The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky/Battles

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Battles are turn-based and are initiated by running into an enemy or during scripted events. If you run into the back of the enemy, then you will start the battle with a preemptive attack. You will have more turns in the beginning than the enemy. If the enemy does the same, then they will start with a surprise attack. The party will start in the center with the enemies surrounding them.

The battle takes place on a 17 × 17 grid. The Battle Order Bar displays the turn order from top to bottom and is on the left side of the screen. The order is determined by the SPD parameter. The status of the party members is displayed on the bottom of the screen. You can press Z or X to rotate the camera. By holding Alt in the PC version, you can speed up the battle.

Once all enemies are defeated, the results screen will display showing EXP, sepith, and any items earned. K.O. party members do not receive EXP. If all party members are defeated, then the result is a game over. You can retry or return to the title screen.

Tactics

Before engaging in battles, you can adjust the formation and set the S-Break for each party member in the Tactics tab of the Camp menu. The formation is the initial location of each party member on a 7 × 5 grid when a battle starts.

Commands

During each party member's turn you can choose from the following commands.

Attack

Move and attack an enemy, moves closer to the enemy if out of range

Move

Move to an empty square

Art

Cast arts, requires one turn to cast and consumes EP

Craft

Perform craft or S-craft, consumes CP

Item

Use item

Run

Flee battle, may not be available for some battles, monster will still wander in the field

Party members can also perform an S-Break when they have at least 100 CP. A red orb is displayed next to the character portrait when it is available. The S-Break will insert the character into the next turn and perform a strong craft that will consume all CP. The more CP the character has, the more damage the S-Break does.

Turn Bonus

Some turns may have a bonus which is indicated by an icon next to the turn. Both allies and enemies can receive turn bonuses.

Name	Effect
Heal HP	HP 10% or 50% recovery
Charge EP	EP 10% or 50% recovery
CP Up	CP 10% or 50% recovery
STR Up	Attack or magic damage 10% or 50% up
Critical	Attack, magic, or recovery effects 1.5×
Sepith Up	Steal sepith from target

Abnormal Status

Abnormal status effects can be applied to party members and enemies. Some enemies may be immune to certain abnormal statuses which are indicated by the StatGuard in the Monster Guide.

Name	Effect	Wears Off	Curable
Poison	Receive damage after every turn	Yes	Yes
Seal	Cannot attack or use Crafts/S-Crafts	Yes	Yes
Freeze	Miss turn + damage after turn	Yes	Yes
Petrify	Miss turn + if attacked, K.O.	No	Yes
Sleep	Miss turn + if attacked, wake up	Yes	Yes
Faint	Miss turn	Yes	Yes
Mute	Cannot use Arts	Yes	Yes
Confuse	Attack enemy and ally alike	Yes	Yes
Blind	DEX + AGL down	Yes	Yes
Rage	Focus attacks on provoker	Yes	Yes
Immune	All damage ineffective 1 time only	No	No
MOV ↑	Range of movement increases	Yes	No
AGL ↑	Agility up	Yes	No
STR ↑ ↓	Physical attacks up/down	Yes	No
DEF ↑ ↓	Physical defense up/down	Yes	No
SPD ↑ ↓	Speed up/down	Yes	No
K.O.	If HP is 0 after battle, no recovery	No	Yes