About Dark and Anima Hero/Blessing

I find it hard to believe that whales are getting defense wins against the best players in the game. I've gotten deathless wins with 2+1 offensive fortress against 3+1 defensive fortress. During the season when catapult was a bonus structure, I played all week with level 2 offensive fortress against 2+1 defensive fortress. The advantage of a whale is that they merge +10 on whatever unit they want, which does almost the same thing as having 1 level of fortress advantage.

I'm not even the most precise or creative player around and I can win at fortress level disadvantage without losing units, so a good player without fortress level disadvantage should be able to compete with a whale.

Well, I know as a matter of fact that two of the three best players (MMM and Birdy) get -80'd every day.

In high tiers, it's extremely hard to make a functioning defense team, because we players are just so knowledgeable with the game mechanics that there is nothing uncrackable if we go into AR prepared.