GungHo Collab is back with an almost a complete renewal. There are as many new cards as there are re-shows. This re-run premiers some powerful subs, usable leaders and cards that fit into tight niches. Analysis is provided by WetTheSystem with some light-hearted commentary for each 7-STAR provided by BattleCorgi. The Score Diamond is generated by 0.0-3.0 scale scoring from select players. Each line on the diamond is equivalent to a 0.5 score. Very few cards will have a full diamond as most cards have certain niches in the game they fit into.

Some notes: Scroll over the images to get directional arrows to view additional evolutions on each card. Naming and spelling may vary due to localization changes when content comes to NA and so there may be some discrepancies in the names shown here. Monster IDs are provided to reduce confusion. This particular article is currently only discussing cards new to the REM. There are some notable buffs especially to Karin’s leader skill as a leader for new players and Elena’s awakenings making her a viable double damage cap sub.

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Summary: GungHo Collab NA Re-run 7/2021 is a strong renewal for a long time machine. Many of the new entries, even some of the gold eggs, are nice catches. However, there are some painfully useless cards on the bottom end which take up 45% of the odds in the REM and even a few diamonds (like Joker) might leave you feeling trolled. More conservative players might choose to just trade for Rudra and buy the Belial orb-skin bundle, especially considering the soon to arrive Faeries event. Don’t forget to farm the event dungeon for gold tickets as its easily the most efficient way to farm Pys.

Almighty Zeus [7283], [7284] & [7285]

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Almighty Zeus lacks a current good home in a team or as a tool in current endgame. Zeus [7283] is a 6 skill boost light blob/row farming sub and leader. His skill is useful in farming applications as it guarantees a row, can provide for SFUA and unlocks the board. His leader skill is good row based leader similar to Haohmaru from Samurai Showdown. [7283] has 20x attack with 6+ combos and a strong AutoFUA (5M) at 6+ light orbs. His leader skill is compatible with the newly buffed Ferule and creates a viable Light-blob Shura2 team. Also notable that this AutoFUA is perfect for tackling the 1% SR first floors of many of the new Extreme Annihilation difficulty descends. Dark Zeus [7284] has a strong cleric active that provides 5 lights, 5 darks and 5 hearts. Unfortunately it only reduces statuses by 7 turns so its not appropriate for the 10 turn status effects in Shura3 and clunky in A.Shura2. His 4 light Takos mostly go to waste due to our lack of Light-combo based leaders. Finally, Zeus Assist [7285] provides an impressive 4 light rows and 1 skill boost and his strong farming active as the active skill. This further cements this card as a great farming tool.

Almighty Zeus is an average card, but has some potential to greatly improve players boxes who lack good light blob farming tools and would like a good leader, SB stick or assist equip. His base form is compatible with Ferule and makes her more endgame viable.

Corgi Rating: Zeus comes off as the type of guy whose idea of a great first date is listening to Nickelback in a WalMart parking lot at 11:50PM. He drives a lifted truck and spits sunflower seeds into an empty Mountain Dew bottle. Sitting next to him means being consumed by a cloud of Axe body spray. 1/5 Corgis

Rudra the Destroyer [7286], [7287] & [7288]

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Rudra the Destroyer Is a very powerful and versatile fire sub. Rudra [7286] can pack an impressive FIVE red Takos providing fire combo teams huge amounts of passive damage. Most notably his awakening set will become useful when NA gets the Faeries event that introduces Rosalyn. Her active scales off red Takos in a way similar to Nautilus and Royal Oak. His active is a 10 turn cooldown 1/2 RCV and Void Damage Void for 2 turns. This is a very low cooldown for this active, and if RCV is adequate this is a good option for overwriting more serious RCV debuffs as well. Dark Rudra [7287] has 5 cross awakenings that give him absoutely insane personal damage on a single cross match. He also has a very powerful 2 turn active that creates 3 Fire and 3 Dark (over non-Heal) making him a potential sub choice for Fire/Dark leaders that need a potential orb system. Finally, Rudra Assist [7288] provides a Cross and Team HP+s. The cross gives other teams access to blind skyfall clear and the active skil provides a low cooldown assist for bypassing damage voids. This is a perfect card for cross teams that want to approach content with Void Damage shields.

Rudra the Destroyer is a powerful and versatile fire sub. He has current usability but will really shine when Rosalyn is released in North America in the near future. Don’t miss this card if you are planning to play Rosalyn.

Corgi Rating: Rudra’s abs hold almost as many secrets as his hair. He has a clearly beloved pet snake and multiple arms, meaning he’s not as emotionally stunted as Zeus and he probably gives great shoulder rubs. Rudra writes really bad poetry that he often shares on Instagram but his laugh is kind of cute. 4/5 Corgis

Tyrant Empress Belial [7289], [7290] & [7291]

Tyrant Empress Belial, the newly introduced orb-skin, comes packing with 3 very useful forms. Belial [7289] is a critically useful heal-stick and FULL cleric for many teams due to her 5 heart orb enhances, high RCV stat, 100% poison resistance and stacked low-cooldown (5 turn) active. She packs an optional 4 SBs or cloud resist and can be an inherit base for critical early dungeon active skills like Red Shelling Ford. Belial [7290] has a 1 turn suicide that overwrites time debuffs and generates 3 Dark orbs which is a perfect active for archetypes popular in TA2 and TA3 dungeons. Her awakenings and leader skill accentuate her kit and make her a strong <50% sub and leader herself. Finally, her assist equip [7291] provides a diverse awakening set of Cloud, FUA and God Killer and her powerful full cleric active. The low cooldown means this card can be inherited and still have a lower cooldown than many other cleric options. Tyrant Empress Belial gets high marks in as a meta sub/assist and longevity due to her strong active and heal focused awakening set. She’s an important sub for several meta teams and meta teams in future content including Rosalyn. She’s also a notable farming tool.

