JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 56

Posted on March 12, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Astaroth 3➞2, Ronove 2➞3, Julie ❀➞3, Krishna 3➞❀
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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Disclaimer: The aggregate list is an average of the tier lists from multipler JP gaming sites. It is compiled automatically by a script. I endeavor to have as little influence on the results as possible. Feel free to refer to the FAQ. Don’t take these ratings as fact; I encourage you to simply take them as a starting point for discussion to figure out which leads are actually the best for your specific situation.

JP Aggregate Leader List Changes of Note

Card	Notes
	Change: 3➞2 A revo at tier 2? What a time to be alive.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 55

Posted on March 5, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Aizen 2➞1, Dark Athena 2➞1, Uruka added to 2, Astaroth added to 3, Anubis ❀➞3, Christmas Gremory 3➞❀, Typhon Ana 3➞❀, Julie added to ❀, Ilmina added to ❀, Haku added to ❀, Minerva removed from ❀, Raijin removed from ❀, Noctis removed from ❀
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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Much of this week’s movement is due to Game8’s restructuring where they eliminated both the SSS and B tiers from their list. Somewhat surprisingly, only a few cards were actually dropped from the aggregate as a result.

JP Aggregate Leader List Changes of Note

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	Change: 2➞1 I’ve actually been playing my JP alt much more than my NA accounts and DAthena is the reason why. The team just feels so busted that it feels silly playing NA. Even if Aizen and Ra Dragon are similarly busted, I feel that DAthena addresses all problem Arena 3 floors elegantly and quickly. After being able to play all three leads firsthand, I can say that I wholeheartedly agree with the change to make them all tier-1 choices.
	Change: Added to 3 I was a little skeptical about Astaroth last week, but I did see some potential. After watching some more videos, I think she’s being a little underestimated in the aggregate. I think Game8 has it right by having her in their second best tier. There’s still a huge gap between her and the big three, and sometimes I have trouble seeing beyond that, but I do like her abilities quite a bit.
	Change: ❀➞3 Similar to Astaroth, I think Anubis is being slightly underestimated.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 54

Posted on February 25, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Summer Myr 2➞3, Kaede 2➞3, Izanagi ❀➞3, New Year’s Yomi 3➞❀, Yomi Dragon 3➞❀, Dantalion added to ❀, Neptune Dragon removed from ❀, Artemis removed from ❀, Balboa removed from ❀, Fujin removed from ❀, Ceres removed from ❀, New Year’s Kanna removed from ❀, Ushio & Tora removed from ❀, Sherias Roots removed from ❀, Halloween Sonia Gran removed from ❀, Armored Batman removed from ❀
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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	Ranked Sites: Game8 (SS), AppMedia (SS), Altema (SS) I was skeptical of Uruka at first, but after watching a few videos, it’s hard to deny her power. Perhaps her biggest draw is her ability to raise the consistency of color-match leads with her 7×6 board which is particularly good for middle-tier ones like Kaworu Kali and Rei Myr. The added bonus being you don’t have to roll Uruka herself to benefit. I’ve never been a fan of 7×6 boards, but I’m eager to try her out on NA to see if she can change my opinion.
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (A), Altema (A) Julie(?) is a leader that benefited greatly from her evo, getting an offensive bump up from 36x to 56.25x. This makes her a 2.25/56.25/1 leader with a 43.75% shield which is a good combination of offensive and tankiness not all that far off from something like Myr. Of course, the usual complaints of bind vulnerability and killer damage control cap her potential. Still, she’s arguably the best actual water lead in the game, rivaling Summer Myr, and one of the best to take advantage of water’s growing TPA sub base.
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (A), AppMedia (S-) Unlike Uruka, I’m not as optimistic about Ilmina. There’s a big difference between 4.5x and 6x and Uruka’s more demanding activation isn’t as much of a drawback on a 7×6 board. Despite that, Ilmina is still pretty great and, as with her base form, should see some amusing pairings with cross leaders, the updated uevo Kenshin likely being the most relevant of those available to NA. Pairing a ridiculous multiplier with a 43.75% shield seems pretty good.
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (A) After playing revo Haku firsthand, I can say she’s very strong, although I think Game8 probably has her a little overrated relative to the rest of their list. She’s basically a much worse DAthena, but that is still a pretty good place to be. While Haku can compete with DAthena’s tankiness and ease of activation, the lower damage and lack of bind immunity are obvious shortcomings. The 7-combo awakening and strong TPA subs bring enough damage for most situations, but it isn’t something you’d want to face a Radar with. Being able to fully utilize uevo Satsuki is quite nice, but despite the quad TPAs she does damage similar to the leads or a DAthena sub and the devil killer is a liability. Having to dedicate a sub slot to bind utility doesn’t hurt as much since activation is so consistent, but is still a drawback when much of the current meta is based around saving actives over long dungeons to deal with those 2-3 problem floors. Despite this, I’m happy to see finally see revos creep into the fringes of the tier lists; hopefully future ones will have a similar power level.
	Ranked Sites: AppMedia (S), Altema (A) I’ve been spoiled by today’s top leads. After watching a few Astaroth videos, all I could think of was the amount of effort you had to put into her activation. Six wood orbs usually results in about one million damage per sub so you almost always have to use an active to burst. It’s funny how that is thought of as high effort nowadays, but Aizen and DAthena are just that ridiculous. Comparisons aside, Astaroth looks to have quite a few things going for her this time around. Being bind immune is always huge, but my biggest complaint previously was a shallow sub pool with very few time extends. Well, not only does Astaroth have one herself, but Romia can serve the role of TE stick while also supplying an board change that is compatible with Astaroth’s orb change.
	Ranked Sites: Altema (A) I was a bit surprised to see Elgenubi appear on even the fringes of any list. A 2.25/36/2.25 line is not bad. Until you factor in the machine restriction and match-five activation.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 51

