Bulwark

Bulwark is a special status effect that acts like a shield.

Mechanics

A demon with an active Bulwark will display a blue bar above their HP bar.

Each Bulwark has an HP amount. When a demon with a Bulwark is attacked, the Bulwark will absorb as much of that damage as possible, and then the demon receives the remaining damage.

• For example: if a demon would receive 750 damage but has a 500 HP Bulwark, the Bulwark will absorb 500 damage, and the demon will then take the remaining 250 damage.

Bulwarks can absorb all types of damage received, including Fractional Damage.

• Since Recarmdra deals damage to the user equal to their max HP, a Bulwark can prevent that demon from dying, if their current HP + Bulwark sums to more than their max HP. The Bulwark absorbs some of that damage, reducing the "real" damage that the demon receives.

The HP of a Bulwark can stack (for example: 500 + 500 = 1000), but the Bulwark's total HP cannot exceed the affected demon's maximum HP.

The HP of a Bulwark does not count as "real" HP for purposes of healing skills or Fractional Damage. The demon's actual HP is used for those calculations.

Duration Ticks

If your team has Bulwarks applied to it, the duration for those Bulwarks will tick down at the start of your turn.

Piercing

Certain skills will pierce through Bulwarks, meaning that the target receives damage to their HP directly, while the Bulwark's HP is untouched.

Bulwark Appliers

Skills that apply Bulwark

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Almighty	My Harvest!	5 MP	All Allies	-	Demeter
Almighty	Stout Horn	6 MP	All Allies	-	Heimdall
Passive	Aqua Grace	Passive	All Allies	-	Anahita
Passive	Azure Demon Dog	Passive	Self	-	Lost Name
Passive	Bifrost Keeper	Passive	Self	-	Heimdall
Passive	Bloody Scripture	Passive	Self	-	Mozgus
Passive	Ce Acatl	Passive	All Allies	-	Quetzalcoatl A
Passive	Demonic Flame's Aid	Passive	Self	-	Amon
Passive	Demonized Form	Passive	Self	-	Unit 01 Dx2 Type
Passive	Drunken Giant	Passive	All Allies	-	Mada
Passive	Elusis's Blessing	Passive	All Allies	-	Demeter
Passive	Impregnable	Passive	Self	-	The 6th Angel
Passive	Kangiten's Dharma	Passive	All Allies	-	Kangiten
Passive	King of Vengeance	Passive	Self	-	Arioch
Passive	Narcissism	Passive	All Allies	-	Narcissus
Passive	Rejection	Passive	Self	-	The 10th Angel
Passive	Strength Blessing	Passive	Random Ally	-	Melchizedek

Demon Panels that apply Bulwark

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Anahita	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of own turn: Adds a Bulwark of approximately 400 HP to all party members. (1 turn)
Apsu	Panel 1	+20% to Phys hit rate. Activates the following Chain Effect when attacking first at the start of battle: Gain Bulwark with 1500 HP. (1 turn)
Barong	Panel 4	Activates the following Chain Effect when Barong Dance is activated: Adds a Bulwark of approximately 500 HP to all party members. (1 turn)
Demeter	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of enemy turn: Grants all party members a Bulwark with 20% of their respective HP for 1 turn, and reduces ATK of all enemies by 20% for 1 turn.
Kalki	Panel 1	+20% to own effect on Battle Speed. Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of the 1st turn: Grants a Bulwark with 1500 HP to the one with this skill. (1 turn)
Lucifer	Panel 2	+50% to Max HP. Activates the following Chain Effect at the end of own turn: The one with this skill recovers 50% of their HP and then gains Bulwark with 50% of own Max HP. (Once per battle)
Melchizedek	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the one with this skill) revives: Adds a Bulwark with an HP equivalent to 15% of Max HP to all party members. (1 turn)
Orcus	Panel 4	+50% to max HP. Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of the first turn: Adds a Bulwark of approximately 1,000 HP to self. (1 turn). The demon with this skill takes -15% damage when own weak point is attacked.

