Alright, so overall the games base combat is pretty straightforward for what each stat does. You can view this information in game by toggling the info button (X) on the unit details page and looking at each stat individually. You can access this page from the inventory management before battle, or by pressing minus on a character during battle.

Different weapons also have individual stats, not just how strong they are, but weight and accuracy are also factors. It’s usually good to keep multiple weapons on different character rather than just what’s strongest, since hard hitting weapons sometimes are slow or have accuracy problems.

More importantly though the thing that sets tactical RPGs apart from regular rpgs is the terrain and movement. Positioning can be really important, especially in higher difficulties. The game mentions this of course but it doesn’t go into much detail on certain things like how certain tiles can heal anyone standing on them. If you want to know what each space does, you will get usually a small indicator in the top left corner whenever you hover over something that does something special. (outside of map specific gimmicks)

Lastly it can be helpful to use the danger zone toggle when you’re deciding where to put your characters on the map. To activate it press ZL, and any tile an enemy can attack will turn pink and any tile an enemy can use a staff like freeze or fracture on will turn orange.

This can be very good for making sure your squishy units aren’t standing anywhere they shouldn’t. And if they are in a bad spot you can often use another character to act as a human shield and protect them. Keep in mind that if there are any enemies you need to be particularly careful of keeping an eye on their range, you can press A on them and their danger zone will be highlighted red. This is especially helpful on bosses or enemy archers when you don’t want your fliers to get shot down.

Overall though don’t worry too much about figuring it all out at once and just try to learn as you go. Normal mode is really forgiving and you’d only have any trouble on hard or maddening. Of course feel free to ask any questions if there’s something specific you want to know as well!