Skill Share Guide

Shared Skills are skills that can be copied from a source adventurer, and equipped onto the lead adventurer in a team.

Overview

Preparation

For a primer on how shared skills work, see the Shared Skills article. This guide will assume that you have read it.

Elemental Tomes are needed to unlock shared skills. These are mostly restricted to limited-time events, but can also be purchased in the Shop with Diamantium at any time. For an archive of elemental Tome distributions, see the Tome Distribution article.

Thought Process

When selecting shared skills, it is important to consider the restrictions that are in place, and how that influences our decisions:

• Damage/Healing vs Utility - The large damage/healing reductions on shared skills mean that utility is usually preferred.
  • For damage/healing skills to still be desirable for damage/healing despite this, they would need to have very high modifiers.
• SP Cost - The higher SP cost of shared skills means they will usually take a while to charge up, so skills that are originally useful for being spammable won't be able to do so as effectively.
  • This can be circumvented with a source of frequent skill prep or SP regen, such as Gala Mars or Gaibhne & Creidhne.
• Equip Cost - Shared skills with higher equip costs are both expensive to initially unlock, and have less flexibility in terms of which other shared skills they can be paired with. If a skill has high equip cost, its effects need to be powerful to make up for it.
• Animation Length - Skills with short animations are usually preferred, as these allow for quickly returning to normal play after use. Long animations can cause the user to be stuck in place while an unavoidable attack is coming their way (which could cancel the skill), or while the enemy moves out of range.

AI quirks

• Melee vs Ranged - If a melee skill is put on a ranged AI unit, they will NOT use the skill unless they are close enough for the hit to connect. Generally ranged units will keep their distance, meaning it is very likely they might not use melee skills at all.
  • Basically, this means that ranged skills are much easier for AI to use than melee skills.
• Heal Withholding vs Instant Use - AI usually withholds Heal skills until someone is at low HP, but sometimes the heal is instead cast immediately once ready. Heal skills with buffs attached (such as defense up) are usually the ones that get cast immediately, but that isn't always the case.
  • Each heal skill seems to have a different internal priority for holding vs immediate use.
• SP Gain - Staffs and Rapid-Fire Manacasters have very high SP gain, so they are great candidates for using shared skills.
  • Since both of these weapon types are ranged, this further fuels the ranged > melee skill preference discussed earlier.

Selecting SS Pairs

Equipped shared skills must not exceed the adventurer's equip cost limit, which is almost always 10, though for Gala Emile, the limit is 14 instead.

• Reminder: you can put your weapon skill in the first SS slot, and/or have a helper skill replace the second SS slot. Either way, these have 0 equip cost but take up one of your slots.

When equipping shared skills, it is generally easiest to pick the one you want that has a higher equip cost first. Then, fill the remaining slot with whichever appropriate SS fits in the remaining space.

Sample pairs:

• Defense buffer - Patia (5) + Templar Hope (4) / Halloween Lowen (5)
• Generic DPS - Agito weapon skill (0) + Sha Wujing (6) / Seimei (6)
• Generic DPS in Curse of Nihility - Sha Wujing (6) / Seimei (6) + Gala Mym (4) / The Prince (3)

Rankings Table

• This table has two versions (select the tab): one that assumes no Trials of the Mighty (TotM) mana spirals, and one that assumes all TotM spirals.
• Several SS will list alternatives/replacements in the Details section below. The SS listed in the chart is usually the "best" one for the role it fills.

No TotM

Rank       Type	S	A	B	Niche
Debuff	6 Obstruction Armament [13478 SP] Lv. 2 Creates a debuff zone that lasts for 10 seconds and reduces the defense of enemies inside it by 15%. 6 Onmyodo Exorcism [16683 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 2500% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, reduces enemies' defense by 10% for 20 seconds, inflicts scorchrend - dealing 31.1% flame damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 110% chance, and dispels one buff from each target. This defense reduction will not stack.	6 Grim Missive [16075 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 1425% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, and lowers their poison resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. This resistance reduction will not stack.		3 Faerie Magic [7917 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 1335% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and reduces their strength by 20% for 15 seconds.
Nuke - General	4 Majestic Tide [8549 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1664% water damage to enemies in a line and inflicts frostbite - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. The more buffs the user has, the higher the skill boost received and the higher the damage (+5% Skill Damage per buff).	4 Dragon Claw [12821 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects.	5 Sunny Flash [7346 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1355.2%, 1 hit of 404.8% and 1 hit of 948.2% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts bog for 8 seconds with 120% base chance.	7 Gespenst [11518 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 597% and 1 hit of 686% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies. Poisoned foes take 3 hits of 716.4% and 1 hit of 823.2% shadow damage instead. The lower the user's HP, the more damage this skill deals. This increase caps at 3 hits of 895.5% and 1 hit of 1029% shadow damage. For poisoned foes the cap is instead 3 hits of 1074.6% and 1 hit of 1234.8% shadow damage. If the user's HP is above or equal to 50% of max HP, consumes 10% of max HP to fill this skill's skill gauge by 20%. 6 Shining Slash [11193 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 4 hits of 507% light damage to enemies in a line. Both this skill's critical rate and the critical rate of attack skills in dragon form will be increased by 10% for each buff with a different icon applied to the user, up to a maximum of 70%. 5 Full Throttle Ride [8115 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 180%, 9 hits of 90%, and 1 hit of 1900% flame damage to enemies directly ahead. Changing direction is possible during the attack.
Nuke - AoE	4 Death's Torrent [7348 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 1500% shadow damage to surrounding enemies and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 31% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 110% chance.	4 Genesis Circlet [6240 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 5 hits of 394% shadow damage to surrounding enemies. During this attack, the user will be immune to knockback, and damage taken will be reduced by 30%.	4 Dragon Claw [12821 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects.
Hit Count	6 Angelic Praise [15352 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all teammates with 80% Recovery Potency, continues gradually healing over the next 15 seconds with 20% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, and grants overdamage based on 40% of the user's strength for 30 seconds. This overdamage will not stack.	6 Faerie Illusion [8279 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 30 hits of 82% wind damage to surrounding enemies, and dispels one buff from each target. This attack will pursue targets for the duration of the skill.
Dispel	5 Fantastic Flight [5750 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 246% and 1 hit of 1033% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, and dispels one buff from each of them. 5 Trick 00: Ghost Fig [7481 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 12 hits of 99% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts flashburn for 21 seconds - dealing 41.6% light damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.	3 Tornado Bash [13464 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 4 hits of 722.8% wind damage to surrounding enemies and draws them toward the user for 0.5 seconds, dispels one buff from each enemy, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. 7 Surgical Trick [13255 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 1864% shadow damage to enemies in a line, inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance, dispels one buff from each target, then carries out an additional attack that deals 6 hits of 171% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 41% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.
Affliction	6 Hound Shot [9298 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 2064% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts stormlash - dealing 41% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance, and poison - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 30 seconds - with 120% chance.		5 Glacial Blossom [8341 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 740.6% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, inflicts freeze for 3-6 seconds with 200% chance, and frostbite - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. Frostbitten foes take 2 hits of 962.78% water damage instead. 3 Ocean Fury [7682 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 6 hits of 368% water damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bog for 8 seconds with 120% base chance.	6 Bonecrusher [6009 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1201% shadow damage to enemies in a line, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. 5 Empyreal Levin [9488 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 885.6% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts paralysis for 13 seconds - dealing 97% light damage every 3.9 seconds - with 120% chance. Paralyzed foes take 2 hits of 974.16% light damage instead. Also deals up to 2 bonus hits of 105% (115.5% on paralyzed foes) light damage based on the number of buffs the user has.
Buff	5 Sparrow's Guard [13232 SP] Lv. 4 Increases the entire team's strength by 15% and defense by 25% for 15 seconds.	4 Knight's Spirit [18028 SP] Lv. 3 Increases the entire team's defense by 25%, and strength by 15% for 15 seconds. 5 Tropical Breeze [14147 SP] Lv. 3 For 10 seconds, increases the user and nearby allies' strength by 5%, critical rate by 3%, skill damage by 10%, and skill gauge fill rate by 10%. Also grants the user the following additional buffs based on the number of adventurers who were buffed by this skill, including the user: One or more adventurers: Increases defense by 10% for 10 seconds. Two or more adventurers: Adds 10% to the modifier applied to critical damage for 10 seconds. Three or more adventurers: Fills 100% of the skill gauge for the user's initial skill, displayed at the top of their skill list, for use.		6 Custom Concoction [15268 SP] Lv. 3 Applies one of the following at random to the entire team: Increases strength by 25% for 15 seconds Increases defense by 25% for 15 seconds Increases critical rate by 25% for 10 seconds Increases max HP by 15% for the remainder of the quest Once HP buffs reach the limit of 30%, an HP recovery effect is granted instead.
Heal		5 You won't trick me! [16269 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, and increases the entire team's defense by 10% for 5 seconds. It will also increase the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Guardian's Grace [9465 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency and applies Regen for 15 seconds, healing with 35% Regen Potency every 2.9 seconds.		3 Elder Cure [14198 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes paralysis, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack.

