Metas

**Metas** are a subtle feature of RPG gaming in general, and are not specific to the OwO Bot. The term "meta" is commonly understood as an acronym for *"**m**ost **e**ffective **t**actic **a**vailable"*. However, it is in fact the prefix for the wider tege about the game itself to beat the “game” of mastering that game.

In the OwO Bot, the "current meta" is determined by any changes made to the weapons, animals, and passives, and by how such changes are realized and leveraged by the player community. Such factors will affect the effectiveness of certain team compositions, making some overpowered (OP), while making others obsolete. For example, the Github commit e752c65 of 7-Sep-2019 added 5 new weapons and 5 new passives, which triggered a whole new meta. For instance, the addition of the  Arcane Scepter meant that a new team composition based on that weapon, called the Stall Ascepter Team was developed and has become a very popular and effective team composition since then. Another update for the 5 year anniversary (March 2023) of OwO changed the entire meta yet again. The addition of 2 new weapons ( Rune of Celebration and  Staff of Purity) and the battling being extended to 24 turns rendered the previous metas such as Vstaff much inferior.

## The Current Meta (Most Effective) team

### Rstaff teams & Current Metas

Why... just why is rstaff teams even a thing? I mean, who would've thought? Anyways, now that they're here, detailed below will be the most relevant ones you need to know about, and consider running.

 LobBot - Resurrection Staff - Regeneration

 2023halloween\_scarecrow - Spirit Staff - Sacrifice

 DinoBot - Defender's Aegis - Sacrifice

The team shown above, Rstaff Stall, is currently the best one known for streaks. Use  LobBot with the Resurrection staff, with the Regen passive. Use  2023halloween\_scarecrow with the sacrifice passive for the Spirit Staff.  Snail, 2021specialhalloween,  Gorilla or CPs with high HP and some STR or PR works too, such as 12 HP/4 STR. Any high HP tank holder will work. Use  DinoBot with the shield, and the sacrifice passive. Another alternative is  2023val\_night or even  SlothBot. You basically need a high HP tank with some WP stat points to taunt single target attackers.

A few factors to consider are that the resurrection staff's MAG stat is irrelevant here, just focus on WP cost. Lowed taunt percentages for the shield may be very well used. A variation of this team uses Kamikaze (primarily to produce lower tierates) on the Spirit Staff. When running the kkaze team, switch the shield to 2nd position. There is another variation of this team that just might perform slightly better, especially against counters. Instead of dinobot with shield, use a high HP tank like  Potofgold or a custom patreon with High HP and some PR (like pterodactyl or sharkbot) with the sacrifice passive. Use dinobot with the spirit staff, ideally with High WP cost and good Defense Up, with the Discharge passive.

 Gorilla - Staff of Purity - Sacrifice

 Fish - Poison Dagger - Sacrifice

 LobBot - Resurrection Staff - Regeneration

This above team may be referred to as rstaff pruption, and works similarly to the pruption team using CRune. Only differences are that the passives on the purity staff and the dagger are now Sacrifice. And the 3rd weapon is Rstaff with the Regen passive. Use high HP tanks like  LobBot or  DinoBot with the rstaff for stalling out. Please note that this team is **not** for getting high streaks, but to level old meta pets, along with  Snail,  2021specialhalloween, or  Gorilla on the pstaff, to allow for a smoother transition to the proper Rstaff Stall team shown further above. As previously known, any leveled MAG attackers may be used, but  Fish is preferred.

 Octopus - Spirit Staff - Energize

 Gorilla - Defender's Aegis - Sprout

 2023halloween\_capybara -  Rune of Celebration - Energize

I know this team belongs with the other CRune teams, but it still works well with the newly found CRune holder. The above team, sometimes called CRune stall (or OBBE stall, named after the creators) works really well in the current meta, especially if  Octopus,  New OwO, or  Lizard have already been leveled. Use those as the  Spirit Staff holder, Octopus (Hsquid) being the best, New OwO in 2nd, and Lizard being 3rd best. Energize is preferred to maintain the maximum number of heals. The  Defender's Aegis should be held by  Gorilla or  Lion with the Sprout passive or alternatively the Regeneration to maximize heals. The CRune holder was ideally Hedgebot, but recently, a better stat line has been discovered, using a much higher PR stat. The ideal crune holder right now is  2023halloween\_capybara. Use patreons with similar stats if you don't have the capybara. (Energize is important since the CRune will be targeting the Shield, especially against single-target opponents, so it might not replenish it's own WP at times.)

