All you need to know to increase the Combat Power of your Fighters!
Most Hero Collection games has 2-4 different ways to increase the Combat Power of your Fighters. In KOF Allstar, there are 5 main and 4 sub ways to increase the strength of your Fighter.
1. Level up
Leveling your Fighter is the most basic way to strengthen them. Leveling increases your Stats and unlocks the number of Cores that you can unlock. Currently, the maximum level for each Fighter is at 90.
There are 2 ways to increase level, one is by bringing your Fighters to battle while the other way is to feed them with Power Up materials.
2. Evolve
Players can evolve your Fighters to increase the star rarity of your Fighter. Evolution increases your Fighter’s Stats and Leader Buff.
3. Limit Break
The maximum level for a 6* Fighter is 60. However, you can further increase the Maximum level by Limit Breaking them. In order to do so, you will need to spend Gold and another currency called Souls.
| Level | Required Souls | Total Required |
| 61 – 70 | 10 souls per level | 100 |
| 71-80 | 20 souls per level | 200 |
| 81-90 | 30 souls per level | 300 |
There are 4 different types of Souls where you can stack them together to Limit Break your Fighter .
| Types of Soul | Where to get |
| Specific Char Soul | Dupe Fighter Soul Quest (3 times a day free) Advent Dungeon (rotates weekly) Story mode (certain Fighters) Exchange Shop Secret Shop |
| KOF Soul | Event Reward |
| Color Soul | Advent Dungeon (rotates weekly) Event Reward |
| Rainbow Soul | Event Reward |
4. Core
Cores are like skill trees in other games. You can unlock your first Special Skill from the Core tree and level your other skills to increase their damage. Also, other than your basic stats, you can also increase your secondary stats such as Crit rate, Crit Dmg and Pen Rate. There are also other special stats such as Cooldown reduction, burn duration and even Combo duration.
5. Equip
Equip can be unlocked at Player Rank 15. This is the place where you can equip Battle cards that will boost your stats and also acquire another Special Skill. For more detailed information on Battle Cards, please read this guide.
6, 7, 8 – Leader Skill, Fighter Link, Team Relation
The above stat boost will only take place depending on your Team Formation.
Leader Skill
The first Fighter in your party will always be the leader and will be able to activate his/her leader skill during battle. Each Fighter have their own unique Leader skill. Depending on your team’s setup, you will need to change your Leaders often to make use of the benefits. With that said, Shermie has one of the better leader skill as she allows all your team member to increase ATK by 60%. However, your Fighter’s HP must be 70% or more to activate the buff.
Fighter Link
In party formation, you can equip a Striker to 1 of your 3 main Fighters. A small percentage of the Striker’s stats will be added onto your main Fighter’s stats. So a high level Striker is beneficial to your team.
Additionally, each Fighter has a special relationship with another Fighter(s). If you use them as your Striker, you can unlock Relation Effect that can further boost their fighting capabilities.
Tip: There is a “Link” symbol on the top right if your Fighter matches the relation.
Team Relation
Team relations are small Stat boost given depending on your Team members (not including Strikers). Examples of Team Relation:
| Name | Requirement | Effect |
| Male Team | Form a team with male fighters only | HP +1% |
| Female Team | Form a team with famales fighters only | HP +1% |
| ’94 Team | Form a team with ’94 fighters only | HP +3% |
| ’95 Team | Form a team with ’95 fighters only | HP +3% |
| ’96 Team | Form a team with ’96 fighters only | HP +3% |
| ’97 Team | Form a team with ’97 fighters only | HP +3% |
| ’98 Team | Form a team with ’98 fighters only | HP +3% |
| Japan | Form a team with Japanese fighters only | HP +5% |
| Italy | Form a team with Italian fighters only | HP +5% |
| Korea | Form a team with Korean fighters only | HP +5% |
| Mexico | Form a team with Mexican fighters only | HP +5% |
| England | Form a team with British fighters only | HP +5% |
| Brazil | Form a team with Brazilian fighters only | HP +5% |
| China | Form a team with Chinese fighters only | HP +5% |
| U.S.A | Form a team with American fighters only | HP +5% |
| Nationality Unknown | Form a team with fighters whose nationality is unknown | HP +5% |
| Boss Team | Form a team with Boss fighters only | HP +5% |
| All Star Team | Form a team with All Star fighters only | HP +5% |
| Sweden | Form a team with Swedish fighters only | HP +5% |
| Germany | Form a team with German fighters only | HP +5% |
| France | Form a team with French fighters only | HP +5% |
| Australia | Form a team with Australian fighters only | HP +5% |
| Halloween | Form a team with Halloween fighters only | HP +5% |
| Happy Holidays | Form a team with Winter Holiday fighters only | HP +5% |
| New Year’s | Form a team with New Year’s fighters only | HP +5% |
| Valentine | Form a team with Valentine fighters only | HP +5% |
| Cherry Blossom | Form a team with Cherry Blossom event fighters only | Def and Pen +5% |
| Shermie Approved Handsome Team | Form a team with Shermie Approved fighters only |
ATK +7% when HP > 80%
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| Villain Confirmed Team | Form a team with Villain Confirmed fighters only |
Heal 2% HP per defeated enemy
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| Genius Team | Form a team with Genius fighters only | 2% Power / 5 sec |
| Hard Working Team | Form a team with Hard Working fighters only |
Leveraged DMG + 7%
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| Justice Team | Form a team with Justice fighters only |
Leveraged DMG + 5%
Leveraged DMG recv -5% |
| Weapon Master Team | Form a team with fighters that uses weapons |
Heal 2% HP per defeated enemy
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| NESTS | Form a team with NESTS fighters only | Crit Dmg + 8% |
| Orochi Team | Form a team with Orochi fighters only |
Recover 1% Power per defeated enemy
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9. Codex
Each time you collect a new Fighter, Battle card or Portrait, you will unlock small stat boost to all of your Fighters. So the more you fill up your Codex, the more boost you will get.
Great guide! Been playing for 3 days and still sometimes getting confuse. This is extremely helpful.
Only evolve once? Then why was I able to evolve my 4-stars Iori Yagami ’97 to 6-stars?
Oh, I did a little experiment… even 3-stars may evolve to 6-stars