BATTLEDOME - With the war
right around the next corner, all Neopets owners are gathering an assortment
of weapons spending all their Neopoints in the process. While most have the
secret ambition of finishing the final boss, some only wish to get a win or
two. For those, the easiest way to accomplish the feat is by equipping high
powered one-use items:
SNOWBALLS
They come in many different types. Here is the list of them starting by the
weakest and ending by the strongest: wet snowball, poison snowball, evil snowball,
yellow snowball, peach snowball, stone snowball, exploding snowball, icy snowball,
sticky snowball and snow mudball. The excitement of the war has inflated the
prices of snow mudball so if you are looking for the best NP-usefulness ration
then sticky snowball is your best bed
MUFFINS
There are 8 types of muffins: battle, jelly, evil, fire, water, radioactive,
stone and poison. Of all those muffins, the last four are the strongest. They
are even stronger than snow mudballs, which explains they're rather high inflated
price. Still, they are the best throwing weapons around and will really hurt
those creatures.
CLOCKWORK GRUNDOS
There are 4 types of these and they have a nice animation when you strike
another pet/monster with 'em. They are: red, blue, yellow and brown. All are
of the same effectiveness; the only difference is the type of icons they deal.
Red does fire, blue water, yellow light and brown earth. However, you may notice
a big discrepancy between the prices of the blue and yellow versus the prices
of brown and red. This is because the brown and red clockwork grundos are rarer
than the other two. So if you plan on using grundos for the war, stick to the
yellow or blue.
NOVAS
Novas are special 1 use item and can be very useful as they also heal your
pet. The stronger the nova, the more damage it does, the more it will heal your
pet. The ascending order is: nova, supernova, darknova and ultranova. The ultranova
being the most powerful is very expensive. However there is another reason which
explains their cost: they may come back for another round and another... So
as long as your luck holds you may still use your ultranova.
DEFENSIVE ITEMS
There are 4 items worth mentioning:
Downsize power plus: It blocks ALL icons and your pet will take NO
damage. Only downside, it is rather costly but extremely useful if your pet
has a low hp. The only way someone will hurt you is if they use the ability
drain life (war monsters won't have it) or by using a battle plunger (also very
rare).
Force shield: It acts like the downsize power plus except that it may
come back in the next round like the ultranova. However, this still doesn't
explain its outrageous price!! Avoid those and stick to Downsize power plus.
Pumpkin shield: This item can be described as a weaker Downsize power
plus. It still blocks the majority of icons and can be very useful it you cannot
afford the downsize power plus.
Lucky robot's foot: This items act like a jade scorchstone and will
heal your pet FULLY at the beginning of the next round. It's very useful and
makes your opponent feel as if they're facing your pet twice in a row!
On a final note, these items will disappear after you use them thus their
name(one use), you will need to repurchase them if you wish to use them again
in the next battle. There are other such items but I felt they were too ineffective
to mention. So when war comes, make sure to have a couple of these along with
your regular weapons, they make excellent desperate attack or when your opponent
is frozen. | 