While we're at it, there's a team similar to CRune stall but slightly more offensive, called Spider Crune:

 Spider - Bow - Strength

 LobBot - Defender's Aegis - Thorns/Hgen

 2023halloween\_capybara -  Rune of Celebration - Energize

This one's actually pretty fun, especially if you've run a Double Gem team before. Use  Spider with the Bow (at really high levels use the Snail passive), and ideally  LobBot with the Shield, or some High HP tank (use Regen till about level 45. After that, Thorns is generally better). As with OBBE stall, use  2023halloween\_capybara with the CRune, or similar CPs.

It is important to note that any High Damage single target weapon may be used instead of Bow. A Rune would probably be the best alternative.  Wand (use a MAG attacker) or an  Orb with Double STR or Double Crit passives. Flame staffs or Poison Daggers may also be used here, but will perform much worse against teams with a  Staff of Purity.

Spider CRune does actually manage to outstreak Rstaff Stall at ~60 levels, because fewer counters for it exist right now.

### Meta Streak Breakers

Now that we've covered all the best streaking teams out there, let's talk about how to ruin them...

Coming up first, we've got a team that absolutely shreds Rstaff Stall and CRune stall and a lot of other teams may be countered by changing the 3rd weapon.

 Snake - Leeching Scythe - Mana Tap

 Spider - Culling Scythe - Mana Tap

 Fish -  Poison Dagger - Mana Tap

The layout shown, called Double Scythe Blitz, above is the most common one for countering Rstaff Stall and CRune stall (most setups with both scythes are effective). The passives may be adjusted according to the team you want to counter, but the triple Mana Tap setup is generally the best one. The Leeching effect on the Lscythe and the Mortality effect on the Csythe have to be high for this team to be effective. Do not completely ignore the WP cost and STR stats.

To kill Spider CRune teams, simply replace the Fish Dagger combination with  Gorilla with  Shield and the Kamikaze passive.

 Fish -  Poison Dagger - Mana Tap

 Snake - Glacial Axe - Mana Tap

 Lizard - Staff of Purity - Mana Tap

This team shown above is also decently effective at countering a lot of streaking teams. Alternatively, Lizard could be used with the Dagger and  Octopus to hold the Purity Staff.

### Crune teams (outdated)

**The CRune comps listed below are no longer the best teams out there since the existence of the Sacrifice passive, which is just OP when combined with  Resurrection Staff.**

Alright, so the CRune's here... what teams can you make with it? Is the Purity Staff any good? What about that Vstaff or Dagger meta team? Alright, let's get right into it. To put it shortly, the CRune's just overpowered. Throw it into anything and it performs really well. Purity Staff isn't as game-changing, but it's a great replacement for the  Glacial Axe in a disruption team (it removes Taunt with no RNG). The Vstaff and Dagger meta aren't meta anymore, they're finally a thing of the past. There's just not nearly as good as the new teams. So... what are the new best teams then? There's a few significant ones so far, but it's not everything.

 Spirit Staff - Thorns / Staff of Purity - Thorns / Rune of Celebration - Physical Resistance

The team mentioned above, sometimes referred to as Snail Stall, or Pstall (no proper name yet) is currently the best known team yet. It has the fewest counters. Yes, it does tie quite a bit, but the losses are so low. Let's get into the pets. The  Spirit Staff should be held by a reasonably High HP pet with some Magical points for increased heals. The WP isn't an issue since the CRune should take care of that with decent levels. At lower levels such as 40 and below, it's recommended to use the Energize passive. One of the best non-cp holders is  Snail, believe or not (Use a leveled  New OwO for those who have it). For those with Patreon tickets, pets to look out for are ones with 9 HP/7 MAG or 8HP/8 MAG. The  Staff of Purity should have decently High HP with either some STR or MAG points.  Gorilla /  /  are the the best non-cp holders ( 2023patrick\_clover or  Lion if no Gorilla). For those with Patreon tickets, look for stats similar to Gorilla, or similar to the Pstaff holder (8HP/8 MAG or 9HP/7 MAG). The Thorns passive is recommended above all others for this team. For the CRune,  HedgeBot is easily the best one (who would've imagined this abomination to be useful...). Alternatives to the Hedgebot are  ,  Wolf, and  Koala or CP's with High PR (atleast 4-6) and High MR (3-5) and some HP (6-7 and above). PR is the best passive, but at lower levels, Energize is recommended. For reliable streaking, wait for 40s to early 50 levels. Anything above 50s works great. At those levels, the ideal passives are recommended (the thorns are to counter gems).

