Godfest basics

When making the decision to roll or save your magic stones, you need to determine if the featured pantheons can benefit or complement your teams. Chasing for one specific monster is unwise as you will most likely be disappointed and should ideally have Godfests that overlap with many target cards. Remember all monsters that come out of the REM will qualify for Skill Inheritance so do not be too hasty when selling dupes. For a more detailed team building help, please refer to my full list Popular Leader’s and their Full Sub List Post. Lastly, to find more information about a specific pantheon or monster, refer to my Master List to better refine your search. If you are considering to purchase a Four Gentlemen card, please read my Review and Comparison HERE.

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Introduction

Happy Lunar New Year! Hopefully you have been spending time with your family and loved ones along with feasting upon copious amounts of food. In order to mark the year of the Rooster, the Lunar New Year Godfest will feature the newly Reincarnated Egyptian 1’s along with (surprise surprise) Chinese Celestial pantheons. To sweeten the deal further, we will also be benefiting from 5x GFE along with +20 to a random stat.

For the most part, the Egyptian 1 pantheon is capable of forming powerful and fun teams. Even with the diminished value of leader skill restrictions due to an active skill clause, they can still clear plenty of content while Isis and now Horus being powerful subs.

On the flip side, the Chinese Celestials have not aged as well due to a lack of new evolutions and buffs for quite some time now. In addition, they somewhat struggle in a heart cross meta due to their board changers only producing three colours. However, there has been a gradual shift back towards colour board changers so there may be a shift back towards the Celestials in the future.

Where to spend your Red Pocket Money will be up to you, but this is a modest Godfest for the most part.

As a side note, I changed the format for the analyzed cards and would like to know what you think.

Video commentary

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Featured cards overview

 

Lunar New Year Godfest Lineup
Day 1	Egyptian 1
	GFE
Day 2	Chinese Celestials
	GFE

5x and 6-star GFE

As we saw from Player’s Choice Godfest, 6-star rolls are incredibly rare, but are somewhat irreplaceable on numerous endgame teams. This heavy reliance on 6-stars is taxing on players as the gap between pantheon/5-stars is ever widening.

With that being said, 5x GFE  events are the best times to acquire those coveted six stars. The corresponding pantheon is important; however, you should focus on the featured Godfest Exclusives this time.

Presently speaking, Kaede , Dark Kali , and Kanna  are the most relevant 6-stars from a purely endgame point of view. Kaede duplicates are instrumental on their own team along Ronove’s  teams. On the other hand, you can never have enough Dark Kalis for both subs and inherits on Ra Dragon  along with Kanna being a new staple sub for the same team.

As another general trend, the newer GFE tend to be stronger compared to the older ones (Sonia, Metatron, Odins). Granted this can change with new evolutions, but newly released cards tend to be better positioned against the next few months of Powercreep.

With all that being said, neither day features all of the top 6-stars so which day you choose to rol will be based on your own personal needs. It is also worth noting that the newer GFE are available on both days.

Day 1 overview

Egyptian 1

   

The Egyptian 1 pantheon features some of the oldest cards in Puzzle and Dragons. They have risen and fallen over the course of their lifetime with their newly released Reincarnated evolutions breathing fresh life into their potential. However, they will never achieve the same level of relative greatness as before due to the fact they have active skill clauses built into their leader skill. This greatly diminishes their potential as you are forced to always use an ability to deal sufficient damage for end game content.

On the flip side, Isis remains one of the strongest and most popular subs due to the dominance of Ra Dragon  while Horus has gained new potential with his Reincarnated evolution as a base for Skill Inheritance.

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Reincarnated Horus

Devil / God / Attacker
3,875 HP / 2,164 ATK / 630 RCV
1,000 Total
       

Active Skill:
Enhance all fire orbs
+2s to orb movement time for 1 turn
4 turn Cooldown

Leader Skill:
4x ATK with 4 colours. 5x ATK with 5. 2x ATK & RCV when active skill is used
100x ATK / 4x RCV

Pros	Cons
Flexible Leader Skill 1,000 weighted stats 100x ATK Short cooldown can inherit easily Double SBR  Cover Fire & Water Can use orb changers	Active skill reliant for damage RCV is tied active skill Damage is okay Wrong chicken

Impressions

Reincarnated Horus has always traded a higher damage multiplier for greater consistency. This worked well when he was first released as there were fewer options to choose from along with most of the content not requiring amazingly high multipliers. However, in today’s meta, it is just not worthwhile as we now have access to board refreshes and time extends. Thus, the safety net is no longer required and is actually hurting his potential overall.

