What are the best monster to focus on at the beginning in Summoners War?

I was an idiot when i was lvl 20-30 and i FOODED A TRIANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Im sad ;-;

I think we both have very different opinions about what Early Game means. Anyway, 6/10 of the monsters on the guide are perfectly usable in late game, specially Raoq that is a top NB10 nuker while a monster like Sigmarus is easily outnumbered by a 2* nat like Tarq in  late GB10 dungeon teams.

Anyway, there are more strategies to carry on a Summoner´s team and all of them are valid, si I feel we only disagree in timing ;)

I am thinking we definitely do have a different idea on where "early game" ends, and where "Mid Game" begins. In my opinion "Mid Game" starts when you have a solid working GB10 team where you can auto and ignore without wasting energy. 

I think of mid game (a point I'm not at yet, but getting there) as when you can start looking at dragons and raids without people rolling their eyes at you. and late game as the R5/pushing into high-end PVP/RTA

I did a check on what you said about Raoq and only see him used on stage 5 as a top 15 used monster for successful runs. He may be able to turn into a decent farmer - but that's not until built with significant runes that would better serve something that will get you runes. If I was going to point newer players to monsters they can get easily in early game, I would suggest using flame inugami as food for their Belladeon, then to hold onto one for later when they are at a point where fusing Xiong Fei (a monster much more suited to NB10, and raiding) 

Also the only reason Tarq gets used as a nuker is because of his group hunt ability - and that only comes in handy when you're looking at making speed teams, with monsters already well runed and able to clear everything before Tarq dies. Bringing one into a dungeon before doing significant GB10 farming would be a waste of energy. I myself have on in storage awakened and fully skilled up - and he's going to sit there until he actually has a purpose. 

I don't mean to trash on the monsters presented as all of them have a time and place where they will help in progression (and I use the word progression meaning beyond clearing scenarios and pushing into rune farming, a necessary part of the game) Following progression from 'clearing scenario > building a GB10 team > working on ToA Normal > starting on Dragons' Many of the monsters presented on this list have no place, and not having Veromos on the list along with monsters that will help forming that GB 10 team is misinformation that wastes the time and resources of newer players - more so if they choose not to spend money on the game. and the added note that Ramagos can solo GB10 for a list intended for "new players" is only going to confuse those who don't understand the importance of selective sub-states and just how powerful they are, even saying "with proper rune set" leaves this as misleading information at best in context. 

@DocileCraig: "Following progression from 'clearing scenario > building a GB10 team > working on ToA Normal > starting on Dragons' Many of the monsters presented on this list have no place". So you suggest to do all those with the units given al the start of the game? Is your GB10 team composed by a water fairy, a fire hellhound, a wind vagabond a light Garuda and the new gifted water magic knight? If you think so, please I encourage you to do a guide about it cause it will be very interesting to read and follow.

I dont also think youre going to farm all the resources needed to fuse, evolve and awake Veromos with a water fairy, a fire hellhound, a wind vagabond a light Garuda and a water magic knight. But again, if you can do it, please, tell me how, cause I find it almost impossible.


Maybe the monsters presented to you have no place in your strategy, but all of them are much better than the 3 units given at the begining of the game, and thats the purpose of the guide, to help beginners choose some usable units, and at least 5/6 of the ones listed are used in late game so I cant see your point when you say its a waste of reources to build them. Indeed, I think youre quite wrong if you think it´s a aste of resources building units like Bernard, Darion, Belladeon, Colleen and Konamiya.

If theres one monster that is really missing in this begginers guide is not Veromos, Sigmarus or Baretta, it´s Megan, a very easy to get and useful monster in the early stages of the game and in your first GB10 team along with Shannon, Bernard and (maybe) Kona that are already listed.

I wont make any further comment here as my point is already explained: I understand this is a guide with some very good monsters worth to develop once you´re thrown into an island with 3 units, a tutorial, a lot of work to do and no experience at all. I would have loved to have this information when I was a begginer, and I really think it helps as it is. I also think fusing Veromos as soon as possible is a real must, as I´ve already written in the Veromos comment, but I am trully convinced that it´s a task far away from the objectives of an early game player.

I´ve summoned and developed all the units in the list, and from all them I´ve only fed Ahman and Shannon as I got better units that can perfectly substitute them. Ive used all the others in mid-late game except Ramagos that helped me a lot in early PvP and I keep him only by nostalgy. But he´s 100% worth to develop and use in the first stages of the game.

Over.

Veromos actually takes some time to get if you don't buy anything with money, but now that there are fusion missions it is a lot easier to get vero because the main problem is to get the mosters, then you just need to farm in order to summon vero which takes patience

Thanks for the guide.  Very helpful.

Is this still up to date?

At least BERNARD, KONA, BELLADEON and COLLEEN are still a must have in late game. You can choose to develop any of the others, but those four are really good even in conqueror rank.

Bernard is still a great ATB buffer and leader for Lushen/Katarina teams.

Konamiya is used in Raid and Tartarus

Bella is an all around monster, specially for siege, but I´ve found him utility in Labyrinth too

Colleen is also all around use, but she´s a must for Guilles battle in Laby.

And don't forget about Darion, he is used raids thanks to his passive and debuffs. He is actually better now that his passive is 20% dmg reduction.

Colleen is amazingly usefull, she was a complet surprise for me. The type of monster that makes you say "why didn't I build her before?"

Just a little update: Bernard, Shannon, Kona, Colleen, and Rakaja are all straight-up given to you through the Challenge missions.  You dont need to farm them, just complete the missions. 

Also as a personal note, I believe that Lulu is amazing and recommend that everyone build him.  Hes super easy to skill and awaken and worth the time.

Why do you insist on claiming that Belladeon is male when she's not.