If Arknights became a competitive esport...

The Arknights PvP League is starting soon. Here is a sneak peak of what's to come.
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SDN Sydaske vs. SEGS Meltup. This set is part of the testing phase of the Arknights PvP League, a community-run competitive Arknights effort. During this match, the team names are for vanity purposes only, and we are still coming up with ideas on how to implement teams/clans into the final League. If you'd like to join the discussion and future test phases, join the discord and obtain the PVP role. More information here: tinyurl.com/ak...
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[@sydaske_]

Heyyy that's me :D Thanks again to LeSot for giving me the chance to play it was amazing! And I will win it next time, mark my words. In the mean time, I redid the non scuffed version of my runs if that's interesting to you.

[@galihdc968]

yo keep spirit bro💪

[@moodq7733]

Well said man hope to se ya next time

[@Znwarp]

Why the Chen bans?

[@matt65535]

Yeah, I'd understand Chen on WD-EX-8 due to the fart cloud stacking strat, but not sure why you'd do it otherwise.

[@sydaske_]

There were ways on some maps to make it easier by one shooting, or by dropping her S2 to either prevent a leak or finish the last few enemies and gain time on the finish. I didn't wanna let it happen as mine isn't built. Also most maps were easy so the bans weren't that impactful (only one ban in the whole thing was a problem for me)

[@dagon7259]

not even 20 seconds in and Vifer already proving he can't read. Meltup started in January of *2022* while Sydaske started in Feb of *2020. Meltup didn't start 1 month earlier, he started 23 months after*

[@blight1885]

23 months later and completely beats the guy playing since 2020 in both player level and operators, yikes.

[@Kitty-we6il]

en cant read kekw xD

[@lenoon3814]

I’m pretty sure that’s just a graphic typo, could be that he started in 2020 not 2022

[@johariothman9172]

@blight tbf.. sydaske probably quit arknight for sometime then come back

[@LawzarXR]

​@@blight1885 Bruh, he's a seasonal player he's ops are bit low level

[@DarrionDeeVee]

I can't express how enjoyable it was running the back end of the event. While it was quite a bit of work getting everything going, it was totally worth it being able to interact with the participants who really make this event happen. Hope you all enjoy the pvp matchup and we hope to bring more in the future to those of you that are interested in maybe taking part sometime :D

[@ranger_reveal9936]

This really does look like a fun project for sure. Like this has to be some fun shit going in the background when working with all of these folks.

[@xcjsmith5310]

Wait…. Are you the new mod ?

[@DarrionDeeVee]

​@@xcjsmith5310 Yes. Even though it was 9 months ago when Vifer accepted me to be one of his moderators, I am indeed the newest (along with another) Moderator for Vifer.

[@maicee7603]

thanks for the hard work!

[@sydaske_]

Darrion Gigachad

[@marsiumouse]

Big credit to all the players/backend staff for their efforts, and Vifer for cooking up this content This was genuinely entertaining as fuck to watch.

[@jackvalior]

A really cool showcase of the veteran in AK. I think a nice addition to this league would be a perma ban slot. So like, first match, ban 5 operators, but the first ban from either side will carry over for other team on top of their next ban. For example, first match: left ban Chalter, right ban Mlynar, then they proceed to ban the next 4 operators as usual. 2nd match: The Chalter and Mlynar are still banned, left ban Pozy, right ban NTR, then ban the next 4 operators again. 3rd match: Chalter, Mlynar, Pozy and NTR are banned, and they continue on and on till the end. So basically, each first ban from each side carry over on top of the 5 bans per match. This does limit newbie with non-built account but given the growing list of broken op like Texalter, it will force more forward thinking strategies and require a more diverse roster than just powering through.

[@Bestname_Ever]

not only that, but more variety of maps should be available as well. in a best of 3, maybe 7 maps? although it seems like gate maps are required, but i wonder if some non-boss maps but interesting event mechanics should be included as well?

[@thirion1850]

That's a great idea. Promoting not just speed, but creative clears, as well. It would make the drafting stage more complicated for the players too, as more and more obvious/brute force ops leave the pool.

