Rate
Rate noun - Degree of excellence.
Virtue
Virtue noun - A quality that gives something special worth.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Only the New Generation characters, by virtue of being last, manage to keep a survival rate higher than 50%.
Source: Anyone Can Die / Anime and Manga -
The In-Universe reasoning for this is Lindow got promoted to captain of Unit 1 by virtue of the excellent survival rate for God Eaters under his command, and the extremely valuable New Type Player Character was placed under Lindow's command for the same reason.
Source: Always in Class One - Like bards, though, they're still very powerful classes pretty much by virtue of being casters, and their flexible entry requirements makes it easy to qualify as, say, an Ur-Priest (who gets casting at such a fast rate that the Mystic Theurge can't slow it down).
Source: Master of None
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