Tank Role

Tank Role

Tank Role

Revival Role

Revival Role

In many games, a tank is a character whose primary role is to taunt the enemies, absorb damage and prevent allies from being attacked. In Another Eden, this role is considered very generic as the various ways to protect the party are broken down to different battle mechanics. This page is meant to be a introduction about the various battle mechanics that are commonly defined from the tank role.

All of the below mentioned status can be found on the Characters page using the filter under Support except for Camouflage and Other Methods

Guard

The skill user receives damage in place of other party members. There are in built limitations to avoid these skills from being utilized every single turn; see the character's skills and page to get more insights.

• It also prevents them from getting knocked out.
• All damage, MP drain, knockback effects from enemy received by party redirected to user.
• Activates constant Hold Ground on user until end of turn.
• Does not redirect self-damage from other users.
• Effect ends before pain/poison damage or End of Turn Attack.
• Takes priority over Rage.
• If afflicted by stun/sleep/confuse/petrify/freeze, effect will be canceled.

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Alma AS	Alchemic High State MP 0 None Status Start of Turn ActivationAlchemic High on user (2 turns) Power, Intelligence and Speed of user +50 Activate Guard on user (2 turns) Guard: All HP and MP damage and knockback effects received by party redirected to user. when caster is not under: any disable status. Activate constant Hold Ground Requires to consume 5 Arcana stacks The required amount of Arcana needed to enter Alchemic High State increases each successive status change (5/10/20/40/80) The maximum amount of status change is 5. 0 N/A 0
Partitio	2 Normal  Fire Pierce  Wild Stallion MP 84 Fire Piercing Fire type piercing attack on a single enemy x4 (XL) Restore all party members' HP +2000 and Max HP of all party members +15% (5 turns) When used during Stellar Burst: Activate Guard on user until the end of turn Guard: All HP and MP damage and knockback effects received by party redirected to user. when caster is not under: any disable status. Activate constant Hold Ground 84 200% × Mod 84 2 Enhanced  Fire Pierce  Wild Stallion MP 71 Fire Piercing Fire type piercing attack on a single enemy x4 (XL) Restore all party members' HP +3000 and Max HP of all party members +25% (5 turns) When used during Stellar Burst: Activate Guard on user until the end of turn Guard: All HP and MP damage and knockback effects received by party redirected to user. when caster is not under: any disable status. Activate constant Hold Ground 71 200% × Mod 71
Lovely AS	Null  Daily Special MP 0 None Buff PreemptiveActivate Guard on user (2 turns) and Activates Daily Special - Counter on user (2 turns) Guard: All HP and MP damage and knockback effects received by party redirected to user. when caster is not under: any disable status. Activate constant Hold Ground Replaces the basic attack. Can only be used once per battle. Returns to basic attack after use. 0 N/A 0
Radias AS	Null  Chivalry MP 0 None Buff PreemptiveActivate Guard on user until the end of turn Guard: All HP and MP damage and knockback effects received by party redirected to user. when caster is not under: any disable status. Activate constant Hold Ground Replaces the basic attack when user possesses Aegis stacks When used - consume 1 Aegis 0 N/A 0
Prai	Null  Indulgence MP 250 None Buff PreemptiveActivate Guard on user until the end of turn and Power +30% of all main and reserve party members (1 turn). Stun user in next turn. Stun cannot be prevented aside from getting disabled by statuses. Guard: All HP and MP damage and knockback effects received by party redirected to user. when caster is not under: any disable status. Activate constant Hold Ground 250 N/A 250

Critical Guard

Dream Weaver has more difficulty in using Critical Guard as he needs another party member to provide Physical Critical Rate while Rainbow Ring is perhaps the only equipment that can provide a staff character with Physical Critical Rate (30%).

Character(s)

Skill & Effects

Dream Weaver Soira AS

Critical Guard None Passive User has a chance equal to their physical critical rate to reduce own damage taken by a % determined by their LCK Damage Reduction: (LCK ÷ 500) × 75%, maximum 75% (500 LCK) Multiplicative with all other types of damage modification Applies against physical, magic, and fixed damage attacks (including self-damage) Applies against enemy end-of-turn attacks Mid-battle changes to critical rate and LCK are also used N/A

Cover

Attacks that would hit all allies instead only hit the user and in exchange, the user takes double damage. Note that single target attacks do not trigger cover.

