Optimise YOUR AI Companions in Granblue Fantasy Relink! Who Needs Friends Anyway! 

my AI characters love to run through massive boss nukes without a scratch while im crawling on the floor

The AI in this game is so good that the one falling to attacks tends to be me cause they constantly dodge, heal and buff.

Ferry with her character specific sigil that grants her pets Def Down on hit is slept on as an Ai companion. She can also heal and have other utility skills too

Having played several action RPGs with a party system, I think finding a proper balance between OP AI that carry you and burden AI who permanently die is tough. GBR does a good job and I think they are in a good spot

I used to watch your Opera Omnia videos for years, right from the start. Glad to see you doing vids on something I'm playing again, and that the quality hasn't dropped at all. Still very reasonable takes, properly explained and justified, easy to digest.

Love your min maxing videos about gbf, found you randomly and i've seen all of them, keep it up!

Congrats on 20k Joe! Been rooting for you since.the fftcg days.

No one mentions Rosetta, she has 100% uptime on her buffs and heals, a skill that heals and removes debuffs, and a DMG cut skill.

I love your videos! really helpful and gives me something to think about while im at work. always excited to come home and apply your tips :) keep it up!

Subbed! Thank you for this video, it was very helpful. I plan to play mostly solo, so having a decent AI team is necessary. Off to watch some of your other videos :)

So happy for you hitting 20k 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Nice to see you doing Relink stuff. Loved your Dissidia content.

Thanks for the video!

I love using Vane. Just being able to flip through the air after a combo, or a link attack is so fun, and helps him float over and through hazards that would damage him. His Triangle attack, being able to push through enemy attacks is so useful too, since it allows him to be a total meat shield. AI don’t use Rampart (Vane’s bubble) correctly at all, but it’s definitely fun being the tank for once. Normally, I’m the magical girl running for my life in the back in these kinds of games. (Yes, I play Io, and yes, like that), but being the one that gets to have everyone flock to me, get in my bubble and be safe while they whale on our enemies is such a joy.

just found your channel today - you seem like a lovely person! so happy you broke your 20k mark, here's to 200k more! I'm still messing around with my AI companions but I find that my experiences have lined up with what you have here: Cag and the captain are *very* strong supports (tho captain falls off a bit since the AI doesn't manage the Arts system well or really at all). Ranged > Melee, as you said, is best for AI because they don't need to move for mechanics as much and they can dps from anywhere. Io is really slept on since you can slot her with a lot of aoe debuffs that give you more damage or some additional dps windows. Rackam is another great pick. I really enjoy having Vane be my tank but I absolutely never give him more than a Provoke V sigil and his hostility skill because the dude will pop rampart on the first auto attack from the boss and not have it up again the entire mission. Siegfried also is pretty hit or miss on his Salvator or DEF buff. Ranged with damage or healing with maybe a strong melee dps like or someone like Percival are fantastic options (if you're not already playing one of them). I really love, tho, that at the end of the day, with endgame sigils and maybe even their legendary unique sigils, any party of just about anything works pretty well even at Proud. Guts and Autorevive on everyone is never a bad secondary trait on a sigil. Algorithm!

You're the best Relink content creator out there man. Keep up the good work and I'm glad that you've hit the 20k mark. Well deserved.

I've been subbed since your Dissidia videos, keep up the good work i'm glad you found another game to fill the void since Dissidia's unfortunate news a little while ago. And also this games amazing :p

thanks for the vid GZ on breaking trough 20k!

Grats on the 20k 👏

Congratulations on 20k followers!

Interesting things to think about, thanks!

i do main IO and love having cag and lancelot as AI partners, they do really great. as the 4rth one it depends on the fight, either another DPS, or a tank. lately i'm trying ferry as 4rth and she does pretty well

Ive been using Narmaya as main, Cagliostro as support, vane as tank, rackam as sub/range DPS. Its worked wonderfully so far

you blurring the secret character to prevent spoilers was a good move! you've earned a subscription from me

New subscriber, I appreciate your content with GBF. I'll watch some other content from other creators too but I'm not a fan of how the information is presented at times. As far as AI, I agree that they do a good job, except in those missions where you have to throw stuff to S++. If they would do that, it would be nice to take off the "I have to do it all" for a perfect score and best loot type deal.

this was helpful thanks

Respect for not Showing Spoilers ^^

This video is very helpful, I play on PS5 and ideally I'd like to make an offline team in case I can't get into matchmaking. I've found Rosetta to be very helpful so far with her utility, I'm thinking of making a melee like Id, Gran, or the scythe guy into a tank as well so I can play Rackham backline easier

ai Cagliostra is actually so good just for not dying and the ranged revive it's so nice

Hail bravo and thank you for your content. Amazingly proper.

