On the bright side for Awoken Shiva  teams, Ares just had an Awoken Evolution announced (no icon yet). This will grant him Devil / Attacker typing and causing him to become TPA  oriented with massive base attack and an enhanced fire skyfall active in conjunction with double orb change. This is also great news for  teams as the double orb change helps flood the board with fire orbs. Unfortunately, this will remove his presence on Shiva Dragon  teams so exercise caution before committing. I will also do his own special post comparing his evolutions at a later date.

Australis  has 5  awakenings and a more powerful active as her skyfall buff lasts for 4 turns. Liu Bei  has 3 TPA  awakenings and by default hits harder (maybe the skyfall mechanic negates this). Regardless, playing Artemis on a TPA oriented combo team such as Awoken Bastet  is problematic due to overflowing the board with too many wood orbs and potentially causing you to be unable to form 7+ combos required for full leader skill activation. You can arguably use Awoken Artemis  as a leader on her own to form a 4x HP / 16x ATK team but must work around awkwardly matching water and wood orbs.

However, one thing Awoken Artemis  shines at is being an Awoken Astaroth  sub as her team is normally quite restrictive in their sub choices.

For further reading as to which Artemis evolution is best for you, please read my full analysis HERE.

 

 

 

On the other hand, Awoken Apollo  is quite the horny and majestic unicorn (seriously, his art is just mind-boggling) and appears to have less synergy with most teams as he lost his row enhances. The strange part of the entire Greco-Roman pantheon’s active favours row formation due to flooding the board with their respective colour. Regardless,  gains the healer typing and opens options to be used on Awoken Ama  , Light Metatron  , and Light Zhuge Liang  teams. In addition, the new wood typing means Awoken Sakuya  teams do not need to bring a wood sub and may ease team building. Of course, the overflow of light orbs may make it problematic to adequately combo, but can be used after Light Kali  ‘s active to ensure a more combo friendly board. Furthermore, the enhanced skyfall mechanic may add lethal amounts of additional damage.

One thing to keep in mind is that his other evolution  will gain Dragon Killer  and another  awakening which is more suitable to fire row teams (who still need a good leader) along with God typing (which mean Shiva Dragon  sub potential).

 

Regardless, Liu Bei’s active is a great candidate for skill inheritance and  can still be successfully used, just no longer the best of his category.

 

For beginner players, either evolution (although  is slightly stronger due to healer HP multiplier) DQXQ is a fantastic starting leader who will teach you comboing skills and provide a steady 16x multiplier. You can also mix and match with other rainbow leads to augment your damage output at the cost of a harder to activate multiplier. A solid monster overall.

Lastly, DQXQ will be receiving an Awoken evolution which propels her leadership potential into top tier as she caps out at 100x damage.

As a leader,  forms a 6.25x team that reduces all Fire, Light, and Dark damage by 75%. Niche uses but worth mentioning as she is one of the stronger lead potentials in the Greco-Roman 1 pantheon due to the abundance of fire row  subs.

Unfortunately,  ‘s use on rainbow teams is diminished due to her only covering a single colour.

As a leader,  forms a 6.25x team that reduces all Wood, Light, and Dark damage by 75%. Niche uses but worth mentioning.

Looking at her healer typing,  can excel on Awoken Ama  , Light Metatron  , and Light Zhuge Liang  teams. You can also combo Venus’s active with Valkyrie  every 5 turns for wonderful burst damage.

As a leader,  forms a 6.25x team that reduces all Water, Light, and Dark damage by 75%. Niche uses but worth mentioning.

 

 

 

As a lead,  may struggle like the rest of his pantheon due to being fragile with no HP or RCV multiplier. Granted you hit like a (fire)truck when activating your 25x in conjunction with multiple  awakenings, but may falter with leader binds or bosses with complex mechanics.

 

 

 

Perseus  is best used on Sylvie  / Awoken Freyja  and Green Sonia  teams as they wish to stack numerous wood rows. Even without a TPA  , he can be successfully used on Awoken Parvati  teams as his wood and heart orb generation are invaluable. If you are lacking those teams, you can always use him as a temporary means to achieve 100% skill bind resist (which I did when he first came out) if having your skills bound results in certain death.

As a leader,  has explosive output, but will be plagued by no survivability bonus and will struggle if he is unable to sweep every floor or is bound.

 

Wukong’s ability to play as a 25x row  based leader makes him a glass cannon. His burst and damage output is incredible, but without any HP or RCV multiplier along with vulnerability to binds,  may not be able to clear the hardest dungeons if he cannot sweep every floor in one go.

Regardless, Wukong  is an amazing card to own for your own mono light adventures.