Battle Basics

Tutorial Run

Servan Burst

While a servan is summoned, press R1 + X/ Circle/ Square / Triangle: While a Servan is out in the field, press its corresponding summon command again to trigger a Servan Burst. This triggers the Servan's powerful and unique ability.

For more information about Servans, please refer to the Servans Basics page for more details.

Assist

In certain conditions, Servans will assist Arnice. The assist triggers vary from Servans and specific situations like low HP or when HP drops to zero.

Attack

• Weak Attack: Deals fast, minor damage and can be chained into combos. The number of consecutive attacks depends on the weapon.
• Strong Attack: Slow but powerful attacks with special effects. This can be used one at a time but can be changed depending on the preceding weak attack. Strong attacks also negate combos.
• Special Attack: Consumes 25SP but delivers an extremely powerful and wide-ranged attack
• Finisher: At the end of a weak attack combo, press Circle to trigger a finisher.

Chain

When you perform consecutive attacks, your combo or Chain will build up. This will continue as long as Arnice's and her servans' attacks connects without interruption. There's a brief timer for every Chain count so even if you have a short pause in your combos, as long as you hit the target before the Chain gauge empties, you should be able to resume your combo. Higher chain numbers will give you benefits like more Blood or increase your transformation gauge refill rate.

Dodge

Perform a quick dodge by pressing Circle while tilting the left stick. At the start of Quick Dodge, Arnice will be invincible for a short time. You can also perform quick dodges between consecutive attacks to extend your combo before ending with a finisher.

Guard

Hold L1 (or leave the left stick in neutral position) to raise Arnice's guard up to reduce incoming damage and prevent getting knocked down. This is good for enemy attacks that will be otherwise unavoidable by quick dodge. When you use Guard, the camera resets in the direction Arnice is facing. When you press L1 while moving, Guard will not be executed and the camera will be reset instead.

Target Lock

Press R3 to lock on a target. You can switch between targets by moving the right stick. While locked on to an enemy, make left stick neutral while attacking to automatically face toward the enemy and execute your attack. When you issue a Teamwork order to your Servans, they will collectively attack the target-locked enemy. It's recommended to use Target Lock when dealing with a fast enemy or if you want to take on specific enemies.