The Last Remnant (PC) character class guide

Author: Misfiring Chong

Email: wai_hon_chong66@hotmail.com
1. Introduction
This is simply another product spawned from the boringness
of work life, so don't expect a 100% accuracy on any stuffs
here. Still, if you're looking for actual, factual guide on
how to play the game, this is not the place. This is not a
walkthrough on how to complete the game or how to unlock stuffs
or how to beat that seemingly unbeatable boss. This is a guide
on how to get the best class possible for each unique leader
that you can hire. If you have no idea what a unique leader is,
you're most probably a new player and thus you should focus on
beating the game rather than class grinding (some characters
require some grind to get the best class for him/her).
This guide is primarily aimed for players who had beaten the
game and wants to maximise his characters' potentials on their
second run. Also, the "best class" for a character doesn't
mean its the highest possible rank or hardest to get, and
to a certain degree its also depends on the player's view.
So if you think that the suggested "best class" is not worth
the effort or not really the best in your opinion, feel free
to do as you see fit.
Ah yes the legal stuffs. It's been repeated in every single
guide here that distributing guides that are posted here
without the author's permission is illegal, especially if
money and modification is involved. This guide is no exception.
You can print it and give it to your friends, just don't
claim that it's your work and start collecting money from them.
I will not be covering Rush for this guide since Rush is a free
style character that has access to all skills (and thus most
classes), and it's the player's freedom to make him into whichever
class they wish, although some classes are only possible in the
second playthrough. I'll also skip Jorgen and Jager character
because their class is unique and fixed.
The characters are NOT sorted in alphabetical order, but in
the order of availability. If you want facts on the characters,
visit the wikia.
I'll also assume you have played the game at least once
already so I can get straight to the point.
2. Character guide
---Baulson---
Starting skills:
Two-handed spear
Herbs
Learned skills:
Remedies (BR 18) -Recommended for the Refresh skill, but
not essential.
Potions (BR 30) -Useless for Baulson as he should be a
frontline damage disher instead of a supporter.
Traits:
- Very tanky regardless of class, has a lot of HP and
generally takes less damage than others.
- A lot of physical damage from his spear. Final weapon
has insane stats but no weapon art.
- Very low INT so can't heal much with Remedies, but
Refresh is useful.
Primary Role: Damager, Tanker
Secondary Role: Reviver, Healer, Debuffer (Refresh)
Baulson is the first unique leader you can have. He hits
very hard and has Herbs and Remedies, which ensures him a
place until the end of the game.
The obvious best class for him is the Guardian class, which
will make him extremely tough (he's already fairly tough).
Unfortunately, Guardian is a very tricky class to get in the
PC version of the game because another herb related class,
Scout, is a lot easier to get and it's at the same rank. Thus,
if you do not pay attention to him, he'll most likely change
into Scout in the end and any chance of becoming a Guardian
is lost. Don't get me wrong, Scout is an excellent class, but
Baulson is one of the best candidates in the game for Guardian.
A good way of ensuring his path to Guardian class is to play
as normal until he learns Vivification Herb, then disable his
Restorative Herb skill (thus limiting his usage of Herbs but
still can revive unions) and make him the union leader to use
his Combat Arts whenever possible. You know you're in the right
track when he changes to Lancer class, making the change to
Guardian easier. After he learns Fleche and Dragon Crush then
you can enable his herb skills and he should change into Guardian
just before he learns Restorative Tincture.
Obviously by disabling his herb skills you're looking at a
harder gameplay because early in the game there isn't a lot
of healers available. Thus, you need to stick a dedicated
healer in Baulson's group. It's worth training him though because
his final weapon is one of the strongest in the game, and coupled
with his toughness and Guardian's immunity to critical srtikes
you'll be looking at one of the most powerful squadmate in the game.
---Blocter---
Starting skills:
One-handed/Power Grip axe
Herbs
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 33) -Useless for Blocter as his INT is woeful.
Traps (BR 44) -Useless for Baulson since he isn't an item user.
Traits:
- Has very high HP, making him a natural tanker.
- Wonder Bangle clears all status elements in one turn.
- Has large sized axe, which is lacking in damage compared to
huge sized weapons that Yama race typically uses.
Primary Role: Tanker, Healer, Reviver
Secondary Role: Passive Debuffer (Wonder Bangle)
Blocter is very similar to Baulson, except that he didn't have
Remedies and generally does less damage than Baulson.
If you want to make him a Guardian, just use the same method
as Baulson to get him to become a Guardian. However, since
Blocter is usually one of the highest HP squadmates in the
game, making him a Scout isn't too bad either as it's a lot
easier. I always making him a Scout because his final weapon
is pretty weak compare to many other characters, thus he's
a poor choice as an all-out damager. A Scout class allows
him to play support role in a pure combat union, and even more
so after he aqquired the Wonder Bangle.
