So...Anaphon vs. Typhon. I recently realized that, thanks to a recent buff, Uevo Typhon's skill goes down to a 9 CD. Anaphon's has an extra turn of haste, but now pays a full four turns of CD for that privilege. I feel like this is a bad exchange, BUT I kinda wanted to mess around with Anaphon as a lead (something like D/L Satsuki/Gremory/XinHua/Flex).
Is Typhon a better sub than Anaphon now? Are anaphon teams worth the trouble (I'm usually running Gremory, Meri, R. Minerva)? Is typhon likely to get a better evo in the near future (and get bastet'd into me spending more piis)? Anyone got any opinions about it?
It all depends on a few things for which is better. This is all my opinion but I've run all the teams you're comparing it to so hopefully this is useful to you.
As a lead I like Anaphon over Gremory and Revo Minerva for most content. Revo Minerva is a tool I use when the dungeon in question is favorable to her resists (basically not a lot of blue dangerous spawns) and I don't need overwhelming damage.
Meri is probably the best lead there UNLESS you need HP/shielding for several turns or floors. If you're dealing with card binds into skill binds Meri is risky because you generally don't have a ton of unbind actives.
I like Anaphon as a lead a lot. Her damage is less than Gremory and Meri but she makes up the difference in tanking (vs Grem) and she's unbindable (vs. Meri), plenty of heart makers and board changers, and lots of haste to keep things rolling. Her weaknesses are low damage (compared to Grem and Meri), lowish time extend, and combo shields. You can mitigate all if you rolled lucky (Noctis + Satsuki). It's a shame Khepri isn't inheritable.
If you only have 1 Typhon I think he makes a better sub and a much better inherit unless you need the stats or Devil killer.
My Anaphon team looks like this:
Anaphon (A. Okuni, Orochi, or Fujin depending on the dungeon)
Satsuki (Satsuki)
YomiDragon (Akechi)
Plum (Ryune)
Noctis
Anaphon
My Meri team:
Meri (Meri)
Sarasvati (Scheat)
Andromeda (Ryune)
Isis(Orochi or Better Bind Clear depending on the dungeon)
Sumire (Mori Motonori)
Meri
My Revo Minerva team:
R. Minerva (Varies, usually a bind clear like Fire Dragon Swordsman unless I need the def break)
Krishna (Elgenubi)
Awoken Cao Cao
Sub Ilm
Gadius (Saria)
R. Minerva
My Gremory team
Gremory(DK Cecil)
Yomi Dragon (Typhon)
Awoken Pandora (Orochi/Fujin)
Plum
Akechi
Gremory
Until Fujin, Meri was my most consistent Arena clear, post Fujin Anaphon is on par with consistency but Meri tends to be faster. Satsuki hits like a ton of bricks on Anaphon but the uneven damage is a risk against the usual bullshit sans fujin but not crossing helps on those floor too.
Gremory's damage is stellar on active use and merely "pretty good" without.
If you have specific team questions let me know.