Additions

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Additions are the primary means of dealing damage to enemy units. They are a series of button presses that modify attack damage. An Addition commences every time the player selects the Attack command in battle, except when attacking with Shana or Miranda, who do not have Additions.

General Overview

When an attack begins, a "timing sight" appears on screen. The timing sight has two components: a stationary blue square overlaid on the target, and another larger square that rotates and collapses toward the target. The objective is to press the indicated button, usually the Cross button, as the larger square overlaps the smaller square. Mistiming the button press terminates the Addition, and the player loses the opportunity to deal more damage.

Sometimes, enemies respond to Additions by "counterattacking". A counterattack is indicated with a visual cue, a red flash on screen, and an audio cue, a brief wooshing sound. The timing sight will turn red. The player must still correctly time the next button press, but this time with the Circle button instead. If performed correctly, the timing sight reverts to blue and the Addition proceeds normally. However, if the player fails the Circle button press, the Addition ends, bonus damage is lost, and the attacking character receives damage.

Once a character has a Dragoon spirit, Additions are also the primary means of accruing Spirit Points. Different Additions have varying numbers of hits, damage multipliers, and amounts of SP accrual. Each character has a different number of Additions. Additions have their own levels starting at level 1. The player levels up an Addition by successfully performing it 20 times per level, up to a maximum level of 5 requiring 80 total performances. Damage multipliers and SP accrual improve with level. Characters learn new Additions primarily by leveling up normally with EXP. The exception is their final Addition, which is learned by leveling up every other Addition to level 5.

The player may set their preferred Additions with the Additions option on the System Screen. Additions cannot be changed in battle.

Two accessories, the Wargod Calling and Ultimate Wargod, will complete Additions without input from the player. However, the Wargod Calling yields only half damage and SP, and the Addition does not count toward leveling. The Ultimate Wargod treats the Addition as if the player had performed it, including damage, SP, and leveling.

In Depth

Performing an Addition is functionally similar to playing a rhythm mini-game. Some Additions are extremely easy, requiring only a single button press. Others are rather difficult and incorporate combinations of rapid presses and long pauses. Addition difficulty does not scale consistently even among Additions belonging to the same character, and longer Additions are not necessarily more difficult than shorter ones. Moreover, subsequent Additions do not merely add another button press to an earlier one while following the same rhythm; the pattern changes entirely. Practicing individual Additions becomes necessary in order to achieve a character's final Addition. However, attempting to memorize each one is not advisable given the total number of them.

Addition damage factors and SP harvests are not necessarily intuitive either. In general, later Additions are better than earlier ones in terms of damage, but damage per hit may not be the same. For example, at Addition level 1, Dart's Double Slash has two hits and does 150% overall damage. His Volcano has four hits and does 200% damage. In the case of Double Slash, the first hit deals 100% base damage and the second hit adds a 50% bonus. However, Volcano deals 50% base damage with each hit. Therefore, Volcano requires at least one successful button press to do as much damage as Double Slash would have done by not attempting the Addition at all. SP has a similar function with Double Slash providing 30 SP on the first hit but only 5 on the second. Moreover, the Additions screen only shows the damage and SP value of a successful Addition. There is no convenient way to learn how much damage and SP a partial Addition will provide.

Counterattacks

While not revealed in game, there are some general rules governing counterattack behavior:

  1. A counterattack can only occur once per Addition. (Players will never need to press the Circle button more than once per attack.)
  2. Counterattacks never occur on the first or last timed button press. As a consequence, Additions that possess 2 or fewer presses will never be counterattacked.
  3. Enemies only have a chance to counterattack when given an opportunity.
  4. Some enemies cannot counterattack.

Most enemies capable of counterattacking can use any of the 28 opportunities seen in the chart below. However, there are 37 enemies who do not have some of these opportunities, and instead can be sorted into 9 groups based on the number of opportunities they possess: 23, 19, 16, 13, 9, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Enemies in a group have identical counterattack opportunities. Higher numbered groups possess all the opportunities that those in lowered numbered groups have. For example, if an enemy in group 13 can counterattack the 2nd button press of Dart's Crush Dance, so can all enemies belonging to the higher numbered groups (16, 19, 23, and 28.)

