Here's a quick guide and tips for Narukami Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon Deck users in the RPG mobile card game Vanguard ZERO. Available for Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store).
Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon can use it's skill to gain power and critical with each of your opponent's rear-guards retired! On top of that, it is easier to activate the skill when paired with Break Ride. Retire rear-guards and deal a heavy blow to your opponent!
Narukami Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon Deck
Notable Info
- Crit Vanguard = Can do 2 or more damage per attack.
- Field Control = Can retire units controlled by the opponent. - Multi Attacks = Can attack more than 3 times in 1 turn.
First Vanguard and Sentinel Cards (PG)
- Eradicator Wyvern Guard, Guld (G1) and/or Wyvern Guard, Guld (G1) = Add x4.
Recommended Cards (Must Have)
- Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant (G3) = Aim for x4, one of your sub Vanguards for this build.
- Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3) = Aim for x4, one of your sub Vanguards for this build.
- Would also recommend getting all "Eradicator" cards below.
- Would also recommend getting all "Eradicator" cards below.
Suggested Cards To Add (Budget Cards)
Grade 1 Cards
- Ceremonial Bonfire Eradicator, Castor (G1) = Add up to x4. When placed, if your opponent has 2 or less rear-guards, you may discard a card from your hand. If you do, draw a card.
- Eradicator, Demolition Dragon (G1) = Add x2~x4. During your turn, if your Vanguard is an "Eradicator", this unit gets +3,000 Power (front row rear-guard circle).
- Eradicator, Demolition Dragon (G1) = Add x2~x4. During your turn, if your Vanguard is an "Eradicator", this unit gets +3,000 Power (front row rear-guard circle).
- Rising Phoenix (G1) = Add x2~x3. When placed, SB2 to draw a card.
- Steel-blooded Eradicator, Shuki (G1) = Add up to x4. When your opponent's rear-guard is retired by your card effect, this unit gets +3,000 Power until end of turn (10,000 total Power). - Desert Gunner, Raien (G1) = Add x2~x3. When placed, 1 of your opponent's rear guards loses Intercept until end of turn.
- Dragon Monk, Ginkaku (G1) = Limit to x2. Mainly used to add damage to your Damage Zone (aka "Self Damage") to activate Limit Breaks earlier than usual, add if you like to use.
Grade 2 Cards
- Dragonic Deathscythe (G2) = Limit to x2. When placed, CB2 to retire 1 of your opponent's grade 2 or less rear-guards.
- Eradicator, Saucer Cannon Wyvern (G2) = Add x3~x4. When placed, CB2 to retire 1 of your opponent's front row rear-guards.
- Eradicator, Spark Rain Dragon (G2) = Add x3~x4. During your turn, if your Vanguard is an "Eradicator", this unit gets +3,000 Power (12,000 total Power).
- Eradicator, Thunder Boom Dragon (G2) = Add as filler, nice base Power and Defense.
- Iron Fan Eradicator, Nirrti (G2) = Add x2~x3. When this unit's attack hits, CB2 to draw a card.
- Supreme Army Eradicator, Zuitan (G2) = Add x3~x4. When this unit's attack hits a Vanguard, if your vanguard is an "Eradicator", Soul Charge 1/Counter Charge 1.
- Desert Gunner, Shiden (G2) = Add x2~x3. When placed, 1 of your opponent's rear guards loses Intercept until end of turn.
- Dragon Monk, Kinkaku (G2) = Limit to x2. Mainly used to add damage to your Damage Zone (aka "Self Damage") to activate Limit Breaks earlier than usual, add if you like to use.
- Storm Bring Dragon (G2) = Add up to x4. When this unit's attack hits a Vanguard, CB1 to look at 5 cards from the top of your deck, and add a Grade 3 or greater card to your hand.
Grade 3 Cards
- Eradicator, Electric Shaper Dragon (G3) = Add as filler, also a nice sub Vanguard.- 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)
- 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. Sentinel Cards ("Perfect Guards") have different activation conditions, add x4 depending on your preference.)
(*Replace x1 Shuki (G1) and x1 Demolition Dragon (G1) with x2 Desert Gunner, Raien (G1) if you like.)
(*Replace x2 Dragonic Deathscythe (G2) with x2 Desert Gunner, Shiden (G2) or any Grade 2 "Eradicator" cards if you like.)
Trigger Sets
Rank Fight Trigger Set
- Critical Trigger (x0), Draw Trigger (x9), Stand Trigger (x0), and Heal Trigger (x4)- Refer to the build above (screenshot) for example Triggers Set for specific cards.
- Set your Heal Triggers to Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant (G3), because you might want to keep and ride Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3) early on as your Grade 3 Vanguard.
