In the card game Naruto: Leaf Village Master, building a powerful lineup that suits your development not only depends on various attributes but also on the stage of the game. For example, the effects that can be used in the early and late stages are completely different. How to pair up the early-stage lineup in Naruto: Leaf Village Master is definitely something new players need, so I will explain in detail how to cleverly match your lineup during the early stage, helping initial players find fun in the game as well.
Considering the significant strength gap between ninja of different grades and the relatively limited resources for new players, a more ideal combination would be to adopt an SSS+SS pairing model. Typically, S-grade ninjas are less likely to appear in battles, and common lineup configurations include 4+2 or 3+3 formats. If one's luck is poor and high-star ninjas are always just out of reach during card draws, at least a 2+4 basic configuration should be ensured to guarantee the team has a basic combat capability. Currently, I believe the most suitable lineup for early-stage players to advance in the game is Tsunade, Fourth Raikage, Gaara, Sasuke Uchiha, and Orochimaru. The last slot can be filled with a currently under-leveled character to bolster the team's strength.
In this carefully selected lineup, Tsunade takes on the crucial role of support, providing comprehensive assistance and protection to the team through her unique skill mechanism. The Fourth Raikage serves as the strongest output core of the team, capable of dealing high damage to enemies with his powerful attack. Gaara is recognized as the top-tier defense character, while Sasuke Uchiha and Orochimaru excel in group output, with their skills complementing each other to quickly clear the battlefield. Moreover, these two ninjas are relatively easy to obtain, lowering the difficulty for new players to form a lineup.
However, it is well known that the results of card draws are often random, and different players may end up with different ninjas. Therefore, I have specially compiled some practical alternative options. In the support position, if Tsunade is not drawn, players can choose SS-level Ino Yamanaka or Sakura Haruno as alternatives. Although these two ninjas are slightly lower in grade, they are among the few in the game with healing abilities, able to timely restore health to teammates during battle, making them excellent support healer characters that effectively make up for the lack of Tsunade.
If you miss out on the Fourth Raikage in the output role, then SSS-level Naruto Uzumaki or SS-level Yugito Nii (Nii Yugito) are good choices. They possess outstanding output capabilities and can take on the primary firepower output tasks in battle, ensuring the team has sufficient damage. As for defensive substitutes, SS-level Kurotsuchi is worth considering, as she can to some extent replace Gaara, providing reliable defensive support to the team. In the area of group output, Orochimaru and Sasuke Uchiha are already nearly a perfect combination, with straightforward and effective skills that generally do not require replacement. Of course, if it is really impossible to gather these two, using SSS-level Mei Terumi as an alternative is also a viable option.
It should be noted, however, that there is currently no strong substitute in the SS level that can completely surpass Orochimaru and Sasuke Uchiha. Therefore, players should try their best to collect these two ninjas to strengthen the overall power of the team. Besides the aforementioned conventional lineup, there is also a unique burn team playstyle that is quite suitable for the early stage. This team relies on the continuous damage effect of burning to deliver high output, with members including Jiraiya, Deidara, Might Guy, Hanzō, and Gaara.
Among them, Jiraiya serves as the frontline tank for the team. His signature skill can deal 100% damage to all enemies and has a 50% chance to inflict a burn effect. Additionally, his passive skill increases his defense by 30%, and when attacked by an enemy with a burn effect, he has a 50% chance to counterattack, delivering an unexpected blow to the enemy. Furthermore, another of his skills allows him to recover his maximum health when the burn effect on an enemy disappears, meaning the more burns on the enemy, the more durable Jiraiya becomes.
Deidara plays the role of a secondary carry in the burn team. After each action, he has an 80% chance to apply a burn mark to a random enemy. With his speed advantage at the start of the battle, he can preemptively apply burn effects to enemies. Might Guy is the main carry of the team, possessing extremely high burst output. Especially when the number of burn layers applied by our side to the enemy exceeds 2, he gains buffs to increase critical hit rate and attack power. Hanzō is also one of the secondary carries, acting as a backline assassin with high evasion, making him quite survivable.
Kankurō is responsible for frontline buff support in the team. He can reduce the enemy's attack power, increase the defense and resistance of all team members, and has a certain probability to remove the enemy's buffs, thereby comprehensively enhancing the overall strength of our side. At the same time, Gaara also plays a significant role in the frontline, not only adding shields to the team to enhance defense but also having a 50% chance to silence enemies, effectively restraining the enemy's offensive rhythm. In terms of output, it is definitely sufficient for the early stage.
I believe that after carefully reading today's detailed introduction on how to pair up the early-stage lineup in Naruto: Leaf Village Master, players know how to use these characters. Even as a new player, by reasonably selecting ninjas according to the above suggestions, you can easily build a lineup with combat power.
