I am making this thread to help anyone and everyone who needs deck help regarding ELO, DTs, and Survivor to avoid posting anywhere and everywhere regarding unnecessary deck help to keep things in order here in the forums..(because it is a fact that we get the same deck help requests day after day) so I need help from all you guys there..you know who you are, please help this thread work..

I also suggest for people to check out Memento Mori's UR database too for ELO decks and complete card list..http://urdb.kirlad.net

and..for people concerned..please post your deck ideas here (public presets)..this will be like a thread full of our deck ideas..(this is to avoid unnecessary future deck help threads over and over again)

Roots / Freaks (ELO)
Shakra (U)
Ratanah (U)
Yookie (C)
Rico (U)
Olga (R)
Soushee (C)
Esmeralda (U)
Akendram (U)

GHEIST / Sakrohm (ELO)
Rolph (R)
Toro (U)
Leviatonn (R)
Platinum (C)
Petra (U)
Uranus (U)
Na Boh (R)
Lunatik (U)

Uppers / Sakrohm (Type1 DT)
Jackie (R)
Zatman (U)
Rubie (R)
Samantha (C)
Uranus (U)
GraksmxxT (R)
TrinmkkT (U)
Na Boh (R)

please post your deck ideas here..so we'll have an accumulated deck builds in this specific thread..so if anyone needs it..they'll just look up here and look through the decks..deck help and tune-ups can be posted here too..makes it easier for people to see..

(please do not post in this thread until all parts have been added)

This is a guide that focuses on the very basics of deck building. The stickies here aren't really comprehensive enough when it comes to covering what a new player should look for. Hopefully this will be a lot more helpful to confused newbies.

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Contents
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1. Star Values
2. Before You start to Build
3. Building A Balanced Deck
4. Advanced Deck Building Techniques
5. What's Next?

Guide to Elo for beginners - Deck Building

Elo can be played if your level 20 and the sum of stars is 25
I made this thread,so people will know what deck to use and why use some of those cards
Deck Compositions:
-Pure maxed cards in the deck requires cards with a good combination of abilities and power and has excellent bonus to "interact" or "combo" with each other
example:
La Junta-12
Bryan (R)-4
Bruce (C)-3
Wardog (C)-2
Jane Ramba (U)-3

Uppers-13
Zatman (U)-3
Dorian (U)-5
Samantha (C)-2
Rubie (R)-3

*with this deck,you can make a fury for a second round on your junta's to end the game ,Pussycats will also work

-Unevolved CARDS???As prefered by some of the best players,they use some commonly good cards that has good power to use as level 1 or higher,some are like:Gwen (C),Noon Steevens (C),chad bread,SkrumxxT (R),Charlie (U),Yayoi (U) and more,you may see no combo with these decks are you making with unevolved cards but you will stay "huge" against your opponent

*commonly,Pussycats are the best choice if you like to go on this unevolved cards,it will make you deck wide and more defensive,try this one(raven's deck):

Pussycats-10
Charlie (U)-4
Yayoi (U)-4
Svelthlana (C)-1
Gwen (C)-1

All Stars-15
Alexei (U)-4
Striker (U)-4
lamar-5
Flo (U)-2


Well that is all,Good Games to all
PS:Moderator if your reading this,please make the subject sticky

Hello everyone,

What do you think of trying to describe some basic gameplay element to newcomers.
I'm thinking "bluff", "thinking in 2 or 3 rounds instead of 4", "the fury", "why using at least 1 pillz matter".. feel free to create some subjects if you think of others things.

So let's start with lesson #1: bluff

In theory, a bluff is trying to make your opponent believe you are gonna play the obvious way but instead you play offbeat.
In Urban Rivals, it can apply in thoses example situations:

Round 1, you start, you have Sheitane (U) in your hand. Sheitane (U) can be very dangerous if she win early in the game as she might be able to deal 9 "unstoppables" damages over the battle. So if you play her without any pillz, your opponent will have almost no choice but to defend himself, either using a stop power, or a few pillz. Meaning you get either one stop power to worry about or a nice pillz advantage for the next round

Any round, you have Kenny (R), his +3 life per damage is very very frightening. So same rules apply as for Sheitane (U) (obviously, don't sacrifice Kenny (R) if you NEED him to win ).

Any round, you have a +attack character, good for you! On a round where no one spend any pillz, you will most certainly get a win otherwise, a nice pillz advantage

Any round, you have a "blocker" character (someone with -damage), while you opponent will most certainly believe you are using him for his defensive ability, ATTACK (with few pillz)!

Openings in games are very important. why this though because if you screw up your opening it could ruin your chances of winning and make it hard to win.

EVO opening- lets start with a bit of history EVO stans for evolution because back in the old days before the lost warehouse this was the play to get xp for the cards. so the combonation is like this 6pillz 0pillz 6pillz despite this being an old tactic this tactic can be still used in the game of Urban-rivals.

advantages- reliable especially with a card like Hawk (R) (R). sets u up for 2hit kos.

disadvantages- if a person plays no pillz u are screwed. if a person does the same thing and wins u will have lost not only pillz but have at big hole in your life. dosen't work against Piranas at all with their annoying pill mulnipulation.

bluff- simply play no pillz

advantages- puts u at an almost certain advantage into the next game. if you play it right can deplete your oppenent of pillz.

disadvantages- can be predicted especially when u have a blocker in your hand. if someone plays 2-4 pillz (e.g Jackie (R) (R) or Hawk (R) (R)) it can considered as a loss.

