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Some abilities are better than others at improving your characters' effectiveness in battle. Read on to see a list of the best abilities to level up, and which abilities are the best for each character to learn!

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Best Overall Abilities

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Insult to Injury Insult to Injury Effect:
30% damage to targets with status effects.
Reason for Ranking:
Status effects will be much more common from mid-game onwards, since all classes will have skill and ability upgrades that passively and actively inflict different kinds of status effects. 30% is large and goes a long way to increase your damage output.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Auto EP Recovery Auto EP Recovery Effect:
Recovers 1% EP every three seconds.
Reason for Ranking:
EP is very hard to come by mid-battle, so having your EP recover automatically is a godsend. This makes it possible to use skills one after another without losing too much EP.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Rude Health Rude Health Effect:
Recovers 1% HP every 3 seconds.
Reason for Ranking:
A must-have for your tanks, if they wish to survive longer and take more hits. This also makes it so that your healer won't have to keep on healing them as much.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - EP Saver EP Saver Effect:
Reduces EP cost by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
Cuts down EP costs to save more EP that you can use to cast even more skills the longer the mission draws out. This will make it so that you won't immediately run out of EP.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Focus Focus Effect:
Reduces cooldown time by 30%
Reason for Ranking:
Waiting for a cooldown to end while your team is in danger is never a comfortable feeling. Always be ready to perform a skill at a moment's notice with shorter cooldowns.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Skill Damage Boost Skill Damage Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases skill damage by 5%.
Lv. 2: Increases skill damage by 10%.
Lv. 3: Increases skill damage by 20%.
Lv. 4: Increases skill damage by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
A great ability to have in general, as it greatly increases your damage-dealing potential.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Physical Protection Physical Protection Effect:
100% chance that HP Healing Fragments are dropped when an enemy is defeated.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability gives more longevity to your entire team, as your healer will need to heal less often.
Priority: ★
DioField Chronicle - Magical Protection Magical Protection Effect:
100% chance that EP Healing Fragments are dropped when an enemy is defeated.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability allows you to be less conservative with your skill usage, as more EP fragment drops means more chances to use powerful skills and defeat enemies before they can do considerable damage to you.
Priority: ★

List of All Abilities

Best Abilities for Each Character

All Playable Characters
Andrias RhondarsonAndrias Rhondarson Fredret LesterFredret Lester Iscarion ColchesterIscarion Colchester Waltaquin RedditchWaltaquin Redditch
Izelair WiganIzelair Wigan Rickenback MadeaRickenback Madea Donovar SullionDonovar Sullion Shivat MalzinShivat Malzin
Estalt YewfareEstalt Yewfare Castevere BunnowCastevere Bunnow Umarida BareasUmarida Bareas Tremina UmbertTremina Umbert
CatherineCatherine Zoruaq WiganZoruaq Wigan Hezeliah ShaythamHezeliah Shaytham ChapplemanChappleman

Select a character to see their best abilities

Andrias

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Insult to Injury Insult to Injury Effect:
30% damage to targets with status effects.
Reason for Ranking:
Status effects will be more common from mid-game onwards, and 30% is a huge amount of damage increase for someone like Andrias, who already does a large amount of DPS.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Focus Focus Effect:
Reduces cooldown time by 30%
Reason for Ranking:
Cooldowns can sometimes spell the difference between life and death. The sooner you're able to use your skills, the better.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Evasion Boost Evasion Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases evasion by 5%.
Lv. 2: Increases evasion by 10%.
Lv. 3: Increases evasion by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
Andrias doesn't have as great a defense as other Soldiers, so he needs to rely on good evasion to avoid taking large amounts of damage from enemy auto-attacks.
Priority: ★

