Here are is my Puzzle Fighter strategy guide.
Puzzle_fighter_lesson1
Outline:
I. Introduction
II. The keys to winning
III. The Characters
IV. Strategy #1
V. Strategy #2
VI. Conclusion
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I. Introduction
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In order to keep from overwhelming you, I've split my
FAQ up into 4 lessons. I'll first discuss the basics, my main strategies
for winning, and then character specific strategies that involve using
my main strategies.
The goals of lesson 1 are:
* Become familiar with each character’s counter gems
* Become familiar with 2 ways to build a “kill” block
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II. The keys to winning
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The keys to winning at Puzzle Fighter are:
* knowing what your opponent’s counter gem pattern is.
A counter gem pattern is the pattern in which a character drops blocks
on his/her opponent.
* building your gems so that they counter your opponent’s
counter pattern
keep the “drop” column as free as possible. The
“drop” column is the column
where the next you get falls. If the middle column
is all the way to the top, you
die regardless of how much space is free in the other
columns.
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III. Characters
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Here is how each character drop counter gems. I
will refer to this pattern as "coutner gem pattern."
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Dan and Chun are the easiest to counter, so don’t pick them unless you want to give your opponent an advantage. Akuma & Devilot have the most difficult pattern to counter.
So in order to counter Dan, you should build red.
If you want to counter Chun, build red on the left side, and blue on the
right side. And so on.
For now, just remember what the left side of each character
pattern is and build to supplement that (i.e. if they drop blue on the
left side, build blue, if they drop green, build green, etc.). I’ll
discuss more specific strategies in a future lesson.
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IV. Strategy #1
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The best way to build a block of one color is to
build it on the left side because there is more “free” space to work
with because it is the farthest from the “drop” column.
Here is one strategy for building a single color.
Here are some pics to illustrate how it goes (supposing I want to build
red):
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R R G |
R
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Junk colors
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Any pair that doesn’t have red (or whatever color I
want to build), I drop it on the extreme right.
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Don’t drop in the middle
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With this strategy, there is no need to drop block in
the middle column (4th from the right), so try to avoid doing it whenever
possible (unless it will blow up a lot).
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Advantages:
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With this strategy, one color can be built sky-high to
the point that it can kill an opponent and yet not block the middle.
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Disadvantages:
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* If you don’t get the color you’re looking for, you’ll
have a hard time building a huge block.
* If you get more mixed pairs (i.e. “RG” in my sample)
than “pure” pairs (i.e. RR in my sample), you will have this:
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R Y R G R B R R B R R G |
In this situation, even if I got a “pure” pair, it will be hard to get it to the extreme left.
* Another problem is that this strategy can block off
your best block:
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R R B R R Y R R G R R B R R B R R G |
If I blow up my huge red block, I can surely kill my opponent, but I can't blow it up cuz all the junk I dropped to the right of it blocks it off. The way to prevent this from occuring is blowing up the junk whenever I can, but that is not always possible.
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Conclusion:
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Although this strategy has some faults, it’s good for
beginners to get into the habit of building a huge block.
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V. Strategy #2
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Here is a strategy that solves the problems of strategy #1. Note how the junk is thrown down the extreme left instead of in the 3rd column from the right (I'm building green):
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G G R G G B G G Y G G R G G |
This way, my block is open to be blown up cuz the junk (i.e. unwanted colors) is not in the way.
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Advantages:
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My big block is relatively easy to blow up.
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Disadvantages:
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The junk on the extreme left is difficult to blow up,
but this is a minor drawback compared to the easy access I have to the
big block.
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Conclusion:
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Because of it’s advantages, I prefer to use strategy
#2 over #1. But strategy #1 is still good, so if you can’t pick
up #2 that easily, I suggest you try to master strategy #1 first then try
out #2.
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VI. Conclusion
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From this lesson, you should have learned that:
* the most effective way to defeat your opponent is by
dropping a huge block
* 2 ways to build a huge block
* build your main block based on what your opponent’s
counter gem pattern is
If this isn’t what you learned, ask me what you don’t understand =)
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Next lesson…
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* how to build on the rightmost side
* how to use the crash gem and diamond most effectively
* chaining attacks