Trivia: I personally always set his wield style to one-handed
because it's just feels more natural and the one-handed axe
skill, Reverse Delta, is just cool to watch, and because no
other unique leader has one-handed axes, it feels more
exclusive.
---David---
Starting skills:
One-handed sword (with shield)
Invocations
Herbs
Learned skills:
Remedies (BR 34) -Essential as David has the INT to heal
properly with this.
Shards (BR 50) -Useless for David unless you want him to
become Alchemist.
Traits:
- Natural leader thanks to Gae Bolg not requiring morale
to activate making it easy to trigger.
- Average physical damage, but high INT means good invocation
damage and remedies healing.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager, Healer, Reviver
Secondary Role: Debuffer (Refresh), Leader (Gae Bolg, Ex Machina)
David starts out as Mysticknight, which is a good class
for him and is easy to maintain. However, if you're
interested in getting him the highest rank class possible,
he is a good candidate for Assassin. Mysticknight is more
suitable for him though since he has high INT thus he's
able to use invocations properly, so it's up to you to
decide whether it's worth the effort.
If you want to make him an Assassin, you should disable
his Invocation and focus on his Herbs and combat skills.
Remedies is ok though as he only learns it mid-game so
it shouldn't affect the class changes.
It is possible for David to become Alchemist if you
unlock his Shard skill, which is by far the best item
class in the game. However, I personally recommend
against this since Mysticknight suits him much better.
Don't get me wrong, Alchemist is extremely powerful
and David probably could bring out it's benefits, but
there are much better candidates for that thus David
should focus on his best skills.
---Emma---
Starting skills:
Dual-wield sword
Remedies
Learned skills:
Invocations (BR 19) -Useless for Emma
Potions (BR 32) -Useless for Emma
Traits:
- No point discussing her trait since you won't get to
use her for very long.
Primary Role: Healer
Secondary Role: Damager
I won't go into details in case of spoilers but I highly
recommend that you don't spend anytime on Emma's training,
but instead use her to fill the holes in your party,
especially when training Baulson and Blocter to become
Guardian since she has Remedies which is highly useful.
In normal cases, she would become Cavalier if you use
her actively.
---Pagus---
Starting skills:
Two-handed staff
Invocations
Remedies
Learned skills:
Herbs (BR 26) -Essential for the Vivification Herb, which
keeps you from the Game Over screen.
Wards (BR 53) -Essential for Pagus to become Commander.
Very useful in blocking damage from deadly attacks.
Traits:
- Very high INT, which means insane power from Invocation,
and often overheal with Remedies. In late game, a single
Spark hit from him can do 20-30k damage.
- Surprisingly durable for a pure mystic character when
compared to Khrynia or Irina.
- Can wield the Ama-Gi, a powerful remnant weapon.
- Megalore requires high morale to execute thus isn't
as accessible as Gae Bolg.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager, Healer, Debuffer
Secondary Role: Reviver (Herb), Morale Booster (Wards)
Pagus is a born mystic user, and he should be trained
as such. His early class changes will depend on how
you want to use him. If you frequently use his remedies
to heal unions, he'll become Healer, and if you frequently
cast invocations, he'll become Marauder. Both are powerful,
single-purpose classes and Pagus proves to be useful in
either class. If you use both his skills evenly, he might
even get to become Bishop, but levelling that can prove
tricky because remedies has to be slightly higher level
than invocation at all times.
After mid-game though, he'll unlock wards, and from here
you should keep training that until he turns into Commander,
which is a powerful class that enhances all mystic arts. Of
course, a Thaumaturge does more damage (it's the most damaging
mystic class in the game) and in theory Pagus has the skills
to become one, but having remedies and wards as the secondary
skills make this a near impossible task. There are better
candidates for Thaumaturge and Sage if you're interested
in them so you should let Pagus become a Commander.
Torgal
------
Starting skills:
Quad-Wield/Dual Power Grip Sword (change to Axe
if combat focus)
Evocations
Learned skills:
Potions (BR 24) -Useless for Torgal.
Psionic (BR 45) -Highly recommended as its much more
useful than Evocations.
Traits:
- Very high HP, but the lack of any healing skill means
a decent tanker at best.
- Does more physical damage with axes, but since there's
the infamous weapon upgrade bug on him having swords
is easier as well as making his Psionics stronger.
- Lugh's Revenge is very powerful and only uses 50AP,
which allows repeated use.
