8.3 PvP Updates

With the release of patch 8.3 there have been more additions to the PvP pet roster than just new pets. A new weather effect came with the patch and two old ones have been changed. Because of that development we made a revision to the tier lists (meta and families).

1. Toxic Fumes

is the newest weather. It has two effects; it extends the duration of any damage over time effect by 1 round (the opposite of cleansing rain) and all pets are considered poisoned. This makes it a versatile ability because there are multiple ways to gain value from it. 전염의 일격 and 상처 꿰뚫기 are the only two abilities that are stronger against a poisoned target, but since all pets with these can apply poisons themselve this combo isn't that powerful. The more impactful synergies come from DoTs that used to be balanced by lasting for a short duration and can be extremely potent having one extra round of effect under 맹독 가스. Examples would be 독성 작동규약, 엄청난 독침 or 부식.

2. Blizzard

is one of the two old weather effects that got changed. On top of the chilled bonus it now also increases all elemental damage by 25%. This is a huge buff and will likely make blizzard a far more popular weather to use in the future. It also doesn't require a complicated setup to be useful, just make sure to have some other elemental abilities in your team and you already gain value. Especially moves that combo with chilled like 동결 are stronger now if you can pull it off. Should you see an increase of blizzards in your meta remember to stay away from mechanicals and play more critters.

3. Mudslide

is the other weather that got changed. However in my opinion this one is not a buff and I find this new modification questionable. 산사태 now increases the damage of all critical hits by 25%. The problem here is that there aren't enough combos you could play together with this weather. In every match these 25% could backfire since your enemy also benefits from that. At the moment the only pet that makes sense to be played with it is the 해안 개구리. Besides the weather it also has 폭우의 춤, which makes it far more likely to get value from the extra critical damage. Therefor the bounder now is one of the best pets to play in teams that are based on hit/critical strike chance increases like Clone Dance.


You can see all the changes to the tierlists over there in the changelogs (at the bottom of the "Quick Info" box). Nevertheless I'm going to list the additions and removals here, but leave out the adjustments to dependancies for some pets.

4. Additions

4.1 Meta Tier List

+아노말루스 T2
+새끼 빛발굽 T2
+새끼 광포부리 팔코사우루스 T2
+부패한 꼬마 도우미 T2
+해안 개구리 T2
+공허불이 T2

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+잔달라 발가락야금이 T3
+수렁 민달팽이 T3
+꼬마 스노볼트 T3

4.2 Families List

+부패한 꼬마 도우미
+꼬마 스노볼트
+녹아드는 햇살의 나풀나비
+공허불이
+공허의 자취가 남은 무리바퀴
+아노말루스
+비명쟁이
+저주받은 사술사
+울부짖는 덩굴손
+꼬마 눈사람
+분노삐약
+새끼 뱀장어
+새끼 모래게
+자동경보멍멍
+수렁 민달팽이

5. Removals

5.1 Meta Tier List

-어미 잃은 지옥박쥐
-황혼 새끼용
-밤그늘 묘목
-작은 마르술
-보라색 복어
-작은 청동 새끼용
-포다
-스쿼키
-코발트 까마귀
-칼부리 새끼
-섬뜩한 누더기골렘

5.2 Families List

-심술보
-새끼 깡충이
-파수꾼의 친구
-살아있는 점액
-새끼 유령 호저
-왕눈이/화난눈알이
-외풍돌이
-영생의 포자
-역설의 정령
-코보크
-끓어오르는 새끼 바실리스크
-요술 돼지
-기계화 땅다람쥐

Should you be interested in getting some first impression on how the new pets and weather effects could look like in PvP you can watch this video of Rosqo and me showcasing them in some fun duels.