My setup was using Narmaya main, Charlotta or Rackham for DPS depending on need for range/element, and Gran and Cagliostro both with full heal/revive/buff setups. Steamrolled the game full solo.

I really recommend Io with her paralysis skill. It helps so much keeping a boss at one place not being able to move and giving you a good amount of time to dmg him. + its a good time to take a breather too since he isn’t able to anything like a quick little relief type of thing before continuing.

I built up Rackam after your farming video and now he is one of my favorite characters and I play him manually a lot now too which I did not plan to do originally.

Rosetta has been a very helpful AI companion for me. Roses help a little bit with crowd control. Plus she can also cut damage received, has heals, provide buffs, and it’s not much, but I love poison.

thank you for this video =) I am only playing alone, so this is helpful

My personal go to team is me playing Siegfried since I've made him my main, then with Cagliostro, Percival and Katalina.

i don't really know what im doing yet in this game, but i do approach this game more like a single player RPG so i try to build 4 characters including my main a little bit earlier. it helps me massively and i just unlocked proud mode last night.

If you have I've missed it but what are your skills set on Rackam for the afk farms?

Yknow what's funny? I've been playing range character as my ai companion. They tend to do too well they consistently stole my mvp as a real player XD (Yujin is the greatest offender kekw) I feel a bit of shame despite i played well too. (like flawless avoid all hits and try to stick to boss as much as possible.) Goes to show how good the ai is in this game.

I've really enjoyed having at least one character on the team with a Hostility up skill to take adds off me during fights. Zane and/or Narmaya have been staples on my AI team.

Thanks for the vid. The AI are saving me a lot of time just trying to get into some of these proud matches so anything helping me make them beefy is appreciated.

Ive been maining A.I all the way to proud mode its hella fun

Giving drain to ai is actually quite good as well, with how rare they get hit. Their hp can easily fill back up given it some time. Without wasting a potion to heal them.

with matchmaking so bad i really needed this

Rosetta and Ferry are very underrated both are extremely potent with Buffs/Debuffs and Heals, i think having a trio of Cagliostro + Rosetta/Ferry + DPS (e.g. Rackham) could carry through most content, Damage Race Phases might be a bit too much depending on how far the Player and AI are build up but theres always taking more DPS

Playing with friends is fun cause you can essentially assign someone to Dps/support or both when it comes to Randoms you play with tho alot of times everyone is DPS built lol so no support to help the team survive

I run missions as Id with the AI as Cagliostro, Percival, and Vane and it actually works out really well for Maniac and not too bad for Proud missions even though I have to do most of the damage.

I only play solo. Rackam main, Vane as my tank, the other two do not matter really.

Hi! Is there a way for the AI with the elemental counter for the boss to use his/her TBA Bar for the superior elemental damage for the full burst? Thx! Very useful video!

I wish more games had useful teammates like these guys

I love Id with the AI, he is really fantastic, also Calg is excellent for the buffs and heal. For the last slot I'm not really sure, I'm struggling what AI I want to put there

algorithm 😊 i wish you nothing but success you are very knowledgeable and seem to be predicting the videos I need just in time earlier today I just thought I needed a companions video 😊

The AI party members always seem to be doing something which finally is a plus, used to them being absolute marshmellows. I love this game I even did a review of you would check it out for me

I run Dragonboy, Seigfreid, Rosetta, and Narmaya. Narmaya is actually a badass tank when needed

I'm still at Chapter 6 but Cagliostro, Rackam, and Percival have been incredible AI companions!

