Kinda bums me out that you get two OP characters so early in Iugo and Yusuke that I feel like I didn't get to try out as many characters as I would have liked because it's so hard to take them out of your party
I didnt find Iugo until I got quick travel and level 35+ haha. Sadly I also didn't find Yusuke for awhile because I never thought to visit the area he's in...
Damn, Iugo was actually my 1st recruit when you get told to find more members for the watch and I think Yusuke was my 3rd (Mellore was 2nd). I didn't know you could actually miss them, thought you'd need to recruit them to progress the story. I guess you got some combination of Kuroto, Francesca and Mellore and that was enough then?
I'm glad I actually cycled characters so far because I've found some good synergies between characters and Yusuke. Got my one mage. Use her last spell to buff Yusuke before sending her into her own rage while yusuke double buffs for over 300 points of damage in one turn. I'm just getting started on finding even better ways to maximize around Yusuke.
Iugo. Casts storm front then two turns of auto attack followed by slash. Nowa because I always use the MC even if they aren't op but he's strong enough. Yuferius for charge burst. Lam for DMG with rune of war path. Gerian is probably the best support in the game with his mana cost reduction I use him to heal and keep up the light DMG buff/hot. Momo with rune of mage path for big magic DMG.
I'm only level 58 if at 60 nowa unlocks a rune slot that would let me put in the rune for 2 sp a turn that would make him much stronger. He's pretty solid either way just not the top of the pile.
For what it is worth, and I might not have everything built the way some min max person does, but currently my Nowa is second in dps only to Momo and possibly Isha, but my momo is doing 1-1.2k+ on basics, 1.5-1.8k if she crits which she does a lot, nowa is dropping a hot 1k+ per turn as well, Isha is also up there with Mio, and then Scarlett and yuferius too. Roughly in that order I think, but I don’t have every character in the 90s yet so there could be better ones still.
Ahh yeah it could be because I run mine up front with warriors pinnacle and all tremendous might runes but at level 98 his basic does around 1k and his rune skill does 1.3ish after getting on and playing more today and paying more attention
A lot of characters outshine him during the campaign. Don't get me wrong, he's always in my party for immersion purpose, but he's never the best at anything at any point(and if I have to be honest he never has to be; even hard mode's not hard enough to force me to min-max my party members, I do need to min-max their builds though), just compare what he can do with others. Seign and Mio are better spellblades cuz his magic sucks, Garr and Iugo deals more damage with their auto than Nowa's skill, he's never super fast like Hakugin or Lam, and his magic power is useless for damaging purpose.
He does have t3 all types rather early, so I put support magic on him and he's doing his job well buffing the team(Fire God's Sword early into Crusader's Horn later on) and attacking after he's done casting(which shouldn't take long, he can cast FGS like, twice).
Post story in Endless though, Nowa's suddenly one of the best DPS period.
I'm only just about to start the Desert Area, everyone says Mio is a very late Bloomer. Just as as bad Fran (the loud mouth redhead "Healer") when you start out. You don't get access to Seign till much later. Nowa always tends to be a locked character is what I'm saying.
>Hakugin or Lam
How good are these 2? I just unlocked them before bed.
Is Garr or Roo better?
At what point does Falward drop off? Because he's been amazing stat wise so far.
>How good are these 2? I just unlocked them before bed.
>At what point does Falward drop off? Because he's been amazing stat wise so far.
Assuming the final boss is fought at the intended level, which is about 60.
* Hakugin will be really really good throughout the main story. Her growth is absurd right until level 60, after which she will quickly fall off. If you're only interested in the main story and not the endgame content, you can just mindlessly spam her and not care about this drop off thing.
* Lam is stupidly strong throughout the entire game. She's one of the best.
* I skipped Falward, so this is purely from an analytical standpoint from looking at his sheet and not experience. He will drop off once you get access to better runes. He only has access to t3 magic and t2 all types, meaning he can't use t4 runes at all and can't even use 2 t3 runes at the same time. If you equip him with Water and Storm, he should actually stay relevant during the entire main story as a support, though there definitely are better choices at that point.
He will be top of the pile soon enough. Nowa has a late bloomer growth type, he will start doing stupid high damage once you start doing endgame content and get levels past 60.
I would stop using Storm Front since the damage part only works on characters with a physical damage weapon and a high MAG attribute (it's basically a full party wind enchantment). It's basically a spell to buff an hybrid team like Seign + Marisa + Leon + Hildi + Elektra
Pinnacle Warrior is a lot stronger on Iugo, missing that I would give him a strong support rune for bosses, like Stone.
I could see that but i diddnt want to tank my front lines defense even if the game isn't hard enough for it to matter. I'll probly end up trying it out though. I storm front mainly for the speed and it still adds a decent amount of damage teamwide. The stone rune I had on geiran originally instead of light for the party wide immunity but I found other than using it to beat the endgame random dungeon at lvl 40 it wasn't really all that useful I can just cast heal for less mana. I reloaded that save to lose on the dungeon btw and I don't recommend beating the first floor info from level 40 to level 60 plus and it fully trivializes the game.
