Techniques

Techniques, "Techs" for short, are seemingly magic skills that can only be used by Human and Newman characters.

Unlike normal attacks, Offensive Techniques have their effects based on your character's MST, and are reduced by the target's Resistances rather than their DFP. Offensive Techniques cannot miss (with the exception of Megid which has a trigger chance), but they also cannot deal Critical Hits.

Additionally there are a variety of Support Techniques that can, among other things, Heal or revive allies, raise/lower ATP/DFP and cure Status Ailments.

Techniques can learnt from Tech Disks that drop from enemies or boxes in the world, or can be bought from the Tool Shop. To learn a Technique from a disc your character must have sufficient base MST, the amount required depending on the type of technique and its level.

The maximum level for most Techniques is 30, however Non-Force classes are usually restricted to a maximum of 20 or 15 while CAST characters cannot learn any Techniques and instead get Traps.

As Techniques grow in level they improve in most aspects. The effect is most dramatic for offensive Techniques that benefit from faster cast times, longer range, greater area of effect, more impressive particle animations and, of course, higher damage.

However to use a Technique you must spend TP.

The amount of TP required depends on the type of tech and its level. You can increase the amount of TP you have by raising your MST or equipping TP Units. Spent TP can be restored by consuming Fluid items, using the Medical Centre or taking advantage of the natural TP regeneration effect Newman characters have while standing still.

List of Techniques

Simple Techniques

These techniques are the easiest to learn, cost the least amount of TP and generally deal the highest damage in a single hit to a single enemy

Foie

Foie fires a single fireball in a straight line.

Travels very slowly at lower levels, but quickly gains speed becoming almost instant at higher levels.

While Foie has no other unique qualities, it does boast the highest base power of the simple techniques.

Zonde

Zonde attacks a single enemy with a thunderbolt.

The bolt strikes instantly from directly above the enemy and cannot "miss" its target due to travel time.

This makes Zonde the most "accurate" Simple Technique.

Barta

Barta fires a trail of ice across the floor in a straight line, piercing through enemies.

Barta is the only Simple Technique that can hit multiple targets, however it also has the lowest base power among them.

Normal Techniques

Normal, "Medium" or "Gi" techniques toe the line between single target and area of effect.

All Gi Techs can hit multiple targets, but also boast high base power compared to Ra Techs.

Gifoie

Gifoie casts a ring of fireballs, that circle around the location of the user when it was cast, for a set time.

Gifoie is an extremely useful Technique that can used to suppress huge areas at higher levels and stack up damage for approaching or yet-to-spawn enemies.

However it has one of the longest casting times of any technique in the game. The unit V801 can help mitigate this however.

Gizonde

Gizonde fires a bolt that travels from enemy to enemy in front of the user.

Gizonde is one of the fastest casting techniques in the game and has excellent base power for an area-of-effect skill.

Gibarta

Gibarta fires an ice cone in front of the user.

Behaves very similarly to Barta, however it also has a chance to freeze enemies and can be fired upwards.

While it covers a larger area than Barta it is also much slower to cast.

Hard Techniques

"Hard" or "Master" techniques have the highest MST requirements and TP costs of any tech. These include the Ra series of the elemental techniques as well as Grants and Megid which are the Light and Dark techniques respectively. The Ra techs are characterized by their incredible area of effect and fast cast times, while Grants and Megid offer powerful single target.

Rafoie

Rafoie creates a huge fiery explosion centered upon the target which hits both it and up to 9 other nearby enemies.

Rafoie has the highest power of the Ra techs and boasts extreme flexibility in how it can be employed.

Razonde

Razonde casts a powerful lightning bolt in a spiral around the user damaging anything nearby.

Razonde has the largest area of effect of the Ra techniques

Rabarta

Rabarta fires ice shards in a 360 degree nova centered on the user.

Rabarta, as well as doing high area-of-effect damage, can fulfill a powerful support role in a team through rapidly freezing entire rooms of monsters, even if those monsters are highly resistant to Ice damage.

Grants

Grants casts a very powerful single-target light beam on an enemy.

Boasting both the highest base power and the longest casting animation of any technique in the game, as well as very long range, Grants is an effective tool for damaging highly mobile enemies. However in terms of damage over time and TP efficiency it is outclassed by the Simple Techniques. With the right boosting equipment and class Grants can be a very potent technique

Megid

Megid fires a purple projectile that has a chance to kill enemies in one hit.

Though somewhat unreliable, fairly slow to cast and TP hungry, Megid can be extremely effective against the right enemy. FOnewerl and certain weapons can make Megid pierce through and hit multiple enemies, increasing its usefulness.

Healing Techniques

Resta

Heals the user. From level 3 onwards, can also heal other players. All levels of Resta have the same range.

Anti

Cures the user of certain status ailments depending on level. From level 2 onwards, can also cure other players.

Reverser

Revives a dead player to full HP/TP.

