Seriously they are all good at what offensive forms do (damage) and they all suck at what offense forms suck at (avoiding damage).

There are basically 2 sliding scales they exist on.
Skill Damage vs Melee Damage
and
Dam redux vs dodge

Where they fall on that scale will play a lot into how good they are vs specific enemies.

For instance if you want to retrieve against defenders a tiger/jaguar/wolf works a lot better then a lion (dodging > dam redux in terms of dealing with multiple things hitting you). But if you want to fight a sword spec a lion/bear is way better then tiger/wold/jaguar because they get more damage past defenses with rake.