New Genesis: Knuckles Photon Arts and Actions

New Genesis: Photon Arts and Actions
Hunter	Sword	Wired Lance	Partisan
Fighter	Twin Daggers	Double Saber	Knuckles
Ranger	Assault Rifle	Launcher
Gunner	Twin Machine Guns
Force	Rod	Talis
Techter	Wand
Braver	Katana	Bow
Bouncer	Soaring Blades	Jet Boots
Waker	Harmonizer
Slayer	Gunblade

New Genesis: Knuckles Photon Arts
Swift Rush	Thousand Blows	Double Drive	Backhand Strike

Overview

The Fighter's Knuckles focuses on dealing quick but powerful blows. Its Sway Weapon Action possesses one of the safest yet strongest counterattacks amongst all weapons.

As one may assume, Knuckles have the shortest range of all weapons. Nearly all of Knuckles' attacks require you to stay very close to the enemy.

Fighter's weapon PAs are split into two halves, and learning Fighter Skip Arts allows you to use the first half by inputting a directional key, or to instead skip to the second half by not inputting.
For Knuckles PAs, both halves tend to vary in their use, but their second halves typically deal more damage than the first halves overall.

Features of Knuckles

Normal Attacks

Icon	Stat	NA1	NA2	NA3	NA4	NA5	Alt.
	Potency	55 x 2	95	95	100	70 x 3 + 100	175
	PP Recovery	2 x 2	4	4	12	1 x 3 + 3	3

Punch the enemy with Knuckles. Knuckle Attack Extra adds the 4th and 5th NA. Knuckle Attack Alternation provides an alternative 5th NA that is faster than the original, sacrificing total damage and PP recovery. Same Arts Skip Attack - Fighter and Another Arts Skip - Fighter allows you to skip to the 3rd and 4th NAs after using a PA twice or two different PAs, respectively.

Normal Attacks

• 3rd NA onwards move you forward towards your target. You can further increase this distance by holding the forward input.
• 5th NA performs a leaping punch that hits 3 times, then a slam.
• 5th NA autoguards from all directions until you perform the slam. Also provides super armor during the entire animation.

Alternation

• A faster version of NA5 that can be performed by not pressing a movement input during NA5. Unleashes a shockwave at the slam's point of impact that can damage multiple enemies.
• Sacrifices total damage, PP recovery, and safety compared to NA5, but can damage multiple enemies in a larger radius, and is also most effective when you're expecting an enemy to move away from you, or to fit in an extra counter that the normal NA5 might've blocked from its autoguard.
  • Less safe than normal NA5 as its autoguard is significantly shortened.

Weapon Action

Icon	Stat	Sway	Counter	Counter Plus	Knuckle Attack Switch	Knuckle Attack Switch Alt.
	Potency	170	390	500	90 x 3 + 100	250
	PP Recovery	6	10	10	1 x 3 + 3	3

Duck and sway to dodge attacks from all directions, then follow up with a punch.

Counter

• Allows you to automatically counter after a successful dodge.
• You can move a Sidestep forward with a forward input.
• You are invincible until the end of its animation.

Counter Plus

• Allows you to perform another counter with Weapon Action after the initial sway counter.
• Slightly stronger than the initial counter.
• You can move a Sidestep forward with a forward input.
• You are invincible until the end of its animation.

Knuckle Attack Switch + Alt. Variation

• Perform a slightly stronger NA5 following a counter (can be either Sway Counter or Sway Counter Plus) by pressing Normal Attack. You can stock this attack once and perform it later, if desired. With Knuckle Attack Alternation learned and with no movement input, you can instead perform NA5 Alt.
• Besides the difference in damage, it possesses the same PP recovery, autoguard, and super armor properties as the original NA5 and NA5 Alt.
• Stocked attack persists even if you switch to a weapon that is multiweapon'd with Knuckles.
• Even if you fail to dodge an attack using the Weapon Action, you will not lose the stocked attack.
• Replaces one stage of NAs if used in a combo. (Example: PA1 -> PA2 -> KAS -> NA5)

