Christmas REM Pros & Cons – December 2021

Pros

Cons

• Comes during Christmas
  • No usual 2 month delay behind JP
• Several high value cards
  • Many can be acquired via Monster Exchange/IAP Orb Skin
• Festive outfits

• 80.1% rolling pool is 5/6-star cards
  • None have any true value
    • That’s a lot of Christmas Coal to sift through
• Two of the best cards are Orb Skin
  • IAP for $27.99 CDN each

Christmas REM

Pros

Cons

• 4 SB
• Significant personal damage
  • ( )
• Super Enhance Matching synergizes with Combo Orb
  • Both need 12 orbs to trigger
  • Excessive personal damage when Super Enhance triggers
    • Still functions well with 10c SA instead
• 2 turn base cooldown
  • Easy to inherit over
  • Unlock
  • +2 Fire orbs
  • TE buff
• Respectable LS
  • Just needs to match 6 Fire
• 4 Fire Rows
  • Significant damage boost to everyone

• • Matching 12 orbs to trigger Super Enhance/Combo Orb can be cumbersome
    • Only truly benefits the owning card
    • Other cards may not gain as much value
    • 12 orbs may not always be available
    • May require a new Blob Fire leader to take advantage of
  • Feels like a nice card overall but no true use/home for them for Super Enhance
    • May change in future with new Blob Fire leader

Pros

Cons

• SB
• L
• Valuable active
  • 3 turn Delay
  • 2 turn Damage Absorb counter
  • 1 aspect will always be valuable
    • Great solution on low CD card
      • Delay F1 then Absorb counter later on

• • Using F1 & later on may require significant stalling
    • May or may not be feasible depending on dungeon

Pros

Cons

• Bind Immunity
• 3 Fire Rows
• 2 Team HP

• • Low base CD
    • Runs risk of accidentally overcharging
    • Effect is low impact for a Weapon

Pros

Cons

• Super Blind Resist
• Full Cleric active
  • Removes all Binds, Awoken Binds, & Unmatchable
  • 1 turn Haste
  • 8 turn CD
• Potentially high personal damage
  • Dependent on SA

• 8 turns is on the longer side
  • May require a secondary/partial Cleric
    • Deals with back-to-back spawns
• Opportunity cost of not using Weapons

Pros

Cons

• SB
• Bind Immunity
• Full Cleric active
  • Removes all Binds, Awoken Binds, & Unmatchable
• 2 turn Delay
  • Exceptionally strong in SR2 vs Ogres
  • Delay can also be used to stall early on
    • Great option when inherited on Full Clerics
      • No fear of over charging
• Situational Killers
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• Killers are highly situational
  • No absurdly tanky spawns with those typing atm
• Other Full Cleric options may provide better awakenings

Pros

Cons

• 2 Team HP
• L
• 2 OE
• Full Cleric active
  • Removes all Binds, Awoken Binds, & Unmatchable
  • 1 turn Haste
    • Pseudo SB
  • 8 turn CD
    • Can inherit on a non-Cleric to make them into one

• No SB?
  • Haste kind of does that
  • I think this is a solid Weapon all around if you use every aspect

Pros

Cons

• 3 Dungeon Bonus
  • Additively increases drop rates
    • Fantastic for Farming
  • Few cards have 3 of these awakenings
• Easy to use Swipe Farming leader
  • Need 6+ Fire for full multiplier
• Active makes full Fire Board
• 2 turns Haste
  • Recharge previously used actives

• • 17 turn CD
    • Difficult to inherit a Button for Int Farming
  • Solo Int Button Farming is often the most Stamina efficient
    • 2p Coop Swiping is faster but less stamina efficient

Pros

Cons

• Dungeon Boost
  • Still a rare awakening via Weapons
• 2 SBR
• 2 turns Haste

• Opportunity cost of not using Base form
  • So few cards have 3 Dungeon Boost

Pros

Cons

• SB
• 3 turns Haste
  • 4 Effective SB
• SBR
• 3 Fire Rows

• • Opportunity cost of not using Base form
    • So few cards have 3 Dungeon Boost