Max TotM

Rank       Type	S	A	B	Niche
Debuff	6 Obstruction Armament [13478 SP] Lv. 2 Creates a debuff zone that lasts for 10 seconds and reduces the defense of enemies inside it by 15%. 6 Onmyodo Exorcism [16683 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 2500% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, reduces enemies' defense by 10% for 20 seconds, inflicts scorchrend - dealing 31.1% flame damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 110% chance, and dispels one buff from each target. This defense reduction will not stack.	6 Grim Missive [16075 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 1425% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, and lowers their poison resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. This resistance reduction will not stack.		3 Faerie Magic [7917 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 1335% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and reduces their strength by 20% for 15 seconds.
Nuke - General	4 Majestic Tide [8549 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1664% water damage to enemies in a line and inflicts frostbite - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. The more buffs the user has, the higher the skill boost received and the higher the damage (+5% Skill Damage per buff).	4 Dragon Claw [12821 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects.	5 Sunny Flash [7346 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1355.2%, 1 hit of 404.8% and 1 hit of 948.2% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts bog for 8 seconds with 120% base chance.	7 Gespenst [11518 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 597% and 1 hit of 686% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies. Poisoned foes take 3 hits of 716.4% and 1 hit of 823.2% shadow damage instead. The lower the user's HP, the more damage this skill deals. This increase caps at 3 hits of 895.5% and 1 hit of 1029% shadow damage. For poisoned foes the cap is instead 3 hits of 1074.6% and 1 hit of 1234.8% shadow damage. If the user's HP is above or equal to 50% of max HP, consumes 10% of max HP to fill this skill's skill gauge by 20%. 6 Shining Slash [11193 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 4 hits of 507% light damage to enemies in a line. Both this skill's critical rate and the critical rate of attack skills in dragon form will be increased by 10% for each buff with a different icon applied to the user, up to a maximum of 70%. 6 Perfect Order [5616 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 46 hits of 60% water damage to the target and nearby enemies and dispels one buff from each of them.
Nuke - AoE	4 Death's Torrent [7348 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 1500% shadow damage to surrounding enemies and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 31% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 110% chance.	4 Genesis Circlet [6240 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 5 hits of 394% shadow damage to surrounding enemies. During this attack, the user will be immune to knockback, and damage taken will be reduced by 30%.	4 Dragon Claw [12821 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects.
Hit Count	6 Everlasting Summer [18753 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, removes blindness, and continues healing for 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds. Also, increases the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds (does not stack), grants all teammates a one-use shield that nullifies damage up to 30% of their maximum HP, and grants them overdamage for 30 seconds. The overdamage is based on 50% of the user's strength, and does not stack. 5 Glorious Sanctuary [17550 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all teammates with 130% Recovery Potency, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 29% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds, and grants overdamage to the entire team for 30 seconds based on 50% of the user's strength. Both the strength increase and overdamage will not stack. Also creates a healing zone that heals all allies for 60% Recovery Potency (in solo play, 30% Recovery Potency in Co-Op play). Each player in Co-op play can enter the healing zone one time and will only activate if they have less than 100% HP. Only one healing zone can be up at a time and the creation of a new one will replace older ones.	6 Perfect Order [5616 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 46 hits of 60% water damage to the target and nearby enemies and dispels one buff from each of them.
Dispel	6 Perfect Order [5616 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 46 hits of 60% water damage to the target and nearby enemies and dispels one buff from each of them. 5 Fantastic Flight [5750 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 246% and 1 hit of 1033% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, and dispels one buff from each of them. 5 Trick 00: Ghost Fig [7481 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 12 hits of 99% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts flashburn for 21 seconds - dealing 41.6% light damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.	3 Tornado Bash [13464 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 4 hits of 722.8% wind damage to surrounding enemies and draws them toward the user for 0.5 seconds, dispels one buff from each enemy, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. 7 Surgical Trick [13255 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 1864% shadow damage to enemies in a line, inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance, dispels one buff from each target, then carries out an additional attack that deals 6 hits of 171% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 41% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.
Affliction	6 Hound Shot [9298 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 2064% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts stormlash - dealing 41% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance, and poison - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 30 seconds - with 120% chance.		5 Glacial Blossom [8341 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 740.6% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, inflicts freeze for 3-6 seconds with 200% chance, and frostbite - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. Frostbitten foes take 2 hits of 962.78% water damage instead. 3 Ocean Fury [7682 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 6 hits of 368% water damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bog for 8 seconds with 120% base chance.	6 Bonecrusher [6009 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1201% shadow damage to enemies in a line, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. 5 Empyreal Levin [9488 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 885.6% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts paralysis for 13 seconds - dealing 97% light damage every 3.9 seconds - with 120% chance. Paralyzed foes take 2 hits of 974.16% light damage instead. Also deals up to 2 bonus hits of 105% (115.5% on paralyzed foes) light damage based on the number of buffs the user has.
Buff	5 Sparrow's Guard [13232 SP] Lv. 4 Increases the entire team's strength by 15% and defense by 25% for 15 seconds.	4 Knight's Spirit [18028 SP] Lv. 3 Increases the entire team's defense by 25%, and strength by 15% for 15 seconds. 5 Tropical Breeze [14147 SP] Lv. 3 For 10 seconds, increases the user and nearby allies' strength by 5%, critical rate by 3%, skill damage by 10%, and skill gauge fill rate by 10%. Also grants the user the following additional buffs based on the number of adventurers who were buffed by this skill, including the user: One or more adventurers: Increases defense by 10% for 10 seconds. Two or more adventurers: Adds 10% to the modifier applied to critical damage for 10 seconds. Three or more adventurers: Fills 100% of the skill gauge for the user's initial skill, displayed at the top of their skill list, for use.		6 Custom Concoction [15268 SP] Lv. 3 Applies one of the following at random to the entire team: Increases strength by 25% for 15 seconds Increases defense by 25% for 15 seconds Increases critical rate by 25% for 10 seconds Increases max HP by 15% for the remainder of the quest Once HP buffs reach the limit of 30%, an HP recovery effect is granted instead.
Heal	6 Everlasting Summer [18753 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, removes blindness, and continues healing for 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds. Also, increases the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds (does not stack), grants all teammates a one-use shield that nullifies damage up to 30% of their maximum HP, and grants them overdamage for 30 seconds. The overdamage is based on 50% of the user's strength, and does not stack.	5 You won't trick me! [16269 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, and increases the entire team's defense by 10% for 5 seconds. It will also increase the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Guardian's Grace [9465 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency and applies Regen for 15 seconds, healing with 35% Regen Potency every 2.9 seconds.		3 Elder Cure [14198 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes paralysis, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack.

