| curl-6 said: Are chain attacks essential? Cos I hate using them as it totally depletes my party gauge and leaves me vulnerable to being cheesed without any points left for revival. |
There are items that increase the party gauge for doing certain things like getting a perfect on specials. I believe Tora has an ability that charges the party gauge as well. With the right setup you can do a special attack, and still have a bar of party gauge when it ends.
It's usually best to wait until an enemy is either nearly dead, or enraged to start a chain attack. The more you overkill an enemy the more items, XP, SP, and WP it drops. I've gotten four legendary core crystals just from one fight before. Finishing combos with Smash, and doing chain attacks helps a lot.







