Masquerade Ball is another complex event in King’s Choice, So many players avoid this event or play just for the sake of playing. Hence, it’s a great chance for free-to-play gamers to grab handsome rewards if you can understand the event very well. Once you understand the event you will love this event and play like a pro. In this King’s Choice Masquerade Ball guide, we will help you understand the mask mechanism and reveal several mask combinations and tips so that winning the dance battle becomes just like a piece of cake to you.
If you are recently starting with the game, make sure to go through our King’s Choice Beginner’s Guide and How to Increase Lord Level quickly to make yourself familiar with all the game’s basics to get an edge over other players, and also go through our guide on how to win the Knights Parade, unlock the Pets bloodline in King’s Choice and how to win every Pets Race.
King’s Choice Masquerade Ball Event: Overview
You may invite up to 5 Lovers to attend the Masquerade Ball with you in King’s Choice. Lovers attending the Ball can only participate in dance battles if they are equipped with Masks.
Dance Battle Chances
Gain +2 dance battle chances every 30 minutes (stack up maximum 15) and consume them to find opponents.
Dance Battle Rules
- Lovers gain a Technique/Popularity buff when they wear Masks.
- The higher a Lover’s Technique, the more the Popularity of their opponent will be reduced during the dance battle.
- When a Lover’s Popularity drops to 0, they will lose their dance-fighting spirit, and leave the dance floor.
- During the dance battle, Lovers can also use Mask Skills.
- Use Masks strategically to greatly improve the dancing ability of friendly Lovers.
- Defeat all the opponent’s Lovers in dance battles to win.
Dance Battle Rewards
Earn event points based on the outcome of each dance battle, and rewards will be sent out according to the event ranking when the event ends.
- Match Points: Win +100, Draw +75, Loss +50
- Bonus 1: If you have more charm than the opponent then you will receive a bonus of +12 points
- Bonus 2: If the lead dancer is from your alliance, you will receive +15 points (Local event). If the lead dancer is from your server, you will receive +15 points (Cross-server event)
Mask System
Strengthening or Getting a New Mask
You can choose to use items to refresh the current Mask each time you make Masks. Once you’ve made a certain number of Masks, you’re still guaranteed a Golden Mask when you use items to refresh.
Mask Ranks
There are three grades of mask: Rare (blue), Epic (purple), and Legendary (golden).
Mask Comparison
- Blue Level 2 = Purple Level 1
- Blue Level 4 = Purple Level 2 = Golden Level 1
- Purple Level 4 = Golden Level 2
Type of Masks
Here are five different types of masks you can find in the game
- Type I: Call Dance Partner/s – These masks call backup dancers to the team and increase the number of participants in the team. Examples: Penguin, Hippogriff, Quetzalcoatlus
- Type II: Strengthen Your Dancer/s – These masks provide some means of bonuses to strengthen your team while leaving the dance floor or popularity is reduced. Examples: Parrot, Gargoyle, Phoenix
- Type III: Weaken Opponent Dancer/s – Reduce the popularity of your opponent’s dances and make it easier to defeat them. Examples: Fox, Whale, Leopard
- Type IV: Multi-Action Masters – This type of mask combines multiple effects for a well-balanced attack. Examples: Jellyfish, Evil Specter, Angel
- Type V: Weaken Own Dancer/s – These masks harm your own dancers by reducing popularity or by some other means. Example: Monkey, Toxic Mushroom, Black Widow
Note
- The order in which you place your masks matters! Experiment to find the best combo.
- Consider server cooperation: If you’re struggling, let a teammate take the lead to benefit the whole alliance/server. Dance your way to victory with the perfect mask strategy
Mask Effect Explanation
| Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Technique (T) | Attack |
| Popularity (P) | Defence |
| Backup Dancer | Main lovers in your team (not the called ones) |
| Dance Partner | Only called lovers by the mask |
| Anxiety | Makes the opponent lose even more Popularity when their Popularity is reduced |
| Partner Protection | Makes your Lover immune to Popularity reduction once per battle |
| Before the dance battle | Before anyone attacks |
| Before a dance-off | Every time before this mask hits |
| Popularity is reduced | After consuming some damage in one round of dance battle |
| Continuously moves | Multi-attack |
| Kill | Popularity reduced to 0 |
| Leaving the dance floor | After defeated (some exceptions) |
| Effective X times | Triggered X times at once (except for anxiety, where it means that the bonus damage can be gained X times before the debuff disappears) |
Blue Masks
These are very commonly found and weak masks. You should consider at least one blue mask in your lineup as they are very easy to upgrade. and should not consider more than 2 masks in your lineup as they are the weakest type of masks. (however, if you have more than 2 maxed-level blue masks, you can surely use them all together).
