Dusk Rifle

Dusk Rifle

Weapon type
Might	14
Range	2
Effectiveness
Required	Silver Bow
SP	400
Exclusive?	Yes
String ID	`SID_夕影の神弓`
Numeric ID	`4456`
Description [ExpandCollapse]	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants the following effects to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn: Res+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and "reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special 'reduce damage by X%' skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials)." After start-of-turn effects trigger on enemy phase, for unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit, converts penalties into bonuses and neutralizes two【Penalty】effects (does not apply to Penalty effects that are applied at the same time; neutralizes the first applicable Penalty effects on unit's list of active effects). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = number of allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3, + 5 (max 14), deals damage = 20% of unit's Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit before unit's first attack during combat.	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants the following effects to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn: Res+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and "reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special 'reduce damage by X%' skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials)." After start-of-turn effects trigger on enemy phase, for unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit, converts penalties into bonuses and neutralizes two【Penalty】effects (does not apply to Penalty effects that are applied at the same time; neutralizes the first applicable Penalty effects on unit's list of active effects). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = number of allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3, + 5 (max 14), deals damage = 20% of unit's Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit before unit's first attack during combat. 【Bonus Doubler】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of unit's stats for 1 turn. Calculates each stat bonus independently. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

Effects[ | ]

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Permanent effects
Accelerates Special trigger	Unit	—
Status effects
Res+6	Unit & Allies within 2 spaces	At start of both Phases
Bonus Doubler
Halves non-Special damage reduction
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X X = Penalty on each stat		After start-of-turn effects on Enemy Phase
Removes Penalties
Removes 1^st 2 【Penalty】 effects (excluding Penalties)
Combat effects
Flying effective damage	Unit	—
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X (max: 14) X = 3 x Allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Unit, + 5		Player Phase or an Ally is within 2 spaces
Boosts damage by X% X = 20% of Unit's Res
Guaranteed follow-up
Special cooldown count-1 before Unit's first attack

Notes[ | ]

When battling a Flying unit, damage is boosted by 50%.

Sources of Flying effectiveness neutralization:

The stat increase that can be applied by Dusk Rifle is considered a Bonus.
- Any 【Bonus】 on a unit, including Bonuses, lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If Bonuses are acquired during the enemy phase, they will disappear when the next player phase begins.
Dusk Rifle applies the Bonus Doubler status effect.
- Any 【Bonus】 on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If Bonus Doubler is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.

The stat increase that can be applied by Bonus Doubler is considered a temporary buff.
- The stat increasing effect of Bonus Doubler will activate if the unit receives Bonuses.
- The stat increasing effect will not be negated nor reduced if the unit receives Penalties.
- The stat increasing effect of Bonus Doubler will stack with the temporary debuffs from Neutralize Bonuses or sources of bonus neutralization.
- The stat increasing effect will be negated if the unit is affected by Panic (and not affected by Null Panic), Ploy, or the unit has their Bonuses removed by a source of positive status effect neutralization.

Dusk Rifle applies the Halves non-Special damage reduction status effect.
- Any 【Bonus】 on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If Halves non-Special damage reduction is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.
- Halves non-Special damage reduction will reduce the effect of non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects from Specials such as Vital Astra.
  - Damage-reduction reducing effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    - For example, if a unit has Halves non-Special damage reduction and a foe with Dodge is on a space with 【Divine Vein (Water)】, the maximum total damage-reduction is reduced to 10%, since the two effects reduce the damage to (1 − ((40% − 50%) − 50%)) = 90% of the original damage instead of 60% of the original damage.
  - Each damage-reduction effect is reduced individually.
    - For example, if a unit has Halves non-Special damage reduction and the foe has both Spurn 4 and Dodge, the maximum total damage-reduction is reduced to 40%, since the two effects reduce the damage to (1 − (50% − 50%)) × (1 − (40% − 50%)) = 60% of the original damage instead of 30% of the original damage.
  - Halves non-Special damage reduction will not reduce the effect of Special "reduces damage by X%" effects such as Gust or Laguz Friend 4.
  - For more information, see Damage calculation.

The stat increase that can be applied by Dusk Rifle is considered a Bonus.
- Any 【Bonus】 on a unit, including Bonuses, lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If Bonuses are acquired during the enemy phase, they will disappear when the next player phase begins.
Dusk Rifle can remove Penalties.
- Previous Bonuses and Penalties reversed with Dusk Rifle do not stack. Only the greater bonus will take effect.
  - For example, if a unit receives +6 bonuses from Rally Def/Res+ and -7 penalties from Def/Res Ploy 3, Dusk Rifle converts the -7 penalties into +7 bonuses overwriting the +6 bonuses.
  - If the unit had received -5 penalties from Chill Def/Res 2 instead, the converted +5 bonuses from Dusk Rifle wouldn't overwrite the +6 bonuses from Rally Def/Res+.
- Negative Bonuses (such as from Panic) are not reversed by Dusk Rifle.
  - Moreover, bonuses granted by this skill will be reversed by Panic, making this skill useless against units affected by it unless they are also affected by Null Panic.
Dusk Rifle can remove the unit's and allies' Penalties & 1^st 2 【Penalty】 effects.
- Any 【Penalty】 effects that can be removed at the time that the removal takes place are removed with the following priority:

"If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
- However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
The stat increase that can be applied by Dusk Rifle is considered a temporary buff.

The damage boosting effect of Dusk Rifle ignores the foe's Def or Res when calculating the damage boost, and can be reduced by damage-reduction effects such as Gust, Atk/Spd Excel, and Dodge.
- A foe equipped with Embla's Ward, Múspellflame, Niðavellir Axiom, Gold Perfection, or Nine-Realm Pact will neutralize all sources of damage except from Røkkr area-of-effect Specials and the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons.
- For more information, see Damage calculation.
Dusk Rifle applies the Guaranteed Follow-Ups status effect.
- Any 【Bonus】 on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If Guaranteed Follow-Ups is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.

"If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
- However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
As a general rule, if a unit is both prevented from making, and guaranteed to make a follow-up attack, the effects cancel out, and the Spd difference decides instead (including effects that alter the Spd difference such as Frozen).
A foe with effects such as Phys. Null Follow or Null Follow-Up will neutralize the guaranteed follow-up attack granted by Guaranteed Follow-Ups.

Dusk Rifle's Special cooldown count that occurs during combat is a flat 1 and is not affected by effects related to Special cooldown charge such as Guard, Special Cooldown Charge +1, and Spd/Def Tempo 4.
- All flat cooldown count increases and/or reductions during combat will stack with each other if they trigger at the same time.
  - For example, if a unit has Preempt Pulse and Hush Spectrum, the effects will stack and the unit's cooldown count will neither increase nor decrease.