Board Thread:Question and Answer/@comment-27263060-20160331093943/@comment-27040063-20160402214203

Well, I do spend on this game sometimes but I mostly rank using the free things I get so I think I can offer some tips.

Do you have any salvo cards and the buffers to support them? They make a huge difference in ranking points and I can grind out something like 20 million points in 10 keys doing intermediate EH with 3 salvo teams without point boosters. And being able to use a Halloween Hades team for FAW was what allowed me to start ranking top 300 regularly. So, if you lack them, I’d recommend trying to farm multiple copies the next time there’s a free one available.

I try to save my swords for EH and only use a minimal amount before EH opens since I can earn far higher points by overkilling in EH than fighting AW/FAW. Get senders if you don’t already have them so you have more chances to fight FAW without having to hunt for your own. I actually skip a lot of my own AW after I complete the map and get 1 HSR in favor of hunting for bonus areas to get keys so I use extra bp I have left to assist instead.

Save your premium summon tickets for Premium Summon Hyper to get double maiden tickets and then use maiden tickets as needed for shoes. I always find myself low on those since there are few sources for them compared to swords.

Save your ultimate summon tickets for the beginning of an event where you’re especially interested in ranking and use them then to try to pull point booster SRs. I’ve been able to get GSR point boosters for free in a couple of recent events that way and then used them in a AW/FAW team with HH and 3 buffers, which gave about 100k points per FAW. In events with items like the sacred treasures or tokens, I like to just get enough cards for 1 HSR (I’m lazy about amalgamating) and then trade the rest for ultimate summon tickets.

For AUB, you probably need an AUB focused alliance and to save up your free rods until there’s a UR you really want. It feels a lot harder to rank here than the events without spending since there aren’t that many rods you can get for free. I’ve tried ranking a couple of times despite being in a more casual alliance and while the first time wasn’t too bad since I had about 30 saved up, the second ended with me having to buy way more rods than I would have liked despite attending every round that month and having a 95+% win rate. High combos and being able to get a lot of fever time is what makes a difference there and it’s easier if the alliance has a good turnout for each round.