Skills

Minimum Damage

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Skill Tome: Mosquito LU

All attacks only deal 1 point of damage.

HP Absorbed

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Attack Absorber LU/Muzét:Dark-Water 2160

Normal attacks restore HP instead of TP.

HP Gain

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Light 100

Recover 10% HP each time you defeat an enemy.

HP Gain 2

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Light 1030

The effects of HP Gain will increase based on your combo count. Increases by 1% for every 5 hits.

HP Restoration Guard

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Earth 4530 (Ludger:Earth 3180/Elize:Earth 5060)

Recover 25% HP when you perform a successful Flash Guard.

Medicinal Meditation

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Fire-Wind 1410

HP will slowly regenerate while standing idle in battle.

TP Gain

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Dark 100

Recover 2% TP each time you defeat an enemy.

TP Gain 2

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Dark 1030 (Milla-Leia:Dark 1210)

The effects of TP Gain will increase based on your combo count. Increases by 1% for every 5 hits.

TP Restoration Guard

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Earth 4530 (Jude:Earth 5630)

Recover 10% TP when you perform a successful Flash Guard.

TP Reversal

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Level 55

Restores 50% of your last TP consumption.

Earth Guard

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Ludger:Earth 1410/Leia:Earth 1630

Increase resistance to earth by 15%.

Stable Shift

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Dark-Water 310

Avoid staggering while chaining into an arte from Spirit Shift (i.e., Flare Bomb into Fireball.)

Multi-Item

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Skill Tome: Share the Wealth LE

Single-target restorative items can target all members, but at half the effectiveness.

Item Spawn

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Light 8410

Enemies become twice as likely to drop items.

Item Knowledge

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Water-Earth 400

A certain portion of your items will have increased effectiveness in battle.

Focused Assault

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Wind-Dark 1880

An arte that follows up Emergency Warp will cost 20% less TP to cast.

Focused Spell

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Fire-Wind 3180

An arte that follows up Emergency Warp will have its strength and casting time doubled.

Water Guard

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Ludger:Water 1410/Rowen:Water 1630

Increase resistance to water by 15%.

Fortune

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Dispeller LU/Muzét:Fire 8410

50% chance of nullifying damage dealt to you by enemy artes.

Assault Step

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Assault Step LU/Jude:Dark-Water 2160

You can perform an attack during a front-step. This only applies once when quick-stepping.

Agility

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Wind 50

Increases AGI by 5%.

Agility 2

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Wind 870

Increases AGI by 10%.

Agility 3

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Agility Blast LU/

Jude:Wind 6920/Leia:Skill Tome: Agility Blast LE

Increases AGI by 15%.

Blunt Force

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Ludger:Water-Earth 100/Alvin:Light-Fire 310

Increases chance of stunning an enemy with a physical attack by 5%.

Increased Tension

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Light-Fire 1410

Performing a taunt will restore 30% max TP but reduce current HP by 30%.

Increased Tension 2

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Light-Fire 9230

Increased Tension will now only consume 10% of current HP (not 30%).

Fury Stoke

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Fire 230 (Rowen:Dark 230/Leia:Light-Fire 230/

Gaius:Water 230)

Performing a taunt will make you the focus of enemy attacks for 5 seconds.

Fury Stoke 2

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Fire 3590 (Rowen:Dark 4530/Leia:Light-Fire 3590/Gaius:Water 3590)

Fury Stoke duration increased to 10 sec.

Support Shift (Jude)

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Fire 5060

Restore now restores TP instead of HP, and will no longer revive KO'd members.

Support Shift (Milla)

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Water 4530

Reduced duration on Bind, and afflict the enemy with a magic ailment based on its weakness.

Support Shift (Alvin)

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Earth-Light 5630

When using Breaker, you will lower enemies' P. DEF and A. DEF without stunning them.

Support Shift (Elize)

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Water-Earth 4530

Teepo Drain can activate on downed enemies, not just enemies hit into the air.

