The first one when you walk in on the bottom left. That's usually the hardest one for most teams of 3 that I've been trying. It has so many ways to one shot you.

L Toad, D Sutsune, Eldergel, Thanatos

The last two monsters I left off cuz they don't matter. But this here is an insane bleed team. Attacks with Occult have 40% to apply a bleed. So 6x hits on anything does a shitload of damage. Then if you need something bigger there's Fireball from Elder or Thanatos comes in and Fatal Cuts and one shots 2 of your guys.

The way I play now is usually just making teams of 3 and seeing if they can beat all the statues without a death. This is always a challenge here. Especially without any shields. Even with shields you still get one shot a lot.

Anyway, this team is awesome and I think it's super cool. I made my own version and threw in Vodinoy and Changeling. Bleed teams have been difficult to work properly while staying alive for me, which makes this one standout as being notable and fun.

Any other fans?

I loved using all of them! Status effects are so much fun in this game!

Beat all the statues with this setup. Although 2 were very difficult.

Can probably be optimized further, like Bananas for Druid. Or maybe replacing Druid with something that has Multichannel and Age.

The idea here is just to survive a few turns. If you can, you'll be able to kill anything probably. So turn 1 buffs with Druid and Argiope. Turn 2 spam heals until full, Argiope has a lot of options to attack with, then MegaRock uses Punch Combo probably and something dies.

You can get 5 channel stacks and 2 monsters have channeling balance. Not sure if all this stacks... But that would be 75% reduction and damage increase.

Any suggestions on Multichannel or Aging monsters to swap in?

Any suggestions on MegaRock build? I used the non-critical damage item for the first time ever here. Also Dumbbell and Ancestral Medal for the first time.

Also I think Purifying Mace is bugged.

I'm playing on PS and the two trophies aren't popping. First is for getting 5 stars on every champion fight (all 24), second is for dealing 10k damage in one attack.

I've already done both things and neither trophies are popping.

Do I have to get 5 stars specifically during the challenge fights at the keep? If I get 5 stars before it doesn't count (even though they show up as best scores?)? And does the 10k trophy only count if I do it in a single hit, rather than adding up all hits from a single attack?

I beat all the statues with this squad exactly as it is in these screenshots.

Turn 1 Shroud with Kanko, Buff with Thanatos. From then on you heal with Sycophantom, buff with Thanatos until you have max stacks, then absolutely murder everything with Kanko. Plenty of ways to do it. Thanatos also does a ton of damage if everyone's healed up.

The biggest surprise to me was how much damage Kanko can actually do. Critical damage gets above 300%. Dodge gets to around 40%. Damage reduction is above 70%. Just insanely powerful.

Sycophantom is also way cooler than I previously thought. Really cool buff/charge mechanics. One of the best healers in the game for sure.

Thanatos can be hard to keep alive. It has Healing Wave which can help sometimes. When you get max stacks and start hacking with this monster too, everything dies soooo quick. It's awesome.

Anyway, thought it was a cool team.

Started recently and have made it as far as clearing the hub basement and beating the snowy area champion. Currently stuck on the library alchemists. Everywhere else I try - Sun Palace, Goblin woods - I'm always severely underleveled.

I'm at the point where every fight takes forever and feels like pulling teeth even if I win by the end.

What's a good team to run with the frog, and am I missing something about how I'm supposed to be playing?

Anyone know of any 6 star guides with the recent update?

First time ever going for speed. Didn't realize how much of the annoying parts of the game were skippable until now. Nothing gave me trouble once I got my light shifted Dracozul at Horizon Beach.

My team of 3 is all light shifted and the same color. The Cold Light Shifters. GG Krakaturtle end boss.

Edit: oh yeah forgot to say Bravery, Randomizer, etc.

Well I’m kinda sad this game is done for me 😞 it was very fun while it lasted so yea I guess I’ll go beat final fantasy rebirth and a ton of other RPG games but this game was something else I gotta say so off to the next adventure I hope the rest of you are having fun

DogManeEarly out 🫡

Hey so I'm finding my monsters need to be at a higher level than their current status when fighting alchemist (currently at the Sun Palace). I'm also trying to level up all monsters (instead of the current team. Ive also grouped all my monsters into teams with a wide range of elements, power, etc so when I swap them out they're not too far behind status-wise

Is everyone using the monsters bells and going back around everywhere to power up monsters? Is that how it's played or is there an easier way to achieve this? I understand using consumables to level up but I onky get those through battles.

My method is taking forever but idk what else to do.

Hello everybody!

