What a lot of people don't get about balance/countering pieces
An alliance has a certain number of pieces which must be played in order to be competitive. Saying "this piece counters that piece" is not an adequate method of dealing with a problem in tft. You can't just build a comp that throws in random pieces to counter one piece on the board of 1 out of 8 players. This is why items even exist in the game! Every alliance should be able to win vs any other alliance- if they build their items correctly.