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Each formation has its own advantages and disadvantages. No one formation is the best; choose and adapt to different situations.

Pre-defend and post-defend allows a character to take a defensive stance and halve incoming damage before and after her action, respectively. This is not the same thing as the defend command.

For an indepth look at bonuses:

Five Person Formations[]

No. Name Formation Type Grant Effect How to Aquire
Front Row Number Middle Row Number Back Row Number
1 Freefight Speed - - Speed Up 5 - - Start with it
2 Hakurei Type Baiting Attack Up 2 Pre-Defend 1 Magic Up 2 Start with it
3 Master Star Magical Offense Defense Up, Attack Down 2 Magic Up, Speed Down 2 Magic Up, Speed Down 1 Start with it
4 Moriya Wall Defense Defense Up 1 Defense Up 2 - 2 Start with it
5 Gensokyo's Fastest Speed Speed Up, Defense Down 1 Speed Up, Defense Down 2 Speed Up, Defense Down 2 Start with it
6 Luna Dial Physical Offense Attack/Defense Up, Magic Down 3 - - Speed/Magic Down 2 When Sakuya joins
7 Power Library Magic Defense Down 2 Magic Up 1 Magic Up 2 When Patchouli joins
8 Kappa Camouflage Evasion Evasion Up 2 Evasion Up 1 Evasion Up 2 When Nitori joins
9 Dolls Division Iron Wall Pre-Defend 3 - - N/A 2 When Alice joins
10 Hypnotic Ballet Induction Induction Up 2 Induction Up 2 Induction Up 1 When Satori joins
11 Konpaku-Style Stance Attack + Speed Attack/Speed Up, Defense Down 3 N/A 1 N/A 1 When Youmu joins
12 Hinotori Skydance Super-Baiting Attack Up, Defense Down 2 Defense Up, Speed Down, Pre-Defend 1 Magic Up, Defense Down 2 When Mokou joins
13 Magician's Circle Magic Magic Up 2 Magic Up 1 Magic Up 2 When Byakuren joins
14 Neo-Hakurei Type Resistance Resistance Up 2 Resistance/Speed Up, Post-Defend 1 Resistance Up 2 Healing circle at Hakurei Shrine when Reimu is over base level 34
15 Final Burst Magic-Specialized Magic Up, Defense Down 2 Magic Up, Defense Down 2 Magic Up, Defense Down 1 Healing circle at Hakurei Shrine after exterminating 300 Youkai with Marisa and clearing Hakugyokurou
16 Last Moriya Iron Wall Defense Up, Speed Down, Pre-Defend 2 Defense Up, Speed Down, Pre-Defend 1 N/A 2 Healing circle at Hakurei Shrine when Sanae is over P level 40
17 Sonic Stream Speed Speed Up, Defense/Evasion Down 1 Speed Up, Defense/Evasion Down 2 Speed Up, Defense/Evasion Down 2 Healing circle at Hakurei Shrine after filling in 11 bestiary entries and clearing Hakugyokurou
18 Soultrapper Physical Offense Attack/Speed Up, Defense Down 3 - - Attack Up, Defense Down 2 Healing circle at Hakurei Shrine after clearing Eientei and obtaining Scarlet Moon
19 Hyper Library Magic Defense Down 2 Magic Up 1 Magic Up 2 Healing circle at Hakurei Shrine after clearing Eientei and Patchouli has died over 100 times
20 Fence of Defense Defense Speed Down, Pre-Defend 2 Speed Down, Pre-Defend 1 Speed Down, Pre-Defend 2 Hakurei Shrine after clearing Eientei
21 Circle Nine Form Appropriate ? 1 ? 2 ? 2 Defeat Cirno and Momiji
22 Scarlet Moon All-Out Charge Attack/Speed Up, Defense Down 5 - - - - Talk to Remilia after clearing Eientei
23 Ripple Attack Attack Up, Defense/Evasion Down 1 Attack Up, Defense/Evasion Down 3 Attack Up, Defense/Evasion Down 1 After clearing subquest "Play with Flan!"
24 Hachimon Gold Chain Counter Speed Down, Counter Physical 2 Speed Down, Counter All 1 Speed Down, Counter Magic 2 Talk to Ran
25 Gensokyo Barrier Defense Defense Up, Speed Down 2 Defense Up, Speed Down, Post-Defend 1 Defense Up, Speed Down 2 Be in the Heida Household when playtime passes over xxx:00:00 and talk to Akyuu
26 Red Eyes Induction + Mind Induction Up, Resist Mind-Control 1 Induction Up, Resist Mind-Control 3 Induction Up, Resist Mind-Control 1 After defeating Reisen and Tewi
27 Apollo Break Physical Rearguard Defense Up 4 - - Attack Up 1 After defeating Kayuga and Eirin
28 Sunshine Lunch Defense - - - - Defense/Evade Up, Speed Down, Post-Defend 5 After defeating Medicine and Yuuka
29 Poison Shield Defense Defense/Speed/Resistance Up, Post-Defend, Resist Poison 1 - - Resist Poison 4 Healing circle before boss in the Garden of the Sun after killing an enemy with Toxic (lethal poison) (Alice as leader)
30 Shinigami Formation Resist Instant Death Resist Instant Death 1 Resist Instant Death 3 Resist Instant Death 1 Talk to Komachi after 25 battle annihilations
31 Wall of Faith Magic Defense Magic Barrier 2 Attack/Defense/Speed/Magic Up, Magic Barrier 1 Magic Barrier 2 Talk to Kanako when Sanae is over base level 50, P level 70
32 Moriya Destruction One-Woman Show Attack/Defense/Speed/Magic Up, Post-Defend 1 N/A 2 N/A 2 Talk to Suwako when Sanae is over base level 50, P level 70
33 Inferno Fire-Element Attack Up, Defense Down, Fire Boost, Fire Resist 1 Attack Up, Defense Down, Fire Boost, Fire Resist 2 Attack Up, Defense Down, Fire Boost, Fire Resist 2 Talk to Rin after using Satori's Last Word 10 times
34 Metal Busters! Anti-Yukkuri Attack/Defense Up 2 - - Speed/Magic Up 3 After clearing subquest "Myouren Temple Excavation Project"
35 Thunder Line Thunder-Element - - Speed Up, Defense Down, Electric Boost, Electric Resist 5 - - Talk to Iku after defeating 50 Giant Oarfish
36 Master of All Physical Offense/Defense Attack/Defense Up, Speed Down 1 Attack/Defense Up, Speed Down 4 - - Talk to Tenshi after 101 battle annihilations

