I'm relatively new to the game and I'd like to ask the players that are in the Arena Top 10 a couple quick questions - Do you NEED to spend crystals to break the Top 10 or just a solid team? If I want to make a deep run in Arena should I save up some crystals? I'm sure it also depends on the server (old or new).
Thanks in advance for any responses.
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For me its spend 50 crystals, get 200 more in rewards. So 150 net crystals, its a great return, once you have a competitive team
Just know that defending is a LOT easier from the top.
At being in the top 1000, then top 200, 100 and then steadily progressing past that. I have bought crystal packs though. A SWGOH FTP YouTube'r with good advice for toon choices is tiny grimes games.
My thing is I keep myself top 10 most always. If I get sniped out I fight back in.
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I spend crystals on energy refresh, also. Its obviously an individual choice and the best choice isbfor each person to decide, but...
I find that the 50 crystals i spend on arena everyday (sometimes i finish top 3 without needing to refresh, but usually not) are the best 50 crystals for two reasons:
1. Pvp Arena is fun! I think its a major flaw in the game that arena isnt free in the first place. If i am wanting fun ill sometimes even refresh my battles when im rank 1 to play the rank 2-4 teams.
2. There is a huge return if you end up rank 11-20 at 4:45 local time after 5 free battles. This is most days my situation. At 4:45 i get 5 more battles for 50 crystals and retake rank 1-2 getting about 200-250 more crystals at 6:00 than id have gotten if i didnt spend crystals. That is not to mention the extra arena tokens and small amount of credits.
Before I was top 5, I would only refresh if I thought i was guaranteed to move up a bracket and make the 50 crystals back
I have only spent £5 on the game ever to buy the Dooku bundle so this isn't pay to win. My team is usually Lumi (leader), Poogle (leader if using ig86), Geo Soldier, Sid or Ig86 and Consular/Plasma or Poe.
Usually I don't refresh at all any more. I always wait til 5pm to start my fights and as long as I'm still top 50 you can make it into the top 10 in 5 fights jumping 9 ranks a fight.
Each fight is 10 minute cool down including actual battle time. So 1 hour is enough to finish and usually not give anyone a chance to get the rank back before reset and reward.
The problem with the current arena is the rich get richer. Finishing 1st is 500 gems. Finishing 20th is 200. So it gets easier and easier for 1st to defend as they have more resources.
The key to making progress is to invest in a refresh when you can get more back then you spent. Going from 100 to 50 and spending 50 on a refresh and getting to rank 6 nets you a large amount of gems obviously you have to start earlier to get all the games in but the key is to finish as close to reward time as possible.
If you want to break the top 10 the key is to aim for rank 11. From there you can refresh matches and pick any opponent from 10-2 and find one you think you can beat. If you jump into the top 10 at any point you can only challenge the 3 people ahead of you.
Eg. Rank 11 can challenge rank 2 but rank 10 can only challenge rank 9, 8 and 7.
This is getting fixed soon though
That's so weird, I run that team most times. I usually have to go through you to get that top spot for my time zone payout.
I usually don't refresh arena. I just run with a semi tough team. Like was said earlier in this thread, it's a lot easier to stay in the Top 10 once you get there. I finish tops as long as someone didn't snipe me when I wasn't paying attention.