- This card can be searched by "Dogu", "Single Purchase", "Painful Escape", "Frontline Observer", "Ruffian Railcar", "Revolving Switchyard", "Saqlifice", "Qliphort Scout", and "Qliphort Genius".
- Since this card cannot have its ATK increased (except by Continuous effects of monsters), it is best to support it with effects that hinder the opponent's monsters. Cards like "Shadow Spell", "Shrink", or "Burden of the Mighty" are good complements, as well as the Pendulum Effects of "Qliphort Shell" and "Qliphort Helix".
- Use cards like "Gravity Bind", and "Level Limit - Area B" to hinder your opponent while allowing this card to attack freely.
- This card works well with "Advance Zone", since this card's Summoning requirements will trigger all of its effects.
- Use "Laser Qlip" to prevent your opponent from negating this card's Normal Summon.
- If your opponent has a monster with higher ATK, you can use "Threatening Roar" to prevent it from attacking and, during your turn, force your opponent to send that monster to the Graveyard.
- You can combine this with "Kaiser Colosseum" to make your opponent control only 1 monster, making them probably lose their best monster (unless they send a monster from their hand).
Countering
- Prevent this card from being Tribute Summoned at all, by using "Mask of Restrict" or "Zombie World".
- Something important to realize is that since Link Monsters don't have Ranks or Levels, this card is not immune to their effects. A particularly good Link Monster is "Borreload Dragon", on account of its monster-stealing effect.
- You can get rid of this card by using it as Fusion Material for "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon" or Tributing it to Special Summon "Lava Golem", "Santa Claws", "Kaiju" monsters or "Volcanic Queen".
- Activate "Skill Drain" before this card is Summoned, in order to negate its effects. However, if you activate "Skill Drain" after this card is Summoned, this card will be unaffected by it.
- Be aware that having "Skill Drain" active allows your opponent to Normal Summon their other "Qli" monsters (without Tributing) and have them retain their original (printed) ATK.
- "Share the Pain" is 1 of the simplest way to eliminate this card, although your opponent should control no other monsters to force them to Tribute this card.
- Since this card is immune to Spell/Trap Cards and the activated effects of Level 9 or lower monsters, the first alternative is destroying it by battle. Effects that boost your monsters' ATK, like "Honest" or "Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow" can help in this regard.
- Examples of monsters with built-in effects that allow them to surpass the ATK of this card include "Star Eater", "Number S39: Utopia the Lightning", and "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon".
- Also note that this card is susceptible to the effects of Level/Rank 10 or higher monsters, such as "Cyber Eltanin", "Darklord Desire", "Metaion, the Timelord", "Heavy Freight Train Derricrane", "Skypalace Gangaridai" and "Gishki Zielgigas".
- Since this card is immune to the effects of Spell cards, it will not be powered up by "Clashing Souls", even if the opponent pays LP.
- "Shooting Quasar Dragon" not only beats this card with its 4000 ATK, but should your opponent use this card's effect to make you send a monster to the Graveyard, "Quasar Dragon" can negate the activation and destroy it at no cost.
- If you use a Deck that revolves around "Shooting Quasar Dragon", you can also use "T.G. Halberd Cannon" since it has the exact same summoning requirements. "Halberd Cannon" can be used to negate the Normal Summon of this card and destroy it.
- If you are using a Deck based around Fiend-Type monsters, you can add "Raviel, Lord of Phantasms" and/or "Darkness Neosphere" since they both require a Fiend engine to be summoned, and outmatch this card's ATK.
- Yubel - Terror Incarnate and Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare can easily destroy this card with their own effect.
- If your deck is capable of summoning Rank 8 Xyz monsters, you can summon "Number 23: Lancelot, Dark Knight of the Underworld", then use it summon "Number 84: Pain Gainer", and use Pain Gainer to Summon "Number 77: The Seven Sins", which has enough ATK to destroy this card.
- "Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad" with 3 or more Xyz Materials can defeat this card, since it won't be destroyed by battle, gains 1500 ATK and DEF (which will match the ATK of this card), and becomes unaffected by other card effects, including this card's effect that would reduce its ATK. Simply attack this card to destroy it while keeping "Rhongomyniad" on the field.
- "Bujin" Decks can use ATK-modifier cards such as "Bujingi Crane", "Bujingi Sinyou" or "Honest" to destroy this card by battle, but also supplement it with "Bujintervention" to eliminate all other copies of this card.
- "Destiny HERO - Plasma" can single-handedly take on this monster, since its Continuous effect negates the effects of this card. "Plasma" can then equip this card to itself.
- The "Wicked God" and "Egyptian God" cards can easily destroy this card by battle and/or their card effects.
- With a hand size of 6 or more cards, "Tragoedia" will be able to destroy this card by battle. Alternatively, you can discard a Level 10 monster to take control of this card.
- Rock-Type Decks can use "Megarock Dragon" or "Gaia Plate the Earth Giant" to overpower this card in battle.
- Use the effect of "Fire King Avatar Yaksha" to destroy "Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua" or "The Wicked Eraser" in your possession to trigger their field-destroying effects. Since both monsters are Level 10, their effects will destroy this card.
- "Infernoid Onuncu" is capable of countering this card when summoned.
- Using the effect of "Domain of the True Monarchs", you can use any "Monarch" monsters to attack it and gain 800 ATK, which is enough to destroy this card (That is assuming the card is actually tribute summoned).