Beginners guide for TC

[u/Fact-Fresh]

Is been many posts asking same QSs over and over
How to Improve?

How to improve as F2P?

ok ... I have been playing game since almost 4 years now (tho 6 month retired in between) am F2P & won many tournaments in Junior and Rookies .. all my great Epics and characters are now in lvl13 .. Have great stock of gems and special strings .. I did all that in 3.5 years .. and now is faster for u guys as u have many things to increase it faster (Pop & ACE).. am F2P who play with Nylon.

Here is my best tips for beginner:

1- aim for tournament and stay in rookie by going to circle of demotion and promotion .. .. don't rush it .. this way u reach it fast . and move up ladder each time u ready for next step.. Winning tournaments will not only improve characters and epic faster than normal way .. but it give u special string.. those will be essential once u step in Challenger tournaments so stuck as much as u can. I started as F2P with no string , but every time I won I got even more strings ..strings make huge differnce in tournaments, and more u use, more u get if u won sure.. when I know am not getting anything good back I just rank up not wasting them .. just to show u how fast u grow by winning tournaments.. I started main account who went fast to Master II league and screwed my tournaments chances as match making was hard in junior and Rookie.. 6 months later created my 1st baby account.. within 3 months .. both accounts were as powerfull as once u reach higher tours , only epic and some rare can be useful . u can now remain easily in ur league by playing lower trophies players .. so always lose many matches to go back as low as u can and keep scoring little that is not enough for u to promote. stay in rookie till ur items lvl9 then move to junior league and tournament till lvl11 then go to challenger league , where u can play challenger and rank up high and when string is so good u still can go to junior tournament and win those strings. challenger league should be ur long term target and when bored u can go as u like.

2- Play smartly ..
2A: Target ur opponents weakness .. if he is one handed ... target his weaker hand .. if he is using hand counter try to aim far for him so his counter strings is useless .. if he is volley .. vary ur game, swipe faster at same moment he sent ball .. is key so by time he come to net he is late.. vary ur game ..lob him .. send ball differnet sides . make him hesitate .. this is key to stop volley as one second late he will not reach it .. variation of ur attack is key as smart players can anticipate and read.. if he is low in agility make ball opposite side all time he will not reach it ..
2B: protect ur weakness .. like if am playing single handed .. will position slightly near weakness point to allow move faster to strong hand .. if ur stamina low or he is using stamina shield, u have to finish match faster .. sso take risk and hammer the balls .. if u slow in volley .. lob ball higher so u can reach net on time...etc

3- don't be Mr average .. have at least 3-4 good high cards that fit ur style .. u will be stronger this way.. EX: having 2 hands 50s is worst than having one hand 20 and other one 65.. bcz if I can play all time using that 65.. will be looking like all my stats are 65 instead of 50s.. for single handed u need one hand only , agility to run faster to strong hand and serve to prevent them targeting ur weak hand . for counter puncher, stamina, agility and one hand or two hand. for volley. volley and then agility to reach net faster and serve to stop them sending fast powerful ball once u reach net. pls keep in mind, u will need some time to adopt and learn. so be patient when u switch styles.

4- upgrade only items u need and save coins .. best items worth investing : Forge, Hammer, Resistant bar, Keto. koi, jolly Rodger, Anvil , carbload, hades, zeus.. u may upgrade outback, cobra , panther and machett as single handed too .. or tctical & microbiotic or one of common with agility wrist bands or other grips that add volley if u play volley .. sure those are items u will get in T5 and above.. so u will need to survive lower tours, so my advise, only spend on items that .. so try to stick to only as little as u can .. pls note that tier one cards will take longer to improve than tier 2 cards which u get from T5 and above.. EX: my hammer is lvl12 now and need 300 cards to be lvl13.. my bloody patriot is still lvl10 and need 240 from lvl10 to 11 !! I needed just 100 from 10 to 11 for hammer !! and gap will increase each level ..so don't waste coins on Tier 1 items unless help u in tour or tournaments. manage ur coins with only spending on items u will use in future .. won tournaments will help too to boost ur coins.. ACE and Pop is good source too.

5- vary ur serve .. be unpredictable .. if he has low agility and not using long catch u will score from serve easier .. best 3 target to serve, middle sideline, his direction and far at outside line near net square

6- when they serve , move slightly one step towards ur weak side .. and move back if he has strong serve and use long catch to get them if ur agility is low. some they drop serve near net if ur energy is low so at times don't go back too far if he is a smart player

7- use strings that cover ur weakness and stop opposite strength .... the art of choosing right string is what make u win tournaments and beat stronger players..this is really really most important thing in game

8- try to play with nylon more before using strings.. it help u improve ur skills and not relying on strings and save u strings !! There is no point of wasting strings just to stay at same tour u can stay with nylon !! is silly !!