Corgi Rating: Belial has an enviably adventurous fashion sense and a mysteriously stern expression. Belial will ghost you after the 2nd or 3rd date; however, you’ll always think of her fondly because of her sardonic sense of humor, as well as the impressive speed with which she scarfed down an order of mozzerella sticks when you took her to Chilis. She spends a lot on pedicures and also has a tail. 4/5 Corgis

Lance Princess Berte (Velte) [7292] & [7293]

Lance Princess Berte (Velte) is a welcome sub expanding the available Nautilus roster. Berte [7292] provides full Blind resist and provides meaninful damage through 3 green rows, 10C and VDP (through SA). She may have a better home on Freyja/Nautilus pairing due to the increased +combo in her leaderskill, but even if not being used as a damage stick she provides so many things Nautilus may want with 4 skill boosts, the already mentioned rows and a rocking Wood/Heart generator with time extend and no skyfall overwrite on a 2 turn cooldown! Not only that this means that every 2 turns you can do very precise damage control setups because of the one turn of no skyfall guaranteeing your damage output or your ability to save orbs. You may find it difficult to fit her on team especially in Shura 3 due the the All Attr Required clause and her shared color set with Nautilus (G/B). Both forms have a good leader skill, but her chibi form will probably be the most useful of the two leader skills. Chibi Berte [7293] ‘s great leader skill is dampened by her mediocre active and low skill boosts. She still synergizes well with Nautilus: 3x eHP, 6x eRCV and 20x Attack.

Berte is a good addition to Nautilus teams. Her low cooldown active and general synergy makes her a great pick. Also a playable leader if you are looking to pair with Nautilus.

Corgi Rating: Berte is clearly a librarian by day, but slayer of supernatural foes ala Madoka Magicka by night. With her sensible haircut and trusty fenic side-kick, Berte is the ultimate gal-pal. She’ll happily be your confidante–as well as a shoulder to cry on–after a bad date. The easiest way to make her blush is to quote Pride and Prejudice in her presence. She’s also absolutely not interested in you. 5/5 Corgis

Ceressa, the Resonance of Lost Gear [7294] & [7295]

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Ceressa, the Resonance of Lost Gear is a slightly late addition to Royal Oak teams. Ceressa [7294] packs plenty of Ls, 100% poison resist and 4 skill boost and a decently potent active on a 3 turn cooldown, but is out competed by the SamSho orb-skin: Hisame Shizumaru. The active skill overwrites no skyfall debuffs, gives a 2.5 RCV multiplier and creates an L of blue BUT it does not make hearts and can even overwrite existing hearts on the board. This doesn’t make her bad, she’s great, especially with access to Cloud and 10C through her Super Awakenings. However, you may find it difficult to fit her on team especially in Shura 3 due the the All Attr Required clause and her shared color set with Royal Oak (B/D). Chibi Ceressa [7295] is strictly less useful. Her guaranteed 10,10,10 board with 2 turns haste may see some use in farming but her utility focused awakening set does not work well with such a low impact active skill. Unfortunately this active skill (and her low SB) also impacts her usefulness as a leader, because Chibi Ceressa does actually have an excellent leader skill that synergizes with Royal Oak: 3x eHP, 6x eRCV and 20x Attack.

Ceressa is a good addition to Royal Oak teams especially if you are missing some of the other more meta options like Shizumaru, Mega Skuld and Kyori. Also a playable leader if you are looking to pair with Royal Oak. Her base form’s low cooldown active is a systemable water L if you happen to pull 3 of her.

Corgi Rating: Ceressa always makes a great first impression, but her cheery grace obscures a dark inner turmoil. Ceressa peaked in high school and now has a business on Etsy where she sells custom knock-off Starbucks tumblers. She’s in a massive amount of debt because of three failed attempts at profiting from MLM schemes. However, Ceressa does have great hair. 2/5 Corgis

Type 61 Battler: MeiXin [7296], [7297] & [7298]

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The introduction of War Tank Meixin adds another card to the roster that is desperately waiting for Rosalyn to arrive in North America. Both of her forms are useful for red teams in end game, farming and potentially even ranking tournaments. Meixin [7296] packs a ton of passive damage for red combo teams due to her 3 fire Takos. She also provides a bit of bulk with Team HP awakenings. She’s held back however by low skill boosts and bindable without SA. If you do have an equip with Bind Resist she can provide 100% Jammer resistance and overall is very useful. Meixin [7297] packs a 5 skill boosts and 31.25x personal multiplier with 10C+VDP. This multiplier sky rockets to 281.25x against Physical spawns which can be very appealing in certain dungeons (including ranking) that contain lots of Physical type spawns. Her leader skill is serviceable and can pair with the soon to come Rosalyn with 3x eHP, 2x eRCV +3 combo and 1M Auto FUA. Unfortunately she does have a low attack mutliplier at 14x. Finally, both forms of Meixin share the same active: 2 turns of 1.5x orb move, total defense void and a bottom row of fire. This is a greaat active for farming and even potentially ranking. It’s on low enough cooldown (6 turns) that it does not feel like a waste in other content as well. Lastly, chibi Meixin [7298] adds on to the huge amound of red row farming tools. Three chibi Meixins create a systemable red row generator with a total of 12 skill boosts, 9 red rows and 6 red takos. They also have meaninful damage when making a VDP on these farming teams for spawns with void damage shields.