Support Shift (Rowen)

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Water 5060

While defending with Auto Magic Guard, damage will be taken as TP instead of HP.

Support Shift (Leia)

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Wind 4530

Item Steal steals gald instead of items.

Support Shift (Gaius)

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Earth 5060

Chivalry will only affect TP consumption on your next chain and will not consume AC.

Support Shift (Muzét)

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Wind 5060

Can no longer use Emergency Warp during a back-step, but can now do a body blow attack during a front-step.

Anti-Magic

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Magical Shield LU/Rowen:Dark 11050

All artes used on you will have no effect. This includes both offensive and defensive spirit artes.

Feign Death

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Dark 5630

Hold down on the left stick to stay on the ground when downed and recover HP and TP at a rate of 3% per second.

Indication

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Water 400

10% TP restored to entire party during a Back-Attack Encounter.

Intelligence

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Light 50

Increases INT by 5%.

Intelligence 2

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Light 870

Increases INT by 10%.

Intelligence 3

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Mind Gymnastics LU/Milla:Skill Tome: Mind Gymnastics ML/Rowen:Light 6920

Increases INT by 15%.

Reconaissance

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Light 230

Enemies' weaknesses will be displayed while you press the "switch target" button.

Wizard

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Dark-Water 610

Setting Teepo to ON will multiply effectiveness of spirit artes by 1.5.

Wizard 2

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Dark-Water 3180

Setting Teepo to ON will reduce casting time by 40%.

Jude Sync

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Skill Tome: Dynamic Duo ML

Can use Snap Pivot when linked with Jude. This will position you behind an enemy when avoiding an attack with a back-step.

Milla Sync

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Skill Tome: Perfect Harmony JD

Can use Spirit Shift when linked with Milla, Demon Fist, Cerberus Strike, Steel, and Palm Strike will become Spirit Shift.

Wind Guard

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Wind 1630

Increase resistance to wind by 15%.

Solid Guard

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Dark 15

Decrease damage by 50% when guarding. Also works with Magic Guard.

Warrior

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Light-Fire 730

Setting Teepo to OFF will multiply attack power of artes by 1.5.

Warrior 2

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Light-Fire 2470

Setting Teepo to OFF will increase movement speed by 25%. Front and back-steps will also cover 25% more distance.

Aerial Armor

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Air Armor LU/

Milla:Wind 11050/Muzét:Earth 11050

Avoid staggering when attacked during a jump.

Aerial Guard

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Milla:Wind-Dark1410/Muzét:Earth-Light 1210

Enables you to guard in mid-air.

Aerial Jump

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Milla:Fire 5060/Leia:Wind 400/Muzét:Wind 1630

Enables you to jump once in mid-air.

Aerial Jump 2

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Fire 9230

Enables you to jump again after performing an Aerial Jump.

Air Swimmer

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Dark-Water 1210

Can front-step, back-step, jump, or quickly fall in the air (once).

Aerial Spell

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Milla:Wind 5630/Elize:Skill Tome: Floating Magic EZ/Muzét:Wind 2470

You can cast attack artes in mid-air.

Aerial Dash

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Fire 2810

Grants the ability to perform a front-step in mid-air.

Aerial Bind

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Milla:Fire-Wind 400/Muzét:Fire-Wind 730

Attacking an airborne enemy will make them stagger for 25% longer.

Aerial Backstep

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Fire-Wind 730

Grants the ability to perform a back-step in mid-air.

Aerial Force

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Milla:Wind-Dark 310/Muzét:Wind-Dark160

Inflict 10% more damage when attacking an airborne enemy.

Aerial Revenge

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Fire 1630

Enables you to use Retribution by pressing L1.

Linked Action

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Light 4530 (Ludger:Skill Tome: Beyond Linking LU/Milla:Earth 3180/Alvin-Elize:Light-Fire 4530/Gaius:Earth-Light 4530)

Increases max AC by 1. Linked partners will receive the same effect.

