Greco-Roman 2

With the release of Uuevo Krishna , Ares has found new relevance for his Fire/Light form as a sub. Fire/Light Ares has better awakenings for Krishna along with higher HP. Normally HP is not an issue, but it can have value when trying to reach specific health thresholds. Furthermore, I personally want to cut down on the number of Orb Enhances on Krishna teams as it can make damage control problematic. One popular usage for Awoken Ares on Krishna teams is using him as an assistant for Krishna to upgrade his active. This way, you retain the skyfall mechanic along with a way to flood the board with fire orbs.

As a leader, Awoken Ares forms a 4x HP / 36x ATK team when matching fire and wood orbs. This is quite viable as you have access to Leilan  (and Chiyome  for the combo) as a board changer. With  such a large HP pool, you should be able to withstand the strongest attacks. Just remember your RCV may be very low unless you run numerous fire healers or Uriel  for the autoheal. For maximum damage, you should prioritize rows over TPA.

Exploring her options, Artemis is strongest as a leader when paired with Balboa  to form a 2x HP / 36x ATK / 2x RCV tank team that is reliant on matching water and wood orbs. This may not be a top tier team, but is still formidable and is capable of clearing plenty of content.

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

Please read my Artemis Evolution Comparison Post for a more detailed examination of which path is best for you.

L/B Apollo  can be used as a light row  sub but his lower weighted stats and a lack of utility based awakenings diminish his value.

Please read my Apollo Evolution Comparison Post for a more detailed examination of which path is best for you.

Wisdom Kings

 

In theory, you should be able to manufacture at least 7 combos every turn, but due to inappropriate orb distribution, it can be impossible to form 8. And 8 combos is required as Trailokyavijaya is a measly 2.25x HP / 2x ATK leader otherwise. This may force you to use actives more frequently in order to help correct your board and make her an inappropriate leader for easier/mindless content. Just be aware she is terrible at damage control as you jump from 4x to 144x ATK.

Stepping outside of her Leadership potential, Trailokyavijaya makes for an interesting sub/inherit. Her active differs from a regular gravity as it will deal 20% of the bosses’ maximum HP, not current. This means she can potentially execute a boss with her active along with providing a consistent amount of damage. This consistency can be beneficial when dealing with resolve bosses as you are able to guarantee a perfect amount of damage. On the flipside, you could kill a boss with multiple Trailokyavijaya actives and I am certain there are many cheese teams out there that do just that.

3 crosses is a bit outrageous and you are more realistically going to form 2 which will yield a 182.25x ATK multiplier which should be sufficient for most content. The no skyfall clause has less of an impact on Acala teams as you are very unlikely to actually skyfall a fire or wood cross and is mostly a barrier to combo shields.

The ability to achieve 1640.25x ATK is invaluable as you can use a single board changer and deal lethal damage to PreDRAs  and are not reliant on bringing a damage enhance. Furthermore, you have perfect damage control and the ability to stall with ease due to the RCV multiplier.

Outside of a leadership role, I do not foresee Acala seeing much gameplay as her active is somewhat lackluster in most scenarios and there are better Time Extend wood subs. Some may argue that the additional combo helps for combo based teams, but a tri-colour board changer will provide more stable burst.

As a leader Vajrayaksa has a low multiplier, but that is okay as he is not meant to be used all the time. In fact, you should be pairing him with someone like Ra Dragon , Ronove , DQXQ , or any other high multiplier rainbow leader as a way to easily deal with resolve bosses. This is because Vajrayaksa deals a fixed amount of damage after your cards deal damage, before the boss’s ability. This means you can trigger the resolve (places boss at 1 HP) and then have Vajrayaksa’s special damage component finish them off and completely avoid the boss’s enrage ability. You won’t be needing this all the time, but is invaluable under the right conditions.

Three Kingdoms

As a sub, Cao Cao is an incredibly powerful mono fire card due to his active combining an orb change and delay along with synergistic awakenings. His best fit is on Uuevo Krishna  teams as he can act as an offensive bind immune card who can inherit a new skill to remove monster binds.

On the other hand, his Fire/Wood form  is best matched on Shiva  due to the heavy reliance on TPA  awakenings. Other options include Gadius  and Raoh  teams.

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).

Awoken Liu Bei seems to do it all, double orb change, 20% maximum HP heal, 2 turns of bind clear while being bind immune, and a 64x ATK lead that stacks wood rows . However, it is his leadership potential that has everyone frantically scrambling to prepare a button team for coop farming. Double Liu Beis are capable of forming a 64x ATK / 4x RCV team when matching 9+ connected wood orbs. Thankfully, the ultimate evolution of Zeus Dios  makes your life easy by being able to convert the entire board into wood on a 15-turn cooldown. Thus, coop teams would fill their sub roster with multiple Zeus Dios and utility as needed. The main drawback of this setup is the reliance on finding coop partners and a lack of Skill Bind Resist  across your team.

I strongly suggest you read my full review of Awoken Liu Bei HERE.

Outside of a brainless and powerful leadership role, Awoken Liu Bei can be used as a sub on mono wood teams as a bind clearing sub who also is able to generate numerous wood orbs. In addition, the 20% heal has more impact on teams that multiply health or while playing coop.

If you are not fortunate enough to own a Liu Bei, you can use an Australis , Green Odin , or Perseus  as an alternative leader when paired with a Liu Bei friend.

 

In addition, her lack of an HP or RCV multiplier may cause you problems when stalling or recovering from a large preemptives. However, you have immense sub flexibility due to skill inheritance and should be able to address any problematic mechanics. I strongly encourage you to read my detailed analysis of her HERE as I go into greater detail for team building and strategies.

Outside of a leadership role, Awoken DQXQ has found a stable home on Myr  teams due to the light and heart orb generation. Her active has beautiful synergy with Apocalypse  and Gadius  as you are able to form a bi-colour light and heart board. In addition, the ability to remove jammer and poison orbs helps conserve actives. If you happen to have multiple DQXQ, you should strongly consider making one of them into her L/L form  as she can act as a soft bind clearer through her recover bind  awakening. I never run a hard bind clear on my Myr team and instead rely on the row of hearts.

For beginner players, any evolution 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.

Overall, DQXQ is an incredibly powerful monster for beginner and veteran players. She is also one of the few cards who can farm her own Awoken materials.