'They don't understand,' Ren thought while listening to professor Zhao explain detailed rules about turn order and victory conditions. 'They still don't understand how my beasts actually function.'
The wolverine had double elemental control compared to his other two beasts. That had been its nature and advantage from the beginning as the creature with the most elemental plasticity, able to choose between elements and in Ren's case all of them… with that extra fluidity the others couldn't match.
The hydra was stronger and more defensive than the wolverine with armor and physical bulk that could tank damage other beasts couldn't survive.
The mantis was faster and possessed better attacks plus secondary abilities that made it versatile in ways raw power couldn't replicate.
If you compared them individually to the wolverine body and not its skills, using it as a baseline beast with more balanced characteristics across all categories…
