Apollo (Fire 6*)
Class: Galaxite
Hit: Pierce
Class: Balance
Ability: Mine Sweeper
Gauge: Null Gravity Barrier
Max HP: 19521 (+4200) - 23721
Max ATK: 20687 (+3025) - 23712 (28455)
Max SPD: 315.77 (+47.60) - 363.37
SS (25 turns): Show boss' weak spot on hit
Bump: Energy Circle M (9471)
Sub: Poison Spread Shot 8 (717, 15000 for 2 turns)
Ascension Materials
Pre->Asc: Solwing (3) / Behemoth (2)
Evo->Asc: Solwing (2) / Behemoth (1)
Thoughts
Apollo went through a major makeover from her evolve version. She lost her NDW but gained MS and NGB. Her SS became more supportive and bump became better as well. Her position in most teams is a supportive role. Mainly for her SS but her sub bump combo can clear scorpions as well. She makes it easier for your other monsters to deal more damage to the boss by clearing mobs and sweeping mines. She also have high stats for a full support monster, unlike Merlin and Cleopatra. She has crazy synergy with Ashura, who is also MS+NGB.
In terms of dungeons, she becomes a top pick for Gigamantis, Ghost, Deathscoil, Bastet, and many others. For Impossible dungeons, she is not a bad pick for Marishiten. Although she is not the best pick, her SS might prove helpful since the top tier picks require weak spots to do high damage (Osiris, Cinderella, Kushinada, Tsukuyomi, etc). Her bump combo can by past the laser barriers as well. For the same reasons can be made for Tsukuyomi and she has high speed and meet the ATK threshold. Finally, she is not bad for Daikokuten for her Minesweeper and her Energy Circle can deal damage to the demon that does the 80k explosion.
Apollo X (Wood 6*)
Class: Galaxite
Hit: Bounce
Ability: Null Gravity Barrier
Max HP: 16387 (+4200) - 20587
Max ATK: 23434 (+3425) - 26859
Max SPD: 254.57 (+38.25) - 292.82
SS (16 turns): Bash and laser
Bump: Lock-on One Way Laser EL (24255)
Sub: Rebounding Laser S3 (930)
Ascension Materials
Pre->Asc: PC-G3 (4) / Tiger I (3)
Evo->Asc: PC-G3 (3) / Tiger I (2)
Thoughts
Unlike the non-X Apollo, she just got improvements on her evolve-form kit. The biggest improvement is that her One Way Laser became a Lock-on. She is the first Wood monster to have that and it is the current highest power for that bump along with Athos. You can also use her SS to stick onto the boss and let your allies bump into her for a full power One Way Laser! The problem is that you don't really need to use the SS to "position" and it is nothing really strong. I would rather switch the SS between the two forms.
As for dungeon viability, there is nothing new that she can add to her repertoire but she becomes a better pick their her evolved form. One of the big ones is of course Yamato Takeru. Her bump combo of course makes it easier to deal damage and requires less positioning. This might be better for beginners who don't have much experience. However for veterans, it doesn't make a big difference. The main problem is that the evolve form was never bad, it was quite good but just that there are better monsters out there to replace her. Now with her ascend form, although it is an improvement, it is nothing ground breaking that makes you replace another monster with her (unless you are lazy and don't want to think while doing dungeons...).
Oda Nobunaga (Dark 6*)
Class: Samurai
Hit: Bounce
Type: Balance
Ability: Deity Slayer M
Gauge: Null Damage Wall
Max HP: 16455 (+4200) - 20655
Max ATK: 22252 (+3250) - 25502 (30603)
Max SPD: 263.77 (+39.95) - 303.72
SS (26 turns): Command SS (Ryoma/Napo style)
Bump: Horizon Laser L (14774)
Sub: Meteor Destruction (110595)
Ascension Materials
Pre->Asc: Rasetsu (2) / Satellite (2)
Evo->Asc: Rasetsu (1) / Satellite (1)
Thoughts
The original Command SS wielder got some major improvements. First of course is her Deity Slayer M which deals x2 ATK towards Deity monsters. Next, my favorite improvement, is her bump and sub combos. The Horizon Laser is a horizontal version to Vertical Laser but with a higher power due to the shorter horizontal length of the maps. Also her Meteor Destruction does over 110k damage to one random enemy which is great for some mob clearing. Her HP and SPD does take a hit but it is very minimal.
Mainly her dungeon viability gone up in the Impossible dungeon department. She does well in Izanagi since she deals with one of the gimmicks and her meteor sub bump can help with the Fellmane/Visceron clearing. Another Impossible monster is Marishiten. There aren't a lot of Command SS monsters that fit that dungeon besides Kushinada and Lucifer so she might be a good pick if you don't have those two. Outside of those and Serket, there aren't any other Deity bosses that have damage walls. However, she improves on all the dungeons that the evolve form is already viable.
Oda Nobunaga X (Water 6*)
Class: Samurai
Hit: Bounce
Type: Balance
Ability: Null Gravity Barrier
Max HP: 18359 (+4200) - 22559
Max ATK: 25412 (+3725) - 29137
Max SPD: 291.97 (+44.20) - 336.17
SS (24 turns): Command SS (Kush/Luci style)
Bump: Giga Blast (7499)
Sub: Energy Circle S (2970)
Ascension Materials
Pre->Asc: Princess Iron Fan (3) / Cavaletta (2)
Evo->Asc: Princess Iron Fan (2) / Cavaletta (1)
Thoughts
Not much really changed from the evolved form, besides her Command SS. Now you don't have to bump into allies to make them move. It is cool and all but sadly her bump combo isn't for damage so it loses a lot when you compare to Kushinada and Lucifer.
Just like Apollo X, the evolve version of Oda X was never bad. However unlike Apollo X, the ascend Oda X will be able to replace some NGB water monsters because the easiness to deal good damage with her SS. She becomes better at Izanami and Yomi in terms of Impossible dungeons but she is easily replaceable by Napoleon. But I would rather take Oda Nobunaga X than Napoleon in other dungeons besides those 2 (and other Deity bosses).
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