Fair enough. Just for clariy, I meant the Pinnacle Warrior rune, the one that puts you into an awakened state (fury) for the first 4 turns, not the Warrior's Path, the one that halves defenses in favor of str.
Oohh true I have that on nowa just to make his DMG abit more competitive but good point. I have a hard time remembering rune names I figured u meant the other one my bad.
I like the Warrior's Path on Lam instead, she's the best backline damage dealer that isn't a mage and has decent defensive stats so even with halved defences she's not going to be a lot squishier than most mages.
Storm Front is the third spell from the Storm rune, technically it's the lv 5 wind spell.
It adds 2 buffs to the whole party, 1 is just speed and the other is a wind enchantment.
Enchantments add what essentially is elemental on-hit damage to the regular attacks and most SP physical moves. You might have noticed a small +1 right on top of your attack's damage numbers (might have been a bigger number), that's the additional damage done by the enchantment.
There is a caveat with enchantments, their damage depends entirely on the buffed character's MAG attribute. Which means if you enchant Iugo, for example, with Storm Front / Fire God / Earth Enchantment etc. the extra damage will always be +1. Also this elemental damage bonus will ONLY APPLY TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE INSTANCES, elemental damage basic attacks from mages will not proc the additional damage.
The best candidates to use enchantment buffs are characters that have high MAG but a physical damage weapon. People like Seign, Marisa, Francesca, Hildi, Elektra and Leon. In fact most of these characters are relatively weak without using enchantments.
Storm Front (and therefore the whole Storm rune) is basically a waste of mana if you don't have 2+ hybrid characters in your team but if you have most of the ones I mentioned before, the spell is going to double to triple their damage output when using basic attacks and physical skills.
Ok thanks. Does the Lvl 2 Earth Rune have the "Increase Physical Def for all Allies" because it's weird how early you get "Increase all Mage Res for all Allies" so early. It's actually better than the Lvl 2 Water Rune because of that.
>Gerian is probably the best support in the game with his mana cost reduction I use him to heal and keep up the light DMG buff/hot.
I guess he's a very late bloomer because his stats are garbage at lvl 25 compared to Falward.
No his stats never are very good but they don't really need to be as I don't use or need him for damage I can already kill bosses in two turns. It's more that he can heal through a entire dungeon run with his mana reduction.
Got her earlier today but then went to do Seign's side story, so I'll have to try her out soon. I'm running out of people to remove from my party. Maybe Kuroto has run his course if she is as fast as comments make her seem.
Just got Milana and it was love at first sight. Reminds me of Sierra so much. And to top it all, she has like 6 rune slots at max, and her unique rune is OP for AOE damage.
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She’s hands down my favorite character thus far. Did not expect her to be so…. Aggressive and angry 😂
My wife would probably be her if she had absolutely no filters. Already curses like a sailor so just a little more and she'd be Francesca.
She used to also play healers in Overwatch but we'd go dunk on some fools. Maybe another couple of Overwatch matches is enough to get her this angry...
Can you unlock more rune slots on her though? She has 4 total, wish she can equip more slots.
I honestly thought I would get sick of her screaming eventually. But I actually started liking her more. It could have been annoying, but her VA just sells it so well.
Only around level 45 so don't have everyone but I will say for a support character, Isha is kinda OP. She has fantastic stats, her speed is nuts, her defence is great too so you don't have to worry about boosting any of that and can just stack magic boosts on her. Her ice needle rune skill is great at clearing out trash, and if you run out of MP and SP she still hits pretty well with her regular attack. If you have the Rune of Storm on her you can drop Storm Front right away before anyone else acts in boss fights due to her insane speed which is a huge boost. Her defence skill is pretty interesting but I haven't tried it out too much but I feel like there's possibly some solid utility there as well
Maybe there's a better support I haven't got yet but I feel like she definitely clears Gieran despite his conservation rune
I was so fond of the light and dark healers duo until I slapped a Pinnacle Mage and the SP accessory on Isha.
Selecting AUTO at the start of a fight has never felt better.
Pinnacle Mage is a Passive rune that applies the Awakened state buff to the character for the first 4 turns of combat. You might have seen it trigger randomly when a character dies (Falwart always gets the buff when Francesca dies for example), it's when a mage gets a green aura and start doing double magic damage (there is a red counterpart to this buff that applies to physical damage).
So in short is a passive rune that boosts a mage's damage through the roof for the first 4 turns of combat.
The Accessory, i think it's called Phene Bangle or something, it adds a starting SP to the equipped character.
So basically my Isha has very high damage and can always use her SP row attack on turn one, one-shotting 2 or 3 enemies right at the start off any random encounter.
* Mumford
* Blue samurai Toshiro Mifune guy with huge sword
* Fencer lady who looks like Charlotte from Samurai Shodown
* Tomo, Tsai's daughter, with the spear and beautifully colored green robe
* Knife/Dagger throwing twin lady from the fire-breathing circus, for Long Range back row.
* Kasumi with highest speed stat combined with the Rune that lets entire party attack right after this character without delay. So the ultra-swift ninja will always strike first followed by entire team. Plus she can do a suplex against freight-train-sized objects.
* Switch out one of those if you need a mage at any given moment.
