You get 50% of the skill increase if an ally performs the action.
When Sam uses a skill (He has the highest skill in the available allies.) he gets 100% of the increase.

-Timeslip [developer]

8 points in Bypass = 32
1 point in trade = 25
5 points in Presence = 29

You will be left with one skill point. You can use it in any skill, but Firearms make a lot of sense.

With this setup Sam will have the highest Bypass, Trade, Presence and Surveillance in your Assault Team. You need to use Emilia + Edgar + Caia.

Since Sam will be the one using the 4 above skills, the four skills will increase fast. When your skills increase fast, Sam level faster and therefore the whole team.

Sam will primely use trauma kit when anyone needs healing, If not Sam will use close combat and Firearms. He will miss a lot earlier but even miss will increase the skills.

If you try this High Risk fast level up build without knowing the game well, this can backfire on you since in the beginning Sam will be weaker, and you have to use specific Allies at the start.

This guide has been tested with V1.04 in Hard boiled and will also work with easier difficulty and can probably work for Hero.




2 points in Bypass = 32
1 point in trade = 25
5 points in Presence = 29
6 points in Surveillance = 33

You will be left with one skill point. You can use it in either Firearms or Medicine. You could put it in Crafting, but that will make sense only if you intend to put future level up skill point all in crafting.

With this setup you have a possibility to also go for highest Medicine and / or Crafting.

With this setup Sam will have the highest Bypass, Trade, Presence and Surveillance in your Assault Team. You need to use Emilia + Edgar + Caia.

Since Sam will be the one using the 4 above skills, the four skills will increase fast. When your skills level fast, Sam level faster and therefore the whole team.

Sam will primely use trauma kit when anyone needs healing, If not Sam will use close combat and Firearms. He will miss a lot earlier but even miss will increase the skills.

Do not raise her Medecine, put all in Firearms. We want Sam to have the highest Medecine.
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We send Arcadi on mission until Sam has higher trade and presence. At that point you can use Arcadi in your assault team or leave him at home for base building.


You will not use Elena is your assault team until Sam has a higher surveillance than her.
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You will not use Ray is your assault team until Sam has a higher Bypass than him.

You want to increase your AP / Max AP

You need to raise Toughness to 4 or 8. When you have 6 you should take AP Bank for an instant +2 max ap.

Fleetness to 8 (if you want Atheltic) or Fleetness to 10. You can also decide to leave it at 7 (You will get +1 with the GYM).

You also want Instinct to 8 or 10 to have good perks for your firearms.


There is also Uplift! perk that can give a one time +1 stat.

If you put all your +4 skill points in Firearms. You will become very good with them in no times.

You could go into making Sam the best at one more skills either Medicine or Crafting.
This will require a lot of level up skill points to be spend to be better than Emilia or Edgar.
This should be attempted only in Hard boiled or easier by a player who has already beaten hard boiled.

If you have the required crafting skills to craft items and Edgar has a higher skill, you could send Edgar in a mission or have him rest (if wounded). So that Sam is the one who use is crafting.

If Sam does not have the highest Medicine skill (Emilia usually has more than Sam) you can have Emilia rest if wounded or send her in a mission.

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