New Genesis: Photon Arts and Actions
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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
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New Genesis: Katana Photon Arts
Silverleaf Storm	Iris Gale	Lotus Lightning	Radiant Lilac

Overview

The Braver's Katana possesses 3 stage PAs that can be performed by using PAs in succession, providing flexibility in battle. Its attacks overall are quick, has slightly higher range than other melee weapons, and has multiple counterattack options that can be learned to safely deal damage. Additional skills in Braver's tree such as Katana Perfect Guard PP Gain and Brave Spirit provides PP sustain and increased counter damage.

The Katana tends to quickly consume PP due to its fast, 3 stage PAs. Using and unlocking skills in Braver's tree can mitigate this, but still requires the user to be aggressive with their counters and use of Brave Combat to mainly restore PP while on the offensive.

Features of Katana

Normal Attacks

Icon	Stat	NA1	NA2	NA3
	Potency	103	106	110
	PP Recovery	7	7	7

Unsheathe and slash the enemy with the Katana.

Normal Attacks

Deals nearly the same amount of damage, and same PP recovery in its NA chain.
Moves you forward on the ground towards the enemy. You can move in the air slightly horizontally, except backwards; attacking continuously will allow you to stay in the air.
Learning Fearless Attitude generates a short auto-guard in all directions (visualized with a blue shield) after each NA.
Brave Combat Close Range increases the distance you move towards the enemy and allows you to move vertically during Brave Combat.
Brave Spirit increases the damage and PP recovery of NAs while active.

Weapon Action

Icon	Stat	Katana Guard Counter	Counter Advanced	Fearless Attitude	Counter Plus
	Potency	250 (375)	30 + 250 (45 + 375)	350 (525)	650
	PP Recovery	7 (20 + 7.7)	2 + 6 (20 + 2.2 + 6.6)	30 + 30 (50 + 33)	12

Brave Spirit increases counter damage and PP recovery; its values are in parenthesis.

Guard from all directions with the Katana. Holding the Weapon Action button allows you to continuously guard attacks, reducing incoming damage by 75% and consuming 20 PP; Mighty Guard instead reduces incoming damage by 90% and consumes 10 PP. Guarding a second before an attack allows you to negate all damage and consumes no PP. Skills in the Braver tree unlocks and enhances counterattacking after guarding a second before an attack, and also provides additional counterattacks.

Katana Guard Counter

Automatically counterattack in front of you after guarding an attack.
- A successful guard and the following counterattack provides invincibility during the motion.

Counter Advanced

Adds a medium-ranged shockwave to Katana Guard Counter.

Fearless Attitude

A counter not exclusively a Weapon Action-related skill.
Generates an auto-guard around you if you stand still after certain actions (NAs, PAs, sidestep attack). Guarding an attack this way automatically performs a counterattack that deals more damage than other counterattacks, restores a high amount of PP (60), and provides brief invincibility during the counterattack.
- NAs and sidestep attack has the shortest duration (0.6 seconds), followed by stage 1 and 2 of PAs (0.75), and stage 3 PAs having the longest duration (1.3).
You will stay in the air as long as Fearless Attitude is active.

Counter Plus

Performs 3 medium-ranged attacks after a guard counter by pressing the Normal Attack button.
Not affected by Brave Spirit.
You are invincible during the counterattacks.
Can be followed up with another guard counter at the end of the last slash.

Universal Actions

Action	Potency	PP Recovery
Sidestep Attack	190	9
Sidestep Counter	380	12
Dash Attack	280	15
Dive Attack	200	0

Sidestep Attack/Counter: After a Sidestep, press Normal Attack to perform a slash. If you dodge an enemy's attack with Sidestep, the damage and PP recovery is increased.
Dash Attack: Swing the Katana in a horizontal sweeping motion 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

Gather photons around you to perform multiple, wide-ranged slashes that can hit multiple enemies in front of you followed by a final slash after sheathing your Katana.

You will move towards a targeted enemy upon activation.
Like all Photon Blasts, you are invincible during its animation.
Potency Notation: Deals 264% x 7 hits (slashes) + 1800% (final slash).

Photon Arts

Silverleaf Storm

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Silverleaf Storm	Potency	230	Katana Photon Art. Releases a forward slash after a swift sword draw. Multiple uses release alternate attacks.
	Silverleaf Storm	PP	10

Stage 1 of the attack performs two slashes in front of you, stage 2 another two slashes, and stage 3 a final, powerful slash.
- You can move roughly a Step in any direction when performing this PA.
Auto-Guards from the front at the beginning of the final slash.
Can be canceled between slashes and after the beginning of the final slash with Step or Weapon Action.
Power Notation: Stage 1 deals 42% + 58% for a total of 100% of noted power, stage 2 deals 44% + 59% (103%), and stage 3 deals 130%.

Iris Gale

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Iris Gale	Potency	320	Katana Photon Art. Mows down nearby enemies after a swift sword draw. Multiple uses release alternate attacks.
	Iris Gale	PP	20

Stage 1 performs two wide slashes that hit enemies around you, stage 2 creates a dome of slashes with increased vertical range, and stage 3 creates a massive dome of slashes.
You will move roughly a Step forward when you attack with stage 1 and stage 2.
Provides super armor, and also Auto-Guards from all directions at the beginning of stage 3.
Can be canceled during stage 1 with Weapon Action.
Power Notation: Stage 1 deals 50% + 50% for a total of 100% of noted power, stage 2 deals 22% x 5 (110%), and stage 3 deals 28% x 4 (112%).

Lotus Lightning

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Lotus Lightning	Potency	400	Katana Photon Art. Releases manifold shockwaves in a straight line after charging your sword. Multiple uses release alternate attacks.
	Lotus Lightning	PP	18

Send out a line of strikes in 3 stages. Each successive stage slightly increases damage.
Most effective for downed enemies due to lack of cancellations.
Auto-Guards from the front at the very beginning of each stage.
Power Notation: Stage 1 deals 14.3% x 7 for a total of 100.1% of noted power, stage 2 deals 15% x 7 (105%), and stage 3 deals 15.3% x 7 (107.1%).

Radiant Lilac

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description
	Radiant Lilac	Potency	265	Katana Photon Art. Slash your target with blinding speed. Multiple uses releases multiple attacks.
	Radiant Lilac	PP	12

Perform slashes that can hit enemies immediately around you as you dash to your target. Each successive stage increases damage.
- Without a target, you will move roughly two steps forward. With a target, you will instead move roughly three steps forward.
You will not collide with enemies when using this PA.
Provides super armor.
Power Notation: Stage 1 deals 100% of noted power, stage 2 deals 92%, and stage 3 deals 130%.

Reference

PSO2 NGS Japanese Swiki: Katana PAs and Actions

New Genesis: Katana Photon Arts and Actions

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