Fredret

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Insult to Injury Insult to Injury Effect:
30% damage to targets with status effects.
Reason for Ranking:
Status effects will be more common from mid-game onwards, and 30% is a huge amount of damage increase for a frontliner DPS like Fredret.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Physical Protection Physical Protection Effect:
100% chance that HP Healing Fragments are dropped when an enemy is defeated.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability won't leave you wanting for healing, as healing fragments will always be available, so long as Fredret is the one who defeats them.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Absolute Focus Absolute Focus Effect:
Increases damage by 50% when a target area skill only hits 1 target(s).
Reason for Ranking:
Only effective when fighting against a boss or single-targets, but this ability is sure to bring the boss' HP down much faster, and is a great single-target DPS ability.
Priority: ★

Iscarion

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Surprise Attack Surprise Attack Effect:
Increases damage dealt to enemies in combat with another unit by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability is superb, as you will always be dealing 30% more damage, due to your Soldiers and Cavaliers being on the frontline.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Aggressive EP Recovery Aggressive EP Recovery Effect:
Recovers 3 EP after dealing damage.
Reason for Ranking:
Iscarion will be able to provide sub-DPS AoE damage a lot more often if he is able to recover EP. This is especially helpful, since bow-wielding Sharpshooters have very low EP cost skills.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Auto-Attack Boost Auto-Attack Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases auto-attack damage by 3%.
Lv. 2: Increases auto-attack damage by 5%.
Lv. 3: Increases auto-attack damage by 10%.
Reason for Ranking:
Permanently boosting Iscarion's auto-attack damage will make him deal a bit more damage, which contributes to your team's total DPS.
Priority: ★

Waltaquin

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - EP Saver EP Saver Effect:
Reduces EP cost by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability allows Waltaquin to save large amounts of EP, making her able to cast more spells before she runs out.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Aggressive EP Recovery Aggressive EP Recovery Effect:
Recovers 3 EP after dealing damage.
Reason for Ranking:
EP is a very important resource, so being able to recover EP mid-battle is very necessary. This will ensure Waltaquin is able to provide more occasion healing and have some spare EP for offensive skills.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Magical Protection Magical Protection Effect:
100% chance that EP Healing Fragments are dropped when an enemy is defeated.
Reason for Ranking:
This is helpful if your entire team is in desperate need of EP. Simply let Waltaquin defeat enemies herself to acquire free EP.
Priority: ★

Izelair

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Auto-Attack Defence Boost Auto-Attack Defence Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Reduces auto-attack damage from enemies by 3%.
Lv. 2: Reduces auto-attack damage from enemies by 5%.
Lv. 3: Reduces auto-attack damage from enemies by 10%.
Reason for Ranking:
Allows Izelair to fulfill her tanking duties more effectively by reducing the amount of damage she takes and extending her survivability.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Against the Odds Against the Odds Effect:
Reduces damage received by 5% for every 1 enemy/enemies attacking you.
Reason for Ranking:
Izelair can further increase her defense by tanking a large number of enemies.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Rude Health Rude Health Effect:
Recovers 1% HP every 3 seconds.
Reason for Ranking:
As if damage negation wasn't enough, Izelair can also recover HP gradually, making her an incredibly tough tank to bring down.
Priority: ★

Rickenback

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Focus Focus Effect:
Reduces cooldown time by 30%
Reason for Ranking:
Cooldowns can sometimes spell the difference between life and death. The sooner you're able to use your skills, the better, especially for Stun Shots to interrupt enemy skills, the better.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Fortune from Above Fortune from Above Effect:
Deals additional damage equal to 30% of Luck.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability will increase Rickenback's DPS, so it's worth having for that extra damage.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Magilumic Protection Magilumic Protection Effect:
100% chance that TP Healing Fragments are dropped when an enemy is defeated.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability allows Rickenback to collect a lot of TP to use powerful summons more often, which can help obliterate tons of enemies quickly.
Priority: ★