 Staff of Purity - Thorns / Poison Dagger - Safeguard / Rune of Celebration - Physical Resistance

The above team isn't exactly a "meta" team made for high streaks. It's a sort of "disruption" team but without Axe RNG. It counters all previous meta teams such as Vstaff and Dagger. Commonly called pruption. The  Staff of Purity should be held by  Gorilla or  Lion with the Thorns passive, to keep gems away.  Poison Dagger should be held by a MAG attacker such as  Lizard or  2022pridebee with the Safeguard passive (Safeguard is used to sustain the dagger holder's HP). As stated before, refer to the Snail Stall CRune holder stats. Use PR at higher levels, or Energize at lower levels.

The old meta team used an  Attacker,  Healer, and a  Tank. Other team types can be seen in Compositions.

## Previous Metas

### Low Level Meta (Outdated)

The low level meta relies mostly on AoE weapons, which are weapons that attack multiple enemies (all three of the opponent's animals) at the same time. This is best at low level, because it is very hard for single target weapons to get enough WP back from Mana Tap.

#### Weapons

* For position 1 the current low level Meta uses an  Attacker with Magical or Physical Attack weapons such as:  Energy Staff /  Great Sword
	+ Generally  Energy Staff is considered to be best at lower levels. It is better than  Vampiric Staff, because you aren't able to do enough damage to get WP back from your Mtap.
	+ At around level 40 (or a bit lower if you have a  Vampiric Staff with very good stats and Mana Tap, or if you're using  Fish),  Vampiric Staff overtakes  Energy Staff in streaks, as it is able to get enough WP.
	+ While the weapon type is important, having the correct passive and decent stats is normally more important.

* On position 2 a  Healer with  Spirit Staff is used.
	+ The most important stat is always the WP Cost, then normally Defense Up, then healing.
	+ If you don't have any decent  , a  Healing Staff can be used, but will perform reasonably worse.

* On position 3 a  Tank is used with  Defender's Aegis.

#### Pets

* For your  Attacker, the best Magical attack pet is  2022pridebee and in a close 2nd comes  Lizard . The best Physical Attack pet is  Snake and second is  Eagle
	+ For Free-to-Play players, these magical attackers are good too:  250kpeacock,  2022valentinesspecial  Leprechaun2,  2022pridegf, and  2022hal\_vampire.
	+ If you have Patreon, you want to look for something close to 3HP/13MAG or STR or 2HP/14MAG or STR.
	+ For beginner players,  Fish or  Spider are good at low levels, and can be used until you catch a better option.

* For your  Healer,  New OwO,  Glitchotter,  2022hal\_funguy,  2021christmasspecial  2021july4,  2022valentines  Santa,  2022easter,  2022hal Spooky,  2021halloween,  2022pridenb are all good.
	+ If you have Patreon, you want to look for a 3HP/5WP/9MAG, 3HP/4WP/10, 3HP/6WP/8MAG, or 3HP/7WP/7MAG.
	+ For beginner players,  Squid is one of the only options you have.

* For your  Tank, the best pets are  SlothBot and  DinoBot.
	+ If you have Patreon, you want to look for an animal with mostly all HP and WP. The best options are normally 13-8HP/3-8WP (this includes everything in-between, like 8/8, 9/7, 10/6, 11/5, 12/4 and 13/3).
	+ For Free-to-Play players, good special tanks in order from best to worst are  2022hal Zowombie,  Patrickday2022,  2020halloween  2019halloween,  2022pride, 2020july4,  2020halloween, and  1milpolarbear.
	+ For beginner players,  Snail or  Boar is best.
* To check out a tierlist for the best pets used in a meta team, go to the table found in Compositions.

#### Passives

* For  Energy Staff the Mana Tap passive is best. (Energize, Magic, or Critical may be used as a beginner).
* For  Great Sword the Str or Crit passives are best. (Thorns, Lifesteal, or Enrage may be used as a beginner).
* For  Spirit Staff, Energize is best.
	+ For beginners, Weapon Point or Magic may be used.
* Defender's Aegis is a lot more dependent on the type of team you have, as well as your levels.
	+ Energize is most common at low levels, because you often don't have enough WP for a decent amount of taunts.
	+ When you have at least 18-20 turns of taunt, Regeneration is used.
	+ If you have a  team with at least 18-20 turns of taunt,  Sprout (Effect) is suggested.

**The above meta teams are much worse now, primarily due to the use of**  Pstaff **to bypass the shield and the battles now lasting 24 turns.**

A good alternative for beginners now is the Double AoE Team which can be found in the Compositions page.

