Growing Thunder

Name	Cooldown	Description	SP	Required
Growing Thunder	4	Before combat this unit initiates, foes in a wide area around target take damage equal to (unit's Atk minus foe's Def or Res).	300	Rising Thunder
Cannot use:

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Effects	Targets	Conditions
Map effects
Deals X damage X = Unit's Atk - Foe's Def/Res	Target & Foes adjacent to Target & within 7 spaces in a vertical line centered on Target	Special triggers before combat

Growing Thunder inflicts out of combat damage.
- Out of combat damage cannot reduce a unit's HP to 0.
- A foe equipped with Embla's Ward, Múspellflame, Niðavellir Axiom, or Gold Perfection will neutralize all sources of out of combat damage except Røkkr area-of-effect Specials.
- A foe equipped with Røkkr or a unit affected by En Garde will neutralize all sources of out of combat damage except area-of-effect Specials.
Def is chosen if the unit does physical damage. Res is chosen if the unit does magical damage.
Growing Thunder is affected by skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res", as well as skills that disable such effect.
- Exceptions include skills that grant or disable this effect only "during combat", such as Inf. Hexblade 3 and Light and Dark II.
Damage dealt "before combat", like from Growing Thunder, is affected by Bonuses, Penalties, Dominance, and Treachery.
- Damage dealt "before combat", like from Growing Thunder, is not affected by "during combat" effects such as Bonus Doubler, Foe Penalty Doubler, Cross Spur Atk, or weapon-triangle advantages.
Skills such as Queensblade will prevent Growing Thunder from triggering.
Sources of Area-of-effect Special damage-reduction:

Main article: Area of Effect Specials

Example of Area of Effect for Growing Thunder

Growing Thunder's cooldown was reduced by 1 with Version 2.0.0, released on November 28th, 2017.