Battle Speed

Mechanics

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 game modes, you should always keep in mind Battle Speed of your team. This makes it a significant component of teambuilding in most content.

• Note: Kangaroo Boxer's skill "Position Hack" has a 20% chance to let your party to go first, if they have lower speed.

A demon's Battle Speed does not directly influence turn order, since turn order is only dependent on Agility, Lead brands, and Trail 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.

Speed increasers

Demon Skills that increase Speed

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Speedster	Passive	Self	10	-
Passive	Epitome of Swiftness	Passive	Self	14	-
Passive	Phys Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Fire Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Ice Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Elec Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Force Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Light Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Dark Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Almighty Accele	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Ascended General	Passive	Self	-	Masakado B
Passive	Ashihara no Nakatsukuni's Might	Passive	Self	-	Sukuna-Hikona A
Passive	Berserker Armor	Passive	Self	-	Berserker Guts
Passive	Brilliant Wings	Passive	Self	-	Garuda A
Passive	Demonized Form	Passive	Self	-	Unit 01 Dx2 Type
Passive	Everything Evil	Passive	Self	-	Angra Mainyu
Passive	God of Ubiquity	Passive	Self	-	Vishnu A
Passive	Hell Hound	Passive	Self	-	Cerberus A
Passive	Kunitsukami's Pride	Passive	Self	-	Okuninushi
Passive	Lady of the Lake	Passive	Self	-	Vivian
Passive	Lord of Clouds	Passive	Self	-	Indrajit
Passive	Mask of Veiled Beauty	Passive	Self	-	Lanling Wang
Passive	Master of Hell	Passive	Self	-	Astaroth
Passive	Swordsman in Boots	Passive	Self	-	Cait Sith
Passive	Tachikoma Support	Passive	Self	-	Batou
Passive	The Bloody Valkyrie	Passive	Self	-	Shalltear
Passive	The First Drop	Passive	Self	-	Apsu
Passive	War Goddess	Passive	Self	-	Morrighan

Demon Panels that increase Speed

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Anahita	Panel 1	+15% to Ice damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Apsu	Panel 2	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. +15% to Ice damage.
Astaroth	Panel 3	+20% to Phys damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Berserker Guts	Panel 4	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the one with this skill) downs a demon: Gain an additional Press Turn Icon. (Activates once per turn)
Botis	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of the 1st turn: Removes Barrier from all enemies.
Botis	Panel 3	+20% to Elec damage dealt. +30% chance to inflict status ailments. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Cerberus A	Panel 3	+20% to Phys/Fire damage. +20% to Critical hit rate. +30% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect when the enemy is inflicted with Spirit Chains (Intimidation): Decreases the Fire Attribute Affinity of the enemy with the lowest current HP by 3 levels. (1 turn) *Activates once per turn.
David	Panel 1	+20% chance to inflict status ailments. +20% Phys evasion rate. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
David	Panel 3	While the one with this skill is alive, -25% to enemy's natural recovery rate of status ailments. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Elohim	Panel 2	+20% to Magic damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Elohim	Panel 3	+25% to Magic damage. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Fariedone	Panel 1	+15% to Phys damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed
Garuda	Panel 3	+30% to Phys evasion rate. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Garuda A	Panel 2	+50% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect after Gale Talon is used: Decreases the DEF and EV/AC of all enemies by 20%. (2 turns)
Griffith	Panel 3	+60% to own effect on Battle Speed. +25% to single-target attack damage.
Hachiman	Panel 1	+15% Phys damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Hagen	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. While the one with this skill is alive, all party members will receive the following effect: +20% to hit rate.
Hagen	Panel 3	+20% to Phys damage. +20% to hit rate. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Hresvelgr	Panel 3	+20% to max HP. -20% to Force damage received by all party members while this demon is alive. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Indra	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. -50% to Phys/Elec damage received.
Indrajit	Panel 1	+15% to Elec damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Indrajit	Panel 4	+60% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the one with this skill) downs a demon: Enters a state of Concentrate. (Activates once per turn)
Kalki	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of the 1st turn: Grants a Bulwark with 1500 HP to the one with this skill. (1 turn)
Kalki	Panel 3	+20% to Almighty damage. +20% to Max HP. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Kartikeya	Panel 2	+30% to Battle Speed.
Koga Saburo	Panel 2	+30% to own affect on Battle Speed. Increases the uses of Soaring Blades by 3.
Lanling Wang	Panel 3	+20% to Phys damage. +20% to Critical hit rate. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Lost Name	Panel 3	+20% to hit rate. +20% to Fire damage. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Lugh	Panel 3	+20% to Force/Light damage.+20% to hit rate. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Masakado A	Panel 4	+30 to St, Ma, Vi, Ag and Lu. +30% to own effect on Battle Speed.
Master Therion	Panel 1	+15% to Fire/Ice damage. ​+20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Master Therion	Panel 3	+20% to max HP. +20% chance to inflict status ailments. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed
Meliodas	Panel 3	+20% to Phys/Dark damage. +20% to Critical hit rate. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Michael	Panel 1	+15% to damage dealt by attacks that target all or random enemies. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Michael	Panel 2	+20% to own affect on Battle Speed. -50% to Light damage received.
Michael	Panel 4	+30% to own affect on Battle Speed. Adds Light Pierce and +15% to damage inflicted by all party members of the Divine/Herald races while the one with this skill is alive.
Morrighan	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. Decreases the cost of Ruthless Death Gale by 1MP.
Motoko Kusanagi	Panel 3	+20% to Phys damage. +20% chance to inflict status ailments. (max step bonus: Speed:+20％)
Okuninushi	Panel 2	+20% to own affect on Battle Speed. +20% to Light damage.
Samyaza	Panel 3	+20% to Elec/Force damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Sraosha	Panel 2	+30% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Sukuna-Hikona	Panel 1	+15% to Light damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Sukuna-Hikona A	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. +20% to Ice damage.
Tezcatlipoca	Panel 1	+15% to Dark damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Vivian	Panel 1	+15% to Ice damage. +20% to own effect on Battle Speed.
Vritra	Panel 1	+15% to Elec damage. +20% to own affect on Battle Speed.
Cait Sith	Panel 3	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. +20% to hit rate.
Hell Biker	Panel 3	Reduces the cost of Red Zone by 1MP. (max step bonus: Speed:+10％)
Sleipnir	Panel 3	+10% to this demon's affect on Battle Speed.
Sonic	Panel 3	+15% to Force damage. +10% to own affect on Battle Speed. (max step bonus: Speed:+10％)

Speed decreasers

Demon Skills that decrease Speed

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Epitome of Endurance	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Phys Slowda	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Fire Slowda	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Ice Slowda	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Light Slowda	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Almighty Slowda	Passive	Self	16	-
Passive	Patriotic General	Passive	Self	-	Masakado B

See also

• PVP Team Guide
• Demon List