I've been playing DL for a while now and have seen a lot of these situations coming from newer players or just people who don't play competitively at all. There's people who are fixated on "making their own deck/strategy" as if coming up with an entirely original combo line that ends on a good board is something easy to do. Also, a bit of personal input regarding the last point: New players, at the very least read your own cards. Meta knowledge is key in higher ranks, but in lower ranks you'll see a huge improvement by understanding what it is that makes your deck work. I keep seeing people running Magician Girls in an otherwise regular DM deck. Those are 2 different playstyles. If you don't read your own cards and just assume there's synergy between them based on their names alone, you'll have a lot of trouble getting to your optimal plays.
I can't really blame them, a lot of folks get pulled into this game from the anime. And the anime basically promotes building your own custom deck of one-ofs to be king-of-games. Like aesthetically speaking, you'd assume the magician girls, oracle, and DM all go in the same deck together despite not having much synergy. So I think its just natural to be like that when you start (i was) and then grow out of it slowly.
I do think Duel Link's biggest problem is the shop. You arent guaranteed to pull a SR or UR even on a ten pull. Which can add up a lot of wasted gems if you have bad luck. I know my friend dropped duel links when he spent 1000 gems and got no UR or SR cards from the new box (Ritual beasts at the time) and he left it for about a year ish until covid came. It can be a big detriment when you cant just get the single card you want, and for F2P people it can mean waiting maybe 3 months to get enough gems to try to tackle a box just for one card you need. Master duel has it right, where you are guaranteed at least 1 SR per 10 packs
Yeah, adding the guarantee 10 pulls system would improve my enjoyment of the game a lot, because the worst thing for me is when I'm opening a box is not getting a single 1 Sr after spending 500 gems, it feels like I'm throwing them in the trash...
@silverfullbusterd1113 I think it makes the game more accessible if you have three tiers, 50 gems for the 1 pack, 500 for the 10, then maybe 750 for 15 packs but you get a guaranteed ur or Sr. That just means you aren't wasting your resources or your time on pulling nothing but N or R cards.
The deck that i mostly have fun with is fortune ladies and my favorite deck. I have issues finding decks i could like that could have more power than them, so thank you for the video.
I love how unneccesary convoluted the "Ritual Beast spreadsheet" when the highlight of it is "have Winda in hand? Yes? Set it."; people would do ANYTHING to make them LOOK smarter, more intelligent or more anything in this game despite the truth being all but that. This reminds me of the old D/D/D spreadsheet that was being sold for 20$ online and one take MBT had looking at it (one of the few good MBT takes): "Woah! We have a 3 card Kepler + Swirl Slime + Lamia combo that ends on Siegfried + Hope Harbinger AND a Swirl Slime + Lamia + Dark Contract with the Gate searching for Kepler combo that ends on the same board..."
After having played alot of Ritual Beast you don't need a spreadsheet for it and I've never consulted one. Everything skillwise about ritual beast comes down to keeping track of which cards have and haven't been special summoned when you're looping cannahawk for like the third time that turn. I wouldn't call the deck very difficult but it's quite brutal if you mess up and kind of overly complicated from the get go because cannahawk revolves around weird complex yugioh rulings and the naming schemes for the cards is more annoying than anything Not sure about people trying to look smart just because they play RB as every RB player i've talked to just likes to show their love for the deck and I can respect that but our experiences obviously differ. After about 50 duels you basically have the deck down since combo paths don't really have any branches, you just loop cannahawk over and over like usual.
@@AgentBlackman I have come to learn from you and others that they are easier that one would think. As someone who doesnt play them, I know what they do overall, but i dont know the deck THAT well. Still more complicated than the average deck I play though, thats for sure.
Man, I'm one of those boomer duelist who feel like the HERO archetype is the answer to every possible thing in the game. If my E-HERO cards aren't working, then I use D-HERO while also utilizing Masked, Vision, and Xtra HERO cards. Only one I hardly ever really use is the Evil HERO. Something about that Evil Heroes just seems so limited.
2:53 Rokket is probably the most fun deck I've played so far. Being able to use Link, XYZ, Synchro and Fusion summon in one package is just satisfying (I know Magistus exists, but is too costly for what it does). I'm a huge simp for Revolver/Ryouken Kougami too, so there's that. I've spent months of playing it and I still rely on instinct instead of carefully managing which Rokket to float into at any given time. Also, watching my opponent attempting to bounce/spin Magnarokket with Link monster's targeting effect only for them to find what it does the hard way is never not funny to me.
I started playing duel links recently and i made what a think my first decent deck (its a cyber dragon deck cuz i love the archetype and zane) its not the best but its decent and im having alot of fun playing with it 😁
the meta deck of today is the fun deck of tomorrow, knowing your weakness helps to not get mad cause you know what could stop you so when you see it you already know it's bad
As for my limit I always use the charter ace for their Deck use joey I have one red eyes and one jinxo deck in his line up then build deck for around their skills Remember take advantage of all your resources because your opponent will
War Rock deck carried me to gold 6 but the season restarted so I couldn't get to plat 1. War Rock Mamuud is helpful against pendulum cards since it destroys spells and trap cards and they count as one so it really helps, plus you get 200 more atk everytime you destroy a card untill the end of the turn
Yo Great Video bro! and yes it is me the Real Sean Matrai! Great stuff! Appreciate the shoutout in your video and look forward to more videos in the future!
