Skill Levels
All cards start at skill level 1.
As you increase the skill level of your cards, the power of their skills increases. The chances of their skill activating will increase, and in addition the effect of the skill itself will become more powerful.
Skill Levels can reach a maximum of 100.
Skill Levels are applied to all skills. A new Skill is unlocked for each card when you Limit Break them, up to a total of 4 Skills.
Skills are formatted as (Skill Name) / [Activation Timing] Skill Effect / % Chance of Activation
Increasing Skill Level
Some quests drop items called [code]Weapon[/code] souls that are used to increase a character's skill level; each weapon has a corresponding soul. Like XP stars, you don't have to match them up; any soul would do. However, you won't fully benefit from the skill level increase that the matching soul would yield. Like XP stars, you also have a chance to get a great level up, or fever, but also a failure (all multiply the effect of leveling up; more info at leveling). Like XP stars, you also have to use coins to increase a unit's skill level, but unlike unit leveling, the coin cost is steeper. It's generally cheaper to use higher-grade (higher rarity) souls to quickly boost, as the cost isn't necessarily related to the soul grade (rarity). Generally, it's better to focus on real leveling a companion up rather than their skill level, as the effects aren't as noticeable.
Skill Timings
Every skill has a specific timing in which it will activate. The various skill timings are as follows.
Timing Name (Eng/Jpn) | Description |
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Beginning of Phase 【フェーズ開始時】 | Activates when a Phase begins.[1] |
Before Attacking 【攻撃前】 | Activates right before a character attacks. |
When Attacking 【攻撃時】 | Activates when a character attacks. |
After Attacking 【攻撃後】 | Activates after a character attacks. |
Before Damage 【ダメージ前】 | Activates right before a character is attacked and damaged. |
After Damage 【ダメージ後】 | Activates after a character has been attacked and damaged. Used for skills that buff you or your allies. |
When Damaged 【対ダメージ】 | Activates after a character has been attacked and damaged. Used for skills that debuff enemies. |
While Moving 【移動時】 | Activates when a character is moving. Typically used for skills that enhance your movement range. |
After Moving 【移動後】 | Activates after a character moves. This is one of the most common types of activation timings, so please read the footnote to better understand it. [2] |
Special Attack 【特攻】 | Activates when attacking, but only in certain conditions (E.g. If the opponent has a certain skill or weapon type[3]). Increases damage by 1.5x. Does not increase with skill level. |
Special Defense 【特防】 | Activates when attacked by a weapon or skill of a certain type. Decreases damage taken by 0.7x. Does not increase with skill level. |
During Status Ailment 【状態異常時】 | Activates when afflicted with a debuff or status ailment. |
During Victory 【勝利時】 | Activates when you win a battle. |
Skill Formulas
The general formula for most skills that cause poison/burn/etc, increase damage dealt, or heal is:
To give an example, the buff 闘志 (Fighting Spirit) increases the damage a character will do.
It has a base value of 1.2. A character using it has a skill level of 12.
To find out the full damage increase, it would be
Or an increase of 1.34400. At skill level 99, it would increase damage by 2.38800.
The general formula for most skills that decrease taken (ie Defense buffs) or debuff an enemy to decrease the damage they deal deal is
The formula for skills activated during Charge Skill is
or
Charge Skill Effect Increase and Duration
A Charge Skills effect will activate for each ALIVE enemy hit during the Charge Skill. For most Charge Skills that apply buffs or debuffs, such as Charm, this has little meaning, but this greatly changes the power of Charge Skills with healing effects.
For example, if you hit 3 alive enemies with Azazel's Charge Skill, which has the effect of casting Heal on nearby allies, Azazel will cast Heal 3 times, multiplying its healing power by 3. Similarly, if Kuniyoshi hits 4 enemies with his Charge Skill, he will cast CP Up 4 times in a row.
However, an enemy has to have HP remaining when hit by a Charge Skill for it to count. If the enemy is already "defeated" by the time the Charge Skill activates, the effect will not stack. This means it is also possible for a Charge Skill's effect to activate 0 times if it doesn't hit any enemies with HP remaining.
It is recommended you make whoever you want to hit the most enemies FIRST with their Charge Skill your Leader, as Ally attack order is determined by their order in your deck slot. Allies in your Support slot will have more trouble activating their Charge Skill effects multiple times, as they attack last and thus have a higher chance of only hitting dead enemies.
