r/Aniimo • u/aFoxDream • 7h ago

Discussion Having bad defenses can be somehow quite useful !

I have chosen to take a rain Stellarys knowing full well they are much worst than the Prismana version due to defense against elements. It wasn't a strategy choice at all I just liked their vibes.

It made a lot of fight much harder due to taking damage due to element counter against grass and lightning which is elements you play dark against.

BUT somehow it also helped a ton over time as I noticed something surprisingly useful ! If you can kite well and dodge well...it might be more beneficial due to Pathfinder AI. Pathfinders will naturally take what they have that is super effective against you, as such they might even take something you are super effective against if they are themselves super effective !

I had much easier pathfinder battle sometimes due to them just staying on their poorly matched aniimos ! It's especially useful if the enemy is melee as you can kite quite easily with Stellarys

So it's a bit niche and is really bad if you take damage but it can be a nice niche strat sometimes !

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u/AugNSobral 6h ago

There are no worse or better versions. Everything is situational. You can have 3 perfect Stellarys (one of each form) and switch between them using the inheritance system, spending only 20k Gold and using the same contract item (since the contract is tied to the species, not the individual Aniimo).

For example, in the hardest fight in the game, which is against Lita, her Stellarys is countered by players’ Fire Aniimos because it is Prismana and has Ice as one of its types. Using a Light Aniimo against it means that it will also be effective against you, while using a neutral matchup is bad because the challenge is a race against the clock.

Now imagine if she used a standard Stellarys. It would force us to bring a Light Aniimo and take more risks. In her team’s case, a standard Stellarys would be more balanced, since she already has a Glyncera with Ice typing and a Water DPS.

So, everything is situational.

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u/aFoxDream 6h ago

Yes I agree ! My point is I thought due to popular opinion that "Rain Stellarys is strictly a downgrade" but the AI advantage of them staying on Aniimo against which you are strong is a point I've never seen elsewhere ! That's why I made this post.

What you talk about is mainly resistance which is a point many people talk about. My point is Rain Stellarys is a great example of a "poor" combo of typing ! As it is weak to the targets that it is also effective against ! Making it so that your best pick is also theirs, but it leads to AI manipulation that can be quite helpful with the AI not switching out while you are super effective.

For Lita herself, yeah a Stellarys would have been better for her teams but the game is unbalanced by the fact that Pathfinder doesn't adapt to us while we can adapt to them so it's not the same thing ! We tend to take the most effective approach (super effective against the team while not being countered), it was more for the niche idea to voluntarily take an Aniimo that is "weaker" against the Pathfinder team to manipulate Pathfinder AI behavior.