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Navigating the '7 12' section of Tetris Effect: Connected. Learn about the Zone mechanic, line clears, and advanced techniques to master the game.

7 12: Mastering the Zone

Alright, let's talk about a really cool mechanic in Tetris Effect: Connected: the Zone. You'll find this in the main Journey Mode, and it's a game-changer if you use it right.

What is Zone?

Think of Zone as your super-powered Tetris moment. By clearing lines, you fill up a special Zone meter. Once it's full, you can activate Zone! When you do, gravity pauses – pieces still lock down after a short delay if they hit the stack, but they won't fall further. This gives you a chance to set up some epic line clears.

How Zone Works

• Filling the Meter: Each line clear you make contributes to filling the Zone meter. Depending on the difficulty in Journey Mode or the phase in Zone Battle, clearing a certain number of lines (like 4 lines for a Tetris) will charge a quarter of the meter.
• Activating Zone: Once the meter is full, you can trigger Zone. The screen will change, and you'll have a limited time to make as many clears as possible.
• Clearing Lines in Zone: Any lines you clear while Zone is active are automatically sent to the bottom of the playfield. When Zone ends (either by time running out or topping out), these cleared lines vanish in a satisfying explosion.
• Duration: In Journey Mode, the maximum Zone duration you can get is 20 seconds.

Advanced Zone Clears: Pushing the Limits

At first, you might think clearing 20 lines is the max because that's the height where pieces spawn. But players have discovered ways to go beyond that!

• Kirby703's Feats: A player named Kirby703 was the first to achieve a 21-line clear, which was initially called an Ultimatris but later renamed a Kirbtris. She later managed a 22-line clear, called an Impossibilitris, and then a groundbreaking 23-line Infinitris clear using 10 I-pieces stacked vertically at the top!
• Connected Mode Innovations: In the multiplayer modes added in Connected, things get even crazier. With new mechanics like garbage lines and boss blitz attacks, players like Electra have managed even higher clears – 24 and 25 lines, which they called Electris.

Keep practicing, and you might just discover your own amazing Zone strategies!