Exchange

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After L1 + X, your weapons will auto-swap: Dual Blades - Sledgehammer - Dual Pistols - Dual Blades.

Exchange Plus

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Earth 500

Exchange will swap in this order: Dual Blades - Dual Pistols - Sledgehammer - Dual Blades.

Energy Armor

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Energy Barrier's cost reduced to 6 TP, but damage will be reduced by 50%.

Energy Barrier

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Dark-Water 1030

All damage taken will be lessened by 30% at the cost of 3 TP each time.

Elemental Armor

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Skill Tome: Spirit Armor ML

Elemental martial artes and spirit artes will grant a 30% resistance to that element for 8 sec.

Angel's Cry

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Light 11050

100% chance of automatically reviving when KO'd. Will only work once per battle.

Endurance

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Water 1210

Recovery time decreased by 20% when you take damage.

Auto Medicine

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Water 1210

15% chance of recovering HP when receiving damage.

Auto Medicine 2

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Water 4040

30% chance of nullifying physical or magical ailments when affected.

Continued Channeling

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Fire-Wind 5630

Double the power of a spirit arte by holding O even after the spell is cast.

Overdrive

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After beating the game

Taunting while transformed causes Chromatus Gauge to deplete 50% slower. However, you may stagger from enemy attacks.

All Guard

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Ludger:Skill Tome: All Guard LU/

Jude-Rowen:Earth 1410/Milla:Wind 2160/

Alvin:Water-Earth 1630/Elize:Earth 1210/

Leia:Fire 1410/Gaius-Muzét:Earth 1630

Allows Magic Guard to lessen both magical and physical damage.

TP Guard Support

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Light-Fire 1210

Artes used after a successful guard will consume 10% less TP.

Guard Impact

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Water-Earth 1410

A well-timed guard will deal damage to nearby enemies. You must take damage from the attack.

Heal Guard

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Water-Earth 1880

HP will recover gradually when guarding. Also works with Magic Guard.

Guard Plus

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Ludger:Skill Tome/Gaius:Dark-Water 160

Restore an additional 1% TP from guarding.

Reflective Guard

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Reflect Guard LU/Elize:Dark-Water 310

For the first 3 sec of guarding, 20% of all damage received will be reflected back to the enemy (works with Magic Guard).

Counter Artes

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Fire-Wind 2160

Certain sledgehammer artes will now be useable while being hit by an enemy: Flame Tunnel & Psychic Restoration

Counter Chance

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Dark-Water 610

Avoid staggering for 8 sec after a well-timed guard while using a sledgehammer.

Bullet Vengeance

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Water 4530

Can fire with dual pistols while recovering.

Keen Edge

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Fire 3180

Critical hits from slash attacks deal +50% damage.

Charismatic Stance

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Wind 5060

Avoid staggering for 4 seconds after performing a taunt.

Speed Freak

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Earth-Light 1030

Sledgehammer artes will have increased speed.

Quick Motion

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Fire 5060

Casting different artes each time will reduce the previous arte's recharge time.

Quick Recover

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Dark-Water 160

Recover quickly when knocked down.

Immediate Consumption

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Wind-Dark 1030

Use items without having to stand still.

Crusher

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Fire 400

It is easier to inflict magical ailments with normal sledgehammer attacks.

Critical

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Critical Strike LU/Alvin:Wind-Dark400

Increases chance of performing a critical hit by 3%.

Sustained Critical

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Fire-Wind 2470

Critical hit rate in Over Limit +30%.

Critical Damage

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Light-Fire 1630

Critical hits deal +50% damage.

Kresnik

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Increase transformation time by 5 sec.

Kresnik 2

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Chromatus Gauge will deplete 50% slower while you are in mid-air.

Kresnik 3

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At the end of Chapter 15

While transformed, front-steps will warp you to your target.

Grace

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Rowen:Wind-Dark 6920/Muzét:Water 6920

Avoid staggering when attacked during spellcasting.

