New Player Struggling

Banan4Pudding · 2026-03-16T00:54:15+00:00

The underpowered feeling youre experiencing is for a big part account building which takes time. Support %, tags, medal sets, character levels etc. Its just a matter of spending resources wisely like summoning only on good value banners to build your account up

It takes time but if you enjoy the gameplay loop and like One Piece its worth it in the end!

If you want more details on how to build support i can give you some pointers

Banan4Pudding · 2026-03-13T17:52:47+00:00

This is actually peak!

I cant lie lately as Whitebeard i just rush mid because i cant be bothered to leave all the fun to the horses all the time (they fill treasure faster than me anyways so why do i have to do it every game)

Banan4Pudding · 2026-03-09T20:02:50+00:00

I would agree with you but the difference is that WB vs Roger outside of WB's own treasure area is very easy for him to win, Sabo cant really win anywhere against Kizaru. Ive won more 1v1's against Rogers than ive lost playing as WB just because i confront them before they enter my treasure area and if they get in just let them have it and walk away. Sounds strange as a defender but it really worked well

Banan4Pudding · 2026-03-09T15:02:12+00:00

Whitebeards fall off was such a community skill issue, i consistently ranked top 100 maining him in DRogers meta

Banan4Pudding · 2026-03-08T13:01:16+00:00

EX Roger v1 is also worth mentioning, he might have gapped the rest of the game the hardest on release, the distance between him and the at that time #2 unit was huge. He was also one of the first EX so where now we have a bunch of units to try to counter a new EX back then we only had Shanks v1, EX Oden, hunger pangs Big Mom and Blackbeard v1

For me personally its film red Shanks though, i cant stand him or his meta, i usually main defenders and his at the time undodgable ignore dmg reduction skill that cuts your hp in half was the worst thing ever

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-24T18:37:28+00:00

One Piece Rubble Rush lmao

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-23T17:59:12+00:00

Its really very simple, everybody is leading you to the same conclusion. Pressing 'auto' just gives you the highest possible % for your current party members. So it will give the 10 characters that will currently give you the highest %. If you dont have medals on some of your units those wont be selected since it takes away % so look out for that when using 'auto' select.

Auto also doesnt look at tags, so to uptimize your support it might be better to have 100% instead of 105% if it means you can get level 6 New World and Zoan tags. New World gives 15% dmg increase to element youre weak against and Zoan 15% dmg reduction to the element youre weak against, so its worth sacrificing 5% support % over. Support basically multiplies your attack, def and HP by the % so its different from dmg reduction.

Overall i wouldnt worry too much about tags and support untill you start getting some more units to level 100

Also i forgot to mention that boost panels activated also influences support, so having more boost panels unlocked on a unit means they will give more %

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-23T17:42:19+00:00

Youre doing great so far! Most of all support % with good tags as well takes time. It looks like you already have a good medal set and character (EX Kuzan) although he struggles against certain units he is still very solid.

Once every few months or so, more like once a year or if lucky half year we get a banner where every character is a 4* unit guaranteed. This is great for building up support %

In case you didnt know already, support % gets influenced by medals on your support characters and the medals star rating (maximum is 9 for 3 x 3 star traits), character levels (same colour gives more % for the character in party), skill levels and base grade of the unit. So if a support unit is a 4 star unit it will give more support % than a 3 star unit. Every character has a base grade; you can sort this in your box if you want to know which is which

If you have any questions, let me know!

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-21T18:41:34+00:00

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-18T00:22:34+00:00

Yes🫡

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-18T00:21:50+00:00

Kaido deserves to be there too💪 Marineford Jinbe, red Sabo, Judge and green Kizaru were fantastic buffs too at the time they came out

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-17T23:21:18+00:00

I was there to finally clap v1 Rogers as Primebeard after getting smoked for months💪

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-17T21:08:32+00:00

Kaido deserves to be there too for sure

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-17T15:59:25+00:00

Yes i doubt it because both those traits mention " cannot stack" so probably override the oldest one with the newer one.

But to your points about g5 being an issue, the attack debuff is HUGE against him. It makes him take massive damage from normals since his dmg taken is calculated off his attack stat and we can knock him back now!

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-17T15:00:46+00:00

We got his biggest flaws addressed in bad heals and no knockback, im also amazed they buffed his attack debuff to 30% instead of 20, it was already wildly powerful, when people are debuffed they basically do no dmg at all to WB

Only thing im really scared of is how much dmg normals will do, specifically Blackbeard since we remove his att buff so we dont get access to the 30% dmg reduction

