- Obviously, the star of the show is Rika's time loops. She gets a guaranteed first draft of the match as long as she can keep herself alive, and from there, can constantly adjust her team's strategy to tell them what works and what fails, as long as they haven't encountered too much of the enemy team before she can say anything! She'll have to be with a very trustworthy team (or a psychic) at first, but on upgrade, entire strategies can be planned around Rika's loops and keeping her safe and protected without her needing to goad her teammates.
Okay, so she
can tell them, they just might not believe her. Mega Man and Kazuma totally would though, and Leon has seen enough shit not to write anything off even if it sounds crazy.
Also the upgraded version of Rika is like, maybe the strongest Merc ever released that isn't Laharl