Frequently Asked Questions
What is Urban Rivals?
Who starts the fight?
The player to start the fight is the one with the highest number of stars (sum of the characters’ levels), as we believe that whoever starts is at a slightly unfair disadvantage, unless an ability alters this rule e.g. the Ashiguru Counter-Attack.
Who starts the fighting animation and is it important?
The character with the most Pillz attacks first, but that has absolutely NO impact on the outcome of the round.
Are there any hidden factors that influence the outcome of the round, besides attacking?
No, none at all. Absolutely nothing is hidden ;)
In a non-random room, who wins if the two attacks are the same?
Currently, if two attacks are the same, the fight result is randomly decided (the chances of winning being equal for both players).
In the event of equal attacks in a non random room, the player controlling the lower level character wins the round. If both the characters are at the same level, then the player controlling the attacking character wins.
Are there different daily, independent tournaments, separated by Deck Type?
Currently, the daily tournaments are global. The players using different Deck Formats all play in the same tournament but, of course, you cannot challenge a Type 2 player with a Type 1 deck.
What does the Accelerate button do?
The accelerate button removes a few of the game’s popup confirmations and increases the speed of the fighting animation.
How come I only get 1 Clintz and 1 Battle point sometimes?
There are 2 possible reasons for this. Either you play too many matches against the same opponent/IP address, or you are in a training room.
Ability, Bonus, Stop Power, Stop Bonus, what is the order and what are the priorities?
There are no priorities. The way to work out if an ability is activated is quite easy: start from the Ability/Bonus that you want to know whether it is activated or not, check that nothing is blocking it and if this is the case, that nothing is blocking the Ability/Bonus block, just like a chain.
Example 1: your character has +8 Attack as his ability and Stop Bonus as his Bonus, his opponent has Stop Ability as his Bonus. Is your Ability activated? Yes, because your Ability might be blocked by your opponent’s Bonus, but your Bonus blocks his Bonus.
Example 2: your character has +2 Power as his Bonus and Stop Opp Power as his Ability, his opponent has Stop Opp Bonus as his Ability. Is your Ability activated? Yes, because your Bonus might be blocked by your opponent’s Ability, but your Power blocks his Ability.
Is Courage only activated in the first round?
No, Courage is activated when you play your character first in any round i.e. in two rounds per battle.
Can I stack Poison Abilities?
No, if you successfully use another Poison Ability, it will replace the currently activated Poison, regardless of what that may be.
Can you block a Leader’s ability?
No, the Leaders’ abilities cannot be blocked by the "Stop Opponent Ability".
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Who starts the fight?
The player to start the fight is the one with the highest number of stars (sum of the characters’ levels), as we believe that whoever starts is at a slightly unfair disadvantage, unless an ability alters this rule e.g. the Ashiguru Counter-Attack.
Who starts the fighting animation and is it important?
The character with the most Pillz attacks first, but that has absolutely NO impact on the outcome of the round.
Are there any hidden factors that influence the outcome of the round, besides attacking?
No, none at all. Absolutely nothing is hidden ;)
In a non-random room, who wins if the two attacks are the same?
Currently, if two attacks are the same, the fight result is randomly decided (the chances of winning being equal for both players).
In the event of equal attacks in a non random room, the player controlling the lower level character wins the round. If both the characters are at the same level, then the player controlling the attacking character wins.
Are there different daily, independent tournaments, separated by Deck Type?
Currently, the daily tournaments are global. The players using different Deck Formats all play in the same tournament but, of course, you cannot challenge a Type 2 player with a Type 1 deck.
What does the Accelerate button do?
The accelerate button removes a few of the game’s popup confirmations and increases the speed of the fighting animation.
How come I only get 1 Clintz and 1 Battle point sometimes?
There are 2 possible reasons for this. Either you play too many matches against the same opponent/IP address, or you are in a training room.
Ability, Bonus, Stop Power, Stop Bonus, what is the order and what are the priorities?
There are no priorities. The way to work out if an ability is activated is quite easy: start from the Ability/Bonus that you want to know whether it is activated or not, check that nothing is blocking it and if this is the case, that nothing is blocking the Ability/Bonus block, just like a chain.
Example 1: your character has +8 Attack as his ability and Stop Bonus as his Bonus, his opponent has Stop Ability as his Bonus. Is your Ability activated? Yes, because your Ability might be blocked by your opponent’s Bonus, but your Bonus blocks his Bonus.
Example 2: your character has +2 Power as his Bonus and Stop Opp Power as his Ability, his opponent has Stop Opp Bonus as his Ability. Is your Ability activated? Yes, because your Bonus might be blocked by your opponent’s Ability, but your Power blocks his Ability.
Is Courage only activated in the first round?
No, Courage is activated when you play your character first in any round i.e. in two rounds per battle.
Can I stack Poison Abilities?
No, if you successfully use another Poison Ability, it will replace the currently activated Poison, regardless of what that may be.
Can you block a Leader’s ability?
No, the Leaders’ abilities cannot be blocked by the "Stop Opponent Ability".
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