also, we must not forget that they have the resistances and immunities of a Unique creature.

For those lucky few who have got the Level 6 abilities unlocked, here is how that changes the results:

(Green = More Wins) (Yellow = Tied Wins) (Red = Less Wins) 

Toro = Won 4 / Drew 0 / Lost 0

Diabloceratops = Won 1 / Drew 2 / Lost 1

Stegouros = Won 1 / Drew 0 / Lost 3

Looking at the results here, it seems as though Toro is clearly the strongest of the 3 Omegas when it comes to a Rare Tournament, and possibly even the strongest in the format.

Name:  Stegouros

Best used: Mid Battle.

On your team: YES

Positives: Rend and Stun Immune. Resist Damage Down, Damage Over Time, Vulnerability, Armour Down and Crit Down. Priority Shields. Breaking Shields.

Good against (creatures): Rend abilities. Resilient and Cunning Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Fierce Creatures. High Damage. Swap Prevention.

Name: Diabloceratops

Best used: Mid Battle.

On your team: YES

Positives: Stun, Swap Prevention and Swap Prevention Immune. Resist Damage Over Time and Rend. Armour. High HP.

Good against (creatures): Prone to Stun and Vulnerability. Resilient and Cunning Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Armour. (Resist) Stun and Vulnerability Immune. High Damage. Bypass Armour.

Name: Toro

Best used: Starter, Mid Battle.

On your team: YES

Positives: Stun Immune. Resist Damage Over Time, Speed and Damage Down and Rend.

Armour. Devour Heal. Shields. Priority Dodge. Armour, and Damage up.

Good against (creatures): Stun. Rend. Good All-rounder.

Counter this creature with: High Damage. Bypass Armour. Break Shields. Nullify. Precise. Flocks.

Name: Suchotator

Best used: All Round

On your team: YES

Positives: Speed Down. Priority Damage Down. Damage Over Time. Precise. Nullify. Health. Cleanse Damage Down.

Good against (creatures): Prone to Damage Over Time+Damage Down. Dodge. Flocks.

Counter this creature with: Damage Over Time. Cleanse. Stun. Shield. Armour.

Name: Majundasuchus

Best used: Starter, Mid Battle

On your team: YES

Positives: Speed Down Immune. Remove Speed Up + Dodge + Cloak. Impose Vulnerability. Swap In. Counter. Priority Shields + Armour Up. Bypass Armour. Damage Up.

Good against (creatures): Low Damage. Cunning. Flocks.

Counter this creature with: Break Shields. Shields. High Damage.

Name: Rodrigues Solitaire

Best used: First, Last

On your team: YES

Positives: Resist Damage Over Time + Rend + Damage Down. Swap Prevention Immune. On Escape. Damage Down. Rally Heal. Impose Vulnerability.

Good against (creatures): Fierce + Armour Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Group Attacks. Shields.

Name: Preondactylus

Best used: First, Last

On your team: YES

Positives: Resist Rend. Speed Down + Swap Prevention Immune. On Escape. Swap In. Priority Dodge. Priority Damage Down. Priority Cleanse.

Good against (creatures): Fierce+Cunning Creatures.

Counter this creature with: Group+Resilient Attacks. Shields. Armour

Name: Purrolyth

Best used: Finisher

On your team: YES

Positives: Counter. Priority Heal. Shields. Damage Up. Break Shields Bypass Armour. No Escape.

Good against (creatures): Resilient. Low Damage. Rend Prone.

Counter this creature with: Damage Down. Break Shields. High Damage.

Name: Dreadnoughtus

Best used: All Rounder

On your team: YES

Positives: Speed Down + Stun Immune. Swap In. Group Attack. Speed Down. Impose Vulnerability. Shield. Precise. Cleanse Damage Down. Health.

Good against (creatures): Low Damage. Cunning. Flocks.

Counter this creature with: Damage Over Time. Rend. High Damage. Fierce.

Name: Albertosaurus

Best used: All Rounder

On your team: YES

Positives: Crit Down + Swap Prevention + Speed Down Immune. Resist Damage Over Time + Vulnerability. High Damage. Priority Damage. Break Shields. Bypass Armour.

Good against (creatures): Resilient. Shields. Armour. Fierce.

Counter this creature with: Flocks. Cunning. Dodge.

Name: Megalonyx

Best used: Starter, Finisher

On your team: YES

Positives: Speed Down Immune. Counter. Precise. Dodge. On Escape. Damage + Crit Down. Priority. Cleanse Damage Over Time. Speed Up.

Good against (creatures): Flocks. Fierce. Dodge.

Counter this creature with: Precise. Resilient. Damage Down.

Name: Dracorex

Best used: Mid Battle

On your team: YES

Positives: Swap In. Priority Stun. Speed Down. Remove Speed Up + Dodge + Cloak. Impose Vulnerability. Precise.

Good against (creatures): Stun + Vulnerability + Speed Down Prone. Flocks.

Counter this creature with: High Damage. Shields. Armour.

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 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 Omega and Rare creatures, but maybe a few Common creatures too. Either way, it is felt that players should try to stay clear of using the following creatures:

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, have a great weekend and may the Anniversary Celebrations continue!!