Like Rudra, Meixin is primarily waiting for Rosalyn to hit North America. She has uses in all three forms and has great farming actives. Red row farmers may consider picking up 3 of these for her system.

Type 61 Battler Armor: XiaoXin [7299], [7300] & [7301]

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War Tank Xiaoxin [7299] and [7300] is very similar to her Fire sister Meixin except in her chibi form where she deviates. Please take a look at her synopisis for commentary on her awakenings and how they are used on teams. Xiaoxin’s differences are her killer kit is targeted towards Attacker, she has access to blind resist SA instead of jammer and she provides a different style active. Xiaoxin’s active is very “toolbox” She increases orb move time like her syster but provides a 3 turn 2x spike for blue and 2 turn delay. We used to scoff at these confusing actives saying “Why would you want a delay and spike on the same active?”. That is not the case anymore with the introduction of spawns with Super Resolve and giant HP pools. These kind of actives can now TOTALLY trivialize some content and make sure the active is very useful for the entire dungeon. Xiaoxin is a bit less versatile than her sister due to bad leader skills in both forms, but she is very useable now with leaders such as Hitagi from Monogatari collab. Xiaoxin REALLY stands out in her chibi evolution [7301]. She provides 4 skills boosts, significant healing through heart OEs and notable damage with 2 VDPs and 2 blue Takos. This is not what makes her so unique though as its her active skill that really stands out. On a 5 turn cooldown she fully recovers bind and awoken bind, but at the cost of making heart orbs unmatchable for one turn. This has some notable downsides if you can’t survive the turn on which you use the active skill, but keep in mind that this does overwrite other unmatchable debuffs with this short one turn unmatchable. This is quite excellent as it is, though gimmicky, a FULL CLERIC on a 5 turn cooldown.

Xiaoxin has some strong actives and possible applications as a farming/ranking killer stick. Most notable about her is her strange low cooldown pseudo full cleric active in her chibi evolution.

SO629c-Ballista [7302], [7303] & [7304]

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SO629c-Ballista [7302] and [7303] is very similar to her Fire sister Meixin except in her chibi form where she deviates. Please take a look at her synopsis for commentary on her awakenings and how they are used on teams. Ballista’s differences are her killer kit is targeted towards Healer, she has access to poison resist SA instead of jammer and provides a different style active. Ballista’s active is very “toolbox” providing 5 TURNS of 50% shield, 1.5x orb move time and 1 spinner. The cooldown is a bit long at 14 turns, but it does a lot and is very useful for busy or orb hungry teams as a spinner combined with long move time translates into a perfect board with enough player skill. Her leader skills are totally eclipsed by other cards currently available like Araragi and Mikage for both forms. Ballista’s chibi evolution [7304] is a low cooldown 2 turn “double Fujin” at the cost of 1 turn of voided RCV. This makes the active problematic in endgame, and the low cooldown (12 turns) isn’t especially notable, but it is rare. She is a great pull though if you lack other damage absorb and attribute absorb voids and can even be used as an assist. Notably she could be useful on speed farming teams for AShura1 because the one active is a low enough cooldown to be used on Sopdet, Another Crusader and also be your 2 turn solution for bad Menoas.

Ballista has useful actives and can be valuable to dark teams, especially orb hungry ones. She has possible applications as a Healer killer stick for farming/ranking.

Shakti, Mother of Mercy [7305] & [7306]

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Shakti [7305] is poor man’s Freyja. This card will only see use in niche situations where you want a similar active on a slightly shorter cooldown. Considering that Nautilus is 25 turns for his first transform this will likely not be a good replacement for Freyja due to one less turn of re-haste to get to form three faster and limitations on equips due to over-hasting. She even covers the same resistance as Freyja (jammer resistance). She has various other downsides as well like lower stats and only access to 6 slots on latents. Shakti’s most likely to be used form then is her card assist [7306]. It provides ribbon resist and a green Tako. Ribbon is not useful in the current meta, but it could be in the future and this equip does technically provide one effective skill boost.

Shakti looks like a bad SR Freyja, but her assist might be useful for newer players with less access to haste/skill boost equips.

Archangel of Music, Sandalphon [7307] & [7308]

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Not to be confused with the descended farmable, Archangel of Music, Sandalphon [7307] is good, though niche. He provides great personal damage to balanced and devils especially when matching a light cross. Both of his attributes are light which actually makes him a viable candidate for double damage cap awakening for the 8.4B damage hits. With SA’s he can even have 2 7Cs which means he’s still usable even against other spawns. He packs 4 skills boosts as well! His down side is lack of bind resist and awkward, though still usable active. Sandalphon’s active provides a 1 turn 100% shield which is great, but it also forces 99 turns of locked skyfall making him problematic for anyone but light teams. Take note that you cannot L-unlock your own locked skyfall buffs.His assist equip [7308] is quite good and fairly unique as it provides 60% jammer resists, 1 heart OE and the 100% active shield.

Sandalphon is niche, but useful for light based teams, especially if you’re looking for a useful shield active equip. Most likely he’ll be used to double-double damage cap against non-void shield Balanced/Devil spawns.

Blaze Lotus Night Rubel [7309] & [7310]

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Rubel [7309] is a mediocre killer stick with a decent farming active. She provides a column of Fire orbs, +2 combos and a shield on a low 9 turn cooldown. Her chibi evo [7310] is likely much more useful as she has notable personal damage for farming/ranking with her 4-5 >80% awakenings and 2 VDPs. She also provides a potentially useful ally delay + large spike which expands her farming usefulness.

