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Percival

Charge through the hit, break the boss

Element
Fire
Weapon
Sabre
Role
DPS
Range
Melee
Release
Base game
Difficulty
2 out of 5
Percival official artwork

Signature mechanic

Hyper armour on charged fire attacks

Percival charges Schlacht for heavy fire damage and cannot be interrupted while doing it — Flammen Rustung is effectively permanent hyper armour on his main damage tool. Adrenaline Rush massively speeds the charge if you start it right after a combo finisher, so the loop is finisher into charge, repeat. Endless Ragnarok layers Molten Edge stacks on top, which his damage skills then cash in.

Percival is a damage dealer who focuses on charged attacks to deal massive fire damage. He is especially good if you aim to break off Boss parts. Hyper Armor gives him Stout Heart, which lets him charge up his attacks without getting taken down. His passives focus on utilizing his charge attack, Schlacht, where foes cannot interrupt him while charging. Moreover, he can speed up Schlacht's charging speed once he charges it immediately after executing a Combo Finisher. A combo between his Schlacht and skills will render him a heavy-hitting DPS.— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Flammen Rustung

    Foe attacks won't interrupt Percival while he's charging Schacht.

  • Adrenaline Rush

    Greatly increases Schlacht's charge speed when charged immediately after a combo finisher.

How to unlock

Players may unlock Percival by using a Crewmate Card in Siero's Knickknack Shack in a town. You obtain Crewmate Cards by progressing through the main story.

Strengths

  • 1

    Uninterruptible damage

    Hyper armour on charges means he keeps attacking through pressure that forces other melee characters to disengage.

  • 2

    Best-in-class part breaking

    Heavy charged hits make him the go-to for stripping boss parts.

  • 3

    Simple, powerful rotation

    S tier with one of the lowest execution requirements in the top bracket.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Armour is not immunity

    He still takes full damage while tanking through charges, which gets lethal at Defy Infinity numbers.

  • 2

    Little party utility

    His buffs are largely self-directed; he brings damage and not much else.

  • 3

    Charge timing matters

    Missing the post-finisher Adrenaline Rush window slows the whole loop noticeably.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

Chaos → Chaos+ → Chaos++, then Defy Infinity

Molten Edge, stacking before you spend on Zerreissen and Roter Wirbel. Pair with defensive sigils since armour won't save your health bar.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

Other than his character-specific Sigils, we recommend equipping him with Basic Stats-type Sigils for his Mastery Trait, which can provide him with a 100% Damage Cap. He may gain a tremendous boost in damage by equipping him with Fatebreaker, Celestial Lumen, and Celestial Terra , while keeping support with Improved Dodge and Steel Nerves for survival.

SigilSlotTraits
Lord's Awakening+Character sigil2 slots
  • Lord's Procession — Boosts Percival's movement speed while charging Schlacht. Boosts Schlacht's damage cap.
  • Lord's Ambition — Restores a small bit of health and temporarily boosts Percival's attack power after a charged parry.
Lord's Warpath
  • Lord's Warpath — Enhances Schlacht's damage if it was charged faster than normal. Temporarily grants Supplementary DMG to Percival whenever he performs a successful charged parry.
  • Aegis — Raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
Health V+Basic stat5 slots
  • HP — Boosts base health.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Health V+
  • HP — Boosts base health.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Uplift — Boosts the charge speed of your SBA gauge.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Guts — Survive a lethal hit with 1 HP. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Fatebreaker V+Attack / special3 slots
  • Fatebreaker — Boosts attack, defense, and damage cap when participating in Fatebreaker-grade quests.
  • Greater Aegis — Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
Celestial Lumen V+
  • Celestial Lumen — Boosts attack power and damage cap when health is above a certain threshold.
  • Potion Hoarder — Increases the stock of recovery items.
Celestial Terra V+
  • Celestial Terra — Reduces maximum base health in exchange for a boost do damage cap.
  • Autorevive — Automatically recover from critical condition. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Improved Dodge+Defense / support2 slots
  • Improved Dodge — Extends the window for for attacks to miss during a dodge. Allows you to perform more dodges in a row.
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.
Steel Nerves V+
  • Steel Nerves — Takes less damage while Stouth Heart is active.
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.

