How to Win Your Inuyasha Release Event
Looking to bag the win (and the Release Event Winner promo) at your Inuyasha UNION ARENA Release Event?
In this guide, I’ll be going over what cards to look out for when piloting your five pack battle deck to victory – as well as a few tips and tricks that will help you succeed.
Inuyasha Release Event – check these key ratios
While you don’t have control over the cards you get, checking these key ratios will at least give you a general idea of the strengths and weaknesses of the deck you are working with.
How many 4000 BP characters (or more) do you have?
Having a high number of 4000 BP characters (or those that easily boost to 4000 BP or even more) means you won’t have any trouble winning a battle of attrition, and increases your odds of drawing into them. Having 10 or more in your deck gives you a solid backbone.
Have very few? That’s good info: it means you’ll probably want to try and move faster rather than get in a situation where you are slogging out big bodies.
How many Special Triggers do you have?
Not only are Special Triggers solid for their ability to trigger out of life, they’re also going to be your primary removal tool into the game. Having four or more in your deck can really help turn the odds in your favor.
I recently competed and won at a Chainsaw Man Release Event thanks in part to having six usable Specials in my deck.
However, make sure you read the fine print. Some Specials are easier to use than others. That being said, in Inuyasha they are all pretty easy to use, with the most difficult being the Naraku Faction Special.
How many Final Triggers do you have?
Final Triggers are difficult to come by in the Release Event format. However, they are certainly enough to swing the game in your favor. Having access to seamless AP-extend is particularly powerful into the Release Event, allowing you to flood your board with characters and overwhelm your opponent.
What is your Raid to Raid target ratio looking like?
Lastly, if you pull any Raid characters, what are the odds of actually Raiding them?
Do a quick check to see how many Raid targets you have for any Raid characters you pull. This will give you a good idea of whether you should prioritize setting up for the Raid, or simply plan to play the characters as a Raidless, high BP body.
Best cards for the Inuyasha Release Event
Now for the really fun part: where we dive into the cards that are uniquely strong into the Inuyasha Release Event format.
As you will, see, cards that may be less prominent in regular play, or just good can be absurdly strong when factoring in the unique mechanics of the Release Event format.
For this format, we will be looking at cards that are strong no matter what deck you happen to have. While fringe cards and combos can appear in synergy, cards that really dominate this format are those that are good no matter what deck they appear in.
So let’s look at what Inuyasha’s supreme Five Pack Battle cards are.
Inuyasha with native Damage 2
Inuyasha (044)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Uncommon
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If I had to pick one character above all from Inuyasha with the potential to absolutely dominate the Release Event format, it would be this four-cost Damage 2 Inuyasha. Why is this card so good into the format?
For starters, it comes in active. At 4000 BP and Damage 2, that’s insanely strong in a format that typically struggles to let you field Raid characters.
The only drawback for this card is that you can’t use it reliably as a blocker. That is worth mentioning in a format where having high BP bodies is particularly important to edge out the win. However, the offensive power of a Damage 2 swing means your opponent absolutely must block it or risk the consequences. Also, assuming you are lucky enough to draw an Inuyasha’s Special, you can even enable blocking.
Lastly, this powerful Inuyasha is only an uncommon rarity, making it reasonably likely you will pull it in your packs.
With all of this combined, Red Inuyasha with the Damage 2 is my top pick for Release Event dominator.
Naraku with Impact potential
A very close second for best card in this format is Naraku. Indeed, some may end up considering this guy to be the most reliable depending on how many other Naraku’s Faction characters they happen to pull.
But this character is very strong. First, you’ll be using him to reduce the BP of your opponent’s characters by a 1000. While normally that’s strong enough, into the Release Event format that can be the difference between winning and losing.
Second – and even better – Naraku can switch to active and gain Impact the turn he is played. You’ll just need another Naraku’s Faction character on the field to sideline, or else you’ll be sidelining him instead!
That’s a pretty insane combination of effects packaged into one card. However, this card is a Rare, making it harder to pull and less likely to see play for that reason. Yet manage to play your cards right and this card could easily turn the tide of battle in your favor.
A-Un
In a format where relatively few characters actually have affinities (only Naraku Faction cards, the rest don’t have one), A-Un is an insanely strong card. Use this character to push characters up early and get extra hits in, or strategically move characters back to the energy line to build up to your next play.
While the other two characters highlighted so far are your strongest characters in terms of raw power, A-Un is your most strategic play. And as only an Uncommon, odds are solid you’ll pull this character card.
Kohaku
Kohaku is the perfect example of a card that normally wouldn’t see much play but is pretty broken in Five Pack Battles.
By always coming back when Sidelined, just drawing Kohaku guarantees you will have the energy you need the following turn to play the cards you want. So much of the Release Event is based on sacrificing small BP bodies while keeping your life at maximum, and having a Kohaku around means you will have a chump blocker almost guaranteed turn after turn.
BP Boosters and Reducers
I also want to highlight two cards for their blanket ability to boost BP and reduce it, without any other requirements. Shippo and Naraku are great for this. And in a format that lives and dies by BP level above all, these are going to be staples that absolutely turn the tide of battle for those who use them correctly.
Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru (009)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Super Rare
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Finally, I have to give Sesshomaru a shoutout. And while as far as Raid characters go, this should be one of the easier ones to actually Raid given the decent number of Raid targets available, I’m really including him because he’s the only character with more than 4000 BP natively in the set.
This means just playing this guy Raidless gives you a dedicated blocker to edge out the win against your opponent. He’s an SR so pulling him is anything but guaranteed. But manage to get him on the field and you are largely surviving most of what your opponent throws at you.
Tactical tips for how to play a Release Event
Beyond your deck ratios and the cards specifically strong for the Inuyasha Release Event, the other thing to keep in mind is the inherent difference between Release Event/Five Pack Battles and normal UNION ARENA play.
In regular UNION ARENA matches, there are a plethora of win conditions, combos, and archetypes that impact the flow of battle. While in the regular format your gameplay is mapped to your specific deck, Five Pack Battles follow a different path to victory.
And despite what you think, it’s not so much about luck as it is about managing the BP levels of the characters on your field.
Hitting a specific combo or a removal matters far less than systematically ensuring you have higher BP characters than your opponent. Take chump hits early while gradually pushing up your 2000, 3000, and eventually 4000 BP characters to the front line, ensuring that you can block more attacks than you take, and get more attacks through than are blocked.
It’s really as simple as that, and not something to be ignored while playing your own release event.
So good luck, and let me know how your release event goes after the help from this guide.
