Interplanetario 2026 Results

There is the lists for the top 10 of both brackets

⚡ Interplanetario 2026 – Top 10 lists are here!

Pulpi Prodigies bracket:

1. Axel (OSS) 2. GloriousEND (Ariadna) 3. Goblin (Tartary) 4. Foxep (Tartary) 5. Rolc (OSS) 6. Gordonn (Invincible Army) 7. Leviuss (White Banner) 8. StorJaan (Yu Jing) 9. Sir Leirbag (Combined Army) 10. SirNicholas (Nomads)
Kraken Master bracket:

1. cobraprime (Bakunin) 2. kotenok (Military Orders) 3. SIRXXI (Next Wave) 4. Stoneman95 (OSS) 5. Wanted321 (Yu Jing) 6. Perzan (Haqqislam) 7. gravitypool (OSS) 8. tau24 (PanO) 9. papu (Haqqislam) 10. PAtreide (Shindenbutai)

Full army lists here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...zBmPRSXK4seyIVoKGqiUf5pwsg8/edit?usp=drivesdk

And for the experience, it was wonderful. My opponents was marvelous.

 

Observation of the Army Lists

1.VH Is Not a Must-Have
There are frequent calls on social media to nerf VH.
In fact, neither the champions nor the runners-up across both tournaments used VH. Does this suggest that VH isn’t actually overpowered, but rather the subject of complaints from players who haven't learned how to counter it?

2.Midfield Defense Strength Dictates Tournament Success
Factions with stronger midfield defensive upgrades consistently achieved better results in the tournament, whereas factions with weaker midfield options were far more prone to losses. Factions like Morat, Starmada, and Steel Phalanx failed to perform well this time around. Having access to fewer Classified Information options also made their offensive strategies much more predictable.

 

Here's the faction distribution for the Interplanetario

 

I got a problem with the spreadsheet, the lists don't total 300pts or about that (I got 114 at some point). Are you guys having the same problems?
Happy for OSS! Not bad faction distribution, although I would have appreciated a more uniform spread. Once I'm able to see the lists I'll comment on units

I suppose the answer to that question is "Yes". The 1st rule of Infinity is: don't get too attached to your units... they WILL die, sometimes even horribly. So I'd say no, VH may require a price touch-up, but they're mostly ok as they are because it can be demonstrated that VH=Win is not an equation true all the time. Even more so when you consider that Axel won with OSS without the need for Tarkshya. We have a chef, mostly dedicated to very local (very heavy to digest), recipes that says "It's not needed, but it helps" for some ingredients... VHs are not like "ingredients" considering the cost in points, but for some they are a help. Mostly it's a self-fulfilling prophecy: I really wanted to have VHs, now that I have them I WILL WIN... and sometimes it works that way. But when the game gets tough and the tough guys come to play... VHs are not so determinant after all.

 

I tried it, and I’m having the same issue too.

Some individual VH units are indeed exceptionally strong offensively, but extending that argument to the entire VH category seems rather strange.

In my region, the players who complain about VH as a unit category tend to be those who play less frequently and lack experience with defensive play. Players who play regularly tend to focus their discussions on the specific VHs that pose particularly serious threats, such as Redeye, Go-Pod, Haytham, Zeybek, Skyhound, and Tarkshya.

On the other hand, there is almost no discussion about Feiquan or Firebat. They can basically be considered relatively low-threat units.

Another indication that VH may not actually be too powerful overall is that factions without VH units are still competitive, such as Varuna, Tartary, and VCA.

That said, I still support nerfing VH. But my reason isn't whether VH is actually too strong.

For new players, or players who aren't as technically skilled, learning how to deal with VH can be a significant burden. I don't want a new player to join the game, get absolutely destroyed because they don't know how to deal with VH, and then leave the community altogether.

 

To me it's more productive for the local communities to take care of growing the players rather than asking for something from "up high". The learning curve can be fun also and generally creates a challenging meta that becomes more and more fun as the players grow. If you ask or stand for a nerf then the result rarely pleases everybody and then other requests come and the system enters a cycle of modifications that may end up spiralling out.

You're talking about modifying 75% of a newly introduced unit (because you say nerf) and not the other 25%. What happens when all factions have VHs? Maybe a new nerf or a bonus? To what? Stats or points?

When you teach a club/group mate to deal with a problem he/she will learn a strategy (like midfield defences or specific counters to recurring opponent's strategies) that can be applied directly or scaled to other aspects of a match up or generalised to the whole of the game itself. I remember watching a video on countering typical vCA lists that had some recurring aspects like Charontid/Anatematic + Nourkias/Speculo with a support of cheap impetuous troops... it applies to any faction that has a "named Character and friends" type of lists which I later saw applied against me. Taught me a lot of lessons.

About the lists codes: can somebody do something about it?

 

I think part of the attraction of Infinity is the large number of threat vectors you need to balance your responses to, and I'd rather not have anything removed. Balance patches by all means, to encourage list diversity, but leave the threats in place.

I'd rather just make sure that newcomers are only exposed to a subset of the complexity during their first 5-10 games - ie teach mechanics like camo, hacking, hidden deployment, parachutist DZ, pheroware, guided missiles, TAGs (and man-shaped TAGs), flyers (or superjump in general) etc etc one at a time, and let the newcomer know what to expect before the game.