Killing Intent

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description 【Switch】
B		Killing Intent	300	—	At start of combat, if foe's HP < 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, inflicts Spd/Res-5 on foe, and if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	At start of combat, if foe's HP < 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, inflicts Spd/Res-5 on foe, and if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. 【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).
		Killing Intent+	300	Killing Intent	At start of turn, inflicts【Exposure】on nearest foes within 5 spaces of unit and foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≤ 99% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, inflicts Spd/Res-5 on foe during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	At start of turn, inflicts【Exposure】on nearest foes within 5 spaces of unit and foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≤ 99% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, inflicts Spd/Res-5 on foe during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【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).
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

* Unused restrictions: No restrictions.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Killing Intent
Combat effects
Spd/Res-5	Foe	Foe's HP ≤ 99% at start of combat or 【Penalty】 effect is active on  Foe
Follow-up before counter	Unit	Spd/Res-5 conditions & Player Phase
Killing Intent+
Status effects
Exposure	Nearest  Foes within 5 spaces &  Foes within 2 spaces of those  Foes	At start of turn
Combat effects
Spd/Res-5	Foe	Foe's HP ≤ 99% at start of combat or 【Penalty】 effect is active on  Foe
Follow-up before counter	Unit	Spd/Res-5 conditions & Player Phase

Notes

• The temporary debuffs and follow-up attack before foe's counterattack of Killing Intent will activate if the foe receives a 【Penalty】 effect.
  • The temporary debuffs and follow-up attack before foe's counterattack will not be negated if the foe receives a 【Bonus】 effect.
  • If the foe does not receive a 【Penalty】 effect, or has their 【Penalty】 effect removed by a source of Penalty effect neutralization, the temporary debuffs and follow-up attack before foe's counterattack will be negated.
  • For more information, see Status effects.
• The stat reduction that can be applied during combat by Killing Intent is considered a temporary debuff.

• "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.
• Killing Intent does not guarantee the user a follow-up.
• If the user can perform a follow-up, either by passing the Spd difference check or from guaranteed follow-up effects, the initial attack and follow-up will occur before the foe can perform a counterattack.
• Effects such as  Vantage or  Paranoia have priority over Killing Intent's priority changing effect.
• Killing Intent changes the priority, or order of attacks, and therefore can be neutralized by effects such as  Hardy Bearing 3 or  Caltrop Dagger+.
• The "if foe's HP < 100%" condition is a mistranslation of "if foe's HP ≤ 99%"; if the foe's HP is strictly between 99% and 100%, this condition would fail. However, this is only possible when the unit is in combat against Røkkr enemies, as normal enemy units have a maximum of 99 HP.
• Killing Intent+ applies the  Exposure 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  Exposure for their first action.

• The damage boosting effect is a flat +10 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  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.
  • 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.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Thrasir: Omnicidal Witch	Killing Intent 5	Killing Intent+ 5

Trivia

• In Version 7.3.0,  Killing Intent+ had the additional unintended effect of "At start of combat, if foe's HP ≤ 99% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat and if a stat penalty is active on any foe within 2 spaces of target, neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit."

In other languages

Language	Name	Notes
Japanese	死んでほしいの	Won't you just die?
German	Tödliche Absicht
Spanish (Europe)	Furia homicida
Spanish (Latin America)	Furia homicida
French	Intention mortelle
Italian	Furia assassina
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	從世上消失吧
Portuguese	Intuito de matar

See also

• Arch-Sage Tome
• Asura Blades
• Athame
• Conjurer Curios
• Eagle's Egg
• Fell Breath
• Heaven's Stead
• Hoðr's Zeal
• Justice Enforcer
• Pure Storm
• Rampart Bow
• Sky-Pirate Claw
• Tome of Storms
• Upheaval+