Stop, and think for a minute where you’re current skill level in the game is. Go ahead, take a moment.
My guess is that most, if not nearly all of you would like to get better to some degree. But how? Do you fell like you’ve reached a plateau? Or is it just the lack of direction that’s slowed your advance? Either way, this three part series of articles may just be what you need to step up your game. I’ve got ten simple ways for you players out there to improve your game. Just to make things fair to newer players, I’ll start with the more basic methods, and work up to the more advanced ones.
1. Know You Metagame
First things first, in order to succeed at Yugioh, you need to know quite a few things. One of the most elementary of those things is your metagame. What’s a metagame, or meta, you might ask? It’s not as scary of a term as some people may make it out to be. It’s simply what people are playing in the area or tournament you play in.
There are many ways to find this out, but at the same time, there are many different metas to look at. To find the right one for you, simply think of where you’re going to be playing the most, and if you’ll be attending any big tournaments in the future.
To learn your local meta, simply attend a tournament or two, and see what everyone’s play, but more importantly, see what’s winning. Random or poorly built decks, as well as decks that lack proper structure and support shouldn’t be any of your concern. Concentrate more on the becks that do consistently well. With that in mind, you can tailor make a deck to be able to compete with those decks, or beat them outright.
To learn the meta of let’s say, a Yugioh Championship Series tournament, you’d need to learn the nation-wide meta. Surprisingly, this is fairly easy. Read over past tournament coverage and view decks posted on popular message boards to get a good idea of what you’re going to see at the event. Do this, and you’ll do much better than you would of otherwise.
2. Learn and playtest as many competitive decktypes as possible
Once you know the meta of area you’ll be playing at, then you should immediate start playtesting the decks that are winning consistently in said area. If you having trouble learning how the deck works, watch some videos of people using them online, or look for articles about the deck. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, someone who owns the deck can tell you how it works, and even let you test with it if you’re trustworthy enough.
By learning and playtesting as many deck types as possible, you’re able to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the deck, as well as it’s good and bad matchups. Once you know that, you’ll be all the more effective at taking it out once you play against it.
3. Make your deck competitive
As much as some people hate to do this, it’s necessary to improve as a player. Without a well built and well structured deck, you’ll be at a disadvantage in a competitive environment. If the deck you usually run doesn’t quite have the support to win tournaments, you may want to consider switching to something else until your desired deck gets enough support to hold it’s own against the best of the best decks.
How do you tell if your decks competitive? It’s easy. Playtest it against the best decks you can, and see how it holds up. Once it starts to lose consistently, you may want to start making changes, or use something else entirely.
If you’re not sure how to make your deck competitive, there are lots of experienced players on the internet that are willing to help whoever they can. Don’t worry as much about people’s opinions. Take their advice into consideration and always ask why they suggest any given card, save for the obvious stuff.
With those three steps, newer and more casual players should be able to get a grasp of what they need to do to improve. For all your intermediate and advanced players out there, don’t worry, I’ll get to you guys in my next two articles. Until then, take it easy and good luck.
-Dave on the Rock
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