Understand Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers
Useful when…
- Grant ATK to the next character switched onto the field.
- Use on a Catalyst wielder before switching to a character who benefits offensively from ATK.
Switch-triggered ATK
When characters are switched, the new character taking the field gains 24% ATK for 10 seconds at Refinement 1, rising to 48% at Refinement 5. The effect can occur once every 20 seconds. The weapon has 38.7413 base ATK and an HP secondary stat.
Using the handoff
The character who takes the field on the triggering switch receives the buff. ATK-scaling recipients can benefit from it offensively; the effect grants ATK regardless of the recipient's scaling. A Thousand Floating Dreams has a different effect: it provides Elemental Mastery and elemental-type-based bonuses to its wielder, plus Elemental Mastery for other nearby party members.
Refinement and ascension
Refinement raises the ATK buff from 24% to 48%. The listed refinement steps require a Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers R1 sacrifice copy and Mora. Ascension is a separate track with listed Mora and materials at example stages; the supplied progression does not quantify resulting stat changes.
Trigger interval
The effect can trigger only once every 20 seconds, so a switch during that interval will not trigger it again. If the switch is to an unintended character, that character takes the field and receives the buff. Angelos' Heptades has a separate support effect that activates when its wielder creates a Shield.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The buff depends on a character switch and can trigger only once every 20 seconds.
- The weapon has an HP secondary stat and 38.7413 base ATK.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Switching to someone else first and expecting the intended later character to receive the buff.
- Treating the ATK increase as a general damage bonus.