Moon Cycle, Affinity

Moon Cycle

The cycle rotates in the order
··· → Fire → Ice → Wind → Earth → Lightning → Water → Light → Dark → Fire → ···,
each having Daytime → Night turns.

To be more specific, the cycle rotates as Fire (Day) → Fire (Night) → Ice (Day) → Ice (Night) → ···.

Element Compatibility

There are pairs of opposites elements and they affect the stats.
Fire ↔ Ice   Wind ↔ Earth   Lightning ↔ Water   Light ↔ Dark

E.g.:
Fire turn: Fire-element units receive bonuses and Ice-element units receive penalies.
Ice turn: Fire-element units receive penalties and Ice-element units receive bonuses.

Note: Fire/Ice/Lightning are also names of Types but they are different notions, though Fire-type (resp. Ice/Lightning-type) units are often Fire-elemental (resp. Ice/Lightning-elemental).

Unit Class Compatibility

There are relations as follows.
     Blader
     ↓  ↑
 Destroyer Lancer
     ↓  ↑
  Guarder  Shooter
     ↓  ↑
      Caster
Bladers are strong against destroyers, and destroyers are strong against guarders,...
Damage of a normal attack by an advantageous class gets +50% bonus.

The characteristic of guarders to protect other units comes from the skill Defence Tactics, and is not from the guarder class itself.
Therefore, a unit with Defence Tactics (granted by equips or titles) can be used similarly to a guarder.
In addition, it is also possible to use a unit having Forward Guard as a pseudo-guarder by placing the unit at Position 2 with a weak unit at Position 1 since enemies target the weakest unit.

Moon Cycle and Hiring Compatibility

Basic Points

• There arise bonuses or penalties in base status, hiring cost depending on the compatibility between the moon cycle and unit element.
• Good compatibility means higher base stats and lower hiring cost.
• Human-type units (reward is Food) is compatible with Daytime and suffers penalty if hired in Night.
• Demon-type units (reward is Magic) is compatible with Night and suffers penalty if hired in Daytime.

Compatibility Bonus/Penalty

• They apply to base parameters, which means that the effect increases as Lv. increases.

Compatibility Table

Best  (>ヮ<)
Good  (＾ヮ＾)
Middle  (・＿・)
Bad    (´д`)
Worst (-_-|||)
Becomes the best in the matching moon phase and two days earlier/later.