- Note: Merchant is still good if you don't run a mono team! You'll just get a bit less benefit from the passives - 4:51 Instead of using Matarukaja/Marakukaja on your support, you can also consider the Formation of Vigor/Shelter Formation skills. They cost more MP, but can raise your stats by 2 stages and move characters row position. They also come from Commander/General Archetypes
Thanks a lot for the guide! But what if I put only mana on my main character, I am having like 20+ mana and 8 strenght. Will I still enjoy this Archetype and will it still be useful?
I really like how there's multiple op builds in this game. Great variety. I currently run merchant with my main and the 2 others fun warrior and I've been blasting through the game.
yup i have a full mage team that does 5000 aoe damage and all at lvl 76+ elemental with weakness and when its not possible the commander lineage have almighty spells pretty much one shotting everything
I'm personally restricting myself to only using each characters signature archetype plus the archetypes they need to unlock their royal archetype (hulken-mage, commander strohl etc) makes each character feel different instead of everyone playing the same
@@Takkunda to unlock everyone's royal archetype, you need to level every class but the healer. just means you arent using the same class for every character just because its op
@@raknikmik no, every character has 2 or 3 archetypes they need to level, for example strohl needs to be samurai 20, general 15 to unlock royal fighter. so to unlock the last archetype for every character, you end up levelling every class split across the party, not every class on every character.
Really reminds me of the shenanigans I did in Bravely Default with its analogous job, farming cash easily and melting bosses by paying a fair bit of money
There are some bosses who push you to be extremely aggressive because you have a turn limit, so you can save this strategy for those challenge and enjoy your usual strategy.
This is actually brilliant, I was struggling to beat the ??? boss in the waterway (even though its optional and completely not worth it) and wish I knew about this build to cheese it. Might reload an old save just to test it out.
I wonder if the description is wrong, or the way the passive is currently functioning is broken. Since the description says it has a "chance" to give money, but right now it gives it 100% of the time. So either the description is wrong, or it is bugged and they will fix it in a patch making it a chance.
Cool never thought of this no more is crazy Op - I like strolls swordsman tree the most just feels badass can’t wait to see what his final is. I like the healer line too light magic is cool feel like I’m in digimon playing the patamon line
That's actually a shitty weapon because it doesn't provide any increase to damage and at that point of the game you're drowning in millions. There's a weapon you can steal at last step of Neuros questline. Now THAT'S the beast you want to use to obliterate everything in existence.
It would be interesting to know how Luck interacts with the crit rate of the money attack since you can get +1 Luck every Idlesday by using the toilet in the ship
I've personally put all my points into Strength, and I still crit all the time with this build. But Luck is probably the 2nd best stat yeah. You can still use Magic if you like the mage class, it's likely just a tad weaker
Do note that weapon attack has weirdly significant weight in the skill damage formula in this game, even with stats into consideration, so for much of the game it's entirely possible for a full warrior Strohl to do more damage than a magic-specced MC with the same spell if his weapon is better than whatever you're stuck with. Same goes for physical though, ofc. On the flip side, that means in the early game, when none of your stats are big yet, even if magic makes for good weakness coverage at that point you can completely get by with strength only as long as you keep your gear up to date.
Midgame Archetype lmao I got Merchant as soon as possible in the Demo and now I'm slightly overfarmed, level 44 before end of Brilehaven with about 900k gold lmao
Yeah I saw this too...but for me it kills the fun of the game. I hate being overpowered to the point the game loses its difficulty. But I do switch to this setup to farm a bit.
If only I hadn't waited until the last day to do the quest that unlocks Merchant. I couldn't turn it in the next day thanks to the game railroading me into leaving the city so I have to wait until I can go back to even mess with that archetype unfortunately...
@@themadtagger6450 Thank you for letting me know! I was considering going back and redoing everything from like the 16th or so even though my fight with Zorba was a struggle (playing on hard) and I didn't want to redo it lol. I really didn't want to do that so knowing I'm not locked into a long period where I can't go back relieves me.