I 200% agree with this video. Im a pro og player and I only became good because of the things he said in this video. After enough time, you will learn how to win even without meta. The biggest thing about Yugioh in general is card wording. Learn the inner workings of cards and you can win, though not all the time, mainly depends on who and what you are fighting. Just play to win but have fun even if you lose. I suggest trying Cosmo decks for both competition and fun. This deck saw some play in the earlier days of Yugioh, but became less used cause of meta. This will brake the monotony of meta. Just remember to have fun.
The key to playing is understanding how to play around ur deck's weaknesses. When I play aromages, I use hand traps and stardust sprinkled in the extra deck to help protect. My trickstar decks lack brute force, but can dance around boss monsters with key cards like mind control and crackdown.
problem is whenever i Draw each time an weak card come out i have cronical talent with 3 dark magicians...... but when in my battle phase no dark magicians i will get
Ngl ive never watched vrains but when blue angel was added to dl i just LOVED trickstars so i started maining it. Little did i know it would be a meta deck nowadays
I'm bad at duel links because I don't spend enough money on getting the best decks going. That isn't saying that I've not made mistakes that have cost me games, like missing the timing, or targeting the wrong card, etc. But mostly, I lose because I don't spend enough to get the "meta" decks and instead do f2p, mostly with my old blue eyes deck. It also doesn't help that I'm _still_ trying to get a few of the staple cards 2 months in... I really need to get some book of moon and mystical space typhoon etc. Hard to get much past platinum without meta decks.
I play a quasar deck it is pretty consistent because it can otk sometimes and has alot of negates but ur screwed if chase got destroyed.. But still,i enjoy it
I was able to KOG with Blue Eyes my favorite achetype in October 2021. When I started the game a Meta blue eyes required multiple UR and SR cards. The best box to get started on this was Judgement. By the time I spent my newbie gems I had a viable Judgement Dragon and Lightsworn deck that was able to get to Legend. I got bored of playing the same deck over and over and because Blue Eyes required so many cards I quit. By the time 2021 had come they released the structure deck. I played for a bit but still didnt really get back into dueling until October when I realized through Duel Links Meta a Blue Eyes Deck was KOG worthy and I just needed a few more cards. Used literally my last gems and was able to get the cards I needed. The Meta at the time was Triamids, Harpies and Melodius and I was able to KOG through persistence. Here's my advice: The Meta always changes and always will. Never invest in archetypes at first. Always and always invest in essential spells and traps. These cards will slot into any meta deck. Use the gems and the dream tickets for these and try to keep plenty gems handy. When the time comes a meta deck will be released and you can spend you gems on these and easily KOG. Its happened multiple times before. Shiranui which was a mini box and just required good traps, Triamids which also a mini box, Harpies also mini box, DDD which was awesome with the box as well as Structure deck and had the skill you could use with the stromberg castle, dinomist how could we forget you of all cards lol. Mayosenju just required a full box and a levelled up Sylvio. Fluffal was also KOG especially when paired with Supreme Jadens field spell skill. Even right now as I speak the new box has an awesome viable deck. THE META ALWAYS CHANGES. HAVE ESSENTIAL SPELLS AND TRAPS. KEEP YOUR GEMS READY FOR THE NEXT KOG WORTHY BOX. FINAL ADVICE. Know you enemy. Understand how the current Meta decks you will be playing against operate. Early disruption will help you win duels you might normally lose against. I hope this has been helpful to you. Sincerely a duelist who KOG with his fav archetype and didnt spent a single dollar.
I like the blackwing joke. When it comes to deck build, I don't use any skill on it until I know my deck walks on its own. From there I can slap a skill in. If I can't beat up a blue eyes deck easy then I have to change my deck.
I follow Playmaker (the TH-camr) and basically copy his decks and play them in the game. (I never reached kog in my life not even in the salamangreat tier 0 meta)
I do have a very stricting boundary, and that one I cant even play if I dont respect it. If I have a deck that is used by a character, I must use it with the character. I refuse playing Abyss Actors with Ishizu, even if it is the best decklist
I am still trying to pull a Leibe from a pack >v< I have Gustav but no Liebe. I missed the unlock event for Yugo too since I started duel links when the Shay Obsidian event just started so I am unable to acquire a couple specific speedroids I want like the level 4 tuner speedroid that is locked behind his character level up rewards. Speaking of Shay Obsidian, I found I dislike raidraptors. It can be strong but running it feels like a grindy slog. Too much solitaire and self-play involved per turn for me to really enjoy the deck
I peaked when blackwings were meta. I actually liked playing the deck. I really don't play decks I dont care about. Thats why I quit dl. I was in the middle of the duel that was gonna get me legend and then the client restarted because of maintenance. I was an inch away. Good times.
