Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25294051-20150524201240/@comment-25209037-20150531054642

Its actually up to you. Questing doesn't really need overpowered damage so using BC buffs first is recommended for BB gauge sustain.

Raids and Trials are different though, you want to inflict as much damage as early as possible. That means elemental buffs/crit buffs first, its ultimately up to you, followed by BC buff, then ATK buff, or DEF ignore if you have one, finally spark.

Reason why BC buff is in the middle is that crits and sparks also increase BC drop rate, just exactly how much is not known.


 * dmg buffs first or try to do the most spark you can

The answer to this actually depend on on your unit composition.

Good sparking units are of the extreme both ends, having high hit count (~20ish+: Claire, Endless users, Vocaloids, Feeva, Rosetta, Elza) extremely low hit count (-5: Mifune, Dilma, Hogar, Mariudeth). Sparking is also more troublesome, requiring you to ovbserve unit attack animation, adjust unit attacking order, hit sequence and delays, etc.

On the other hand bruiser squads, squads that deal raw damage, doesn't have that comlexity. You just buff them and fire away. This is why dual Amano +Geldnie/Steeple equipped Maxwell leads + 40/50/60% crit buffer is sometimes preferred over Kira/Colt, since Maxwell's Endless is good for sparking and with the high crit buff from Kuda/Orna/Duel-SGX/Colt/Kira means the succeeding units will get high crit chance. All you have to do is activate the Maxwells' SBB first, followed by the crit buffer, and the remaining units.