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# Axie Teams

Due to the mechanics of the game, most new players field teams consist of 1 “defender” and 2 “attacker” Axies. The tank or "defender" should be placed in the front of your team so that it draws incoming attacks like you can see in this example.

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**Each Axie can draw from a pool of 4 potential cards in battle. Each card comes from a body part— Mouth, Back, Tail, and Horn.**

## Defender/Tank Axies

They are adept at absorbing damage. They have a high HP stat (50+) and having at least 2 high shield cards (70+). More is preferable but can also increase the price quickly.

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* Almost all plant class cards are good tank cards.
* Reptile and aquatic cards can also be tank cards.
* Self healing cards such as Shiitake and Rosebud can make a tank more resilient.
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## Attacker Axies

Have at least 2 cards with 100+ damage. Sometimes can sacrifice survivability (HP & shield) for damage output. Have combo cards that you can chain or achieve critical strikes.

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* Most attacker Axies can kill a defender/tank Axie with a 1-hit combo move.
* Attacker Axies usually have a high speed stat
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## Utility/Support Axies

Have cards that can support your other Axies. Support cards can apply a buff, gain energy or destroy energy from the enemy, heal or sustain your other Axies or can apply a debuff to your enemy.

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* Any Axie with a lot of energy absorb/generation usually is a utility Axie.
* Utility/support Axies can also add buffs, remove debuffs or heal your other Axies.
* They can also disable (stun, disable move cards, sleep, apply debuff, etc.) enemies.
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You can find a full list of cards here: <https://www.axieworld.com/en/tools/cards-explorer>
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#### References:

* <https://axie.substack.com/p/axie-infinity-community-alpha-guide>