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. 動盪打擊 and 刺傷 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 毒煙. Examples would be 毒殺計畫, 強力螫刺 or 腐蝕.

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 極度冰凍 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. 土石流 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 濱岸無賴蛙. Besides the weather it also has 雨舞, 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

+艾諾瑪路斯 T2
+光蹄幼鹿 T2
+恐喙小龍隼 T2
+腐爛的小助手 T2
+濱岸無賴蛙 T2
+虛無生長者 T2

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+贊達拉啃趾龍 T3
+淤泥蛞蝓 T3
+狗頭小傢伙 T3

4.2 Families List

+腐爛的小助手
+狗頭小傢伙
+沐日振翼蝶
+虛無生長者
+虛無之痕蝗蟲
+艾諾瑪路斯
+尖嘯女妖
+被詛咒的妖術師
+哀嚎鞭笞者
+小雪人
+怒窺
+飛掠鰻魚
+小篩沙蟹
+警報犬
+淤泥蛞蝓

5. Removals

5.1 Meta Tier List

-魔蝠孤兒
-暮光幼龍
-夜影小魔花
-小魔鼠鼬
-紫色河豚
-青銅龍寶寶
-波達
-史奎奇
-鈷藍烏鴉
-斧喙鳥寶寶
-可憎的噴射者

5.2 Families List

-嚎怪
-小跳跳兔妖
-哨兵的夥伴
-活體液化物
-鬼靈刺蝟
-韋利/凝視魔眼怪
-小風
-永生孢子
-矛盾之靈
-科沃克
-小灼枯蜥蜴
-奇蹟小豬
-機械土撥鼠

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.