Primary Role: Damager, Morale Booster (Psionic),
Leader (Lugh's Revenge)
Secondary Role: Mystic Damager
Torgal, in normal cases, doesn't really require training.
As long as you use his skills normally, he'll eventually
become a Cleric or Deathknight depending on which wield
style he uses most. Both are powerful classes, with
Deathknight being slightly better because it increases
Weapon Art damage (Cerulean Rain/Hawkarang for Torgal's
case), but since Weapon Arts are rarely used and they
already pack nuclear amount of damage, the benefit is
negligible. Quad Wield is needed to unlock Torgal's
weapon art though, thus a Cleric is a much better choice.
Still, Deathknight is a higher rank class than Cleric
thus you could still make him a Deathknight at any time.
Loki
----
Starting skills:
One-handed/Power Grip mace
Invocations
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 24) -Depends, but mostly not essential.
Herbs (BR 33) -Essential for the Vivification Herb,
which is all-important.
Traits:
- His skills and stats make him a poor choice for
end game character, but he's reasonably tough and
decent for mid-game.
Primary Role: *depending on how you train him*
Secondary Role: Reviver (Herbs)
Loki is a decent character, mostly used to fill the
party's needs. If you lack physical fighters, then
Loki could become one. If you need mystic casters,
then Loki's invocation (and later hexes) will be
useful. If you need a bit of both, then he's a good
candidate for Mysticknight (train his one-handed
style to fully utilise the class's benefits).
However, you should watch out not to accidentally
make him a Druid, which is aqquired by training
weapon skills and hexes. In many cases, hexes skills
are not necessary for Loki unless he's a pure mystic
caster. You should disable those skills that are not
necessary to his role, and its best not to change
his role halfway through the game.
If you're interested in the highest possible rank class
for Loki, then he's a good candidate for Guardian. Since
he unlocks Herbs mid-game, it's an easy procedure by
simply train his weapon skills until he becomes Bludgeoner,
then train his herbs when it unlocks. There's little
danger of him turning into a Scout unless his weapon
skills isn't high enough.
Caedmon
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Starting skills:
Dual Two-handed spear
Evocations
Herbs
Potions
Learned skills:
Remedies (BR 27) -Highly recommended for better healing.
Traps (BR 36) -Useless for Caedmon.
Traits:
- A lot of HP and has both Herbs and Remedies making
him an excellent tanker.
- A lot of damage from his dual-spear.
Primary Role: Damager, Tanker, Reviver
Secondary Role: Healer, Debuffer (Refresh)
Caedmon starts out with decent evocation skills
and very little weapon skills, but his STR far
exceeds his INT. Thus, it is highly recommended
to shut off his evocation skills (and potions too
as it's useless) and train his weapon skills. This
will also prevent him from becoming a Marksman
early on because he simply isn't the mystic type.
If all goes well, he should change into Mysticknight
and thus setting the path to become Ataraxian, the
best and final class for Caedmon.
If he turns into Marksman (which can happen if you
didn't train his combat skill hard enough), then
you'll need to put him in leader position in a pure
combat union to force him into Mysticknight, otherwise
he'll get stucked as Marksman for a very long time. It
might help to turn off his remedies as well as it
contributes to the overall mystic level thus preventing
him from changing to a hybrid class, which is what
he needs in the end to become Ataraxian.
You should take the trouble to make sure he gets his
final class as soon as possible, because in lategame
he will have a lot of HP and packs a lot of physical
damage, and his final weapon is expecially cool (not
to mention it's deadly weapon art).
Gabriel
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Starting skills:
One-handed sword (with shield)
Herbs
Potions
Learned skills:
Invocations (BR 25) -Useless for Gabriel since his
INT is terrible.
Lotions (BR 36) -Recommended for emergencies.
Traits:
- Good with Herbs making him an excellent supporter.
- Assassin can initiate rear-assault, boosting morale
and deal more damage.
Primary Role: Healer, Reviver
Secondary Role: Damager
Gabriel is the perfect candidate for Assassin. He
has the one-handed sword requirement and he starts
with decent herbs skills. As long as you use him
naturally, he naturally becomes an Assassin in late
game. In the mean time, he most probably turn into
Scout which is ideal in mid-game, and a bit of
weapon training is enough to turn him into Assassin.
Trivia: He has a bit of power grip skills, but since
he carries a shield, it is not usable, since in PC
those that carry a shield can no longer switch to
power grip in combat.
Violet
------
Starting skills:
Two-handed staff
Remedies
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 26) -Either essential or useless depending
on which class you want her to get.
Explosive (BR 42) -Useless for Violet.
Traits:
- Druid class boosting both her weapon and hex damage,
making her decent even in end game. Cavalier class is
decent too but not as much as Emmy.
