History VideoGame / UnisonLeague

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: A large portion of the playerbase couldn't care less about the events of the story. The translators for the English version have stated that the English item descriptions were removed because nobody read them.

* AmbidextrousSprite: Applies in full force for any asymmetrical outfit.
** Especially glaring for any eyepatches or hair clips.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: With a twist! The following classes all have skills learned with a currency called "Proficiency" earned from quests. However, you aren't stuck to one class, as you can mix and match all the abilities you've learned. Lancer using Ether Exchange? Sure! Mage using Imaginary Shot? Why not? Archer using Heaven's Breath? Go ahead! This can allow you to adapt to quests very well, such as using [[StatusBuffDispel]] Balancing on a boss that boosts its stats to insane levels, or Ether Exchange to give you that extra Cost to muscle through a boss.
** The Tank: The sword-wielding Soldier and secret Rook classes. The former has "Life Up" and "Heaven's Breath" abilities that increase health, and the latter has a DrawAggro ability that makes the entire party unable to die for a few seconds, but both are rather lacking in offensive techniques, suffering from some serious MagikarpPower, as neither get high powered moves until the later growth rings.

** The Resource Master: The Treasure Hunter is this, increasing the unit and Gold drop rate or applying particularly debilitating debuffs with its attacks, as well as being a veritable Swiss Army Knife on the non combat side, being able to refresh debuffs and status effects, increase allies Unison power, and more.
* AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecorating: A useful example: equipping better furniture boosts your stats and resistance to status ailments.
* ArmorAndMagicDontMix: Sort of; Any class can wear armor, but mages and clerics get passive stat boosts from wearing clothing-type gear.

* BagOfHolding: Applies to your inventory and equipable items, you can use as many items as you possibly can, and you'll only see one of each type of gear on your character.

* FakeDifficulty: For many bosses, their difficulty is merely their ability and the speed at which they buff and debuff, or their ability to apply special effects. The player's job is to figure out how to get around this.
** This actually works out quite well, since it forces players to be quick and smart about what moves to bring, when to heal, and when to Unison.

* GunsAreWorthless: Averted, Swords are typically wielded by Soldiers, who are not primarily designed for damage. Archers and Berserkers, who use guns, are some of the best damage dealers.
** Played straight with Soldiers, who have a designated anticlass advantage against Archers.

* ImpossibleItemDrop: Most every quest has mooks dropping a variety of low level clothing and weapon gear. Even things like jellyfish and birds.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Azure Weapons and Armor set: Generally high stats, great procs, look awesome. Can only be obtained by selling a ton of SSR gear to get recycle medals.
** It USED to be that you had to randomly sacrifice seven SSR gear pieces and hope the RNG gods give you one you can use; Now you can select which one you want, and they are renewable.

* KeystoneArmy: Downplayed. While the Cleric usually ensures survivability, it needs to rely on the other classes due to the lack of offensive moves.

* MascotMook: The Limimins are this for the game, appearing in lots of promotional artwork and Monster art. Strangely enough, they both function as TheGoomba and [[MetalSlime Metal Slimes]] of this game, the weak mook form coming in six elements, and having Gold, EXP, and Skill variants which are used for selling, augmenting gear, and skilling up gear, respectively. There are also Roshimin and Angelmin variants, which, while they can't be captured, can be felled to earn a ton of Proficiency and User EXP, respectively.

* OlympusMons: Most UR monsters, but especially the special ones that inflict high damage (Like Cleopatra or Tequila), buffs (The Planetary mons, specifically Mercury) or special effects (Mithra, which lets you revive with 60% hp instantly)

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: One stat for each class except Archers.
** Slightly also averted by the special classes, Treasure Hunter, Rook, and Berserker. They use either a mix of stats or can be built to different playstyles.

* StarterEquipment: You start with a set of low-level class gear and are given one SSR weapon for free. [[spoiler: it still sucks though.]]

* ATasteOfPower: Happens in the tutorial, where you are rescued by the "Master Guild," who show up and Unison Attack with fancy, exotic monsters, in stark contrast with your own basic gear.

* TurnRed: Bosses normally use weak attacks, until around half health or lower, when they start pulling out the big guns.
** Also a feature in the super United Offense quests, where the monster will go into a frenzy mode that restricts your Unison and buffs its stats.
* TwentyBearAsses: A common theme for event gear is for you to collect six versions of the same item to reforge it. Considering they're all rare random drops... good luck with that!

* WeBuyAnything: In a way. There is no vendor. You just sell the gear to the void and get gold from it.
* WhiteMage: The Cleric Class. To a lesser extent the Rook.

