Guardian of the Imperial Nation, Athena

It's funny how at one point this version of Athena got so much hype, but now nobody would even care to look at her. It's honestly depressing.

The new Super Ult DMeta was just announced today. She looks very powerful but her sub options are still limited to God typing. DAthena may make her comeback as a sub on DMeta's team!

i havent seen any1 using her on a d meta team. if u dont have anything better fine, but otherwise she lacks TE, hp, and her damage is built into TPAs instead of stright combos, which can be an kind of an issue on a regular board when u need to consistantly hit 7c

Problem is that Awoken Parvati is devil type.

MOWA NOW.

I have her.

Huzzah!

Perhaps this evo is to push her capabilities beyond A3. Like for Alt Arena, where killers have tremendous value. And it's not like good double SDR subs don't exist; Loki's still a thing. Yes, 64x isn't that big of an upgrade from 49x, but just like the Sonias, damage is heavily reliant on awakenings.

no reason? how about single player lmao.
How does the necessity of a double SBR card limit inherit slots? And how does that relate to damage? Legato is a incredible FARMABLE double SBR card and can do 27x to god types himself.
And if you're playing coop alt arena, then SBRs are stacked between the two teams anyway so I don't get how that's the cause of the problem.
People have already cleared alt arena with 49x leads, so how are you gonna tell me "there's no way she can deal enough damage for certain spawns." If you're not carrying a spike, or multiple, you're doing something wrong.

there is no reason to run dark Athena over blue hunter for Alt Arena. Dark Athena has a much more restrictive subpool, and there's no way she can deal enough damage for certain spawns since inherit slots are limited by needing to sub a double SBR sub

Totally agreed. Reincarnated Amon has a higher damage multiplier than this card, while also having a constant 1.5x RCV boost. And Amon even has a void damage piercer, and has an SBR.

he's bindable and has less overall damage after factoring in TPA, but for 750,000 monster points, Athena is not worth the trouble unless you need an inheritable delay

Here's why I feel many players dislike the new evo:

She has low damage and has no shield to compensate for it. Meanwhile her recovery aspect is tied to damage, which makes prolonged stalling difficult.

Many of Dath's ideal subs (Haku, Ryune, etc.) have a singe sbr. While options such as Loki exist, some of his awakenings go to waste and his 2.5x burst is not high enough for endgame content. In addition, the long cooldown makes it difficult to assist something over. Finally, Gilles is not accessible to the avaerage player, and if you can beat him, you likely have better options than Athena.

Dath is a poor choice for coop as you would be working under minimal time extends, and 3p means you still need 100% sbr coverage.

While teams with lower multipliers such as the Sonias have cleared Alt. Arena, they come equipped with high HP and RCV multipliers, extra movement time to stall put awoken binds, and a near-constant shielding component. These advantages allow those teams to survive and recover from hits that Dath teams cannot tolerate.

She is still one of the most balanced leaders in the game. Respectable damage with easy activation, HP, and RCV multipliers. The extra TPA really helps her do a LOT more damage per combo. Her active is still incredibly useful. This might only be an incremental upgrade to a great card, but it makes something great even better. You know the meta is stupid broken when people complain that this is garbage.

You do realize the God Killer is optional to get, right?