So I recently got Roshi a few days ago and I have been experimenting with different mains and teams for him. So far I've been using these teams. Some were inspired by youtube videos, while others I thought up from scratch. Most of these teams use GNW Sakura because I don't have a Sailor Sakura yet. If you have sailor, she'll probably be better for most of these lineups. I know that she is an overall better ninja, but GNW sakura can potentially heal for more if the summons are timed correctly. Sailor Sakura's mystery is just safer to use and she ramps up to becoming a very strong offensive healer, that's why she is overall better. I'm actually planning to get her soon. Please share other affordable Roshi teams, if you have any. :D

1) Earth - Kazekage - Gakido - Roshi
Talents: 4-3-2-1-2
Summon: Flood Dragon

Strat: Basically, you use chakra wall and gakido shield to make Roshi survive blitz. Earth main uses bottom force so he can ramp up his defense as well. When I use this team, I hold off using Roshi's mystery when I have the initiative advantage so I can make use of Kazekage's shield passive. After Kazekage's barrier disappears, Roshi would have been buffed quite a lot so his mystery would hit like a truck. If I have lower initiative, I just use Roshi on R2 to make the enemy's barrier disappear. Alternatively, you c*so use defense knowledge and bottom force for more tankiness. You c*so opt to use chakra wall to try to counter LM blitz with more shields.

2) Earth - GNW Sakura - Sage Naruto - Roshi
Talents: 4-3-2-1-2
Summon: Flood Dragon

Strat: Another chakra wall team but this time you have Sage Naruto to trigger Roshi's chase and GNW Sakura to keep them alive. Take note of the arrangement of the ninjas, because it is important to keep the katsuyu summons alive. On R2, use Roshi and Naruto's mysteries then wait for Sage Naruto to resummon his clone (if it died earlier) before summoning the katsuyu. The 2 katsuyu will be protected by Sage Naruto clone in the top row, the 3rd one will be behind Naruto and the last one will be in front of Earth Main to act as a meat shield.

3) Water- GNW Sakura - Mei - Roshi
Talents: 3-2-1-3-1
Summon: Gamaken

Strat: You have a water clone in front of Mei to protect her from standard attacks. You c*e Roshi on R2 to clear the enemy's barrier if needed. You c*e Mei's mystery on R3 to start a combo. Basically, Mei is just here for the immobile chase and the damage output. You can opt to use Kazekage if you don't have Mei and go 3-2-3-3-1 with Flood Dragon summon. You c*so opt to use poison tai instead of water clone if your Mei/Kazekage is mooded life and you are confident you don't need a meat shield.

4) Water - Kabuto - GNW Sakura - Roshi
Talents: 3-2-3-3-2
Summon: Monkey King

Strat: 3x Healer to keep Roshi alive while he ramps up his def and nin. Sailor sakura would be so much better here if you have her. You c*so use 5th hokage Tsunade. This is a cheap version of that 3x healer build.

5) Wind - Kurenai - GNW Sakura - Roshi
Talents: 3-3-2-1-3
Summon: Gamaken

Strat: You use kurenai's shield on R1 or R2 depending on the situation. Use it on Roshi when he is getting blitzed down. Use it on Wind main on R2 when the enemy decides to focus her. You have flower guard to clear debuffs and put shields on Wind main, Kurenai and GNW Sakura. You have Impetus so you can refresh skills on R2 for another Roshi mystery on R3. Your kurenai shield will also be refreshed so you c*e it again on a low HP ninja. Your GNW sakura's mystery will also be refreshed so you can resummon them if they get aoe'd by the enemy. Kurenai's genjutsu mirror helps in reflecting those hard CC's. Basically, you have high survivability if you survive the R1 onslaught.

6) Wind - Kurotsuchi - Deidara - Roshi
Talents: 4-1-3-2-4
Summon: King of Hell / Guy's Tortoise / Chameleon

Strat: You use sand dust on R1 to get rid of pesky buffs (esp. root) and shields. Your sand dust also triggers wind main chase, chameleon, kurotsuchi's chase, deidara's chase and roshi's chase. Because you have natural draining, you also get to use Kurotsuchi's slow on R1. After the chase sequence, your enemy's team should be mostly ignited so you use Deidara's mystery. On R2, Roshi's mystery can clean up the remaining alive ninjas after your R1 blitz. This is mostly just a fun team I use in arena. It fails miserably when against a team with so many clones or a team with a spot 1 iruka/Ao.
This post was last edited by Kagat at 2017-7-14 14:17