| Mask Type | Mask | Name, Skill | Description (at level 1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type I: Call New Dance Partner/s |  | Chameleon T: 6 P: 3 | When leaving the dance floor: Call 1 [Dance Partner] with 2 Technique and 1 Popularity. |
 | Penguin T: 3 P: 6 | When Popularity is reduced: Calls 1 [Dance Partner] with 2 Technique and 1 Popularity | |
 | Dragonfly T: 3 P: 6 | When leaving the dance floor: Return to the dance floor again with 40% of the skill caster’s attributes. Triggered up to 1 time each dance battle. | |
| Type II: Strengthen your Dancer/s |  | Butterfly T: 6 P: 3 | When the Popularity of the nearest backup dancer to the left is reduced: Grants +0 Technique and +1 Popularity to that backup dancer. |
 | Clownfish T: 3 P: 6 | When leaving the dance floor or Popularity is reduced: Grants +0 Technique and +1 Popularity to 1 backup dancer with the lowest Popularity. | |
 | Gallic Rooster T: 1 P: 8 | When a [Dance Partner] called by your backup dancer steps onto the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+0 Popularity to that [Dance Partner]. | |
 | Hedgehog T: 3 P: 6 | When Popularity is reduced: Grants +0 Technique/+1 Popularity to the skill caster. | |
 | Sea Lion T: 3 P: 6 | When a [Dance Partner] called by your backup dancer steps onto the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+0 Popularity to the skill caster. | |
 | Parrot T: 6 P: 3 | When leaving the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+1 Popularity to the nearest 2 backup dancers to the right of the skill caster. | |
 | Sheep T: 3 P: 6 | When your backup dancer leaves the dance floor: Grants +0 Technique/+1 Popularity to 1 random backup dancer. | |
 | Turtle T: 2 P: 7 | When leaving the dance floor: Grants [Partner Protection] state to the 1 backup dancer to the right of the skill caster. [Partner Protection]: Becomes immune to Popularity reduction once. | |
 | Pufferfish T: 3 P: 6 | Before a danceoff starts: Grants +1 Technique/+1 Popularity to the skill caster | |
| Type III: Weaken Opponent Dancer/s |  | Bumblebee T: 4 P: 3 | When the dance battle starts: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 2 random opponent’s dancers |
 | Fox T: 4 P: 3 | When the dance battle starts: Reduces Popularity by 20% for 2 opponent’s dancer with the highest Popularity. | |
 | Kitten T: 4 P: 3 | When the dance battle starts: Consumes Popularity equal to 30% of the skill caster’s Technique, slanders 2 opponent’s dancers with the highest Popularity, making them lose the same amount of Popularity as the skill caster | |
 | Racoon T: 3 P: 6 | When an opponent’s dancer leaves the dance floor: Grants [Anxiety] state to the remaining opponent’s dancers. [Anxiety]: When a lover reduces the Popularity of an opponent’s dancer, that opposing dancer’s Popularity is further reduced by 1 Effective up to 3 times. | |
| Type IV: Multi-Action Masters |  | Jellyfish T: 3 P: 6 | When the nearest backup lover to the right of the skill caster reduces an opponent dancer’s Popularity: Reduces Popularity by an additional 1. Triggered up to 6 times during each dance battle. |
 | Rabbit T: 3 P: 6 | When the nearest backup lover to the left moves every 1 time: Grants +1 Technique/+0 Popularity to that backup lover. Triggered up to 6 times during each dance battle. | |
 | Shell T: 6 P: 3 | When the nearest backup lover to the left moves every 1 time: Grants +1 Technique/+0 Popularity to the skill caster. Triggered up to 6 times during each dance battle. | |
| Type V: Weaken Own Dancer/s |  | Monkey T: 6 P: 3 | Before a dance-off starts: Reduces Popularity by 2 for the nearest 1 backup dancer to the right of the skill caster. Effective 1 time |
 | Toxic Mushroom T: 6 P: 3 | Before a dance-off starts: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 1 random opponent’s dancer |
Purple Masks
Purple masks are neither as common as blue masks nor as rare as golden masks, they are found once in a couple of pulls. These Masks are stronger than the blue masks but weaker than the golden masks. Hence, you can/ should consider 2-3 purple masks in your lineup.
