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1. Introduction and how to obtain

2. Animations and skills

3. Equipment and comparison

4. Gameplay

5. Bridge interaction and dorm

6. Conclusions

Introduction

In 5.5 we got new battlesuit for Durandal - Palatinus Equinox. Powerful physical dps with 2 forms and also first IMG dps in game. Let's see on her skills, animations, mechanics and gameplay.

Palatinus Equinox

- Palatinus Equinos first and only 1 IMG dps, it means she is best against all IMG enemies and can be used against other bio-psy-mech enemies

- Her gameplay based on switching form between Guardian and Knight form, her ultimate dealing very high damage against IMG enemies.

- She is addicted to her weapon (lance), for stigs you can use other alternatives like Elysia (f2p craftable)

- As usual S rank you can get her from Expansion supply with 100 pulls guarant

Expansion supply

Animations and skills

All skills showed on S0 rank 80 lvl valkyrie.

That's how her skills looks on S0 rank.

Leader skill: Stellar Crusader

- Team deals 24% bonus physical damage.

- Weapon skill have 33% bonus crit rate.

Passive skill: Aria Palatinus

ICHOR bar

Guardian form

Knight form

- Maxes at 300 and auto-restores over time.

- Casting weapon skill restores 50 ICHOR.

- In Knight form, Palatinus Equinox resores more ICHOR when moving and enters Flash State when it's fully charged.

ICHOR is reset when Palatinus Equinox switches form or exits.

Evasion skill: Duality of Antinomy

-Ultimate evasion skill: Triggers 2s Time Fracture and fully restore ICHOR. CD: 15s.

Guardian form:

- Backward evasion triggers Defense and forward evasion triggers Shield Ram.

- Taking hit during Defense or hitting enemies with Shield Ram triggers Retaliation which negates incoming attack, deals 120% ATK of physical damage, and trigger Ultimate evasion skill. Shield Ram can also trigger Ultimate evasion skill passively.

- Tap ATK after Retaliation to perform Up Thrust or Equinox Severance when Ultimate evasion skill is triggered.

Knight Form:

- Active evasion triggers Ultimate evasion skill (Leap Stomp cannot).

- During Ultimate evasion skill: tap a direction key to trigger Flash State; Tap EVA to trigger Stomp; Hold ATK to trigger Sprint.

Evasion in Giardian form

Evasion in Knight fo**

*asic attack: Immortal Kaslana

Guardian form:

1st hit - 150% + 200% ATK of physical damage.

2nd hit - 220% ATK of physical damage.

3rd hit - 8 x 80% ATK of physical damage.

Slightly gathering enemies.

4th hit - 300% ATK of physical damage.

- At full ICHOR, hold ATK to cast Equinox Severance which triggers 3s of Time Fracture and deals 300% + 300% + 200% + 1200% ATK of physical damage.

- Shield Ram: 150% of physical damage.

- Up Thrust: 750% of physical damage.

Basic attacks in Guardian form

Equinox Severance

Special skill: Glorious Schariac

Knight form:

1st hit - 150% + 200% ATK of physical damage.

2nd hit - 3 x 120% ATK of physical damage.

3rd hit - 400% ATK of physical damage.

4th hit - 600% ATK of physical damage.

- In Flash State, tap EVA to induce Stomp or hold ATK to induce Sprint. Release ATK in Sprint State to unleash Elite Thrust.

- Stomp: Deals 350% of physical damage and gather enemies nearby. Hold ATK to induce Sprint.

- Sprint: Deals N x 110% ATK of physical damage (N means hits and caps at 10). Hitting enemies consumes ICHOR.

- Elite Thrust: Deals 800% ATK of physical damage.

Stomp, Sprint, Elite Thrust are all considered as Charged ATK with Adamance and Iron Body.

Additionally: To walk slowly: Steer the left joystick if using a phone or a controller and hold shift and a direction key if using keyboard.

Basic attacks in Knight form

Stomp, Sprint and Elite Thrust

QTE: Symmetry Breaking

- Dealing 1000% ATK of physical damage and switches to Knight Form.

- Triggering by Time Slow or knocked airborne.

QTE

Ultimate: Equinox March

Tap Ultimate to swtich between Knight and Guardian form. Knight to Guardian triggers Shield Ram. Guardian to Knight enables active Ultimate evasion skill.

Ultimate (tap)

Hold Ultimate to perform a mighty blow to deal 2000% ATK of physical damage and pausing all skill timers as well as the stage timer.

Cost 100 SP. CD: 20s.

Ultimate (hold)

Equipment and lineup

In 5.5 we also got new stigmata set and new weapon.

Midnight Eclipse (287 ATK, 11 CRT)

Active skill (0 SP, 25s CD):

- Launch a thrust attack, dealing 50% of physical damage. If it hits enemy without Invincibility or Iron Body, it triggers Throw attack, controlling the targed and deals 90% + 1000% ATK of physical damage.