Details

Debuff

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
6 Obstruction Armament [13478 SP] Lv. 2 Creates a debuff zone that lasts for 10 seconds and reduces the defense of enemies inside it by 15%.	5 50
Defense Down Zone - This skill puts down a Debuff Zone that inflicts 15% Defense Down on an enemy, stackable up to 30% defense down if paired with other debuff zones. Due to the nature of the Damage Formula, 1/(1-0.15) = 1.17 damage increase, and two Sha would be 1/0.7 = 1.43x damage. This makes Sha one of the best shareable DPS-increasing skills in the game. Notes: All defense down zones have a hard cap of 30% defense down, regardless of the source. For example: Sha Wujing SS on Wedding Elisanne using her S2 will hit the 30% defense down cap. Therefore, try to not have more than 2 defense down zones on the field at a time. This is a debuff zone, meaning it will not be effective if the boss moves out of it. This skill should ideally be used when a boss is in Break state, or otherwise not likely to move for several seconds. If the boss moves around a lot, Seimei SS can be considered instead.
6 Onmyodo Exorcism [16683 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 2500% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, reduces enemies' defense by 10% for 20 seconds, inflicts scorchrend - dealing 31.1% flame damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 110% chance, and dispels one buff from each target. This defense reduction will not stack.	50
Long-duration Defense Down Icon, with extras - Seimei provides a skill that does it all - a big nuke, Dispel, 10% Defense Down (lasts 20 seconds, twice as long as most other sources), and Scorchrend. It's also long range, so ranged AI will use it. The skill's only drawback is probably its SP cost, which is among the highest. In co-op, Seimei SS complements Sha Wujing SS very well: if two Sha Zones are on the field, then adding more won't do anything as two zones reach the 30% cap already. If you apply Seimei SS on top, then it's not subject to the 30% cap, meaning it's 40% def down total. Basically, if you find that people in co-op are bringing too much Sha Wujing SS, consider bringing Seimei SS. Additionally, since Seimei SS is an icon instead of a zone, it's more effective than Sha Wujing on bosses that move around a lot, such as Morsayati. Note that the hard-cap for all defense downs is 50%, however Seimei SS cannot stack with itself to reach that. Alternatives: Basileus's Spiritus Sanction Basileus 6 Lv. 2: Deals 5 hits of 453% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, reduces their defense by 10% for 10 seconds which does not stack, and inflicts stormlash for 21 seconds - dealing 31% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 110% chance. [13413 SSP] swaps scorchrend for Stormlash, and has a lower SP cost, but the defense down lasts only 10 sec instead of 20 sec. Seimei is the clear winner for uptime, but Basileus is a solid alternative.
6 Grim Missive [16075 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 1425% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, and lowers their poison resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. This resistance reduction will not stack. 6 Venom Bite [14280 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 3 hits of 140% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% base chance, and then lowers their poison resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. This resistance reduction will not stack, but changing direction is possible during the attack.	50
Affliction Res Down - These skills reduce the enemy's affliction resistance, which can enable affliction punishing in quests that have naturally-high resistances, such as Asura's Blinding Light. Poison Res Down: Formal Noelle doubles as a Dispel, and its long range means it can work on ranged AI. Halloween Melsa has lower SP cost and doubles as a Poison enabler, albeit a subpar one at that. (Note that its poison is attempted before the Poison Res Down gets applied, which is unfortunate). It has melee range though, so ranged AI won't use it - this skill should be used on melee AI, or in manual play.
3 Faerie Magic [7917 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 1335% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and reduces their strength by 20% for 15 seconds. 5 Phantom Barrage [9537 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 4 hits of 448% and 3 hits of 312% shadow damage to enemies directly ahead, and reduces their strength by 15% for 20 seconds.	50
Strength Down (for auto play) - These shared skills provide a strong Strength Down debuff. If used together with a stackable source of Strength Down (such as Faith of the EldersLv. 3: Deals 1 hit of 470% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies, reduces their defense by 10% for 20 seconds, and activates "Skill Shift" if the attack connects. Phase II adds an additional 10% decrease to enemies' strength, while Phase III also restores HP to all allies with 22% Recovery Potency and continues healing with 17% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds over the next 20 seconds. [6000 SP], Burlone GattoLv. 2: For 5 seconds, reduces the strength of the target and nearby enemies by 30%, and reduces the strength of enemies in buff zones by 5%. [15120 SP], or Surging LightLv. 3: Deals 1 hit of 1610% light damage to enemies in a line, reduces their strength by 10% for 10 seconds, and inflicts paralysis - dealing 97% light damage every 3.9 seconds for 13 seconds - with 120% chance. If this skill is used after the user's charge gauge has filled, a variant called Brightflash will be used instead. Brightflash deals 1 hit of 1880% light damage to enemies in a line, and reduces their strength by 25% for 10 seconds. Paralyzed foes take 1 hit of 2820% light damage instead. [3000 SP]), the skill can significantly improve the survivability of AI adventurers in auto play. Meene's SS has the stronger magnitude at 20%, lasting for 15 seconds, but its damage is lackluster. Joker's SS is quite strong - strong enough to be used as a general nuke skill - and lasts for 20 seconds, but its magnitude is weaker at 15%.

