Introduction
The Island Luau Godfest comes in tandem with the release of two new Godfest Exclusives: Gremory 
and Ronove 
. Both these leaders bring a new twist to the heart-cross patterns and are capable of clearing end game content. The purpose of this post is to quickly summarize and theory craft teams for these two new top tier leaders.
Just keep in mind that the heart cross shield/additional multiplier carries over on a floor sweep. This means it will protect you from preemptive strikes but also retains the additional multiplier if there is no preemptive of any kind.
Gremory at a glance
Gremory
Devil / Balance
4,602 HP / 1,701 ATK / 600 RCV
1,000 Total
Active Skill:
3 
3 
2 turns bind clear
6 turn CD
Leader Skill:
2x ATK Devils & Balance on turn skill used. 6x ATK & 35% damage reduction with heart cross
144x ATK / 57.75% damage reduction
36x ATK with heart cross and no active
Pros:
- Active has great synergy with leader skill on a 6 turn CD
- 1,000 weighted stats
- 144x ATK with heart cross and active skill
- Some damage control with either 4x, 36x, or 144x ATK
- Very easy 144x ATK
- Can effectively stack dark rows
- Leaders are bind immune and can clear binds
- Devils and balance cards have a large pool to draw from
- Modest uses as a sub and one of the few bind clearing dark cards
- 56.75% damage reduction effectively means over 2x HP/RCV
- Very pretty with her hood on
Cons:
- No sub attribute means diminished damage and only 10 total damage from the team versus super high defense monsters
- A lack of time extends for a team that requires complicated matching
- Cannot use Gods as effectively
- Active skill clause for max damage
- The Camel needs to be photo-shopped out
Team Building
Gremory requires Devil or Balance type subs maximum attack multiplier. However, 36x ATK is still respectable and you could get away using other type subs if they bring tremendous value to your team. In order to form a system that can use 1 active every turn requires 4 cards with a 7 or less cooldown that has a haste component. You can use the search term 冥瞳の魔神爵・グレモリー to find more inspiration on YouTube. Using Multiple Xin Hua 
aids in cycling your actives and having multiple dupes can be advantageous.
| SUB | |
|---|---|
| Single Orb Changer: |
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| Double Orb Changer: |
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| Full board changers: |
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| Bind clearing: |  Largely do not need |
| Damage Enhance: |        |
| Utility: |     |
| Sample teams: |
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Due to a somewhat smaller sub pool, you will need to utilize Skill Inheritance to help fill in the voids in active skill utility.
As mentioned above, you can use a non-devil/balance card IF they bring significant utility or value to your team. Just be aware they will not be receiving the full multiplier on active skill usage.
Overview for Gremory
Overall, Gremory is a powerful leader who is capable of clearing any content that Puzzle and Dragons has to offer. Her somewhat constricted sub pool can be frusterating at times; however, with the advent of Skill Inheritance, you are able to fill in the gaps. Her main drawback is the active skill clause that will become more detrimental in longer/harder content.
Ronove at a glance
Ronove
Devil / Machine
3,211 HP / 1,702 ATK / 696 RCV
894 Total
Active Skill:
2
3 turn CD
Leader Skill:
2.5x ATK with 3 colours (not hearts). 0.5x ATK for each additional orb type, up to 3x at 4+ colours. 4x ATK & 35% damage reduction shield with heart cross
144x ATK / 57.75% damage reduction
16x ATK with heart cross and 2 or less colours
9x ATK with no heart cross and 4+ colours
Pros:
- Active has a very short cooldown and spawns hearts. Can use every 2/3 turns with dual leaders
- Excels dungeons with jammer and poison orbs
- 144x ATK with heart cross and 4 colours
- Has good damage control
- Considered one of the best leaders in the game
- 56.75% damage reduction effectively means over 2x HP/RCV
- Plays a guitar and is auditioning for America’s Got Talent
Cons:
- No sub attribute means diminished damage and only 10 total damage from the team versus super high defense monsters
- Vulnerable to binds
- Full activation may be daunting for newer players/teams with low time extend
- Ideal team is challenging to build
- Ugly…but kinda cool
Team Building
Ronove is a combination of a heart cross and rainbow leader. This seems daunting at first, except that his ideal team has an outrageous amount of time extend to help you move orbs into position. However, your first goal should be covering all the elements and that can be challenging as Ronove lacks a sub element. As such, you do not need to have every sub be on-colour. You can do your own research by using the following search term on YouTube: 爆叫の魔伯爵・ロノウェ.