** At the end of Regovas has King Val sacrifice himself to prevent the corruption of his ether. The Brutel did not take it kindly and the tribes fell into disorder.
** At the start of the Sacred Land has Princess Matriace kidnapped by Celestials and both you and Filo were trapped in said Sacred Lands.
** At the end of the Granvia arc, Filo sacrifices herself to save Lord Falsa.

The plot goes as follows: You wake up an amnesiac in a field outside of Haumaforte, one of the biggest cities in the land. A girl named Filo appears, claiming she's your sister, and, seeing how you've [[BagOfSpilling lost all your combat prowess]], teaches you some basic fighting techniques. You then get called back to Haumaforte by Lord Falsa, leader of the Master Guild, to defend the city from recent monster attacks. This kickstarts an adventure spanning multiple continents to find out the Celestials' hidden agenda, uncover what's behind the mysterious dark Ether, save the Master Guild from being disbanded, and much, much more.

* FakeBalance: Every class is supposed to have an ‘anticlass’ that they are vulnerable to, but this was always more in theory than in practice. In later updates, this concept has been more or less cast aside. It more or less makes a return in the form of the Berserker class, who is effective against all classes.

** Although, formerly useless old monsters can now be elevated to OP status with the Englightening feature.

* BagOfHolding: Applies to your inventory and equippable items, you can use as many items as you possibly can and you’ll only see one of each type of gear on your character.
* {{BFS}}: Oh yes.
** This is particularly rampant among early gear pieces. They tend to come smaller these days, however.

* CharacterLevel

* ComMons: Applies to pretty much any monster-type gear below SSR value.

* LowLevelAdvantage: Applies in some situations, such as the Battle Colosseum, where a higher level boosts you into the next tier, regardless of your stats.
** Low-level players also gain much more experience and sometimes good spawns.

* NoobCave: The first few story quests qualify. Also, any beginner-level event quest.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: A large portion of the playerbase couldn't care less about the events of the story. The translators for the english version have stated that the english item descriptions were removed because nobody read them.

* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: The best you are given is that Filo has been taking care of you for some time.

* RandomizedDamageAttack:
** The Archer move Deadly Arabesque works like this
** Two skills function like this: The Archer-exclusive Flight Testament, and the Mage-Exclusive Prophet Testament.

* RedMage: The Soldier Class, as they can heal, support and attack.

* {{Stripperific}}: A large portion of female outfits fall prey to this. Its especially noticeable when compared to their male counterparts.

* VendorTrash: Gold Limimins, can be sold for exactly what you expect.

* VideoGameWeaponStats

** At the end of the Granvia arc, Filo sacrifices herself to save Lord Falsa.

* RandomizedDamageAttack: The Archer move Deadly Arabesque works like this
** Additionally, two skills function like this: The Archer-exclusive Flight Testament, and the Mage-Exclusive Prophet Testament.

* AQuestGiverIsYou: You can send out the Expedition Limimin for free Gold, Augment Materials, or Reforge Materials.

* StandardStatusEffects: Paralysis, Poison, Blindness… take your pick.

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* EarlyGameHell: Actually [[AvertedTrope averts]] or even [[InversedTrope inverses]] this. The early game is extremely easy to advance through, with Gems in abundance, quests being generally very easy, high-level gear being easy to get through special spawns, and one early quest giving you one-time access to a quest that can boost you to around [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill Level 120]]. As the game progresses, though, you will be hit by quests becoming harder, Gems getting more scarce, and early-obtained gear quickly losing their value in comparison.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: With weekly releases of better monsters and more powerful gear, it can take a bit of money to stay relevant.

* ChristmasEpisode: There are special annual quests and gear for this purpose

* ComMons: Applies to pretty much any any monster-type gear below SSR value.

* DefendCommand: Exists in the form of ‘Guard,’ a default ability which halves all damage for five second. Many players ditch it in normal quests, but it is invaluable in PVP combat.

** At the end of Regovas has King Val sacrifice himself to prevent the corruption of his ether. The Brutel did not take it kindly and the tribes fell into disorder
** At the start of the Sacred Land has Princess Matriace kidnapped by Celestials and both you and Filo were trapped in said Sacred Lands
** At the end of the Granvia arc, Filo sacrifices herself to save Lord Falsa

* GlassCannon: Archers are usually very squishy, but have many high damage attacks. Lancers and Mages are other DPS classes that are typically squishy against magic and physical attacks, respectively.

