Originally Posted by fluffs

If you have it in the opposite order, single-target skills can finish off one of the enemies, halving the damage your aoe spells do.

It just doesn't have any sense. If girl with single target skill can finish enemy by herself then she won't deal all dmg she's able to if she attack enemy weakened by girl with aoe skill. Either way one of them won't be using her full potential. However if girl with single target skill would be after girl with aoe skill then it might happen she'll use her skill on almost dead enemy while other enemy would have more hp.

Originally Posted by Saertis

It just doesn't have any sense. If girl with single target skill can finish enemy by herself then she won't use her full potential (deal all dmg she's able to) if aoe girl weaken enemy she'll attack. Either way one of them won't be using her full potential. However if girl with single target skill would be after aoe girl then it can happen she'll use her skill on almost dead enemy.

I can think of a contrived situation where it would be useful to have AOE first. If your AOE girl and your single target girl can both take out a target, it's better to have your AOE go first so that your single target can hit another enemy. Otherwise, your single target hits the enemy which would have been eliminated by the AOE anyways.

Originally Posted by MiqDoloran

I can think of a contrived situation where it would be useful to have AOE first. If your AOE girl and your single target girl can both take out a target, it's better to have your AOE go first so that your single target can hit another enemy. Otherwise, your single target hits the enemy which would have been eliminated by the AOE anyways.

That's true. I've pictured all enemies with around the same power. I didn't considered e.g. boss and adds scenario. But it doesn't mean aoe girls should be always first since it depends on situation squad'll be in.

Originally Posted by Saertis

That's true. I've pictured all enemies with around the same power. I didn't considered e.g. boss and adds scenario. But it doesn't mean aoe girls should be always first since it depends on situation squad'll be in.

Simply put, there are some situations where it's beneficial to put AOE girls first and there are situations where it doesn't matter either way. However, there are no situations where it's beneficial to put single target girls first. So effectively, you might as well put the AOE girls first anyway, since it never hurts to do so, but is occasionally beneficial.

Guys...Flower Knight Girl as it is right now isn't that difficult. Just play for a while, upgrade and evolve your girls, and all of these distinctions will become utterly meaningless. Endgame is completely doable without worrying about attack order or skill synergies. Helper squads are simple...sort by power level, then swap in any specialty girls like Chocolate Cosmos, Toad Lily, or Lilac if you want to (Edelweiss likely already be there). That's it.

I know some people like to figure out how to be optimal, but in this case it's like calculating the force needed to snap Legos together when any kid can tell you the answer is 'not enough to care what the number is.'

Originally Posted by Drip

However, there are no situations where it's beneficial to put single target girls first.

That's if you consider only 3 target aoe girls and single target ones. But there're also 2 target aoe skills. That way it can happen that single target girl attack enemy hit by both 3 and 2 target aoe girls instead of go for that one who wasn't hit by later type of aoe skills. That's definitely not beneficial.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Guys...Flower Knight Girl as it is right now isn't that difficult. [...] I know some people like to figure out how to be optimal, but in this case it's like calculating the force needed to snap Legos together when any kid can tell you the answer is 'not enough to care what the number is.'

Kids doesn't care because all they want is to play. Thare're some people who like to think about stuffs.

Originally Posted by Saertis

That's if you consider only 3 target aoe girls and single target ones. But there're also 2 target aoe skills. That way it can happen that single target girl attack enemy hit by both 3 and 2 target aoe girls instead of go for that one who wasn't hit by later type of aoe skills. That's definitely not beneficial.

It makes no difference in that scenario though, if they aren't capable of killing. If you reverse the orders of attacks without changing the targets, the single target will hit the one enemy and then the AoE girls will double up on it and the end result is the same.

A scenario where it does help to have a single target go before the 2 target is this: let's say you have Orchid and Edelweiss vs 3 pests, two strong and one weak. Your Orchid can kill the weak pest without Edelweiss's help but neither of them can take down the strong pest in one turn, even if they both attack it, and Edelweiss can't kill the weak pest on her own. So the optimal targeting is Orchid vs the weak pest, and Edelweiss vs the two strong ones.

If Orchid goes first, the probability you will get optimal targeting is 1/3 (Orchid picks the right target) * 1 (if Orchid picked the right target, killing it, Edelweiss will always AoE the other two)

If Edelweiss goes first, the probability you get optimal targeting is 1/3 (Edelweiss picks the two strong pests) * 1/3 (Orchid picks the weak pest) = 1/9.

So in that very specific example Orchid before Edelweiss gives you better results. In general though I would recommend AoE first as others have said.

Originally Posted by Miu

It makes no difference in that scenario though, if they aren't capable of killing.

Originally Posted by fluffs

If you have it in the opposite order, single-target skills can finish off one of the enemies, halving the damage your aoe spells do.

Since he/she didn't mention that about aoe grils I always considered that single target can finish by herself while aoe can't.

Originally Posted by Miu

So in that very specific example Orchid before Edelweiss gives you better results. In general though I would recommend AoE first as others have said.

After MiqDoloran's post I realized that I though earlier of one scenario (all enemies are equally strong) while that isn't always true. After all I said:

Originally Posted by Saertis

But it doesn't mean aoe girls should be always first since it depends on situation squad'll be in.

Now after this discussion I agree that mostly it's better to have aoe first but I don't think it shouldn't be mentioned that there're situations where it isn't true.

Originally Posted by Saertis

Kids doesn't care because all they want is to play. Thare're some people who like to think about stuffs.

Damn kids, ruining my competitive FKG esports without thinking about stuffs!
They just don't understand how much skill these hentai games take!

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