With 4 completed level 4 legs (which requires 3 level 3 legs, each level 3 requiring 3 level 2s and each level 2 requiring 3 level 1s), I could form a level 5 leg. This leg item is so powerful that each strengthening alone gives stat boosts equal to what a typical rank 6 item's starting stats are for DEF, for the 5 zone that is. Seriously, this level 5 leg is so powerful that, when strengthened a lot and near burst status, it'll provide a boost toward DEF of over 5000. Even when unstrengthened, it's so much more powerful than any level 2 item would ever get. It's stronger than level 3. Then, when you think about it, this item, as crazy powerful as it may seem, will look like a child's toy when it comes to the level 8 item. I'd need to form 27 of these level 5 items to get the level 8 but it'll be about 3.4 times more powerful. br br This level 5 item is actually even stronger than usual. Why? I'm using boosters. Sure rank 1 items may not have any use at this point, but since they're so cheap and quick to max, I synthesized 2 of these booster items to form a boosted level 1 item. It, in a way, gets the level 1 item to be the equivalent of a rank or 2 higher. If you plan on using that route, remember the oddeven rule. If any of the starting stats are even, synthesize a burst unstrengthened rank 1 item into it to get that extra boost. Sure a 10 may mean only 2, but that means you'd max it at 26 instead of 23 giving an extra 1 point bonus for almost no extra effort. If you have old rank 2, 3, and irrelevant rank 4 junk sitting around, use those as boosters instead of the rank 1 items. Just remember the multiple of 5 rule when it comes to synthesizing stuff. If an item is, say, 24 for the boost and can still be strengthened, strengthen it once more to get that 26 or whatever to get that 1 extra point with synthesizing. br br By utilizing the fastest method for bursting equipment, it really doesn't take much time get where I'm at now. Had I known about that fast method much earlier, instead of using map 3-2 and having Renya doing all the work, I'd easily have a second or even third level 5 item, starting on the level 6 items which are 50 stronger than this item in focus is.