Post by Clifton on Oct 8, 2019 4:32:12 GMT -8
Laopo is a game winning character on attack. Her AR completely shuts down other teams. And if you can find a way to make her AR every 3 turns, a raid is pretty much a done deal.
The big issue is her AR cost of 86. Even with a huge AR on attack lead and huge AR on attack weapon, she still won't AR without an extra push. I've found Fast Yumiko to be that perfect push. Her +30% ap gain to 2 team mates on turn 3 is perfect timing to set off both Laopo and Raven. Yumiko also allows Laopo to rush again before her first rush wears off, meaning that (impair resist mods aside), the opponents toons are completely shut down for the whole raid as long as Laopo can go off by turn 3.
To give Laopo the best chance to AR on turn 3, I highly recommend a high percentage stun and impair resist. Laopo is a support toon through and through, so a def or hp set overall is the best course of action. I've gone red def top right, def boost top left and graze bottom left - although Ap down is always a good call too.
Her weapon needs to have at least a large Ap gain on attack. Probably best to have a def or hp increase too. I've used def down on attack for my 3rd slot but that's because I don't have a stun on attack weapon.
I've used Yumiko for the Ap gain but there are other toons that can be used, such as Michelle or maybe 8% weapons (although these won't be a guarantee that it'll effect Laopo). Yumiko does have the advantage of having Confounding and so is very good at dealing with Shields and those pesky toons with an impair resist mod that refuse to be impaired by Laopo.
I've also found it very important to use a shield to keep attention away from Laopo and her Yumiko babysitter. The one I picked was Andrea so I could use an absolute defence weapon. I realise she is unavailable to F2P (which I have considered myself one of for a good couple of months), another Shield could be used instead. Since Andrea isn't attacking and therefore doesn't really gain from Camila's lead, any other shield would do just as well. An Ajax with a stun gun would be a good idea as its unlikely for toons to have both a stun resist mod to stop being stunned by Ajax and also an impair resist mod to stop being impaired by Laopo. So they will risk at least one of these.
The team I use is the following:
Camila, Raven, Laopo, Yumiko and Andrea.
Raven obviously does her thing and is also important in keeping Andrea alive and kicking.
Many don't have Raven or Andrea. Quite a few also don't have Yumiko either. But a large amount do have a toon who grants additional Ap, everyone currently has access to Camila, and the vast majority do have a shield and so therefore almost anybody can build a team where Laopo shines.
My above 6 star only team has beaten teams with multiple S-class, including teams with 5 S class in them, a fair few times in war. This team is particularly strong against teams that rely on revivers.
What this team sucks against is a Doc with a command or shield who are backed up by heavy hitters. Primarily because it only contains 1 control toon. I could take out Camila and run Andrea as Lead to fit in Charlie or another control toon like Cole, but Camila is a huge damage dealer.
If there are toons with controlling weapons or Ap down mods in the opponents team, do not ever be tempted to attack with your shield, because it is essential that Laopo and Yumiko/Michelle/Ap+ toon are kept running so that Laopo can AR every 3 turns. Also at 6 star, I would suggest against using Laopos exhaust, even against Doc, it just has never worked out very well for me in comparison - you want that AR going off asap!
Also worth noting that a command won't work here because it will require Laopo to miss a turn that she needs to build up her AR for the next hit.
6star Laopo is not a toon that will help win raids quicker than before, in fact, it often takes a little longer, but she will massively increase your win ratio against teams with 3-5 S-class without even using 1 yourself and will also against teams with Mias all over the board.
So if you are struggling against the new S class meta, I strongly advise that you save up for Laopo - 2000 chocolate cakes and you will have one of the best, if not THE best 6 star to deal with S class.
The big issue is her AR cost of 86. Even with a huge AR on attack lead and huge AR on attack weapon, she still won't AR without an extra push. I've found Fast Yumiko to be that perfect push. Her +30% ap gain to 2 team mates on turn 3 is perfect timing to set off both Laopo and Raven. Yumiko also allows Laopo to rush again before her first rush wears off, meaning that (impair resist mods aside), the opponents toons are completely shut down for the whole raid as long as Laopo can go off by turn 3.
To give Laopo the best chance to AR on turn 3, I highly recommend a high percentage stun and impair resist. Laopo is a support toon through and through, so a def or hp set overall is the best course of action. I've gone red def top right, def boost top left and graze bottom left - although Ap down is always a good call too.
Her weapon needs to have at least a large Ap gain on attack. Probably best to have a def or hp increase too. I've used def down on attack for my 3rd slot but that's because I don't have a stun on attack weapon.
I've used Yumiko for the Ap gain but there are other toons that can be used, such as Michelle or maybe 8% weapons (although these won't be a guarantee that it'll effect Laopo). Yumiko does have the advantage of having Confounding and so is very good at dealing with Shields and those pesky toons with an impair resist mod that refuse to be impaired by Laopo.
I've also found it very important to use a shield to keep attention away from Laopo and her Yumiko babysitter. The one I picked was Andrea so I could use an absolute defence weapon. I realise she is unavailable to F2P (which I have considered myself one of for a good couple of months), another Shield could be used instead. Since Andrea isn't attacking and therefore doesn't really gain from Camila's lead, any other shield would do just as well. An Ajax with a stun gun would be a good idea as its unlikely for toons to have both a stun resist mod to stop being stunned by Ajax and also an impair resist mod to stop being impaired by Laopo. So they will risk at least one of these.
The team I use is the following:
Camila, Raven, Laopo, Yumiko and Andrea.
Raven obviously does her thing and is also important in keeping Andrea alive and kicking.
Many don't have Raven or Andrea. Quite a few also don't have Yumiko either. But a large amount do have a toon who grants additional Ap, everyone currently has access to Camila, and the vast majority do have a shield and so therefore almost anybody can build a team where Laopo shines.
My above 6 star only team has beaten teams with multiple S-class, including teams with 5 S class in them, a fair few times in war. This team is particularly strong against teams that rely on revivers.
What this team sucks against is a Doc with a command or shield who are backed up by heavy hitters. Primarily because it only contains 1 control toon. I could take out Camila and run Andrea as Lead to fit in Charlie or another control toon like Cole, but Camila is a huge damage dealer.
If there are toons with controlling weapons or Ap down mods in the opponents team, do not ever be tempted to attack with your shield, because it is essential that Laopo and Yumiko/Michelle/Ap+ toon are kept running so that Laopo can AR every 3 turns. Also at 6 star, I would suggest against using Laopos exhaust, even against Doc, it just has never worked out very well for me in comparison - you want that AR going off asap!
Also worth noting that a command won't work here because it will require Laopo to miss a turn that she needs to build up her AR for the next hit.
6star Laopo is not a toon that will help win raids quicker than before, in fact, it often takes a little longer, but she will massively increase your win ratio against teams with 3-5 S-class without even using 1 yourself and will also against teams with Mias all over the board.
So if you are struggling against the new S class meta, I strongly advise that you save up for Laopo - 2000 chocolate cakes and you will have one of the best, if not THE best 6 star to deal with S class.