Part 71

Explore Part 71 of the Star Ocean: Till the End of Time guide, detailing essential Support and Tactical Skills like No Guard, Critical Hit HP, and Convert Damage, with CP costs and effects.

Support Skills:

1. Increase Stamina (2 CP): Reduces Fury consumption.
2. Fear (2 CP): Supposedly makes enemies less likely to attack, but has little effect.
3. First Aid (1 CP): Chance to heal 20% HP when taking physical HP damage (ignores Convert Damage). At Lv10, activates about 10% of the time. Worth using if maxed and CP is available.
4. Critical Hit HP (2 CP): Chance to increase physical HP damage by 50%. Does not stun. At Lv1, ~3% activation; at Lv10, ~33% activation, effectively increasing damage by 17%. Learned by: Mirage, Nel, Sophia, Fayt, Cliff, Adray, Roger.
5. Critical Hit MP (2 CP): Chance to increase MP damage by 20%. No effect on attacks with no MP damage. Insignificant increase. Learned by: Maria, Peppita, Albel.
6. Quick Symbol (Brittle Tome, 3 CP) (Sophia and Adray only): Reduces casting time by half. Less effective on spells with short initial casting times.
7. Max Fury (Moldy Tome, 2 CP) (All but Sophia and Adray): Character may instantly recover all Fury when resting. Useful for AI, but No Guard is more important.
8. No Guard (5 CP): Prevents flinching from physical damage less than 1/15 cHP. Immune to MP-only damage flinching. Convert Damage is not considered. Essential for slow moves or force-resistant enemies, especially in NTSC versions without skip-cancel. A Blue Talisman can help resist flinching at lower HP.
9. Common Support Symbols (Decrepit Tome, 2 CP): Allows casting Healing, Antidote, and Silence in battle. Only four Decrepit Tomes exist. Recommended for Maria (if used) and Fayt for early Poison healing.
10. Lucky Star (Damaged Tome, 2 CP): When taking physical damage, a star may appear. Catching it fills the BBG by 30%. Useful for leveling faster with 0% BBG growth, especially against Porcupine enemies when paired with No Guard.
11. Standby Healing (1 CP): Heals HP every 4 seconds while resting (20 at Lv1, 400 at Lv10). Moving pauses the timer. Max 8 proficiency points per battle. Generally not recommended due to low healing amount.
12. Increase MP (Fading Tome, 3 CP) (Sophia and Adray only): Increases MP by 40%.
13. Common Attack Symbols (Worm-Eaten Tome): Allows casting Fire Bolt, Ice Needles, and Earth Glaive. Generally considered worthless.

Tactical Skills:

1. Anti-Attack Aura: Counter auras.
• Standard | Beat-Up Textbook | Ruins of Coffir
• Homing | Neglected Textbook | Kirlsa Training Facility
• 2-Way | Shabby Textbook | Shrine of Kaddan
• Ring Wave | Dilapidated Textbook | Sphere (main)
• Star Guard | Star Guard accessory | Arena, Deepest Reaches, MoT
• Regeneration | Blemished Textbook | Deepest Reaches
• Wide Area Homing | Worn-out Textbook | Spiral Tower
2. Berserk: Multiplies physical HP damage dealt by 1.3, Fury use by 0.5, and DFP by 0.7. The DFP penalty is usually minor.
3. Scan Enemy: Shows enemy HP, MP, dropped item, and provides a vague elemental resistance description.
4. Taunt: Attempts to draw enemy attention. Largely ineffective on 4D.
5. Convert Damage (Tattered Tome): Converts HP or MP damage to the other. Useful when enemies deal only HP damage.
• Preserve HP: HP dmg / 7 → MP dmg
• Preserve MP: MP dmg * 13 → HP dmg
6. Combat Training (Decayed Tome): Enemies killed by the character yield 40% more Exp, but Fury use triples. Stacks with equipment bonuses and can exceed the 2.0x limit.
7. Cure Condition (Deteriorating Tome): Halves Poison damage in battle. Reduces duration of Paralysis, Freeze, and Stun by half. DFP is multiplied by 0.8.

DPS Chart (Example Moves):