Understand Sacrificial Greatsword
Useful when…
- Consider it for a claymore user whose Elemental Skill damages opponents and benefits from a possible reset.
- Refinement can improve the reset odds and reduce the effect’s cooldown restriction.
How the reset works
After the wielder damages an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the Skill has a chance to end its own cooldown. The chance increases from 40% at R1 to 80% at R5. The effect is limited to once every 30 seconds at R1 and once every 16 seconds at R5. A Skill cast without a damaging hit does not meet the listed trigger.
When to equip it
The weapon has 43.7349 base ATK and Energy Recharge as its secondary stat. Its combination is relevant when a wielder values Energy Recharge and another Skill use could help. The reset is not guaranteed, and the effect’s cooldown is separate from the wielder’s Skill cooldown. Plan around a possible extra use rather than a guaranteed one.
Investment and alternatives
Ascension runs through six stages. Refinement requires a duplicate Sacrificial Greatsword and Mora; the examples show 1,000 Mora for R1 to R2 and 8,000 for R4 to R5. Higher refinement improves reset chance and shortens its restriction. Ultimate Overlord’s Mega Magic Sword also has Energy Recharge and grants ATK, with an additional amount tied to Melusines helped in Merusea Village. A Teaspoon of Transcendence boosts Stellar-Conduct and Stellar Swirl reaction damage after Charged Attack hits, while A Thousand Blazing Suns triggers its bonuses with an Elemental Skill or Burst. These alternatives have different effects and conditions; they do not replicate the Sacrificial reset.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- A Skill must damage an opponent to trigger the chance-based reset.
- The reset effect has its own cooldown, even if the Skill can be used again.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming every Elemental Skill cast can reset its cooldown without hitting an opponent.
- Confusing the effect’s internal cooldown with the wielder’s Skill cooldown.