A 100x rainbow leader is perhaps average nowadays. Unfortunately, being average is not really good enough as you ideally want to have a card who excels in one particular aspect. Furthermore, having a large percentage of your multiplier tied to the usage of an active skill truly kills Horus’s potential. Without an active skill, you will only be able to achieve 25x ATK along with 1x RCV. If his RCV component was passively built into his leader skill, he could at least stall. Sadly, if you want to heal, you must also use an active and run the risk of killing the floor as well.

With all that being said, Horus has some merits, most notably his potential to act as a sub on various teams. His base cooldown is only 4 turns and allows you to easily inherit something over top along with covering the awkward Fire and Water elements. Furthermore, he has dual Skill Bind Resistance which can greatly ease team building constraints in solo mode. Finally, his dual TPA and massive base attack will allow Horus to achieve amazing burst damage.

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Awoken Isis

Devil / God
3,428 HP / 1,597 ATK / 433 RCV
808 Total
    

Active Skill:
Reduce damage by 15%
2 turn bind clear
3 turn CD

Leader Skill:
3x ATK when 3+ colours attack at same time. 1.5x ATK for water when using an active skill
20.25x ATK

Pros	Cons
Staple Ra Dragon  Sub 3 turn cooldown Covers Water & Wood Bind immune Great starting leader	No Reincarnated evolution Must retain wood subtyping Lower base stats Low leadership past mid game

Impressions

Isis is one of the most sought after cards in Puzzle and Dragons due to her incredible utility, active, skill inheritance potential, colour coverage, and beauty. It is sometimes challenging to find a sub who can cover both water and wood while being useful (others that come to mind are Sun Quan  and Orochi ). However, neither of those offer the same degree of defensive utility as Isis along with a quick charging active. With an active that takes only 3 turns to recharge, Isis makes an amazing base monster for inheriting a skill. This way you can have the colour coverage and option of bind clearing along with an inherited active for only an additional 3 turns of cooldown.

Isis is naturally at home on mono water teams as she offers some offensive capabilities, but perhaps her most popular use is on Ra Dragon  (or other rainbow) teams. If you have a Dark Kali , your team is essentially bind immune as you your colour activation requirements will always be met. Furthermore, you can clear binds from other subs with Isis’s active.

Sub potential aside, Isis makes a wonderful leader for new accounts as she will help teach you the basics of comboing along with colour management.

Isis is still lacking a Reincarnated evolution, but even if she were to receive one, she may not be used. This is mostly attributed to her mandatory role on Ra Dragon teams and if she loses her wood sub typing, she would no longer fulfill her primary role.

Overall, Isis is one of the strongest and most versatile monsters available and is worth pursuing and investing in.

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Reincarnated Bastet

Devil / God / Balance
4,760 HP / 1,757 ATK / 519 RCV
1,000 Total
       

Active Skill:
Mass attack for 3 turns
+2s to orb movement time for 1 turn
5 turn Cooldown

Leader Skill:
3x ATK with 5 combos. Scales up to 5x with 9 combos. 2.5x ATK when active skill is used
156.25x ATK

Pros	Cons
Scaling Leader Skill 1,000 weighted stats 156.25x ATK Short cooldown can inherit easily Flexible team building Cute	Active skill reliant for damage 25x at 9 combos is weak Damage is okay Base active is weak

Impressions

Reincarnated Bastet is a massive improvement to her Awoken form as it significantly boosts her maximum damage from her previous 36x. In addition, you have a higher combo threshold for additional damage (7->9) along with a stronger multiplier when using an active skill. This further cements Bastet as a glass cannon leader as she still has no defensive multiplier component.

Like Horus, Bastet can only offer up to 25x ATK without an active skill and will make it challenging to use her efficiently in content that requires a large amount of damage repeatedly. However, when using an active skill, you are able to deal lethal damage as you can efficiently stack TPA  awakenings. Granted you do lose out on your maximum damage multiplier, but if your team has enough TPA, the lower combo count can be justified. In fact, 7 combos (which is a realistic amount) will result in 100x ATK and that should be sufficient for most content as she is leading a mono wood team.

When compared to Acetet , Reincarnated Bastet wins out from a maximum multiplier point of view along without running the risk of flooding the board with wood and compromising combos. However, Acetet is superior from a combo perspective if no active skill is used. Acetet can achieve up to 64x ATK and gains her additional multiplier from matching 3 wood combos. This wood combo clause will usually result in an active skill being used, but will force you to bring more orb changers by comparison.

