Tetris 99: 10 Essential Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

9. Why Badges & K.O.s Matter

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On the topic of choosing your victim(s), switching to either ‘KO’s’ or ‘Badges’ will help you out the most when you’re pushing toward the ‘50 Players Remaining’ mark.

Attacking for badges focuses on those who have already KO’d other players and gained badges themselves - you'll target the player(s) with the most badges accrued. Once YOU KO someone with badges, you gain them, and that’ll help you out in the later game with boosts to the amounts of lines you can send out.

As for KO’s, this is where things get very cruel. KO targeting means your cleared lines get sent to a player who is currently placing tetriminos high in their grid i.e. they're on death's door, and you can swoop in for the knockout if you time it right.

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