CLASSIC: Champions Meeting guide

Based on Japan, not on Global

Japan already ran this CM as CLASSIC 2025 (Hanshin 2400, Soft) (2025-01-24 → 2025-01-30), trained in mecha scenario. This guide summarizes what was used there and what published guides recommend.

Global can differ: cards, skills, scenarios and balance patches arrive in another order, and the meta moves with them. Check every pick against what Global has before you train for it.

Any win figure on this page, in the tables or in the notes, comes from room matches set up in Japan or from single accounts: small samples, not Global results and not a win rate in the real event.

Japan data: medium confidenceGuides: medium confidence

About the CM in Japan

JP Champions Meeting of 2025-01-24 to 2025-01-30: Hanshin turf 2400 m, right-handed outer, winter, rain, Soft, day. Soft raises stamina use and cuts power. The first 400 m is neither straight nor corner. Debuffs were legal. Trained in the mecha scenario. A header that says January 2024 on one course page is a template error; the text is this rain Soft race.

Summary

A 50-race pre-event sample on 20 Jan 2025: End Closer 26 firsts (2 testers, so 24 were not), Late Surger 13, Pace Chaser 10, Front Runner 1, Runaway 0.
Christmas Admire Vega took 17 wins, all non-tester. Gentildonna took 9 (8 non-tester). The single front win was New Year Katsuragi Ace.
The final-corner gold was on 13 of 13 Late winners and 9 of 10 Pace winners. End Closer used Vega's own acceleration, not that gold.
Wins in that 20 Jan sample that the headline skips: Duramente 4, Mejiro Ramonu 3, Neo Universe 2. Late Surger winners, n=13, averaged 1776/1644/1411/1204/1240. Pace Chaser winners, n=10, averaged 1772/1577/1428/1179/1234. The single Front Runner win, New Year Katsuragi Ace, is one line: 1794/1671/1489/1086/1314. Red Shift was inherited on 12 of 13 Late winners and 9 of 10 Pace winners. An earlier week, 6 Jan, had Christmas Vega at 55 adoptions and 23 wins. Do not merge that week with the 17-win week.

Guides: Christmas Vega + second ace + debuffer; ace with two debuffers observed.

Running styles

Styles the guides favor: End CloserLate SurgerPace Chaser

Use is the share of rival Umas that ran each style in Japan: how popular it was, not how often it won.

Result: wins or first places in room matches set up in Japan with this CM's conditions. Small samples, not Global and not a win rate in the real event.

Style	Verdict	Use in Japan	Result in JP rooms	Note
Front Runner	Avoid	not counted	2 %of room first places (test accounts included)	Measured One first, New Year Katsuragi Ace. Front adoption stayed low. Sample: 50 pre-event Graded final rooms, 20 Jan: 1 first
Runaway	Avoid	not counted	0 %of room first places (test accounts included)	Measured No Runaway first in the sample. Sample: 50 pre-event Graded final rooms: 0 firsts
Pace Chaser	Viable	not counted	20 %of room first places (test accounts included)	Measured 10 of 50. Gentildonna had 8 non-tester wins. Sample: 50 pre-event Graded final rooms: 10 firsts, 1 tester
Late Surger	Strong	not counted	26 %of room first places (test accounts included)	Measured 13 of 50. All 13 Late winners carried the final-corner gold. Sample: 50 pre-event Graded final rooms: 13 firsts, 3 testers
End Closer	Best	not counted	52 %of room first places (test accounts included)	Measured 26 of 50, and 24 were not testers. Christmas Admire Vega had 17 wins. Sample: 50 pre-event Graded final rooms: 26 firsts, 2 testers

Expected room

Front Runners per room: no source counted them. Runaways per room: no source counted them. From guides

No source counted Front Runners in a full room of 9. The figures in the style table are one graded window or a pre-event Room Match sample, not a server census.

Umas

What Japan used and what the guides recommend, one card per outfit. A recommendation is a guide author's priority, not a chance of winning.