Primary Role: Damager, Mystic Damager (Hexes)
Secondary Role: Healer, Debuffer
If you use her naturally, then she'll eventually turn
into Cavalier, which is a good class as it offers evasions.
However, she is the only perfect candidate among all
unique leaders for Druid, which only benefits two-handed
hexes users.
Unfortunately, she only unlocks hexes later in the game,
thus getting her to become Druid requires specific
approaches. You'll have to disable her remedies and
focus solely on her weapon skills (thus making her
a Runemaiden), then after unlocking her hexes, disable
her weapon skills and solely train her hexes.
Of course, a Cavalier is much simpler to get and it's
a decent class, so I can understand if you think making
her a Druid is not worth the effort. Still, Violet is
the only one that can fully utilise the Druid class,
thus making her more exclusive. Besides, it's not like
there is a shortage for Cavaliers.
Nora
----
Starting skills:
Power Grip mace
Invocations
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 34) -Depends, but mostly unnecessary
Lotions (BR 47) -Essential, no matter which class
she becomes
Traits:
- Any hybrid class is a waste on her, thus limiting
her potentials and making her poor choice for end game.
- Flachonelle provides total immunity to Silence
for the whole union.
Primary Role: Damager/Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Immune to Silence (Flachonelle),
Debuffer (Lotions)
Nora is similar to Loki in many ways, except that
she's stuck with power grip style thus she's a
poor candidate for Mysticknight and Druid. Therefore,
it is best to use her as a pure combat or pure
mystic user. This proves to be a much better way
of utilising her skills because late in the game
she will equip the Flachonelle that provides immunity
to Silence, and that's a godsend for mystic unions.
If you use her as a pure combat user, she has the
potential to become Guardian with her lotion skills
late game, but levelling lotion from the ground up
is very tricky. It's worth it though because her
weapon is more powerful than Loki's mace and it
has Weapon Art, thus making her a potential end
game character, albiet only decently.
Leshau
------
Starting skills:
Power Grip mace
Evocations
Hexes
Learned skills:
Psionic (BR 33) -Essential to unlock powerful
mystic classes
Potions (BR 44) -Useless for Leshau
Traits:
- One of the earliest character to have Hexes,
along with Maddox.
- All 3 of his mystics are long range capable.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Morale Booster
Leshau, like Pagus, is a born mystic user, only
that all his skills are offensive. Thus, he's
the perfect candidate for either Thaumaturge or
Sage. To achieve that, he must learn Psionic skills,
and ensures that either Evocation or Hex is the
highest level. A Thaumaturge does a lot of damage
and rechange AP while doing so, while a Sage has
high resistance to mystic arts and clears status
ailments fast. Both are the apex of mystic classes
and Leshau does well in either.
I presonally favor Thaumaturge as they are just so
powerful, and since Leshau's skills are all offensive,
a Thaumaturge just suits him a bit better.
Trivia: His mace has a unique weapon art, but since
he's a pure mystic character it won't be seen.
Maddox
------
Starting skills:
Two-handed staff
Invocation
Hexes
Learned skills:
Remedies (BR 36) -Essential to unlock powerful mystic
classes and support healing
Herbs (BR 44) -Essential for the vivification Herb.
Traits:
- Nearly identical to Pagus but has Hexes instead
of Wards.
- If Pagus doesn't equip the Ama-Gi, Maddox will.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Healer, Reviver (Herbs), Debuffer
Maddox is, in essence, the twin brother of Pagus
but he has Hexes instead of Wards. He is also an
excellent candidate for Thaumaturge or Sage, though
a bit less so compare to Leshau because controlling
the level of Remedies skill can be tricky.
In my opinion, a Sage suits Maddox slightly better
because his Remedies and Herbs make him an excellent
support more than an all out damage disher like
Leshau, but Thaumaturge works just fine as well.
Rhagoh
------
Starting skills:
One-handed/Power Grip mace
Remedies
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 37) -Essential for Rhagoh to dish out
some damage
Lotions (BR 44) -Highly recommended for emergencies
Traits:
- Very high INT from the beginning and the Healer
class makes him a very powerful healer, even in
end game. Can't do much else though.
Primary Role: Healer, Debuffer
Secondary Role: Mystic Damager (Hexes)
Rhagoh is a born supporter. He starts out with
only Remedies, so you might not want to put him
in a mystic union at the start since many mystic
casters already has Remedies. However, after
unlocking Hexes, he's the perfect candidate for
Bishop, which is a powerful support class and is
way better than Healer that Rhagoh starts with.
It should be easy for Rhagoh to change into Bishop
as long as he sticks to healing unions with some
occasional hexing.
