Tournament

#### **How do Tournaments work?**

*Every Wednesday and Sunday a tournament is held for 24 hours, starting at around 12 AM GMT (0:00 GMT).*

Keep in mind that in some cases, including this one, the tournament may actually start every Thursday and Monday depending on timezone, because the tournament starts after midnight. Anyway, players are forced to prestige in order to enter the tournament, earning Prestige Points normally. In that 24 hour span, players compete to achieve the highest wave of their bracket, and in any prestige, meaning you can choose to go for your best run in a map of your choice, for example.

Tournaments are separated by brackets, as a way of dividing players into different groups depending on progress (highest wave prior to tournament start, regardless of whether you beat it before joining or not).

When in a tournament, you'll be able to see the top 10 players of your bracket, and players near your position. Note that if you beat the required wave to join the next bracket, you will remain in your bracket and get the rewards of the bracket you were in when the tournament started, and will be rewarded based on your tier, a relative way of measuring you well you placed (which you can check mid tournament).

When the tournament ends, you'll be given Tournament Points and Gems based on your bracket and tier, which ranges from 1-9. The amount of Tournament Points you get can be upgraded with gems in the Gem Shop.

#### **Which bracket will I be in?**

*\*base value, before any Tournament Point Upgrades*

#### **What is "sandbagging"?**

Sandbagging is a risky, yet allowed move: it consists of purposefully not progressing to the next bracket for a chance at better rewards. This is one reason you'll often see people reaching waves such as 1.5 times the required to join the next bracket, if not more. It is possible for a player to sandbag multiple times in the same bracket, and even sandbag in multiple tournaments in a row, although that requires a lot of momentum. Sandbagging is risky because you might not be the only one doing it, and because you have to place in top 5 in order to get more rewards than if you were to place bottom tier of the next bracket. Sandbagging is not recommended because you will more often than not hold yourself back, and restrict yourself from gaining more rewards by moving to future brackets. There are niche situations where Sandbagging may make sense for 1 tournament, but that's not really until the later brackets.

#### **Where should I spend my Tournament Points?**

Assuming you have Tier 4 Tournament Upgrades unlocked (and Tiers 2 and 3), below you'll find a list of upgrades you should prioritize, from most to least important:

1. Game Speed (Tier 3)
2. Boss Essence (Tier 3)
3. 2x Essence Chance (Tier 3)
4. Spell Cooldown (Tier 2)
5. Spell Duration (Tier 1)
6. Cargo Gems (Tier 2)
7. Gold % (Tier 4)
8. Boss Gold % (Tier 1)
9. Enemy HP (Tier 4)
10. Drone Swarm Gold/Cooldown (Tier 2)
11. Damage Upgrades (All tiers, preferably the higher ones)
12. Base Stats (Range, Crit Chance/Damage, Attack Speed, etc., Tier 1)

***NOTE:** There is no single upgrade path that benefits every single player to the fullest. I listed above some upgrades that I felt were the most important, and even then, I didn't put a lot of thought into the list when creating it. Therefore, it's recommended you notice what you need/do the most and buy accordingly, and please take the list with a grain of salt.*