Hi, I've gotten this feedback quite often, and each time, it does make me reconsider - but rather than moving the phoenix, I am just looking out for more avenues for coding Tide as a Water+Fire faction. Their aesthetic is a volcanic island. They'll be getting another fire-themed unit for their roster.
Maybe I'm doubling down. I think it's possible to do this two-element coding and I think it's more interesting than "they're the watery people". I hooope.
Also, I have a Kraken sprite which was considered as their elite unit early in development, but the Kraken is set aside for other purposes. I hope you get to see what this is at some point!
Thank you so much for playing my game and your kind words! :D