My breakdown and analysis of all the featured pantheons for the PAX East godfest. For a more detailed team building help, please refer to my full list HERE.
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Day 1:
Day 1 features some of the most powerful subs in Puzzle and Dragons who bring a mixture of utility and sheer power in their actives and awakenings. The Greco-Roman 2 all have amazing double orb changer that convert 2 other orbs into their primary colour. Furthermore, their entire pantheon is in the process of receiving Awoken Evolutions which push their base stats and actives into new territory by granting them an enhanced skyfall mechanic for 2 turns. Furthermore, all of the Greco-Roman 2 monsters have 2+ viable evolution paths so their flexibility is unsurpassed. The Three Kingdoms have more diversified actives that fulfil many roles and with the new awakenings buff, some have 2 viable evolutions. In addition, DQ 
will be reunited with her sister to form a newly announced Awoken evolution that caps at 100x damage. Overall a great day to roll if you are looking to bolster your mono colour teams.
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| Ares God / Physical      —     8 turn CD |
Ares is one hot fire team sub and was once crowned the title of highest ATK base stats in the game. However, time has seen his place shifted around to his current form of a fire row powerhouse. Furthermore, with his god typing, he makes an incredible Shiva Dragon  sub. Unfortunately, Ares is unable to be as well utilized on other top fire teams such as Awoken Shiva  or Gadius  as he will either create too many fire orbs and prevent sufficient combos or remove heart orbs.
On the bright side for Awoken Shiva |
| Hermes God / Attacker   —-  God / Physical   8 turn CD —- Awoken Hermes  Devil / Attacker  —- + 2 turn water skyfall8 turn CD |
Hermes is one of the few monsters that has 3 unique and powerful options for evolution trees (which I will be covering in a more extensive post). The decision of which evolution boils down to the type of leader you are using.
Regardless of which evolution path you choose, all the Hermi (Hermeses?) are outstanding mono water team subs on row |
| Awoken Artemis Attacker/ Devil   —- + 2 turn wood skyfall8 turn CD —-  God / Attacker —- 8 turn CD |
Artemis is still in an awkward position even with her branched evolution tree. Her double orb changer is similar to Australis  and Liu Bei  , but she cannot as easily be placed on any team as both those counterparts do their job better.
Australis However, one thing Awoken Artemis For further reading as to which Artemis evolution is best for you, please read my full analysis HERE.
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| Apollo God / Attacker   —-  8 turn CD —- Awoken Apollo  Healer / Attacker  —- + 2 turn light skyfall8 turn CD |
L/B Apollo  is a fantastic light row sub for Saria  / Thor  teams as his active floods the board with numerous light orbs and almost always ensures you can manufacture 2 unique rows. Furthermore, his dual orb changing capabilities allow him to combo with most full board changers. Unfortunately, a lack of SBR or time extend  diminish his utility value.
On the other hand, Awoken Apollo |
| Persephone God / Healer  —-  God / Devil  —- 8 turn CD —- |
Persephone was far prettier in her dark/fire  form and is only evolved to dark/wood because of the additional awakenings and most notably 2 . In addition, the 2 awakenings add significant increase to healing that should not be overlooked. Furthermore, the enhanced heal orbs will be converted into enhanced dark orbs. Row based teams love actives that can flood the board with dark orbs and  is an amazing candidate. Main drawback are a lack of awakening and may place constraints on team building along with no devil typing. This changes with the evolution at the cost of 2 and .
However, Awoken Persephone (no icon at the moment) was just announced in JP and brings yet another tough decision to make in terms of viable evolution paths. I will be making a special follow up post at a future date with her pros and cons, but I will just leave you with her becoming Attacker / Devil typing and being orb enhance |
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