Berdysh

Berdysh バルディッシュ A very powerful sword. Only Android Hunters can use it due to its stringent requirements. Type : Partisan Requirement : 710 ATP Max Grind : 25 Special : See Page Targets : 10 ATP ATA 270-290 40 HUmr HUnl HUct HUcl RAmr RAml RAct RAcl FOmr FOml FOnm FOnl H. Dist : 30 H. Angle : 40° V. Dist : 15 V. Angle : 26° Hex : 003D00

Berdysh is a rare partisan that is only equippable by android Hunters.

Berdysh's Special attack is a 360° wave attack with unlimited vertical reach that deals Normal attack damage and cannot miss. The attack requires 20 Photon Blast gauge to initiate, and the gauge is quickly decreased to 0. The attack can be used repeatedly if the player has enough PB.

If there is not enough PB to initiate a Special attack, an attack with Normal attack physical damage and accuracy multipliers is performed instead.

With at least 75 PB (see Notes), a player may perform a full 3-attack combo using Special attacks. However, the minimum PB required to start a Special attack will fully deplete PB before the attack extends to its maximum range.

The game will display the PB gauge changing at a maximum rate of 1PB/frame. Berdysh's PB drain rate is faster than 1PB/frame, which can lead to the Special attack dissipating earlier than expected and the PB gauge seeming to drain even after the weapon is unequipped.

The Special attack also lingers until PB is depleted. Each wave can deal damage to certain enemies that are vulnerable as they spawn, allowing for up to 3 simultaneous hits.

This weapon is effectively outclassed by the ATP and Special attack damage multiplier of the considerably more difficult to obtain Tsumikiri J-Sword.

Availability

Enemy Drops

Section ID	Difficulty	Enemy	Drop Rate
	Ultimate	Pan Arms (E2)	1/630
	Ultimate	Merikle	1/394
	Ultimate	Merikle	1/394
	Ultimate	Mericus	1/394
		Goran Detonator	1/450
	Ultimate	Hildetorr (E2) (Rare)	1/2

Notes

• Each Special attack can hit a maximum of 8 targets.
• Similar to Tsumikiri J-Sword, by using Berdysh's Special attack and swapping to a different weapon, a player may prevent the Special attack from draining all of their PB. By buffering a weapon swap, players may intentionally drain as little as 39 PB. Intentional partial draining of PB may allow for players to more quickly re-achieve 100 PB Mag triggers.

PB Drain With +40% Battle Speed

Combo	PB Required To Start		Minimum PB Drained
	Male	Female	Male	Female
S	20		44
SS	38		96
SSS	75	76	100
-S	20	39
-SS	38		98
--S	20		40

• The Special attack expands outward from the player's current location to a maximum radius while continuously draining PB. When the real PB value is depleted (the PB gauge may lag behind the true PB value), the effect ends. The maximum range is not guaranteed.
• Android Hunters can place a trap and then detonate it with the Special attack.
  • This is typically most useful in detonating a freeze trap while also dealing damage against a spawn of closely packed enemies.
• Players can also place a trap while a wave is in effect to instantly detonate it.
  • For example, the player can use a single Special attack on a Gi Gue spawning from above to deal damage, causing a flinch animation, bringing the Gi Gue to ground level, and removing the flying state where the monster is immune to Freeze. With enough PB that the wave is still in effect after the flinch animation is complete, the player can then place a freeze trap to instantly detonate it, safely freezing the Gi Gue.
  • The player may choose to only use one or two Special attacks to keep the PB drain rate lower, allowing the wave(s) to extend further and last longer than if an additional attack was initiated.
• If a theoretical infinite amount of PB is generated during the attack, the wave can remain active at maximum range for an infinite amount of time.
  • Considerable PB gain is only possible under specific non-typical gameplay scenarios. For example, a very low level character with high ATP from a Mag, Power materials, and Units can generate uncharacteristically large amounts of PB from the Special attack damage hitting multiple enemies, leading to the wave lasting for several seconds at maximum range. This considerable PB gain during a Special attack diminishes extremely quickly as the character levels up, quickly becoming negligible. Berdysh's potential PB gain, with its lower weapon ATP and Special attack damage modifiers, is far less significant than Tsumikiri J-Sword's potential PB gain under the same circumstances.

See Photon Blasts for PB gain formulas.

Trivia

• Berdysh is one of six weapons that can be found on display in VR Temple. The others are Ancient Saber, Imperial Pick, Chain Sawd, Tsumikiri J-Sword, and Double Cannon.