****Speed Guide For the Hollow Race*****

[Setoku]

As a general rule of thumb, it's come to my attention that for every guide there is, there is an equally informative speed guide too match - Now, a speed guide can be used for many things, even as a guide itself, but I recommend you get the most out of my good Friend HollowIchigo's guide before you even think about using this one for reference. The point of this guide is only to help those speed demons who are in a hurry to achieve rank for show, or just rank over-all before they start worrying about all their stats. As another rule of thumb I must you warn some of you - This is not a guide. This will in now way inform you of every little detail of the game or what and who goes where in the game, just a few simple tricks one can use to help along their Journey to the coveted rank of Gillian as we know it.

-----------------------------------------To Begin, there is only one thing you must know-----------------------------

Hurray! You reached level six and transformed into a hollow! Lucky You! Now you can go to Kyoto and rip the Shinigami to shreds!! The moment you've been waiting for since you logged onto this game! You will be able to pull out your all might ressurcc--- Wait, what? A hollow just shoved some shards inside me?! I can't kill Shinigami with shards! --- That's right! But you can kill time with Shards! Your first journey into the Hollow Realm (Or Shinigami even) you are granted a week of the aura known as "Strong Aura." This aura has many, many uses. The best of these uses is collecting AP per minute. For Strong, the most you collect per minute is One AP. Why is this important, you ask? Shutup and listen, and old Setoku will spin you tale!
The key to this guide is AP. There are four different Training Options available to one such as yourself, new Hollow, but only one of them is important. The choices are - Training. 10 Minutes. --- Active Training. 10 Minutes. --- 3 Hour Training. --- Active 3 hour Training. "So, obviously, Setoku, the most important one is the Active Three hour, right?" Wrong little buddy! Nice try though! Active Three Hour Training may seem appealing, due to the fact it costs Half your AP, and takes Three hours, I mean, you'd figure, right? But WoB is about one thing, Hands on. And setting 3 hour training so you can go dance in the rain is not it, my friend. The most Important Training for one to keep in mind is Active Training - 10 Minutes. While the cost is 5 AP for DB, the long run Value far exceeds the face value.
But, it is only worth (Roughly) 10 points toward a skill, how is that useful?! Well, it's not, but the XP gain is the most important part here! While 3 Hour Training will award you with 2000 XP once all is said and done, well, guess what? You just lost out on a couple hundred XP by taking that route. Ask any Mod, or Admin if you deem this an untruth! "So Setoku, this doesn't answer why my Strong Aura is so important." Ah, but it does! To use the benefits of Active 10 Minute Training, one needs AP, and the best ways to Gain AP are A) Sparring. B) Chatting and C) Having an Aura. If you're a player that loves all three of these things, then you my friend will be in luck! AP will not be a worry for you, even without an Aura. But for Players like me, who have their ups, and downs, sometimes chat, sometimes don't, and never spar, this Aura can be our saving grace. So the first thing to remember as a DB is simply this: Constantly spam train your Active 10 Minute Training. To make sure you don't run out of AP for this, do not exchange it for Souls. Items can just get in the way on your way to glory! Or, if you must shop, then make sure you are one of those People who love doing A; B; And C; and spend your Money on only one move. (Spirit if you Plan to be Spirit, Melee if you Plan to be Melee. We'll get too this in a Second.)

A Major Tip for the Speed Guide and Speed Demon in us all: Pick a Skill to Train!
You have a choice of two Skills in WoB! And those Two Skills, should ONLY be kept Balanced by those who want to take their time. My Suggestion? Pick a skill that best reflects you! Are you the type who love being face first in battle? Seeing the white in the eyes of the enemy before plunging a sword into the depths of their very skull? Or are you the thinking type? Like to fight at a range and come up with clever plans to kill your enemy? For the ub3r Speed Demons, you can just pick Melee; I say this because as soon as you click "Train" you are given a few choices to pick from, and Melee is already pre-selected! So you'll be in and out in no-time at all!
But, enough of me Blathering on! Once you pick a skill to run with, STICK TO THAT SKILL! ONLY TRAIN IN THAT SKILL! AND NO OTHER! You will also need to select a single General Stat to train along the way. Your choices are: Strength - Endurance - Speed - Intelligence - Willpower. The best choice is willpower and endurance. Although I said stick with one, it's okay to grab two at times. I say these two because they are your natural armor against the elements. Endurance will protect you from AI Melee Attacks and Willpower from AI Spirit Attacks. But beyond those Two, and your Skill, the only thing you should be doing is training.
----But Setoku! What do I do while the ticker counts down?! -- Well, Luckily for you, Setoku can answer this question! There's a multitude of things you can do with those free 10:00; Such as Read a Book! Watch the entire collection of actual action sequences from the three twilight movies--- Oh wait, you meant in game? Well, there is plenty to do you pilgrim! You can chat it up with Fellow Hollow or Shinigami in the Hollow Social and Mixed Social - This can help you pool some AP for your next few training sessions! But what you should focus on doing is challenging the AI. On easy, what you'll have to start out at first, a win only net's you 75 xp. Or a Lucky net's you 125. And an Uber Lucky net's you... 160, I believe. Sure, it's relatively little XP, but it all adds up in the end! Also, doing battles to pass the time is a good way to give yourself Gen XP in short amounts. So you won't end up level 16 with 250.00 across the board.