Donovar

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Aggressive Healing Aggressive Healing Effect:
Recovers 5% of damage dealt as HP.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability greatly adds to Donovar's survivability and makes him tougher to bring down. You healer will also need to heal him less often.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Knockback Nullification Knockback Nullification Effect:
100% chance of preventing knockback.
Reason for Ranking:
Getting knocked back by enemy roars is annoying, especially as it can take the enemy's aggro off your tank and onto another party member. This ability avoids that completely.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Attack Boost Attack Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Attributes: Increases attack by 3.
Lv. 2: Attributes: Increases attack by 5.
Lv. 3: Attributes: Increases attack by 10.
Lv. 4: Attributes: Increases attack by 15.
Reason for Ranking:
Increases Donovar's combat effectiveness by making him a decent damage dealer, as well as a tank.
Priority: ★

Shivat

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Auto EP Recovery Auto EP Recovery Effect:
Recovers 1% EP every three seconds.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability is superb, as EP is hard to come by mid-battle. Being able to recover EP automatically means that Shivat can use low-EP skills like Frostbind indefinitely.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Focus Focus Effect:
Reduces cooldown time by 30%
Reason for Ranking:
Cooldowns can sometimes spell the difference between life and death. The sooner you're able to use your skills, the better, especially Shivat's healing spells, which can save your whole party.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Healing Boost Healing Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases recovery amount by an extra 3%.
Lv. 2: Increases recovery amount by an extra 5%.
Lv. 3: Increases recovery amount by an extra 10%.
Lv. 4: Increases recovery amount by an extra 15%.
Lv. 5: Increases recovery amount by an extra 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
This eliminates the need to heal over and over again, as one Heal will recover even more than before, giving more efficiency and EP-savings for the spell.
Priority: ★

Estalt

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - EP Saver EP Saver Effect:
Reduces EP cost by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
Save EP with this ability, so you can have more EP to cast more healing and offensive spells.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Skill Damage Boost Skill Damage Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases skill damage by 5%.
Lv. 2: Increases skill damage by 10%.
Lv. 3: Increases skill damage by 20%.
Lv. 4: Increases skill damage by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability turns Estalt into an effective DPS with powerful AoE skills.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Dance of Fury Dance of Fury Effect:
Increases damage by 10% per 1 enemy/enemies within the skill's target area.
Reason for Ranking:
Greatly increases his AoE skills' damage potential. Having at least 3 enemies in your target will already greatly improve the damage.
Priority: ★

Castevere

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Casanova Casanova Effect:
Increases all attributes by 20 when in a unit with a female character.
Reason for Ranking:
This is very situational and can affect your team comp, but when you find the right character to be in his unit, he becomes much more powerful.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Aggressive Healing Aggressive Healing Effect:
Recovers 5% of damage dealt as HP.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability works well with Calm and Collected, as Castevere can stay at full health, even if he gets damaged a little.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Attack Boost Attack Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Attributes: Increases attack by 3.
Lv. 2: Attributes: Increases attack by 5.
Lv. 3: Attributes: Increases attack by 10.
Lv. 4: Attributes: Increases attack by 15.
Reason for Ranking:
Improves Castevere's damage output and makes him a compelling frontliner DPS.
Priority: ★

Umarida

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Absolute Focus Absolute Focus Effect:
Increases damage by 50% when a target area skill only hits 1 target(s).
Reason for Ranking:
Only effective when fighting against a boss or single-targets, but this ability is sure to bring the boss' HP down much faster, and is a great single-target DPS ability.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Skill Damage Boost Skill Damage Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases skill damage by 5%.
Lv. 2: Increases skill damage by 10%.
Lv. 3: Increases skill damage by 20%.
Lv. 4: Increases skill damage by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
Greatly increases the damage output of her skills, given they are already very powerful. This would make her a DPS monster.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Critical Rate Boost Critical Rate Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases critical hit rate by 5%.
Lv. 2: Increases critical hit rate by 10%.
Reason for Ranking:
Umarida shines as a DPS when she's performing Ambush crits on her enemies to take them down extremely quickly.
Priority: ★

