Ultimate Leader Ability Guide for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses

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0:00 intro
3:01 Hidden Card Find (also shows the locations)
4:26 Bonus Slot Reels
5:32 Destiny Draw (click the video on the card on the top right to see more info on that)
6:26 Extended Support Range
8:08 Destroy Specific Enemy Type
8:56 Direct Damage Halved
9:41 Improved Resistance for Same Type Friendlies
10:36 Increased Movement
11:23 Increased Strength for Same Type Friendlies
12:24 Level Cost Reduction for Summoning Same Type
13:25 LP Recovery
14:44 Movement Boost for Same Type Friendlies
15:27 Open Opponent's Card
16:49 Spellbind Specific Enemy Type
17:39 Terrain Change
18:55 Weaken Specific Enemy Type
20:34 Recap of all monster type leader ability aquisition

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Timestamps! (Skip to 20:34 for a summary of when monsters get leader abilities at what ranks, also check the chart in the description) 0:00 intro 3:01 Hidden Card Find (also shows the locations) 4:26 Bonus Slot Reels 5:32 Destiny Draw (click the video on the card on the top right to see more info on that) 6:26 Extended Support Range 8:08 Destroy Specific Enemy Type 8:56 Direct Damage Halved 9:41 Improved Resistance for Same Type Friendlies 10:36 Increased Movement 11:23 Increased Strength for Same Type Friendlies 12:24 Level Cost Reduction for Summoning Same Type 13:25 LP Recovery 14:44 Movement Boost for Same Type Friendlies 15:27 Open Opponent's Card 16:49 Spellbind Specific Enemy Type 17:39 Terrain Change 18:55 Weaken Specific Enemy Type 20:34 Recap of all monster type leader ability aquisition

[@SuperNovaDragonYT]

Nice! I also got a question since we are on the topic of Ranks. Using an Action Replay MAX using the codes you can make all of your cards to SD. How would you get that code on Emulators such as PCSX2 to work?

[@devineyre5545]

Where can we download and emulate this on pc?

[@SamuelRodrigues-xk8qh]

Pyro spellbind specific enemy type beast/winged-beast

[@laplongejunior]

There's a minor error at 3:47 Catapult turtle is in the upper-right corner, not the upper middle

[@skarface211]

If you would’ve uploaded these videos 15 years ago 8YO me would’ve hailed you as a god.

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Too bad I was 8 years old 15 years ago

[@Beastking800]

I've had this game since i was like 7 and still play this game to this day lol no matter how many times I duel I never get bored

[@killayzerdottv1421]

Hahaha i played this game like 8/9 YO

[@milkyjoe8431]

Hey Clovis just wanted to thank you for your videos. My friends and I are picking this game up again after 5-6 years and all the information on Deck Leader abilities and how to grind for them efficiently has been a huge help. 👍

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Awesome! I'm so glad to help

[@myrthoemile8747]

I will pay my respect to you by revealing you what i thought i was the only person who know this secret about Yu-Gi-Oh DOTR. Nice Video by the way, i learned a lot more than i thought. Did you know, sometimes when a specific attribute monster battles another specific attribute monster, the attacking monster is spellbound for 1 turn (until the end of your opponent's turn). It goes as follows: Water is spellbound by Light Light is spellbound by Dark Dark is spellbound by Wind Wind is spellbound by Earth Earth is spellbound by Fire Fire is spellbound by Water It has been almost 2 decades since i've played this game, i liked it so much that i said to myself that i'd never forget this hidden secret. Thx for everything.

[@IHasTube]

They talk about it in the instruction booklet.

[@stetsonshook8898]

I needed this so long ago but having it now is just as good as any. Thank you so much for going through the effort to document all of this!

[@Fertyu9]

Just found the video and I so happy to see the amount of dedication you put on it. Everything was so well explained, really the best tutorial from DOTR in the youtube! Thanks for making such a great video!

