There’s no wrong way to play a game, or so people say. And while I wouldn’t call it incorrect, there are always things you could work on. This is especially true for Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, a game where players have to obtain heroes and create synergistic teams to compete with the best. From choosing the right heroes for your team to customising them in your favour, there are a few recurring mistakes new players make.
Today, I’m going to go over those mistakes as well as easy fixes for them all. No matter if you’re a rookie or a veteran, fixing these mistakes can greatly improve your gameplay and increase your chances of winning. Stick around to see if you make any of these common mistakes in Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, and how you can rectify them.
Things You’re Doing Wrong In Inazuma Eleven
Upgrading Non-Legendary Characters
The biggest mistake I see new players make is trying to upgrade all their characters, regardless of their rarity. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road allows players to enhance their characters to increase their rarity. On paper, that seems like a great idea. Upgrading them will only make them stronger, right? Yes. But the trade-off is terrible.
Considering you can get legendary (or at least top player) with a little bit of grind, there’s no point in upgrading your normal or growing players. Training beans are a highly sought-after commodity in Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, and using them to enhance lower-tier players is just not worth it.
Fix: Never use training beans to upgrade characters, especially at lower ranks. If you aren’t pulling any legendary or Hero characters, or simply want to upgrade a favourite player, try farming their Spirit Points. Also, remember that Spirit Points give double point value when used on matching characters.
Combining Random Archetypes On Your Team
I understand that playing favourites is fun, and there’s no reason you shouldn’t. But that comes with a few conditions. There are 6 different archetypes to choose from:
- Breach
- Tension
- Justice
- Bond
- Counter
- Rough Play
Each archetype brings different buffs to the field and has varying conditions to activate those buffs. The problem is that if you have players with opposing archetypes on the field, they can cancel each other out.
For example, if your offense is based on the Justice archetype but your defense has Rough Play, you will lose the buff from Justice due to a few fouls every now and then. While this is the biggest contradiction you can come across, sometimes playstyles for Breech and Bond can also be counterproductive. This is why you’ll see players with star-studded teams lose to mediocre, well-built teams.
Fix: The best way to counter this problem is to try to get as many players of the same archetype at once. If you’re playing Justice, creating a full Justice team is more beneficial compared to adding a mix of different archetypes. Not only will they complement each other in-game, but the buffs your team receives are also similar.
Auto-Equipping Beans To The Team
I mentioned how important Beans are in this game, and I stand by that statement. But what does that have to do with auto-equipping them to the team? The problem with the auto-equip feature is that it distributes your Beans evenly amongst the team. However, that’s not useful in most cases since you don’t want to upgrade every stat.
For your defense, you want to focus on their defensive stats, while the same goes for your offense. Your goalkeeper will require a totally different set of stats for upgrades. When you auto-equip Beans, the game will simply distribute your Beans amongst the team without any other factors. This leads to a loss of Beans on irrelevant stats that won’t benefit you.
Fix: The fix for this is simple, but requires game knowledge. You need to manually equip Beans for each character that’s on your team. You will need to know which stat to prioritise on each character, something that comes with time. Looking up customisations online can also help avoid any unnecessary upgrades.
Avoiding Ranked Mode/Hero Battles
As a starter player, your first instinct might have been to farm Beans in Chronicle Mode’s Chronicle Competition Route. This route is great for earning various prizes like crates, beans, spirit points, and sometimes even orbs. Each challenge has different stages with increasing difficulty, all the way up to Hero Battle. A lot of players shy away from Hero Battle because of the difficulty, but that’s the wrong approach to take.
On the flip side, players also avoid ranked mode because they think their teams aren’t kitted out enough. The problem is that Hero Battles and ranked mode matches are where the best rewards are. Avoiding them only slows down your progress, compared to even losing matches.
Fix: There isn’t some complex fix to this problem, just a lack of confidence. With such a large player base, you won’t always be matched with someone way above your skill level. And for Hero Battles, the only way to improve is to battle it out with harder AI. It gives players a great platform to improve their skills and learn new strategies. So start playing these game modes and earn free rewards like legendary character drops.
