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 Popular Leader’s and their Full Sub List Post which is in the process of being updated. 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 any of the Monster Point cards, please refer to my updated Tier List for help and advice.

I also encourage you to visit my  Discord server as it is full of knowledgeable and friendly people.

Introduction

The Monster Bootcamp Part 1 Godfest features the first 6x rates for Pantheons and GFE along with actually featuring powerful cards overall.

Furthermore, each roll will yield +50 to a random stat as well as appearing at level 50.

In addition, Day 1 will feature a complimentary Tamadra with each roll (hooray?) while Day 2 will coincide with the Wisedragons and Heroic Warriors Carnival. This Carnival will feature 2x rates for the following cards:

  Heroic Warriors

  Wise Dragons (5x burst for respective colour)

Regardless, the collateral perks on either day are slim to say the least and all the focus will be on the truly exciting Pantheon and GFE line up.

Video commentary

–video coming soon–

Rolls at a glance

Monster Bootcamp Part 1 Godfest
– – _Day 1
– – – Day 2	–

Ranking the cards – Pantheons & GFE

These rankings I assign cards are my own and take into consideration the card’s value as a leader, sub, inherit, and possibly any niche role they fulfill. In order to rank in the highest tier, the card has to excel in their respective role and cannot feasibly be replaced by anyone else. This can also be thought of as a Best in Slot card and tends to have applications on the top tier teams.

Despite my best to remain neutral, there is always the potential for bias and you need to be able to examine a card and determine if it can benefit your unique Monster Box and situation.

Legend guide

Symbols condense the time spent processing information and here is a brief explanation for each one I will use:

S

The best of the best. These cards compromise a best in slot role on top tier teams. They are largely irreplaceable and tend to offer something unique that cannot be easily replicated. This mostly exists to showcase the jump in power between the rest of the cards available.

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A

All of the cards in this tier bring tremendous value to a variety of teams as either leaders, subs, or inherits that are challenging to mimic elsewhere. For example, Green Odin  remains one of the strongest bind clears and only card that can remove 5 turns of awoken skill binds (outside of Odin Dragon ). It may not be paramount to your success, but is well worth owning overall.

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B

This category indicates cards that have value, but are not as widely used/irreplaceable as the above tier(s). While they may make your life easier and still bring an additional layer of power to your team, they are far from necessary. With that being said, some of these cards could hold the key to your own teams as everyone has different tools to work with.

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C

Cards in the question mark category tend to be those that are a luxury and are often not widely used for the average player. With that being said, they may bring niche value to your monster box or provide an additional option to use. A great example of this is Red Odin  who is a premiere button farming option, but with the addition of Red Tamazo , players at least have a “farmable” poison inherit along with the future implementation of Descend inherits.

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D

This category indicates the bottom of the Puzzle and Dragons barrel. These cards tend to have almost minimal value as they simply do not fit in the current meta and are badly in need of a buff or new evolution to give them viability. With that being said, you should still keep them as they technically have the most potential for improvement.

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This arrow indicates if a card has moved up since the last posting/tier list. The category/bracket they are placed in will be their new home and each arrow will show how many brackets they moved up (eg. 2 will indicate they climbed up two rankings).

This takes into consideration the the + and – within tiers.

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This arrow indicates if a card has moved down since the last posting/tier list. The category they are placed in will be their new home and each arrow will show how many brackets they moved down (eg. 2 will indicate they were demoted down by two rankings).

This takes into consideration the the + and – within tiers.

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+

A + indicates that these cards are relatively stronger than the other cards in that respective tier bracket and are trying to move up and may do so if a minor buff or new card/evo is released that can full capitalize on their strengths.

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No plus/minus

No plus/minus indicates that the card is in the middle of their respective tier bracket.

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A – indicates that this card is relatively weaker than the others in their respective tier bracket and are on the cusp of being demoted.