[@agungprasetyo6979]

Finally hit 4k, been waiting for this xoxo

[@jasonfoxfire9563]

Leaving a comment to say thank you since this video is a big help to me even 3 years later. Making my own custom mod for Duelist of the Roses and one of the big changes I'm working towards is redoing the leader abilities of every single card. Wanted to incorporate abilities into the campaign and this helped me fully understand each one so I could balance out the abilities carefully. Overall, been reducing the power of abilities by reducing the number of them and removing certain extremely strong abilities like destroy (the AI literally just walks into this for free). At the same time though, I've been giving all the monsters their abilities as soon as they can be used as a leader so you can work with said abilities right away. Even been giving some monsters more exclusive ability combinations as either a flavor thing or as like a fun little potential build around like Binding Chain getting Spellbind and Range instead of the usual Range, Strength, and 1/2 Direct Damage that I've given most other 3 star fairies or giving Monster Eye Move and Open Cards to fit its scouting theme. Resist in particular was one I was skiddish about giving out too freely because I've never worked with it and most sites had it listed as blocking monster effects as well. Now that I know it only stops Spells and Traps it's made building the AI's decks a lot more lenient in some regards alongside abilities.

[@stargazer378]

Any chance you finished that mod? Would love to try it out.

[@nickzeruge6207]

Great video in depth and on point as always!

[@joelbrich2538]

Great guide, super informative and useful!!!! Now, if you'll excuse me, imma get back to maxing out a komouri dragon because it looks cool.

[@ecos889]

Plants had me pleasantly suprised when I was up against Kaiba and thought whelp this makes things much easier as most of my plants needs huge boosts before moving them due to be squishy, but where all queen of autum leaves and plant booster monsters

[@elidugal7733]

Well I guess this is actually really useful because I ranked up laughing flower to SADM a long time ago to see if it gets LP recovery and it didn't but now I realize I just need to get it to SD for that so all of that time wasn't wasted.

[@renanfrodrigues]

Clovis, you're a legend. Thank you!

[@heemsun]

One video summarized one thousand wiki pages This video got everything I need 🙏🏼

[@TheFreethan]

Hello buddy! I have been playing this game since my childhood, but 4 years ago I have raised my Black eyes dragon to SD level, now I'm able to do a double movement each turn! I love to rush over my enemies using my deck leader ability. Thank you so much for your explanation, maybe I'll raise the level of the others monsters type to get New skills

[@natureswhisper1397]

Thanks Clovis! I was wondering what leader abilities Punpmking the King of Ghosts can have and now I know so it's appreciated.

[@Adair3327]

Thanks for the video!

[@ivanvenn]

Subscribing Brother Clovis here for making the whole (yes, W-H-O-L-E) comprehensive guides for Yugioh DOR. I have played this game since the first global release 17 years ago, hence I know this game like the back of my hand. Probably the only thing that makes me itch is I always become furious at graveyard slot. This channel needs more subs and view because the channel has better guide explanation than those on the website (that's given, those were written many years ago). Cheers!

[@emersonlopezcasaperalta]

Bravo amigo, nice info!

[@lukasbrelaz5295]

this video was just perfect.

[@ramonmoura5182]

When you say that you do not gain any profit with the video(What I already supposed) I Started to know the true meaning of doing something by love and not money... Well... Thank you for the content, a lot... I have no words to say, but, well done for all your time you spend doing it to us... have a good day, week, etc, And as you said, forgive me for any mistake, cause I'm brazilian... And sometimes I can write any word wrong... And just you to know... I'm not the type of guy who comment... But I have to say, you do a great job here... ^^

[@FirasEmad-me5ng]

Thanks ❤

[@Quewec]

I love your content Hi from Barcelona

[@ODG_ninja]

for extra slot reels i believe it goes LTC you get top line slot BG you get bottom line ADM you get one diagonal Then SD final diagonal.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

One minor correction: the second diagonal is at senior admiral, not secretary of defense

[@thotsi]

very well made video!

[@nelek212]

Thank you

[@eskimo1000]

I loved playing this game 🎮

[@odysseusone8017]

Videazo, i like it so mucho, thnxx

[@amaninindonesia]

Love it

[@sucuk8317]

Niiiice 🔥🔥

[@Esperboy8]

I like tour vídeos only forma that amazing profile picture XD

[@Mrjacharles]

And for those unsure how to unlock arsenal bug there's actually a way you can do it by ranking up Hercules beetle, making an insect deck, and going against yourself... apparently xD

[@shinsarim4902]

Hey clovis iam looking for a guide or list of all the cards that are only obtainable via passwort can u maybe help me? Nice video btw as allways

[@dakotastein9499]

now i never explored all the leader abilities so im not sure...but is this how they are in the rdux mod or the origional?and if they are different in Redux how so?

[@jamylabdhamid681]

Yo senpai, can you suggest best DL with most abilities?

