It's completely random.

I run it on basically all of my supporting demons, even those without Almighty potential.

@ Thanks :)

This game is incredibly fun. Also, it's a 15 year old game (18 for the original) so it isn't even a 'nowadays' game, lol.

@RozalinGaming I'm Ancient 😱

Demi-fiend's essence.

@RozalinGaming ouch thanks man i started playing smt v and im following your guides

Not sure who/what LGR is but glad the video was helpful for you!

@@RozalinGaming LazyGameReviews here on KZbin I swear he looks just like you xD It's worth to give it a watch ! pretty fun stuff i'm on my way to the (what i think it is) the last boss of strikers i heard that the new game plus is behind some stuff.... like a final battle or something like this not sure tho happy holidays !!!

@@FabioGnecco NG+ is indeed locked behind a boss. I forget all of the quests necessary since it's been so long, but I know Lavenza's quests were needed.

@@RozalinGaming oh so it's like Soul Hackers 1 lol You have to defeat 5 bosses to play the new game + i'm playing on easy, so it should not be thaaaat hard hmmm

In general there are three main avenues for player power in Trails games: levels, gear, and quartz. Levels and gear are pretty universal but the quartz system can be complicated. The series has used 3 main systems for this; those being the Sky -> Azure system, the Cold Steel system, and now the one for Daybreak. This one in Daybreak combines aspects of the first two and has it's own intricacies that can be complicated to understand at first. As a general rule of thumb though, speed is extremely powerful so anything that increases a character's speed is very valuable. Then with Daybreak you have Shard Skills, the things that you gain access to for slotting certain elemental quartz into a character's Xipha. On the Drive line (the 3rd one) you can get a skill called Arc Feather and it's upgraded variant; this skill is extremely powerful on characters that are magic oriented (Agnes, Risette, Judith), so much so that even Feri who is a physical unit is best setup as a caster. The idea is to have Van stand off by himself and use Coin Bullet to tank enemies while you have your 3 other party members bombard the enemies with magic; equip quartz that delay (Impede in English I believe) and when combined with Arc Feather can allow you to finish fights without giving the enemy a chance to act.

@@RozalinGaming Super helpful! thank you!

Since this is your first Trails game, I would highly recommend going back and playing the older games before moving on with the series further. There is already a lot of story in Daybreak that was written under the assumption of past title knowledge, but the latest game that just released in Japan basically requires it. Luckily, next year Falcom is releasing the a remake of the very first game in the series, Trails in the Sky. The reason previous game knowledge is important to Trials is because of how the series is setup; basically, you have one larger on-going narrative (the Trails narrative) and then different arcs in that narrative (similar to say a long running anime). So Daybreak is the 11th game in the Trails narrative but the 1st game in the Calvard arc. The thing with the Calvard arc is is that it represents the climax of the overall narrative.

@@RozalinGaming I see, yea I was reading all of the backstory material they give in the title menu just to give myself something to stand on, and I realized this game was super late in! I was told this was a fine game to start on so I was hoping I can just fill in the gaps as I go, but I'm definitely excited to learn Trails in the Sky is being remade!

@@flookaraz sadly Daybreak isn't really a great place to start (not sure where that notion started). That info you can access from the menu was actually added in a patch after the JP release due to backlash for the game's story being so unfriendly to newcomers, and since Falcom couldn't just go back and rewrite the whole thing, they did the best they could. Since the Calvard arc represents the climax of the story, it was written with the understanding that those playing it were caught up. The first game in previous arcs did a better job of helping newcomers, such as with Cold Steel or Trails from Zero.

Everything shown is from a fresh playthrough with 0 stat boosting items used. Mastering archetypes just comes down to knowing how to farm efficiently; making use of bad weather, good spots, etc.

@@RozalinGaming thanks for your response - I'll look into what you've mentioned above!

