GungHo recently announced a brand new pantheon (Constellation 2) along with 1 more godfest exclusive. All of the Constellation 2 characters have the machine / god typing and the new GFE is devil / attacker. Denebola 
, Acubens 
, and Algedi 
all possess the coveted God Killer 
awakening (3x damage for that monster versus god type enemies) along with unique actives that randomly spawn 3 orbs of their primary colour along with 3 jammers on 3-turn cooldown. Furthermore, their leader skill is reliant on matching jammer orbs and can scale up to 36x damage for matching leads in addition to reducing damage taken from their 2 elemental colours. The damage reduction is nice, but without more access to jammer producing actives will remain unusable along with only having 36x damage will make them better subs than leads. Continue reading Mechanical Star Series 2 Pantheon and Fenrir Impressions
Bankai Andromeda: Leadership Potential?
Adored Starsea Goddess, Andromeda is an ultimate evolution of an ultimate evolution. These types of evolutions are often referred to as Bankai and grants the monster a third typing along with minor leader skill modifications. Only awoken evolutions change the active skill and you will not have to invest any further work into your Andromeda. Artwork wise, GungHo went backwards as they removed her beautiful dragons, gave her a silly pose, and has a pink heart floating around her head. I liked the 
art more as it inspired awe and power along with capturing the Dragons aspect in Puzzle and Dragons. Regardless, this evolution grants 
:
- +1,000 health
- Physical typing
- Additional
and 
awakenings - Leader skill now scales up to 5x with 10 connected water orbs
- Worse art and less appealing thumbnail
Unlike her dark sister Pandora 
, you do not have to choose which evolution tree is better and should evolve right away as will probably not receive an awoken evolution any time soon. Continue reading Bankai Andromeda: Leadership Potential?
Awoken Idunn & Idunna and Ryune Team Building and Discussion Guide
Awoken Iduann&Iduanna (I&I) 
paired with Returning-Claw Blue Dragonbound, Ryune 
forms a powerful 2x HP / 14.06x ATK / 2.5x RCV tank team that is capable of clearing end game content. Mono-colour tank teams have made a resurgence in popularity because they are capable of absorbing massive attacks and thus not need to bring any form of damage mitigation, able to recover large amount of health due to the 2.5x recovery multiplier, and ability to deal lethal damage by stacking row enhance awakenings along with built in damage enhancement from . You will not see the spectacularly high numbers every turn that rainbow teams can produce, but instead are able to consciously control your damage as you are active reliant for damage output. Do note that just because your starting multiplier is only 14.06x, you can still burst like other high end leads because you are able to stack a single colour for damage along with specific actives and awakenings.
Lastly, I would like to thank Qrr for his screenshots and insight on their playstyle and mastery. Feel free to add his hypermaxed .
Pros:
- Ability to control your damage as this is becoming more relevant with specific absorption shields that require you to hit less damage or else they heal Continue reading Awoken Idunn & Idunna and Ryune Team Building and Discussion Guide
Farmable Monster Points and PreDRA Infestation
Mythical-Plus coop dungeons grant us the opportunity to farm a guaranteed PreDRA 
(aka 500 MP) for 50 stamina opens up the potential to slowly reach the 300k Monster Point goal needed to buy a MP Dragon. Furthermore, with the introduction of PreDRA Infestation, all players have the chance to acquire Latent Tamadras and modest amounts of Monster Points. As such, I want to analyse these 2 mediums separately to better explain my thoughts. I am going to make the assumption that your average REM roll is worth 5,000 MP (thus each stone = 1,000).
PreDRA Infestation is a new hourly dungeon that gives players an easy way to farm Latent Tamadras and Monster Points. The dungeon is split into 99 and 50 stamina difficulties and both have their pros and cons.
| 50 stamina (2 runs) | 99 stamina (1 run) | |
|---|---|---|
| Floors | 8 | 5 |
| PreDRAs |
6 | 3 |
| Latent Tamadras  |
2 | 2 |
| Damage from Latent Tamadra |
7,080 | 10,370 |
| Ideal team health |
14,160+ | 20,740+ |
The ideal team health refers to how much is required to survive 2 consecutive hits from the Latent Tamadra with out healing. Continue reading Farmable Monster Points and PreDRA Infestation
Monster Point Dragons: Analysis and Comparisons
The topic of which Monster Point Dragon to buy is on the forefront of many player’s minds as it is a large investment. Furthermore, as the game progresses and we accumulate more duplicates to sell, new players will be reaching the elusive 300k MP needed to make their first purchase. However, one should not be rash in decimating their monster box as these powerful dragons need the right subs to function properly. If you are having second thoughts or doubts about selling a particular monster, the answer is probably no and you must exercise patience and simply wait. Furthermore, your MP Dragon team does need an investment in levels, skill ups, and pluses to be truly powerful. Lastly, they require 10 million experience to max level, 99 team cost, and have challenging evolution materials.