Posted on January 29, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Kinnikuman 2➞3, Acala 3➞❀, Ilm 3➞❀, Typhon Ana 3➞❀, Yomi Dragon 3➞❀, Ushio & Tora added to ❀, Akuma Shogun removed from ❀
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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Game8 did some stuff after three weeks of silence. The other lists essentially stood pat. I believe the JP stream starts in like nine hours from this post (converting to Moon time is hard) so hopefully there’s some interesting news.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 50

Posted on January 21, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: None
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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A quiet week, the only change being GameWith’s addition of Ushio & Tora to their lowest tier. Hopefully the JP stream will shake things up a bit (assumed, I haven’t heard an announcement nor looked into it). On a tangent, I’m really not liking this new convention of saving uevos for the stream. I much preferred it when they spread then throughout the month.

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	Ranked Sites: GameWith (B) Once considered the inferior Rukia, Ushio & Tora now has the more desirable traits, the bind immunity in particular, as well as an improved sub pool including June Satsuki, light Cecil and Ilm’s sub form. They’re also expecting YamaP buffs; it’ll be interesting to see if they get enough of a push to appear on the other lists.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 49

Posted on January 14, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Myr 1➞2, New Year’s Yomi added to 3, Meridionalis 3➞❀, Noctis 3➞❀, Fujin added to ❀, New Year’s Kanna added to ❀, Raijin added to ❀, ReiMyr added to ❀, KaworuKali added to ❀
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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Altema appears to have fallen in line with Game8 and GameWith, making their own Ra Dragon Tier. AppMedia also took steps toward this, demoting Summer Myr from their top tier. The last time the Ra Dragon Tier existed? Early November 2015. He was then included in the top aggregate tier until early July 2016 and was at least an honorable mention until early November 2016. It’s hard to believe that he’ll have another yearlong reign, but, at least considering what the game is like right now, it doesn’t seem all that far-fetched.

I find it strange that Game8 hasn’t updated in a while, at the very least to tweak Gremory’s position post-buff, but perhaps they don’t think that warranted any changes. We won’t know for sure until their next update, though.

The honorable mention tier is now pretty huge. This is in part due to Altema’s addition, but I also think it reflects the wide variety of strong leads currently in the game (or it could just mean everything got pushed down due to the Ra Dragon Tier).

JP Aggregate Leader List Changes of Note

Card	Notes
	Change: 1➞2 Myr would’ve fallen last week anyways had I not added Altema.
	Change: Added to 3 I’m a fan of NY Yomi and I hope to roll one in my quest for multiple NY Spicas. I think this ranking is more than fair.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 48

Posted on January 8, 2017 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Meridionalis ❀➞3, Ilm ❀➞3, Minerva 3➞❀, Shiva Dragon added to ❀, Neptune Dragon added to ❀, Artemis added to ❀, Balboa added to ❀, Ceres added to ❀, Sherias Roots added to ❀, Ichigo added to ❀, Akuma Shogun added to ❀
**Legend**: ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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Two big changes: Game8’s revamp and the addition of Altema. I’m enjoying the addition of Altema, not only because it lessens the need to tweak the algorithm in response to sweeping changes, but they also include a few cards some of the other sites don’t. The addition didn’t make too much of an impact, though, so I take that as a sign that the aggregate is working as intended and that the sites are mostly in agreement. Sure, there are nuanced differences, but in the big picture being in a tier above or below means little.

As there appears to still be confusion behind the method of this post, I threw together a quick FAQ as well.

Anyways, I’m still working on some backend tools so the comments will be kept to a minimum.

JP Aggregate Leader List Changes of Note

Card	Notes
	Change: Added to ❀ Perhaps the most amusing thing is that his sub split is generally considered the better leader. 6x vs 7x is no small difference, but the sub version’s bind immunity and utility makes him a bit more appealing, especially in Arena where there are a couple wood binds (Kraken and Apollo).