Four Person Formations[]

No. Name Formation Type Grant Effect How to Aquire
Front Row Number Middle Row Number Back Row Number
37 Freefight Speed - - Speed Up 4 - - Start with it
38 Square Barrier Balanced Attack Up 2 - - Defense/Speed Up 2 Start with it
39 Trickster Attack Attack/Defense Up 1 Attack Up 2 Magic Up 1 Start with it
40 Shadow Gardener Evasion Evasion Up 1 Speed Up 2 Speed up 1 After defeating Rumia
41 Scarlet Shoot Speed Speed Up 2 Speed Up 1 Speed Up 1 Talk to Remilia after reaching the Lakebed Temple
42 Falling Cherry Blossoms Balanced Attack/Defense Up 2 - - Magic Up 2 Talk to Yuyuko after Youmu kills 30 enemies with instant death
43 Locker Phenomenon Induction Induction up 1 Induction up 2 Induction up 1 After defeating Wriggle and Mystia
44 Mysterious Fortune Experience get! Experience Bonus 1 Experience Bonus 2 Experience Bonus 1 After defeating Wriggle and Mystia
45 Hourai Forest One-Woman Show Attack/Defense/Speed/Magic Down 1 Center: Attack/Defense/Speed/Magic Up,

Everyone else: Attack/Defense/Speed/Magic Down

3 - - Talk to Kaguya
46 Shikigami Assault Attack Attack/Speed Up 3 - - Defense Up, Speed Down 1 Talk to Chen


Three Person Formations[]

No. Name Formation Type Grant Effect How to Aquire
Front Row Number Middle Row Number Back Row Number
47 Freefight Speed - - Speed Up 3 - - Start with it
48 Momiji Strike Attack Attack/Defense Up 1 - - Speed Up 2 Start with it
49 Momiji Splash Attack Attack/Speed/Magic Up, Defense Down 1 Attack/Speed/Magic Up, Defense Down 1 Attack/Speed/Magic Up, Defense Down 1 Defeat Momiji
50 Atomic Defense Defense Defense Up 2 - - Magic Up - Talk to Utsuho after using Satori's Last Word 25 times

Two Person Formations[]

No. Name Formation Type Grant Effect How to Aquire
Front Row Number Middle Row Number Back Row Number
51 Freefight Speed - - Speed Up 2 - - Start with it
52 Moriya Defender Defense Pre-Defend 1 - - N/A 1 Start with it
53 Devil Circle Attack Attack/Speed Up 2 - - - - Hit Meiling awake 256 times (must have Sakuya in your party)

One Person Formations[]

No. Name Formation Type Grant Effect How to Aquire
54 Freefight Can't have a formation with one person! - Start with it
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