Season 5 is here with many exciting new things! First is of course the 3 new Starter Axies which I will give a quick first impressions. The other in an upcoming Contest with up to 100 AXS as reward with the theme of winning with the 3 new Starter Axies in Ranked Arena! I am happy to see that there are more way for casual players to earn and enjoy the game, especially with the release of 3 Starter Axies! With the new Contest in sight, let’s look at the 3 new Starter Axies and see how we can ma...

Season 5 is here with many exciting new things! First is of course the 3 new Starter Axies which I will give a quick first impressions. The other in an upcoming Contest with up to 100 AXS as reward with the theme of winning with the 3 new Starter Axies in Ranked Arena! I am happy to see that there are more way for casual players to earn and enjoy the game, especially with the release of 3 Starter Axies! With the new Contest in sight, let’s look at the 3 new Starter Axies and see how we can ma...

Topaz is the archetype to beat in the Mystic Era of Season 4 in Axie Infinity: Origins with about 50% usage at the Top 200 and about 40% usage at the Top 1000. The fact that it is “only” 50% means there is still hope. This post is for those who are fed up with facing Topaz (including myself) and want to find a way to beat them! Here is the data I collected (on 13 June 2023) for the past 3 days for matches against Topaz. tldr:Play Sustain if you just want to beat Topaz and do not mind losing o...

Topaz is the archetype to beat in the Mystic Era of Season 4 in Axie Infinity: Origins with about 50% usage at the Top 200 and about 40% usage at the Top 1000. The fact that it is “only” 50% means there is still hope. This post is for those who are fed up with facing Topaz (including myself) and want to find a way to beat them! Here is the data I collected (on 13 June 2023) for the past 3 days for matches against Topaz. tldr:Play Sustain if you just want to beat Topaz and do not mind losing o...

Season 5 of Axie Infinity: Origins is starting on 26 July - Maintenance at 1030am VN time. Get your Rare teams ready and remember to use your Moonshards (but do NOT disenchant until the next Season starts). Here I will share the information from the Axie Infinity Discord Channel on Season 5 and my views on the changes with the rewards. First up is the dates of the Eras, staying with 3 Eras and 2 weeks per Era which I think has been pretty good, so it is good to see that they stay the same.Div...

Season 5 of Axie Infinity: Origins is starting on 26 July - Maintenance at 1030am VN time. Get your Rare teams ready and remember to use your Moonshards (but do NOT disenchant until the next Season starts). Here I will share the information from the Axie Infinity Discord Channel on Season 5 and my views on the changes with the rewards. First up is the dates of the Eras, staying with 3 Eras and 2 weeks per Era which I think has been pretty good, so it is good to see that they stay the same.Div...

We are now in the Mystic Era of Season 4 in Axie Infinity: Origins and the Mystic Runes and Charms are just becoming available on the marketplace. Let’s have a look at which Mystic Runes and Charms are the most popular, and what new Archetypes we see in the Mystic Era. tldr:Topaz back to the Top in terms of popularityPoison becoming more popular and doing well with Paralyzing GlareHeart of Ocean has the highest win rate as teams and players not ready to play against the new archetypeGlorious ...

We are now in the Mystic Era of Season 4 in Axie Infinity: Origins and the Mystic Runes and Charms are just becoming available on the marketplace. Let’s have a look at which Mystic Runes and Charms are the most popular, and what new Archetypes we see in the Mystic Era. tldr:Topaz back to the Top in terms of popularityPoison becoming more popular and doing well with Paralyzing GlareHeart of Ocean has the highest win rate as teams and players not ready to play against the new archetypeGlorious ...

It is not everyday that we see a new archetype coming up at the Top end of the Leaderboard but today is one of those days. Feather Metamorphosis is the new archetype that uses a Metamorphosis Bug to deal massive AoE damage with insane amount of Shield from Teal Shell after playing many Feather Daggers from a Feather Descend Bird. [Also see the Youtube video for gameplay]How Feather Metamorphosis works?An example of a Feather Metamorphosis team (Screenshot from axies.io)It is easiest to explai...

It is not everyday that we see a new archetype coming up at the Top end of the Leaderboard but today is one of those days. Feather Metamorphosis is the new archetype that uses a Metamorphosis Bug to deal massive AoE damage with insane amount of Shield from Teal Shell after playing many Feather Daggers from a Feather Descend Bird. [Also see the Youtube video for gameplay]How Feather Metamorphosis works?An example of a Feather Metamorphosis team (Screenshot from axies.io)It is easiest to explai...

The Pre-Season 5 balance changes for Axie Infinity: Origins are finally here! There are LOADS of changes and here are my quick first takes on all the changes! (Do note that there could still be further changes before Season 5 starts.) tldr:Topaz, Square Teeth, Cottontail nerfedPoison, AoE, Debuff, Goo buffedGame MechanicsFade is a new keyword the Exile the card when it is still in hand at the end of the turn. The main difference it makes is that most Curse cards now has Fade instead of Banish...

The Pre-Season 5 balance changes for Axie Infinity: Origins are finally here! There are LOADS of changes and here are my quick first takes on all the changes! (Do note that there could still be further changes before Season 5 starts.) tldr:Topaz, Square Teeth, Cottontail nerfedPoison, AoE, Debuff, Goo buffedGame MechanicsFade is a new keyword the Exile the card when it is still in hand at the end of the turn. The main difference it makes is that most Curse cards now has Fade instead of Banish...