Pros

Cons

• Full Cleric active
  • Removes all Binds, Awoken Binds, & Unmatchable
  • +3 Fire & Heart Orbs
  • 6 turn CD!
• Large HP stat
  • Helps hit key thresholds
• 4 SB
• Super Jammer Resist
• 2-3 Enhanced Fire Combos
• Inexpensive to Monster Exchange for
  • Four 6* GFE
    • Lowest you can go
  • Worth Exchanging for if you lack a Fire Cleric
• Cloud via SA
• 8 Latent Slots

• No sub attribute
  • Harder for All Attribute dungeons
• Lower personal damage
  • Reasonably normal for Clerics

Pros

Cons

• Full Cleric active
  • Removes all Binds, Awoken Binds, & Unmatchable
  • +3 Fire & Heart Orbs
• Cloud
• 2 Team RCV
• 3 Recover Binds

• Opportunity cost of not using Base form
  • Quite a powerful Cleric atm

Pros

Cons

• Super Blind
• Unique active
  • Unlock
  • +5 Wood Orbs
  • Clears all Bind/Awoken Binds
    • Helps if your main Cleric is weaker
• L
• Potential for strong personal damage
  • (/)

• • No SBR
  • Too many L’s
    • Could have been something else
    • 1 is nice, 3 excessive
  • Lower value if you have a strong Cleric
    • Eg. Alynna
  • Active overlaps with Selica /Christmas Osiris but Scarlet is weaker

Pros

Cons

• 4 SB
• 3 Enhanced Heart orbs
  • High RCV stat
  • Strong Healing solution
• Outstanding VDP damage
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• Potentially Super Jammer Resist via SA
• 8 Latent Slots
• Unique active
  • 300k Button
  • Clear all Unmatchable
  • Board of Fire, Light, & Hearts

• No where truly great to use
  • Will change in future when we get a VDP oriented light GFE (Safirah)
    • Coming soon
• Less a fan of VDP-heavy cards
  • So orb hungry
• Active is 9 turn CD
  • Not much value for end game content

Pros

Cons

• Unique active
  • 300k Button
  • Clear all Unmatchable
  • Board of Fire, Light, & Hearts
• Enhanced Heart orbs
• Bind Immunity

• • Niche Weapon overall
  • Active is a little underwhelming
    • Only solves Unmatchable

Pros

Cons

• Permanent 15% Wood Skyfalls
  • 8 turn CD, lasts 8 turns
• 4-6 SB
• L

• • Looping Skyfalls is cool but not realy practical
    • Takes 1 entire active slot
    • Romia does not do massive damage
      • Lowers value on team
    • Active is a board changer along with Skyfalls
      • Does no counter mechanics

Pros

Cons

• Super Blind Resist
• Super Poison Resist
  • What the Fish
• Orb Skin
  • Can directly IAP
• Unique active
  • Dark Unmatchable
    • Pseudo clear if not a Dark team
      • Great secondary/alt Cleric option
  • 1 turn Void Damage Void
  • 5 turn CD
    • Easy to inherit over
      • Does not Transform
• Flexible SA options
  • or
• Sub colour helps in All Attribute

• Orb Skin
  • Cannot Monster Exchange
• Missing out may be painful in future
  • I feel he will be BiS for Fire/Light
  • He just does so much

Pros

Cons

• 80% Jammer Resist 
• Team HP
• Team RCV 
• 2 turns Attribute Absorb counter
• 2 turns Void Damage Void

• Opportunity cost of not using Base form
  • Still a strong Weapon but Base is so strong atm