Hmmm I mean I got pretty high up rankings just by having no strategy but mostly playing decks with no variation just the archatype no mix match of archatypes
I feel like l'm bad at Duel Links because it's P2W. There's a bit of a difference between me and a streamer who can buy enough pulls to get 3 of every new card and then get it reimbursed by their viewers afterwards.
yeah if youre f2p you need to both spend time grinding, and focus your gems on cheap/strong decks. You're definitely at a disadvantage, but it is still playable.
me too I refuse to use tier 1 deck, why? coz theyll nerf it after a month so building a tier 1 expensive deck is useless unless you are joining tournaments and use it to win
I already knew all of this already but I get crushed anyways. I can often precisely predict my opponent's plays by simply asking myself "What's the perfect thing they're likely have in their deck to stop specifically what I have right now and that I don't have an answer for?" with nothing but the knowledge of what archetype they're playing and my own starting hand. I'm convinced most players in Gold and higher run a cheat engine of some manner. They really needed to put Galatea and Dingirsu to Limited 2, but they didn't. Instead they banned Knightmare Mermaid, which half the Orcust decks didn't even run, and put Orcustrated Release at 1, which didn't matter because they only need 1 copy in order to win, so it just means they can't also run the Field Spell.
What deck do you use? I really hate orcust's as an F2P Six Samurai player but I've had a bit of success with them pre and post banlist. You need to send Galatea back to the hand with a trap or monster effect if going first or remove orcustrated return if going second.
I think you might just be good at the game. I'm f2p too, and building a deck as f2p is pretty easy. But I'm still pretty bad because being good at the game is hard no matter how much you spend lol
also ftp here. I built a timelord speedroid deck within the first couple days of playing Duel Links for the first time. I started playing DL at the tail end of last month, when the Shay Obsidian Event started. I was showered with free tickets and rewards for merely existing and being a "new" player and logging in lots. DL is actually pretty generous with its free card tickets as rewards. Beating npcs and advancing stages and earning stuff for pretty much everything you do is nice. My rank is in silver but I never cared about ranking up or being the best. I play to have fun, and I have less fun going with the "I wanna win and be the best" mindset. I run deck combos I find on my own via trial and error and experimenting. I stick with whatever feels good and would work out for me in most situations. For me, timelords+speedroids feels great. The offense and defense balance between the two archetypes feels like using a sword and shield in battle
Yeah I was hoping to not pull too many examples directly from the current meta, but it did make it a little easier to explain. But I think most of the advice was pretty general if you take the examples out.
The most disgusting deck right now is Orcust, which has 100% consistency and is almost impossible to play around, and it doesn't rely on a skill at all.
@@R3in_Ch Also the way you describe it sounds like a person who won't learn to accept their loss and try to change their losses as a lesson to improve yourself
DL is fun but those skill carried decks r a no go(like speedroids,heroes and synchro) it's so annoying that they can special summon a lvl 7 monster for free.. honestly it's a good thing they are adding more decks that doesn't need to be skill carried to become top tier(like orcust and mekk knights)
My only gripe with orcrust is that konami thought link monster spamming a very tricky rank 8 xyz monster is reasonable. To me that defeats the whole foundation of xyz summoning. I dont hate ding itself its just the summon access it has for being a rank 8 monster. True skill engine decks are pretty ridiculous when you look at yusei and magicians magic and hero alliance
@@jourdanfarquharson4697 yeah dingirsu is pretty tricky but i encounteted lots of more annoying rank 8s and hopefully those won't get added in DL(like number 38 and Kali yuga)
I know the answer it's because the game favours those who spam blue-eyes and magicians literally I can go from having a great hand to a Brick hand the second a spammer shows up its bad enough I'm stuck going first 80% of duels seriously one time I went first 16 TIMES IN A ROW and more then half those duels I had a brick hand even when I changed what deck I used Red-eyes Trickstar Cubic Dragunity Nothing worked
I never know how good things are, I've always been bad at figuring that out. I always thought it was pretty alright, but I guess most decks can play through 1 monster negate these days because no one is playing it.
DR XYZ dragon is better in a speedroid deck full of horse stilts and razorrangs with a few spells like action magic: full turn and riryoku present in deck for ways to end a duel in one powermove utilizing the dragon and riryoku to weaken opposing beatsticks and make you bigger, action magic sealing the deal by doubling battle damage for a turn
@@R3in_Chyeah PK archetype has a lot of destruction negation with phantom wings and sword but when it comes to banishing your monster they can't do shit so i've gotten both DR XYZ drag and PK and Sleed roids with Crystal wing lvl8 dragon so i guess for the time being imma play Speedroids
My best advice for getting better at duellinks is to not take loses to personal. you are going to face hundreds of different decks on the ladder and just because you lost to dark magician doesnt nescessarily mean you gotta add another cosmic into your deck. sometimes your deck is built optimally and you just have unlucky draws or a bad matchup. you are just not meant to win every game so accepting a loss , not changing the deck is usually optimal even if it feels bad. you shouldnt be cornershooting to win uncomon or niche decks. you should build to beat the majority of decks even if that means losing to the bottom of the barrel sometimes..
