Block Tales - linebounce_advance.mp4

how to break damage pt2:
step 1: get 10 bux and get ante up (shady figure)
step 2: get baller (roadtown card shop)
step 3: apple pie (edit: can't buy these anymore, rip. if you still have one, you have one of the last few to exist.)
step 3.5: make sure you have at least 10 BP (5 for ante, 4 for baller, one for linebounce)
step 4: dodgeball everything in sight with your free +2 ATK (and hopefully an opening strike buff
so since i got feedback saying "use ante up and baller" i eventually caved and said "screw it we ball"/hj
no but really this setup was a lot more fun to use than i'd thought but im keeping it on file 2 and not my main
and no, im not going to do an ante up knight build. i value my sanity and dont want to spend half my money on robars.
thumbnail and opening cutscene by: me!
comments in the opening from: four of you!
music used:
persona 3 reload - it's going down now (sped up by 16% because timing with battle stuff)
persona 3 (not reload) - after the battle
xenoblade chronicles 2 - you will recall our names

[@GSFigure]

Thorns and Ante Up are the duo of perfect timing for great reward.

[@vortexmaster6934]

god forbid there be a row of enemies without anti-ball

[@kritikalmatix]

dynamite

[@thelocalguest]

"im not gonna sugarcoat it." ahh moment

[@GarciaGamingFR]

meanwhile, knight mains, crying in the corner because they only have a single air attack, can't attack multiple enemies with a single attack, and have to use items like Bomb or Storm Tea to replicate the power of Linebounce:

[@Zandhark]

As a knight main i rely on my teamate and do nothing until a statue appears

[@rsodrealm]

..watching this video i realised how "knight mains are meant for damage output while baller mains are made for crowd control and debuffs" was completely wrong

[@GarciaGamingFR]

@@rsodrealm I mean, knight mains are pretty good. Unless you wanna attack an enemy in the back. Or if you wanna deal damage to all enemies. Or if there's a group of only flying enemies. (jokes aside, it's completely wrong because baller can hit every enemy except for the sharp enemies pretty sure, which there's only like two of ingame anyways.)

[@rsodrealm]

@@GarciaGamingFR sword toss fixes most of these issues

[@Sandstheskeleton]

⁠@@rsodrealmthat’s literally the point of both classes though?? knight has power stab which baller doesn’t have an equivalent to, and same for linebounce

[@_Meta.]

this is the reason spiked enemies exist

[@supsy]

even so, in preview #1 on the official channel theres a card called "cannonball" makes the ball last even on spiked enemies, and it's a confirmed passive so that means it applies to all ball attacks afaik linebounce stays winning even later in the game

[@FudgeFace-kt7wx]

​@@supsy less go, sword be looking worse and worse by the day

[@frostburn3730]

​@@FudgeFace-kt7wxi do hope a similar passive card comes for sword to deal with flying enemies, or at least having cannonball reworked into an active card. i don't think one class should overpower the other overall, they both have their merits. in the game's current state, knight seems to be optimised for concentrated damage while baller is optimised for crowd control, and both have counters that can be overrided with certain cards (sword throw for flying enemies and the upcoming cannonball for spiky enemies). idk though i main knight so i'm probably biased

[@FudgeFace-kt7wx]

@@frostburn3730 NGL I do hope if you set up your cards right both classes (weapons), could be op, cause that's just the fun of it

[@ysabellesito1712]

​@@frostburn3730 hint hint, sword toss

[@thatdog1103]

Using the pie and tickle stick with baller and ante up, you can do 12 to the sentient statues, allowing you to kill them in one turn if you don't count the setup

[@nobody..--.]

If you have a second person in battle you can speed up the setup

[@TheArbitration]

I’m not gonna sugarcoat it

[@StormArtificial]

4 statues :🗿 Apple Pie :🗿🥱 Tickle Stick: 🗿🤨 LineBounce: 🗿🙁 Baller: 🗿☹️ Ante Up 🪨

[@Somersnadomguy]

Also the statues facing the same combo in hard mode: 🗿😂

[@Sans-the-truely-gamer]

spike opponent:🎃

[@ANewtStart]

Just when you thought a line bounce can’t get anymore broken, it can be.

[@supsy]

tutorial terry doesn't stand a chance/j (besides, theyre nerfing apple pies and tickle sticks. how sad./srs)

[@Noobie2496]

@@supsyhow do I get baller card

[@Sen_konoha917]

​@@Noobie2496buy it from the guy at roadtown (the right one)

[@eggthedark]

NEWT ABOUT THT THEY ADDED A CARD THAT DISABLES BALL DISABILITIES

[@ANewtStart]

@@eggthedark I am aware, Supsy has shown me it. BALLERS WILL BE BALLIN HARDER! Now we wait for “LineBounce_Mastered.mp4”

[@vortexmaster6934]

fun fact: that final rat linebounce did a total of 72 damage! and considering linebounce "bounces" twice on a single target(when no other enemies are present) thats abt 36 single target dps

[@Sandstheskeleton]

no, since the second hit still deals a single damage, similar to the normal ball

[@iamyourmaster2565]

It only hit them once.

