Helping with Runes

[cLAYDS]

Hey guys, I'm confused on how to use runes and who to give the best runes. Seems like not everyone can have them. Anyone got tips with the runes? Thanks

[Koryiaki]

I believe (working atm) when you look at them in your inventory it shows you who can equip the selected rune via greying out those who cant.

[AH-1 Cobra]

It doesn't matter that much early on. You can slap water/fire/wind/earth on anyone with the slots to use them, and use the other slots to boost stats. Lots of characters have locked rune slots with runes that are unique to them. Even some of the rune slots you unlock at later levels have locked slots with special runes in them.

There's only a few cases where a rune is going to make a huge difference on a character. They don't seem as good as runes in many of the Suikoden games. The really good runes, you'll either be limited by the amount of them that're available, and you'll be limited even further by who has the slots to actually equip them.

You won't take a mediocre character and turn them into a beast with a fury + double beat rune like in Suikoden 2.

There are no OP "true" runes like Soul Eater from Suikoden 1, or True Lightning from Suikoden 3.

[Darco]

You can't just slap water,wind,earth,fire on just ANYONE and expect them to be a great mage. Characters have affinities with specific runes so the above comment is completely wrong. For example, try "slapping" on fire to Zabi and start trying to roast enemies. You will soon discover that he barely does anything what so ever. That is because his fire affinity is -90%. Ouch!!!! What horrible advice and a waste of time! Instead, check here. Yw

https://eiyuden.wiki.gg/wiki/Characters

[zelaxi!]

Originally posted by Darco:

You can't just slap water,wind,earth,fire on just ANYONE and expect them to be a great mage. Characters have affinities with specific runes so the above comment is completely wrong. For example, try "slapping" on fire to Zabi and start trying to roast enemies. You will soon discover that he barely does anything what so ever. That is because his fire affinity is -90%. Ouch!!!! What horrible advice and a waste of time! Instead, check here. Yw

https://eiyuden.wiki.gg/wiki/Characters

Is this also in game also? There's a lot of menus and worried I'm missing something here..

[Darco]

Originally posted by zelaxi:

Originally posted by Darco:

You can't just slap water,wind,earth,fire on just ANYONE and expect them to be a great mage. Characters have affinities with specific runes so the above comment is completely wrong. For example, try "slapping" on fire to Zabi and start trying to roast enemies. You will soon discover that he barely does anything what so ever. That is because his fire affinity is -90%. Ouch!!!! What horrible advice and a waste of time! Instead, check here. Yw

https://eiyuden.wiki.gg/wiki/Characters

Is this also in game also? There's a lot of menus and worried I'm missing something here..

It is a thing in game. The devs seem to like secret stats like this and in Suikoden 1-2 as well. I personally wish it was a tutorial in game and a Stat page to see these but sadly, the wiki I linked is the only thing I've found but it is very helpful so I highly recommend at least that page of the wiki. Just click the character then at the top of their page click "gameplay" on the right side. From there, scroll down to see their affinities, if any. Some characters are shop types only or support only. Some are just so terrible with magic style runes they have ZERO affinity. It will save you a lot of headache like putting fire on Zabi ;)

[zelaxi!]

Originally posted by Darco:

Originally posted by zelaxi:

Is this also in game also? There's a lot of menus and worried I'm missing something here..

It is a thing in game. The devs seem to like secret stats like this and in Suikoden 1-2 as well. I personally wish it was a tutorial in game and a Stat page to see these but sadly, the wiki I linked is the only thing I've found but it is very helpful so I highly recommend at least that page of the wiki. Just click the character then at the top of their page click "gameplay" on the right side. From there, scroll down to see their affinities, if any. Some characters are shop types only or support only. Some are just so terrible with magic style runes they have ZERO affinity. It will save you a lot of headache like putting fire on Zabi ;)

Thanks. I'll be sure to check as I start building my team out further.