When building a deck, you wanna make sure you do it in a way that reduces the potential for bad draws as much as possible. To ensure every draw and opening hand is something you can act on instead of feeling bricked
To add to this, if you *have* to run Garnets, then you may want to run a deck that's bigger than 20 cards, just gotta make sure that whatever you add can also stall/interrupt plays, or be playable on itself.
I disagree. you should build to be optimal. you cant eliminate bricking entirely so taking a loss in stride is more important. sometimes you just draw knightmare orcust, worldwand and cymbal and theres no deckbuilding you can do to prevent that. instead of focusing on consistency in this or that you should just accept that you can't win every match. obviously you want the highest probable chance to draw a starter but obssesing over deckbuilding is a surefire way to get demotivated and fault yourself for loses that you shouldnt be faulting yourself for. if you want high consistency play a skill. not everything is solvable by "better deck building"
What’s crazy to me is I built the Yugo deck just because I liked the character and the art work of the cards etc and I started using it and learning it , then a few days later I found out it was a meta 1 deck , but when I built it I had no idea what I was doing as I never really played ranked or world championship etc
I did the same thing with Orcust back when they first got Ding I generally try to wait for archetypes I've heard of from the TCG or Master Duel to release, but I hadn't heard much about Orcust at the time (I'm a newer player, what can I say) and my current Odd-Eyes Orcust Onomat deck is the most fun I've ever had in the game (and also SUPREMELY good)
Real talk, Pendulums in Duel Links taught me how Pendulums work in the TCG.
I play dark magicians and I hate going 2nd against pendulums it's like an instant lost
@@BiggestNoobalive_i instantly surrender when that happens
@@Carlos.Rivera I just switched to salamangreat with stillswarmroach and abyss dueler in my extra deck I'm basically shitting on all top tier decks rn
@@BiggestNoobalive_ I use Necroz + quintet magician for otk fast before shit happens
I learned most of the game from duel links before playing tcg
The takeaway here is: don't fight Harambe. It won't end up well for both of you
RIP Harambe
Ds out for harambe
I've been playing DL for a while now and have seen a lot of these situations coming from newer players or just people who don't play competitively at all. There's people who are fixated on "making their own deck/strategy" as if coming up with an entirely original combo line that ends on a good board is something easy to do.
Also, a bit of personal input regarding the last point: New players, at the very least read your own cards. Meta knowledge is key in higher ranks, but in lower ranks you'll see a huge improvement by understanding what it is that makes your deck work. I keep seeing people running Magician Girls in an otherwise regular DM deck. Those are 2 different playstyles. If you don't read your own cards and just assume there's synergy between them based on their names alone, you'll have a lot of trouble getting to your optimal plays.
I can't really blame them, a lot of folks get pulled into this game from the anime. And the anime basically promotes building your own custom deck of one-ofs to be king-of-games. Like aesthetically speaking, you'd assume the magician girls, oracle, and DM all go in the same deck together despite not having much synergy. So I think its just natural to be like that when you start (i was) and then grow out of it slowly.
Also are you sawatari enjoyer?
@@cuchutrain That'd be me, yes. The one shilling for Rank 4 Yosenju whenever anyone asks for a good rogue deck.
I do think Duel Link's biggest problem is the shop. You arent guaranteed to pull a SR or UR even on a ten pull. Which can add up a lot of wasted gems if you have bad luck. I know my friend dropped duel links when he spent 1000 gems and got no UR or SR cards from the new box (Ritual beasts at the time) and he left it for about a year ish until covid came.
It can be a big detriment when you cant just get the single card you want, and for F2P people it can mean waiting maybe 3 months to get enough gems to try to tackle a box just for one card you need. Master duel has it right, where you are guaranteed at least 1 SR per 10 packs
Yeah, adding the guarantee 10 pulls system would improve my enjoyment of the game a lot, because the worst thing for me is when I'm opening a box is not getting a single 1 Sr after spending 500 gems, it feels like I'm throwing them in the trash...
@kadjolo774 if you got a sr or ur guranteed every 10 pulls no one would pull
@silverfullbusterd1113 I think it makes the game more accessible if you have three tiers, 50 gems for the 1 pack, 500 for the 10, then maybe 750 for 15 packs but you get a guaranteed ur or Sr. That just means you aren't wasting your resources or your time on pulling nothing but N or R cards.
@@silverfullbusterd1113 im pretty sure people would still pull
I used 5000 and got no Ur or sr once
The deck that i mostly have fun with is fortune ladies and my favorite deck. I have issues finding decks i could like that could have more power than them, so thank you for the video.
In the end the most powerful card is the credit card
I love how unneccesary convoluted the "Ritual Beast spreadsheet" when the highlight of it is "have Winda in hand? Yes? Set it."; people would do ANYTHING to make them LOOK smarter, more intelligent or more anything in this game despite the truth being all but that.
This reminds me of the old D/D/D spreadsheet that was being sold for 20$ online and one take MBT had looking at it (one of the few good MBT takes): "Woah! We have a 3 card Kepler + Swirl Slime + Lamia combo that ends on Siegfried + Hope Harbinger AND a Swirl Slime + Lamia + Dark Contract with the Gate searching for Kepler combo that ends on the same board..."
