Champions Meeting - Leo Cup Guide

Track is above - we’ll be using the global Umalator tool to help visualize the track and what skills are good on it. The tool can be found here.

• Hanshin 2200m Medium Turf
• Clockwise - Firm - Summer - Sunny
• There is a hidden
  

  Speed
  threshold, where you will gain a 10%
  

  Speed
  increase per 300
  

  Speed
  .
• Since it caps out at 901, there’s not much reason to pay attention to it as you should cap that out by default. (only factors in the number on stat page + mood, so green skills don't count)

• Final Leg begins on a corner, so
  

  Angling and Scheming
  and
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  will be some of the best acceleration tools.
• Final Corner starts 83m after Final Leg begins, this means
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  and
  

  Shooting for Victory!
  will both be strong options.

Trigger points for those skills are shown below:

• Hanshin 2200m is one of the rare tracks where most Umas are at least viable, as most styles can benefit from
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  and
  

  Shooting for Victory!
  .
• Since there are lots of good acceleration skills available, random acceleration skills won’t be that valuable.
• There are no downhills on this track, so don’t pick up any downhill related skills.
• This includes
  
  Gold Ship
  

  Go-Home Specialist
  - don’t learn that skill if you’re planning on using her.
• First Uphill is in the Opening Leg and leads into Mid Leg, this makes
  

  Highlander
  quite good on Late Surgers and End Closers.
• Rough ranking for each style is as such: Front Runner >= Late Surger > Pace Chaser > End Closer
• End Closers have the hardest time activating the acceleration tools on the track, the only exception being
  
  Gold Ship.

Front Runner

The strongest style but not by too much, Front Runners are the most frustrating and time consuming to make if you want to be competitive, be warned.

Inherit

from

Seiun Sky:

• This is basically mandatory. Without that skill, Front runners essentially have no win condition.
• Due to this, competing for first place in Mid Leg is everything for Front Runners, every skill you learn should assist you with this.

Inherit

and learn any 3 of the following skills:

• 

  Right-Handed ○
• 

  Summer Runner ○
• 

  Hanshin Racecourse ○
• 

  Non-Standard Distance ○
• 

  Firm Conditions ○
• 

  Sunny Days ○
• 

  Front Runner Savvy ○
• 

  Focus
  /
  

  Concentration

---

• Do note that relying on
  

  Focus
  /
  

  Concentration
  means your
  

  Groundwork
  will require 2 activation checks (with
  

  Wit
  ) to activate.
• If your
  

  Wit
  is only 400, you’ll only have a 64% chance to trigger it which is not great.
• Front runners without
  

  Groundwork
  will almost always lose to ones with it. We’d advise against using them if you don’t want to invest the time or don't have a good parent available.

Pace Chaser

Decent style, but most of the Pace Chasers aren’t particularly strong or would rather run another style instead.

>

Shooting for Victory!

in terms of inherit priority. I would advise against using a Pace Chaser if you can’t get both as the style needs everything it can get to win.

Late surger

Second strongest style, most Umas will be using this style optimally.

>=

Red Shift/LP1211-M

Grab both inherits ideally - slightly more accessible than Pace Chaser inherits as

Mejiro Ryan is a 1*.

End Closer

Weak style, the only End Closer we’d recommend using is

Gold Ship.

>

Red Shift/LP1211-M

Hitting 6th for

is not easy, being stuck at 7-9th place means you’ll have no acceleration skills and lose.

Umas are roughly ordered within tiers, with left being strongest.

*Asterisk added for Falcon as she is harder than all the other Umas to train.