Level Restore

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Earth-Light 230 (Alvin:Earth-Light 310)

Completely restores HP and TP when you gain a level.

Back Support

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Fire 5060

Avoid Back-Attack Encounters.

Grounded Stance

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Ludger:Skill Tome: The Undefeated LU/Jude:Skill Tome: Instant Landing JD/Gaius:Skill Tome: The Undefeated GS

Avoid staggering when both feet are on the ground.

Cross Counter

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Ludger:Light-Fire 4530/Jude:Earth 4040/Gaius:Light-Fire 1880

Inflict 25% more damage when attacking an enemy during its attack.

Snap Pivot

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Light-Fire 1030

A successful guard 5 seconds after a back-step will allow you to step around the enemy.

Snap Pivot 2

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Light-Fire 6250

Increases the duration to activate a Snap Pivot after a back-step by 3 seconds.

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Light-Fire 310

Snap Pivot also activates during front-steps as well.

Conductor

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Water-Earth 230

TP will not be consumed during Arte Tuning.

Conductor 2

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Water-Earth 1030

Avoid staggering during Arte Tuning.

Conductor 3

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Water-Earth 3590

Adds 50% resistance to Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light, and Dark while casting an arte after Arte Tuning.

Conductor 4

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Water-Earth 6250

Avoid staggering for 1 sec after using an arte cast with Arte Tuning.

Point Conversion

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Point Converter LU/Rowen:Fire 2470

Converts 25% of total HP into TP. Effectively, HP becomes 75% and TP becomes 125% of its normal value.

TP Combo Support

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Ludger-Alvin:Water 500/Jude-Gaius:Dark 230/Milla:Dark 400/Elize:Water 400/Rowen:Water 310/Leia:Wind 610/Muzét:Wind-Dark 1210)

TP consumption reduced from normal attacks: 4-hit combos or greater = 10%, 8-hit combos or greater = 30%

Spell Combo

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Fire 2470

Casting time cut in half after a combo of 20 or higher.

Combo Siphon

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Dark 1630 (Ludger:Wind-Dark 1880/Milla-Alvin:Dark 2470/Elize-Muzét:Dark 1410)

Recover 1% TP for every 9 hits.

Lottery

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Gold Digger LU/Leia:Water-Earth 160

25% chance of getting twice as much gald after a battle.

Lottery 2

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Water-Earth 4530

77% chance of getting twice as much gald. (Must have Lottery set as well.)

Self-Sacrifice

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Wind-Dark 11050

As a support partner, you will take your partner's place if they are KO'd. The partner will fully recover their HP and TP.

Survive

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Survival LU/Alvin:Dark-Water 5630/Elize:Earth-Light 5630/Gaius:Light-Fire 7640

No matter how powerful an attack is, guarding will help maintain 1 HP and avoid KO.

Gentleman's Creed

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Skill Tome: Etiquette Guide AL

All basic parameters increase by 5% for each female party member you have during battle.

Sharp Edge

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4

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Fire-Wind 500

Slash attacks have a higher chance to inflict magical ailments.

Shining Hand

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4

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Light-Fire 4530

Light emitted from the palm of your hand increases attack range during Over Limit.

Jump Cancel

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4

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Ludger-Rowen:Wind 500/Jude-Gaius:Wind 400/Milla:Water-Earth 610/Alvin-Elize:Wind 310/

Leia:Wind 730/Muzét:Wind 230

Cancel attacks by jumping.

Single Artes

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4

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Level 70

If Special is active: Mystic arte = hold during an arcane arte.

Melee Gamble

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4

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Guardmaster LU/Elize:Fire-Wind 5630

Take only 1 point of damage when guarding against physical attacks, but receive twice as much damage when not guarding.

Spell Gamble

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4

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Ultra Resist LU/Elize:Water-Earth 6250

Take only 1 point of damage from magical attacks when using Magic Guard, but receive twice as much damage when not using it.