| SUB | |
|---|---|
| Single Orb Changer: |
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| Double Orb Changer: |
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| Full board changers: |
         |
| Bind clearing: |               |
| Damage Enhance: |    |
| Utility: |    |
| Sample teams: |
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Ronove’s team building is quite wide open provided you bring subs who do not break heart orbs. Having access to at least one full board changer is ideal. As stated above, your main goal should be covering all your required colours and then worrying about utility/power.
Some noteworthy cards to consider are the Rogue Descend bosses Gainaut 
and Linthia 
. Both provide a full board change along with covering various attributes while spawning poison or jammer orbs. Normally, this would be a problem; however, with Ronove’s active, you are guarenteed 5+ heart and 6+ wood orbs. They also have the Coop Bonus 
awakening which increases their base stats by 50% when playing in multiplayer.
Rozuel 
covers the awkward fire and water element along with being bind immune with a recover bind 
awakening and heart orb generating active. She also has triple TPA 
which can help you achieve huge damage on 144x ATK.
Overview for Ronove
Ronove is capable of forming a nearly unstoppable team that is capable of clearing any dungeon GungHo can create. He tends to excel in harder content that produces jammer and poison orbs as those are quickly converted into wood. In addition, you can use his active 2/3 turns and this greatly increases your survivability. Unfortunately, his ideal team is challenging to form and less perfect line ups may falter and be less forgiving compared to other leaders.
Mantastic Puzzle and Dragons 
Hey man, camel lives matter.
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Not when they look like that =P
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Ronove is odd because he’s a 5* GFE so he’s not exactly rare but then you realize you need RagDrag (who is TECHNICALLY “farmable”) and Kaede x5000000 and well that plan goes out the window.
On the other hand Gremory is rare as *#%@*#)!# but her subs aren’t all 6* GFEs.
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Yeah, I’m surprised they released a powerful 5* card that can keep up or outpace 6* and MP cards. Granted you need those to form the ideal team, but it’s a start?
I wish Gremory kept her hood =(
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For full board changers you could also include Gainaut as a farmable option. His awakenings aren’t ideal (lots of enhanced fire orb), but it also includes the ever so attractive multi-boost. Like Linthia his active combos with Ronove and he also covers two attributes on your team! I just really want a use for Gainaut…
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Good point! I added in a section expanding the rationale of gainaut and linthia and their role as a board changer
I have a max skilled linthia and possibly gainaut too but yet to use lok
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Gremory is a male demon who dresses up like a human female to earn the trust of other women so he can prey on them.
The more you know –==★
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That is a very interesting back story lol
But where does the demonic camel fit in?!
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The back story for Gremory and the many of the new Devils is outlined in a grimoire called “The Lesser Key of Solomon”. It appears that he is often depicted as being a beautiful woman riding a camel. He/she is also a duke that rules over twenty-six legions of demons.
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Oh okay, so that at least explains the creepy camel XD. I guess I am glad GH made him a pretty girl then haha
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Gender bending at its best. Goetian grimoires were under the impression that all demons were male, Gung-ho felt otherwise 😀
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Never forget Noah too 😉
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Lol, I imagine they have a set quota of pretty girls per patch.
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At least they appear to be bringing out some male fanservice with the newest collab announced in JP XD
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The Akechi Mitsuhide awakening they recently announced is all the male fan service I needed. Though the new collaboration looks hilarious, I hope we get it as well.
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And the Balance typing will still allow him to work on Gremory teams.
