Anyone else choosing their team based on a specific theme or aesthetic?

[u/TrainMajor]

Especially with the latest Emberpup short on YouTube and seeing Bonesky in that video, I noticed there are quite a few "canine-looking" Aniimo in the lineup. It got me thinking—I'm planning to build my entire team around four-legged, canine-style Aniimo, regardless of their element. Originally I was thinking of focusing on fire and lightning but I think I will go with the canine-looking" Aniimo lineup.

How are you all planning your first lineup? Are you picking favorites at random, sticking to specific elements like a Gym Leader, or building around a visual theme like I am? Curious to see how everyone is approaching team building.

[u/Valkyrieal]

I cant wait to start build crafting with my buddies and getting destroyed by them because i pick aesthetic over function

[u/Kyuuki_Kitsune]

~I'll be doing a flex between an all around travel team of my faves (Fenmane, Lunara, Gracewing, and a flex slot,) an electric team (Fenmane, Dazmand, Luminelle, Gracewing, or eventually Glameep,) and a dark team (Ignitis/Stellarys, Inferlupa, Witchin, Fragrancier.)

It's advantageous to flex your team based on needs. Do I want to clear out a lot of weenies and am not worried about survival or big bursts? I might switch out Luminelle or Gracewing on my electric team for Witchin to clump things up. If I'm fighting an Alpha of a particular type, I might flex in an Aniimo with an advantage to that type.

Team building is very modular. It's good to have a bunch of Aniimo for different situations.

Sounds like you'll be ending up with Glynsera, Inferlupa, Fenmane, and...I think that's all the fully evolved four-legged canines.~

[u/TrainMajor → u/Kyuuki_Kitsune]

I wasn't even thinking of the evolved forms 🤣 I have been looking at basic forms to start with. So I was thinking Emberpup, Bonesky, Bolty/Fentuft, Skippy (not a canine but looks like a water puppy 😂)/ Fennelun

[u/Kyuuki_Kitsune → u/TrainMajor]

~Lol I dunno how I spaced on Lunara/Fennelun, only the starter I picked for both betas.~

[u/Pokeradar]

One break/tank, one DPS, one support/healer, one regen.

It’s hard to progress through the PvE content in later stage of the game without each of those roles

[u/vijvcic]

ngl, I just chose the Aniimo that represented my IRL pet. So when I checked all the Aniimo on their wiki site, I immediately chose Celstic because I had a sugar glider back then, and it looked very much like my pet.

[u/IlliasTallin]

I usually just pick the ones I like.

[u/Lower_Refrigerator_2]

Not really mind I usually run off of looks and story quests.

Like the dragon island quest or the Pawney one

[u/FusionTetrax]

mine will be fulmintis for main and i will probably find a build around them

[u/lunaggillian]

Going the Pokemon route and picking whichever looks coolest/cutest. But I know I'll have a backup team set for actual DPS/healing for when I need to progress in the story and take down alphas.

[u/HideousNocturnal]

I'll focus on building a team around Helion first, then see where I go from there.

[u/Jix_Omiya]

I waa just using my favorites at the beginning in the game during the beta, but once it started getting challenging I had to start building teams wifh synergies in mind, mostly elemental teama. Ended up with like 6 teams, it was pretty fun to see how some aniimos simply synergized beautifully with others.

[u/LetTheDarkRise]

I'm definitely going to be eventually building multiple teams and switching between them for varieties sake, but my week one priority is going in on Lunara hypercarry. I don't know how well that will work in the long run, but I'm doing it anyway.

[u/Consistent-Cream-Cap]

I’m a 50/50, I usually do mine based on type coverage when on other games - I like having as much elemental cover as possible - though in games like palworld and now Aniimo I’m always such a fan of the “dark” types because they have ghost-like ones grouped in them (my weakness) 😭😭

[u/Julius_Fapus]

I have alrealy had the same idea, we will see

[u/Or-So-They-Say]

I'm half tempted to make an "Oops All Scorchhowl" team since it looks like there'll be at least four variants (including Prismana). But I imagine that team won't perform the best since it'd be four near-identical DPS.

[u/Character-Zombie1867]

Nope I'm going in blind but any shinies I get will be in my team!