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	Ranked Sites: Game8 (S), AppMedia (S), Altema (S) For a card so highly rated, it was a bit difficult finding relevant videos. Here’s a fairly impressive Arena 3 clear, proving that NY Yomi has the sustain and firepower to get through Hephaestus Dragon solo. Six combos for a 43.75% shield is a great return considering the ease and consistency of activation. The seven-combo awakening does some massive damage. Here’s hoping revo Yomi is treated even half as well.
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (A), AppMedia (S), Altema (S)
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (B), Altema (A)
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (B), GameWith (B), AppMedia (S-), Altema (S)
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (B), Altema (A)
	Ranked Sites: AppMedia (S+)
	Ranked Sites: AppMedia (S-), Altema (A)

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 38

Posted on October 30, 2016 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Halloween Sonia Gran added to ❀, Halloween Xiang Mei added to ❀
**Legend**: Popular on Pad-Plus, ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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Disclaimer: The aggregate list is basically a compilation of the leader tier lists from three JP PAD sites: Game8, GameWith and AppMedia. The idea is that while a single tier list can have many points of contention, hopefully an aggregate can kind of smooth things over (it doesn’t, really, but it helps a bit). I try to keep my hands off the results as much as possible; the extent of my involvement is setting the algorithm to aggregate the results. I wish I could be fully hands off, but as none of the lists have 1:1 correlation in their grades, I have to have that much involvement. Don’t take these ratings as fact; I encourage you to simply take them as a starting point for discussion to figure out which leads are actually the best for your specific situation.

No significant changes. Hopefully the JP stream later today shakes things up.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 37

Posted on October 23, 2016 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Acala added to 3, Minerva added to ❀, Dantalion removed from ❀, You Yu removed from ❀, Artemis removed from ❀, Balboa removed from ❀, Oda Nobunaga removed from ❀
**Legend**: Popular on Pad-Plus, ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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JP Aggregate Leader List Changes of Note

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	Change: Added to 3 The addition of fire crosses makes her a 2.25/1640.25/2.25 lead which, quite frankly, is amazing for a card without an ultimate. Sure, 182.25 is probably going to be your more common multiplier, but the potential to go that high is indeed valuable (piercing high defense monsters like PreDRAs, less reliance on damage enhances, etc). I wonder why they’re giving her so much love when so many older cards are rotting? Not that I’m complaining.
	Change: Added to ❀ I’ve downplayed Minerva and the revo Greco-Romans in the past and I still stand by my assertion that they aren’t great due to being too situational. However, I did qualify that, stating if they became extremely useful in a particular endgame dungeon I could see their inclusion. Well, that seems to be the case. Minerva stands out from the other revos due to her compatibility with Arena 1 and 3 (and presumably 2) and having a better active. Personally, I’m still looking forward to getting Minerva for the easy Arena 1 clears.

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	Ranked Sites: Game8 (A), AppMedia (S+) I bashed Sonia Gran pretty hard in my Halloween REM review, but value aside, she’s still a Roots rehash and thus technically has the potential to make the tier lists. I strongly disagree with AppMedia’s placement (what’s new?), but I can live with Game8’s where she was replacing June Eschamali, a pretty questionable inclusion to begin with.
	Ranked Sites: Game8 (A), GameWith (B), AppMedia (S-) The lists have Halloween Xiang Mei on the same level as her fire version, GameWith being the exception placing her higher. In terms of tier lists, I think they should be on the same tier, but have no huge issue either way.

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JP Aggregate Leader List: Week 36

Posted on October 18, 2016 by setsu

JP Aggregate Leader List

**Changes from last time**: Ilm added to 3, Xiang Mei 3➞❀, Shiva added to ❀, Lakshmi added to ❀, Parvati added to ❀
**Legend**: Popular on Pad-Plus, ❀: Honorable Mention Tier
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This post was delayed because I ran into some technical difficulties with the cloud IDE I’m using, but I think I figured out a workaround. There was also a problem saving the ranking data from last week so the listed changes might be mistaken; I did my best to hand correct them. I was hoping the delay would mean picking up possible Halloween updates, but it looks like only GameWith has updated.

JP Aggregate Leader List Changes of Note

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	Change: Added to 3 MAthena is my team of choice for Arena farming, but I can see Ilm-Minerva becoming a favorite for DC solo runs, especially since the team is reasonably accessible (even if you don’t have an Ilm).
	Change: Added to ❀ It seems a bit ridiculous, but these days the bar is set so high for leaders that even quality ones like the revo Indians can barely make the cut.

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	Ranked Sites: GameWith (B) From the research I’ve done for my Halloween REM review, Halloween Xiang Mei is better than the original, but not by such a margin to make her a great card again.

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