Holy Ground

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
C		Holy Ground	300	—	Reduces damage from foes' attacks during combat to allies within 2 spaces by 30% and grants Def/Res+4 to those allies during combat.
		Holy Ground+	300	Holy Ground	For allies within 3 spaces of unit, reduces damage from foe's attacks by 30% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), grants Def/Res+5, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 7 ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and grants Special cooldown count-1 to ally before foe's first attack during their combat. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Res+5 to unit, reduces damage from foe's attacks by 30% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's first attack by 7 ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit before unit's first attack, and calculates damage from staff like other weapons during combat.
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

* Unused restrictions: No restrictions.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Holy Ground
Combat effects
Reduces damage by 30% from  Foe's attacks	Allies within 2 spaces	—
Def/Res+4
Holy Ground+
Combat effects
Reduces damage by 30% from  Foe's attacks	Allies within 3 spaces	—
Def/Res+5
Reduces damage by 7 from  Foe's first attack (including second attacks)
Special cooldown count-1 before  Foe's first attack
Atk/Spd/Res+5	Unit	An  Ally is within 3 spaces
Reduces damage by 30% from  Foe's attacks
Reduces damage by 7 from  Foe's first attack (including second attacks)
Special cooldown count-1 before  Unit's first attack
Calculates  Staff damage like other weapons

Notes

• The non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effect is calculated after offensive Specials and damage boosting effects such as  Arcane Lúin and  Dominance.
  • 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.
  • "Reduces damage by X%" effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    • For example, if both  Dodge and  Gust trigger, the maximum total damage-reduction is 64% instead of 80%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 40%) = 36% of the original damage.
  • Non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects can 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 stat boost that can be applied during combat by Holy Ground is considered a temporary buff.
• The temporary buffs and damage reduction of Holy Ground 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 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.
  • 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.
• Holy Ground+'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  Tempo Echo.
  • 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.
• The temporary buffs, damage reduction and special cooldown count -1 before foe's first attack of Holy Ground+ 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.
• Holy Ground+ allows the unit to deal staff damage like other weapons instead of halving damage after defenses are calculated, rounded down.
  • A foe with  Mystic Boost 4,  Splashy Bucket, or  Splashy Bucket+ will disable this effect.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Elimine: Scouring Saint	Holy Ground 5	Holy Ground+ 5

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	地上の最後の女神
German	Heiliger Grund
Spanish (Europe)	Tierra sagrada
Spanish (Latin America)	Tierra sagrada
French	Terre sacrée
Italian	Terra sacra
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	地上最後的女神
Portuguese	Terra sagrada

See also

• Caduceus Staff
• Cardinal's Tome
• Convoy Dagger
• Domain of Ice
• Fuming Freikugel
• Great Sacrifice
• Hippity-Hop Axe
• Kitsune Fang
• Opposing Stones