Changes: Machine Guns

Latest revision as of 19:47, 20 July 2021

Tank machineguns — The Valkyrie Tank firing Tank Guns.

For the tank's cannon attack, see Tank Cannon.

"Valkyrie, do you copy?! Machine gun that area in front of me right now!"

―Lance, Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Machine Guns (named Tank Guns in EBF4 and simply Tank in EBF3) is a Bomb-elemental skill used by Lance in Epic Battle Fantasy 3, 4 and 5.

Description

Upon casting, the Valkyrie Tank (Neon Valkyrie in EBF5) will fire its dual machine guns at the entire enemy wave, hitting them multiple times for Bomb-elemental physical damage. Seemingly due to the rapid-fire nature of the guns, this skill suffers from slightly reduced Accuracy (except in EBF5, where the skill has normal accuracy).

In EBF3 and EBF4, the skill is generally a direct downgrade from Air Strike, due to the latter having higher damage output in effectively all situations.

EBF5 gave the skill some major buffs; it has a strong 140 base power for a multi-target attack, no accuracy issues, and a manageable 1 turn cooldown. While obviously useless for magic builds, it provides good multi-target power for physical set ups. Along with Big Bullet, it is one of the main abilities for physical Lance builds.

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

	Tank
	Hits all foes with bomb-elemental attacks.
Target	Type	Element	Status Effect	Acc	Crit	RdF
All		80%	--	90%	20%	10%
Level	Power		Status Chance	Status Strength	MP	AP Cost
1	40/8		--	--	20	1000
2	60/8		--	--	25	2000
3	80/8		--	--	30	4000
4	100/8		--	--	40	8000
Requirement(s)
Note: When initiated by Officer's Hat, power is forced to 60/8.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Tank Guns now deals 50% Bomb damage and has a Crit chance of 10% and an Accuracy of 70%.

	Tank Guns
	Targets all foes. Low accuracy. Hits 8 times.
Target	Type	Element	Status Effect	Acc	Crit	RdF
All		50%	--	70%	10%	10%
Level	Power		Status Chance	Status Strength	MP	AP Cost
1	60/8 {56/8}		--	--	20	750
2	80/8		--	--	26	1500
3	100/8 {96/8}		--	--	32	3000
4	120/8		--	--	38	6000
Requirement(s)
Note: Stats in braces (below/right from actual) are for its pre-v2 update version.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Machine Guns no longer has reduced accuracy, and is now 100% elemental. It also has a 1-turn cooldown.

	Machine Guns
	Shoots all enemies repeatedly with bomb attacks. Has a 1-turn cooldown.
Target	Type	Element	Status Effect	Acc	Crit	RdF
All		100%	--	100%	10%	10%
Level	Power		Status Chance	Status Strength		AP Cost
1	37.33/14		--	--		750
2	60.66/14		--	--		1200
3	93.33/14		--	--		2000
4	130.66/14		--	--		4000
Note: It was supposed to hit 15 times, but due to an oversight hits 14 times, this makes Machine Guns' actual Power 6.66% lower than what's displayed in-game.

Trivia

Machine Guns is one of the few recurring skills in the Epic Battle Fantasy series to have had a different name in each appearance.
Machine Guns is Lance's only unique physical skill that is not weapon-elemental.

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 ==Description==
-Upon casting, the [[Valkyrie Tank|Valkyrie]] ([[Neon Valkyrie]] in ''EBF5'') will fire its dual mounted machine guns at the entire enemy wave, hitting them for Bomb-elemental damage. Seemingly due to the rapid-fire nature of the guns, this skill suffers from slightly reduced [[Glossary#Accuracy|accuracy]] (''EBF5'' being the exception, were the skill has normal accuracy).
+Upon casting, the [[Valkyrie Tank]] ([[Neon Valkyrie]] in ''EBF5'') will fire its dual machine guns at the entire enemy wave, hitting them multiple times for Bomb-elemental physical damage. Seemingly due to the rapid-fire nature of the guns, this skill suffers from slightly reduced [[Glossary#Accuracy|Accuracy]] (except in ''EBF5'', where the skill has normal accuracy).
-In ''EBF3'' and ''EBF4'' the skill tends to be overlooked in favor of [[Air Strike]], due to the latter having higher damage output overall. However, as Tank Guns is guaranteed to hit all foes, it can prove superior to Airstrike in certain situations.
+In ''EBF3'' and ''EBF4,'' the skill is generally a direct downgrade from [[Air Strike]], due to the latter having higher damage output in effectively all situations.
-In ''EBF5'' the skill received some major buffs in both damage and accuracy, and also has a lower cooldown than [[Air Strike]], making it a viable option for multi-target Bomb damage. It is also Lance's only physical skill that is not Weapon-elemental, making it of some importance for physical Lance builds.
+''EBF5 ''gave the skill some major buffs; it has a strong 140 base power for a multi-target attack, no accuracy issues, and a manageable 1 turn cooldown. While obviously useless for magic builds, it provides good multi-target power for physical set ups. Along with [[Big Bullet]], it is one of the main abilities for physical Lance builds.
 ==''Epic Battle Fantasy 3''==
-It is called simply "Tank".
 {{SkillTableV2
 |Game = EBF3
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 ==''Epic Battle Fantasy 4''==
+Tank Guns now deals 50% Bomb damage and has a Crit chance of 10% and an Accuracy of 70%.
 {{SkillTableV2
 |Game = EBF4
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 |Crit = 10%
 |RdF = 10%
-|lvl1power = 57.6/8
+|lvl1power = 60/8 {56/8}
 |lvl1MP = 20
 |lvl1AP = 750
-|lvl2power = 76.8/8
+|lvl2power = 80/8
 |lvl2MP = 26
 |lvl2AP = 1500
-|lvl3power = 96/8
+|lvl3power = 100/8 {96/8}
 |lvl3MP = 32
 |lvl3AP = 3000
-|lvl4power = 115.2/8
+|lvl4power = 120/8
 |lvl4MP = 38
 |lvl4AP = 6000
-|req1 = Air Strike}}
+|req1 = Air Strike
+|note = {{VersionDisclaimer4Alt2}}}}
 ==''Epic Battle Fantasy 5''==
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 |Crit = 10%
 |RdF = 10%
-|lvl1power = 40/15
+|lvl1power = 37.33/14
 |lvl1AP = 750
-|lvl2power = 65/15
+|lvl2power = 60.66/14
 |lvl2AP = 1200
-|lvl3power = 100/15
+|lvl3power = 93.33/14
 |lvl3AP = 2000
-|lvl4power = 140/15
+|lvl4power = 130.66/14
-|lvl4AP = 4000}}
+|lvl4AP = 4000
+|note= It was supposed to hit 15 times, but due to an oversight hits 14 times, this makes Machine Guns' actual Power 6.66% lower than what's displayed in-game.}}
+== Trivia ==
+* Machine Guns is one of the few recurring skills in the ''Epic Battle Fantasy ''series to have had a different name in each appearance.
+*Machine Guns is Lance's only unique physical skill that is not [[weapon-elemental]].
 [[Category:Epic Battle Fantasy 3]]
 [[Category:Epic Battle Fantasy 4]]