Building your first party in Emberfall Saga

Emberfall Saga throws a lot of characters at you early, and it's tempting to spread your resources across all of them. Don't. For the first few chapters, pick three you like and lean into them.

We found a front-line fighter, one healer and one damage-dealer covers almost every early encounter. Positioning matters more than raw stats here, so keep your healer out of the back row where enemy archers love to camp.

The game lets you respec cheaply, which is a gift. If a fight keeps wiping you, it's usually a build problem, not a skill problem. We turned our default healer into a debuffer and suddenly the chapter two boss went down in three turns.

Save your rare upgrade materials until you're sure who your keepers are. The game teases new recruits constantly, and it's easy to waste everything on someone you'll bench by chapter four.