What's your favorite team?

[Psyclops]

I just got Red Monika and was wondering who to put her with. Some people say they don't use Monika...I think that would be silly, tbh. Who do you have on your dream team?

Edit: I'm trying a Calibretto/Monika/Garrison team.

[Koby]

My favorite team? Well I like Monika for obvious reasons... But unfortunately she pales in comparison to Garrison and while Alumon is cool, he pales in comparison to Gully.

The original trio is just sooo synergized with each other that the rest of the party members have no hope of competing.

So in terms of combat, my favorite team will always be Bretto, Gully, and Garrison.

[Nibbie]

What they^ said. The other characters have some cool things to them to be sure, and they are almost certainly usable, but the original three are more specialized in their roles, and excel in them. The new characters are more hybrid, so they can serve two functions at once, but with three slots and three roles (damage, healer, tank) there is no need for a hybrid.

When I gave Monika and the other characters a fair shake, used them all for an entire dungeon, I put her in the tank role. She has a skill that taunts enemies for one attack, and a trait that doubles it to two. However, very importantly, you don't lose a stack of taunt if the attack misses. Thus, the idea is that you taunt, then maximize your dodge so you don't have to reapply the taunt that often, allowing you some time to attack as well. This can be good, but without any way to protect the team as a whole like Gully can, random or AOE attacks can be much more of a problem.

[Monster]

Weird, why you guys love Bretto? I don't hate him, because I don't know his late game. At least when I play him until unlock Alumon, he sucks. No way to regen mana, poor damage, poor healing.

But on the other hand Alumon is awesome. Heals gives shields, which means using at full potention, no over heal waste. His Devastation damage hits so hard. Vampiric heals & deals damage same time. Even his model looks cool.

What changes to Bretto's late game? Can he do more dmg & heal than Alumon? He learn any skill regens mana like Alumons?

I always run Gully (tank), Garrizon (dmg), and Alumon (healer + dmg).

[Xєn]

Gully Bretto Garrison is the common team if you want to finish the game without surprise.

I tried for fun Monika, Knolan and Garrison. I can't get out of this team. All of them are monsters in damage. Monica can taunt if needed (and untouchable) and Knolan can heal quite strongly. And Garrison well ... he can Garrison.
I always play 3 DPS from NG to NG+, from start to end.

Why do you need a healer and a tank when you can OTK everything ? ^^'

[chairman meow]

Originally posted by Monster:

Weird, why you guys love Bretto? I don't hate him, because I don't know his late game. At least when I play him until unlock Alumon, he sucks. No way to regen mana, poor damage, poor healing.

But on the other hand Alumon is awesome. Heals gives shields, which means using at full potention, no over heal waste. His Devastation damage hits so hard. Vampiric heals & deals damage same time. Even his model looks cool.

What changes to Bretto's late game? Can he do more dmg & heal than Alumon? He learn any skill regens mana like Alumons?

I always run Gully (tank), Garrizon (dmg), and Alumon (healer + dmg).

Bretto has good mass skill heals, mass heal/debuff removal limit burst, quick single target heals, mass debuff removal, mass heal per hit for several turns (which can completely negate some monster types), and aoe damage skills. But the real reason I love to use him in a playthrough is that weapon you can buy from the Collector relatively early on in the game. I forget the name, but it grants extra overcharge per turn, easily fueling skill spam.