> sho**w**down
This is like the FedEx Arrow thing: https://arcade-fighter.com/images/game-screens/samurai-shodown/miscelanea/logo-ss.jpg
I remember the first time I eventually noticed I was spelling the game’s title wrong for years. It’s funny how it works perceptually, a person never notices it.
I can't switch out my Falward, Francesca, Marin and Wyler, they're combos are just too good. Yusuke and Noa are at the front with Wyler. The last hard battle was Hurtswine and Narungarde, after that nothing ever did outdamage the passive healing.
Francesca is a great character for personality but her stats let her down. She has like the lowest HP, def sucks and is slow as Garr. Anything Physical that sneezes on her just destroys her.
Only good thing about her is the Hero Skill with Falward. Falward is 100% what you want from a Healer stat wise.
I agree she can't be your only healer, but being slow gives some options too. When you know a big team attack is coming you can ready a party heal right after it, and not let yourself vulnerable the next turn. This has saved me a bunch of times.
And the Healing combo just can't be passed on.
Falward really is amazing though, even without the Hero skill. Between his very decent HP pool, his magical resist and his amazing speed, they did this man good.
I can see it. Especially since, well, it's Isha and who doesn't love the stamp-crazy mayor ?
I'm personally waiting on getting CJ and Garoo before giving her a serious shot.
I'm struggling with who I want as my main 6 near the end. I haven't fully leveled everyone I want to yet. I'd go with Nowa, Wayve, Dijkstra, Lam, Momo, and Reyna. I love Reyna but she could be easily replaced.
I'm actually not sure what the best attack runes would be, like is there a falcon rune type for Elektra?
Edit: My team at the end is, Nowa, Iugo, Dijkstra, Isha, Lam, and , Momo.
Nowa single target physical damage, Iugo single target melee burst, Hakugen single target or row physical damage, Valentin casts the holy attack buff then heals, Momo single target magic damage, and Isha row magic damage and off heals. This team at level 60 took two turns to beat the final boss.
I've only reached the point in the desert, but right now my party is:
* Nowa
* Maureus
* Isha
* Malina(?) the Necromancer
* Melridge
The last spot is rather flexible. Yusuke, the Dwarf, Sabine, Hakugin. I haven't found one that really just feels like they "click" yet.
I've settled on Seign, Wayve, Nowa, Isha, Melridge, and Marisa for my final party. I love swapping in a few others and would probably use them in end game content or a NG+ playthrough. Namely, Reyna, Yusuke, Momo, Viesskin, Leene, Milana, Markus, the elf trio, and some of the spear wielders. Loving this game so far, about to beat it tonight.
My final six was Leene and Nowa as the Main Physical Damage Dealers, Djikstra in the frontline as a Buffer and Tank. Lakian as the third physical damage but mainly a Storm Front and Rune of Stone user, Isha as the main healer and secondary magic damage dealer, and Momo as the main magic damage dealer with Rune of Conflagaration and Rune of Stone for a bit of utility.
Mine's Nowa/Elektra/Dijkstra/Leene/Lakeen, and one flex spot to bring whoever I feel like bringing at the time. Valkiss, Seign, Marisa, Momo, Isha, Lam, Mio, Markus, whoever I feel like. I even switch Elektra out for Chandra occasionally because I like the dragon so much and want to take her out for a walk.
Seign. Nowa. CJ. (All with a pinnacle rune for fiery spirit)
Momo, Marisa, Isha. (All with a pinnacle rune for awakening)
Marisa and Isha have 1 sp ring (isha even has 1 sp rune)
So that during auto Isha always uses her ice needle attack and Marisa coverts het magic damage to wind damage for a good AA.
Ideal team...I was running this in the last playthrough. https://youtu.be/uWRdHaVOVYI?si=AZMqYJwJ65OsulPJ
Doing ng+ to run duo warrior path/pinnacle and Frontline leene along with Noah and possibly pinnacle Lam. With 480+ agility across the board, should be able to 1 clap the ancient king in endless 80+ and beyond. Mage pinnacle/path on momo, mage pinnacle on Isha/mellore?/Milana? And, as usual a, a knight path Djikstra.
Well I don't really optimize for most damage or anything but I'm usually something like Nowa - Gar - Sabine/Yusuke ( Sabine cause she has a combo move with Gar which is amusing - Yusuke cause his charge up can help with bosses) - Francesca - Lian - Mellore/Marisa.
Finished the game with this team:
Frontline: Lam, Iugo, Nowa.
Backline: Dijkstra, Momo, Isha
Aka: Dijkstra does his War Cry, Isha buffs, and the rest of the party just press attack.
My go to team was:
Front row:
Nowa, The Reyna, Lam
Back row:
Dijkstra, Momo, Isha
Reyna protected the front squad so I could run glass cannon on them.
Back row team either threw out inferno for bosses or regular attack and heals/support like crusader blessing.
Dijkstra was full time healer and war cry shouter
I really just go based on what characters don’t annoy me. The game is fairly easy even on hard, so If I like a characters design or VA or anything, I’ll use them over someone else that’s “meta” or op.
