Bright Knight - Excelsis

Bright Knight - Excelsis

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## Bright Knight - Excelsis skill set

**Leader skill - Castle's Horn**
**Castle's Horn**
Team Physical Damage +25%, Critical Damage +25%

**Basic Attack - Vanguard's Iron Sword**
**Vanguard's Iron Sword**
**1st Attack:** 100% ATK of Physical Damage**2nd Attack:** 120% ATK of Physical Damage**3rd Attack:** 200% ATK of Physical Damage**4th Attack:** 4\*100% ATK of Physical Damage**5th Attack:** 150%+250% ATK of Physical Damage

**Center Game**
In Basic Mode, the 4th and 5th Attack have interrupt resistance increased and Reduce All Damage by 30%

**King's Gambit**
In Basic Mode, each time 4th Attack hits an enemy, recover additional 1.7 EP.

**QTE Attack - Falkbeer Countergambit**
When the enemy is slowed down in time and space, QTE comes out, causing 5 \* 40% + 800% of the physical damage of attack power, and gains two layers of [British Soul]

**Block / Evade - Holy Spirit's Shield**
**Holy Spirit's Shield**
Durandal can use shield to defend. When the defense is successful, it can invalidate the enemy’s attack and cause counterattack.
Press the evasion key (do not enter the direction key) for a short [block], if you are attacked during the defense, you can trigger [Block Counterattack], which invalidates the enemy’s attack and causes counterattack of 50% ATK of Physical Damage.[Block Counterattack] or [Active Evasion] can trigger **[Extreme Concentration]****[Extreme Concentration]**: Trigger a short time of Spacetime Fracture, if using [Lance Shot EX] or [Phantom Slash EX], the skill will trigger 10s cd. If only use [Extreme Concentration], cd is reduced to 8s.

**Quiet Game**
[Block Counterattack] Recover self 10% of the maximum HP, increase own Physical Damage by 50% and reduce the All Damage Receive by 30% for 8s.

**Evans Gambit**
Enemies hit by [Block Counterattack] enter a Physical Vulnerable state, increasing Physical Damage Receive by 10% for 10s

**Charge Attack - Knight's War Lance**
**Knight's War Lance**
Press the attack button or long press the attack button to trigger the charge attack.
Normally, press and hold the attack key during the 5th Attack of Basic Attack, and press the attack key after a successful counterattack to perform [Lance Shot] or [Lance Shot EX], [Lance Shot] causes 4\*100% ATK of Physical Damage, [Lance Shot EX] causes 4\*260% of ATK of Physical Damage, and will attract surrounding enemies with the lance drop point as the center for 3s.4th Attack can be performed right after [Lance Shot] or [Lance Shot EX]. After the Block Counterattack, press the attack button to perform [Phantom Slash] or [Phantom Slash EX], [Phantom Slash] causes 650% ATK of Physical Damage. [Phantom Slash EX] first animation will instantly attract surrounding enemies to you and cause a 1550% ATK of Physical Damage.[Lance Shot EX] and [Phantom Slash EX] are triggered by [Extreme Concentration].

**Two Knights Defense**
[Lance Shot] and [Lance Shot EX] Increases 20% Damage against Shield, [Lance Shot] restores an additional 1.4 EP per hit, [Lance Shot EX] restores an additional 2 EP per hit.

**Halloween Gambit**
[Phantom Slash EX] Deals an additional 150% ATK of Physical Damage.

**Ultimate skill - Royal's Glory**
**Royal's Glory**
Enter Burst Mode
**1st Attack:** 150% ATK of Physical Damage**2nd Attack:** 180%+200% ATK of Physical Damage**3rd Attack:** 280% ATK of Physical Damage**4th Attack:** 6\*70% ATK of Physical Damage**5th Attack:** 450% ATK of Physical DamageFront evasion can cause 100% ATK of Physical Damage and enter the jet movement state. The jet movement state can be followed by [Jet Assault] to cause 200%+250% ATK of Physical Damage.When [Extreme Concentration] cd is completed, if instant ejection (Front Evade) hits the enemy, it will trigger [Extreme Concentration]The Burst Mode last 23s, require 100SP. During the Burst Mode, Durandal is in a interrupt ignore state. The character will automatically cancel the Burst Mode when leaving the field.

