Thanks for taking on the new classification system. However, I’m actually going with the second option because it was more popular and I too prefer it (after a little thought, I was indecisive when suggesting options):
S+, S, S-, A, B, C, D, E, F
I have no doubt it’s very confusing for now! However, with time we’ll all get over it.
With regards to a couple of these monsters…
Cypridrus: I went slightly generous with my rating for it in PvE. It was in the same update as Persephia, who I was also generous too. I agree with you that one, or maybe even two, tiers lower would be good for it. I’m a little surprised you rate it two tiers higher than Novemdomina when functionally the two are similar but Novemdomina has more power.
Focalforce: I thought you loved this monster, or maybe that’s others who own it. All piercing moves ignore both HG/shields AND defence. Catapult doesn’t do enough damage for PvE though, so I’m glad to see you agree with my lower rating. I’ve enjoyed using it in biweekly and I can see how newer players can use it as a great sweeper with raw faststrike but there are better options later on and it simply doesn’t quite do the job against buffed enemies.
Only HP stat will save you against piercing moves. Try using catapult on grovodeus before and after protect focus is used and you’ll see it’ll probably die both times taking the same amount of damage both times
I think they might have changed Excessive Force’s description at some point to make it clearer but they haven’t made all piercing moves follow the same notation.
It used to read: “This monster’s attacks ignore Hold Ground & Protect Once”. This is very similar to what you see on Catapult.
What people “feel” is what we need to avoid. You’re meant to be the man who’s seen all these monsters in practice It’s why we need screenshots of the damage of things so we can see whether it’s strong enough for something rather than someone’s vague statement of “it doesn’t do enough to buffed monsters”.
Yeah, Catapult is one of those moves set at just enough to kill non-buffed enemies. Marksmoth is a great example with its low attack for a legendary (4165) so it can’t one-shot all legendaries reliably and if you get the 5* form of the moth it doesn’t do anywhere near enough (3255 attack).
Sounds about right for Focalforce’s 5030 attack. I guess catapult does basically the same damage as the monster’s attack stat.
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