The Strategy of Losing in GAC

"sloweagle;c-2344889" wrote:

"Winterwolves;c-2344429" wrote:
So, if you lose just 1 match that you planned on winning in that month of wins, you'd be behind, no matter what league or division you are in, as the loss would give you second place, losing 250 crystals, and then add on the win/loss difference for whatever league/division you are in.

Interesting to see some numbers, thanks.

You don’t lose any crystals if average win rate is 50% in the long run. But achieving 50% win rate with more 0-3 and 3-0 will have higher income that a bunch of 2-1 and 1-2. The lower bound of crystals income for 50% when doing 2-1 and 1-2 only is 1500, and upper bound is 1700 for 2x 3-0 and 0-3. It is not a lot of crystals, whales certainly don’t care. But for me f2p, it can add up slowly :)

Did you try to play 'normally' first ? You may lose crystals from extra wins you could get by going higher in the ladder...

"NicWester;c-2344911" wrote:

"sloweagle;c-2344890" wrote:

"NicWester;c-2344749" wrote:
The people who think tanking is a viable strategy are the same ones that sim in batches of 2-3.

I do max sim, and I also intentionally not play the best once I hit 6 wins in a season. I keep GL in the bench and test soft counter etc:)

Cool. I collect pokemon.

That doesn't mean that you're not leaving crystals on the table. You're driving 40 in a 45 zone and calling it speeding.

...but once you reached your ceiling, if you consider 6 losses per gac on average, the more 0-3 events the more crystals you'll get at the end. Not a lot and i'd rather do the best I can tbh, but the fact that you could gain something by losing on purpose is there, even if it might be anecdotal considering what's needed.