Dark Green Brawler Apis [7311] & [7312]

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Apis [7311] and [7312] is a stinker of a card with almost no use in either form. Her chibi evo does have a 9 heart generator and damage debuff over-write on a 5 turn cooldown which is technically unique. She’ll likely only be useful in very lean monster boxes.

Dark Magician Olkis [7313] & [7314]

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Olkis [7313] has AMAZING farming and ranking potential. He provides a 500,000 damage laser and 10 orbs in a “big L” formation. This is notable because its a swipe-able COrb (combo orb) for cards with the Combo Orb awakening. This means it is one active that can cover 3-4 functions: laser, swipe-able board with + combo and finally provide combos for the next floor. His chibi evolution [7314] active is less useful but still good as it can overwrite no skyfall debuffs, time debuffs and spinners on a short 6 turn cooldown.

Olkis is a gold egg worth rolling for and a great addition to the monster box for any player that likes to participate in farming and ranking content.

Varuna, Blue Twin Dragon Scale [7315] & [7316]

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Varuna [7315] isn’t great, but he could see applications in descended dungeons where his low cooldown amp and board unlock might be useful. He can provide blind resist as well. but he otherwise is held back by a lot of trashy awakenings. His card assist [7316] has the same active which can be good or problematic because of the 3turn cooldown. It does have some applications in ranking due to it being a viable way to provide TPA style points, but there are likely better options.

Ushas, the Dawn Mother [7317] & [7318]

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Ushas [7317] and her card assist [7318] is painfully useless in a post-Muzan world. Any auto-heal teams now get plenty of healing by just pairing with a Muzan which is ubiquitous among the player base. On top of that you can farm an assist equip, [2105] Himi Udon, that does the job of providing 4 auto heals and 40% resist as well.

Wicked Dragon Asura [7319] & [7320]

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Asura [7319] is an interesting card. He can provide meaninful damage with his 10c and either the blue Tako or jammer blessing awakeing when activating his board which provides a tri-color blue, red, jammer. Tricolor boards can be a good way to setup other boards or ensure that you will get a decent amount of combos. On top of that the active bypasses damage void shields. This is on a low 10 turn cooldown because jammer creation counts as a “discount”. He also has built in poison resist and 4 skill boost. This card definitely has potential on niche descended content teams. His card assist [7302] provides the same interesting active as well as 40% jammer, 20% blind and 20% poison. This can be quite good and might be that perfect combination of awakenings you need to hit resistance caps.

Asura may have potential uses in both forms. While not good in lots of dupes, having a couple might be nice.

Introduction

Hello everyone, Insomnia here, and the Deadly Sin Dragons and Key Heros(SDKH) are back with buffs and a new card after almost 10 months. The debut of SDKH brought multiple meta leads and many powerful subs and equips that still see use today. Although the power level of the event has fallen off a little over the last 9 months, SDKH still remains a very powerful collab that should not be overlooked, especially if you didn’t roll much in the previous run. Today I will break down everything you can get during this event, both REM and farmables. Different cards will be useful for different people, so I will try and give you as much information on everything as possible, so that you can decide if it is worth pursuing for your own purposes or not. 

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7-star REM

Gileon was an incredibly powerful leader on debut and still remains extremely strong for Shura 1 and is capable of doing Shura 2 as well. Unfortunately Gileon didn’t get a super significant buff to his leader skill at all so for now he’ll remain as a decent lead. He is extremely tanky sporting a 4x HP and 57.75% shield when above 50% HP. His buff giving him a bonus 25% shield when matching 3 Fire combos isn’t really useful, nor does it do much to address his biggest issue as a lead, his RCV. The RCV issue can be addressed by using a healing stick sub such as Super Reincarnated Amaterasu Ohkami[5938]. To really take advantage of his max 75.99% shield, you’ll need to use a Gileon system, which means running double Gileon leads and a Gileon sub to take advantage of his 3 turn active skill. The constant board change will hopefully create 9 Fire orbs, but as it is a tri-color board change this isn’t very consistent. Gileon also doesn’t have auto-FUA built into his leader skill so you’ll have to manually FUA, which for the most part isn’t a problem. The problems come when you are trying to FUA and make a VDP match, it can be difficult to proc the 7c damage of your other subs depending on the board. I would’ve liked to see at least an add combo to his lead skill, instead they gave him a buff in his best department already, his tankiness. 

However, Gileon really shines as a sub. His 3 SB in pre-transform state alleviates some need of stalling and pressure of bringing a ton of SB on other subs. The 3 turn reduction from 30 to 27 turns to transform is also very nice, way better than his leader skill buff. Once transformed you have a tri-color board with Hearts and Fires on a 3 turn cooldown, as well as cleansing any RCV and Time Extend debuffs. His quad 7c awakenings also means he packs a serious punch. 2 of the best Fire leads in NA use him as a core sub, those being Seina[6660] and Tanjiro[6531]. If you run either of these 2 leads then you really should chase a Gileon if you don’t have, as he will continue to be a key sub on those teams and many future Fire teams to come. 

Gileon’s new equipment form is actually very powerful. Boasting a SB, OE for Fire, and Team HP awakenings alone already makes it a very strong equip, the powerful active it has is just icing on the cake. Full clearing binds and awoken binds and removing all unable to match orbs effects is a highly desirable set of effects in an active already. The board creation is just a bonus, and although it doesn’t create heals, the active recovers all your HP anyways. The only place where this would be a problem is if your lead doesn’t have auto-FUA (which ironically describes Gileon). Despite all this, if you already own a similar active equip, you may not find as much value in this one. It’s not an absolute must have, but it is nice to have. 

