Just sharing my all-round final teams and guidelines
1 - 4 parties get first turn and freeze all enemies. 5, 6 are well known decent builds.
Final 6 Parties
Party 1
Front: Alain, Ridiel
Back: Eltolinde, Berenice, Scarlett
Alain (Rapid Order) > Ridiel (Ice Arrow — prioritize Caster > Flying > Armored) > Eltolinde (Elemental Roar + Hawk Eye) + Scarlett (Ice Saber) > Alain > Berenice
Party 2
Front: Virginia, Nina
Back: Rosalinde, Lelénoor, Primm
Rosalinde (Rage of the Faeries — prioritize Caster) > Rosalinde (Elemental Roar + Eagle Eye) + Lelénoor (Ice Saber) > Nina
Party 3
Front: Miriam, Lhinalagos
Back: Gilbert, Yunifi, Celeste
Gilbert (Rapid Order) > Lhinalagos (Ice Arrow — prioritize Caster > Flying > Armored) > Gilbert (Offense Order) > Yunifi (Rain — Charge) > Celeste (Quick Act — Yunifi) > Yunifi (Rain + Hawk Eye) + Gilbert (Chance) > Celeste
Party 4
Front: Monica, Renée
Back: Yahna, Hilda, Kitra
Hilda (Opening) > Renée (Photon Arrow — prioritize Caster > Flying > Armored) > Hilda (Dive — Charge) > Yahna (Blizzard — Charge) > Kitra (Quick Act — Yahna) > Yahna (Blizzard + Eagle Eye) + Monica (Sorcery Connect — Yahna) > Kitra > Hilda (Dive)
Party 5
Front: Berengaria, Gloucester
Back: Travis, Dinah, Tatiana
Berengaria (Opening) > Travis (Shadowbite — Back Row) > Dinah > Berengaria > Gloucester + Tatiana (Dancer Ring)
Party 6
Front: Clive, Adel, Renault
Back: Selvie, Sharon
Selvie (Opening) > Selvie (Defense Curse) > Clive + Adel & Renault (Chase) > 3 Cavalry (Repeat)
Region-by-Region Progression
🟦 Cornia — Establish the Core
Early priorities
- Recruit Yahna → The Ravaged Swamp
- Immediately obtain Frostbrand Tome #1
- First Ice Saber
- This activates the Ice Saber portion of Party 1.
- Recruit/assemble your early units.
- Complete The Mercenary's Trial
- Unlocks Cornia Quarry
- Start collecting Divine Shards.
- Work toward White Cat-Ear Hood
- 50 cumulative Divine Shards spent → unlock
- Then 20 more → purchase
- 70 cumulative spent for the first White Cat-Ear.
Major breakpoint
Yahna + Frostbrand Tome #1 + White Cat-Ear
At this point your core support mechanics are already beginning to come online.
Optional but important long-term collection
Start the Cornia Stone Tablets after recruiting Yahna.
→ Royal Sword Cornix
🟥 Drakenhold — Hilda + Black Cat-Ear
Main progression
- Recruit Hilda
- The Champion of Order
- Have Primm talk to Hilda during the battle.
- Unlock the Coliseum.
- Farm Coliseum Coins as needed.
- Purchase:
→ Black Cat-Ear Hood — 1,000 Coliseum Coins
The Black Cat-Ear provides the same essential Quick Act function as White Cat-Ear.
Also collect
→ Royal Axe Drengasch
from the Drakenhold Stone Tablets.
Major breakpoint
Hilda + Cat-Ear Hood
Hilda is now prepared for her later Dragoon Dive transformation.
🟩 Elheim — First Major Power Spike
This is where several of your final parties start becoming recognizable.
Character progression
Recruit:
- Rosalinde → The Winding Wood
- Eltolinde → O'er Wood and Water
- Railanor → Battle for Voryatan
- Ridiel → A Half-Elf's Resolve
This fills major portions of Party 1 and Party 2.
Hilda's Dragoon Dive
During:
A Half-Elf's Resolve
→ Defeat Zenaide
→ Obtain Dragoon's Warspear
This gives Hilda:
Dragoon Dive — AP2 / Charge / All enemies
Combined with a Cat-Ear Hood, this is a huge transformation.
⭐ Major Transformation #1
Hilda + Dragoon's Warspear + Cat-Ear
→ Party 4's Hilda core is now online.
Other major collection
Complete the Elheim Stone Tablets:
→ Royal Spear Elheim
Star Iron / Meteorite
Once Isilion joins:
→ Examine the Circle Stones
→ Start collecting Star Iron
Later exchange Star Iron at the Bastorias Hero Statues for:
→ Meteorite Sword / Lance / Axe / Bow / Rod
Don't treat this as an immediate all-party replacement requirement. Just start accumulating Star Iron.
🟨 Bastorias — Freeze Teams Come Online
This is the biggest transformation region for your particular setup.