Still more complex than the DL madolche flowchart, which is literally just a line going straight downward
After having played alot of Ritual Beast you don't need a spreadsheet for it and I've never consulted one. Everything skillwise about ritual beast comes down to keeping track of which cards have and haven't been special summoned when you're looping cannahawk for like the third time that turn. I wouldn't call the deck very difficult but it's quite brutal if you mess up and kind of overly complicated from the get go because cannahawk revolves around weird complex yugioh rulings and the naming schemes for the cards is more annoying than anything
Not sure about people trying to look smart just because they play RB as every RB player i've talked to just likes to show their love for the deck and I can respect that but our experiences obviously differ. After about 50 duels you basically have the deck down since combo paths don't really have any branches, you just loop cannahawk over and over like usual.
@@AgentBlackman I have come to learn from you and others that they are easier that one would think. As someone who doesnt play them, I know what they do overall, but i dont know the deck THAT well. Still more complicated than the average deck I play though, thats for sure.
Man, I'm one of those boomer duelist who feel like the HERO archetype is the answer to every possible thing in the game.
If my E-HERO cards aren't working, then I use D-HERO while also utilizing Masked, Vision, and Xtra HERO cards. Only one I hardly ever really use is the Evil HERO. Something about that Evil Heroes just seems so limited.
2:53
Rokket is probably the most fun deck I've played so far. Being able to use Link, XYZ, Synchro and Fusion summon in one package is just satisfying (I know Magistus exists, but is too costly for what it does). I'm a huge simp for Revolver/Ryouken Kougami too, so there's that. I've spent months of playing it and I still rely on instinct instead of carefully managing which Rokket to float into at any given time.
Also, watching my opponent attempting to bounce/spin Magnarokket with Link monster's targeting effect only for them to find what it does the hard way is never not funny to me.
How is it like being in gold?
5 people dont know how simp different than fan smh
@itzYonko bit harsh...I kogged with rokket 2 seasons.
I started playing duel links recently and i made what a think my first decent deck (its a cyber dragon deck cuz i love the archetype and zane) its not the best but its decent and im having alot of fun playing with it 😁
Duel links taught me how to play the different types of dueling styles outside of the OG way and I done fused both ways and made it my own
the meta deck of today is the fun deck of tomorrow, knowing your weakness helps to not get mad cause you know what could stop you so when you see it you already know it's bad
Your illustration is amazing but I literately don’t look up decks until that’s all I play against and then adjust
As for my limit I always use the charter ace for their Deck use joey I have one red eyes and one jinxo deck in his line up then build deck for around their skills
Remember take advantage of all your resources because your opponent will
War Rock deck carried me to gold 6 but the season restarted so I couldn't get to plat 1. War Rock Mamuud is helpful against pendulum cards since it destroys spells and trap cards and they count as one so it really helps, plus you get 200 more atk everytime you destroy a card untill the end of the turn
Yo Great Video bro! and yes it is me the Real Sean Matrai! Great stuff! Appreciate the shoutout in your video and look forward to more videos in the future!
oh hi sean, i was watching the tenyi run today
@@cuchutrainVery cool!
What if you just like playing the characters and the only thing you look forward to is unlocking the next character?
Some times people want to play with the card they like and find other casual players
Instant subscribed, what a blast to watch again.
As a fellow person who only kogs with enough time this vid is great+comedy gold
I never have a clue about meta decks.
I make mine to win and move forward haha.
I 200% agree with this video. Im a pro og player and I only became good because of the things he said in this video. After enough time, you will learn how to win even without meta. The biggest thing about Yugioh in general is card wording. Learn the inner workings of cards and you can win, though not all the time, mainly depends on who and what you are fighting. Just play to win but have fun even if you lose. I suggest trying Cosmo decks for both competition and fun. This deck saw some play in the earlier days of Yugioh, but became less used cause of meta. This will brake the monotony of meta. Just remember to have fun.
i love your artstyle.
don't really have any feedback or anything about the topic i just thought i let you know
This is really well done. Great job! G-d bless you.
There is do many thinks tribute ,ritual ,synchro, xyz, pendulum, link attacks in the speed duel. It is so difficult for a beginner
I stomp Orcust with my Red Demon Dragons and Resonators.
Like the man said, play to win.
I destroyed an orcust player with my Chronomaly
My deck is built around glow moss
The key to playing is understanding how to play around ur deck's weaknesses. When I play aromages, I use hand traps and stardust sprinkled in the extra deck to help protect. My trickstar decks lack brute force, but can dance around boss monsters with key cards like mind control and crackdown.
What's your highest rank that you've got with aromages? Because I actually love this deck
problem is whenever i Draw each time an weak card come out i have cronical talent with 3 dark magicians...... but when in my battle phase no dark magicians i will get
I only duel in the PVP arena so I can unlock Mokuba.