Menuit is unfortunately not the most useful lead. The meta for heart cross lead was 4+ years ago, and they’ve never made a comeback after that. Considering that all your damage and shielding is set on matching the heart cross, it’s not very consistent. Although with dual Menuits you get guaranteed 5 heal orbs each turn, that’s considering that you don’t have locked orbs on the board. What you need to make Menuit work overall just isn’t worth it as a lead. 

As a sub Menuit is still a little awkward, but at least it’s more useful than Menuit as a lead. When transformed, Menuit is a high damaging Water sub and quick heart generator. This can be useful for some Water teams but for the most part there are better options. Where Menuit does shine as a sub is with farming. When transforming, her base form provides 3 turns of bypassing void damage shield and damage absorb shields. This is a unique combination of effects that no other card (except her equip form) has, and it is extremely useful for farming. Having an active that pierces through both damage void and damage absorb shields in one gives the rest of your team more flexibility, especially in dungeons where you can get different spawns each run on a floor. The fact that this effect lasts 3 turns is even more insane as there aren’t many actives for both damage void and damage absorb that last 3 turns. The transformed active unfortunately isn’t that useful for farming, unless for very niche scenarios. It is however only a 2 turn cooldown, so short cooldown inherits can be charged up. 

Menuit’s equip form will probably be the best for the majority of the player-base. It combines all 3 void style actives into one, and it lasts for 2 turns to deal with those pesky super resolve spawns. This equip is so insanely versatile it can go on practically any team that needs a 2 turn active for any of those mechanics. The cooldown isn’t even unreasonably high so it can definitely be up in time if you need it early in a dungeon. Highly recommend trying to pick up at least 1 Menuit for this equip. However, it’s not a big deal if you can’t as it’s quite unlikely that you’ll need all 3 effects at the same time. You can easily compromise with a combination of 2 actives for the specific scenario where you need all 3, or just use an active that only covers the one you need for the dungeon you are attempting. 

Amlynea, or colloquially known as “Deer”, is an interesting lead. All of your damage and shielding is tied to matching 5 colors, which is extremely inconsistent without 7×6 boards, which is unfortunately something that newer dungeons seem to punish. Alternatively, Deer’s active provides 2 spinners that can be used to generate missing colors, and she unlocks the board first so you don’t have to worry about locked orbs. However, with a strong multiplier, a decent amount of great sub options, and great survivability, if you can deal with the challenges that come with matching all 5 colors, Deer can be a fantastic lead. 

As a sub, Deer is rather average. 10c and 7c awakening provides a lot of damage if you can hit 10c, and you get plenty of time, however her active is quite niche and there are probably plenty of other subs you could use. It’s difficult to pick a team where she would be the “ideal” sub, unless of course for niche scenarios where that quick spinner generator would be useful. Her only obvious place as a sub is on a Deer team where you are pairing her with a Fasca[5842] or some other 7×6 lead and you still want the system of spinner generators. 

Deer’s equip form is rather interesting, being 1 of only 2 cards in NA that gives 2 or more seconds of movement time (the other being LKali equip[7249] which gives 3 seconds but no skill boost). Overall it’s a potentially useful equip, but I wouldn’t label it as a “must have” card. 

Ferule was one of the hottest leads back during the first run of SDKH, and slowly began to fall out as Shura 2, Shura 3, and their alt. dungeons got released. However, where Ferule shines the most is Shura 1 speed runs. She is one of, if not the fastest and most consistent lead for Shura 1, especially after her biggest weakness got addressed, her lack of shielding. With the new buff she gains a 57.75% shield with dual leads which keeps her healthy against gravity attacks. If you’re looking for fast and consistent Shura 1 runs, she can easily do ~12mins with practically complete consistency. If you are planning on doing Shura 1 with her, you will need to roll a second one to have a system with her 3 turn active in post-transform, otherwise you’ll lose out on consistency and/or speed due to not running an optimal team (which can be manageable especially if you don’t have a strong Shura 1 lead). 

As a sub, as I already mentioned she fits onto her own team the best. However, most Light based teams can benefit from her. Her active offers a rather quick orb generation and a short cooldown spike that can be helpful for killing some of the tankier spawns. Her awakenings offer great VDP damage when needed as well, which overall just makes her a solid sub. However, there are typically far better options than Ferule in many other Light teams, simply because they have better awakenings (Ferule could be doing a lot more damage if the SFUA awakenings were replaced with another 7c or VDP). 

Ferule’s equip form is just overall a great and versatile equip. The SB and rows make her useful and Light based row teams, farming or general teams, and her active is great for any Light or Light + Heal match teams, as you are always guaranteed the 15 orbs so no need to be worried about orb troll. The SFUA and Combo Orb(Corb) awakenings have niche uses depending on the team, for example if used on a Ferule team, since she doesn’t have auto-FUA built into her kit, you can match a 3×3 Heart box with the active to trigger SFUA and kill through resolve spawns. The actual orb unlock and 15-15 Light and Heal orb part is not unique however, there is 5 star card in this event that does that, making it far more accessible if you only need the 15-15 board, that card being Egg of Pride[6419].

