Do you understand Tales of Berseria Combat and Mechanics? - Building the Deck

A combat and mechanics guide for Tales of Berseria. Basics and details.
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0:00 – Game Montage
0:22 – Intro
1:04 – Combat Example
2:26 – Basic Controls
4:50 – Combat UI Basics
7:40 – Combat UI Detailed (souls, bg, enemy arte cast types)
14:26 – Combat UI Detailed (targeted enemy details, power links, touch pad menu)
17:07 – Out of combat UI
17:56 – Main Menu (out of combat)
19:14 – Artes Menu Detailed
24:06 – Types of artes, Healing artes targeting (AI and player), directional and trap artes
25:41 – Yellow derivative artes
28:00 – Stats, Status ailments, Enemy types
31:33 – Artes Menu (Break Soul/Mystic Artes), Potential missing character help pages
33:26 – Character specific traits (Break souls and arte types for each character)
42:33 – Combos!!, Damage numbers detailed, Chain bonus, How combos end, begin and extend
48:00 – Switch blast, Mystic artes
49:38 - How to perform 2nd mystic artes (the 8 hit combo)
52:11 – Where to practice combos or characters, Example combos (early game)
55:07 – Minor SPOILERS (Final break souls/mystic artes), Dual mystic artes
1:00:19 – Chain mystic artes (chain the entire party, chain multiple with 1 character, chain dual mystic artes)
1:02:45 – Equipment Menu Detailed
1:07:52 – Shops, Equipment enhancements detailed
1:10:50 – Cooking, Expeditions, Code red hunts
1:13:28 – Difficulty settings, Inns, Items menu
1:15:15 – AI Controls Detailed, Strategy menu, Tell AI to use specific artes
1:21:10 – Map, Entering and leaving combat (types of encounters), End of combat screen
1:26:25 - Outro

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Text Equipment Guide written by TheDarkkn1ght on neoseeker.
Efficient upgrading, all upgrade materials, noteworthy equipment to use and calculations related to equipment.
https://www.neoseeker.com/tales-of-be...

All potentites, equipment skills, and equipment in a spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
This link is the source of the above spreadsheet on gamefaqs
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/...

A text Mechanics Guide written by cb220 on neoseeker and gamefaqs.
Numbers pertaining to difficulty settings, stats/leveling, shops, combos, chaining mystic artes and more.
https://www.neoseeker.com/tales-of-be...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/167...

All artes, titles and more. Click the teal drop down menus.
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All Code Red Demons (Code Red Hunt bosses) by Balthiar    • All Code Red Deamons + Rokurou Sidequ...  

Dungeon map for finding bosses for final break artes and mystic artes.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/1846...

A text Walkthrough by Krystal109 on neoseeker.
MANY things can be found on the right in the Table of Contents. A suggestion:
14. Optional Content – especially 7. Sidequests
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Edit - How to exert some control of Magilou's Spell Absorber (control which break arte is cast)
By MELOO    • Tales of Berseria: Magilou Break Soul...