Aniimo Skills, Traits and Ultimates

Start with the species. Each Aniimo has its own moveset and active combat skills, plus movement options and a combat role that set it apart from the rest of the roster. Nothing is shared wholesale between creatures. The kit is built for that one Aniimo.

The skills don't stop when the fighting does. Each Aniimo also has unique out-of-combat abilities, and those change how you interact with the world. So when you pick a creature, you're choosing how you get around and what you can do between battles as well as how you fight.

An ultimate ability sits at the top of an Aniimo's skill list. Ultimate moves are exclusive to final-form Nova creatures, which makes them the most restricted part of any kit.

In practice, you have to plan for one. If you want an ultimate on your team, the creature needs to be a Nova and it needs to be in its final form.

Each Aniimo has a signature Core Skill, and the game gives you more than one way to strengthen it. When you upgrade a held item to its maximum, it attaches a contract that boosts the signature Core Skill. The carried items article covers the upgrade path itself.

Alpha Aniimo let you skip that step. An Alpha caught in the overworld comes with an enhanced version of its Core Skill by default, so you don't need a pact with its Held Item to get the enhancement. That's a real reason to go after Alphas rather than settle for a common of the same species.

Prismana work differently. Obtaining a Prismana unlocks an exclusive skill, and that skill then carries over to the rest of the species. Gale Charge is the example: once you have Prismana Infergon, every Infergon you get afterwards can use it. The unlock applies to everything that comes later, not only to one creature.

Traits are the passive skills an Aniimo carries. They aren't fixed per species. Aniimo spawn with traits of varying rarity, and each trait provides its own passive ability, so two catches of the same creature can behave differently even with identical active skills.

Personality is a separate layer. Every Aniimo has a distinct personality, and different personalities grant different buffs. Between trait rarity and personality, the individual you actually caught matters as much as the name on the dex entry.

05Where to start

Choose the species for its moveset, role and out-of-combat abilities, then judge each individual by its traits and personality. Go after Alphas for the enhanced Core Skill, keep a final-form Nova if you want an ultimate, and remember that a Prismana unlock carries over to every later member of that species.