Koarim

Koarim was eating bamboo after his workout, when he noticed something different: it didn’t taste right. He cracked the branch open and… it was poisoned with toxic residue! That day, Koarim swore he wouldn’t rest until he had destroyed the monsters behind this residue.

Overview
Koarim is an epic tank and one of the only two epics that can apply Taunt besides Rhynex. Rhynex sucks and the taunt he applies is only on his special. Rhynex also has crappy health, leaving Koarim as the only decent epic monster who can apply Taunt. Other than Taunt he can stun, apply and destroy shields at the same time.

Pros:

 * Great stats, trait and relics
 * Decently high damage output
 * Low stamina costs

Cons:

 * High cooldowns on his self-support moves
 * No AoE damage
 * Only inflicts Stun
 * Taunt only lasts 1 turn

Kung fu Koala

 * I hate Qantas / You Koannot Hide (Qantas for 50 Nature dmg + AoE Destroy Shield, 25s, 1-turn CD) / (Hide for 55 Nature dmg + Destroy Shield, 28s, no CD)
 * Australian Stamp (45 Nature dmg + Stun, 26s, 1-turn CD)
 * Melaleuca Shelter / Microcorys Bulwark (Shelter for 50 Earth dmg + Self 30% Shield, 25s, 3-turn CD) / (Bulwark for 55 Earth dmg + Self 50% Shield, 28s, 4-turn CD)
 * Ode to a Koala Bear (65 Nature dmg + Self Taunt, 29s, 4-turn CD)

I hate Qantas deals some damage to one enemy and destroys all enemy shields. You Koannot Hide does the same but on one enemy. It does however deal more damage and has no cooldown. Australian Stamp can stun an enemy. Now for the important moves. Melaleuca Shelter is the first move you will want to run, to give Koarim a shield. Microcorys Bulwark deals more damage and gives a bigger shield, but has a higher cooldown. Ode to a Koala Bear should be run next, so that Koarim hopefully has a shield and Taunt at the same time. You don't want Koarim to be very fast so that the Taunt lasts for as long as possible.

Recommended Runes: 3 Life; 2 Life, 1 Strength

Recommended Relics: Any Golden Armour Relic / Brave Shield

Counters

 * Any Dark or Fire attacker with a high damage move like Burning Rogue or Kimmel's Gift can kill Koarim before he does his taunt move.
 * Monsters with many high damage AoE moves like Inknatius can bypass Koarim's taunt.
 * Another thing you can do is just remove Koarim's taunt. There aren't many epic monsters with PER, but examples are Cybele, Sweeperion some Rockball players, and Arnu. Arnu is probably the best choice besides Cybele since he is slower than Koarim (but not slow enough for it to be annoying) and can simply remove Koarim's positive effects. He can also tank a hit from Koarim's heavily damaging nature moves.