EP6 gives you... quite a lot of options.

13* Units offer the highest amount of innate stats in PSO2, support S-class Special Abilities that further enhance your character, and you can mix & match however you want. Several units in this tier also have significant stat differences, and most are often drop-only. Check the wiki for more info.

In my honest opinion, there are TWO units series that you should be able to grab with ease: Liberate series and 13* Lightstream series, judging from the campaign events in EP6. The first is more offensive with higher attack stats, while the second gives you more HP for extra safety. You can work on the better ones with either, combined or not. What about the Rehased XQ set? They are bound by the set bonus, luck-reliant to get, and work as fodders for the affixing process. Leave them be.

Late EP3 to Early EP6 was quite a ride.

12* units are the straight upgrade from the 11* units, where most are freed from the curse of set bonus, and you can start socketing your skill rings for even more perks. During EP4, you will be pursuing the Qliphard [Clifard] series for extra PP, and having Ray/Union units if you are unlucky. Those that use Invade can hope for 12* Austere [Ofze-] upgrade

Your unit sets should persist into the EP5 era. By then, you will see Evleda series as Ray/Union replacement, Lightstream and Mask of Vain as your goal for end-game, and Phobos as Story Quest rewards. Besides, a level 75 title reward should also give you a Sub/Stellar Wall set as a catch-up units set. It is still worse than getting 12* units along with cheap affixes.

By the time we arrive at the near-end of EP6, most of them become obsolete, or exist as a carrier for various affixes that dropped from enemies.

Just ignore this tier. DO IT.

Why? These are the units that helped you progress through the days of EP1 to EP3, especially the EN players a long time ago. Regardless of servers, they still serve you well as an extremely cheap option to get you through low level contents. In EP6, however, everything progresses so fast that you probably don’t even know they exist. 12* units are more common, and some major campaigns often throw 12* or even 13* units right at your face.

It’s nostalgic, trust me. Bow Braver really needed PP to function properly back then, to the point that many have asked for the best combination and literally caused me some headache modifying this section. The PP issue becomes less problematic today, so kiss them goodbye.

R-ATK Up [Fortified Ranged]: +30 R-ATK; added to your character base R-ATK stat. Can be exchanged.

Guardian Armor [Shield of the Guardian]: 7% Damage Reduction and can be exchanged as well.

Brilliant Ruin [Wake of Destruction Photon]: Recover 5 PP per enemy that dies near you.

The recovery range is around 5.5 Steps Distance or around 19 in-game meters.

Battle Readiness [Shield of Carnage]: When your HP is lower than 50%, reduce damage taken by 40% for 3 seconds. Cooldown occurs after activation.

It is a toned down version of Phantom’s Gespenst, having reduced damage mitigation value but the same cooldown of 30 seconds. If you get one-shotted, the SSA can’t save you. Note that the incoming attack must reduce your HP below 50% for it to be active.

Angelic Wing [Soaring Wings]: Increase your jump height.

Number wise, it seems to increase your jump height by 20%. For better explanation, the SSA makes the height of your double jump equals to using Jumping Dodge, excluding the invincibility frames during the initial jump.

Wise Skill [Skillful Adept]: +15% Critical Strike Chances.

Ironclad Illness [Tenacious Healscourge]: Become immune to knockback and flinch for 60 seconds after being inflicted by status effects.

Raising Expanse: Convert S4:Raising Pursuit into an Area-of-Effect attack.

The SSA can now blast a group of enemy within 15 meters of the impact. The attack won’t disappear if the enemy part breaks from it, while not being counted as “attack from behind”. The game also treats it as a different attack from S4:Raising Pursuit, while having around twice the area of Torrential Arrow or Sharp Bomb T0.

Rainbow’s Shield: While any aura from S1 is active, the SSA has a 20% chance to reduce the incoming damage to 1.

Your choice for S6 depends on your playstyle and what you matter more. Feel free to do some experiments as long as you can afford it, because different people value different things. However, if you are using S4:Raising Pursuit, I recommend grabbing S6:Raising Expanse for better performance.

Speaking of aura/gleam users, S6:Rainbow’s Shield is also a viable choice to improve your durability in some dangerous situations.

Glowing Grace [Still Grace]: After standing still for one second, recovers 4 PP every second while doing so. Any movement halts the effect.

