Here's a quick guide and tips for Oracle Think Tank Amaterasu Deck users in the RPG mobile card game Vanguard ZERO. Available for Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store).
Amaterasu can add a card from deck to hand with it's skill. Add a Sentinel to strengthen your defenses, or Tom to deal that decisive 6th damage to your opponent! Advice: use other card's abilities to shuffle your triggers at the bottom of the deck.
Oracle Think Tank Amaterasu Deck
Notable Info
- Cross Ride Vanguard = Permanent +2000 Power when condition is met.
- Higher Trigger Chance = Getting non-Triggers cards and/or adding Trigger cards can increase your chance to get more Triggers!
First Vanguard and Sentinel Cards (PG)
- Battle Sister, Chocolat (G1) = Add at least x2, but aim for x3 or x4.
- CEO Amaterasu (G3) = Aim for x4, one of your main Vanguards for this build.
Recommended Cards (Must Have)
- Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3) = Aim for x4, one of your main Vanguards for this build.
- Oracle Guardian, Gemini (G1) = Add x3~x4, nice base Power and Defense.
Suggested Cards To Add (Budget Cards)
Grade 1 Cards
- Battle Sister, Candy (G1) = Limit to x1 or x2. Mainly used to add damage to your Damage Zone to activate Limit Breaks earlier than usual.- Oracle Guardian, Gemini (G1) = Add x3~x4, nice base Power and Defense.
- White Hare of Inaba (G1) = Limit to x1. When placed, you may put a card from your hand into your Soul. Useful to activate Cross Ride numbers if you did not ride CEO Amaterasu (G3).
- Battle Sister, Mocha (G2) = Add up to x4, can reach 11,000 Power if your have 3 or more cards in hand.
- Gentle Jimm (G3) = Add as filler, mainly used to buff up Silent Tom (G2) with +3,000 Power if needed.
- NOTE: Feel free to try other cards not listed here, and add any Grade 3 cards you have available, just make sure to follow the recommended Trigger Set below.
- Battle Sister, Cocoa (G1) = Add x3~x4. When placed, look at the top card of your deck, and put it on the top or bottom of your deck.
- Silent Tom (G2) = Add x2~x3, optional card used to ignore Sentinel Cards (PG), best used when your opponent's Damage is 5.
- NOTE: Feel free to try other cards not listed here, and add any Grade 3 cards you have available, just make sure to follow the recommended Trigger Set below.
Grade 2 Cards
- Battle Deity, Susanowo (G2) = Add x3~x4, can reach 12,000 Power if your Vanguard is an "Amaterasu".
- Maiden of Libra (G2) = Add x2~x3. When this unit's attack hits, CB2 to draw a card. - Battle Sister, Caramel (G1) = Limit to x1 or x2. Mainly used to add damage to your Damage Zone to activate Limit Breaks earlier than usual, add if you like.
- Battle Sister, Tarte (G2) = Add up to x4, nice base Power and Defense.
- Oracle Guardian, Red Eye (G2) = Limit to x2~x3, optional card used to add "Soul" cards.
- Oracle Guardian, Wiseman (G2) = Add up to x4, nice base Power and Defense.- Battle Sister, Mocha (G2) = Add up to x4, can reach 11,000 Power if your have 3 or more cards in hand.
Grade 3 Cards
- Cylindre Magus (G3) = Add up to x4, can reach 12,000 Power when attacking a Vanguard.
- Battle Sister, Souffle (G3) = Add up to x4. When this unit is boosted, it can reach 13,000 Power until end of battle.- NOTE: Feel free to try other cards not listed here, and add any Grade 3 cards you have available, just make sure to follow the recommended Trigger Set below.
RRR and Other Cards (If Available)
- Battle Sister, Cocoa (G1) = Add x3~x4. When placed, look at the top card of your deck, and put it on the top or bottom of your deck.
- Silent Tom (G2) = Add x2~x3, optional card used to ignore Sentinel Cards (PG), best used when your opponent's Damage is 5.
- NOTE: Feel free to try other cards not listed here, and add any Grade 3 cards you have available, just make sure to follow the recommended Trigger Set below.
Example Deck Builds
- NOTE: For cards that you don't have, just use the guide above to add filler cards to your deck for now, but if you want to add cards to the existing ones, feel free to do so. Also note that new cards might become available in the future, so feel free to test them out as well.
(*Use as reference, feel free to remove/add cards.)
(*Replace x4 Battle Sister, Tarte (G2) with x4 Oracle Guardian, Wiseman (G2) if you like.)
Trigger Sets
Rank Fight Trigger Set
- Critical Trigger (x0), Draw Trigger (x5), Stand Trigger (x4), and Heal Trigger (x4)- Refer to the build above (screenshot) for example Triggers Set for specific cards. Reduce and balance Draw Triggers if you are getting "Deck Outs".
For Non Rank Fight Battles
- NOTE: Feel free to experiment with other Trigger Sets according to your preference. Add more Critical Triggers and/or Stand Triggers if you want to use this deck for certain events, like non Rank Fights that would require you to finish the battle asap.Oracle Think Tank Battle Strategies
Mulligan (Starting Cards)
- Any Grade 1 Card = Keep x1 or x2 to ensure a Grade 1 Vanguard.
- Any Grade 2 Card = Keep x1 or x2 to ensure a Grade 2 Vanguard.
- CEO Amaterasu (G3) = Keep x1 to ensure a Grade 3 ride.
- Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3) = Keep x1 if you did not get CEO Amaterasu (G3) above.
- Battle Sister, Chocolat (G1) = Keep at least x1.
- Any Grade 2 Card = Keep x1 or x2 to ensure a Grade 2 Vanguard.
- CEO Amaterasu (G3) = Keep x1 to ensure a Grade 3 ride.
- Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3) = Keep x1 if you did not get CEO Amaterasu (G3) above.
- Battle Sister, Chocolat (G1) = Keep at least x1.
Basic Battle Strategies
- Just ride your Grade 1 and 2 vanilla cards to keep your defense high. - When using Lozenge Magus (FV) to Boost, make sure that you have enough space in hand for another card. This unit is your 5th Heal Trigger once it goes back to deck, so watch out when you are up against decks that can retire her.
- You can also try setting up 2 Damage early on by using Battle Sister, Cocoa (G1) + Trigger buffs if possible.
- Ride CEO Amaterasu (G3) to increase your Trigger Chance, then ride Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3) once you are able to use her Limit Break skill (also to activate Cross Ride numbers).
- In case of a miss-ride, go and ride any viable Grade 3 cards then try to re-ride with CEO Amaterasu (G3) later on.
How To Use CEO Amaterasu (G3)
- (VC): During your turn, if your hand has 2 or more cards, this unit gets +4,000 Power.
- This unit can reach 14,000 Power, so using an 8,000 Booster would help her reach 22,000 Power.
- (VC): At the start of your main phase, Soul Charge 1, look at the top card of your deck, and put it on the top or the bottom of your deck.
- Plan and setup your columns depending on the Trigger (if available) placed on top of your deck.
- Using this skill would simply increase your Trigger Chance (same if you have Battle Sister, Cocoa (G1) cards).
- (VC/RC): When this unit's attack hits, Soul Blast 6 and CB4 to draw 5 cards.
- This skill is on hit, so it is only available if your opponent's Damage is 4 or less, unless you are going to attack a rear-guard. Only use this skill if needed, depending on the situation, works well with Oracle Guardian, Red Eye (G2) if you want to focus on using this skill.
How To Use Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3)
- Here are some candidates to get from deck when using this skill:
- Sentinel Card (PG) = Excellent choice, especially when you have Silent Tom (G2) in hand.
- Silent Tom (G2) = Great finisher move. Aim for 5 Damage then use Silent Tom (G2) to close battles (hope your opponent won't draw a Heal Trigger though). In case your opponent's Damage is 4, it is possible to setup Silent Tom (G2) as your 2nd attacker, but it's a bit risky and requires that you have a decent Booster or maybe rely on Trigger bonuses.
- Gentle Jimm (G3) = You can also use this unit to boost Silent Tom (G2) with +3,000 Power. Example, if you have a 6,000~8,000 Booster + Tom (G2), this unit can reach 17,000~19,000 Power with buff (also enough to initiate a 2nd attack as long as your opponent doesn't get a "defensive Trigger").
- Any Intercept Card (G2) = Also good if needed.
- CEO Amaterasu (G3) = If you want to place her as rear-guard and use her skill. Also if you have White Hare of Inaba (G1) in hand, and want to activate Cross Ride numbers (optional).
- White Hare of Inaba (G1) = If you want to place CEO Amaterasu (G3) to your Soul to activate Cross Ride numbers (optional).
- NOTE: Limit Break skills can be used earlier than usual by using self damaging cards like Battle Sister, Candy (G1) or Battle Sister, Caramel (G2). These cards can also be used to increase your success chance to Heal, if you pulled a Heal Trigger.
- (VC): During your turn, if your hand has 2 or more cards, this unit gets +2,000 Power.
- With Cross Ride numbers, Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3) unit can reach 15,000 Power, you just need a 6,000~8,000 Booster to reach 21,000~23,000 Power.
- (VC): Cross Ride If CEO Amaterasu (G3) is in your Soul, this unit gets +2,000 Power.
- A 13,000 base Power Vanguard would force your opponent to adjust their combos to 13k/18k/23k.
Counter Blasts
- Maiden of Libra (G2) = When this unit's attack hits, CB2 to draw a card. Nice CB user early on, then try to recover used CBs with Heal Triggers.
- Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu (G3) = LB4 When this unit attacks a Vanguard, CB2 to add a card from your deck to your hand. Focus most of your CBs here.
- CEO Amaterasu (G3) = When this unit's attack hits, Soul Blast 6 and CB4 to draw 5 cards. Only use this skill if needed, depending on the situation
- Note: Also consider other card effects that requires Counter Blasts if needed.
- Note: Also consider other card effects that requires Counter Blasts if needed.
Soul Blasts
- Gentle Jimm (G3) = When this unit attacks, SB1 and discard a card from your hand to have 1 of your other units get +3,000 Power until end of turn.
- CEO Amaterasu (G3) = When this unit's attack hits, Soul Blast 6 and CB4 to draw 5 cards. Only use this skill if needed, depending on the situation
More Vanguard ZERO Tips and Guides:
- Beginner's Tips Re-Rolling Guide- Beginner's Quick Tips and Guide
- Beginner's Quick Battle Tips
- Farming Materials and Crafting Cards Tips and Guide
That's it guys, thank you for checking our Think Tank Amaterasu Build and Guide for the Card Battle RPG mobile game - Vanguard ZERO. Available for Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store).