Darien
------
Starting skills:
Two-handed spear
Herbs
Lotions
Learned skills:
Remedies (BR 45) -Recommended but not essential
since he has lotions
Potions (BR 53) -Nice to have since Scout class
extends buff durations but entirely unnecessary.
Traits:
- Very tough thanks to his spear, couple with
high level Herbs making him very tanky even in
end game.
- His spear does decent damage but ultimately
not exactly strong attack-wise.
- Very low INT means he won't heal much with
Remedies.
Primary Role: Healer, Reviver, Debuffer (Lotions)
Secondary Role: Damager, Tanker
Darien starts out as a Scout and his skill set
means he can't change into anything else, thus
he doesn't require any training. He's a powerful
supporter due to his high level herbs and powerful
weapon, and some training on lotion allows him to
remove status ailments too, but usually refresh
does that job much better unless he's been silenced.
Glenys
------
Starting skills:
One-handed/Power Grip katana
Remedies
Learned skills:
Evocations (BR 47) -Useless for Glenys since her
INT isn't exactly high.
Herbs (BR 55) -Essential for the Vivification Herb
Traits:
- Although she has high level Remedies, she's very
weak to attacks, and her one handed katana isn't
that strong in offense either.
Primary Role: Damager, Healer, Debuffer
Secondary Role: Reviver (Herbs)
Glenys is a born Cavalier, and she changes into
one after some battles, so there's no need for
any training. One thing to remember is that one-handed
style is needed to unlock her weapon art, thus
it's wise to train that rather than power grip.
It's possible for Glenys to turn into a Scout by
training herbs, but I find it a pointless exercise
since she performs just fine as a Cavalier.
Emmy
----
Starting skills:
Dual-Wield sword
Remedies
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 45) -Useless for Emmy since her INT
isn't that high.
Traps (BR 57) -Useless for Emmy
Traits:
- Quite a lot tougher than Glenys even though
they're very similar. Dual Wield is a powerful
style and does a lot of damage.
- Hundred Flowers require Emmy to be near-death,
and it doesn't provide total evasion before execute,
making it a high-risk, decent reward skill since it
does less damage than powerful skills like Lugh's Revenge.
Primary Role: Damager, Healer, Debuffer
Secondary Role: Leader (Hundred Flowers, Summon)
Emmy, like Glenys, is a born Cavalier, and her skill
set doesn't allow her to do much else, thus she doesn't
require specific trainings. She should turn into Cavalier
automatically after some battles. One-handed style is
needed to unlock her weapon art, but since dual-wield
is a much stronger style, it's up to you to decide which
is more worth the effort. You could train both, but that
takes huge amount of time.
It's theoretically possible to make her into a Wonderer
by training traps, but I find no reason to turn her
into an item class.
Roberto
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Starting skills:
Power Grip sword
Potions
Learned skills:
Invocations (BR 46) -Useless for Roberto since
his INT is very, very low.
Explosives (BR 57) -Useless for Roberto unless
you want to make him a Thief.
Traits:
- Reasonably tough and does decent damage.
- He's also the only person, apart from Rush,
to be able to use Frostblade, a powerful remnant
weapon.
Primary Role: Buffer (Potions), Passive Debuffer (Bard)
Secondary Role: Damager
Roberto starts out as a Monk, however because of
his high level potions, he'll automatically change
into Bard after some battles. Bard is a powerful
item class because of it's powerful debuff bonus
that clears all status ailments in one or two turn.
Usually training potions is a tedious task but since
Roberto already has them, he'll be a powerful assets
to any combat or hybrid unions.
It is possible to turn Roberto into a Thief by
training his explosives, but it's a pointless
exercise since Bard suits him much better and
Thief's item focus characteristic often gets
in the way.
Gaou
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Starting skills:
Power Grip sword
Lotions
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 48) -Useless for Gaou as his INT is woeful
Traps (BR 58) -Useless for Gaou
Traits:
- He's the only character, apart from Zuido, to
be able to use Obsidian, which is extremely powerful.
Primary Role: Debuffer, Reviver (Lotions)
Secondary Role: Damager
Gaou starts out as a Hunter thanks to his very
high level lotion skills, which makes him an
excellent supporter. He doesn't require much training
because it's not possible for him to turn into other
classes, but you might want to train his combat arts
because he's the only one that can wield the powerful
Obsidian remnant weapon.
Allan
-----
Starting skills:
Dual power grip sword
Invocations
Explosives
Traps
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 50) -Useless for Allan as his INT is pathetic
Shards (BR 66) -Useless for Allan unless you're making
him an item user
Traits:
- Has 3 offensive item skills, but unfortunately since
he starts out as Deathknight its not possible for him
to change into any item class.
