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thanks for all the help!

my char cards
kanna/zero/kaiser all lv 200=SS set
xenon/angelic buster/mech- pirate set. my mech is only lv 150 but if i had it lv 200 it would have SS set too
i forgot my third set since it's random stuff. i think DA/shade/MM or something

Links are def worth the trouble of getting them to 120 doesn't take to long just not that fun.

They need to redo how you give link skills.

[quote=RagerRaging]link skills+Character cards and having the correct character card sets can really improve your game when it comes to damage by a ton. I wont go to in depth with link skills since you can google search that and see all the link skills, but for Character cards, i'm using these atm:
Set 1: 200 bucc- +5 dmg per level, 120 Xenon- +20 str/dex/luk, 200 Shade- 5% min/max crt dmg *SET EFFECT- Pirates way (3 pirates) 6% def ignore* *SET EFFECT- Warriors feat (3 char over 120) max hp/mp +700, att/matt +3, 3% additional boss dmg*
Set 2: 120 kaiser- +60 str, 120 demon avenger- 3% boss dmg, 200 zero- 10% bonus exp *SET EFFECT- Powerful Charge (3 warriors 120+) 8% max hp added as additional dmg* *SET EFFECT- Warriors feat (same as above)
Set 3: 120 kanna- 3% boss dmg, 120 beast tamer- 6% def ignore, 120 thunder breaker- +4 dmg per level *SET EFFECT Warriors Feat (same as above)
Character cards are really wonderful and they give quite a bit of a range boost, so if you're not doing it for the link skills do it for at least the free %boss and attack![/quote]

u still have a long way to go. character cards are good but u have to learn to maximize their effects.
having 3 lvl 200 chars the best way to go is to put them together why? cuz the SS set gives very good stats including 5% boss (iirc).
either way bucc card is not good, xenon is ok for every class except mage, tb card is also bad its the same as bucc anyway.
some cards i recommend are evan/aran which give recovery for mp/hp, mm if u dont already have max crit, a mage card to compliment your 3rd set, etc (cant rmb all cards now)

although it might be hard/take some time, im thinking of lvling chars just for the character cards which i think might be worth it.

Regardless of whether or not it helps a ton, it is a free boost so something else to keep in mind.

link skills+Character cards and having the correct character card sets can really improve your game when it comes to damage by a ton. I wont go to in depth with link skills since you can google search that and see all the link skills, but for Character cards, i'm using these atm:
Set 1: 200 bucc- +5 dmg per level, 120 Xenon- +20 str/dex/luk, 200 Shade- 5% min/max crt dmg *SET EFFECT- Pirates way (3 pirates) 6% def ignore* *SET EFFECT- Warriors feat (3 char over 120) max hp/mp +700, att/matt +3, 3% additional boss dmg*
Set 2: 120 kaiser- +60 str, 120 demon avenger- 3% boss dmg, 200 zero- 10% bonus exp *SET EFFECT- Powerful Charge (3 warriors 120+) 8% max hp added as additional dmg* *SET EFFECT- Warriors feat (same as above)
Set 3: 120 kanna- 3% boss dmg, 120 beast tamer- 6% def ignore, 120 thunder breaker- +4 dmg per level *SET EFFECT Warriors Feat (same as above)
Character cards are really wonderful and they give quite a bit of a range boost, so if you're not doing it for the link skills do it for at least the free %boss and attack!

[quote=powerguy121]They don't give % att but rather % dmg. Sure, it's not as good as %att, but %dmg makes a huge difference in range. A Kanna and a Demon Avenger is already a 20% dmg boost. Then there are many other boosts from Beast Tamer, Lumi, Hayato, etc. Link skills create a strong fundamental structure for when you increase your range through funding. The reason why link skills are extremely helpful is the big boosts that are presented with them, but the price for them. It's a matter of getting to level 120 which doesn't take long and requires no funds.[/quote]
I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think that kanna + DA link multipliers is actually applied separately from %boss and %total, which would mean that it is even better than %atk since those links would be a true 20% damage boost.

They don't give % att but rather % dmg. Sure, it's not as good as %att, but %dmg makes a huge difference in range. A Kanna and a Demon Avenger is already a 20% dmg boost. Then there are many other boosts from Beast Tamer, Lumi, Hayato, etc. Link skills create a strong fundamental structure for when you increase your range through funding. The reason why link skills are extremely helpful is the big boosts that are presented with them, but the price for them. It's a matter of getting to level 120 which doesn't take long and requires no funds.

Im just guessing here but 35k
kanna 38k
da 41k
xenon 45k

My link skills give me:
- 10% total damage (kanna)
- 10% total damage (demon avenger)
- 10% allstats (xenon)
- 15% boss damage (demon slayer)
- 15% crit rate (phantom)
- 7% boss, 7% crit, 4%MP/HP (beast tamer)
- 45% damage boost for 10 seconds (angelic buster)
- 15% PDR (luminous)
- -15% damage & 10% PDR (zero)
- 5% status resistance (cygnus knight of any kind)
- 15% exp gain (mercedes)
- 25 allstats & 10% MP/HP (cannoneer)

Yes, I would say they are definitely worth it, especially when you can get them all. The other nice thing is that they also can be used to greatly improve the strength of your character cards, which just make the bonuses that much better.

I believe when I transferred links from my old main to train a link mule, I dropped from like 1m clean range down to about 600k clean or so. Might have been 700k clean. But yeah, it REALLY makes a difference

Kanna and Demon Avenger - 10% total damage
Phantom - 15% crit
Demon Slayer - 15% boss damage

Those are the main ones you want. Beast Tamer, Xenon and Luminous are also good.

They make a huge difference