The Press Turn system is the combat system in Dx2.
Mechanics
At the start of every Player Turn, the player's team starts with Press Turn icons equal to the amount of living party members.
Most actions (using an item, demon casting a skill, etc) will consume one Press Turn icon. However, certain actions will only consume the first half of the Press Turn icon:
- Passing a demon's turn.
- Hitting an enemy's weak point.
- Landing a critical hit with a physical attack.
- Casting a skill that has Remnants.
- Using an item while the current Dx2 is
Templar Dragon (due to her skill "Speed Loader").
The second half of a Press Turn is called a Bonus Turn. During a Bonus Turn, any action will consume the remainder of the Press Turn icon.
Conversely, certain unfavorable actions will consume 2 Press Turn icons instead of 1:
- Hitting an enemy's Null/Repel/Drain and failing to pierce through it (including
Repel Physical and
Repel Magic buffs).
- Missing an enemy with a physical attack.
Certain skills may cause the player to gain or lose Press Turns, aside from the above rules.
If a press turn is gained, the new press turn is added to the far right of the current stock of press turns.
- At maximum, a team can make use of 8 press turns before the team's turn ends. Once this limit has been reached, further skill effects will fail to grant any more press turns.
Gain Press Turn
Skills that grant additional Press Turns at start of turn
Demon Panels that grant additional Press Turns at start of turn
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Mot
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Panel 3
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Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of every own third turn: Receive 1 additional Press Turn Icon.
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Seraph
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Panel 4
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Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of every own third turn: Receive 1 additional Press Turn Icon and self enters a state of Concentrate.
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Dx2 Skills that grant additional Press Turns at start of turn
Dx2 |
Skill |
Effect
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Meat Balloon
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Walk It Off
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Chance of gaining 1 Press Turn Icon when turn starts. Chance increases by 15% for each party member downed.
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Armament Talents that grant additional Press Turns at start of turn
Armament |
Name |
Effect
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Masakado A Shield
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New Emperor's Mercy
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Activates the following Chain Effect when attacking first: Receive 1 additional Press Turn Icon.
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Skills that grant additional Press Turns if the user is downed at start of turn
Skills that grant additional Press Turns after using a Skill
Skills that grant additional Press Turns after using a Skill when in a Bonus Turn
Type |
Name |
MP Cost |
Target |
Skill Points |
Exclusive?
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Force
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Sanction
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6 MP
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All Targets
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-
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Sabaoth
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Dx2 Skills that grant additional Press Turns when all hits from a Random Targets Skill are successful
Dx2 |
Skill |
Effect
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Eileen
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Lucky Press (I · II · III)
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3% · 5% · 10% chance to add a Press Turn Icon when a Random Targets attack hits max times.
- (Note: This checks whether all of a skill's hits successfully land, not whether a variable-hits skill rolls its max possible hits. Therefore, attacks with a set amount of hits, such as God's Fire, can still trigger this.)
- (This can also trigger from a random-targets attack that has only one hit, such as Invincibility Aid.)
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Skills that grant additional Press Turns when a weak point is hit
Demon Panels that grant additional Press Turns when a weak point is hit
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Cu Chulainn A
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Panel 4
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Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the one with this skill) strikes a weak point: Grants the party an additional Press Turn Icon. (Once per turn)
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Dx2 Skills that grant additional Press Turns when a weak point is hit
Dx2 |
Skill |
Effect
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Chalk Eater
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Press Hack (I · II)
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?% · 7% chance to gain 1 Press Turn Icon when attacking the enemy's weak point.
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Skills that grant additional Press Turns when an enemy is downed
Demon Panels that grant additional Press Turns when an enemy is downed
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Berserker Guts
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Panel 4
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+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the skill holder) downs a demon: Removes debuffs from all party members. Gain an additional Press Turn Icon (Activates once per turn).
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Skills that grant additional Press Turns upon revival
Type |
Name |
MP Cost |
Target |
Skill Points |
Exclusive?
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Passive
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Inventio
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Passive
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All Allies
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-
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Osiris
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Demon Panels that grant additional Press Turns upon revival
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Gabriel
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Panel 3
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Activates the following Chain Effect when the one with this skill is revived by a demon skill: Increase the party's Press Turn Icons by 1. (Can only be used up to once per turn and on own turn). While the one with this skill is alive all Divine/Herald demon party members will receive an increase to Elec/Light damage dealt by 40%.