We are approaching the final stretch of Season 4 in the Mystic Era for Axie Infinity: Origins. This should be the time when the Top players are starting to bring out their secret weapons to fight the meta as we have less than 2 days to go to the end of the Season! tldr:Topaz is still the most popular followed by Jinx and Sustain at the TopBrutal Claw and Metamorphosis are two new archetypes that could do well in the Top metaArchetypes DistributionIt seems like Topaz will remain as the dominan...

We are approaching the final stretch of Season 4 in the Mystic Era for Axie Infinity: Origins. This should be the time when the Top players are starting to bring out their secret weapons to fight the meta as we have less than 2 days to go to the end of the Season! tldr:Topaz is still the most popular followed by Jinx and Sustain at the TopBrutal Claw and Metamorphosis are two new archetypes that could do well in the Top metaArchetypes DistributionIt seems like Topaz will remain as the dominan...

Big news for Lunacia as we see the release for Axie Experience Point (AXP) which is a system that allows Axies to level up by using the Axies in games. But what impact might it have on Axie Infinity: Origins and the whole Axie ecosystem in general? Here I make some bold predictions and spectulations based on certain assumptions and what we know about the AXP system. tldr:Players may put more focus on a few Axies leading to less Axies turnover and fewer market transactionsScholars may be recru...

Big news for Lunacia as we see the release for Axie Experience Point (AXP) which is a system that allows Axies to level up by using the Axies in games. But what impact might it have on Axie Infinity: Origins and the whole Axie ecosystem in general? Here I make some bold predictions and spectulations based on certain assumptions and what we know about the AXP system. tldr:Players may put more focus on a few Axies leading to less Axies turnover and fewer market transactionsScholars may be recru...

If you are looking for a team that can perform in all 3 Eras, Leafy is certainly one of the top choices (the other big one being Poison). I have played a fair amount of Leafy in Axie Infinity: Origins for the past few seasons. Leafy teams had pretty good success in Season 4, especially in the Epic Era. It seems like Season 5 is going to be a good season for Leafy players, so hopefully this guide would help you get started with your Leafy journey. Disclaimer: I am by no means a pro player and ...

If you are looking for a team that can perform in all 3 Eras, Leafy is certainly one of the top choices (the other big one being Poison). I have played a fair amount of Leafy in Axie Infinity: Origins for the past few seasons. Leafy teams had pretty good success in Season 4, especially in the Epic Era. It seems like Season 5 is going to be a good season for Leafy players, so hopefully this guide would help you get started with your Leafy journey. Disclaimer: I am by no means a pro player and ...

Just a quick update on the pre-season 5 meta and go through the 10 balance changes that were just revealed for Axie Infinity: Origins Season 5. The full list of changes since Season 4 can be found in the official spreadsheet.My takes on the 10 balance changesOverall there are pretty minor changes targetting the Spears (including Leafy, Spikes, and maybe Feather teams) and the Poison-Bleed archetypes which are two very popular archetypes in pre-season 5 tournaments. Spears going back to 60 ATK...

Just a quick update on the pre-season 5 meta and go through the 10 balance changes that were just revealed for Axie Infinity: Origins Season 5. The full list of changes since Season 4 can be found in the official spreadsheet.My takes on the 10 balance changesOverall there are pretty minor changes targetting the Spears (including Leafy, Spikes, and maybe Feather teams) and the Poison-Bleed archetypes which are two very popular archetypes in pre-season 5 tournaments. Spears going back to 60 ATK...

So far I have mostly been focussed on analysing the meta at the Top of the Leaderboard for multiple reasons: 1) We can learn the most from the Top players, 2) Teams are more optimised and easier to define into archetypes at the Top, and 3) Innovations often come from Top players (e.g. the new Metamorphosis archetype). However, being a causal player myself, my vision of this blog is to provide information to a wider range of players who enjoy playing Axie Origins, not just for competitive play...

So far I have mostly been focussed on analysing the meta at the Top of the Leaderboard for multiple reasons: 1) We can learn the most from the Top players, 2) Teams are more optimised and easier to define into archetypes at the Top, and 3) Innovations often come from Top players (e.g. the new Metamorphosis archetype). However, being a causal player myself, my vision of this blog is to provide information to a wider range of players who enjoy playing Axie Origins, not just for competitive play...

[Correction on Jinx with Doubt - Jinx is Pure DMG and is affected by Vulnerable and Fragile but not Doubt] More balance changes just come out for Season 5 of Axie Infinity: Origins. This time only 5 changes, so I would also want to take this opportunity to clarify some of the changes in the previous patch note.New changes released on 10 July 2023Ear BreathingEar Breathing was problematic card with gaining Shield = ATK in its previous form. Now that it is changed to 50 ATK + AoE Shield = 20% o...

[Correction on Jinx with Doubt - Jinx is Pure DMG and is affected by Vulnerable and Fragile but not Doubt] More balance changes just come out for Season 5 of Axie Infinity: Origins. This time only 5 changes, so I would also want to take this opportunity to clarify some of the changes in the previous patch note.New changes released on 10 July 2023Ear BreathingEar Breathing was problematic card with gaining Shield = ATK in its previous form. Now that it is changed to 50 ATK + AoE Shield = 20% o...