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 As more cards are placed into the deck, as well as higher cost cards (meaning more powerful cards) replace weaker cards, the overall cost of the deck goes up. This means that generally, as a deck gets stronger, the cost of that deck increases. To use that deck, the cost of the deck must be drained from the respective attack/defense cost stat. Thus, a higher attack/defense cost stat means that the player will be able to use more powerful decks. However, the amount of cards that can be used in a deck is limited to prevent a deck from growing infinitely powerful. This is explained below.
 ==== Attack/Defense Cost Limitations ====
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 For deck making, five cards can be used in the main selection, and a varying number of cards can be used in the vice selection. The number of cards that can be used in vice selection will increase as the player levels up (generally one more card slot is gained every ten levels). You can check your available vice selection slots by going to your deck (センバツ), modify (編集する) one of the decks that is not the auto-generated deck (one with a number on the tab), click on Vice Selection (副センバツ) at the top tab and see how many slots you have available for use.
 In short, there is always a limit to the maximum number of cards that a deck can contain. The limit can be increased by leveling up and through some other methods.
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 If not enough points are put into attack/defense cost, stronger decks that fill up all card slots with high cost cards that the player wants to be used in the deck may cost too much to be used. Thus, there will end up being unused card slots or card slots occupied by very low cost cards with very weak stats in decks that the player can use, which limits the power of the deck. Once the attack/defense cost stat is raised, more powerful decks that utilize the remaining card slots and utilize higher cost cards (stronger cards) can then be used.
-Now, if too many points are put into attack/defense cost, there will be leftover attack/defense cost points that cannot be used. Once the player has filled all card slots available with the strongest cards available, the deck has reached its maximum strength and cannot be improved for the time being. The deck's cost will also not increase, since no more cards can be added to the deck, and no stronger cards (cards with a higher cost) exist - since it is already the strongest deck currently available! The remaining points are wasted until the user either obtains stronger cards with a higher cost, or more vice selection card slots. Those wasted points may have been more useful if placed into a different stat, such as stamina.
+[[File:emptyviceselectionslotsstats.png|centre|thumb|alt=Empty Vice Selection Slots|Here are some empty vice selection slots, where more cards can be added.]]
-However, there are some uses to having more attack cost than the cost of the strongest attack deck. This is called "Attack Cost Overflow", and is explained [[Stats#Benefits of Attack Cost Overflow|later below]], but is a very advanced topic, generally only applicable to a few event types.
+However, there are some uses to having more attack cost than the cost of the strongest attack deck. Having a lot of attack cost may allow you to use a deck multiple times without having to replenish attack cost. This is called "Attack Cost Overflow", and is explained [[Stats#Benefits of Attack Cost Overflow|later below]], but is a very advanced topic and generally useless, as it is usually weaker than attacking with one strong deck, and is only applicable for some very specific situations.
 ==== Example of Limitation ====
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 In the last two situations, we've shown that if you put more points into your attack cost, you would be able to easily become stronger by being able to place more cards (or more stronger cards) into your deck by using empty card slots or card slots occupied by super weak low-cost cards.
-What happens, however, if you go over 120 attack cost? What if you have 150 attack cost? Well, first we want to use our strongest cards - the ten HR cards of 12 cost - which uses up 120 of our attack cost. This leaves us with 30 leftover attack cost - but we don't have any more card slots that we can use to add more cards! This means we have 30 attack cost leftover and wasted since they can't be used for anything! Now, usually you gain another card slot every ten levels, so at level 60, you'll be able to use another card to use some of that leftover attack cost. But in the meantime, those wasted points would have been of more use if they were placed into another stat, like stamina!
+What happens, however, if you go over 120 attack cost? What if you have 150 attack cost? Well, first we want to use our strongest cards - the ten HR cards of 12 cost - which uses up 120 of our attack cost. This leaves us with 30 leftover attack cost - but we don't have any more card slots that we can use to add more cards! This means we have 30 attack cost leftover! This isn't enough points to do anything with for now, and you can't power up your deck more because you're out of stronger cards and card slots. Now, usually you gain another card slot every ten levels, so at level 60, you'll be able to use another card to use some of that leftover attack cost. But in the meantime, those points would have been of more use if they were placed into another stat, like stamina!
 Thus, in order to maximize your attack/defense decks most efficiently, the goal is to increase your attack/defense cost to match up with the available card slots, and the cost of the cards that you will be using. For beginning players, you can estimate that you will be using roughly 12 cost per card slot. For intermediate/advanced players, you can estimate ~15 cost per card slot. Of course, this number will vary depending on the cards that you plan on using, and the bonuses that you want to add to your current attack and defense power.
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 For example, if you have 350 attack cost, and have a deck that costs 110 that you want to use against some weak opponents (who have a defense deck of, lets say, 20 cost). You can thus use that 110 cost attack deck three times without having to refill your attack cost, since 3 * 110 = 330, which still leaves you with 20 attack cost remaining after three attacks.
-Generally though, players should still strive to balance attack cost with the number of vice selection card slots available for maximum efficiency, as these techniques are only viable in a few event types. By late game (advanced players of either stamina-focused or offensive type), most players will naturally have enough attack cost to attack weaker opponents using weaker decks multiple times.
+However, in general, players should still strive to balance attack cost with the number of vice selection card slots available for maximum efficiency, as these techniques are only viable in a few event types. By late game (advanced players of either stamina-focused or offensive type), most players will naturally have enough attack cost to attack weaker opponents using weaker decks multiple times. Also, one strong deck that costs a lot will almost always do more damage than multiple attacks from a lower-costing deck. This is because of deck bonuses - which are easier to obtain the more cards your deck contains (which in turn, means higher cost).
 These techniques do not apply to defense cost, as defense cost cannot be manually used, and is always at maximum.

