Heavenshorn 
should get reconsidered. I know it was already suggested in the past, but it offers a LOT compared to the average 5ā
.
Speed Entrance+Shield Entrance make it hard for the enemy to prevent it getting a turn.
Piercing Blow and Slayerbane both deal high damage, even though not enough to OHKO, but thatās what Heavenshorn is good at, killing squishier/ already damaged monsters.
Not to mention, it reliably OHKOes the vast majority of Shadow 6ā
and below, even at full health, bypassing Hold Ground and shields. Thatās something.
Nikki goes in at D for general, B for PvP and second form Tier 2, with a faster bloodfury move that also gets critical damage from having status effects this is an effective sweeper, but its true power comes from kill steal which can nastily disable some enemies. Despite having sleep immunity, this isnāt built well for FL OoO. Itās best in the mid-game to make an impact with its high speed and three steal effects + swift true hit. Iām really glad to see more of the mid-game monsters being created, itās not something thatās been designed for enough. Nikki dies super easily unless sheās able to pick up a shield or stealth from the enemy team so that holds her back quite a bit, especially because kill steal is the main move to use first and that passes 50TU without giving her any defence. Thereās a notable combo with Dusicyon or Lilithia for multifacet strike to be charged instantly on entry. Overall, decent enough sweeper that can situationally disrupt the enemy team.
Nightingale goes in at F for general, A for PvP and second form Tier 2, with maximum defence and health this is definitely a support monster! What this truly does may be missed at first glance. Itās for the mid-late game to get your team out of a bad situation: having roaring entrance then instantly undoing any sleep, poison or stun on your team. In the fail case it can immediately kill an enemy that has a kill, damage two enemies or heal+shield an ally. This versatility means it will have a far greater impact than it may look like. Iāve seen a lot of people focus on the high TU of sedate and be disinterested but that really is just the fail case and since youāre putting her quite late in your team she wonāt disrupt the rest of your team much as ādead weightā on the battlefield. Getting two guaranteed kills is probably all youāll need from her. Aegis barrier can do a lot to keep a teammate alive and dual rescuing give turn is the big move for undoing stun lock. You can make Nightingaleās impact a little more reliable if youāre using a stun absorber shortly before, since it can easily get stunned above 200s for the rescue move. Overall, a solid monster to put in the second half of many PvP teams to give extra resilience thatās basically an upgraded Centaureon.
Momo goes in at D for general, F for PvP and second form Tier 2, with maximum defence, HP, HG and no killer weaknesses we have yet another crazily tanky support monster. However, here the moveset is slightly lacklustre. Lifeflip enemy can do great stuff and soul shield all is definitely powerful but weāve seen how link shield all (at 100TU rather than 130TU) can be somewhat situational. Basically as a stun absorber this offers very little while on the battlefield compared to other options, only standing out with its massive defence. In practice what youāll probably do is lifeflip enemy as the first turn, then repulse if needed before using guardian morph and making Momo get in the way of some attacks. As a guardian youāll do the same before switching back. You really donāt want her to be hit by one-shot moves so sheās probably best at the front of the team where enemies wonāt have blood moves charged. Sheās playable, but neither the stun absorber or auto-protect state is particularly impressive. It looks like sheās been balanced for PvE / low level PvP where repeatedly healing as she swaps could be overpowered.
Onika goes in at E for general, C for PvP and second form Tier 3, with a powered up forgive, faster give turn and the ability to give a teammate focus this looks very interesting for support. However, I am quite hesitant to say itās good because roll call becomes drastically worse if youāre using other mythics (which I assume people with Onika awakened will own) and GT needs multiple potential targets to be any good. Also, discipline is useless if thereās a protector and thereās no damage potential so I can see some scenarios where Onika will feel lacklustre. Still, the SS is great and discipline is a powerful control move so it should perform well in teams looking for a mid-game control/support monster and theyāve only got legendaries ahead of it. Thereās also its use in rocklock with concentrate, but bear in mind if youāre relying on it to make teammates focused then her dying before you use the move can stop you being able to rocklock. The best comparison to another monster is Dolphariel, which I believe Onika is a bit better than for PvP.
Garden fairy violet goes in at B for general and S for PvP, with the decay aura passive this has already sparked calls for nerfs. Ultimately, itās a stronger auto-poison that is active on everything as soon as Violet hits the battlefield. It gets extremely harshly countered by many types of overwatch and it will trigger revenge passives, so itās not as strong as it might appear at first. However, it gets kills for Violet which makes the GF bloodthirst 70TU sweeping very easy to charge if there are enemies with hold ground. Dual slayerbane makes it generally work well in PvP, meaning you can slam it in most teams and have the aura boost your sweeping. I think GF bloodthirst will be key for using this in PvE and otherwise to make garden fairies in PvP actually clear through a team. Importantly, Pieris is the fastest who can heal Sunflower to use dual confident strike and Violet gets a turn right after so if you put two enemies to hold ground with those two monsters before then Violet will instantly have GF bloodthirst charged.
