Wasabi Wixoss (Singapore): 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020

Final post for the blog(?)

I was hoping to last for at least 2 years but given the current situation both in real life and game, it was a matter of time that this ending would have arrived.

I have decided to regrettably stop updating this blog for various reasons. Don't worry, I'll discuss in detail below and what are the future plans if possible.

First of is the lack of tournament updates. Due to the ongoing pandemic, all WIXOSS PARTY here have been stopped, hence there isn't any matches to film or placings to be reported. Initially there were considerations in doing translations for latest content or card effects, but since there are other sites (Notably the Wikia) already doing it, there wasn't much point repeating it. As such, I've decided to only do tournament updates and making some guides on game play, which leads to the second point, the game is getting another format.

Now some may think of it as a rotation but it isn't really accurate to call it one. For one, the fact that Key Selection and All Star still exist and both of them allows you to use the upcoming Diva Selection cards. But since a new format is coming soon, many of the current skills that are present in the game may be irrelevant soon, writing guides and articles on soon to be irrelevant things would not add much meaning.

While we are talking about the new format, I would like to bring you to point 3: The new format's image is totally different from the current WIXOSS. Up till now, the image of WIXOSS have been pretty much consistent: Dark Depressing (Magical-ish) Girl TCG. The LRIGs have also been pretty much consistent in their design, you won't really find any LRIG that makes you question whether it's from WIXOSS. However the new series DIVA A LIVE seems to be totally different in theme. Rather than going for the mysterious and dark theme, it is going towards a more lively and idol theme, removing what makes WIXOSS, WIXOSS.

So what has all the image changing about WIXOSS got to do with stopping the blog? With the main theme going to be idol and all, Wasabi Wixoss doesn't really fit into the theme (I mean who would normally think of Wasabi and Idol together?). Wasabi was still fine for current WIXOSS due to it being a SIGNI and somewhat a polar character to Tlet, but now that even the SIGNIs are getting an Idol makeover, holding onto the name Wasabi Wixoss is not really a good way to be found by new Diva Selection players.

Finally the last point would be that reality isn't exactly smooth sailing. Recently and probably down the months to come, I have been really busy with real life work that I rarely focus on WIXOSS nowadays. COVID-19 cancelling any possible WIXOSS events didn't exactly help the situation. And now with what is looking to be a 6 month gap in between the products, I have decided to just stop entirely and take a break from WIXOSS.

With all that said, I am not entirely giving up on the game, I am still up to date with the latest information and will try to keep up with monitoring any new information, so here are some of the future plans depending on how the new series develops.

Plans for this blog?

As said above, I would most likely stop updating the blog. I will not be taking it down so whatever tournament reports and article can be still viewed in the future. Depending on how the game grows and my free time, I may or may not start another new blog to mark off a fresh start with the Idol Series.

What about the Youtube Channel?

Likewise, the Youtube channel will still be up so you can view whatever little video we have uploaded there without worrying about it being gone. I may or may not continue to take videos of the new Diva Selection games. There's also the consideration of creating a new youtube channel for the Diva Selection or continue uploading videos onto the current channel (and possibly changing the channel's name). As usual, depending on how the game grows.

Future guides?

Depending on free time and how confident I am. Since the new series is going to change things up quite a bit and the amount of time I have to learn the game is getting lesser, there is a REALLY good chance I won't be writing any more guides. As for the "How to Play" Guide, I am considering creating a new one for Diva Selection or to update the current one, for this I will wait for future announcement on how the new mechanics work.

Well, that should be all I can think of for this farewell post. It wasn't exactly an easy task managing the entire blog and writing articles, but nonetheless it was a good experience and attempt at bringing the WIXOSS scene in Singapore, even if just a little, to both new players and old players that have stopped playing.

I would like to thank all the people that has helped me with improving the blog such as proof-reading the articles, taking deck recipes when I wasn't around, being supportive of the articles I have written and more.

I hope that there will be a day where I can play this game with the same happiness and free-spirit that I have when I first joined the game back in 2015. Until then, I shall step down for awhile.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY ASOBI CANCELLED

Due to the ongoing COVID-19, the upcoming Asobi WIXOSS PARTY for march has been cancelled. For more information, do refer to their facebook page!

Saturday, March 21, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ Sanctuary Gaming 21/03/2020

1st: Yuzuki Four Commandment, Claw and Fang

2nd: Tamayorihime, Heaven-Colored Miko
(Same as Full Yen March 2020 WP)

Sunday, March 15, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ Full Yen Trading (Yew Tee) 15/03/2020

1st: Tamayorihime, Heaven-Colored Miko

Saturday, March 14, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ TTZone (Hougang) 14/03/2020

1st: Layla-Dead End

2nd: Yuzuki Four Commandment, Claw and Fang

Saturday, February 29, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ Asobi (Macpherson) 29/02/2019

1st: The Twister (Tawil)

Sunday, February 16, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ Full Yen Trading (Yew Tee) 16/02/2020

1st: Kaede Higuchi Level 4

Saturday, February 15, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ Sanctuary Gaming 15/02/2020

1st: Tamayorihime, Miko of White Destruction
(Same as TTZone December 2019 WP)

Saturday, February 8, 2020

WIXOSS PARTY @ TTZone (Hougang) 08/02/2020

1st: Tamayorihime, Miko of White Destruction
(Same as TTZone December 2019 WP)

Sunday, January 26, 2020

The Art of No Pan

WE CRY NO PAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!

