LogFAQs > #937357500

but the boon is the only factor (apart from getting the units themselves) out of those that is solely RNG/luck-based right? even if i get a 4*, i can eventually get that same 4* to 5* and even if i don't have all the skills i want at that moment, i can still eventually give that same unit all available necessary skills through chain inheriting and merging even if it takes a very long time. it's not a Pokemon egg move situation where if that particular Pokemon didn't learn a move through breeding, it can never learn it.

that would greatly simplify it.

Team Rocket Elite posted...

They need to be merged to +10

oh..
oh

and since you only get the stat boosts for merging if they're same rarity, this means i need 11 5* of the same unit?

so steps i need to take:

1. pull desired unit with correct nature
2. get to 5*
3. now with x1 unit at 5* i can treat this as the base unit going forward and all other copies can be used as source for merging. i don't have to worry about pulling the same unit with different stats that would have served as a better base since i already have one with the desired nature.
4. use other misc. non-x units to inherit skills as necessary and use 10 other 5* x units to merge on to original x1 unit
5. and do all that other stuff

yikes
damn