The Mo Long counter Advent Calendar - Day 10
The team: Theo Chasun Lulu
Usable against: Mo Long Triana + any fire
How it works: This is not the first wind/water comp in this series, and it won't be the last either. Quick reminder of why this works: one of the most dangerous parts of the Mo Long + Perna (or any other fire) combo is that Mo Long can def break your fire tank which will cause Perna to switch targets onto it. This why a lot of "good" Mo Long tanks like Harmonia or Helena can still easily fail. If you don't bring any fire monsters and only bring wind/water, then Mo Long and Perna will always be attacking different targets, allowing you to tank those monsters individually which is always much easier.
The Theo Chasun Lulu team is one I've discussed before (here and here), and now after having used it for several months now against the best defs on the server, I feel confident in saying that this is probably the most reliable comp without premium units against Mo Long Triana Perna.
The caveat of course is that you do need very good runes for this team to work reliably. The opponent's Mo Long Perna etc. are probably equipped with their best runes, so it's only fair to expect that the team you use to reliably beat it should have top tier runes as well.
Theo and Chasun probably don't need an explanation, but a lot of people are surprised that Lulu is in here. It is true that Lulu is a nat 2 with extremely low base HP, so it's definitely weird to see her as a Mo Long tank. But her skill set is ridiculously strong and that more than makes up for her poor base stats. Every single one of her skills provide healing, 2 of them also provide cleanse, and 1 can even give immunity. No other monster in the game can provide such a constant stream of both heal and cleanse, which is what makes her so good as a counter to the CC heavy Mo Long Triana Perna combo.
Strategy: Focus Mo Long. The fire monster should never be able to kill your Chasun, so the only threat is Mo Long killing one of your water monsters with S3 when they are weakened. However, if you keep Mo Long's HP low, he will not be able to use S3.
Try to save Theo's S2 for when Mo Long is low in order to bypass Triana's passive. Theo's S1 and S2 do similar amounts of damage. Def break never lasts that long anyway against this team between Mo Long and Triana procing and cleansing.
I like to use Chasun's S3 as an atb boost for herself even if it means nothing is getting healed in order to cycle her S2 faster. For Lulu, I like to save her S2 as a cleanse. S1 heals for 15% and S2 heals for 25% so if a target doesn't need cleansing I just use S1. S3 however, I use whenever it's up since immunity is great.
Runing considerations:
Theo - for this to work, Theo needs to be a lot more bruisery than normal. I recommend at least +15k HP on him. Other than that he's pretty standard (just sacrifice some damage for more HP).
Chasun - standard vio support build, high res is important to reduce cc from Perna stun, Rakan provoke, Platy CC, etc.
Lulu - standard vio support build is ideal here too, but in order to get enough stats on her I went with random other sets. Aim for at least 30k HP. Res is not as important on Lulu, since Mo Long is built with good acc and you shouldn't depend on resisting anything from him.
Seriousness factor: 8/10 against the team shown in the video (Mo Long Triana Platy). 9/10 against Mo Long Triana Perna. Platy is actually more difficult for this team than Perna, since Perna doesn't do anything without def break/atk buff to Chasun. Platy however, can potentially lock Chasun down.
Day 1: Hraesvelg Huan Rina vs Seara Mo Long Harmonia
Day 2: Gemini Bastet Taor vs Mo Long Jeanne Perna
Day 3: Sekhmet Icares Ramagos vs Mo Long Triana Perna
Day 4: Vero Arnold Mihyang vs Jeanne Mo Long Harmonia
Day 5: Tractor Lumi Delphoi vs Mo Long Triana Perna
Day 6: Garo Platy Racuni vs Mo Long Ritesh Harmonia
Day 7: Hathor Perna Homunculus vs Mo Long Ritesh Perna
Posted Dec 10, 2018, 6:40 PM UTC · edited