Tokyo Debunker: How to Match Warding Stones to Card Skills

To get the most value out of your cards in Tokyo Debunker, socket warding stones that amplify a card's natural kit rather than trying to patch its inherent weaknesses. Equipping defensive stones on fragile damage dealers dilutes offensive pressure without granting meaningful survival. Always inspect the exact wording of a card's active and passive skills to identify its primary scaling attributes before committing enhancement materials to its warding stones.

Warding Stone Archetypes and Stat Priorities

Warding stones roll with offensive or defensive primary attributes and substats. Match these stone categories directly to unit combat roles:

Aligning Stones with Skill Mechanics

A card's skill text dictates which offensive or defensive stats produce actual returns:

• HP-scaling attacks: If an active skill deals damage calculated from the card’s maximum health, equip HP-focused stones like Bastion. Standard Attack stones provide minimal returns because the damage formula ignores base attack power.
• Damage over time (DoT): Effects such as bleed, burn, or poison typically do not scale with critical strikes. Prioritize raw Attack and debuff accuracy over Critical Damage on status-reliant cards.
• Innate critical passives: If a card already has high baseline Critical Rate from its passive abilities, equip Precision stones featuring Critical Damage to take advantage of its frequent critical hits.
• Conditional triggers: Note HP thresholds and squad composition requirements. Cards requiring low HP thresholds benefit from Damage Cut and Resilience so they can survive at low health long enough to trigger their secondary active skills.

Resource Management and Upgrades

Enhancement materials are limited, making targeted stone investment necessary:

1. Max out your primary carry first: Fully enhance the offensive stones on your main damage dealer before spreading resources across secondary or support units.
2. Lock high-value substats: Keep stones that roll dual offensive substats, such as Attack paired with Critical Rate, even if you lack an immediate user.
3. Cascade older gear: When you obtain higher-tier warding stones, equip them to your primary roster and reallocate leveled lower-tier stones to secondary teams or utility supports.
4. Hold off on dismantling: Retain rare substat combinations until you have obtained direct, higher-tier replacements.