- Starts with fairly weak weapon, but has a very strong
final weapon with deadly powerful weapon art.
- Unlike most Sovani like Torgal and Wyngale which has
fairly balanced stats, Allan's INT is woefully low
compared to his STR.
Primary Role: Damager
Secondary Role: Item User
Allan starts out as the Deathknight, the ultimate class
for dual power grip sovani, thus he can't change into other
classes. He has some levels in explosives and traps and he
could learn shards, thus you might want to make him an item
user. However, he does the most damage with combat skills
and he has weapon art later, therefore he has a place in
pure combat unions as well. Personally I won't bother with
Allan because I have more powerful characters in stock,
however his final weapon does look cool and does a lot
of damage, if you train him properly. He has some Invocation
skills, however I recommend shutting it off since they get in
the way more than being helpful, and his low INT means he won't
do much damage with them.
Paris
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Starting skills:
Two-handed staff
Remedies
Psionics
Learned skills:
Wards (BR 50) -Essential for support
Traps (BR 65) -Useless for Paris
Traits:
- Fairly tough thanks to his class, and has Remedies
making him a powerful tanker.
- Does average physical damage, but starts out with
fairly high Psionic skill.
Primary Role: Healer, Debuffer, Tanker (Paladin),
Morale Booster
Secondary Role: Damager
Paris starts out as a Paladin, and a good one at
that because of his powerful Psionic skills as well
as Remedies skills which make him excellent support
in hybrid unions. He even gets Wards in late game
which further enchance his support role. He doesn't
do that much physical damage, mainly due to his
weapon, but then his psionic skills make up for it.
In theory, he could become a Commander if you train
his wards hard enough, but Paladin suits him much
better because it offers damage reduction which
complements to his support skills.
Kate
----
Starting skills:
One-handed mace (with shield)
Hexes
Learned skills:
Evocations (BR 52) -Recommended but not essential
Explosive (BR 64) -Useless for Kate
Traits:
- Starts out as Druid, which is a crippling drawback
as it is weaker than Specialist when it comes to
hex damage.
- Her shield can be upgraded to unlock Soulshield
shield art.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Damager
Kate starts out as a Druid, which is a massive
disadvantage because she isn't using a two-handed
weapon, thus she can't bring out the class's
full potential. However, her skill set doesn't
allow her to change into anything else apart from
Thief, which is even more inappropriate. Thus,
I recommend avoid hiring her becauses if you need
powerful hex users, Yuniver or Zolean is a much
better choice.
Aside from the class problem though, she's a fairly
powerful hex user that's also decent in physical attacks.
Sheryl
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Starting skills:
Two-handed staff
Evocations
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 51) -Recommended but not essential
Lotions (BR 63) -Recommended for emergencies
Traits:
- Doesn't have much traits since she basically
specialises in evocations and not much else.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Debuffer (if you take the trouble
to train her Lotion, which is entirely unnecessary)
Sheryl is a powerful marksman with her high level
evocation skills, and after unlocking hexes she is
a decent mystic user. I personally didn't hire her
because she only has two mystic arts which prevent
her from getting higher rank mystic classes, and
they are many other mystic users with more skills.
Still, if you need more long-range casters, or if
you're trying to build a long-range mystic union,
Sheryl could be useful.
If you're using her actively, try not to use her
combat arts to prevent her changing into Mysticknight,
but then her physical attack is so weak you won't
want to anyway.
Irina
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Starting skills:
Two-handed staff (changes to one-handed katana with
Nightbloom)
Remedies
Lotions
Traps
Learned skills:
Psionic (BR 76) -Essential for Irina to dish out
some damage using her high INT
Shards (BR 85) -Essential to become Alchemist,
useless otherwise
Traits:
- Insane amount of INT and insane amount of AP.
This allows her to literally heal any union from
1 HP to 100% with one use of Revitalize, and
provides valuable AP pool to a mystic union.
- Limited in offensive capabilities until she
learns Psionic.
- Very weak to attacks.
Primary Role: Healer, Debuffer, Item User
Secondary Role: Morale Booster
Irina starts out as a Scholar, which is one of
the hardest class to achieve in the game simply
because it's requirements are dangerously close
to the item classes, which are easier to obtain.
It requires a balance of mystic and item skills
while having INT value between 41 and 47 because
any more than that and you'll get the item class
instead. A Scholar has extra max AP and most
importantly it has immunity to instant KO attacks.
Unfortunately, Scholar is also the easiest class
to lose because you'll change into a rank 5 item
class as soon as you have over 47 INT or STR
unless you stop using item skills immediately after
getting this class. Irina has the same problem because
she'll easily change into a Hunter or Wonderer if you
overuse her item skills. Thus, to prevent that from
happening you must disable both her lotions and traps.