high powered counterbluffing- playing a high powered card like Hawk (R) (R) at 2pillz.

advantages- catches your oppenent out and makes him lose alot of life for only 2 pillz. if the oppenent pillz out at least u will be at an advantage next round.

continued

1 hit ko is probably one of the most annoying yet best ability that a card can have. 1 hit ko means that a card can dealt a mixn of 12 damage to the other player in one round which is most likely a ko if theres no extra life or blockers. ive seen alot of players use cards like Kolos (R) (R) to make 1hko but there is ALOT more cards than that can 1hit too with the help from many others. i created this guild to explain and show you all of the 1hko possibility cards hope it helps you in your future gaming.

standard 1hkos:
three most common 1hko cards are Kinjo (U) (U), Lost Hog (C) (C), and Kolos (R) (R). Kinjo (U) (U) and Lost Hog (C) (C) needs clan bonus to make a 1hko while Kolos (R) (R) is the only one who can 1hko along without the clan bonus. Lost Hog (C) (C) is the only one who can 1hko even against soa. most skilled players can avoid 1hko from these cards so theres no need for me to say more.

alternative 1hkos:
alternative 1hkos is based on a more strategic deck building which needs the help from other clans cards. its a very unusual stratege but most players will not be expected it to happen and thats where you will get them.

the first one is No Nam (C) (C). he seems to be a 7/7 even with clan bonus and fury he can still only deal 11 damag. this is where the helpers come in. Timber (R) (R) from the leaders with a ablilty of team damag +1 which makes every card on his team gets one extra damag. and when partnered with No Nam (C) (C) BOO theres another 1hko killer. only a few people will manage to avoid it but most will just be stunned.

Even veterans players tends to always think a battle in 4 rounds.
If you can, try to see if you can get a win in 2 or 3 rounds (remember, you just need 5 damages and 7 damages to make 12 damages ), your opponent will most certainly be quite surprised

This is a thread to answer everyones questions about what happens with stop opp ability and stop opp bonus in the same round. Mods if you find that this guild is clear and helpful, please sticky. I was once a new player who asked this very question and i think having a stickied guide will be helpful.

For the following examples, assume that:
1. the room you are playing in is non-random
2. that neither person has played any pills
3. that all bonuses apply and are active

Take a look at the following round.

Otakool (U) VS Flo (U)

Otakool (U)
power 6
dmg 4
(ability) stop opp ability
(bonus) +8 to attack power

Flo (U)
power 5
dmg 2
(ability) stop opp bonus
(bonus) -2 opp power

Who stops what? Does Otakools bonus get stopped?

The best way (and easiest i've been told, i forget from who) is this! Put all the abilities in a chain of what affects what. Use paper and a pen if you have to. The beginning of the chain is always the stop opp ability or stop opp bonus that has nothing affecting it. This is what the following round looks like in a chain.

(Otakools ability) Stop opp ability ----- (Flos ability) Stop opp bonus ----- (Otakools bonus) +8 attack power

Since nothing has stopped Otakools ability or affected it at all, Otakools ability follows thru and stops Flos ability. Otakool (U) keeps the +8 attack power and wins the round.

Mods i would like to post 2 more slightly different examples but i have reached my character limit. I will wait till this thread gets approved

Well, most of the time fury seems to be a waste of pillz...
Really?
It can be quite useful in many situations:
You have a character with +X life per damage. Using fury means doing at least 4 damages and sometime even more (Kenny (R) with +2 lifes per damage mean you'll get 6 more damages!).
If you apply lesson #2 "thinking in less than 4 rounds", fury is a good and quite unexpected way to reach your KO
Dont use fury at all if you really needs to win most of the forthcoming rounds. You better save thoses 3 pillz to get an attack advantage.

Some cards are very well just have those high attacks and powerful bonuses that you must waste a lot of pillz just to beat them..in most of these cases..one of the best tactics is to let the card through and not waste pillz..an example would be Zatman (U)..he has such a high power and a pretty powerful bonus to boot, and the best way to play against him is to either let the 4damage through of block with a defensive card..that is.."if" you are high on life points and "if" "fury in mind", Zatman (U) can't KO you..otherwise, if you are near a possible KO..you should do something about it, coz if you let it through, it might be the end of you..

That one is quite simple.
As you know, you get a "sureshot" if you have twice or more the attack of your opponent.
Hence, in a round with 2 cards with equals powers, if you put one pillz when your opponent doesnt put anything: you get a sureshot At the cost of only 1 pillz, it's worth it, no?

This one pillz can be very powerfull

If I have a big blocker..let's say..Uranus (U)..I don't just block a first turn card with her..because I know most of my opponents expect me to use her as a defensive card..so I put out other of my cards instead with a few pillz to beat their card very unexpectedly..because most of the time..people are expected to put only one or a few pillz on their cards when they see a big blocker because it's pill wasting if for example: I put 4-5pillz on Zatman (U) and my opponent just blocks him with Uranus (U) (it's a complete waste of pillz!!) so more likely, an opponent would only put 1 or a few pillz in his/her card if he/she sees a blocker so you are open to attack him/her easily..as I said..it happens most of the time..so it doesn't happen always..

Blockers..are actually good attackers and bluff finishers..unless your opponent is confident because he has a SOA or SOB that can get through a blocker..but aside from that..blockers are good attackers..they reduce damage..so more likely, your opponent won't go to lengths to waste his best cards or pillz just to beat a card that reduces damage unless he sees through it and feels that you are already trying to finish him off or his life points are threatened that can make the big game difference of losing a match..