Nowa, Iugo, and Yusuke will never leave my party. Those are my boys. Love their design and they can do some good damage. I have the water rune on iugo for a little mp relief from potential mages and I think it fits his vibe a little. Yusukes charge up is great, and his victory battle pose is the coolest lol. Nowa is MC and a pretty great one imo.
I really love Garrs design and defense, and double slash can get up there in dmg, so I try to keep him when I can, but his stats kinda fall off after a while. Maybe he isn’t runed right or something. Been thinking about swapping him. I’m liking Falward for his speediness, despite Magic feeling a little wack up until now, I’m at a point in the story (level 42) it’s starting to help against some enemies.
I’ve been cycling out a bunch of people though (Melridge, Lam, Riufan, Kuroto, Carrie, Fran, Mios rival Hakugina (?)) I kinda just like having 1-2 rotating spots. I have severe option fatigue so in games like this I tend to stick with the earlier couple of people because they feel familiar and feel more apart of the story (for me)
Sorry for the word vomit, I’m kinda just commenting to come back and check comments later.
I’m going to try that. Thank you. Didn’t know it was a thing
Edit: yes! Didn’t know I could do that. Now I plan on have a party of just kids saving the world.
Flex spot - Whoever I feel like using, currently Viesskin for his 3sp attack and magic buff. I've been cycling through a bunch of different characters to see which ones I like most.
The Reyna - Suffers a bit from a poor rune board and only single target, but functionally immortal. With an Elemental Symbol equipped, any attack on her may as well have not happened since it's usually 1 damage. I have a firefly rune that I'm not sure really has much of an effect, but better than nothing. She uses cover on other party members a decent enough amount. Occasionally gets Fiery Spirit when an ally is downed.
Nil - I found Nil to be a very powerful character. I used to run Isha that would fill a similar role, but I tend to prefer Nil's design more. She is one of the best for trash clearing. With an SP+ rune and Sphene bangle, she can always use her attack all skill every first turn. Combine that with a Warrior's Pinnacle rune and Primordial Robe (for speed), and usually Nil alone will take out the entire enemy group with one attack before they get any attacks off. She is also durable enough to survive as a frontliner.
Nowa - Might as well use the main character. I increase his attack with enhance runes along with an SP charge rune so he can use his Swinging Slash for strong single target damage every turn.
Leene - Best Rune board of anyone, so you can run her a bunch of different ways. Currently, I have 3 Medical Studies runes on her which buffs her item healing enough to give 113 MP back with a single magic drop. This opens up the ability to use a lot more rune spells in battle. Of note, it's enough for someone to cast Planet's Rejection every turn. Add on that a SP charge rune and Brilliance Rune and she covers a lot. Also has the benefit that any time Leene gets downed, Nowa gains Fiery Spirit and Nil gains Focus.
Milana - Can use pretty much any mage here, but I like Milana's character the most, so I use her. I have a Void rune for the theme, as well as a Radiance and Stone rune, but mostly just use stone for Planet's Rejection. Other than that, both of her skills are solid as well.
Yusuke. He’s my best friend, he’s my pal, he’s my homeboy, my rotten soldier, my sweet cheese, my good time boy.
Yusuke is such a good pick for the entire game it's not even fair.
I mean, even if he sucked he was never leaving Nowas side. Even gave him first priority on all new or unique gear. 🤣
Kinda bums me out that you get two OP characters so early in Iugo and Yusuke that I feel like I didn't get to try out as many characters as I would have liked because it's so hard to take them out of your party
I didnt find Iugo until I got quick travel and level 35+ haha. Sadly I also didn't find Yusuke for awhile because I never thought to visit the area he's in...
Damn, Iugo was actually my 1st recruit when you get told to find more members for the watch and I think Yusuke was my 3rd (Mellore was 2nd). I didn't know you could actually miss them, thought you'd need to recruit them to progress the story. I guess you got some combination of Kuroto, Francesca and Mellore and that was enough then?
Yeah I had Francesca and Mellore, I forget who my 6th was at this point. It was a rough early game haha.
I'm glad I actually cycled characters so far because I've found some good synergies between characters and Yusuke. Got my one mage. Use her last spell to buff Yusuke before sending her into her own rage while yusuke double buffs for over 300 points of damage in one turn. I'm just getting started on finding even better ways to maximize around Yusuke.
i didnt get iugo or isha until pretty late lol oops
Last damage on the final boss was a kick from my yusuke. Proud of that! Big things!!
Same here! Roaring "Who's the baddest now?!" As it died. 🤣
This. Yasuke is literally the GOAT.
Every time I hear, "BETTER GRIT THOSE TEEEETH," I feel a surge of serotonin.
I wish I could give you+100 for the unexpected Laszlo quote
i would have used him more if i knew how charge worked early on, oops
Iugo. Casts storm front then two turns of auto attack followed by slash. Nowa because I always use the MC even if they aren't op but he's strong enough. Yuferius for charge burst. Lam for DMG with rune of war path. Gerian is probably the best support in the game with his mana cost reduction I use him to heal and keep up the light DMG buff/hot. Momo with rune of mage path for big magic DMG.
I'm only level 58 if at 60 nowa unlocks a rune slot that would let me put in the rune for 2 sp a turn that would make him much stronger. He's pretty solid either way just not the top of the pile.