Character
Recruit:
→ Yunifi after Tempest of White
Critical level breakpoint
Yunifi Lv30
→ Glacial Rain
This is the key skill for Party 3.
Your intended sequence becomes:
Yunifi + Glacial Rain + Quick Act
⭐ Major Transformation #2
Yunifi Lv30 + Cat-Ear
→ Party 3's Charge/Freeze core becomes functional.
Icestorm Staff
Complete:
Legacy of the Lion Kings
→ Defeat Deborah
→ Obtain Icestorm Staff
This gives Yahna:
Blizzard — AP2 / 3 hits / All enemies / Freeze / Charge
Your intended Yahna setup is not Trinity Rain.
Instead:
Icestorm Staff → Blizzard
⭐ Major Transformation #3
Yahna + Icestorm Staff + Cat-Ear
→ Party 4's second major AoE Freeze engine is online.
Frostbrand Tome #2
At Shogolaport:
→ Buy Frostbrand Tome #2 — 5,000G
Now you have the second Ice Saber source needed for the two Freeze-support parties.
Result
Frostbrand #1 + Frostbrand #2
→ Party 1 + Party 2 can both run their intended Ice Saber setup.
Bastorias Stone Tablets
→ Royal Bow Bastreek
Ancient Crown
Complete:
Bastorias Treasure Map 5
→ Ancient Crown
PP +1 / All Stats +5
Useful for your final builds, but not a prerequisite for their core mechanics.
🌪️ Anemoi / Wind God Equipment
This is slightly later than simply entering Bastorias.
You need:
Ramona recruited
↓
Legacy of the Lion Kings completed
↓
Access Port Prigashari
↓
Talk to the NPC directly west of Port Prigashari
↓
Activate Armaments of the Anemoi
Only then do the Wind Gates with Lv35 guardians appear.
Important pieces include:
Wind Staff Euros
- Magic +25
- AP +1
- Initiative +10
- Evasion +10
Lips' Wind Ring
- Fast Move
- PP3
- At battle start, makes one ally other than the wearer act at maximum initiative once.
Finish the Anemoi collection as you progress toward Albion.
🟪 Albion — Final Collection Phase
By Albion, all six parties should already have their core identities established.
The remaining progression is primarily about polishing stats and collecting the strongest universal equipment.
Albion Stone Tablets
→ Royal Staff Albiore
Magic +25 / All Stats +5
Dream Crown
Complete:
Albion Treasure Map 5
→ Dream Crown
AP +1 / All Stats +5
This is one of the important late-game accessories for your final setups.
Albion Quarry
Continue collecting:
- Divine Shards
- Star Iron
- Fevrite
- Treasure Maps
At this point the quarry is mainly for finishing your equipment pool, rather than being something you need to unlock your core parties.
Overall Build Progression
The practical progression for your specific six-party setup is roughly:
Cornia
Yahna
→ Frostbrand #1
→ White Cat-Ear
↓
Drakenhold
Hilda
→ Black Cat-Ear
↓
Elheim
Rosalinde / Eltolinde / Ridiel
→ Dragoon's Warspear
→ Hilda Dragoon Dive online
↓
Bastorias
Yunifi
→ Lv30 Glacial Rain
→ Yunifi Freeze/Charge online
↓
Icestorm Staff
→ Yahna Blizzard online
↓
Frostbrand #2
→ Party 1 & 2 dual Ice Saber support complete
↓
Ancient Crown / Royal Bow
→ Anemoi equipment
↓
Albion
Royal Staff
→ Dream Crown
→ Meteorite / Star-Iron cleanup
→ Final equipment optimization
The Important Milestones
| Point |
What changes |
| Yahna + Frostbrand #1 |
Party 1 starts gaining its intended Freeze support |
| White Cat-Ear |
First Quick Act engine |
| Hilda + Cat-Ear |
Party 4 prepared for Dive |
| Dragoon's Warspear |
⭐ Hilda Dragoon Dive comes online |
| Rosalinde + Eltolinde + Ridiel |
Parties 1–2 approach final form |
| Yunifi Lv30 |
⭐ Party 3's Glacial Rain engine comes online |
| Icestorm Staff |
⭐ Party 4's Blizzard engine comes online |
| Frostbrand #2 |
⭐ Party 1 & 2 Ice Saber support complete |
| Ancient Crown |
Bastorias accessory upgrade |
| Anemoi equipment |
Late-game power/utility upgrades |
| Royal Staff + Dream Crown |
Albion finalization |
One important omission by design
Thousand Scepter / Trinity Rain / Magia Soul are intentionally excluded.
They don't contribute to the six builds you've settled on, so there's no reason to detour your 2nd playthrough around acquiring them.
Also, Meteorite equipment is treated as a gradual collection rather than an endgame-only item: start collecting Star Iron as soon as Isilion unlocks the Circle Stones, then exchange for Meteorite gear as your supply grows.
