Talk:Viability Ranking/@comment-40225151-20190924234247/@comment-43507804-20190925000206

Well, actually, That's the Inner can handle Mega Taunters with its PER, as well as her teammates possibly also having PER. Yeah, Area Dodge is still an issue, but her teammates are still capable of handling them if they can get in their attack (considering how few deniers have Area Dodge, too, that ain't too hard to manage).

As for being outclassed by Mirak, it must be said that yes, Mirak is a phenomenal denier. However, her biggest problem when it comes to that is having less reliable denial than Pierceid (though that ain't saying much). Total Blind is a very unreliable form of denial, since it has no effect of support moves that can't miss, which may include NERs that can completely get rid of it. Meanwhile, having random control effects is always very nice to have around, but the randomness of it means it always has a chance of landing on one the foe is immune to, and it's still completely useless against Control Immunity monsters like Gelotron and Artifacts like Timereon and Flamerion, while CDA still pierces right through those. Not to mention, Pierceid doesn't just have access to good denial, but also the deadliest torture effect in the game (Curse) and an AoE 3-turn Death Countdownn that completely bones over teams without a low cooldown NER.

Overall, unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible, I'm pretty sure Pierceid still very safely belongs in the OP tier as an absolutely horrifying monster in general, especially at denial.