Technique (Final Fantasy XV)

Techniques are special abilities usable by party members in Final Fantasy XV. They somewhat hearken to Limit Break systems from previous games in the Final Fantasy series.
Using a Technique for the first time earns the Brother-in-Arms achievement/trophy.
==Mechanics==
Techniques can be used in battle by holding or and pressing the d-pad (when using the Type A control scheme). They require an available target and their use is mandated by the tech bar, a gauge that starts to fill when engaging a battle zone, and fills over time during battle. It is segmented into three, and the bar must first fill to either the first, second, or third to use a specific technique. The tech bar's fill rate can be upgraded via the Ascension Grid.
Each party member can equip a technique in the Gear menu, with one available by default and more able to be acquired from the Ascension Grid. The player can open the menu and adjust techniques mid-combat. Noctis does not have his own techniques, but can execute a follow-up attack after others use certain techniques. When using a technique, both Noctis and the party members involved are invulnerable to damage during its animation. Some 1- or 2-bar techniques (Tempest, Piercer, Dawnhammer, Cyclone, Libra Elementia, Starshell, Snapshot, Gravisphere, and Recoil) can be performed simultaneously, but the player will not be able to perform the follow-up attack to the prior technique.
Techniques gradually level up with repeated use; each time they do, their power and critical rate increase. Critical techniques, indicated by a yellow bar rather than a green one, deal critical hits and/or have strengthened effects. Some recipes will be favored by a party member, guaranteeing critical versions from them (or in Noctis's case, boosting the tech bar replenish rate). Guests' techniques can also level up, but they cannot be changed, nor do they appear in the Ascension Grid.
Gladiolus's techniques damage enemies, and often break appendages, making them vulnerable to further harm. Ignis's techniques aid the player by healing, providing warp points, and bestowing elemental buffs. Prompto's techniques are ranged, from shooting through enemies from afar, to using flares to weaken enemies, to using his photography skills in battle (in addition to the photos he takes automatically).
When the ability to play as the other party members is unlocked, they gain the same techniques available to them in their respective DLC episodes. Like in the DLC, these techniques will never trigger critically. Noctis, Ignis, and Prompto have their tech bars fill even when not playing as them, while Gladiolus retains his vigor level when switching to another character, then back to him. All of these reset after a battle.
==Techniques and related Ascension Grid abilities==
		
			
			
			
			
			
			
Technique	Cost	Effect 	Character
 	1 	Unleash a pair of sweeping area attacks with a greatsword. Critical version adds a third swing. Can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Gladiolus
 	1 	Throws daggers at up to four nearby enemies. Noctis automatically warp-strikes with them in succession. Does not grant AP unlike regular warp-strike kills. Dagger throws will not be critical. Can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Ignis
 	1 	Pierce target with a firearm to hit multiple enemies in a line. May inflict Compromised, reducing enemy defense. Decent at destroying appendages and staggering foes. Can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Prompto
 	2 	Deliver powerful greatsword lunge to a target. Can miss agile enemies. Can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Gladiolus
 	2 	Ignis summons the party to him, almost entirely restoring everyone's HP. Does not restore Max HP. Rescues any allies in Danger status. Poisoned or Downed allies will not be healed, though Poisoned allies still recover from Danger with 25% HP. The critical version also yields the Stalwart buff. 	Ignis
 	1 	Draws enemy attention in a wide radius with a firearm. Can inflict Threatened or Enervated, depending on the enemy. 	Prompto
 	1 	Takes a photo mid-battle. Up to 5 photos can be saved at a time. Photos are saved to auto-snapshots. Critical version takes a selfie. 	Prompto
 	1 	Calls Gladiolus to protect Noctis with a shield, preventing damage and providing the Serene status to Noctis. Lasts for a short period of time, or until Noctis initiates the follow-up attack. Cannot bring Noctis out of Danger. Critical version deals damage to nearby enemies before guarding. Gladiolus needs a shield equipped. 	Gladiolus
 	1 	Casts Flameboost, Frostboost, or Stormboost on Noctis, depending on the target's weakness. Noctis must not be incapacitated. Effects can be combined and do not immediately wear off after battle. Critical version extends the duration of the buff. Re-applying the same buff will not reset the duration length. 	Ignis