Sky Soldier

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Sky Soldier LU/

Ludger:Wind 11050/Leia:Wind 5630

When attacking in the air, damage dealt to enemies increases by 25% and TP consumed decreases by 25%.

Vitality

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2

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Water 50

Increases VIT by 5%.

Vitality 2

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4

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Water 870

Increases VIT by 10%.

Vitality 3

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8

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Body Booster LU/Jude:Skill Tome: Body Boost JD/Gaius:Water 6920

Increases VIT by 15%.

Steal Plus

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2

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Light-Fire 730

Increases chance of successfully stealing an item by 30%.

Steal Psyche

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4

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Dark-Water 3590

Recover 5% TP when you successfully steal an item from an enemy.

Bonus Extension

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2

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Earth 400

Elongated Staff will last 3 seconds longer.

Bonus Extension 2

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Earth 3590

Using Flash Guard successfully will activate the Elongated Staff.

Status Guard

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10

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Water-Earth 2810

Magical ailments will last half as long.

Status Breaker

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4

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Dark-Water 1210

Higher combo counts will increase your chance of inflicting magical ailments.

Mirage Step

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8

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Wind 610 (Ludger:Wind 730/Milla:Water-Earth 1030/

Alvin:Fire 730/Rowen:Fire-Wind 730/

Leia:Fire-Wind 500/Muzét:Light-Fire 610)

AC will not be consumed while quick-stepping.

Step Guard

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12

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Ludger:Fire-Wind 4040/Jude:Earth-Light 4530

Avoid staggering when attacked during a quick-step.

Long Step

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4

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Fire-Wind 100

Perform front-steps and back-steps over a greater distance.

Disorienting Strike

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14

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Alvin:Earth 1410/Gaius:Earth 1880

Normal attacks will extend enemy's recovery time by 25%.

Strength

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2

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Fire 50

Increases STR by 5%.

Strength 2

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Fire 870

Increases STR by 10%

Strength 3

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Skill Tome: “Strength Booster”

Increases STR by 15%

Chain Consumption

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32

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Fire-Wind 6250

After using an item, you can use another one instantly without delay.

Speed Cast

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8

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Light-Fire 160

Reduce casting time by 10%.

Speed Cast 2

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10

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Light-Fire 1410

Arte casting time reduced by 10% when following after a martial arte.

Speed Cast 3

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16

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Light-Fire 4040

Casting time reduced by 30% when at 0 AC.

Speed Spoils

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2

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At the end of Chapter 6

Defeating Speed-type enemies in stage-1 transformation yields 2x Elemental Ore.

Speed Charge

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16

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Water-Earth 5630

Increase Charging speed.

Spirit

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2

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Dark 610 (Milla:Dark 730)

Increases max TP by 5%.

Spirit 2

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4

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Dark 2160 (Milla:Dark 1880)

Increases max TP by 10%.

Spirit 3

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8

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Arte Amplify LU/Muzét:Skill Tome: Arte Amplify MZ/Elize:Dark 6920

Increases max TP by 15%.

Sprinter

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4

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Fire 2470

Free movement speed +30% for .5 sec after starting movement.

Renewed Confidence

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4

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Water 2160

After a successful back-step dodge, the next combo attack will not consume TP.

Temporary Stability

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8

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Water-Earth 1630

Avoid staggering 5 seconds after a successful back-step dodge on the ground.

Momentary Gain

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2

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Fire-Wind 310 (Elize:Fire-Wind 230/Muzét:Fire-Wind 500)

AC +1 when peforming a back-step to avoid an attack (up to 3 times).

Momentary Gain 2

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4

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Fire-Wind 3180 (Leia-Muzét:Fire-Wind 4040)

If Momentary Gain is active, your AC will automatically be maxed at 3.

Adrenaline Rush

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4

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Wind-Dark 400

Increases movement speed and quick-step speed for 8 seconds after avoiding an attack with a back-step.

Opportune Moment

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12

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Skill Tome: Frozen Field RW

Time stops for 3 seconds after avoiding an attack with a back-step.