@@edloseli for efficient farming, look for spots with easy to 1-2 kill enemies in action combat, ideally from the infinitely respawning crystals or areas in which you can quickly reset them (so close to a dungeon entrance or near the cat). You can also increase A.Exp by doing this during bad weather, as that gives a bonus to exp gain. There are decent spots throughout the game for this, but late game is where the two best are: the first is in a place called the Disgraced Ruins which becomes available from 9/23 onwards. Basically there are two mimic's outside of their chests that you can kill, then reset with a nearby cat; you put the MC on a Thief lineage and farm those over and over for an item that gives 3k A.Exp. The other spot is in the final dungeon of the game where there are 3 crystals that spawn enemies infinitely that give great exp.

@@RozalinGaming really appreciate you spelling it all out for me - thank you!

Demi-fiend essence.

She is fully playable during various sections of the game.

The properties are just recommendations. As mentioned, what properties you have access to will change depending on when you are tackling the mini-game and what other things you've done in the game up to that point. Any properties will work for the strategy, it's just that some will make it go faster than others is all.

@RozalinGaming Understood, thank you!

@@HAMI_dc well built Persona + Baton Pass rank 4 + Merciless.

@ okay thank you so much for the help

Early on you can use Naamah's essence like I showcased in the video, but as soon as you're able to beta the Demi-fiend I would use his for all builds.

I used essence fusion; easiest one is Aogami Type-9 (I think that's the one that has it) because the Aogami essences respawn.

Yep. A link to all my P3R videos is in the video description.

@@RozalinGaming Thx man, I'll check that for sure

Nope. My levels were where they should be assuming you aren't skipping or running from enemies in Palaces, with 0 grinding. That being said, levels are only important in so much as they allow you to fuse higher level Persona; however, due to rank 5 twins, levels are almost completely irrelevant in P5R.

@ I must be under levelled then. I’m trying to fight this annoying boss on hard, refuse to lower difficulty lol. My Ann is at level 42, yours must be at least 54 for that fire spell. My twins rank is about 2 I think lol

@@RhubarbRehab when I did this fight I was around the low 40s in levels. Like I said, levels are mostly irrelevant; it's all about your Persona. You can get the twins to rank 5 very quickly at anytime since it doesn't take up time to do (the earliest this can be done is the second Palace). Once you do, the only thing that will determine you player power is money since rank 5 twins lets you fuse above your level. And money is super easy to come by -- put all of your stamps in Mementos towards money then items and you'll be at the cap in no time.

Almost all past the mid-game levels require skill cards due to only being able to pass down so many skills via fusion. As for skill transformations, outside of maybe 2 exceptions I never made use of it, and one of those was just to get an Amp + Boost combo early.

You can always use a time slot to relearn it at the church.

Persona characters? I guess I'm a little confused. Could you elaborate more please?

@RozalinGaming sure. Keep seeing shorts of the P3-5 characters being summonable in Vengeance. Joker for example

@@angelvegas6332 that would have to be mods on PC because they aren't in-game nor from DLC.

If you want to use Drain/Repel, go ahead; I didn't want to farm/save-scum for what is ostensibly (baring one specific fight) an extremely minor gain. To elaborate further: the HP restore is basically pointless since you will be getting healed regardless from Idun/Sakuya/Demeter since you are incentivized to use their heals even when you don't need the healing. And ending an enemy turn early actually mattering comes up so infrequently that in practice the difference between Nulls, Repels, and Drains is basically non-existent; this is especially true for Godborn where the dodge tank reigns supreme. So yes, it is technically better to use Repel/Drain over Null when you can, but not really worth going out of the way to do outside of Masakado if you are using that strat to beat him.

@@RozalinGaming I see, thanks for the reply

Sadly that is unique to P3R and is just JRPG in a nutshell. :/

I personally think they aren't worth getting so I didn't use them at all.

