Gameplay
Battles

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How to Battle

Use a 40-card deck to battle. Win the match by bringing your opponent's defense down to 0!

Battle Screen Breakdown

Scroll down to view the details of each element.

  • Leader
    Both players are represented in battle by their selected leader characters. The bottom-center portrait is your leader, while the top-center one is your opponent's.
  • Evolution Points (EP) /
    Super-Evolution Points (SEP)
    Use these points to evolve and super-evolve your followers. Evolution points are yellow, while super-evolution points are purple. Each of them can be used twice during a match.
  • Defense
    Each player's remaining defense is displayed next to their leader portrait. Both players start with the maximum 20* defense, and battle to bring their opponent down to 0.
    Some abilities can change maximum defense.
  • End Turn Button
    Press this button when you wish to end your turn. The blue gauge around the button indicates how much time remains in your turn; once the gauge runs out, your turn will automatically end.
  • Play Points
    Whenever you play a card, play points equal to its cost are consumed. The number and green gauge decrease based on the amount of play points used.
    At the start of each turn, the turn player's max play points will increase by one, up to a limit of ten. They will also recover all of their play points.
  • Bonus Play Point
    The player going second gets a bonus play point to use during one of their turns. Press this button to gain an extra play point to use that turn.
  • Hand
    The cards in your hand are displayed here. You can have a maximum of nine cards at once. Use them to battle your opponent.
    Any cards you draw that exceed your hand limit will be destroyed.
  • Field
    The middle of the screen is the field, where cards are played and the match is carried out. Each player can have up to five cards on the field.
    Some cards on the field have icons that indicate their abilities—knowing what they represent makes for a smoother battle.
    • Abilities
      Activates at specific times Last Words Bane Drain Earth Sigil Engage
  • Leader Area
    Some cards confer abilities, such as "crests" or "faiths," on leaders. The icon of a crest/faith will be displayed here while it is active. Tap on a crest/faith to see its details. Up to five unique crests/faiths can be active at once.
  • Battle Log
    You can review the history of an ongoing match through this log.
  • Menu Button
    Access game settings and forfeit the match from this menu. Forfeiting immediately ends a match, and is counted as a loss.

The Flow of Battle

Basic Rules

In Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond, players use 40-card decks to battle each other. Bring your opponent's defense to 0 to win the match.

Turn Order

The player who goes first is decided at random when the match begins. You will see your leader and the turn order on the battle start screen. In this example, you will be going second.

Redrawing Your Starting Hand

Each player draws four cards from their deck at the start of the match. You may choose any of those four cards to redraw once. A good strategy is to redraw any high-cost cards and keep the low-cost ones in your hand.

Starting Your Turn / Playing Cards

At the start of their respective turns, each player draws one card from their deck. During your turn, you can play cards by consuming play points (indicated by the green gauge on the right side of the screen).

As a general rule, cards cannot attack on the turn they are played.

Attacking

Your next turn has come, so your maximum play points have increased to 2. This means you can play cards that cost up to 2. In addition, the card that you played on your last turn can now attack either the enemy leader or an enemy follower.

Tip: Cards with the Rush ability can attack enemy followers on the turn they're played!

Evolving

As the battle progresses, players will be able to use evolution points. The player going first can evolve follower cards from their fifth turn, while the player going second can evolve followers from their fourth. Evolving a follower increases its attack and defense by 2 and, if it entered the field that turn, allows it to attack enemy followers on the same turn.

Evolve followers to take down the opponent's stronger cards or whittle down the enemy leader's defense.

Super-Evolving

Super-evolution becomes available on their seventh turn for players going first and their sixth turn for players going second. Super-evolving a follower increases its attack and defense by 3 and, if it entered the field that turn, allows it to attack enemy followers on the same turn. Super-evolving a follower also gives it the Invincible* ability. Additionally, when enemy followers are destroyed by a super-evolved follower, the enemy leader also takes 1 damage.

*During its controller's turn, Invincible reduces damage taken by the follower to 0 and prevents it from being destroyed by abilities.

Winning

All that's left is to attack with your followers and bring the enemy leader's defense down to 0 to win the match. Pay attention to the abilities of each card and utilize them to attain victory.

Playing Solo

Want to play Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond solo? No problem! Here are three ways to enjoy the game.

  • Play matches against a computer opponent using decks of your choice.
  • Play through the story and discover more about the main characters.
  • Learn the basics of battle and playstyles of each class.

Battle Simulations

  • Practice

    Nail down the basics or experiment with new strategies against a computer opponent in practice matches. If you need a few pointers, turn on the AI Tips feature to highlight the best move in a given situation.

  • Battle Dungeon

    Battle your way solo through the limited-time Battle Dungeon. Defeat your foes and clear missions to earn Dungeon coins, which can be used to purchase exclusive supplies and more.

Battle Guide

Play through the Battle Tutorial or Guided Puzzles to pick up on the basics.

  • Battle Tutorial

    Let Eudie guide you through the basics of battling and the fundamentals of each class, as well as the best approach to different deck types in the Battle Tutorial.

  • Guided Puzzles

    Learn how to utilize basic card abilities and navigate class-specific abilities by solving puzzles.

Battling Online Opponents

Battle other players in Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond in one of two ways.

  • Play ranked matches to ascend to greater heights or unranked matches for more casual gameplay. Both types of matches pit you against random players.
  • You can also create private matches, where only selected players and spectators can enter.
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