Gearing priorities

  • Transcended Terminus (T.Lvl 7): Catastrophe Nova, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster, Unbound Master
  • While progressing Chaos, a transcended Defender weapon usually beats an un-transcended Terminus
  • The standard template: 5 Basic-Stat + 3 Attack + 2 Defense/Support sigils
  • Fatebreaker V+, Celestial Lumen V+ and Celestial Terra V+ in the attack slots
  • Improved Dodge+ and Steel Nerves V+ for survivability that does not cost damage
  • Summons for their traits: War Elemental, Stout Heart, Berserker Echo, Spartan Echo

Over Mastery bonuses

  • Critical Hit Rate Up
  • Skill Damage Cap Up
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up
  • Skybound Art Damage Cap Up

Percival's animation can be a bit slower compared to other characters, but he can deal with heavy-hitting damage, especially with Schlacht. You will want to add in Critical Hit Rate Up, Normal Attack Damage Cap Up, and Skybound Art Damage Cap Up to utilize this. Percival will also be relying on his skills to charge Schlacht up faster than normal, so you will also want to add in Skill Damage Cap Up to maximize damage output.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Gottfried

I
Catastrophe NovaLv 35Boosts attack power and damage cap when maximum health is below a certain threshold.
II
DrainLv 25Recover health based on the damage dealt to a foe.
III
DMG CapLv 15Raises the damage limit of attacks.
IV
Sigil BoosterLv 1Raises the trail levels of all equipped sigils.
EX
Unbound MasterLv 55Boosts damage cap based on master level.

Wrightstone

Sequestration Wrightstone

  • Weak Point DMG
  • Supplementary DMG
  • Quick Charge

Percival's best Endgame weapon is his Transcended Terminus Weapon, Gottfried . This provides him with Catastrophe Nova , an improved version of Catastrophe, where you get DMG Cap and an ATK boost by having HP equal to or less than 200,000. You can top this off with DMG Cap for more damage limit, then a Sigil Booster to increase the levels of all Sigils that Percival is equipped with. He can benefit from an increase in Skybound Art Damage through Unbound Master as well.

While progressing Chaos

Flamberge

I
HPLv 35Boosts base health.
II
Greater AegisLv 25Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
III
DMG Cap EcruLv 15Boosts attack power and damage cap based on how high your maximum health is.
IV
StrongholdLv 10Boosts defense the higher your remaining health is.
EX
Unbound ExertionLv 15Boosts damage cap of Skybound Arts.

Wrightstone

Vitality Wrightstone

  • Critical Hit Rate
  • DMG Cap
  • Quick Charge

With the Weapon Transcendence System , the Flamberge becomes Percival's best weapon for the Chaos difficulty quests. This can grant him a significant boost in his HP, especially with Greater Aegis and Stronghold included among the Traits. Including HP-raising Traits to Percival will help him reach the HP requirements to activate DMG Cap Ecru.

Summons & equip bonus

Recommended summons

  • Lucilius
  • Beelzebub
  • Lilith
  • Behemoth III

For these traits

  • War Elemental
  • Stout Heart
  • Berserker Echo
  • Spartan Echo

Equip bonus

  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up
  • Skill Damage Cap Up
  • Skybound Art Damage Cap Up
  • Critical Hit Rate Up

Level 100+ · Endless Ragnarok

Master Traits

Molten Edge

Recommended

Rank 1

  • Charged Unique Attacks: Charge Time -5%.
  • Skill Cooldown -3%
  • DMG Cap +20%
  • DEF +5%