Additional Effects while Bulwarked

Skills that grant additional effects while Bulwarked

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Aqua Grace	Passive	All Allies	-	Anahita
Passive	Elusis's Blessing	Passive	All Allies	-	Demeter
Passive	Impregnable	Passive	Self	-	The 6th Angel

Demon Panels that grant additional effects while Bulwarked

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Amon	Panel 2	+20% to Max HP. -30% to all damage received while the one with this skill has Bulwark.
Arioch	Panel 2	+20% to max HP. While being the recipient of Bulwark, -30% to damage received.
Demeter	Panel 1	-20% to all damage received by the one with this skill while their Bulwark is active.
Kangiten	Panel 2	While the one with this skill is alive, all party members will inflict +20% more damage while their Bulwark is active.

Chain effects upon receiving Bulwark

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Fecund Womb	Passive	All Targets	-	Echidna

Bulwark pierce

Skills that pierce through Bulwarks

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Phys	Heavenly Sword Stroke	6 MP	Single Target	-	Masakado B
Phys	Merciful Slaughter	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Albedo
Phys	Fury Raid	6 MP	All Targets	-	Ladon
Fire	Fatal Burn	6 MP	Single Target	-	Lost Name
Fire	Sacrificial Inferno	6 MP	Single Target	-	Adramelech
Ice	Lethal Flood	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Dagon
Ice	Everlasting Ice Dance	6 MP	All Targets	-	Sukuna-Hikona A
Force	Love Pain	6 MP	Single Target	-	Narcissus
Force	Ruthless Death Gale	6 MP	Single Target	-	Morrighan
Force	Tathlum Strike	6 MP	Single Target	-	Lugh
Force	Fallen Impact	6 MP	Single Target	-	Barbatos
Light	Impure Sword of Light	6 MP	Single Target	-	Camael
Light	Last Nemesis	6 MP	Single Target	-	The 6th Angel
Light	Destructive Light Wave	6 MP	All Targets	-	The 6th Angel
Dark	Demonic Sword	6 MP	Single Target	-	Unit 01 Dx2 Type
Dark	Soul Levy	6 MP	Single Target	-	Mephisto
Dark	Black Drill Destruction	6 MP	All Targets	-	Unit 01 Dx2 Type
Ice/Force	Dragon King's Rage	6 MP	Single Target	-	Pendragon
Fire/Light	Einherjar	6 MP	Single Target	-	Shalltear
Almighty	Fallen Down	6 MP	Single Target + All Targets	-	Ainz
Almighty	Gallows	6 MP	All Targets	-	Yggdrasil
Almighty	Ray of Ruin	6 MP	All Targets	-	The 10th Angel
Almighty	Morning Star	7 MP	All Targets	-	Lucifer
Almighty	Fire of Sinai	7 MP	Random Targets	-	Metatron
Passive	Demonized Form	Passive	All Targets	-	Unit 01 Dx2 Type
Passive	Descent of Ice and Snow	Passive	Single Target + All Targets	-	Sukuna-Hikona A
Passive	Merciless Love	Passive	All Targets	-	Narcissus
Passive	Hell's Gunner	Passive	All Targets	-	Barbatos
Passive	Impregnable	Passive	All Targets	-	The 6th Angel
Passive	One Who Sees God	Passive	All Targets	-	Camael
Passive	Pure-White Devil	Passive	All Targets	-	Albedo
Passive	Rejection	Passive	All Targets	-	The 10th Angel
Passive	The Bloody Valkyrie	Passive	Single Target	-	Shalltear

Demon Panels that pierce through Bulwarks

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Adramelech	Panel 3	+20% to Fire damage. +20% to max HP. Activates the following Chain Effect when the one with this skill strikes an enemy's weak point: Inflicts Fire damage (Magic, Power: 120) with Bulwark Pierce to all enemies. *Activates once per turn.
Ladon	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of own turn: Increases the ATK of all party members by 20% (1 turn). Activates the following Chain Effect when an ally is defeated: Inflicts Phys damage (Physical) with 100 Power and Bulwark Pierce to all enemies in a state of Gloom.
Metatron	Panel 4	+40 to Ma. +50 to Vi.-20% to damage received. Activates the following Chain Effect after Fire of Sinai is activated: Inflicts Almighty damage (Magic, Power: 70) with Bulwark Pierce 3 times on random enemies. *Enemies downed by this skill will not be able to revive.
Vasuki	Panel 4	Activates the following Chain Effect when an enemy is Poisoned: Inflicts Ice damage (Magic) with 50 Power and Bulwark Pierce on all enemies.

Bulwark removal

Skills that remove Bulwarks

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points	Exclusive?
Passive	Blood-Starved Werewolf	Passive	All Targets	-	Loup-Garou