Even after pledging myself not to touch Uma Musume anymore, turns out curiosity got the best of me! As Uma Musume feed kept flooding into my personal Social Media, I decided to wear my Torena badge once again and give Uma Musume Global version a try. Turns out I still have what it takes to be an Uma Musume Trainer!
Long story short, I picked Oguri Cap as my starter Uma Musume and managed to clear URA Finals within 2 Runs with subpar Support Deck. Back then It took me about 10+ runs just to clear URA, probably due to language limitation but the muscle memory really does carry over which let me to breeze through the game and even clear Urara route in 1 try.
Given the gameplay nature of Uma Musume which will present immense roadblock unless the player understands the rules to properly to raise Uma Musume, I am making a quick short guide to help new players acclimated to Uma Musume in the best and efficient manner. Therefore In this Article, I will try to provide an advice for some Fundamentals of Uma Musume core gameplay along with SSR Char and Support card to look after as Uma Musume JP server player for one year.
Back then I played the JP server of Uma Musume for around 15-16 Months and stopped around Air Shakur banner. I gave up Uma Musume JP due to the grindy nature of the game that demands players to spend hours everyday to stay competitive which I simply unable to keep up due to many real life commitments at that time.
But during my stay in Uma Musume JP, I did manage to get into B+ to A Rank Guild and won some monthly PVP race, therefore I understood some Fundamentals strats to thrive in Uma Musume Game which can remain relevant at least within first 6 months. Along the way, I also scored several SSR Uma Musume along with 2 MLB SSR Support Card which is not exactly easy even as Dolphin. But once you did the proper grind, you will definitely have some 5* Uma Musume within the first year.
From my 1 week experience with Uma Musume, Global version so far are not as competitive compared to JP and those who grasp basic fundamentals faster will have significant headstart advantage. Seriously JP server got many monster whales to contend with should you choose PVP route.
Therefore I will list down some Fundamental pointers which can get abit lengthy but should serve any starting trainer quite well.
Inheritance: Your First Primary goal in Uma Musume is to create Uma Musume card with +63 Stats Inheritance as fast as possible. This will rely on the parent card, but In order to make the best Uma Musume, +126 Inheritance stats from 2 Uma Musume will be the bare minimum. Once you reach max inheritance, you can proceed to min max the Running Style, Terrain and Distance affinity. With best possible inheritance parent card, Even Haru Urara able to win Arima Kinen!
Uma Musume Difficulty: In terms of overall difficulty in JP first year, the F2P ease of training Uma Musume roughly goes in following order Pace Chaser>Front Runner>Late Surger>End Chaser with following distance handicap: Middle>Sprint>Mile>Long. Therefore in the beginning I would recommend to train Front Runner or Pace Chaser Uma Musume until you get half decent Deck and 3* inheritance.
Summer Training: from 2nd year onward, every July to August is Summer Training period which enable Level 5 Training for 4 turns. To make use of this training period to the fullest, make sure you have Full Energy and raised most support card bonds for Friendship Bonus training before the training period start. With proper preparation and half decent luck you can get 3 SPD/STA/POW/GUT + 1 WIT Lv 5 training in this period.
Uma Musume Rarity: You can only seriously expect Uma Musume with good inheritance from 3* Rarity above. So don’t invest too much times and resources on 2* Rarity below before they reach 3* and obtain their racing uniform.
Support Card > Uma Musume : Support Card is the primary deciding factor of Uma Musume growth UMPD. Your first priority in Uma Musume is to have a solid foundation of Support Card to allow your Uma Musume reach their potential. Don’t even bother to roll on Uma Musume banner until you have 6-10 MLB SR Support Card.
Support deck: Each Uma Musume have different optimum setup for the support deck, but the general rules are: always align with the Support Deck based on the Distance and Running Style that your selected Uma Musume will rely on in the career mode. Both are nice to have, but if you can only pick one, I do recommend pick the support deck with compatible running style support. There is a reason why Air Shakur Wit SSR Card had the notoriety to be useless.
Support Card Identification: Each Uma Musume Support card represents the skillsets that the Uma Musume utilize based on running style and distance. For instance Mejiro Mcqueen support will usually have Front Pacer and Long Distance skillsets, Sakura Bakushin will have Front and Sprint skillset and the Notorious Air Shakur is End Closer with Long Distance.
Support Card Rarity: Based on my 1 year+ experience with Uma Musume, only invest on Support Card with SR rarity and above. In first 2 career mode, A level 40 R Support Card performance are very very lackluster compared to a maxed SR or SSR Support card. By the way, Most Welfare SSR Support Card are not very good
Support Card Selection: The general rule of selecting Support Card Deck are based on Level>Skill>Playstyle>Bonus, ideally you always pick Lvl 50 SSR Support Card from a Friend because only SSR Card are the ones that gives out “Golden Skill”, at least in JP first year.
Skill: Skills is one of the highest deciding factor of Uma Musume success, In the career mode once you have the appropriate Support Card always try your best to aim for maximum discount which reach up to 40% off. Some of the Golden Skill might be difficult to get this much discount, but Passive boost Green Skills usually available at these rates.
Mood: Maintain your Uma Musume mood to Great most of the time if possible, but there is no necessity to rush back from Good to Great unless Summer Training is approaching. You can also sometimes gain Mood boost from winning race if you feel outing activity to be waste of turn.
Career: Your main aim in Career Mode is to reach High Bond with the support card ASAP because the training bonus are very significant. Nishino Flower SSR “Charmed” boost allows faster accumulation
This section above will be updated when I figured out things to look out for so feel free to keep a tab on it.
Moving to the next part, I will recommend some starter and future Uma Musumes along with Support Cards based on my experience which will remain the Meta for one year. In general, Real life reputation of the racehorse that the Uma Musume based after tend to reflect how overpowered they are in this game, especially Triple Crown champions.
Starter Uma Musume recommendations
Maruzensky: Better version of Sakura Bakushin O with high SPD Growth, easily dominate Mile and Sprint Turf races and can even compete on Middle track once you have some good inherit.
Future Uma Musume Chara
Narita Brian: Triple Crown Winner, basically more offensive version of Symboli Rudolf with top tier offensive Golden skills. Do require good stamina card Support
Smart Falcon: One of the best Dirt Race Uma Musume in JP server for one year. Any half decent PVP team will always have Smart Falcon in the team
Summer Maruzensky: PVP Monster, any PVP race I played after her debut in JP is always dominated by Summer Maruzensky, most likely due to her further optimized skillset for this particular niche.
Festival Symboli Rudolf: Another solid all rounder variant of Symboli Rudolf. I overall have solid time using her in the second Campaign mode
Recommended SSR Support Card
Tazuna Support: Nice Mood Boost and Energy Refill, very useful in URA Career mode, nice Golden Skill for initial start which can be used for all Uma Musume but best for Front Runners like Silence Suzuka.
Super Creek STA: Best All rounder Stamina card with solid Gold Recovery skill in JP for 1st year, always useful in Medium and Long race.
Special Week GUT: All rounder nice stats Core Guts deck SSR with very good Gold offensive skill, Heart and Soul which is one of the best skill for last leg of the race.
Kitasan Black SPD: Top Tier SPD card whether for Golden Skill or Stat Growth and also easy to raise for max bond. This is why many people are saving their pile for her card
Fine Motion WIT: One of the best all rounder INT Card for JP 1st year, nice INT Boost along with solid offensive Golden Skill called Speed Star
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