Combat Actions

In combat, you will fight enemies together with your allies.
As you progress through the story and raise the characters' levels, you will be able to perform more actions.

Skills

Unleash a skill. Choose the skill you want to use while pressing the assigned button.
The AP cost for each skill is indicated above the icon.

Toggle Skill Command
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Keyboard & Mouse Gamepad
Space

Skill Chains

You can continue using skills as long as you have enough AP.
Skills will also gain additional effects as your Tactics Level increases.

Skill Level

As you level up your character, their skill level may also increase. Once the skill level increases, you will be able to use the same skill in a row during a Skill Chain. The power of skills will be greatly increased and special effects may be added.

Shift Skills

Deal damage with a skill that causes the controlled character to switch places with a character in the back row.
If you have enough AP, you can continue to use skills following the Shift Skill without breaking the Skill Chain.

Shift Skill
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Keyboard & Mouse Gamepad
Shift

Key Creation

You can create Secret Keys from enemies.
Key Creation can be performed at Tactics Level 2 and higher, while targeting enemies with HP below 80%.
It requires a Hollow Key or a Pristine Key.
In addition, this will consume 1 Tactics Level.
Once you create a key from an enemy, you cannot create a key again from the same enemy during that battle.
You can obtain different Secret Keys from different enemies. The stronger the enemy, the better the resulting key.
Select "Item" from the basic commands and press the assigned button in the item selection screen to perform Key Creation.

Note: If you use a Pristine Key but the Key Creation turns out unsuccessful, the Pristine Key will not be consumed.

Key Creation (item selection screen)
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Keyboard & Mouse Gamepad
Q / Left-click on the Icon

Key Modification

Give a boost to your character by activating the effects of the Secret Key.
You can perform Key Modification once you reach Tactics Level 2 and higher, and this will consume 1 level.
Select "Item" from the basic commands and press the assigned button on the item selection screen to perform Key Modification.
You can gain various effects depending on the key by selecting a Secret Key with buff effects from the key bundle.

Key Modification (item selection screen)
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Keyboard & Mouse Gamepad
R / Left-click on the Icon

Key Modification Effects

  • Activates the Secret Key's buff effects.
  • Allows normal attacks to be chained into unlimited number of combos.
  • Increases the maximum AP to 99 (once the duration of Key Modification is over, values exceeding the upper limit will gradually decrease).
  • Prevents Stun Gauge from depleting.
  • Instantly fills up the Wait Time Gauge after taking action.

Action Orders

Allies will make suggestions to the character you are controlling.
If you complete these orders (normal attacks excluded), the character who made the suggestion will unleash a powerful Order Skill after your character's turn.
Skills will also gain additional effects as your Tactics Level increases.

Order Drives

Order Drives are special techniques that can be unleashed by completing multiple Action Orders.
You can set up to 4 skills beforehand from Main Menu > Party.
You will gain 1 Order Count each time you complete an Action Order. Once you have enough Order Counts, you can unleash an Order Drive.

Order Drive
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Keyboard & Mouse Gamepad
Space+1/2/3/4

Fatal Drive

When your Tactics Level is at maximum (Lv. 5), you can use a Fatal Drive.
The more AP you have, the stronger it will be. After using it, your Tactics Level will drop to 1, and all AP will be consumed.
You can only use it once per battle for each character.

Fatal Drive
PS4™ / PS5™ Nintendo Switch™ Steam®
Keyboard & Mouse Gamepad
Hold / Hold Hold Hold E / Left Mouse Button Hold