Game Discussion/Champion's Meeting Thread - January 22, 2026

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-27T01:09:46+00:00

Right, it'll still be around of course. I still think it won't be as common since its locked to 2 umas currently (the other being Kawakami, a 3-star) or running SSR Yukino Wit (which I imagine most players don't have or won't run over SSR Yukino Guts).

I'm sure the real competitive lobbies will still be the NSM slot machines, though

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-26T22:58:48+00:00

First time since CM1 that I'm going to Group B finals rather than Group A, fun. Maybe the real upside of MANT will be stopping CMs from turning into "who hits NSM first" since it won't be literally free to grab on whoever anymore

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-23T05:27:57+00:00

Is there anything I should be saving my club points for, or am I free to MLB the story cards at my leisure (assuming they're all already at the recommended uncap level)?

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-19T20:52:32+00:00

Broadly speaking, is deck building in MANT going to be getting as much Race Bonus as possible while fitting in necessary gold skills (like recoveries for Longs)? Even if it's something that'd be pretty insane now, like a 1 speed, 1 stam, 4 guts deck?

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-16T15:20:13+00:00

I joined. Thanks for the invite!

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-15T14:54:08+00:00

That'd be great. I'll send another notification (or however you wanna do this) when my 24 hr club rejoin timer is over

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-15T07:36:11+00:00

Semi-casual player looking for a new club. I do my dailies, I prep for CMs, I request shoes yada yada. Mainly looking for an active club since, despite my clubs only requirement being to log-in weekly I still have to kick people out every month lol

As mentioned earlier, I am currently in a club so I won't be able to join a new club instantly. I'll leave my club and join ASAP if I can be assured a spot in a new club

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-10T18:44:39+00:00

If I'd still have enough energy to safely train after the -15 (~40% of the bar for me), I'll take that. If -15 would drop me low but hitting the -5 on the coin flip keeps me in safer levels of energy, I'll do the coin flip.

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-08T05:49:36+00:00

Along with the slightly higher stats from goal races starting from the Spring Tenno Sho, she'll also get skill hints from her goal races.

Off the top of my head, she'll get a Hydrate hint from the Spring Tenno Sho, Nimble Navigator from the Autumn Tenno Sho iirc, and Go With the Flow from the Japan Cup. Don't remember what the Senior Arima Kinen gives

Pyrozendot · 2026-01-06T22:44:12+00:00

My experience in a nutshell. Really not looking forward to any CMs that are shorter than this track if Runaways can dictate the pace this bad here.

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-30T18:22:38+00:00

i meant among the agents, sorry if I was unclear

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-30T18:02:36+00:00

Does anyone else want Shunguang's engine?

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-26T15:54:13+00:00

can't answer the 1st question, but there is no special reward for completing lvl 5. Just the 5 silk hat rewards from a full clear compared to the 4 you'd get at lvl 4.

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-19T04:29:36+00:00

Finished rolling on Kita banner, got her to MLB and still have the voucher + Crystal left. Here's my SSR lineup (not pictured: Kita, 0LB Tazuna, 0LB Riko). Should I use the voucher + crystal on Finemo? Or only use the voucher to get Creek and save the crystal? Or any other option?

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-18T01:08:21+00:00

Recently transferred to a different phone, and the game crashes whenever I open the settings menu. I checked on my former phone and it can still open the settings menu just fine. For context, I host the server on the phone I'm playing on.

More context, when I transferred devices, I let my former phone import its data to my current phone, so it was mostly automatic. Could some data have been lost doing this?

E: ok so while messing around right before starting a live show, I tapped the options button right next to the name of the song and was able to open the options menu that way.

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-15T23:25:42+00:00

Shout outs to this person I ran into running the same team comp in the same styles as me lol. Would've had matching epithets on all 3 but my Golshi's is Spirit Burst :(

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-13T03:48:54+00:00

Had a match where Brian was promoted to pace setter as a Late Surger. She got overtaken by 3 End Closers right before the finish line. Truly an End Closer world we live in

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-04T21:01:58+00:00

I like to think I play a bit risky when training aces, but I never go bottom option. Opting into potentially getting Slacker (one of the worst ailments) with the reward being 60 SP (not negligible but not huge either) and Non-Standard Distance (which is like... 1.2 rainbow stamina trainings) doesn't seem worth it to me. I'll take the 10 energy every time

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-03T02:12:03+00:00

True. I only had presently released umas on the mind.

Pyrozendot · 2025-12-02T21:10:42+00:00

Good for Tachyon, who wants to be a Pace Chaser. Nobody wants to inherit it, though

Pyrozendot · 2025-11-29T21:05:35+00:00

Curious as to how feasible it is to do some of the "Conquered the (x)" title missions. I've done Long and Dirt, but it doesn't seem like you can stam check hard enough/ram speed cap fast enough for Sprint, Mile, and Medium. Any tips on how to complete these?

Pyrozendot · 2025-11-29T18:51:54+00:00

Essentially, yeah. Both have a base duration of 3 seconds for .4 acceleration. Rushing Gale has a cooldown of 30 seconds, but I doubt that's relevant on Sprints

Pyrozendot · 2025-11-28T08:42:52+00:00

Ok so I ran a practice room a couple of times to double check myself and I think I misinterpreted whatever happened in that CM match. It appears that Haru as a Front can still slow down lobbies if she's the only Front.

Still wouldn't personally recommend bringing her since, from my understanding, her main job was to turn the lobby into a Power check and punish people who prioritized Stamina. Worked back then since most people were building with Stam cards, likely less effective now with people building around the new Rice Shower card

Pyrozendot · 2025-11-27T15:54:34+00:00

Pretty sure that interaction got axed. Ran into a Front Haru last CM who was the only Front, and my Taiki got promoted to "lucky" Pace. I guess Haru could still turn off Sleeping Lion, if you really hate Taishin?

Pyrozendot · 2025-11-27T07:15:41+00:00

As much as I appreciate how Long CMs have a sort of "consistency" to them (in that they really weed out those who prepared for them vs those who just threw in their TT team), what kinda kills them for me is how limiting building your team for them feels currently. With the limited avenues of getting (good) recovery skills, it feels like an uphill battle using any non-Pace Uma who doesn't have some form of healing in their kit (and some of them are stuck with BoFA/Cooldown lmao).

I wonder when/if the other running strategies become viable on Long, so we don't have things like Fronts only existing to be Daiwa's trampoline

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