Nuke - General

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
4 Majestic Tide [8549 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1664% water damage to enemies in a line and inflicts frostbite - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. The more buffs the user has, the higher the skill boost received and the higher the damage (+5% Skill Damage per buff). 5 Raging Tide [9402 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 818% water damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts frostbite for 21 seconds - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. The more buffs the user has, the higher the skill boost received and the higher the damage (+5% Skill Damage per buff).	5 (Karina) 56
Buff-scaling nukes + Frostbite - These shared skills provide strong nukes that scale with the total amount of buffs you have - leading to explosive damage if you stack up a lot of buffs. They also inflict Frostbite at a cheap SP cost, potentially enabling Frostbitten Punisher wyrmprints to increase damage - even off-element. Xander SS does more damage, costs less SP, has lower equip cost, and has long range, making it the definite winner of the two. Karina SS has the advantage that many players have already spiraled Karina, so all they'd need to worry about is the tome cost. These skills are still worth their salt as buff-scaling nukes at 50MC, though they will need to be 56MC if you want the Frostbite part.
4 Dragon Claw [12821 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects. 6 Raging Ocean [9940 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 4 hits of 600% water damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts frostbite for 21 seconds - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds - with 100% chance, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects. 3 Blazing Circlet [11404 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 826% flame damage to surrounding enemies, raises the dragon gauge by 30 DP if the attack connects and inflicts burn for 12 seconds - dealing 88.3% flame damage every 3.9 seconds - with 110% base chance.	50 (GMym/Mercury) 5 (The Prince) 56 (The Prince)
Dragon Gauge generators - These shared skills, in addition to large damage, also provide Dragon Points, which can help adventurers obtain shapeshifts faster. This can especially benefit adventurers that want to shapeshift frequently, as well as dragondrive adventurers. Tiki can only use these skills while out of Divine Dragon form - useful for regaining access to her Divine Dragon form should she drop out of it due to the gauge emptying out, but it can't contribute much to her damage output otherwise. If you just want low SP cost: HMercury (9,940) > Prince (11,404) > GMym (12,821) If you want low equip cost: Prince (3) > Gmym (4) > HMercury (6) By Dragon Point gain (not accounting for SP or animation): GMym / HMercury (50 DP) > Prince (30 DP) By pure damage (not including afflictions): HMercury (2,400%) > GMym (2,302.5%) > Prince (1,652%) By damage/animation speed (not including afflictions): GMym > Prince > HMercury If you want afflictions: HMercury (21 sec Frostbite) > Prince (12 sec Burn) If you want AoE: GMym (large forward, small backwards) > HMercury (medium forward) > Prince (small circle) Additional Notes: GMym's SS also grants Strength Up to the user, and Dispels one enemy buff. Prince's SS is available without needing to spend any tomes.
5 Sunny Flash [7346 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1355.2%, 1 hit of 404.8% and 1 hit of 948.2% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts bog for 8 seconds with 120% base chance.	50 56
High Damage + Bog - Summer Julietta offers the best shareable Bog nuke. It's very strong, with the second highest damage/SP ratio, and also can be spammed fairly quickly in content that can have multiple Bog inflictions. It's plenty usable at 50MC, too.
7 Gespenst [11518 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 3 hits of 597% and 1 hit of 686% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies. Poisoned foes take 3 hits of 716.4% and 1 hit of 823.2% shadow damage instead. The lower the user's HP, the more damage this skill deals. This increase caps at 3 hits of 895.5% and 1 hit of 1029% shadow damage. For poisoned foes the cap is instead 3 hits of 1074.6% and 1 hit of 1234.8% shadow damage. If the user's HP is above or equal to 50% of max HP, consumes 10% of max HP to fill this skill's skill gauge by 20%.	50 56
Low-HP Nuke - Veronica's shared skill can provide extremely high damage output when an adventurer uses it while at low HP. On a healthy adventurer, however, this skill has a potentially unwanted side effect: this skill inflicts self-damage if an adventurer is at high HP. Note 1: This self-damage will never bring an adventurer below 40% HP. It also will not deal damage to Life Shields. Note 2: This skill does not have the Poisoned Punisher effect at level 3 (50 mana circle nodes).
6 Shining Slash [11193 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 4 hits of 507% light damage to enemies in a line. Both this skill's critical rate and the critical rate of attack skills in dragon form will be increased by 10% for each buff with a different icon applied to the user, up to a maximum of 70%.	50
Buff-scaling Critical Rate Up - In addition to dealing decent amounts of damage, Gala Luca's shared skill also effectively adds an additional ability to adventurers carrying it - the adventurer's dragon attack skill will also gain a Critical Rate Up increase, proportional to the amount of unique buffs on the adventurer (up to 7 buffs). Caution: Adventurers with Dragondrive (such as Bellina), Hybrid Transformation (such as Tiki or Gala Notte) or Partner Summon (such as Joker or Gala Zethia) do NOT benefit from this skill's passive effect.
6 Perfect Order [5616 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 46 hits of 60% water damage to the target and nearby enemies and dispels one buff from each of them. 5 Full Throttle Ride [8115 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 180%, 9 hits of 90%, and 1 hit of 1900% flame damage to enemies directly ahead. Changing direction is possible during the attack. 6 Aria of the Sea [11365 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 13 hits of 295.4% shadow damage to surrounding enemies, and inflicts shadowblight - dealing 41% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. This skill can be cancelled early by rolling, approximately after the first 6 possible hits would have been dealt. 4 Genesis Circlet [6240 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 5 hits of 394% shadow damage to surrounding enemies. During this attack, the user will be immune to knockback, and damage taken will be reduced by 30%.	50 (everyone) 67 (Catherine, ideally)
Raw Damage - These skills just hit hard and do it efficiently, with the highest damage/SP ratios available. If you just want to hit stuff efficiently and don't care about utility, then these are the way to go. Summer Julietta is more efficient than everyone except Catherine, but she's got her own row up top already. Catherine's SS squashes all other SS' flat in terms of damage/SP efficiency, and gets even more efficient and a Dispel at 67 MC. With her TotM spiral, she beats out SJulietta's SS by over a 33% margin. Also has the highest hitcount out of any SS, making it highly abusable for combo-maintenence purposes. Dragonyule Ilia's SS has the third highest damage/SP ratio out of all skill shares, but her skill is difficult to land hits with. The last hit has a wide area and can serve as an AoE nuke as well. Opera Karina's SS also applies Shadowblight, but it has a long animation and you cannot move until half of the hits have been dealt. She's also the only one on the list who is in the permanent pool, making her somewhat more accessible. Fourth highest damage/SP rate otherwise. Gala Zethia's SS provides damage reduction and knockback immunity during its animation, allowing it to be used for defensive purposes as well. Fifth highest damage/SP rate.

