Dream Realm damage type meta shift

After 3 days of testing, we can surely say that the MDEF/PDEF scaling for the bosses actually heavily affected some characters. Some in a good way, some in a bad way. Here’s a summary:

• True Damage who reigned supreme until the season started is now worse than pure Magical or pure Physical damage (but mainly Magical),
  • the first reason is that as the Dream Realm boss HP goes down, they gain additional stats. They changed the scaling – MDEF and PDEF raise slower while generic Damage Reduction raises faster,
  • the second reason is the new Artifacts. Crescent Spell provides a permanent -35% MDEF reduction while Quickblade Spell provides -30% PDEF reduction,
  • Keep in mind, True Damage wasn’t nerfed – just that Magic/Phys became better due to the changes + new Artifacts.
• This means that both Marilee and Korin perform worse as they are our prime True Damage dealers,
• This also means that Odie is now the best damage dealer for anything bossing-related, but Marilee and Korin are still just behind him. So basically, they switched their places with each other – Odie went from the #2 spot to #1 and Marilee went from #1 to the #2 spot. Korin remains in the third place,
• Surprisingly, Alsa emerged as a great boss killer with her damage rivaling that of Odie at times, but Marilee still pulls ahead in a lot of cases.

Other findings

• Because we again start from scratch and need to level up and gear our characters, Koko is a must-have in any team currently. Without her, you won’t be able to survive long enough to deal damage. This means that the Smokey + Koko combo that became popular on Primal Lords bosses is now the core of any Dream Realm team (for now),
• While Marilee damage output is lower, she still is best in the slot against today’s boss – Cyclops. Mainly because the ads that are spawned by the boss are pretty tanky once you reach the last 1/3 of the boss HP bar and True Damage kills them instantly, while Odie and others struggle, costing them seconds,
  • Yes, she still deals way less damage than Odie against that boss, but the True Damage against ads is why she’s great there,
• Marilee should still be best in the slot against Necrodrakon as her movement will be hard to replace by Odie there.

For additional information, check Zeeebo’s video:

What will happen next?

We are slowly updating all the boss guides (both old and new) and once a full rotation passes, we will release a new version of them with new meta teams. For now, we will be posting our findings in our Discord, so join us there!