Brands

This contains information on how to obtain Brands and their set effects. This also includes information on recommended Brands and each of their stats and options. Hopefully the information provided of Brands is of use when you're equipping them in SMT D2.

About Brands
''' Brands are items that increase stats of demons. There are 5 parts of Brands: head, right arm, left arm, torso and legs. Rarity of the Brands are 1 star to 6 stars. The higher the rarity, the higher the stats of the Brand.

Additionally, if you have a few of the same type of Brand equipped, this adds further to the demon's stats, and even enhances the effects of defending against status ailments.

 == Effective ways to obtaining Brands ''' ==

Quest	 |  Brands you can obtain

Sloth 	 |  War, Guard, Speed, Life

Deceit	 | Sick, Spell, Shield, Ward

You can get Brands through Brands of Sin, at Demon Buster. Brands you can obtain are separated into different types, so head on to a quest for the type you'd like to get.

The higher the difficulty of the quests, the higher the rarity of Brands you can obtain. Do take note that for Divine Brands, you can only obtain it from Black Market.

For advanced players, head to "Aura Gate"

If your party is strong enough to handle farming around in Aura Gate at 40F and above, then head there.

Besides being able to get 6-stars and above Brands, you can also get lots of Magnetite, and 4-star demons. It's a better choice compared to farming only at Brands of Sin.

Make sure to check Black Market

As you upgrade to increase the grade of Black Market, the rarity of the Brands sold increases.

You can obtain Divine Brands, which are only available through Black Market. You can also take your pick for which Brand you want as you can see the main option and sub option.

Refreshing Brand choices not recommended

At Black Market, the lineup of items in the store is refreshed after some time, but you can use gems to refresh it immediately.

We do not recommend you continuously refreshing it with gems to get the Brand that you want. It's much better to keep the gems for recovering stamina or Summon, and collect Brands via Aura Gate or Brands of Sin.

== Brands Set effect  ==

Each Brand has its set effect. Your demons will gain in this when they have a few equipped.

For example, equipping 3 Spell Brands will increase the demon's Mag ATK, so it's a good set effect for magic attackers.

Set		 |  Set effect	 	 |   No. needed for set effect

War		 |  Phys ATK +15%		 |   3 pieces

Guard		 |  Phys DEF +20%		 |   2 pieces

Speed		 |  Speed +15%		 |   2 pieces

Life		 |  HP +25%		 |   3 pieces

Sick		 |  Ailment Infliction +20%		 |   3 pieces

Spell		 |  Mag ATK +15% 	 |   3 pieces

Shield		 |  Mag DEF +20%		 |   2 pieces

Ward		 |  Auto Barrier		 |   2 pieces (duplicates have no effect)

Divine		 |  MP auto-recovery +1		 |   3 pieces

Aim | Phys AC +10% | 2 pieces

Dodge | Phys EV +10% | 2 pieces

Heal | Healing amount +30% | 2 pieces

Lead | Order +1 | 2 pieces

Duplication of Set effects

Those that are 2 piece sets (where all 4 parts have the same 2 piece set) will have their effects duplicated. So keep in mind that 2 piece sets can have their set effects duplicated, except for Ward Brands.

Main Option (per part) Part	Main Option Effect Head	HP [amt]

Each Brand has its own stats that will raise the demon's stats when equipped. These are the main and sub-options. Match the stats they boost with the demon's stats and you can enhance their strengths as well as define their roles.

== Option effects & stats  ==

 == Choosing Brands ''' ==

 == Recommended ways to equip Brands ''' ==