Nuke - AoE

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
4 Death's Torrent [7348 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 1500% shadow damage to surrounding enemies and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 31% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 110% chance. 6 Code 06: Conclusion [16668 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 6 hits of 489% water damage to surrounding enemies, and dispels one buff from each target.	50
Full-Map Nukes - These SSes easily cover the entire map in most content, allowing for easier crowd control. Mascula SS has the wider range of the two, and it can Dispel, but its SP cost and equip cost are high. HuZod SS has slightly shorter rage, but can inflict Shadowblight, and has much lower SP cost and equip cost than Mascula's SS. These especially shine in Jaldabaoth's Piercing Gale to deal with crowds of enemies, and Asura's Blinding Light to break distant orbs for their damage buffs. Invasion Events can also see some use from AoE SS.
4 Checkmate [15759 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 2500% water damage to enemies directly ahead. 4 Genesis Circlet [6240 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 5 hits of 394% shadow damage to surrounding enemies. During this attack, the user will be immune to knockback, and damage taken will be reduced by 30%. 5 Full Throttle Ride [8115 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 180%, 9 hits of 90%, and 1 hit of 1900% flame damage to enemies directly ahead. Changing direction is possible during the attack.	50
Wide-Area Nukes - These are some AoE alteratives if you lack Humanoid Zodiark or Gala Mascula. Eugene's SS has large range, a fast animation, but high SP cost. It should ideally have some skill prep support (Mars, SP regens), or crowd control should only be needed periodically. You can act out of the skill quickly. GZethia's SS has large range (smaller than Eugene's), low SP cost, but a slow animation. It's best suited for when crowd control is needed very often. However, it's not recommended if you need to quickly act out of it. It's plenty usable as a general nuke as well, with the 5th highest damage/SP ratio out of all shared skills. DYIlia's SS is wonky to use, as the crowd control only really takes place on the last hit which can be difficult to aim, but in exchange it has the 3rd highest damage/SP ratio out of all shared skills if you can land hits properly with it. Alternatives if you need AoE, but don't have any of the above-listed adventurers: Gala Mym's Dragon Claw Gala Mym 4 Lv. 4: Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects. [12821 SSP] (4 cost, 12821 SP, hits only in front, raises dragon gauge, Dispels, grants 20% Strength Up) (more details in Nuke - General section) Gala Leonidas's Sovereign Barrage Gala Leonidas 5 Lv. 3: Deals 18 hits of 100% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts scorchrend for 21 seconds - dealing 41.6% flame damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. [7975 SSP] (5 cost, 7975 SP, hits only in front, inflicts Scorchrend) Basileus's Spiritus Sanction Basileus 6 Lv. 2: Deals 5 hits of 453% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, reduces their defense by 10% for 10 seconds which does not stack, and inflicts stormlash for 21 seconds - dealing 31% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 110% chance. [13413 SSP] (6 cost, 13413 SP, hits only in front, inflicts Stormlash, Dispels, applies Defense Down) (more details in Debuff section)

Hitcount

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
5 Glorious Sanctuary [17550 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all teammates with 130% Recovery Potency, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 29% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds, and grants overdamage to the entire team for 30 seconds based on 50% of the user's strength. Both the strength increase and overdamage will not stack. Also creates a healing zone that heals all allies for 60% Recovery Potency (in solo play, 30% Recovery Potency in Co-Op play). Each player in Co-op play can enter the healing zone one time and will only activate if they have less than 100% HP. Only one healing zone can be up at a time and the creation of a new one will replace older ones. 6 Angelic Praise [15352 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all teammates with 80% Recovery Potency, continues gradually healing over the next 15 seconds with 20% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, and grants overdamage based on 40% of the user's strength for 30 seconds. This overdamage will not stack. 6 Everlasting Summer [18753 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, removes blindness, and continues healing for 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds. Also, increases the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds (does not stack), grants all teammates a one-use shield that nullifies damage up to 30% of their maximum HP, and grants them overdamage for 30 seconds. The overdamage is based on 50% of the user's strength, and does not stack. 6 Goldfish of the Hereafter [17014 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all teammates with 100% Recovery Potency, and grants all teammates a one-use shield that nullifies damage less than 20% of the user's maximum HP, and the "Fluorescent Fish" effect for 30 seconds. Fluorescent Fish grants overdamage based on 50% of the user's strength. 6 Crystalline Magic [17324 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all teammates with 87% Recovery Potency, grants them the "Crystalline Power" effect for 30 seconds, and increases their strength by 15% for 60 seconds. Crystalline Power grants overdamage based on 40% of the user's strength, and this skill's strength increase effect will not stack. 6 Akashic Repose [17748 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds and grants them overdamage based on 50% of the user's strength for 30 seconds. This strength increase and overdamage will not stack.	50 (YCass, DYLily, Sandalphon) 56 (Akasha, Gala Zena) 67 (YCass recommended, SVerica required)
Overdamage - These shared skills grant Overdamage - an effect that adds small bonus hits to all unit actions, based on the user's strength and the receivers' attack modifiers. The actual DPS gain is small - instead, its main draw is that it doubles combo count, which can be used to activate combo-based effects. A variety of extra effects are also on offer, including HP Regen, Shields, and Strength Up buffs. Which skill is preferred will depend on what bells and whistles you'd like. If you just want overdamage with low SP cost: Sandalphon (15,352) > 50MC Yukata Cassandra (15,468) > 67MC Yukata Cassandra (17,014) > Dragonyule Lily (17,324) > Gala Zena (17,550) > Akasha (17,748) > Summer Verica (18,753) If you just want overdamage with low equip cost: Gala Zena (5) > all others (6) If you want overdamage + healing: Gala Zena (305/335%) > Akasha / SVerica (219%) > Sandalphon (180%) > 70mc YCass (100%) > DYLily / 50mc YCass (87%) If you want overdamage + Shield: SVerica (30%) > 70mc YCass (20%) If you want overdamage + Strength Up buff: DYLily / Akasha / GZena (15%) > SVerica (8%) Additional Notes: SVerica can also cleanse Blindness, even before 67MC. Akasha, SVerica, GZena will require materials from Trials of the Mighty, meaning it may take months to actually obtain some of these shared skills (or you'll need to use an Omnicite). Note that any Strength Up buffs are nullified in quests that inflict Curse of Nihility.
6 Faerie Illusion [8279 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 30 hits of 82% wind damage to surrounding enemies, and dispels one buff from each target. This attack will pursue targets for the duration of the skill. 6 Scatterfall [8494 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 30 hits of 73% wind damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts stormlash for 21 seconds - dealing 41% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. 6 Perfect Order [5616 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 46 hits of 60% water damage to the target and nearby enemies and dispels one buff from each of them.	50
Hit-count Nukes - These nukes boast a very high amount of hits for their equip costs, which can make dealing with enemies that rely on hit counts (instead of HP) much quicker. Gala Notte's SS provides 30 hits, and a Dispel, and is good utility. Cecile's SS also provides 30 hits, though with lower damage, higher SP cost and no Dispel in exchange for being a Stormlash enabler. Catherine's SS provides 46 hits, the highest among shared skills. Its SP cost is also extremely low, making it spammable for combo maintenance purposes. If her TotM spiral is unlocked to floor 67, it gets Dispel and more damage, causing it to completely outperform Gala Notte's SS. The amount of hits can be further doubled by Overdamage effects.