Euchs is another lead that was considered extremely powerful during the debut of SDKH, and much like Ferule and Gileon, was slowly crept out over time. Also much like Ferule, Euchs’ is an amazing Shura 1 speed-runner that is also very consistent for relatively low effort. Euchs’ biggest issue as a lead that really prevents it from performing well in newer dungeons is the fact that you have to stay under 50% HP, or else you lose most of your damage. Being under 50% HP is always risky even with a 75% leader skill shield and 35% from the active if you are looping it like you would with Ferule. Getting to 50% HP typically isn’t the issue, if you can’t tank some hits from the first floor of a dungeon, there are plenty of HP reset actives (including your own equip) that can do that for you, but having enough healing to not just straight up die but not so much healing that you go above 50% HP each time is not something that is super consistent. Although you could use a card like Zaerog Core[5633] that can reset your HP each turn, that is just another active slot used, which really only leaves you with 2 sub slots to cover everything you need in a dungeon. Euchs performs extremely well in Shura 1, easily on par with Ferule in terms of speed and consistency, but begins to struggle outside of the dungeon as significant team adjusts may be needed depending on the dungeon, an issue that Ferule teams don’t really have. 

As a sub, Euchs is really only useful on his own teams. On his own teams he can get pretty close with just a VDP and another Dark match, which is why he performs so well in Shura 1. The below 50% HP awakenings make it so you can practically kill most spawns with just 2 Dark matches, don’t even need the VDP. To maintain the below 50% HP consistency, you should ideally run the no skyfall badge to prevent any accidental Heart skyfalls that can mess up your runs. Since below 50% HP teams are quite rare, Euchs struggles to find a home in other teams, despite having a perfectly great active. 

Euchs’ equip is absolutely incredible for farming purposes. A row make along with a damage and att. Absorb void is an incredibly powerful combination as it combines basically 3 actives into one, creating more freedom in teambuilding. This combination is also unique as nothing else like it exists in the game, for any color. The awakenings are just a cherry on top as it synergizes extremely well for dark row farming teams. Since you only need 2 Euchs, one as a lead and the other for a sub, any additional Euchs should be made into this form, as not only is it great for farming, it fits perfectly onto Euchs teams, and isn’t terrible for other Dark row teams due to the SB and rows it provides as well. 

Miya is the new 7 star that was released with the return of SDKH, and she’s a pretty damn good lead if you can snag her. Your active loops with dual pairing, your 75% shielding is passive (which is pretty significant when compared to conditional ones), and you only need to match 4 combos, given that 2 of them is a Light and Heal to reach 8c with the added combos in your leader skill. Matching 6 combos will give you enough to trigger your double 10c awakenings outputting massive amounts of damage. Your Team HP awakenings give you some sense of HP as well even though you lack a HP multiplier. Miya also has a rather high RCV multiplier, letting you match through Poison and Mortal Poison orbs in peace, as you don’t have much raw HP to begin with. 

Miya as a sub also fits onto many other Light teams, as she straight up brings HP, damage, some utility in the form of L shield and unlock, and a quick orb generating active. Most light teams that have added combos to take advantage of her double 10c will be able to use her, making her extremely versatile. 

Overall Miya is just an incredible card to own, for any current and future Light teams. At the moment she is an incredibly powerful lead for Shura 2, but as with anything will eventually get crept out of favor, especially since Shura 3 is already a thing in NA. However, similar to Gileon in a way, it will still be a while before she gets crept out of favor as a sub, simply due to how much she brings. If you manage to get dupes, for now unfortunately they aren’t that useful, but she will almost definitely get an equip form the next time SDKH comes around, whenever that may be. 

6-star REM

**The equip form I will be referring to as the sin name(eg. Envy, Lust, etc.) while the reincarnated evolution I will be referring as the dragon’s name(eg. Jevi, Varias, etc.)**

**Another note, you pretty much never use the middle evolution of any of these cards outside of extremely extremely niche scenarios, so I will be talking about all the dragons in their max evo form**

Envy is a rather nice equip, it provides a 2 turn damage void nullify active on top of a board change. The unbindable and 4 Water OEs are also great for water teams. The board is unfortunately not ideal for rainbow leads (typically the kind of teams that use this kind of active) which decreases the value of this card. However, it is still overall a great pull especially for those that don’t own a damage void nullify active yet, much less a 2 turn one. This is especially true now that the cooldown went down from 25 turns to only 18 now. Otherwise, for people with better damage void nullify active, Envy will serve only as an unbindable equip or for the Water OEs on Water teams. It’s long cooldown unskilled also lets it serve as a delay shield for the card it is inherited on top of. 

Jevi features an array of offensive awakenings and an incredible 6 SB as a sub. The active has the same issues as Envy in that it’s not the best for rainbow teams. Now that the cooldown has been reduced to 18 turns, you can more effectively inherit something on top of Jevi, if you want to still take advantage of the awakenings he provides. This however is rather situational and will heavily depend on the team and dungeon you are attempting, but it’s worth mentioning. As a lead Jevi does have a fixed 9 second orb move time, which can prove useful in certain pairings, but his multiplier is far too low to be significant as a general lead. (something that all the 6 and 5 star cards share)

Overall Envy line is nice to have, mostly for those without good void damage nullify actives. However the active itself is mediocre at best as it can create unwanted boards, especially since mono and dual color teams can typically just match a VDP, which for the most part is better than using an active. 

Sloth is also a pretty decent equip, the active is perfect for any rainbow team and although super resists are more and more common nowadays, the 40% resist in blind and poison can still be helpful if you have other 60% resist equips. The unbindable is also a nice bonus. All this combined makes Sloth an overall useful equip in many scenarios. 

Feygoran attains the same useful active but also has a skill charge awakening, giving you access to the 14 turn active much quicker when used on a rainbow team. Combined with the other offensive awakenings makes Feygoran a great sub for many rainbow teams. Though it’s not the best overall sub for rainbow teams, most players will be able to find a place for him. 