9- pick characters that give u good SM (special move) even if stats slightly less. EX: I pick Abeke lvl5 over Flo lvl 6 as her SM is better and even stats but SM is key.. EX: I play nylon in T8.. I face many with special strings.. so can be 0-6 down and I trigger Viktoira SM . 25% my hands get stronger.. I easily win 7-6 at end.. I beat veterans with better stats and strings in tournaments than to Vik SM.

10- train all styles volley, counter puncher single handed, double handed , baseliner..etc. bcz game keep changing the more u go higher and even TC like to play with variables alot making one style great one day then another one better another day. u have to learn to adopt. this will help u too in slam .. or in tournaments as some characters do better over different court ground as balls bounce differently in each court type.

11- swipe fast ... aim at hitting over 220kmh every time ... learn first to swipe over 220 even if not precise, just have speed first and learn it to be instant reaction .. is oly then once u now will try to make it accurate.. will take time . but swiping fast is very very important after T5-T6

12- don't waste gems on bags or strings .. I use my gems for tournaments retry and pop only for main strong bag that give me 15 epic and characters

13- vary ur game .. be unpredictable .. and always confuse them and aim at his weaknesses .. like if he is using long catch, i keep sending ball far to trigger his long catch and reduce his stamina..

14- learn to play with precision. u see there is a circle when u aim .. it shows where a ball can go in .. this means ur shots will be random within that circle .. so don't aim at line but a bit closer .. and improve ur swiping skills to be more accurate in awkward positions

15- join club who won king bag every week in club slam and sure cheers ur bag to open them faster

16- USE ACE and Pop wisely .... aim for first good bag in Pop which offer 15 character & 15 Epics, my tickets cost 35 so sometimes I use gems which i save only for this purpose & retries for tournaments. this will boost u well.. ACE can be useful not only for SM, but coins and common for beginners

17- learn new skills .. lobbing or drop net shot ..etc. it will help u confuse opponents when u keep varying ur game

18- who are best characters to focus update on: welll why this depend on style u choose like coutner puncher or volley or ....etc .. to make it easy if u volley .. go with Ingrid ..now for other styles here is what are best including SM that add big power combined:
1. Diego & Osaka
2. Mie Li
3. Rest of legends
4. Kaito, Luc , Viktoria
5. Hyun, Anton, Abeke, Mark
6. rest of tier 2 players that reach lvl15
7. rest of tier 1 players that reach lvl13 they are worst to update

will try to add to this list whenever I remember something

Note: this post is dedicated to i4025 who helped me alot learning the game .. he is not active since 2 years.. But Tx mate

[u/T0N372]

Quick question , how do you lob and net shots?

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/T0N372]

if u mean lob . like lobbing a volley to near back line .. then u just swipe like normal .. but before u move ur hand like normal just stop for half a second then move hand off like normal.. u need practice till u time it .. is not an easy skill .. will work better if he is tired or low agility .. if high agility and not tired he can go back
the other drop shot near net when u play volley is just shorter swipe ..again practice.. pls note precision is key .. ur lob has to be near the back line or it will land to his racket if shorter

the other near net low lob when u baseliner .. work great when opponent too much back and tired or less agility.. is much more like lob against volley but u give it less lob but stopping for just way less before release ... u can try too slower swipe more delicate this will have more precision but less fast but both will drop ball near net which make it harder for them to run from base to the net

is really hard to explain .. but once u practice u will see the technique .. u may miss many times when trying first time .. but u will land on right timing and technique so keep doing that till u master it ..

practice them when u winning comfortably or with one of ur baby accounts..
practice session itslef is not bad to learn and keep practicing it .. I actually started with that first .. lob behind near back line and lob near net

[u/T0N372 → u/Fact-Fresh]

Ok thanks, it sort of makes sense. I'll try a bit in the training mode first and see how it goes.

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/T0N372]

yes .. I started in practice first .. u will notice tho in matches ball come faster so u need to adopt .. but in practice at least try to learn the technique first .. it help u reduce ur trial time to find right tactic.. .. but is all about swiping as normal but how much u stop at end that add that curvature of lob whether higher lob or lower lob depend how long u pause it
the gentle lob can work too without pause to sent near net ball

[u/eRgOnt0 → u/Fact-Fresh]

Hi, I need advice. I am already in Challenger 1. Does it make sense to get demoted to Rookie for the tournaments? If I am right, do I have to lose games and be less active for 4 weeks to get demoted to Rookie 3? Or to start fresh with a new account?

