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| − | =Definining or Describing each Tier Grade=
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| − | First the current definition for 10 in PVP rating is "can be used against every teams and still be effective". This defines versatility. Instead 10 should be defined from how powerful, threatening the demons are or their impact on the game. Also versatility doesn't really match the way we've rated the Tier 9 and below else the Archangels should be much lower (even MasA would be lower as it's auto-lose if you get outsped).
| + | =Tier Criteria= |
| | + | Please follow the following criteria below when writing a tier list entry. Note that this doesn't include Democ. |
| | + | ==PVE== |
| | + | The minimal gate for entry into S tier is [[Attribute affinity down]] AND consistent, unconditional Press turn increase like [[Impure Sword of Light]] or [[Lost Name]]. |
| | + | Examples include: {{DemonIcon|Kumbhanda|size=32px}} {{DemonIcon|Mephisto|size=32px}} {{DemonIcon|Metatron M|size=32px}} |
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| − | Second, I think it is time to make a description of each Tier (at least for PvP). I would also allow to have a ''slightly'' more objective way of grading the demon. Since the current PVP Offense Tier ratings are more or less self-consistent, we can start by making the Definitions from them:
| + | There are of course exceptions, such as if the demon trivializes the entirety of PvE through insane stall ({{DemonIcon|Demeter|size=32px}}), a cheese strat ({{DemonIcon|Odin A|size=32px}}) or something else. |
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| − | *'''Tier 10''': Meta-warping demon. Insane demon who either forces the Metagame to be built around it or have the potential to do so and is only limited by the fact only few people have the panel 3 demon. Startegies, skills and demons that would have never been Meta are now (would potentially be) relevant because of this Tier 10 Demon; but even then these strategies are not real counters to this demon.
| + | The current gate for entry into A tier is affinity down OR consistent, unconditional (like camael's) press turn increase due to the gamebreaking effects of both |
| − | **Tier 10 PVP Offense warps the PVP Defense Metagame and vice-versa.
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| − | *'''Tier 9''': Meta-defining demons. Extremely strong demons who are not only the best ones in the role they are supposed to cover but cover a role that is extremely useful in or against the Metagame. Tier 9 are demons perfectly suited to fight against the whole Meta or perfectly complement some Meta teams.
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| − | *'''Tier 8''': Rogue strategies or balanced anti-Meta teams. Very strong demons filling important roles. Extrememly strong against nearly all non-Meta strategies and teams (from Mid to low-High Tier teams). But have difficulty against a sizeable part of the Top Tier Meta teams, may not totally fit in or are outclassed by a Tier 9 demon already covering their niche.
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| − | *'''Tier 7''': Mid Tier demons. Can be very good in a narrow aspect but have drawbacks that either put them at an extreme disavantage against the Meta, is contradictory with the role they are supposed to cover, or cover a role hard-countered by the Meta. Tier 7 demons can be useful in teams competitive against the Meta but they would not be the ones doing the heavy lifting in such teams.
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| − | *'''Tier 6''': Demons that are either underwhelming in qualities or/and have drawbacks fatal against the Meta or even High Tier rogue strategies. They also have difficulty against Mid Tier (Tier 7).
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| − | *'''Tier 5 and lower''': Different shades of lack of qualities and fatal drawback.
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| − | These definitions can be used as citeria for furture change in rating + new demons. That being said a demon a league above all Tier 7 demons would be Tier 8 even if it doesn't fit the Tier 8 definition and vice-versa. So the main criterion for Tier rating must still be a rank-order criterion.
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| − | '''Subsequent changes in PVP Defense Tier Rating'''
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| − | *<s>Masakado PVP Defense should go from 10 to 9 (9.5 at best). On defense, he certainly doesn't pose the same threat as he used to for people playing Meta teams. People certainly have learned to play around him (and more notably his AI) without being forced to use skills or demons whose purpose it to resist Masa (ex: Parvati aren't all that necessary with all the new demons and strats)</s>. Resolved, he's staying 10
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| − | *<s>Hero Masakado PVP Defensee : go from 9 to 9.5 at least. The switch from Y Ash to T Ash with EoF is kinda partially cause by him. Same with all the wild instinct stuff and even Niddorg and Gog stuff.</s> Resolved 9.5
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| − | Other changes: overall I think there are some inconsistencies in PVP Defense Rating currently. It comes from the fact the Defense rating used to be, by default, equal to their Offense rating minus 1; but more recent ratings don't follow that so we get inconsistencies. Instead the Defense Rating should be based off 1/ comparison with the Def Rating of similar demons and 2/ from the definitions established above.
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| − | *Metatron, Lucifer, Susano-o, Ace Frost, Shiva Defense PVP : <s>from 6 to 7.</s>
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| − | *Ixtab Defense : from 7 to 6. Underwhelming in Defense.
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| − | *<s>Susano-o A Defense : from 9 to 8 (8.5 at best). Certainly good against Rogue strats but I doubt the meta fears the passing gimmick (Susa is fast enough that opposing IS teams will be allowed to go second and he doesn't seem to bring much against MasA cancer teams)</s> Resolved stays at 9
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| − | =Mokoi's Notes=
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| − | <span style="color:#1fc600">Mokoi's responses</span>
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| − | <span style="color:#00bdaa">Ramen's responses</span>
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| − | *Dx2 Tier List suggestions (PvP focused)
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| − | *Masakado A: Offense/Defense -> 9 Enables the best burst teams both on offense and defense, but is very much capped by the demons you bring with him
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> I disagree, I would still put him at 10, just because of his raw power. He needs a team to be built around, but so does literally every demon, as your team needs synergy. Also Id argue he fits into a lot of comps. So I wouldnt consider that dropping him down. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">Not sure if you're talking about General Masakado here instead of Hero. Though exactly that might justify putting him to at least 9.5 on both?</span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> My bad. Im stupid. (Always confuse the two lmao) Anyway. As you said he enables the best burst teams, so I think 9.5 is justified. The problem is that on def he will not pass (as with everyone) which will make him probably miss since you will probably put 0% in Acc, and rather go full speed to go first. Soo...idk. Maybe 9.5 and 9? </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#00bdaa">Masakado A is definitely not as broken as masakado since he only empowers teams that goes first, while masakado can destroy any team regardless of going 2nd or first (thanks to p3). I'd give him a 9 just because of his broken buff skill and press turn generation, -1 for not being able to stand on his own and getting countered by 5 elements </span>
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| − | *Garuda: Offense/Defense -> 8 Put on one level with the other fastest demon Karti since I don't think either is significantly enough better to put them one rating apart
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Im kinda torn on this...on the one hand you are right, on the other hand I would argue that Garuda is more flexible (Karti only benefits Phys Teams). In current Meta I would say Karti is a bit weaker, tho I wouldnt oppose this change. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">Karti will take up a press turn way less frequently than Garuda, because of Krit passing, is faster and basically has the same kit as Garuda which needs a Speedster transfer while Karti just needs Auto Rakunda, if you even need that at all. Karti is probably better than Garuda for Turbo-Ailments for example. If we were talking PvE I might agree, but I think in PvP Karti is more flexible.</span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Fair enough. Kinda hard to compare the two imo. Having troubles with it, but since they are pretty much just used for speed I think 8 on both is fine. </span>
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| − | *Ash: Offense -> 9 Recognizing the fact that she is a mainstay to counter burst teams right now, though meta is shifting which might make this debatable
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Agreed. Maybe also 8.5 on def? -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">I think MC gets a lot worse if you don't have active control over who to revive and when to revive them, but it's still amazing so I wouldn't oppose that.</span>
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| − | *Huang Di: Offense -> 7 Just better Phys Pierce options available, his stats are kind of underwhelming and MP costs are too high
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Wouldnt oppose this change, tho I do feel that his high crit and heal are pretty strong. -Maaster </span>
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| − | *Ixtab: Defense -> 7 Way too easy to play around Ixtab on defense most of the time
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Agreed. Would also personally bump her offense down, but I cant really say much for that as I have never played with her. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">I think offense rating is kind of fair since AI is still kind of dumb and there are few defenses that can deal with her gimmick nowadays with few purple GYs and even fewer Indras on defense. Some people are still able to abuse her to get to T500.</span>
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| − | *PR: Might deserve a mention for being very easy to build a very strong PvP team around and being the single thing keeping ailments competitive at the top
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Agreed, tho this is apparantly a hot topic on Discord. Duke it out for yourselves, Im no ailment guy. Fucker hits like a truck tho and fucks up some of my pvp streaks. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">I think that debate is more about Nergal. Everybody agrees that PR is by far the best ailment unit (as an aside I literally got killed by a PR team while typing this :) )</span>
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| − | *Shiva: Offense -> 6 No pierce in addition to just being a blob of stats with no utility making the pierce even more of a necessity. He is good at his niche, but the niche is too narrow
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Id settle for a 7. I agree 8 is a bit high, but given a Hell Gongen Team, she can pull off some amazing shit. Ive played it and it works. (If I had better brands I would still play it) -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">I just don't think Biker teams are viable on offense right now, making HIM not that usable and I feel demons in PvP should always be rated depending on the current Meta, meaning that HE might be better when we have more medium speed teams, instead of super fast or super slow.</span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000">Id still argue for a 7. Its not top 100 material but well usable and can kill a lot of enemy comps.</span>
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| − | *Susano-o A: Defense -> 9, High ST damage and punishing a ton of more fringe strategies, one of the better defense phys piercers
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Cant really talk much here. In theory Id agree, but in practice he is either too frail, too blind or too weak. If you have literal perfect brands (HP, Acc and Patk) Id might put him to 9, but...idk. More discussion needed. Personally I dont think he is a 9. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">I agree that the gap between well built ones is immense ranging from decent but not amazing to almost Masa tier. Though I might be personally biased here after meeting a few with insane brands transfers and builds, with a few doing something similar to Indrajit with some additional stuff on top like crits, punishing passing, and also having some flexibility by being usable as a Phys Drainer. </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> As the Tier List represents the rating I tihnk a 9 is fine because thats him at his best. Just include a note that hes especially brand dependant and will drop if you dont have really good ones.</span>
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| − | *Susano-o: Offense -> 7, Defense -> 6 Can't get past endures is very fragile and has no pierce
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Agree, even though Endures and no pierce doesnt really matter (noone covers weaknesses atm and force NDR is pretty scarce) -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">Yeah it's just fancy ways of saying that I don't think single target nukers that can only nuke once per turn cycle are all that strong right now unless it's for specific revenges, but rating demons for revenge or targeting is dumb</span>
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| − | *Trumpeter: Offense -> 6 Apocalypse is too high cost for turn 1 use most of the time and he is too fast for teams that want to go consistently second, his kit also offers almost nothing else with two panels boosting concentrate which still does not make it viable
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Agree. -Maaster </span>
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| − | *V*: Defense -> 8.5 Mostly considering how much free damage it adds to all defense teams since def AI will spend a lot of time with normal attacks
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Ehhh...In the right team, Id agree. Maybe that makes him too focused on one niche tho? -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">Guess I agree I just think his defense rating should be higher than his offense rating, and he recently got a resurgence due to MasA after growing more and more irrelevant the past few months. I guess maybe just decrease his offense rating by 0.5 instead? Not sure here either.</span>
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| − | <span style="color:#800000"> Id say 8.5 on def is fine. Just put it in notes/con then that he needs good brands and a team tailored to him else he drops a lot.</span>
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| − | *Cu Chulainn: Offense/Defense -> 6 Sweeper with uninteresting statline that is too unfocused, by being split between Physical and Magic, both stat and skill wise
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> He still sweeps hard, so I think 7 is justified. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">Don't think he sweeps nearly as hard as his competition in the 7s and I never see him anywhere, but I don't feel too strongly about this so I'm fine with leaving him at 7 if other people think so.</span>
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| − | *Lilith: Defense -> 7 chain effects are good
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Sure </span>
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| − | *Raphael: Offense/Defense -> 8 Still more common than the other non Gabriel and Uriel angels for the third slot, hits force which is a more common weakness and is good at cleaning up after the other angels
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> Disagree. No Pierce, heals and random targetting make him worse. Also his buff doesnt do shit for Angel Teams. If you cant kill t1, you are dead 99% of the time. Imo there is not really a reason to run him. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#1fc600">Like I said it's mostly a usage based argument, though I also don't feel strongly about this one since I don't use him and the only reason he's good against me is because I use a fringe team.</span>
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| − | *Garuda A: Offense/Defense -> 7 Fast Magic sweeper with a good statline and some good awakening skills that can also be built around his gimmick. Also Purple is definitely a good arch in PvP so at least change that
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| − | **<span style="color:#800000"> I tried him out when I got him but couldnt get it to really work. I guess given good enough brands and all panels it could work out better tho. So I wouldnt oppose this change. -Maaster </span>
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| − | **<span style="color:#00bdaa">Despite his terrible agi and mediocre kit, he can really punish phys teams that lacks of buff control and accuracy, personally I find him a bit annoying if my buff controller dies and magic caster dies too since believe me, he's really hard to hit when they have the buff control up and those aoe spam every time u miss hurts.</span>
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| − | = Splitting Tier 7 in half =
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| − | Splitting Tier 7 into a Tier 7 for high-Mid Tier demons usable (in a loose sense) against and with some Top Meta demons/teams, and a Tier 6 for Mid Tier demons, solid demons but just not solid against anything close to the Meta. The current demons in Tier 6 would be pushed to 5; except for those I named below:
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| − | '''Tier 7'''
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| − | *Garuda A: he's a fast piercing mage with a above than average damage potential
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| − | *Gogmagog (Offense only): good tank, useful against the current T1 meta
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| − | *Izanami: very slow (putting her in a T1 team will slow you something like 1500+ battle speed most likely) and no defense (kinda hard for her to survive going second); but hit extremely hard
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| − | *Mastema: similar to Iza I guess (no pierce though but maybe being part of the Heralds is a sufficient conpensation).
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| − | *<s>Lucifer: max lvl MS is 180 BP, and +70% if Serial is transfered. Also high durability.</s> 6.5 instead for Luci
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| − | *Mot(Offense only): I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since some perform well with it.
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| − | *Raphael: the best 3rd Herald candidate.
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| − | *Samael: ailment probably wants him even though he'd probably tank your speed by 1k to 2k BS.
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| − | *Surt:
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| − | *Vairocana: (this is P3 Vairo)
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| − | *Ananta: usable is competitive teams but can be replaced by better demons, which is already better than most demons on that list.
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| − | '''Tier 6.5'''
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| − | *Lilith (Defense only): double ailment annoys people who are risking replacing Dai for a better tank.
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| − | '''Tier 6'''
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| − | *Gogmagog (Defense only):
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| − | *Black Rider:
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| − | *Cu Chulainn: does the same amount of T1 AOE damage as a bunch of other demons, but is also slow and no durability.
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| − | *Frost Ace:
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| − | *<s>Metatron: T1 Megidoalon Meta hits nearly like Cu Chu. (Though he can be used as Fire of Sinai bot, clearer of Endure instead)</s> 6.5 for Meta instead
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| − | *Lilith (Offense only):
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| − | *Mot (Defense only):
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| − | *Nero: 1k HP no panel, but somehow needs to survive a full turn of abuse, and unlike Luci, loses his edge if he dies but gets revived
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| − | *Shiva:
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| − | *Susano-o:
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| − | *Vishnu: hit as much damage as Cu Chu.
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| − | *Huang Di: against low Tier teams/demons HDi may be a league above P3 Cu Chu, Shiva, Meta etc. but against higher Tier I see him having more difficulty than those.
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| − | '''Demons who would stay at Tier 6'''
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| − | *Trumpeter: he got buffs, remember.
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| − | *Zaou: paired with Shiva that's where he is.
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| − | *Quezalcoatl: very underwhelming in today's Meta (and tomorrow), but it is objectively a solid combo (Ali+Quetz)
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| − | *Alilat: Ali+Quetz is a solid pair
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Kumbhanda 
Mephisto 
Metatron M
Demeter), a cheese strat (
Odin A) or something else.