I am running Rackam with Eugen, the Captain and Zeta (for now) as my AI. I chose Zeta because she seemed to have more buffs, but I think I want someone with more dps in melee like Percival or Lancelot

Thats cool and all but what skills to run on those characters? Because that makes huge difference

I've enjoyed roselleta as an AI party member with rakham and Gran. Her rose plants can be good consistent damage and she can be good support. Rakham is great consistent damage, gran for great support and healing and roselleta to fill in the middle gap, supports if gran is on cooldown and still deals good damage during the entire fight. And she is great for AOE. She outscores me on missions sometimes because she is just constantly dealing damage and supporting the entire fight.

I use Vane so my Ai has been Cag (dispel, att/def buff, att down, aoe res/heal) Gran (60% def, slow, aoe heal, dispel). then I’ve used percival for slow and his att/def buff as well. plus his damage output is nasty

The team I have been rocking is Katalina, Io and Rackam with myself controlling Narmaya. Having Io and Rackam means I've got 2 reliable ranged attackers, one of them capable of heavy AoE damage & CC (I don't actually equip Io's Healing Wind) Katalina is my only healer, but she is often more than enough to keep the team healthy and her AI is astonishingly competent at using her Heal and Invulnerability while Ares is active. I've also seen her pull off the most ridiculously clutch Glaciates like I mean stopping super attacls right before they would connect - honestly sometimes annoyingly so as I'll have my counterattack ready only for Kat to freeze the boss lol. It's definitely a smart investment to boost the AI's Stun damage along with sigils like Linked Together for more frequent Link Attacks and more damaging SBA chains.

Rosetta, Rackam, Cagliostro is the best AI group IMO. Rackam does constant damage as you mentioned. Rosetta is an AoE/Uptime beast, since her flowers can easily do damage when pretty much no one else can and she will always re-toss the out, think boss fights where they just stand in a bad zone with tons of CC going out. If you aren't vastly better built as the player character, she will likely take MVP most rounds. Cagliostro for obvious reasons, though out of the 3 I think she's the easiest to swap out, likely with a support Captain, but still all around solid. Can confirm, AI Vane is TERRIBLE with his bubble, pretty much always wastes it. While Katalina has tools you want, she is pretty bad about using her buffs in the Ares window so they apply to the party. So as a CC she is pretty good, but as a buffer, fairly underwhelming. For fun points, Eugen is probably one of the worst to watch on Full Auto, he seems slightly better as just an AI, but as Full Auto player it is painful. It feels like he needs to download a 2nd Rate Aim Bot, he is WORSE than a player at aiming. Do it once for funsies. As for Io, she pretty much charge or nothing, and often will charge without her stacks, might have to really stack up charge rate on her to feel good as an AI.

I enjoy your videos. If you can say, what state are you located in (you don’t have to say which city), I think I saw you out and about but wasn’t exactly sure.

just beat Bahamut vers and my team was Vaseraga Id Caglistrogo and Charlotto probly wrong name last one but i also been faming 4 days stright to get all my stuff to level 15 2 AI that i think sucks is ID and Percival most of the time they just stand there and i recommend change out Crit hits for maybe something more usefull like Regen or Stamina and actully Ai do use potions

I'm still leveling my first team of 4 in the end game with vane, gran, Rosetta and zeta (my main). So far I found the slow skill on gran one of the best things when playing zeta, so I'm thinking of leveling more characters that does that. I'm thinking of ranged characters also because of the constant damage and afk farming...

I use The Dragonslayer Knights, maining sieg with vane, perci, and lance. It’s a blast killing dragons with this team

Eugen with that laser melts all bosses

Rosetta is just so good as an AI companion. My favorite. Ferry is also great.

Thank you! I am going to be playing the game entirely solo because i like my JRPGs Solo. Will keep this video in mind once i finish the Storyline.

Respect for not Showing Spoilers 😂

Great Advice! I didnt believe in the ai all that much, but their survivability is insane. Maglielle&Gallanza Proud is pretty hard and getting the destrudo drop through the challenge is basically impossible with random players. But the AI companions only died once in my runs, so now i have an easy 4 minute way of getting destrudo drops for the last few weapon uncaps ive been missing (since the Id Maniac has far too much waiting for my taste)

I play Percival and I setup my solo team to be Vane, Cag and a 4th.... not sure who my 4th will be but Katalina is one of my fan favourites... I heard Charlotta was very very meta, but you didn't mention her and I don't know her kit

I fought lucilius offline without too much down and beat him. The AI in this game actually will play better than a lot of online players if you got them set up right.

