
Metaphor: ReFantazio offers a variety of combat features, depending on your fighting style. Some of you might prefer to focus on magic-related builds; others might be partial to melee. Whichever type of player you are, we've prepared a guide on the best stat builds for your team, depending on your style. Let's dive right into it!
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Metaphor: ReFantazio - Best Stat Builds

There are five stats in Metaphor: ReFantazio you can hone: Strength, Magic, Endurance, Agility, and Luck. Each time you level up, you'll receive stat points you can allocate to one of these categories. Here's what each stat's effects are:
- Strength: Increases physical attacks' damage.
- Magic: Increases magic attacks' damage.
- Endurance: Reduces damage received from enemy attacks.
- Agility: Determines the success rate of escaping battles, your chance to hit when attacking, and your chance of evading when attacked.
- Luck: Increases chance-based results to be in your favor, such as Critical Hits, Instakill, and Ailment susceptibility.
Note: No respec option is available - meaning, you won't be able to reset or reallocate stat points.
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Balanced Build
A balanced build would combine Strenght and Magic as primary stats, and level up Endurance for some solid defense.
Stats
- Strength: 5
- Magic: 5
- Endurance: 4
- Agility: 3
- Luck: 3
Archetypes

Seeker
- Highly versatile

Summoner
- Highly versatile

Masked Dancer
- Flexible & adaptable

Gunner
- Long-ranged attacks
Magic-Focused Build
As the name implies, the Magic-Focused build prioritizes the Magic stat for the main offense, followed by Endurance for defense.
Stats
- Strength: 1
- Magic: 5
- Endurance: 4
- Agility: 2
- Luck: 2
Archetypes

Mage
- Specializes in Magic attacks

Healer
- Stronger healing & MP

Commander
- Specializes in Fire attacks

Merchant
- Heavy, irresistible damage
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Strength-Focused Build
This build relies on powerful physical attacks, with Endurance and Luck being the secondaries to ensure defense and a higher Critical hit chance.
Stats
- Strength: 5
- Magic: 1
- Endurance: 4
- Agility: 2
- Luck: 3
Archetypes

Brawler
- Heavy damage

Warrior
- Increased HP & damage

Berserker
- Heavy, self-buffed damage
Strength-Endurance Build
If you're looking to tank and deal damage at the same time, this build is for you. It focuses on Strength and Endurance for high defense and strong attacks.
Stats
- Strength: 5
- Magic: 1
- Endurance: 4
- Agility: 2
- Luck: 2
Archetypes

Knight
- High evasion rate
- Chance for enemy lost turn counts
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Strength-Agility Build
This build is for the players who enjoy dodging and evasiveness in their combat. It prioritizes strong attacks and parrying.
Stats
- Strength: 5
- Magic: 1
- Endurance: 2
- Agility: 4
- Luck: 3
Archetypes

Thief
- Changes
Agility-Endurance Build
This is a build mostly to protect your secondary characters. The build focuses on your support allies' assistance and defense while preventing them from taking too much damage.
Stats
- Strength: 1
- Magic: 1
- Endurance: 5
- Agility: 4
- Luck: 3
Archetypes

Faker
- Buffs allies
- Debuffs enemies
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Metaphor: ReFantazio - Best Stat Builds Summary

Overall, it's best to invest your stat points into Strength and some Endurance, if you want to take down your enemies efficiently. Either way, it's entirely up to you how you structure your team! Most of it depends on which Archetypes you like playing with and what your preferred combat style is.
We hope you found this guide helpful! Feel free to check out some of our other articles on Metaphor: ReFantazio to aid you with your adventures and help you bring peace to the world.
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - All Royal Virtues & How to Raise Them
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - All Status Ailments & How to Cure Them
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - How to Farm MAG
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - How to Heal
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - Best Skills to Inherit
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - All Archetypes & How to Unlock Them
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