Ah, the first day of fall... so full of promise!! That is also true for the Ultimate Nightmare: Rise of Yubel event and new character Yubel. My review will cover 3 basic parts of the event: event flow, rewards, and Yubel's level up rewards (since you do unlock her in this event). I will try to keep things as positive as possible but there are a few issues I do have which I will bring up as I get to them. Okay, without further ado, let's get into it!
Event Flow
The flow of the event is very much like the Yami Marik events: you duel against the NPCs for the event's currency (Shattered Hearts), then you duel against minions once you acquire a certain amount of Shattered Hearts (the Duel Ghouls), and then, once you've beaten the minions enough, the main villain appears (Yubel). Her decks aren't that difficult to beat for the first few levels. I admit to searching online for help with the last one since I am not the familiar with her card's mechanics. That's right, Yubel is also a card: 3, to be more specific. The cards are Yubel, Yubel - Terror Incarnate, and Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare. They are all dark attribute Fiends with 0 ATK and DEF. Her main combos include destroying the first card in order to special summon the second then destroying the second to special summon the third. The Ultimate Nightmare is especially powerful with it's ability to destroy monsters that it battles and inflict damage to her opponent equal to the opposing monster's ATK. Plus, it can't be destroyed by battle and she takes no battle damage when she uses it in battle. So... yeah, pretty powerful.... but if you use the right stall deck, victory is not that difficult. Overall, I rate the flow of this event about: 8/10. I took off two points for the fact that you can only get event points from dueling Yubel and when you basically need almost 4 million points to complete an event... that takes a while (even with a farm deck). Also, the limiting of certain parts of the event to only be playable after certain dates was also annoying. I get that Konami wants players to spend the whole week on the event but this is ridiculous. Anyway, on to the rewards!!
Rewards
Let me address the elephant in the room: yes, gems were nerfed. While we can still earn gems, the amounts are 10, 20, and 30 which is way less than they used to be. The amount of gold seems to be higher and they put special booster items in there as well along with the usual R, S, and UR jewels. As far as level up rewards go, it's fine. The cards you can get are also pretty good. Grave Squirmer is my favorite - I love cards that destroy other cards for little or no cost. I also like that Regenerating Rose gives you two tokens when it's destroyed... but it requires 2 tributes to summon and has 0 ATK so that card is a mixed bag. Des Dendle and Vampiric Orchis are two cards that have been around for a long time in the TCG and I was surprised to see them as rewards. I can understand their usefulness since Vampiric Orchis lets you special summon Des Dendle from your hand when Orchis has been normal summoned. Des Dendle is a union monster and let's you summon tokens if the monster it's equipped to destroys an opponent's monster along with the usual 'destroy this instead' union monster protection for the monster which it is equipped. Samsara Lotus is a card that can special summon itself from the graveyard (if you have no spell/trap cards) but it has its drawbacks: no ATK and DEF along with 1000 points of damage to its user every turn that is on the field. Still, the cards are pretty good but... I must wonder why you can get every card in this list from the EX Trader except Samsara Lotus. If you want a play set, you have to hope that Yubel drops some while you're grinding in this event. I give the rewards a rating of 8/10.
Yubel Level Up Rewards
I want to discuss this since you unlock her with this event. The gems and skills are about the same with any other duelist with one exception: at level 30 you get a new skill called 'My Name Is Yubel' instead of gems. This is just like our last unlocked character Zane where we get Cyber End Dragon at level 30 instead of gems as well. I am not a fan of this since gems are becoming more and more scarce. I hope Duel Links does not become pay to play because I will never pay actual money to play this game. Anyway, the cards are as follows: Dark Energy x 1, Memory Crusher x 3, Vampiric Orchis x 1, Coffin Seller x 2, Dark Cure x 3, Spell Chronicle x 3, Des Dendle x 1, and Yubel x 1. I have already talked about Vampiric Orchis, Des Dendle, and Yubel so I will go over my thoughts on the others. Dark Energy is an equip spell card that boosts Fiends by 300 in both ATK and DEF. It is a 'reprint' and is a very good one. Memory Crusher is a dark attribute, 3 star Fiend with 1000 ATK and 600 DEF. If it attacks, you opponent takes extra damage of 100 points times the number of cards in their extra deck. Eh, this card has potential but it also requires some protection and boosting to be effective plus your opponent won't always have cards in their extra deck.
Coffin Seller is a continuous trap that inflicts 300 damage to your opponent every time a card is sent to their graveyard. It is a reprint as well and a very good one. Dark Cure is a continuous trap that increases your opponent's life points when they summon a monster by half of that's monster's ATK. It is a strange idea to boost your opponent's life points but I am sure there are cards that can turn that benefit into a detriment quite easily. Spell Chronicle is a continuous spell card that causes you to send your hand to the graveyard. Then, you remove from play 5 (yes, that's 5) of your spell/trap cards from your deck (not graveyard). When your opponent uses a spell, a counter is added to your card. Still with me? Okay, take off 2 counters so your opponent can add one of the banished cards mentioned earlier to your hand. Finally, when this card is destroyed, you take damage for each card that is still banished x 500. That is a very convoluted way of getting cards into your hand from the deck that could backfire into major damage. I don't understand a) why this card is in the game and b) why you get 3 when you level up Yubel. I feel that there are much better cards they could have used. For instance, how about Mystic Tomato which is a card that Yubel uses in the event but we can't acquire as of yet. I give her level up rewards a rating of 6/10.
Overall, the event and the level up rewards are okay with pluses and minuses for both. I hope Konami will continue to improve on these so players will get a more enjoyable experience in the future. I enjoyed this event and look forward to the release of 5Ds on the 25th. I hope you enjoyed reading this post and will follow me so you won't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me how you felt about this event and Yubel's level up rewards. I would love to know what you think. Have a great weekend and as always: keep on gaming!!!
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