tldr: Topaz for easy climb at Top 1000; Sustain and Jinx match up well against Topaz; Play Hot Butt if you want to play something different and don't mind losing to Topaz The Rare Era of Season 4 of Axie Infinity: Origins is soon drawing to a close. I have compiled some statistics of the win rates and matchups of various teams / archetypes for the past 3 days (data collected on 22 May 2023). Hopefully this could help with your final push in the Rare Era.Win ratesFigure 1 shows the win ra...

tldr: Topaz for easy climb at Top 1000; Sustain and Jinx match up well against Topaz; Play Hot Butt if you want to play something different and don't mind losing to Topaz The Rare Era of Season 4 of Axie Infinity: Origins is soon drawing to a close. I have compiled some statistics of the win rates and matchups of various teams / archetypes for the past 3 days (data collected on 22 May 2023). Hopefully this could help with your final push in the Rare Era.Win ratesFigure 1 shows the win ra...

As the first post of this Diary of a Luncian, I want to start by sharing my personal experience with Axie. I plan to have different types of Axie-related posts in this Diary, mostly focussing on educational content such as guides and analysis for Axie, especially in Origins. For now, let me share about what Axie means to me and what I have learnt from Axie.What Axie means to meFirst and foremost, Axie Infinity is a game that I enjoy playing, especially for the past few months in Origins. Rece...

As the first post of this Diary of a Luncian, I want to start by sharing my personal experience with Axie. I plan to have different types of Axie-related posts in this Diary, mostly focussing on educational content such as guides and analysis for Axie, especially in Origins. For now, let me share about what Axie means to me and what I have learnt from Axie.What Axie means to meFirst and foremost, Axie Infinity is a game that I enjoy playing, especially for the past few months in Origins. Rece...

[Apologies for the late post on this blog! Had some technical issues on writing here for the past few days.] We are getting to near the end of the Epic Era of Season 4 in Axie Infinity: Origins, and we see quite a big shift in the Meta at the Top of the Leaderboard from only a few days ago! (Also watch my Youtube video if you prefer it in video format.) tldr:Glorious Mane is the most popular archetype at Top of LeaderboardLeafy and Sustain are the meta breaker with high win rates against Glor...

[Apologies for the late post on this blog! Had some technical issues on writing here for the past few days.] We are getting to near the end of the Epic Era of Season 4 in Axie Infinity: Origins, and we see quite a big shift in the Meta at the Top of the Leaderboard from only a few days ago! (Also watch my Youtube video if you prefer it in video format.) tldr:Glorious Mane is the most popular archetype at Top of LeaderboardLeafy and Sustain are the meta breaker with high win rates against Glor...

The top meta for Axie Infinity: Origins Season 4 Rare Era is filled with one main archetype - Topaz, which has been dominant since its buff in Season 3. Despite the nerf of Topaz in Season 4, it is not enough to knock Topaz teams down. Having said that, there are other archetypes that can compete with the Topaz teams during the Rare Era of Season 4. The main ones are Aggro (mainly with beasts) and Jinx teams. Aggro can quickly knockout 1 Axie by Round 3, and if Aggro goes first, they will hav...

The top meta for Axie Infinity: Origins Season 4 Rare Era is filled with one main archetype - Topaz, which has been dominant since its buff in Season 3. Despite the nerf of Topaz in Season 4, it is not enough to knock Topaz teams down. Having said that, there are other archetypes that can compete with the Topaz teams during the Rare Era of Season 4. The main ones are Aggro (mainly with beasts) and Jinx teams. Aggro can quickly knockout 1 Axie by Round 3, and if Aggro goes first, they will hav...

For those that have been playing Axie Infinity: Origins consistently for Season 4, you probably have a Choice Epic Rune Box as a Reward from the Rare Era. I have compiled some data on the Epic Runes and Charms used by the top players in the early Epic Era meta, and hopefully this will give you some information on what Rune you may want to get from your Choice Box.Epic RunesLeech is the leader of the Epic Runes in Top 100, 200, and 500 despite its nerf to only stealing 35% Shield (from 40%). T...