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 These points, of course, can be used to improve your Stamina, Attack Cost, and Defense Cost.
 == Stats ==
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 Stamina is consumed when Questing or participating in Quest-like activities. One stamina is recovered every three minutes. Thus, 20 stamina is recovered every hour
-Adding stat points into stamina allows the player to go questing for longer periods at a time, which is very beneficial to many event types as most of them have some sort of quest-like area where stamina is used to accomplish certain tasks. A larger stamina count also increases the effectiveness of stamina recovery items. Work Hard Bar (がんばるんバー) replenishes 100% stamina while Half Work Hard Bar (ハーフがんばるんバー) replenishes 50% stamina.
+Adding stat points into stamina allows the player to go questing for longer periods at a time, which is very beneficial to many event types as most of them have some sort of quest-like area where stamina is used to accomplish certain tasks. A larger stamina count also increases the effectiveness of stamina recovery items. Work Hard Bar (がんばるんバー) replenishes 100% stamina while Half Work Hard Bar (ハーフがんばるんバー) replenishes 50% stamina. Pictures of these items are shown below.
 === Attack Cost (攻コスト) / Defense Cost (守コスト) ===
 Attack cost is used when using an attack deck, and defense cost is used when using a defense deck. In general, having more points in attack cost will increase overall attack power, and more points in defense cost will increase overall defense power. However, power is ultimately limited by the maximum number of cards available for use per deck.
-One attack cost is recovered every 30 seconds. Attack can be recovered fully by using Bottles (元気炭酸), and 50% attack cost can be replenished using Half Bottles (ハーフ元気炭酸). Defense cost never needs to be replenished. It will always be at max, as the stat cannot be manually used - it is only used when other players are attacking you, which you have no control over.
+One attack cost is recovered every 30 seconds. Attack can be recovered fully by using Bottles (元気炭酸), and 50% attack cost can be replenished using Half Bottles (ハーフ元気炭酸). Defense cost never needs to be replenished. It will always be at max, as the stat cannot be manually used - it is only used when other players are attacking you, which you have no control over. Pictures of these items are shown below.
 There are two different types of decks - one type for attack and one type for defense. When placing cards into an attack deck, the attack stat of the card will be used to determine the attack power. When placing cards into an defense deck, the defense stat of the card will be used to determine the defense power. The defense stat of a card will do nothing in the attack deck. Vice versa, the attack stat of a card will do nothing in the defense deck.

