Aquarius Cup (CM22)

Aquarius Cup, or the 22nd Champions Meeting (CM22), takes place on the Tokyo Dirt 1600m Racetrack. This CM is based on the February Stakes.

Aquarius Cup

February Stakes

Tokyo Dirt 1600m

Season

Winter

Direction

Left

Weather

Snow

Ground

Soft

Tokyo Dirt 1600m (counter-clockwise)

Stat thresholds: Speed, Stamina

Track visualization based on uma-tools

Recommended Stats

Speed

1600

Stamina

650+

Power

1200

Guts

600+

Wit

1000

Despite being a Mile Track, Stamina can be of concern due to the Snowy conditions increasing HP consumption. 600 Stamina is necessary to achieve baseline survival and also the stat threshold for increased Speed. It is however recommended to push over 650 Stamina to account for poor rolls on the short downhill. 650 Stamina and one White Recovery, or 700 total Stamina should be considered the upper end for Stamina investment.

The Power penalty applied on Soft Dirt will be especially detrimental to an Uma’s ability to Spurt. It will be more important to hit higher levels of Power before Wit.

TIP

Using simulation tools, Players may find that their survival rates may be low for a Mile Track. It’s worth noting this is not immediately alarming because the most common point of HP Death is about 15m before the finish line. This distance is not long enough for an Uma to lose any meaningful amounts of Speed. It is unlikely for the race outcome to change even if the Uma survived in such cases.

It is more important to ensure an Uma’s Last Spurt Rate. This should be kept as close to 100% as possible for an Uma to viably compete in a race.

Inherited Skills

The Tokyo 1600m Dirt begins its Accel Zone with 33m of Corner before the long Final Straight. Standard corner and Final Straight Accelerations such as Angling and Scheming, Victoria por plancha ☆, Budding Blossom, and Louder! Tracen Cheer! will be the most effective Inherited Skills from the Parent layer.

Most dirt-viable Front Runners and Pace Chasers already have sufficient Acceleration Skills native to their kits, so they do not need any further Acceleration Skills in Legacies. Instead, they will fill the rest of their Legacies with generic velocity Skills to either fight for key Acceleration positions in the mid-race or finishing speeds in the late-race.

On the other hand, Late Surgers and End Closers need as many Skills as possible to be considered consistent. Leap Forward/ Lightning Surge is the least likely of backliner Accels to fail, so it is recommended to create a Legacy that will help satisfy its overtake condition. Final Corner velocity Skills such as Shadow Break or Nemesis will contribute to this win condition.