[@lewislighting3314]

Guy takes a doubt, my dark whitch is on the deck level where more arrows appear on the roulette wheel, but only one more arrow appeared (in this case there were two, one at the top and in the middle). I've seen several videos of you and I couldn't understand how to have the 5 arrows. I'm Brazilian so I couldn't understand it, if you can type it in English right here for me in the comment and then I'll translate. Thanks man your videos have helped me a lot in other things.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

Basically, the way it works is if your deck leader has this ability, the higher the rank it is, the more extra slot arrows you'll get. You should get all of them once you get your deck leader to senior admiral (which is the second highest rank after secretary of defense)

[@darkfireslide]

Can you make a Great Moth a deck leader?

[@AllTimeVanz0407]

Clovis can you do a video on how to set up yugioh duelist of the rose on android using damon ps2 emulator please

[@ghostlycreations6]

Just watching Bakura gain maybe 300 life points if he's lucky off LP Recovery over the course of a game should tell you how useful that ability is.

[@swifttalon9763]

Direct damage halved, and 3 more creatures that halve damage, 4500 damage = 281.25. Alone recovering 50 seems like nothing, but it can add up if you layer on the armor and just facetank bully your opponents deck leader into a corner. But really, who has the time to grind such a minimal impact ability for such a short game where you have to deliberately hold back to get card drops.

[@fahmirezaalgifari6320]

I like plant Deck Leader :)

[@gabrielvasconcelos254]

Clovis, I have a Question, I know than the Big Eagle Is a Deck Master than can learn the abilitie of Find Hidden cards, but can Cannon Soldier learn too? I see in one GameFaq than Machine monsters can learn about "Open Opponent Cards" but Idk if IS the Hidden search abillitie or it's flip oponent monsters, can you help me with this?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Open Card is not the hidden card find leader ability. In the video and/or description you will see what monster types gain the Hidden Card find

[@phaque3115]

So I been playing this, I used a pump king deck and one as leader.. I read online that swordstalker gets better bonus slots than machines.. I Really need a good slots bonus leader ability so I can get the last exodia, and the dark magician girl.. my goal is to have a dragon deck with red eye and blue eye, a spell caster deck with dark magician, and a I guess maybe a hybrid zombie deck with exodia as the leader. Right now my zombie deck is pretty good as I turn all the heavy hitting non zombie To zombies and wreck the opponents.. but it’s Slow.. I’ve got perfectly ultimate great moth in there and sometimes I get two of those and three pump kings and it takes forever to resolve a game, and then im only leveling those cards.. im currently trying to level the swordstalker.. out of the decks I have in mind to build, do you have any leader suggestions?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

honestly with what you're going for, just level up whatever monster you like the 3d model of.

[@AFLSuperCoachMasters]

Hey mate what do you think the best 3 deck leaders are in terms of ability? New here

[@helpfulsubtitles2545]

It depends on what you're doing: If you're speedrunning or playing against real people. Against real people, I'd say Harpie's Pet Dragon (Dragon High Level), Pot the Trick (Rock Low Level) and Dancing Elf (Fairy Low Level).

[@hawibrymuhtadinnusur]

just info, at last "rekap" ,,, for reptile. notes destroy insect as explain 8:08 s/d 08:56, thanks

[@SatoshiMaiko]

Ok I got a serious interesting question, Which is faster to gain exp. winning instant duels or having said monsters out for the whole time limit

[@faisalarmas9955]

the seccond one since the monsters will gain more exp (in every turn ofc) instead of instan win

[@Bgil20]

anyone know how to play this game on a laptop without risking getting a virus?

[@mennykickens486]

Plants spellbind dragons? That sounds very useful for anyone spamming dragons. Are the monsters spellbound immediately when there summoned too?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

If they are in the range of the deck leader, then yes. They only get released from spellbinding if they somehow are not in the range of the DL (if the DL moves away or you use a card like Shift to move them away). If you release them from spellbinding, then a turn starts with them in the DL range, they just get spellbound again

[@darkcloud4888]

I've been play this game since thirteen years old :'D But i only learned about the skills of the Deck Leader and the "Hiden Cards" When i started watching your videos. Greetings from Colombia, Ps: i don't know if my english is good , probably not 😂

[@fluffyone1882]

Sea serpents get slots? My aqua dragon has 3 rows already? I think he has vard find too

[@bobsav76]

Oh? Well, I'll follow your lead.