No Punch (ノーパンチ) or No Pan (ノーパン) in short is a term originating from japan. It basically means not attacking the opponent.

No Pan can refer to situations such as not using your SIGNI to attack despite having an open hole or not attacking to ener starve from the start of the game.

A question that often gets asked is this:

If we do not damage the opponent and clear their life cloth, how do we win the game?

While it is true that you need to punch damage in to win the game, there are other factors that may affect the timing you inflict such damages. We will look at some examples on when No Pan is used.

The main reason why No Pan is used is to deny resources, particularly ener. If one does not attack, the SIGNI the opponent has cannot be turned into Ener. Neither would their Life Cloth give them ener through being crushed. As such, the opponent may end up having a lack of ener to retaliate and deal damage to you.

One might ask what difference does it make attacking later and now? The difference lies in the amount of effort the opponent needs to put in to clear your SIGNIs. While a battle between 2 normal level 4/5 deck make No Pan seem almost meaningless, the effects of No Pan can be seen more significantly against the more time sensitive 2 stop decks.

2 stop decks generally rely on using cards that can clear low power or level SIGNIs in order to push damage in fast, but this is usually paired with some ener cost. By not giving them the ener to push harder, one can safely reach level 4 and above to board high level and power SIGNI, making it harder for the opponent to clear these SIGNIs. In a sense, No Pan offers security for your deck to reach level 4 and stabilize.

2nd Place Decklist for
WIXOSS World Championship 2016 in Singapore.

While not as prevalent in today's meta due to the increase in quality of Alfou's cards. No Pan was a very important technique in fighting against Alfou back in 2016. By giving Alfou ener through attacking her, she can easily loop Violence Jealousy and Skanda along with Heike to easily clear low power SIGNIs and push damage in scarily fast. However if one would to ener starve her via No Pan, she would have to burn her own resources using cards like Baobaboon in order to do the same thing. And if one were to reach 4 and board high power SIGNIs, the amount of resources required to clear such SIGNIs using Heike and Violence Jealousy would increase, making it harder for Alfou to clear them.

Imagine hitting your opponent's life and he bursts this.

By not attacking early, you can also eliminate the chances of disruptive bursts from affecting you. This is especially important if your hand isn't stable enough and filled with a lot of high level SIGNIs early game.

If the opponent were to burst something like "Trash a SIGNI" on your field while you do not have any other SIGNIs to wall the next turn, you may potentially be leaving 3 extra empty SIGNI zones for the opponent to attack when its their turn. As such you can see how No Pan can offer stability to the player.

A Winning Myuu Twister Decklist.

No Pan can also be seen in Key Selection through The Twister. Since most cards in this deck trashes opponent SIGNIs, The Twister's deck can afford not attacking early on, instead slowly depleting the opponent's hand and life once they reach 5 through Arc Energe and the Twister's own effect.

A winning Holy Grand Slam-Become You Tama Decklist
(Dash Tama)

No Pan are also often employed by decks that can easily kill their opponent from very high life count. Decks such as Guzuko and Become You Tama (Dash Tama) often do not attack in order to deny the opponent from gaining ener to potentially open ARTS or SIGNI effects that can potentially stop their big turns. Such deck can afford to No Pan as they can easily deal lethal damage from very high life cloth counts.

One of Key Selection's terror decks.
Fortunately the deck is stopped by Mayu's Room.

If one has cards that can control the ener zone, they can also make a deck around it by using No Pan. One such deck is The Twister along with Echidona. By grow locking the opponent using Echidona and No Pan, the player can grow into The Twister and slowly chip off their opponent's Life Cloth via The Twisters effect while the opponent is stuck at level 2 with no ener to do anything. In fact, because of how obstructive the deck is, it got sent into Mayu's Room (The equivalent of a restriction list in WIXOSS).

Although the above deck isn't playable now, it does shows one way of No Pan being used in this game, prompting future deck possibilities to arise around ener locking.

Since No Pan revolves around not attacking the opponent, Latina makes a very good SIGNI to use in such decks. As you would not be using your LRIG to attack eitherways, you can down your LRIG to activate Latina's effect. This can allow you to disrupt your opponent's hand or even search out combo pieces to end your opponent.

Use the term "No Pan" only on the net
for obvious reasons.

That's about it regarding No Punch, or commonly known as No Pan online. Through this, you can see the importance of controlling when you attack as you can potentially give your opponent the resource to end you.

With this, attack safely and we will see you next time! Happy Batoru-ing!

(Article proofread and editted by Illumis)