Demonic Breath

Demonic Breath
Weapon type
Might	16
Range	1
Effectiveness
Required	Flametongue
SP	400
Exclusive?	Yes
String ID	SID_魔竜のブレス
Description	Grants Def+3. Effective against armored foes. At start of combat, if a negative status effect is active on unit, or if unit's HP < 100%, neutralizes penalties on unit and grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def and Res.

Notes

• When battling an  Armored unit, Attack is multiplied by 1.5.
  •  Svalinn Shield,  Dew Dragonstone,  Maltet, and the  Neutralize Effective Against Armored status effect will neutralize the attack increase against armored units.
• The combat boost and penalty neutralization effects of Demonic Breath will activate if the unit wielding it receives a 【Penalty】.
  • The presence or absence of a 【Bonus】 (including  bonuses) does not affect activation.
  • If the unit wielding it is targeted by skill such as  Restore+ or  Odd Recovery 3, or if the unit wielding it possesses a source of penalty neutralization, the combat boost and penalty neutralization effects will be negated.
  • For more information, see List of keywords.
• The stat increase that can be applied by Demonic Breath is considered a combat boost.
• Demonic Breath can neutralize  penalties.
• Attacks that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" include attacks during combat and area-of-effect Specials.
  •  Close Ward,  Mystic Boost 3,  Divine Naga,  Naga,  Splashy Bucket, and  Splashy Bucket+ will disable this effect.
  •  Light and Dark and  Aureola will disable this effect during combat, but not against area-of-effect Specials.

Upgrades

Can be upgraded in the Weapon Refinery. For a list of other such weapons, see list of upgradable weapons.

Type	Stats	Description	Cost
	+3 HP	Grants Def+3. Effective against armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on unit and grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk+5 to unit, inflicts Atk-5 on foe, and also, if foe can make a follow-up attack, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 70% during combat.	400 SP, 500 , 200
	+5 HP, +2 Mt	Grants Def+3. Effective against armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on unit and grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	400 SP, 500 , 200
	+5 HP, +3 Spd	Grants Def+3. Effective against armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on unit and grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	400 SP, 500 , 200
	+5 HP, +4 Def	Grants Def+3. Effective against armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on unit and grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	400 SP, 500 , 200
	+5 HP, +4 Res	Grants Def+3. Effective against armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on unit and grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	400 SP, 500 , 200

Notes

• The stat decrease that can be applied by Demonic Breath is considered a combat reduction.
• The damage-reduction is calculated after offensive Specials and skills that deal extra damage, such as  Wo Dao+.
  • Percentage-based damage-reduction effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as gem weapons and  Triangle Adept.
    • For example, if both  Spurn 3 and  Vital Astra activate, the maximum total damage-reduction is 58% instead of 70%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 30%) = 42% of the original damage.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.
•  Deadeye,  Lethality,  Sublime Heaven, and  Twin Blades will neutralize Demonic Breath's damage-reduction effect.
• When used with offensive Specials,  Bow of Frelia,  Lioness Blade,  Thunderer Tome, and  Lands Sword will neutralize Demonic Breath's damage-reduction effect.
•  Adroit War Tome and  Þjálfi can reduce the damage-reduction of Demonic Breath by 50%.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Idunn: Dark Priestess	Fire Breath 5	Fire Breath+ 5	Flametongue 5	Demonic Breath 5

Gallery

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  Sprite sheet for Demonic Breath's animation.

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	魔竜のブレス
German	Höllenatem
Spanish (Europe)	Alien. demoniaco
Spanish (Latin America)	Aliento maligno
French	Souffle de démon
Italian	Soffio demoniaco
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	魔龍吐息
Portuguese	Sopro demoníaco

See also

• Arthur's Axe
• Atk/Def Bond
• Atk/Res Bond
• Atk/Spd Bond
• Bright Naginata
• Carrot Cudgel+
• Carrot Cudgel
• Cursed Lance
• Def/Res Bond
• Eagle's Egg
• Fimbulvetr
• Gilt Fork+
• Gilt Fork
• Gleipnir
• Hrist

• Weapons that are effective against Armored foes