Feedback: I'm biased because I won, but I had a great time. This was very approachable even for a complete beginner, while still having sneaky hidden tricks.
I decided to search by pairs or triads of players in the opposing team, rather than just individual fighters (because that might have me selecting the overall strongest team, not a tailored one).
Using pairs, the first-level solution is in fact the same (Blaze Boy, Greenery Giant, Nullifying Nightmare, Rock-n-Roll Ranger, Tidehollow Tyrant). However, when I iterate this, I find something odd.
Nightmare is replaced by Landslide Lord.
Now, this is odd, since Nightmare is great, but a possible solution is revealed by @Maxwell
Man, it’s hard to say “check your work” without being rude.
I understood about half of what you said, so your analysis was almost certainly better than my very basic one. But according to my basic analysis you’ve submitted an elementally imbalanced team which manages to also be weak. Um, no offense. Sorry.
It’s just I’d want someone to correct me if I looked wrong.
Some kind of rock-paper-scissors does seem likely.
5 watery fighters as an input team causes my program to output a team that loses Blaze Boy in favor of Quartz Questant. 5 earthy fighters loses Tidehollow Tyrant in favor of Phoenix Paladin.5 fiery fighters loses Blaze Boy in favor of Warrior of Winter.
That last one is strange. I'd expect to lose Greenery Giant there. I guess he's just that strong? Or fire is kind of bad? (Or, I have been cunningly tricked because I am bad at this).
The NPC team looks like 3 earth 1 fire 1 water. So normally you'd want
I'm perfectly happy not to claim any sort of prize.
I only got the elements due to Measure.
I only dropped the Nightmare due to Maxwell Peterson.
Also, I have no idea what I'd even ask for as a scenario.