Portal:New Genesis/Bouncer

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Bouncer

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Slayer

Bouncer is a returning class in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis.
A class geared towards close and medium range combat.
Highly mobile, and skilled at aerial combat. Its Physical and Elemental Downs will give you the edge in battle.

Class Weapon Overview

Bouncers has access to two unique weapons: Soaring Blades and Jet Boots.

Soaring Blades

A pair of long blades capable of engaging in a wide area with its attacks. Its unique feature is performing Variant Attacks by activating the same Photon Art while in the middle of one.

Using the Photon Blades Weapon Action, you can release a pair of flying photon blades that will strike at the enemy from a long range. Its utilities expands further with the skills Fanatic Blade, Photon Blade PP Recovery, and Blade Art Parry.

Jet Boots

A pair of Technique footwear that allows the usage of Techniques and Photon Arts in fast aerial combat. By holding down its Photon Arts, another different attack can be performed with additional PP consumption. With the skill Jet Boots Elemental Set, an element can be attached to its attacks by charging a Technique.

Using the Trick Bounce Weapon Action, you can quickly turn around and evade enemy attacks. With the skill Boot Trick Bounce Counter, you can release a shockwave counter at the enemy with a successful evade.

Skill Tree Overview

Defeat PP Gain	Physical Decline	Elemental Decline	Decline Amplifier	Decline Jellen Effect	Special Ability Optimization BO
Defeat Amplifier	Partial Destroy Advantage		Foie Brand	Barta Blot	Zonde-Clad
Fanatic Blade	Blade SC Alternation	Jet Attack Extra	Zan Gale	Grants Glitter	Megid Sphere
Fanatic Blade Augment	Photon Blade PP Recovery	Jet Intensity	Boot Trick Bounce Counter	Thrust Drive	Boots Arts Skip Beat
Blade Arts Parry	Pinion Blade	Jet Boots Elemental Set	Jetsweep Jolt	Thrust Drive Skip Attack
Blade Arts Parry Counter Edge	Photon Blade Protect	Jetsweep Jolt Rapid Boost	Jetsweep Jolt PP Save	Jetsweep Jolt Short Cooldown

Skills

Defeat PP Gain	You recover PP when a nearby enemy is downed. Can only be used by a Main Class.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
PP Recovery Rate	50%

Defeat Amplifier	Increases the Down Factor applied to your enemies.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Phy. Down Factor Increase	110%	112%	113%	114%	115%	116%	117%	118%	119%	120%	121%	122%	123%	124%	125%
Phy. Down Factor Increase	101%	102%	103%	104%	105%	106%	107%	108%	109%	110%	111%	112%	113%	114%	115%
Elem. Down Factor Increase	110%	112%	113%	114%	115%	116%	117%	118%	119%	120%	121%	122%	123%	124%	125%
Elem. Down Factor Increase	101%	102%	103%	104%	105%	106%	107%	108%	109%	110%	111%	112%	113%	114%	115%

Partial Destroy Advantage	Increases the damage that you deal, and reduces the damage that you take according to the number of enemy parts destroyed on a single enemy.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1	2	3	4	5
Increase Damage per Attack	1.00%	1.30%	1.60%	1.80%	2.00%
Increase Damage per Attack	0.50%	0.60%	0.70%	0.80%	1.00%
Decrease Damage per Attack	2.00%	2.60%	3.20%	3.60%	4.00%
Decrease Damage per Attack	1.00%	1.20%	1.40%	1.60%	2.00%
Max No. of Destroyed Parts	3	3	3	3	3

Physical Decline	Hitting an enemy with your Photon Arts makes it easier to induce Physical Down. An additional PA hit can increase the Down Factor up to Lv. 3. Can only be used by a Main Class/Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Phy. Down Factor Increase (Lv. 1)	105%
Phy. Down Factor Increase (Lv. 2)	110%
Phy. Down Factor Increase (Lv. 3)	115%

Elemental Decline	Hitting an enemy with your Photon Arts makes it easier to induce Elemental Down. An additional PA hit can increase the Down Factor up to Lv. 3. Can only be used by a Main Class/Jet Boots.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Elem. Down Factor Increase (Lv. 1)	105%
Elem. Down Factor Increase (Lv. 2)	110%
Elem. Down Factor Increase (Lv. 3)	115%

Decline Amplifier	Down Factor Increases stages will increase more easily for Physical Decline and Elemental Decline. Can only be used by a Main Class.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1	2	3
Decline Efficacy Rate	140%	170%	200%

Decline Jellen Effect	Adds a Weaken Enemy Attack effect to Physical Decline and Elemental Decline. The effect is increased if you afflict the enemy with both Physical and Elemental Decline. Can only be used by a Main Class/Bouncer weapon.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Potency (Stage 1)	90%
Potency (Stage 2)	88%