Rank 2

  • Essence Rank Perk 1: Molten Edge grants an additional ATK +1% per effect lvl to damage skills
  • Charged Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): ATK +10%
  • Essence Rank Perk 2: Molten Edge grants an additional DMG Cap +10% per effect lvl to damage skills
  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • While inflicted with Burn: DMG Cap +100%
  • Traumerei: Cooldown -5%

Rank 3

  • Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): DMG Cap +35%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Chain Brust DMG Cap +40%
  • ATK +30%
  • Essence Rank Perk 3: At Molten Edge lvl 9, Zerreissen gains Cooldown -75%. Upon consuming all 9 lvls, 30% more bonus DMG is dealt
  • Essence Rank Perk 3: Boosts the amount of bonus DMG dealt from holding Zerreissen

Rank EX

  • DMG Cap +30%
  • ATK +20% / DMG Cap +50%. Debuffs on self: DMG Taken +50% / Duration +50% / Movement Restriction +50%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +30%
  • DMG Cap +30%
  • Traumerei: Buff Duration +10% (Strength / Supplementary DMG)

Parry Me This

Rank 1

  • Extends the window of time to perform a charged parry by 10%
  • Charged Unique Attacks: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +20%

Rank 2

  • Crux Rank Perk 2: Flame Wolf grants an additional DMG Cap +5%
  • Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): DMG Cap +35%

Rank 3

  • HP +10,000 per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 4)
  • Crux Rank Perk 3: Flame Wolf grants an additional DMG Cap +10% per effect lvl
  • DMG Cap +30%

Rank EX

  • DMG Cap +30%
  • Primal bursts gain DMG Dealt +25%. Effect strength is based on the total number of this effect equipped by the entire party
  • DMG Cap +30%
  • DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Stun Power +4
  • Against foes of the weaker element: DMG Dealt +10%
  • Crux Rank Perk 3: While Flame Wolf lvl 5 is in effect, charged Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click) gain an additional DMG Dealt +5%

Charge Forth

Rank 1

  • Charged Unique Attacks: Charge Time -5%
  • Skill Cooldown -2%
  • DMG Cap +20%

Rank 2

  • Insight Rank Perk 1: Stoked Charge grants an additional ATK +5% and DMG Cap +5% to Schlacht ++
  • DMG Cap +25%

Rank 3

  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)

Rank EX

  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Landing Schlacht ++ now has a chance to reset 1 additional skill cooldown
  • Roter Wirbel: DMG Cap +45%
  • Upon performing a perfect dodge: Grants Shield (1000)
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Critical Hit DMG +9%
  • DMG Cap +30%
  • DMG Cap +30%

This distribution considers Master Level 50.

Bring out Percival's potential through Essence: Molten Edge , which stacks up a significant amount of DMG Cap and ATK each time Percival lands Schlacht++ or a link attack. Essence: Molten Edge revolves around his skill, Zerreissen , so it's recommended to have this equipped for this Mastery Trait, as it can grant bonus damage even at max Molten Edge level. While going through the skills, aim to unlock ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5), along with skills that can boost DMG Cap and ATK overall.

For Parry Me This, unlock the skill about Support-type sigils at Rank 3 to boost Percival's HP and DEF. In Charge Forth, unlock the DMG Cap boost per Basic-Stats-type Sigil to activate the 100% Damage Cap increase.

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Molten Edge Stacks (Endless Ragnarok)

    Through the Essence: Molten Edge Mastery Trait, Percival gets a Molten Edge buff, which increases his DMG cap and ATK, especially when leveled up. He can stack this each time he successfully hits an enemy with Schlacht. His Base Game combo can still be applied for this, but we recommend replacing Macht or Roter Wirbel with Zerreissen instead.

