Dark Scripture
Closed Open Gleam Closed Gleam Open
Weapon type
Might	14
Range	2
Required	Fenrir
SP	400
Exclusive?	Yes
String ID	SID_暗黒の聖書
Description	Grants Atk+3. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, and if foe does not have "effective against dragons," unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Base weapon
Permanent effects
Atk+3	Unit	—
Combat effects
Atk/Res-6	Foe	No  Allies are adjacent
Guaranteed follow-up	Unit	No  Allies are adjacent &  Foe doesn't have   Dragon effective damage
Refined weapon
Permanent effects
Atk+3	Unit	—
Status effects
Atk/Res-7	Foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on  Unit	At start of both Phases if  Unit's Res >  Foe's Res+5
Sabotage
Deep Wounds
Neutralizes non-Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects
Combat effects
Atk/Res-6,  Spd-4	Foe	Enemy Phase or No  Allies are adjacent
Guaranteed follow-up	Unit
Skill refine effects
Combat effects
Atk/Spd/Res-4	Foe	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat
Cannot follow-up
Boosts damage by X% X = 20% of  Unit's Res	Unit
Reduces damage by X% (max: 40%) X = 4 x ( Unit's Res -  Foe's Res) from attacks & Non-Røkkr AoE Specials		Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat &  Unit's Res >  Foe's Res

Notes

• The stat reduction that can be applied during combat by Dark Scripture is considered a temporary debuff.
• As a general rule, if a unit is both prevented from making, and guaranteed to make a follow-up attack, the effects cancel out, and the Spd difference decides instead (including effects that alter the Spd difference such as  Frozen).
• A foe with effects such as  Phys. Null Follow or  Null Follow-Up will neutralize the guaranteed follow-up attack granted by Dark Scripture.
• The guaranteed follow-up effect of Dark Scripture does not trigger against units with sources of effective against dragon foes or units with  Effective against dragons.
  • The guaranteed follow-up effect of Dark Scripture does not trigger against foes with these effects even if Dark Scripture's user has  Neutralize Effective Against Dragons, as the skill only considers skills that have "effective against dragons", not whether such effectiveness applies.

Upgrades

Icon	Stats	Description 【Switch】	Cost
	—	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Spd/Res-4 on foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and unit deals damage = 20% of unit's Res during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%).	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit through its next action. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Deep Wounds】 Unit's HP cannot be healed through its next action. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Spd/Res-4 on foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and unit deals damage = 20% of unit's Res during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%).	400 SP,  500,  200
	+2 HP, +1 Mt	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat.	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit through its next action. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Deep Wounds】 Unit's HP cannot be healed through its next action.	400 SP,  500,  200
	+2 HP, +2 Spd	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat.	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit through its next action. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Deep Wounds】 Unit's HP cannot be healed through its next action.	400 SP,  500,  200
	+2 HP, +3 Def	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat.	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit through its next action. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Deep Wounds】 Unit's HP cannot be healed through its next action.	400 SP,  500,  200
	+2 HP, +3 Res	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat.	Grants Atk+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,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit through its next action. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Deep Wounds】 Unit's HP cannot be healed through its next action.	400 SP,  500,  200

Notes

• The stat decrease that can be applied by Refined Dark Scripture is considered a  Penalty.
  • 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  Penalties for their first action.
    • If the unit also has  Grand Strategy, any  Penalties will remain active until the start of that unit's next phase.
• Refined Dark Scripture applies the  Sabotage 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  Sabotage for their first action.
  • The stat reduction that can be applied during combat by  Sabotage is considered a temporary debuff.
    • The stat decreasing effect of  Sabotage will activate if the affected unit or it's allies within 2 spaces receive  Penalties.
    • The stat decreasing effect will not be negated nor reduced if the affected unit or it's allies within 2 spaces receive  Bonuses.
    • If the affected unit or it's allies within 2 spaces are affected by  Panic (and not affected by  Null Panic),  Sabotage will utilize the total  Penalty within each stat during calculation.^[1]
    • The stat decreasing effect of  Sabotage will stack with the temporary buffs from  Neutralize Penalties or sources of penalty neutralization.
    • The stat decreasing effect will be negated if the affected unit or it's allies within 2 spaces have their  Penalties removed by a source of Penalty effect removal.
• Refined Dark Scripture applies the  Deep Wounds 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  Deep Wounds for their first action.

