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Tetris (1984)

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Atuenn: Upon unlocking power-ups, gain bonus effects
Tier 1: Lightning, Tier 2: Bomb, Tier 3: screen clear.

My personal thoughts on Atuenn: Atuenn is a pretty unique character the rewards you for charging tiers of power-ups. But how useful are they?
Tier 1 power-ups will trigger a bonus lightning power-up then and there, which is a detriment in my eyes. Lightning is effectively a combo breaker and shouldn't be used unless you have a stray overloading column or some other niche circumstance to me, so basically breaking your combo to charge Tier 1 powerups isn't worth it to me.
Tier 2 will trigger a bonus bomb power-up, which is the most valuable bonus in my eyes since bomb is *always* useful no matter the circumstances. Whether it be stopping your overload in tournament, finish a screen clear that didn't quite make it, or just for standard offensive purposes, it's the most versatile in my eyes.
Tier 3 triggers an immediate fast screen clear. Screen clears are good, especially when you have a lot of elements on the board. But having to match 5 of every element at least once is a little too big of a cost in my opinion. Of course it needs that cost to avoid being spammed, but I don't think the effect of a screen clear is worth that cost personally.
Personally, I think Atuenn would make a good "match 4" avatar to make usage of the bonus bomb the most. And final note, this video is *not* an optimal play using Atuenn, I did it this way to demonstrate every aspect of the ability to the best of my ability so you know how it functions. If I get around to doing VS matches, I'll show how to play Atuenn proper then.

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