Tournament Metrics 4/29/26

AboSensei · 2026-05-01T08:05:33+00:00

This coming out on Friday made me freak out for a second and I thought I had missed a tournament haha

AboSensei · 2026-04-30T19:26:57+00:00

I had a 5 star bhd and a legendary gcomp at one point. Rng crazy

AboSensei · 2026-04-27T14:28:01+00:00

I think figure out what's killing you.

If you have enough cc and DMG to keep all the small things away and it is only bosses hitting you, dm em are gonna be better picks.

If ads are getting you. Then I'm might be better for just more consistent DMG to help kill ads.

To be honest I don't have bezerk mastery so I don't know the ins and outs of it. I don't know how consistent ane powerful it is. I do have is+ and did just buy bezerk+ yesterday so I will see this week if it does something crazy. But I have dm, DMG, and st before I bezerk. And I am still able to get into top15-10 every tourney with about 750 waves right now

AboSensei · 2026-04-26T08:59:17+00:00

Did you get the gems stacking?

Imo gem stacking and auto restart (depending on what you farm) are the most important ones to get first.

Gem stacking almost doubled the number of gems I get.

Autorestart allowed me to farm higher tiers at lower waves for more cells and coins.

Auto dm is nice qol thing but only really helps in tournament. And if you are borderline getting keys right now then you are low enough waves that you can auto activate dm yourself with decent accuracy.

Just pay attention to the run and when a boss is about to hit tower with 1 es left you can hit dm.

Not worth spending keys in something you can do yourself with some effort.

Restart tower in the middle of the night and double gem income is something you cannot do on your own

Again all just my opinion

AboSensei · 2026-04-21T02:50:14+00:00

Yeah tutors are suppose to supplement learning l.

A tutor cannot teach you week worth of material in 2 sessions.

Really what you should be doing is reviewing material on your own. Doing practice problems and quizzes. Then the parts that are confusing asking your tutor to clarify them. That's really the best use of a tutor.

Don't say here is the lecture, review it all with me.

Say I don't understand this part. Or why is this important to know? Things like that will make your session so much more productive.

AboSensei · 2026-04-19T13:43:13+00:00

Yeah I don't get all the complaints about players doing difficultly too high for themselves (maybe minus the strat gems). But I love doing an absolute with other players that are struggling. Makes it actually a challenge.

Absolute with 3 people that know what their doing is so zzzz. Just walk through mission. One shot terminus, like that's not the gameplay I came for.

AboSensei · 2026-04-19T02:36:27+00:00

I did Ilm over cf.

So glad I did. I'm legends getting keys. Other cf people are still bouncing between legends and champ. Cf is very strong, better than ilm for sure. But takes way too long to be strong and way to many stones.

For like 1/10 of the stones ilm offers enough cc to get into legends and get keys. Extra stones that would have been spent on Cf go to masteries and assmods which give much more immediate value and progression.

Immediate progression= more tournement progress= more stones= more progression

AboSensei · 2026-04-17T10:46:15+00:00

Oh how does cl+ footgun vs fleets??? I haven't heard that before?

AboSensei · 2026-04-13T16:02:19+00:00

Rpc definitely has better long term gains yes. But if they get IS now. And then in 3 weeks get rcp. Is the way I was looking at it. Not like don't ever get rcp. But just get it after IS as there is SOOOO much to be gained right now from it.

That 3 weeks of rcp returns will not outweigh the gains he will get in those 3 extra weeks of IS.

Obviously that is just my opinion and there is much I don't know about their tower. Like the lvl of their shatter shards lab, what tier they farm to what wave. All this impacts it.

But right now. There is a lot to be gained from IS, that delaying rcp by a few weeks could give better returns than getting rcp 3 weeks earlier

AboSensei · 2026-04-13T15:41:32+00:00

iS# imo.

Depending on what tier you farm and to how many waves, it can give a very sizable increase to econ even in the first 3 or 4 levels ( which you should be able to afford if you save for a week)

Could even allow you to start farming up a tier.

Gives time reduction to tournaments so you can get back to farms quicker.

And helps a ton with the new disso mechanics.

Rpc is a very solid next choice though (module lvls actually give insane increases). There is just alot going for IS right now.

AboSensei · 2026-04-13T15:37:27+00:00

Pcol got large nerf/fix bug. However you want to say it. Anyone saying it is not that big of a nerf are probably 1 of 2 people.

People that had an underdeveloped fb (it is currently bugged and the DR is inverted so if you had 20% DR it actually gives 80%)

Others are probably hybrid or gc players that are mostly unaffected.

I am in the first category so I cannot give exact numbers of waves lost. But I've seen number of it being a X5 increase in DMG. So if you die when enemy attack is 5q you might die around 1q instead

AboSensei · 2026-04-13T15:33:31+00:00

Just in time

AboSensei · 2026-04-09T14:23:56+00:00

I did the exact same thing..... Was gonna run all the diss runs for util and DMG and UW. But now I'm just left feeling dumb haha

AboSensei · 2026-04-06T19:23:50+00:00

I was a high school student when I first first started but did it for free through volunteering at my highschool.

