When dealing with troublesome enemies in Metaphor: ReFantazio, a Synthesis skill might be handy as they're naturally much stronger than your regular abilities. These special moves are harder to use, but the combined effort of your party members gives a huge payoff during battles.

You'll come across Synthesis moves early in the game, and building your team around them is a viable strategy for going through the game's various dungeons. They can also be made stronger as you approach the end-game, so learning how to use them effectively is almost mandatory.

How To Use Synthesis

Synthesis is unlocked on June 11 once Hulkenberg joins the party. After choosing Synthesis on the battle command wheel, you can pick any available skills to use immediately. They cost more MP than normal but are equally stronger.

They also cost one Turn Icon per character involved. Most require two characters, but certain Synthesis require three characters, costing you three Turns at once. Synthesis cannot be used if a character is down or inflicted any Ailment.

All involved characters need the correct Archetype equipped and the required MP cost, so be careful not to be drained out of it early into a dungeon. Some Synthesis requires multiple of the same Archetype line to activate.

The Prince Archetype is unique, as it can replace any other Archetype in a Synthesis. It also has access to the game's strongest Synthesis and can also (symbolically) use a Synthesis from each of your party members' main Archetypes.

Synthesis can miss just like any other attack, rendering multiple of your turns useless. But if you strike a weakness or critical hit, you get multiple Half Turn Icons equaling how many Icons were used in the move.

Some items and skills will alter a Synthesis' cost and strength, making them more effective. These are:

Name	Type	Effect	How To Get
Chain of Bonds	Accessory	Reduces the number of characters for Synthesis requiring the same Archetype tree.	Varmareno Coliseum Silver Rank I
Utilitarian's Manual	Accessory	Reduces Turn Icon cost for Synthesis by one.	Buy from Magic Shops at night (Alonzo Rank 6)
Overlord's Sash	Accessory	Triples Synthesis MP cost, but increases its strength.	Varmareno Coliseum Gold Rank I
Arcane Unity	Skill	Increases Synthesys strength and hit rate.	Wizard Rank 20
Magic Link	Skill	Reduces Synthesis MP cost by half.	Elemental Master Rank 12

These effects will only take place if the equipped character is the one initiating Synthesis.

How To Unlock New Synthesis

Most Synthesis are unlocked by default, and are available as soon as you add the correct Archetype combinations to your party. They usually have unique animations or small cutscenes to add some flavor.

Some Synthesis can only be learned after obtaining specific skills. Kandera won't be available until Mages get Kande at Rank 6, for example. Synthesis Kandera is also identical damage-wise to regular Kandera from Wizard.

The Summoner tree Synthesis is unique, as it requires obtaining specific Vessels from More to get new Synthesis (similar to creating masks for Masked Dancer).

All Synthesis List

Teams built around using Synthesis can be very powerful, especially if you have the correct skills and equipment combinations. The Overlord's Sash Magic Link combo is great for longer battles, for example, but Magic Link isn't needed if you can finish the battle quickly.

Severe attacks are stronger than Extreme, so they should be your priority when choosing which Synthesis to use.

All Seeker Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Rider of the Blade	Heavy Physical Light damage to one target	Seeker	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Horse-Drawn Carnage	Heavy Physical Strike damage to one target	Seeker/Magic Seeker	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Gacyc	Weak Magic Wind damage to all enemies	Seeker	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Cyc skill.
Matarukaja	All allies' attack increase (3 turns)	Seeker	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines and Tarukaja skill.
Adventurer's Curiosity	All allies' critical rate increase (3 turns)	Seeker/Magic Seeker	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.
Gacyclo	Medium Magic Wind damage to all enemies	Seeker/Magic Seeker	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Cyclo skill.
Tetrabreak	Negates enemy's Repel Physical skill	Seeker/Magic Seeker/Soul Hacker	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines
Fireblade Rider	Extreme Physical Fire Damage to one target	Magic Seeker	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Heat Riser	Increases Attack/Defence/Hit/Evasion for one ally (3 turns)	Magic Seeker	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.
Gacyclone	Heavy Magic Wind damage to all enemies	Magic Seeker	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Cyclone skill.
Soulblade Rider	Severe Physical Almighty damage to one target, absorbs MP	Soul Hacker	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Winning Horse	Severe Physical Strike damage to one target	Soul Hacker	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Cyclone Slasher	Heavy Magic Wind damage to one enemy	Soul Hacker	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Trial of the Seeker	Extreme Magic Almighty damage to all enemies, restores MP	Soul Hacker	Warrior, Thief of Masked Dancer lines.