Buffs and debuffs do not have their durations refreshed when applied again. For example, if you were to cast Blessing on an ally with Youl, they would be Blessed for 3 turns. If you were to wait 2 turns and cast it on the same ally with Youl again, the buff will not reset and the Blessing will wear off the next turn.
Buffs
Base Value is the effect of the skill at Skill Level 1.
Max Value is the effect of the skill at Skill Level 100.
Buff Type | Name (Eng/Jpn) | Icon | Description | Base Value | Max Value |
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Offensive | Attack Up 【攻撃強化】 | Increases attack by a multiplier for 4 turns. | 1.1x | 2.2x | |
Critical 【クリティカル】 | Increases attack by a multiplier for 1 turn. | 2x | 4x | ||
Critical++ 【クリティカル++】 | Increases attack by a multiplier for 1 turn. | 2.75x | 5.5x | ||
Fighting Spirit 【闘志】 | Increases attack by a multiplier for 3 turns. | 1.2x | 2.4x | ||
Herculean Strength 【剛力】 | Increases attack by a multiplier for 5 turns. | 1.15x | 2.3x | ||
Berserk【暴走】 | Increases both damage dealt and damage received by a multiplier for 4 turns. | 1.3x | 2.6x | ||
Rage【激怒】 | Increases both damage dealt and damage received by a multiplier for ? turns. | 1.25x | 2.5x | ||
Defensive | Defense Up 【防御強化】 | Decreases damage received from enemies by a multiplier for 4 turns. | 0.9x | 0.45x | |
Diamond 【金剛】 | Decreases damage received from enemies by a multiplier for 4 turns. | 0.9x | 0.45x | ||
Stubborn 【頑強】 | Decreases damage received from enemies by a multiplier for 1 turn. | 0.9x | 0.45x | ||
Protection 【守護】 | Decreases damage received from enemies by a multiplier for 1 turn. | 0.9x | 0.45x | ||
Evasion 【回避】 | Greatly decreases damage received from enemies by a multiplier for 1 turn. | 0.01x | 0.005x | ||
Healing | Heal 【回復】 | Heals a character by a certain amount. The amount varies depending on the skill. | N/A | N/A | |
Blessing 【祝福】 | Heals the buffed by a certain amount at the end of each turn for 3 turns. | 300 | 600 | ||
Regeneration 【再生】 | Heals the buffed by a certain amount at the end of each turn for 3 turns. | 400 | 800 | ||
Guts 【根性】 | Revives the buffed unit to 1 HP upon dying for the first time. Lasts 5 turns. | N/A | N/A | ||
Cleanse 【弱体解除】 | Removes debuffs. | N/A | N/A | ||
CP | Increase CP 【CP増加】 | Increases CP of a character by a certain amount. The amount varies depending on the skill. | N/A | N/A | |
Acceleration 【加速】 | Increases CP of the buffed character at the end of your turn for 3 turns.[4] | 8 | N/A | ||
Roused 【奮起】 | Increases CP of the buffed character at the end of your turn for 3 turns.[5] | 10 | N/A | ||
Movement | Vertical Movement Increase 【縦方向移動力増加】 | Increases the distance a character can move vertically. | N/A | N/A |
Debuffs
Skill Radius Keywords
Name (Eng/Jpn) | Description |
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Adjacent 【隣接1マス】 | Effects all friendly units 1 space away from the unit horizontally and vertically, but not diagonally. The range can include the person using the skill (隣接1マス内) or exclude them (隣接1マス). |
Nearby 【周囲1マス】 | Effects all friendly units 1 space away from the unit horizontally and vertically and diagonally. The range can include the person using the skill (周囲1マス内) or exclude them (周囲1マス). |
In a Wide Radius 【距離2マス】 | Effects all friendly units 2 spaces away from the unit horizontally and vertically, 1 space away diagonally. |
Footnotes
- ↑ This means a new wave of enemies. It does not mean the beginning of each turn.
- ↑ What "After Moving" really means is that a skill will activate after you select a unit for movement and let go of it. You do not actually have to move the character around. Forcefully moving other characters will not activate their own After Moving skills. In other words, you can only activate one character's After Moving skill a turn.
- ↑ For example, a character with the Special Attack skill 屠竜の勇者 (Dragon Slayer Hero) will do extra damage to enemy characters who possess the skill 竜を継ぐ者 (Dragon Inheritor)
- ↑ The behavior of this skill is odd. It will always say CP 8 at the end of the turn, but the actual CP you gain is often more. It seems to increase based on the CP you gained previously in the turn from attacking or getting hit. It's unknown if skill level affects the amount gained.
- ↑ See previous footnote.