 	2 	Shoots a sphere of energy that sucks in enemies and deals constant magic damage. Critical version increases power and radius of the pull effect. Prompto needs a machine equipped. 	Prompto
 	2 	Damages nearby enemies with a shield shockwave. Noctis can point-warp to Gladiolus for a follow-up attack consisting of multiple area-of-effect spins. Critical version has more attacks and launches Noctis. Gladiolus needs a shield equipped. 	Gladiolus
 	2 	Ignis orders the party to focus attacks on one enemy. Noctis retains normal attacks with his equipped weapon (will do nothing with magic or the Ring of the Lucii). Allies also attack with Deathblows if they are unlocked in their Ascension Grid, and will use secondary weapons if equipped. Grants Tenacious on the party and Critical on Noctis, or the party for the critical version. Less effective against highly mobile or hard-to-reach targets. Ends prematurely if the target perishes.	Ignis
 	2 	Deals heavy, small area-of-effect damage to a single enemy with machinery. Excels at breaking limbs. Can inflict Burnt. Critical version has Prompto run up to the enemy. Prompto needs a machine equipped. Can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Prompto
 	3 	Pauses for a couple seconds before unleashing a powerful frontal-sweep attack covering a large radius that hits twice. Excels at interrupting enemies and breaking limbs. 	Gladiolus
 	3 	Charges forward, dealing three devastating area-of-effect Fire attacks with daggers. Excels at breaking limbs. 	Ignis
 	3 	Fires two separate bullet volleys on a target before finishing with a powerful single shot. Excels at breaking limbs. Each shot utilizes the passive effect of his equipped gun. Prompto will switch targets should the current one fall. The critical version fires twice as many bullets. 	Prompto
 	1 	Exploits an enemy's elemental weakness with a magic spell. It is the only technique Ignis can use in Chapters 10–13. Learned via an event in Chapter 10. Spell in critical version does not deal critical damage but has a larger radius. Can be followed up with an attack from Noctis if Ignis has a polearm equipped. 	Ignis
 	1 	Unleashes an upward slash, releasing a shockwave that moves in a single line. Has a different animation in Chapter 14, where the critical version can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Cor
 	2 	Attacks one enemy. Instantly kills Magitek Troopers. Gladiolus must not be incapacitated. Critical version can be followed up with an attack from Noctis. 	Iris
 	3 	Leaps high into the air before hurtling downward with a powerful strike. Can put even large enemies into a vulnerable state. 	Aranea
Name	Effect
 	Allow character's techniques to break the damage limit. They are prefixed above with whom they belong to. All are simply called "Limit Break".
 	All Tech Bar replenishment increased by 10%.
 	Adds to the tech bar as Noctis takes damage with the formula AmountAdded = Damage / 500
 	Adds to the tech bar when Noctis lands attacks.
==Armiger Unleashed==
Noctis uses Techniques as part of his Armiger Unleashed mode in the Windows and Royal Editions. Armiger Unleashed replaces techniques with Unleashed techniques and the tech bar carries over from before activating the mode. The bar keeps replenishing unless frozen by the Armiger Accelerator accessory. Noctis is invincible during technique animations. Equipping Tech Turbocharger while in Unleashed lets Noctis use techniques more often, but stops the Armiger bar from filling.
Technique	Cost	Direction	Effect
 	1 	 	Cloaks a sword in a magic aura and slashes forward once. Has a huge knockdown multiplier and hits up to three times. Deals Light-elemental damage.
 	2 	 	Brings the royal arms in front of Noctis in a cylindrical formation that damages foes and shoots it forward, splitting into multiple homing bolts. Deals ballistic damage.
 	2 	 	Takes a stance and summons phantom swords around Noctis. Swords will rain down as Noctis use normal attacks.
 	3 	 	Executes a flashy combo using many royal arms and finishes with an area-of-effect magic attack on the ground that deals Light-elemental damage. Cannot activate against some enemies (i.e. adamantoise)
Royal Cleave can be used to knock down enemies to set up combo finishers and as part of a regular combo, useful for avoiding damage mid-combo. Apocalypsis is useful to unleash near a target. Dynastic Stance is good against groups of enemies, or when fighting Light-immune foes. Because the blades will often not fire when using finishing moves, it may be better to simply use regular combo attacks while under its effect.
Legacy of the Lucii performs a damaging combo and many of its hits deal area damage. The final swing is very powerful and often hits multiple times.
