Counter (effect)

Counter refers to skill effects where, if a demon is hit by a Physical attack, they have a chance to immediately retaliate.

Mechanics

Only Physical attacks (that is, attacks that can crit or miss) can activate counters (meaning Magic, Fractional, etc cannot trigger a counter).

• A counter can still activate even if the triggering attack misses.
• The Standard Attack cannot activate counters.

For simplicity, we will refer to the demon that initially attacks as the "attacker", and the demon that counters as the "defender".

When a counter is triggered, the defender will perform the counter immediately, before control moves to the next demon in the attacker's team.

• If the attacker's action would trigger chain effects, then the counter will be attempted before the next chain effect activates. Example: Homura Akemi's I'll Finish Up Alone has 1 base attack and 2 chain effect attacks - the defender will attempt to counter after Homura performs the base attack, again after she performs the 1st chain effect attack, and again after she performs the 2nd chain effect attack.
• If the defender dies, then they will not trigger a counter, even if they are immediately revived.
• If the attacker dies to the defender's counter, then the defender will stop attacking, and any unused counter hits will be lost. They will not switch their target to another member of the attacker's team.

If the defender is hit by a skill multiple times (without considering chain effects), then they will roll a counter for each of those hits separately.

• For example: If Yoshitsune uses Hassou Tobi (8 hits) against an enemy that has a 50%-chance counter, then each of the 8 hits has an independent 50% chance to trigger a counter. Depending on how the RNG plays out, the defender can perform up to 8 counter hits in response.
• The defender's counters will be activated as soon as the attacker's sequence of hits finishes. (extending the above example: the defender will retaliate after Yoshitsune has performed the 8 slashes, not in between the 8 slashes).

Counters bypass the accuracy formula, and therefore cannot miss. However, the damage can still be stopped by Null/Repel/Drain resistances or anti-pierce.

• If the defender hits into Null/Repel/Drain, this will not stop them from attempting multiple counters - they will keep trying regardless.
• If the defender fails to pierce a Repel and ends up killing themselves with reflected damage, then they will cease attempting to counter.

Counter appliers

Skills that apply Counter

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Chance	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Counter	Passive	Single Target	50%	6	-
Passive	Retaliate	Passive	Single Target	50%	12	-
Passive	Death Counter	Passive	Single Target	50%	18	-
Passive	Zealous Rebel	Passive	Single Target	100%	18	-
Passive	Faithful Counter	Passive	Single Target	100%	16	-
Passive	Warlord's Wrath	Passive	Single Target	100%	-	Masakado

Ignoring Counter

Skills that ignore Counters

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Phys	Ashura	8 MP	All Targets + Random Targets	-	Asura
Phys	Berserk	5 MP	Single Target	-	Berserker Guts
Phys	Dragon Slayer	6 MP	All Targets	-	Guts
Phys	Indra (Skill)	5 MP	Single Target	-	Indra
Phys	Lord Astaroth	6 MP	Single Target	-	Astaroth
Phys	Million Stab	8 MP	All Targets	-	Dante☆
Phys	Ruin and Grace	6 MP	Single Target	-	Ardha
Phys	SEBURO C-40A	4 MP	Single Target + Random Targets	-	Batou
Phys	Sword of Fealty	6 MP	Single Target	-	Hagen
Phys	Violent Dance	6 MP	Single Target	-	Kali
Phys	Violent Slash	6 MP	Single Target	-	Susano-o A
Fire	50 mm Grenade Launcher	5 MP	All Targets	-	Tachikoma
Fire	Hell Blaze	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Cerberus A
Fire	Scarlet Chop	6 MP	Single Target	-	Hinokagutsuchi
Ice	Great Waterfall Torrent	6 MP	All Targets	-	Rahab
Ice	Lethal Flood	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Dagon
Ice	Sea Dragon's Fury	6 MP	Single Target	-	Rahab
Elec	Griffe de Tonnerre	6 MP	Single Target	-	Loup-Garou
Elec	Keraunos	6 MP	Single Target	-	Zeus
Elec	Thunderous Hammer	6 MP	Single Target	-	Thor A
Force	Barbed Spear	6 MP	All Targets + Random Targets	-	Cu Chulainn A
Force	Soaring Blades	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Koga Saburo
Light	Exorcise Evil	5 MP	Single Target	-	Sukuna-Hikona
Dark	Dark Gift	6 MP	Single Target	-	Guedhe
Dark	Demonic Sword	6 MP	Single Target	-	Unit 01 Dx2 Type
Phys/Elec	Divine Spear Gungnir	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Odin A
Phys/Light	Holy Lance of Longinus	6 MP	Single Target	-	Longinus
Almighty	Blade of the Absolute	6 MP	Single Target	-	Griffith
Almighty	Mighty Blow	6 MP	Single Target + Random Targets	-	Melchizedek
Almighty	Slaughter All	6 MP	Single Target	-	Asura Lord
Almighty	Third Eye	8 MP	All Targets	-	Shiva A
Support	Blade of Terror	6 MP	All Targets	-	Red Rider
Support	Demonsbane	6 MP	All Targets	-	Fariedone
Passive	Andalucia	Passive	All Targets	-	Matador
Passive	Burgundy's Resentment	Passive	Random Targets	-	Hagen
Passive	Desperate Hit	Passive	Random Targets	-	Demonee-Ho
Passive	God 1000 Fist Cannon	Passive	Random Targets	-	Mozgus
Passive	Heavenly Valor	Passive	All Targets	-	Susano-o A
Passive	Optical Camouflage	Passive	All Targets	-	Motoko Kusanagi
Passive	Rapid Shot	Passive	Single Target	-	Dante☆
Passive	Ryujin Reflection	Passive	All Targets	-	Futsunushi
Passive	Sahasrara	Passive	Single Target	-	Ardha
Passive	Trillion Dark	Passive	Single Target	-	Meliodas

Demon Panels that ignore Counters

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Flauros	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect after Hell Leopard is activated: Inflicts Phys (Physical) Pierce effect damage (Power: 30) 3 times on random enemies. Counter effects will not work on this skill.
Guts	Panel 1	Activates the following Chain Effect at the end of enemy turn: Inflicts Fire damage (Physical, Power: 80) with Fire Pierce and Bulwark Pierce to all enemies. *Ignores all counter skills.
Guts	Panel 4	Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the skill holder) downs a demon: Inflicts Fire damage (Physical, Power: 60) with Fire Pierce and Bulwark Pierce to all enemies. *Ignores all counter skills.
Motoko Kusanagi	Panel 1	Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of every own second turn: Inflicts Phys (Physical) Pierce effect damage (Power: 160) with 50% crit rate on a single enemy. Counter effects will not work on this skill. *The effect name is Cover Fire.
Skull Knight	Panel 4	Activates the following Chain Effect when using Sword of Actuation, or when an ally uses an Almighty Attribute Skill: Inflicts Almighty damage (Physical, Power: 100) with Bulwark Pierce to a single enemy. Self enters a state of Might if the attack is successful. *Ignores all counter and all death prevention skills.