Desertfreak

I kind of miss AAA...

Ok, let's practice, I'm aiming for the silver trophy, because I'm honest with myself and I know I'll never beat ALL of Chad's scores :D

WOAH no AAA, Not that I am complaining (YES YES HES GONE) *Cough* :P
 
Edit: I'm a little upset, I could have beat chad's score but went with abigail.

I completed the worm quest for the 1st time and got lucky in the cave and won! :D
 

Something veggy rare, the pick of the day. If you know beans about your pets, and don't want to squash your chance, if you want to produce a great pet, then you need this Chokato Chia. Oh sure his stats are not great, but a fruit chias will be the apple of your eye.
 
That's right a Chokata Chia with a Desert Triffin can be yours for peanuts.

loudern went from Invisible to Transparent. LOL Lab Ray!

Yeah that was odd. I think the biggest surprise right now (Besides AL and TY) is TNT!!!! I heard somewhere that someone was cheating (I don't know how and not sure if it's true) on AL and TNT did not ban them! Also TNT picked TERRIBLE brackets. I still think SRR or DRR was better and they need to change it back.
 

It looks like the weapons you're using are: Ancient Shenkuu Cannon, Altadorian Initiate Sword, Helm-Mounted Laser Beam, Dark Faerie Darts, Yooyuball Goalie Armour, Scamander Shield, Obsidian Dagger, and Double Pointed Spear.
 
You have a lot of attack weapons, a few shields, and not much else. A well-rounded set usually has 2 attack weapons (either constant or dual duty), 1-2 shields, 1 healer, and Downsize!. For the extra slots, some players choose to use bombs, freezers, stealers, or reflectors. I'll talk about each of these in order.
Attack weapons, a.k.a. constants. All of your constants (multi-use pure attack weapons) give 3 to 8 icons, and there are a lot of cheap weapons that do better than that. Weapons like Ridiculously Heavy Battle Hammer, Rainbow Scroll, Carved Qasalan Blowgun, Pike Pike, and Throwing Cutlass all give you a constant 9 icons for pretty cheap. (Keep in mind that you can equip two of the same constant, so you could be attacking with 18 icons each turn.) Or, if you don't want to spend that many NP, there are weapons like Festive Holiday Scroll that give you a constant 8 icons, unlike some of your weapons like Ancient Shenkuu Cannon, which only have a chance to do all 8 icons. Attack and defense weapons, a.k.a. dual-duties. Alternatively, you could get some dual-duty weapons. There are plenty of cheap ones that do a constant 8 icons, but also give you 3 icons of defense. Snowager Sword and Oversized Maractite Rune Sword are two inexpensive ones. If you want to spend more NP, there are more options on the Basic Weapon Sets page. Defensive weapons, a.k.a. shields. Your shields defend against 8-9 icons. They're acceptable shields, and you'll have to spend a good chunk of HP to upgrade. However, if you want to upgrade, there are a lot of good options. Some favorites among beginning and seasoned battlers alike include Leaf Shield, Shiny Shoal Shell Shield, and Parasol of Unfortunate Demise. One of my favorites is Virtupets X-514 Super Shield. Even though it costs a pretty penny, it defends against a wide variety of icon types, so you're practically guaranteed to reduce some of the damage you receive when you use it. Healers. With healers, you pretty much want to buy the best one you can afford that doesn't go over your max HP. Rejuvenating Jar of Brains or Greater Healing Scroll are both good ones, but may be out of your price range. You might want to start with something like Lesser Healing Scroll, which will still help you in battle. Downsize! Downsize is a super helpful defensive weapon. Many battlers don't consider a set to be complete without it. It basically causes you to halve the damage you receive on one turn during battle. Can't complain about that! The tricky part is knowing when to use it. Since you never really can predict when your opponent will attack at their strongest, it's kind of a guessing game, but it never hurts to decrease your damage received by half. Bombs. Bombs are usually high-icon, once-per-battle or one-use weapons. They are often used in conjunction with freezers, so you use the bomb while your opponent is frozen and therefore can't defend against it. At your level, the best bombs are the one-use 15-icon muffins. The cheapest one right now is Robot Muffin. Once you get into the higher battling levels and are willing to spend more NP on weapons, you can look into getting a multi-use bomb. Freezers. Freezers cause your opponent to be frozen for a turn, meaning they can't use weapons. It's pretty awesome because then they can't hurt your or defend against your attack. You'll notice they're all fairly expensive; that's because they're so awesome. Good freezers for a beginner include Snowglobe Staff, Scroll of Freezing (though it's fragile and breaks), or Randomly Firing Freeze Ray. Green Frost Cannon is a cheap one, but its probability of freezing is so low that I'm not sure it's worth taking up a weapon slot when you use it. Stealers. Stealers are weapons that give you a chance to take one of your opponents weapons for the duration of the battle. These can be pretty cool, since if you happen to steal a good weapon, then not only can your opponent not use it, but you can use it for yourself against your opponent. However, at the beginner level, your opponents don't have a ton of great weapons that you'd want to steal. (This is opposed to higher-difficulty opponents, many of which have some awesome weapons like Jade Scorchstone or Thyoras Tear.) Also, most of the affordable stealers don't have a high probability of stealing. If you are interested in stealing, a fairly good and cheap staler is Purple Sticky Hand. Reflectors. While I personally don't use reflectors much, I know a lot of battlers get a lot of use out of them. These are weapons that take the damage you receive, block it, and use a percentage of it to attack your opponent. Several 50% stealers are very affordable, such as Shovel Plus (earth), Turbo Flame Reflector (fire), Double Dryer (air), Ultra Dark Reflectorb (dark), Expert Lens (light), and Super U-Bend (water). So, those are the different types of weapons you might want to consider getting. If you're interested in more options for specific weapons in each class, definitely check out the Battlepedia's Basic Weapon Sets guide, as Avistic suggested. It includes most of these suggestions, plus some additional options that you could get. 
In addition to upgrading your weapons, I cannot stress enough the importance of training. Damage is calculated by multiplying the number of icons you do times your strength boost, which is a multiplier based on your pet's strength. Right now, since you have 29 strength, your strength boost is 1.25, which means that when you use a weapon that does 8 icons, if none of them are blocked, your opponent will receive 8 x 1.25 = 10 damage. You can increase your damage by either increasing your icons or increasing your strength, which will increase your multiplier. In the long run, it's actually more effective to increase your strength than to increase your number of icons. A pet with a strength boost of 15 (the max) can do more damage with a six-icon Scarab Ring than your pet could do with a 32-icon Super Attack Pea. Defense works similarly, where the greater defense you have, the more damage points will be blocked from your pet. Overall, though, your best bet is to both train and upgrade your weapons. Then you can have a formidable battle pet.
 
