Maron

As Maron is hit by enemy attacks, it'll grow in size.

After three hits, Maron will reach charge level 2. After nine hits, Maron will reach charge level 3 and start blinking red. At this point, you have 15s to throw Maron using Maron Strike or the pet will detonate in your hand for zero damage.

Nine hits is a lot, so Maron is mainly used in situations where you can insure that Maron charges quickly, for quick burst damage.

Maron 60s Revive Time
Stats
HP 3364
T-ATK 1503
DEX 431
S-DEF 1463
R-DEF 1540
T-DEF 1309
Adverse / Underdog

Increase damage by 17% when Maron is below 25% HP.

This personality's damage bonus always applies to Maron Strike, regardless of Maron's current HP.

Maron's preferred base personality.
Fierce / Indefatigable

Maron gains a chance to restore 18% of its HP upon taking damage.

Cute (14★)

Offers the bonuses of Adverse and Fierce as well as +5% RDR.

Maron's finalized personality.
Basic Box
Candy layout for Maron that caps on crit with 205 PP or more.

Pancakes: Two Layer Pancake, Three Layer Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Deadly Parfait, Super Deadly Parfait
Rolls: Steadfast Roll, Support Roll
Cookies: 2x Tech Cookie
Sticks: 2x Critical Candy Stick
Sandwiches: 5x Body Sandwich
Gummies: 1x Stamina Gummy

Candy Box

Upgraded Box
Upgraded box for Maron that replaces crit stuff with stronger options, and fits in a third cookie. Requires S6: Wise Skill and 250 PP or more to reach 100% crit.

Pancakes: Two Layer Pancake, Three Layer Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Deadly Parfait, Super Deadly Parfait
Rolls: Steadfast Roll, Last Minute Roll
Cookies: 3x Tech-Sta Cookie
Sticks: 1x Vin-Spi Candy Stick, 1x Spirita Candy Stick
Sandwiches: 4x Body Sandwich
Gummies: 1x Stamina Gummy

Once you have 300+ PP, you can replace Exquisite Deadly Parfait with Exquisite Tactics Parfait, and replace the Steadfast Roll with a Bravado Roll.


Upgraded Candy Box

Basic Box
Candy layout for Maron that caps on crit with 205 PP or more.

Pancakes: Double Stack Pancake, Triple Stack Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Critical Parfait, Super Critical Parfait
Rolls: Steadfast Roll, Support Roll
Cookies: 2x Casting Stamina Cookie
Sticks: 2x Critical Cane
Sandwiches: 5x Toughness Sandwich
Gummies: 1x Stamina Gummy

Candy Box

Upgraded Box
Upgraded box for Maron that replaces crit stuff with stronger options, and fits in a third cookie. Requires S6: Skillful Adept and 250 PP or more to reach 100% crit.

Pancakes: Double Stack Pancake, Triple Stack Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Critical Parfait, Super Critical Parfait
Rolls: Steadfast Roll, Crisis Roll
Cookies: 3x Casting Stamina Cookie
Sticks: 1x Vinculum Spir Cane, 1x Spirit Cane
Sandwiches: 4x Toughness Sandwich
Gummies: 1x Stamina Gummy

Once you have 300+ PP, you can replace Exquisite Critical Parfait with Exquisite Tactical Parfait and replace the Steadfast Roll with a Courageous Roll.


Upgraded Candy Box

Maron Strike Maron Strike (5 PP)
Maron's signature PA. Say Bomb Voyage, and throw Maron at an enemy, dealing damage in an area.

The damage and AOE of Strike increases based on charge level.

Due to Phantom's Tech Short Charge, it's pretty easy to drop a charged Zanverse cast before throwing a fully charged Maron for a free 200k+ Zanverse tick - just make sure not to switch off of the Maron until the Zanverse damage registers.

Also, beware of accidental death! If a fully charged Maron times out after 15s while you're standing in Zanverse, Maron's damage that sets you to 1 HP will be increased by Zanverse, killing you.

Maron Strike

Maron Shield Maron Shield (5 PP)
Hold your Maron in front of you like a shield.

This can be held to put Maron in harm's way (preventing you from taking damage, and ensuring Maron does), or simply tapped to return Maron to your side. Drains 1 PP every 2s when held.

Also reduces the damage Maron takes by 50%. In some situations, Maron takes too much damage and dies before it can build charge - Maron Shield's damage reduction can prevent that, enabling you to build up to Maron Strike against particularly strong bosses.

Maron Shield

Maron Chaser Maron Chaser (25 PP)
Maron launches a projectile that bounces from enemy to enemy.

Used to aggro multiple enemies when using Maron in a mobbing context.

Maron Chaser

Maron Curse Maron Curse (40 PP)
Maron launches a slow-moving projectile which applies a DoT for 9.5s.

Solid single-target DPS provided the enemy lives long enough for all ticks of Curse to deal damage.

Curse will stop doing damage if you switch pets, though, so this PA's use is limited, given the whole point of this pet is to use Maron Strike and move on.

Maron Curse

Maron Break Maron Break (5 PP)
Maron dashes in a circle, dealing damage.

This is your main PA to use while stalling for charge.

Maron Strike is the main event with this pet - throwing out a Break or two while the enemy smacks up Maron is fine, but if you find yourself using Break for an extended period of time, you've probably got the wrong pet for the situation.