| Mask Type | Mask | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type I: Call New Dance Partner |  | Double Headed Eagle T: 4 P: 8 | When your backup dancer leaves the dance floor: Calls 1 [Dance Partner] with 2 Technique/1 Popularity. Triggered up to 3 times each dance battle. |
 | Hippogriff T: 8 P: 4 | When leaving the dance floor: Calls 2 [Dance Partners] with 2 Technique/2 Popularity. | |
 | Owl T: 8 P: 4 | When leaving the dance floor: Calls 1 [Dance Partner] with 4 Technique/3 Popularity. During dance-offs, that [Dance Partner] reduces Popularity by 2 for the nearest opponent’s dancer to the left of their dance-off target. | |
| Type II: Strengthen Your Dancers |  | Gargoyle T: 8 P: 4 | When leaving the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+1 Popularity to other backup dancers. |
 | Golden Apple T: 6 P: 6 | When your backup lover leaves the dance floor: Additionally triggers mask skills that are triggered when leaving the dance floor 1 time (excluding skills to call dance partners). Triggered up to 1 time each dance battle | |
 | Pegasus T: 4 P: 8 | When Popularity is reduced: Grants +1 Technique/+2 Popularity to the nearest 1 backup dancer to the right of the skill caster. | |
 | Shark T: 4 P: 8 | When your backup lover leaves the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+1 Popularity to the skill caster | |
 | Snow Dragon T: 4 P: 8 | When Popularity is reduced: There’s a 40% chance to gain [Partner Protection]. [Partner Protection]: Becomes immune to Popularity reduction once. Triggered up to 3 times during each dance battle. | |
 | Thunderbird T: 2 P: 10 | When a [Dance Partner] called by your backup dancer steps onto the dance floor: Grants +2 Technique/+1 Popularity to that [Dance Partner]. | |
 | Troll T: 5 P: 7 | When a backup lover wearing the “Troll” mask reduces an opponent’s dancer’s Popularity to 0 in a dance-off: Grants +2 Technique/+3 Popularity to the skill caster. | |
 | Wild Boar T: 5 P: 7 | When your backup dancer leaves the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+1 Popularity to the skill caster. | |
| Type III: Weaken opponent Dancers |  | Black Bear T: 5 P: 3 | When the dance battle starts: Reduces Popularity equal to 30% of the skill caster’s Technique for 2 random opponent’s dancers. |
 | Buffalo T: 6 P: 6 | When the dance battle starts: Reduces Popularity by 4 for the rightmost opponent’s dancer | |
 | Elephant T: 4 P: 4 | When the dance battle starts: Reduce popularity by 3 for 1 opponent’s dancer with the lowest Popularity. Effective 2 times. | |
 | Goblin King T: 5 P: 7 | Before your backup dancer participates in a dance-off: Grants [Anxiety] state to your backup dancer’s dance-off target. [Anxiety]: When a lover reduces the Popularity of an opponent’s dancer, that opposing dancer’s Popularity is further reduced by 2. Effective up to 3 times. | |
 | Lion T: 6 P: 6 | When your backup lover leaves the dance floor: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 1 random opponent’s dancer. | |
 | Man Eater T: 4 P: 8 | When Popularity is reduced: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 1 random enemy. | |
 | Manticore T: 4 P: 8 | Continuously moves 2 times in a dance-off, each time reducing Popularity equal to 50% of the skill caster’s Technique for the opponent’s dancer. | |
 | Merman T: 4 P: 8 | When an opponent’s lover leaves the dance floor: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 1 random opponent’s dancer. | |
 | Tiger T: 5 P: 7 | When a backup lover wearing the “Tiger” mask reduces an opponent’s dancer’s Popularity to 0 in a dance-off: Reduces Popularity by 4 for the 1 leftmost opponent’s dancer. | |
 | Whale T: 6 P: 6 | When the dance battle starts: Grants [Anxiety] state to 2 random opponent’s dancers. [Anxiety]: When a lover reduces the Popularity of an opponent’s dancer, that opposing dancer’s Popularity is further reduced by 2. Effective up to 3 times | |
 | Zebra T: 5 P: 7 | When Popularity is reduced for your backup lover to the left: Reduces Popularity by 1 for 1 random opponent’s dancer. | |
| Type IV: Multi-Action Masters |  | Cursed Toad T: 5 P: 7 | When the Popularity of your backup lover is reduced: Grants +1 Technique/+1 Popularity to that backup lover. Triggered up to 5 times each dance battle |
 | Evil Specter T: 5 P: 7 | When your backup lover moves every 2 times: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 2 random opponent’s dancers. Triggered up to 6 times each dance battle | |
| Type V: Weaken Own Dancers (avoidable masks) |  | Black Widow T: 6 P: 6 | Before a dance-off starts: Reduces Popularity by 1 for the nearest 1 backup dancer to the right of the skill caster. Effective 1 time. |
 | Ghost T: 4 P: 8 | When the dance battle starts: The nearest backup lover to the left will leave the dance floor to rest temporarily. After the ghost leaves the dance floor, they will return to the dance floor equipped with a level 1 mask |
Golden Masks
Golden Masks are very rare to be found in the event and also come after a certain number of pulls and these masks are the strongest mask type. You can consider 1 or 2 golden masks in your lineup but not more than that as they are very hard to upgrade.
