New Skill Keyword: Affinity! (Set 1)

A new keyword has been added to skills! Affinity allows you to consume buff and debuff stacks to pay for the Potential cost of a skill. Here's how it works:

Intimidate is a fairly pricey skill, but applies a full-power attack debuff onto an enemy while stripping the power away from most of their buffs. Spending 2 Potential usually means that you'd need to wait to get it back to continue using your strongest skills...

But now that the skill has Enrage Affinity, you can consume up to 2 stacks of the Enrage buff to pay for the cost instead of spending Potential!




Some skills can also have affinity with debuffs, meaning not only do you get to skip the cost, but you also get to cleanse yourself of potentially deadly status effects.

This is a massive power boost compared to casting it normally, and is a great way to turn Battle Modifiers that spam you with debuffs into an advantage!




The exact wording of Affinity is as follows:

- When this Skill spends Potential, stacks of the specified buff or debuff are consumed to reduce the amount of Potential spent.

Here is the first set of affinity cards. Most of them are existing cards that have gained an affinity, along with a couple of new ones. Another set of affinity cards will be coming soon, covering the buffs & debuffs not included in Set 1.



After the first 2 sets of Affinity Skills have been completed, a set of Items & Passives related to Affinity will be added into the pool.

Future Update Preview: Channeling!

A new pair of keywords is coming: Channel and Amplify!

Channel:
Instead of activating immediately, you must begin the specified number of rounds to complete the Channeling. Once ready, the Channeled Skill can be used for free, during any Ally's turn.

Amplify
If this Channeled skill is ready to cast, and you did not cast it, activate this effect when your team's round ends.

Example:

Dynamo - 2TT

Channel 1
Fully Shock a unit.
Amplify: Deal 4 Lightning Damage to all enemies.

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