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto===
Along with Highwind, the player can again invoke Aranea to use Dragoon Dive indoors with the Technique command, costing 2 tech bars. Aranea downing enemies can set them up for Prompto to use his crackshot for critical damage.
Prompto can use Starshell, Selfie Shot, and Trigger Happy to almost the same degree as his regular Techniques, though Selfie Shot costs 2 bars, is always a selfie, and the photos are saved to manual-shots. Prompto gains the ability to use Trigger Happy after beating the episode once, essentially functioning as an always-critical version, firing a quick barrage of critical shots, with a unique strong explosive ending shot that can stagger groups of enemies.
===Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis===
Ignis has three Tactical Art techniques. High Jump acts similar to Aranea's Dragoon Dive at the cost of one tech bar. Ignis leaps towards his target (or straight down if there is none), dealing strong area damage that scales off the damage meter and breaks off enemy appendages, also granting AP for kills similar to Noctis's warp-strikes. He can still jump without a spear equipped. Overclock doubles the damage meter for a random element at the cost of two tech bars, able to reach 8.0 and also doubling its growth rate. A higher damage meter may visually intensify the elements. Using Overclock again overwrites the last buff. 
While he acts as a guest party member, Ravus has a technique known as Last Rites, which costs one tech bar, in which he empowers his artificial arm with electricity and releases a Thunder-elemental AOE attack.
After beating the episode once, Ignis gains Quick Recipeh in the main game when he is in the lead, and after acquiring the necessary items from shops during subsequent playthroughs of the episode. Quick Recipeh allows Ignis to cook a meal mid-battle. Its result is random, yielding either a buff or a debuff with four possible outcomes. Both the buffs and debuffs wear off if switching away from Ignis.
* "Terrible": Ignis hunches over and is inflicted with two debuffs exclusive to him (damage and Total Clarity meters drop to 0, and he cannot build them up again until the effect wears off), plus Poison. The debuffs ignore immunities, though Poison can still be blocked with the Magitek Exosuits or healed with an item.
* "Bad": Ignis shakes his head and is inflicted with the two exclusive debuffs, lowering his damage and Total Clarity meters.
* "Great": Ignis clenches his fist in front of him, granting a unique buff that fills the Total Clarity gauge automatically.
* "Perfect": Ignis holds out a dish, granting the previous buff and making him immune to damage and stagger.
=== Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn ===
Ifrit has three main attacks the player can invoke with the technique command: (one target, two tech bar segments), (boost Ifrit's Strength and engulfs him in flames, two tech bar segments), and (one target, three tech bar segments). He starts with Firaga, and the player can unlock the other techs from the Descension ability tree by collecting AP from felled foes. Upon being summoned via a technique, the battle arena will engulf in flames and glow orange, and he will remain to fight at Ardyn's side for roughly a minute. Ifrit can break through the guardians' barriers.
Firaga in FFXV Episode Ardyn.png|Firaga.
Firaga blast in FFXV Episode Ardyn.png|Firaga.
Meteor Strike in FFXV Episode Ardyn.png|Meteor Strike.
===Close Encounter of the Terra Kind===
Only one Technique is available: Sarah's Salvation, which is a sword attack against one target with a possible follow up from Noctis. It becomes available in the battle after meeting the Hiso Alien Elder and costs one tech bar to use. Upon initiating, unique artwork of Sarah is shown. When the player invokes the tech in the boss battle, Noctis will accidentally call Sarah either Gladiolus, Ignis, or Prompto, before correcting himself.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
Many Techniques appear as command abilities.
DFFOO Crackshot.png|Crackshot.
DFFOO Overkill.png|Overkill.
DFFOO Piercer.png|Piercer.
DFFOO Starshell.png|Starshell.
DFFOO Trigger Happy.png|Trigger Happy.
===Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival===
 
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
PFF Highwind Aranea.png|Highwind.
PFF Piercer.png|Puncture.
PFF Regroup.png|Regroup.
PFF Tempest.png|Tempest.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
;Legend Cards
FFAB Eclipse - Iris Legend SR.png|Eclipse (SR).
FFAB Highwind - Aranea Legend SR.png|Highwind (SR).
FFAB Lion's Roar - Cors Legend SR.png|Lion's Roar (SR).
FFAB Eclipse - Iris Legend SR+.png|Eclipse (SR+).
FFAB Highwind - Aranea Legend SR+.png|Highwind (SR+).
