Hold

Hold is a paralysis weapon special. It is the second lowest tier of paralysis specials (2★). Hold weapons have a chance to Paralyze their targets.

Damage

Hold weapon special attacks deal 0.67x the damage of a normal attack. The chance to Paralyze monsters depends on Enemy ESP.

Rarity	Special Name	Power
2★	Hold	48%

Base Paralysis Chance = ((Power) - (Enemy ESP)) * (1 - Special Reduction) * (Unit Boost)

• Androids receive a 30% boost to the activation rate of all paralysis specials on Ultimate difficulty. This value can be added directly to the values in the Power column above (Hold has a power of 78%).
• Special Reduction is as follows (See also: List of weapons with reduced specials):
  • 0.5 for Swords, Daggers, Partisans
  • 0.67 for Slicers, Mechguns, Shots
  • 0 for unreduced weapons
• Unit Boost is as follows:
  • 1.5 if either V501 or V502 are equipped
    • These stack with the android boost, but not with each other.
  • 1 if neither are equipped

Bosses, Machine-type enemies, Zu and Pazuzu cannot be Paralyzed. Androids, as well as non-androids equipped with a Sacred Cloth or Cure/Paralysis, are also immune to being paralyzed.

List of Hold weapons

There are three weapon types that can have specials. Specials on common weapons dropping from Monsters or Item boxes are randomly assigned, but are predetermined on all rare weapons. Specials on ES Weapons can be added with Photon drops.

Rare weapons

Weapon Name	Rarity	ATP	ATA	Grind	Total ATP	Special	Req.	Classes												Notes
								HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
Brave Knuckle	9★	380-460	60	+30	440-520	Hold	400 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	Built-in +5% attack speed
Photon Launcher	9★	210-220	35	+9	228-238	Hold	118 ATA	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	+5 EVP

Common weapons

The chance of obtaining specials on common weapons depends on area and difficulty. When a common weapon drops in an untekked state, there is a chance for it to come with Hold as a special. Hold can also be obtained by tekking up or down a common weapon that drops with the Bind or Seize special. Once a weapon drops in an untekked state, the table below lists the overall chance of it coming with the Hold special (including the ability to tekk up or down from Bind and Seize).

Hold drop chance

Area			Normal	Hard	Very Hard	Ultimate
Forest 1	VR Temple Alpha	-	0%	11.25%	11.25%	7.9%
Forest 2	VR Temple Beta	-	0%	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%
Cave 1	VR Spaceship Alpha	Crater East	12.5%	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%
Cave 2	VR Spaceship Beta	Crater West	12.5%	10.53%	10.53%	7.9%
Cave 3	Jungle Area North	Crater South	12.5%	11.25%	7.9%	7.9%
Mine 1	Jungle Area East	Crater North	12.5%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Mine 2	Mountain Area	Crater Interior	12.5%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Ruins 1	Seaside Area Central Control Area	Subterranean Desert 1	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Ruins 2	Seabed Upper Levels	Subterranean Desert 2	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Ruins 3	Seabed Lower Levels Control Tower	Subterranean Desert 3	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%

ES weapons

Hold cannot be added to ES Weapons as a special.