I have omitted any farmable subs as those can be acquired over time. If you are missing many key subs required to run their team effectively, it may be wise to to delay purchasing as you may be running a sub-par line up otherwise. For a more expansive list that includes farmable monsters, refer HERE.
| jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj |  SHIVA DRAGON |
|---|---|
| About |  is perhaps the king of farming leads as he offers an unconditional 25x multiplier to fire gods. can either focus on rows  or two prong attacks to quickly mow down bosses. However, he somewhat falters in the highest level content due to a less dynamic sub pool, no bind immunity, and a weak active that places heavy emphasis on strong subs. Lastly, is an easy way to score in the top 10% (or even 1%) of ranking dungeons. |
| Pros |
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| Cons |
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| Key Subs to Own |         
Fire rows |
| Uses as a Sub | None |
Continue reading Monster Point Dragons: Analysis and Comparisons
Thoth & Sopdet 5×4 Latent Resist Farming Strategies
Now that the weekend has passed and with it my favourite descends to farm on 10x, I have turned my morning stamina to playing Thoth & Sopdet 5×4 from the coin dungeons in hopes of acquiring the 1% light resist Tamadra 
. 5×4 descends are much more challenging than their regular counterparts as you face the same bosses/mechanics, but on a smaller board. This automatically cuts down on viable leaders to use, but you can find a handy reference list I created HERE of strong 5×4 leads.
Aside from the invading , the major hurdle of this descend is a 5-combo shield put up by Sopdet. Normally 5 combos should not be an issue, but in a 5×4 dungeon, it can be quite challenging Continue reading Thoth & Sopdet 5×4 Latent Resist Farming Strategies
PAD is love, Plus Eggs are Life
10x descends is quite hectic and I may be going a little overboard at the moment. I am actually closing my eyes and seeing the plus egg drop and that wonderful *ding* noise along with using different fingers to prevent fatigue. Perhaps it is the sign of madness, but I have also farmed ~1,000 plus eggs across both accounts over the course of these 2 days. After the weekend, things will begin to slow down again as my 2 favourite dungeons, 
Kanetsugu and 
Hera-Sowilo, end their rotation (however, does return next Sunday).
I chose to play and because they offer a wonderful amount of rank exp along with 5-6 plus eggs on average per run. I prefer this over 
Zeus or the other push button farm dungeons because I lack a push button team and it feels more wasteful due to less plus eggs and no collateral benefits. For more information, feel free to check out my chart detailing plus egg rates and exp/stamina in the more popular descends HERE.
Hopefully everyone still has their sanity and is reaching their plus egg goals/target.
Happy Puzzling!
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U&Y vs Scarlet Descended
Scarlet Descended is still the scariest descend available and for good reason. She grants hardly any monster experience due less floors than other rogue descends as well as each floor giving less levels. This results in your team being severely underleveled by the time you reach the 7 million health boss. This is where plus eggs comes into play as they provide their full benefit regardless of monster level. Furthermore, the dungeon is very unforgiving as most things can execute you if you fail to deal enough damage along with very large health pools.
I chose to go with my Umisachi Yamasachi 
team because the later floors become easier due to colour preference of water > red. However, this made floor 2 and 3 very difficult as you face high health green monsters and your team is very low level. My general strategy was: Continue reading U&Y vs Scarlet Descended
5×4 Latent Resist Farming Teams
Thoth & Sopdet 5×4 is one of the descends available through the coin dungeon shop that offers us the opportunity to farm the 1% light resist Latent Tamadra . These Latent Tamadra become invaluable at higher levels of play as it grants the opportunity to survive attacks that would kill us otherwise. 1% resistances prevent death via 100% gravity attacks and it is worthwhile to have a monster with the full rainbow resistance to be immune to all 100% elemental attacks.
However, acquiring these can be tricky as most players do not have 20k Monster Points readily available and 5×4 boards can be challenging due to fighting the same challenging descend on a smaller board. The boss’s health and damage remain unchanged and many conventional teams will struggle with 20 orbs. Continue reading 5×4 Latent Resist Farming Teams
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