Im a bit lost when it comes to the Water element because it seems it can be built as a tank, a buffer, or even a mixed build?

So Id like some help understanding how to set up pets for this element In which situations is it best to use a water tank? And a buffer? And is the water tank played with health and what other stat? And the buffer?

And which elements usually pair well with water pets? Wind and fire plus water? Light and fire?

Any help with this subject would be appreciated!

water is often used as a tank on late-game (lost grove temple) tank/attacker/attacker teams (one of the most common setups in the temple, even)

Water uses Strength stat to determine how much ice sphere and ice barrier absorb, so it's common to have them be 3str/3agi, sometimes with one point reassigned to hp if they're a lower stat pet. Ice barrier/sphere boosted by the str stat heals them and the agi means they have the defence and evasion to take or avoid hits
You can probably run a 3hp/3str water, too, but that means they lose out on speed and might go last in turn order, which isn't great if you want their barrier or sphere to go up before the hits come in

They can run as a buffer on a tank/water/attacker team rather than light, at a minimum of lv30 (since that's when they get ice barrier)



Here are my starter (lower stat) and a max stat. My main team's tank is currently water because I'm multi-elementing her, and she does fine even though all her setup is still her earth tank setup