This doc has info on every skill in the game: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FDC6T6tr__-AU18tY--4-ZUSzkeaMM_Kg_Crqu6VrcM/edit?gid=0#gid=0 , and they've posted more stuff in the PSMT discord. They'll likely make a guide on Steam eventually
It can help you crit more often, but I don't think full luck is good at all. Your damage still scales off Strength and I crit often with 0 allocated points in Luck
I’ve been using the destroyer archetype & I also like the Dark knight & paladin for Hulkenburg. Eupha archetype is busted to if you get all the summon talismans & a good member to synchronize with. I’m on Normal & almost one shotting most late game dungeon enemies lol
But what if I put only mana on my main character, I am having like 20+ mana and 8 strenght. Will I still enjoy this Archetype and will it still be useful?
You can still use it, yea, MC damage will just be a little lower. Damage in Metaphor is affected by your weapon as much your stats, so it should still be enough
It will do less damage but it will still be useful when usimg items, Syntesis skills and you can use debt collector and the hero passive to gain more money so it's good when grinding
@@bainzI heard somewhere to wait until you have 42 gold beetles before turning them in, the person didn’t say why in the video but they said it’s a waste if you do it early lol
@@bainzbut don’t you need height CRIT for it to be viable? Going full str will only net you what? 65%? I get with tycoon you will get more CRIT but before then, does the damage scale that much better with STR?
I had recently unlocked Merchant and was very curious. But I'm so poor in the game, the idea of burning money for attacks wasn't attractive. I don't have enough money as there's a much more severe strain on that resource compared to Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload. So money gaining perks for Merchant I wasn't aware of and I'm now interested even more.
The merchant's passive helps you get lots of money so if you need it then you can just run Merchant. Do note that it is only a "Hero Passive" so only the MC can have it.
@@Kagetora- Ty I ddi not know only the main charatcer can hav that passive and I was asking all these you tubers and nobody was saying that in any of these videos. Will equip merhcant to the main character now.
1.04 silent nerf all crit build now if you crit you don't have extra action is not mentioned in pach note but you can try and see., I don't understand why......
Hello bainz I have unblocked you sorry XD Anyways, instead of diligent, use arcane unity to have a perfect hitrate on your fortune slots. You do need mage tier2 for it, but if you have that you can just spam fortune slots since it guarantees crit
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- Note: Merchant is still good if you don't run a mono team! You'll just get a bit less benefit from the passives
- 4:51 Instead of using Matarukaja/Marakukaja on your support, you can also consider the Formation of Vigor/Shelter Formation skills. They cost more MP, but can raise your stats by 2 stages and move characters row position. They also come from Commander/General Archetypes
Thanks a lot for the guide! But what if I put only mana on my main character, I am having like 20+ mana and 8 strenght. Will I still enjoy this Archetype and will it still be useful?
@@ownzuallyou can still use it as a support or equip magic on them if you know what weakness to expect
"What if Pay 2 Win was a class?"
LMAOO!!😂
Lol bravely default has the class and yes you can pay to win
“I’m gonna pay you $100 to f- off” team setup
I really like how there's multiple op builds in this game. Great variety. I currently run merchant with my main and the 2 others fun warrior and I've been blasting through the game.
yup i have a full mage team that does 5000 aoe damage and all at lvl 76+ elemental with weakness and when its not possible the commander lineage have almighty spells pretty much one shotting everything
@@madlinkers8595 love to hear it!
(I'll keep spamming this)
"What inspired you to use Almighty Physical attacks with boost and Apt Pupil?"
Tycoon: money
This is why Batman's Joker didn't want to mess with the IRS
"Hey hey people, The _Merchant's Guild_ sends it's regards!"
I'm personally restricting myself to only using each characters signature archetype plus the archetypes they need to unlock their royal archetype (hulken-mage, commander strohl etc)
makes each character feel different instead of everyone playing the same
agreed it's boring when it's all the same
you have to level them all either way if you want to unlock the skills. Not having support skills on your support character is trolling.
@@Takkunda to unlock everyone's royal archetype, you need to level every class but the healer.
just means you arent using the same class for every character just because its op
@@Alistair_7609 To unlock party member last class you need to max level every class huh?
@@raknikmik no, every character has 2 or 3 archetypes they need to level, for example strohl needs to be samurai 20, general 15 to unlock royal fighter.
so to unlock the last archetype for every character, you end up levelling every class split across the party, not every class on every character.
