Vision

Visions are gameplay Mechanic in 异度神剑. Using the Monado, Shulk is able to predict the future, a skill that is activated when a Monster is going to use a battle art that will incapacitate or heavily injure the party member that currently holds the aggro of the Monster. Avoiding incapacitation, debuffs, or damage in 将军 can be performed though the use of a Monado skill, passing aggro to another party member, inflicting 倒地 upon the 敌人 or another of the 复数部位 alternatives. It is possible to have a vision even when Shulk is not in the active party. When a vision tag is broken, the music changes to Visions of the Future. Visions are most commonly seen against red or yellow Level Normal Monster, Unique Monster, and Bosses.

Vision Tags

There are five components to every vision tag:

1) The first tag denotes the 敌人 type. Bosses, Mechon, 特雷西亚, and Superbosses have their own icon. This tag can only be broken by killing the 敌人 (depleting their HP).

2) The second tag denotes the name of the enemy's attack, which can be one of 3 attributes: 物理, 以太, or talent. 物理 arts are labelled as red, 以太 arts as blue, and talent arts as white. To the left of the art name may be a symbol. If there is no symbol, this attack will affect a single target. If there is a fan symbol, it will affect every party member in a fan shape area centred around the target. Lastly, if there is a circle, it will affect the entire area around the target. Moves that can hit 复数部位 party members will only ever show the target taking damage in the vision, so it's important to know when 其它 characters may take a hit as well. These tags can be broken by inflicting 睡眠, Daze, 迷惑, or Arts Seal.

3) The third tag denotes the enemy's target. This tag will be broken when the enemy's target changes, which can be performed by inflicting Lock-On, increasing aggro to the desired target, absorbing aggro from the affected target, or decreasing aggro from the affected target.

4) The fourth tag denotes the attack's damage and the debuff it will inflict, if applicable. If the attack will be lethal, a skull icon will be present in the tag. If the character in question is in possession of an Unbeatable gem, this skull icon may be absent, noting that the character will survive, this can happen even if the attack in question will inflict Instant Death. If a vision is received for an attack that will miss, that will also be noted in this tag. This tag can be broken by buffing the target with some form of defence (likely from using a Monado Art or Sharla's 盾 Bullet) and/or debuffing the 敌人 to lower their power. If the attack is going to be lethal, it may be possible to heal the target and give them enough HP to survive; doing this will also break the tag.

5) The fifth tag denotes the time remaining before the 敌人 executes the attack. Toppling the 敌人 will break this tag, but the timer will resume when it gets up, provided Daze is not inflicted. If an art such as Reflection or Monado Speed is used too early (such as using Reflection when the attack is more than five seconds away), no tags will be broken as the art will wear off before the attack is executed. It should be noted that toppling an 敌人 will pause their timer until they get up, and that this can potentially lead to an art like Monado 盾 wearing off before the 敌人 can successfully attack.

Damage Bonus During Vision

When a vision appears, the 敌人 will use one of three types of attacks. Using attacks that have opposite attributes to the enemy's attack (including talent arts) will grant battle members a 50% increase in damage to the 敌人. For example:

If an 敌人 is casting an 以太 attack, use 物理 attacks to inflict 50% more damage to the 敌人. The damage is even more potent during chain attacks, so use this opportunity to quickly kill powerful 敌人.

Talent Arts will also have 物理 or 以太 attributes. If an enemy's Talent Art inflicts 物理 damage, 以太 arts will still gain the bonus, and the same holds true of the reverse.

Examples of Countering Visions

1) Use Shulk's Monado Speed for enemy's single target 物理 attack; Monado 盾 for enemy's talent attack; Monado Armour for enemy's 物理 and 以太 attacks.

2) When an 敌人 is using any art that will knockout Reyn, warn Reyn to use his 背水一战. As a bonus, Reyn's talent gauge will automatically be full after the warning.

3) When an 敌人 is using any art that will severely damage all battle members, use Sharla's Tranquiliser to change the enemy's attack to a less powerful one. As a bonus, Sharla's talent gauge will automatically be depleted to 0%.

4) Same example as #2, except the 敌人 is using a non-talent attack and is immune to 睡眠, daze, 迷惑, and arts seal: Enable Melia's Power Effect and summon Melia's earth or ice elements (whichever applies) to reduce damage by up to 45%. Melia can also use Reflect to repel enemy's attack back to the 敌人.

5) If an enemy's attack will inflict Daze against Reyn or Fiora, have them use their respective 防守 Shift to prevent them from receiving the Daze status and lower the damage of the attack.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Shulk appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and his Down Special move is a Vision in which he foresees an opponent's attack, dodges, and counterattacks.

In 异度神剑 2

Visions appear in 异度神剑 2 as Shulk's Battle Skill. Unlike in 异度神剑, visions are executed by a simple reaction command (the vision works if the player correctly presses the B button). This completely negates all damage and effects of the enemy's next attack.

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