Ratings explanations

• 
  Summer Maruzensky: The best Uma on the track, has an inbuilt gold recovery skill, so you can easily build her to survive a Nice Nature or two.
• Inherit the essentials mentioned in the Front Runner section and get
  

  Moxie
  /
  

  Restless
  +
  

  Corner Recovery ○
  /
  

  Swinging Maestro
  , 2 heal skills should give you a good activation rate on her unique skill.
• At least take 1 gold recovery, ideally take 2 so she’s as resilient vs stamina debuffs as possible.
• She is the best Uma currently when it comes to consistently activating “
  

  Angling and Scheming
  ”.
• 
  Seiun Sky: If you plan on using 2 fronts, then she’ll be the best duo partner.
• Not good at taking lead and will struggle to activate her unique skill against most other competent Front Runners, but when she does, she’s very hard to beat.
• Inherit
  

  Groundwork
  and grab some suitable green skills.
• 
  Gold Ship: End Closer with very consistent Mid Leg unique skill, her unique skill helps her fight the Late Surgers for 6th.
• Grab
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  .
• Reminder that there are no Downhills on this track so
  

  Go-Home Specialist
  will not activate at all. Do not learn it.
• 
  Oguri Cap: Strong unique speed skill and can be used as Pace or Late.
• Pace is easier to build and more resilient versus stamina debuffers as you get an extra Gold recovery.
• Late is stronger but less resilient vs stamina debuffers.
• Inherit
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  +
  

  Shooting for Victory!
  as Pace.
• 

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  as Late.
• 
  Smart Falcon: Strong Front Runner with a hybrid (speed + accel) unique that triggers in Mid Leg.
• Her main problem and why she has an asterisk next to her on the tier list is that her Turf rank starts at E, meaning you’ll need 10* Turf in your inheritance to get it to A.
• You still need S Medium to win, so you only have 2 parent slots for that, and you still need
  

  Groundwork
  and greens on top.
• All this makes raising a good Falcon extremely demanding, especially if you do not have very good parents for her.
• Inherit
  

  Angling and Scheming
  and
  

  Groundwork
  , plus the necessary green skills.
• A well-built Falcon is quite good at competing for 1st place in Mid leg. However, since
  
  Summer Maruzensky directly powercreeps her, there’s a lot less reason to raise her for Turf tracks.
• On a track where the other styles are so competitive, she’s generally not worth the effort to raise.
• 
  Symboli Rudolf /
  
  Grass Wonder: These two function very similarly, Late Surgers with Final Leg speed skills that are fully capable of winning but can provide debuffs even when they aren’t winning.
• 
  Symboli Rudolf unique skill is considerably better, so she ranks higher.
• Inherit
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  .
• Make sure to learn
  

  Dominator
  .
• Inherit
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
• 
  Mejiro Ryan: Very strong when she’s exactly 6th when entering Final Leg.
• Good gambler option if your support cards/roster aren’t too strong.
• Inherit
  

  Behold Thine Emperor's Divine Might
  (
  
  Symboli Rudolf unique) >
  

  Triumphant Pulse
  (
  
  Oguri Cap unique).
• 
  Mayano Top Gun: Solid free-to-play Late Surger option, has a decent inbuilt gold recovery skill.
• Her unique skill is a speed / acceleration hybrid that will generally trigger on the Final Corner, she’ll most likely only benefit from the speed portion on this track.
• Inherit
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  .
• 
  Anime Tokai Teio: Uma with a decent Final Leg speed unique, can run as Pace or Late, has a very good inbuilt gold recovery skill, and an extra on top if you use her as Pace.
• Bit annoying to train as you’ll need at least 4* Late Surger sparks to use her.
• Can be used as Pace as well but is a fair bit weaker.
• Inherit
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  as Late.
• 

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  +
  

  Shooting for Victory!
  as Pace.
• 
  Daiwa Scarlet: Decent Free-to-play Front Runner option if you wish to deny opposing
  

  Angling and Scheming
  , has a solid unique skill that helps her compete for 1st in Mid Leg.
• Too much effort for the payoff, wouldn’t recommend.
• Inherit
  

  Angling and Scheming
  and
  

  Groundwork
  .
• 
  Taiki Shuttle: Pace with a slightly delayed acceleration unique skill.
• Inherit
  

  Triumphant Pulse
  (
  
  Oguri Cap unique) as she needs a bit of help to close out races.
• 
  Rice Shower: Similar to
  