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.Narukami Battle Strategies
Mulligan (Starting Cards)
- Any Grade 1 Card (G1) = Keep x1 or x2, to ensure a Grade 1 Vanguard and to avoid riding Rising Phoenix (G1).
- Any Grade 2 Card (G2) = Keep x1 or x2, to ensure a Grade 2 Vanguard, preferably Supreme Army Eradicator, Zuitan (G2).
- Any Grade 2 Card (G2) = Keep x1 or x2, to ensure a Grade 2 Vanguard, preferably Supreme Army Eradicator, Zuitan (G2).
- Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3) = Keep x1, to ensure a Grade 3 Vanguard.
- Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3) = Keep x1 (optional), if you didn't get Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3).
- Sentinel Card (G1) = Keep at least x1.
- Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3) = Keep x1 (optional), if you didn't get Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3).
- Sentinel Card (G1) = Keep at least x1.
Basic Battle Strategies
- Your aim for this build is to deal 4 or 5 damage, then end the battle with your Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3) or Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant's (G3) Limit Break skills!- Your FV's skill is really great because it can retire any rear-guard so use it to retire your opponent's FV or Intercept card early on if you like, then simply use Supreme Army Eradicator, Zuitan (G2) if you have, to recover the CB used.
- Optional: Place Desert Gunner, Shiden (G2) and/or Desert Gunner, Raien (G1) if you have to disable your opponent's Grade 2 Intercept ability. Useful to help you land more Damage.
- This time, focus on riding Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3) as your Grade 3 Vanguard early on to setup a "Break Ride" for your main Vanguards.
- In case of a miss-ride, you can go with your filler card Eradicator, Electric Shaper Dragon (G3) or ride straight to your main Vanguards then just switch between your 3 key Vanguards depending on the situation.
How To Use Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3)
- (VC): LB4 When your opponent's rear-guard is retired by your card effect, this unit gets +3,000 Power/Critical+1 until end of turn.
- You can use your FV's skill which can retire any rear-guard, unless used early on.
- Break Ride (LB4): You can ride Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (G3) > Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3) to activate this effect as well and without using Counter Blasts! Your Vanguard's total Power should now be 24,000 with Crit if done right.
- You can stack more Crits by using cards that can also retire like Dragonic Deathscythe (G2) and Eradicator, Saucer Cannon Wyvern (G2) for example, then check if you can end the battle.
- This skill also works well with Steel-blooded Eradicator, Shuki (G1) to help boost your columns with +10,000 Power or more.
- (VC): CB2 to retire 1 of your opponent's rear-guards at random, with priority to the back row.
- Your alternative option if the above ones are not available.
How To Use Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant (G3)
- (VC): LB4 (1/Turn) When this unit attacks, it gets the following ability until end of battle. "(VC): At the end of that battle, if the attack did not hit during that battle, CB1 and discard 2 "Eradicator" cards from your hand to stand it, draw 2 cards, and get Critical+1 until end of turn."
- Great finisher especially when your opponent's Damage is at 4 or 5 (depends on the situation), to pop their Sentinel Cards or to avoid letting them activate a 6th Damage Heal! Setup multi attacks to maximize these card's effects + trigger checks!
- This skill requires that you discard 2 "Eradicator" cards, so use your Draw Triggers, Rising Phoenix (G1), Ceremonial Bonfire Eradicator, Castor (G1), or Iron Fan Eradicator, Nirrti (G2) to gather those cards.
- TIP: Track your opponent's Sentinel Cards (PG), if you are sure that your opponent doesn't have one in hand, you can also try to end the battle using Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3) + Crits, without using Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant (G3).
- (VC): CB2 to get +5,000 Power until end of turn.
- Only use if needed, to overcome defensive triggers.
Counter Blasts
- Ambush Dragon Eradicator, Linchu (FV) = When the attack by an "Eradicator" this unit boosted hits a Vanguard, CB1 and put this unit into your Soul to retire 1 of your opponent's rear-guards.
- Dragonic Deathscythe (G2) = When placed, CB2 to retire 1 of your opponent's grade 2 or less rear-guards.
- Eradicator, Saucer Cannon Wyvern (G2) = When placed, CB2 to retire 1 of your opponent's front row rear-guards.
- Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon (G3) = CB2 to retire 1 of your opponent's rear-guards at random, with priority to the back row.
- Note: Also consider other card effects that requires Counter Blasts if needed.
- Rising Phoenix (G1) = When placed, SB2 to draw a card. Combo with Supreme Army Eradicator, Zuitan (G2) plus your Grade 3 re-rides!
- Note: Also consider other card effects that requires Counter Blasts if needed.
Soul Blasts
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
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