Monster Rancher Tournaments and Hosts

A format with low stat caps, no ignored/dropped stats and a mixed attacker rule.

Common Restrictions within the format:

• Individual Stat cap of 500
• Blue Phoenix (Phoenix/??? Enemy Monster) is banned
• If your attacking stats (Intelligence and Power) are equal or lesser than each other, one (or the one with less) does not count towards the total stat cap.

Common Builds

Life Tank (example):

Life: 398
Power: 500
Intelligence: 500
Skill: 500
Speed: 1
Defense:1

This build is likely the most common build within the format. It has proven to be effective with most monsters. The lack of speed makes more risky high damage low accuracy attacks more common.

Low Skill Speedster (Example):

Life: 199
Power: 500
Intelligence: 500
Skill: 200
Speed: 500
Defense:1

A build that takes advantage of the low speed common within the format. There are a few variations of this build that change the amount of life and skill depending on the monster being used. It is of note that this build often will have skinny monsters raising the effective speed stat to 625 allowing the stat cap of 500 giving skill a bit less effect.

The wild west of Monster rancher formats. The home of many odd builds and stat spreads.
Strong Monsters: Naga, Monol, Golem, Arrowhead, Hare. As seen in: DXBL Welterweight, Tecmo’s 1999 Tournament

Common Restrictions within the format:

Stats 100 or below do not count towards the total stat cap

Common Builds

Speedster (Example):

Life: 100
Power: 599
Intelligence: 100
Skill: 600
Speed: 800
Defense: 100

Given that 1999 is generally the wild west of monster rancher formats there will always be some variance of what each build is like. This build is hoping to dodge all attacks and land a kill before the same is done to them. Multiple finalists in Moosebone’s second season of the DXBL used variations of this build to make it to the playoffs with a more life heavy build being crowned champion. When a monster is skinny the speed reaches the functional top breakpoint of 999.

Cyclone Golem (Example):

Life: 100
Power: 999
Intelligence: 100
Skill: 999
Speed: 100
Defense: 100

Though referred to here as Cyclone Golem this is seen on monsters that have a move capable of ending a match on frame one. Moves like Dragon’s Dragon Combo, Wracky’s explosion, and Centaur's Death Thrust all potentially could benefit from a build like this. It is an all in gamble that if the opponent does not grit often means that a set is won swiftly or lost just as swiftly.

The 1999 Life Tank (Example):

Life: 649
Power: 650
Int: 100
Skill: 700
Speed: 100
Defense: 100

Another build where there are multiple variations of the stats. Though it DOES fall to the Cyclone Golem build and its ilk it can still deal with it quite swiftly but has shown to be effective in past tournaments.

Perfect for jumping into as a new player to learn the nuance of competitive, and fun for experienced players as well. This mixed format is easy to raise for, and with updated exceptions to the parent UwU format it is derived from.

Common Restrictions within the format:

• If your attacking stats (Intelligence and Power) are equal or lesser than each other, one (or the one with less) does not count towards the total stat cap.
• Individual cap of 600
• Speed is capped at 480
• Stats at or lower than 100 will not count

Common Builds

Life: 600
Power: 600
Intelligence: 600
Skill: 600
Speed: 100
Defense: 300

Metalner Stipulation:

• Metalner main breeds with a guts rate of 6 are banned.
• Metalner's Straight and Back Charge are banned.
• Anger on Metalner is banned.

Additional Errata:

• Blue Phoenix can't drop an offense (must be either mono pow or mono int)
• Naga with a gr faster than 10 must have at least two int techs and can't have Turn Assault.
• Joker must have at least two techs in addition to basics.
• Kamui is banned.

Based on the popular meta in Japan where you have enough points to max out three stats. Note that the North American variation often uses drop stats.

Common Restrictions within the format:

• No stat caps
• Stats at or below 100 do not count towards the total stat cap (North American variation)

Common Builds

Tank (Example):

Life: 999
Power: 999
Intelligence: 100
Skill: 999
Speed: 100
Defense: 100

The classic “Three Stat” build. It is one of the most consistent builds in the format that you often see on Nagas, Tigers, and Metalner (when they are allowed). This allows them to survive a few attacks while being able to deal a lot of damage in response. This build DOES need to look out for cyclone golem but this build has proven to do well. Switching power with intelligence allows for this to be run on int based attackers.

Speedster (Example):

Life: 397
Power: 900
Intelligence: 100
Skill: 900
Speed: 800
Defense: 100

A risky build as it does not have the bulk to survive many attacks while still having strength to damage the tanky life monsters in the format. Likely best on slower guts rate monsters as they often don’t like a lot of the incidental withering that is tossed around. It HAS had some success but it would be advised to have some high damage output on this build.

What is considered to be the traditional North American Standard format. This allows for maxing of speed, accuracy, an attacking stat, and health. Before DX most tournaments were run in this format.

Common Restrictions within the format:

• No stat caps
• Stats at or below 100 do not count towards the total stat cap
• You often see thematic restrictions on formats with this stat cap.

Common Builds

Prioritize Attack and SKI stat

Life: 702
Power: 999
Intelligence: 100
Skill: 999
Speed: 800
Defense: 100

This is the standard build, you put all you can in your attacking stat, skill, and speed. Whatever is left goes into life. A thoroughly tested and reliable build. Most builds in this format are variations on this that play into moveset strengths. In this format you often find that it focuses more on the strength of the moveset kit due to the stats all being so similar.

Optional focus on LIF

Life: 801
Power: 900
Intelligence: 100
Skill: 999
Speed: 800
Defense: 100

This is an example of a bulkier speedster and allows you to take some hits the 702 life variant can not handle, such as Arrowhead’s sacred combo or Three Cubes from Jell.

This is a format that is run by UnholyAngle15 with multiple stat caps for monsters based on their playstyle, and additional adjustments based on their Guts Regeneration rates. A few other tournament runners use these stat caps for their own tournaments as well.

• Specialist League Primary Rules
• Specialist League Guts Rate Adjustments

Theme Tournaments

Often times you may see a theme tournament. These are usually 1-off tournaments that follow some kind of theme or have some special rule-set that is not typical. For example, the theme could be based on Colors, or Main types, or Sub types, or maybe even types of attacks they have.

Because these are often unique on a per-tournament basis, and often only run once, rulesets won't be posted here, but all scheduled tournaments are posted on the Event Calendar which specify their rules.

A format that intends to mimic the feel of the 3500 stat cap but in a mixed format.

Common Restrictions within the format:

• Stat cap of 600 for everything but Speed and Defense
• Defense and Speed Cap of 480
• Stats of 100 or less do not count towards the total stat cap
• If your attacking stats (Intelligence and Power) are equal or lesser than each other, one (or the one with less) does not count towards the total stat cap.
• Blue Phoenix Banned
• Jokers main breeds must have Death Final if not pure intelligence

Common Builds

Speedster (Example):

Life: 420
Power: 600
Intelligence: 600
Skill: 600
Speed: 480
Defense: 100

Unlike the previous two formats, there are not many variations in the common builds yet for this format. A young format that tends to be a bit bulky because of the mixed stats at higher levels than 1400 mixed. With form this build effectively has four stats at 600.

Tank (Example):

Life: 600
Power: 600
Intelligence: 600
Skill: 600
Speed: 100
Defense: 300

Given the stat caps in the format it is often more effective to go more life than defense in the format. This build has shown quite a bit of success in the young format on quick guts rate monsters like White Suezo and Ducken. Given monsters usually seen in the format there are not many monsters that can knock the build out in one go and end up being punished for it.