* VirtualPaperDoll: This game plays this very straight. It’s paper doll style for every character and mon.

* FakeBalance: Every class is supposed to have an ‘anticlass’ that they are vulnerable to, but this was always more in theory than in practice. In later updates, this concept has been more or less cast aside.

* WhiteMage: The Cleric Class

* Infinity +1 Sword: The Azure Weapons and Armor set: Generally high stats, great procs, look awesome. Can only be obtained by selling a ton of SSR gear to get recycle medals.

* PurelyCosmeticAward: The cosmetic shop, cosmetic medals, low cost gear, etc. Some people do play just for the cosmetics, though.

* EndlessGame: The story quests technically end, but are all replayable. Event Quests cycle in and out forever, giving the player plenty to do at all times.

* FakeUltimateMook: Most early bosses can be defeated with little to no effort, regardless of their actual size.
** It’s quite something to see a powerful-looking event monster die with one smack.

* HeadSwap: For the Rank 70-ish story quests, the ‘masked man’ is obviously just a palette swap of [[spoiler:Lord Falsa. They’re actually related, but it’s still pretty lazy.]]

* BFS: Oh yes.

* Stripperific: A large portion of female outfits fall prey to this. Its especially noticeable when compared to their male counterparts.

* RainbowPimpGear: The game wouldn’t be the same without it.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The monsters from the Super-Difficult quests have the highest F2P base stats, making them great for winning Unison Battles, but are also very high cost and don’t have the best effects.

* ModelDissonance: The elbow and knee joints look very strange in some clothes and poses.

* StoneWall: The Rook class, which is unique in that it's kind of lacking in the skills department, but makes up for it by having a potent LifeDrain attack to keep them running well, and a special skill that makes it that the entire party ''cannot die.''

** The DPS: The spear-wielding Lancer and axe/gun wielding Berserker classes are this. The former focuses on nuking with high power skills and SpamAttacks, and the latter sacrifices bits and pieces of their own health in exchange for super powerful buffs.

* MascotMook: The Limimins are this for the game, appearing in lots of promotional artwork and Monster art. Strangely enough, they both function as TheGoomba and MetalSlimes of this game, the weak mook form coming in six elements, and having Gold, EXP, and Skill variants which are used for selling, augmenting gear, and skilling up gear, respectively. There are also Roshimin and Angelmin variants, which, while they can't be captured, can be felled to earn a ton of Proficiency and User EXP, respectively.

** The Tank: The Sword wielding Soldier and secret Rook classes. The former has "Life Up" and "Heaven's Breath" abilities that increase health, and the latter has a DrawAggro ability that makes the entire party unable to die for a few seconds, but both are rather lacking in offensive techniques, suffering from some serious MagikarpPower, as neither get high powered moves until the later growth rings.
** The Healer: The Book wielding Cleric line is an important addition to all parties; if they go down, especially fighting a boss, the whole party usually soon follows, due to lack of a steady stream of healing. They can also reduce damage to themselves and teammates and cure status effects.
** The DPS: The Lance wielding Lancer and Axe/Gun wielding Berserker classes are this. The former focuses on nuking with high power skills and SpamAttacks, and the latter sacrifices bits and pieces of their own health in exchange for super powerful buffs.
** The Status Effects Guy: The Staff wielding Mage class is this with hints of support and SquishyWizard, specializing in chipping away with decently-powered skills such as Ether Burst, while spamming Mind Trick and Mind Hack to confuse enemies, as well as buffing allies.
** The Jack Of All Stats: The Bow/Gun wielding Archer is this, having Magic Knight qualities with a movepool utilizing both stats, as well as a plethora of utilities such as [[StatusBuffDispel Balancing.]]

** This is particularly rampant among early gear pieces. They come smaller these days.

** The DPS: The Lance wielding Lancer and Sword wielding Berserker classes are this. The former focuses on nuking with high power skills and SpamAttacks, and the latter sacrifices bits and pieces of their own health in exchange for super powerful buffs.
** The Status Effects Guy: The Staff/ wielding Mage class is this with hints of support and SquishyWizard, specializing in chipping away with decently-powered skills such as Ether Burst, while spamming Mind Trick and Mind Hack to confuse enemies, as well as buffing allies.
** The Jack Of All Stats: The Bow/Gun wielding Archer is this, having Magic Knight qualities with a movepool utilizing both stats, as well as a plethora of utilities such as [[StatusBuffDispel]] Balancing.

* KingMook: The Asahime is this to the normal Morning Glory, being much bigger and having more potent pollen due to absorbing way too much Ether.