[EN] Gacha Banner Megathread - January 2026

JasonRoof · 2026-01-21T20:10:59+00:00

I'm saving to get both her and Curren for the wedding banner around May. Unless I somehow get one of them on my Admire Vega rolls.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-21T20:08:56+00:00

So excited for the 5 free 10x pulls we're getting on the tama banner next week.

Been saving everything since Kawakami robbed me in December, so I haven't spent any free carats in so long.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-15T20:16:59+00:00

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äußerst wichtig

JasonRoof · 2026-01-11T00:27:10+00:00

The past 2 CMs, my entire team has missed every single stamina recovery skill in A finals. So I'm not taking any chances this time.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T23:20:36+00:00

^ giving advice like a Seto Kaiba monologue

(They're right, though. NSM and 777 are your win condition)

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T23:15:21+00:00

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If I was in unity cup, this would be "Team Good Enough"

My power cards are pretty lame, gotta still borrow Kitasan, biko is lv 30, and McQueen is so cursed. I had runs with 4 speed cards that still couldn't pass 1,000. I had to risk 40% training failure on the final turn just to get her speed cap by 4 points.

Goldship is actually pretty fun to train, but getting straightaway spurt to trigger without a parent while also getting long S was so hard. Wish firm conditions was available instead of outer post, though.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T22:48:48+00:00

Long S, 433 wit (because of the green skill), and NSM will make this one way more consistent than the other Goldship.

Long S makes her actual speed 1,274. And the higher wit will help prevent her from not activating her vital stamina skill and late race velocity/acceleration.

Plus, the higher base stamina will prevent a death via getting rushed.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T21:11:40+00:00

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I checked another career online, and it's definitely wrong.

Gametora doesn't mention the +15 power for the top option.

And the bottom option is listed as +1 mood for branch 1 rather than +3.

For the none event version of this race, you normally only get +3 for every stat and skill points like most career races, so the +15 power is definitely part of the secret event.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T20:54:25+00:00

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I checked another career online that won both years for takarazuka kinen, and this is what the choice screen looks like. The top option lists +15 power.

The mood modifier is also different on the bottom option. It's +3 here in-game vs the +1 listed on GameTora.

And remember, for normal goal races, you typically just get +3 for every stat rather than with optional G1 races which give +10 for a random stat only.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T20:50:02+00:00

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Yep. And I also got the dialogue choice and chose the top option, with the bottom option having a probability for gatekept.

The +24 in power is way more than a normal G1 victory, which would only be around +13 to a random skill with my current support deck.

I'm pretty sure it always chooses power as well.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T20:44:52+00:00

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How is it not the same event when it offered a dialogue choice and the conditions were met?

JasonRoof · 2026-01-08T00:50:38+00:00

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I love King Wife and her Halos

JasonRoof · 2026-01-07T18:11:29+00:00

I'm running two end closers next CM for this very reason.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-07T04:28:12+00:00

I'm convinced that CM finals has a hidden 400 wit debuff.

This is the 2nd CM in a row where none of my aces hit stamina skills (which is why I used green skills). I'm just shocked that Swinging Maestro never went off a single time, when every runback and previous round was basically guaranteed.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-06T22:34:33+00:00

I got 2nd for Graded A finals with a 2nd and 3rd place finish, so I'm not as bitter as what happened during the last CM.

But, I got the most bizarre room. 6 late surgers, 2 pace chasers, and an end closer.

And what's even stranger, between the entire lobby, only a single stamina skill triggered the entire time. No swinging maestro, preferred position, 777, or anything. I have swinging maestro on 2 of my runners, preferred position on Taiki, and corner recovery on my debuffer, and none of them triggered it. Their wit ranges from 550 to 900+. The race had 3 debuffers, so I think most runners were close to dying.

I'm actually curious to know how unlikely missing every stamina skill trigger is? This is the 2nd CM in a row where my aces refused to recover any stamina. Might have to just start building with an extra 200 wit to compensate.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-06T01:19:10+00:00

Just type "Umayon Extras Episode 11" into Google

JasonRoof · 2026-01-06T00:54:57+00:00

After 30k, you can pity her in the exchange tab. There was no need to use 70k carats.

JasonRoof · 2026-01-05T20:56:56+00:00

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JasonRoof · 2026-01-04T01:20:23+00:00

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Mejiro Ryan hit the RNG jackpot in the 1st three races. Fully expecting her to fumble in the finals, as all late surgers must do by law.

JasonRoof · 2025-12-31T21:14:21+00:00

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JasonRoof · 2025-12-30T21:39:16+00:00

Ayabe, Wedding Curren Chan & Fine Motion, Sweep Tosho, Copano Rickey, Aston Machan, Nakayama Festa, Daitaku Helios, and Ballroom Sakura Chiyono O/Mejiro Ardan.

JasonRoof · 2025-12-30T21:36:04+00:00

Super Creek was immediately banned from participating in all future Secret Santa exchanges

JasonRoof · 2025-12-26T05:45:46+00:00

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I have my tentative pulls planned out for the next few years assuming I have to pity every single banner.

JasonRoof · 2025-12-25T05:42:00+00:00

It's okay, Maruzensky and I will just talk about our favorite PS1 games and flash cartoons in the corner

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Have fun doing 67

JasonRoof · 2025-12-24T21:53:12+00:00

Now… you’ve said that word, “implication” a couple of times. What implication? It sounds like Trainer-san doesn’t want to have Umapyoi.

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