Pulse Up: Ploy

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description [ExpandCollapse]
C		Pulse Up: Ploy	300	Time's Pulse 3	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.	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.
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Effects[ | ]

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Status effects
Ploy	Foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Unit	At start of both Phases if Unit's Res > Foe's Res+5
Exposure	Foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Unit	At start of both Phases if Unit's Res > Foe's Res+5
Map effects
Special cooldown count-1	Unit	At start of turn

Notes[ | ]

Pulse Up: Ploy's cooldown count changing effect will not trigger if the unit is inflicted with False Start, unless False Start is removed by a skill such as Dream Deliverer.
Cooldown count changes from skills that activate at the same time as Pulse Up: Ploy (at start of turn) are not considered in Pulse Up: Ploy's conditions.^[1] Skills such as Infantry Pulse 4, Buffer 4, and Odd Pulse Tie 3 will have their effects stack.
Pulse Up: Ploy applies the Ploy status effect.
- 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 Ploy for their first action.
- 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 Gainful Bow+.
Pulse Up: Ploy applies the Exposure status effect.
- 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 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.
- 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.