--- Tips to remember as a Devouring Beast:
---Train Constant and save the 3 Hour For a Rainy Day
---Be sure to get to know your fellow Gamers by chatting it up and introducing yourselves. (Not only can you make friends, but you net some sweet, sweet AP. What a Deal!)
---Do not be so quick to exchange all your AP for Souls; Training and leveling up comes first!
---Fight the AI as you train one of your Skills or a Gen.
---And last but not least, Read HollowIchigo's guide for a full break down of What is and What isn't.


----------------You've become a Huge Hollow! Yay! Now it's time to own some Shinigami!--------------------

Whoa! Slow down there sailor, you still have plenty of training to do! "But, Setoku, I'm allowed to travel! I can go to Kyoto and take the first Shinigami head I see!" Well, not with them stats you can't partner! This is when the guide really comes in handy. Hopefully, you did as instructed in the first half of this guide, and trained trained trained! Once you reach that epitome that is known as Huge Hollow, you'll notice a new option added to your feed options! And that's the option to feed on fellow hollow! (Not sure if you can see this as a Devouring Beast. I myself didn't notice this nifty thing until I was a Huge Hollow.) This option is by far the greatest time to have your speed demon shine! Why, you ask? Well, simple, Mathematically, it all adds up, and far more quicker than fighting an AI on easy ONCE before your training is done. "But, why Setoku?" Well, the answer is simple! Say you make it too Huge Hollow, and you have a Stamina and Reiatsu pool of 720.00? Okay, that means you can feed a full 7 times in a row once a training session ends! Each time you feed on hollow it gives you small points to your General Stats, and 65 XP. Unless you get a Lucky and/or an Uber Lucky with that, then the XP is much higher, same for the Gen Stat gain!

---Tips to remember as a Huge Hollow!----
---Feed between every ten minute spurt. You're going to have to fight the AI at first, until you accumulate at 200 Kills, but after that, train and feed, my boy!
---Don't worry about the new items available at the Shop Just yet! From the AI fights and the Feeding you'll be doing, you'll gain plenty of Money without having to trade in that precious AP for it.


--------------You've done it! After Four-Five days of rigorous, all night sessions! You've achieved the Highest rank currently available! Gillian!-------


Q: What do I do now, all mighty Speed Demon Guide writer who didn't really help me much?
A: Whatever you want, I got you to Gillian, the rest is up to you! And what do you mean 'Didn't help you much?' I just saw you in the Social begging for tips!

Q: Yeah, but real helpful tips! You kinda screwed me in the Stats department, don't ya think?
A: Hey, I said quickest route, not safest.


----------------------------Extra friendly tips from WoB's resident Pimp-----------------------------------------

Remember fellow Hollows, once you become a hollow, you are given 10 extra Shards for past wars fought! My best advice is turn that week long "Strong" aura into a week long "Legendary" aura. With the Legendary Aura, you gain a bit more from training +5% I believe it was, and you gain an extra 3 AP per minute. Not too mention some extra slots for moves and such.
What if I'm wrong and you no longer get these 10 Shards for becoming a hollow? Then do the old Fashion Thing, pay 10 bucks to get 10 Shards and turn that Aura into a Legendary.
Is it really worth it? Yes, yes it is.

Anymore Tips? Yes, after reading this guide, which butchered your young mind with all it's crazy skips and trips, perhaps you should pay a visit to HollowIchigo's guide (v2) also located in the Freelance section. And after that, you will go to his Youtube Videos and you will watch them :D They will help ya :D Clicky >>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldOfBleachRPG <<<< Clicky

Maybe at some point I will improve upon this guide once more stuff get's tweaked and improved upon. Many thanks go to LSM for devising such a wonder way to waste my time. And Shira... for, well, being Shira. I would also like to thank all the Mods, who put up with my annoying antics without banning me..... Yet.

[Setoku]

I'm gonna be completely honest here - When I made this guide, I was running on like 3 hours of sleep over 2 days, there's some typos, and some inarticulate stat/xp gains. Also... Why hasn't no one commented on how bad it was? Careful WoB pals, or I might get arrogant and write ANOTHER guide O.O!!!

[Haruchi]

... Love how humorous it is. xD

[Lsmjudoka]

My eyes glazed over after two paragraphs... O.O

However, it looks good. This could be transferred to general discussion?

[oz_11]

i liked it...its how i trained before i reset

[Yukira_Fuyushi]

What?
Lol, I got discouraged from reading the massive blocks of text.
But it's a good guide

[Minineo]

I stopped reading after i saw all that txt....try and condense it XD

[Lsmjudoka]

Or at least divide up the paragraphs.