For lotion you can just disable the eye cream because
other skills are very situational. Don't get me wrong,
both Hunter and Wonderer are decent item classes, but
a Scholar suits her better still because of the
instant KO immunity, which ensures her survival
from Curse and instant-kill effects from attacks.
Ultimately however, the best class for Irina is the
Alchemist class, because she has 3 item arts to benefit
from it and best of all it also has immunity to instant
KO attacks. Thus, the best way of training her is to
disable her item skills until you unlocked shards,
then train that until she turns into Alchemist, then
only re-enable all her skills. This allows her to
jump straight from Scholar to Alchemist without losing
the immunity to instant KO benefit.
Trivia: Later in the game Irina will ask for the
Nightbloom, a powerful remnant katana. Many gamers
prefer to give that to Emmy instead because they
believe that giving it to Irina is a waste since
she can't do much damage with it. However, I recommend
giving it to Irina because of that +50% max AP bonus
(after upgraded) which complements to her already
massive amount of AP, and coupled with a high level
amulet that provides another 40-50% max AP bonus the
amount is just insane. In fact, if you keep her as
a Scholar, which provides yet another 20% max AP,
she alone could easily hold 350+ AP, which is 3 to
4 times more than most characters. This makes her
essential in mystic unions because the massive
AP tank allows them to unleash powerful skills
continuously in long battles, and after the AP
is used up she could just start tossing shards
until its recharged.
Zolean
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Starting skills:
Power Grip katana
Invocations
Hexes
Learned skills:
Evocations (BR 59) -Essential to unlock powerful
mystic classes
Traps (BR 71) -Useless for Zolean
Traits:
- Starts with powerful hex skills.
- Very weak to attacks, especially when compared
to other Yama squad members.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Er.... none
Zolean starts out as a Specialist, which makes
his hexes very powerful. He's an excellent candidate
for Sage or Thaumaturge but you'll need to train his
evocations from the ground up. In Zolean's case a Sage
is easier to obtain because his hex level is higher
than other skills, but a Thaumaturge suits him better
because all his mystic arts are offensive.
Sibal
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Starting skills:
Power Grip mace
Herbs
Lotions
Learned skills:
Invocations (BR 75) -Useless for Sibal since he
doesn't have much INT
Explosive (BR 86) -Useless for Sibal
Traits:
- Starts out as Guardian, coupled with the Daedalus
making him abnormally tanky even when compared to
the likes of Baulson.
- Daedalus does a lot of physical damage and
is one of the more powerful remnant weapons
in the game.
Primary Role: Tanker, Reviver
Secondary Role: Healer, Damager
Sibal starts out as Guardian, which is perfect.
His skills set means there are no other classes
possible, and that means no training is required
to use him effectively. He's also the only one
that can wield the Daedalus, an extremely powerful
remnant weapon.
Yuniver
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Starting skills:
Two-handed spear
Invocations
Hexes
Psionics
Learned skills:
Evocations (BR 74) -Nice to have but not necessary
since Yuniver already has many powerful skills on hand
Potions (BR 84) -Useless for Yuniver
Traits:
- A generally powerful mystic character with high
level offensive skills.
- Starts out as Wizard but can be easily upgraded
to Thaumaturge or Sage because of the already
high-level skills.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Morale Booster
Yuniver starts out as a Wizard with powerful psionic
skills. However, because he also has powerful hexes
and decent invocations, he's the perfect candidate for
Thaumaturge or Sage. Thaumaturge will suit him better
but will require slightly more work because his invocation
isn't as high level as his hexes. If you're into pure
mystic groups, Yuniver is a must have.
Duke of Ghor
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Starting skills:
Power Grip axe
Learned skills:
Psionic (BR 73) -Useless for Duke since they often get
in the way more than they're helpful
Potions (BR 85) -Useless for Duke
Traits:
- Does insane amount of damage with the Bilqis, and
has a lot of HP typical of a Yama. Bilqis provides 50%
bonus HP after upgraded.
Primary Role: Damager, Leader (Bel'kwinith's Fury)
Secondary Role: Tanker (Bilqis's HP bonus)
Duke of Ghor starts out as Axman, a super-powerful one at
that because of his Bilqis, which is an extremely powerful
remnant weapon, and the axman class further increase it's
damage to extreme levels. Thus, I don't recommand changing
him into any other class because he's the perfect damage
disher and a must have for pure combat unions. His remnant
art, Bel'kwinith's Fury, is so powerful that only the strongest
rare monsters and bosses can survive a single hit from it (A
single critical hit can do over 200,000 damage). I highly
recommend hiring him and take some trouble to train his
combat arts, it'll make boss fights quite a bit easier.