All Prince Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Royal Sword	Severe Physical Almighty damage to one target. Increased damage against Humans	Prince	Any
Argameddon's Final Sire	Deals 9999 damage to all enemies	Prince	Any four Royal Archetypes and Chronicle of the End item.
Wind Blade	Extreme Physical Wind damage to all enemies	Prince	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.
Blackguard's Hammer	Severe Physical Dark damage to one target and gives them a Dark one-time weakness	Prince	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines.
Fire Art	Extreme Magic Fire damage to one target with a chance of Burn	Prince	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Sable Dance	Gives an one-time weakness to Dark to all enemies	Prince	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines.
Hadean Icecrag	Extreme Magic Ice damage to all enemies	Prince	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Wild Bore	Extreme Physical Pierce damage to one target and decreases their Attack by two stages for 3 turns	Prince	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.

While the Prince is technically a powered-up Seeker Archetype, it is unique enough to justify separating it from the main Seeker line.

Chronicle of the End is unlocked by leveling four Royal Archetypes to Rank 20 and speaking with More.

All Mage Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Gabot	Weak Magic Fire damage to all enemies	Mage	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Bot skill.
Botra	Medium Magic Fire damage to one target	Mage	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Bot skill.
Gabotra	Medium Magic Fire damage to all enemies	Wizard	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Botra skill.
Boatona	Heavy Magic Fire damage to one target	Wizard	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Botra skill.
Gabouat	Heavy Magic Fire damage to all enemies	Elemental Master	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Gablizz	Weak Magic Ice damage to all enemies	Mage	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Blizz skill.
Blizza	Medium Magic Ice damage to one target	Mage	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Blizz skill.
Gablizza	Medium Magic Ice damage to all enemies	Wizard	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Blizzra skill.
Blizzaton	Heavy Magic Ice damage to one target	Wizard	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Blizzra skill.
Gablizzaton	Heavy Magic Ice damage to all enemies	Elemental Master	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Blizzaton skill.
Gakande	Weak Magic Electric damage to all enemies	Mage	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Kande skill.
Kandera	Medium Magic Electric damage to one target	Mage	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Kande skill.
Gakandera	Medium Magic Electric damage to all enemies	Wizard	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Kandera skill.
Kandeon	Heavy Magic Electric damage to one target	Wizard	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Kandera skill.
Gakandeon	Heavy Magic Electric damage to all enemies	Elemental Master	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Kandeon skill.
Meteophor	Severe Magic Fire damage to one target	Mage/Wizard/Elemental Master	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Makarabreak	Negates enemy's Repel Magic skill	Wizard/Elemental Master	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.
Skyfall Bolt	Severe Magic Electric damage to one target	Wizard/Elemental Master	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Precipice of the Abyss	Severe Magic Almighty damage to all enemies	Elemental Master	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Mamudodyne	Heavy Magic Dark damage to all enemies	Warlock	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Mudodyne skill.
Netherworld Tree	Extreme Magic Dark damage to all enemies	Warlock	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Lost Wall	Gives an one-time weakness to all elemental attacks to target.	Warlock	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.
Child of Death	Extreme Magic Dark damage to one target	Warlock	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines.

All Warrior Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Round Slash	Weak Physical Slash damage to all enemies	Warrior	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Bamboo Splitter	Heavy Physical Slash damage to one target, gives a Turn Icon if kills	Warrior/Swordmaster	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Peerless Stonecleaver	Severe Physical Slash damage to one target, gives a Turn Icon if kills	Warrior/Swordmaster/Samurai/Royal Warrior	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Vorpal Blade	Extreme Physical Slash damage to all enemies and lowers their Attack for 3 turns	Swordmaster	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Phantom Swordswarm	Medium Physical Slash damage to one target 4-6 times, gives a Turn Icon if kills	Swordmaster/Samurai/Royal Warrior	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines.
Crimson Moon Sword Art	Severy Physical Slash damage to all enemies with a chance of Charm	Samurai/Royal Warrior	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Wind Blade	Extreme Physical Wind damage to all enemies	Samurai	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.

All Knight Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Jump Thrust	Medium Physical Pierce damage to one target and lowers their Defense for 3 turns	Knight	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Protect Guard	Negates one Slash/Pierce/Strike attack for an ally	Knight/Magic Knight	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Magic Guard	Negates one Elemental attack for an ally	Knight/Magic Knight/Paladin	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Hammer of Justice	Heavy Physical Pierce damage to one target and gives them a Pierce one-time weakness	Knight/Magic Knight/Paladin	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines.
Marakukaja	Increase Defense of all allies for 3 turns	Magic Knight	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines and Rakukaja skill.
Leap Thrust	Heavy Physical Pierce damage to one target and lowers their defense for 3 turns	Magic Knight	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Magic Knight's Hammer	Extreme Physical Electric damage to one target and gives them an Electric one-time weakness	Magic Knight/Paladin	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.
Flying Guard Thrust	Extreme Physical Pierce damage to one target and lowers their defense for 3 turns	Paladin/Dark Knight	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Crusader's Hammer	Severe Physical Light damage to one target and gives them a Light one-time weakness	Paladin	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines.
Peerless Sanctity	Severe Physical Light damage to all enemies and decreases their Attack/Defense/Hit/Evasion for 3 turns	Paladin/Royal Knight	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Line Guard	Negates one Physical attack for an ally	Paladin	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Blackguard's Hammer	Severe Physical Dark damage to one target and gives them a Dark one-time weakness	Dark Knight	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines.
Peerless Shadow	Severe Physical Dark damage to all enemies and decreases their Attack/Defense/Hit/Evasion for 3 turns	Dark Knight/Royal Knight	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Ultimate Guard	Negates one non-Almighty attack for all allies	Royal Knight	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.

