Wards

Wards
Wards are a way to indirectly strengthen your units in battle. There is a unique ward for the front positions, the middle positions, and the back positions of a lineup. Increasing the level of one of the three wards will strengthen units in that position during combat. The sum of all three wards levels will also provide a buff to all units. All Ward buffs are applied at the beginning of battle so you can see them flash on screen.

View the specific requirements and bonuses for/from leveling up each Ward on this page.

Understanding the Squad Lineup
Place your units in your lineup carefully to make best use of them! Note: Units all have a positional type. Some units can ONLY be placed in the front, while others can ONLY be placed in the back. Be aware of this because although there are 9 slots in a lineup, you can only take 5 fellows.

Leveling Up Wards
Each ward requires you to forge 6 Articles to upgrade it once. The components for these Articles are obtained in Battle Mode, from both Normal and Elite levels. In the Ward upgrade screen click the Article you want to forge and hit "forge" on the right. It will open a tree of items you need. If you have them you can forge it; if you don't, click on the one you need and it will open up a list of levels that drop that item. You can complete the levels or raid them from here. Once you have the needed components and you forge the Article click the "inlay" button to apply it. Once you have all 6 Articles for that Ward level you can hit "upgrade" to consume the Articles, you will then have to forge the next 6 Articles for the next level. In the description of Articles and their components you can see a list of which Ward levels that item is used in.

Leveling up the front Ward will provide the following buffs for units placed in the front slots: Max HP, PHY POW, MAG POW, PHY Armor, PHY Resist, MAG Armor, MAG Resist, Recovery, and Anger Up.

Leveling up the middle Ward will provide the following buffs for units placed in the middle slots: Max HP, PHY POW, MAG POW, PHY Armor, MAG Armor, PHY Resist, MAG Resist, Recovery, and Anger Up.

Leveling up the back Ward will provide the following buffs for units placed in the back slots: Max HP, PHY POW, MAG POW, PHY Armor, MAG Armor, PHY Resist, MAG Resist, Recovery, Anger Up, and AS Buff.

Every 3 total Ward level ups (Front Lv + Mid Lv + Back Lv) all units get the following buffs: STR, DEX, INT, PHY Resists, and MAG Resist.

View the specific requirements and bonuses for/from leveling up each Ward on this page.