  Anime Tokai Teio, also starts with C Late and requires 4* Late to hit A.
• Slightly stronger unique skill compared to
  
  Anime Tokai Teio but lacks the inbuilt gold recovery.
• Inherit
  

  Let's Pump Some Iron!
  and
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  as Late, and learn
  

  Highlander
  .
• 

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  +
  

  Shooting for Victory!
  as Pace.
• 
  Silence Suzuka /
  
  Mihono Bourbon: Generic Front Runner options, Final Leg speed unique skills which aren’t really ideal for Front Runners.
• Inherit
  

  Angling and Scheming
  +
  

  Groundwork
  and grab some suitable green skills.
• 
  Agnes Tachyon: Pace with recovery unique + 1 good gold recovery skill. Easy to build and has a lot of good skills inbuilt.
• Since she has a recovery unique, it’s unlikely that she wins against any Uma at similar strength.
• She will only win against weaker opponents, or when the enemy Umas fail, by failing crucial
  

  Wit
  checks or running out of stamina.
• Can be a decent free-to-play option if you don’t have your own
  

  Super Creek [Piece of Mind]
  or MLB
  

  Kitasan Black [Fire at My Heels]
  .
• Must pair with
  
  Nice Nature or there’s no reason to use her.
• Inherit
  

  Red Shift/LP1211-M
  +
  

  Shooting for Victory!
  .
• Unmentioned Umas
• Most of the other unmentioned Umas either have healing unique skills or bad uniques that do almost nothing on the track, those are considered unviable or very weak.
• If you really want to use those, follow the general guidelines in the “Key Inherits for each style” section.

Debuffers

All are Late

• Debuffers are easier to make than more aces, so you can use them to save time or boost your favourites’ win rates.
• 2200m isn’t that long of a track, strong Umas should be prepared for one Nice Nature at least, she won’t be too strong unless one of your other opponents also bring her.
• Nature’s
  

  All-Seeing Eyes
  will sometimes miss unless you put acceleration tools on your Nice Nature. (quite demanding as you would need
  

  Stamina
  and
  

  Power
  )
• The more common
  
  Nice Nature is, the more powerful she becomes, so she’ll be a great option if you expect to see a lot of her.
• 
  Wedding Mayano Top Gun can be used as a worse Nice Nature, she doesn’t have much merit over any other debuffer so she’s not recommended.
• 

  Dominator
  will always work, and is recommended if you don’t expect to see a lot of
  
  Nice Nature or just want the guaranteed support.
• Since it’s relatively easy for
  
  Summer Maruzensky to survive through stamina debuffs,
  

  Dominator
  tends to be the more reliable way of dealing with her.
• Aim for 600+
  

  Power
  and close to 1200
  

  Wit
  while training them, for the white debuff skills, focus on Front Runners and Late Surgers.

Here are some team templates, 2 Ace + 1 Debuffer should give the best effort to reward ratio.

• 1 Ace + 2 Debuffer
• It is difficult to build a lot of
  

  Wit
  currently, so the consistency of 1 Ace teams is quite questionable, as missing a recovery skill or an acceleration skill activation can easily cost you the race.
• 2 Ace + 1 Debuffer
• Build one ace with more
  

  Stamina
  in case you fight against 2
  
  Nice Nature.
• 2 Front Runner + 1 other
• Front Runners don’t benefit too much from debuffers, as debuffers don’t really help you get 1st in Mid Leg.
• Difficult to build both to be resilient vs
  
  Nice Nature.
• Would not recommend if you don’t have
  
  Summer Maruzensky.
• Ideally fill the last slot with a Late Surger or
  
  Gold Ship.

Aim for 1200

/ 800+ / 350-400 / 400+ .

If your cards are good, aim for a little more

and more . Front Runners heavily prefer more .