All Thief Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Mamudo	Light Magic Dark damage to all enemies	Thief	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Mudo skill.
Mamudoon	Medium Magic Dark damage to all enemies	Thief	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Mudoon skill.
Fire Art	Extreme Magic Fire damage to one target with a chance of Burn	Ninja	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Ice Art	Extreme Magic Ice damage to one target with a chance of Frostbite	Ninja	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Godkiller	Extreme Physical Dark damage to one target with a high chance of one-hit killing	Assassin/Ninja	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.
Phantom Tracer	Extreme Physical Slash damage to one target and removes buff effects	Thief/Assassin	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines.
Bloodrain Twin Ninpo	Severe Physical Slash damage to one target and removes all types of buffs (including Repel)	Ninja	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.

All Masked Dancer Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Hellfire Dance	Gives an one-time weakness to Fire to all enemies	Masked Dancer/Persona Master	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Ice-Blue Dance	Gives an one-time weakness to Ice to all enemies	Masked Dancer/Persona Master	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Sable Dance	Gives an one-time weakness to Dark to all enemies	Masked Dancer/Persona Master	Warrior, Thief or Masked Dancer lines.
Danse Macabre	High chance of one-hit killing all enemies	Masked Dancer/Persona Master	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.
Masquerade Charge	Increases the strength of all allies' next Physical attack.	Persona Master/Royal Masked Dancer	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.

All Summoner Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Summon Lizardman	Extreme Physical Electric damage to one target and lowers their defence for 3 turns	Summoner	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Summon Undead King	Severe Magic Dark damage to one target with an one-hit-kill chance	Summoner	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines and Gravelord Vessel item.
Summon Eagle Lion King	Extreme Magical Wind damage to all enemies and lowers their attack by two stages for 3 turns	Summoner	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Summon Dragon God	Severe Magic Fire damage to all enemies and removes their buffs	Summoner	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Priestess Heart item.
Summon Guptauros King	Medium Physical Strike damage to all enemies 1-3 times	Summoner	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines and Minotaur Vessel item.
Summon Kishin	Medium Magical Electric damage to one target 2-4 times	Devil Summoner	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Summon Deity	Extreme Magic Light damage to all enemies with a chance of Daze	Devil Summoner	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines and Conch Shell Vessel item.
Summon Fury	Extreme Magic Strike damage to all enemies, decreases their attack and defense for 3 turns	Devil Summoner	Knight, Healer or Commander lines and Trident Vessel item.
Summon Tyrant	Severe Magic Almighty damage to all enemies with a chance of Hex	Devil Summoner	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines and Buzzling Fly Vessel item.
Hadean Icecrag	Extreme Magic Ice damage to all enemies	Devil Summoner	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.

All Berserker Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Rampage Slash	Extreme Physical Slash damage to one target, ignores resistances	Berserker/Destroyer	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Wild Bore	Extreme Physical Pierce damage to one target and decreases their Attack by two stages for 3 turns	Berserker/Destroyer	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Wanton Destruction	Extreme Physical Strike damage to one target and gives them a Strike one-time weakness	Berserker/Destroyer	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Battlecry Tackle	Heavy Physical Strike damage to all enemies 1-3 times, ignores resistances	Berserker/Destroyer	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.
Deadly Eraser	Severe Physical Almighty damage to one target and removes all types of buffs (including Repels)	Destroyer	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines.

All Gunner Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Wild Barrage	Medium Physical Pierce damage to all enemies 2-3 times. Only available from back row	Gunner	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Mania Bullet	Heavy Physical Pierce damage to one target and inflicts a one-time weakness to Slash/Pierce/Strike. Only available from back row	Gunner/Sniper/Dragoon	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.
Myriad Shots	Medium Physical Pierce damage to all enemies 3-5 times. Only available from back row	Sniper	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Bullet Barrage	Severe Physical Pierce damage to one target, ignores resistances. Only available from back row	Sniper/Dragoon	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Dragoroa	Extreme Magic Fire damage to one enemy with a chance of Burn. Only available from back row	Dragoon	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Coldragoroa	Extreme Magic Ice damage to one enemy with a chance of Frostbite. Only available from back row	Dragoon	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Draco Ray	Severe Magic Light damage to one enemy, ignores resistances. Only available from back row	Dragoon	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Thunder Fang	Extreme Magic Electric damage to all enemies.	Dragoon	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.
Masukukaja	All allies' Hit/Evasion increases for 3 turns	Gunner	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.

