Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
A		Protective	300	—	For foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses during combat. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+9 to unit and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if foe is engaged or if unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+5, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 15% of foe's Atk during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack during combat (cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% and if unit's support partner's HP ≤ 99% or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally with HP ≤ 99%, deals +15 damage when Special triggers during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

* Unused restrictions: No restrictions.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Combat effects
Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5	Foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit	—
Neutralizes Bonuses
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+9	Unit	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat
Reduces "Reduces damage by X%" by 50%	Foe
Reduces damage by X% X = 15% of  Foe's Atk from  Foe's first attack (including second attacks)	Unit	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat & ( Foe is Engaged or  Unit's Res ≥  Foe's Res+5)
Special cooldown count+1 before  Foe's first attack	Foe	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, ( Foe is Engaged or  Unit's Res ≥  Foe's Res+5) &  Foe has an offensive special
Boosts damage by 15 per  Unit's offensive Special	Unit	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat & ( Partner's HP or  Ally's HP within 2 spaces) ≤ 99%

Notes

• The stat reduction that can be applied during combat by Protective is considered a temporary debuff.
• Protective can neutralize  Bonuses during combat.
  •  Bonuses are neutralized by inflicting temporary debuffs of the same amount during combat.
  • The  Bonus neutralizing effect will be negated if the affected unit has  Panic (and doesn't have  Null Panic), or has their  Bonuses removed by a source of Bonus effect removal.
• The temporary debuffs and bonus neutralization effects of Protective will not apply if an ally enters combat and the user is inflicted with  Time's Grip, the ally is inflicted with  Feud, or the ally is in combat against a foe with skills such as  Impenetrable Void and  C Feud 3.
• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by Protective is considered a temporary buff.
• Protective will reduce the effect of non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects from Specials such as  Vital Astra.
  • Damage-reduction reducing effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    • For example, if a unit has  Halves non-Special damage reduction and a foe with  Dodge is on a space with  【Divine Vein (Water)】, the maximum total damage-reduction is reduced to 10%, since the two effects reduce the damage to (1 − ((40% − 50%) − 50%)) = 90% of the original damage instead of 60% of the original damage.
  • Each damage-reduction effect is reduced individually.
    • For example, if a unit has  Halves non-Special damage reduction and the foe has both  Spurn 4 and  Dodge, the maximum total damage-reduction is reduced to 40%, since the two effects reduce the damage to (1 − (50% − 50%)) × (1 − (40% − 50%)) = 60% of the original damage instead of 30% of the original damage.
  • Protective will not reduce the effect of Special "reduces damage by X%" effects or flat damage-reduction effects such as  Archrival or  Pair Up 4.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.
• The flat damage-reduction effect is calculated after offensive Specials, damage boosting effects such as  Arcane Thorn and  Change of Fate, and "reduces damage by X%" effects such as  Archrival and  Dodge.
  • If a 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.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects stack additively, similar to damage boosting effects and interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects cannot 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.
• Protective's Special cooldown count increase that occurs during combat is a flat +1 and is not affected by effects related to Special cooldown charge such as  Guard,  Special Cooldown Charge +1, and  Tempo Echo.
  • All flat cooldown count increases and/or reductions during combat will stack with each other if they trigger at the same time.
    • For example, if a unit has  Preempt Pulse and  Hush Spectrum, the effects will stack and the unit's cooldown count will neither increase nor decrease.

• The damage boosting effect is a flat +15 damage that 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.

Example of Area of Effect

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Nel: Stoic Dragon	Protective 5

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	守護者
German	Beschützerisch
Spanish (Europe)	Guardián
Spanish (Latin America)	Guardián
French	Tutelle
Italian	Protettivo
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	守護者
Portuguese	Tutor

See also

• Crux Passives
• Scowl Passives