Tactics

Maintain a Safe Distance for Artes Casting

As a master of long-range combat, it’s essential that Rowen be able to cast his artes from a position far from the front lines. If an enemy is approaching Rowen, immediately cancel any arte you’re casting and perform a strategic retreat. The Meteoric Waltz arte comes in handy for this; use it when an enemy has reached a position around one quick-step away to stagger the foe while Rowen propels himself backwards. Perform a back-step as soon as you land to put even more space between Rowen and his enemy.

Make aggressive use of Rowen’s Arte Tuning to deal additional hits to his foes.

Artes-Empowering Skills

Skill	Effect When Active
Continued Channeling	Continue to hold after completing the casting of an arte to increase its power. Hold it for 4 seconds to achieve the maximum 2x power.
Speed Cast	Reduces casting times by 10%.
Abrupt Cast	Rowen can’t use Arte Tuning, but his Recovery time after casting an arte is reduced.
Queued Spellcasting	After canceling the casting of a spirit arte, if you cast the same arte, you’ll resume the casting process where you left off.
Absolute Reduction	Whenever you cast a spirit arte, there’s a 10% chance it will cost no TP.
Power Charge	If you guard or use Magic Guard for 0.75 seconds, the next arte you use in a combo will cost 25% less TP and provide +1 AC.
TP Reversal	50% of the last TP cost spent will gradually regenerate.

Crowd Tactics—Drown Your Foes with a Series of Tidal Waves

Rowen’s powerful Tidal Wave arcane arte hits every enemy on the battlefield, and if you use the skills listed below to make it even stronger, you can win almost any normal battle simply by repeatedly casting it. The Queued Spellcasting skill is of particular importance, as it allows Rowen to pick up the casting process where he left off if he ever has to cancel to evade an incoming foe. That makes it possible to cast Tidal Wave on even the most chaotic of battlefields.

When farming for gald or EXP, continuously casting Tidal Wave is a good way to score quick battlefield victories.

Special—Gain a Combat Advantage in an “Opportune Moment”

When the Opportune Moment skill is active, Rowen will freeze time whenever he evades an attack with a back-step. This will provide an ample opening to get away or cast a spirit arte, so you should try to use evasive back-steps whenever enemies draw near. Note that this is a Linked Skill, so you can get more value out of it by partnering with a character like Jude, who has a long window of invincibility when back-stepping.

Linking with allies will provide more opportunities to freeze time, so link as much as you can!

Special—Pairing Conservation with Overclocked

The effects of Overclocked and Conservation do stack, netting you a 20% boost in artes damage with a 10% TP cost penalty. Since having both active at once mostly cancels out the drawbacks of each, it’s a good idea to activate them together.