[@forte609]

I think a point system would be better than the ban system IMHO. So drafts with lower level operators would be viable and smaller teams would work Maybe like the CC risk system? The more restrictions you take then the more points you get

[@dalgona4819]

A Ban system with a Hope system would be great IMO. Give them a set of points and a choice on operators to ban. With over 200+ operators, it's hard to find ways to actually hinder the opponent with bans unless it's CC or if the player has a niche. I think with a Hope system (like in IS2/IS3) players will have to strategize more on the operators that they will bring. For instance, lower rarity ops would be cheaper, and then 6-star operators more expensive). Someone else suggested a perma ban per round which IMO is also good~

[@riga2391]

I think that the "standard esports duel format" doesn't really fit arknights. It's deeply flawed from various perspectives and it's clear how most of the "esports things" are forced af, such as bans. Furthermore it looks like the p2w player is favored (a hope system would help but not solve the problem). I think that a better setup would see each player preparing a squad for a clear of a selected stage and then challenging the other player to clear the same stage with the same team (kinda like an attack/defend scenario), thus incentivizing the players to "study the game" and explore niche strategies to catch other players off guard. As far as scoring goes, it could be measured as the difference between the original clear time and the opponent clear time.

[@haryok8940]

​@@riga2391 I seen one fun tournament in Dota 2 where each team can chose 2 heroes that cannot be banned, but still can be picked by anyone

[@virgondust5562]

One way to make it interesting would be to have the operators being chosen one at a time between the 2 doctors and each op chosen by one would be unavailable to the other. Another way would be to ban ops that were used in previous rounds from being used in future rounds

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

I think it would be enjoyable beside ban... Here my thoughts: 1. Rarity points, the lower rarity OP's you used the more points you can get but minus by 10 for each 1 minutes the user takes to finishing stages, Here are points :1* is 200, 2* is 100, 3* is 50, 4* is 25, and 5 and 6 are 10 per each bringing them into roster Explaination: i have 12 OP's consists 3 robot, 2 two stars, 2 3 stars, and 3 5stars and 2 six stars. And i finished the stage in 3 minutes thus 1200+200+100+50-30.. that would be great since no one used robots and 2 star and 3 star, now they should reconsider...

[@AK_20]

They should make an Esports for arknights

[@ranger_reveal9936]

ong they really should, lmao, vifer doing a lot of justice with these kinds of potential

[@gonoki888]

pretty sure they did some of this in CN. I forgot what event or game mode was that.

[@dalgona4819]

@@gonoki888 closest thing I know is CN teams aiming for the highest risks in CC in various niches possible. It's kinda amazing learning that some of the tightest strategies around were actually done by a group of Doktahs

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

​@@Blaze18100actually... This is the reason PvP time attack match fun. We can see 1-5 stars OP's used just because to achieve impossible

[@RawPikachu]

@@dalgona4819 there's was a few games like this between 2 different clear groups on bilibili during a few CCs. There was also a is3 difficulty 15 tournament with some of the best players globally that they called the "Magic" cup

[@GrimoireLeSot]

Sydaske was a hired actor KEKW Jokes aside everyone did great during the competition, looking forward to future pvp events

[@sydaske_]

I'm only playing to be paid so you know that next time I'm winning it :D

[@moodq7733]

​@@sydaske_ my man that 10 ops and 4* runs where insane you played realy well and made a better show of compatitive game thats fun

[@xSh0uTx]

​@@moodq7733 I saw 3* in there as well

[@Shananiganeer]

Do more of this content, I'm loving Arknights as an eSport.

[@ezy3117]

This is a fun watch. Yeah a co caster would be great

[@Dr.GojoKun]

Arknights became a Esports competitive one dream will come true i hope one day that will happened btw interesting they both played well gg for both of them❤

[@ranger_reveal9936]

As always we can count on Mr. Vifer being able to make some epic content with some amazing editing layouts. Like I have to say these are some of the best and enjoyable content that I see from the arknight community, we are blessed to have people like Vifer being apart of this community and I only wish the best for you chief! Keep up the great content and I will be on Sydaskes support with that match.