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 Thus, in order to improve attack or defense power while using points efficiently, a balance between attack/defense cost and the amount of available card slots should be kept.
-If not enough points are put into attack/defense cost, stronger decks that fill up all card slots with high cost cards that the player wants to be used in the deck may cost too much to be used. Thus, there will end up being unused card slots or card slots occupied by very low cost cards with very weak stats in decks that the player can use, which limits the power of the deck. Once the attack/defense cost stat is raised, more powerful decks that utilize the remaining card slots and utilize higher cost cards (stronger cards) can then be used. For example, if you have two attack decks - one that is cost 100 and is stronger than the other at cost 80, but only have 85 attack cost, you won't be able to use the stronger 100 cost deck, and will have to use the weaker 80 cost deck.
+If not enough points are put into attack/defense cost, stronger decks that fill up all card slots with high cost cards that the player wants to be used in the deck may cost too much to be used. Thus, there will end up being unused card slots or card slots occupied by very low cost cards with very weak stats in decks that the player can use, which limits the power of the deck. Once the attack/defense cost stat is raised, more powerful decks that utilize the remaining card slots and utilize higher cost cards (stronger cards) can then be used.
 Now, if too many points are put into attack/defense cost, there will be leftover attack/defense cost points that cannot be used. Once the player has filled all card slots available with the strongest cards available, the deck has reached its maximum strength and cannot be improved for the time being. The deck's cost will also not increase, since no more cards can be added to the deck, and no stronger cards (cards with a higher cost) exist - since it is already the strongest deck currently available! The remaining points are wasted until the user either obtains stronger cards with a higher cost, or more vice selection card slots. Those wasted points may have been more useful if placed into a different stat, such as stamina.
 However, there are some uses to having more attack cost than the cost of the strongest attack deck. This is called "Attack Cost Overflow", and is explained [[Stats#Benefits of Attack Cost Overflow|later below]], but is a very advanced topic, generally only applicable to a few event types.
 ==== Example of Limitation ====
-Don't understand the limitation to the vice selection, and why that affects how many points you should put into attack or defense cost? Don't worry, we'll go through an example of the three scenarios that can happen when putting points into attack/defense cost.
+An example of how card slots can limit your attack cost from being fully used is shown below.
 Note: for the example below, a few assumptions are being made. In actuality, cards in your vice selection are weaker than cards in your main selection - cards in vice selection will only have 80% of their original stats when used in attack or defense. However, for the sake of simplicity, this is being ignored, and we are assuming that cards in vice selection can use 100% of the card's original stats. Senbatsu bonuses are also being ignored, since that is significantly more complex and will be covered in another page.

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 == Your Stats ==
-In Girlfriend Kari, there are three stats that you, as the player, will have: Stamina (体力), Attack Cost (攻コスト), and Defense Cost (守コスト). You will initially start with only 20 points in each of the three stats, but these can be improved as you level up, or clear the morning, evening, and night sessions of the Quest/[[Area]] section in the game. You also get more stat points by adding people as friends!
+In Girlfriend Kari, there are three stats that you, as the player, will have: Stamina (体力), Attack Cost (攻コスト), and Defense Cost (守コスト). You will initially start with only 20 points in each of the three stats, but these can be improved as you level up, or clear the morning, evening, and night sessions of the Quest/[[Area]] section in the game. You also get more stat points by adding people as friends.
-You gain three points if you level up under level 100, and only two points if you are above level 100. You gain one point for clearing each particular session of the Quest/Area mode (when the blue bar fills up at the top and takes you to another part of the day or the next day). You also gain five points when you become friends with another player. However, when you unfriend a person, you lose five points off of your highest stat.
+If you're under level 100, you gain three points when you level up. If you're above level 100, you gain only two points when you level up. You gain one point for clearing each section of the Quest/[[Area]] mode (when the blue bar fills up at the top and takes you to another part of the day or the next day). You also gain five points when you become friends with another player. However, when you unfriend a person, you lose five points off of your highest stat.
 These points, of course, can be used to improve your Stamina, Attack Cost, and Defense Cost.