Tremina

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Insult to Injury Insult to Injury Effect:
30% damage to targets with status effects.
Reason for Ranking:
Status effects will be more common from mid-game onwards, and 30% is a huge amount of damage increase for someone like Tremina, who is capable of inflicting large amounts of damage.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Dance of Fury Dance of Fury Effect:
Increases damage by 10% per 1 enemy/enemies within the skill's target area.
Reason for Ranking:
Greatly increases her AoE skills' damage potential. Having at least 3 enemies in your target will already greatly improve the damage.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Divine Technique Divine Technique Effect:
Deals additional damage equal to 30% of Technique.
Reason for Ranking:
Greatly adds to her DPS, provided she is equipped with Technique-enhancing accessories.
Priority: ★

Catherine

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Rude Health Rude Health Effect:
Recovers 1% HP every 3 seconds.
Reason for Ranking:
Catherine can also recover HP gradually, making her an incredibly tough tank to bring down.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - EP Saver EP Saver Effect:
Reduces EP cost by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
This ability allows Catherine to save large amounts of EP, making her able to cast more skills before she runs out.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Physical Protection Physical Protection Effect:
100% chance that HP Healing Fragments are dropped when an enemy is defeated.
Reason for Ranking:
This is great, if you want to conserve your healer's healing spells for harder fights later on in the mission.
Priority: ★

Zoruaq

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Aggressive Healing Aggressive Healing Effect:
Recovers 5% of damage dealt as HP.
Reason for Ranking:
Makes it easier for Zoruaq to be more bold on the front lines, taking damage, but also dealing great damage and recovering HP again.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - HP Boost HP Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Attributes: Increases HP by 50.
Lv. 2: Attributes: Increases HP by 100.
Lv. 3: Attributes: Increases HP by 200.
Lv. 4: Attributes: Increases HP by 300.
Lv. 5: Attributes: Increases HP by 500.
Reason for Ranking:
Zoruaq's playstyle is aggressive, so make him go wild in the frontlines while giving him a bit of survivability with HP Boost.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Defence Boost Defence Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Attributes: Increases defence by 3.
Lv. 2: Attributes: Increases defence by 5.
Lv. 3: Attributes: Increases defence by 10.
Lv. 4: Attributes: Increases defence by 15.
Reason for Ranking:
Adds to Zoruaq's combat prowess, making him a tough hybrid tank/DPS on the field.
Priority: ★

Hezeliah

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - EP Saver EP Saver Effect:
Reduces EP cost by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
Allows Hezeliah to save more EP, thus being able to use more skills in the long run.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Skill Damage Boost Skill Damage Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Increases skill damage by 5%.
Lv. 2: Increases skill damage by 10%.
Lv. 3: Increases skill damage by 20%.
Lv. 4: Increases skill damage by 30%.
Reason for Ranking:
Greatly adds to her damage output, increasing her DPS.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Magilumic Orb Boost Magilumic Orb Boost Effect:
Increases Magilumic Orb damage by 50%.
Reason for Ranking:
Greatly increases damage of magilumic orbs, allowing you to obliterate an entire battalion of enemies in one go.
Priority: ★

Chappleman

Skill Effect & Reason
DioField Chronicle - Absolute Focus Absolute Focus Effect:
Increases damage by 50% when a target area skill only hits 1 target(s).
Reason for Ranking:
Only effective when fighting against a boss or single-targets, but this ability is sure to bring the boss' HP down much faster, and is a great single-target DPS ability.
Priority: ★ ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Aggressive EP Recovery Aggressive EP Recovery Effect:
Recovers 3 EP after dealing damage.
Reason for Ranking:
Chappleman will be able to use his skills and do AoE crowd control a lot more often if he is able to recover EP.
Priority: ★ ★
DioField Chronicle - Attack Boost Attack Boost Effect:
Lv. 1: Attributes: Increases attack by 3.
Lv. 2: Attributes: Increases attack by 5.
Lv. 3: Attributes: Increases attack by 10.
Lv. 4: Attributes: Increases attack by 15.
Reason for Ranking:
The last of Chappleman's abilities that makes him an auto-attack monster. Increase his attack to deal even greater, faster, and more powerful auto-attack damage.
Priority: ★

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