Def Res Ruse

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
B		Def/Res Ruse 1	60	—	If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-1 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions. 【Guard】 Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
		Def/Res Ruse 2	120	Def/Res Ruse 1	If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-3 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions. 【Guard】 Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
		Def/Res Ruse 3	240	Def/Res Ruse 2	If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-5 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions. 【Guard】 Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
Cannot use:

Notes

• The stat decrease that can be applied by Def/Res Ruse is considered a  penalty.
  • Any 【Penalty】 on a unit, including  penalties, lasts until that unit takes an action. If the unit takes multiple actions in a turn, they will only have the penalty for their first action.
• Def/Res Ruse applies the  Guard status effect.
  • Any 【Penalty】 on a unit lasts until that unit takes an action. If the unit takes multiple actions in a turn, they will only have the status effect for their first action.
• If a foe has a "Special cooldown charge +X" effect and a unit has a "Special cooldown charge -X" effect, the effects will stack.
  • For example, if a unit with  Guard Sword+ attacks an enemy with  Steady Breath, the effects will stack and the cooldown will go down without penalty or bonus.
• If used alongside a skill that also inflicts "Special cooldown charge -X", only the higher of the two charge reductions will apply.
  • This means that if a unit has "Special cooldown charge -1" and "Special cooldown charge -1" from two different skills, the battle will play out as if only one "Special cooldown charge -1" is active.
•  Creator Sword will neutralize any effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on its user.
• Def/Res Ruse does not trigger if the unit receives a  bonus indirectly from skills, such as from  Rally Up Res+.
• Cardinal directions refers to a targets being directly north, south, west, or east of the user. Distance does not factor.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Annette: Overachiever	Def/Res Ruse 1 5	Def/Res Ruse 2 5	Def/Res Ruse 3 5
Ursula: Clear-Blue Crow	Def/Res Ruse 1 5	Def/Res Ruse 2 5	Def/Res Ruse 3 5

Availability

Summoning event

Start	End	Event	Skill
2019-07-09	2019-08-09	Summer Refreshes	Def/Res Ruse 3
2019-12-10	2019-12-25	Focus: Double Special Heroes	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-02-02	2020-03-01	Special Hero Summon (Year 3)	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-03-06	2020-03-31	New Heroes: Harmony amid Chaos	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-05-29	2020-06-06	Mythic Heroes - Mila	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-06-18	2020-07-02	Call of the Sea - Special Hero Gift	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-06-27	2020-07-07	Focus: Father-Complex Fray	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-07-13	2020-07-27	Summer Refreshes	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-08-26	2020-09-03	Focus: Heroes with Ruse Skills	Def/Res Ruse 3
2020-11-08	2020-11-16	Revival: Harmony amid Chaos	Def/Res Ruse 3

Distributed units

• This skill is not available on any distributed units.

Combat Manuals

• This skill has not been available on any distributed Combat Manuals.

In other languages

Language	Name
English (US)	Def/Res Ruse
Japanese	守備魔防の大共謀
German	Ver./Res.-Kniff
Spanish (Europe)	Treta Def/Res
Spanish (Latin America)	Treta Def./Res.
French	Leurre Déf/Rés
Italian	Furto Dif/Res
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	防守魔防大共謀
Portuguese	Ardil Def./Res.

See also

• Witchy Wand+
• Melancholy+
• Frightful Dream