[@tribii1]

Kinda disappointed my Kwagar Hercules isn't getting any other abilities when he reaches the final Rank (I've already collected all the hidden cards), but my infection deck is amazing and he's a great leader nonetheless.

[@StellariaEclipse]

Which monsters have the best abilities at max rank? What are the absolute best monsters to rank up that far to get the most yield and value out of the abilities they gain?

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

That depends on which leader abilities you think are the most valuable. For example: all dragons will gain the increased movement ability (which affects the leader), but if they are level 3 or lower, they get open opponent's card, while anything that's a higher level gets reduced summon cost for same type (you only get a 2 star reduction if your deck leader is level 7 or higher). Therefore, my suggestion would be to find out which types of monsters get what abilities, and rank up one that you think has the best for the deck you want to build.

[@StellariaEclipse]

@@matthewkuscienko4616 That's what I'm asking him. He has more recent experience than I do, so I want to hear his opinion on it.

[@MrAnh11]

@@matthewkuscienko4616 Can you tell me more about the deck leaders?

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@MrAnh11 What exactly do you want to know?

[@MaiBoA38]

13:50 is it not faster to summon 5 off a mirror custom enemy deck while killing stuff and reviving theirs? or is it better just to summon your 3 instead of going through all that?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

You'd probably spend twice as long per duel, if not more, trying to cycle through the enemies deck to get them all. Theres a few dilemmas with it. First of all, if you had a deck full of monsters, the AI always plays the highest attack monster it can summon. So it would only ever summon it if there were no other monsters to it. The best you could do is have a deck full of material it can fuse cards, so it cycles through the deck quickly and sends it all to the graveyard, but then youd literally be fucking around for around 20 turns on average for it to play two extra copies of your monster, then youd have to run out your opponents cards to not lose to them if you only had 5 300 attack monsters on the field. Theres no crush field card you could reliably surround your opponent with without blocking them unless you did even more stuff like manipulating the ai to move on a field with crush (remember if your opponent started on crush they wouldnt play any of the fusions 1500+ attack until you forced them off). So what it all boils down to is there is no reliable strat to do it fast. Youre better off having 3 face up and then 2 face up of another monster you want to level up. If you wanted to level up 2 monsters, you dont need fusions, because you can just have 3 faceup of one, and 2 faceup of the other, then flip that about half way through ranking up (about 3 hours in) and just have the 3 and 2 faceup monsters the other way around and skip turns like normal. Thats the only really good way to do it. My point remains from the start though that its really not worth getting a DL all the way to SADM or SD just to recover 50 LP per turn when you can just activate any LP recovery card.

[@MaiBoA38]

Clovis senpai yea I wouldn’t level for that, the 50 hp is more annoying then it is helpful lol. I use a setup where you use a buff or two on your one monster and kill your opponents monster every turn until you can Rez the one you want. They never buffed their Monster unless they had the exact draw to buff it multiple times and if they revived with copycat or something it was just weaker then yours that you sped to. When I got what I needed revived and they summoned something I just paralyzed it with gorgon eye so you can skip their turn faster. That was when I thought the kills mattered way more then face up turns. Was just curious if you had a better way of grinding one specific three star or if that was even faster. Im doing enchanting mermaid right now because she’s bae AF but I might just switch back to spamming three of her plus the DL and my next SD I want so I don’t have to pay attention to it. PS love your vids 😘

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

@@MaiBoA38 yea i just think killing and reviving takes way too long. you probably wouldnt believe it until you timed it but i think youd be shocked at how much time goes to waste compared to how much time you 'save' levelling. thanks for the compliment :)

[@ryojoe8673]

Clovis, I got the Redux ISO made by you, I got a question, is this list of Deck Leader ability still apply to those ?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

I didnt remove any leader abilities from vanilla

[@ryojoe8673]

@@ClovissenpaiDotR Any buff you put in ? Because I swear when I use Kaiser Dragon as my Leader, he somehow able to access and find the ' Find Hidden Cards ' when facing Pegasus and Necromancer / Boonz, not that I'm complaining, it's been useful lol

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

@@ryojoe8673 all leaders unlock hidden cards and bonus slots in redux

[@ryojoe8673]

@@ClovissenpaiDotR I see, then I sincerely thank you mate, this make the grind easier

[@LadyFateIV]

5:31 idk if it’s because I’m playing Redux, but I have Queen of Autumn Leaves as leader and I have the extra slots

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

All monsters get extra slots and the hidden card find ability in Redux

[@fluffyone1882]

My game is ancient. when did redux come out?

