Awakening Mode
Awakening Mode is a special ability that is available to all characters except Add. While in Awakening Mode, attack power is boosted by 20% for a limited period of time. Certain skills also attain unique characteristics outside the 20% increase while in this state, such as specified damage multipliers or a different number of hits.
To activate Awakening, you must have at least one Awakening Orb, shown just below your character's portrait.
An Awakening Orb is generated when the Awakening Charge gauge (next to your character portrait) is filled. The charge increases each time you hit an opponent or when you are hit. A maximum of 3 Awakening Orbs are available. The rate at which your Awakening gauge fill up can be increased by raising your Awakening Charge Speed stat.
Once you have one or more Orbs, press the left CTRL key to activate Awakening. The duration of Awakening is based on the number of Orbs consumed. Duration can be further increased by raising your Awakening Time stat.
1 Awakening Orb = 30 seconds
2 Awakening Orb = 60 seconds
3 Awakening Orb = 90 seconds
Some characters can receive special abilities if they awaken with 3 Orbs, such as Raven's Nasod Core, Chung's Berserk Mode, Ara's Celestial Fox Mode, and Eve's Core Release.
Tips and Details
- Without any stats invested to the Awakening Charge Speed stat, one Awakening Orb can be charged by performing 100 hits or being attacked with 50 hits.
- Please note that the Awakening sequence can fail when transitioning to another stage within a dungeon or being attacked as the Awakening sequence begins, meaning some characters have delay before they awakened (around 0.7s) so if the screen freeze before they could Awaken, you will lose your orbs without being able to Awaken at all.
- Ain is the only character who has only one Awakening Orb. However, his awakening mode is known as «Spiritualism». When he awakens, he will not gain the usual 20% attack power's increase but he is able to awaken until three times. Every stage of awakening give him some bonus stats such as attack power (15% max), speed and critical hit rate. His appearence will also change and he will disregards his pendulum.