Pros

Cons

• SB
• Tape
• 5 turn Void Damage Void
  • Exceptionally fast

• Opportunity cost of not using Base form
• Situational Weapon

Pros

Cons

• Does not have a second Transform step
• 2 SB in Base form
  • +2 Haste when Transforming
• Favourable Nautilus pairing
  • Gives RCV multiplier
    • Can alleviate team building issues
      • Lower need to have Enhanced Heart Orbs
  • Fire sub attribute
    • Helps in SR3 if no Selica
  • Same activation requirements
  • Gives +1 more combo
    • Makes it easier to hit 10c
  • Converts Water & Dark instead of Light into Wood
    • Helps lower need to use Unmatchable clears
    • Helps ensure Row + VDP
  • Can pair with a friend
    • Don’t have to roll
• Highly optimized awakenings
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    • Arguably the best 3 to have
      • Superior to Nautilus’s offensive potential pre-buff
        • Still superior post-buff
  • Rows
    • 
  • Don’t have to roll
    • Can asymmetrically pair with friend if you own Nautilus

• • Have to roll
    • Cannot IAP/Monster Exchange
  • No SBR
    • Shouldn’t be an issue for Nautilus teams
      • Alynna has 2
  • No TE
  • No Auto Follow Up
    • Fixed via Nautilus
  • Active does not generate Hearts

Pros

Cons

• Valuable active
  • 2 turn Delay
  • Unlock
  • Row of Wood
  • Row of Hearts
• Cloud
• SBR
• 3 Rows
  • 

• Massive opportunity cost of not using Base form now
  • Will always exist after her leadership falls off

Pros

Cons

• 1 turn Damage & Attribute Absorb counter
  • 8 turn CD
  • Amazing for WoC1/SR1 and below
• 4 Effective SB in Base form
  • 2 Haste when Transform
• 4 OE
• A reasonably helpful card for SR1 and below for most teams

• Less universally helpful compared to Polowne
  • 4 OE may often be wasted
• 1 turn Absorb insufficient for current end game content

Pros

Cons

• 3 turn Damage & Attribute Absorb counter
  • 18 turn CD
  • 0.5x RCV & ATK
    • Can overwrite existing debuffs
      • Should overwrite your own ATK Debuff
  • Valuable for end game content
    • 3 turns is a safe number
• SB
• 3 Team RCV
  • Significant Healing boost

• Have to roll
• ATK Debuff may be problematic if you cannot overwrite
  • Kind of lose 1 turn Absorb

Pros

Cons

• 4 SB
• Huge Passive Damage
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• 4 turn CD
  • Generates a Fire Row
  • No Skyfalls
  • Can loop with 4 copies
    • Easy Swipe Farming
• Dungeon Boost via SA

• Only truly useful for Swipe Farming
  • Lower value without 4 copies
    • Offset by owning Farmable Nidhogg
• Coop Swipe Farming has been somewhat diminished due to Int Button Farming
  • Often more stamina efficient
  • Dungeon Boost does not help in coop
    • Often Swipe Farm in coop

Pros

Cons

• 5 Fire Rows

• • Opportunity cost of not using Base form
    • Works well for Swipe Farming

Pros

Cons

• Amazing active
  • TE “buff”
  • RCV buff
  • Unlock
  • Column of Wood
  • 3 turn CD
• 4 SB
• Significant personal damage
  • ()
  • High ATK stat
    • Can choose Cloud or Tape via SA
  • High ATK
• Arguably one of the best Dark option for Wood
• Can replace Selica if using Christmas Menoa
• Orb Skin
  • Can directly IAP

• Cannot Monster Exchange for
  • But can IAP via Orb Skin
  • Hard to predict long term value of a sub
    • But Osiris does so much atm

Pros

Cons

• One of two actives that change enemy attribute to Light
  • Facilitates Colour Cheesing
    • Having 100% Resist to that colour

• Only works in Cheese situations
  • Not everyone does Cheese
• Highly niche card overall

Pros

Cons

• 2 SBR
• Bind Immunity
• Unique combination

• • Highly situational Weapon
    • But may have value if using teams without SBR

Pros

Cons

• Two Coop Boost
  • +2.25x stats

• • Only useful in Coop Button Farming
  • Other stronger Button Bases exist
    • They have higher ATK & 2 Coop Boosts