How To Get A-TECs in Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories [Tutorial]

This video shows the requirements to get the A-TEC rank in Forbidden Memories, as quickly and easily as possible.
This is actually a remake of an old tutorial I made many years ago. I remade it because the old video sucked and this one doesn't (I think).
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Example Duels:
Method 1 (4 effective attacks): • (Method 1) 4 Effective...
Method 2 (4 magics): • (Method 2) 4 Magics A-...
Method 3 (5 equips): • (Method 3) 5 Equips A-...
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[@TuringMachine001]

Requirements to learn how to A-tec: - watch this video one time (or more) - have some patience (or more) - have one brain (or more)

[@MagicBarrier16]

Yeah, because watching a droning 7-minute video requires "patience." People who watch streamers are brainddead.

[@christopherhenderson8880]

😂

[@Voltix15]

Thank you for this guide! I’ve been revisiting FM lately and this has made the grind for Megamorph actually really fun and engaging!

[@Dondeath]

Great Video GFC! I enjoy seeing someone showing my childhood some love with FM. Keep up the good work!

[@luchosammet]

Great video GFC, I've recently been inspired by you to try 15 card runs myself and these tutorials will help me a lot! Thank you!

[@federicodallangelo46]

Nice vid!! yes this video is better than the old one, this one is more clear and it has a fast guide to A-tec in 3 min of vid you are able to A-tec. Well done GFC!

[@Hanesboi]

This video is amazing omg. Concise and very logical. Thank you for making it for this old ass game!

[@ryanwood6754]

God this game really did make it impossibly difficult to get cards. Some requiring max number of stars, a tec and random rng of card pullout

[@stevenbohlen347]

After nearly 600 S Power ranks in free mode i still dont have fucking MBD

[@thales3772]

@@stevenbohlen347 I got 4 MBD in 170 duels with Meadow Mage, but can't for the life of me pull a single Megamorph from Pegasus or a single THTD from Heishin in 150+ duels. This game is wonderful but the RNG is just cruel, hahaha.

[@Clarke2316]

@@thales3772 I was like woah he got none out of 600, so turned it on my vita for 30 minutes and got another MBD from low meadow lol only my second though in 116 duels, just need 1 more!

[@OsuOverlord]

I s pow ranked the low meadow mage 200 tiles now and still no MBD

[@notgedd]

​​@@OsuOverlord Try Jono 2nd. I got 2 MBD and 3 REBD from him.

[@ExDefecit]

Hey mate, don't know if you still read comments here but I wanted to say thank you so much for this guide. I've come back to this game after many years playing it as a kid and it's the first time I got my hands on a megamorph after a-teching pegasus only 8 times!

[@gabrielilloasesino]

Nice! It's a 3.3% drop rate after all

[@gimmeonion]

love it GFC, thanks for the tutorial!

[@funkyfut]

Nice video GFC, saw the making of and that's a lot of work. Also i've learned a lot about the game watching your streams keep it up fam

[@Deehalf]

Thanks for the video!

[@originalkingdomhearts]

I grew up with this game as a kid, it's a mess and breaks all the rules but i still love it. and the music is amazing.

[@greedgreed4411]

Thanks for this bruddaa

[@GFC_FM]

no problem bub

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

This game desperately needs a remake.

[@RarecuisineGaming]

looks up forbidden memories music for nostalgia sees a forbidden memories video uploaded 1 day ago?!?!

[@CyborgSelZero]

Small question: If your face-down Attack Position Monster gets attacked and the attacker is destroyed (as seen at 2:05), does that count as an effective attack?

[@nin7357]

Tysm

[@academicbonsai]

Great video, do you know if these methods work in the Forbidden Memories 2 Brazil mod? I’m playing through and assuming the base game is essentially the same, except for new cards and characters

[@ToshiLM92]

The problem is: you need a trap for get an A-tec, but it's very difficoult win a trap card without get an A-tec. Mind blowing.

