Talk:Valkyrie New Year/@comment-139.194.151.6-20131226131335/@comment-124.180.16.169-20131227155821

The problem with the event re-releases is that their proc rates are capped at 15% at skill level 10. This is outdated considering newer AoE cards are released with 20%. These are also the standard cards you'll be facing in AB assuming you're matched with active/high-level alliances.

The ideal team usually consists of a combination of the 30% AoEs (Yuki Onna, Sekhmet, Arianrhod, Snowman Mk2) and Strategist (40% battle start). If you come across any of them, chances are they will stay on your AB team forever. The 20% normals and 30% battle starts are a tier below them. There's no point going lower than that.

The normal:battle start ratio depends on the type of teams you're fighting (AW, AoE, mixed) but 3:2 or 4:1 are usually pretty safe. 2:3 works too if you find yourself losing too much in the first turn. You should probably not include more battle starts than that unless you're exceptionally lucky with Strategists. This is assuming the cards are on the same tier (see above). You'll be upgrading the standard tier to top tier eventually as you get them. Players with the 30% AoEs could go 5:0 as well seeing as 30% is pretty high already.

Anyway, use 3x Mephisto, Jingle Bell & Strategist for now. You can get the limited AW for collection, avatar or a challenge if you want to. The game isn't just about getting stronger after all.