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Yeah akechi is turning into quite the dream card in both looks and usability =)
And yeah, that new collab made me chuckle
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He’s just so viable on so many teams. Good synergy with any full board changer, really decent awakenings, and now he has a better body to boot.
Some straight up nostalgia right there, Ultimate Muscle was one of my favorite shows as a kid.
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Yeah I really wish I had an akechi on either account. So much power in a single card. I wonder how STRONG ultimate muscle cards are XD
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Just pulled a Ronove. He’s my first foray into the heart cross meta, so I’m not even entirely sure how to make a heart cross yet (to the youtubes I go!) Should I even attempt a team for him? I know I’m missing his key sub Ragdra, and I’ve no Dkali either…. Thank you in advance for any advice!
https://www.padherder.com/user/ls311/monsters/
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Congrats on the Ronove!
As for subs:
-Odin or Sakuya for binds
However, I am finding it hard to find subs for you outside of maybe Perseus (still need to cover lots of elements)
Ronove is a powerful leaders, but is very unfriendly in terms of teambuilding. You can always farm up a Gainaut or Linthia (or both) and use Sakuya for water and persues and that is a team.
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Yes, I was happy to pull him, but after reading through your list (and having you verify that I was correct!) I think he’ll be hanging out in my box for awhile until I find some appropriate friends for him.
Thank you for your reply!
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You are very welcome and hopefully the wait isn’t too long =)
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What’s the roll of single/double orb changers on Ronove? I would think you wouldn’t want to get rid of any colors
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I think Fat Chocobo should be on the list for full board changer.
I don’t have DKali, Sherias Roots, or RagDra, so I have been using Fat Chocobo in their place.
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Thanks for the reminder =) Added him in!
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Are there any farmable subs that can make a decent team to clear up to, say legend plusses?
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The best ones are Lintha and Gainaut but that could be problematic as they are L-M+ and both quite challenging
I would simply use your strongest cards available or use a different team as Ronove is very sub dependant
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There’s also Yamatsumi who’s got a very useful active and helps cover light when you don’t have Kaede, which I don’t..
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Good point =) Put his icon into the utility section!
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Finished reading this overview and I noticed you didn’t have lightning from the ff collab listed. Would she not be useful as well on a ronove team? If not for possible skill inheritance?
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I must have forgot to c/p their icon in. They do work wonderfully well, but less ideal compared to other board changers due to less colour coverage and diverse awakenings
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hi Mantastic, great review!
i got Ronove on this GF and i would like to know if im in the right path to a good team composition. I have isis, astaroth, gadius and sherias(blue). I know that isis and astaroth are great with him, but i dont see gadius or sherias as great subs on your list. Why not? orb change with heal and orb time.
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Gadius does not produce wood and that means you are automatically losing out on your leader’s damage. Even 144x becomes more diluted when you have the wrong colours attacking
Sherias does not produce hearts so that is problematic.
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so basicly, its all of those GFE or nothing?! geez its hard to make a Ronove team…
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He is easy to acquire, hard to excel with (puzzling skills and team building)
You didn’t think GH would give us a super star 5* GFE without a catch =P
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Anyway, am i ok with, isis, astaroth, zeal and some delay skill ?
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You can try running that team, but it may hurt you dont have a full board changer. Should still be sufficient for most content
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thank you so much dude!
i love your content. It REALLY helps a lot.
much love from portugal
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You are very welcome and glad I can help
PS It makes me smile when I get such nice encouragement!
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hmmi got Gremory do u think i should purchase Xin Hua and do a team like Gremory,A,Haku or Zuoh,Bankai Pandora (can try for A. Pandora),Xin Hua and A.Tsuki Yomi ? i have a Z8 but he needs some work.
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ohh i forgot uevo Ichigo who is a godkiller with full board change and a balance &Devil
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Uuevo pandora has dual time extend so that is very appealing. Haku isn’t a devil or balance so run Zuoh (but he doesn’t make hearts). No real need to yomi, better with an orb changer. Xin Hua is very powerful.