For those that have been playing Axie Infinity: Origins consistently for Season 4, you probably have a Choice Epic Rune Box as a Reward from the Rare Era. I have compiled some data on the Epic Runes and Charms used by the top players in the early Epic Era meta, and hopefully this will give you some information on what Rune you may want to get from your Choice Box.Epic RunesLeech is the leader of the Epic Runes in Top 100, 200, and 500 despite its nerf to only stealing 35% Shield (from 40%). T...

tldr: Player 1 now only wins about 40% of the time after the changes in the Epic Era of Season 4 The Epic Era of Season 4 of Axie Infinity: Origins came with a number of changes to address the First Player Advantage problem in the Rare Era. It is good that Sky Mavis realises the problem and try to solve it fast, but it still makes me wonder whether Sky Mavis has enough resources in the game test department to allow such things to happen. Perhaps their philosophy is to just throw things out an...

tldr: Player 1 now only wins about 40% of the time after the changes in the Epic Era of Season 4 The Epic Era of Season 4 of Axie Infinity: Origins came with a number of changes to address the First Player Advantage problem in the Rare Era. It is good that Sky Mavis realises the problem and try to solve it fast, but it still makes me wonder whether Sky Mavis has enough resources in the game test department to allow such things to happen. Perhaps their philosophy is to just throw things out an...

The Mystic Era is finally here for Season 4 of Axie Infinity: Origins. There are two big things at the start of the Mystic Era:Top 40000 players in the Epic Era receive a Mystic Rune Choice BoxPlayer 1 now has a free Keep that does not expireMost popular Mystic Runes at Top of LeaderboardPlayers who got to the Top 40000 have received a Mystic Rune Choice Box. The big question is, which Mystic Rune should you get from the Mystic Rune Choice Box? It has been about 12 hours since the start of th...

The Mystic Era is finally here for Season 4 of Axie Infinity: Origins. There are two big things at the start of the Mystic Era:Top 40000 players in the Epic Era receive a Mystic Rune Choice BoxPlayer 1 now has a free Keep that does not expireMost popular Mystic Runes at Top of LeaderboardPlayers who got to the Top 40000 have received a Mystic Rune Choice Box. The big question is, which Mystic Rune should you get from the Mystic Rune Choice Box? It has been about 12 hours since the start of th...

tldr: Going First has a win rate of nearly 70% in Axie Origins Season 4 for top players; Problem likely due to increase “card advantage” for Player 1 with the new patch First player advantage has been an age-old problem for any turn-based game where one player plays first, and this also applies to Axie Infinity: Origins. The reason I am writing this post now is that I think the problem of first player advantage is becoming a big problem during Season 4 with the recent change with the Keep mec...

tldr: Going First has a win rate of nearly 70% in Axie Origins Season 4 for top players; Problem likely due to increase “card advantage” for Player 1 with the new patch First player advantage has been an age-old problem for any turn-based game where one player plays first, and this also applies to Axie Infinity: Origins. The reason I am writing this post now is that I think the problem of first player advantage is becoming a big problem during Season 4 with the recent change with the Keep mec...

We are now at the middle of the Epic Era of Season 4 where Epic runes and charms are available from the marketplace. The Epic runes and charms enable a few archetypes to pop up to the Top of the leaderboard including Sturdy Fighter, Glorious Mane, and Triple Owl. tldr:Meta Breaker: Pure Damage Sturdy FighterSturdy Fighter, Glorious Mane, and Triple Owl teams on the riseTopaz and Jinx still strongSustain falling hardPopular ArchetypesTopaz is still the dominant archetype amongst the top with J...

We are now at the middle of the Epic Era of Season 4 where Epic runes and charms are available from the marketplace. The Epic runes and charms enable a few archetypes to pop up to the Top of the leaderboard including Sturdy Fighter, Glorious Mane, and Triple Owl. tldr:Meta Breaker: Pure Damage Sturdy FighterSturdy Fighter, Glorious Mane, and Triple Owl teams on the riseTopaz and Jinx still strongSustain falling hardPopular ArchetypesTopaz is still the dominant archetype amongst the top with J...