Best AI for me is rackam, eugen, percival, and siegfried, they constantly did their job well enough I could solo proud missions with SS++ rank

I play Io and Charlotta. Mainly Io. So they're both staples in my party. Then I have the captain for pure utility (debuff / heals) and Narmaya because I wanted to play her at some point and I find her likeable. I could swap Narmaya for someone else that has more utility, but that would mean investing MSP and crafting material into someone else. Oh and I still want to play her once I get bored of nuking things or being a beyblade of death.

Algorithm. Loving the videos but loving your energy more. I don’t just watch videos on youtube, I watch people talking, making videos, and the person talking matters as much as the video itself. Subscribed :)

Mine love to go yolo and die all times they can and have to restart a lot of times, doesnt help me that i cannot craft other weapons to equip them because my game doesnt want to give me the blueprints to forge weapons idk if im missing something

I like how you blurred one of the characters to avoid spoilers. Not many creaters would do that. I appreciate it. Edit: I feel that people are sleeping on Rosetta.

Bro can u do some video about yodarhu ?like build guide or playstyle something ... Soo far i feel yodarhu is most underrated character in this game .....

Vasraga is hilarious as an AI helper lol

What do you think about the paralyze characters like Io, Eugen, and Zeta? I thought about building up Zeta for the AI but idk if they will be able to do the jumps at all.

haha the spoiler! Nice

Io was a best during campaign. Ended up like 4 levels ahead of my Vane

peak algorithm!

I gave Rackam and Rosetta to the AI as Rackam is useful for AFK farming and attacking flying enemies while AI Rosetta is just useful for her buffs and AoE damage, there's been mention that she plays even better than player-controlled Rosettas

What is the point of the PWR Stat? It doesn't seem to correspond to how good a character build is at all.

The voss encounters in this game are kind of overwhelming imo! Don't wanna play it on story but the constant on scaresn attacks are wild just jumping and dodging and holding block the entire encounter feels a little bit unfun! I die every fight towards the end of the game. Does anyone know if you need to level your characters before the end of the story to beat it? Im aroind level 30 and under!

Oh LAWD the algorithm!!!!

Cagliostro, Rackam, Ferry. you have those 3 = crazy survival, 2 healers, one range revive and that -def beff that's always on due to ferry sigil, full buffs by Cagliostro, that resets her skills very fast (ai do spam her mines). too bad AI don't know how to use her charge skill to keep the debuff going but Ferry got it covered. Rackam = DPS

damn i wanted to try calestro as a compagion, realised that her sigil for def debuff dont proc despite the fact that she land the finnisher, work wellll when i control her tho

IO + 3 tanks trivialises everything!

I would reccomand Charlotta as AI partner because she can make full use of her 120% self-atk buff since she very rarely get hit and the AI seems to even be capable to use her parry making her extremely resillient while also dealing high damage. The stun type abilities are great, the AI most of the time use them to break bosses big attack animation. The healing of the AI also comes in clutch. I've learned to NOT heal myself. The AI does it for me. (Also because even if I heal myself. They'll heal me so it's a waste. ) I'm still testing if Vane is any good as an AI. :)

Rosetta is S tier AI for sure. She often steals MVP from me. I'm actually really liking Charlotta as an AI DPS. Maybe not as consistent as a ranged AI, but she does work.

ID does insane dps as Ai sometimes on shorter fights out dps’s me

From what I've heard the ai is more competent on some of the characters due to lots of factors . I am interested if this topic has been touched and if you have some experience in testing which one should I start testing with or if you found some. Talking with all of you not just the RU-vid creator.

you can just use drain on toons that cant heal themselves. working so far (up to pyet-a. don't have proto yet)

I still want you to be my friend, Joe

I agree with all your choices except for Gran, alot of Grans skills revolve around his Arts rank up. AI usually spam the skills off whenever possible from what I've seen. Now during story its fine but later in the game a stronger skill via Arts IV is better than just having it spammed. Otherwise great content been watching since DFFOO

i currently have my party farming 15k power dragons on proud while im afk xD 50 tickets per kill and they even get s++ x_x (they are 21k to 17k power)

It is somewhat weird hearing AI Percival telling me "I'm coming to you, just try and survive." when I go under critical cond. I am trying Percival. Hahaha

Algorithm! this is super useful :)