Combat in is quite different from other RPG titles, with strong effects and attacks being tied to a United state that you can put your retinue in.
However, this strategic maneuver can only be done when you masterfully manipulate the timeline of a battle. Those who pull off a United attack or effect can deal incredible damage or impose status conditions that increase their chances of victory.
Many fights, like those against the Cursed Monarch in , demand that you carefully arrange your retinue of characters in your party.
The formation of your team impacts how they start on the timeline once a fight begins. The resource used to perform attacks, BP stars, could be in greater quantities or generated at a faster rate based on how you put together different allies.
United attacks and effects are performed when you put characters in your retinue together on the timeline shown at the bottom of your screen during a battle.