Attacks and Defenses

[KholdStare88]

Hey guys, I've come across something that baffles me.

Yuuto is on Slegid (Blue -15, Red -20, Green -20, Black -15, Att -10, Def -10)
Soldier is on road (Blue -10, Red -20, Green -20, Black -20, Att +5, Def -10)

So Yuuto attacks with Explode dealing 1680 damage. Going backwards in the formula, 1680 / 0.1 (skillpower) / 168 (attack%) = 100, which means the basemod is 0? That seems kinda weird, although I can't explain it.

Also, I was wondering which character best tanks elemental attacks such as Heaven's Sword. Esperia seems to be terrible at it since she has low Res.

[Phlebas]

Optimally, anyone with high defense and resistance. In essence only high defense is enough, because if you take 0 damage you don't take any elemental damage either. But if you lack high enough defense skill (or are hit with the deadly silent field combo, in which case banish is the best option), you need resistance too, Etrangers tank them the best I suppose.

[KholdStare88]

Oh I see, if Defense is high enough, then the extra damage would be low too. Well I guess that's one reason to power level Esperia...she takes so little ether to do so anyways.

I have another question about support skills that I don't think is in the guide. Do they work the same as Attack skills? (ie. Flame Laser has normal damage then extra elemental damage) Can they ever be blocked by a Defense skill or are they always critical hit?

[lunarium]

Just level Esperia till her def skill value > enemy atk skill value (or close to that). Any more is likely overkill, and divine magic will 1HKO her no matter what.
Divine magic ignore defense and dmg is calculated based on resist.
All elemental skills is BOLD and COLORED, while non-elemental is white (with some exception for Estranger's nuke)

[Volandum]

Support skills are never blocked. They deal damage equal (before modifiers) to half attack squared times skillpower divided by resistance. So a 500% attack caster (Nanaru) hitting a 80% resist foe (some greenspirit) will do 15.625 times skillpower damage - if that's her 3K power Apoc II, you'll be looking at over 45K.