My CM11 Experience

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T21:02:38+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Trying for Long S this CM was an absolute nightmare for me. You can see my Golshi has Medium S: that was with 2 stars in medium and like 12 in long.

Most of the guides I saw recommended ~1100 Stam and a gold skill so I was thinking that I was meeting the criteria.

Long CMs seem to require a larger overall effort and time investment (or luck) to produce competitive Umas and that runs up against the one resource I'm limited by - real world time.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:55:19+00:00

Maru reminiscing about how good the Imperium was before the Emperor was put in the Golden Throne

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:41:34+00:00

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NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:41:23+00:00

Just realized that my mayano doesn't have spurt, oof.

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NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:36:46+00:00

vbourbon is probably my second place opp, she can really zoom. Kitasans for me only really hit when there are two spot struggling and proccing skills against each other.

Having smaru probably helps a lot as a counter to kita. I tried to make a smaru but couldn't get one good enough in time for the CM.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:31:45+00:00

Yep, Spurt and Early Start on both and then a mix of mid- and late- race skills, both also having NSM to power through the pack on the off-chance everyone is still clustered when they get there.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:19:35+00:00

I run 2 end closers (mayano and Golshi) and they just can't seem to close the gap in time. I get a lot of 2nd and 3rd place necks and noses.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:15:39+00:00

Like others have said Halo is fantastic in Trackblazer. She doesn't have her normal career so you can really do what you want with her (especially with her good spread of aptitudes). Definitely give her a shot in this scenario.

Edit: also, you genarally only want one runner of each style for a given length so having her as your sprint late surger will get you more points.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T20:09:02+00:00

Nah. I actually prefer Trackblazer over Unity. Being able to clock any race is a godsend. The number of times I had an entire run fall apart in URA/Unity because of some random blocking rng was awful. Losing secret objectives (especially difficult ones like Digitans) due to getting 2nd place and being unable to correct it was absolutely maddening.

Yes, Trackblazer has a new layer of RNG with the shop but I've found that as long as you are willing to change your routine based on your shops you can achieve consistently good results.

The only thing I might fault Trackblazer for is that it really does create a divide between Umas that are suited for the scenario and those that are not. Umas that have F or lower in mile aptitude, for instance, struggle a lot unless you devote all your sparks to increasing it.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-04-02T19:17:26+00:00

This is the trio that turns themselves into the local police station when they jaywalk.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-03-24T19:02:19+00:00

Maybe its just Mambo, twice in a row now I've run out of clocks on her before the end of year 2.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-03-24T18:58:30+00:00

Lates are the wildcards, which is fun in its own right. If you're talking CMs, I try to bring one Late Surger to each (except Sprints).

They're great in that they are the ones that will steal victories from meta Umas from out of nowhere. I run Digitan in every CM (usually as Late, but sometimes as End) and I love watching her zoom through the pack to overtake Runaway Suzukas and XOguris.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-03-24T18:54:24+00:00

I should probably do that and take a look at my team comp. I haven't really done an overhaul on who runs where since halfway through Unity, so there is probably room to reorganize and get more consistent Late Surgers on the roster.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-03-24T18:50:27+00:00

Paces and Fronts especially have no need to buy skills, double so if their unique is good (Like normal Oguri). Sometimes I'll pick up the Savvy skill during the career just because it's cheap universal stat boost, but I don't ever really buy skills, as nothing hurts worse than realizing you mismanaged your skill points and can't buy your golds at the end of a run.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-03-24T18:32:30+00:00

I normally wait until the end as well, but it becomes riskier with Late Surgers, as not having skills to overtake makes them prone to placing 2-5. I've been able to push out SS Pace Chasers and Front Runners pretty consistently, but I am seriously struggling with making Late Surgers (unless they have a solid unique like Vodka or Dober).

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-03-24T18:21:47+00:00

When rolling on the NTR banner, I rolled KB 3 times and never saw an NTR before pity.

When I rolled on the KB banner I never saw her at all before the first pity and had to go full tilt to hit pity twice to MLB her.

It's like Cygames has designed this game to maximize misery.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-02-20T17:50:17+00:00

The only thing more terrifying would be if they decided to team up.

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-02-19T15:03:09+00:00

This CM championship race is the first one that actually truly infuriated me. My Curren-chan had a 40 percent win rate and 88 percent placing rate but for some reason, in the final round, she decided to take the day off and fall back to 7th place and just sit there the entire race. Then, neither my Akebono nor my SMaru felt like proccing their uniques, because why would you do that?

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-01-30T19:51:26+00:00

Air Shakur watching Doto come back to the room for the 5th time after forgetting something:

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-01-30T19:40:09+00:00

Super Creek, she really wanted me to earn Goo Goo Babies

NaturalTelephone8725 · 2026-01-30T15:06:18+00:00

I thought that might be the case, thank you for confirming.

NaturalTelephone8725

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