New Godfest Exclusive overview

Cthugha  and Yog-Sothoth  will both be their Puzzle and Dragons debut in the Flight of the Dragon Lords Godfest. Yog is one of the most desirable cards in the game due to his relatively unprecedented leadership potential. His ability to lead one of the strongest teams in the game is further compounded by his ease of usage along with relatively flexible team building requirements.

On the other hand, Cthugha is an interesting 5-star GFE who has a flexible utility-based active skill. His potency as a leader is naturally lower compared to Yog, but Cthugha retains formidable prowess as a sub due to his offensive-based awakenings.

Yog-Sothoth – S

Yog will remain one of the most desirable leaders for the foreseeable future and I did write a comprehensive article which can be found HERE. However, here is a snippet of the Pros and Cons for those who simply want a tldr version.

Yog-Sothoth
Pros	Cons
Bind Immune with bind clear 324x ATK for a mono colour team 2 combo Yogs will be a thing 43.75% damage reduction Low skill cap/easy to use Flexible team building Incredible base active skill Possibly best value in the game 1,100 weighted stats compounded by coop boost  awakening	6-star GFE Lack of damage control HP-conditional multiplier Can’t really stall RCV somewhat low

Cthugha – A

Cthugha is a brand new 5-star Godfest Exclusive that brings an interesting utility-oriented active skill for combo-focused teams, While +2 combo count actives are becoming slightly more common, one may want to have certain additional benefits alongside.

Cthugha is able to provide +2 combo count for 1 turn along with two turns of haste. This is significantly more flexible compared to Meridionalis  who generates numerous water orbs which is often counter intuitive for combo teams. Furthermore, 2 turns of haste will always have merit, even outside of combo teams.

Button coop farming teams are always looking for new and exciting ways to overcome combo shields along with being able to cycle through their active skills more efficiently. As such, Cthugha can make a wonderful inherit for these situations.

In addition, Cthugha has merits as a sub on combo teams due to his dual TPA  and coop boost  awakenings. Coop boost provides 50% more base stats to a given monster when used in coop. Thus, Cthugha is able to greatly benefit from his 1,000 weighted stats.

While eclipsed by Yog as a leader, Cthugha still retains modest leadership potential that is quite effective in coop mode. Cthugha is able to produce 156.25x ATK team with 43.75% damage reduction when achieving 7 combos. However, he also has an HP-clause, but is lowered down to 50% for full multiplier. As such, if you are able to keep your health above 50%, you will be able to deal the highest damage output of other combo leaders at 7 combos (feasible on nearly every given board), but you will be vulnerable to binds, preemptives, and must bring some form of self healing to succeed.

Pantheon tier list

Due to the way that Powercreep works and how GungHo does not actually nerf cards, I may have to do a soft reset in a few months where I demote everything but the very top down 1 ranking and then readjust if things have become stronger. Presently, I only demote cards if I have overvalued them or they have completely fallen out of the meta. However, this is not the case for this list’s ranking but may be something I do in the future.

As with any tier list, you should take these rankings with a grain of salt as individual cards may have more or less value for your particular monster box.

Ordering withing each bracket is random.

Pantheon Tier List – August 30, 2017
S+
S
S-
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-

GFE tier list

I feel that having a tier list that visually ranks the various GFE against each other when looking at their viability as a leader, sub, assist, or niche role is beneficial. Being able to cover numerous aspects will result in a higher placing along with their value in rolling dupes. This will attempt to rate these cards from a general box point of view and your individual situation will dictate just how important each card is.

Generally speaking, if a this is your first time acquiring a GFE, it will have at least some value and you should never sell a non-duplicate card.

This is an updated list compared to last time to reflect the new evolutions that have been announced/released in JP. Within each tier, the cards are in no particular order and is simply how they appear in my icons master list or after reshuffling.

Do note I have not had time to review the new Sherias/Sherias Roots evolutions so they may shift soon.

GFE Tier List – August 30, 2017
S	—
– A
– – – – B	—
C
D

Notable changes

Ilm  A -> S

Ilm has always been on the cusp of my ranking system but with both the introduction of Yog  and magical return of Ranking dungeons, Ilm deserves to be moved up.