Special

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Level 42

During a linked arte in Over Limit: Leader's mystic arte = hold, Partner's mystic arte = hold.

Xillia Special

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Level 70 or higher Bonus Episode

If Jude and Milla have Special active: Linked mystic arte = hold during a linked arte.

Special Linked Artes

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Talent

If Ludger and partner have Special active: Linked mystic arte = hold during a linked arte.

Spell Shock

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4

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Wind 1880

.9 sec after casting, a shockwave will knock enemies away from you.

Abrupt Cast

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16

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Water 8410

Can’t use Arte Tuning after an arte but recovery time is decreased.

Queued Spellcasting

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Wind-Dark 1410

If you cancel spellcasting for a given spirit arte, you will resume where you left off when recasting it.

Mobile Casting

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4

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Water 3180

If you pause casting by holding O, you can move around before resuming.

Spell Boost

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4

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Skill Tome: Spellcaster MZ

The less TP you have left, the stronger your artes will become (up to twice as powerful).

Absolute Reduction

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4

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Fire 1880

10% chance of 0 TP being consumed when casting a spirit arte.

Spell Resonance

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8

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Water-Earth 2810

If your Link Partner casts an arte while you are casting, casting time is reduce by 20%.

Casting Window

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6

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Milla:Fire 1630/Elize:Earth-Light 1630/

Rowen:Dark-Water 1880/Leia:Water 2470/Muzét:Water 1880

Linked artes can be initiated during the spellcasting of a spirit arte.

Second Artes (Ludger)

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Skill Tome: Arte Shift LU

Hold the attack button when using dual blades to unleash a new attack: Swift Strike or Falling Snow.

Second Artes (Jude)

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Water 1410

Hold the button down for alternate effects: Demon Fist, Healer, Cerberus Strike, and Steel.

Second Artes (Gaius)

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Water 8410

Hold the button for an additional attack: Tiger Blade, Dragon Swarm, and Swallow Fury.

Second Artes 2 (Ludger)

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Water-Earth 500

Hold the attack button when using a sledgehammer to unleash a new attack: Outlander.

Second Artes 2 (Jude)

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Earth 8410

Continually using Palm Strike will change it to Reaper's Toll. Also, Swallow Dance will gain one more kick.

Second Artes 3

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Dark 4040

Gain an extra attack during Rapid Burst if you have dual pistols equipped.

Second Artes 4

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Skill Tome: Arte Flux LU

Hold the attack button when using dual blades to unleash a new attack: Demon Fang.

Second Artes 5

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Skill Tome: Arte Psychosis LU

Hold the attack button when using dual blades to unleash a new attack: Tiger Blade.

Invigorating Taunt

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4

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Fire 2160

Taunting will recover 5% more TP, and the animation will change.

Alternate Dash

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Wind 9230 (Milla:Dark-Water 9230/Leia-Gaius:Wind 8410)

Changes your dash animation on the field map.

Dark Guard

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8

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Dark 1630

Increase resistance to Dark by 15%.

Down Burst

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4

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Ludger:Water 5060/Jude:Water-Earth 1630

Inflict 10% more damage when attacking a downed enemy.

Down Rush

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8

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Water-Earth 8410

Doubles the effects of Down Burst.

Dash

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16

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Ludger:Wind-Dark 2810/Jude:Wind 2810

Increases movement speed by 25% in battle.

Quick Drop

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2

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Instant Landing LU/Milla:Earth-Light 2470

Touch down on land in an instant by pressing X while in air.

Damage Control

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4

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Ludger-Alvin:Water 9230/Jude:Fire-Wind 9230/Milla:Dark 6250/Elize:Fire-Wind 8410/Rowen:Dark-Water 9230/Leia:Wind 10110/Gaius:Earth 9230/Muzét:Light 10110

30% chance of preventing knockback.

Chicken Run

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2

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Fire 310

Reduces time it takes to escape in battle by 80%.

