Master in a Month (or two :P)
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A guide by a new player for a new player.
So you want to hit Master Tier in Prismata? Read on!
Introduction
Hey all, I bought Prismata on March 21, 2018. On May 27th, in just about two months, I made it to Master Tier and shortly after made it onto the top 200. I'm not saying all this to brag, nor do I think I'm even close to a top player yet, but I'm here to let you in on a little secret: you don't need to be a strategy game genius to learn this game and make it to Master quickly! My current ranked win rate is only about 52% and it was around 43% when I entered Master Tier. In this guide, I'll show you how, with a little dedication and effort, you can go from never having played Prismata to being a competitive Master Tier player in just a couple short months.
The first and most important thing is to have a list of milestones or goals to hit so you can make progress efficiently. It also helps to remind you that you are making progress. I haven't analyzed a big sample of Prismata player data, but from my own experience and watching a few friends play, the game seems to have a very terraced learning curve. Due to this, you need to spend at least a month or so playing the game in order to really experience the depth of the game. It may feel like you aren't making a ton of progress at first but then suddenly you will see yourself gaining tiers in leaps and bounds until you hit your next skill wall.
Purpose
I would consider myself, at the time of writing this guide, in the top 150 or so players. While that is nothing to scoff at, I believe the most qualified strategists of the game to be the top 25 or so players. Therefore, this guide does not make any novel suggestions on what the correct strategy is: that type of information will all come in the form of links to guides produced by top players. The purpose of this guide is instead to give new players some direction on how to approach this information and most quickly improve their play to get to what I believe to be the core of the game, Master Tier ranked play. This guide will also ready players for tournament, league and other competitive play.
It feels like every other day that I see a new reddit post or someone asking in the global chat: “How do I learn this game?” That was me just a few short months ago. The answer is always a similar amalgamation of links thrown around, offers to help coach, and recommendations to play some of the single player content or against bots. I thought it would be helpful to have this information collected in a single place as an onboarding guide for new players. So, here we go!