Universal Actions

Action	Potency	PP Recovery
Sidestep Attack	170	6
Sidestep Counter	450	10
Dash Attack	280	15
Dive Attack	200	0

• Sidestep Attack/Counter: After a Sidestep, press Normal Attack to perform a backhand with the Knuckles. If you dodge an enemy's attack with Step, the damage is increased.
• Dash Attack: Perform a wide hook punch in front of you.
• Dive Attack: Nearly the same across all weapons. Dive deals damage to nearby enemies and restores no PP, and is mainly used to reach the ground faster.

Photon Blast

Focus photons into your Knuckles to perform a single, powerful punch that hits multiple times.

• You will move slightly forward during the Photon Blast.
• Its range is deceptively larger than most of the Knuckles' attacks, but it does not track enemies.
• Like all Photon Blasts, you are invincible until the end of its animation.
• Potency Notation: Deals 216% x 11 hits + 1200%.
  • The final hit shoots a blast out forward that can damage enemies behind your target.

Photon Arts

Swift Rush

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Swift Rush	Potency	800	Knuckles Photon Art. Unleash a powerful blow after punching left and right.
		PP	23

• Perform a one-two punch while moving forward in the first half, then retreat backwards with a final blow in the second half.
  • Can launch smaller enemies with the final blow.
• Provides super armor on the second half. Autoguards from the front during the second half, before you retreat backwards.
• Can be canceled before the second half with Sidestep, Weapon Action, or PA.
• Potency Notation: The first half deals 20% x 2 hits of noted potency, and the second half deals 6% x 5 + 30% in the second half.

Thousand Blows

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Thousand Blows	Potency	1260	Knuckles Photon Art. Pummel an enemy with countless blows before unleashing a powerful upper cut.
		PP	32

• Rapidly punch the enemy in a wide range in the first half, then perform a rising uppercut in the second half.
  • Uppercut causes a hitlag effect if it hits an enemy.
• You can slowly turn during the first half, and move slightly in any direction before landing the uppercut.
• Provides super armor during the uppercut.
• You can cancel the first half with Sidestep or Weapon Action.
• Potency Notation: The first half deals 3.7% x 12 hits of noted potency, and the second half deals 27.6% + 2.8% x 10 hits.

Double Drive

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Double Drive	Potency	690	Knuckles Photon Art. Leap forward with a punch before unleashing countless blows.
		PP	28

• Perform a thrusting punch in the first half, then perform a punch and uppercut in the second half.
  • The thrusting punch is not modified in any way through lock-on, unlike other weapon PAs that do so.
• Autoguards from the front until the first punch in the second half.
• Can only be canceled between the first and second half, and before the uppercut on the second half with Sidestep or Weapon Action.
• Potency Notation: The first half deals 12.5% x 3 hits of noted potency, and the second half deals 25.5% + 37%.

Backhand Strike

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Backhand Strike	Potency	240	Knuckles Photon Art. Negate your enemy's attack with a swift dodge and then smash your fist into the enemy with a mighty blow. Successfully negating the enemy's attack increases the potency.
		PP	40

• Guard in the first half, then perform a powerful backhand in the second half. If you successfully guard an attack in the first half, the second half's damage is increased by x3.
  • Guards from all directions.
  • Only the first half has the guard. Make sure to be inputting movement to avoid using Fighter Skip Arts.
  • Has a special Perfect Guard effect that instead increases damage by x3.15; the window is 0.1 seconds after using the PA. Creates a guard sound effect to indicate Perfect Guard.
• Currently has the highest upfront PP cost out of all PAs (-40). Though extremely powerful against multi-hit attacks as you can chain multiple Backhands, keep the PP usage in mind.
• Against smaller enemies, the strike will send them flying backward a large distance.

Reference

PSO2 NGS Japanese Swiki: Knuckles PAs and Actions