Fantasy Tennis Solo Beginner Guide

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Fantasy Tennis Solo Beginner Guide

Author: Ely (Character: Niki)

Introduction

Welcome to my Fantasy Tennis Solo STR/DEX Beginner Guide.

This guide is aimed at new players who want to level efficiently while dealing as much DPS as possible from the beginning all the way to the endgame.

Our goal is to maximize both our damage and our economy throughout the leveling process.

Skill Points

Invest all Skill Points into STR until Level 20.

Important: When you reach Level 20, check which equipment you plan to buy and adjust your stats accordingly.

This guide covers progression up to Level 30. After that, the shop no longer provides additional stat upgrades, so make sure your final build reaches at least 60 DEX. Every remaining Skill Point should be invested into STR.

Gold Management

If you have more Gold than you currently need, there are several good ways to spend it.

• Buy furniture for your house to increase your Gold and EXP income (up to 45%).
• Purchase Dragon Slayer.
• Buy Gachas from other players or from the shop.

Managing your Gold correctly early on will make the entire leveling process much easier.

Guardian Battle Mechanics

Understanding Guardian AI is extremely important.

NPCs usually aim for the side where you are not standing.

• Stand more to the right → the NPC is likely to hit left.
• Stand more to the left → the NPC is likely to hit right.
• Stay too close to the net → the NPC will often lob behind you.

Learning this behavior allows you to position yourself before every shot and makes Guardian Battles much easier.

Crab Quick Slot Strategy

On every Guardian map, try to throw your Crab as far as possible onto the enemy side.

The goal is either:

• Force the NPC to run into the Crab.
• Hit the NPC directly.

Life Woods is the first map that contains two enemies. Fortunately, you have plenty of time before reaching it to practice using Crabs efficiently.

Quick Slot Economy

Gold is extremely limited at the beginning of the game, so managing your Quick Slots correctly is very important.

Whenever possible, always buy a full stack.

Example:

• 1 Stack Crab = 50 Crabs
• Cost: 1,000 Gold

During leveling, continue using the stack until only one use remains.

After that:

1. Sell the remaining Quick Slot.
2. Buy a new full stack.
3. Slot it again.

Selling the nearly empty stack refunds roughly 50% of the original purchase price.

This trick works for almost every Quick Slot item and saves a large amount of Gold over time.

Starting Equipment

You begin the game with 10,000 Gold.

Spend almost everything on increasing your STR and DEX while also buying shoes that provide movement speed.

Item	Cost	Bonus	Notes
Rudolph Horn	3,960 Gold	+3 STR / +3 DEX
Mariachi Shoes	1,960 Gold	+8 DEX	+5 Movement Speed
Racing Gloves	2,360 Gold	+3 DEX
Crab Trap	1,000 Gold		Main DPS Quick Slot

Early Progression

Farm Nest of Rubycrab until you unlock The Aelos.

While leveling, your priority is purchasing the following shop items.

Priority	Item	Cost	Stats	Notes
1	Star Wing Racket	7,960 Gold	+10 STR	Optional
2	Love Boy T-Shirt	5,836 Gold	+12 DEX
3	Rooters Pennant	11,960 Gold	+15 STR	Highly Recommended
4	Soft Mohican	3,160 Gold	+1 All Stats

Racket Skillshots

Rackets can have different Skillshots.

There are two types:

• Offensive Skillshot
• Defensive Skillshot

Some rackets provide both.

The Rooters Pennant is especially useful because it offers both offensive and defensive Skillshots.

If you miss a ball while having a Skillshot charge available, you can often recover the point instead of immediately losing it.

Optional Equipment

If available, use lower-body equipment that provides STA or WIL for additional Ball Damage.

Otherwise, simply leave the slot empty until you obtain a better item. ```

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Switching from Crabs to Souls

During leveling, your DEX will continuously increase. At some point, we will replace our Crab Quick Slot with Souls to increase our single-target damage.

To make this change successfully, it is important to understand the difference between both Quick Slots.

Quick Slot	Advantages	Disadvantages
Crab	Easy to use, attacks enemies in the backline, very fast cooldown	Lower damage later in the game
Souls	Higher single-target damage, scales with DEX	Only attacks the front enemy

Crabs are easier to use because they can hit enemies standing in the backline.