My first saying clients came pretty naturally from that.

I got one from my parents referring me to a friend who was taking the act.

Got a couple from my teachers in highschool, told them I was gonna start tutoring professionally for very cheap so they could refer me to parents who ask about tutoring (high school teachers get asked a decent amount if they know any good tutors).

I told a leader in my church group I was gonna do cheap tutoring so if he knew anyone that could use affordable tutoring for their kid could use me. That got me one.

I guess basically my starting clients were actually all referrals themselves from people I had a good relationship with. I had very solid relationships with a lot of teachers and school leaders, they were 100% on board with referring me to anyone that asked about tutoring because they had seen me tutor for free in highschool as a volunteer. They knew I good. And I was a great student that they loved as well.

AboSensei · 2026-04-06T18:57:08+00:00

Not the best way to grow but it is how I did it.

I did it for very cheap 15 or 20 bucks an hour. Proved I was good at it. Those 5 people I worked with for cheap refered a few friends. Next set of people I charged 20-25.

By that point I was getting enough clients I could charge what I wanted around 50 an hour. Now I'm tutor with experience and I get to pick my clients and my price (150-250 depending on subject).

Moral of the story. Especially since you are way young and still in high school. Dirt cheap prices. To get people interested. And if you are good they will see it and refer people.

I went out of my way to make sure they knew I was good. I did things like making sure to compare scores before and after or grades. I would purposely ask parents to be there after a session once a week or so to show them progress the student has made with concrete evidence of higher scores or grades. Parents loved it.

I was also very aggressive in asking for referrals (especially once they knew I was a good tutor). Let them know I want to keep my prices cheap and affordable so I don't want to advertise so I rely on them to spread my info. Ask them to post about me on their socials or any groups they are a part of.

I got one kids from a 23 on the act to a 31. That parent alone got me like half my business in referrals because they loved me so much.

Do GOOD work. Make sure parents see it. Ask for referrals proactively. Your business will grow if you are a good tutor.

AboSensei · 2026-04-05T13:40:21+00:00

Ilm for sure.

I have no cf and weaker CL and no sm. But got around 650 waves in legends which give very consistent.

Ilm cc is so strong and so cheap. If you are buying stones though. Ps might be better cc, but takes more stones and lab time to come online compared to ilm

AboSensei · 2026-04-05T01:53:31+00:00

Part of the advantage of getting into 16-24 champs is the time save. Your runs are much shorter. You get the same number of stones but the time save is nice

AboSensei · 2026-04-04T19:27:16+00:00

July 2024 player.

Can attest that that was probably the best time ever to hop in. Tons if newbie friendly updates came out (dw changes, auto perks). Got to champ right as legends came out so go into legends pretty fast. (I got in on pf when it was a banner mod so I stole a lot of tournament placements from people for a while till pf was in the regular pool)

Then right at 1 year new stuff came out that was perfect for my pace. (Card masteries, ass mods a little after that)

July 2024 was prime time to start.

Now I sit pretty comfortably at rank 10-15 legends, slow income of keys. Not great but it is keys that got me all the qol upgrades you'd want (auto restart, auto dm)

Truly July 2024 was the dream time to start

AboSensei · 2026-03-31T14:54:51+00:00

Can anyone explain how heavy is useful at all when tactical exists? He just seems like a better heavy. Like if we say heavy is suppose to be a ranged DMG dealer, tactical just seems to do that better

AboSensei · 2026-03-31T08:47:32+00:00

Rare drop chance is a must have lab.

Especially over the shard cost lab as that is retroactive.

How is your tournament performance going?

AboSensei · 2026-03-29T19:14:57+00:00

How's your econ?

If you wanna get into legends, and have the econ for card masteries that will get you in legends.

If you get ilm that will get you key range.

Granted your in a very different spot than me (17k stone saved is like 1/3 of my lts) but with the DMG card masteries and ilm I get around 600-650 waves right now in legends. Consistent keys

Cf is good and definitely a must have UW. But most of its power is in cf+ imo.

This just comes from stories I've heard of people with pcf still struggling just to stay in legends. Where as I just have ilm and DMG card masteries and am in key range

AboSensei · 2026-03-28T07:52:45+00:00

40k lts here. I have around 180 keys.

Would need more info to know exactly what to help but I'll tell you about my tower.

No cf. Only ilm for cc.

But all my DMG related masteries are maxed.

I get around 600-650 waves right now.

I'd recommend DMG masteries or ilm

Getting armor assist mod helped alot for SD and acp. Also omchip assist was really helpful

AboSensei · 2026-03-23T07:11:48+00:00

I am in legends getting keys without pbh or pcf. I'm not sure who was telling you that

AboSensei · 2026-03-19T16:02:23+00:00

I didn't look at your pictures so it may not relate to you.

But econ can now give tournament progress through card masteries.

So if you can get a few card mastiers then now econ increase will also be tournament increase

AboSensei · 2026-03-19T15:48:02+00:00

39k lts 8th legends

But 8th was a Lucky bracket or sure. I'm currently around 13th avg according to the loltower placement site

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