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[Review] Analysis of SKY vs MIAU in Regular IB in Infinity Kingdom

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Article Publish : 12/07/2025 12:40

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💠Introduction

What’s up, folks? Welcome back to my Illusion Battlefield (IB) series, where I take a closer look at different matches. IB is different from the IB League tournament in that you will use your normal teams, skill sets, talents, and decoration skins, so strength is extremely relevant. The mode is also much slower-paced. Relocations and marching speed are slower. The event is one of the most entertaining events in Infinity Kingdom, and players enjoy spectating, almost like a sporting event. In this article, I’m going to take a closer look at the regular season match between Server 136’s SKY and MIAU. MIAU’s positions in this match will be denoted in green while SKY’s will be in red.

💠Table of Contents

Overview
Starting Positions and Talents
AoW
ARC
Tower 1
Tower 4
Central Tower
Altars
Home Towers
Play-by-Play
Summary

💠Overview

SKY and MIAU both hail from Server 136, but the two alliances are built very differently. SKY is composed mostly of native 136 players along with a group from Server 170, while MIAU is formed from players originating in Servers 105 and 308. Both alliances sit in the middle tier of IB and IBL performance and can reliably beat lower-ranked teams, yet neither can threaten the game’s upper echelon. MIAU fields more players who consistently participate in IB and IBL, giving them the depth advantage and making them the favorite in this civil war matchup.

💠Starting Positions and Talents

SKY

Started with 29 players and ended with 40
15 Attack talents
14 Defense talents
0 Support talents

MIAU

Started with 28 players and ended with 34
14 Attack talents
12 Defense talents
2 Support talents

💠Tower 1

At Tower 1, SKY sent 14 players with two overlaps while MIAU chose to forfeit the tower entirely. SKY’s formation was chaotic and poorly coordinated, and if MIAU had contested, they could have easily blocked multiple SKY relocations while SKY would have blocked their own through mispositioning. The lack of markers and basic spatial understanding was clear, as only five SKY players should have remained near the tower while the rest should have canceled their relocations.

💠Tower 4

At Tower 4, SKY sent 8 players while MIAU sent 14, giving MIAU the clear numbers advantage. MIAU’s positioning was generally standard, though their abundance of edge spawns meant they could have blocked additional SKY relocations. They correctly contested a key corner spot that should belong to them. Meanwhile, three SKY players landed unnecessarily far from the tower despite open spaces closer in, and one attempted to block MIAU’s backline relocations, a race MIAU was always going to win with their superior numbers.

💠Central Tower

At the Central Tower, SKY sent only one player while MIAU relocated ten, giving MIAU effortless control of the area. MIAU’s formation still had noticeable gaps and a few players could have positioned closer, but the numbers alone guaranteed dominance. The lone SKY player gained nothing by relocating in alone and should have canceled immediately, as contesting mid in that situation was a complete waste of time.

💠Altars

MIAU sent one player to the Moon Altar and SKY sent one to the Sun Altar.

💠Home Towers

MIAU stationed two guards at their home tower and another relocated to SKY’s home tower. SKY had three players defending their home tower.

💠Play-by-Play

At Tower 1, only one SKY player canceled their relocation and another who had been blocked started returning as well, leaving twelve players idling around a tower with no opponents. With MIAU choosing not to contest, SKY captured the tower uncontested at the five minute mark.

MIAU blocked two SKY relocations and destroyed two more, instantly creating a 14-to-4 advantage at Tower 4. With no real resistance left, MIAU turned to the tower and captured it immediately. A few SKY players tried to rotate back toward the tower, but it was already a lost cause, and they eventually canceled their relocations, wasting even more time. MIAU then zeroed the remaining four SKY players in the area and began advancing toward SKY’s Tower 3.

After SKY lost Tower 4, a few of their players drifted toward the outskirts of the Central Tower but never got close enough to threaten it. MIAU had the tower fully surrounded with no SKY players nearby, yet they still didn’t complete the capture until the 20 minute mark. They eventually committed about half their team to secure the tower while SKY applied light pressure from the left side.

At six minutes, SKY began relocating from Tower 1 toward MIAU’s Tower 2, prompting MIAU to reinforce from Tower 4. Several of SKY’s strongest players committed to the push, but MIAU stopped them every time before they could break through. SKY came close to pushing MIAU back on multiple occasions, yet MIAU held firm and denied the steal throughout the match. By the 35 minute mark, SKY had surrounded the tower, but MIAU countered from all sides and SKY still couldn’t flip it. Their invasion eventually fizzled out, leaving the tower safely in MIAU’s hands.

Around the 13 minute mark, MIAU began relocating to SKY’s Tower 3. SKY had windows to delete those landings but missed every opportunity, allowing MIAU to build presence uncontested. More MIAU players trickled in, and with most of SKY’s strongest accounts tied up at MIAU’s home tower, the defense at Tower 3 quickly buckled. The remaining SKY guards were overwhelmed, and MIAU captured the tower at the 24 minute mark.

SKY and MIAU traded Towers 1 and 4 throughout the match, but SKY never managed to secure a third objective. MIAU consistently rotated between towers with better timing and clearer pressure, allowing them to build a massive lead that SKY couldn’t overcome.

💠Summary

MIAU won decisively, 100,000 to 45,500, with a far stronger opening strategy than SKY. Good teams typically prioritize the Central Tower over an outer tower, and MIAU executed that plan correctly by giving up Tower 1 and making up the deficit through mid. They could have secured the Central Tower even earlier when a third of their team surrounded it uncontested, which would have expanded their lead further in the mid-game. MIAU also rotated cleanly, immediately shifting from Tower 4 when SKY threatened their home tower, while SKY looked disorganized and unsure how to respond when their plans collapsed. Most of SKY should have canceled their Tower 1 relocations to pivot toward mid, but instead everyone committed, reflecting weak fundamentals and a lack of coordinated decision-making.