Lunactia goes in at S- for general and S+ for PvP, with crazy defence, stun immunity and no killer weaknesses this is set up perfectly for PvP. Honestly, Iām amazed to see such high speed on this given the stats and it can completely disrupt the opponent from the first turn. What this does is create a rocklock scenario with enemy substitute (combine it with things that bypass protectors) and thereās not even any restriction on enemy substitute so you can use it three times in a row. It doesnāt matter if the move gets blocked because it will still add the rockoid. I said there werenāt any overpowered new monsters but I actually think this one probably is. It can also pullback a teammate three times for multiple entrances / saving from stun, gets excessive force from but teammates if you donāt want to go the rocklock route and all these moves support the moths because you can slow down the enemy team with rocks to get to metamorphosis on a Pupupa and each moth has a powerful entrance so pulling them back gets that again. All around power and there are many ways you can use this. I expect nerf threads for it in a few months once itās being played more.
Abyssoldier poseidon goes in at A for general and S- for PvP, being a stun counter monster available to everyone this is an incredible addition for the game! Simply put in a team without abyssoldiers this is mediocre. Solo vengeance is fine but too restricted. In practice this is best used with a select one or two abyssoldiers at a time and there it can offer a lot for the team. Abyssal calling is very clunky so itās basically restricted to two moves, but given its insane passives and built carefully into a team this does an excellent job. I did a larger breakdown about how to use this with the SEs 
Heavenswyrm (s) goes in at E for general and E for PvP, with lower speed than its original version, the loss of stun wave and camouflage requiring entrance this is definitely a powered down Heavenswyrm. Healing entrance heals by 2000 rather than healing revenge which is 50% of each monsterās HP. This is clearly for niche use only, specifically in link shadow teams as a form of repeatable healing. There are some shadow monsters who want exactly this so it definitely has its place. Personally I wouldāve liked to see one aspect that was stronger than the standard Heavenswyrm but I canāt decide exactly what. I love seeing the new colours on one of my favourite bits of art though.
Garden fairy jasmine goes in at S+ for general and S for PvP, with stun absorber and massive defence + HP this is the missing support that the garden fairies needed! Pieris protects from sleep and poison while Jasmine protects from stun. The aura heals them by roughly 5% of their HP, not bad at all for triggering vigor moves (especially if you skip turns). 80TU solo stealth is big here, a very aggressively costed move that makes Jasmine good support + stun protection outside GF teams. Vigor fastbreaker is also only 130TU for a piercing kill on even heavily buffed enemies, surprising for such a tanky support monster. The only thing at all that holds her back is the low speed, which is fair enough. I think this is genuinely one of the best stun protection options weāve seen as a legendary and well worth supporting with give turn to keep it in play. With the other GF it really completes them. Side note: double survivor damage is terrible, if you hadnāt guessed.
Caesardragon goes in at S- for general and B for PvP, with cool art and fun design I saw a bunch of people excited over this one. Dragon slayer is the impressive move here. There are 1/5 of legendaries which are dragons and 1/8 of mythics so itās basically like a ācounter strikeā type skill. The 0-5* and 7* killing moves are high TU but what youāve got to appreciate here is Caesarās decent defence, no killer weaknesses, stun immunity and excessive force mean that it should be pretty effective without the moveset needing to be too impressive. You can get around the high TU with a give turn and get to bloodthirst in not too long. Bear in mind also dragon slayer deals roughly 1000 piercing damage so you can grab kills with that at times. Donāt get me wrong, this isnāt anything crazy but I can see it working better than it might look at first glance. Itās especially good in PvE where piercing is great and you can get away with higher TU skills.
Crystal worm ater goes in at D for general and C for PvP, with higher speed this is one that has bloodthirst, an element killer, a killer move and ascension revenge. I think this will be fine like Viridis and make the crystal worms work but not quite as integral.
Sharkrex goes in at C for general and S for PvP, with high stats for a SE and stun immunity this is far more competitive for PvP than it may look at first, itās pretty much a Geomagnus. Raw backbite is perfect for entrance control and can work as stun protection for your team. It wonāt work well if youāre facing a Lunactia or petrify revenge but thatās fine I think. Piercing blow deals roughly 3100 damage so can kill anything thatās hurt or one-shot any fire monsters. Itās a decent fail case and accelerate makes the TU very nice, as well as accelerate helping line up the backbite. This offers a lot for a SE.
Crystal worm caeruleus goes in at B for general and A for PvP, with void vengeance this is probably one of the better crystal worms. Itās a bit more flexible since when you sacrifice a teammate to another worm youāll either be able to vengeance anything you like then sacrifice Caeruleus or feast with it to charge bloodfury.
Crystal worm purpureus goes in at S for general and S for PvP, with two void moves that have a lot of targets and the lower speed variant with bloodfury this is in a nice middle-ground where itās the fastest of the bloodfury crystal worms but without a guaranteed target like the others. I envision this being probably the key piece and main sweeper of the group, being the one to feast on the high speed worms then feast on a low speed one after that gets a guaranteed kill.
I wrote quite a bit about a few of the new monsters because I knew my positions might be different from what people expected. Honestly, as I said in her entry, the SS and discipline are great but thatās the majority of the power unless youāre specifically not using other mythics and there are situations where discipline will fall completely flat or not be able to hit the thing you need it to. Onika will feel great and perform well in many scenarios but she depends a little too much on the battle state and itās not something you can build around reliably.