DROP-R-TAP's Attribute Guide

[DROP-R-TAP]

Well... I have had several people ask me how attributes should be distributed, so I went into Excel (tm) which is my playground as a mathematician and analyst, and created a chart as a guide.

You will see that the guide is divided into three color coded stages.

Stage 1 is the Orange Stage... This is the STAMINA BUILDING stage. The idea here is to build your stamina up to 260 in order to be prepared for the leagues while maintaining a reasonable ratio on cardio as compared to health. You will notice that this stage stops at 260 Stamina. That is because this is all that is required based on the current league structure. At the end of this stage, your cardio to health ratio is slightly better than 2:1.

Stage 2 is the Blue Stage... This is the HEALTH BUILDING stage. Most people agree that 50 health points is about all you really need for the average fighter. This stage is about increasing your cardio ratio toward the goal of about 4:1 while steadily building your health.

Stage 3 is the Green Stage... This is the CARDIO BUILDING stage. At this point, you have all the health and stamina that you need and all additional attribute points should be put toward Cardio. You will notice that this stage allows you to increase your cardio to health ratio to a little more than 5:1.

As you progress though the game, you will be given Pro Points, and you can get additional Pro Points through offers. All Pro Points should be converted to attribute points and distributed as additional CARDIO.

Admittedly, there is one point where that theory breaks down. For those who are able to get more than 10 or 15 extra Attribute Points, it does make sense to start allocating some to health as well. This is why you will see some incredibly good fighters with as many as 80 or more health points. Typically, these are people who have purchased thousands of Pro Points and added somewhere between 75 and 100 attribute points, so they are working on a significantly different playing field. You will also notice that their cardio is typically over 300. If you are interested in buying large amounts or Pro Points, there is already a great guide on converting them to attribute points that was written by Mikey Stevens (a.k.a GSPOnYourGrave). I strongly encourage you to read it in order to understand that process.

As usual... Thoughts are always welcome.

[Isaac]

Very informative guide casey!

[GSPOnYourGrave]

awesome stuff! this is GREAT for those looking for advice at all levels in the game

I personally build slightly different - but this is a fantastic reference for all level players

[Sabbaths]

Great guide Casey! Very detailed and easy to understand!

Thanks for taking the time to share some knowledge.

[freddyboy]

Very nice

[Machine]

why is it that most people decide that 50 is the needed health?
50 maybe good only if u have master defense for every possible attack. such thing will be difficult due to lack of money (it's hard master all defense and still have money to but a good master attack from time to time).

[GSPOnYourGrave]

why is it that most people decide that 50 is the needed health?
50 maybe good only if u have master defense for every possible attack. such thing will be difficult due to lack of money (it's hard master all defense and still have money to but a good master attack from time to time).

yes it is difficult to master every defense, but it is the number 1 most important thing in this game

and 50 is the magic number for health for 2 reasons

1 - it (most of the time) allows you to withstand 2 full rounds of attacks at level 100, and
2 - any amount above 50 decreases pts that need be put into cardio (otherwise you won't have enough cardio to last 2 full rounds)

[Machine]

I am at level 55 now. i don't know how can you expect to master all the defenses. i don't but anything from the stand up skills (not attatck and not defense) since i don't really care of passive fights and rarely does my opponet have chance to hit me with stand up attack.
i don't have any combo. i have 27 attacks. 23 of them are mastered i have 87 defense (all the defence of the ground attacks) but very few of them are mastered. am i doing somthing wrong? cause i don't really know how to (money wise) be able to master all the defenses, should i had bought less attacks?

[DROP-R-TAP]

I am at level 55 now. i don't know how can you expect to master all the defenses. i don't but anything from the stand up skills (not attatck and not defense) since i don't really care of passive fights and rarely does my opponet have chance to hit me with stand up attack.
i don't have any combo. i have 27 attacks. 23 of them are mastered i have 87 defense (all the defence of the ground attacks) but very few of them are mastered. am i doing somthing wrong? cause i don't really know how to (money wise) be able to master all the defenses, should i had bought less attacks?

Ya.. You have to mastered EVERY defense in EVERY style or you will never make it far.

27 attacks at level 55 is a little much. Really, the way I look at it, is I will buy any attack that actually strengthens my fighter and increases my crit chances. Otherwise, I don't buy it. That ends up meaning I master the two I am given for free. Then, I master a few of the stronger 1%(27%) attacks to give me some strength in the early levels. After that, I don't touch any attacks that are not 2%(54%) attacks.

Some people (like Robbie Spivey) argue for mastering the first attacks in every style and then not touching any until level 52 when they can't be combo'd. Personally, I disagree with him on that because I think it doesn't make you as strong as you can be through the middle levels and you can turn the attacks that can be combo'd off in the gameplan once you get better attacks later in the game (my lev 77 fighter doesn't have any attacks that are vulnerable to combos). However, his strategy is much more viable than buying all of them.

Also.. it is critical that you master EVERY attack you buy. If not, you will never overcome a mastered defense and do any damage.

Aside from that, you would have to post your fighter link for us to do any more to help.

As far as the money..... Part of it is buying less attacks.. The other part is slowing down your leveling process. If you are doing a lot of fighting, it will level you too quickly. You need a lot of sparring partners to build your money. You should also do the challenges. Those will help. Gangs used to be a good resource, but are not so much unless they fix them. Also, watch you wall. Oranges and Bonus Cash are great sources of money that have no experience attached.

Also.. Only train your ten a day. If you do more than that, it levels you with experience that has hardly any money attached.

[freddyboy]

Ya.. You have to mastered EVERY defense in EVERY style or you will never make it far.

27 attacks at level 55 is a little much. Really, the way I look at it, is I will buy any attack that actually strengthens my fighter and increases my crit chances. Otherwise, I don't buy it. That ends up meaning I master the two I am given for free. Then, I master a few of the stronger 1%(27%) attacks to give me some strength in the early levels. After that, I don't touch any attacks that are not 2%(54%) attacks.

Some people (like Robbie Spivey) argue for mastering the first attacks in every style and then not touching any until level 52 when they can't be combo'd. Personally, I disagree with him on that because I think it doesn't make you as strong as you can be through the middle levels and you can turn the attacks that can be combo'd off in the gameplan once you get better attacks later in the game (my lev 77 fighter doesn't have any attacks that are vulnerable to combos). However, his strategy is much more viable than buying all of them.

Also.. it is critical that you master EVERY attack you buy. If not, you will never overcome a mastered defense and do any damage.

Aside from that, you would have to post your fighter link for us to do any more to help.

As far as the money..... Part of it is buying less attacks.. The other part is slowing down your leveling process. If you are doing a lot of fighting, it will level you too quickly. You need a lot of sparring partners to build your money. You should also do the challenges. Those will help. Gangs used to be a good resource, but are not so much unless they fix them. Also, watch you wall. Oranges and Bonus Cash are great sources of money that have no experience attached.

Also.. Only train your ten a day. If you do more than that, it levels you with experience that has hardly any money attached.

Very nice advice man.Not many that will go the extra mile for other players
You are truly one of the greats
There are many useful guides here in the forum : GSP has many as well
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