Sacred Rune

For the EBF5 item, see Sacred Rune (item).

For the Holy-elemental helper to the Protector boss, see Barrier Rune.

Sacred Rune
Group	Runes
Roles	Foe
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 4

The Sacred Rune is a foe in Epic Battle Fantasy 4. It is mostly found in the tombs of Graybone Cemetery and around the Temple of Godcat.

Appearance

Much like the Runes of EBF3, the Sacred Rune is comprised of a grey floating sphere and disk; the latter also has Paper Talismans attached to it. A smaller sphere with a tiny spike dangles below the disk, connected to it by pieces of brown rope.

Overview

The Sacred Rune normally uses nothing but physical attacks; its non-elemental stabs aren't noteworthy, but Talisman Seal is part-Holy and has good chances to Syphon and debuff the Magic Attack of its target. When its HP falls below 32%, it sacrifices itself to cast Holy Fire on a player, dealing modest pure Holy magic damage with a great Dispel chance and a decent risk of a Magic Defence drop.

The Sacred Rune isn't much of a threat on its own, but the side effects of its Holy attacks can cause some headaches for the party if stronger foes are present. Fortunately, it has low HP, almost no resistances, and several elemental weaknesses, so killing it isn't difficult at all; Syphon is another option to seal its Holy attacks, reducing it to effect-less non-elemental skills.

A Holy absorption and a Poison immunity are the extent of the Sacred Rune's resistances, and its weaknesses include Fire, Bomb, Wind, Water, and especially Dark. "More Foe Resistance" makes it neutral to Bomb and Water while making it immune to Curse, Doom, Instant Death, and all stat debuffs.

Statistics

	Sacred Rune	EBF4
	A blessed ornament which uses holy attacks and may self destruct at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	129	4	4	4	4	4	4	17	2	2	22	50
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	-	-	-	-	-50%	-50%	-50%	200%	-100%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon				-	-	-	-
Name	Paper Talisman	Rainbow Gems	Brick	-	-	-	-
Chance	80%	20%	50%	-	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
10.5%	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Sacred Rune	EBF4
	A blessed ornament which uses holy attacks and may self destruct at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	129	4	4	4	4	4	4	17	2	2	22	50
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	-	-	-	-	-	-50%	-	200%	-100%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	100%	100%
Debuff Resistance
	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Item Drop Rate
Icon				-	-	-	-
Name	Paper Talisman	Rainbow Gems	Brick	-	-	-	-
Chance	80%	20%	50%	-	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
10.5%	Immune	Immune	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Attacks and Abilities

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Prick	Single	15		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Pricking Barrage	Single	30/5		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Talisman Seal	Single	20		50%	80% 60%	2x 20%		100%	10%	10%
Self-destruct (Holy Fire)	Single	50		100%	80% 30%	-- 20%		130%	10%	10%
Notes: The user dies during this attack.

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

• Berserked or/and Syphoned → Prick (1/2), Pricking Barrage (1/2);
• ≥32% HP → Prick (1/3), Pricking Barrage (1/3), Talisman Seal (1/3);
• <32% HP → Holy Fire.