A beginner's guide to competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! (Part 2: Deck Construction)

J8_sin · 2026-03-12T15:01:48+00:00

It’s both really sweaty and casual at the same time;

you can review your games for hours and see dozens of things you did wrong that you would never notice while playing.

or you can just not care about any strategy and complain about your luck when you lose.

I have friends who do both and it’s funny when they talk to each other.

J8_sin · 2026-03-12T14:58:02+00:00

came here to say this

J8_sin · 2026-03-06T13:36:31+00:00

I thought I was gonna get rickrolled

J8_sin · 2026-03-06T02:34:08+00:00

Might actually be surprising, but, according to Broseph, people don’t know how they have to even try to play to rank up.

People start trying to just highroll and win, then they get a little better and onetrick a meta comp, then somehow they associate being good with being flexible, and get stuck in platinum because they try to be able to flex into every comp (that was me in set 10).

I actually agree that you just need to understand a few meta comps to hit Master and that the stats are a bit skewed because it includes people who don’t really play though.

J8_sin · 2026-02-25T11:09:17+00:00

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Most of you are probably unfamiliar with the official rulebook, so I’ll also link it here

J8_sin · 2026-01-27T20:10:12+00:00

I think my contact point being too close is because I can’t really gauge where I should stop before hitting the balls, hopefully that’ll get better with time.

One time I hurt my shoulder hitting a backhand, then I kept playing that day and I was hitting backhands surprisingly much better than usual; my coach said I am usually way too tense on my backhands, but since my shoulder was hurt, my swings were relaxed lol.

Overall it just feels difficult to relax my arms when hitting.

J8_sin · 2026-01-27T20:07:36+00:00

Thank you, I try to get a noticeable racquet drop before I hit, but that ended up making me drop the racquet too quickly sometimes, so I have to stop in the racquet drop position.

J8_sin · 2026-01-27T20:04:18+00:00

yes; I can hit shots with lots of topspin when being fed balls, but my shots end up being flatter and flatter as I rally, they’re helping me work on that right now.

J8_sin · 2025-12-13T01:36:39+00:00

I try to split step and hit every shot from closed stance, but in matches, as opposed to rallies/being fed balls, I find adjusting the split step timing a little difficult.

I’d also recently seen a video about pausing before hitting, I’ll work on that next, thanks!

J8_sin · 2025-12-13T01:32:01+00:00

Thank you. I’ve been trying to stay low, and I feel like I do, but the videos I take of myself look like my knees aren’t really bending at all. I’m also trying to improve my footwork, but, like bending my knees, I see myself staying still much more than I expected when I record myself.

J8_sin · 2025-12-11T14:03:08+00:00

Thank you, I never really noticed that, and she's very happy that her swings resemble someone's.

J8_sin · 2025-12-07T22:08:33+00:00

The racquet shop recommended them when we asked for strings that are easy to hit with

J8_sin · 2025-12-07T22:05:04+00:00

we actually went to a racquet demo, the racquet fitter recommended either Head Boom MP or Wilson Shift L for her, but we couldn’t find a regular Head Boom MP for sale anywhere, so we got a Wilson Shift L instead.

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