The full Party Gauge allowing a Chain Attack
The Party Gauge is a battle Mechanic in 异度神剑, 异度神剑 2, and Torna ~ The Golden Country. It is a three-bar gauge displayed on the top left corner of the screen. A full bar is necessary to revive an incapacitated member. The full gauge is necessary to initiate a Chain Attack.
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异度神剑
In 异度神剑, the Party Gauge is a blue three-bar gauge that is filled during battles whenever a "B" prompt is successful. The energy gathered in a full bar is necessary to revive an incapacitated member and the full gauge is necessary to initiate a Chain Attack. The party 领导 can also use up one bar to warn a party member about a Vision and force them to use one of their arts in response to the incoming attack.
Battle Flow
It can be filled by performing well on Burst 牵绊 prompts and triggering an Art's conditional or "Chance" effect, like what happens with a successful side or back hit on arts like 撕裂之刃 or 背后斩击. Certain arts such as Riki's 高兴 高兴 can boost the Party Gauge considerably.
Landing a Critical Hit increases the Party Gauge slightly, and simple Auto-Attacks from a character will also fill the Party Gauge step by step when their Tension is high. Defeating an 敌人 during a Chain Attack restores the gauge by a full bar.
Each action fills the Party Gauge by a different amount:
| Action | Gain |
|---|---|
| Auto-Attack (Very 高度紧张) | 5 |
| Inflict a Critical Hit | 10 |
| Trigger Art's Chance effect | 20 |
| "Good" Burst Affinity | 50 |
| "Excellent" Burst Affinity | 75 |
A full Party Gauge requires 300 points to fill up completely.
When not in battle, the Party Gauge will slowly deplete. This effect can be lessened through the "Mind of the Warrior" Skill granted by Dunban's Prudence Skill Tree. Loading the game will completely deplete the Party Gauge.
Skills
The following skills affect the Party Gauge:
- Shulk - Cheer of a Friend (Humanity) - Causes Burst 牵绊 to fill more of the Party Gauge (+15).
- Dunban - Blazing Aura (Enthusiasm) - Fills Party Gauge by 20 when activating an Aura.
- Riki - Kissy Kissy! (Heroism) - Reduces Party Gauge usage when reviving an ally by 50%
异度神剑 2
In 异度神剑 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country, the Party Gauge is a white three-bar gauge that is filled as the party characters fight together. The energy gathered in a full bar is necessary to revive an incapacitated member and the full gauge is necessary to initiate a Chain Attack, where each Driver attacks in succession with their Blades' Specials.
Battle Flow
It can be filled by triggering an Art's conditional or chance effect, which results in a gold pattern around damage numbers. It also increases whenever a Driver or 异刃连击 advances, an HP Potion is picked up or a Critical Hit is inflicted.
Each action fills the Party Gauge by a different amount:
| Action | Gain |
|---|---|
| Trigger Art's conditional effect | 2 |
| Inflict a Critical Hit | 3 |
| HP Potion picked up | 4 |
| Inflict Break | 5 |
| Inflict 倒地 | 10 |
| Inflict 吹飞 | 15 |
| Inflict Smash | 30 |
| Perform 异刃连击 (Stage 1) | 5 |
| Perform 异刃连击 (Stage 2) | 10 |
| Perform 异刃连击 (Stage 3) | 20 |
A full Party Gauge requires 300 points. Depending on the bar segment that is being filled up the rate of gains changes, as the Party Gauge increases by less as it becomes fuller.
- 0 bars full: +25% more Party Gauge gains.
- 1 bar full: Normal Party Gauge gains.
- 2 bars full: -25% more Party Gauge gains.
Equipment
Equipment can influence the process of filling up the Party Gauge. Pouch Items have effects that boost gauge gains, most noticeably those in the Drinks and Charms categories. Certain accessories offer effects that can significantly fill it upon performing certain actions:
- Sigma Drive - Slightly fills the Party Gauge for each Driver Art used.
- Effect depends on rarity. Common: +3, Rare: +4, Legendary: +5
- Omega Drive - Slightly fills the Party Gauge for each critical hit delivered.
