Ploy

Ploy is a status effect that neutralizes the Temporary buffs from  Bonus Doubler and  Grand Strategy, and the damage boosting effect of  Treachery on the unit during combat. For sources of this status effect, see the category page Sources of Ploy.

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•  Ploy neutralizes the temporary buffs granted by  Bonus Doubler and  Grand Strategy, and the damage boosting effect of  Treachery only during combat.
  • Temporary buffs granted by  Bonus Doubler and  Grand Strategy are neutralized by inflicting temporary debuffs of the same amount during combat.
  • Since units inflicted with  Ploy will still have these status effects, skills that require a 【Bonus】 to trigger such as  Atk/Spd Prime 4 or  Gainful Bow+ will still trigger.
  • If the affected unit does not have these status effects,  Ploy has no effect, but can still be used to trigger skills that require a 【Penalty】 such as  Atk/Spd Catch 4 and Lucrative Bow+.

When a unit has this status effect, an icon is shown on their sprite on the map.

Icon	Type	Example Source	Description	Sound Effect
	Negative	Atk/Spd Ploy 3  Divine Deceit	Neutralizes【Bonus Doubler】,【Treachery】, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【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. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.

Sources of Ploy

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List of C Passives

Icon	Passive	Description
	Atk/Res Ploy 3	At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts Atk/Res-7,【Ploy】, and【Exposure】 on those foes through their next actions. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes【Bonus Doubler】,【Treachery】, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【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. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.
	Atk/Spd Ploy 3	At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts Atk/Spd-7,【Ploy】, and【Exposure】 on those foes through their next actions. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes【Bonus Doubler】,【Treachery】, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【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. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.
	Def/Res Ploy 3	At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts Def/Res-7,【Ploy】, and【Exposure】 on those foes through their next actions. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes【Bonus Doubler】,【Treachery】, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【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. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.
	Divine Deceit	At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes in cardinal directions of unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts【Gravity】on those foes. At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts【Ploy】and【Exposure】on those foes through their next actions. After start-of-turn effects trigger on player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns have ≥ 3 Bonus effects active, excluding stat bonuses, neutralizes those effects (excludes Bonus effects being applied at the same time). If foe has any Penalty effects active, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat. 【Gravity】 Restricts target's movement to 1 space through its next action. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes Bonus Doubler, Treachery, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.
	Pulse Up: Ploy	At start of turn, grants Special cooldown count-1. At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts【Ploy】 and【Exposure】on those foes through their next actions. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes【Bonus Doubler】,【Treachery】, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【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. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.
	Spd/Res Ploy 3	At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts Spd/Res-7,【Ploy】, and【Exposure】 on those foes through their next actions. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes【Bonus Doubler】,【Treachery】, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【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. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.

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In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	謀策
German	Trick
Spanish (Europe)	Ardid
Spanish (Latin America)	Ardid
French	Ruse
Italian	Complotto
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	謀策
Portuguese	Cilada