Admire VegaChristmas outfitEnd CloserAceNot in Global yet
In Japan: 17 wins in the 20 Jan sample, all non-tester. The Global Vega is Starry Nocturne (103301). This id is the Christmas card. Measured
Gentildonna1st outfitPace ChaserCoreNot in Global yet
In Japan: 9 wins, 8 of them non-tester. Pace Chaser. Not in the planner roster. Measured
Katsuragi AceNew Year outfitFront RunnerAlternativeNot in Global yet
In Japan: The only Front Runner first in the sample. One horse, not a style. Not in the planner roster if this id is absent. Anecdote
Admire VegaクリスマスEnd CloserMain pick
Guides:End Closer: Course-specific kit
- Crystal Mist and a complete finish
- Validate availability and version in Global
This outfit is not in the game data yet.
famitsu.com
GentildonnaoriginalPace ChaserAlternative
Guides:Pace Chaser: Main Pace
- Higher usage does not imply more wins
- Validate availability and version in Global
This character is not in the game data yet.
famitsu.com
DuramenteoriginalEnd CloserAlternative
Guides:End Closer: Viable second End
- Prepare acceleration and finish
- Validate availability and version in Global
This character is not in the game data yet.
famitsu.com
Katsuragi Ace正月Front RunnerConditional
Guides:Front Runner: Isolated win in Room matches
- Don't assume Front dominance
- Validate availability and version in Global
This character is not in the game data yet.
famitsu.com

Stats and aptitudes

Target	Speed	Stamina	Power	Guts	Wit
Recommended	1750	1500	1400	1100	1200
Minimum	1700	1400	1300	1000	1100

Stamina with a gold recovery skill: 1400.Without one: 1600.

Aptitudes: Medium S. Rain and Soft.

From guides A course forecast: Front and Pace 1750/1600/1400/1100/1200, Late and End 1750/1500/1400/1100/1200, plus a 3.5% heal. Another page says stamina 1400 plus one gold, or about 1600. Closer winners in the sample averaged 1782/1619/1397/1231/1269 (n=26).

Check your own build in the HP Calculator before training: these targets come from Japanese guides.

Skills

Inherited uniques 1

Red Shift/LP1211-MEnd CloserLate SurgerPace ChaserFront RunnerNamed on the closer inherit list beside a final-straight acceleration. Also listed for Late, Pace and Front.

Gold skills 1

Final-corner gold accelerationPace ChaserLate SurgerNot in Global yetOn 13 of 13 Late winners and 9 of 10 Pace winners. End Closer does not need it.

Green skills 6

Right-Handed ○Front RunnerRunawayPace ChaserLate SurgerEnd CloserCourse green (+40 Speed).
Hanshin Racecourse ○Front RunnerRunawayPace ChaserLate SurgerEnd CloserCourse green (+40 Stamina).
Standard Distance ○Front RunnerRunawayPace ChaserLate SurgerEnd CloserCourse green (+40 Stamina).
Wet Conditions ○Front RunnerRunawayPace ChaserLate SurgerEnd CloserCourse green (+40 Power).
Winter Runner ○Front RunnerRunawayPace ChaserLate SurgerEnd CloserCourse green (+40 Speed).
Rainy Days ○Front RunnerRunawayPace ChaserLate SurgerEnd CloserCourse green (+40 Guts).

Team compositions

Christmas Admire Vega (End Closer) + Gentildonna (Pace Chaser) + one more back-style ace
From guides Vega and Gentildonna are the two non-tester win leaders. A forecast also paired Vega with two debuffers. No six-card winner deck was published.

Debuffers

Depends on the room Legal. Grass Wonder was adopted 26 times in 300 slots. The sample said a debuffer looked helpful if the team had no Christmas Vega. No win rate for debuff teams.

Support decks

Decks published by guides for this CM in Japan. Some cards may not be in Global yet; the planner checks which ones you can use.

Deck shapes

2 Speed / 2 Stamina / 1 Power / 1 Wit · End Closer · JP · Mecha · umamusumelabo.com
3 Speed / 2 Stamina / 1 Wit · End Closer · JP · Mecha · umamusumelabo.com

What may differ in Global

Pre-event sample, not a census.
Christmas Vega is not the Starry Nocturne portrait.
Do not use a January 2024 header. There is no Hanshin 2400 row in January 2024.

Gaps in the data

Post-event population: not found. One player said about 90% of their own wins were New Year Ace. That is one team.
The article path uses the id from the research extract.

Sources and credits

This guide is our own summary, in our words, of the research below; the findings belong to their authors. Follow the links to read them in full.

CM history Sppenpen · guide · 2025-01-24 · Japanese
50-room sample, 20 Jan Famitsu · data · 2025-01-21 · Japanese50 races
Course forecast Uma Musume Lab · guide · 2024-11-30 · Japanese
50-room sample, 6 Jan Famitsu · data · 2025-01-08 · Japanese50 races

Guides cited

umamusumelabo.com https://umamusumelabo.com/ikusei/hanshin2400-oikomiikusei-202501