Maron Break

Frames Power DPS Notes DPP*
Strike, No Charge 59F 2550 2593 510
Strike, Charge Level 2 90+59F
180+59F
270+59F		 8925 3594
2241
1628		 Took 3 hits in 1.5s
Took 3 hits in 3s
Took 3 hits in 4.5s		 1785
Strike, Charge Level 3 270+59F
540+59F
810+59F		 25,500 4950
2554
1761		 Took 9 hits in 4.5s
Took 9 hits in 9s
Took 9 hits in 13.5s		 5100
Break 43F 1414 1973
94.3
Chaser 44F 315 430 Power and DPS are per-hit of Chaser 12.6
Curse 44F
570F
4677.3
507		 PA Cast Time
Full duration of DoT
129.9
Normal Attack Normal 1 52F
Normal 1+2 110F
Normal 1+2+3 205F		 600
1400
2800		 692
764
820		 DPP column refers to PP gained per second 15.0
14.7
12.3

Information referenced from https://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?%マロン * DPP = Damage per PP spent

Melon

Melon is similar to Maron, featuring the same charge mechanic, PAs, and personalities as Maron, but with a few big differences.

  • Melon builds level 2 charge in only one hit, and level 3 charge after only two hits
  • Has substantially higher DEF, but much lower HP (the lowest of all pets)
  • Will return to no charge after 15s, rather than detonating in your hand
  • Melon Strike deals lower damage, but can be throw multiple times
  • Adverse personality's damage bonus doesn't automatically apply to Melon Strike

Melon 20s Revive Time
Stats
HP 901
T-ATK 1740
DEX 528
S-DEF 5390
R-DEF 2618
T-DEF 2664
Maron Strike Melon Strike (10 PP)
Throw Melon at your target, dealing damage. Quickly tap Melon Strike to throw repeatedly.

Same as with Maron Strike, the damage of this PA is increased based on the pet's charge level, however the AOE of the PA is not. Melon is never very useful for hitting crowds of enemies.

Melon Strike has really solid tracking, and as such, Melon's main use is against enemies where you can easily take a few hits to reach charge level 3, then use Melon Strike during sections of boss fights where bosses are too mobile for Synchro to hit.

Also note that you can be staggered out of Melon throws by being hit. Make sure to have good positioning when Alter Ego is on cooldown!

Melon Strike

Basic Box
Basic candy box for Melon that caps on crit with 205 or higher PP.

Pancakes: Two Layer Pancake, Three Layer Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Deadly Parfait, Super Deadly Parfait
Rolls: 2x Support Roll
Cookies: 3x Stamina Cookie
Sticks: 1x Critical Candy Stick, 2x Vin-Spi Candy Stick
Sandwiches: 1x Mind Sandwich
Gummies: 3x Stamina Gummy

Candy Box

Upgraded Box
Upgraded box for Melon that cuts Support Rolls, Critical Candy Stick, and Stamina Cookies for Conversion Rolls, Spirita Candy Stick, and Tech-Sta Cookies. Reaches 100% crit with S6: Wise Skill and 250 PP or more.

Pancakes: Two Layer Pancake, Three Layer Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Deadly Parfait, Super Deadly Parfait
Rolls: 2x Conversion Roll
Cookies: 3x Tech-Sta Cookie
Sticks: 2x Vin-Spi Candy Stick, 1x Spirita Candy Stick
Sandwiches: 1x Mind Sandwich
Gummies: 3x Stamina Gummy

Once you have 300+ PP, you can replace Exquisite Deadly Parfait with Exquisite Tactics Parfait.


Upgraded Candy Box

Basic Box
Basic candy box for Melon that caps on crit with 205 or higher PP.

Pancakes: Double Stack Pancake, Triple Stack Pancake
Parfaits: Exquisite Critical Parfait, Super Critical Parfait
Rolls: 2x Support Roll
Cookies: 3x Casting Stamina Cookie
Sticks: 1x Critical Cane, 2x Vinculum Spirit Cane
Sandwiches: 1x Genius Sandwich
Gummies: 3x Stamina Gummy

Candy Box

Upgraded Box
Upgraded box for Melon that cuts Support Rolls, and Critical Cane for more defensive rolls, and Spirita Cane. Reaches 100% crit with S6: Skillful Adept and 250 PP or more.

Pancakes: Double Stack Pancake, Triple Stack
Parfaits: Exquisite Critical Parfait, Super Critical Parfait
Rolls: 2x Change Roll
Cookies: 3x Casting Stamina Cookie
Sticks: 2x Vinculum Spirit Cane, 1x Spirit Cane
Sandwiches: 1x Genius Sandwich
Gummies: 3x Stamina Gummy

Once you have 300+ PP, you can replace Exquisite Critical Parfait with Exquisite Tactical Parfait.


Upgraded Candy Box

Frames Power DPS Notes DPP*
Strike, No Charge
Strike, Charge Level 2
Strike, Charge Level 3		 56F 1039
2338
2598		 1113
2398
2784		 Frames and DPS recorded at close range
(Strike takes longer at further distances)		 103.9
233.8
259.8
Break 45F 1586 2114 79.3
Chaser 44F 299 408 Power and DPS are per-hit of Chaser 12.6
Curse 44F
570F
5221.6
578		 PA Cast Time
Full duration of DoT
237
Normal Attack Normal 1 52F
Normal 1+2 110F
Normal 1+2+3 205F		 600
1400
2800		 692
764
820		 DPP column refers to PP gained per second 15.0
14.7
12.3

Information referenced from https://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?%メロン * DPP = Damage per PP spent