However, do you like the playstyle?
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Ichigo may be safer to run than Zuoh as he makes hearts
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cross heart leader are areally funny and powerfull as long u have a heart cross
i enjoy currently my Myr (Miru) eventhough i sometimes fail to do a heartcross xD and i thought only about yomi cuz 3 TE and 3 OE aint much but could be good cuz a Gremory,Ichigo,Bankai Pandora and a Xin only have together 5 TE Ichigo and Yomi together gives Bonus time Movement so it aint bad i think Ichigo 1,5x for 1 turn and yomi is 5sec and enhance all orbs both have a 8 turn wait on max skill thats my only thought for orb changer i need a 2nd Pandora when i would get 1 i will switch it for yomi
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If you are in bad need of time extend, then feel free to use Yomi. I would swap to an orb changer once you feel confident in your matching skill as that will be somewhat the limiting factor once orb manipulation is covered
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I just rolled another Gremory and it turns out she only has one row enhance, not two. Also, is she a good sub for herself?
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Wow congrats! She is a great sub on her own team =)
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Thanks but you should still fix your “Gremory at a glance” where you put she has two row enhances.
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Fixed =D
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Rolled a Ronove last GF… I’m happy, but my green box is really lacking (just Michael and Ama/GrOdin) 😦
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Well just be patient! You will get something good soon =)
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Got Gremory from the recent God fest. I’m currently using her with Awoken Pandora, Awoken Lucifer, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Zuoha as subs. Any recommendations on what skill inheritances I should be going for?
https://www.padherder.com/user/Theioz/monsters/#31,0,31,8191,4294967295_63,0,,0,0,0,eq,0,0,0,0,;default,0
My box at the moment.
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I rolled Gremory during the recent God Fest. I’m currently running it with Awoken Pandora, Awoken Lucifer, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Zuoh as subs. Any recommendations on which skill inheritances I should get and which ones I should swap out first? Thanks. 🙂
https://www.padherder.com/user/Theioz/monsters/#31,0,31,8191,4294967295_63,0,,0,0,0,eq,0,0,0,0,;default,0
My box at the moment.
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Suggestion for M+ farming :
Awoken Ra inherited in Tengu also cover dark 😛
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What do you think of this team:
Ronove / Linthia / Linthia / Gainut / Orochi / Ronove
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Your team looks reasonable and I am glad you thought of using the farmable options! If you have the MP, I would consider purchasing a Ragnarok Dragon and replacing 1 Linthia.
Of course, only do this if you really like the playstyle!
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Practical suggestions , I Appreciate the specifics – Does anyone know if my company could possibly get access to a fillable HUD-GFE form to work with ?
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I am not sure what you are asking….
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What do you think of this team, I only have 30k MP and started about 6 weeks ago:
Ronove / Rozuel / Sumire / Metatron / Awoken Hades
I can’t seem to roll a Kaede for the life of me and was considering farming Green Earth’s Dimension Dragon just in case.
I do have enough monsters that I could sell all but Ronove and Rozuel for another 220k MP, but that would still leave me 40k short of a Ragnarok Dragon.This would mean selling Jade Dragon Caller, Sonia, Sherias, Sumire, Saria, Gadius, 2x L.Kali, Metatron, Rurouni, Barbossa, Liu Bei, Hades, Lucifer, King Arthur, Guan Yu and more.
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Hi Mantastic, can you remove the above comment since I posted my email by accident?
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I changed the display name as it shows both coming from the same email so hopefully that works =)
As for your question, I would never sell off your entire box to purchase an MP card. You are extremely new to PAD and you still have plenty of content to play through and experience. Even though Ronove is strong, you will have sellers/buyers remorse by selling non-dupes.
I would stick with your current team for now, it should be able to clear nearly everything you face at the moment and you will eventually be able to start farming MP by playing rogue descends.
