Be Smart About Boosting Attacks
Octopath Traveler Beginner Tips
Octopath Traveler features a boosting system where you can save up BP during each turn, then boost your attacks by several levels to deal a ton of damage. For physical attacks, boosting allows you to attack multiple times. This is extremely useful for breaking an enemy’s guard and leaving them stunned for a turn. However, you don’t get multiple attacks with elemental spells. Instead, boosting magic will simply increase the damage of that one attack. As a general rule of thumb, you should always break an enemy’s guard before unleashing a boosted magical attack in Octopath Traveler.
As you get further into Octopath Traveler, you might find that it’s also wiser not to waste your BP trying to break an enemy’s guard quickly. This is especially true for boss fights, where bosses can start charging up for their next attack. If you’re completely out of BP when this happens, you won’t be able to break their guard before the next turn, and this will allow the boss to deal massive damage to your party. Sometimes it might be wiser to only expend BP in cases of emergency, or only when their guard is broken, so you can maximize your critical damage.
Don’t forget that healing abilities can also be boosted for extra effectiveness.
