By UrBoiN8
Information on the right way to get higher on the recreation in my view. It is actually not all simply luck.
Intro
Hi there, welcome to my information to Tremendous Auto Pets or SAP for brief. I at the moment have 49 hours performed, most of it being in Free to Play (Pack 1), with an honest quantity of expertise in Pay to Win (Pack 2).
This information largely pertains to Area mode as I’ve little or no time put into Versus, however many of the matters coated ought to switch between the 2 modes.
Huge shoutout to Northerlion (NL) who’s twitch streams obtained me into the sport and helped me enhance drastically originally.
How the sport is performed
I’ll assume you already know the fundamentals of SAP, so I’ll go into extra of what units it other than related video games. In contrast to different Auto-Battlers similar to TFT and HS Battlegrounds, SAP truly has rather a lot much less RNG parts given the pets truly assault so as. This doesn’t imply the sport is with out RNG components however I’d say that anybody that always blames loses on this recreation on RNG isn’t wanting on the recreation the precise means.
To start YOU DO NOT ALWAYS NEED TO GET 10 WINS
Most individuals appear obsessive about the concept that 10 wins is the one technique to go and something much less is a loss or unhealthy RNG or one other. In my view 7-8 wins is sweet sufficient and will represent as an general “Win” Do not beat your self up over getting to eight wins and dropping 3 video games in a row to God Squads, be taught to see it as a victory and the sport turns into a lot much less tilting and extra rewarding.
This Information is not going to go tremendous in depth into particular methods like different guides do. As an alternative I’ll now checklist how I personally play and assume the sport ought to be performed vaguely at every stage of the sport.
Early Sport (Tiers 1&2)
Attempt to take good early recreation items (Ants, Fish, and many others). DO NOT get baited into making an attempt to revolve a complete workforce comp round sure Tier 1&2 items. Examples of this are Peacock, Dodo, and even Horse strats. You might win early, however when you can’t pivot out of those strats in mid and late recreation then your run will probably finish at 5-6 wins. As an alternative going with typically good items early that you don’t really feel connected to will each win you rounds and likewise make it simpler to pivot into mid or late recreation. Additionally ALMOST NEVER stage up a unit whereas at tier 1. Wait the spherical or two as a substitute in order that leveling offers you entry to significantly better Tier 3s, a few of which could be both early recreation carries or can allow you to instantly pivot right into a sure playstyle.
Mid Sport (Tiers 3&4)
These are the rounds that make or break a run. Should you can’t do nicely within the Mid Sport you’ll both die hopelessly within the Late Sport or in some instances not even make it to the Late Sport. Tier 3&4 offers entry to significantly better construct round Pets than in early recreation. Typically Mid Sport is when it’s best to begin to develop a good suggestion of how your workforce comp will probably be and it’s best to begin investing meals into Pets you assume you’ll preserve for awhile amongst different issues.
Late Sport (Tiers 5&6)
By this level you be centered on attending to 10 wins you probably have sufficient life. If you’re on deadly (3 hearts or much less) as a substitute ALL OF YOUR RESOURCES SHOULD GO INTO SURVIVAL, don’t gambit on in some way miraculously profitable in order that your strat will magically work subsequent spherical as a result of more often than not you’ll simply lose and your run will probably be over. Leveling at Tier 5 can be extraordinarily highly effective usually as most Tier 6 items are supposed to be build-arounds, and getting them only a bit early is all the higher. One factor that some gamers do not take into consideration is GEARING UP YOUR UNITS. Within the late recreation a nicely used Steak or Melon Armor can win you rounds by themselves.
Random Suggestions
I do not actually know the place to place these however here is some random good ideas and methods.
Faint results could be triggered within the store by way of tablet. That is one thing everybody ought to know, with probably the most notorious instance being pilling an ant as a substitute of promoting it in an effort to give a random everlasting buff. This can be accomplished in entrance of an Ox to offer it everlasting assault will increase and likewise letting it begin with Melon armor, which is much more helpful than one might imagine. This additionally enables you to do some humorous stuff like having everlasting bees or killing your items within the store with the Hedgehog.
At all times improve Purchase impact Pets by immediately placing them on the Pet from the store. The explanations to do that fluctuate. For the Otter this enables for the buffs to by no means hit the opposite Otter, and if you purchase an Otter on prime of a stage 2 Otter it will set off the brand new +2/+2 impact as a substitute of the +1/+1 impact. For the Cow if you will get to stage 2 and purchase a cow on prime of it the milk with now give +2/+4 and so forth.
