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PA Customization

PA Customization#

Deep-diving on Slayers Tech Arts Customizations.

Reading Tables#

Here is an explanation of the following tables

Important

  • DPS values are rounded in calculations.

  • Potency and DPS values of PAs include RB, RBR and Class specific Critical Hit Rate multipliers.

  • Focus multiplier against bosses is 5 and is included in the Focus per second calculation

  • Rage multiplier against bosses is 3 and is included in the Rage per second calculation

More accurate and up-to-date information can be found in Frame Data.

Variation

Potency

Time (s)

PP Cost

Focus

Rage

Focus/s

Rage/s

F0 DPS

F5 DPS

OD DPS

Actions of the Sequence

Potency of the sequence

Time of the sequence in seconds

PP cost, negative values represent a gain in PP

Focus generated by the sequence

Rage generated by the sequence

Focus generated by the sequence per second

Rage generated by the sequence per second

DPS at Gunblade Focus Level 0

DPS at Gunblade Focus Level 5

DPS at Gunblade Focus Overdrive

Warning

This is a very early look at the newly added feature and some statements might be subject to change.

icon Waving Rigel#

With the patch from 12/06/2023, the ability to customize Photon Arts and Techniques was added, along with the ability to customize the PA Waving Rigel.

The game provides us with the following options for our first customizable PA:

Customization 2#

  • Increases attack range and upward movement when using mWR, increases PP Cost by 15/12/9/7/5/4/3/2/1/0% depending on the level

Option 2 might have some use for mobbing but other than that, I would highly advise against it. This option will make it way harder to chain mWR together and could cause some of the PA to miss and decrease DPS of using sWR right after due to the additional time spent traveling.

Customization 3#

  • Shockwave activates 3 times and potency is decreased by 65% when using sWR, PP Cost increased by 30/26/22/18/15/14/13/12/11/10% depending on the level

Option 3 changes sWR to spawn 3 shock waves over time, each with 45.5 potency. This results in a total potency increase of 6.5 potency.

The first shockwave occurs at 0.05 seconds just like the regular version and then 0.5 seconds for every next shockwave. (0.05s -> 0.55s -> 1.05s)

These lingering shock waves can not be overlapped which means that using this version of sWR again before these hit timings have passed will cancel the remaining shock waves.

All that being said, this option could be useful when not planning on repeatedly using sWR e.g. using PB, ODF, UR or Step Counter WA right after.

Keep in mind that another risk is that those shock waves can miss entirely or miss weak points. When one of those shock waves misses the weak point then the DPS already breaks even with the regular version. Option 3 is still gonna have slightly higher Focus, Rage, PB and Down accumulation.

This option is gonna excel at minor optimization levels in specific fights.

Warning

The DPS showcased for Custom 3 sWR in the following table is not accurate or could be referred to as fake DPS since the remaining two shock-waves happen after the 0.43 seconds have already passed!

icon Reaping Regulus#

With the patch from 10/04/2024, the ability to customize the PA Reaping Regulus was added.

Customization 1#

  • Increases attack range by 50% and increases PP Cost by 20/17/14/12/10/9/8/7/6/5% depending on the level

Option 1 might have some use for mobbing, apart from that the other customizations will be more desirable.

Customization 2#

  • Increases attack speed, reduces potency by 16% and increases PP Cost by 20/17/14/12/10/9/8/7/6/5% depending on the level

Option 2 results in a slight increase in performance.

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