[@GFC_FM]

It's actually extremely easy to get a trap without ATECing, easier in fact. BCD against Pegasus gives you a 64/2048 chance for Acid Trap Hole. BCD against Kaiba gives you an 80/2048 chance for Acid Trap Hole. Not to mention Bear Trap from Rex and Weevil, Invisible Wire from Mai, Keith, and Bakura, and Widespread Ruin from Isis. All of this without ATEC, just on normal ranks. Those drop rates on Pegasus and Kaiba are extremely high in the grand scheme of things, especially the 80 on Kaiba. Normally when we do runs, we make sure to BCD everyone in World Tournament on our way to Pegasus, and I'd say 75% of the time we have a trap before we even reach him. And if we don't, we almost always have one before the end of World Tournament. And even if we don't then, it never takes more than a few free duels to grab one. I'd recommend Pegasus BCD, because not only is a 64 chance at a trap very high, but he can also drop Dragon Treasure on BCD. Kaiba has a higher chance for the trap alone, but no good equips drop, so we tend to look to Pegasus BCD for traps since it's killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

[@Loli_Miku39]

@@GFC_FM Holy shit thanks for the info i was struggling trying to get a trap card for the A-Tec and didnt know if it was possible getting traps on BCD-Tec. ❤

[@23igna]

​@@GFC_FM but do you BCD? You mean Pow ? Or tec?

[@gabrielilloasesino]

@@23igna Both Pow/Tec have the same drops!

[@Santouryu3]

One crucial thing I've learned today is *NEVER* throw away Raigeki when a MBD gets summoned on the field during an A-tech farming...

[@CyborgSelZero]

In my casual playthrough I didn't even have Raigeki. I lost many A-Tecs to top deck MBDs.

[@MauZangetsu]

Hell yeah, papa

[@ronalifico]

thanks after a few tries I got megamorph TT

[@TheJoker-fv7lb]

What would be a ideal deck? I can’t balance fusions. I’m going for the power up and magic plays so I have to only do 10 fusions etc. also how do you spell lock Pegasus, keeps raigekiing me to hell

[@verbatim7508]

Just trying to A-tec Pegasus for that Megamorph, and I got every requirement down before he just feather dustered my one trap card away. I hate this game so much lmao. At least with deck-outs I don't have to keep track of anything. edit: On my second try, my one trap card was the last card in the deck, so there's no way for it to get triggered without decking out. The game hates me more than I hate it.

[@GFC_FM]

He won't feather duster you if you continue to keep his field cleared. Make sure you destroy the monster he plays every single turn. If Pegasus has 0 monsters on the field when it's his turn, he must play a monster, thus you avoid getting feather dustered.

[@verbatim7508]

@@GFC_FM This worked like a charm (still took 3 hours though, lmao). Thanks for the help!

[@toastywozzy]

Im struggling with the 15 fusions. Cant get a deck that allows me to get 15 fast fusions without sacrificing major time on a speedrun

[@Practicalinvestments]

So I just wanted to point out that my deck actually can’t fulfill all the requirements however i was still getting a tecs (just looked up to see exactly how i was getting them now im confused) So im not sure you need all the requirements listed Mostly i was doing a lot of fusing and equiping and a couple magics like raigeki but no trap cards and definitely having more then 3 cards

[@GFC_FM]

There are other ways to get atecs other than the 3 methods I listed, the 3 methods I listed are just the fastest and easiest. If you check the neoseeker link and do the math on your duel rank points, and compare against whatever you did in the duels, I'm sure you'll see you were meant to get the atec

[@Practicalinvestments]

@@GFC_FMok thank you I was very confused, ugh I hate that I have to for some cards, So idk what I am doing wrong I will tell you my duel screen exactly I got a B tec I had 19 combo plays 2 - face down plays 15 - initiate fusion 5 - equip magic 1 - change field 1 - pure magic 1 - trigger trap 7000 Lp on the dot exactly And exactly 0 cards left (Opponent had 16 *bandit keith for more information*) Maybe you can tell me what I missed here Im honestly so confused is there some other time limit or other limit im not getting? Edit: nvm FOR FUCKS SAKE i see now that it has to be UNDER 7000 lp not equal to or less than so that was what went wrong

[@pj7308]

I saw in a forum that someone said it’s faster to do - 7 traps - < 3 cards left - 9 turns - 1 equip/1magic/5fusions + < 7k LP or -

[@GFC_FM]

7 traps is another method but is generally slower than the 3 methods I mentioned in this video, mainly because it takes a very long time to actually ACTIVATE seven traps.

[@kevinmithnick9993]

For effective attracts you can sacrifice a low def point card in defense position. Some opponents can't resist temptation to blow that card, in next turn you will have that oponente card in attack position. You just have to Make sure you have a card with at least 2200 atk points or More. But the more atk power the faster your oponent life points will last

[@DagothUr2002]

0:01 how do you change card drops?