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Rolled Gremory today with a single REM roll 🙂
Unlike Ronove, I’ve got some useful subs for her: Hanzo (2x), Lumiel (sadly unskilled), APandora, Bankai Pandora, Lu Bu plus a Voice I’m working on and a plethora of dark devils and gods (DMeta, ALucifer, Zuoh, Hamal, AHaku, D/DHaku…), some advice to team building?
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I would use both Pandora for sure
Then it becomes a bit harder, but if that is Awoken Lucifer, he can be used as a base for an inherit and your final sub could be Hanzo for fast orb generation.
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Thanks for your advice, I’ll give a try with Gremory/APandora/BPandora/Hanzo/ALuci to do some practice with heart-crossing.
(I’m waiting in SI Aluci, he’s sadly unskilled 😦 )
I want an Akechi so badly, I’ll save any single stone ’til the next GF that features Samurai Gods!
Another Question: Is it too foolish to invest my 300k MP in a Xin Hua? (I’d also like to use her as a Lead, but I haven’t got the right sub, just Gremory)
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If anything, Xin Hua would be a sub on Gremory teams (better to use Grem as a lead) to give yourself an additional orb changer. However, it is an expensive investment and you may be better off not buying her as it is a small upgrade at best
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In the case where I don’t have Typhon or Pandora, would it be accpetable to use Eschamali and DMeta with a Ishida Mitsunari inherited on it?
I am currently thinking of this team:
Gremory / Gremory / Akechi / Eschamali / something
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If you go that route, I would use Eschamali as she has better awakenings compared to Dark Metatron
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Gremory’s buff (as seen on puzzledragonx):
* +400 HP
* Added bind recovery and 2 more rows for awoken skills
* Added God typing and LS support to normal verison.
* Added Balanced typing and LS support to xmas version.
Both LS now 2x ATK to God, Devil, and Balanced types after using a skill. 6x ATK and 35% damage reduction with cross Heal.
Nice, a large sub pool, more hp, two more rows and – ehr – hard & soft bind clearing? A row and a cross of hearts on the same turn?
Time to play with her again 🙂
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I didn’t consider her as a sub
I could swap out my DMeta(SDK) from my ALuci team: one more row, one TE, some extra dark orbs & hearts generation, nearly 1500 hp and 270 rcv more at the cost of an unused shield+orb enhancement, two SB and 230 atk
Also, as a devil, I could try her in my APandora team (UEPandora, Zuoh, D/DHaku, Lu Bu) in Lu Bu’s slot as a bind clearer/row enhancer.
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The buffs are substantial and the God typing allows for more flexibility as both a sub and leader. I will look more closely and update when it comes to NA
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No Verdandi for Ronove as a sub?
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Board change isnt as ideal due to only producing 3 elements (2 + hearts)
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Hey mantastic. End game opinions needed on dealing with Kali in Arena 1. Essentially just lacking the extra Kaede for a perfect team, but even with a Balboa or D-Kali in its place I cant seem to get past floor 20
Thoughts? Should I just try to output more damage and hope to get through? or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?
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You should try and use a damage enhancing inherit. Even a 2x such as Awoken Freyja would be helpful as the boost lasts for 2 turns. This means you can use it on floor 19 to kill it easier and still retain the damage for Kali on floor 20. Gemstone princesses are better so use what you have available
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Hey Mantastic,
I’m currently using a Ronove team,
Ronove /Perseus /Rozuel/Wukong/Halloween Parvati.
I’ve been playing with the line up for a while since I can’t roll a Kaede and can’t afford a Ragnarok.
The other subs I use are Verdandi,Sumire, and Sherias Roots.
What I struggle mostly is getting that light and dark into the team to make it full rainbow.
Do you have any recommendations?
Thank you!
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I would use Sherias Roots as they are Light/Dark and fulfils the board changing requirement. Thus, you can drop Wukong and Halloween Parvati and bring a sub of your choice. Could be another mono-wood card for additional damage
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Thanks!!
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You are very welcome!
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Hi Mantastic, with the updated leader skill of Gremory, can you provide some update on sample team for her? Thanks!
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Possibly or may try n make a small new post soon
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