[@teykimseong1370]

this is so intense, it gave me Texas alter

[@dreignknightaj]

This was really enjoyable to watch! I hope you do more of this. Just as a suggestion though they should have a timer rather than playing at the same time as a player with a better pc will win most of the time.

[@GoldTheAngel]

Not too long ago, Girls' Frontline had an Esports scene just like this. However, it would only really take place around story events as when they updated it, some really hard ranking maps were available for this kind of gameplay. It was so great to watch. This definitely reminds of me of that kind of magic during the opening days of GFL Esports.

[@shotsarelost7884]

This was genuinely entertaining to watch , thank you everyone !

[@littlejimmy6924]

This is really cool maybe a six star limit would be cool to add

[@kylanshireman2875]

Love these. They are always surprisingly exciting. It would be great to have some more commentators. Also, I don’t know if they are really doing the stage simultaneously or not, but it might be fun to do a time trial where we see the stages separately with a clock running. Mostly because I watch on my phone and it is hard to see everything. 😂

[@edwinford8553]

How long have you been playing Arknights? Me: Since the game launch So you must be good then? Me: nervous laugh

[@hazzer6617]

"Maybe młynar really is that good" xD nice Vifer. I mean ye he is propably the best dmg dealer if he stacks his passiv

[@SYCrash]

that was surprisingly entertaining. I did not think I'd enjoy this as much as I thought

[@Roman_the_black_cat]

Chapter 10: "nukes half the map" my Hoshi on that half: "takes 500 dmg" this but a scratch

[@lingerlights]

thank you Vifer for eventing arranging this.

[@jovanperisic3345]

Didn't know i wanted eSports for arknights, but now i do. Hope you do more videos like these, they are really fun

[@zrackodeco7698]

19:02 meltup throwing with that mudrock placement😭😭

[@meltup]

SO TRUE! I was so tunnel visioning on killing Manfred that the last two mobs didn't look like a threat. Placing Mudrock just one tile to the right would be a win. But, oh well, we would not get to do WD-EX-8 otherwise 😉

[@zrackodeco7698]

@meltup7283 well you still manage to win trough the match with that loss, congrats man

[@xZeke97]

That was awesome! I am totally watching more of this

[@SKS_Shadowkitty]

This was kinda scuffed, but still fun as hell to watch haha. Nice work. Definitely needs some rule tweaks though; and it would be brutal to see selections and bans possibly relegated by rarity-- something like only allowing three 6* selections in a team composition. That would take brute force off the table almost indefinitely and would stand to give lesser Ops and strats more spotlight.

[@mistress3847]

This was genuinely enjoyable to watch! Newcomers can learn lots of things while watching arknights in an esports perspective

[@AGleeBustHard69]

Gotta love the PVP arknights content this should become an actual IRL event for arknights like how pvp was made by the community for the game Catherine.

[@momomunsta8887]

I feel like the format should be 2 6 stars; 4 5 stars; 4 3/2 stars

[@habibiemeirufa422]

The right side just spamming 6* lol, left side more creative and his strat is so damn good

[@lofipolaroid9960]

This goes really hard at times!

[@kew8796]

AK PVP coming soon to a stream near you!

[@albox2161]

6-star should be limited to 1 operator to prevent brute force, along with 5* can only bring two or three of them.

[@danii_maciasr9866]

Damn, this was extremely good and exciting. Honestly, I did not think PVP arknights could be that neat.

[@Jojo-gf5qb]

Nice format, Would prefer the UI to focus more on the player's screen Current UI is too crowded for my liking Can definitely reduce the name and score UI and make it an overlay within the gameplay but still great format

[@projectsuiren]

What an amazing content, I've enjoyed it so much

[@denden6316]

The shoutcasting was nice, so much nice info for new players here

[@xddDracian]

This wouldn't be as exciting without that great casting of yours. Great work!

[@noctunecookingoil4172]

omg youve made me feel super excited with that casting style,if we have one more caster in this in would be fking lit

[@chaselot8019]

Bruh this was way more exciting than i initially thought it looks really fun, great video man.

[@ivanbssouza]

By a couple of days you mean a couple of years ? Would love to see that ! Was amazing !