Charge Armor

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28

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Fire-Wind 11050

Avoid staggering during a Charge or 5 sec afterwards.

Charge Plus

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2

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Wind-Dark 160

Enables you to stack an extra Charge, and attack one extra time while Charged.

Charge Plus 2

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4

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Wind-Dark 1410

Enables you to stack an extra Charge, and attack one extra time while Charged.

Charge Plus 3

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4

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Wind-Dark 4530

Enables you to stack an extra Charge, and attack one extra time while Charged.

Charge Breaker

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8

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Water-Earth 2160

Hitting an enemy with an arte while Charged will break the enemy's guard.

Charge Breaker 2

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8

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Water-Earth 5060

Hitting an enemy with an arte after stacking 4 Charges will make an enemy's Iron Stance easier to break.

Mind Charge

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8

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Dark-Water 310

Recover 1% TP each time you perform a Charge.

Mind Charge 2

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18

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Dark-Water 1880

Triples the effects of Mind Charge.

Defense Artes

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4

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Fire-Wind 610

Holding down the button will increase the duration of Sanctuary (must have a sledgehammer equipped).

Teepo Master

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2

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Fire-Wind 1030

Recover 2% more TP and 5% HP when taunting.

Teepo Master 2

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4

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Fire-Wind 4530

Teepo will always be set to ON while casting and using artes.

Teepo Master 3

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4

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Fire-Wind 2160

Your taunting animation will quicken and also repel nearby enemies away.

Dimensional Spell

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12

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Wind-Dark 7640

An arte that follows up Emergency Warp will have its TP cost reduced by 50% and its casting time reduced by 30%.

Extended Window

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4

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Fire-Wind 1880 (Jude:Wind 2160/Alvin:Wind-Dark 1880)

Doubles the window of opportunity for performing linked artes when initiating them.

Dexterity

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2

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Earth 50

Increases DEX by 5%.

Dexterity 2

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4

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Earth 870 (Ludger:Earth 730)

Increases DEX by 10%.

Dexterity 3

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8

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Skill Tome: Dexterity Plus LU

Increases DEX by 15%.

Tetra Spell

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8

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Milla:Earth 9230/Rowen:Wind 7640

Chain spirit artes together with no delay. Each spirit arte must be different.

Temptation

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8

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Water 500

Charm an enemy with a 20% probability when performing a taunt.

Trance

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2

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At the end of Chapter 8/9

Defeating an enemy in a different stage of transformation than the previously used one yields 2x Elemental Ore.

Treasure Fang

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2

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Earth-Light 500

You have a chance to steal items from enemies even if you escape from battle.

Knife Revenge

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2

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Wind 160

Allows you to throw a knife when recovering.

Natural Recovery

√

2

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Dark-Water 1210

Standing still for 2 sec will cure magical ailments.

Perfect Guard

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4

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Earth 6920 (Ludger:Skill Tome: Perfect Guard LU/Jude:Earth 7640/Muzét:Earth 6250)

Flash Guard will null damage completely.

Impregnable Guard

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28

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Skill Tome: Absolute Defense MZ

Your guard can no longer be broken.

Stamina

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2

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Light 610

Increases max HP by 5%.

Stamina 2

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4

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Light 2160 (Ludger-Rowen:Light 2470/Milla:Light 1880)

Increases max HP by 10%.

Stamina 3

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8

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—

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—

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Link Tome: Radiant Lord GS(Leia:Light 7640)

Increases max HP by 15%.

Chain Spell

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8

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—

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Water 10110 (Milla:Wind 7640/Rowen:Fire 10110/Muzét:Dark 11050)

Casting time reduced based on combo count. More effective with a mix of artes and skills.

Back Support

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2

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Fire 1410

Avoid Back-Attack Encounters.

Balance

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4

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Wind-Dark 870

Normal attacks with dual blades will knock enemies back, regardless of size.

Power Spoils

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2

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—

At the end of Chapter 8/9

Defeating Power-type enemies in stage-2 transformation yields 2x Elemental Ore.

