Is Erik the strongest character?

[MTV]

I'm new to the game and it seems like Erik is insanely powerful with his damage. I just got the 6x times damage on sleeping enemies and he was hitting pretty high numbers, With dual wield and wild side I'm guessing he becomes a demigod that can wreck anything in the game even with buffed enemies?

[Exarch_Alpha]

The truth is that the game isn´t that hard and as long as you keep up in level, and don´t do stupid things like learning 3 weapon types you have wide margin to select characters for roleplaying purposes.

I like Erik too since he is the first that joins and he saved the hero from a very nasty situation in the early game. IS he the best mathematically speaking? Maybe not. Can you play well and have fun? Yes.

Or you can just go the harem route and place the female waifus in your group lol

[AsianGirlLover]

引用自 Exarch_Alpha：

The truth is that the game isn´t that hard and as long as you keep up in level, and don´t do stupid things like learning 3 weapon types you have wide margin to select characters for roleplaying purposes.

I like Erik too since he is the first that joins and he saved the hero from a very nasty situation in the early game. IS he the best mathematically speaking? Maybe not. Can you play well and have fun? Yes.

Or you can just go the harem route and place the female waifus in your group lol

Not a real harem unless you can marry them. Wish we had the definitive edition where that’s actually an option ;-;

[MTV]

I beat the game last weekend. Everyone was almost maxed. Only Jade,Serena,Rab and Slyvando had a few levels left. I have to say the Hero is the strongest character in the end. He's not the best at any particular role but he's good at everything all around.

[Koby]

引用自 MTV：

The Hero's not the best at any particular role but he's good at everything all around.

That's often the main characters build in jrpgs. Kind of a jack of all trades.

I'm at the point in the game now in Act 2 once Erik has finally returned to the party and his Skill Grid has fully unlocked. I rushed straight down for Dual-Duality & also got Dual-Wielding, but didn't have enough SP to also go up to get Divide just yet. Still with this build, just basing it on the "normal" Attack option, Erik's damage output is lower than the other 5 members currently on the team. Of course skill usage makes the results much different however, and Divide will certainly give him a good boost once I get to that again though, but I opted to get Dual-Duality first for some reason. \o/

At this point in the game, Hero has hit for as much as like 650 damage with a Sword Dance while boosted with Oomphle, Eighth has hit for like 530 damage with Parallax while boosted with Double Up, and Jade with Multithrust boosted 2x with Re-Vamp has hit for around 450 damage, Rab with Animaul does like 300 damage, and Sylvando does around 200 damage to each enemy with Pink Pirouette, while Erik with Persecutter hits for like 450 damage.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Well in theory he can do status ailments and get bonus damage from it. In the end Erik is a gimmick character and not meant to compete with pure DPS powerhouses. He needs micro and luck.

[Graptharr]

You're going the wrong path if Erik isn't doing enough single target damage. Don't go the status effect then super stab with daggers. Get a pair of swords, Divide and then Falcon Slash. Two turns to be sure, but the damage potential is well beyond any of the other characters for a single target. Especially due to how crits for it work.

Only Erik, NOT THE CLONES has a % chance to crit. So if his first 3 hits don't crit, none of them do. HOWEVER, if ANY of his 3 hits crit, the clones will ALSO crit that hit. IE, if hit 1 out of 3 crits, then BOTH clones will crit with their first hits. I've watched Erick crit will ALL NINE HITS.

Even without crits, the damage of MORE hits actually outpaces the damage of stronger hits. Especially given the fact that none of Erik's blows in that setup are at reduced damage.

Edit: A great example of why more hits is better is the Hero with Sword Dance. Using a greatsword you get 6 blows. Using two swords you get 8. Despite the fact that there is a noticeable difference between the power of those individual hits, the extra 2 hits still pushes two swords to the top of the damage pile for the Hero.