| Mask Type | Mask | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type I: Call New Dance Partner/s |  | Quetzalcoatlus T: 12 P: 7 | When leaving the dance floor: Call 2 [Dance Partners] with 35% of the skill caster’s Technique and 3 of their Popularity. |
| Type II: Strengthen Your Dancer/s |  | Anubis T: 12 P: 7 | When leaving the dance floor: Grants +2 Technique/+1 Popularity to the other backup dancers. |
 | Cerberus T: 7 P: 10 | When your backup lover leaves the dance floor: Grants +1 Technique/+2 Popularity to the skill caster. | |
 | Phoenix T: 4 P: 15 | When a [Dance Partner] called by your backup dancer steps onto the dance floor: Grants +3 Technique/+2 Popularity to that [Dance Partner]. | |
 | Sphinx T: 6 P: 13 | When Popularity is reduced: Grants +2 Technique/+2 Popularity to the nearest 1 backup dancer to the right of the skill caster. | |
 | Unicorn T: 6 P: 13 | When the mask skill of the nearest backup dancer to the left is triggered: They will trigger a Level 2 mask skill 1 more time | |
| Type III: Weaken opponent Dancer/s |  | Basilisk T: 8 P: 11 | When Popularity is reduced for your backup lover to the left: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 1 random opponent’s dancer |
 | Ebon Dragon T: 7 P: 6 | When the dance battle starts: Reduces Popularity equal to 30% of the skill caster’s Technique for 3 random opponent dancers | |
 | Fenrir T: 9 P: 11 | When Popularity is reduced: Reduces Popularity by 3 for 1 random enemy. | |
 | Frost Giant T: 8 P: 11 | When a backup lover wearing the “Frost Giant” mask reduces an opponent’s dancer’s Popularity to 0 in a dance off: Reduces Popularity to 30% of the skill caster’s Technique for the 2 leftmost opponent’s dancers. | |
 | Leopard T: 8 P: 11 | Continuously moves 2 times in a dance-off, each time reducing Popularity equal to 55% of the skill caster’s Technique for the opponent’s dancer | |
| Type IV: Multi-Action Masters |  | Angel T: 10 P: 7 | When your backup dancer’s Popularity is reduced: Grants +1 Technique/+2 Popularity to that backup dancer. Triggered up to 5 times each dance battle |
 | Demon T: 8 P: 11 | When your backup lover leaves the dance floor: Reduces Popularity equal to 15% of the skill caster’s Technique for 2 random opponent’s dancers. Triggered up to 6 times during each dance battle. | |
 | Flame Giant T: 8 P: 11 | When your backup lover moves every 1 time: Reduces Popularity by 2 for 1 random opponent’s dancer. Triggered up to 7 times each dance battle. | |
 | Kraken T: 9 P: 10 | When an opponent’s lover leaves the dance floor: Reduces Popularity by 3 for 1 opponent’s dancer with the lowest Popularity. Triggered up to 5 times during each dance battle. |
Our Recommended Mask Combinations
| Strategy | 1st Mask | 2nd Mask | 3rd Mask | 4th Mask | 5th Mask | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Strengthen Team Mask | Weaken Opponent Mask | Call Dance Partner Mask | Anxiety Mask | Multi-Action Mask | Collapse when the opponent has high-technique masks |
| All-out Attack | Bumblebee/ Fox/ Kitten | Black Bear/ Buffalo/ Elephant | Racoon/ Goblin King/ Whale | Merman/ Lion | Ebon Dragon /Demon/ Kraken/ Evil Specter | This strategy gives a fair fight against any random set but may struggle against a well-balanced set |
