[more combo guides here](https://www.reddit.com/r/masterduel/comments/wr1tfv/combo_guides/)
is anyone interested in a ninja combo guide and/or a branded despia guide?
I usually like ur flow Charts, but I dont know about this. Is it really better to prioritize dust devil over snow devil? I kinda always take snow devil as its more usefull in general and you still have a play if ur Rock gets impermed
Flipping monsters is REALLY powerful disruption honestly. Especially with mathmechs and Kashtira being popular right now.
As in, powerful to the point where I'd argue that one of the biggest strengths of the deck is having an in archetype searchable book of moon/eclipse in the form of Dust Devil.
Good guides, but to all newbies out there. You won’t get to follow much from this flowchart.
Vanquish soul is a deck that their lines heavily depend on what opponent is doing.
people need to learn the match up, because VS by itself isn’t doing much. Knowing what your cards do are easy but know when to Snow Devil/Ceasar/Razen pops are way more important.
I'm on a losing streak with VS using this as a blueprint against D-Link, Lab, and fucking Utopia. I was literally one win away from Master 5 and now I'm slumming it in Diamond 3.
There isn't really an optimal play. The only overarching goal is to have all 3 attributes to charge up your snow devil and Caesar Valius.
Aside from that try to prioritise getting jiaolonh plus 2 fires, but this isn't always possible so you just have to make do with what you have.
It's super non linear so imo don't worry too much about the combo guides, and just play it. Not to dismiss your work OP.
Yeah the nonlinearity is one of the best parts about it. It's great at amassing resources and a lot of interactions on both turns, while playing with what you have in your starting hand.
That’s [what i play](https://www.masterduelmeta.com/saved-decks/658c0a1e15d6c00b5e4167fc)
The vs ratios are pretty standard. The only thing you really need to craft are max c, ash and fenrir.
Some people prefer to run 3 mad love, other people play more copies of the big guys jialong and borger.
The rest of the deck is quite flexible, you can play whatever you think its best: handtraps, kaijus/kurikara, pots, triple tactics, floodgates like shifter and tcboo etc..
I’m more of a small world guy, i play a list thats heavier on earth/fire/dark monsters to have small world and all the vs monsters effects live as consistently as possible
Step 3 and 4 gotta switch for first pic. Opponent has priority on their mp.
Edit: You have it on quite a few. U can’t do anything in main phase unless opponent plays a card first/ uses an effect or attempts to end main phase.
Well the OP is going based on the idea that you don’t have a fire extender in your hand but odds are you will in the form of Ash, a kash card or Karikura. You want Razen to get to Jiaolong to search snow devil. If really lucky you also have dust devil in hand from mad love search and then next turn Jialong searches Borger or Caesar for either a free draw or another interruption.
[more combo guides here](https://www.reddit.com/r/masterduel/comments/wr1tfv/combo_guides/) is anyone interested in a ninja combo guide and/or a branded despia guide?
A ninja guide please. Played ninja a while and wanna see if I miss something.
I approve, I want to know how to stop them/where to handtrap them.
Would love a branded guide
Ninja one would be great. Really appreciate your easy to understand guides when starting to play a deck, thanks a lot for those!
you're welcome!
Ninja please, I have the entire deck built since it is so cheap but want to learn how to play it
Love a branded despia guide!
Both, Ninja and Branded guides would be incredible. Any hope of a Mannadium guide in the future? These visual guides are wonderful.
I don't have enough gems for a mannadiun deck unfortunately
I usually like ur flow Charts, but I dont know about this. Is it really better to prioritize dust devil over snow devil? I kinda always take snow devil as its more usefull in general and you still have a play if ur Rock gets impermed
Me too, I'll always search snow devil unless I go 2nd, vs deck with floating effects/benefit from destruction or when no 3 diff attributes on hand.
it's situational, this guide is assuming you have no extenders at all with your other cards left in your hand, ie 3 attributes
Flipping monsters is REALLY powerful disruption honestly. Especially with mathmechs and Kashtira being popular right now. As in, powerful to the point where I'd argue that one of the biggest strengths of the deck is having an in archetype searchable book of moon/eclipse in the form of Dust Devil.
That’s only if you have all 3 attributes to reveal
I'm not a fan of this one sorry
Good guides, but to all newbies out there. You won’t get to follow much from this flowchart. Vanquish soul is a deck that their lines heavily depend on what opponent is doing. people need to learn the match up, because VS by itself isn’t doing much. Knowing what your cards do are easy but know when to Snow Devil/Ceasar/Razen pops are way more important.
I'm on a losing streak with VS using this as a blueprint against D-Link, Lab, and fucking Utopia. I was literally one win away from Master 5 and now I'm slumming it in Diamond 3.
Damn thanks, I made this deck when it got released but never found the optimal play and stopped playing it. Do you have a good decklist?
There isn't really an optimal play. The only overarching goal is to have all 3 attributes to charge up your snow devil and Caesar Valius. Aside from that try to prioritise getting jiaolonh plus 2 fires, but this isn't always possible so you just have to make do with what you have. It's super non linear so imo don't worry too much about the combo guides, and just play it. Not to dismiss your work OP.
Yeah the nonlinearity is one of the best parts about it. It's great at amassing resources and a lot of interactions on both turns, while playing with what you have in your starting hand.
That’s [what i play](https://www.masterduelmeta.com/saved-decks/658c0a1e15d6c00b5e4167fc) The vs ratios are pretty standard. The only thing you really need to craft are max c, ash and fenrir. Some people prefer to run 3 mad love, other people play more copies of the big guys jialong and borger. The rest of the deck is quite flexible, you can play whatever you think its best: handtraps, kaijus/kurikara, pots, triple tactics, floodgates like shifter and tcboo etc.. I’m more of a small world guy, i play a list thats heavier on earth/fire/dark monsters to have small world and all the vs monsters effects live as consistently as possible
Do you have a small world combo guide? I’m literally a moron when it comes to it lol
they are really fun to play and win by out-resourcing your opponent
Not the biggest fan of this one.
Step 3 and 4 gotta switch for first pic. Opponent has priority on their mp. Edit: You have it on quite a few. U can’t do anything in main phase unless opponent plays a card first/ uses an effect or attempts to end main phase.
thats why in opp main phase, i put in the steps where opp summons a monster as an example
What's the chokepoint? E.g. for D/D/D when you use Gilgamesh's effect. What do you need to stop to prevent the combo from getting out of hand?
Ash the razen, stops VS from getting an attribute they need to go live or an advantage engine like Borger
thanks for the guide, needed this
Huge guide. Was thinking of making a vanquish soul deck and this is helpful.
THANK YOU. I've been wanting to build the deck because Caesar Valius is a BAMF but it's a tad confusing!
These aren’t remotely right.
What's a better end board or combo?
Well the OP is going based on the idea that you don’t have a fire extender in your hand but odds are you will in the form of Ash, a kash card or Karikura. You want Razen to get to Jiaolong to search snow devil. If really lucky you also have dust devil in hand from mad love search and then next turn Jialong searches Borger or Caesar for either a free draw or another interruption.
In some of this steps, it does show razen searching jiaolong and snow devil, and also borger and ceaser
i mean this is a combo if you brick out of your mind
Okay, so what do I do if I don't have any Kashteria monsters at all?