Future-Focused

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description 【Switch】
C		Future-Focused	300	—	On odd-numbered turns, after foes' start-of- turn skills trigger, for the closest foes in cardinal directions of unit, if unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+X (X = distance from unit to foe × 3), that foe's action ends immediately.
		Future-Focused+	300	Future-Focused	Enables【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】. After foes' start-of-turn skills trigger, for the closest foes in cardinal directions of unit, if unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+X (X = distance from unit to foe × 3, -5) and【Time's Grip】is not active on foe, that foe's action ends immediately and inflicts【Time's Grip】and 【Panic】on that foe. For unit and allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5, neutralizes penalties, and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 7 during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and restores 7 HP to unit or ally after combat. Unit deals +7 damage (including area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).	Enables【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】. After foes' start-of-turn skills trigger, for the closest foes in cardinal directions of unit, if unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+X (X = distance from unit to foe × 3, -5) and【Time's Grip】is not active on foe, that foe's action ends immediately and inflicts【Time's Grip】and 【Panic】on that foe. For unit and allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5, neutralizes penalties, and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 7 during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and restores 7 HP to unit or ally after combat. Unit deals +7 damage (including area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = number of spaces from start position to end position unit moved prior to taking action (max ３; min １; if unit used a movement skill that warped them, unit can move １ space(s).) 【Time's Grip】 Inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 during combat. Neutralizes unit's skills during allies' combat through unit's next action. 【Panic】 Converts bonuses on unit into penalties through its next action.
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

* Unused restrictions: No restrictions.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Future-Focused
Map effects
Ends action after start-of-turn skills trigger on odd turns	Closest  Foes in cardinal directions	Unit's Res ≥  Foe's Res+X*
Future-Focused+
Status effects
Time's Grip	Closest  Foes in cardinal directions	After start-of-turn skills trigger if  Ends action conditions are met
Panic
Map effects
【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】	Unit	—
Ends action after start-of-turn skills trigger	Closest  Foes in cardinal directions	Time's Grip is not active on  Foe & ( Unit's Res ≥  Foe's Res+X*) -5
Recover 7 HP	Allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on  Unit	After  Ally's combat
Recover 7 HP	Unit	After  Unit's combat
Combat effects
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5	Allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on  Unit	—
Neutralizes Penalties
Reduces damage by 7 from  Foe's attacks
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5	Unit
Neutralizes Penalties
Reduces damage by 7 from  Foe's attacks
Boosts damage by 7 before & during combat
Reduces "Reduces damage by X%" by 50%	Foe

X = (Distance from  Unit to  Foe x 3)

Notes

• Cardinal directions refers to spaces directly north, south, east, or west of the user. Distance does not factor.
• The calculation of "distance from unit to foe" counts the total number of spaces between the the unit and the foe.
  • The calculation includes spaces occupied by an ally with the 【Pathfinder】 effect.
• Future-Focused can end the foe's action.
  • Future-Focused triggers after start-of-turn effects and is unaffected by  False Start.
  • Action ending effects such as  Leaden Regrets,  Future-Sighted, and  After Start-of-Turn Skills Trigger, Action Ends Immediately can be neutralized by effects such as  Firm Canto Curb.
  • Action ending effects such as from  Foresight Snare, Aether Raids Structures, and units in the  Special Slot on the defensive team cannot be neutralized by effects such as  Firm Canto Curb.

• If an effect that grants "another action" to unit would trigger, (such as with  Galeforce) the extra action will be granted before 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 triggers (excluding effects that grant "another action" after Canto).
  • 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 will not trigger after an effect that grants "another action" if it has already been triggered that turn or if the unit does not perform an action.
  • 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 triggers after "after combat" movement effects such as  Repel 4,  Harrowing Call, or Movement Passives.
  • If 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 has already been triggered that turn, Canto re-enabling effects can allow 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 to trigger again.
  • If an ally has an effect such as  Salvage or  Summer Chilling, the unit can also warp to the ally after triggering Canto regardless of distance restrictions.
•  Canto Control will reduce the amount of movement granted by 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 to 1 space (or 2 spaces with  Salvage) for Range = 1 units and 0 spaces (or 1 space with  Salvage) for Range = 2 units.
• 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 takes into account the unit's Move Type and the movement restrictions involved with it. For Example, a  Cavalry unit cannot use 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 to enter or cross through a forest.
  • 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 also takes into account effects that alter a unit's normal movement such as movement preventing effects, Divine Vein effects, Pass effects,  Traverse Terrain, and 【Pathfinder】.
  • 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 also takes into account warping effects such as  Guidance 4 and  Air Orders. However, the distance is limited to the maximum amount of spaces allotted by 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】.
  • The calculation of "spaces from start position to end position" counts the total number of spaces from the initiator's starting position to the end position before combat.
    • The calculation includes spaces occupied by an ally with the 【Pathfinder】 effect.
    • The start position used in the calculation references the initiator's starting position after being moved by sources of unit movement such as  Reposition Gait.
  • 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 also takes into account status effects that alter a unit's movement value such as  Mobility increased,  Gallop,  Stall, and  Gravity.
    • 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 will have the distance value be reduced to 1 if the unit was inflicted with  Stall or  Gravity and did not warp or move through a space occupied by a unit with 【Pathfinder】.
    • The distance value for 【Canto (Dist.; Max ３, Min １)】 will not be affected if the unit was inflicted with  Stall or  Gravity after combat.
• Future-Focused+ applies the  Time's Grip status effect.
  • Any 【Penalty】 effect on a unit lasts until that unit takes an action. If the unit takes multiple actions in a turn, they will only have  Time's Grip for their first action.

