User blog:Xikhuang/ATK boosting link skills

The link skill Power Bestowed by God exactly parallels Kamehameha. Both boosts ATK +2500. I deduce that there are logical reasonings why the game development company, Akatsuki Inc. (not Bandai Namco!) have both of this link skills, but for different set of cards. There is a pattern or patterns which are quite obvious if one looks carefully at the set of cards listed with Power Bestowed by God link skill, and the set of cards listed with Kamehameha link skill.

Mathematically, any cards with a power level of at least 10,000 would reap the most reward from a link skill (or link skills) that boosts ATK +25% or higher, and these are the cards that can be interchanged with cards with the link skills Power Bestowed by God and Kamehameha. The only variable would be the opponents that one is fighting against.

Any cards with power level of at least 10,000 that cannot link with the link skill that boosts ATK by +25% or higher, would have an alternative ATK boosts from the link skill Power Bestowed by God or Kamehameha.

Any cards with power level below 10,000 would have better ATK boosts from the link skill Power Bestowed by God or Kamehameha rather than a 25% or 30% ATK boosting link skill.

The math is simple algebra, kiddies'.

This simple kiddies algebra also means that it is not true that the claim/statement that ATK boosting %-age is "always" better than fixed number ATK boosts. For those with ATK level under 9,000, a +2,500 ATK boost is definitely better than a +25%. This straight up debunks the invalid claim %-age ATK boost is "always" better than fixed number ATK boost.
 * With a +25% ATK boosting link skill, and an ATK level at 10,000, it nets 10,000 + (10,000 x 25%) = 12,500. That's exactly the same you get with fixed number (+2500) ATK boosts, which will net you 10,000 + 2,500 = 12,500.
 * With +25% ATK boost, an ATK level at 9,000 nets 9,000 + (9,000 x 25%) = 11,250, which is less than a fixed number ATK boost of +25000 that nets 9,000 + 2,500 = 11,500.
 * And, an ATK level at 11,000 will net 13,750 which is more than 11,000 + 2,500 = 13,500.

Another thing one can take advantage from this is that, for ATK level beyond 10,000, you can opt to choose cards with link skills that have ATK %-age boost below 25%, in order to opt on selecting cards with Ki boosting skills and/or other boost/s with non-ATK %-age boosting. But this would also depend on who you are fighting against (again, as mentioned earlier, this is the only variable ). This adds to your bag of strategies or tactics when you are facing different opponents.

This entry can go even longer and more in-depth. But, it won't be nearly half as fun as uncovering the deeper parts of the game's mechanics on your own!