Font of Wisdom

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
B		Font of Wisdom	300	—	At start of player phase or enemy phase, inflicts Atk/Spd/Res-7 on foes that are within 2 spaces of another foe through their next actions. Inflicts Atk/Spd/Res-5 on foe, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Res = highest penalty on each stat between target and foes within 2 spaces of target (calculates each stat penalty independently), deals damage = 20% of unit's Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 7 during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes).
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

* Unused restrictions: No restrictions.

Effects[ | ]

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Status effects
Atk/Spd/Res-7	Foes within 2 spaces of other Foes	At start of both Phases
Combat effects
Atk/Spd/Res-5	Foe	—
Atk/Spd/Res-X X = highest Penalty on Target & Foes within 2 spaces of Target
Reduces the effect of "Reduces damage by X%" by 50%
Boosts damage by X% X = 20% of Unit's Res	Unit
Reduces damage by 7 from Foe's first attack (including second attacks)	Unit

Notes[ | ]

The stat decrease that can be applied by Font of Wisdom is considered a Penalty.
- Any 【Penalty】 on a unit lasts until that unit takes an action. If the unit takes multiple actions in a turn, they will only have Penalties for their first action.
  - If the unit also has Grand Strategy, any Penalties will remain active until the start of that unit's next phase.

The stat increase that can be applied by Font of Wisdom is considered a temporary buff.
- The stat increasing effect of Font of Wisdom will activate if the foe and foes within 2 spaces of those foes receives Penalties.
- The stat increasing effect will not be negated nor reduced if the foe and foes within 2 spaces of those foes receives Bonuses.
- If the foe and foes within 2 spaces of those foes is affected by Panic (and not affected by Null Panic), Font of Wisdom will utilize the total Penalty within each stat during calculation.^[1]
- The foe and foes within 2 spaces of those foes will only receive temporary buffs from Neutralize Penalties or a source of penalty neutralization if the foe and foes within 2 spaces of those foes has a penalty neutralizing effect and the stat increasing effect of Font of Wisdom active.
- The stat increasing effect will be negated if the foe and foes within 2 spaces of those foes has their Penalties removed by a source of negative status effect neutralization.

The damage boosting effect of Font of Wisdom 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.
Font of Wisdom 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.
- Font of Wisdom 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 damage-reduction effect is a flat -7 damage that is calculated after offensive Specials, damage boosting effects such as Arcane Lúin and Dominance, and "reduces damage by X%" effects such as Gust and Dodge.
- If a skill such as Miracle or Everliving Domain can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
- Flat damage-reduction effects stack additively, similar to interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
- Flat damage-reduction effects cannot be neutralized or reduced by effects such as Share Spoils or Halves non-Special damage reduction.
- For more information, see Damage calculation.