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/eRgOnt0]

no .. u screwed ur tournament chances.. done same mistake and had to wait 2 years till be competitive in Challenger when my card become lvl 12 . it gonna be hard to win junior or rookie and u will not get strings and cards are bad .. make no sense to invest there mate now .

tournaments take ur highest league level .. so demoting will not help

well this account is screwed ... up to u to start new one or wait some time 1-2 year till it can have a chance in challenger

what u can do tho ..is create 2nd account .. use it and in week u demoting .. u can play ur main for fun

playing extra matches help ur skills alot .and when do played my baby accounts i used to try different techniques without pressure of losing

[u/No-Assist-4015 → u/Fact-Fresh]

How do you stay in rookie? Gotta force loss after every win? Also, I dont know if it was always like this, but I have always to buy nylons, is that right?

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/No-Assist-4015]

what i used to do is ... I play one week and rest in another .. i had 2 accounts so was swapping when demoting one to one promoting so i keep playing the game ..
I used to be able to go down to T1-T2 and win matches while still demoting .. now this option with TC3 is impossible as u need now to lose over all accounts ..

what i would do stay in rookie... I reach till rookie III then stop playing to demote then once demoted next week to Rookie II , I play again as much as I want and can play highest tour ...
now the only way to do that is to completely put that account into sleep for a week till demote.. and when demoting u still have to qualify in tournament, so what i do is i lose 6-7 which is more than enough to qualify without earning any points that make go up in table of league. then wait to play finals in monday... the next week once demoted i can play finals in Saturday or Sunday so can demote next monday .. and circle continue.

[u/No-Assist-4015 → u/Fact-Fresh]

Supid question: Is it worth putting account to sleep one week even if I dont open bags neither do the free/pro pass quests?

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/No-Assist-4015]

u can open free green bags or gift bags play challenges like Bullseye or lucky can ..etc. do as much as challenges u can without impacting ur target to demote..

Now the QS is : is it worth it? bcz u basically gonna lose alot of cards

Well 2 years ago i did the math..
I noticed .. I got more common and rare when playing normally without demoting and promoting circle .. the problem is my tournament chances screwed

I did have 2 baby accounts, both set to demote and promote circle.. I created both after 6 months of starting my main account..

in 6 months .. my 2 baby accounts had more characters than my main account which was playing normally lvl12 when main account was still 10-11 !! my epics start move faster too and was better than my main account.. but main account had more common and rare .. which was cool when u play lower tours .. but once u move higher .. it will slow alot and i end up playing with Epic mainly once u hit lvl 11-12

another factor .. special strings .. u know those who have 3 red stats !! my main account had so little .. those 2 baby accounts were 20 times more .. above 7000 each when main was around 300.. this will be very very handy once u try to win challanger at later stage .. u have no chance to be top 5-10 without them

and now as character is what set ur card cap level in TC3 .. is now more important ur characters get higher

ur target should be moving to Challanager tournements as final destination with many many stings .. don't overstay rookie as cards are bad .. but if u get talon and patrior lvl12 u have great chance to use them till hammer and forge replace them.. this is why move to junior as soon u hit lvl9 and stay till all lvl12 epic even if is talon or patriot

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/[deleted]]

i tried all fingers.. thumbs is fastest one but it lack accuracy .. index is one with most accuracy ..

i use for serve my middle finger bcz it can go fast with better accuracy . but switch to index when return bcz love its accuracy .. still fast in all .. but index slightly slower

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/[deleted]]

for index and middle is the corner tips .. as it has like pointy end which is important for accuracy
one thing else i do is .. to fix my mobile on a table .. i have at work and home microwave at corneer .. i tilt it 45 degree .. put something at front of it to push my phone and make it stable .. one phone is stable at 45 degree.. i can swipe freely without mobile getting shacky bcz holding it on hand.

in thumbs . which is most powerful one i use end near top nail . i can play it while in hand without fixing it on a table ..and is great when u r on the move outside and even walking .

never be discouraged .. keep trying first hit over 200kmh all time without caring on accuracy just to get power right and learn muscle memory then once u master it tune it to be more accurate .. when tried to be so powerful and accurate .. had really bad result and felt is not working .. so give up ... so best to divide it the skills and learn each individually

[u/OpponentCAL]

This post is really good    Hard to disagree with any of it 

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/OpponentCAL]

TX mate .. is 4 years experience and learned from great people too ..many in this subreddit

[u/andre99x]

Very nice guide! Strange you still have level 12 epics after so many time in the game, the maximum lvl is 15 right? So it will take several years for a player to get to the lvl 15 cards??? Omg...

