Guardian Fang | |
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Move type | |
Weapon type | |
Might | 14 |
Range | 1 |
Required | Adult (Cavalry) |
SP | 400 |
Exclusive? | Yes |
String ID | SID_新年の戦猫の爪牙
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Description | Grants Spd+3. If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, deals damage = 70% of difference between stats. (Maximum bonus of +7 damage. Combos with Phantom Spd.) If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2, and if unit initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-4 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack. |
Notes[ | ]
- The maximum Spd difference that matters for Guardian Fang's damage boosting effect is 10, due to Guardian Fang's cap of 7 added damage.
- The minimum Spd difference that matters for Guardian Fang's damage boosting effect is 2, which provides 1 added damage.
- With Phantom Spd 3, Guardian Fang will deal extra damage if the user would otherwise have equal or less Spd than the target.
- This effect stops when the user is regularly 9 Spd slower than the target, as a 1-Spd advantage rounds down to 0 damage.
- The damage boosting effect of Guardian Fang is applied after other effects, and is thus not boosted by specials such as Glimmer or Astra.
- The damage boosting effect of Guardian Fang ignores the foe's Def or Res when calculating the damage boost, and can be reduced by damage reduction effects such as Armored Beacon, Dragon Wall 3, and Dodge.
- A foe equipped with Embla's Ward, Múspellflame, Niðavellir Axiom, or Gold Perfection will neutralize all sources of damage during combat except the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons.
- For more information, see Damage calculation.
- The damage-reduction is calculated after offensive Specials and damage boosting effects such as Arcane Lúin and Dominance.
- If a skill such as Miracle or Everliving Domain can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
- Percentage-based damage-reduction effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
- For example, if both Buffer 4 and Godlike Reflexes activate, the maximum total damage-reduction is 70% instead of 90%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 50%) × (1 − 40%) = 30% of the original damage.
- For more information, see Damage calculation.
- Sources of effects that reduce damage-reduction:
- Atk/Res Tempo 4
- Mag. Null Follow
- Sun-Twin Wing+
- Spd/Def Tempo 4
- Soul of Zofia II
- Phys. Null Follow
- Darkling Dragon
- Impenetrable Void
- Phantasm Tome
- Þjálfi
- Pure-Wing Spear
- Quieting Claw
- Radiant Scrolls
- Silent Yule Knife
- Sky-Hopper Egg
- Tender Vessel
- Adroit War Tome
- Payday Pouch
- Noble Lance
- Joyful Vows
- Hero-King Sword
- Faded Paper Fan
- Dosing Fang
- Divine One's Arts
- Celestial Globe
- Bun-Bun Baton
- Breath of Flame
- Black Yule Lance
- Axe of Adoration
- Areadbhar
- Halves non-Special damage reduction
- Sources of damage-reduction neutralization:
- Obsession
- Special Spiral 4
- Deadly Balance+
- Sublime Heaven
- Sacred Wind
- No Quarter
- Arms of the Three
- Lunar Flash II
- Lethality
- Supreme Heaven
- Enclosure
- Dragon Blast
- Deadeye
- Twin Blades
- Mareeta's Sword
- Striving Sword
- Thunderer Tome
- Winds of Change
- Sisterly War Axe
- Righteous Lance
- Lioness Blade
- Lands Sword
- Fair-Fight Blade
- Deliverer's Brand
- Creator Sword
- Bow of Frelia
- When equipped with skills such as Beast Sense 4 and Beast N Trace 3, a Beast unit will transform out of combat on turn 1 regardless of whether the transformation conditions of the user's weapon are met.
- Skills such as Beast Sense 4 and Beast N Trace 3 will also keep the unit from reverting from their Beast form.
- The Atk+2 granted by Guardian Fang when the user transforms is a stat boost, not a bonus.
- "If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
- However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
- The stat decrease that can be applied by Guardian Fang is considered a temporary debuff.
- Guardian Fang can prevent the foe from making a standard follow-up attack.
- As a general rule, if a unit is both prevented from making, and guaranteed to make a standard follow-up attack, the effects cancel out, and the Spd difference is used (including effects that alter this difference).
- Guardian Fang will not prevent a unit with a "unit attacks twice" effect from performing the 2 consecutive attacks, but the the unit will not be able to perform a standard follow-up attack.
- Guardian Fang will not prevent the additional follow-up attack of 【Potent Follow X%】.
- A foe with effects such as Mag. Null Follow or Null Follow-Up will neutralize the follow-up preventing effect of Guardian Fang.
- "If unit transforms" refers to out of combat transformations of Beast units. Transformations during combat will not trigger the stat boost, temporary debuffs, and follow-up preventing effects.