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 This type of player is recommended for new players, along with the stamina-focused type, as both types perform well in events, making it easier to obtain event rewards and new cards.
-Some offensive players go full into attack, dumping as many points as they can into attack so that they can get multiple strong attacks out of their decks. This is not recommended for new players, as it makes it difficult to perform questing activities in event with a low amount of stamina.
+Some offensive players go full into attack, dumping as many points as they can into attack so that they can get multiple strong attacks out of their decks. This is not recommended for new players, as it makes it difficult to perform questing activities in events with a low amount of stamina.
 === Defensive Player ===

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	This type of player is recommended for new players, along with the stamina-focused type, as both types perform well in events, making it easier to obtain event rewards and new cards.		This type of player is recommended for new players, along with the stamina-focused type, as both types perform well in events, making it easier to obtain event rewards and new cards.
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		+	Some offensive players go full into attack, dumping as many points as they can into attack so that they can get multiple strong attacks out of their decks. This is not recommended for new players, as it makes it difficult to perform questing activities in event with a low amount of stamina.

	=== Defensive Player ===		=== Defensive Player ===

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	Generally though, players should still strive to balance attack cost with the number of vice selection card slots available for maximum efficiency, as these techniques are only viable in a few event types.		Generally though, players should still strive to balance attack cost with the number of vice selection card slots available for maximum efficiency, as these techniques are only viable in a few event types.
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		+	These techniques do not apply to defense cost, as defense cost cannot be manually used, and is always at maximum.

	Note that the game does not allow players to use decks with a cost under 100 when the auto-generated deck has a cost above 100.		Note that the game does not allow players to use decks with a cost under 100 when the auto-generated deck has a cost above 100.

