Spirit Beast Battle Guide

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This page is meant to help all players understand and win in Spirit Beast battling.

This is a work in progress.


Overview

Why you should be a spirit beast battler

People play with Spirit Beasts for multiple reasons. One reason is the joy of finding and collecting rare or interesting spirit beasts from various parts of the world. Another reason is for the rewards which include experience and gems. A full list of rewards can be found on here.

Spirit Beast battles are hard

Where do I start?

Common Newbie Mistakes

Attempting to go full offense

Using Fortify when you are losing

Actions

Attack

Detect

Fortify

Lash

Special

Stance

List of which stance beats which

How to determine if you are in the wrong stance

Flash of Insight

Stats

Power

Defense

Insight

Accuracy

Speed

The importance of stat combinations

Elementals

Elemental advantage chart

Special Abilities

Special Ability Damage

Special Ability Charges

Status Effects

Positive Status Effects

       Airwall (Bone Shield)
       Haste        
       Regen
       Reflective Shield
       Rebirth
       Stat Boost

Negative Status Effects

       Bleed
       Distract
       Immolation
       Madness
       Slow
       Stun
       Sympathy
   

Armaments

Special Effects

Which Armaments to use

Ampoules

Breakdown

Which stats should I boost?

Talondown Arena

Understanding the NPC AI

Training Matches

Weekly Challenge Matches

Listed Fights (THEY ARE HARDER!!)

Specific Strategies

Against Specific Special Abilities

   Airwall
   Sympathy
   Madness