**Polerio Gambit**
Attacks during Burst Mode increase Physical Damage to the shield by 20% and Physical Damage to enemies without shield by 30%

**Caro–Kann Defence**
Recover 15EP at the end of Burst Mode

**Sicilian Defence**
Increases All Damage by 50% during the Burst Mode.

**Passive skills**
**[British Soul]:** Durandal gains [British Soul] when being attacked, each layer of [British Soul] will make herself stronger, and [British Soul] can stack 10 layers.

**Castling**
Each layer of [British Soul] Reduce own All Damage by 3%

**Check**
When having 10 layers of [British Soul], Increase own All Damage by 20%

**Promotion**
Durandal will receive a layer of [British Soul] each time she is attacked. Each layer increases her All Damage by 4%, stacking up to 10 layers for 40s. [Block Counterattack] Get 2 additional layers of [British Soul].

## Chess references

The armor skill names are heavily inspired by chess glossary.

### Chess pieces

* Castle means Rook.
* Vanguard means Pawn, the most basic piece in chess corresponds to the basic attack of the armor.
* Holy Spirit means Bishop.
* Knight means Knight in chess, also refers to the "Lance" weapon used on Bright Knight - Excelsis Armor.
* Royal means King and Queen in chess, also refers to 「KING」 and 「QUEEN」 on Bright Knight - Excelsis Armor.

### Chess actions

* **Castling:** Castling is a move in the game of chess involving a player's king and either of the player's original rooks. It is the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces in the same move, and it is the only move aside from the knight's move where a piece can be said to "jump over" another.
* **Check:**A check is a condition in chess that occurs when a player's king is under threat of capture on their opponent's next turn. A king so threatened is said to be in check.
A player must get out of check, if possible, by interposing a piece between the threatening piece and the king, capturing the threatening piece, or moving the king to a square where it is no longer in check.
If the player cannot move out of check, the game ends in checkmate and the player loses. Players cannot make any move that puts their own king in check.
* **Promotion:** Promotion in chess is a rule that requires a pawn that reaches its eighth rank to be replaced by the player's choice of a queen, knight, rook, or bishop of the same color.
* **Gambit:** A gambit (from ancient Italian *gambetto*, meaning "to trip") is a chess opening in which a player, more often White, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position.
* **Countergambit:** A gambit offered by Black.
* **Defence:** Part of the name of chess opening played by Black.

### Game openings

* **Center Game**
* **Quiet Game**

#### Gambit

* **King's Gambit**
* **Evans Gambit**
* **Halloween Gambit**
* **Polerio Gambit**

#### Defense

* **Two Knights Defense**
* **Caro–Kann Defence**
* **Sicilian Defence**

## Outfit story

### Bright Knight - Excelsis

* A 4th Generation Armor, self-driving armor for tactical conflicts developed for the purpose of "responding to any kind of emergency situation". The Helheim Laboratory plans to combine the characteristics of multiple 4th Generation Armors into the same armor, but the large and complex structure once put the project on hold until it was handed over to the Myrkheim Laboratory for optimizations for smaller size.
* The long-duration combat of the Moonlight Armor and the extreme power of the Moonblade Armor have shown different possibilities of hovering tactics, and the Light Wing system of "Bright Knight - Excelsis" is an organic combination of the two. When the propeller wings on both sides of the skirt are fully expanded, the more powerful power reactor will eject the gamma particles, forming a dazzling glowing blue wing, which will turn the user into a comet.
* The earliest unmanned attack weapon 「PHANTOM」 used in the Artemis has fully proved its value in actual combat, and the spatial recognition ability and battlefield processing ability of Durandal are different from ordinary people. She can simultaneously manipulate plural Self-driving Phantoms. Based on the tacit understanding of the two phantoms in attacking and defending and the appearance of blue and white armor, Durandal gave them the names of 「KING」 and 「QUEEN」.