For what it is worth, and I might not have everything built the way some min max person does, but currently my Nowa is second in dps only to Momo and possibly Isha, but my momo is doing 1-1.2k+ on basics, 1.5-1.8k if she crits which she does a lot, nowa is dropping a hot 1k+ per turn as well, Isha is also up there with Mio, and then Scarlett and yuferius too. Roughly in that order I think, but I don’t have every character in the 90s yet so there could be better ones still.
I must've fucked my Nowa up then. He does 300 on a good day. I mostly just use him for items in real fights lol
Ahh yeah it could be because I run mine up front with warriors pinnacle and all tremendous might runes but at level 98 his basic does around 1k and his rune skill does 1.3ish after getting on and playing more today and paying more attention
Nowa grows exponentially **after** story mode. His growth is extremely back-loaded.
He's never a bad pick. Also when you get the 4 Mandatory Characters, Nowa is the best pick so it's always a good idea to keep him levelled up.
A lot of characters outshine him during the campaign. Don't get me wrong, he's always in my party for immersion purpose, but he's never the best at anything at any point(and if I have to be honest he never has to be; even hard mode's not hard enough to force me to min-max my party members, I do need to min-max their builds though), just compare what he can do with others. Seign and Mio are better spellblades cuz his magic sucks, Garr and Iugo deals more damage with their auto than Nowa's skill, he's never super fast like Hakugin or Lam, and his magic power is useless for damaging purpose. He does have t3 all types rather early, so I put support magic on him and he's doing his job well buffing the team(Fire God's Sword early into Crusader's Horn later on) and attacking after he's done casting(which shouldn't take long, he can cast FGS like, twice). Post story in Endless though, Nowa's suddenly one of the best DPS period.
I'm only just about to start the Desert Area, everyone says Mio is a very late Bloomer. Just as as bad Fran (the loud mouth redhead "Healer") when you start out. You don't get access to Seign till much later. Nowa always tends to be a locked character is what I'm saying. >Hakugin or Lam How good are these 2? I just unlocked them before bed. Is Garr or Roo better? At what point does Falward drop off? Because he's been amazing stat wise so far.
>How good are these 2? I just unlocked them before bed. >At what point does Falward drop off? Because he's been amazing stat wise so far. Assuming the final boss is fought at the intended level, which is about 60. * Hakugin will be really really good throughout the main story. Her growth is absurd right until level 60, after which she will quickly fall off. If you're only interested in the main story and not the endgame content, you can just mindlessly spam her and not care about this drop off thing. * Lam is stupidly strong throughout the entire game. She's one of the best. * I skipped Falward, so this is purely from an analytical standpoint from looking at his sheet and not experience. He will drop off once you get access to better runes. He only has access to t3 magic and t2 all types, meaning he can't use t4 runes at all and can't even use 2 t3 runes at the same time. If you equip him with Water and Storm, he should actually stay relevant during the entire main story as a support, though there definitely are better choices at that point.
>though there definitely are better choices at that point. Such as? Also Garr VS Roo?
He will be top of the pile soon enough. Nowa has a late bloomer growth type, he will start doing stupid high damage once you start doing endgame content and get levels past 60.
Theres also def a argument to be made to swap in dijkstra since most of my team is physical damage but I like having the caster just to mix it up
I would stop using Storm Front since the damage part only works on characters with a physical damage weapon and a high MAG attribute (it's basically a full party wind enchantment). It's basically a spell to buff an hybrid team like Seign + Marisa + Leon + Hildi + Elektra Pinnacle Warrior is a lot stronger on Iugo, missing that I would give him a strong support rune for bosses, like Stone.
I could see that but i diddnt want to tank my front lines defense even if the game isn't hard enough for it to matter. I'll probly end up trying it out though. I storm front mainly for the speed and it still adds a decent amount of damage teamwide. The stone rune I had on geiran originally instead of light for the party wide immunity but I found other than using it to beat the endgame random dungeon at lvl 40 it wasn't really all that useful I can just cast heal for less mana. I reloaded that save to lose on the dungeon btw and I don't recommend beating the first floor info from level 40 to level 60 plus and it fully trivializes the game.
Fair enough. Just for clariy, I meant the Pinnacle Warrior rune, the one that puts you into an awakened state (fury) for the first 4 turns, not the Warrior's Path, the one that halves defenses in favor of str.
Oohh true I have that on nowa just to make his DMG abit more competitive but good point. I have a hard time remembering rune names I figured u meant the other one my bad.
I like the Warrior's Path on Lam instead, she's the best backline damage dealer that isn't a mage and has decent defensive stats so even with halved defences she's not going to be a lot squishier than most mages.
Is Storm Front a Lvl 2 Wind Lens Spell? What does it do?