All Healer Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Mahama	Weak Magic Light damage to all enemies	Healer	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Hama skill.
Medica	Medium HP restore for all allies	Healer	Knight, Healer or Commander lines and Medi skill.
Magical Injection	Creates a barrier that nullifies one status ailment for all allies	Healer/Cleric/Savior	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines.
Mahamaon	Medium Magic Light damage to all enemies	Cleric	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Hamaon skill
Medicall	Heavy HP restore for all allies	Cleric	Knight, Healer or Commander lines and Medica skill
Godly Blessing	Revives all allies with full health	Cleric/Savior	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Mahamadyne	Heavy Magic Light damage to all enemies	Savior	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines and Hamadyne skill.
Divine Punishment	Extreme Magic Light damage to all enemies and inflicts a one-time Light weakness	Savior	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines.

All Brawler Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Meteor Fist	Weak Physical Strike damage to all enemies 1-3 times	Brawler	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Energy Ray	Heavy Physical Light damage to one target. Damage increases the higher your remaining HP	Brawler	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Tiger Eruption Fist	Weak Physical Strike damage to all enemies 2-4 times	Pugilist	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Super Energy Ray	Extreme Physical Light damage to one target. Damage increases the higher your remaining HP	Pugilist	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Boltburst First	Medium Physical Electric damage to all enemies 2-4 times	Martial Artist	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines.
Ultimate Energy Ray	Severe Physical Light damage to one target. Damage increases the higher your remaining HP	Martial Artist	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Bodhisattva's Palm	Severe Physical Strike damage to one target and inflicts a one-time Strike weakness. Damage increases the higher your remaining HP	Martial Artist	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.

All Faker Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Matarunda	Decreases Attack for all enemies (3 turns)	Faker	Knight, Healer or Commander lines and Tarunda skill.
Marakunda	Decreases Defense for all enemies (3 turns)	Faker	Knight, Healer or Commander lines and Rakunda skill.
Masukunda	Decreases Hit/Evasion for all enemies (3 turns)	Faker	Knight, Healer or Commander lines and Sukunda skill.
Debilitate	Decreases Attack/Defence/Hit/Evasion for one target (3 turns)	Faker/Trickster	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.
Free Juggling	Weak Physical Almighty damage to all enemies, no MP cost	Faker/Trickster	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Miracle Cirque	Extreme Physical Almighty damage to all enemies, no MP cost	Trickster	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines Knight, Healer or Commander lines.

All Commander Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
Blusterblast Maneuver	Extreme Magic Fire damage to all enemies and decreases their Hit/Evasion for 3 turns	Commander/General/Warlord	Mage, Masked Dancer or Summoner lines.
Icewolf Offensive	Extreme Magic Ice damage to one target	General/Warlord	Seeker, Mage or Healer lines.
Eureka Moment	Extreme Magic Fire damage to all enemies with a chance of Burn. Ignores resistances	Warlord	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.
Assault Beacon	Increases Attack/Defence/Hit/Evasion for all alies for 3 turns	Commander/General	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.
Dynast Formation	Increases Attack/Defence/Hit/Evasion for all alies by three ranks for 3 turns	Warlord	Seeker, Knight or Commander lines.
Healing Shelter Formation	Recovers 10% of all allies' HP each turn for 3 turns	General/Warlord	Knight, Healer or Commander lines.
Megido	Medium Magic Almighty damage to all enemies	Commander	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Megidola	Heavy Magic Almighty damage to all enemies	General/Warlord	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines.
Megidolaon	Extreme Magic Almighty damage to all enemies	Warlord	Gunner, Faker or Summoner lines and Megidola skill

All Merchant Synthesis

Synthesis Name	Effect	Base Archetype	Ally Archetypes & Requirements
All Reset	Removes buffs from enemies	Merchant/Tycoon	Thief, Faker or Merchant lines.
Money Power	Increases all stats of one ally by three stages (3 turns)	Tycoon	Gunner, Masked Dancer or Berserker lines. Costs money.
Fortune Slots	Deals Critical Physical Almighty damage to one target with low Hit Rate	Merchant/Tycoon	Brawler, Merchant or Summoner lines. Costs money.
Golder Soldier	Extreme Physical Almighty damage to all enemies	Tycoon	Warrior, Brawler or Berserker lines. Costs money.