You're pretty close to the next boost level at 35, so definitely try to get your pet's strength and defense to 35. That will make your boost 1.5 instead of 1.25. From there, keep training to get to the next boost at 55, and then to the next boost, etc. You can read more about boosts and see the cutoffs at the Battlepedia's Strength and Defense Boosts guide.
 
The other benefit to training is that you'll be able to use Faerie Abilities. Since TNT recently released new faerie abilities, the Battlepedia team is still working on determining the effects of some of the abilities, but the ones at lower levels are pretty well-tested right now. Once you train your level, you'll be able to train some abilities, which can really help you in battle. My suggestion is to aim for Level 50 so you can use Lens Flare. It works a lot like a freezer, but it's a lot cheaper to obtain than most freezers.

Dragona: 536
DJ Skellington: 773
Bacha Ninja: 1405
El Picklesaur: 601
Snarkie: 1570
 
Can we compile a list of everyone to make our decisions?
 
Forwards
DJ Skellington: 773
Lawyerbot: 1038
Comastar: 1455
Blitzkrieg: 1185
Viola: 661
Senormalo: 1343
Dragona: 536
 
 
Defenders
Mr. Insane: 155
Subordinate Prime: 800
Kid Hawk: 511
Undutchable: 790
El Picklesaur: 601
Bancha Ninja: 1405
Marketing Maggie: 845
 
Goalies
Jimmy James: 1206
Snarkie: 1570
Socktastic: 1369
Breik: 1350

yeah we were up against the hard teams and now the easy ones and altador a tyrannia have never gone against each other. I am gonna force TNT to go back to DRR!

I know i wanna win against Darigain badly and also good luck with Haunted Woods ( Like you need it ) Hope you beat them! :D
 

We shall prevail! We must focus are energy on Yooyuball and work more on our weak spot, Slushie Slinger. I'm sure if we work hard, we are sure to win!

Made rank 2 yesterday and stoped playing after that. OMG KIKO LAKE BEAT US IN YOOYUBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO!!!!!!! Nah i'm just kidding but kiko lake really beat us and were facing darigain next :thumbsdown: yay so we got to step up our game!!!!!!!!!

Even though I don't play for moltara I think their one of the best and I wish you and the team good luck because i want moltara to rise to the occasion!!!!!
 

Oh this one is gonna be good!
 
Colors: Meridell, Lost Desert, Terror mountain, Maraqua
Paintbrushes: Maraqua, Lost Desert
Neopets, Mystery Island, Roo Island, Shenkuu, Virtupets
Lands Moltara, Mystery Island, Terror mountain
 
 
This depends, so these are the 4
 
Lost Desert, Maraqua, Terror mountain, Mystery Island.
 
Good luck in choosing!
 
