Étoile Class Discussion

[Kril]

CLASS REVEAL TRAILER: https://twitter.com/makap0/status/1162654684248567809

RELEASE date: DECEMBER 18TH

About Étoile

Spoiler!

--A class with a variety of evolved guarding actions and innovative party support skills.
--They, however, are not able to use Technics.
--Each weapon type has unique guard-related weapon actions.
--Double Saber: The standard Etoile weapon which excels in aerial combat.
Contains a wide variety of guarding and counter actions.
Guard Action: Deflect
--Dual Blades: Utilizes attacks called [Edge] which allows you to attack and defend at the same time.
Guard Action: Parry
--Wand: Allows you to constantly move while guarding or attacking.
Has access to two styles of PAs.
Guard Action: Protect

Double Saber Demonstration + Tidbits

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--Double Saber Gear

Gear is gained by attacking enemies.
Gear is consumed upon being hit, reducing the damage received.

--Enhance Attack (Long Press Normal Attack with Gear)

Powerful Attacks that consume Gear

--Weapon Action: Deflect

Guard while moving in any direction.
While guarding, you can perform an approach attack.
This can be repeated, and the weapon action will attack with the same performance.
The next Weapon Action will be strengthened upon a successful Guard.

Dual Blade Demonstration + Tidbits

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--Dual Blade Gear

Gear is gained by attacking enemies.
Gear can be consumed to perform Special Attacks

--Weapon Action: Parry

Activate at any time to parry an enemy attack

--Step Edge (Weapon Action during Step)

Hurls an [Edge] and performs a long-range attack.
Doing a Weapon Action during Step Edge, consumes gear, and performs a special attack that mows down the surroundings.
Performing a Weapon Action again, consumes gear, and performs another special attack that cuts widely in front of the player.

--Edge from Photon Arts

An [Edge] is an additional attack that occurs with Photon Arts.
Edges can track onto on enemy or attack a wide area.

Wand Demonstration + Tidbits

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--Wand Gear

Gear accumulates when attacking enemies, moving, or Just Guarding
When Gear is accumulated, you can perform Special Attacks

--Focus PA

Focus PAs can be activated by using the Weapon Action at a certain time during the PA.
Focus reduces the PA’s area of attack, but lets you focus on attacking a single enemy.

--Weapon Action: Protect

Hold to consume Gear and extend Just Guard duration
The Weapon Action can be charged to perform attacks
Charge 1: Perform a Long-Distance Attack while moving
Charge 2/3 with 1 Gear or more: Perform Special Attacks according to the amount of Gear consumed

Étoile Skills

Spoiler!

--Support Skill: Over Drive
Active skill that recovers HP & PP and increases the party’s MAX PP for a limited time.

--Overdrive [Active Skill]
Your Party’s Maximum PP Increases for a certain period of time. Full Recovery of HP and PP at the time of activation (Main Class Only)

--Recast Save
Reduce the Recast Times of Party Members’ Class Skills (Main Class Only)

--Just Guard PP All
Restore PP of all Party Members when Just Guarding successfully (Main Class Only)

--Around Mate Up
Enhance the recovery effects of items used by all members on the field. (Main Class Only)

--Double Saber Skip Arts
Skip the first half of the PA when using it without a directional input. (Main Class Only)

--Dual Blade Lock-on Chase
When locked onto an enemy, approach them when normal attacking. (Main Class Only)

--Wand Special Ability Plus
(Wand Only) References the high value of S-ATK/T-ATK stats from special abilities of the weapon equipped.

--Double Saber Step Slide
Using a Step during a Step will let you slide for a certain distance. (Main Class Only)

--Dual Blade Gear Heat Up
Provides a Gear Accumulation Bonus for a limited time when using [Connect] or [Full Connect]. (Main Class Only)

--Etoile Will
When taking a fatal blow, survive with 1 HP and fully recover. (Main Class Only)

--Double Saber Quick Take
Modifies the behavior of the [Weapon Action] and [Normal Attacks] when activated at a specific time. (Main Class Only)

--Wand Focus Dash
Increases movement speed for a limited time when using Focus PAs. (Main Class Only)

--Double Saber Step Guard
When locked-on to an enemy, a special counter attack occurs when you step forward at the time of the enemy’s attack. (Main Class Only)

--Wand Teleport
If you press and release the weapon action, you’ll move based on the directional input and attack. (Main Class Only)

--Damage Balancer
Greatly reduces damage taken, and reduces certain HP Recovery Effects

--Same Arts PP Save
Reduce the PP Consumption when using the same PA in succession