Support Techniques

Shifta

Improves the ATP of the user by a percentage that increases with tech level. From level 3 onward it can also affect other nearby allies. Its duration and range is also improved with tech level

Deband

Improves the DFP of the user by a percentage that increases with tech level. From level 3 onward it can also affect other nearby allies. Its duration and range is also improved with tech level

Jellen

Reduces the ATP of the target enemy, and up to 9 other nearby enemies, by a percentage that increases with tech level. Its duration and range is also improved with tech level

Zalure

Reduces the DFP of the target enemy, and up to 9 other nearby enemies, by a percentage that increases with tech level. Its duration and range is also improved with tech level

Ryuker

Creates a Telepipe that allows the user to teleport to Pioneer 2, and return back to the spot it was cast once. Cannot be used in many areas, such as in boss portals, boss rooms and certain quests.

Detailed Tech Base Values

Technique levels past 15 use a different set of base power and power scaling values.

Base Values Table

Tech	Base Power (1-15)	Base Power (16-30)	Power Growth (2-15)	Power Growth (16-30)	Maximum Targets
Foie	110	-85	50	65	1
Gifoie	260	30	26	42	10
Rafoie	350	370	22	21	10
Barta	50	-125	50	63	1
Gibarta	230	0	24	40	10
Rabarta	400	470	19	15	10
Zonde	80	5	50	55	1
Gizonde	200	-30	22	38	10
Razonde	450	550	16	9	10
Grants	1180	1400	75	60	1
Megid	27	42	3	2	1
Resta	50	-20	5	10	10

From these values we can derive the growth in Tech power per tech level using this formula:

• Tech Base Power + (Tech Growth * Tech Level-1)

Tech Scaling Table

Using the formula above we can represent Technique growth per level with this table

Tech Level	Foie	Gifoie	Rafoie	Barta	Gibarta	Rabarta	Zonde	Gizonde	Razonde	Grants	Megid	Resta
1	110	260	350	50	230	400	80	200	450	1180	27	50
2	160	286	372	100	254	419	130	222	466	1255	30	55
3	210	312	394	150	278	438	180	244	482	1330	33	60
4	260	338	416	200	302	457	230	266	498	1405	36	65
5	310	364	438	250	326	476	280	288	514	1480	39	70
6	360	390	460	300	350	495	330	310	530	1555	42	75
7	410	416	482	350	374	514	380	332	546	1630	45	80
8	460	442	504	400	398	533	430	354	562	1705	48	85
9	510	468	526	450	422	552	480	376	578	1780	51	90
10	560	494	548	500	446	571	530	398	594	1855	54	95
11	610	520	570	550	470	590	580	420	610	1930	57	100
12	660	546	592	600	494	609	630	442	626	2005	60	105
13	710	572	614	650	518	628	680	464	642	2080	63	110
14	760	598	636	700	542	647	730	486	658	2155	66	115
15	810	624	658	750	566	666	780	508	674	2230	69	120
16	890	660	685	820	600	695	830	540	685	2300	72	130
17	955	702	706	883	640	710	885	578	694	2360	74	140
18	1020	744	727	946	680	725	940	616	703	2420	76	150
19	1085	786	748	1009	720	740	995	654	712	2480	78	160
20	1150	828	769	1072	760	755	1050	692	721	2540	80	170
21	1215	870	790	1135	800	770	1105	730	730	2600	82	180
22	1280	912	811	1198	840	785	1160	768	739	2660	84	190
23	1345	954	832	1261	880	800	1215	806	748	2720	86	200
24	1410	996	853	1324	920	815	1270	844	757	2780	88	210
25	1475	1038	874	1387	960	830	1325	882	766	2840	90	220
26	1540	1080	895	1450	1000	845	1380	920	775	2900	92	230
27	1605	1122	916	1513	1040	860	1435	958	784	2960	94	240
28	1670	1164	937	1576	1080	875	1490	996	793	3020	96	250
29	1735	1206	958	1639	1120	890	1545	1034	802	3080	98	260
30	1800	1248	979	1702	1160	905	1600	1072	811	3140	100	270

Technical Data

Damage Formula

For Techniques that deal damage, you can find that damage using this formula

• Damage = round(((TechPower + MST) * 0.2 * (1 + Boosts) * (100 - Resistance) / 100), 1) = round(((TechPower + MST) * (100 - Resistance) * (1 + Boosts) * 0.002), 1)

Healing Formula

To find the amount Resta can heal, use this formula

• HP Restored = 50 + 5*(Tech Level - 1) + (MST/2)

Megid

Megid is unique in that while it has a base power and power scaling like other offensive techs it cannot deal damage.

Instead its power represents its percentage chance to instantly kill the target. This chance is reduced directly by an enemy's EDK (Dark) Resistance.

• For example, a level 30 Megid has a Tech Power of 100, which gives it a base 100% chance to kill its target instantly. If you were to hit an enemy with 80EDK this chance would be reduced to 20%.

Casting Animation

The Technique casting animation is made up of several parts:

1. Movement from Neutral to Charge
2. The actual Charge (instant for many)
3. The movement from Charge to Cast
4. The "Cooling" period after Casting (notably the least for Gizonde, and the most for Gifoie)
5. Moving back to neutral

V801 reduces the time taken by parts 2 and 3. Male bare-handed casting only shortens part 3, and by exactly four frames, regardless of technique level or type.