Haruko
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Starting skills:
Two-handed spear
Remedies
Learned skills:
Invocations (BR 76) -essential for Haruko to do
some damage
Lotions (BR 83) -recommended for emergencies
Traits:
- High INT and high level Remedies, but not
much else.
- Can wield the Malystrix, a fairly powerful
remnant weapon.
Primary Role: Healer, Debuffer, Reviver (Kiss of Life)
Secondary Role: Mystic Damager (Invocation)
Haruko is a born healer thanks to her super-high
level remedies and nothing else. However, after
unlocking invocations she could dish out some damage
as well using her high INT. She's the perfect candidate
for Bishop since her high level remedies means that
she's guaranteed to change into one simply by training
invocations.
Wyngale
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Starting skills:
Quad-wield/Dual power grip katana
Invocations
Evocations
Hexes
Remedies
Psionics
Traps
Learned skills:
Wards (BR 77) -Highly recommended for support
Shards (BR 84) -Useless for Wyngale
Traits:
- Has all sorts of mystic arts at the ready.
- Has fairly strong physical attacks, but is
weak to attacks.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager, Morale Booster,
Healer, Debuffer
Secondary Role: Damager
Wyngale starts out as a Cleric, which is a suprise
since he has so many mystic arts that a mystic class
would be so much better for him. Still, even in Cleric
class he's a formidable mystic user with all sorts of skills
at his disposal. I recommend disabling his trap skills
since they get in the way of his many mystic arts.
Wyngale is a perfect candidate for Warlock, the highest
rank and most powerful msytic class, because his skills
set means that its possible for him to learn every arcana
available. Still, getting every arcana is a difficult job
thus you might want to settle for Commander instead since
training wards is a lot easier, but its worth the effort.
Either way, a Warlock or even Commander is a much better
fit than Cleric so you should take the trouble of training
him. Don't get me wrong, it's not essential, but it's worth
the effort.
He's also a candidate for the Ninja class because of his
Katana skills, and the fact that he starts with Cleric
class means that getting the Ninja class is pretty
straightforward by simply training his quad wield and
weapon skills, however a mystic class still suits him
much better.
Khrynia
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Starting skills:
Power Grip katana
Invocations
Evocations
Explosives
Shards
Learned skills:
Hexes (BR 73) -Recommended but not essential
Lotions (BR 83) -Recommended for emergencies
Traits:
- The only true item focus character among all unique
leaders, but has fairly strong physical and mystic
skills too.
- Quite weak to attacks and her HP/AP isn't very high.
Primary Role: Item User, Damager, Mystic Damager
Secondary Role: Healer (Moonlight)
Khrynia is by far the most versatile character you can
hire. She has MAX level explosives, very high level katana
skills, and some high level evocations and invocations as
well. This makes her useful in any kind of union, be it
combat, mystic, hybrid, item or even support thanks to
her Moonlight shards and she even learns Lotion.
Although she starts out as a Thief, her high level shard
skills mean that she automatically turns into Alchemist
after some battles and stat gains. It's possible to stop
that change by using her explosives so that her shard level
is way below it, but I find no reason to do that because
Alchemist is by far the best item class in the game (albiet
the Thief's Slowdown effect is highly useful). I
recommend hiring her even if it means replacing one of
your lesser characters. She does have little HP at the beginning
though thus you might not want to make her the union leader.
Trivia: After getting the Witch's Seal, she'll be able to
perform Dual Snowpedal, which requires Khrynia to be leader
and Irina in the same union. It's an imitation of the Twin
Snowpedal used by Hannah and Hinnah, and it's just as lethal.
Leucetius
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Starting skills:
Dual power grip mace
Invocations
Evocations
Hexes
Remedies
Learned skills:
Psionics (BR 82) -Essential if you want to make him a Warlock,
otherwise its not necessary
Explosive (BR 91) -Useless for Leucetius
Traits:
- Very similar to Wyngale, but he starts out in a more
suitable class.
Primary Role: Mystic Damager, Healer, Debuffer,
Passive Debuffer (Sage)
Secondary Role: Morale Booster (Psionic)
Leucetius is the last unique leader you can hire, and
basically he's Wyngale's twin but without ward skills.
However, unlike Wyngale, he starts out as a Sage, which
is perfect for him. He's also a potential candidate for
Warlock but you'll have to train his psionics from the
ground up. I personally think Sage is already ideal for
him though, so it's up to you whether you want to take
the trouble.
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Finally, the summary
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Enjoy perfecting your characters.