Blue Lock PWC How to Train Guide

Game storyline / context

• This guide is for Blue Lock’s training-focused mode (“PWC How to Train Guide”).
• Your goal is to evaluate characters and train them effectively so you can progress your account faster and more consistently.
• It doesn’t present a narrative plot, but it strongly emphasizes character roles and progression through the game’s training system, tiles, and card-based buffs.

Core gameplay highlights & what to focus on

Key stats to understand (the “why” behind training)

• Special Training Rate: increases how often special tiles appear (e.g., blue tiles and other special tile types).
• Lecture Rate: triggers special lecture pop-ups mid-round that provide strong boosts.
• Grade bonuses: improve the % roll on tiles. This is useful for:
  • reaching high thresholds, and
  • consistently exceeding them (e.g., 500% in strong states such as Awakening).
• Constant / fixed stat boosts
  • Constant boosts: apply only when you hit the matching tile type.
  • Fixed boosts: apply more consistently per run.
• Revealed talents (press-and-hold): you should always review these to identify which skills you can get in runs.

“Recommended” character traits (what makes a unit valuable)

Characters are judged by how well they provide the “core stats” for a training type:

• Special Training Rate
• Lecture Rate
• Grade bonuses

Many powerful effects revolve around entering Awakening and pushing beyond 500% tile bonuses.

Strategies / training approach (how to build comps and choose supports)

How to build a training comp (practical workflow)

1. Check who you have at level 65
   • Level 65 gives gears, which strongly impact your ability to get the right special training / lecture outcomes.
2. Build around:
   • your main unit (whose tiles align with the target stat),
   • support units that add the right lecture/training boosts,
   • tile overlap (using subs that match or complement your training tiles).
3. Expect tradeoffs:
   • The guide notes you may need to use someone “slightly unoptimal” if it improves overall consistency.

Example team building (given in the guide)

• Intelligence training example (“Nico comp”)

  • Support logic centers on units that boost intelligence and improve extra turns / lecture consistency.
  • It requires enough gear support and strong tile alignment for intelligence tiles.
  • The guide claims the comp performs very well in practice (including a “million” score example).

• Speed training example (“Zets comp”)

  • Emphasizes the priority of Christmas Chigiri as an extremely high-value friend unit at level 100.
  • Uses speed-specializing supports (including Loki when speed-midfielder play is desired).
  • Sometimes you choose between similar supports depending on:
    • run consistency,
    • available levels,
    • and turn-generation patterns.

Gameplay stat roles (match-level guidance)

• Stamina: less important than before, but very low stamina can still hurt performance.
• Speed: helps carry the ball and create early threats (breakthrough/positioning advantage).
• Physical: better for defensive matchups and winning loose balls / second possessions.
• Technical: supports breakthroughs and often performs well versus physical/some matchups depending on mode rules.
• Intelligence: used for shot blocking / intercepting passes, but described as less consistent than it once was.

Character evaluation: what units to chase (high-level guidance)

Main unit examples discussed

• Luna

  • Strong baseline for training needs, especially Special Training / Lecture / Grade bonuses.
  • Also valued for providing extra turns / additional time.
  • Framed as an excellent early/out-of-the-gate intelligence/technical-related trainer depending on your setup.

• Ren

  • Extremely valued because his face tile grants extra turns every time, making him consistently useful.
  • Recommended especially for certain tech builds due to turn reliability.

• Christmas Chigiri

  • Presented as heavily speed-focused with strong Awakening enabler logic at high levels.
  • Major power comes online at level 100.
  • The guide warns that at mid-levels (e.g., 50–59) he can feel like a “dead pull” for the biggest stats unless you whale/max him.

Special note about power spikes by level

• Several units are described as being much worse at mid-levels than at 100.
• Examples:
  • Christmas Chigiri’s value at 100 is dramatically higher.
  • Ren’s face-card power is a huge part of his effectiveness.

Special support cards: “big picture” + ramping advice

How the guide treats SSR supports

• SSR supports are power crept over time (newer additions make older ones less optimal).
• Still, you should use what you have—especially if it:
  • matches your required tile types and
  • supplies core stats.

“Big Three” (historically important supports)

The guide references the “Big Three” set of cards:

• Kunas Sagi (HRE V1)
• HRE V1
• Ren V1

Their historical value comes from early access to special training + lecture rate and strong revealed-talent effects (some details may be outdated versus current balance).

Extra-turn focused meta

The guide emphasizes that many modern powerful units/cards center around:

• extra turns
• Awakening triggers
• and lecture/training consistency

Examples cited include Ego V2 (extra turns / extreme interaction) and Awakening cards that ramp up at higher levels (e.g., improving around 80).

What not to train (general “avoid these” principles)

• Don’t invest heavily into units that:
  • only reach full power at 100 while you’re not close, or
  • have value that’s mostly outdated compared to newer tile/turn-awakening options.
• Avoid training choices that don’t align with:
  • tile overlap
  • gear-supported lecture/training needs
  • growth-focused specialization targets

Tile/character growth targeting rule-of-thumb

When deciding whether a character is worth building:

• Prefer growth above roughly 15%–20% in relevant stats.
• Avoid characters with:
  • evenly distributed/low growth that causes them to train “everything poorly.”

The guide provides examples of growth expectations and why generalist builds tend to underperform compared to specialists.

Summoning / account progression tips

Summon philosophy

• Summon goal-oriented:
  • chase favorites, or
  • target meta standard characters that cover important non-intelligence stats.
• Avoid mindless pulling:
  • consider pity / gem usage,
  • evaluate value per banner (e.g., 3-star vs cost tradeoffs),
  • track future banners and limited rerun timing.

Investment priorities

Prioritize units likely to remain useful in your comps longer, such as:

• Loki for speed comps (described as likely to remain relevant)
• Xra as generic/high-speed value

F2P/weekly progression commitments

• Do:
  • Club matches
  • League matches
  • Trading post checks
  • Rivalry battles (noted as tedious but still valuable)
• Use shop/medal systems to hit key checkpoints, notably 65 and 80.

Gamers / sources featured

• Talls (the channel creator/voice in the subtitles).