Ability Tree screen

On this screen, you can spend Ether that you have earned on Ether Score Contests to gain stat bonuses. A possible misconception is that the bonuses only apply to familiars of the shot type that you choose to increase stats from; in reality, the bonuses apply in general.

1) Total Times Increased. The amount of times that you have increased stats through spending Ether is displayed here. The total bonuses for Power, HP and Combo limit are displayed to the right.

Increasing Combo limit functions exactly as it sounds: if your Combo limit bonus is 50, you can reach 2050 Combo on Easy to Hard stages and 10050 on Death stages.

2) Shot Category. The category (straight/wide) of the list of shot types that is currently displayed. You can switch categories by pressing ⑪.

3) Shot Type. Selecting a shot type allows you to increase stats from it (on the screenshot, Vulcan has been selected). Right below the shot type's name, a bar fills up as you spend Ether on it.

4) Required Ether. The amount of Ether that you have spent on this shot type, out of the amount of Ether needed for reaching the next level.

5) Owned Ether. The amount of Ether that you have for this shot type. Every shot type provides Ether individually: if you earn 300 Ether from a W Shot contest, you can only use it in the W Shot tab on this screen.

6) Times Increased. The times that you have increased stats through this shot type.

7) Power. The Power bonus provided by the number of times that you have leveled this shot type. On the right, the bonus that the next level provides is displayed.

8) HP. Like above, but for HP.

9) Combo. Like above, but for Combo limit.

10) Increase. Press this to spend Ether on this shot type. This process works similarly to the Prayer screen.

11) Switch Shot Category. Switches the category (straight/wide) of the list of shot types.

12) Score Contest. Takes you to the score contest tab on the Quest Selection screen.