[@revivrevalchn3503]

Applying a recruitment cost like in IS mode can also add some challenging to the match as well imagine after a banning phase, you only have a limitted amount of hope to pick your ops and then the first player who got mission complete was the winner.

[@Xalantor]

This was very enjoyable! I am nowhere near their level of play. I really loved the different strategies and usages of the ops. Bravo!

[@humha7613]

This is an actually interesting concept. I would love to make some adjustments here and there. Like using *4 operators gives more points instead using *6 operators. 16 or 20 operators ban instead of 10. Level restrictions on some maps, so we can have more map options. But overall is all great!!

[@mitocloxo8197]

This was actually sooo entertaining, would love to see more

[@byeguyssry]

13:27 It's not as if Mlynar has enough damage to solo Patriot without mines or anything and his Skill certainly doesn't come up in time to also solo his second phase

[@ANTSPlantation]

Yea, I’m so confused to why vifer is unaware of mlynar’s strength, he’s literally the second best operator in the game after Texas alter.

[@rogofos]

would be interesting if there were more restrictions on team building like 'no more than two 6★' or maybe even giving the players a predetermined set of operators to pick from, instead of allowing them to choose whatever isn't banned

[@Kitty-we6il]

every time vifer says mlynar i just lose it and i love this series sm, pls make more!!

[@mercurialblonde]

I love this shit. I would love to see this become a regular and bigger event. I'm not a hardcore player, I just like to level my waifus. But it's so cool to watch and see all of the strategies employed. It's kind of like speed chess.

[@cinnamonroll8095]

Needs more content like this. Picking phase should also have a timer so both sides can start the map at the same time since the one who started early has an advantage if ever both Doctors have same Operators level

[@muoutmeta4256]

No they had to decide which op is gonna do the job better and faster and who they are gonna choose since they dont have so much time so this is ok i think

[@cinnamonroll8095]

@@muoutmeta4256 Just like in the video said, the participants were informed of what maps they will have before the match so they can practice multiple strats. Basically it's like scrims in e-sports. Also picking operators to use doesn't even take 30secs especially if you know the map very well

[@delphynenull2136]

You hate to see a cultured Irene enjoyer eat the loss, but this entertained me a lot more than I expected. Can't wait to see more.

[@banillahehehe]

hahaha this is fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@DeRickz69420]

Need a Kyo vs Ecko match

[@Rookie2171]

I do like the layout but time shouldn't be a deciding facttor on who gets the point and more on who clears it with certain restriction (lower rarity ops, lesser ops = more points if map is cleared). A modifier pick in between the map and ban phase would be pretty exciting too to see what both players would restrict the other on what they cannot do (tile restriction on map, enabling of challenge mode etc). Really entertaining to watch

[@Rnjesus-iu9yk]

I wanna see Ekogen vs. Kyosin. A match for the ages

[@lostawl5578]

this is so fun i didn't expect that you can do this with arknights game.

[@nannda5854]

Kyo as analyst caster would be great

[@VakPa88]

wow this was really fun

[@ardensklopher2265]

Very cool bro! I would reaaally love to see more!

[@rottenfanger]

wow cool concept, maybe for the winner of 5 stages, we can count the cummulative of different time each player clear the stage. Because someone can clear the stage significantly faster than the other and I think thats a bonus point to be considered, not only finish first or maybe, do a IS marathon and see who beat the last boss first is cool, too

[@ronniejohn6055]

I agree for the next episode we must invite a Arknights pro caster. This is so fun and i didn't expect it to be this intense.

[@mizzabellenova8411]

If I had any suggestion I think it would be better to have a timing system rather than just whoever gets there first. It’d make it easier for people with worse computers to compete, and if you’re worried about people wasting stream time coming up with a strategy before booting into the stage, then u can put a time limit on squad selection

[@RadiantCloudSky]

Sounds something I would 100% stream in every platform seems fun

[@draknusdesderdus7506]

I would actually love to watch this more regularly.

