[Match of the Week] Welcome back to our regular breakdown of the high-stakes battlefield dynamics in Arthdal Chronicles. This week, we’re looking at the brewing storm in the Black Night Archipelago, where the South Korean 'Ibna' server finds itself locked in a clash with the Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau coalition of 'Nandashan' and 'Hajesan'. We’ve crunched the numbers via KookminTree to see who’s actually holding the cards here.

※ Top rankers are based on peak figures recorded between the 2nd and 13th.
※ Data excludes alternate characters, focusing solely on main characters.
※ Only alliances expected to participate in active combat were counted.
※ Representative class avatars have been used for Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau server rankers.

'Ibna vs. Nandashan·Hajesan': A Global Coalition Showdown

One of South Korea's heavyweights, the Ibna server, has been pitted against the cross-region alliance of Nandashan and Hajesan in the Black Night Archipelago. Since they are essentially bitter rivals, a full-scale coalition war was inevitable. It’s spilled over from the open fields into the boss encounters, turning the entire zone into a proper bloodbath.

However, if you're looking for the clear favourite, Ibna currently holds the reins. While the Nandashan·Hajesan bloc has a decent number of top-tier individuals, Ibna’s sheer volume of players is staggering. When filtering for main characters with a Combat Power (CP) of 100,000 or more, Ibna boasts 109 fighters compared to the coalition's 46—a disparity more than double that of the previous Inaisin-gi and Chusan-do conflict.

This numerical edge is vital when it comes to field bosses. Thanks to the recent PvP balance adjustments and the 'Wound Aggravation' debuff, even lower-CP players can now contribute meaningfully to the fray. Reports from Wednesday's boss encounter suggest that Ibna simply overwhelmed the opposition through weight of numbers alone.

Even looking at raw strength, Ibna takes the cake. The average CP of the top 20 rankers on Ibna sits at 166,476, while the Nandashan·Hajesan alliance lags behind at 154,077. Even the 20th-ranked cutoff shows a gap, with Ibna at 145,399 versus the coalition’s 125,885. Ibna’s higher participation rates are doing a lot of the heavy lifting, though the coalition isn't throwing in the towel just yet. It’s going to be a long fight.

Looking at the heavy hitters: Ibna is led by Warrior 'Hoit-i' (210,011 CP), Fighter 'Wattada' (184,979 CP), Archer 'InjeShushu' (176,199 CP), Fighter 'SpaceCombo' (176,178 CP), and Paladin 'Gongchu' (176,130 CP). On the other side, the Nandashan·Hajesan coalition fields Fighter 'Weijia' (210,036 CP), Fighter '卍AChuan卍' (199,643 CP), Priest 'Yuekui' (194,227 CP), Fighter '丄7丄' (179,171 CP), and Archer 'Milagong Donggongzi' (176,809 CP). For the full deep-dive into these match stats, head over to the KookminTree website.