How to Force Basically

General Gameflow

A type that relies on Technics for attacking and providing support. The type's high TEC and MND make it adept with Technic weapons. For advanced players.

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Technics

Technics are the centerpiece of a Force strategy. Choosing the right Technics is more important than using the right weapons, even.

Technics are separated by elements, and can be loosely categorized based on their effect:

	Fire	Ice	Lightning	Ground	Light	Dark
Projectile	Foie	Barta	Zonde	Diga	Nagrants	Megid
Midrange AOE	Rafoie	Rabarta	Razonde	Radiga	Grants	Ramegid
Close-range AOE	Gifoie	Gibarta	Gizonde	Gidiga
Hold for Damage	Damfoie	Dambarta		Damdiga	Damgrants	Dammegid
Hold for Tracking			Noszonde	Nosdiga		Nosmegid
Hold for AOE				Diverse		Megiverse
Persisting Damage	Foverse	Sabarta	Sazonde			Samegid
Support	Shifta, Jellen	Deband, Zalure			Anti, Resta

We will discuss these Technics from two angles: Elements and Effects.

Elemental Bonus is a rather big part of damage. By matching up the correct attribute, the player can gain a hefty bonus to their weapon ATK. Unlike other weapons, Technic Weapons has three stages of elemental bonus stacking: first, the attribute of the Technic used is matched with the attribute of the enemy. If the attributes match correctly, the weapon gains a 30% attack boost. second, for each Technic equipped to the weapon that has the same attribute as the Technic used (including itself), a further 5% is added. Lastly, if the attribute of the weapon used is the same as the attribute of the Technic used, the % of the weapon is also added. Example cases:

	Weapon Used	Technic Used	Enemy Attribute	Result
Example #1	Wand (Neutral 0%) Barta, Foie	Barta	Fire	Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost. Since there's 1 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta itself), it gains a further 5% boost, for a total of 35% boost.
Example #2	Wand (Fire 25%) Barta, Foie	Barta	Fire	Same reason as above, for 35% boost. The attribute of the weapon used is not checked if it's not the same as the Technic used. Even if it's the same as the enemy's.
Example #3	Wand (Fire 25%) Barta, Rabarta	Barta	Fire	Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost. Since there's 2 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta and Rabarta), it gains a further 5x2% boost, for a total of 40% boost.
Example #4	Wand (Ice 25%) Barta, Rabarta	Barta	Fire	Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost. Since there's 2 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta and Rabarta), it gains a further 5x2% boost. Since the Wand has the same attribute as the Technic used, the weapon's % is added, for a total of 65% boost.
Example #5	Wand (Ice 25%) Barta, Rabarta	Barta	Ice	0%. Attribute boosts does not apply if the matchup isn't correct.

For optimal damage, theortically, we should aim to strap Technics onto Rods of the same attribute, and then match it up against the correct enemies. However, that's not necessarily optimal practically. Some schools of elements, due to various reasons, are naturally weaker than others. It's not necessarily worth forcing a weaker element school in an attempt to exploit the attack bonus. In addition, many Technics perform similar actions as each other, bringing more copies of similar Technics may not provide any benefit beyond matching up elements. Instead, bringing more Rods and Technics will bloat the weapon palette, and makes it less efficient to access specific important Technics.

So, let's first look over the effects of each technic category and see how they work out.

Projectiles

Midrange AOE (Ra-)

Close-range AOE (Gi-)

Hold for Damage (Dam-)

Hold for Tracking (Nos-)

Hold for AOE (-Verse)

Persisting Damage (Sa-)

Support (Others)

Once we understood how Technics work out, let's see how each school of attribute performs.

Fire

Ice

Lightning

Ground

Light

Dark