Power: 9 | Speed: 9 | Rarity: Legendary | World Region: The Tide Throne
Origins: Tide King rules the Tide Throne with 9/9 equal stats and the confident patience of something that governs a force as inevitable as the tide. It doesn't need maximum stats because the tide makes whatever it has sufficient. A 9/9 who fights in permanently high-tide conditions is functionally operating at a higher effective level, and Tide King has built its entire strategic approach on that fundamental advantage.
Finishing Move: Eternal Tide: Makes the tide permanent for the duration of the battle – the terrain stays at high tide, the water level stays elevated, and Tide King fights in conditions it has been preparing for since its first battle.
Synergy & Rivalry: The terrain-setting Legendary in Water. Earth's Earth King is its direct strategic counterpart – two Kings who change battlefield conditions to their respective optimal settings before engaging, with the same stat line, and the ongoing unresolved question of whose home terrain is harder to counter.