  • Schlacht Combo Pre-DLC5 steps
    1. 1Activate Traumerei for strength boost.
    2. 2Close the gap between Percival and the enemy with Macht.
    3. 3Push for charging Schlacht at the second charge, then unleash it on the enemy.
    4. 4Follow up with Roter Wirbel, then unleash Schlacht again.
    5. 5Execute Feuerangriff, charge with Schlacht again, then spam the enemy with normal attacks.

    Percival's best combo is very straightforward, and it mainly involves his charging attack, Schlacht. This is best performed when your enemy is stunned, or you can utilize Percival's skills to boost its charging process.

    The best way to execute this chain of combos is by activating Traumerei, unleashing Macht, then charging using Schlacht. Follow this up with Roter Wirbel, then immediately charge with Schlacht again. Finalize the skills-to-Schlacht combo by unleashing Feuerangriff, then charging with Schlacht. Keep spamming with normal attacks afterwards, until all skills have finished their cooldown period.

  • Activate Traumerei Before Combo

    Traumerei is highly recommended to use before initiating a combo. This will boost Percival's Strength by 70% max, while also providing him with Supplementary DMG.

  • Use Skills To Speed Up Charging Schlacht

    The Schlacht Combo is best maximized by using his skills in between. After activating Traumerei, you will want to begin by unleashing a skill, then immediately charging Schlacht up. Afterwards, unleash another skill, then repeat the combo by charging Schlacht again.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Macht, Feuerangriff, Traumerei, and Roter Wirbel

Macht is an ideal skill to have, as this can not only serve as a gap closer, but it can also provide Percival with a Stout Heart , which can render him temporarily impenetrable. Apart from this, unleashing Macht on an enemy can inflict a stun while charging Schlacht faster, which is ideal if you want to use Schlacht as soon as possible.

Similar to Macht, you will want to include Feuerangriff for Schlacht to charge faster. Moreover, unleashing this skill's series of slashes can deal further damage, especially when amplified by Traumerei , which can grant Percival a temporary boost in Strength and Supplementary DMG.

Roter Wirbel is Percival's highest damage-dealing skill, which can continue inflicting hits for quite some time due to the fire coils. Moreover, it will also be able to charge up his Schlacht faster.

SkillEffectApplies
FeuerangriffRecommendedUnleashes a series of slashes. Schlacht charges faster when charged right after the attack.
    FlammenmarschGrants ATK↑ and DEF↑ to the entire party.
      MachtRecommendedA lunging slash that deals a high amount of stun. Grants Stout Heart to Percival while lunging. Schlacht charges faster when charged right after.
        Roter WirbelRecommendedSpawns fire coils in front of Percival that deal constant damage. Schlacht charges faster when charged right after the attack.
          Royal AuthorityExpels fire from the ground around Percival. Schlacht charges faster when charged right after the attack.
            TräumereiRecommendedGrants Strength and Supplementary DMG to Percival.
              X-SeeleInflicts Petrified on foes within a conical zone in front of Percival.
                ZerreissenA lunging thrust attack that inflicts Burn. Schlacht charges faster when charged right after the attack.

                  Situational swaps: Zerreissen.Zerreissen is a good alternative, especially during the Endgame build. This can serve as a gap closer between Percival and the enemy, while also inflicting Burn on them during a successful hit.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Flamberge25512003HP, Garrison
                  Lord of Flames11271013ATK, HP
                  Antwerp13463320Weak Point DMG, Break Assassin
                  Joyeuse15182299Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG
                  Lohengrin20352660Stun Power, Linked Together
                  Gottfried10893683Catastrophe, Regen, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster

                  Party

                  Recommended team — Vane, Siegfried, and Cagliostro

                  Since Percival is a heavy fighter, having Vane in your team composition can help guarantee his hits, as a tank that can inflict stuns on enemies while shielding his allies with his impenetrable shield. Siegfried can back the team up on inflicting further debuffs on enemies, while also providing the team with debuff immunity. Cagliostro can support the team by keeping them alive with her recovery and revival skills, while also buffing them up with Phantasmagoria.

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