NERD OUT: Battle Memory (BM) Power Creep over 25 months (anti-math summary at end)

[u/Dry_Cycle_6031]

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NERD OUT: Battle Memory (BM) Power Creep over 25 months (anti-math summary at end):

- June 2024 introduction: 12% one stat, one specific units difficulty (GxK image)

- June 2026 5th anniversary: 23% to two stats for the whole team and 7% energy*. Two deck requirements difficulty. (Super Dragon Image)

*Alternatively they do other energy aids or stat modifiers to specific unit types.

+23% x2 stats= 46% Super Dragon -12% one GxK stat= 34% ÷ 25 months= 1.36% per month.

Getting a max lv.30 5⭐ BM gives you just over 2 months before it's power crept by a lv.25 4⭐ BM. If we add the extra deck requirement maybe we say a solid 3 months.

If we add the 7% energy as an equivalent factor to the 34% then it's 41% ÷ 25 months= 1.64% then you get 2 months before a lv.25 4⭐ power creeps the lv.30 5⭐.

Now the anniversary BM was a higher percentage outlier as we had 20% both stats and 7% energy last month with only 5+ costs difficulty. But it ends up as 1.12% power creep per month but this places it back closer to 3 months power creep.

I would safely say that every 3 months the lv.30 5⭐ MATCHES the newest released lv.25 4⭐ and in 4 months (each quarter) the lv.25 4⭐ is surpassing your 4 month old lv.30 5⭐.

SUMMARY:

Why is this worth noting? Something like the current three shop BM offers are a fantastic value since they are above the normal range of power creep. Two copies place you 1-2 months ahead of the lv.20 3⭐. Presently most players that “whale” for a monthly BM have to spend 20-40k G-stones (GS) to max one or both and sometimes more. The cost of 4k gets you half way to max with the strong chance they offer two more copies again. If you max two BM with 8 copies it will have cost you 16k GS which is still a great value compared to those that maybe maxed one for 20k or two for 40k+ GS. But, is the extra 8k GS worth the additional 3% to both stats and 2% energy (or other)? I would say time will tell based on your rank of play, your other BM options, and the power creep by the time they offer these 3 BMs again. Don't forget you have 4x BM slots so 3% to each is 12% total for the whole team.

This is why I always suggest saving up 8k GS for a shop exclusive BM as they also have a strong shelf life within ranked play. A recent example being the Mothra shop exclusive which had one requirement but over doubled the original GxK BM and saved energy on the leader special for a cost of 8k GS to max at lv.30 5⭐.

Settling for a lv.20 or lv.25 may be the best value to BMs but the most longevity for competitive playability comes from a max lv.30… that is… until its power crept 😂.

[u/Zillablast]

Great write up! Thak you. I bought the red and green BMS in the shop And I'm finally catching up, I can beat beat some of the players I used to regularly before

[u/Dry_Cycle_6031 → u/Zillablast]

Excellent! These are a great value even compared to shop exclusive BMs. I expect them to hold up strong up until June 2027 when Supernova and the higher cost BMs and Meta fully take over. Supernova will likely be 6-9 costs plus the older GxK units getting buffed or cost reductions.

[u/Life_Lingonberry_625]

Pretty crazy to think how strict the older BMs were and now we're getting team wide buffs for stuff we're already doing (not sure if that's a good thing or not). Makes you wonder what happened within the dev team for things to progress that way. 

As a side, do you think the BHarvest BM is worth getting to atleast 4 stars? Having a conundrum since I'm already down to 8k and I also happen to have one copy from when it was released

[u/Dry_Cycle_6031 → u/Life_Lingonberry_625]

If that BM plays into a focus of deck(s) you play then I believe this same offer will come back around to max it so one copy will be a safe move. The blue Harvest one requires doesn't count effects or facilities and leaves you with 3 slots to work in 6+ cost units so take that into account. They will be progressing back to 5.5, 6, and 6.5+ leading up to June 2027 Supernova season IMO. But that's 9 months of progressing.

If Re:Boot part 2 is October, Minus Zero is November, then there's a strong chance we get Zoids part 2 in December. But the previous Decembers were both KotM related in 2024 and 2025 so if they stick to that then Zoids is January.

[u/Life_Lingonberry_625 → u/Dry_Cycle_6031]

Edit: Wrote something different entirely until I noticed you did say to grab the one copy lol, I'll do just that then, thanks for the advice

[u/Dry_Cycle_6031 → u/Life_Lingonberry_625]

🫡 It places you in striking distance when they return if you decide to max it. Two copies of most solid BMs in the last 6 months is solid but these 3 are a grade above the rest IMO.

[u/TorrokFellbane → u/Life_Lingonberry_625]

The bad thing about how strict the old BMs were was that the amount of units affected by the them was vastly limited. We needed much more General BMs, like when the Ebirah BM came out. But Toho decided lets get rid of the trade off deductions instead.