Special Ability Optimization BO	The Melee Weapon Potency and Technique Weapon Potency bonuses from your equipped weapon and armor Augments are each added up, and the one that is higher is applied to both your Melee and Technique Weapon Potency. Can only be used by a Main Class/Bouncer weapon.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Foie Brand	When you hit an enemy with a Fire Technique a certain number of times, a Seal of Flame is engraved. When you hit with another Fire Technique, the seal explodes, both causing an additional attack and restoring PP.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Barta Blot	When you hit an enemy with an uncharged Ice Technique, an Ice Sigil is engraved which can be enhanced up to two times depending on the number of hits. When you hit with a charged Ice Technique, the sigil explodes, causing additional damage depending on its enhancement stage.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Number Required (Stage 1)	4 times
Number Required (Stage 2)	7 times

Zonde-Clad	Hitting an enemy with a number of uncharged Lightning Techniques will cause you to enter a high-voltage state. This state will strengthen the next charged Lightning Technique. After which you are returned to normal.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Number Required	10 times

Zan Gale	Hitting an enemy with an uncharged Wind Technique will affix a vortex. Hitting that with a charged technique of the same element will activate the vortex, causing additional attacks. The type of attacks caused by the vortex change depending on which technique you hit with.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Grants Glitter	Hitting an enemy multiple times with a Light Technique will cause you to temporarily be surrounded by a halo. While it is active, using light techniques will cause additional attacks depending on the technique. Activating another halo while one is already active will not cause the effect to stack, but will instead reset the effect duration of the already active one.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Megid Sphere	When you hit an enemy with uncharged Dark Techniques, you can stock up to 3 dark orbs. Using a charged Dark Technique will consume all of the orbs and increase the power of that technique by an amount corresponding to how many were stocked.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Fanatic Blade	[Active Skill] Increases the frequency and potency of your Photon Blades for a set time. Can only be used with Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Potency	40%
Effect Duration	15 sec
Cooldown	60 sec

Blade SC Alternation	Sidestep Counter changes to an attack that quickly rushes at the enemy. Can only be used with Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Blade Arts Parry	Enemy attacks are nullified just once when you press the weapon action button while unleashing a Photon Art. Can only be used by a Main Class/Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Jet Attack Extra	You can string 4 Normal Attacks together. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Blade Arts Parry Counter Edge	Unleash a counter when you successfully negate an attack with Blade Arts Parry. Can only be used by a Main Class/Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite - Blade Arts Parry Counter Edge Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Cooldown	2s

Pinion Blade	[Active Skill] Unleashes a powerful forward slash by expending a gauge built up via attacking. Can only be used with Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Potency	2600
Cooldown	30 sec

Jet Boots Element Set	Gain an additional attack with the element that corresponds to the last technique used when hitting an enemy with your Photon Arts. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Jetsweep Jolt	[Active Skill] Build up the gauge by attacking or dodging, then expend it to fire a single powerful blast. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Cooldown	20 sec

Photon Blade Protect	Negate enemy attacks when you use a Weapon Action. Can only be used by Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Jetsweep Jolt Rapid Boost	Increases your Photon Art attack speed for a set time when you use Jetsweep Jolt. Can only be used by a Main Class/Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Jetsweep Jolt Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Effect Duration	30s

Jetsweep Jolt PP Save	Your PP consumption is temporarily reduced after using Jetsweep Jolt. Can only be used by a Main Class/Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Jetsweep Jolt Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
Effect Duration	30s
PP Consumption	90%

Jetsweep Jolt Short Cooldown	When you successfully dodge with a Weapon Action, the cooldown time for Jetsweep Jolt is reduced. Can only be used by a Main Class/Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Jetsweep Jolt Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1	2	3
Cooldown Reduction	5s	10s	15s

Fanatic Blade Augment	Increases the number of Photon Blades fired while Fanatic Blade is active. Can only be used with Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite - Fanatic Blade Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1	2
No. of Shots	4	6

Photon Blade PP Recovery	Increases PP recovery amount when you land a Normal Attack on an enemy struck by a Photon Blade. Can only be used with Soaring Blades.
Prerequisite - Fanatic Blade Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
PP Recovery	5%

Jet Intensity	Holding down the Normal Attack button when enemies are within a certain range will unleash combo attacks that gradually increase in speed. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Jet Attack Extra Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Boot Trick Bounce Counter	When you successfully dodge using a Weapon Action, you automatically unleash a counter. Pressing the Normal Attack button in addition will release another one. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Jet Attack Extra Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Thrust Drive	Pressing the Normal Attack button at a certain time after releasing a Technique will cause you to charge at the enemy. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Jet Attack Extra Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Boots Arts Skip Beat	After using different Photon Arts successively, Normal Attack changes to a powerful attack treated as third stage. Can only be used with Jet Boots.
Prerequisite -
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-

Thrust Drive Skip Attack	After using Thrust Drive, your Normal Attack changes to its fourth step. Can only be used by Jet Boots.
Prerequisite - Thrust Drive Lv.1
Effect	Skill Level
	1
-	-