Unit Skills

Gameplay << Brave Burst

Summary
Just about every unit is capable of performing a special attack during combat called a Brave Burst, or BB for short. These special attacks or skills are stronger than the normal attack, have the potential to do more hits, attack all enemies at once (or randomly target multiple enemies), inflict various Status Ailments, heal the party or buff the party in other ways.

Below each unit's health bar is another bar that fills up during combat called the Brave Burst Gauge, or BB Gauge for short. The BB Gauge fills up by collecting BB Crystals that drop from enemies as they are struck, or left behind in chests. The BB Gauge also fills up by special leader skills, from item effects or the direct use of consumable items as well.

Once this bar is filled up, the player holds down on the unit's BB Gauge and swipes up to activate it. Multiple Brave Bursts can be activated in the same round, for a spectacular scene. Like normal attacks, players should become familiar with each unit's Brave Burst animation in order to cause Spark combos.

Brave Burst Levels
Brave Burst abilities have levels that can go up to 10. Higher levels add to the potency of the Brave Burst, whether it is damage, potential to inflict a status ailment on the enemy, or heal or buff the party.

Unit Fusing
Like a unit's own level, BB levels are increased through Unit Fusing. Unlike unit levels, there is no experience gauge to fill to reach the next level. Instead, BB leveling is a matter of luck, and it appears that the higher the BB level, the lower the chance to increase it.

Another caveat to leveling a unit's BB is that specific types of units are needed for the fusing. A unit trying to level its BB must fuse a unit with the same type of BB for there to be a chance. For example, it is impossible for a unit with an offensive-type BB to increase its BB level by fusing only units with a heal-type of BB.

The three types of Brave Bursts are:
 * Offense/Damage (Any BB that deals damage whether its single target or multiple targets, including "all")
 * Healing (Any BB that recovers HP, either at once or over multiple rounds)
 * Support (Any BB that boosts allies' stats, e.g., ATK, DEF, Crit)

Brave Burst Frogs are a special unit which will guarantee a BB level when fused, regardless of BB type. (confirmation needed)

Evolution
When a unit evolves, half of its Brave Burst level (rounded down) will carry over to the newly evolved unit. For example, a unit with BB Lv. 10 that evolves will start with BB Lv. 5. Another example is a unit with BB Lv. 5 that evolves will start with BB Lv. 2.

Curse Status Ailment
The status ailment, Curse, will prevent a unit from filling its BB Gauge, as well as preventing a unit from activating its BB if its BB Gauge was full. This ailment can be remedied with the consumable, Holy Water.