It works the same as Ranger’s Standing Snipe, activating when your character’s coordinate doesn’t change (standing very still) for at least one second. PP recovered from Glowing Grace (and any SSA alike) is unaffected by Natural PP Recovery!

R-ATK Up [Fortified Ranged]: +30 R-ATK, added to your character base R-ATK stat, and can be exchanged. (2) is drop-only and is +50.

Attack Up [Fortified Attack]: +25 All-ATK; added to your character base ATK stat. (2) is +45.

Descried Warrior [Targeted Aggression]: If you have the “aggro” on the enemy you are fighting, you deal 1% increased damage and take 15% less damage from it.

People would recommend using it strictly for those that do quests solo, whether it will be endless quests, triggers, or even 12-man raids. In good hands and gears, Bow Braver can out damage almost every class/weapon in the game, making it a solid choice until a good Hunter, Gunner, and Hero steal your aggro with their class skills, or you use Stealth Attack.

Rainbow Skill: While any aura from S1 is active, increase your Critical Strike Chance by 30%.

Most of the time, you have two options for S7, which are Glowing Grace for extra PP recovery, or Descried Warrior for more damage and defense in general solo quests. The first will force you to be considerate with your movement, while the second can underperform in group content.

If you are still using aura/gleam and have problems in filling your Critical Strike Chance, grabbing S7:Rainbow’s Skill for another consistent +30% value can help. It doesn’t take a slot from your weapon, so it works.

Sky Dance’s Boon [Skydance Support]: Gain a tick of Shifta and Deband buff every 10 seconds while airborne or after being airborne for at least 2 seconds.

The tick is 15 seconds similar to the regular Shifta and Deband cast. You can constantly refresh and extend the buff duration by being in air for 2 seconds, drop down, and get in the air again! Note that it doesn’t count “floating animation” such as Jet Boots idle pose.

R-ATK Up [Fortified Ranged]: +30 R-ATK; added to your character base R-ATK stat.

PP Up [Fortified Photon V(essel)]: +4 PP and can be exchanged. (2) is drop-only and is +6 PP.

Rainbow Decay: Every attack has a chance to inflict random elemental Status Effects on to the enemies.

While the chance of infliction is unknown at the moment, certain sources claim that the rate is pretty high and can synergize extremely well with Luster’s Deband Disorder. All status effects applied are at tier V, the highest of all. However, you never know which one will come out. Those rapid-hit attacks can lead to a weird situation of enemy having existential crisis, or the status effect can occur at the wrong moment.

For S8, get Sky Dance’s Boon. Think of it as your “chase item”, usable regardless of your subclass choice. The ability is so damn powerful that it stops you from tapping Shifta or buffer weapons to save a subpalette slot, allowing you to maintain the buff almost indefinitely. Otherwise, taking PP UP (2) or R-ATK UP is always viable.

I might be repeating this, but you will need to learn Shifta and Deband first, preferably the level 17, so that Sky Dance’s Boon can function. The SSA doesn’t give you a free buff though, but rather automating it with conditions.

If, again, you are an aura/gleam user, or a BrLu player that finds the SSA somehwat redudant, S8: Rainbow's Decay can be a powerful choice. Instead of using weapons with special affixes to inflict Status Effect, you can do it deliberately now. Still, it ends up being about your preference versus trade-off for setup.

• Avoid affixing any weapons below that for now. Just buy an affordable one from the store and be done with it.
• Focus on any abilities/augments that give you R-ATK and PP.
• If that weapon has slots for S-class Special Abilities [S-Grade Augments], you must include them as well due to their effects.
• If your MPA has anyone that can inflict Jellen status, you can try putting on Phrase Decay if you can.

High-end units (The )	7-8 affixes (Preferred 8 especially with Cras [Klauz]
Mid-end units (Most )	5-6 affixes.
Low-end units ( and )	Ignore affixing on them.

• Avoid affixing any units that did not appear in the three images appeared in the guide. Use them as you bought, dropped or exchanged. Otherwise, you may have big-brain plans using the Ability Transfer feature, or repeating for increased success rate.
• Focus on any abilities/augments that give you R-ATK and PP. Any HP and DEF that you can get are extras.
• If that unit has a slot for S-class Special Abilities [S-Grade Augments], you must include them as well due to their effects.
• The unit affixes pattern can be different from your weapon due to SSAs. However, every piece of your units should have the same patterns for ease of affixing and even stat distribution.