Reincarnated Bastet is better able to load up on utility-based actives as you do not require numerous wood orbs and can simply rely on the higher base multiplier and a TPA match. Another thing to consider is the risk of using God Killer  on Acetet which could lead to the inability to kill certain absorb bosses (most notably Sopdet). Finally, Reincarnated Bastet has a shorter cooldown along with higher weighted stats.

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Reincarnated Ra

Devil / God / Physical
5,555 HP / 1,548 ATK / 406 RCV
1,000 Total
      

Active Skill:
77,777 true damage to all enemies
+ 3s to move orbs
7 turn CD

Leader Skill:
5x ATK & 2x RCV when matching 5 colours. 3x ATK for God & Devils when using an active skill
225x ATK / 4x RCV

Pros	Cons
25x or 225x ATK Has 4x RCV 1,000 weighted stats Easy activation requirements True Damage Bind Immune Can use heartbreakers Forms specialized farming teams	Active skill reliant for damage RCV is tied to colour activation Challenging to stall 25x with no active is weak Base active is weak on dual leaders

Impressions

Reincarnated Ra is a dramatic improvement over his once game breaking Awoken form. Ra is now able to achieve 225x ATK which sounds amazing on paper, but in practice, is not as overpowering. First off, he lacks any offensive awakenings outside of a single orb enhance along with being forced to match all 5 colours. This automatically lowers your damage potential as 12 orbs are automatically considered “wasted” if your whole team is light attribute.

However, that is not to say that Ra is unable to deal damage, it is just not as overwhelming as you may think. Sadly, this damage is heavily restricted through the usage of an active skill. Without using an active skill, you have a measly 25x ATK which will probably not kill most current bosses. As such, you may be forced to either bring a short cooldown sub (such as Gunma ) but that also means you have effecitvely lost a sub slot. Thus, his potential is somewhat marred by this fact along with not having his RCV component being passive.

4x RCV is amazing and allows for essentially a full HP heal with any heart orb match, but has to be done when matching all 5 colours. This is problematic as you may face orb troll along with not wanting to actually deal damage to an encounter as you will be dealing 25x ATK. This may push some bosses into their dangerous HP thresholds and result in your death.

Taking all of those above points into consideration, Reincarnated Ra is still able to clear plenty of end game content. 225x ATK for only 5 colours is a relatively simple activation requirement and if you are able to plan out your dungeon carefully, you can clear plenty of end game content. For example, many players have found great success using Awoken Ra to farm Machine Zeus when it first came out. It relied on using a Gunma along with Machine Killer subs and many delays. I made a variation of that team that took into consideration my own limiting cards, but have the same rate of success. You can read more about it HERE.

Moving outside of a leadership role, Ra is one of the most desired true damage characters in the game. His base cooldown is a short 7 turns and allows for easy inheritance or as a sub on button farming teams. He can immediately kill any high defense monster in the game and you can never have too many Ra in your Monster Box.

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Reincarnated Anubis

Devil / God / Balance
5,048 HP / 1,450 ATK / 618 RCV
1,001 Total
     

Active Skill:
    
4 turns counterattack
8 turn Cooldown

Leader Skill:
5x ATK with 9 combos. 10x with 11 combos. 3x ATK when active skill is used
900x ATK

Pros	Cons
Has some damage control 1,001 weighted stats 900x ATK Unbindable with  Active removes hazards Niche counterattack One true God	Inconsistent activation Skyfall/praying required No defensive multiplier Active has a long cooldown

Impressions

Reincarnated Anubis is a significant improvement to his Awoken form as you only require 11 combos for maximum damage along with active skill usage and 9 combo damage being improved. This somewhat lowers the risk involved along with providing some form of damage control as you can activate 9x damage with an active skill.

A 6×5 board can provide at most 10 combos with a perfect distribution. Unfortunately, the more likely scenario is a board with 7-8 combos and after matching perfectly, praying for adequate skyfalls is required. This playstyle is incredibly risky along with inconsistent as there will be many times where the skyfalls are not in your favour.

Reincarnated Anubis brings up to 30x ATK by himself and has some potential to pair with 7×6 leaders even if they have lower damage multipliers. Unfortunately, the best option currently is to use Aten .

Shifting away from a leadership role, Reincarnated Anubis has strong potential on mono dark teams due to his bind immunity and recover bind  awakening. This enables Anubis to clear 3 turns of binds with a single row of hearts. This would be more helpful if he had a heart generating active, but you can always inherit something over top his own active.