Dispel

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
5 Fantastic Flight [5750 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 246% and 1 hit of 1033% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, and dispels one buff from each of them. 6 Perfect Order [5616 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 46 hits of 60% water damage to the target and nearby enemies and dispels one buff from each of them.	50 (Lapis) 56 (Gala Sarisse) 67 (Catherine)
low-SP Dispel - Lapis's shared skill is dirt cheap in SP costs, enabling rapid skill-based Dispels. Catherine has even lower SP costs, the cheapest of all dispels, but she requires floor 67 of her TotM spiral to be unlocked, which at time of writing is only attainable via Omnicite. Catherine also has a higher equip cost (6 instead of 5) in exchange for more damage and much higher hitcount. Alternatives with higher SP costs, if you need a Dispel that's cheaper than Ranzal's, but don't have Lapis or 67 MC Catherine: Halloween Laxi's Trick 00: Ghost Fig Halloween Laxi 5 Lv. 3: Deals 12 hits of 99% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts flashburn for 21 seconds - dealing 41.6% light damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. [7481 SSP] (5 cost, 7481 SP, also inflicts Flashburn) Gala Notte's Faerie Illusion Gala Notte 6 Lv. 2: Deals 30 hits of 82% wind damage to surrounding enemies, and dispels one buff from each target. This attack will pursue targets for the duration of the skill. [8279 SSP] (6 cost, 8279 SP) Summer Ieyasu's Unrelenting Waves Summer Ieyasu 7 Lv. 3: Deals 2 hits of 450% water damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts bleeding for 30 seconds - dealing 146% water damage every 4.9 seconds - with 80% chance, inflicts frostbite for 21 seconds - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance, and dispels one buff from each target. [8494 SSP] (7 cost, 8494 SP, also inflicts Frostbite and Bleeding). Dragonyule Victor's Candy Cane Offensive Dragonyule Victor 5 Lv. 3: Deals 5 hits of 400% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies, and dispels one buff from each of them. [8673 SSP] (5 cost, 8673 SP) Gala Sarisse's Brilliant Bolt Gala Sarisse 6 Lv. 4: Deals 1 shot of 1800% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts burn for 12 seconds - dealing 97% flame damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance, dispels one buff from each target, and fires extra shots equal to the number of buffs the user has with 105% flame damage each, for a maximum of 7 additional shots. [8969 SSP] (6 cost, 8969 SP, also inflicts Burn, long range. Needs TotM.) Naveed's Crystalline Blades Naveed 5 Lv. 4: Deals 4 hits of 347% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, and dispels one buff from each target. [9065 SSP] (5 cost, 9065 SP, very short range) Halloween Sylas's Surgical Trick Halloween Sylas 7 Lv. 3: Deals 1 hit of 1864% shadow damage to enemies in a line, inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance, dispels one buff from each target, then carries out an additional attack that deals 6 hits of 171% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 41% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. [13255 SSP] (7 cost, 13255 SP, but it dispels twice so effectively 6628 SP per dispel. Also inflicts Poison and Shadowblight) Some other shared skills also happen to dispel, but do not have dispel as their primary purpose: Gala Mym's Dragon Claw Gala Mym 4 Lv. 4: Deals 3 hits of 810% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, increases the user's strength by 20% for 10 seconds, and raises the dragon gauge by 50 DP if the attack connects. [12821 SSP] (4 cost, 12821 SP, also grants 50 DP. Needs TotM.) Seimei's Onmyodo Exorcism Seimei 6 Lv. 2: Deals 1 hit of 2500% flame damage to enemies directly ahead, reduces enemies' defense by 10% for 20 seconds, inflicts scorchrend - dealing 31.1% flame damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 110% chance, and dispels one buff from each target. This defense reduction will not stack. [16683 SSP] (6 cost, 16683 SP, also inflicts Scorchrend and Defense Down) Basileus's Spiritus Sanction Basileus 6 Lv. 2: Deals 5 hits of 453% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, reduces their defense by 10% for 10 seconds which does not stack, and inflicts stormlash for 21 seconds - dealing 31% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 110% chance. [13413 SSP] (6 cost, 13413 SP, also inflicts Stormlash and Defense Down) Formal Noelle's Grim Missive Formal Noelle 6 Lv. 2: Deals 1 hit of 1425% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, dispels one buff from each target, and lowers their poison resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. This resistance reduction will not stack. [16075 SSP] (6 cost, 16075 SP, also inflicts Poison Res Down) Gala Mascula's Code 06: Conclusion Gala Mascula 6 Lv. 2: Deals 6 hits of 489% water damage to surrounding enemies, and dispels one buff from each target. [16668 SSP] (6 cost, 16668 SP, also hits a large area)
5 Trick 00: Ghost Fig [7481 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 12 hits of 99% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts flashburn for 21 seconds - dealing 41.6% light damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.	50
low-SP Dispel + Flashburn - HLaxi's SS is very similar to Lapis's, granting dirt-cheap Dispel, but also grants cheap Flashburn access for only 1731 more SP than Lapis.
7 Surgical Trick [13255 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 1864% shadow damage to enemies in a line, inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance, dispels one buff from each target, then carries out an additional attack that deals 6 hits of 171% shadow damage to the target and nearby enemies, dispels one buff from each of them, and inflicts shadowblight for 21 seconds - dealing 41% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.	50
Multiple Dispel + Multiple Afflictions - HSylas's SS can actually Dispel twice, so its cost of 13255 SP is effectively 6628 SP per dispel. The high upfront SP cost means it's best suited to removing multiple piled-up buffs at once, rather than singletons one at a time. This SS also inflicts both Poison and Shadowblight, but the uptime isn't very good. However, the multiple afflictions can help when dealing with affliction-count checks, for example in Surtr's Devouring Flame.
3 Tornado Bash [13464 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 4 hits of 722.8% wind damage to surrounding enemies and draws them toward the user for 0.5 seconds, dispels one buff from each enemy, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance.	5 56
Budget Nuke, Dispel, Poison - Ranzal's shared skill is a respectable nuke at level 4, while also providing Poison and Dispel. Additionally, since Ranzal is a free story unit, no tomes are required in order to unlock this shared skill. However, its range is very short, so Lance and ranged adventurers will need to get really close to the target for the skill to hit. The SP cost is also rather high for a Dispel. Ranged AI might not use the skill at all, due to the short range. Interestingly, the Dispel will still work on the targeted foe even if the attack does not actually connect. AI units don't seem to be aware of this, though. Note that this skill is slightly weaker and does not Poison or Dispel before 56 MC. However, it's still usable as a nuke, and has slightly-lower SP cost than the level 4 version.