Here is the required

chart for each style depending on your goals

• These are calculated with 1200
  

  Speed
  , 800
  

  Power
  , 400
  

  Guts
  and 400
  

  Wit
  , with the recommended acceleration skills active. (add about 80
  

  Stamina
  if you want to have enough
  

  Stamina
  for full duration of the rushed state)
• We'd recommend having enough leeway for at least 1 Nice Nature, having one Uma on the team that can finish the race through two Natures is ideal.
• There are some other variables, such as how many white stamina reduction skills the Natures have, these target specific styles, only 1 white skill per Nature is assumed.
• Both gold debuff skills from Nature are assumed.

Please use the umalator to confirm that your uma will be functional, these are just bare minimum values +10 so when you add a lot of extra skills the requirements will go up.

• 

  Super Creek [Piece of Mind]
  is unfortunately mandatory on most Umas, similar to other Mid/Long Champion’s Meetings.
• Most people should be using 3
  

  Speed
  2
  

  Stamina
  .
• The last slot can be anything, if your
  

  Speed
  cards are too weak to reach the stat target then add one more
  

  Speed
  etc.
• Prioritize reaching
  

  Stamina
  goals first, as having high
  

  Speed
  but not having the
  

  Stamina
  to finish the race at full
  

  Speed
  is worse than the reverse.
• If you reach the stat goals with those 5 card slots then you can either add a
  

  Pal
  card for comfort or a
  

  Wit
  card.

Sample Decks

• Low Spender/Reroller Deck
• 

  Kitasan Black [Fire at My Heels]
• 

  Sweep Tosho [Lamplit Training of a Witch-to-Be]
• 

  King Halo [First-Rate Plan]
• 

  Manhattan Cafe [My Solo Drawn to Raindrop Drums]
• 

  Agnes Tachyon [Experimental Studies on Subject A]
• 

  Super Creek [Piece of Mind]
  (Borrow)
• Free to Play Deck
• 

  Sweep Tosho [Lamplit Training of a Witch-to-Be]
• 

  Eishin Flash [5:00 a.m. - Right on Schedule]
• 

  King Halo [First-Rate Plan]
• Narita Brian (SSR) - Speed
• 

  Mejiro McQueen [Your Team Ace]
• 

  Super Creek [Piece of Mind]
  (Borrow)
• Debuffer Deck (Nice Nature)
• 

  Kitasan Black [Fire at My Heels]
• 

  Symboli Rudolf [Symboli Rudolf - Tracen Academy]
• 

  Marvelous Sunday [A Marvelous ☆ Plan]
• 

  Agnes Tachyon [Experimental Studies on Subject A]
• 

  Aoi Kiryuin [Trainer's Teamwork]
• 

  Super Creek [Piece of Mind]
  (Borrow)
• Can cut
  

  Aoi Kiryuin [Trainer's Teamwork]
  to add more
  

  Speed
  or
  

  Stamina
  if you’re struggling to win.

Stat inherits

It's usually best to use a split between

and inherits to help you reach the stat targets.

• The necessary acceleration skills are not included in this chart. Unlisted skills are bad, don’t learn them unless you have no choice.
• In general, it’s preferable to take more good skills than double circle skills, as double circle skills are much less SP efficient.
• They have a higher base cost and less effects, double circle on green skills is only a 50% increase when compared to single circle (60 stat vs 40). Double circle on the speed skills is a 66% increase.
• Greens are typically not worthwhile double circling outside of
  

  Speed
  ones, or
  

  Stamina
  if you need it to hit the
  

  Stamina
  thresholds, others only learn if you have extra SP.
• The generic Straightaway/Corner skills (e.g. Medium Straightaways or Front Runner Corner) are so powerful that the double circle version is better than most other skills.
• If you are unclear on skill efficiency, the Umalator can be used to generate a skill chart to show how much distance will be gained for each skill.
• Some skills will be marked with FPLE, for Front Runner, Pace Chaser, Late Surger and End Closer respectively. Parenthesis will be used if that style uses the skill better than the others that are listed.

• Generic Recovery Skills
• Style Locked Recoveries
• Generic + Medium Distance Skills
• Front Runner skills
• Pace Chaser skills
• Late Surger Skills
• End Closer skills