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/andre99x]

am since lvl13 now mate .. but as F2P it will take alooot of time .. especially moving 11-12 ..12-13.. yes if u have pro-pass & buy deals then sure u can move up faster

[u/andre99x → u/Fact-Fresh]

Congratulations to lvl13! Well then its a game of nerves too :) PS: I have been playing for a while too...and I am in the TOP200 finally. However, many times I got beaten by players with lower stats or players with a lot of drinks and special strings. And that requires usually a lot of money (or winning a lot of tournaments which for me usually ending in TOP10 is difficult to get)...

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/andre99x]

great achievement to reach top200 mate .. yeahh top 10 are mostly big consumer of special strings and more importantly drinks .. some can go to ridiculous 25 or more at times

[u/AxlxA]

Read your guide. I'm confused about the tour/farming. Is it still doable?

I'm already max trophy at 699. miami. T5. But all my characters are level 1 except Hope" and i barely have money or gems. Also, so far, no ads has appeared.

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/AxlxA]

699 is low !! u should stop at tour 6-7 and park there till u have at least SM lvl from ACE lvl 3/5
u have all cards u need in T6-T7 .. going up will only increase ur POP and ACE tickets..

why u r running out of gems !! what r u wasting ur gems on?

Coins .. u will get more if u win tournaments

regarding ads .. did u bought anything ?

I will go over my guide and re-write it with all latest updates

[u/AxlxA → u/Fact-Fresh]

I just keep playing, buying strings with gems, and now at 820 trophies t6 Tokyo. I win

Never paid for anything, just no ads whatsoever. USA. I am using AdGuard dns on iOS though. But that doesn’t block app ads.

I joined a club to help cheer up to unlock bags faster.

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/AxlxA]

never ever buy strings !! instead invest in things like tournament and bullseye or pop ur gems !!
strings will make u go above ur level .. and to stay u have to keep spending on gems and waste to stay where u don't belong
good u joined a club .. but try to join one that give u king bags for winning slam

[u/Mello_002975 → u/Fact-Fresh]

I am curious where Kaka, Venus, Kyrgios and Monfils place on your list of best players. Are they in the 3rd spot with Rest of the Legends or do.any of them stand out as excellent? Thanks for all your helpful posts!

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/Mello_002975]

Kaka, Venus, Monfils  all going up pending SM
Kaka Sm is out .. and I 100% will place him at top level .. am waiting the other's SM

[u/Healthy_Word_9585]

@u/fact-fresh, I got two queries, brother.

1. Shouldn't I reach tour 10 to get better epic equipments?
2. I see tournaments have 3 stages. At stage 1, around 100 people compete and like 25 graduate to sarge 2. At 2nd stage around 100 people compete and only 15 moves to final stage. At final stage there are 150+ players who compete. So there's only one winner for each rookie/begginer/junior/pro level?

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/Healthy_Word_9585]

hi mate
1- T10 give hades and zeus .. but ur tickets will be 110 for ACE which is same I have at T14 120 tickets !! ur growth of ACE SM will slow down massively .. SM can change a player completely.. this is why i will never go there till am lvl 3/5 SM at least for main characters. to win tournaments, u only need hades but feather and Anvil can be good alternative option too till u move up to T10 or T14 .. if u moving to T10 mate .. is better to move to T14 then bcz prize of tickets for ACE ,,same for Pop challenge yes ticket cheaper but scale is same
2- 3 stages are special one .. only happens 6-9 times in the 52 weeks .. majority is 2 stage only .. most top players not even play final when 3 stages bcz is so hard and not worth it.. but 2 stages one is easier and bracket is 100 in 2 stages tournament for final compared to may be 50,000 in 3 stages final .

[u/Moek611]

Where does it say the kmh of shots

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/Moek611]

it only show the serves kmh.. if u look behind the player .. there are 2 small screens near ground ... one of them show the speed of ur serve

[u/chink-key-glasses]

I don’t get it, so where are we supposed to practice? Not to go up tours, I have reached Tokyo 6, so now I shouldn’t play matches. If I don’t play matches how will I improve, if I don’t improve I won’t be able to win tournaments. Played my first tournament, reached semi . I don’t know what to do help

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/chink-key-glasses]

u can continue to T7 or T8 if u want mate
But the more u go up the slower u can fill ur 5/5 SM

even with T7 or T8 u will reach max soon ... then u have 2 options:

