Rankings

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Strongest Pals by base attack

#	Pal	Element	ATK	HP	DEF
#1	Astralym		200	200	200
#2	Bellanoir	Dark	150	120	100
#3	Bellanoir Libero	Dark	150	120	100
#4	Necromus	Dark	145	130	120
#5	Neptilius	Water	145	105	125
#6	Frostallion	Ice	140	140	120
#7	Frostallion Noct	Dark	140	140	135
#8	Jetragon	Dragon	140	110	110
#9	Dandilord	Grass / Dark	135	125	110
#10	Shaolong	Dragon / Water	135	140	120
#11	Anubis	Ground	130	120	100
#12	Bastigor	Ice	130	140	120
#13	Blazamut Ryu	Dragon / Fire	130	105	125
#14	Bushi Noct	Fire / Dark	130	80	80
#15	Dragostrophe	Dark / Dragon	130	130	110
#16	Eidrolon Ignis	Dragon / Fire	130	115	120
#17	Ghangler Ignis	Fire / Water	130	90	105
#18	Hartalis	Neutral	130	135	110
#19	Jormuntide Ignis	Dragon / Fire	130	130	100
#20	Orserk	Dragon / Electric	130	100	100

Highest HP Pals

#	Pal	Element	HP	DEF
#1	Astralym		200	200
#2	Panthalus	Water	180	200
#3	Mammorest	Grass / Ground	150	90
#4	Mammorest Cryst	Ice / Ground	150	90
#5	Bastigor	Ice	140	120
#6	Frostallion	Ice	140	120
#7	Frostallion Noct	Dark	140	135
#8	Shaolong	Dragon / Water	140	120
#9	Silvance	Grass	140	110
#10	Wumpo	Ice	140	100
#11	Wumpo Botan	Grass	140	110
#12	Hartalis	Neutral	135	110
#13	Azurmane	Electric	130	110
#14	Braloha	Grass / Ground	130	120
#15	Dragostrophe	Dark / Dragon	130	110
#16	Jormuntide	Dragon / Water	130	100
#17	Jormuntide Ignis	Dragon / Fire	130	100
#18	Necromus	Dark	130	120
#19	Ophydia	Grass / Water	130	120
#20	Paladius	Neutral	130	145

Best work pals (total work levels)

#	Pal	Total lv	Work skills
#1	Dandilord	28	Planting 8, Handiwork 6, Gathering 5, Medicine Production 6, Transporting 3
#2	Silvance	26	Planting 6, Handiwork 6, Gathering 4, Medicine Production 8, Transporting 2
#3	Renjishi	24	Kindling 8, Handiwork 6, Gathering 5, Transporting 5
#4	Dualith	23	Planting 3, Gathering 3, Lumbering 5, Mining 6, Transporting 6
#5	Dualith Noct	23	Planting 3, Gathering 3, Lumbering 5, Mining 6, Transporting 6
#6	Lyleen	23	Planting 7, Handiwork 5, Gathering 6, Medicine Production 5
#7	Mycora	20	Planting 6, Handiwork 4, Gathering 4, Medicine Production 6
#8	Verdash	20	Planting 4, Handiwork 5, Gathering 5, Lumbering 3, Transporting 3
#9	Bastigor	19	Lumbering 6, Mining 5, Cooling 8
#10	Elizabee	19	Planting 4, Handiwork 4, Gathering 4, Lumbering 3, Medicine Production 4
#11	Knocklem Ignis	19	Kindling 5, Mining 7, Transporting 7
#12	Venusa	19	Handiwork 6, Gathering 6, Medicine Production 5, Transporting 2
#13	Wumpo	19	Handiwork 3, Lumbering 5, Cooling 5, Transporting 6
#14	Dupin	18	Kindling 7, Handiwork 5, Medicine Production 4, Transporting 2
#15	Knocklem	18	Gathering 4, Mining 7, Transporting 7
#16	Lyleen Noct	18	Handiwork 5, Gathering 6, Medicine Production 7
#17	Quivern Botan	18	Planting 5, Handiwork 2, Gathering 4, Mining 3, Transporting 4
#18	Bellanoir Libero	17	Handiwork 6, Medicine Production 7, Transporting 4
#19	Cryolinx Terra	17	Handiwork 2, Lumbering 6, Mining 5, Transporting 4
#20	Grizzbolt	17	Generating Electricity 5, Handiwork 4, Lumbering 3, Transporting 5
#21	Wumpo Botan	17	Planting 3, Handiwork 3, Lumbering 5, Transporting 6
#22	Anubis	16	Handiwork 6, Mining 6, Transporting 4
#23	Beegarde	16	Planting 2, Handiwork 2, Gathering 3, Lumbering 2, Medicine Production 2, Transporting 2, Farming 3
#24	Carnibora	16	Planting 6, Handiwork 4, Gathering 4, Transporting 2
#25	Icelyn	16	Handiwork 5, Medicine Production 4, Cooling 5, Transporting 2

Highest attack weapons

#	Weapon	Type	ATK (best)
#1	Mechanical Bow	Ranged	24000
#2	Beam Launcher	Ranged	16800
#3	Charge Rifle	Ranged	15000
#4	Rocket Launcher	Ranged	14000
#5	Plasma Cannon	Ranged	13000
#6	Meteor Launcher	Ranged	10500
#7	Guided Missile Launcher	Ranged	8850
#8	Multi Guided Missile Launcher	Ranged	8850
#9	Advanced Bow	Ranged	8700
#10	Tactical Grenade Launcher	Ranged	8066
#11	Grenade Launcher	Ranged	4500
#12	Frag Grenade Mk2	Grenade	4000
#13	Laser Sword	Melee	2400
#14	Single-Shot Rifle	Ranged	2310
#15	Plasma Rifle	Ranged	2232
#16	Musket	Ranged	2000
#17	Heavy Assault Rifle	Ranged	1938
#18	Laser Rifle	Ranged	1875
#19	Compound Bow	Ranged	1650
#20	Semi-Auto Rifle	Ranged	1610

Highest defense armor

#	Armor	Slot	DEF (best)
#1	Cold Resistant Hexolite Armor	Body Armor	780
#2	Heat Resistant Hexolite Armor	Body Armor	780
#3	Lightweight Hexolite Armor	Body Armor	780
#4	Hexolite Armor	Body Armor	754
#5	V2 Armor	Body Armor	750
#6	Cold Resistant Plasteel Armor	Body Armor	640
#7	Heat Resistant Plasteel Armor	Body Armor	640
#8	Lightweight Plasteel Armor	Body Armor	640
#9	Plasteel Armor	Body Armor	616
#10	V1 Armor	Body Armor	608
#11	Hexolite Helmet	Head Armor	455
#12	Cold Resistant Pal Metal Armor	Body Armor	400
#13	Heat Resistant Pal Metal Armor	Body Armor	400
#14	Plasteel Helmet	Head Armor	390
#15	Pal Metal Armor	Body Armor	352
#16	Eye of Cthulhu Mask	Hat	350
#17	Moon Lord Mask	Hat	350
#18	Hallowed Plate Mail	Body Armor	320
#19	Cold Resistant Refined Metal Armor	Body Armor	288
#20	Heat Resistant Refined Metal Armor	Body Armor	288