Really reminds me of the shenanigans I did in Bravely Default with its analogous job, farming cash easily and melting bosses by paying a fair bit of money
I absolutely love this game.
I've only just finished the Cathedral so not far in yet but running Healer on protag atm.
It's a great game
Adept healer is INSANE and there's another rank after!
Healer is so strong and cool - the heal all spells save my ass in so many fights
Thanks 4 all ur support and guide Bainz, really appreciate it
Basically, run merchant when you need money lol or just OP 4 merchants and run through the game like the taco bell goes through you morning after.
I mean, merchant is a good dps class regardless. So you can make one person a permanent merchant.
I use merchant mc on lower level trash mobs to pad my funds.
Great video, bainz! Can’t wait to see more archetype builds :)
Win Capitalism!
I find myself too stuck in the 'balanced party' mentality, which I know is limiting my effectiveness in some ways.
There are some bosses who push you to be extremely aggressive because you have a turn limit, so you can save this strategy for those challenge and enjoy your usual strategy.
@@huntersampayooh yeah. The Dragon with 9999 on 5th turn.
what is better than a merchant? four merchants
HERE COMES THE MONEY!!!!!!
This is the comment
Late game when money isnt an issue the merchant is godly
Merchant class: Just throw money at your problems!
Me, having invested 50 points into magic hoping that for once Atlus would make magic as strong as phys and seeing this: 0_o
This is actually brilliant, I was struggling to beat the ??? boss in the waterway (even though its optional and completely not worth it) and wish I knew about this build to cheese it. Might reload an old save just to test it out.
Plus people not understanding it would be easy to farm hero exp items just running a mastered merchant on everyone to upgrade the other archetypes
Not going to play this on my first playthrough, but definitely trying this next!
I mean you don’t have to have it on the whole game lol you can just give it a try enjoy it and switch off. Still good skills to take on.
@@Yung.Ert. oh I'm using merchant for sure. I just meant taking on the game with a 4 merchant party.
Sounds fun, lemme try it out
I wonder if the description is wrong, or the way the passive is currently functioning is broken.
Since the description says it has a "chance" to give money, but right now it gives it 100% of the time. So either the description is wrong, or it is bugged and they will fix it in a patch making it a chance.
You get extra money from killing all enemies with merchant but there's a chance to further increase the money.
Cool never thought of this no more is crazy Op - I like strolls swordsman tree the most just feels badass can’t wait to see what his final is. I like the healer line too light magic is cool feel like I’m in digimon playing the patamon line
That archetype is busted strong
Literally solving problems with money
Fakers first skill is also busted as hell, combine the two classes and dancer and maybe an all roujder like wizard for a great "gambling" set up
Can confirm that the merchant end game weapon is broken af. It literally cost no money when you use its almighty attack.
That's actually a shitty weapon because it doesn't provide any increase to damage and at that point of the game you're drowning in millions. There's a weapon you can steal at last step of Neuros questline. Now THAT'S the beast you want to use to obliterate everything in existence.
It would be interesting to know how Luck interacts with the crit rate of the money attack since you can get +1 Luck every Idlesday by using the toilet in the ship
This is cool and seems kinda op, but man will it get boring using 4 merchant 😂
And be broke quickly
Who cares
I just unlocked Merchant class now and got curious on its skills
How do you unlock alchemy ? My merchant is at 20 and I dont have that. There is no videor that shows how to get it
It's unlocked automatically at Level 1. It's the first skill
Lol 😂
ty bainz ily
Thank you for the guide! I'm beginner to the game, so what stats should I focused on? Strength and Luck?
I've personally put all my points into Strength, and I still crit all the time with this build. But Luck is probably the 2nd best stat yeah.
You can still use Magic if you like the mage class, it's likely just a tad weaker
Do note that weapon attack has weirdly significant weight in the skill damage formula in this game, even with stats into consideration, so for much of the game it's entirely possible for a full warrior Strohl to do more damage than a magic-specced MC with the same spell if his weapon is better than whatever you're stuck with. Same goes for physical though, ofc. On the flip side, that means in the early game, when none of your stats are big yet, even if magic makes for good weakness coverage at that point you can completely get by with strength only as long as you keep your gear up to date.