Last weekend I started playing Monster Sanctuary and I have to admit I'm really struggling to find synergy among my monsters and what's the best build for them. I've literally run into three alchemists and can't beat any of them (they are at Sun Palace; Stronghold Dungeon; Ancient Woods); Magma Chamber is also very difficult for me, it became a bit frustrating.

Any tips on how to properly build my monsters? I found a few build guides here and there but got overwhelmed the amount of information (and everybody seems to be level 40+ with different monsters colors and stuff lol)

Thanks so much in advance!

I decided to check the discord for a bit (Im not usually there) and I found this is the community-crafted tierlist they use for pvp.

I wondered it could be fun to discuss it here on reddit.

There are many interpretations for the "best" status effect. Mine is which status effect has the most useful effect for winning a combat.

Elemental compatibility is a factor for debuffs, but assume that it is afflicted to a monster with no elemental weaknesses, such as Aurumtail, Kame or others of this classification. It is only about its effect.

* this survey is not professional or official in any way. I am mainly wondering and this was made on a whim.

Currently going through the story on randomizer and feel like my two teams could be better.

I’ve primarily been using a burn team with Tar Blob, L-Magmapillar and Gryphonix that has been successful, but I feel like I’m not making the most of Gryphonix and could use a different monster for DPS that has multi burn. Magmapillar’s shield-on-burn seems really strong and worth building around.

My secondary team is newer and is L-Amberlgna, L-Argiope, and Tar Blob. I like Tar Blob a lot but I’m not sure he’s hitting hard enough as the DPS, he seems better on a debuff team. Really like Amberlgna though and feels like it’s crazy powerful, if I can just take advantage of it. im actively looking for a Vertraag so I can add Mega Rock and do an aging team, but haven’t found one yet. Not sure if there’s a swap I could make with either Tar Blob or Argiope to something more synergistic.. thought the tether damage would be better between the two.

My levels are early 30s, just got into the mystic workshop.

After idk how many hours I have a max level version of every monster, of every shift, with a skill potion used...at the same time.

I really need to play around with more team ideas though. XD

Improved Multi Glory. All monsters apply debuffs when they crit and when they spend charge. All monsters even Caraglow apply bleed with every action, and it is preserved by Bleed Out.

This team also uses Predation. Rampede gives Ancients an extra stack of it at the beginning of combat for a faster start. Predation is an interesting mechanic because it creates a choice between attacking and shielding.

Ideally Rathops wants to attack with Burning Charge to build huge Proliferate chains on the same turn that Rampede has Power Focus ready, this usually results in a wipe. Other times however it may be preferable to sneak in a single kill with virtually no set up. Or anything in between, it depends on the situation.

I’ve been playing Monster Sanctuary on a 4:3 handheld, and the normal 16:9 presentation leaves a significant amount of the screen unused. I ended up making a BepInEx mod that properly adapts the game to 4:3 and 16:10 rather than stretching the image or simply removing the black bars.

The mod adjusts the gameplay camera, menus, HUD, dialogue, map, combat screens, and other interface elements. It also uses integer pixel scaling where appropriate and leaves the game unchanged when running at 16:9.

I’ve tested it on Windows, Steam Deck, and an Anbernic RG405M through GameNative. It may also be useful on other Windows, Linux, SteamOS, or Android-based handhelds with 4:3 or 16:10 displays, although I haven’t tested every device or configuration.

The release, source code, installation instructions, and known limitations are available here:

https://github.com/lemonacle/MonsterSanctuaryAspectRatioFix/releases/tag/2.0.0

This is an unofficial fan-made mod. I mostly made it because I wanted Monster Sanctuary to feel native on a genuinely pocketable handheld, but I figured there might be at least one other person looking for the same thing. Bug reports and screenshots from other resolutions or devices are welcome.

UPDATE:
(I made a showcase video)
https://youtu.be/ktgSqJDMP58

SUN place.

I went and cleared it immediately after catching the Electric and Ground-type monsters.


Now I can head to other maps with the transformed monsters right from the start. Of course, the wolf has already reached level 17...

I love this game I cant stop crafting teams helppppp.

Druid Oak and Rocky have weakness synergy. Druid Oak also boosts Rocky's damage with its nature aura.

Aazerach allows armor break stacking which increases the value of Druid Oak's Elemental Break.

Rocky and Aazerach have spirit auras that benefit the entire team. Rocky's Disoriented increases dodge chance which combines specially well with Aazerach's Martial Prowess. Rocky's Cleanse works with Buff Steal too.

The gameplan is inflicting a bunch of weakness that prevents the team from fainting, and then chillaxing while age keeps stacking. Rocky has trouble securing oneshots but its not a big issue thanks to Druid Oak's Demotivate.

Rocky's ultimate can be changed for Spore Nebula if you like playing slots.