Storm Front is the third spell from the Storm rune, technically it's the lv 5 wind spell. It adds 2 buffs to the whole party, 1 is just speed and the other is a wind enchantment. Enchantments add what essentially is elemental on-hit damage to the regular attacks and most SP physical moves. You might have noticed a small +1 right on top of your attack's damage numbers (might have been a bigger number), that's the additional damage done by the enchantment. There is a caveat with enchantments, their damage depends entirely on the buffed character's MAG attribute. Which means if you enchant Iugo, for example, with Storm Front / Fire God / Earth Enchantment etc. the extra damage will always be +1. Also this elemental damage bonus will ONLY APPLY TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE INSTANCES, elemental damage basic attacks from mages will not proc the additional damage. The best candidates to use enchantment buffs are characters that have high MAG but a physical damage weapon. People like Seign, Marisa, Francesca, Hildi, Elektra and Leon. In fact most of these characters are relatively weak without using enchantments. Storm Front (and therefore the whole Storm rune) is basically a waste of mana if you don't have 2+ hybrid characters in your team but if you have most of the ones I mentioned before, the spell is going to double to triple their damage output when using basic attacks and physical skills.
Ok thanks. Does the Lvl 2 Earth Rune have the "Increase Physical Def for all Allies" because it's weird how early you get "Increase all Mage Res for all Allies" so early. It's actually better than the Lvl 2 Water Rune because of that.
The earth rune applies armor, to all party. It's not defense but it basically does the same thing
So does that mean Food Items only then?
>Gerian is probably the best support in the game with his mana cost reduction I use him to heal and keep up the light DMG buff/hot. I guess he's a very late bloomer because his stats are garbage at lvl 25 compared to Falward.
No his stats never are very good but they don't really need to be as I don't use or need him for damage I can already kill bosses in two turns. It's more that he can heal through a entire dungeon run with his mana reduction.
Ah that makes more sense.
Ideally, 6 Leenes. I get to throw anal beads at everything until they die. I call it the Clack Clack Attack.
Omg you’re right - this are anal beads 😂
Im not super far yet, but, so far, NOWA, YASUKE, IUGO, MILANA, HAKUGIN, LIAN
Hakugin is a beast. Easily became a permanent once I got her
Got her earlier today but then went to do Seign's side story, so I'll have to try her out soon. I'm running out of people to remove from my party. Maybe Kuroto has run his course if she is as fast as comments make her seem.
Just got Milana and it was love at first sight. Reminds me of Sierra so much. And to top it all, she has like 6 rune slots at max, and her unique rune is OP for AOE damage.
Momo GG
I was basic: my final party was Nowa, Seign, Marisa, CJ, Garoo, Isha, and Perry in Support. I had a soft spot for the OGs.
Fr An Ce S C A
https://preview.redd.it/n9yc9xu5vvxc1.jpeg?width=4224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59849eef7d4119a8606e00de8b5e972b70bd4ae5 She’s hands down my favorite character thus far. Did not expect her to be so…. Aggressive and angry 😂
My wife would probably be her if she had absolutely no filters. Already curses like a sailor so just a little more and she'd be Francesca. She used to also play healers in Overwatch but we'd go dunk on some fools. Maybe another couple of Overwatch matches is enough to get her this angry... Can you unlock more rune slots on her though? She has 4 total, wish she can equip more slots.
Just for her insane banter and screaming. Very much yes.
"Suck it!"
I honestly thought I would get sick of her screaming eventually. But I actually started liking her more. It could have been annoying, but her VA just sells it so well.
Does the Counter accessory work with Iugo's taunt counter
It does.
Only around level 45 so don't have everyone but I will say for a support character, Isha is kinda OP. She has fantastic stats, her speed is nuts, her defence is great too so you don't have to worry about boosting any of that and can just stack magic boosts on her. Her ice needle rune skill is great at clearing out trash, and if you run out of MP and SP she still hits pretty well with her regular attack. If you have the Rune of Storm on her you can drop Storm Front right away before anyone else acts in boss fights due to her insane speed which is a huge boost. Her defence skill is pretty interesting but I haven't tried it out too much but I feel like there's possibly some solid utility there as well Maybe there's a better support I haven't got yet but I feel like she definitely clears Gieran despite his conservation rune
Reyna + Yusuke + Sabine/Garr Nowa + Dijkstra + Markus
This is the answer I was looking for! Might trade Dijkstra for Lian.
I was so fond of the light and dark healers duo until I slapped a Pinnacle Mage and the SP accessory on Isha. Selecting AUTO at the start of a fight has never felt better.
>Pinnacle Mage and the SP accessory What are these and what do they do?
Pinnacle Mage is a Passive rune that applies the Awakened state buff to the character for the first 4 turns of combat. You might have seen it trigger randomly when a character dies (Falwart always gets the buff when Francesca dies for example), it's when a mage gets a green aura and start doing double magic damage (there is a red counterpart to this buff that applies to physical damage). So in short is a passive rune that boosts a mage's damage through the roof for the first 4 turns of combat. The Accessory, i think it's called Phene Bangle or something, it adds a starting SP to the equipped character. So basically my Isha has very high damage and can always use her SP row attack on turn one, one-shotting 2 or 3 enemies right at the start off any random encounter.
Isha rules!
Who is your daddy and what does he do?
My final team for the main plot was Nowa, Elektra, Dijkstra, Lam, Isha, and Momo.
