This is a guide to the best endurance build in Metaphor: ReFantazio. Read on to learn more about the best endurance build, best archetypes, best skills to use, and the recommended characters to use for running an endurance build in the game.

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Endurance Build Overview

Best Endurance Build
Archetypes				Characters				Tier Ranking
Knight Brawler Faker Commander				Protagonist Strohl Hulkenberg				B Tier
Equipment						Skills
・ Sword ・ Knuckles ・ Signal ・ Katana						・Ironclad Bond ・Guard Lore ・Strike Dodge ・Battle Cry ・Health Font
Strengths
✓ Ideal build for retaliation ✓ Offensive Achetypes wll last longer ✓ Support Archetypes become more effective
Weakness
✗ Build comes With the cost of Strength and Magic ✗ Prioritization to Defense may result to longer battles

The Endurance Build will effectively raise your defensive capabilities in battle, enabling you to tank your way through battles and outlast your enemies in a battle of survival.

The build may come at the cost of losing priority to both your Strength and Magic, forcing you to increase your turns so you can finish off your opponents.

Endurance Build Stat Priority

Stat	Priority Rating
Strength	★★★☆☆
Magic	★☆☆☆☆
Endurance	★★★★★
Agility	★★★☆☆
Luck	★☆☆☆☆

The Endurance Stat is recommended to synergize with your Strength and Agility Stats, as both can help you retaliate against enemies with powerful attacks and optimize your support by avoiding or tanking damage incurred.

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Best Endurance Build Archetype

Best Basic Archetypes For Endurance Build

Archetype	Explanation
Knight	The Knight Archetype is the very symbol of the Endurance Build, as evident by the two shields attached to its shoulder. Ironclad Bond and Guard Lore are ideal Passive Skills if you plan to outlast your enemies in battle.
Brawler	The Brawler Archetype not only specializes in Strike Skills, but also boasts a number of Passive Skills that make it perfect for a tank. Strike Dodge, Battle Cry, and Health Font will enable you to withstand attacks from your foes.
Faker	The Faker Archetype is an ideal support for running an Endurance Build, as its abilities are mostly intended to debuff enemies and prevent any advantage from the opposing side.
Commander	The Commander Archetype can help optimize maintain defensive measures against enemies through its access of buffs, which can be effective when party members are located on certain row placements.

The Knight, Brawler, and Faker Archetypes can help enhance your Endurance Build by optimizing your defense while still reinforcing both your physical and support skills in battle.

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Knight Archetype Line Build

Knight Line Build
Knight		Magic Knight		Paladin		Dark Knight
Weapon				Armour
Hero King's Lance Save the King				Cardinal Dragon Armour
Gear				Accessory
Kaiser's Pickelhaube				Paladin's Talisman
Inhereted Skills
Battle Cry

The Knight Archetype Lineage is the flagship Archetype of the Endurance Build, as its Skills are centered on drawing out enemy attacks away from allies and providing defensive buffs on your party.

Lances will be the weapons you'll be equipping when wielding an Archetype from the Knight Lineage.

How to Unlock Knight Archetype

Brawler Archetype Line Build

Brawler Line Build
Commander		Warlord		General
Weapon			Armour
Divine Fists			Bishamon's Armour
Gear			Accessory
Knight's Last Stand			Sentinel's Talisman
Inhereted Skills
Flawless

The Brawler Archetype Lineage can provide defensive buffs for your party through both its Base Skills and Synthesis Skills. It is recommended to use this Archetype for counterattacks after enduring heavy punishment from enemy attacks.

How to Unlock Brawler Archetype

Faker Archetype Line Build

Faker Line Build
Thief		Assassin
Weapon		Armour
Joker's Knives Faker King's Daggers		Sunstalo Plate
Gear		Accessory
Reverent Crown		Guard's Talisman
Inhereted Skills
Masked Revelry Healer's Insight Regenerate 3

The Faker Archetype Lineage specializes in debuffing your enemies to remove their existing advantages in battle, enabling you to focus on maintaining the defensive through buffs from the Knight Archetype while enabling you to set up countermeasures against enemies.

How to Unlock Faker Archetype

Commander Archetype Line Build

Commander Line Build
Commander		General		Warlord
Weapon			Armour
Kongming's Signal Hero King's Banner			Royal Finery
Gear			Accessory
Guerilla Bandana			Scout's Anklet

The Commander Archetype Lineage provides buffs that are reliant on the row placement of your party members. It also has access to Elemental Skills that can be used to exploit the elemental weakness of your enemies.

Signals will be the weapon of choice for those wielding an Archetype from the Commander Lineage.

How to Unlock Commander Archetype

Best Skills To Raise Endurance

Best Support and Passive Skills for Endurance Build

Skill	Type	Description
Ironclad Bond	Passive	✦ Knight Increases Defence by 10%. Defence increases further if Archetypes of the same Lineage are present.
Guard Lore	Passive	✦ Knight Automatically increases wielder's Defence at the start of battle.
Strike Dodge	Passive	✦ Brawler Increases Evasion against Strike attacks.
Battle Cry	Support	✦ Brawler Increases caster's Attack and Defence for 3 turns.
Health Font	Passive	✦ Brawler Raises max HP by 15%.

The Support and Passive Skills listed above are recommended to further boost the effectiveness of the Endurance Build in outlasting your enemies in battle and withstanding an onslaught of attacks from foes.

Use Inheritance Skill to Acquire Skills From Other Archetypes

If you want to access a specific skill from other Archetypes you haven't equipped in your party, try using the Inheritance Skill to assign the desired skill you want to the Archetype you choose to have in battle.

Skill Inheritance Guide

Best Characters For Endurance Build

Best Characters to Use For Endurance Build

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist can help establish your Endurance Build in the game, as his stat allocation can be freely distributed by the player.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will be the top choice for the Endurance Build. Her stat allocation prioritizes the Endurance stat, which makes sense given that her awakened Archetype is the Knight Archetype that boasts ideal defensive capabilities..
Strohl	Strohl's stat allocation may prioritize Strength, but it can also be used to your advantage if you want to maximize your damage output while reinforcing his ability to endure heavy punishment from enemies and bosses alike.

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Best Equipment For Endurance Build

Best Weapons and Armor to Use For Endurance Build

Weapon	Armor
Hero King's Lance Save the King Divine Fists Bone Pulverisers Joker's Knives Faker King's Daggers Kongming's Signal Hero King's Banner	Cardinal Dragon Armour Bishamon's Armour Sunstalo Plate Royal Finery
Gear	Accessory
Kaiser's Pickelhaube Knight's Last Stand Reverent Crown Guerilla Bandana	Paladin's Talisman Sentinel's Talisman Guard's Talisman Scout's Anklet

Lances, Knuckes, Katanas, and Signals will be the weapons you'll equip when you choose the Knight, Brawler, and Faker Archetypes.

Chainmail and Clothing Armor have the most defensive armor in the game, so make sure you equip what's best for your Endurance Build.

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