[@xxcorerozxx9057]

It will bounce twice on the same enemy, but it will do one damage because they didn’t want you to have fun…

[@xxcorerozxx9057]

It only happens when there is only one target. Basically you’re wasted to SP for the same amount of damage that you would’ve done with no SP

[@xxcorerozxx9057]

But hey, when there is a line of enemies that’s where the fun begins. Just pray to God that the first enemy isn’t a sharp if that’s the case. Well use a damage item just to get rid of the first anime, then fun time, but most likely the rest of them is gonna be low so you might as well use another, basically you don’t get fun either way

[@eggthedark]

we're getting nerfs with this one 🗣🔥

[@supsy]

just wait until they add the cannonball card (spikes will no longer affect the ball) and danger player strats nothing but buffs babyyyy

[@pato-bb2vg]

The devs actually did it in demo 2 lol

[@supsy]

@@pato-bb2vg Yep. And I have it. My revenge couldn't have come sooner on those spiked enemies...

[@SomerandomTBRplayer]

1:17 Suspy: oh no Snnory bear: Shut up!

[@DoneThatSeenThat]

2:36 you forgot the Defense Down to do 15 damage, and fire damage item for 16, and poison (knight friend) to do 17 to the statues.

[@71Torque]

Do the dynamite thing on the king with all of that stacked and a lot of those tickle sticks

[@hellchartfran756]

The Apple Pie IS coming back,but only after CH2 or CH3. Also, it is getting nerfed along with some other items. Apple Pie: 2x DMG > +2 DMG

[@StormArtificial]

Sasly we cant get pie until chapter three and tickle stick is a luck thing from enemies

[@HikoNoMori]

how to beat the 4 statues

[@quinonesbalentin]

Keep eating apple pies

[@Jonskipvp]

guard, counter, dodge

[@double_me0]

Storm tea

[@zachcruz7108]

I think i have baller so i guess imma see what enemy i can defeat first then if i fail imma do that strat.

[@TheArbitration]

Bro tried to blow up the rat

[@coolguymandudeD]

2:16 - 2:32 those rats are aiming somewhere silly

[@Ezoc]

rats trying to make a nest in that naval

[@unfunny392]

how do you even get linebounce😭

[@tsegatesfu9002]

Smugpines ;I dont think so

[@KaydanWestfall]

now add tickle stick for an extra 3 damage xd

[@acid9033]

you can linebounce on 1 single target. dear god imagine the single target dmg

[@gatodebendy]

how i get ante up

[@Isaacgonn98]

It costs 10 bux. Use a guide to get them, I did it.

[@Protracier]

They need reinforced ball

[@supsy]

original paper mario has a badge called spike shield that makes your jump safe on spikes. we have to get a version for the dodgeball, one of the dev trailers confirmed showed a cannonball card which makes the ball immune to spikes. we get spike shield in chapter 2 of paper mario. hopefully we get cannonball in chapter 2 here!

[@danielosh5259]

How you even hit 4 enemies i can only hit 2

[@bruh-it1or]

they used linebounce card, not the normal ball ability

[@danielosh5259]

@@bruh-it1or k

[@averageslapbattlesplayer53]

how to get apple pie? i cant buy it in that shop, because its dont appear

[@supsy]

for some reason they removed the apple pies from the roadtown shop, maybe they're readding them in ch2 or so. it's likely gone because apple pies let you beat ch1 boss in 3-4 turns instead of being an actual challenge, hence why they're nerfing it.

[@Icraveoreos9]

@@supsyThey replaced for a magnifying glass that shrinks the enemy and their damage is only half

[@Sandstheskeleton]

@@Icraveoreos9that was always there though

[@Icraveoreos9]

@@Sandstheskeleton oh yea

[@Icraveoreos9]

@@Sandstheskeleton where do you get tickle stick

[@JustCallMe_Tonk]

Is the ante up a card?

[@supsy]

yep! bought from the shady figure in bizville for 10 bux.

[@redactedcookies5360]

How do I get pie?

[@FNaFTheory2011]

You can get the pie by getting magnifying glass and helping the giant in ye olde inn on roadtown

[@Kebab5769]

ante up is better with knight....

[@supsy]

you know, in a sense you're right. having ante up and knight makes power stab on par with dynamite but is 1 SP cheaper. ...on the other hand, the ball has much more versatility at the moment, including basically a boardwipe if you get an opening strike. once there's an aoe sword skill (like quake hammer from paper mario) is when i'll consider ante up and knight, but for now im happy with how things are.

[@calebgomez6742]

69th sub

[@Pac-Fire]

i'm so sad, the ante up nerf made baller really hard to use

[@supsy]

i mean just get better with the timing and youre golden it might feel inconsistent at first but hey ante up takes getting used to (and feels miserable when using sword/dynamite/slingshot/rocket boots from my personal experience)

[@dexter7699]

am not gonna sugar coat it strickle first + ant up+ linebounce