Battle Speed

Overview

Battle Speed is a gameplay mechanic, which determines which party gets to act first in a battle. Since going first or second significantly affects your strategy in all gamemodes, you should always keep in mind Battle Speed of your team. This makes it a significant component of teambuilding in most content.
A demon's Battle Speed does not directly influence turn order, since turn order is only dependent on Agility and Lead-brands.

Formula

INDIVIDUAL DEMON SPEED = FLOOR100[DEMON BASE SPEED * (1 + SPEED INCREASE TOTAL)]
PARTY SPEED = DEMON SPEED SUM / PARTY COUNT

This basic formula is applied for every single type of party.

• FLOOR100 = Reduces a number to the next lowest number divisible by 100, i.e. FLOOR100[18260]=18200, FLOOR[18300]=18300
• DEMON BASE SPEED = Multiply a demons Agility stat by 100
• SPEED INCREASE TOTAL = Sum up each %-speed change of the demon (Skill transfers like Speedster or Epitome of Endurance, Speed-Brand set bonus, Panels, etc.) ((Basic math reminder: 1%=0.01))
• DEMON SPEED SUM = Sum of each party members INDIVIDUAL DEMON SPEED
• PARTY COUNT = Number of demons in party

Calculation Example

This example party will assume each demon is awakened and at level 50 for the calculation.

BS Example

Surt Skills Epitome of Endurance - Brands -

Mokoi Skills Epitome of Endurance - Brands -

Kartikeya Skills - - Brands -

Masakado Skills Speedster - Brands 2x Speed

1. Surt: (92(Agility) * 100) * (1 + (-0.2(Epitome of Endurance))) = 9200 * 0.8 = 7360 -> 7300(FLOOR100)
2. Mokoi: (157(Agility) * 100) * (1 + (-0.2(Epitome of Endurance))) = 15700 * 0.8 = 12560 -> 12500(FLOOR100)
3. Kartikeya: (256(Agility) * 100) * (1 + (0.5(Speedster))) = 25600 * 1.5 = 38400
4. Masakado: (118(Agility) * 100) * (1 + (0.5(Speedster) + 0.25(Speed Brand Set) + 0.25(Speed Brand Set))) = 11800 * 2 = 23600
5. Total: (7360(Surt) + 12560(Mokoi) + 38400(Kartikeya) + 23600(Masakado)) / 4(Number of party members) = 20.450

This example also illustrates that %-based effects on battle speed are more effective on high Agility demons compared to low Agility demons, both for increasing effects like Speedster and for decreasing effects like Epitome of Endurance.

Quick Reference

This section aims to give a quick overview of things that can affect Battle Speed and a rough estimate of how much these change a full team's (four party members) battle speed. this is NOT an exact calculation and should only serve to give an inkling how much things like Speedster transfers increase a teams speed. It is always recommended to do exact calculations before making major decisions when building your demons.
Usually most of these increases scale linearly so a 5 Agi increase for a demon with 50%-Speed increase is the same as 5 times the increase a demon with 10%-Speed increase would get, which is why there will not be an exhaustive list here.

Reference Tables

ALL OF THE LISTED NUMBERS ASSUME 4 PARTY MEMBERS

Percentage based effects

		Full Party Battle Speed Change
Effect	%-Change	High Agility Demons (250-300)	High-Mid Agility Demons (160-200)	Low-Mid Agility Demons (120-160)	Low Agility Demons (80-120)
Speedster	50	3000-3750	2000-2500	1500-2000	1000-1500
Epitome of Swiftness & Speed Brand Set	25	1500-1800	1000-1250	750-1000	500-750
Brand Stats	1-20	100-1500	100-1000	100-800	100-600
Spirit Panels	10/20/30	750/1500/2250	500/1000/1500	400/800/1200	300/600/900
Epitome of Endurance	-20	-1200-1500	-1000-1250	-750-1000	-500-750

Agility

	Full Party Battle Speed Increase
Agi-Increase	+0%-Speed	+10%-Speed
5	125	125
10	250	275

Alter-world Demonites

	Ag Style	Vit Style	Other Styles
Fast Demonite	+450	+325	+375
Slow Demonite	-450	-325	-375

Team Builder

If manual calculation is too much effort you can use the Team Builder, which allows you to mock up teams quickly with a graphical interface and gives accurate Battle Speed information.

See also

• PVP Team Guide
• Demon List