Noahrian also works as well.The Boys is a terrible Nature element Denier who can be utilized as a mediocre Attacker.
Cybele is a hard counter for him, being able to apply immunities he inflicts, apart from having Possession immunity. Bonnie Bark would be a good counter, seeing her elemental advantage against him, combined with her trait and speed stat, Ophi stands no chance against her. Due to his bad trait, he can be controlled by any monsters faster than him. Any monsters with Possession immunity or Abomination trait could render his only denying skill useless. Recommended Relics: Armor of Duty, Heavy Duty Armor Oblation Trap, Delayer Trap Counters Then you can use Sky Viper and Oracle Protector as you please until you can repeat Delphi Guardian. While the damage over time isn't amazing, it is still a good amount. Then you can use Serpens Caput, which is an AoE attack that does moderate damage and inflicts nightmares. This will cause them to damage each other and waste stamina. Delphi Guardian, the opening move, will possess monsters for 2 turns.
This set is designed to disable monsters then wear them down with status effects.
Oracle Protector (45 Dark dmg + Bleed, 26s, 0 CD). Sky Viper (45 Nature dmg + Poison, 26s, 0 CD). Serpens Caput (AoE 25 Dark dmg + Nightmares, 33s, 2 CD). Delphi Guardian (AoE 25 Dark dmg + Mega Possession, 33s, 2 CD). Recommended Moveset Kill Them From The Inside! Relies heavily on Delphi Guardian for denial. Mediocre movepool besides Delphi Guardian. Great Special(AoE 60 nature dmg + Poison, Bleed and Nightmares). However, his overreliance in this skill that can easily be hindered by any form of Possession Immunity is evident as every other bit about him is lacking, from the rest of his movepool to his stats. He is the only monster in the game to have a regular guaranteed AoE Mega Possession skill apart from Nahane, who has a drawback on hers. Ophiuchus is known for one thing and one thing only, being his AoE Mega Possession.