Ngl ive never watched vrains but when blue angel was added to dl i just LOVED trickstars so i started maining it. Little did i know it would be a meta deck nowadays
I'm bad at duel links because I don't spend enough money on getting the best decks going. That isn't saying that I've not made mistakes that have cost me games, like missing the timing, or targeting the wrong card, etc. But mostly, I lose because I don't spend enough to get the "meta" decks and instead do f2p, mostly with my old blue eyes deck. It also doesn't help that I'm _still_ trying to get a few of the staple cards 2 months in... I really need to get some book of moon and mystical space typhoon etc.
Hard to get much past platinum without meta decks.
I play a quasar deck it is pretty consistent because it can otk sometimes and has alot of negates but ur screwed if chase got destroyed..
But still,i enjoy it
I remember when a kid "beat" a gorilla in 2016.
R.I.P Harambe :(
What was the difference between if and when ?
Good video with good insight.
Unfortunately the ones who need to hear this probably won’t listen. Lol
make it 4 people
alright, you can be on the list too
I was able to KOG with Blue Eyes my favorite achetype in October 2021. When I started the game a Meta blue eyes required multiple UR and SR cards. The best box to get started on this was Judgement. By the time I spent my newbie gems I had a viable Judgement Dragon and Lightsworn deck that was able to get to Legend. I got bored of playing the same deck over and over and because Blue Eyes required so many cards I quit. By the time 2021 had come they released the structure deck. I played for a bit but still didnt really get back into dueling until October when I realized through Duel Links Meta a Blue Eyes Deck was KOG worthy and I just needed a few more cards. Used literally my last gems and was able to get the cards I needed. The Meta at the time was Triamids, Harpies and Melodius and I was able to KOG through persistence. Here's my advice: The Meta always changes and always will. Never invest in archetypes at first. Always and always invest in essential spells and traps. These cards will slot into any meta deck. Use the gems and the dream tickets for these and try to keep plenty gems handy. When the time comes a meta deck will be released and you can spend you gems on these and easily KOG. Its happened multiple times before. Shiranui which was a mini box and just required good traps, Triamids which also a mini box, Harpies also mini box, DDD which was awesome with the box as well as Structure deck and had the skill you could use with the stromberg castle, dinomist how could we forget you of all cards lol. Mayosenju just required a full box and a levelled up Sylvio. Fluffal was also KOG especially when paired with Supreme Jadens field spell skill. Even right now as I speak the new box has an awesome viable deck. THE META ALWAYS CHANGES. HAVE ESSENTIAL SPELLS AND TRAPS. KEEP YOUR GEMS READY FOR THE NEXT KOG WORTHY BOX. FINAL ADVICE. Know you enemy. Understand how the current Meta decks you will be playing against operate. Early disruption will help you win duels you might normally lose against. I hope this has been helpful to you. Sincerely a duelist who KOG with his fav archetype and didnt spent a single dollar.
❤ I love your videos, thanks man
As someone who really only plays blacking decks i still have no idea how that card works
This is what i've heard, i guess we all need to go get law degrees now
real reason- YOU ARE BROKE AND NEVER GET THE CARDS YOU NEED
I like the blackwing joke. When it comes to deck build, I don't use any skill on it until I know my deck walks on its own. From there I can slap a skill in. If I can't beat up a blue eyes deck easy then I have to change my deck.
the card that nobody can figure out, but once you know how it works, you still dont know how it works
i miss infernity,banlist really gut us fr
I follow Playmaker (the TH-camr) and basically copy his decks and play them in the game.
(I never reached kog in my life not even in the salamangreat tier 0 meta)
Another banger!
Lol thanks, this one ended up being a little more information and less jokes than I was hoping. Also idk who this video is even for.
Lesson learned🌚💯
I love this game so much but it cost alot of time 😅. Know about opp deck is 60% to win. I can read cards in opp hand or set in 80% of the time.
I do have a very stricting boundary, and that one I cant even play if I dont respect it.
If I have a deck that is used by a character, I must use it with the character. I refuse playing Abyss Actors with Ishizu, even if it is the best decklist
honestly i just make own deck or test other decks. Like in universe duelist, no such think as good player or bad player
I am still trying to pull a Leibe from a pack >v< I have Gustav but no Liebe. I missed the unlock event for Yugo too since I started duel links when the Shay Obsidian event just started so I am unable to acquire a couple specific speedroids I want like the level 4 tuner speedroid that is locked behind his character level up rewards.
Speaking of Shay Obsidian, I found I dislike raidraptors. It can be strong but running it feels like a grindy slog. Too much solitaire and self-play involved per turn for me to really enjoy the deck
Reachd KOG with Fossils today. Fun game 👍🏻
oh nice, very based deck
@@cuchutrain thx man, the OTKs are unreal haha
Im gonna try getting kog with timelords and z-one. Had a lot of fun lately annoying and burning my opponents
I peaked when blackwings were meta. I actually liked playing the deck. I really don't play decks I dont care about. Thats why I quit dl. I was in the middle of the duel that was gonna get me legend and then the client restarted because of maintenance. I was an inch away. Good times.
Very informative video 🎉
Thank you, I spent a whole weekend. a whole weekend on an 8 minute video about why i suck at this game.
Love your yugioh videos ❤
thanks top tier whale, I knew I could always count on you
I like to play control and not let my opponent do anything.
and keep doing it until they deck out.