Gear is Key. Gear refers to Melon, Garlic and different meals that give everlasting buffs. The later into the sport the extra essential these turn into. A private pet peeve of mine is seeing a participant hyper roll late to get a unit to Tier 3 as a substitute of shopping for a Steak or Melon or perhaps a Pepper that would simply win them a spherical or two by themselves.
The Tier Listing
Right here is my private tier checklist for the sport (Beta v15) I’ll now go into element for sure Pets, be at liberty to remark or message me any questions or opinions you might have relating to this Tier Listing.
S-Tier
S-Tier
S tier compromises Pets/Meals that I imagine can match into virtually any comp and make it even higher.
Chocolate and Melon are a given as the commonly agreed upon greatest Meals within the Sport.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT AFTER THE ADJUSTMENTS THE MONKEY IS THE SINGLE MOST BROKEN UNIT IN THE GAME. For individuals who have no idea the Monkey was moved up one tier and was modified to +3/+3 each flip as a substitute of +2/+2. The rationale why that is damaged is {that a} lvl 2 Monkey now offers +6/+6 EVERY TURN. Getting a lvl 2 Monkey lets you both hyper scale an already good unit or, extra importantly lets you tremendous pivot late, just about solo enabling Leopard and another Models.
As for the others on this tier Scorpion can match into virtually any workforce, and placing a 1-UP on it’s a good tech.
Snake can go behind ANY massive unit and straight up make it higher.
Tiger can go behind a mess of items and make them busted.
Cow though nerfed makes up for it with its new stage up impact so long as you’ll be able to afford the area.
Ox and Hatching Chick single handedly carry Mid Sport if you will get them at time.
A-Tier
A-Tier
A tier are wonderful however typically can’t solo carry a run or want some kind of situation that retains them from S tier.
Garlic is wonderful Early/Mid-game, however is commonly changed by Melon within the Late Sport.
Steak is probably probably the most underrated Meals within the recreation. Put it on any of your scalers or help items Late Sport and you may simply cheese some victories.
Pear and Sushi are simply typically good methods to spend 3 gold if you don’t want to roll.
Snail is one other nerfed unit that’s nonetheless wonderful, the one factor maintaining it again is clearly the loss situation and the necessity to have an open area.
Turkey is the onerous carry in Summon builds, don’t be afraid to promote your lvl 3 horse for this factor as it’s instantly higher in all methods.
Ant is simply merely one of the best Tier 1 unit within the recreation with the added bonus that it may be pilled to offer the +2/+1 buff.
Caterpillar at Tier 3 evolves right into a butterfly that copies the best stats of your squad, the one purpose it is not larger is that it doesn’t match into squads that do not have any massive carry items.
Bison can solo win you video games if you will get it early, nevertheless it sucks when you get it late or wouldn’t have a stage 3 pet.
T-Rex could be thrown onto virtually any workforce for respectable profit, will get rather a lot higher if you will get it to stage up.
Hippo is the go to single carry unit for many gamers. A scaled Hippo with Garlic can onerous carry you till Tremendous Late Sport usually, however depends on mentioned scaling to do good except you might be in opposition to a weak summon construct or one thing related.
Pet is worse after the nerf however remains to be ok to justify the A tier. Pairs nicely with Swan.
Cat is drastically underrated by some. Should you see one late it might simply exchange a rabbit, poodle, penguin, and many others. and getting it to both lvl 2 or having two seperate cats in play is insane.
Deer is one other considerably underrated unit by some and in my view is the core of the one good variations of the summon construct previous early recreation. Having two deer is commonly higher than maintaining a barely buffed cricket or one thing in a summon construct.
Fly had an attention-grabbing adjustment that makes it rather a lot much less annoying however nonetheless good. Fly is decrease than Turkey and Deer as a result of it wants them to be good however they do not essentially want Fly to win. Moreover this Fly remains to be an auto embrace in any Summon construct.
Dragon is insane when you get it from a stage up on Tier 5 however previous that’s often too late for it to be value it. The extra requirement of getting to play Tier 1 items and have an area out there can be a draw back clearly.
Swan is just about the one Tier 2 unit that may reliably be introduced into the Late Sport, it makes T-Rex, Pet, and meals builds rather a lot higher from it is further economic system whereas having respectable beginning stats for early recreation.
Rhino is sweet however most individuals would somewhat simply have a hippo. It’s higher in situations the place a lvl 2 or 3 Rhino can destroy sure Summon or Damage builds immediately, in order that justifies it is A tier spot.