Pierce

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4

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Dark-Water 1210

Normal attacks with dual pistols will pierce through enemies.

Heal Share Plus

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6

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Light 2810 (Ludger:Earth-Light 4530/Milla:Wind 2810/Alvin:Light 6250/Elize:Water 5060/Rowen:Water 5630)

HP restoration while Linked +25%.

Pow Hammer

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2

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Fire 160

10% chance of countering with a Pow Hammer when attacked.

Hidden Target

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8

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Water 230 (Leia-Gaius:Wind 230)

Enemies will miss more for 5 sec after you perform a taunt.

Hidden Target 2

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4

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Water 3590 (Rowen:Water 3180/Leia-Gaius:Wind 3590/Muzét:Water 4040)

Hidden Target duration increased to 10 sec.

Crisis Boost

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4

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Crisis Breaker LU/Gaius:Light-Fire 400

All base stats increased by 15% if you are the only party member not KO'd.

Gravity Guard

√

12

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—

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—

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Ludger:Fire-Wind 7640/Jude:Fire 7640/

Gaius:Earth-Light 8410

Avoid staggering while on the ground with 0 AC.

Fire Guard

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8

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Ludger:Fire 1630/Alvin:Fire 1880

Increase resistance to fire by 15%.

Attack Conversion

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12

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Combat Master LU/Alvin:Fire 2810

Decreases A.ATK by 25% and increases P.ATK by 25%.

Defense Conversion

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4

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Water 5060

Decreases A.DEF by 25% and increases P.DEF by 25%.

Spitfire

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8

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Fire 4040

Fire more shots with dual pistols by holding down attack.

Spitfire Plus

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6

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Skill Tome: Bullet Flurry LU

Further increase the number of dual pistol shots performed with Spitfire.

Flash Guard

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2

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Earth 2470 (Ludger:Earth 1880)

Reduces damage by 90% when you guard with perfect timing. Does not apply to auto-guarding.

Dual Bladist

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4

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Light-Fire 870

Normal attacks with dual blades will increase the Linked Arte Gauge 20% more.

Break-In

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2

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Skill Tome: True Awakening LU/At the end of Chapter 15

Increases transformation time (10 sec max).

Damage Reflect

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Skill Tome: Reflect Damage GS

50% of damage received will be reflected back at the enemy.

Heavy Edge

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Dark-Water 500

You will be able to knock enemies away with your attacks regardless of their size.

Overclocked

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Dark-Water 400

Spirit artes will do 50% more damage at the cost of 30% more TP.

Basic Chain

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Fire 610

The last hit is stronger and grants +2 AC. Use this command string: X, down + X, up + X, left/right + X.

Bottled Efficacy

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Dark-Water 160

Holy Bottle and Dark Bottle duration is doubled.

Power Charge

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Start

25% lower TP costs and +1 AC after guarding for .75 sec (works with Magic Guard).

Power Charge 2

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Level 20

Gain +1 AC and next attack will be treated as a power hit, after guarding for 2 sec ( works with Magic Guard).

Power Charge 3

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Level 40

Gain +1 AC and next non-arte attack will stagger the enemy, after guarding for 4.5 sec (works with Magic Guard).

Psyche

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Dark 50

Increases PSY by 5%.

Psyche 2

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Dark 870 (Milla:Dark 1030)

Increases PSY by 10%.

Psyche 3

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Ludger:Skill Tome: Mental Strength LU/Milla:Dark 6920/Elize:Skill Tome: Mental Strength EZ

Increases PSY by 15%.

Free Shift

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Light-Fire 160

Chaining into Spirit Shift from an arte will not consume TP (i.e., Fireball into Flare Bomb).

Magic Guard

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Start

For the first 3 sec of guarding, 20% of all damage received will be reflected back to the enemy (works with Magic Guard).

Magic Stance

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Water 1880

Normal attacks emit bullets of light.