Finally, looking at Anubis’s active skill, it has a reasonably long cooldown for the benefits it provides. Most single orb changer plus hazard removal is pinned at 7 turns along with a turn of haste. Thus, you are trading haste and an additional turn for the occasionally useful counterattack. Counterattack has most applications against resolve bosses that have a 1% attack you can survive. This will enable you to instantly kill the boss as their ability will hit you and then have the counterattack hit and kill them. Perhaps the best example of this is against Zeus & Hera as their damage goes out before the healing component.

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Featured GFE

      
      
      
   

Day one features both Kaede and Kanna but also all the older GFE. While the Odins have niche utility and future split evolutions, they are more of a luxury and their active skills can be replicated via the One-Shot Challenge Tamazos who can also be inherited. Conversely, the Metatron and Sonias are probably going to go a long time without any buff for the foreseeable future.

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Day 2 overview

Chinese Celestials

    

The Chinese Celestials are one of the most beloved pantheons in Puzzle and Dragons due to their longevity and inherit cuteness. Historically, they have been one of the most cared for by GungHo with relatively prompt buffs or evolutions to appease their fanbase. Unfortunately, they have been somewhat neglected due to the heart cross meta and a lack of relevant buffs.

However, the meta appears to be somewhat shifting away from heart crosses and if this holds true, the Celestials will regain relevancy as Haku is already looking to become an invaluable member for Aizan, Dark Athena, and Yomi Dragon.

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Awoken Leilan

Physical / Attacker
4,035 HP / 1,707 ATK / 202 RCV
812 Total
       

Active Skill:
All     
1 turn haste
9 turn CD

Leader Skill:
4x ATK when matching any 3 of Fire, Wood, Light, or Heal. 30% damage reduction from Fire, Wood, and Light bosses
16x ATK / 51% Damage Reduction

Pros	Cons
Flexible Leader Skill Can stack fire rows Sub potential on most fire teams Board changer synergy Dual Killer form has farming potential	Does not generate heart orbs Leader skill is limiting

Impressions

Leilan has legs to die for along with being a mono red powerhouse with a healthy mixture of offensive and utility based awakenings. Despite not being able to generate heart orbs, Leilan can be a powerful sub on Krishna , Ilm , Minerva , and Tsubaki  teams due to the colours she generates along with the potential to combo with various orb changers such as Yamato  to form a 2/3 fire board.

Leilan’s dual Killer form has niche situational value when farming specific content.

As a leader, Leilan forms a 16x ATK team with 51% damage reduction from Fire, Wood, and Light enemies. Has situational uses and does shine bright in those types of dungeons and is capable of clearing end game content.

Perhaps as GungHo slowly edges away from a heart cross meta will Leilan along with her sisters gain more relevancy.

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Awoken Karin

Dragon / Attacker
3,545 HP / 1,851 ATK / 284 RCV
812 Total
       

Active Skill:
All    
1 turn haste
9 turn CD

Leader Skill:
4x ATK when matching any 3 of Water, Wood, Dark, or Heal. 30% damage reduction from Water, Wood, and Dark bosses
16x ATK / 51% Damage Reduction

Pros	Cons
Flexible Leader Skill Can stack water rows Sub potential on some water teams Board changer synergy Dual Killer form has farming potential Cute	Does not generate heart orbs Leader skill is limiting Water has a deep pool of board changers

Impressions

Karin has always been a somewhat neglected Chinese Celestial due to the fact that water has historically had powerful full board changers. This still holds true today as water has access to Mori , Blue Sonia , Ryune , and Skuld  who are all able to perform the role better for the most part. Granted Karin may have other board changer synergy that other may not have as she has access to Sitri , Hermes , and Hatsume , but for the most part, the others are stronger.

Given the fact that she does not do anything better than the other available options, Karin may simply be regulated to an inheritance option on mono dark teams if you require synergy with Pandora  (which Meimei  does better).

Regardless, you can still use Karin on mono water teams and her Water/Wood evolution has potential due to her double Killer awakenings.

