Tess – Phantasia Character Preview

Keeping it frosty.

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While the once-naive schoolgirl has now grown into a mature warrior who can hold her own, she has never abandoned her dream of becoming a great magician. This exosuit, developed from an Alpha Armor prototype, perfectly embodies Tess's radiant energy and combat artistry, transcending mere illusion to achieve true magic.

Weapon: Assault Rifle
Element: Frost
Role: Aptitude (Ballistic) Support

vicyush word of the day: Aptitude
Aptitude is a buff that deals bonus damage when an operative's (gun)shot hits an enemy. Granblue players may be familiar with the concept as "echoes."

Standard Skill: Magic Apple A Day

Tap: Change the colour of the [Apple Assistant].

Hold: Activate the [Apple Assistant], triggering different effects based on the colour:

  • Green Apple: restore Tess' S-Energy and increase the movement speed of Tess and nearby operatives
  • Red Apple: Tess gains a Frost Aptitude buff
  • Gold Apple: Deals AoE Frost damage to enemies

Neuronic 1: After using the hold cast of this skill, increase Tess' standard skill damage for a duration of time.
Neuronic 2: Increase the duration of all standard skill effects.

Support Skill: Miracle Out of a Hat

Tess provides the active operative with [Glimmerburst], which is a Frost Aptitude buff.

While [Glimmerburst] is active, Tess gains [Miracle Freeze-Frame]: after dealing enough instances of damage to an enemy with Aptitude, the [Frostbite] status effect is applied, continuously dealing Frost damage. This effect can only be applied once per support skill cast.

Neuronic 1: While [Glimmerburst] is active, increase Tess' ATK.
Neuronic 2: After using support skill while Tess' ultimate ability is active, reduce the next support skill cast's cooldown.

Ultimate Skill: Floating on Air

Tess creates a [Realm of Wonder], increasing Ballistic DMG of allies in range as well as the damage of Aptitude buffs provided by her.

While this skill is active, applying [Frostbite] to an enemy (see her support skill) extends the duration of her support skill.

Neuronic 1: [Realm of Wonder]'s duration is now unlimited.
Neuronic 2: [Realm of Wonder]s area of effect will move to follow the active operative.

Deiwos Passive: Hidden Harmony

When equipped with a Frost weapon, grant all allies a DMG buff, scaling with Alignment Index. This damage boost is doubled in effectiveness for Frost operatives.

Weapon

Increase ATK. When the operative equipped with this weapon is off-field, increase the active operative's Ballistic DMG. When an operative with an Aptitude buff deals damage to an or destructible part with a gunshot, apply [Frostbite] (see support skill) to that enemy or destructible part. While [Frostbite] is active on an enemy, the entire party's Ballistic DMG and Frost Aptitude damage dealt to the enemy is increased (vic note: this is likely a %DMG Taken buff) and damage dealt from these sources ignores a portion of enemy DEF. This effect has a cooldown, and does not stack.

Logistics Set

2-piece effect: Increase Frost DMG by 24%.

3-piece effect: When equipped by Tess - Phantasia, increase her own Frost DMG by 20%. When she deals Aptitude damage, gain one stack of [Incantation]. Each stack of [Incantation] increases the entire team's Ballistic DMG by 1%, up to 20 stacks. [Incantation] lasts for 5s, though this duration resets whenever new stacks are gained. While Tess - Phantasia's ultimate ability is active, increase the ATK of all operatives in range by 35%.

Note that the in-game skill text appears to be mistranslated, checking the CN text confirms that the self-buff Tess receives from her 3-piece effect is Frost DMG.

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