The Mo Long counter Advent Calendar - Day 3
The team: Sekhmet Icares Ramagos RamaGOD
Usable against: This team is specifically designed to be used against Mo Long Triana Perna. Probably could work against other variants but I haven't thought too hard about it.
How it works: If you haven't figured it out by now, Mo Long's strength lies in his S2, not his S3. His S3 is often a weakness that can be exploited. The easiest way to take advantage of Mo Long's reckless assault is to use a tanky fire monster on nemesis - this gives Mo Long a target that can survive the assault, and then instantly gives that monster a turn which can disrupt any kind of combo or speed tuned healer on the enemy side. Harmonia is rightfully the most popular and best monster for this role, but use your imagination and you can make many other things work!
In this team, Sekhmet is our Harmonia. Sekhmet is runed tanky and on nemesis, so the idea is for Mo Long to use his S3 on her, which gives her the turn to reset Triana. With Triana unable to protect Mo Long, Icares can then use her nuke to finish Mo Long. Ramagos tanks Perna and provides the burst to take down the remaining Triana + Perna.
This comp makes full use of Sekhmet's kit - her fire typing, good base stats, HP lead, S3 to reset Triana through will, and S1 and S2 to help control Perna.
Strategy: Reset Triana, finish off Mo Long with Icares. Keep your team alive with sustain from Icares and debuffs from Sekhmet until you have Icares' S3 back up. Nuke Triana with Icares and Ramagos. If things go wrong (i.e. Mo Long does not reckless Sekhmet, or Triana resists your Sekhmet), try to stay alive until you can combo Ramagos and Icares nukes to take down a monster (Triana if she gets the resist, Mo Long if he holds onto his S3).
Runing considerations:
Sekhmet - a single nem set with at least 160 speed is enough in most cases to cut after Mo Long's S3. I highly recommend Shield/Will as well to help defend against Mo Long S2. High acc is important since Triana often has high res. After that, just try to stack as much HP as possible.
Icares - her standard build is fine (usually despair or vio). Again, make sure she has will though to help defend against Mo Long S2.
Ramagos - vamp/will. High res is a worthwhile investment on him to avoid Perna stuns. I know my Ramagos doesn't have any res, but if I had the runes for it I would ideally like to get him on max res even sacrificing some HP/spd for it.
Seriousness factor: 3/10. This team sucks LOL. It's fun when it works but there are way too many RNG checks for this to be reliable at all. I only made this team because I was desperate in trying to get some use out of Sekhmet and salvage the devilmons I put into her. Ramagos is totally legit as a wind tank/bruiser though.
Posted Dec 3, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC