Buff & Debuff Guide [Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent] 

I dig this guide. Some thing that tripped me in it was the use of "Damage Up." I've found that when looking at skills, I see "Raise 'X' damage by Y%", or just "Raise 'x' damage." Like Wingate's stack w/ Fiore.

Definitively gonna have to watch that one again lol. I've found my favorite part of your videos is watching all of the future content in the background!

Huh Billy having a monster of a special probably plays into the octuplets run being possible…eventually. But I’m building the account for it now! Rerolled into 7, hopefully I can pull Menny soon!

Thank you for this video! I have been wanting to build a team around Ice damage and I got really surprised by how much you were able to increase it! My highest damage so far is around 3 thousand, I got a long way to go😁

I just wanted to say thank you for making these videos! They have helped me grasp so many things in the short time the game has been out for global. You are awesome 🙂

What a great guide! I hesitated at first, telling myself "not sure I'm gonna learn something but whatever" Damn after all this, I can say "I didn't know sh**" Thanks a lot! Plus, it was really well explained!

Amazing video, I am however not happy, because of the recent announcement that Prim will be the next banner traveler, but I will wait patiently for Daddy Albright to tell me how unparalleled his focus is. This is day 9 of playing without Cyrus.

Just started the game as soon as I knew there was an OT mobile game haha... It's good to see we can count on someone to explain these kind of things in the future ! Thanks for this video

Managed to snag 2x Lynette on the steps 3-5 of the Fiore/Sophia step up. Now desperately waiting for your Lynette video 😀

You make the best guides for CotC. Just commenting to bring this channel more attention.

Not understanding anything, but still whooshed by how you are able to explain such a complicated thing. Great job, dude

hey Shizukatz, a suggestion for further videos is to present what you are talking about exactly on the screen at the same time to aid in the explanation, for example @3:05 you are talking about how to distinguish the icon although you did explain it a visual would go a long way thanks for your videos!

Oml i have been WAITING for this tyty!

Thank you for the detailed explanation. Since global version is completely out of order, hope we can get Cyrus a lot sooner.

I love your guides and they are very helpful, but your buff/debuff guide is a little bit misleading. I was initially led to believe that there are 4 categories of buffs: Skill, Passive, Special, and Damage up. But a JP person corrected me and it's more like this: There are 3 categories (Skill, Passive, and Special skill) and each category has 2 types of buff: - Atk/Mag (E.Atk) up - Weapon/Elemental dmg up Debuffs also share the same categories and types. In other words, debuffs have the same 3 categories (Skill, Passive, Special skill) and each category has 2 types of debuff: - Atk/Mag (E.Atk) down - Weapon/Elemental def down Therefore, there is 6 brackets of buffs and 6 brackets of debuffs, each with their own 30% cap. Special buffs/debuffs have unique rules as you pointed out. When I first watched the video and heard you say "All sources of damage up share the same 30% cap", I thought that you meant skill, passive, and special damage up share the same 30% cap, when that is not the case at all. It's better if you explain it like this instead of treating damage up as its own category.

Appreciate the quality videos Shizu... now if only Square Enix will go easy on the banners...

Awesome videos! Keep it up, you're helping a ton with these videos! I'm already familiar with Octopath somehow, because I played the Console Version. Yet, there's so much to learn in CotC. Also, I've 2 awakening stones for Lynette.. Am I safe to use one and keep one for her future Special?

I've been awaiting this one, keep up the great content!

Good to know that "more damage against x'd enemies" and generic damage up are same capped. I'm used to those boost calculated in multiplication in other games. I've been using Sofia+Wingate for a while, although fortunately my Sofia is not 50 yet so she still "benefits" from Wingate.

@ShizukatzCotC Great guide! Does boost/using bp affect buffs and debuffs?

Are you going to be putting out individual guides for every 5* or just the S tier ones?

Time to rush out the Primrose guide video, since apparently that's the next unit we are getting. Global banner schedule is bonkers.

So, special attacks came out when ? Since GL server is crazy wild with the banners and content, i wonder how they will deal with it. Last quick question, how to unlock them ? I was hesitating about awakening viola to +2. Thank you for the video, champ !

Would it be possible to add a Primrose comparison in the Lynette guide? Seems she will be coming to the game this week

I ~really~ like the way buffs and debuffs stack in this game; severity AND duration stacking is awesome! I also actually love the 30% caps, it forces some creativity and thinking rather than just stacking the same buff up to 100-200%. A very fine and informative video, thanks again! What was the approximate timeline for Specials being introduced in JP? I'm quite eager for them.

Thanks for this amazing video. Question So, Ultimates duration have their own duration that doesnt stack with any buffs that I already have. Lynette's ultimate has a duration of 2 turns (So if she acts last [in a full thief team for example], my thiefs will benefit from her ultimate only 1 turn, right?)

great guide! question: if sofia received a skill based ice damage buff would that increase the damage considering she already has the passive ice damage buff of 30%? I'm in doubt because of the damage up cap

Buff and debuff matters a lot without them you will do no damage and you will be very vulnerable

Hey man waiting on your vídeo about primrose! I know she is good but cant decide about pull or dont ... im ftp and i have only 1.1k gems .... any advice? Ty i dont have lyneett, i do have fiora, sofia and viola.

Do you have a reference guide of all the different buff/debuff and also ailment icons. I get lost of what’s what exactly.

Nicely done and nice account

Awesome video. Very informative, however I noticed 2 inaccuracies, I would love if you could clarify them. 1. For active buffs/debuffs, after applying them from 2 sources to hit the cap, do I have to re-apply both to maintain buff at cap or like with duration - any single one maintains capped buff ? 2. Doesn't DMG UP also have subcategories for weapon/elemental specific ? In case of Scarecrow/Wingate, giving him a emblem accessory doesn't hit DMG UP cap if he uses wind attacks, since bow DMG doesn't apply there. Or am I wrong ?

How does Theo's status resist passive work? It says it gives 50% to paired allies, so I'm assuming that the 30% cap doesn't apply to status resistance?

Ones that are same unit and same % still stack if they're on different skills right? e.g Sophia's -15% ice resist on wild icewind and raging icewind stack together for 30%? Also do passive and active buffs of the same type will stack together normally with potency up to 30% and duration? or do each have their own 30?

Will there be a video about smithing, I’ve gotten a few innocent weapons yesterday

Do passive resistances work the same way? E.g. Gilderoy has 20% Wind resistance from passives. Buffing him with Theo's 20% Wind resistance and Mabel's 15% Wind resistance, does he reach 56% Wind resistance (20% multiplicative with 30%)? Assuming he can receive resistance from other sources, is it possible to reach 100% Wind resistance and become immune to the element?

How does elemental resistance work? Sophia’s Wild Icewind lowers ice resistance by 15%. Does that mean she deals an extra 15% ice damage on any enemy with this debuff? Do all enemies have innate elemental resistance that can be lowered?

Do you think you could make a video on the 3 stars? I went back to watch your vid on the 4 star characters and noticed that you mention some of them. I was wondering if you could give your evaluation on all of the 3 stars. If it's not too much trouble of course. Also when i went to pull for heathcote i got viola(whom you stated would be useful long in the run)instead. Should i keep pulling for heathcote? After all, the reason i went for him is because i wanted one more 5 star and i did get one, just not him. One more thing, how do i gain access to the nut manual? it doesn't show up in the exchange for me. Do i need to complete more of the story? Sorry for the long comment.

Sorry for a new comment on an older video, Shizukatz, but how did you generate that in-battle buff description list for your Cyrus that is shown in the thumbnail? Is that feature missing for EN right now? Thanks in advance.

Do buffs, buff characters or rows? I feel like since I have lynette, the best play is almost always to be swapping her in and out every turn, but if buffs are character based and not row based, any buffs to her or whoevers behind/front of her get largely wasted, throw in constant switching for healing/boosting, and I haven't been using buffs much since people rarely stay out long enough to take advantage of them before they're swapping, but if the buffs are row based and not character based, that would make them far more useful.

Does accessory buffs such as wind rune stack with passive skills such as wind argument?

come back ! and update this . u have a whole year worth of content pending

I've tried doing max buff for p.atk up for 2 rounds. It didn't increase the number of rounds it remained 2. Since then I've kinda been avoiding buffs for now

Does regen item and theons regen stack up??? Or if i use theo only his regen will work?

nice video.

How i get , skilled hunters emblem?

when you use this many debuffs tho cant you use a nuke that the boss is not weak to and kill them anyway. idk how viable it is late game but ive been doing like aslyte viola lynette sofia and its just been taking everything out

Quick question, so can Sofia's 2 hit and 3 hit ice resist skill stack with each other?

Ok so if I have a 10% def up skill that lasts for 2 turns, and I apply a 20% def up skill that lasts for 2 turns after the first one, that will get you to 30% def up for 4 turns, and when you re-apply any of those you'll still have the 30% plus the extra turns you applying? I thought i had to re-apply both buffs, like they are running in different instances of the same buff icon? Hard to explain lol.

How did you save 15,000 rubies!!??!

How to do u have 16k gems

You said you would be more careful with you background videos... Thanks you for the spoil. :/ Thank for the video guide too.