Talk:Fiend of Destruction - Azathoth/@comment-28089742-20171228165530/@comment-16894369-20171229134859

Earth seems to be missing Hideyoshi. One particular team that is not captured by the list is Ophiuchus (God-Elf).

But this certainly is a good reference list to see what teams are possible for the upcoming Mapping Out a Strategy. I'd probably remove Huan Fu Duo from the LD list though as it is considered to be out of the meta by many players, and hopefully Madhead would make one that has no restrictions!

Right now I believe the biggest weakness of Fire teams is the lack of High Recovery leaders and good leaders with defensive utility. Water has Atlantis and Cornflower, Earth has Izanagi, Light has TSZ and Maya. I believe Chessia is the only team that has good potential in above-average recovery, but this is nullified by Medea's side effect. I believe Chessia's damage multiplier is now a bit on the low side as time goes on. A full offensive team like Nobunaga cannot stall well, and a pure fire Ghroth can only recover strong with active skill. Amaterasu has a fairly unique playstyle and does not fit the usual conventions.

Traditionally, Fire teams have the lowest recovery out of all attributes, trading them for high attack and decent HP. This is the reason why almost every fire card has recovery as low in the 200s or 300s.

But then, teams with strong "Fire damage" such as Kyo Kusanagi, Rose team, and near-fire Ghroth are better at adapting to metagame trends simply by having better ways of dealing with high-difficulty stages. If Madhead wants to patch this problem, somehow introducing us a defensive/balanced fire team with high HP and recovery will be a good fix, because unlike water teams a few months ago, Fire teams are not in lack of damage output.