Understand Sneering
Useful when…
- An Elation wearer whose damage or effects benefit from Elation during Aha Instant.
- A build seeking a temporary Elation increase rather than a stated permanent increase.
When is the Elation bonus active?
When Aha Instant activates, the wearer's Elation increases by 16% at S1 or 32% at S5. The increase lasts until Aha Instant ends, so its duration follows that mode's duration rather than a fixed number of turns.
Practical fit and comparisons
Consider it when the wearer can use the Aha Instant window and Elation is relevant to their build. A Little Getaway provides an Elation increase and DEF ignore specifically during the wearer's Elation Skill. Colors for Tomorrow instead requires the wearer to use Elation Skill on all allies to increase enemy damage taken; it also restores Energy and heals allies based on the wearer's DEF. Dazzled by a Flowery World grants CRIT DMG and has effects tied to Elation characters on the team and Skill Point consumption. The latter effects are distinct conditions, not automatic improvements for every wearer.
Investment
Promotion advances the Light Cone through six stages; the supplied examples show Credit and Elation materials at selected steps. Superimposition raises the Elation increase from 16% to 32%, while the effect still ends with Aha Instant. Consider it when the temporary bonus is relevant to the wearer; extra copies do not lengthen the stated duration.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The benefit exists only during Aha Instant.
- The effect increases Elation, not a directly stated universal damage percentage.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating the bonus as continuously active outside Aha Instant.
- Confusing an Elation increase with an explicitly stated all-damage increase.