Skills

Skills Menu on Lower Screen

Skills are a battle mechanic in the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. They are powerful techniques that are much stronger than regular attacks or can provide Gunvolt with non-offensive aid, and can only be used periodically.

In GV1 and GV2, Gunvolt can unlock these skills when he reaches specific level up milestones and equip up to four skills. They consume SP instead of EP upon use; Gunvolt begins each stage run with three SP and consumed SP will regenerate after 1 minute and 7 seconds per SP. Upon use, a skill requires a cooldown before it can be used again. This factor, along with the SP consumption factor, limits the use of special skills.

In GV3, Gunvolt can only use one skill and using once will drain all Fetters Gauge and switch back to Kirin, the type of skill is dependent on how much of the Fetters Gauge is built up as Kirin before switching.

Note: This article is exclusive to the Skills of playable characters. To learn more about a boss' Skill, go to the "Skill" section of their respective page.

Offensive Skills

Some skills are damage-dealing and can deal massive damage if used correctly.

Skill	Learned at	Cost	Max Damage	Cooldown Time
Astrasphere	Default	1 SP	120	6 seconds (GV1) 10 seconds (GV2)
Luxcalibur	Level 13 (GV1/GV2) Switching when Fetters Gauge is 200% to 299% or equipped with Kirin XX Image Pulse (GV3) Hidden in Water Works Bureau (MGB)	2 SP	250
Voltaic Chains	Level 40 (GV1/GV2) Switching when Fetters Gauge is 300% and more or equipped with "Anthem" Lumen Image Pulse (GV3) Hidden in Capitol Building (MGB)	3 SP	1 Tag = 200 2 Tags = 250 3 Tags = 300 4 Tags = 350 5+ Tags = 400
Grand Strizer	Level 60 (GV2) Equipped with "Grand Strizer" Gunvolt Image Pulse (GV3)	3 SP	Varies with Kudos (possible to one-shot the Bosses with enough Kudos)
Dragonsphere	Hidden in Data Facility (GV2)	0 SP
Crashbolt	Hidden in Mysterious Manor (GV2) Hidden in Gateway (MGB)	0 SP

Astrasphere

ライトニングスフィア、Lightning Sphere

"Lightning that flickers / Like a star, and purges all / That violate its realm! Astrasphere!"

Gunvolt summons three electric orbs that briefly circle around him, dealing damage over time. Gunvolt remains stationary and is invulnerable to enemy attacks for the duration of this attack.

Luxcalibur

スパークカリバー、Spark Calibur

"Sacred sword agleam / Barbarous and bathed in blue / Cleaving right from wrong! Luxcalibur!"

Gunvolt unleashes a large electrical sword in whatever direction he's facing, dealing massive, instantaneous damage to any enemy within its range. Used as Gunvolt's Special Skill in the first phase of the final boss in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Voltaic Chains

ヴォルティックチェーン、Voltic Chain

"Bolts of rebellion / A thunderous voice in his heart / Speaks of one true law! Voltaic Chains!"

Gunvolt summons several chains that crisscross the screen. He then charges them with electricity that deals instantaneous damage to any enemy that is in contact with the chains. The damage output scales with the number of targets on-screen (anything that the contact Flashfield can interact with is considered a target).

Grand Strizer

グロリアスストライザー、Glorious Strizer

"Let praise be unleashed / As blades of lightning cleave sky / Yielding great glory!" Grand Strizer!

Gunvolt unleashes a large electrical blade similar to Luxcalibur, but larger and much more powerful. The amount of damage dealt is determined by the amount of Kudos Gunvolt has at the moment of the skill's activation.

With enough Kudos, it can kill a boss in one hit, making it the single most powerful skill in the series, depending on the amount of kudos. Kudos that has been banked or lost will not affect this skill's power. Costs 3 SP. Introduced in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Dragonsphere

霆龍玉、Tei Ryu Gyoku (Thunderclap Dragon Sphere)

Gunvolt creates a stationary orb of electricity in front of him for a short time that damages foes on contact. It, along with Crashbolt, are the only skills that cost 0 SP, and the only offensive skills that have no effect on Kudos. Introduced in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Crashbolt

吼雷降、Kou Rai Kou (Roaring Thunder Fall)

A lightning bolt strikes Gunvolt, hitting nearby enemies and any enemies above or below Gunvolt. It, along with Dragonsphere, are the only skills that cost 0 SP, and the only offensive skills that have no effect on Kudos. Introduced in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Offensive Skills & Kudos

Main article: Score and Kudos

As Gunvolt damages his enemies, he accumulates score multipliers called "Kudos." When using an offensive skill, Gunvolt accrues 1 Kudos per 1 point of damage. The Kudos count essentially determines the overall performance score in a stage, which in turn determines the rank received at the end of a mission.