You said that it gives you a chance of gaining bonus when the enemy is stunned or killed. No. There’s no “chance”. It’s guaranteed.
Midgame Archetype lmao
I got Merchant as soon as possible in the Demo and now I'm slightly overfarmed, level 44 before end of Brilehaven with about 900k gold lmao
Yeah I saw this too...but for me it kills the fun of the game. I hate being overpowered to the point the game loses its difficulty. But I do switch to this setup to farm a bit.
It's fine to do this on another playthrough
it is fun if you figure it out yourself
Jojimbo all over again
blackrock build
Zeninage superiority since FFV
not me dumping all my points into Luck for no reason Q_Q
If you could buy gold using irl money it'd be wild
What do you think about gunner party for bullet mania + another strong physical hit?
If only I hadn't waited until the last day to do the quest that unlocks Merchant. I couldn't turn it in the next day thanks to the game railroading me into leaving the city so I have to wait until I can go back to even mess with that archetype unfortunately...
You will be fine you get to go back pretty soon after that.
@@themadtagger6450 Thank you for letting me know! I was considering going back and redoing everything from like the 16th or so even though my fight with Zorba was a struggle (playing on hard) and I didn't want to redo it lol. I really didn't want to do that so knowing I'm not locked into a long period where I can't go back relieves me.
everygame a merchant class is in its utterly broken.
Making me wish I went with Strength instead of Magic for this run...
i saw this right away with unlimited gold in this game 500 gold for an almighty move is insane
Do note that it is weak Almighty. Tycoon has a much better version but you need Brigitta at rank 8
@@Kagetora- dont be fooled by it, it can hit up to 2k dmg on crit on "weak physical almighty", imagine gold rush dmg
I'm curious, does this count as a ranged attack or a melee attack for formation purposes?
Gold Attack/Rush is actually not a Melee attack, so you can use it from back row without damage penalty. Fortune Slots is considered as melee though
Does the trader's summit passive only affect healing items in battle? Or is it all consumables even outside of battle? Does it affect the xp items?
It only affects items in battle, and no it doesn't work for EXP items
Is there anywhere we can find the datamined skill info by ctobn? Would love to see more info about the other skills in the game
This doc has info on every skill in the game: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FDC6T6tr__-AU18tY--4-ZUSzkeaMM_Kg_Crqu6VrcM/edit?gid=0#gid=0 , and they've posted more stuff in the PSMT discord. They'll likely make a guide on Steam eventually
What does luck do for this class? Does it impact damage? I see People putting all points in luck but idk why.
It can help you crit more often, but I don't think full luck is good at all. Your damage still scales off Strength and I crit often with 0 allocated points in Luck
Plus take dumps on days divisible by 5 and luck stat will go up by 1
I’ve been using the destroyer archetype & I also like the Dark knight & paladin for Hulkenburg. Eupha archetype is busted to if you get all the summon talismans & a good member to synchronize with. I’m on Normal & almost one shotting most late game dungeon enemies lol
My Hulkenberg also mainly uses Dark Knight
Is it confirmed that all elements of physical damage, such as lightnight or wind can crit?
Yea, all Physical skills are able to crit, even if they're element based
Where can we view the data mined info from CTOBN?
He usually posts it in the PSMT discord, but he'll prob make a Steam guide at some point
is this arch lock to phy atk? or I can focus mage type
It seems to be phys since it says "weak physical Almighty" unlike in other games where Almighty was considered as magic
But what if I put only mana on my main character, I am having like 20+ mana and 8 strenght. Will I still enjoy this Archetype and will it still be useful?
You can still use it, yea, MC damage will just be a little lower. Damage in Metaphor is affected by your weapon as much your stats, so it should still be enough
It will do less damage but it will still be useful when usimg items, Syntesis skills and you can use debt collector and the hero passive to gain more money so it's good when grinding
Infinite wealth
Whales in gachas with their SSSR+ 5 Stars be like: 💰💥💀
Wait why str for gold rush? It’s not better to run a full luck build? Does the skill scale with str????