--Etoile Mag
Coverts Total Attack Power of equipped Mag into S-Atk, R-Atk, and T-Atk

--Etoile Boost
Temporarily reduces damage each time you are attacked

--Tech Art Count Bonus
Gain a bonus to PAs a certain number of times when using different PAs in succession

--Etoile HP Restoration
HP regens after dropping under a certain threshold

--Flat Attack Bonus
Increase Damage of non-Just Attacks

--Etoile JA Bonus
Increase Damage of Just Attacks

--Standing Massive
Prevents being launched or blown-away when standing still

--JA Critical
Gain a Critical Rate Bonus when Just Attacking, Techs Excluded

Recommended Weapons + Units + SSA's + Mag build + Rings

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Weapon wise your go-to's are going to be Atra Ex, Lightstream and Austere NT. Crafted weapons are optional but can be very expensive and are extremely subjected to future power creep making them fall further below and eventually obsolete just like in the past before the Craft revival update.

Units, (as of 10/5/2019) would still be full Lightstream, its still better than the newly released 13* Schvelle units which only offer utility currently. If you're someone who just came back, depending on your situations for Ebo Stones to trade for Lightstream or you farmed enough of the LQ's/Enchanted Forest boosts that Sega constantly pushes out then you can opt for 13* Schvelle units instead if you want. It is still HIGHLY recommend you wait for better 13* units to release before making the jump or risk wasting millions of Meseta on a build. You can obviously do a budget build if you wish too just be wary of the power creep to come.

SSA wise, if you're not a fan of mates after all this time and Sega trying to push for it (varying on your build for this class though) then you can still opt for S2: Sturdy Recovery and S4: Vampiric Strike.
Damage SSA's, you can opt for your usual flat dmg or crit dmg SSA's

Mag Build is luckily back on to the same skill as Hero and won't require a specific stat to build into because having (as an example) 200 T atk will share across to S/R atk for a cross stat build of 200/200/200. No Dex build needed here

Ring Wise, will update this later

DPS Rotations

Spoiler!

will be updated at least a week or two after the class releases to give people (and me) some time to try and test things out

Weapon Meta

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unknown currently, you can place your bets though!

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[Poyonche]

You being the OP ? Does it actually mean that the first post is going to be keep up to date ?

On thread : French names at last

[Kril]

You being the OP ? Does it actually mean that the first post is going to be keep up to date ?

On thread : French names at last

ya, the Hero thread I made hasn't majorly changed much because only a couple of new DPS loops have come out since the past buffs released so I need to update a couple of videos and post some PA loops (not that most people don't already know them) but same plan as before for this thread, just update it when I can. I don't think the Phantom thread was updated on the original post either in a long time so I kind of want to prevent that

Phantom OP Last edited by Batty; Dec 17, 2018 at 10:07 AM. Reason: info update.
I wanted to prevent a long update drought like this but I didn't make the Phantom thread in time

[RadiantLegend]

Fi died for this. I like satk weapons and all but was hoping for a range focused advance class.

[Dark Mits]

I don't know about you guys, but I will refer to it as E-toilet. Maybe I'll drop the 'E' at the front.

Well, most of us were wrong in that it would use a ranged weapon. Though just because it has 3 "melee" weapons, it does not mean that it will not use one of those for non-tech ranged (medium-far distance) combat. Is there an estimate on when there will be more information regarding it?

[Z-0]

Unless SEGA releases information early, the next information drop will be 5th October, as they're allowing people to play test it then.

[DrCatco]

Fi died for this. I like satk weapons and all but was hoping for a range focused advance class.

Maybe it will have a summoner-like switch mechanism, which will allow to use r-atk as a modifier for its damage, and/or a mag skill to convert any type of attack/dex into... whatever kind of attack Étoile uses.

Also, we still don't know about the skilltree, and if/how they will be using other classes.

[Sizustar]

So I still have two time stone for Atlas making, and I have these 3 15* should I 8s them during 15% buff to prepare for new job?

Ultimate Chain - Dual saber
Serpant Blaze - Dual Blade
Chaval Melm - Wand(I don't understand this one's ability work)

[Ezodagrom]

Chaval Melm - Wand(I don't understand this one's ability work)

If I'm not mistaken, when using a PA/tech, it spends all PP and activates a special effect which increases PP regen alot and makes PAs/techs use 1 PP.
The effect lasts until PP is back to full and there's a 2 minutes cooldown until it can be started again.

Basically while the effect is active, PAs/techs can be used non-stop until PP becomes full.

[XrosBlader821]

Chaval Melm - Wand(I don't understand this one's ability work)

Anika made a good video explaining it.