Best Builds

The best builds in Metaphor: ReFantazio will guarantee that you win against enemy encounters with ease. Read on to learn more about the best character builds, the best stat builds, and the best Archetypes you can use to defeat all foes!

Best Protagonist Build

Equip Mage and Brawler Archetypes

Best Protagonist Build Build
Protagonist
Archetypes
Mage						Brawler
Inherited Skills
For Mage: ・Cyc Rationale: Cover all Elemental Skills excluding Light and Dark						For Brawler: ・Medi Rationale: Use MP to recover, as Brawler only consumes HP for skill usage

The Protagonist can be honed to either take a Strength Build or Magic Build throughout your progress.

For a Strength Build, it is recommended that the Brawler Archetype be equipped to act as the Strike specialist in the team. The Brawler Archetype also consumes its HP in skill usage, so it can inherit recovery skills for its MP.

For a Magic Build, a Mage Archetype is an ideal choice to cover all bases of elemental weaknesses you can exploit against enemies with the exclusion of Light and Dark. Cyc should be inherited by the Seeker to acquire the WInd element.

Best Protagonist Archetypes and Stats

Best Stat Allocation for Protagonist Archetypes

The stats listed above are recommended to have when using the Mage Build or Brawler Build for the protagonist. Since the player has free control over the stat allocation of the protagonist, it will be up to the player what Build should be reinforced.

Best Stat Builds

Best Stat Builds

Stat Build	Tier Ranking
Strength
Magic
Endurance
Agility
Luck

Best Strength Build

Archetypes	Characters	Tier Ranking
Warrior Berserker Gunner Brawler	Protagonist Strohl Basilio	S Tier
Strengths
✓ One of, if not, the strongest build in the game ✓ Quickly beat enemies for Unscathed Victories ✓ Can utilize Elemental Physical Skills as well
Weakness
✗ Weaker early-game than a Magic build ✗ Needs support during boss battles

The Strength Build is for those who want to force their victories by employing physical skills against enemies. Some Archetypes specialize in different types of physical skills, but the Strength Stat will determine their effectiveness in battle.

Best Strength Build

Best Magic Build

Archetypes				Characters				Tier Ranking
Mage Masked Dancer Healer				Protagonist Junah Eupha				A Tier
Strengths
✓ Wide range of powerful Elemental Skills ✓ Strong Synthesis Skill synergy with other Magic Archetypes ✓ Back row doesn't lower the damage of Magic
Weakness
✗ Can't target Slash/Pierce/Strike weaknesses ✗ Gets outscaled by a late-game Strength build

The Magic Build is centered around the use of elemental skills that can exploit enemy weakness in battle. This build is for those who wish to dominate with the numerous types of elemental skills and use them against enemies to overpower them.

Best Magic Build

Best Endurance Build

Archetypes				Characters				Tier Ranking
Knight Brawler Faker Commander				Protagonist Strohl Hulkenberg				B Tier
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 is for those who want to tank their way through battle. Archetypes recommended for this build can endure harsh enemy attacks and withstand battles of attrition waged by enemy forces.

Best Endurance Build

Bst Agility Build

Archetypes				Characters				Tier Ranking
Thief Masked Dancer Gunner Faker Commander				Protagonist Heismay Eupha				B Tier
Strengths
✓ Ideal accuracy for attacks ✓ Priority for evasive maneuvers ✓ Increased changes for retreat ✓ Increased effectiveness of physical attacks
Weakness
✗ Dependency on debuffs and status ailments ✗ Prioritization to evasion and accuracy may result in lengthy battles

The Agility Build aims to hone the evasiveness of your party and make enemy attacks miss their target. This build is for those who wish to seek victory by employing counterattacks against enemies who missed their chances to land a finishing blow.

Best Agility Build

Best Luck Build

Archetypes				Characters				Tier Ranking
Merchant				Protagonist Strohl Heismay				B Tier
Strengths
✓ Increased chance for Crits and Status Ailments ✓ Decreased chance of receiving Critical Hits ✓ Great for farming items
Weakness
✗ Magic Skills cannot crit ✗ Less consistent than a normal Strength Build

The Luck Build focuses on increasing your chances to land Critical Hits and Instakills against enemies. It also determines how susceptible you are to status ailments, which removes any looming threat from being poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.

Best Luck Build

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