### High Level Meta (Outdated)

The high level meta relies much more on single target weapons, which are weapons that attack a single enemy at a time. This is better at high level, because you can get plenty of WP back from Mana Tap. Single target weapons are basically invincible to  Blitz Team, which is the biggest enemy of  Double AoE Team teams. With single target meta, you're only really weak to high level  Gem Animals (either gem  Blitz Team with a shield or  Double AoE Team tank), and  Blitz Team with an  Glacial Axe (extremely RNG). The "High Level Meta" starts around level ~55.

#### Weapons

* For position 1 the current high level Meta uses an  Attacker with  Poison Dagger /  Vampiric Staff /  Rune of the Forgotten.
	+ Generally  Vampiric Staff /  Rune of the Forgotten is considered to be best at high levels. It is better than  Vampiric Staff, because  is weak to  Blitz which is **extremely** easy to make, compared to  Gem Animals which are very hard to level.

* On position 2 a  Healer with  Spirit Staff is used.
	+ The most important stat is always the WP Cost, then normally Defense Up, then healing.

* On position 3 a  Tank is used with  Defender's Aegis.

#### Pets

* For your  Attacker, the best pet is  2022pridebee and in a close 2nd comes  Lizard .
	+ For Free-to-Play players, these magical attackers are good too:  250kpeacock,  2022valentinesspecial  Leprechaun2,  2022pridegf, and  2022hal\_vampire.
	+ If you have Patreon, you want to look for a 3HP/13MAG or 2HP/14MAG.
	+ For teams with  Rune of the Forgotten, the best animals are  Monkey and  Snake.

* For your  Healer,  Octopus is best for  Poison Dagger and  Rune of the Forgotten meta.  New OwO is best for  Vampiric Staff meta.
	+ New OwO,  Santa,  500kdino, and  Glitchotter are also good.
	+ If you have Patreon, you want to look for a 3HP/5WP/9MAG, 3HP/4WP/10, 3HP/6WP/8MAG, or 3HP/7WP/7MAG.
	+ Having a high level team with  Octopus makes you nearly invincible, with your only real chance of dying being from losing to Mana Tap  Double AoE Team, or very bad rng against  Glacial Axe Blitz.

* For your  Tank, the best pets are  SlothBot and  DinoBot.
	+ If you have Patreon, you want to look for an animal with mostly all HP and WP. The best options are normally 13-8HP/3-8WP (this includes everything in-between, like 8/8, 9/7, 10/6, 11/5, 12/4 and 13/3).
	+ For Free-to-Play players, good special tanks in order from best to worst are  2022hal Zowombie,  Patrickday2022,  2020halloween  2019halloween,  2022pride, 2020july4,  2020halloween, and  1milpolarbear.
* To check out a tierlist for the best pets used in a meta team, go to the table found in Compositions.

#### Passives

* For  Poison Dagger /  Vampiric Staff, Mana Tap is best.

* For  Spirit Staff, Energize is best.

* At high level, you really want Regeneration for  Defender's Aegis.
	+ If you still don't have 16 taunts, Energize can be used but it isn't recommended.
	+ If you have a  team with at least 16 turns of taunt,  Sprout (Effect) is suggested.

#### More details

The new  Energy Staff /  Vampiric Staff meta makes meta Compositions less vulnerable to Double AoE since  Energy Staff is able to kill both attackers at the same time and  Vampiric Staff can, together with a healer, outheal them. Because  Vampiric Staff doesn't deal as much damage as  Energy Staff it depends on the extra healing, which makes it vulnerable to blitz teams since they use Culling Scythe which the reduces healing that is received. This also makes tanks way more important since a good tank can just tie everything you can't kill.

 Poison Dagger on the other hand has a hard time against high level Double AoE teams, especially if it has Defender's Aegis since it'll force dagger to attack it giving the enemy more turns.

Note: Double AoE (heal or tank) aren't meta because gems are vulnerable to Thorns teams and Kamikaze teams as well as Blitz but it's getting more popular lately due to the dagger "nerf".

**As stated previously, the above teams perform much worse due to the update.**

Due to a few bug fixes, which includes the fix of a bug which made poison overpowered,  Poison Dagger kind of fell out of favor for most people in the community but it's still used among higher level players or people who don't know about the bug fix since it wasn't announced.

## Honorable Mentions

 Flame Staff isn't good enough to be meta but due to the "nerf" of dagger it's viable. It mostly replaced  Poison Dagger in blitz teams, which are pretty good due to the abundance of low level  Vampiric Staff teams. For most people  Poison Dagger meta will suit well, but at ridiculously high levels, such at level ~88 for Michy's team,  Flame Staff meta can be viable. It is important to note that  Flame Staff is inferior to  Poison Dagger against teams without an  Defender's Aegis.

## References

1. ↑ Meta. (n.d.). "Dictionary.com". https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/meta/