Souls have higher single-target damage, but they only hit the enemy in front.

Souls also scale with DEX:

• Every 10 DEX provides +1 additional Soul projectile.
• The first additional projectile starts at 30 DEX.

Soul Projectile Scaling

DEX	Soul Projectiles
30 DEX	2 Projectiles
40 DEX	3 Projectiles
50 DEX	4 Projectiles
60 DEX	5 Projectiles

Later in the game, Souls become much stronger than Crabs and are the main single-target DPS Quick Slot for endgame.

You need a good STR/DEX balance before Souls outperform Crabs.

Ball Damage Knowledge

Important mechanic:

When a Guardian serves the ball, the incoming damage if you miss the ball is lower than the Ball Damage of the NPC who hits the ball.

Understanding this mechanic helps you decide when taking a risk is acceptable.

The Aelos Progression

The Aelos will be your main farming map for a long time.

The next map after The Aelos is Life Woods. This map contains two NPCs and requires better preparation.

Before moving forward, focus on maximizing your STR and DEX using shop equipment.

If you already have a Bag and unlocked your third Quick Slot, you can start farming Life Woods.

Without a third Quick Slot, Life Woods is much harder because the Goliath can use Souls, which deal a large amount of damage.

Bag Upgrade

If you have AP, you can purchase the Heart Bag Coin for:

• +1 Expand Quick Slot

Most bags are useful, except the red one and Guardian rings, because the additional Quick Slot is extremely valuable.

If you do not have AP, buy the Gold Bag from the shop when reaching Level 25.

Item	Cost	Bonus
We Love Mod / Dad Bag	11,960 Gold	+2 All Stats / +1 Expand Quick Slot

Level 30 Equipment Upgrade

At Level 30, we can replace some equipment to gain additional DEX.

Item	Cost	Stats	Improvement
Flowerboys Shoes	1,240 Gold	+11 DEX	+3 DEX compared to old shoes
Bear Sole Racket	9,160 Gold	+12 STR / +3 DEX	Converts 3 STR into 3 DEX

After these upgrades, you have reached the maximum STR/DEX values currently available from the shop.

Your target stats should be:

60 DEX + remaining points into STR

Depending on your racket, equipment choices, and personal preferences, you will usually end up around:

• 50–60 DEX
• Remaining stats in STR

Life Woods and Beyond

From Life Woods onward, the game changes.

You will need three different Quick Slots to clear all maps after The Aelos.

Understanding Quick Slot cooldowns is very important.

Quick Slot 1 and Quick Slot 2 share the same cooldown.

This means you can only use one of them at a time.

Quick Slot 3 has its own independent cooldown.

I recommend placing valuable defensive items in this slot.

Example:

Slot	Purpose	Recommended Item
1	Damage	Crab / Souls
2	Healing	Magic Potion
3	Shield	Holy Shield

Holy Shield is especially useful because it reduces all incoming damage to 1.

Use it whenever you are in danger, for example when an NPC uses Souls.

Advanced Guardian Mechanics

With this setup, you can clear every map.

However, later you should focus on Monslava because it provides a very good amount of Gold.

Higher maps are usually better played in groups.

Farm Life Woods until you are confident enough to focus your damage on the smaller NPC in higher maps.

The smaller NPC is always the first priority because defeating it quickly makes the fight much easier.

Fighting Multiple NPCs

Three mechanics become extremely important:

1. Avoid Over-Pushing

Only use one DPS Quick Slot at a time.

Souls, Fireballs, and similar items can push enemies backwards.

Be careful not to push the smaller NPC into the backline, because then the bigger NPC with much more HP will become the front target.

2. Control NPC Movement

Try to play the ball toward the bigger NPC.

This prevents the smaller NPC from following the ball and moving into the backline.

Use your DPS Quick Slots one after another.

Slow and controlled damage is better than bursting too quickly.

3. Avoid Early Boss Battles

Boss Battle starts when you clear a map too quickly.

Avoid clearing maps under the timer limit.

This mainly happens in Arena and higher maps.

Boss timers can differ depending on the map and may be 4 minutes or more. ```