Fish is one other wonderful Tier 1 unit with nice stats and a fairly good stage up impact. Will get bonus factors for sometimes being stored at lvl 3 in an effort to enhance Bison.
Turtle has a variety of makes use of together with early Melon Armor by pilling it, carrying Microbe builds, and simply being a fantastic Mid Sport unit on the whole, particularly if you will get it to lvl 2
B-Tier
B-Tier
B Tier are all decently viable items which might be simply overshadowed by larger tier items.
Can is an honest technique to spend 3 gold if you’re forward and do not see something good within the store.
Meat is sweet early and might make early recreation items final an additional couple of rounds
Tablet permits for a bunch of cool and good interactions by way of Faint results.
Kangaroo is certainly worse off from the nerf, now getting countered by deer, dolphin, and many others. That being mentioned, it might nonetheless simply pop-off particularly when you get it early behind a decently sized unit and Tiger Kangaroo later remains to be a considerably viable strat.
Buffalo is mainly only a higher Canine that does not all the time require an additional slot, which makes up for it coming later than the Canine
Rabbit is a criminally underrated Mid Sport help. Even at simply stage 1 getting off a number of meals buffs on a unit you will preserve for Late Sport can go a good distance. It’s also simply changed as quickly as you get a Cat.
Otter as defined within the Suggestions part is nice so long as you purchase further Otter on prime of the one already in play.
Penguin can provide your workforce a lot wanted extensive scaling, you probably have a minimum of 2 lvl 2 or 3s it’s typically value it. Works nice with a lvl 3 unit you intend on maintaining in an effort to buff Bison.
Leopard is just about getting onerous carried by Monkey proper now. If I’ve a stage 2 Monkey and I see a Leopard I’ll exit of my technique to try to match it into my construct and it often pays off drastically, particularly when paired with Melon Armor and a Tiger. Moreover that it form of comes too late.
Whale seems like its fallen off a bit in the previous few months however retains a B spot from it is synergy with each Deer and Hedgehog.
Hedgehog has turn into all the fad recently and might truly be a very good mid recreation carry in damage builds.
Pufferfish is one other important a part of the damage construct, the one purpose each it and Hedgehog usually are not larger is that they fall off fairly onerous Late Sport as it’s typically onerous to suit scaler items into damage builds.
Bat is alright lvl 1, however lvl 2&3 could be fairly wonderful, particularly attributable to the truth that Weak overrides tools similar to Garlic
Crab I initially thought was trash after it is nerf, however it might nonetheless carry Early/Mid with Meat on it, and you should purchase one other Crab on prime of it to replace it is HP
Worm is wonderful when you get is early and might commit meals to it, however is ineffective if it reveals up late otherwise you would somewhat stage and scale different items.
Sheep is an honest Mid-Sport Summoning construct unit in addition to being an honest slot in if it reveals up on a Tier 2 stage up.
Mosquito is a good Early Sport unit that falls off fairly onerous except scaled, the one purpose to take action would seemingly be when you get it to stage 3 for Bison. Oddly sufficient turns into helpful once more Late Sport as it might snipe off Melon Armor.
Dolphin is a fairly good slot in Mid-Sport for a spherical or two and is sweet in meme snipe builds.
Beetle is sweet early for it is stats however can typically be a entice when you commit an excessive amount of meals to it.
Spider is an honest summoning unit that may solely cheese you some wins by way of RNG
Parrot is nice when paired with both Ox or Deer, however apart from that’s form of a meme.
Poodle is an honest scaler nevertheless it’s greatest draw back it that itself is a Tier 5 unit and might take buffs from different Tier 5 items you’d wish to scale.
Rooster and Goat go collectively as an attention-grabbing pair in a novel store buffing construct. Actually I’ve not performed with it sufficient to determine in the event that they have to be both larger or decrease.
Canine has fallen from being a potential S tier unit to low B attributable to shifting from Tier 2 to three. That is truly a HUGE distinction as a flip 3 or 4 Canine is important for it to be good. That being mentioned if you’re fortunate sufficient to get it from a Tier 2 stage up it might nonetheless be fairly good.
Seal is sweet in my view however is certainly overshadowed by Worm attributable to simply coming later.
Beaver is respectable stats early with an okay promoting impact, that is about it.
Bluebird is alright when you plan to both preserve it or one other unit till a minimum of Mid Sport.