Having flexibility as either a leader or stellar sub (that also possesses a Dragon Killer ) is invaluable when playing through end game content. Ilm possesses a bi-colour board changer which will ensure any floor dies when used on a Yog team along with having synergy with Wedding Akechi  to produce a full board of enhanced light orbs. This can then be used in conjunction with WeeJas  to create a column for FUA or a box for the future 3×3 awakening.

Baldin  and Aten  C -> B

With newer dungeons having outrageous amounts of health, it sometimes becomes paramount to run Killer subs regardless of their base actives. Thus, Baldin and Aten with their ample Killers fit this slot nicely.

Having access to Killer subs will help us clear content like Heavenly Palace of Heretics if you are lacking ideal teams.

Kaede , Balboa , Typhon , Kanna  A -> B

Kaede, Balboa, and Typhon were more unique/powerful upon their release, but Powercreep has pushed them out of the spotlight as they are no longer required for success.

Kaede used to form a premier team that sadly died with the decline of the Heart-Cross meta along with not being able to be fully capitalized upon by mono wood teams.

Balboa used to be one of the best solutions for trivializing high defense encounters, but with the introduction of Guard Break  and outrageously high multipliers, you do not really need bring Balboa. In all honesty, he may be dropped down another tier, but may still linger around due to his Killers.

Typhon was initially undervalued then overvalued by me and I feel that B is her true home. Her board changer is awkward for most teams as the orb distribution is too poor to fully capitalize upon for mono-colour teams. Furthermore, her typing excludes her from being used on Dark Athena  and Dark Metatron   teams.

Kanna still features wonderful TPA burst potential, but her weighted stats are quickly falling behind and 7 Combo awakenings  are universally more powerful. Furthermore, her base active skill is one of the worst in the game and is almost always inherited over.

Featured Pantheon ratings

The Monster Bootcamp part 1 Godfest features one of the best Pantheon lineups in recent history along with amazing 6x rates. As such, this is a strong Godfest to roll in and may or may not overshadow the long awaited debut of Ney  (coming soon?).

Monster Bootcamp Pantheons – August 30, 2017
	Day 1	Day 2
S
A
B
C
D

Finally, having dupes of the cards in Day 2 tends to be superior than dupes from Day 1. Naturally, the big winners are any of the S-tier cards as they offer tremendous value to their respective teams; however, I am leaning more heavily towards Day 2 for the average player as it features the Chinese Celestials and the new Samurai 2. Samurai 2 are the newest Pantheon to be released and are naturally more Powercreeped for the most part. Furthermore, the above chart does not show it, but most of the cards in Day 2 are ranked with a + compared to a – for Day 1. Just bear in mind that the Samurai 2 cards are 6* bases so they will be harder to roll.

No valuable Carnival

Day 1 features the worthless Tamadra Carnival (1 free Tamadra with each pull, may have been good in 2014) while Day 2 features 2x rates for Heroic Warriors and Wisedragons. However, the main focus is on the 6x rates for the real featured cards so this should not be too big of a liability.

 

Putting it all together

6x rates apply

Monster Bootcamp – August 30, 2017
	Day 1	Day 2
– S
– – A
– – B
C
D

Day 1 features the highly prized Norns for their Follow Up Attack  awakening while Day 2 is more loaded with board changers overall.

Both days are equally amazing to roll in and it is simply a matter of choosing which one you are missing more of.

Conclusion

The Monster Bootcamp Part 1 Godfest features an amazing 6x rates for both powerful Pantheons and Godfest Exclusives. In all honesty, this is one of the stronger Godfests in recent memory and is well worth rolling in if you are missing a good chunk of the featured cards while dupes from Day 2 are always welcome.

Just be aware that we should be having a new batch of GFE in the next Godfest (or 2) so you may or may not want to save for Ney .

Let me know what you think about the this Godfest and whether or not you are planning on rolling.

Happy Puzzling!

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