@ ahh, gotcha - yeah, game is totally conquerable w/o them.. I just got a package on Steam bundle that had Episode Aigis plus most of the DLC’s packs, iirc. Some of them just struck me as a bit ridiculous, at first glance 😅. Love this Cu Chulainn setup though, and will try fusing it up following your guidance, later today. Am nearing end of September, so he should be great till Siegfried etc

@@AlekTrev006 oh it's nothing to do with whether the game is beatable with or without them, it's that they just aren't very good. Magatsu Izanagi for example only has a 50% base chance to Fear with it's ability, so at a minimum you are spending two turns to possibly kill enemies that can definitely be killed in 1 turn using other skills instead; and Ghastly Wail itself doesn't work on elite+ level enemies.

I would definitely enjoy seeing both builds and updates. Just finished daybreak and can’t wait for the second one and this one!!

I would like a build guide AND The combat system update video. Lets see how insanely easy Kai is😂

@@natsurashizero so, one of the areas they actually improved on with Kai is with the difficulty. You still have tools to make fights very easy, but unlike with Kuro 1 and 2, if you don't use those tools enemies are actually very threatening; no more having enemies on Nightmare doing Very Easy mode damage!

Love your vids! I'd be interested in seeing your endgame builds~

I can try and provide some guidance on the things you're struggling with: With regards to building strong Persona, there are a couple of ways to do it (I assume you are referring to what skills to give and not the actual process). One is to specialize Persona -- so dedicating a build to one element and then making a Persona for each element and swapping as needed. This is generally the end-game approach. The second is to add multiple elements to one Persona and generally the approach for much of the game. With regards to Baton Pass, if you are passing multiple times but not seeing a noticeable damage increase then that is likely because you haven't ranked up each character's Baton Pass rank. This is done by playing darts with each character in Kichijoji. At the same darts and billiards bar is where you can play billiards which is needed to begin the process of leveling up your technical rank, something I highly recommend. With regards to ailments, it depends which ailment, but there are different spells and items for different ailments and also things like Amrita that hits them all. You can tell which ailment you have via the ailment icon on a character's portrait. With regards to buffs/debuffs, you can check if an enemy has one by targeting them for an attack but not attacking and you can test the same for your party members by targeting them with a buff but not actually using it.

@@RozalinGaming Thanks for replying despite the video being so old. I guess I still had the gist of the general gameplay but rlly missed out on the billiard stuff which is a shame. I noticed your stats seemed far higher than mine in the video as well. I dunno if restarting a day would help me much, I hear your shouldnt go to mementos very often unless you have alot of request but I really dont know where to grind cause my party is only level 40. EDIT- I dont understand fusion enough for your recommendations on building those two personas to be usefull. I cant get null physical off of izanagi picaro, it just gives a random one and I can only strengthen a persona once.

@@mattdekker5693 so long as you're being efficient with your time in Mementos, you shouldn't ever need to grind in P5R. The main reason is that character levels contribute little to player power; instead, money is the most important resource. This is because early on you can get the twins confidant to rank 5 which lets you fuse Persona above your level for an increased cost, effectively making money the only limiting factor on how strong you can get. To get money, put all of your stamps at Jose's shop in Mementos towards increased money gain first, then items; experience can come after that but is largely irrelevant. You can further increase money gain by getting your fortune told by Chihaya before going to Mementos and then using Ryuji's rank 7 skill which benefits from the fortune. You are right that you want to avoid going to Palace's/Mementos too much, but you also have plenty of time in P5R so a few extra trips here and there aren't going to screw you over, so if it helps you get the money necessary to fuse the right Persona for a fight, an extra trip can't hurt. Assuming you allocate your stamps the way I mentioned and make use of Ryuji's insta-kill, you can easily hit the money cap in one trip and fuse some very powerful Persona.

The number of skills you can transfer is determined by how many skills the Persona being used in the fusion know. If you want to pass more on, you need to teach more skills to the Persona you are using in the fusion either through skill cards, leveling them up, or fusing them.

Covered at 2:31 in the video. It comes from Uriel who I mention when covering which Persona are used in the fusion.

One thing to keep in mind is that level matters far less than having well built Persona; and if you've gotten the twins to rank 5, then level is almost completely irrelevant to player power. This is because the vast majority of player power comes from your equipped Persona.