以太 is a stat in 异度神剑 for all playable characters and 敌人. This stat affects the amount of damage done by a character's 以太-based arts. Higher 以太 stats result in higher damage output from the 以太 arts. 以太, like Strength, can be raised through skills, gems, arts buffs, and leveling up. From highest to lowest base 以太, the playable characters are: Melia, Fiora, Shulk, Riki, Sharla, Dunban, Reyn
以太 Arts
以太 only affects 以太 Arts, which have a horizontal band on their icon in the Art Palette. While these arts might not deal as much damage as 物理 arts, they are often associated with dealing debuffs, many of which (such as Chill and Blaze) can deal large amount of damage at a time. In addition, 以太 arts are not affected by the caster or target's accuracy or evasion, allowing the attack to connect every time, although the target may resist the attack if it is high levelled enough. 以太 arts are also not affected by 读心, making them especially helpful when fighting 特雷西亚.
Damage Output
(以太 + 武器 Attack) x (以太 Art Multiplier) = damage output of art
The 以太 stat only affects 以太 arts, which are denoted by a horizontal band on the icon in the Art Palette. The strength multiplier is a stat that is dependent on the art and its level. For example, Riki's Freezinate art at level 5 has a multiplier of 0.98, while Burninate at level 7 has a multiplier of 1.48. Therefore, Freezinate at level 5 will deal damage slightly less that Riki's auto-attack, while Burninate at level 7 will deal about 50% more damage than an auto-attack.
以太 arts will only deal 50% damage when fighting against Mechon and using non anti-mechon 武器. The damage will return to normal once an anti-mechon 武器 has been equipped or Monado Enchant has been applied.
Increasing 以太
以太 can be increased like strength. Some characters have certain skills or skill trees that will increase 以太. These include:
- Shulk's Humanity skill tree
- Sharla's 以太爆炸
- Melia's 以太 Awareness and Ultimate 以太
以太 can also be increased using 以太 Up gems, which can result in an increase by up to 150 points. In addition, since the damage output is also influenced by the weapon's attack status, damage can also be increased using Attack Plus or Attack Stability gems. 以太 can also be increased by buffs from arts, such as Melia's Summon Bolt, Fiora's 以太 drain, or stolen through Riki's Yoink!.