[@Andrettyroller]

x2 That is even more impressive

[@kevinmithnick9993]

It's a game mod version that give you 15 cards per drop. Just Google it

[@didikkaiser5767]

What if i use 4 magic, 5 equip, 10 fusion nine turn pass, but no trap card, or face down card play cant i get and a tech ?

[@GFC_FM]

no

[@vincenzobarbato511]

Yes but how u were changing the winned card? It was amazing

[@JudgeVenat]

called a mod where u can win 5 /10 or 15 cards at once check out papa gfcs channel for the link

[@JackJackKcajify]

Look can you get A tec without traps? cus i got an A tec one time with my same deck, with goblin fan. But now i can only get Bs. same deck. all other requirements fulfilled. i dont understand. only 1 a tec and 9 b tecs. this is frusturating/

[@pauloing1pauloing167]

01:36 click here to start the video

[@johnmoser9731]

If you play Dragon Capture Jar and there are no dragons on the field does it still count as playing a magic card? I always wondered because I just threw all the magics and traps I had into the deck to get a higher chance of playing them. Also if Umi is already activated and I play Umi again will it still count as a magic being played?

[@GFC_FM]

Yes, it still counts as a magic use even if the magic doesn't actually do anything. This means you can use DCJ even if there's no dragons, or use Umi when the field is already Umi. You can also do things such as using Crush Card or Raigeki even if the enemy has no monsters out. When it comes to magics, just playing them counts as using them, regardless of effect. Traps, on the other hand, have to actually have their effect activated in order to count.

[@johnmoser9731]

@@GFC_FM Thanks for the info.

[@GFC_FM]

@@johnmoser9731 no problem, any other questions feel free to ask

[@johnmoser9731]

@@GFC_FM I think just one more. I prefer using the deck out method for Pegasus, I guess with my simple mind there's less variables to deal with. I heard using magic and trap cards against pegasus raises your chances of getting a magic card if you deck him out. Is that true? And what's an ideal number of spells I should use in a duel against him?

[@joesuperfly21]

@@johnmoser9731 False.

[@jamrodgers121]

I have a question. I've been able to stumble upon an A tec without activating my own trap(dont have any.) No clue how.

[@BreathlessGrim]

Do you deck them out?

[@jamrodgers121]

@@BreathlessGrim wouldn't that be an s tec? No the opponent still had cards left.

[@BreathlessGrim]

@@jamrodgers121 my bad lol it's 6 am here and I just noticed it said A tec.

[@Internet_Pirat]

i think u dont need trapcards for this, same thing happend to me

[@alsocalledKai]

Yeahh

[@ExploringWithMike69]

deck profile please

[@dtieubinh6726]

im stuck at this because my deck have 0 trap :

[@Internet_Pirat]

then do it without a trap

[@JackJackKcajify]

also goblin fan doesnt count as activating trap

[@GFC_FM]

It doesn't? I never knew that, but I'm pretty sure it does if you actually get the effect to activate. But I'm not sure who you're atecing that can actually get goblin fan to activate, Pegasus doesn't have any direct LP damage magics, nor do the people you would commonly atec. Goblin Fan is basically never used, so yeah, if it truly doesn't count as a trap when it's actually activated, then that's interesting and I didn't know that. Although I am not sure I believe that it doesn't count. I'll do some testing and see

[@7095Sean]

Okay this is bugging me what trap cards do we use? Like there isn't any trap cards except the ones you get for s tec

[@GFC_FM]

You can use, for example, Invisible Wire or Acid Trap Hole. You can win invisible wire on normal BCD ranks against Mai, Keith, and Bakura. Acid Trap Hole, which is the better option, you can win from Pegasus on normal B, C, or D ranks, at quite a high chance as well. You can also win it from Kaiba BCD at an even higher chance. You can also win Widespread Ruin from Isis on normal BCD ranks, but the odds are lower.

[@7095Sean]

@GFC_FM thank you this has been helpful.

