"It and charge are 1.8 times boosts instead of 2.5 like in prevoious games, probably in a vain attempt to balance some strats that work anyways" It's because their purpose is different in this game. A very big part of SMT V is your MP management, since every skill now costs two or even three times - looking at you, Debilitate and Luster Candy - more than what they usually cost (ignoring the Skill Potential cost decreases). So ATLUS repurposed Charge and Concentrate to better fit this new format. As a result, while in other games you have your tried-and-true no-brainer strategy of "use Charge/Concentrate, then use your strongest attack to deal a fuckton of damage", in SMT V you now have to decide between dealing damage and conserving your resources. Because using the skill twice *will* do 20% more damage compared to using it once with Charge/Concentrate, but it will also cost *a lot* more, since just 10 MP (at +0 Support Potential) is way less than the cost of pretty much every single offensive skill in the mid- and late-game. Not saying that I personally like this new change - in fact, I barely used these two skills in my original playthrough of SMT V and quite literally *never* used them while playing Vengeance - but that's the main idea.

@@charlottewiltshire6076 All fair points, TY for the response.