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Raphael
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Panel 3
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Activates the following Chain Effect when the one with this skill is revived by a demon skill: Increases the party's Press Turn Icons by 1. (Can only be used on own turn and up to once per turn.) While the one with this skill is alive, all Divine/Herald demon party members receive +40% to Force/Light damage dealt.
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Uriel
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Panel 3
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Activates the following Chain Effect when the one with this skill is revived by a demon skill: Increase the party's Press Turn Icons by 1. (Can only be activated on own turn and up to once per turn). While the one with this skill is alive all Divine or Herald demon party members receive +40% to Fire/Light damage dealt.
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Skills that grant additional Press Turns when a Press Turn is lost due to an enemy skill
Prevent spending Press Turn
Skills that prevent spending a Press Turn when Passing
Dx2 Skills that prevent spending a Press Turn when Passing
Dx2 |
Skill |
Effect
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Eileen
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Lucky Skip (I · II)
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10% · 20% chance to avoid using a Press Turn Icon when skipping a turn.
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Skills that prevent spending a Press Turn when a weak point is hit
Skills that prevent spending a Press Turn when a critical hit lands
Skills that prevent spending a Press Turn when in a state of Concentrate
Lose Press Turn
Skills that remove enemy Press Turns when the enemy attacks first
Demon Panels that remove enemy Press Turns when the enemy attacks first
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Aniel
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Panel 4
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+50% to Max HP. Activates the following Chain Effect when the enemy attacks first at the start of battle: Inflicts Elec damage (Magic, Power: 60) with Bulwark Pierce and decreases their MP by 1 on all enemies. Then reduces enemy Press Turn Icons by 1. (Max: 2)
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Vishnu
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Panel 4
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Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of a battle if the enemy attacks first: Reduces 1 enemy Press Turn Icon. Activates the following Chain Effect at the end of own turn: Inflicts Almighty (Magic) damage (Power: 60) on all enemies.
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Armament Talents that remove enemy Press Turns when the enemy attacks first
Armament |
Name |
Effect
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Masakado Shield
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New Emperor's Majesty
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Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of a battle if the enemy attacks first: Reduces 1 enemy Press Turn Icon. Only up to 2 Press Turn Icons can be reduced by skills or effects.
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Skills that remove enemy Press Turns at start of enemy turn
Demon Panels that remove enemy Press Turns when self is downed
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Surt A
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Panel 4
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Activates the following Chain Effect when the one with this skill is downed: Inflicts Fire damage (Magic, Power: 50) with Bulwark Pierce to all enemies, and then decreases the enemy's Press Turn Icons by 1. (Each Chain Effect can only activate once per battle)
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Lose more Press Turns from actions
Skills that remove more Press Turns when an attack is Drained
Skills that remove more Press Turns when an attack is Repelled
Lose fewer Press Turns from actions
Dx2 Skills that remove fewer Press Turns when an attack is Missed, Nulled, Repelled, or Drained
Dx2 |
Skill |
Effect
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Chalk Eater
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Scream
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10% chance to use only 1 Press Turn Icon even if Miss/Null/Repel/Drain activates.
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Response to losing Press Turns due to enemy skills
Skills that activate when a Press Turn is lost due to an enemy skill
During Bonus Turn
Skills with effects that activate during a Bonus Turn
Prevent Bonus Turn
Skills that prevent Bonus Turns from being granted
Demon Panels that prevent Bonus Turns from being granted
Demon |
Panel # |
Effect
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Thoth
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Panel 3
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+20% to Max HP. While the one with this skill is alive, all party members will receive the following effects: When an attack is received while possessing a Good Status, any Bonus Turns generated by that attack will be nullified.
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Skills that prevent Bonus Turns from being granted when a weak point is hit
Type |
Name |
MP Cost |
Target |
Skill Points |
Exclusive?
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Passive
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Law of Hell
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Passive
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All Allies
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-
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Orcus
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Skills that prevent Bonus Turns from being granted when a critical hit lands