• The Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 that can be applied during combat by  Time's Grip is considered a temporary debuff.
• The ally combat effect neutralization of  Time's Grip only activates during combat involving the unit's allies. It has no effect if the unit's allies are neither the attacker nor the defender of the combat.
  • The ally combat effect neutralization of  Time's Grip does neutralize after combat effects such as the HP recovery prevention effect  Noble Bow and  Blood & Thunder.
  • The ally combat effect neutralization of  Time's Grip does not prevent 【Savior】 from being triggered, because 【Savior】 is not a during combat effect.
  • The ally combat effect neutralization of  Time's Grip does not neutralize effects granted to support partners during combat such as  Renewed Fang and  Dragon Blast.
• Future-Focused+ applies the  Panic status effect.
  • Any 【Penalty】 effect on a unit lasts until that unit takes an action. If the unit takes multiple actions in a turn, they will only have  Panic for their first action.
  •  Panic does not convert  Bonuses into  Penalties, it changes the value of existing  Bonuses from positive to negative.
  • If the affected unit does not have  Bonuses or the affected unit has  Null Panic,  Panic has no effect, but can still be used to trigger effects that require a 【Penalty】 effect such as  Atk/Spd Catch 4 or  Paranoia.
• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by Future-Focused+ is considered a temporary buff.
• Future-Focused+ can neutralize  Penalties during combat.
  •  Penalties are neutralized by granting temporary buffs of the same amount during combat.
  • Temporary buffs from Future-Focused+ do not stack with temporary buffs from effects such as  Grand Strategy and  Atk/Spd Unity, only temporary buffs from Future-Focused+ will apply.
• The flat 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.
  • Umbra Burst weapons will always deal a minimum of 1 damage even if the foe is equipped with  Invincible Sister,  Vengeful God, Invincibility Seals, or damage reduction effects.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects stack additively, similar to damage boosting effects and 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 only during combat by effects such as  Share Spoils+ or  Halves non-Special damage reduction.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.
• The temporary buffs, penalty neutralization and damage reduction effects of Future-Focused+ will not apply to the user's allies if the user is inflicted with  Time's Grip, the user's allies are inflicted with  Feud, or the user's allies are in combat against a foe with skills such as  Impenetrable Void and  C Feud 3.

• The damage boosting effect is a flat +7 damage that 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.
  • Damage boosting effects stack additively, similar to flat damage-reduction effects and interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
  • A foe equipped with Invincibility Seals will neutralize all sources of damage except from Røkkr area-of-effect Specials and the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons.
  • A foe equipped with  Invincible Sister will neutralize all sources of damage during combat except for the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons only once per Phase after it triggers.
  • A foe equipped with  Vengeful God will neutralize all sources of damage during combat except for the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons only once per Phase after  Miracle triggers if that foe's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.
• Future-Focused+ 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.
  • Future-Focused+ will not reduce the effect of Special "reduces damage by X%" effects or flat damage-reduction effects such as  Ice Wall or  Laguz Loyalty.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

Example of Area of Effect

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Seiðr: Goddess of Hope	Future-Focused 5	Future-Focused+ 5

Availability

Summoning events

Start	End	Event	Skill
2022-12-07	2022-12-23	Book VII Begins: Seiðr and More	Future-Focused
2022-12-23	2023-01-10	Legendary Heroes - Shez	Future-Focused
2023-05-31	2023-06-14	Legendary Heroes - Hinoka	Future-Focused
2023-11-09	2023-11-17	Book VII Revival: Seiðr and More	Future-Focused
2023-11-29	2023-12-15	Focus: Double Mythic Heroes	Future-Focused
2024-03-29	2024-04-12	Emblem Heroes - Ike: Of Radiance	Future-Focused
2024-06-10	2024-06-14	Revival: Seiðr and More	Future-Focused
2024-09-27	2024-10-15	Emblem Sigurd: Of the Holy War	Future-Focused
2025-05-12	2025-05-26	Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix 2	Future-Focused
2026-01-12	2026-01-26	Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix 1	Future-Focused+

Distributed units

• Book VII, Chapter 13: Part 5 (×1)

Combat Manuals

• This skill has not been available on any distributed Combat Manuals.

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	共に未来を見つめて
German	Zukunftsgewandt
Spanish (Europe)	Visión de futuro
Spanish (Latin America)	Visión de futuro
French	Plan d'avenir
Italian	Sguardo venturo
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	一同放眼未來
Portuguese	Foco no futuro

See also

• Future-Guided
• Future-Sighted
• Gray Illusion
• Leaden Regrets
• Nightmare

• Safety Fence (O)
• Hex Trap