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This happened not long after the Darkness Deception guerrilla collaboration.

"Let’s be honest. None of us on the Winter Team can win on physical skills alone."

One day, after finishing a stream, I gathered my teammates and said this to them.

"So, let’s set a new goal: winning with strategy."

"Strategy? You mean using our brains instead of physical skills?"

"Exactly."

I nodded.

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In my opinion, there are three key elements in games: physical skill, strategic thinking, and game sense.

Out of those, physical skill refers to reaction time and control mastery.

But expecting our team of beginners to excel at that would be impossible.

Game sense, on the other hand, refers to micro-level decision-making.

For example, when an enemy attack comes your way, do you dodge to the left or the right?

Someone with high reaction speed wouldn’t care about the direction—they’d just dodge. Game sense is about quickly judging which option is most beneficial at that moment. Like if the exit is closer on the left, you’d instinctively dodge left.

But it’s unrealistic to expect game sense from my team either.

So, that leaves us with strategy.

Strategy, or strategic thinking, involves macro-level decision-making. It’s about setting a big-picture goal and direction, then analyzing the situation and crafting a detailed plan from there.

"Closing the gap in experience and skill will be tough. The seniors have been playing Labyrinthos much longer than we have."

However, there was one thing we could surpass them in.

Our understanding of Arcade Mode was about the same as theirs.

After all, Arcade Mode had only been patched in recently.

"The only way we can win is by thoroughly researching and analyzing Arcade Mode."

"Thorough research and analysis... doesn’t that seem impossible?"

Sora tilted her head at my words.

"Arcade Mode changes its victory conditions every round. Not to mention the maps change too. How are we supposed to research and analyze all that?"

"Well, we’ll have to rely on collective intelligence."

"...Wait, are you saying we need to play Arcade Mode every single day until the tournament?"

Inagika was horrified.

I shook my head.

"How much data could the four of us possibly gather? And as aspiring aristocrats, we need to know how to delegate tasks, not do everything ourselves."

"But... we’re not actually aristocrats..."

"Tell your viewers to send screenshots of Arcade Mode through a Go-gle form."

All of us 6th-gen members had a subscriber count of at least four digits.

Of course, not all of them would respond, but it would still be far more data than the four of us could gather on our own.

On top of that—

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We gathered data from our own gameplay, the data our viewers sent us, the info from the Labyrinthos forums, and even watched other streamers’ Arcade Mode broadcasts.

Thanks to all that, we managed to collect a significant amount of data, and analyzing that data fell to me.

"It’s possible to solo the Guardian."

After creating a custom room and defeating the Guardian a few times, I came to that conclusion.

"S-Solo the Guardian?"

"Yes. Though, not every character can do it."

The boss monsters in Arcade Mode, aside from the Guardian, weren’t particularly difficult.

After all, Arcade Mode was a 3v3 game. The difficulty was set so that three players could defeat the bosses without much trouble.

So while it took some time, even two players could handle it, and with certain characters, it was possible to solo.

‘A Martial Artist could solo the Guardian reliably.’

The Martial Artist is a character with a sub-tank role.

The key feature of the Martial Artist is Counter.

When the Martial Artist uses Counter, they become invincible for a short time. During that window, any attack they receive is reflected back at the enemy, making them a parry-focused character.

With plenty of invincibility frames, solid damage output, self-healing abilities, excellent dodge skills, and decent mobility, the Martial Artist seemed almost overpowered.

But of course, there were clear weaknesses. Since they fight with martial arts, they struggle with range, lack crowd control abilities, and due to the nature of Counter, their playstyle is quite passive.

"Inagika, you’ll practice the Martial Artist."

"M-Me?!"

I nodded.

It wasn’t asking for much.

The Martial Artist was indeed a character that required good piloting skills, but that only applied when facing human opponents.

Against monsters with predictable patterns, it was more about learning than anything else.

Inagika had a tendency to panic in high-pressure moments, so it would be better for her to focus on one-on-one boss fights.

Thus, for the first round of the opening match, as planned, I took the most important pick: the Martial Artist.

As for the other two characters, they just needed to distract the enemy and hold them off.

Chel would use the Hunter with its excellent escape abilities.

Sora would play the Dark Knight with strong disruption skills.

And Inagika, left alone, would take down the Guardian by herself.

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