[@Thedarksenshi]

I've been following everything for the 4 effective attack A-Tec and yet I've been constantly getting B-Tecs

[@GFC_FM]

When you finish a duel, check the Duel Stats screen (pressing left or right on the dpad when it shows you your drop). That screen will list everything you did during the duel, compare that list to the list I provided. If they match, you got an atec. If they don't, you won't. I guarantee if you're not getting an atec, those lists won't match. But by checking you can see what you're missing

[@raidchaser443]

Pegasus ALMOST never fuses. He uses Feather Duster on your traps. Acid Trap Hole CANNOT stop Meteor B Dragon,his STRONGEST card. A Twin Head Thunder Dragon(A pow win against Heishin 1) with Umi as Field & Horn of Light(Dragon treasure,beast fangs,invigoration & Dark energy fixes THIS PROBLEM.)gets rid of MBD (You'll probably get hit by parrot dragon or Bickuribox and lose LP changing field to Umi at opening turn.). He'll probably Raigeki your Twin Head as counter on next turn. After that,play Skull Knight,Dark Magician or MBD...(wait until he plays a monster that attacks one of your WEAKER cards under 2000 atk,then destroy it...4 times. Use Goblin's secret remedy if under 6000 lp by fusing 2 red medicine cards or having the ACTUAL card in deck. Pure magic requirement met.) You DON'T have widespread ruin so early...

[@GFC_FM]

1.) Whether or not AI fuses is something that can be mildly controlled. If you completely wipe the opponents side of the field of monsters, and you have face up monsters on your side of the field, the AI will be forced to play a monster without fusing. This means, under these circumstances, they can't play magics, they can't play traps, and they can't fuse. They can only play a monster from their hand. This is why during ATECs we always kill whatever monster the AI plays on their turn. It prevents them from doing some bullshit that fucks up the atec, like playing raigeki or feather duster or fusing. 2.) For the feather duster part, see number 1. Can't play it as long as you keep his field clear and you have face up monsters on your side of the field. Speedrunner do thousands and thousands of ATECs, this is why you'll never see feather duster played against any of them. 3.} Peggy playing MBD is exceedingly rare. Acid trap works under the vast majority of duels, and if it's all you have it's absolutely more than fine. Of course widespread or fake trap is safer/better, but they're harder to get. Even if you only have Bear Trap, it's still worth trying, because ATEC drops against him are just that good 4.) I mean, the method of overcoming MBD certainly works, there are just easier ways to go about it. But regardless, MBD is not that huge of a problem here. It's rare to be played against you, so on the off chance it happens, either use your raigeki if you draw it, or just kill yourself and try again. If this was happening often then yeah that would suck and be super inconvenient and inconsistent. But it's rare enough that it shouldn't be a consistent issue. Over the course of 100 ATECs it definitely could be, larger sample size so more duels in general having an MBD played. But honestly if you have a deck with no widespread, not many twin headed fusions, not many equips, you probably won't want to be doing huge amounts of ATECs against Pegasus anyway, you'll do a couple, win some good stuff, and problem solved before the whole "law of large numbers" thing comes into play for MBD being played. So yeah, I'd honestly recommend hanging out in some FM speedrun streams and asking some questions, I think you'll be pretty surprised at the level of knowledge that exists for this game these days. The entirety of the games code has basically been studied and is well understood, so directly from the games code we understand exactly how everything works, and hundreds of people have spent thousands and thousands of hours developing the best strategies using this intimate knowledge of the games code.

[@raidchaser443]

​@@GFC_FM(to #5 in your reply)...NO. I'm not a DAMN NOOB. I did this ish 20 years ago,way before KZbin OR you posting. My comment was EXCLUSIVELY based on Pegasus. Mid game BEFORE Mage run...(1st duel) & free duel (most of you WON'T farm Heishin 1st. "He is too TOUGH.")I farmed him for THTD,Stone D. Mystical Sand,Dragon Seeker to beef up deck BEFORE mage run. Pegasus became LESS of a threat after I did this....speedrunners won't DARE try EITHER Heishin,Sebek,Neku(Zoa & Metalzoa) & Seto 3rd to farm. I NEVER CARED about how FAST you beat a game...I'll attempt to get 100% completion rate.NOT BASED on achievements(how MODERN consoles work). You WILL REACT BADLY & have an attitude about it...

[@borag2564]

i dont understand why your getting so many cards after each duel -_-

[@victorfernandez5714]

I can't ever get past B Tec with these strategies. Perhaps I'm missing something. But I have every single requirement post game. I've wasted more time on these methods than drawing out the opponents cards lol

[@GFC_FM]

Make sure you check the duel stats screen and check every single requirement one by one. Including 9 turns passing. If you want, tell me exactly what stats the duel stats screens say and I can tell you what's wrong

[@victorfernandez5714]

@GFC_FM My mistake, I forgot I HAVE to take damage, the 1000 LP was my one mistake 😅

[@JackJackKcajify]

why would you keep all of your traps on field when pegasus uses harpies feather duster? i just blew my a tec trying to imitate you

[@GFC_FM]

Because the AI cannot play traps as long as you keep their field clear. If you just destroy all monsters on the AI field, they are literally incapable of playing feather duster, so there is no risk. This is also why, if you are at the very beginning of an atec (like the first turn or 2), and you can't wipe the opponents field yet, you shouldn't play any of your magics/traps/etc face down until you can wipe their field.