| Defensive Fortress | Turtle/ Snow Dragon | Pegasus/ Clown Fish/ Sheep/ Penguin | Hedgehog/ Cerberus/ Shark/ Wild Boar | Snow Dragon/ Shark/ Wild Boar | Cursed Toad/ Angel | This strategy gives a fair fight against any random set but may struggle against a well-balanced set |
| Hybrid Strategy | High Technique Mask | Owl/ Chameleon/ Hippogriff/ Quetzalcoatlus | Gallic Rooster/ Sealion/ Thunderbird/ Phoenix | Racoon/ Whale/ Wild Boar | Type IV (Purple/ Golden) Mask | Use it when you set any particular strategy |
Masks Skill-Specific Combinations
| Strategy | 1st Mask | 2nd Mask | 3rd Mask | 4th Mask | 5th Mask | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancers Overloaded | Chameleon/ Penguin/ Owl | Owl/ Chameleon/ Hippogriff | Hippogriff/ Quetzalcoatlus/ Double-Headed Eagle | Gallic Rooster/ Sealion/ Thunderbird/ Phoenix | Unicorn/ Thunderbird/ Phoenix | Weak against- Defensive masks Strong Against- Attacking masks |
| Protect The Team | Turtle | High Technique Mask | Snow Dragon | Double-Headed Eagle/ Hippogriff/ Quetzalcoatlus | Type IV Masks | This strategy has the potential to do a miracle |
| Spread Anxiety | Lion/ Buffalo | Elephant/ Wild Boar/ Zebra | Double-Headed Eagle/ Ebon Dragon | Whale/ Goblin King | Racoon | This strategy uses an anxiety buff to do extra damage with an average attack |
| High on Attack | Parrot/ Gargoyle/ Anubis | Chameleon/Owl/ Hippogriff/ Quetzalcoatlus | Hippogriff/ Quetzalcoatlus/Double-Headed Eagle | Gallic Rooster/ Thunderbird/ Phoenix | Evil Specter/ Demon/ Kraken/ Flame Giant | This strategy gives a fair fight against any random set |
Mask Specific Combinations
| Strategy | 1st Mask | 2nd Mask | 3rd Mask | 4th Mask | 5th Mask | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Ghost | Gargoyle/ Anubis | Ghost | Golden Apple | (Quetzalcoatlus/ Double-Headed Eagle)- {Lion/ Merman} – [Racoon/ Whale] | (Thunderbird/ Phoenix) – { Demon/ Kraken} – [Wild Boar/ Buffalo] | For 4th and 5th position masks use only one set. either () or {} or [], don’t mix up |
| Golden | Gargoyle/ Anubis | Golden Apple | ||||
| Evil-Jelly | Turtle/ Any high defense mask | Snow Dragon/ Any high defense mask | Merman/ Any high defense mask | Jellyfish | Evil Specter | |
| Angel- Toad | Any high defense mask | Any high defense mask | Any high defense mask | Cursed Toad | Angel | |
| Fire Fury | Bumblebee/ Fox/ Kitten | Black Bear/ Buffalo/ Elephant | Merman/ Lion | Ebon Dragon /Demon/ Kraken/ Evil Specter |
These are the mask combinations we have found very effective and win in most of the battles. Also, there is no perfect combination every strategy has some weak points or weaknesses against some other strategy. So, don’t go find the perfect combinations, once you understand the event mechanism and how the masks work, you can build your strategy. You will be able to create the best mask set with whatever masks you have.
Let us know if you have come across any proven mask sets, we will update your set in our strategy. Also if you have any trouble understanding this King’s Choice Masquerade Ball event guide let us know in the comments below.
Read our other articles on King’s Choice:
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- King’s Choice redeem codes and how to use them
- King’s Choice Guide: Tips to get Prestige and Increase Lord Level quickly
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