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Umamusume: Pretty Derbyis quite an F2P-friendly gacha simply because you can easily defeat your opponents without spending a dime by just getting a good career runs on your characters. The game also allows you to increase the rarities of your units after you get enough copies, which levels the playing field.
For example, Vodka is a two-star character in the game, but you may easily get her to five stars at a certain point. However, if you want to beat the endgame modes involving PvP with her, you’ll have to pay a lot of attention to her build.
Late (A)
End (F)
The characters of Umamusume: Pretty Derby might look the same, but they’re mainly divided intodifferent types based on their preferred distance, style, and unique skill. While some characters might show flexibility with their ratings for each distance and style, they’re usually better for a certain build due to their unique skill.
However, Vodka is truly a flexible unit since she boasts anA rating in Mile, Medium, and Late while having a B in Pace, which can easily be converted to an A as well. Her unique skill gives her more Guts and Speed when she’s in the front in the final 200 meters of the race, which can work well with both of these styles.
Guts help you position yourself betterfor crossing other characters whileSpeed is required to cover extra distancefor overtaking.
This opens up the way for a bunch of builds for Vodka, though you also have to keep her career in mind. All the races where she needs to place high are Mile and Medium, butyou might have a difficult time with the latter if you build her for the former. So, if you want to build Vodka as a Mile character, you’ll have to get some extra skills just to beat your career.
Vodka’s best build is easily the Late Surger on a Mile track since this not only helps her beat every race in her career, butalso prevents the need to have too many excess skills that you won’t use in PvP.
9
900-1000
3
400-500
4
500-600
2
300-400
The recommended stats mentioned above are the numbers you can reach after a good run if you’re building Vodka as a Medium Late Surger,but a few things will change if you also change your target build.Here’s exactly what you should aim for in each type of build:
If your end goal is to run her in a Mile distance, you’re able to justget a few Stamina skills to beat your careeron Medium.
It’s easier to build Vodka as a Late Surger for the Mile since this play styledoesn’t need too much Stamina even for Medium.
Her base stats have a very high Power, but quite a low roll on Stamina,pushing you to build her as a Late Surger even more. Of course, with the right Legacy and Support Cards, you can still build her for Medium.
Vodka Legacy Recommendations
Before you start your career with Vodka, you’ll get to choose two Legacies that can give her abunch of boosts at the start and two other times during the run. These boosts can include both stats and skill hints. For Vodka, your priority for stats in these Legacies will be Speed, Power, and Guts.
you’re able to get some Stamina if you’re planning to build her as a Medium,but you can then skip out on the Gutssince it’s better to build her as a Pace Chaser on Medium. It’s also important to get your Pace Chaser to an A rating at the start of the career with your Legacies for this build.
Vodka Best Skills
Another thing making Vodka’s Late Surger Mile build good is that there are aton of skills you’re able to easily get for this distance and style. Here are some of the best skills to look out for:
Description
Late Surger Savvy
This skill increases your chances of getting in a good position, which essentially means thatit boosts your Guts as a Late Surger, which can be highly important.
A Small Breather
Talking about skills that can help you beat the career even if you want to use her as a Mile character, this onerecovers her Stamina in the late race, as long as you have the Late Surger style.
Relax
This skill is the better version of the one above,being very valuableif you can manage to get it.
Position Pilfer
A Late Surger like Vodka truly shines from the mid to late-race, and this abilityincreases her Speed during the former.
Straightaway Skills
Throughout your career, you can get skills to increase your Speed on a straight. Some of these apply to every situation, whileothers can be specific to Late Surger or Mile distance. These abilities are top-tier for Vodka, as long as you pick the right one.
Updrafters
This is a Mile-specific skill that increases your Gutswhen you’re in the backduring late-race. This skill can lead into Vodka’s unique, making perfect synergy.
Vodka Best Support Cards
The main gacha of Umamusume: Pretty Derby is in the Support Card banner sincethey’re far more important than getting a specific character. These cards are selected at the start of the career, and they not only help you with training, but also provide you with most of the skills you’ll upgrade throughout the run.
However, the hints you get for these skills are random, so it’simportant to use the cards that suit Vodkathe most. In general, you’d want to use three Speed, one Power, and two Guts cards with her. Thoughyou can replace one Guts card with a Wit if you have Fine Motion, and here are your other choices:
Winning Ticket (BNWinner!)
Guts
Apart from having a decent chance of appearing on the Guts training, this card also has abunch of golden Late Surger skillswith no skills that are completely useless for Vodka.
Grass Wonder (Fairest Fleur)
Once again, this card has some great stats while having a ton of Late Surger skills. Moreover, it can also give you somedebuff skills to nerf Pace Chasers.
Special Week (The Setting Sun and Rising Star)
Speed
While this card doesn’t have a lot of great Late Surger skills, it can give you some greatStamina abilities to help you with the career, and it can also be good for the Medium Pace Chaser build.
Gold City (Run My Way)
If you have this card, it can be very useful for the Late Surger Mile build, though it doesn’t have the greatest general effects.