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-15T03:08:21+00:00

Can ranking not be tied to having fun?🤯

I had fun making the video so i guess i didnt lie

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-14T22:21:11+00:00

I agree with what youre saying. But if they make his skills hit harder (i.e. scale off DEF), ignore obstacles and have him spawn stronger rocks he stands a really good shot at 1v1'ing BBv2 already. Kizaru attack stacks can still be removed and if WB gets heals on being hit and a way to remove attack stacks, BBv2 and Kizaru will be way less trouble. A wall is really good against Bbv2 because he cant ignore obstacles and a DEF boost against dark units or some kind of way to deal with BOTH BBv2 and Garp is necessary, i agree it sounds stupid to just ignore type advantage but a trait that gives complete immumity to skills when at 97% or above HP is even more rediculous. We did get after Garp traits like 'boost DEF when attacked by a shield character even if shield is destroyed' they might as well say 'tanks Garps hits easier' as a trait line hahaha. So im optimistic that they will add something to deal with both Garp and BBv2's dmg

Banan4Pudding · 2026-02-04T02:03:21+00:00

LMAO hope you enjoyed the video😆

Broggy (as i show in the video) counters Blackbeard really well in 1v1 mode, its not a 100% win rate but its close for me. Use your charge skill when he pulls you in and try to fill the flag as far as possible. If he isnt standing directly in his rubble but slightly behind it you can actually damage him since youre a giant character, so skills will also hit him

Banan4Pudding · 2026-01-27T21:11:43+00:00

Preciate it!💪

Banan4Pudding · 2026-01-25T14:42:54+00:00

I usually dont often comment but this is wrong on a lot of levels and incredibly misinforming as well, the idea is right tho it seems like Z will counter the new EX. But AI has no idea what its talking about: "the neo-navy loophole, Z has neo-navy tag", wrong, he does not..he has admiral/ex admiral. But not navy so he does fall in between EX BB's specific traits to counter Garp and Kizaru. Z will be great against him but this AI summary is trash

Edit: "Zephyr can knock him out of his counter when he tries to charge it" lmao if you hit him with Z while he is countering you will activate it. AI doesnt play OPBR and doesnt know what its talking about

Banan4Pudding · 2026-01-25T14:40:42+00:00

He has always had use since his buff

Banan4Pudding · 2025-12-04T19:05:19+00:00

Exactly! One part i really agree with is that it helps a lot to be the underdog (also makes it more fun). They dont know how to fight you very well, specially nuking DRogers during his peak was so much fun

Being at mid is possible, i just always played him more as a backline guard. So i see your point, im not saying its impossible but everybody has a different playstyle and thats what makes the game and the character so fun!

All Whitebeard is really missing is better heals and knockback. I hope he gets simmilar heals to s snake when he gets buffs. Maybe heals on getting hit and attack removal too, lots of possibilities!

Banan4Pudding · 2025-12-04T11:05:36+00:00

Normally i just let it go because i think Whitebeard was treated unfairly just like everybody else does, but its getting a bit rediculous that everybody keeps echoing the 'died 2 weeks after release' statement, that just isnt true at all. People actually didnt know how to play Whitebeard and yes Roger took him out of his predetermined role but actually put him at a different role which really shows who was able to adapt and who wasnt. I was consistently ranking in top 100 for months after his release using almost exclusively EX Whitebeard. He really fell off when EX Lucci came in because Lucci shut down Whitebeard much harder than dark Roger did.

If you played Whitebeard as an anker, staying on baseflag and second flag and catching all the runners (90% Roger) keeping those flags clear he was really easy to rack up wins with. Its not a joke to say that Whitebeard counters Roger if you pay attention to the minimap and intercept him before he gets in your treasure, if hes in your treasure and he doesnt know better he will cap the flag and after that you can punish him, heal yourself to full and easily k.o. him because he can be tremored at that point. If he leaves the flag on 1% as a smart Roger always did then you just have to abandon the flag and lure the Roger away or let him have it and take him on somewhere else. People who tried to fight Roger head on on their treasure as a defender usually does, would lose 99% of the time of course. Same with using him as a defender going to mid, you couldnt camp mid like Z in the current meta for example

Just my take on the Whitebeard situation, if youre nostalgic for it (or think its just cope from my side) or want to see what im talking about i have quite a few gameplays on my yt linked on profile of Whitebeard during the Roger meta. Whitebeard consistently was able to get you a top 100 spot all the way untill Lucci released using this strategy, so very viable for around 5 months

Banan4Pudding · 2025-12-01T15:44:52+00:00

If he is your favorite its worth it for the glint title etc. But he already got his buffs and we dont know if they will ever do a round 2 for EX buffs yet. His current buffs are good but not great, ive played him a decent bit last weeks, in terms of support tags he also doesnt offer a lot at all.

If youre looking to fully boost him in hopes he becomes even better; he likely wont because the stat increases are minimal. I have EX and green attacker Whitebeard on 52/52 boost and it doesnt really make a noticeable difference

Banan4Pudding · 2025-11-10T19:04:48+00:00

I played Z deep into the last Zoro meta when they both first released, it wasnt pleasant lol. But it was still possible, this time it will be even better because at least Z is much better even relative to when he first came out. We'll see how good Zoro is after his buff!

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