diff --git a/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.test.ts b/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.test.ts
index 7aaad8e..507fda9 100644
--- a/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.test.ts
@@ -83,3 +83,50 @@ test('스페셜 발동 순서를 탐색해 가장 높은 액티브를 강한 구
   assert.equal(firstActiveWinner?.cardId, 'c');
   assert.ok(Math.abs((firstActiveWinner?.scoreUpPercent ?? 0) - 242) < 1e-9);
 });
+
+test('예상 점수보다 이론상 고점을 우선해 스페셜 순서를 선택한다', () => {
+  const formation: OptimizerCard[] = [
+    {
+      id: 'active',
+      name: 'active',
+      active: { cooldownSeconds: 1, durationSeconds: 1, scoreUpPercent: 100, probabilityPercent: 10 },
+      special: { durationSeconds: 0, scoreUpPercent: 0 },
+      allowedCooldownReductions: [0]
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'score-support',
+      name: 'score-support',
+      active: { cooldownSeconds: 1, durationSeconds: 0, scoreUpPercent: 0 },
+      special: { durationSeconds: 1, scoreUpPercent: 200 },
+      allowedCooldownReductions: [0]
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'rate-support',
+      name: 'rate-support',
+      active: { cooldownSeconds: 1, durationSeconds: 0, scoreUpPercent: 0 },
+      special: { durationSeconds: 1, scoreUpPercent: 0, activationRateUpPercent: 900 },
+      allowedCooldownReductions: [0]
+    },
+    ...['filler-a', 'filler-b'].map((id): OptimizerCard => ({
+      id,
+      name: id,
+      active: { cooldownSeconds: 1, durationSeconds: 0, scoreUpPercent: 0 },
+      special: { durationSeconds: 0, scoreUpPercent: 0 },
+      allowedCooldownReductions: [0]
+    }))
+  ];
+  const targetChart: ExactSongChart = {
+    songId: 'maximum-priority-test',
+    difficulty: 'expert',
+    durationSeconds: 2,
+    scoreRatio: 1,
+    notes: [{ timeSeconds: 1.1, type: 'regular', isFlick: false }],
+    specialStartSeconds: [0.5, null, null, null, null]
+  };
+
+  const result = optimizeExactOrderAndCooldowns(formation, targetChart, { perfectNoteScore: 100 });
+
+  assert.equal(result.order[0], 'score-support');
+  assert.equal(result.theoreticalMaxScore, 400);
+  assert.equal(result.expectedScore, 130);
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.ts b/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.ts
index 129a5fe..23fbea9 100644
--- a/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.ts
+++ b/src/lib/engine/exact-optimizer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { effectiveActiveProbability } from './active-probability.ts';
-import { calculateExactScore } from './score.ts';
+import { calculateExactScore, finalNoteScore } from './score.ts';
 import { passiveScoreSupportByCard } from './passive-support.ts';
 import { effectiveCooldownSeconds } from './timeline.ts';
 import { COOLDOWN_REDUCTIONS } from './types.ts';
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function scoreAssignment(
   profiles: ReadonlyMap<string, CandidateProfile>,
   base: Float64Array,
   directBonus: number
-): number {
+): { expectedScore: number; theoreticalMaxScore: number } {
   const selected = cards.map((card) => {
     const reduction = reductions[card.id] ?? 0;
     const profile = profiles.get(`${card.id}:${reduction}`);
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ function scoreAssignment(
   });
   const boosts = new Float64Array(cards.length);
   const probabilities = new Float64Array(cards.length);
-  let rawScore = 0;
+  let expectedScore = 0;
+  let theoreticalMaxScore = 0;
 
   for (let noteIndex = 0; noteIndex < base.length; noteIndex += 1) {
     let count = 0;
@@ -212,9 +213,10 @@ function scoreAssignment(
       expectedBoost += previousFailed * probabilities[position] * boosts[position];
       previousFailed *= 1 - probabilities[position];
     }
-    rawScore += base[noteIndex] * (1 + expectedBoost);
+    expectedScore += finalNoteScore(base[noteIndex] * (1 + expectedBoost), directBonus);
+    theoreticalMaxScore += finalNoteScore(base[noteIndex] * (1 + (count > 0 ? boosts[0] : 0)), directBonus);
   }
-  return Math.floor(Math.floor(rawScore) * (1 + directBonus / 100) + Number.EPSILON * Math.max(1, rawScore) * 4);
+  return { expectedScore, theoreticalMaxScore };
 }
 
 export function optimizeExactOrderAndCooldowns(
@@ -230,7 +232,8 @@ export function optimizeExactOrderAndCooldowns(
   const orderCount = cards.reduce((value, _, index) => value * (index + 1), 1);
   const totalCandidates = orderCount * reductionAssignments.length;
   let evaluatedCandidates = 0;
-  let bestScore = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+  let bestTheoreticalMaxScore = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+  let bestExpectedScore = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
   let bestOrder: OptimizerCard[] | null = null;
   let bestReductions: Record<string, CooldownReduction> | null = null;
   let bestReductionTotal = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
@@ -240,8 +243,14 @@ export function optimizeExactOrderAndCooldowns(
     for (const reductions of reductionAssignments) {
       const score = scoreAssignment(order, reductions, profiles, base, options.directSongScoreBonusPercent ?? 0);
       const reductionTotal = Object.values(reductions).reduce<number>((sum, value) => sum + value, 0);
-      if (score > bestScore || (score === bestScore && reductionTotal < bestReductionTotal)) {
-        bestScore = score;
+      const isHigherMaximum = score.theoreticalMaxScore > bestTheoreticalMaxScore;
+      const isHigherExpectedTie = score.theoreticalMaxScore === bestTheoreticalMaxScore &&
+        score.expectedScore > bestExpectedScore;
+      const isCheaperTie = score.theoreticalMaxScore === bestTheoreticalMaxScore &&
+        score.expectedScore === bestExpectedScore && reductionTotal < bestReductionTotal;
+      if (isHigherMaximum || isHigherExpectedTie || isCheaperTie) {
+        bestTheoreticalMaxScore = score.theoreticalMaxScore;
+        bestExpectedScore = score.expectedScore;
         bestOrder = order;
         bestReductions = reductions;
         bestReductionTotal = reductionTotal;
diff --git a/src/lib/engine/score.ts b/src/lib/engine/score.ts
index 8c307d3..b3f43d6 100644
--- a/src/lib/engine/score.ts
+++ b/src/lib/engine/score.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function expectedStrongestBoost(candidates: readonly ActiveCandidate[]): number
   return expectedBoost;
 }
 
-function finalNoteScore(score: number, percent: number): number {
+export function finalNoteScore(score: number, percent: number): number {
   const scaled = score * (1 + percent / 100);
   return Math.ceil(scaled - Number.EPSILON * Math.max(1, scaled) * 4);
 }