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> もっと ちゃんとした 攻撃用のスキルが欲しいんだけど…

What does the word もっと refer to in this sentence? Is it ちゃんとした ("I would have
preferred a more typical attack skill")? Or is it 欲しい ("A typical attack skill
is something I would have liked more")?

The official translation is

> I would've preferred an actual attack skill, but...

but I'm not sure it reflects the nuance correctly.
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Can もっと qualify ちゃんとした？
[ちゃんとした](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F)
means "decent" or "usable", not "typical". It can be safely modified by もっと.
The sentence basically means "I want more decent attack skills". This is an
ambiguous sentence (both in Japanese and English) which can mean either "(I've
got at least a few useful skills but) I want more skills which are decent" or
"(I've got some useless skill but) I want a skill which is more decent". If
the official translation is correct, it means the latter in this context,
i.e., もっと modifies ちゃんとした.
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