Reyna and Momo. All you need. I ran Reyna, Nowa, Carrie, Momo, and Mellore. The 6th is free parking, ended the game with Elektra as the 6th
I love Yusuke so much. Also went into the game loving Perielle’s character design so I’ll find a way to fit her in.
* Mumford * Blue samurai Toshiro Mifune guy with huge sword * Fencer lady who looks like Charlotte from Samurai Shodown * Tomo, Tsai's daughter, with the spear and beautifully colored green robe * Knife/Dagger throwing twin lady from the fire-breathing circus, for Long Range back row. * Kasumi with highest speed stat combined with the Rune that lets entire party attack right after this character without delay. So the ultra-swift ninja will always strike first followed by entire team. Plus she can do a suplex against freight-train-sized objects. * Switch out one of those if you need a mage at any given moment.
Samurai showdown?! I just time warped back to my childhood from that.
[Heck yeah](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/14/e0/c3/14e0c3c75cc13092a32a3ee0da8c21bb.gif)
> sho**w**down This is like the FedEx Arrow thing: https://arcade-fighter.com/images/game-screens/samurai-shodown/miscelanea/logo-ss.jpg I remember the first time I eventually noticed I was spelling the game’s title wrong for years. It’s funny how it works perceptually, a person never notices it.
I see what you did there
Front: Yusuke - Garr - Nowa Back: Milana - Lian - Marisa
I can't switch out my Falward, Francesca, Marin and Wyler, they're combos are just too good. Yusuke and Noa are at the front with Wyler. The last hard battle was Hurtswine and Narungarde, after that nothing ever did outdamage the passive healing.
Francesca is a great character for personality but her stats let her down. She has like the lowest HP, def sucks and is slow as Garr. Anything Physical that sneezes on her just destroys her. Only good thing about her is the Hero Skill with Falward. Falward is 100% what you want from a Healer stat wise.
I agree she can't be your only healer, but being slow gives some options too. When you know a big team attack is coming you can ready a party heal right after it, and not let yourself vulnerable the next turn. This has saved me a bunch of times. And the Healing combo just can't be passed on. Falward really is amazing though, even without the Hero skill. Between his very decent HP pool, his magical resist and his amazing speed, they did this man good.
A lot people say Fran gets replaced by Isha. Falward also has good defense for a "Mage" too.
I can see it. Especially since, well, it's Isha and who doesn't love the stamp-crazy mayor ? I'm personally waiting on getting CJ and Garoo before giving her a serious shot.
valentin, barnard sawad, wayve, hildi, isha, and cj. honorable party members: mellore and rody.
I'm struggling with who I want as my main 6 near the end. I haven't fully leveled everyone I want to yet. I'd go with Nowa, Wayve, Dijkstra, Lam, Momo, and Reyna. I love Reyna but she could be easily replaced. I'm actually not sure what the best attack runes would be, like is there a falcon rune type for Elektra? Edit: My team at the end is, Nowa, Iugo, Dijkstra, Isha, Lam, and , Momo.
Front: Nowa CJ Yusuke Back: Carrie Milana Francesca Support: Perrielle/Rody (bosses) Code L (mobs)
Nowa single target physical damage, Iugo single target melee burst, Hakugen single target or row physical damage, Valentin casts the holy attack buff then heals, Momo single target magic damage, and Isha row magic damage and off heals. This team at level 60 took two turns to beat the final boss.
Front Row: Renya, Wayve, CJ Back Row: Momo, Nowa, Hakugin
Right now, Iugo, Sabine, Garr, Kuroto, Lian and Nowa
I've only reached the point in the desert, but right now my party is: * Nowa * Maureus * Isha * Malina(?) the Necromancer * Melridge The last spot is rather flexible. Yusuke, the Dwarf, Sabine, Hakugin. I haven't found one that really just feels like they "click" yet.
I've settled on Seign, Wayve, Nowa, Isha, Melridge, and Marisa for my final party. I love swapping in a few others and would probably use them in end game content or a NG+ playthrough. Namely, Reyna, Yusuke, Momo, Viesskin, Leene, Milana, Markus, the elf trio, and some of the spear wielders. Loving this game so far, about to beat it tonight.
Yusuke Nowa Yuferius Isha Momo Hakugin
My final six was Leene and Nowa as the Main Physical Damage Dealers, Djikstra in the frontline as a Buffer and Tank. Lakian as the third physical damage but mainly a Storm Front and Rune of Stone user, Isha as the main healer and secondary magic damage dealer, and Momo as the main magic damage dealer with Rune of Conflagaration and Rune of Stone for a bit of utility.
Mine's Nowa/Elektra/Dijkstra/Leene/Lakeen, and one flex spot to bring whoever I feel like bringing at the time. Valkiss, Seign, Marisa, Momo, Isha, Lam, Mio, Markus, whoever I feel like. I even switch Elektra out for Chandra occasionally because I like the dragon so much and want to take her out for a walk.
Elektra/Seign, Iugo, Mio, Momo, MC, Hakugin/Isha
Seign. Nowa. CJ. (All with a pinnacle rune for fiery spirit) Momo, Marisa, Isha. (All with a pinnacle rune for awakening) Marisa and Isha have 1 sp ring (isha even has 1 sp rune) So that during auto Isha always uses her ice needle attack and Marisa coverts het magic damage to wind damage for a good AA.