•  Deep Wounds can prevent units from recovering HP though any effects that heal units.
  • Units affected by the HP recovery preventing effect of  Deep Wounds that are targeted by HP recovering Assists are unable to recover HP, but will still receive other effects of the Assist.
    • Users of HP transfer Assists will still lose their HP when the Assist is used on an ally that cannot recover HP.
  • Effects such as  Divine Nectar or  Imbue will neutralize or reduce the hp recovery preventing effect of  Deep Wounds only during combat.
  • Effects such as  Life Unending II will neutralize the hp recovery preventing effect of  Deep Wounds only after combat.
  • Assists such as  Restore+ will remove Refined Dark Scripture without healing the targeted unit.
  • Effects such as  Ymir: Seasons of Life and  Odd Recovery 3 will remove  Deep Wounds and then heal the targeted unit.
• Refined Dark Scripture applies the  Neutralizes non-Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects 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  Neutralizes non-Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects for their first action.
  •  Neutralizes non-Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects will neutralize non-Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects from Specials such as  Balance Circlet II.
    •  Neutralizes non-Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects will not neutralize Special "unit survives with 1 HP" effects such as  Miracle or  Roy: Of Binding's boosted Special effect
    • For more information, see Damage calculation.
• Stat comparison takes place after all  Bonuses on allies are removed, and before any new bonuses or  Penalties are applied. Other existing bonuses and penalties on both units count towards their respective stats during stat comparison.
• "If foe initiates combat" means if a foe triggers combat during the enemy phase. The unit being initiated upon does not need to deal damage, nor be able to counterattack.
  • However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit being initiated upon must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
•  Dark Scripture can prevent the foe from making a standard follow-up attack.
  • As a general rule, if a unit is both prevented from making, and guaranteed to make a standard follow-up attack, the effects cancel out, and the Spd difference is used (including effects that alter the Spd difference such as  Frozen).
  •  Dark Scripture will not prevent a unit with a "unit attacks twice" effect from performing the 2 consecutive attacks, but the the unit will not be able to perform a standard follow-up attack.
  •  Dark Scripture will not prevent the additional follow-up attack of Potent Follow effects.
  • Effects such as  Mag. Null Follow or  Null Follow-Up will neutralize the follow-up preventing effect of  Dark Scripture.

• The damage boosting effect of  Dark Scripture ignores the foe's Def or Res when calculating the damage boost, and can be reduced by damage-reduction effects such as  Archrival,  A/S Rival Break, 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 Invincibility Seals will neutralize all sources of damage except from Røkkr area-of-effect Specials and the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons.
  • A foe using attack damage preventing effects can neutralize damage dealt from the foe's own attacks and the unit's attacks (Units with Umbra Burst weapons will take and deal the minimum 1 damage).
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

• The non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effect is calculated after offensive Specials and damage boosting effects such as  Arcane Thorn and  Change of Fate.
  • If an effect such as  Miracle or  Roy: Of Binding's boosted Special effect can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
  • Umbra Burst weapons will always deal a minimum of 1 damage even if the foe uses attack damage preventing effects, Invincibility Seals, or damage reduction effects.
  • "Reduces damage by X%" effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    • For example, if the damage-reduction effects from both  Dodge and  Archrival trigger, the maximum total damage-reduction is 64% instead of 80%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 40%) = 36% of the original damage.
  • Non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects can be neutralized or reduced only during combat by effects such as  Share Spoils+ or  Halves non-Special damage reduction.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

• The Area-of-effect Special damage-reduction effect is calculated after Area-of-effect Specials and damage boosting effects that trigger before combat such as  Change of Fate and  Dominance.
  • Røkkr area-of-effect Specials will always deal out of combat damage even if the foe is equipped with Invincibility Seals or damage reduction effects.
  • "Reduces damage by X%" effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    • For example, if both  Dodge and  Spurn 4 trigger, the maximum total damage-reduction is 64% instead of 80%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 40%) = 36% of the original damage.
  • Non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects that reduce damage from Area-of-effect Specials can be neutralized or reduced only out of combat.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

Example of Area of Effect

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Julia: Heart Usurped	Flux 4  SR	Ruin 4  SR	Fenrir 4  SR	Dark Scripture 5

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References

See also

• Ploy Passives