If we continue to receive very early warnings about upcoming godfests from PuzzledragonX, it may be feasible to do my own breakdown of the featured pantheons. I guess that if I start doing these regularly, I would already have the templates already made. Regardless, I am going to try something new with these posts and let me know what you think in the comments below.

For a more detailed team building help, refer to my full list HERE.

Gala of Flame
jjj Day 1	Chinese Celestial	Sengoku
jjj Day 2	Mechanical 1	Mechanical 2

Day 1:

Day 1 features some of the most coveted monsters in Puzzle and Dragons. The Chinese Celestial have always been a powerhouse pantheon and has undergone numerous buffs and evolutions to stay relevant. Perhaps this is because all 5 are pretty girls or because they are one of the oldest sets of gods, but regardless, they are fantastic to own and make some of the best subs for their respective mono-colour teams. On the other hand, the Sengoku series are much newer and do not posses an ultimate evolution. This is beneficial as their significant power will dramatically increase with augmented stats and awakenings.

Chinese Celestial
jjjjjjjjMonsterjjjjjjjjj	Notes
Awoken Leilan         —- All      + haste 9 turn CD	Leilan has legs to die for along with being a mono red powerhouse with a healthy mixture of offensive and utility based awakenings. She can also be effectively combo-ed with other orb changers to create fire heavy boards. Unfortunately, the 2 top fire teams, Awoken Shiva  and Shiva Dragon  seldom use   due to no two prong attack  awakenings or god typing. Hopefully with a release of more  based teams she will see a resurgence in popularity. Lastly,  can form a system on Ilm  teams. As a leader,  forms a 12.25x ATK team with 51% damage reduction from Fire, Wood, and Light enemies. Has situational uses, but is usually used as a sub.
Awoken Karin         —- All      + haste 9 turn CD	I have a borderline irrational love for Karin and probably stems from my favourite colour being blue, dragons, and a pretty girl all rolled into amazing one monster. Fanboying aside,  is most at home on the various mono-blue powerhouse leads such as Blue Sonia  and Awoken I&I  / Ryune  . Karin’s active, while powerful, is somewhat overshadowed by other water full board changers as she does not generate hearts and most likely needs to be used in conjunction with another orb changer to ensure sufficient water rows. As a leader,  forms a 12.25x ATK team with 51% damage reduction from Water, Wood, and Dark enemies. Has situational uses, but she is mostly used as a sub.
Awoken Meimei         —- All     + haste 9 turn CD	Meimei was once the primary wood board changer and she still reigns strong today. Her awakenings are more powerful than Verdandi  and Sylvie  and only loses ground due to not manufacturing heart orbs.  can be used to great success on Sylvie  / Freyja  , Awoken Bastet  , and Spica  teams. Furthermore, multiple  ‘s can be used to form a “Meimei System” with Zuoh  as a lead. As a leader,  forms a 12.25x ATK team with 51% damage reduction from Wood, Light, and Dark enemies. Has situational uses, but she is mostly used as a sub.
Awoken Sakuya          —- 20% Gravity + 3 turn bind clear 10 turn CD	Sakuya has gone through a roller coaster ride of ups and downs over the course of her PAD career. She is still currently one of the strongest leaders (and now subs) in her awoken form as she can scale up to 100x damage at 10 combos. The main pitfalls of using  are a high skill cap, damage inconsistency/orb troll (as it is a scaling and high skill multiplier), and dependency on Light Kalis  or other board refreshers. It is still possible to play Sakuya effectively without board changers, but it is becoming harder in today’s meta. Lastly, without any HP/RCV multiplier, it may be challenging to recover after attacks or when stalling. All that negativity aside,  is still an amazing leader and has been my go to team for over 2 years and have used her to clear numerous Challenge 10s.  ‘s uses as a sub are now wide and varied as she combines both a gravity and 3-turn bind clear while being bind immune. Furthermore,  essentially outclasses Light Metatron  in nearly every aspect as a sub.
Awoken Haku         —- All      + haste 9 turn CD	Awoken Haku was once a critical dark sub to own due to her utility and active. Thankfully, other options have opened up, but should not diminish her value. Furthermore, her exceptionally high base recovery dramatically increases your healing potential on many dark teams. Even without any  awakenings,  can still warrant a slot on your  team due to her utility and explosive combo potential with Akechi  . Haku can also find a home on Yomi Dragon  , Awoken Yomi  , and Awoken Anubis  teams. Lastly, her D/D evolution  has the devil typing and can be successfully used on Awoken Pandora  teams. As a leader,  forms a 12.25x ATK team with 51% damage reduction from Fire, Water, and Dark enemies. Has situational uses, but is usually used as a sub.

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