Overall the Sloth line is a solid addition to any box, a utility active and awakenings will always have a use somewhere. Although a bind clear with the active would be nice, it’s not a necessity to make the active good. 

Greed has one of the more rare actives combining damage absorb void and attribute absorb void, making this active both useful for farming and normal teams. Having unbindable and 60% poison resist is just a bonus for any team. As previously mentioned, the increasing popularity of super resists is beginning to make these kind of resists irrelevant, however the strength of the active makes up for it. 

Rhamamoa although has the same active as Greed, is not really used for his active ironically. He is mostly used for his triple dungeon boost awakening, each of these awakenings giving a 2% increase to rank exp, monster drop rate, monster exp, and coins when used in solo play. The only other card in the game with 3 is Xmas Saline[5772], a significantly rarer card to obtain. You will frequently see him being used in teams that run the int difficulty of many collab dungeons, and combined with the drop rate increase leader skill of Veroah[4649], lets you easily farm the collab exchangables. 

Overall the Greed line is an excellent line to own, having 4-5 in Rhamamoa form and a few in Greed form would be ideal. Even if you do not farm, this is a very easy to grasp concept as it pretty much just revolves around having Rhamamoa subs with lazers such as Awoken Ra[2012] inherited on him. 

Wrath is a very powerful equip for any dark based row team, for farming or for general use. The SB along with the 3 rows while providing a cleric and burst in the active makes Wrath an all around amazing equip. The dual purpose nature of the active allows Wrath to find a use in a wide variety of different situations. 

Vald is also an absolutely amazing card as a sub. Capable of providing 6 SB to a team, while having the same incredible active as Wrath, and having great offensive awakenings makes Vald extremely valuable. If the SB isn’t necessary you even have the option to have super blind resist. Many Dark based teams, and even a couple Fire teams can utilize him quite well.

Overall the Wrath line is one of the best lines out of the 6 and 5 stars. Having such powerful uses in both egg and reincarnated form means having many dupes of him is highly desirable, whether it is to stack dark rows on a farming team, or to have different latent or super awakenings setups in Vald form, most players will benefit from having multiple of him. 

5-star REM

Lust is an okay equip, it does provide a tape resist and a 2 turn haste for transforming teams, and can be used as a spike later on. A 12 turn cooldown is pretty decent for what you are getting so it’s definitely useable. 

Varias is unfortunately not that useful. It could be used for farming with 5 SB and a 2 turn haste, but farmable cards like Whaledor[2940] has 1 more SB and a significantly lower cooldown. As a traditional sub it has some 7c damage, but provides practically nothing else other than it’s somewhat useful active. 

Overall the Lust line isn’t too great, there’s not any need for dupes of them, but you’ll most likely get a couple if you roll a couple times in this event. 

Pride has a unique 15-15 board, which for those that don’t understand the strength of this, means you can always match 10c from it. It also means you never have to worry about the board not giving you enough of 1 color. 15-15 boards are extremely powerful for ranking as you can get the fast solves while maintaining a high average combo. Although you do have the extra animation of the unlock orbs, unless you are going for a high .1% score, this won’t matter, especially now that crown cutoffs are at 5% instead of the old 3%. Owning multiple of Prides is ideal as a result. 

Fadelle has the same uses as Pride, for ranking. Both evos will find use as both still maintain the important awakenings, the 5 SB. In second evo form you only have a main attribute, which allows for faster animation (depending on length of the ranking dungeon, you can save almost an entire second), or in reincarnated form, if you need the VDP and SFUA for extra points. As a traditional sub Fadelle isn’t too great, therefore you’ll probably be better off leaving it in Pride form. 

Overall the Pride line is great if you’ve been shafted from some previous rankings due to the lack of 15-15 boards. Although there’s not much of a use for the line outside of ranking, considering how common it is to roll one, you might as well prepare for the future if you are going to do ranking. 

Gluttony is a great below 50% HP equip for Dark teams as it actually cuts your HP with it’s active, and provides a non Heal board to prevent you from healing back up. Below 50% HP equips were quite rare back when SDKH, only in the single digits, and although there have been a few more added, Gluttony is still one of the more easily accessible options. 

Madjeh unfortunately isn’t too good. The 5 SB and multiple below 50% HP awakenings are nice, but his rather low base ATK decreases the value of those awakenings. You are much better off leaving it in egg form unless a super niche scenario for Madjeh comes up in the future. 

Overall the Gluttony line is really only useful for the egg form’s below 50% HP awakening. If you already have other more useful below 50% HP awakenings, it will practically make Gluttony line cards box cheerleaders, forever collecting dust. 

Sacred and Cursed Keys

There are 2 types of keys you can farm, Sacred and Cursed Keys. Sacred Keys all have their own unique active skill whereas Cursed Keys share the same active as existing Sin Dragons, but with different awakenings. Either can be bought for 100k MP and there is no limit to this. As such, you should make at least 1 copy of every key, and if you already made them last time, you won’t have to worry about them. 

In my opinion, there is not a single key that really warrants owning multiple, so one of each is fine. You will need these keys to farm the 3 other farmables in the collab. 

Sacred Keys:

Warrior Key is a nice 300x mass Fire button for farmers by killing multiple spawns, however since it also reduces your HP to 1, you won’t be able to use the same active twice, which is why there’s not a point to having multiple. 

Sage Key isn’t very good in any specific area. A short delay is nice for stalling and/or transforming. A 100% defense void is nice in dungeons like Training Arenas. The 20% resist in everything is pretty pointless, as it is not very valuable anymore. 

