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Star Ocean The Second Story R Best Factors Featured
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Best factors in Star Ocean The Second Story R

A buff is always nice.

Star Ocean The Second Story R has been a blast to play through, with some of the systems allowing you to make some absolutely broken items. Factors play a big part in that, so here’s our guide on the best factors in Star Ocean The Second Story R.

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The best factors in Star Ocean The Second Story R

Factors are something you can get when acquiring a new weapon, piece of armor, or accessory in-game. These can range from incredibly simple mini buffs, like a stat buff, or they can get to the level of being something that changes combat for you. Honestly, the vast majority of the factors leave a positive impact on your character. So if you see a piece of equipment with the plus sign (+) next to it, odds are you’re going to want to equip it. Some factors are better than others though, so here’s our list of the best factors:

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  • ATK UP 20% (and other stat buffs like this, but ATK is always a nice increase)
  • War Cry –  ATK, DEF, HIT, AVD, and INT increase by 5% with each successive battle.
  • Rally/Super Rally – Revive at a certain threshold of HP when HP reaches 0.
  • Economizer – 15% chance of keeping items upon use.
  • Full Bonus – 120% bonus effects when the bonus gauge is full.
  • Temporary Measures – Recover 20% HP and MP with each successive battle.
  • Red/Blue Dragon (used in combination) – Converts 10% of symbology/physical damage taken to HP. Also converts the other damage type if paired with the other factor.
  • Narrow Escape – If reduced to 0 HP by an attack when HP is at 40% or more, survive with 1 HP
  • Back from the Brink – Become invincible for five seconds after revival.
  • All for one – Deal 5% more damage per number of party members (not including yourself).
  • Gathering Stars – ATK, DEF, HIT, AVD, and INT increase by 20% when there are three of the same factor.
  • CRT Energy – Critical hit restores 1% of your MP.
  • Full Reset – All negative statuses are removed after 10 seconds pass.

Some notes about the list of best factors

There may be rare variants of some of these factors, but I’ve been unable to find them after a long time using Blacksmith, as I haven’t unlocked the necessary materials to use Remaking yet because I’m not far enough into the game. But these are the best factors I’ve found in Star Ocean The Second Story R, and through doing some research online. 

Star Ocean The Second Story R is available for purchase on Steam.

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Jack Salter
Jack has been a Contributing Writer for PC Invasion since January 2023. He is an avid enjoyer of the medium of video games, particularly JRPGs and platformers, but mostly anything he thinks looks cool. When he's not talking about Trails, Xenoblade, Pokémon, or Zelda, he enjoys spending his time watching anime that usually involve either mechs, music, or anything with great emotional character writing, like Gundam, Love Live, and Kaguya-sama: Love is War. He also enjoys listening to music of most genres and types, and is always on the search for media that combines his love for music with other mediums and genres, like Symphogear. Jack is also trying (and failing) to finish his ever-growing backlog.