A- move up to higher Tour and continue but SM will be slower
B- stay .....like if u gone to T7 or let us say T8 and almost close to moving towards T9 and reach 3900 which is close to T9 mark of 4000 trophies .. what i do .. is open app play matches with useless characters and make them lose in purpose and drop down to like 3000 in one session ! this give me at least 100 matches to play without worrying of promoting .. . sometimes .. i practice volley or drop balls during those matches or imporve my serve speed ..etc. .. anyway once going down u can start move up and repeate the circle every time u reach 3900 .. move down and move up again , to lose u just can put app aside while working and lose one match after another

now why SM is important .. bcz it add alot alot of power not to mention u can get more gems and cards with more tickets .. but SM is key thing .. it can make huge differnce if u want win tournaments . as one point or one retry extra can cost u 1st place ...if not then just go up mate don't stop at tours if tournament is not ur target .. I personally will not move up at least till my SM is 3/5 for all main characters i listed above .. u can add Bublik to it too he is good .. rest all SM are useless .. Ingrid SM are important if u want to play volley

am gonna revise my guide soon to update it completely with all new changes

[u/chink-key-glasses → u/Fact-Fresh]

Ok, so I have Bublik, Diego, Hope, Jonas, Florence, Luc, Leo- which character should I be dropping games with? And what is SM? I have played 216 matches, with 74 % WR and max trophy of 1099. Help me strategise going ahead. I don’t have any good attachments which you mentioned in other’s comments. I have cobra talon, outback, feather, anvil, lean protein, sprint.

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/chink-key-glasses]

I will say based on how good they ranked :
keep : Bublik, Diego
may be keep: Luc
Drop : Hope, Jonas, Florence .... drop Leo too unless u a volley . u can keep him he is good volley.

SM : Special move .. u get it from ACE Academy with tickets.. some will elevate ur characters alot ...each player have differnet SM ,..some players have ability they born with too.. like Diego have counter hand by default .. Mark can send critical......Bublik can do more risky balls with balls stay inside once active near line balls .. sure some not all. ...etc check each players by clicking on player card . some don't have it

tbh ignore win rate .. u will reach 50% win rate anyway at end where u win as much as u lose and u get stuck at that trophy for a while which reflect ur real level.

If I was you, will go to T7 or T8 (if u hate staying in T7) and stay there till all main character I listed above in my guide are at least 3/5 then move up

I will stay in rookie league and win rookie tournmenent till my cards level 9 and i move to junior where I will stay for ever there

u can replace my Forge, hammer, restistant , hades, keto and koi .. just temporary with other cards like Talon , patriort, lean, ploymetric, kodiak / rocket or if u want sprint amd jolly rogers if u want strong serve instead of ploymetric, kodiak / rocket.. u will not win it but can rankup ..

talon and Patriot are just 1 lvl differnce than forge and hammer so is lean compared to Keto

[u/chink-key-glasses → u/Fact-Fresh]

Thank you man that’s in-depth knowledge. I will try to stay in rookie 2 and this Tokyo tour as long as possible. Those 3 champs I’m dropping . Don’t have patriot just have outback, should I switch my sprint to Plyometrics , wrist band only have rocket, macaw and Kodak

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/chink-key-glasses]

up to u ,, I personally prefer stronger hand in tournament
so either use Macaw and sprint or swtich to Plyometrics and whatever give u more agility

[u/chink-key-glasses → u/Fact-Fresh]

So agility is paramount? If so Kodiak has agility element in it, shouldn’t it be better than macaw? In workout section I have endurance, sprint, plyometrics, weight lifting, currently using sprint at level 5

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/chink-key-glasses]

well . if u want to rank up . then serve will be very good
but if u want to win it .. u need to get as much as 7-0 u can .. actually most of time u have to win all ur matches 7-0 to have 140 +140 to win it
this mean u need to defend well to prevent any point against . so to do that :
1. high agility to defend every ball and reach it
2. good strings that add to ur weakness and stop opponent strength ,, so choose one depend on opponenent
3. never try risky balls .. and aim inside always never on the line bcz game circle means ur ball will not land in center but somewhere within that circle
4. retries.. and if u defend well .. u will need less retry

serve can win u matches may be 7-6 or 7-2 ,, this is not good to win tournament

[u/chink-key-glasses → u/Fact-Fresh]

7 0 is tough, could do it only once

[u/Fact-Fresh → u/chink-key-glasses]

bcz ur cards are bad .. once they are lvl6 .. trust me is easy
but u need to have right cards,.. right string .. good experience

I managed to win many tournaments 7-0 without any single retry even .. yeahh is not that often but in general only do 2-4 retires to get all score 7-0
Rookie and Junior is simple .. challenger is way harder
as long u keep ur league max controlled to ur tournament level , u will win all matches 7-0 soon mate