The Kudos count continues to increase throughout Gunvolt's endeavors on stage but will not increase the actual stage score until Gunvolt "locks-in" or applies the multipliers to his current stage score. One effective way to lock-in Kudos is to use an offensive skill. Thus, when anticipating a particularly hard boss fight, one way to salvage the stage score is to use an offensive skill on the boss mid-fight to apply the Kudos multiplier earned thus far to Gunvolt's total score. Upon locking in, the Kudos count resets to zero.

On another note, if Gunvolt defeats a boss using an offensive skill, he will earn a bonus +500 Kudos before the multipliers are applied to the stage score (e.g., if the Kudos count is at 523 upon use of an offensive skill and the offensive skill lands a finishing blow on the boss, 1023 Kudos multipliers in addition to the Kudos gain from damage dealt to the boss will be applied to the overall stage score).

Support Skills

In addition to offensive skills, Gunvolt can learn a plethora of support skills that can temporarily or instantaneously bolster Gunvolt's battle capabilities or save him in a pinch. The use of support skills does not "lock-in" the Kudos multipliers to the overall stage score.

Skill	Learned at	Cost	Effect (read below for more)	Duration	Cooldown Time
Galvanic Patch	Level 3	1 SP	Healing (1/4 of max HP)	Instantaneous	8 seconds (GV1) 10 seconds (GV2)
Septimal Burst	Level 10	1 SP	Faster EP recovery	30 seconds
Split Second	Level 18	1 SP	Fully recovers EP, cures Overheat and Chaff	Instantaneous
Alchemical Field	Level 24	1 SP	Increases currency gain, doubles EXP gain and instant healing	30 seconds
Galvanic Renewal	Level 30 (GV1) /35 (GV2)	2 SP	Fully recovers HP	Instantaneous
Septimal Surge	Level 65 (GV1) / 70 (GV2)	1 SP	Doubles the damage output of all attacks	30 seconds
Septimal Shield	Level 30 (GV2)	1 SP	Halves damage taken	30 seconds
Infinite Surge	Level 50 (GV2)	2 SP	Completely removes EP consumption for the duration of the skill	30 seconds

Galvanic Patch

ヒーリングヴォルト、Healing Volt

Gunvolt instantaneously recovers a fourth of his maximum health.

Septimal Burst

ブーストヴォルト、Boost Volt

Upon use, Gunvolt recovers his EP at a faster rate than usual. Multiple uses do not stack the effects.

Split Second

チャージングアップ、Charging Up

Gunvolt instantaneously restores his EP to a full meter. Using this support skill cures Gunvolt of Overheat, and removes the effects of Copen and Asimov's Greed Snatcher bullets as well as Carrera's Quasar Collapse.

Alchemical Field

アルケミィライズ、Alchemy Rise

Upon use, Gunvolt will recover health, gain credits, and gain experience at twice the usual rates. The effects of this skill do not apply to the Kudos gain from collecting the hidden characters (i.e., collecting a hidden character will not set your Kudos count to 2,000).

Galvanic Renewal

リヴァイヴヴォルト、Revive Volt

Gunvolt instantaneously recovers maximum health.

Septimal Surge

アンリミテッドヴォルト、Unlimited Volt

Upon use, Gunvolt's damage output is doubled. Used as Gunvolt's "Anthem" Special Skill in the second phase of the final boss of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Septimal Shield

シールドヴォルト、Shield Volt

Upon use, Gunvolt's damage taken is halved for a short amount of time. This skill is first introduced in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Infinite Surge

エターナルヴォルト、Eternal Volt

Upon use, Gunvolt's EP will never deplete for a short amount of time. This skill is first introduced in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.

Copen's Skills

Copen is also able to make use of Skills. Instead of equippable Skills gained by leveling up, Copen has one or two powerful Skills in his moveset right from the start in each game.

Shred Storm

ストライクソウ、Strike Saw

May claws shatter chains / Of those who traipse in my wake / Begone you impure! Shred Storm!

A Special Skill carried out by the “Bits” and covers the whole screen. It’s a storm of slashes that draw the “Claw” (爪) Kanji on the screen. It instantly kills all enemies on the screen, and deals significant damage to bosses. It has one use that recharges gradually.

This is the only skill for Copen that can be assigned a shortcut.