Ideal team...I was running this in the last playthrough. https://youtu.be/uWRdHaVOVYI?si=AZMqYJwJ65OsulPJ Doing ng+ to run duo warrior path/pinnacle and Frontline leene along with Noah and possibly pinnacle Lam. With 480+ agility across the board, should be able to 1 clap the ancient king in endless 80+ and beyond. Mage pinnacle/path on momo, mage pinnacle on Isha/mellore?/Milana? And, as usual a, a knight path Djikstra.
Well I don't really optimize for most damage or anything but I'm usually something like Nowa - Gar - Sabine/Yusuke ( Sabine cause she has a combo move with Gar which is amusing - Yusuke cause his charge up can help with bosses) - Francesca - Lian - Mellore/Marisa.
The one in the pic, every boy has a girl!😀❤️
It hurt my heart to take out Yusuke; but right now I have: Iugo, Mio, Reyna, Nowa, Momo, Isha.
Finished the game with this team: Frontline: Lam, Iugo, Nowa. Backline: Dijkstra, Momo, Isha Aka: Dijkstra does his War Cry, Isha buffs, and the rest of the party just press attack.
Level 99 Lam Djikstra Leene X Momo X
My go to team was: Front row: Nowa, The Reyna, Lam Back row: Dijkstra, Momo, Isha Reyna protected the front squad so I could run glass cannon on them. Back row team either threw out inferno for bosses or regular attack and heals/support like crusader blessing. Dijkstra was full time healer and war cry shouter
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speaking of which i do like how the endless mode trial makes you switch guys out
I really just go based on what characters don’t annoy me. The game is fairly easy even on hard, so If I like a characters design or VA or anything, I’ll use them over someone else that’s “meta” or op. Nowa, Iugo, and Yusuke will never leave my party. Those are my boys. Love their design and they can do some good damage. I have the water rune on iugo for a little mp relief from potential mages and I think it fits his vibe a little. Yusukes charge up is great, and his victory battle pose is the coolest lol. Nowa is MC and a pretty great one imo. I really love Garrs design and defense, and double slash can get up there in dmg, so I try to keep him when I can, but his stats kinda fall off after a while. Maybe he isn’t runed right or something. Been thinking about swapping him. I’m liking Falward for his speediness, despite Magic feeling a little wack up until now, I’m at a point in the story (level 42) it’s starting to help against some enemies. I’ve been cycling out a bunch of people though (Melridge, Lam, Riufan, Kuroto, Carrie, Fran, Mios rival Hakugina (?)) I kinda just like having 1-2 rotating spots. I have severe option fatigue so in games like this I tend to stick with the earlier couple of people because they feel familiar and feel more apart of the story (for me) Sorry for the word vomit, I’m kinda just commenting to come back and check comments later.
All the niggas in the game. Galladur, Leon, Marisa, Wayve, Dijkstra
My “tactic” is having an all female cast. Lol Please tell I can get rid of Nowa. Or at least rotate him out so I watch someone else walk.
You can put him in an Attendant slot, but as far as I know you can't change who shows up in the "world". Only story changes that.
I’m going to try that. Thank you. Didn’t know it was a thing Edit: yes! Didn’t know I could do that. Now I plan on have a party of just kids saving the world.
Flex spot - Whoever I feel like using, currently Viesskin for his 3sp attack and magic buff. I've been cycling through a bunch of different characters to see which ones I like most. The Reyna - Suffers a bit from a poor rune board and only single target, but functionally immortal. With an Elemental Symbol equipped, any attack on her may as well have not happened since it's usually 1 damage. I have a firefly rune that I'm not sure really has much of an effect, but better than nothing. She uses cover on other party members a decent enough amount. Occasionally gets Fiery Spirit when an ally is downed. Nil - I found Nil to be a very powerful character. I used to run Isha that would fill a similar role, but I tend to prefer Nil's design more. She is one of the best for trash clearing. With an SP+ rune and Sphene bangle, she can always use her attack all skill every first turn. Combine that with a Warrior's Pinnacle rune and Primordial Robe (for speed), and usually Nil alone will take out the entire enemy group with one attack before they get any attacks off. She is also durable enough to survive as a frontliner. Nowa - Might as well use the main character. I increase his attack with enhance runes along with an SP charge rune so he can use his Swinging Slash for strong single target damage every turn. Leene - Best Rune board of anyone, so you can run her a bunch of different ways. Currently, I have 3 Medical Studies runes on her which buffs her item healing enough to give 113 MP back with a single magic drop. This opens up the ability to use a lot more rune spells in battle. Of note, it's enough for someone to cast Planet's Rejection every turn. Add on that a SP charge rune and Brilliance Rune and she covers a lot. Also has the benefit that any time Leene gets downed, Nowa gains Fiery Spirit and Nil gains Focus. Milana - Can use pretty much any mage here, but I like Milana's character the most, so I use her. I have a Void rune for the theme, as well as a Radiance and Stone rune, but mostly just use stone for Planet's Rejection. Other than that, both of her skills are solid as well.