In my original playthrough I naturally stuck with Shulk the entire time since he can effortlessly hurt Mechon enemies, he's simple enough to understand and you don't need to fret about what Arts to equip, and he's the most useful with his Monado Arts in general.
But thanks to the UI improvements in the Definitive Edition and better understanding the game system, I actually played a decent amount of the game as Melia and really appreciated her magic system, something that never quite spoke to me in the original.
I wanna give some other characters a shot now that I'm at the point where everyone had their tools and I'm wondering which secondary character you all best liked to play as, and any tips when it comes to using them?
...has anyone here dared to use Sharla as their player?
What's the deal with Carna ?
Why would we "dare" to use her.
I do and she can be very interestiing and powerful.
Most people who say she's useless or only healing just don't know how to play with her.
At first she's lacking in options as she needs most of her arts to shine but other characters kind of are in the same spot anyway.
Her gun cooldown can be a strength if used well and barely takes seconds if manually done.
The level 12 manuals made her even crazier, with her last aura being active most of the time and making her able to do her biggest attacks every 5 seconds.
For me, besides Melia, it was:
Seven - you focus on how many auto attacks they do because that's where they actually do the most damage. Try to max out their ability to double attack, link skills that make all double attacks crits, and use the aura that ups their chance to double attack and use gems to decrease auto attack time so they attack more often.
Dunban - he's all about dodging, so pump up his agility and strength, and then you use his worldly slash for some combos to build up his blossom dance ability. Which if you use in a max chain attack does absurd damage and it he does an amazing battle cry.
For very hard battles Dunban is more about just hitting than dodging.
He's the only physical attacker who can reliably hit thanks to having the only accuracy aura.
Riki is the second "best" for that as he has a back accuracy skill and aince it can be used by other characters, he's very nice to have in that case,especially if night accuracy isn't doing enough or if you can't use it, for a day only monster.