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 If not enough points are put into attack/defense cost, stronger decks that fill up all card slots with high cost cards that the player wants to be used in the deck may cost too much to be used. Thus, there will end up being unused card slots or card slots occupied by very low cost cards with very weak stats in decks that the player can use, which limits the power of the deck. Once the attack/defense cost stat is raised, more powerful decks that utilize the remaining card slots and utilize higher cost cards (stronger cards) can then be used. For example, if you have two attack decks - one that is cost 100 and is stronger than the other at cost 80, but only have 85 attack cost, you won't be able to use the stronger 100 cost deck, and will have to use the weaker 80 cost deck.
-Now, if too many points are put into attack/defense cost, there will be leftover attack/defense cost points that cannot be used. Once the player has filled all card slots available with the strongest cards available, the deck has reached its maximum strength and cannot be improved for the time being. The deck's cost will also not increase, since no more cards can be used, and no stronger cards (cards with a higher cost) exist. The remaining points are thus wasted until the user either obtains stronger cards with a higher cost, or more vice selection card slots. Those wasted points may have been more useful if placed into a different stat, such as stamina.
+Now, if too many points are put into attack/defense cost, there will be leftover attack/defense cost points that cannot be used. Once the player has filled all card slots available with the strongest cards available, the deck has reached its maximum strength and cannot be improved for the time being. The deck's cost will also not increase, since no more cards can be added to the deck, and no stronger cards (cards with a higher cost) exist - since it is already the strongest deck currently available! The remaining points are wasted until the user either obtains stronger cards with a higher cost, or more vice selection card slots. Those wasted points may have been more useful if placed into a different stat, such as stamina.
 For example, if your strongest attack deck is cost 100, but you have 130 attack cost, 30 attack cost points will be leftover when you use the strongest deck.
-There are some uses to having more attack cost than the cost of the strongest attack deck. This is explained [[Stats#Benefits of Attack Cost Overflow|later below]], but is a very advanced topic.
+However, there are some uses to having more attack cost than the cost of the strongest attack deck. This is called "Attack Cost Overflow", and is explained [[Stats#Benefits of Attack Cost Overflow|later below]], but is a very advanced topic, generally only applicable to a few event types.
 ==== Example of Limitation ====
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 So, the ideal situation is that you are able to use all 10 of these HR cards. This would mean your ideal base attack is 13,500 * 10 = 135,000. In order to use all these cards, you'll need an attack cost of 12 * 10 = 120.
-Thus, if you have 120 attack cost, then you can use all ten of your strongest cards (the ten HR cards, each of 12 cost), which is exactly what you wanted to do.
+So, if you have 120 attack cost, then you can use all ten of your strongest cards (the ten HR cards, each of 12 cost), which is exactly what you wanted to do.
 But now, what if you only have 110 attack cost? Well, you can't use all ten of your 12 cost cards - you don't have enough attack cost for it! Thus, you'll only be able to use nine of those 12 cost cards, leaving you with one leftover vice selection slot! Since you still have ten attack cost left, you can fill that remaining slot with that N rarity card you had of cost 2. This means your base attack is weaker now - it's 13,500 * 9 + 1000 = 122,500!
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 What if you only have 60 attack cost? Well, now you can only use five of your 12 cost cards - which is already 60 cost, meaning you can't do anything else afterwards! That means your attack is even weaker now - 13,500 * 5 = 67,500! You also have 5 empty card slots that aren't being used!
-Thus, in the last two situations, if you put more points into your attack cost, you would be able to easily become stronger by being able to place more cards (or more stronger cards) into your deck by using empty card slots or card slots occupied by super weak low-cost cards.
+In the last two situations, we've shown that if you put more points into your attack cost, you would be able to easily become stronger by being able to place more cards (or more stronger cards) into your deck by using empty card slots or card slots occupied by super weak low-cost cards.
 What happens, however, if you go over 120 attack cost? What if you have 150 attack cost? Well, first we want to use our strongest cards - the ten HR cards of 12 cost - which uses up 120 of our attack cost. This leaves us with 30 leftover attack cost - but we don't have any more card slots that we can use to add more cards! This means we have 30 attack cost leftover and wasted since they can't be used for anything! Now, usually you gain another card slot every ten levels, so at level 60, you'll be able to use another card to use some of that leftover attack cost. But in the meantime, those wasted points would have been of more use if they were placed into another stat, like stamina!
-Thus, in order to maximize your attack/defense decks most efficiently, the goal is to increase your attack/defense cost to match up with the available card slots, and the cost of the cards that you will be using. For beginning players, you can estimate that you will be using roughly 12 cost per card slot. For intermediate/advanced players, you can estimate ~15 cost per card slot. Of course, this number will definitely vary depending on the cards that you plan on using, and the bonuses that you want to add to your current attack and defense power.
+Thus, in order to maximize your attack/defense decks most efficiently, the goal is to increase your attack/defense cost to match up with the available card slots, and the cost of the cards that you will be using. For beginning players, you can estimate that you will be using roughly 12 cost per card slot. For intermediate/advanced players, you can estimate ~15 cost per card slot. Of course, this number will vary depending on the cards that you plan on using, and the bonuses that you want to add to your current attack and defense power.
 What kinds of cards should you use in your deck to maximize bonus power? Well, that's a different topic which will be covered in a different article. But for now, you should understand how Attack Cost and Defense Cost are used in conjunction with your available Vice Selection Card Slots to determine your base attack and base defense power.
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 For example, if you have 350 attack cost, and have a deck that costs 110 that you want to use against some weak opponents (who have a defense deck of, lets say, 20 cost). You can thus use that 110 cost attack deck three times without having to refill your attack cost, since 3 * 110 = 330, which still leaves you with 20 attack cost remaining after three attacks.
 Note that the game does not allow players to use decks with a cost under 100 when the auto-generated deck has a cost above 100.