- However, if the effect(s) apply after combat, the unit must also survive combat to fulfill this condition.
Upgrades[ | ]
Can be upgraded in the Weapon Refinery. For a list of other such weapons, see list of upgradable weapons.
Notes[ | ]
- "If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
- However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
- The stat increase that can be applied by refined Guardian Fang is considered a temporary buff.
- Guardian Fang has the same effect as Phantom Spd 3.
- Effects that select units based on stats, such as Chill Def/Res 3, directly select the unit with the appropriate stat(s); they do not compare the team's units pairwise to decide which unit has the highest or lowest stat(s).
- Effects that check if a unit could make follow-up by decreasing the Spd difference, such as Potent 4, are not affected by Guardian Fang.
- Effects that increase the Spd difference, such as Wyvern Rift, are not affected by Guardian Fang.
- Guardian Fang stacks with other effects that treats a unit's Spd as if granted by a certain amount.
- For example, if both Buffer 4 and Phantom Spd 3's effects trigger the unit with both skills will have their Spd treated as if granted +17.
- Guardian Fang will not neutralize the additional follow-up of 【Potent Follow X%】.
- Effects that are neutralized by Guardian Fang:
- Effects that grant the foe a guaranteed follow-up such as Quick Riposte 4, Guaranteed Follow-Ups, or the Grand Conquests Cavalry area effect.
- Effects active on the unit that prevent their follow-up attacks, such as Windsweep 3, Watersweep 3, or Weaving Fighter.
- Effects active on the foe that prevent the unit's follow-up attacks such as Steady Impact, Vengeful Fighter 4, or Foe Cannot Follow-Up.
- The calculation of "spaces from start position to end position" counts the total number of spaces from the initiator's starting position to the end position before combat.
- The calculation includes spaces occupied by an ally with the 【Pathfinder】 effect.
- The start position used in the calculation references the initiator's starting position after being moved by sources of unit movement such as Reposition.
- The damage-reduction is calculated after offensive Specials and damage boosting effects such as Arcane Lúin and Dominance.
- If a skill such as Miracle or Everliving Domain can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
- Percentage-based damage-reduction effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
- For example, if both Buffer 4 and Godlike Reflexes activate, the maximum total damage-reduction is 70% instead of 90%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 50%) × (1 − 40%) = 30% of the original damage.
- For more information, see Damage calculation.
- Sources of effects that reduce damage-reduction:
- Atk/Res Tempo 4
- Mag. Null Follow
- Sun-Twin Wing+
- Spd/Def Tempo 4
- Soul of Zofia II
- Phys. Null Follow
- Darkling Dragon
- Impenetrable Void
- Phantasm Tome
- Þjálfi
- Pure-Wing Spear
- Quieting Claw
- Radiant Scrolls
- Silent Yule Knife
- Sky-Hopper Egg
- Tender Vessel
- Adroit War Tome
- Payday Pouch
- Noble Lance
- Joyful Vows
- Hero-King Sword
- Faded Paper Fan
- Dosing Fang
- Divine One's Arts
- Celestial Globe
- Bun-Bun Baton
- Breath of Flame
- Black Yule Lance
- Axe of Adoration
- Areadbhar
- Halves non-Special damage reduction
- Sources of damage-reduction neutralization:
- Obsession
- Special Spiral 4
- Deadly Balance+
- Sublime Heaven
- Sacred Wind
- No Quarter
- Arms of the Three
- Lunar Flash II
- Lethality
- Supreme Heaven
- Enclosure
- Dragon Blast
- Deadeye
- Twin Blades
- Mareeta's Sword
- Striving Sword
- Thunderer Tome
- Winds of Change
- Sisterly War Axe
- Righteous Lance
- Lioness Blade
- Lands Sword
- Fair-Fight Blade
- Deliverer's Brand
- Creator Sword
- Bow of Frelia
- "If unit transforms" refers to out of combat transformations of Beast units. Transformations during combat will not trigger the temporary debuffs and damage-reduction effects.
- However, if the effect(s) apply after combat, the unit must also survive combat to fulfill this condition.
List of owners[ | ]
Unit | Skill chain | |||
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Whelp (Cavalry) 5 | Yearling (Cavalry) 5 | Adult (Cavalry) 5 | Guardian Fang 5 |
In other languages[ | ]
Language | Name |
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Japanese | 新年の戦猫の爪牙 |
German | Wächterfangzahn |
Spanish (Europe) | Garra guardiana |
Spanish (Latin America) | Colmillo guardián |
French | Croc de gardiens |
Italian | Zanna protettiva |
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 新年戰貓的爪牙 |
Portuguese | Presa felina |