Counterattack Opportunities
User Addition Button Press 28 23 19 16 13 9 4 3 2 1
Dart Volcano 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dart Crush Dance 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Dart Crush Dance 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Dart Moon Strike 2 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Dart Moon Strike 3 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Lavitz Rod Typhoon 2 Yes No No No No No No No No No
Lavitz Rod Typhoon 3 Yes No No No No No No No No No
Lavitz Gust of Wind Dance 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Lavitz Gust of Wind Dance 5 Yes No No No No No No No No No
Lavitz Flower Storm 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Lavitz Flower Storm 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Lavitz Flower Storm 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Lavitz Flower Storm 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Lavitz Flower Storm 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Rose Hard Blade 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Rose Demon's Dance 3 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Rose Demon's Dance 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Rose Demon's Dance 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Rose Demon's Dance 6 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Meru Cool Boogie 2 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Meru Cool Boogie 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Meru Cat's Cradle 3 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Meru Cat's Cradle 4 Yes No No No No No No No No No
Meru Perky Step 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Haschel Summon 4 Gods 2 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Haschel Hex Hammer 2 Yes No No No No No No No No No
Albert Gust of Wind Dance 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Albert Flower Storm 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No

Tips

  • A player who struggles with one Addition may prefer to use another easier Addition with lower stats, especially if completing the easier Addition actually provides better results than the partial harder Addition. This approach requires abandoning a character's final Addition, though.
  • Consider watching the button icon in the lower right corner of the screen instead of the timing sight and pressing the button when it changes to a depressed graphic. The amount of time that the game provides after the graphic changes is actually quite generous.

Addy tables

Additions marked with a *symbol are never countered.

Dart
Name Presses Dmg% (Maxed) SP (Maxed) Acquisition
*Double Slash 1 202% 35 Initial
Volcano 3 250% 36 Level 2
*Burning Rush 2 150% 102 Level 8
Crush Dance 4 250% 100 Level 15
*Madness Hero 5 100% 204 Level 22
Moon Strike 6 350% 20 Level 29
*Blazing Dynamo 7 450% 150 80 completions on all prior additions.
Lavitz
Name Presses Dmg% (Maxed) SP (Maxed) Acquisition
*Harpoon 1 150% 50 Initial Addition
*Spinning Cane 2 200% 35 Level 5
Rod Typhoon 4 202% 100 Level 7
Gust of Wind Dance 6 350% 35 Level 11
Flower Storm 7 405% 202 80 completions on all prior additions
Albert
Name Presses SP (Maxed) Dmg% (Maxed) Acquisition
*Harpoon 1 150% 50 Initial Addition
*Spinning Cane 2 200% 35 Level 5
*Rod Typhoon 4 202% 100 Level 7
Gust of Wind Dance 6 350% 35 Level 11
Flower Storm 7 405% 202 80 completions on all prior additions
Rose
Name Presses Dmg% (Maxed) SP (Maxed) Acquisition
*Whip Smack 1 200% 35 Initial
*More & More 2 150% 102 14
Hard Blade 5 300% 35 19
Demon's Dance 7 500% 100 80 completions on all prior additions.
Haschel
Name Presses Dmg% (Maxed) SP (Maxed) Acquisition
*Double Punch 1 150% 50 Initial
*Flurry of Styx 2 202% 20 14
Summon Four Gods 3 100% 100 18
*5 Ring Shattering 4 300% 50 22
Hex Hammer 6 400% 15 27
Omni-Sweep 7 501% 150 80 completions on all prior additions.
Meru
Name Presses Dmg% (Maxed) SP (Maxed) Acquisition
*Double Smack 1 150% 34 Initial
*Hammer Spin 3 202% 70 21
Cool Boogie 4 100% 200 26
Cat's Cradle 6 351% 20 30
Perky Step 7 600% 100 80 completions on all prior additions.
Kongol
Name Presses Dmg% (Maxed) SP (Maxed) Acquisition
*Pursuit 1 150% 50 Initial
*Inferno 3 200% 20 23
*Bone Crush 5 300% 100 80 completions on all prior additions.

Additions in Dragoon Form

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