Affliction

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
6 Hound Shot [9298 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 2064% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, inflicts stormlash - dealing 41% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance, and poison - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 30 seconds - with 120% chance.	50
Stormlash + long-duration Poison - Formal Joachim's SS provides a very long Poison (30 seconds, twice as long as most other sources) paired with a low SP cost, allowing it to easily enable Poisoned Punisher for increased damage - even off-element. Poisoned Punisher wyrmprints can potentially reach up to +30% compared to Frostbitten Punisher's +20%, meaning a potentially-higher punisher effect and higher DPS overall. This skill also inflicts Stormlash, potentially enabling double punisher prints with a single SS and no other affliction sources. However, the Stormlash duration is only average (21 sec), so some adventurers may have difficulty maintaining enough uptime for Stormlashed Punisher. Under normal circumstances, it might be better to use a native affliction punisher + Poisoned Punisher instead, as said native affliction likely has higher uptime. This SS is also long range, meaning it's easily usable by healers (or other ranged AI) to help with applying afflictions. FJoachim's SS especially shines in Iblis's Surging Cascade, where frequent applications of Poison and Stormlash are needed to succeed. Since it deals both afflictions, it eases affliction pressure on both fronts.
5 Glacial Blossom [8341 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 740.6% water damage to the target and nearby enemies, inflicts freeze for 3-6 seconds with 200% chance, and frostbite - dealing 41% water damage every 2.9 seconds for 21 seconds - with 120% chance. Frostbitten foes take 2 hits of 962.78% water damage instead.	56
Guaranteed Freeze - Lily's Glacial Blossom at level 4 has a 200% base chance to Freeze. This means that any enemy that does not have 100% Freeze Res will always be frozen; several endgame bosses (e.g. plagued Volk, non-HBH Master difficulty High Dragons, and Ayaha & Otoha during Warabe Asobi) do not have 100% Freeze Res at least some of the time, and this skill can be used to strategically skip some of the boss mechanics. Also provides Frostbite damage and uptime, though the animation is glacial and the uptime subpar, if Frostbite uptime by itself is the only consideration. This skill needs to be level 4 (56 mana circle nodes) to be worth using; the Freeze chance is too low otherwise.
3 Ocean Fury [7682 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 6 hits of 368% water damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bog for 8 seconds with 120% base chance.	50 56
Bog inflictor - Summer Celliera's shared skill is not as strong as Summer Julietta's damage wise, but the Bog infliction is still useful in general. It's usable at 50MC, too, and its lower equip cost means it can pair with other options such as Overdamage or a strong Nuke.
6 Bonecrusher [6009 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1201% shadow damage to enemies in a line, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 58.2% shadow damage every 2.9 seconds - with 120% chance. 6 A Splash of Affection [5217 SP] Lv. 2 Deals 1 hit of 864% wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts poison - dealing 58.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds for 15 seconds - with 120% base chance. 3 Peregrine Blade [6319 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 4 hits of 267% wind damage to enemies in a line, and inflicts poison for 15 seconds - dealing 48.2% wind damage every 2.9 seconds with 100% base chance. Poisoned foes take 4 hits of 320.4% wind damage instead.	50 (Francesca, VMelody) 5 (base 3 and 4 ) 56 (Rodrigo)
low-SP Poison - These skills grant access to cheap Poison applications, should Formal Joachim be unavailable. Rodrigo SS provides 120%-chance poison at a low SP cost. However, it has a large equip cost of 6. Valentine's Melody SS is similar to Rodrigo, but with lower SP cost. Francesca SS provides a lower chance at just 100%. However, her equip cost is extremely cheap at just 3 - this vastly opens up possibilities for the second SS slot. Rodrigo SS is also long range, meaning that ranged AI (such as healers) will actually use it. VMelody and Francesca SS are both melee, so ranged AI will probably NOT use them - therefore, those SS would be for a melee AI, or manual control. These shared skills see the most relevance in Iblis's Surging Cascade, where inflicting Poison (and Stormlash) is important to the flow of the fight.
5 Empyreal Levin [9488 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 2 hits of 885.6% light damage to the target and nearby enemies, and inflicts paralysis for 13 seconds - dealing 97% light damage every 3.9 seconds - with 120% chance. Paralyzed foes take 2 hits of 974.16% light damage instead. Also deals up to 2 bonus hits of 105% (115.5% on paralyzed foes) light damage based on the number of buffs the user has. 5 Radiant Bonds [9515 SP] Lv. 4 Deals 1 hit of 1121% light damage to the target, and inflicts paralysis for 13 seconds - dealing 97% light damage every 3.9 seconds - with 120% base chance. Paralyzed foes take 1 hit of 1793.6% light damage instead. 4 Resplendent Slash [4824 SP] Lv. 3 Deals 1 hit of 746.3% light damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts paralysis for 13 seconds - dealing 97% light damage every 3.9 seconds - with 120% chance.	21 (Luca) 50 (Sharena) 5 (Amane) 56 (Amane)
low-SP Paralysis - These skills grant access to cheap Paralysis applications, specifically for use in Iblis's Surging Cascade: Master. Amane SS is the premium pick, offering 120% chance paralysis at a medium SP cost. It's also long range and tracks the enemy, meaning ranged AI will use it. Spiraled Luca SS is a budget version of Amane, with the same 120% chance, near-identical SP cost, and no tomes are needed to unlock it. While it is long range, this skill doesn't track the enemy, so bad positioning may cause it to miss. Sharena SS also has 120% chance, but has dirt-cheap SP cost and only 4 equip cost instead of 5. However, it's melee range, so ranged AI might NOT use it - the skill would be meant for melee AI, or manual play. Non-spiraled Luca SS has lower chance at 110%, but has SP cost much closer to Sharena's. The issue is that once Luca is spiraled, this version of the SS cannot be accessed anymore.