[@TheMilkdrinker]

I believe you’re missing some info. Dinos get cost reduction. Reptiles get destroy specific type.

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

You are correct in that Reptiles get destroy specific enemy type, they also get spellbind specific enemy type. That information is missing in my video. Dinosaurs do not get cost reduction, however

[@TheMilkdrinker]

@@ClovissenpaiDotR true. The guide I'd read said that about dinosaurs, and it was wrong.

[@denisaputra5970]

Bro, i already done subscribe ur channel. Please tell me bro, how to got leader deck blue eyes dragon/daek magician ? Sure i want play star new game but im never got blue eyes or dark magician for leader deck. Please tell me bro thanksss

[@TheFreethan]

Hi buddy! To get the Blue eyes dragon you must match 3 cards on slot machine, and it's random. To get the Dark magician is simple, basically win against yu gi oh and get the Card At slot machine. To level up as deck leader follow the walkthrough in the video ( have 5 Blue eyes at The Field, win all Card battles using The monster)

[@AndersonWave17]

Were you able to cheat in all cards have max Rank? If so that would be very useful. I aint got time to do all that.

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

yeah if you have an action replay max, you enter the codes (video to the codes in the description). i mention that within the first few mins of the video...

[@AndersonWave17]

@@ClovissenpaiDotR I had an action replay on ps2 but never saw codes for ranks back then

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

@@AndersonWave17 aight well enter the 'all cards to SD' code in the description of that video and enjoy

[@sugarazharguide9792]

Which version of this game ? Cause I can't custom battle with my copycat deck 😅

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

If you're looking to custom duel against your own deck, you simply need to not have another memory card in the second slot.

[@Law97XY]

My favorite is the fairy deck, i use Dark Witch as leader. This type abilities are the best.

[@edwardbirks1558]

Fairies are OP, they get so many of the best abilities

[@vera1857]

wait so zombies don't gain bonus slots

[@setokaiba3458]

Based on the chart, no they do not unfortunately

[@seanopuirseil]

any tips for getting 3 in a row on graveyard slots. im cat at it

[@darkhero4052]

Yeah plz i need it too

[@darkhero4052]

Yeah plz i need it too

[@alexlemus2559]

Don't kill the any monsters just the one you want like I want red eyes I would just wait to his on the field and kill it and when the game ends he shopd pop up and have a better chance to getting what card you looking for

[@jordanrebando6094]

I wish you can play this on ps4

[@Holacalaca]

Wait wtf this is incomplete. Reptiles get destroy and spellbind specific enemy type but it doesnt show on the recap. It might be the only mistake but id have to double check everything to be sure.

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Sure, but I do mention at 8:46 that Reptiles destroy Insects, and at 17:24 I say Reptiles gain the ability to spellbind Aqua monsters at BG. There's also a link in the description that is a complete table, which you dont even need to expand the description to see, which you would have scrolled past to leave a comment in the first place (I mention its there in the video as well, at the intro).

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

I noticed a couple of other things that weren't listed anywhere in this video: *Pyros spellbinding beasts and winged beasts *The final rank you get the 4th bonus graveyard slot is senior admiral, not admiral; I've tested this with multiple deck leaders

[@benskimoc2071]

How to make red eyes metal black dragon to deck leader dude?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

You need to own red eyes black metal dragon as a card, get a level on it, set it as your deck leader

[@benskimoc2071]

@@ClovissenpaiDotR how to get red eyes metal black dragon card?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

@@benskimoc2071 ive literally made videos of how to get all cards in the game. google them.

[@benskimoc2071]

@@ClovissenpaiDotR I didn't find the video how to get all the cards on your channel

[@laker3496]

My rank is RADM and don't have the ability of find hiding cards :(

[@laker3496]

My deck leader is a fairy Parsath

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Did you watch the video?

[@AtillaTheFun1337]

Insects weaken sea serpents!?!?!?

[@sinonsama7685]

2:28

[@sugarazharguide9792]

Please add subtitle 😢

[@NecromancyForKids]

That is a large ask

[@user-ew2ul1gj6p]

Why you don,t play yu gi oh in ps1?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

because i dont want to

[@3DaiYo4Kai56]

Magician of Faith gains terrain change at colonel? Really

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

Yeah, i dont know why its different