Tempest Key is actually a very nice damage absorb void option for those without. 13 turn cooldown is also very good for a damage absorb void. You get decent passive damage for Wood and Light as well. You should absolutely make this if you are lacking fast damage absorb options.

The awakenings of Blessed Key are heavily geared towards RCV, making it great on teams with naturally low RCV. However, although the active isn’t bad, it’s not very useful as a 3 turn bind and awoken skill bind clear is very lackluster nowadays. The 5 turn cooldown doesn’t help it in case you wanted to just use this for its awakenings. 

Angel Key has a board along with a 2 turn void for attribute absorb, which is nice to have. Although it’s actual usefulness depends on the dungeon and team, it doesn’t take away from this key’s value. 

Cursed Keys

Lust Key takes the same active as the Lust line, but with significantly more useful awakenings. The 1000 decrease on ATK on whoever Lust Key is inherited on can be impactful, but you can easily just inherit it on someone who isn’t one of the primary damage dealers. The SB and rows combination allows Lust Key to be used on traditional Fire row teams and Fire row farming teams. 

Envy Key takes the same active as the Envy line, but with interesting awakenings. TPA and L unlock in one card doesn’t necessarily synergize, but it’s not necessarily bad either. Although it does let you be versatile in how you want to use it, Envy Key is probably more for rankings, where all 3 of his offensive awakenings count for style points. Otherwise it’s the same slightly awkward nullify damage void active as the Envy line. Do be aware the 2500 decrease in HP awakening can be significantly impactful. 

Sloth Key takes the same great active from the Sloth line, but at the cost of a 2500 decrease in HP and 2000 decrease in RCV, gives you a guard break awakening. Although a guard break equip is extremely rare (the only other card in the game that has a guard break and it an equip is Dyer’s Story Equip[7116]), it’s honestly not worth the stat decreases. Sloth Key will find more value in ranking where there is an emphasis on the guard break awakening. Although some traditional rainbow teams could need a guard break awakening, this is extremely niche and you’re almost always better off using a sub that has it. 

Pride Key takes the same active as the Pride line, but provides a unique awakening in an equip, a super poison resist. There is no other equip currently that has this, the closest being equips with 80% poison resist. Although the 1000 decrease in ATK and 2000 decrease in RCV can be detrimental like Sloth Key, a super poison resist is far more valuable than guard break making Pride Key worth running for that purpose. Otherwise Pride Key functions the same as the Pride line, primarily used for rankings. 

Gluttony Key takes the same suicide active as the Gluttony line, but provides an incredible amount of HP bulk in the form of 4 Team HP awakenings, at the cost of decreased RCV and ATK. Though there are a number of equips with 3 Team HP awakenings, Gluttony Key is the only one with 4, making it unique. Although the value of it probably isn’t as much as a super poison resist, it can be more valuable depending on the situation. 

Dungeon Farmables: Gorfeis, Gorkaos, and New Gorkaos

These dungeon farmables are spawns that require specific things on your team to trigger their spawn. These are extremely powerful and I highly, highly recommend farming 2-3 for each, you’ll probably only need 1 of the new Gorkaos though. Farming means skilling them up too dont forget, they require many skillups(70 total for one) and it’s not really worth to use pys. However, with GungHo Collab going on, you can easily farm pys in it so you may opt to use that to farm skillups instead.

For Gorfeis to spawn, you need to have one of any key inherited on your team (the one on your friend’s lead does count). Gorfeis is a great sub for many Light teams, whether as a SB stick or for the active or for the VDP damage. It has amazing stats and a great active. It fits particularly well in Ferule[6401] teams but is extremely flexible and worth the investment. 

As a lead, lowering your HP isn’t really a good thing, but if you aren’t taking damage anyways, you basically get a 576x multiplier lead as long as you are matching 7 combos. Honestly, not really useful but not completely useless either. 

For Gorkaos to spawn, you need to have all the Cursed Keys inherited on your team (the one on your friend’s lead does count). Gorkaos is an amazing sub for many Dark teams, having potential for 6 SB or super poison resist, on top of a cleric active. In particular he fits very well on Euchs[6403], but many Dark teams and farming teams can utilize him. 

As a lead, it’s the same as Gorfeis, just for Dark and slightly more damage. Not much else to say about it. 

For the new Gorkaos to spawn, you need to have both Gorkaos and Gorfeis on your team with all the Cursed Keys inherited(the one on your friend’s lead does count). The new Gorkaos will drop as a gem, and you’ll need 5 of them to evolve a normal Gorkaos into this new one. 

Gorkaos is an incredible rainbow lead. You are extremely tanky and have incredible damage. For the best results, ideally pair with a 7×6 lead, such as Dark Sophie[6586]. This lets you reach the 5 colors for the maximum damage output, but even the 25x at 4 colors is already enough to kill most spawns. 

You also have strong offensive awakenings with the option to have super poison resist as a super awakening, or you can opt for more damage. Overall Gorkaos is just an incredibly powerful card. In base form it functions as a great sub for farming and traditional use, in evoed form functions as one of the best rainbow leads in the game. 

Final Thoughts

If you made it here, congrats, this was a long article for a pretty content heavy event. Overall the SDKH event is quite powerful, however due to only receiving minor buffs for the most part, isn’t the best thing to roll for the average player. If you are however, chasing the 7 stars, buying the bundles would probably be enough if you already rolled a ton during the last run. You’d probably be better off saving stones for upcoming content, such as the Star Weaving Fairies Event, which I will be reviewing soon and will hopefully get out before the official debut. Thank you for reading!