Meta Teams

There is often a lot of talk about META teams, but what exactly is a META team?  Basically, it is an acronym that stands for:  Most Effective Team Available.  This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of all possible heroes/teams.  Rather, it is a starting point with the intent of giving the reader the knowledge needed to evaluate and create their own META team compositions.

So how does one create one of these fabled META teams?  A meta team starts with choosing one hero who can become an absolute Monster.  There are different forms of monsters, but for our purposes, we will group monsters into two categories: Tanks and DPS.  Healers, with the exception of Dorian Jet and Maya, will not be on this list.  Martha and Celeste are also excellent choices for any of these teams.

DPS Monsters (These are our heroes that can do over 50K damage magic or physical at maximum level):

Satori

Jhu - Jhu does not do over 50K, but his Critical Chance ability will allow him to deliver almost 60K physical damage when a critical hit lands

Helios

Orion

Ishmael - Again included due to Critical Hit Capability

Dorian

Maya

Lars

Krista

Kiera

Kai

 

Tank Monsters (Theses are our tanks with over 16K armor once fully leveled.)

Cleaver

Galahad

Ziri

Astaroth - Included because of his Last Word ability, it brings people back from the dead.

Once we have decided on a Tank and a DPS hero, we can choose the rest of our team.  For that it will be helpful to cover some effective combinations.

META Hero Combos (These are some of the best combinations you can create in this game)

Helios + Orion + Dorian

Kiera + Qing Mao + Nebula

Jhu + Sebastian + Jet

Lars + Krista

Lars + Krista + Jorgen

K'arkh + Faceless/Kai - There are some caveats here.  Kai delivers a much stronger Magic attack once he is leveled to maximum.  Faceless on the other hand, is much more versatile and can activate K'arkh's skill without using a full energy attack.

Cleaver + Peppy

Choosing a tank for any of these combinations is highly subjective.  With the exception of Galahad, the best tanks all provide increased armor with the activation of their first artifacts.  Galahad will provide increased physical attack, which makes him ideal for a physical damage based team that has heavier armor.  One final caveat in tank selection is Ziri.  She will abandon your team for a brief period of time when she buries herself to heal.  You will want a team behind her that can handle her absence.  

For support heroes, Jorgen, Nebula, Dorian, Sebastian, Jet, and Peppy*. Are our best options.

*Note that Peppy is not very useful unless she is in a Cleaver team.

Jorgen will always work better in a team that does Physical Damage due to his Blue Skill, Leper.

Nebula will be more effective in a Magic Damage team.  Her attack boost for Magic based attacks is almost twice as strong as her physical attack boost.

Dorian will be more effective in a team that specializes in physical damage.  His artifact boosts physical damage.

Jet will be most effective in a team that does Critical Damage, but he also has a place in a team with Kiera. 

Sebastian will be wasted in a team that doesn't have Critical Hit Chance.  He will only boost Critical Hit Chance for those that already have it.

With this in mind, some sample teams might be:

Cleaver+Peppy+Nebula+Jorgen+Dorian

Astaroth+K'arkh+Kai/Faceless+Jorgen+Martha/Dorian

Galahad+Qing Mao+Kiera+Jorgen+Martha/Dorian

Astaroth+Nebula+Orion+Helios+Dorian

Satori+Lars+Krista+Jorgen+Martha

Ziri+Elmir+Jhu+Jet+Sebastian

Please keep in mind that there really isn't a such thing as a "META" team.  There are many different mechanics involved here, and often times you will find that one team will not work against another due to a specific weakness, or timing issues, etc.  Also, if you don't have some of these heroes, then it does not fit the requisite of AVAILABLE.