Buff

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
5 Sparrow's Guard [13232 SP] Lv. 4 Increases the entire team's strength by 15% and defense by 25% for 15 seconds.	5 56
Strength + Doublebuff enabler - After spiral, Patia's Defense Up buff will also give Strength Up, making it one of the best doublebuff-enabling skills in the game. It also increases team survival significantly, which is a nice added bonus. The skill needs to be at level 4 (56 mana circle nodes) to be worth using; otherwise, its effective buffing strength is too low.
4 Knight's Spirit [18028 SP] Lv. 3 Increases the entire team's defense by 25%, and strength by 15% for 15 seconds. 4 Rowdy Rumbler [18846 SP] Lv. 3 Increases the entire team's defense by 10% and strength by 15% for 15 seconds, and grants all teammates a one-use shield that nullifies damage less than 30% of the user's maximum HP. This does not stack with any other shields of the same type. 3 Sweet Protection [17174 SP] Lv. 3 Increases the entire team's defense by 20% and strength by 15% for 15 seconds.	5 50 67 (VOrion, Yuya upgrades)
Patia-likes - These SSes provides both Strength Up and Defense Up buffs in one, similar to Patia. Their mana circle requirements are lower than hers at 50MC, and their equip cost is also lower, but this is offset by higher SP costs. Note that Yuya's and Valentine's Orion's SSes are usable at 50MC, but can be further improved with their Mana Spiral upgrades. The lower equip costs mean these skills can be paired with 6-cost options that Patia could not pair with - for example: Sha Wujing SS or an Overdamage SS, which can become very useful on healers and support units in increasing teamwide DPS. Templar Hope's SS is a carbon copy of Patia's SS, aside from SP costs. Yuya's SS provides a small Shield, which may prove useful defensively. Valentine's Orion's SS has lowest equip cost of 3, allowing it to be paired with 7-cost SS options. It also has a cheaper SP cost than the above two.
5 Tropical Breeze [14147 SP] Lv. 3 For 10 seconds, increases the user and nearby allies' strength by 5%, critical rate by 3%, skill damage by 10%, and skill gauge fill rate by 10%. Also grants the user the following additional buffs based on the number of adventurers who were buffed by this skill, including the user: One or more adventurers: Increases defense by 10% for 10 seconds. Two or more adventurers: Adds 10% to the modifier applied to critical damage for 10 seconds. Three or more adventurers: Fills 100% of the skill gauge for the user's initial skill, displayed at the top of their skill list, for use.	50 67
Buff bundle + S1 refill - With her spiral, Summer Cleo has one of the best buff + SP battery skills in the game. Her S2 becomes a pocket personal S1-refresh for everyone who equips the skill, making it a key skill in speedruns and fast skill-spam setups. The skill also provides a plethora of buffs: Strength Up, Critical Rate Up, Skill Damage Up, and Skill Haste Up. While these buffs don't last long, they can have a large impact on damage dealt in a fight (such as full team buffs during break state). Units like Karina and Xander love this SS to feed their buff-scaling Nuke skills, with this SS alone providing 4 buffs before spiral, and 2 additional buffs after spiral: Defense Up and Critical Damage Modifier Up. The Defense Up buff can feed into doublebuffs, and the S1 refill further allows Karina/Xander to use their buff-powered S1 immediately - leading to explosive DPS potential. This skill is useful regardless of spiral status; at 50 MC it's still very good and can be used. However, it must be 67MC if you want the S1 refill part.
6 Custom Concoction [15268 SP] Lv. 3 Applies one of the following at random to the entire team: Increases strength by 25% for 15 seconds Increases defense by 25% for 15 seconds Increases critical rate by 25% for 10 seconds Increases max HP by 15% for the remainder of the quest Once HP buffs reach the limit of 30%, an HP recovery effect is granted instead.	5 50
Roulette HP Up (for solo play) - Sinoa's SS gives a random buff to the team, most notably HP Up that can stack up to +30%. Even if luck is not on your side, the other buff effects are very strong, too. The extra HP can make surviving high-difficulty solo quests much more manageable. This especially shines in solo Legend-difficulty of The Agito Uprising, where Berserk-phase boss attacks can go from 1HKOs to 2HKOs, or even from 2HKOs to 3HKOs. This can then buy time for healers to restore the team, and reduce the amount of retries required to clear.

Heal

Source Adventurer	Upgrade Requirements
6 Everlasting Summer [18753 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, removes blindness, and continues healing for 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds. Also, increases the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds (does not stack), grants all teammates a one-use shield that nullifies damage up to 30% of their maximum HP, and grants them overdamage for 30 seconds. The overdamage is based on 50% of the user's strength, and does not stack.	67
Heal + Overdamage + Shield - SVerica's SS offers a kitchen sink of benefits: HP Regen healing, a Shield, and Overdamage. The downside is that its SP cost is rather high, though. Note that AI will treat this skill like a buff, and will cast it immediately when it's ready (unlike other heals, which AI will withhold until someone is at low HP).
5 You won't trick me! [16269 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, and increases the entire team's defense by 10% for 5 seconds. It will also increase the entire team's strength by 8% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack.	5 50
Heal + Doublebuff enabler - A great HP Regen heal, which also serves as an excellent doublebuff enabler since it grants Defense Up. Note that AI will treat this skill like a buff, and will cast it immediately when it's ready (unlike other heals, which AI will withhold until someone is at low HP).
5 Guardian's Grace [9465 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency and applies Regen for 15 seconds, healing with 35% Regen Potency every 2.9 seconds.	5 67
Vanilla healing - Estelle's SS is a very vanilla HP Regen heal with no additional effects, but it has a much-lower SP cost than the competition. In situations where healing is a priority (e.g. Expert and Master difficulties of Lilith's Encroaching Shadow), her shared skill is one of the most effective at doing so.
3 Elder Cure [14198 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes paralysis, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Blessings of Destiny [15381 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, removes stun, then continues healing for 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds. It will also increase the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Naturopathy [10293 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to the user and nearby allies with 108% Recovery Potency, increases their max HP by 5%, and removes stun. 5 Healing Wave [13606 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 108% Recovery Potency, removes burning, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 4 Measure of Mercy [16564 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes burning, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Winds, Heal Us! [14198 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes bog, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Dream Wedding [13409 SP] Lv. 3 Restores HP to all allies with 108% Recovery Potency, removes freeze, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Spirited Song [14790 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 44% Recovery Potency, removes poison, continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 35% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 6 Radiant Savior [14494 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes curse, and continues healing over the next 15 seconds with 10% Recovery Potency every 2.9 seconds. It will also increase the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack. 5 Sweet Treat [14198 SP] Lv. 4 Restores HP to all allies with 130% Recovery Potency, removes curses, and increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 60 seconds. This strength increase will not stack.	21 (Cleo) 5 (base 3 and 4 , excluding Cleo) 50 (All but Cleo, Ricardt, Vixel, HAlthemia) 56 (Ricardt, Vixel, HAlthemia)
Affliction cleansers - These healing shared skills provide affliction relief. Stun: Verica, Nurse Aeleen Burn: Thaniel, Ricardt (56mc) Bog: Lowen Freeze: Wedding Xania Poison: Vixel (56mc) Curse: Hildegarde, Halloween Althemia (56mc) Paralysis: Cleo (21mc) Blindness: Summer Verica As Cleo is a story unit, her skill only needs to be level 2 (unlock the node containing the skill itself) to perform Paralysis relief. Ricardt's, Vixel's, and Halloween Althemia's skills need to be level 4 (56 mana circle nodes) to perform affliction relief. Note: Hildegarde's shared skill is the only skill that provides both a strong burst heal and a regen heal, though its regen heal is quite a bit weaker than standard regen healing shared skills.