Healing (GV2)

ヒーリング、

If you open the Pause Menu, the “Shred Storm” icon will become the “Healing” icon. If you touch it, you can recover all of your HP. Healing has one use that recharges gradually, and is used and recharged independently of Shred Storm.

Twin Shredder

Action	Romaji	Japanese	Translation
Twin Shredder	Copen: Kimeru! Iku zo, Roro! Lola: Ōkē, Acura-kun! Copen: Haaaah! Lola: Hoyaaa! Copen: Kurosu! Lola: Dizasuta!	Copen: 決める！行くぞ、ロロ! Lola: オーケー、アキュラくん！ Copen: はああああっ！ Lola: ほやあああ！ Copen: クロス！ Lola: ディザスタ！	Copen: Let's end this! Let's go, Lola! Lola: Okay, Copen! Copen: Haaaah! Lola: Hoyaaa! Copen: Twin! Lola: Shredder!

クロスディザスタ X-Ross Disaster

"Dual blades perform their / Fervorous dance, ready to / Strike with conviction! Twin Shredder!"

Copen's Special Skill in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX. It is functionally identical to Shred Storm, but is far more dynamic and stylized, with Lola taking part in the attack and featuring several pieces of artwork. Additionally, unlike Shred Storm, Twin Shredder instantly recharges when Copen touches a checkpoint.

If this attack is used against Demerzel's first form during his Voltaic Chains attack, it will break the chains and cancel the attack, but will not deal damage to Demerzel.

CoLoSSAL MAELSTROM

Copen's offensive skill in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2. It works like Twin Shredder, only Lola uses Darkness Mode instead of Awakened Mode.

Healing (iX2)

Copen's second skill in Luminous Avenger iX 2. Lola heals Copen to full HP. Can be used unlimited times and banks Kudos any time you use it. Cannot be used in Hard Mode unless choosing Assist Mode in the beginning.

Kirin's Skills

92nd Rite - Divine Ruin Heresy

Similar to Copen's Shred Storm, it is a screen-wide attack that deals 1000 damage.

88th Rite - Pale Mist Refined

Replaces Divine Ruin Heresy for Kirin XX. Aesthetically different compared to Divine Ruin, but functionally the same except it deals 1500 damage.

ZedΩ's Skills

In his playable appearance for Epilogue ATEMS, ZedΩ has all four of his skills at the start. Unlike Gunvolt's skills in Gunvolt 1 and 2, all skills are put on cooldown upon use of any one skill, with the cooldown duration depending on the skill used.

Rexcalibur

ZedΩ summons large swords in front of him, and after a brief pause, those swords drop down.

Lux Ballista

ZedΩ takes aim with a giant ballista and shoots nine arrows at once, with more damage dealt when more arrows hit. The attack aims diagonally upward or downward depending on ZedΩ's position relative to an enemy. Short cooldown time.

Legitima Futura

ZedΩ's ultimate skill, which hits everything on-screen for massive damage. Naturally, it has the highest cooldown time.

Healing Feathers

ZedΩ fully restores his health. Relatively short cooldown.

Boss Skills

When a boss reaches their third and final bar of life, they will perform their own unique SP Skill. In GV1 and GV2, after being performed for the first time, this Skill may be performed randomly as part of the boss' regular moveset. Bosses can also perform their Skills again in GV3, but the amount of time before they do so is not fully random. Check the "Boss Battle Skills" section on any boss' respective page for more details.

Unused Skills

In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2,two additional offensive skills for Gunvolt known as Electroshock (雷霆解放 Thunderclap Discharge) and Shadowstriker (電影招雷 Thunder Shadow Summon) were planned but ultimately unused. Although menu graphics were drawn for them, voiceovers were recorded for both their Japanese and international names, and it is possible to equip them like a normal skill, attempting to use them will only freeze the game.

Although it was cut, Shadowstriker would later be referenced in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon by Alfred's skill Soul Vision, one of his four different skills corresponding to GV's.

In Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, Electroshock finally appeared in the form of Arc Unleash (Its Japanese name is identical to Electroshock's), GV's skill that wipes the entire screen with Crashbolts. It's also speculated that the Image Pulses are related to Shadowstriker.

Trivia

In Luminous Avenger iX 1, when using X-Ross Disaster / Twin Shredder, Copen calls out the word "X-Ross"/"Twin" while Lola calls out "Disaster"/"Shredder". However, the game contains unused voice files of Lola saying "X-Ross"/"Twin" and Copen saying "Disaster"/"Shredder", suggesting that earlier in development they were planned to say the skill's full name together.

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