- When enemies doing special moves, wielder can unleash a Throw Counter when weapon skill button is flashes, disabling the enemy and dealing 20% + 400% ATK of physical damage; This attack has no CD.

- Palatinus Equinox equip bonus:

In Knight Form, weapon skill become Throw attack.

In Guardian Form, weapon skill become Cannon Blast:

Tap Weapon to unleash 3 hits:

1st hit: 300% ATK of physical damage.

2nd hit : 300% ATK of physical damage.

3rd hit: 300% ATK of physical damage.

Tap Weapon after Special Attack to unleash Joint Cannon Blast:

4th hit: 400% ATK of physical damage.

Shield Ram Joint Cannon Blast: 400% ATK of physical damage.

Equinox Severance Joint Cannon Blast: 3 x 350% ATK of physical damage.

Passive skill:

Wielder's Crit Rate increases by 10%. Weapon skill deals 12% bonus total damage and 12% bonus physical damage.

Midnight Ataegina (436 ATK, 23 CRT)

Active skill (0 SP, 25s CD):

- Launch a thrust attack, dealing 50% of physical damage. If it hits enemy without Invincibility or Iron Body, it triggers Throw attack, controlling the targed and deals 90% + 1400% ATK of physical damage.

- When enemies doing special moves, wielder can unleash a Throw Counter when weapon skill button is flashes, disabling the enemy and dealing 20% + 800% ATK of physical damage; This attack has no CD.

- Palatinus Equinox equip bonus:

In Knight Form, weapon skill become Throw attack.

In Guardian form, weapon skill become Cannon Blast:

Tap Weapon to unleash 3 hits:

1st hit: 300% ATK of physical damage.

2nd hit : 300% ATK of physical damage.

3rd hit: 300% ATK of physical damage.

Tap Weapon after Special Attack to unleash Joint Cannon Blast:

4th hit: 400% ATK of physical damage.

Shield Ram Joint Cannon Blast: 400% ATK of physical damage.

Equinox Severance Joint Cannon Blast: 3 x 400% ATK of physical damage.

Passive skill:

Wielder's Crit Rate increases by 15%. Weapon skill deals 30% bonus total damage and 15% bonus physical damage.

Passive skill:

Wielder's total damage increases by 20%. Triggering Ultimate evasion skill reduces damage taken from the rear by 35% for 12s. Triggering it again reset the duration.

Bianka: Theatre

T (386 HP, 113 ATK, 66 DEF): Physical damage increases by 30%. Landing Charged attack 10 times enhances host and bosst crit damage by 45% for 15s. Triggering it again reset the duration.

M (411 HP, 221 DEF, 13 CRT): Total damage increases by 20%. Triggering Ultimate evasion skill enhances host and boost total damage by 20% for 15s. Triggering it again reset the duration.

B (386 ATK, 66 ATK, 44 DEF, 15 CRT): Crit rate increases by 10%. Any team member triggering global Time Slow restores 3 SP for host. CD: 3s.Triggering global Time Slow on the field herself enhances host and further boost crit rate by 5% for 15s. Triggering it again reset the duration.

2x set: Total damage increases by 30%. Palatinus Equinox equip bonus: Triggering an enhancement from any stigma piece also triggers all other enhancements from other pieces in the set.

3x set: Physical damage increases by 30%. Triggering World's a Stage (2x set) boost physical damage dealt by host's next Ultimate by 80% and make it restore 200 HP.

Abyss lineup:

Herrscher of Sentience best physical support. She have: great team buffs, gather, sp regen for team, damage, time fracture, impair.

Carole great physical support. She have good team buffs, best shieldbreak in game, time fracture.

Memorial Arena lineup:

Lightning Empress giving much SP for team and with special sword can trigger stigs like Newton offield.

Herrscher of Sentience best physical support, She have great team buffs, gather, sp regen for team, damage, time fracture, impair.

Now let's compare different gear build:

This team i will use for comparison

Damage test

Signature gear of course the best, but other builds also looks good.

Gameplay

This lineup i will use in abyss test:

PE s0

HoS s0

SnS sss

Basical main rotation for abyss: HoS spear > SnS qte > charge > ult > HoS ult > PE qte > charge > tap ult > attack > weapon active > ult > weapon active x3 > charge

Main rotation can be slightly different, it depends on Boss.

In 5.5 PE also got bridge interacions, let's watch on this:

And also cute little chibi model for Palatinus Equinox in dorm

Conclusions:

Do you need her? Sure. Palatinus Equinox first IMG dps in game, she can be your universal phys dps since she is neutral to all 3 base type (bio-psy-mech) and have higher damage against IMG enemies. However she still have lower priority than HoS and HoF, that's doesn't mean she weak or bad, herrscher just always have higher priority. She pretty un to play with her 2 forms that you always need to combinate. In terms of appereance Bianka looks awesome and gorgeous as always.

Good luck for captain who will pull her![emoji]