FFAB Lion's Roar - Cors Legend SR+.png|Lion's Roar (SR+).
FFAB Mark - Ignis Legend SSR.png|Mark (SSR).
FFAB Piercer - Prompto Legend SSR.png|Piercer (SSR).
FFAB Mark - Ignis Legend SSR+.png|Mark (SSR+).
FFAB Piercer - Prompto Legend SSR+.png|Piercer (SSR+).
FFAB Tempest - Gladiolus Legend UUR.png|Tempest (UUR).
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Some techniques appear as Soul Breaks.
FFRK Cyclone FFXV.png|Cyclone.
FFRK Dawnbreaker.png|Dawnbreaker.
FFRK Eclipse.png|Eclipse (XV).
FFRK Highwind FFXV.png|Highwind.
FFRK Regroup.png|Regroup.
FFRK Starshell.png|Starshell.
FFRK Tempest.png|Tempest (XV).
FFRK Trigger Happy FFXV.png|Trigger Happy (XV).
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
FFBE Cyclone Gladiolus.png|Cyclone.
FFBE Dawnhammer.png|Dawnhammer.
FFBE Eclipse.png|Eclipse (3★).
FFBE Eclipse 2.png|Eclipse (4★).
FFBE Eclipse 3.png|Eclipse (5★).
FFBE Eclipse 4.png|Eclipse (6★).
FFBE Highwind Aranea.png|Highwind (5★).
FFBE Highwind Aranea 2.png|Highwind (6★).
FFBE Highwind Aranea 3.png|Highwind (7★).
FFBE Impulse 2.png|Impulse (5★).
FFBE Impulse.png|Impulse (6★).
FFBE Impulse 3.png|Impulse (7★).
FFBE Regroup.png|Regroup.
FFBE Sagefire.png|Sagefire (5★).
FFBE Sagefire 2.png|Sagefire (6★).
FFBE Sagefire 3.png|Sagefire (7★).
FFBE Tempest.png|Tempest.
FFBE Trigger-Happy 2.png|Trigger-Happy (5★).
FFBE Trigger-Happy.png|Trigger-Happy (6★).
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
==Behind the scenes==
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Combining Overwhelm with Noctis's Bow of the Clever, used to give the crossbow an amazing fire-rate and damage, but the player was in danger of entering Danger state as it was easy to drain all of Noctis's health this way. The bow's fast firing rate during Overwhelm was nerfed in patch 1.16.
Prompto is the only one to use his Techniques against the player when fought as a training partner at camp: he uses Recoil, Gravisphere, and Starshell, although the latter has a different effect (inflicting Confusion). Gladiolus also uses Dawnhammer in the training room (in Parry and Rescue tutorials), Cor uses Lion's Roar when fought in Episode Gladiolus, Aranea frequently uses Highwind during her boss fights, and Ravus uses Last Rites when fought in Episode Ignis.
The "Prompto" who fights alongside Noctis in Chapter 11 at Eusciello is actually Ardyn in disguise. If the player invokes Techniques during this time, "Prompto" doesn't say the lines the real Prompto says, rather, he uses lines Prompto will use in Chapter 14. Starshell is an exception, but the player is unlikely to use it in this battle. It is not possible to use Snapshot at this time.
==Gallery==
Gladiolus Tempest Technique from FFXV.png|Gladiolus's Tempest.
Downhammer-FFXV.png|Gladiolus's Dawnhammer.
Impulse Technique from FFXV.png|Gladiolus's Impulse.
Regroup-FFXV.png|Ignis's Regroup.
Enhancement-FFXV.png|Ignis's Enhancement (fire).
Ignis Enhancement Technique Light element in FFXV.png|Ignis's Enhancement (lightning).
Sagefire from FFXV.png|Sagefire.
Piercer-FFXV.png|Prompto's Piercer.
Starshell-Technique-FFXV.png|Prompto's Starshell.
Gravisphere-FFXV.png|Prompto's Gravisphere.
Trigger Happy Technique Prompto from FFXV.png|Prompto's Trigger Happy.
Eclipse2-FFXV.png|Iris's Eclipse.
Eclipse-FFXV.png|Iris's Eclipse (magitek trooper).
High-Jump-Episode-Ignis-FFXV.png|Ignis's High Jump.
Quick-Recipeh-FFXV.png|Ignis's Quick Recipeh.
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