Talk:Chrome Gawain/@comment-115.133.60.53-20150318045303/@comment-1419424-20150318055530

What skills do you have in your current build? Try and get Firm Stand (ふんばり) and Auto Guard (オートガード) at the very least; this will drastically increase your survivability. Firm Stand ensures you will be left with 1 HP if you are hit with an attack that would otherwise kill you as long as you're at 51 HP or higher, and Auto Guard does just as its name implies (it can't auto Just Guard, though).

Also, use the Personal Ability portal to get Firm Stand and Medic II ( 名医 II) on as many of your allies as you can. IIRC, Medic II counts as a level 10 Medic skill, meaning that Link Aids from allies will be literally instantaneous.

For just that little extra bit of damage, mod +1 skills onto your weapons. Every +1 skill added will permanently increase your weapon's overall attack by 1% even if you overwrite that skill later, and it can go up to +30, meaning a permanent passive 30% attack boost. This also applies to shields, meaning you can get up to +30% defense.

Overall just pay attention to your skills and DON'T NEGLECT BUILDING YOUR ALLIES.