Strategies for Beginners

(2) - How Chakra Works

This will be short section that will explain how chakra you get chakra. Note that only Zeero has the exact knowledge on how chakra works so we can only ask and speculate at this point. But here are the information we know so far:

• If you start the game first turn, your team will GAIN only 1 chakra. If not, then look below.
  
• Aside from starting the game first turn, all your living characters will generate 1 chakra after you end your turn or when your opponent starts their turn.
  
• If your character dies in the process of using skills and you still haven't ended the turn, that dead character will NOT generate chakra.
  
• Chakra stealing your opponent if they have no chakra will not give you chakra.
  
• Chakra cost changes by skills are not considered friendly or harmful effects.
  
• Muu's duplicates and Gengetsu's Steam Clones will count as living characters and will generate chakra as well. If you have 0 chakra after using the skill, you will gain 1 chakra for each living character including your clones/duplicate.
  
• GAINING chakra is 25% exactly for each (unless specified) while GENERATING chakra is based on your character's current skills
  

The next part covers the chance of getting a specific chakra. This is the information we know so far:

• The overall chakra cost of your current skills of your living characters decides the percentage of what chakra you'll get.
  
• If you have no random chakra costs in your overall chakra costs, you can compute the exact chance you will generate each chakra. The formula for taijutsu chance is: (Total taijutsu cost / overall chakra cost). This formula applies to all chakra types assuming there are no random chakra costs.
  
• If you have a random chakra cost in your current skills, it is not a 25% equal chance for each chakra type. Apparently there is a chaotic randomizer that not even Zeero knows.
  

What do these nonsense numbers imply?
When your team’s current skills cost no random chakra and only taijutsu chakra, you are guaranteed to get taijutsu chakra only. For example, if Alliance Naruto's alternate skill is up and he has no random chakra cost skills (after his counter), then he is guaranteed to gain 1 ninjutsu chakra next turn.

How does this impact your teambuilding?
The usual rainbow team is still a good balance but this also means that having a team that use only 2 or 3 chakra types could work in your favor. Just remember to bring less random chakra cost skills to slightly skew the chance in your favor. Personally, I found that having 3 different chakra type costs instead of 4 generate better chakra for your characters. Just a personal observation.