- Effect depends on rarity. Common: +5, Rare: +6, Legendary: +7
- Silver Earrings - Fills Party Gauge on "Excellent" Specials. (Minor effect.)
- Effect depends on rarity. Common: +20, Rare: +22, Legendary: +24
- Crystal Earrings - Fills Party Gauge on "Excellent" Specials. (Major effect.)
- Effect depends on rarity. Common: +30, Rare: +32, Legendary: +34
- Infinity Symbol - Slightly fills the Party Gauge at the end of each Chain Attack.
- Effect depends on rarity. Common: +30, Rare: +35, Legendary: +40
Skills
Driver 牵绊 Charts have skills that can permanently change Party Gauge gains:
- Rex's "Drive to Win" and Lora's "Will to Excel" skills slightly fill the Party Gauge by 5 for each critical hit delivered. All 其它 Drivers have a similar skill in their New Game+ Hidden 牵绊 Charts.
- Nia's "Mutual Happiness" and 雨果's "Inspiration" skills slightly fill the Party Gauge by 20 when an "Excellent" is scored during a Special. All 其它 Drivers have a similar skill in their New Game+ Hidden 牵绊 Charts.
- 虎's "Rapture" skill slightly fills the Party Gauge by 20 at the end of each Chain Attack. 凡达姆's New Game+ Hidden 牵绊 Chart skill "Greatest Work" has the same effect.
The only Blade 牵绊 Chart skill in the game that affects Party Gauge gains is Corvin's "Alae Custodiae", which increases Party Gauge by 8 to 16 for each critical hit delivered to the 敌人.
Depletion
When not in battle, the Party Gauge will slowly deplete. This effect can be lessened through the acquisition of the following Store Deeds: Savvy Deeds, Sprintsy Deeds, Yafush Deeds and Platini Deeds. In Torna ~ The Golden Country, the same can be achieved by crafting the Fragrantine and Perpetual Music Box key items with 雨果's Machine-tinkering in a Campsite.
Losing a battle will fully deplete the gauge, however loading from a save will retain the amount of gauge that was available when the game 受到了保护.
In higher Difficulty Levels like Bringer of Chaos and in some challenges, 敌人 gain powerful abilities that drain the Party Gauge when they become 狂暴化, such as Rage 攻击. These effects can be reduced by the Ocean Earring and the Seven-Seas Earring accessories.
| Art | Element | Depletion (per hit) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Breath | Water | 25 | Used by Cloud Sea King Ken in Cloud King's Revenge. |
| Elemental Copy | None | 50 | Used by Galottra Guldo. |
| Feral Beat | None | 50 | Used by Immovable Heir Carlos. |
| Master Art | 雷电 | 25 | Used by Chickenheart Dagmara in Chickenheart Challenge. |
| Murder Ray | Dark | 25 | Used by Ardainian Kurodil. |
| Normal Attack | Fire | 100 | Auto-Attack used by Ardainian Sharper. |
| 超频 | Dark | 50 / 100 | Used by 艾尔玛 and Ghost 艾尔玛. In 艾尔玛: Redux, 艾尔玛 uses a version that depletes the gauge by 2/3. |
| Seed Bomb | Earth | 25 | Used by Mesmer Tlaloc. |
| Spinny-Spinny Beam | Fire | 25 | Used by Minirosas summoned by True Rosa. |
| Wild Wave | 雷电 | 25 | Used by Immovable Heir Carlos. |
Activating special skills such as 艾尔玛's 超频 or the ascended form of the Aegis on higher difficulties can also consume the entire Party Gauge, akin to the activation of a Chain Attack. During 超频 and on higher difficulties, Party Gauge gains are decreased significantly.
Sealing
Certain Challenge Mode 敌人 have the ability to temporarily seal one or more segments of the Party Gauge, preventing them from being used for Revives and Chain Attacks. This effect is represented by chains wrapped around the bar of the gauge. These seals will usually persist until the 敌人 is defeated.
The following 敌人 seal one segment of the Party Gauge:
The following 敌人 seal two segments of the Party Gauge:
- Cloud Sea Befouler Ioth (only when 狂暴化)