When building a deck, choose a broken skill and get carried
yeah this works too, just meet the minimum requirements for the skill and then just throw a bunch of staples in. Works like 90% of the time.
In law school now getting my dueling phd😢
Nice
Hmmm I mean I got pretty high up rankings just by having no strategy but mostly playing decks with no variation just the archatype no mix match of archatypes
Really fun and useful video friend. New sub :))
I feel like l'm bad at Duel Links because it's P2W. There's a bit of a difference between me and a streamer who can buy enough pulls to get 3 of every new card and then get it reimbursed by their viewers afterwards.
yeah if youre f2p you need to both spend time grinding, and focus your gems on cheap/strong decks. You're definitely at a disadvantage, but it is still playable.
Me (speedroid) when i'm against a Timelord deck: 💀💀💀
me too I refuse to use tier 1 deck, why? coz theyll nerf it after a month so building a tier 1 expensive deck is useless unless you are joining tournaments and use it to win
I already knew all of this already but I get crushed anyways. I can often precisely predict my opponent's plays by simply asking myself "What's the perfect thing they're likely have in their deck to stop specifically what I have right now and that I don't have an answer for?" with nothing but the knowledge of what archetype they're playing and my own starting hand. I'm convinced most players in Gold and higher run a cheat engine of some manner.
They really needed to put Galatea and Dingirsu to Limited 2, but they didn't. Instead they banned Knightmare Mermaid, which half the Orcust decks didn't even run, and put Orcustrated Release at 1, which didn't matter because they only need 1 copy in order to win, so it just means they can't also run the Field Spell.
What deck do you use? I really hate orcust's as an F2P Six Samurai player but I've had a bit of success with them pre and post banlist. You need to send Galatea back to the hand with a trap or monster effect if going first or remove orcustrated return if going second.
I leave the game i can't win with my favorite deck stardust synchron
Let's be honest you're not bad at duel links, you just don't have enough money.
Im f2p guy and still hit legend 3 with no much playing
I think you might just be good at the game.
I'm f2p too, and building a deck as f2p is pretty easy. But I'm still pretty bad because being good at the game is hard no matter how much you spend lol
@@Votok01 just dont wait 170 packs before pulling one, easy peasy
@@cuchutrain rookie to Legend 1 is no demote rank isn't?
@@akasual7884 Yup pretty much
also ftp here. I built a timelord speedroid deck within the first couple days of playing Duel Links for the first time. I started playing DL at the tail end of last month, when the Shay Obsidian Event started. I was showered with free tickets and rewards for merely existing and being a "new" player and logging in lots. DL is actually pretty generous with its free card tickets as rewards.
Beating npcs and advancing stages and earning stuff for pretty much everything you do is nice.
My rank is in silver but I never cared about ranking up or being the best. I play to have fun, and I have less fun going with the "I wanna win and be the best" mindset. I run deck combos I find on my own via trial and error and experimenting. I stick with whatever feels good and would work out for me in most situations. For me, timelords+speedroids feels great. The offense and defense balance between the two archetypes feels like using a sword and shield in battle
this video will be no relevant when Orcust and Speedroid no longer a threat
Yeah I was hoping to not pull too many examples directly from the current meta, but it did make it a little easier to explain. But I think most of the advice was pretty general if you take the examples out.
I hope konami doesn't ban or limit speedroid horse stilts, low-key the backbone of most my deck builds.
Play machina orchust
0:48 bruhhhh what’s the point of playing duel links when it’s main gimmick is using skills. I never understood this
The most disgusting deck right now is Orcust, which has 100% consistency and is almost impossible to play around, and it doesn't rely on a skill at all.
Just play an aroma deck it's fun it's cool and it will beat most people in the silver prank
the reason you're bad at duel links is because the opponent used a busted skill that auto play their deck against you
or just buy shooting quasar packs amd make a deck with time lords and feel like a pro
Most people are bad because they don't READ the cards 😂 and we have the meta slaves 😂
Timelords are annoying. I made a new account and every other match in low ranks was a timelord player
Funnily enough, Amazoness just laughs at Timelords. Onslaught banishes them before their effect has a chance to activate.
@BloodrealmX I completely forgot about amazoness. Thanks for the reminder haha
Or play master duel and experience a somewhat f2p format
Simple just give Konami your money and your becoke 1000 times better is that simple
You're not bad, you're just poor. the game was rigged from the start.
cuz ur not playin resonator
I play Master Duel...
I play both but like duel links more because slightly less solitaire is involved when playing decks or against decks
Good luck trying to play in master duel when lose the coin flip, against deck that is self solitaire and milling decks is the meta wow so fun 🤣
@@R3in_Ch I don't need luck I play Cyberse!