• Physical, Magic, Fixed and MP attacks are affected
• Self-damage, Pain and Poison damage of party members are not affected
• Enemy end-of-turn attacks take place after this status ends and so are not affected
• Applies even if user is inflicted with Stun/Confusion/Sleep

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Orleya AS	Null  Résistance MP 45 None Healing/Buff Preemptive Give Shield to user (3 turns, fixed value 2000) and Activates Cover (current turn only) Shield HP gets depleted before user HP and cannot be restored Restore all party members' HP +3000 and Restore all statuses When in an Awakened Thundering Stance: Shield efficiency and Heal amount x2 and Give Status immunity to all party members (1 time) Activate Prayer - Résistance - Prayer (5 turns) -50% damage received on all party members 45 N/A 45
Heena AS	Null  Nioh Stance MP 0 None Buff PreemptiveActivates Cover on user until the end of the turn and Type attack of all party members +50% (3 moves) and consumes all Unshadowed +5% to Type attack buff per Unshadowed stacked (max stack x10, +100%) Replaces the basic attack when in Afterimage At the start of the next turn in the frontline, dispel Afterimage 0 N/A 0
Iphi	Blood Contract None Stack Battle StartBlood Contract effects: Activates Cover to all party members with stack (no icon) Attacks that would hit all allies instead only hit rightmost ally with stack, but with double damage. Gives Lunatic - Risktaker effect (no icon). +70% (x1.7) damage and healing and self-harm 20% of Current HP: Critical rate and Magic critical rate of all party members with stack +100% Activates Lunatic conditioned effects of skills. When Iphi is at the frontline and not disabled by statuses Consume stack on Ally death to prevent it: Restore 100% of Max HP and Restore all statuses Does not interrupt moves, songs, keeps buffs, debuffs and everything else Debuffs from attack that caused "death" do not land. Hold Ground on ally is consumed before Blood contract N/A
Soira AS	Null  Noblesse Oblige MP 0 None Buff PreemptiveActivates Cover on user until the end of the turn Cover: Attacks that would hit all allies instead only hit the user. In exchange, the user takes double damage. Physical, Magic, Fixed and MP attacks are affected Self-damage, Pain and Poison damage of party members are not affected Enemy end-of-turn attacks take place after this status ends and so are not affected Applies even if user under Stun/Confusion/Sleep Replaces the basic attack 0 N/A 0
Porcelain Pixie	Null  Keep Me Safe... MP 45 None Buff PreemptivePhysical Resistance of all party members and Type Resistance +30% (3 turns) For nearest ally on the left of user: Stack 4 Caretaking and give a Barrier with 50% damage reduction (3 times, 3 turns) For party members with Caretaking: Buff effects x2 Caretaking: Activates Cover to all party members with stack (no icon) and Increases Speed/Endurance/Sprit depending on number of earth characters on the front line (25 per character, Max: 100) Consumes one stack at end of turn If caster dies, consumes all stacks 45 N/A 45

Hold Ground

When HP is reduced to 0, stop at 1 HP instead. If character would reach 0 HP with a single hit, survive at 1HP instead. If Hold Ground is consumed, successive hits in the same attack will reduce HP to 0. Only 1 instance of Hold Ground can be received via passive, skill and equipment respectively. Order of usage: Passive > Skill > Equipment

Below are some notable example of applying Hold Ground. There are plenty of characters who have a way to apply Hold Ground whether to themselves only or the whole party.

