Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description 【Switch】
A		Refined Magic	300	—	Disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" (including area-of-effect Specials). At start of player phase or enemy phase, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Spd/Def+6, 【Fringe Bonus】, and "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit and grants【Assign Decoy Twin】 to target allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. (If support partner is on player team, targets any support partner; otherwise, targets ally with the highest Def at start of battle, excluding unit; "at start of battle" excludes increases to Def granted after ally is deployed, such as Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, Great Talent, etc.) If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8 to unit, deals damage = 20% of unit's Res (excluding area- of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 7 (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat, and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, unit attacks twice during combat.	Disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" (including area-of-effect Specials). At start of player phase or enemy phase, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Spd/Def+6, 【Fringe Bonus】, and "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit and grants【Assign Decoy Twin】 to target allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. (If support partner is on player team, targets any support partner; otherwise, targets ally with the highest Def at start of battle, excluding unit; "at start of battle" excludes increases to Def granted after ally is deployed, such as Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, Great Talent, etc.) If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8 to unit, deals damage = 20% of unit's Res (excluding area- of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 7 (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat, and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, unit attacks twice during combat. 【Fringe Bonus】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest bonus on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. Calculates each stat bonus independently. 【Assign Decoy Twin】 If foe's Range = unit's Range and foe initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit (triggers only if unit is not equipped with a skill that can trigger another Savior effect; if unit is granted multiple statuses that enable【Savior】effects to trigger,【Savior】will not trigger). If foe's Range = unit's Range and foe initiates combat, any "reduces damage by X%" effect that can be triggered only once per combat by unit's equipped Special skill can be triggered up to twice per combat (excludes boosted Special effects from engaging; only highest value applied; does not stack). 【Savior】 Unit takes ally's space, enters combat in ally's place, and receives all after-combat effects.
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

* Unused restrictions: No restrictions.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Status effects
Spd/Def+6	Unit &  Allies within 2 spaces	At start of Both Phases if an  Ally is within 2 spaces
Fringe Bonus
Foe Cannot Follow-Up
Assign Decoy Twin	( Partner or  Ally with the highest Def*) within 2 spaces
Combat effects
Disables "Damage uses the lower of  Foe's Def/Res" before & during combat	Foe	—
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8	Unit	Player Phase or an  Ally is within 2 spaces
Boosts damage by X% X = 20% of  Unit's Res
Reduces damage by 7 from  Foe's attacks
Guaranteed follow-up
Attack twice		Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8 conditions &  Unit's Res >  Foe's Res

Notes

• Attacks that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" include attacks during combat and area-of-effect Specials.
  • Effects such as  Hexblade can be disabled by effects such as  Physical Twin Save or  Magic Twin Save.

• Sources of effects that disable "calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" only during combat:
•  Close Ward
•  Rare Talent
•  Light and Dark
•  Aureola
•  Naga
•  Radiant Aureola
•  Spirit Forest Writ

• The stat increase that can be applied by Refined Magic is considered a  Bonus.
  • Any 【Bonus】 effect on a unit, including  Bonuses, lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If  Bonuses are acquired during the enemy phase, they will disappear when the next player phase begins.
• Refined Magic applies the  Fringe Bonus status effect.
  • Any 【Bonus】 effect on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If  Fringe Bonus is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.

• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by  Fringe Bonus is considered a temporary buff.
  • The stat increasing effect of  Fringe Bonus will activate if the unit or allies within 2 spaces receive  Bonuses.
  • The stat increasing effect will not be negated nor reduced if the unit or allies within 2 spaces receive  Penalties.
  • The stat increasing effect of  Fringe Bonus will stack with the temporary debuffs from  Neutralize Bonuses or sources of bonus neutralization.
  • The stat increasing effect will be negated if the unit or allies within 2 spaces are affected by  Panic (and not affected by  Null Panic), or the unit or allies within 2 spaces have their  Bonuses removed by a source of Bonus effect removal.
• Refined Magic applies the  Foe Cannot Follow-Up status effect.
  • Any 【Bonus】 effect on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If  Foe Cannot Follow-Up is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.

•  Foe Cannot Follow-Up 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).
  •  Foe Cannot Follow-Up 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.
  •  Foe Cannot Follow-Up 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  Foe Cannot Follow-Up.
• Refined Magic applies the  Assign Decoy Twin status effect.
  • Any 【Bonus】 effect on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If  Assign Decoy Twin is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.
  •  Assign Decoy Twin only triggers 【Savior】 if the unit's Range matches the Foe's Range.
  • "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.
  • 【Savior】 is triggered after Area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials).
  • 【Savior】 will not trigger if multiple units with a 【Savior】 effect can protect the same ally.
    • If a unit has multiple status effects that grant 【Savior】, 【Savior】 will not trigger from those status effects, but can still trigger from other sources.
  • 【Savior】 can be prevented from triggering by Savior preventing effects such as  Undefended,  Jaws of Closure, or  Fell Barrier.
  • Effects such as  Time's Grip and  Feud will not disable 【Savior】.
  • If 【Savior】 is triggered:
    • The user is considered as adjacent to the protected ally, which means skills that have the "If unit is adjacent to an ally" condition trigger, while skills that have the "If unit is not adjacent to an ally" condition do not trigger.
    • The user will not be able to trigger effects with a condition that "excludes when 【Savior】 triggers" such as  Might of Myriads,  Spd Preempt 3, or  Paranoia.
    • Only during combat skills that are active on the protected ally will be accounted on the user.
    • "After combat" movement is disabled, even if the user or foe is defeated, such as with the movement from  Repel 4,  Harrowing Call, or Movement Passives.
    • The protected ally is unaffected by "after combat" effects, such as from  Pain+ and  Fatal Smoke 4.
  • The damage-reduction double triggering effect of  Assign Decoy Twin only applies to Specials that "Reduce damage by X%" once per combat such as  Flame Wall or  Ice Wall.
    • The damage-reduction double triggering effect does not work on boosted Special effects from engaging such as  Ike: Of Radiance's boosted Special effect.
    • The damage-reduction double triggering effect does not stack with other similar effects such as  Prof's Guidance or Twin Save Passives.
• The  Assign Decoy Twin effect of Refined Magic can trigger if the unit has their Ally Support partner deployed on the map.
  • Skills such as  Queensblade or  Breezy Spear will prevent Ally Support effects from triggering only during combat.
• "If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
  • However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by Refined Magic is considered a temporary buff.

• The damage boosting effect of Refined Magic 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 flat damage-reduction effect is a flat -7 damage that 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.
• 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 Refined Magic.
• The extra attack of Refined Magic is not a follow-up attack nor a change in attack priority.
  • Effects such as  Foe Cannot Follow-Up or  A/D/R Slam do not affect the extra attack.
  • If Refined Magic's user can perform a standard follow-up attack, either by passing the Spd difference check or effects such as  Guaranteed follow-ups during combat or  Quick Riposte 4, the user will be able to attack up to 4 times during combat.
    • Refined Magic's extra attack does not affect the additional follow-up granted by Potent Follow effects.
    • A foe with effects such as  Phys. Null Follow or  Null Follow-Up will neutralize any effect on Refined Magic's user that guarantees follow-up attacks.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Soren: Isolated Strategist	Refined Magic 5

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