Talk:Deck Guides/AW and FAW Teams/@comment-119.236.212.32-20150902154243

Maxing cards if you have the medals and resources to do so is also a good upgrading technique. Especially for cards guaranteed to be buffed ie self buffers (autoskill or proc). Back in the day I went from a 50% AWK to a 90%+ AWK by maxing Orihime (my first maxed card!) during her event. I still remember using all my swords to farm and ending up with enough medalled Orihime to max out Astaroth when she came out a few events later ^^. Granted, this was 2 years ago, before URs were even introduced, but maxing cards might be a good technique for those stuck at the killing-FAWs-but-not-very-consistently stage.

TL;DR Maxing stats is good if you have the resources. Max ATK+DEF for your attacking cards (self-buff, crit etc.). Maxing just DEF should be good enough for your support cards (team buff, blocker/shielder, unleasher etc.)