[@mananrocks24]

amazing content love this esports formula

[@raixhu2959]

That was intense! Hoping for more Arknights eSports >:D

[@Kiriemy]

Im really looking forward to it, it so enjoyable

[@randx1075]

kinda wanna see some arknights ytubers like Kyo or Ecko casting frfr

[@xaviercaramat4720]

I like this content a lot. Hope there will be like this in esport.

[@terraexplorer5644]

Man, this is really enjoy to watch. I bet Kyo and Ecko still guiding other dokutah if they are in this tournament 😂

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

Tournament of power arknights pre amnesia and post dokutah KZbinrs 😊

[@D0ubleRadiation]

we absolutely need more of this.

[@Chaiberry]

this was really cool! hope to see more

[@edboi2154]

I'd really love if they bring back that multiplayer Defence Protocol mode back into the game. Even though latency was a real issue, when it worked I really enjoyed seeing other Dokutahs strategize (even if they let enemies overwhelm me on the lower floor). While not necessarily competitive it was a real nice change since I'd try and do my best and better than the other Dokutah.

[@rendidatriansyah6103]

banger vids. love the competition. would love seeing more of these :love please invite Kukki or Kyo for commentary.

[@andrewsonuy7671]

0:19 "started a few days earlier" *chuckle*, yeah, a few days and 2 years probably

[@hiiroozora1999]

Wow! This actually very interesting!!

[@pieceless224]

As a Polish person I love hearing you say MaWeiner instead of Młynar (Muh-Win-Are)

[@Sarriuz]

2/0 Melt up THREW! That mudrock placement could not have been worse! I died when I saw that, I KNOW this man panic deployed, that was soooooo sad.

[@lihua7068]

This is so much fun I need more of this

[@theoutlaw6044]

Did not expect it to be as hype as it was tbh

[@lechatrelou6393]

I never even considered Arknigyts E-sport to be a possible concept, and now, I want it.

[@charginginprogresss]

0:13 Wow mileage varies a lot, I started on 2021-03-04, I'm level 119, I have 239 operators, and 83 E2s Just recently started promoting a lot, I'm out of chip catalysts and a little short on mats rn, I still have 10 6 stars and 22 5 stars I want to promote.. a couple of months ago I had like 12 E2s lol.

[@jamesgonzales9729]

ggwp guys!

[@Karura_Kaslana]

Wow this is legit look like e sport game

[@kdfrost159]

"Using Horn and Blaze" Sad Birb noise!

[@najiv8797]

Damn.. idk it can be this fun

[@Marjan-sm4xf]

This is wholesome

[@shizzzxd]

this is a very entertaining gimmick for AK but obviously there's always room for improvement like limiting players on how many units they can bring on a map and they are like only allowed to bring 1-2 6*/1 5*/ etc. etc.

[@lazzybones2409]

more of that please! Its so cool!

[@jamesmacaraegmorales2965]

Yeh, so the competition is about all the maps of Contingency contract that they'd decide what will be the difficulty? Best out of 3.

[@snowrexilium]

I love this series. keep this up XD

[@Sajasta]

I imagine an esport Arknights to be like a game of chess between Doctors/Dokutahs but on brain steroid since they have to use their brainpowers to win the game

[@bluex36]

Shoutout to Meltup for choosing WD-EX-8

[@isnandyadhaniel9354]

Ithink stultivera navis boss(who that had 4 phase ,forgot its name)and we can choice the buff that it want to eat,

[@saltypokai9568]

this was very fun to watch

[@diredoge331]

meltup you absolute madlad

[@timkochany7309]

I literally love this so much. We need more content like this!!! Keep up the great work!

[@MyrdinAnnoth]

Ok one thing of note: It would be timing the game time itself not the prep phase. Let the prep phase have its own timer, not too long but enough to allow the players setup more or less comfortably. Then let both players either start at the same time, or compare their final total time. Its not just about who can click faster and hit start. It would make up for a much more interesting pre game viewing as you could discuss which challange takes are being selected by each player etc. Or alternatively the tags are agreed upon before the game. I mean if you wanna play pretend Esports you have to make a fair starting point and some generic rules should be setup.

[@duckstep9919]

Bro yo gotta add a total amount of star limit on these tournaments