Be reminded that you will eventually have enough AP to max all skills, regardless of what order you spend your AP.
- Follow Character Growth Goals
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- Navigate to this through Menu → Events → Character Growth Goals
- Not only are these skills a priority, but the rewards return most of the AP you spend.
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Critical Hit and Smash Mastery
[list][*]These take priority over individual skills because they affect all skills instead of one.[/list]
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Armor and Weapon Mastery
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[*]Spend AP on these as you acquire better gear as rewards from leveling.
[*]Alternatively, you can keep them at the highest rank available.
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Bread-and-Butter Skills to Rank A
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[*]Bread-and-butter refers to your basic recommended damage rotation.
[*]To determine your bread-and-butter, do the following:
- Familiarize yourself with all of your character's skills. Do this by watching the videos in the Skill menu and/or by using the skills in a boat or in story missions.
- Watch a video of your character soloing a boss. I recommend Balor, Neamhain, or Dullahan, but any boss works.
- Pay attention to which skills are used the majority of the time.
[*]For example, Eira's bread-and-butter is Portal Leap → Bullet Storm → Bullet Rain → Bullet Hail → Repeat.
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Buffs and Utility
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[*]Buffs that apply to your character as a whole are a priority because they effectively increase the rank of all skills for their duration.
[list][*]e.g. Eira's Entropic Bullets.[/list]
[*]Other buffs, such as Fiona's Shield Enhancement, are a priority because they improve a bread-and-butter skill (in this case, Counterattack).
[*]Stamina buffs are a priority for characters that run out of stamina easily.
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Dodge Skills
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[*]For characters with stamina problems, spending AP on dodges are a high priority to decrease their stamina cost.
[*]For most characters, dodges only become a medium priority once bosses begin to hit harder. Spend AP on your dodge skills to increase their invulnerability duration.
[*]For some parry-based characters, dodges are a bottom priority because they should be parrying instead.
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Other Skills to Rank A
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[*]Spend AP on other skills based on how often you use them.
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The Rest
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[*]At this point, there are no longer any skills with a distinguished priority.
[*]You may spend AP on whichever skills you like.
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