It’s still Physical so yes Strength
It’s actually kind of annoying tbh, I wish the passives had compatibility with different lineages
Hakari build
Can i respect stat?
I haven't seen a respec item yet, but I'm not at the end
Jazzy Bainz?
how did you get that venomward charm for strohl?
You get it from dialogue with a specific someone in the gauntlet runner, the spear arc to the Virgin Islands is where it starts
It's a reward for catching 12 Gold Beetles. You can turn them in at Arenafront Wharf in Brilehaven
@@bainz I must’ve confused it then sorry
@@bainzI heard somewhere to wait until you have 42 gold beetles before turning them in, the person didn’t say why in the video but they said it’s a waste if you do it early lol
@@TrvisXXIII Dunno anything about that myself. I don't see why you'd want to wait to hand them in
What exactly determines the amount of damage of Gold Attack?
The same thing that determines regular attack damage. STR and Attack Damage.
According to this video, Strength.
Yea, it’s Phys so Strength
@@bainzbut don’t you need height CRIT for it to be viable? Going full str will only net you what? 65%? I get with tycoon you will get more CRIT but before then, does the damage scale that much better with STR?
@@Shadowexxc I haven't put any allocated points into Luck and I'm critting all the time with this build
Hello, I like money!
me rubbing my hands together because i can easily do this set up also sliping in faker ability get more hits in
Even tho it’s just 500 I can never be that rich
the merchant class gives you money
Use merchant on MC in the overworld. Farm blue-ranked mobs. Profit (Like MEGA profit)
Kill blue enemies with MC and you'll have lots of it. Money will never be an issue
@@Kagetora- ooh I thought you just lose money
@@noiseisgold3n42 I see I thought you just lose money so I never used him lol
0:40 video starts here
capitalism for the win
Cool gimmick, but nah lol I prefer min / maxing my other archetypes in battle
If I put a merchant in everyone at the party, is it worth it?
As long as at least one character has some support skills, yea
@@bainz but do I earn triple for having 3 characters?
@@ZanorrACanal No, the Hero passive will be the same as it only works for the MC
I was just thinking to myself what a waste merchant is…. CLEARLY I was wrong
I wasn't expecting Merchant to be busted either but look how strong it can be. Not to mention that Tycoon has a better gold attack skill
Coin toss 😂
I had recently unlocked Merchant and was very curious. But I'm so poor in the game, the idea of burning money for attacks wasn't attractive. I don't have enough money as there's a much more severe strain on that resource compared to Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload. So money gaining perks for Merchant I wasn't aware of and I'm now interested even more.
The merchant's passive helps you get lots of money so if you need it then you can just run Merchant. Do note that it is only a "Hero Passive" so only the MC can have it.
it says chance to gain money, but the chance is 100% btw so you just gain insane money if you even do a little bit of farming blue overworld enemies.
@@Kagetora- Ty I ddi not know only the main charatcer can hav that passive and I was asking all these you tubers and nobody was saying that in any of these videos. Will equip merhcant to the main character now.
Capitalism Pog
1.04 silent nerf all crit build now if you crit you don't have extra action is not mentioned in pach note but you can try and see., I don't understand why......
You prolly had weather event. Just used this and I still got my extra actions.
Aparentemente sim, toda vez que crit não ganho extra turn more. 🤡
It's a weather effect.
Someone didn't pay attention to explanation from Gallica it seems.
Hello bainz I have unblocked you sorry XD
Anyways, instead of diligent, use arcane unity to have a perfect hitrate on your fortune slots. You do need mage tier2 for it, but if you have that you can just spam fortune slots since it guarantees crit
Ah okay, I’ll keep that in mind for future videos! So you can just spam 100% crit Synthesis then damn
@@bainz you can yep.. we are expecting an upward of 2000-2500 casually with berserker gauntlet and 3k ish if you're buffed further or just 1 rakunda
This is good to know. Thanks for the tip!
Pay to win?! Cmon…
Merchant isnt broken then. its a single player game
Broken things can be in a single player game. Not just multiplayer games
there’s an English version? 🤮
Theres people that hate on the English version? 🤢🤮
C.R.E.A.M., get the money
Dollar, dollar bill y'all !
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