[@GFC_FM]

This video doesn't explain exactly how the AI works during duels and sort of assumes a loose understanding of common mechanics the AI has. But I can definitely see people making this mistake if they aren't aware of how the AI works in relation to when they will use magics and when they won't. You'll notice during my atecs that I always destroy the monster being played each turn by the opponent, even though it wastes time. I do this for that exact reason: As long as your opponent has no monsters on the field when it's their turn, they are FORCED to play a monster. There are some situations where this isn't true (like if you ALSO don't have any monsters on your field, then they can play magics, or if they already have a magic face down then they can flip it at any time, so you have to be very careful if you let the AI get a magic face down).

[@JackJackKcajify]

@@GFC_FM thank you for responding. After many failed attempts and frustration i finally found the method needed. I did the 10 magic card method. I just use them each turn so they dont get sweeped off. i get 4 effective attacks. But its really tough becausde u need to figure out how AI works with the rageki and effective attacks. SO it took me a long time and was frusturating. Also i think its just under an A rank with the method without trap that just does 5 magic and 4 effective attack. i checked screen and it all added up but still B rank. i can now do a tecs.

[@JackJackKcajify]

@@GFC_FM yea but the biggest problem is manipulating the enemy into attack position to get super effective attack. Cus then you need to worry about rageki and how much damage you take. since he only or 97% of time only use rageki after a round passes in attack mode for him.

[@GFC_FM]

@@JackJackKcajify The 5 magic 4 effective attack 0 trap method? I don't think that's a method in this video, as you're correct, that would not give you an atec. This video explains 3 methods, which are the most commonly used 3 methods for atecs in the Forbidden Memories community: Method 1 - 4 effective attacks (this method will use 4 effective attacks, 1 magic, 1 equip, and 1 trap, along with all of the other requirements that apply to all 3 methods such as 15 fusions, 3 or less cards remaining, 1 face down, etc) Method 2 - 4 magics (this method will use 4 magics, 0 effective attacks, 1 equip, and 1 trap, along with all other requirements) Method 3 - 5 equips (this method will use 1 magic, 0 effective attacks, 5 equips, and 1 trap, along with all other requirements) So all 3 methods I've described in this video will always have the following requirements: - 1 trap - 15 fusions - 3 cards remaining or less - 9 turns or more - Less than 7000 LP remaining - 1 facedown Those requirements apply to ALL 3 methods, and then each method uses a different combination of effective attacks, magics and equips (as those 3 requirements are somewhat interchangeable). So I am not sure where you got 5 magics and 4 effective attacks and 0 traps from, but you're correct that that method will not work. You COULD do 4 magics and 4 effective attacks, and then you can get rid of either the equip use (0 equips used), or you can lower the amount of fusions done to just 10 (with 1 equip used), but a trap is required for all of it. Using 1 trap is basically the "key" of doing fast ATECs, as it lowers your rank significantly (much more so than most other things do). I hope my comments have helped clear things up for you, good luck!

[@hihihi531]

I don’t even know how to get 1 trap card, to begin with

[@dannymelton7666]

you will love me once you click that link lol, BCD POW PEGASUS OR ISIS, do not A POW OR S POW

[@hihihi531]

@@dannymelton7666 lol ty

[@stevenbohlen347]

@@hihihi531 did this really helped?

[@game.memory2931]

I used Cheat Engine to make S, A TEC for fast 😂

[@GFC_FM]

why not just use it to get the cards you want to begin with at that point lol

[@kevinmithnick9993]

Game is modded. With those stats always gets +50...

[@GFC_FM]

what +50 what I am confused

[@GFC_FM]

by the way, the strategies shown in this video are performed every single day by every single speedrunner of Forbidden Memories and there are quite a few speedrunner of Forbidden Memories lmao

[@brodis66]

lmao rediculous

[@GFC_FM]

truly

[@irovera7642]

Just actívate 9 traps and lose with 0 carda no matter if u dump the resto 31 u Will hey a tec noob

[@GFC_FM]

see your local doctor