C-Tier
C-Tier
C Tier are solely good for a pair rounds, are in unhealthy builds or in meme builds.
Apple and Salad are what you’ll accept you probably have 3 further gold, Salad being rather a lot higher you probably have a Rabbit early.
Cupcake is a pleasant short-term buff, however being short-term retains it from being any higher.
Honey is alright in Summoning builds early and might cheese wins if given to the final unit.
Pepper is respectable late recreation, however you’d just about somewhat have a Steak or Melon Armor usually.
Skunk I would even have too low as it may be fairly clutch in some instances, particularly if leveled up, however sucks in opposition to summon builds.
Microbe may also be too low however on the identical time the Microbe construct closely depends on getting a leveled up Turtle to override the Weak by yourself items.
Gorilla appears good in idea however being Tier 6 means it has to compete with all the opposite Late Sport items that additionally want a minimum of some scaling, and it simply doesn’t match up with the others.
Octopus sucks except you’ll be able to miraculously get it to lvl 3, then it is GOATed. When paired with Tiger at lvl 3 it might simply win some rounds with out even attacking, however once more this all depends on you getting a Tier 6 unit to lvl 3
Owl is an honest spherical or two slot in and likewise a fairly good purchase/promote unit.
Tropical Fish is an okay scaler that ought to be changed by Late Sport.
Dromedary is definitely barely underrated with respectable stats and an okay impact for Early and Mid Sport.
Pig is simply good for purchase/promote strats, however is de facto good in these.
Rooster/Dodo is the notorious duo that beforehand would have been straightforward S-Tiers, however with each getting massive nerfs they fall this far. Seems auto profitable by having a 25 assault Dodo and a stage 2 or 3 Rooster doesn’t work anymore. Rooster can nonetheless see play in summoning builds and Dodo could be scaled and be okay, however they’re each a shadow of their former selves.
Shark is likely to be the most important Noob entice within the recreation. At greatest it’s an alright unit. In actuality it comes too late to be put in Summoning builds that must transition into Tiger/Rooster/Fly Late Sport.
Ladybug is okay Early when you plan on maintaining one other precise good unit and investing meals into it.
Mammoth is one other Noob entice, even with a 1-UP it nonetheless isn’t value it however nonetheless it is not horrible I assume.
Peacock must be closely scaled to final even into Mid-Sport, which it then proceeds to fall off fairly onerous Late
Flamingo is alright for a spherical then tablet it.
Giraffe is sweet when you get it early however even then it shouldn’t final greater than 3 or 4 rounds at most.
Horse might be higher than this rank, however I’ll preserve it this low so long as I see individuals making an attempt to make it work into the Late Sport. Change with Turkey as quickly as potential.
Cricket is just about solely good with Horse.
Badger is just about solely used as a cheese unit on the again with Honey, however I’ll admit can are available clutch generally.
Squirrel is simply barely out of the bottom tier due to it is rework, however solely simply barely as it might low cost Drugs or Cans that you wouldn’t need with a theoretical construct the place Squirrel is sweet.
Elephant is simply right here as a result of it may be purchased early both purely for its stats or as an honest Damage set off.
D-Tier
D-Tier
D Tier items are unhealthy in virtually each state of affairs or are large memes.
Pizza comes too late and is simply good in meals builds.
1-UP is sweet tech on a scorpion, apart from that I’d somewhat however a Steak on any of my weaker items.
Shrimp is a giant meme, actually enjoyable to make use of however unhealthy, particularly when you decide to it.
Llama isn’t good as a result of 4 squad Martys won’t ever be good. Interval.
Eagle could make for some cool tablet RNG moments, and that is actually it.
Crocodile is a meme snipe unit held down by its bizarre stats, 8/4 is fairly wack.
Sauropod I do not even assume I’ve used, however I do not actually assume anybody else has both.
Rat is sweet stats however not ok to justify the quantity of occasions you’ll lose due to the Soiled Rat.
Lobster is unknowable. I am gonna be sincere I am not even positive I do know what it does truly, however that is okay.
Tabby Cat is horrible. Having to take a position meals into it for a TEMPORARY impact will typically be a waste of gold in the long term.
Duck has fallen all the way in which to the underside, +1 HP solely is horrible particularly seeing as you’ll typically lose early if you take this due to it is terrible stats.
Conclusion
In order that’s it, abstract of my present ideas on the sport and the meta. I would add extra to the information or change it when updates come out. Be happy to debate within the feedback or no matter.
