AI Limit Guide | Everything About Sync Rate

Here's every detail you need to know about sync rates to improve your combat strategies in AI Limit

Game Guide by Ornstein on May 30, 2025

You'll find that Sync Rate in AI Limit is one of the most innovative ideas to emerge in Souls-like games, refreshing the formula by tying your combat effectiveness directly to your offensive engagement. The Sync Rate is displayed through a percentage meter that changes color as it fills, located at the bottom of your interface.

If you don't manage your Sync Rate properly, AI Limit can be the hardest game to play. So, in this guide, we'll discuss everything you'll need to understand about managing the Sync Rate.

What Is Sync Rate?

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Sync Rate is the core mechanic that represents the amount of "mud energy" available at any given moment. It encourages a strategic balance between aggression and powerful abilities by dynamically gauging your readiness to unleash weapon arts, special attacks, and spells. You'll see the Sync Rate displayed as a meter above your health bar, visually divided into tiers.

Increasing Sync Rate

To build your Sync Rate, you land melee attacks on enemies. The more you engage in close-quarters combat and successfully strike your opponents, the faster your meter will fill. This design rewards you for staying on the offensive and mastering basic attacks.

What Consumes Sync Rate?

Using decisive actions—such as weapon arts, special attacks, and spells—consumes Sync Rate. You can't endlessly spam your potent abilities; eventually, your meter will drop below the required threshold, forcing you to return to basic attacks to rebuild energy before unleashing more powerful options. Each spell and skill has its own Sync Rate cost, clearly indicated by an icon and a colored border.

Sync Rate & Damage

Your Sync Rate tier affects how much damage you do. When your meter is complete, your attacks, skills, and powers do more damage. This mechanic makes you want to keep your Sync Rate high so that you can be as aggressive as possible, creating a loop of aggression and empowerment that is fun to play.

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Sync Rate Tiers (Colors)

The Sync Rate meter is divided into colored tiers determined by the seals you equip. By default, you start at gray (Tier 0), then progress through light blue (Tier 1), dark blue (Tier 2), purple (Tier 3), and red (Tier 4). Higher tiers grant increasing damage bonuses: for example, Tier 2 gives +10% attack damage, Tier 3 +20%, and Tier 4 +30%. Skills and spells receive comparable percentage boosts based on their respective charts.

Spell & Skill Costs

Each spell and weapon skill displays its Sync Rate cost. If your meter falls below the required tier, you won't be able to activate the ability—even if you have points in the relevant attribute. After using a skill or spell, your meter drops by the cost amount (for instance, from 100% to 60% if you use a 40% skill), reducing your damage until you rebuild your Sync Rate.

Seals' Effect on Sync

Main and standard seals affect your Sync Rate's maximum level, generation rate, and minimum floor. As you progress, you'll discover seals that boost the minimum meter generation (for example, ensuring it constantly regenerates to at least 40%), increase tier thresholds, or enhance related stats such as defense and resistances.

Frame Ability Costs

Your frame abilities—such as deflecting with L1, piercing with B, or dashing thunder—also consume Sync Rate. When you lack sufficient meter, these abilities grey out, signaling that you cannot use them until you rebuild your Sync Rate through melee engagements.

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Conversion & Stability

When you make an attack, Conversion tells you how much Sync Rate you gain, and Stability tells you how much your meter drops when you take damage. Putting money into Vitality makes both Conversion and Stability better, so you gain meters faster and lose less when hit.

Vitality's Role

Vitality not only makes your shields and resists stronger, but it also has a direct effect on your Sync Rate. By putting points into Vitality, you can improve both Conversion (gaining meters) and Stability (keeping meters), which gives you more control over how you use your resources in battle.

Essential Sync Rate Tips

You'll encounter enemies and environmental hazards that can deplete your Sync Rate, so adapt your strategy and remain vigilant.

If your meter reaches 0%, your character becomes weakened and more susceptible to damage, and you may even stagger, leaving you unable to move for several seconds. However, upon death, your Sync Rate resets to 100%.

Sync Rate in Boss Encounters

Some bosses have their own Sync Rate bars. As you aggressively hit the boss and drain their meter, they do less damage. This makes your bottom bar and their top bar constantly tug at each other. If you can master this interaction, you can beat formidable enemies more quickly.

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Advantages of Sync Rate

Instead of stamina bars, Sync Rate connects using strong abilities to win close combat. It makes players more likely to take the lead and play aggressively, which can be used for both attack and defense.

You'll find a balance between risk and return by using basic attacks to restore meter and powerful skills to get the upper hand. Since there are free respecs, you can try out different seals, weapons, and builds to find the ones that work best for your playstyle.

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