so i havent started to do the co-op things.
what are the optimum team setups?
Note that you're level adjusted for Co-Op so you can only use skills below the adjusted level. Like, you won't have Bahl's 1.5x Physical in Artemis 1 and 2 because that's a 65 skill. But you have access to all your skill slots so it's not like you only have two extra skill slots in tier 1.
Tier 1 level is 25.
Tier 2 level is 45.
Tier 3 level is 65.
In general
Sorman, Kuscah, Rikken (Heal All, Control Time)
vs. Artemis
Swords with Giga/Teraswords, Anti-Poison, Levitate
Zuzu (Thousand Ray Sword, Evasive Arts, Terasword)
Korin (Buffs swords)
Gatz (Levitation, Treasure Hunter)
Ellvern (Antidote, Levitation, Control Time Chain)
Zaffitte (Antidote, Levitation)
Gugba (SS Sword, Terasword)
Sheena (Control Time, Cleansing Caper)
Bahl (1.5x Physical, Terasword)
Grace/Nakupi (-Def Wild Beast, all the enemies in Artemis are Wild Beast)
Eileen (Levitation, Panacea)
Reijin (higher then average chance to inflict ailments, Terasword)
Don't take Spears, they are really squishy.
vs. Chaos
Lighting, Anti-Darkness, Anti-Paralysis
Jennish (SS Lightning mage)
Alika (S Lighting, Treasure Hunter)
Pupropu (S Lighting mage)
Samatha (SS Lightning)
Kana (Paralysis Guard, Locomotion, Heal All)
Bonna (Paralysis Guard, Locomotion)
Ba'gunar (Anti-Dark Capsules, Paralysis Ward)
Tiamat (well, on tier 1 and 2, he has Tempest)
Sampui (+Mag Def Dark, Control Time)
Sh'berdan/Maralme (Lightning Damage) but I've been told it's negligible so I might as well bring another healer instead.
Yeah, I know the list is frontloaded with SS and S ranks. Tier 1 and Tier 2 can afford improvisation with solid movement but Tier 3, gonna need at least some of the recommended characters, especially the top ones. I'm sure it's theoretically possible to beat Artemis 3 without Zuzu's Evasive Arts or Chaos 3 without Jennish being a thunderstorm but at least the times I tried it, I didn't succeed unless someone on the team had one. Korin's +Def contribution is probably essential too, it's just not as dramatically flashy as seeing OHKO missiles display MISS.