What is the best way to grind Elemental Hero Sparkman?

[Energon Vlada]

Hello guys, so here's my problem. I've been trying to grind Sparkman for 3 weeks in a row, and unluckuly it's still a work in progress. :/ During this time I've spent most of my time grinding normal gate keys and red gate keys just to fight Jaden(since the only way I found to get Sparkman is through dueling him and he'll drop as an R rated reward), but even after fighting lvl 30 Jaden with x3 reward multiplier I've gotten 3 Bubblemans instead. T_T
Since I've failed to grind him on my own, I came here to ask - is there another way to grind him or not?
If he's a drop reward after beating Jaden only, is there any tip that will help me increase his chances to drop?

[Tomowatt]

Well... Yeah, you have to keep farming Jaden. However, you can try to improve your duel score to get more rewards. More rewards = More chances for Sparkman = Less reward multipliers used.

Typically, I farm Legendary Duelists using god cards. Summoning a DIVINE attribute monster automatically adds 1000 to your duel score (= 1 chest).

However, it's the overkill that gets you the real high score; blasting the opponent with 8k Slifer or 10k Ra gets you a lot of points.

If you don't have god cards, you can try other ways of getting high ATK. Montage Dragon's ATK is the total level of three monsters used for its summoning x 300. Junk Warrior can easily reach 4600 ATK with Star Siphion, possibly beyond. Maju Garzett combines the original ATK of two monsters into one.

This event also released Uria, Lord of Searing Flames. That might be worth looking into. Some Continous Trap combos make it easier to stall for time, like Astral Barrier + Spirit Barrier, and can be used for the special summoning of Uria. If you also mill a lot of continuous traps into graveyard, Uria can gain quite the high ATK.

[Culain]

When you're able to duel legendary duelists at level 40, their reward pile shrinks to less than half giving you a better chance of getting their best cards. Obviously when dueling you want to get as high as a duelist score as you can, at least 4k per fight. I like to try for all of these conditions as they give lots of points: win duel with 1 or less cards, deal a single attack of 3k,5k, or 7k damage, comeback victory or flawless win you may have to adjust your deck accordingly.

However cards that are rare like sparkman can still be obtained by dueling the level 10 version of jaden a handful of times, as when you win the duel with a good score (which you'll likely do) you'll get something like at least 2 rare cards each time.

[Kristy Blackclaw]

I use hazy beast rising to farm jaden lv 40
still haven't got giant thunder even i get +7000 over 20-30 times

[Obsidian Dragoon]

Basically it's been said already, max out your rewards per duel (without multipliers) and go for big points with stuff like 10k damage (in one attack).

There are also points to be found in constantly destroying monsters and having 5 or fewer cards left in your deck.

I personally use Neo Parshath (Ranked Duels SR reward) for point farming but I have so many keys I'd go for multiplied rewards first. He goes really well with Ishizu's skill, Fairy's Smile which can help skyrocket your LP far above your enemy while they're unable to do anything. This won't work against all enemies, as some will have trap cards like Scrap Iron Scarecrow (Yusei) and Magic Cylinder (Bastion). So keep a prevention trap handy if you do that.

[Firewalk]

I remember seeing Sparkman as an R-Ticket reward somewhere. Don't remember what kind of r-Ticket though.

- RA -

[Energon Vlada]

Thank you for your advices guys! I'll try to collect more points god cards, high attack, overkill and/or deck out.

Originally posted by Foabias:

Well... Yeah, you have to keep farming Jaden. However, you can try to improve your duel score to get more rewards. More rewards = More chances for Sparkman = Less reward multipliers used.

Typically, I farm Legendary Duelists using god cards. Summoning a DIVINE attribute monster automatically adds 1000 to your duel score (= 1 chest).

Fortunately I do have Slifer, so I'll use him for divine summoning.

[Kristy Blackclaw]

overkill near deckout.
don't win or lose with deckout.

[Energon Vlada]

Originally posted by Kristy Blackclaw:

overkill near deckout.
don't win or lose with deckout.

Understood.

[Kristy Blackclaw]

The more important problaly just do lv40 instead lv30.
1lv40 > 2 lv30

[Energon Vlada]

Originally posted by Kristy Blackclaw:

The more important problaly just do lv40 instead lv30.
1lv40 > 2 lv30

Oh, okay. I'll grind for stage 30 then, thanks!

[Kristy Blackclaw]

Originally posted by Vlada-Cut:

Originally posted by Kristy Blackclaw:

The more important problaly just do lv40 instead lv30.
1lv40 > 2 lv30

Oh, okay. I'll grind for stage 30 then, thanks!

lol you completly understand wrong way or you trolling me.
lv40 way better since you don't have most junk cards on the lists.
the ratio keys drop chance are better at lv 40.

except you can't handle lv40.

[Energon Vlada]

Originally posted by Kristy Blackclaw:

Originally posted by Vlada-Cut:

Oh, okay. I'll grind for stage 30 then, thanks!

lol you completly understand wrong way or you trolling me.
lv40 way better since you don't have most junk cards on the lists.
the ratio keys drop chance are better at lv 40.

except you can't handle lv40.

No? Didn't you say that legendary duelists lvl 40 are better than lvl 30?
I said I was going to grind to STAGE level 30 so I can unlock legendary duelists lvl 40.

[Energon Vlada]

Okay, I unlocked lvl 40 duelists, before I do it I have a question, should I do all the recommended stuff at lvl 40 x1 reward or lvl 40 x3 rewards?

[Sparse Dunes]

Originally posted by Vlada-Cut:

Okay, I unlocked lvl 40 duelists, before I do it I have a question, should I do all the recommended stuff at lvl 40 x1 reward or lvl 40 x3 rewards?

if you feel confident go for x3 as this will more or less guarantee max duel points and higher exp rate.

You can always use a grind deck as well to meet max duel points

[Energon Vlada]

Originally posted by Sparse Dunes:

Originally posted by Vlada-Cut:

Okay, I unlocked lvl 40 duelists, before I do it I have a question, should I do all the recommended stuff at lvl 40 x1 reward or lvl 40 x3 rewards?

if you feel confident go for x3 as this will more or less guarantee max duel points and higher exp rate.

You can always use a grind deck as well to meet max duel points

Thanks!