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Orleya Orleya AS	Battle start Hold Ground None Buff Battle StartWhen user is in the front line: Give Hold Ground to all main and reserve party members N/A
Azami AS Clarte AS Lokido AS Sophia	Hold Ground None Passive Battle StartWhen character's HP reduces to 0, stop at 1 HP instead (1 time). Apply Hold Ground on self. N/A

Name	Stats	Obtain / Effects	Materials
Lolipopper (Reforged)	181 - Atk 51 - MAt 60 - LVL	Enhance at the Wandering Blacksmith in Fileria Sweet Enticement II (⁜) HP+ (2000) Physical Resistance+ (10%) Hold Ground (+)	x2,000,000 [N] Ultra-Precision Toy Screw [N] Steam Ore [N] Vacuum Paint Agate

Badge Name	Effect	Location
Nine Lives	When max HP, give Hold Ground once (equiv. to ore)	Tails of Time and the Brave Four: Tales of Chronographia

Image	Name	Description	Obtain
	Nine Lives Ore	Nine Lives When max HP, apply Hold Ground (1 time)	Future Garulea Continent (Hard) Future Garulea Continent (Hard) Completion Reward Underworld (Hard) Completion Reward

Rage

Only able to attack a specific enemy. Character or enemy can only attack the target that inflicted the rage. Note that this does not prevent an AoE attack from being performed. Similar to inflicting pain and poison, you can inflict rage that can ignore target's resistance except in case where the enemy has status immunity.

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Radias AS Soira AS	Battle start Rage None Status Battle StartWhen user is in the front line at the start of battle: Inflict Rage (6 turns-, ignore resistance) N/A

Type (Tier)	Name	Personality	Activated	Awakened	Location
Support (T3)	Spell of Patronage	Character: Taunt	END +10 SPR +10	Obtain Taunt skill Upgrade: Not compatible with Dormant Ore	Trial of the Sealed Malefics (Extreme) stage 1

Barrier

Reduce specific damage amount, can be hit based, turn based or damage threshold based. Consumed by but does not reduce fixed or percentage-based damage. Not consumed by and does not reduce MP damage. If a hit would remove the barrier, successive hits from the same attack (including random hits) will still deal reduced damage; but Lunatic - Copy is not affected. Not consumed by attacks that ignore barrier.

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Orleya AS	Null  Défense du tonnerre MP 49 None Debuff Power, Intelligence and Speed of all enemies -50% (1 turn) and Inflict Rage (3 turns) Give a Barrier to user with 50% damage reduction to Thunder Type Attacks (3 times) When in an Elemental/Attack Type Stance: Once per battle: awaken Another Zone (2 turns) When in an Awakened Thundering Stance: Debuff effects x1.5 (-75%) Change element of all enemies to Thunder (Kaleido) (3 turns) 49 N/A 49
Yukino AS	Null  Kamikura Bojin MP 0 None Buff Gives Barrier to all party members that reduces 5000 or less damage to 0 (until the end of turn) Also works against Fixed damage and percent of HP attacks. Replaces the basic attack from the start of battle. Reverts to basic attack after each use Becomes available again after 15 Pierce moves have been used by party members. Moves count starts from turn when this skill was used. Party members who acted before this skill are also counted. Multi-move skills alike Copy status are counted twice. Counters, End of Turn Attacks do not count. 0 N/A 0
Premaya AS	Premaya EOT Barrier None Passive End of TurnGive a Barrier to all party members with a 20% damage reduction (1 turn, 1 time) When not in Sleep, Confusion, Stone, Freeze N/A
Garambarrel Garambarrel AS	Battle start Barrier None Passive Battle StartWhen user is in the front line: give a Barrier to all main and reserve party members with 100% damage reduction (1 time) N/A

Shield

With a few exceptions, this effect allows the shield to negate damage. If the damage exceed the shield's HP, it will break and the remaining damage will hit the character. If a skill requires the users to lose HP, damage done to shield will not count toward that requirement. Shield HP is percentage based off skill user's max HP. Shield HP gets depleted before user HP and cannot be restored.

MP Shield

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Yakumo	MP Shield None Passive Reduce damage taken by 50% and consumes MP equal to the damage reduced Multiplicative with all other types of damage modification Applies against physical, magic, and fixed damage attacks Applies against enemy end-of-turn attacks MP is consumed at the moment of taking damage Self damage is not reduced N/A

Counter

Able to counter certain attacks. Character or enemy gains ability to counter specific types of attacks listed in description of counter. Enemy counters/EoT attacks/stopper attacks do not trigger counter. New instances overwrite previous instances.

