【Liberator’s Manual】In-depth Brands

Brands have been a great help in defeating our opponents in the Dx2 Duel and also clearing the story quests and other dungeons. We are aware of its powers so, we’ll be digging deeper and get much more information about them.



First, we have to know where to get these different kinds of brands. Here is the list:

Sloth: Brands obtained here will be Speed, War, Life and Guard brands. Deceit: Spell, Ward, Sick and Shield brands can be gathered here.

Next will be the Set Effects. We’ll discuss them one by one. • War Brand - best used for physically focused demons. If you are thinking about adding a demon with physical attributes, then be sure to equip them with this brand.

• Guard Brand - provides additional defense to physical type of damages. One example of this is Hades Blast that is used by Ose. If you think you lack the Phys Def, then this is the brand you need.

• Speed Brand - as the name of the brand implies, it provides additional battle speed to the demon it is equipped to. Best used to agility type demons to maximize its use.

• Life Brand - gives additional HP to its bearer. Commonly used by tanky demons or demons with low hp.



• Sick Brand - grants additional chance in inflicting status ailments. A perfect brand for demons with skills that either charms, binds, curses, mutes, poisons or even a skill that weakens the enemies. • Spell Brand - increases the magic attack of demons it is equipped to. If you have demons that have offensive skills mainly focused on magic, then be sure to have them use this brand. • Shield Brand - creates an additional layer of protection against magic attacks. Equip this brand to demons with weak defense against magic damage. • Ward Brand - gives immunity to status effects for three turns at the start of the battle. Equipping this to your demons can give a huge advantage to your team ‘cause of the immunity.



There is one set of Brand that wasn’t mentioned in the Brands of Sin. That’s because this brand can only be obtained in the Aura Gate.

• Divine Brand - this brand adds an additional 1 MP recovery at the start of a demon’s turn. An additional MP can really change the outcome of the battle ‘cause it can make you use a skill 1 turn earlier because of the added MP recovery.

A total of 2 set effects can be equipped depending on the set effect you want to equip. As per the screenshots above, the number of brand pieces needed is indicated per set effect. In our example, White Rider is equipped with the Life Brand which needs three brands with the same set and Ward Brand which needs two. You can equip up to five brands with it having 5 different parts, namely: Head, Left Arm, Right Arm, Body, and Legs. All can have different Main Attributes depending on the part of the brand. Next is the additional attributes. Enhancing a brand increases the main attribute per level. Reaching the brand levels 3,6, and 9 gives you additional attributes randomly per level indicated. There are two kinds of enhancement: • Enhance - this can be done when increasing a brand’s level from 1 to 9. This has a 100% chance of upgrading. • Enhance+ - increasing a brand’s level to 10 and above with a percent chance of failing. Success rate lessens as the brand’s level goes higher. An upgrade success will not just increase the main attribute but will also increase the sub-attribute (found under the main attribute with a pale color than the main.). Here is the list of attributes that can be obtained per body part. Take note of this to take the full advantage of Brands. Now you are well-equipped with this in-depth information about Brands. Utilize these and create the strongest demon in the game!

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