@@R3in_Ch Also the way you describe it sounds like a person who won't learn to accept their loss and try to change their losses as a lesson to improve yourself
Cuz the games pay to win when it comes to meta
DL is fun but those skill carried decks r a no go(like speedroids,heroes and synchro) it's so annoying that they can special summon a lvl 7 monster for free.. honestly it's a good thing they are adding more decks that doesn't need to be skill carried to become top tier(like orcust and mekk knights)
My only gripe with orcrust is that konami thought link monster spamming a very tricky rank 8 xyz monster is reasonable. To me that defeats the whole foundation of xyz summoning. I dont hate ding itself its just the summon access it has for being a rank 8 monster. True skill engine decks are pretty ridiculous when you look at yusei and magicians magic and hero alliance
@@jourdanfarquharson4697 yeah dingirsu is pretty tricky but i encounteted lots of more annoying rank 8s and hopefully those won't get added in DL(like number 38 and Kali yuga)
It's a badgame p2w
Duel links is a joke. Nothing, but meta decks
I play a rose dragon deck. If I am not that high in the ranking, it is because all don't feel like doing ao
0:10 you forgot something
Money.
I know the answer it's because the game favours those who spam blue-eyes and magicians literally I can go from having a great hand to a Brick hand the second a spammer shows up its bad enough I'm stuck going first 80% of duels seriously one time I went first 16 TIMES IN A ROW and more then half those duels I had a brick hand even when I changed what deck I used
Red-eyes
Trickstar
Cubic
Dragunity
Nothing worked
That "fucka me?... No no, fucka u!!" Was right on the nose 💯💯
For reference, I stole that right outta the book of Sean matrai. So if you like that kinda stuff, go check him out if you haven't already
What do you think about Phantom Knights and DR XYZ Dragon in current meta
I never know how good things are, I've always been bad at figuring that out. I always thought it was pretty alright, but I guess most decks can play through 1 monster negate these days because no one is playing it.
DR XYZ dragon is better in a speedroid deck full of horse stilts and razorrangs with a few spells like action magic: full turn and riryoku present in deck for ways to end a duel in one powermove utilizing the dragon and riryoku to weaken opposing beatsticks and make you bigger, action magic sealing the deal by doubling battle damage for a turn
Phantom knights is alright in lower ranked match. If you play against deck like Chronomaly you'll be in trouble (Chrono is out of tiered btw)
@@R3in_Chyeah PK archetype has a lot of destruction negation with phantom wings and sword but when it comes to banishing your monster they can't do shit so i've gotten both DR XYZ drag and PK and Sleed roids with Crystal wing lvl8 dragon so i guess for the time being imma play Speedroids
In conclusion, play exodia and otk your opponent.
yeah, basically just dont lose and you'll win for sure
konami:Money=win
outplaying your meta opponent with your jank meme deck always feels the best
My best advice for getting better at duellinks is to not take loses to personal. you are going to face hundreds of different decks on the ladder and just because you lost to dark magician doesnt nescessarily mean you gotta add another cosmic into your deck. sometimes your deck is built optimally and you just have unlucky draws or a bad matchup. you are just not meant to win every game so accepting a loss , not changing the deck is usually optimal even if it feels bad. you shouldnt be cornershooting to win uncomon or niche decks. you should build to beat the majority of decks even if that means losing to the bottom of the barrel sometimes..
When building a deck, you wanna make sure you do it in a way that reduces the potential for bad draws as much as possible. To ensure every draw and opening hand is something you can act on instead of feeling bricked
I tried playing smoke grenade of the bandit with crystron
To add to this, if you *have* to run Garnets, then you may want to run a deck that's bigger than 20 cards, just gotta make sure that whatever you add can also stall/interrupt plays, or be playable on itself.
I disagree. you should build to be optimal. you cant eliminate bricking entirely so taking a loss in stride is more important. sometimes you just draw knightmare orcust, worldwand and cymbal and theres no deckbuilding you can do to prevent that. instead of focusing on consistency in this or that you should just accept that you can't win every match. obviously you want the highest probable chance to draw a starter but obssesing over deckbuilding is a surefire way to get demotivated and fault yourself for loses that you shouldnt be faulting yourself for. if you want high consistency play a skill. not everything is solvable by "better deck building"
@@Otzkar My speedroid timelord deck doesnt ever brick so, I beg to disagree with your disagreement
This is why rokkets are so good. Literally any rokket monster means you have plays.
Love the drawing and the video, keep up the good work.
What’s crazy to me is I built the Yugo deck just because I liked the character and the art work of the cards etc and I started using it and learning it , then a few days later I found out it was a meta 1 deck , but when I built it I had no idea what I was doing as I never really played ranked or world championship etc
What's the deck list lol
I did the same thing with Orcust back when they first got Ding
I generally try to wait for archetypes I've heard of from the TCG or Master Duel to release, but I hadn't heard much about Orcust at the time (I'm a newer player, what can I say) and my current Odd-Eyes Orcust Onomat deck is the most fun I've ever had in the game (and also SUPREMELY good)
@@pennytrui1149 my personal one or the tier 1 one ?
@@PneumaAsh that’s what it’s about dude , having fun 👍🏻
Ok dude 😂
you play ranked to reach kog, i play ranked for gems... we are different :v
Exactly
Just like me fr
The only reason I touch PvP is to get gems.
If you suck at duel links is because you don't have money
5:52 sorry but dont put Galaxy xyz in your duel link video, it miskeading