Generally, counters are divided based off whether an attack is physical or magic based. There are counters where the condition can be either physical or magic based.

Camouflage

When the skill user is in the defined state, the user is less likely to be targeted by single-target attacks as long as there are other characters in the frontline. Prayer users can benefit from this effect as it allows them to avoid attacks which would disrupt their Support Effects

While this status may considered to be more of an evasion type skill, the use of being un-targetable by single target can be useful in certain situations and can be considered as tank role in the fact that it allows you to redirect the attack to someone else in the party.

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Biaka AS	Active Camo MP 0 None Status State activated by basic attack or Valor Chant and provides the following effects: Power and Intelligence of user +150 Critical rate and Magic critical rate of user +100% User is less likely to be targeted by single-target attacks (likely 100% chance) Active Camo state ends when users uses any attack that does damage 0 N/A 0
Mariel ES	Sanctum State MP 0 None Status When there are other characters in front: user wont be targeted by enemy single target skills. state is activated with Regina Lumina skill. 0 N/A 0
Toova ES	Banshee State MP 0 None Status When there are other characters in front: user wont be targeted by enemy single target skills. State is activated with Squire Queen, Knight Queen or Paladin Queen skills. 0 N/A 0
Felmina ES	Divine Droplet State MP 0 None Status Start of Turn ActivationWhen in an Awakened Sacred Water Stance activate Divine Droplet State (1 turn) Power and Speed of user +100 When there are other characters in front: user wont be targeted by enemy single target skills. 0 N/A 0
Melpiphia	Look Over There! State MP 0 None Status When there are other characters in front: user wont be targeted by enemy single target skills. state is activated when Prayer is activated or when Prayer is active at the beginning of turn. 0 N/A 0
Porcelain Pixie	Smokescreen State MP 0 None Status When there are other characters in front: user wont be targeted by enemy single target skills. State is activated with Valor Chant. 0 N/A 0

Other Methods

Below are other method to avoid attacks and are not under a defined category.

Character(s)	Skill & Effects
Galliard	Pierce  Thunderbolt MP 33 None Piercing Next action: Piercing attack on all enemies (M) and Earth type resistance -30% (3 turns) User will be immune to any Damage/Buff/Debuff/Status Conditions while skill is in use. 33 N/A 33
Yukino Yukino AS	Null  Yuki-snowgirl State None State Change into Yuki-snowgirl form (3 turns): Intelligence of user +100% while changed. All buffs, debuffs, statuses from skills are erased from user on change. Equipment buffs with <e> icon still apply Cannot act and immune to damage/buffs/debuffs/status effects. In the End of Turn: Yuki-snowgirl Attack / Cool Yuki-snowgirl Attack / Ultra Yuki-snowgirl Attack based on activation skill. In the End of Turn (after attack): Stack 1 Snow Flurry Stack State ends when attacked or when duration ends. N/A
Kikyo Kikyo AS	Null  Another Self MP 0 None Passive Repeats every attack Takes 1 hit to prevent damage to user, then disappears Pain/poison received before activation does not hit [Another Self] Cannot receive Buffs/debuffs/statuses while active Does not avoid debuffs from allies Doesn't receive Banish effect while active Healing works Hits from [Another Self] are not calculated separately from main attack Does not repeat skills obtained from equipment This state is invoked by skills that can summon [Another Self]: Galeforce Blade, Burst Wind Blade, Wheel Charge 0 N/A 0
Heena AS	Afterimage MP 0 None Status State activated by using Hidden Comet and provides the following effects: Maximum HP of User -50% User has a chance to dodge attacks according to the diffrence in speed between the attacking enemy and the user (Up to 90%) Stacks one Unshadowed when the user dodges an attack (Max Stack: 10) Dispels after 5 turns When dispelled consumes all Unshadowed 0 N/A 0
Melissa	Destruction mode MP 0 None Status State activated by using Hornet Hail (Stellar Burst) and provides the following effects: SPD +150 Skill Strength x2 User has a chance to dodge attacks according to the difference in speed between the attacking enemy and the user 0 N/A 0