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Awoken Meimei

Physical / Attacker
4,175 HP / 1,804 ATK / 106 RCV
814 Total
       

Active Skill:
All    
1 turn haste
9 turn CD

Leader Skill:
4x ATK when matching any 3 of Wood, Light, Dark, or Heal. 30% damage reduction from Wood, Light, and Dark bosses
16x ATK / 51% Damage Reduction

Pros	Cons
Flexible Leader Skill Powerful awakenings Sub potential on some wood teams Board changer synergy Dual Killer form has farming potential Popular inherit	Does not generate heart orbs Leader skill is limiting

Impressions

Meimei may not be your little sister, but she is regaining popularity on mono wood teams with the release of Vishnu  and Reincarnated Bastet  teams. Both of these teams are reliant on TPA awakenings and Meimei’s active skill allows for easy comboing and numerous orbs. All of this translates into a large burst board for either team. Unfortunately, Meimei’s active skill is largely outclassed by Verdandi  solely because she generates heart orbs. As such, you may find value in using Meimei’s more offensive body and inheriting a stronger active over top.

With all that being said, Meimei is the perfect inherit on dark teams (excluding stat bonuses) that run Pandora  as you are able to form a 2/3 dark, 1/3 heart board.

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Awoken Sakuya

Dragon / Healer
3,378 HP / 1,570 ATK / 504 RCV
820 Total
        

Active Skill:
20% Gravity
3 turn bind clear
10 turn CD

Leader Skill:
5x ATK when matching Fire, Water, Wood, and Light. 1.2x ATK with 6 combos, max 2x with 10+
100x ATK

Pros	Cons
Scaling leader skill Bind immune, bind clear Situational gravity for resolves Value as an inherit	Inconsistent and somewhat low damage leader skill No defensive multiplier

Impressions

Awoken Sakuya was one of the most anticipated evolutions at the time of her release as she was a fan-favourite. At the time, it was a major upgrade as it allowed Sakuya to have both the capacity to clear binds along with the chance to hit 100x ATK. Unfortunately, her leader skill is inconsistent and unreliable as you cannot realistically hit 100x every turn and being left with only 49x-64x with 7 or 8 combos is frustrating. Even though these numbers sound strong on paper, they are quite lackluster in practice as you are forced to match other colours and only able to stack TPA awakenings. As such, row-based teams or even mono-colour TPA teams will easily outclass Sakuya’s damage due to being able to flood the board with their primary colours.

Despite the lower leadership potential, Awoken Sakuya has gained value as a sub on a variety of teams as her bind clear comes with a 20% gravity component. This is unique in the realm of bind clears as you are able to use it offensively to either chunk down a dangerous boss or to help bypass resolve. One of her best homes is on Sherias Roots  as her Dragon typing and water coverage help alleviate team building constraints. In addition, you may also find value inheriting Sakuya to capitalize on her dual purpose active.

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Awoken Haku

God / Healer
3,193 HP / 1,441 ATK / 609 RCV
811 Total
       

Active Skill:
All     
1 turn haste
9 turn CD

Leader Skill:
4x ATK when matching any 3 of Fire, Water, Dark, or Heal. 30% damage reduction from Fire, Water, and Dark bosses
16x ATK / 51% Damage Reduction

Pros	Cons
Flexible Leader Skill Powerful awakenings Still relevant as a sub on: Yomi Dragon  Aizen  Dark Athena  Board changer synergy with Akechi  Dual Killer form has farming potential Popular inherit	Does not generate heart orbs Leader skill is limiting

Impressions

Haku is surprisingly the most powerful Chinese Celestial in this current meta due to the leadership potential of Yomi Dragon , Aizen , and Dark Athena . All three of these leaders are powerful in their own right and Haku’s synergistic awakenings and active skill make her an amazing sub. Furthermore, her board changer has gained more value through Akechi’s  evolution that helps keep him in line with other sub options.

Presently speaking, there is no other dark, fire, +1 tri-colour board changer that leads to a 2/3 enhanced dark board and the Haku Akechi combo remains one of the strongest burst skills (which amusingly also generates heart orbs).

Featured GFE

      
      
      
   

Compared to Day 1, Day 2 has a much stronger roster of featured GFE as it only features the newer cards. As a generalization, newer cards are stronger as they are usually released a bit stronger to keep abreast with Powercreep. As such, if acquiring newer and more powerful GFE is your priority, Day 2 will be your best bet.

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Conclusion

The Lunar New Year Godfest does feature an impressive array of GFE on Day 2 if you do not care for Kaede or Kanna as the oldest cards are not featured at increased rates. However, the pantheon pairings for both days is only okay at best.

My opinion is based on what would be the best cards to roll assuming you have nothing to being with. Each box will vary on a case-by-case basis and it is still up to you to decide which day to roll in.

Which day is most appealing to you and what do you hope to roll?

Happy Puzzling!