Chroma Shell

Chroma Shell is an Active ability in Sonny (2017). It's available for Sonny from the Shadow Strain.
==In-Game Description==
Restore X HP and apply Chroma Shell to the target, increasing elemental defense against the previous attack by 100%.
==Details==
Strikes a party member 1 time, restoring HP with 220% of the caster's Power, multiplied with healing factor Y. It also grants the buff Chroma Shell to the target. After it has been used, it enters a cooldown of 4 turns.
When the unit equipped with this ability is hit (regardless of damage or heal), this ability's element changes to match the ability it was hit with. It starts out with the Shadow element when entering a fight.
===Buff===
Chroma Shell: ELEMENT defense increased by 100%. (+ Element Def 100%)
ELEMENT is this ability's current element.
The +100% Element defense modifier is continuous while the buff is active. When the target of this buff ends their turn, a charge is consumed. This buff starts with 3 charges when applied, and gains an extra charge if the target doesn't already have this buff, of the same element. It's also considered to be a positive buff.
===Upgrades===
Healing factor (Y)
*Level 1: Multiplied with healing factor 1.05 (231% Power)
*Level 2: Multiplied with healing factor 1.1 (242% Power)
*Level 3: Multiplied with healing factor 1.15 (253% Power)
*Level 4: Multiplied with healing factor 1.2 (264% Power)
*Level 5: Multiplied with healing factor 1.25 (275% Power)
==Tactics==
The increased elemental defense can make enemies target another party member, since the A.I. prefers to deal as much damage as possible given their available abilities. This doesn't take into account the A.I. score bonuses that quite a lot of A.I. abilities have.
Using this ability on Sonny's first turn will allow the player to use Nightmare on the same target without dealing significant damage to them.
===Evolutions===
*Recommended evolutions
**Diffuse: Applies buff to entire party, which can force enemies to use different abilities than normal.
==Trivia==
*The ability Chroma Screen is similar in name and effect as this ability. The difference is that Chroma Screen is a passive ability that grants it's user the Protected buff, +200% elemental defense, when they're hit with an attack.
*Since this ability's element changes depending on what ability the caster was hit with, it's possible to evolve this ability with the unique evolutions from other elements. For example, if Sonny is hit with Fire Spit, this ability's element becomes Fire and can be evolved with Apocalypse.
**A player that picks the Shadow Strain is thus able to get the "R & D" achievement in a single run if they equip this ability, normally one would have to do multiple runs with different strain picks. Note that some evolutions requires an enemy target, so this ability alone will not earn the the achievement, it simply gives access to the unique strain evolutions. Bleed is an exception, since it does require an enemy target, but it can be evolved on Physical abilities which Sonny always has access to.
==See Also==
Category:Sonny (2017)
Category:Shadow Strain
Category:Abilities (Sonny 2017)