 

Colors: Brightvale, Faerieland, Kiko Lake, mystery island, Roo Island.
Paintbrushes: Faerieland, Shenkuu, Brightvale, Maraqua.
Neopets: Terror mountain.
Favorite lands: Faerieland, Moltara, Maraqua,Tryannia, Terror Mountain, Lost Desert
 
well your team you have the most in common is... Fareieland! ​but when you said Aisha tops everything... Terror mountain. I would recommend Terror more then Faerieland but its your choice, good luck!
 
 
 

Good luck
 
Favorite Color: Lost Desert, Maraqua, Terror mountain, Merridel
Paintbrushes: Faerieland and krawk island
Neopets: Krawk island, Tryannia, Terror mountain.
Land: Altador
 
Well your right Krawk Island is your team.
Terror mountain would be my second choice.
I am glad to see another loyal fan!!
 
 

I completed the quest but that helps alot :) thanks Spritzie!

Need help deciding what team your on? Answer these quick questions
 
Favorite Colors:
Favortie Paintbrush(s):
Favorite Neopet(s):
Favorite Land(s) to visit:
 
I will then reply with your potential team!
I hope you enjoy your team!
 

OMG THIRD QUEST THIS YEAR IS A FFQ!!!
 
 

Need help deciding what team your on? Answer these quick questions
 
Favorite Colors:
Favortie Paintbrush(s):
Favorite Neopet(s):
Favorite Land(s) to visit:
 
I will then reply with your potential team!
I hope you enjoy your team!
 

On a different bracket here are mine
 
1st MD ( Obviously)
2nd DC ( Typical darigain)
3rd LD or KI ( LD and KI are awesome so i really cant decide between these two. If i can choose of course i would choose LD but i think KI i stronger)
4th LD or KI ( Well the top says it all)
 
5th MQ ( bracket wise, they ruled the cup and with a new bracket they can kick in this cup.)
6th KD ( The curse will strike again)
7th Tyrannia ( An ok team, a ok place)
8th MI
 
9th KL
10th VP
11th RI
12th TM
 
 
13th SK
14th HW
15th MT ( getting better one step at a time)
16th: BV ( I don't know about this one but others seem better)
 
17th AL ( same ol' altador)
18th FL
 
Hope you like :)

I just helped my brother out to see what team he is joining and after a long talk he is joining Kiko Lake! ( I can't believe i talked him into that :mellow: )
 
 

Name: Vutpi
Species: Poogle
Color: Electric
Gender: Male
Level: 9
Status: UFA
Petpet: a zapped Purple Vaeolus ADOPTED

Name: Reloss
Species: Bori
Color: Island
Gender: Male
Level: 1
Status:
Petpet: A zapped Harris (Currently aging for avatar) ADOPTED

1: Will this be your first AC? If not, how many ACs will this make for you?
I Started in AC III making this my 6th AC... WOW!

2: Are you joining the same team as you did last year? If not, where will you go?
Lost Desert all the way!!!!!! since ACIV join altador in AC III it glitched me to LD and ive been a loyal mummy ever since!

3: What are you most looking forward to this year?
Seeing what places we come in, Back to yooyuball, and A NEW BRACKET SYSTEM HOPEFULLY!

4: Who do you think has the best chance of winning?
Merridel, Krawk island, Lost desert, Darigan Citadel

5: What rival team are you most looking forward to playing against?
Mystery island! and FAERIELAND! Mystery island is the only team that beat me in AC V and We did not play faerieland last year so i want to play them again.

6: Any AC goals? What are they?
Level 5, No losses, No draws. Best year last year made it to Level 4 with no losses and no draws all wins xD

7: A change you're hoping they made to the event?
BRACKET SYSTEM!, Nothing else.

8: Something you're dreading?
Facing a strong team and our place, team like merridel and Krawk island and also i think we are gonna be low but hopfully we can come high :mellow:

1: Will this be your first AC? If not, how many ACs will this make for you?
I Started in AC III making this my 6th AC... WOW!

2: Are you joining the same team as you did last year? If not, where will you go?
Lost Desert all the way!!!!!! since ACIV join altador in AC III it glitched me to LD and ive been a loyal mummy ever since!

3: What are you most looking forward to this year?
Seeing what places we come in, Back to yooyuball, and A NEW BRACKET SYSTEM HOPEFULLY!

4: Who do you think has the best chance of winning?
Merridel, Krawk island, Lost desert, Darigan Citadel

5: What rival team are you most looking forward to playing against?
Mystery island! and FAERIELAND! Mystery island is the only team that beat me in AC V and We did not play faerieland last year so i want to play them again.

6: Any AC goals? What are they?
Level 5, No losses, No draws. Best year last year made it to Level 4 with no losses and no draws all wins xD

7: A change you're hoping they made to the event?
BRACKET SYSTEM!, Nothing else.

8: Something you're dreading?
Facing a strong team and our place, team like merridel and Krawk island and also i think we are gonna be low but hopfully we can come high :mellow: