This guide prioritizes defense team composition (drawn from the Southeast Asia server meta via the community sheet). Attack teams are harder to prescribe, but the same archetypes and a few principles carry you.
Attacking principles
- Versus Speed comps (usually Attack/Magic cores): aim to outspeed - especially against Vanessa, Nia or Skuld - or bring a team that can eat the damage and sustain through it.
- Versus CC-heavy teams (which usually have low damage): counter with a full sustain team with high Effect Resistance and win on HP.
- Sometimes a mirror beats a mirror - e.g. Wukong versus Wukong.
- Respect special effects - Execution, HP Alteration and similar conditions dictate your positioning and stat spread.
- Gear notes below are general recommendations; guilds often run more strategic sets on instruction.
Team 1 - Physical
Core: Dellons or Lu Bu with the Eirin pet. Backline options: Lu Bu, Teo, Orkah. Frontline options: Karl Heron, Randgrid, Amelia, Branze & Bransel, Kagura. Alternate pets: Yu, Yorang, Jeo, Sherry.
Team 2 - Magic
Core: Skuld or Freyja (Melia on speed builds) with Yorang or Yeonji. Backline: Rin, Silvesta, Freyja, O'Mok. Frontline: O'Mok, Reginleif, Rin, Diaochan. Alternate pets: Yu, Jeo, Note.
Team 3 - Universal (Sun Wukong)
Core: Sun Wukong with Ruu. Backline: Elysia, Gelidus, Ace. Frontline: Radgrid, Hellenia. Alternate pets: Yu, Karam, Pike, Paragon.
Team 4 - Tank (Pallanus)
Core: Pallanus with Karam. Backline: Clemyth, Alice. Frontline: Radgrid, Rudy, Hellenia, Clemyth, Aragon. Alternate pets: Jeb, Pike, Yu, Hellepin.
Team 5 - Universal (Aris)
Core: Aris with Pike. Frontline: Rudy, Spike, Rook, Clemyth. Alternate pets: Jeb, Hellepin, Paragon.
Team 6 - Death
Core: Mist with Merparrow. Backline: Gelidus, Kris, Rosie. Frontline: Knox, Aquila, Rosie, Gelidus, Trude, Radgrid, Rudy. Alternate pets: Kree, Nikki.