Hints and Tips

## Getting started

I am not going to go over basic general stuff like doing adventure mode or training grounds. Most of the modes in the game are pretty straightforward and easy to figure out. Claim your 500 gems in the official discord channel if you have not done that and post weekly during the facebook event for easy and free 300 gems. The devs give out tons of gems for social media activity so no reason to miss out on those.

Also try to take part in the events organized on Official Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena Discord. Great prizes to grab there. For more informations check this page.

PvP chest, expeditions, Guerilla warfare and rumble tower are an easy source of cards so try not to miss out on them.

## Join a clan

I cannot stress enough the importance of joining an active clan. Watching high level replays will also give you exposure to different team comps. Try to get in as many requests as possible and donate as much as you can to earn CP that can in turn be used to level up cards you use. Do not fall into the newbie trap of hoarding cards you do not use even if you may possibly use them in the future. CP is what will help you grow your team alongside requests.

## Decide on a team

Try to get challenger ASAP. Save 4k gems for when u reach arena 10 for the one time buy gem pack. That will give you 70 purples and will probably dictate which purple u want to lvl up and use. The fastest way to get challenger is to pick 2 greens to request and dump all your CP in them. Do not spread your levels across 4 monsters. Also never donate the 2 green cards you are using once they hit lvl 11. You can donate them before since they cost the same CP to lvl up.
Harrison, Sabrina, Medusa and Baba are some of the best greens across all levels. Elloi and Kanar get top tier at lvl 18. Puff gets good at lvl 15 but rng. Angus is top dog in open maps while Billie is strong only when paired with Harrison or when used to disrupt 1st turn combo teams. Vlad is decent when paired with Baba. Karissa is top tier too if u have a strong combo piece with her like Walter lvl 17, cupid lvl 20 or Cap T lvl 14. Frost and Hunka are good in obstacle filled maps where it is easier to trap opponents. Sanka, Duraham and Phillip need certain cards of higher rarity to work well so stay away from them unless you have your team figured out. Banka and Kabu are good in specific situations where their passive is needed and not worth investing in as your first green.
If your goal is to climb to higher arenas ASAP its best to invest CP on greens and request greens. A full green team can take u to masters 1. On the other hand if there is a orange u enjoy playing, can farm at least 3500 CP a week and do not care much about climbing fast, then request greens and spend CP on your 1 orange. Get 2 greens to lvl 15 first, then 1 of them to 18, then the other to 18. I would not recommend requesting any other card until you get 2 greens to lvl 18 (this excludes epic request day ofc). Since blues take roughly 1.8 times longer to lvl up via request than greens, it is better to lvl them up later. The only exception is if you plan to use a Cap T/Karissa team where you want your Cap T at lvl 14 ASAP.
By now you should have an idea of whether you want to go for an all green team or if you want to lvl up a blue for your next monster. End game is all about card rarity if lvls of the monsters fielded are the same, Most greens cannot keep up with the power levels of higher rarity cards since they have low attack value, so you have to outplay ur opponent if he has equal lvl orange/purples.

**For PvP**, getting blue that’s either jann or sneg is the safest option as of now. both units are part of high meta after all. For offensive playstyle (melee based or ground movement based), jann is the best bet you have. For defensive playstyle, sneg is top on her own.

**For CW**, top blues for me are elsa and franky. jann and sneg does still good though.

**For CE**, it’s quite a difficult matter. even if you spend resources on CE monster it doesnt easily equate to a higher reward. i quite discourage focusing your resources specifically for this mode
for team atm, you could settle for a baba mud
baba w51 mud still functions decently
baba mud is still a good duo after all. just have to watch out though as that shady buff quite messed up the reliability of baba mud

## Gold is your best friend

At early lvls, gold seems abundant and easy to spend at the shop. You want to hold on to all your gold and only spend on greens/blues you use when they come up in shop. After a couple of months you will soon realize that gold is the true bottleneck in this game not cards. Do not ever use gems to buy gold at the regular shop rate. Grab the gold promos whenever they come up or spend in a good promo that has lots of gold attached to it.

## Dropping arenas

In your early days, you might want to consider dropping your arena every other season so that you end up placing top 3 in you group the following season. Keep in mind this strategy is only valid until you are able to hit arena 11 or arena 12 after which it gets riskier since its only worth it if you can guarantee placing 1st in your group. If you are reading this guide before you started your first season, drop to the bare minimum 1100 points.
Thanks for reading my guide and remember the most important part of the game is to have fun. It’s easy to get frustrated at times since the game is pure p2w but I find it to be the most engaging tactical game in the market and hope you will enjoy it too.

*Credits go to Xerxes*