ABOUT RENGEKI AND HANGEKI

ABOUT RENGEKI AND HANGEKI






Rengeki (連撃)

Japanese for
"combo attack", is a type of
special attack inThe World R:2.
After breaking the opponent's
defenses through a series of
combo attacks, purple and black
rings will surround the
opponent, during which a player
can perform a Rengeki by
activating one of their combat
skills. This doubles damage done
by the attacker for the duration
of the skill and also increases the
experience gained at the end of
the fight (a Rengeki bonus).
Physical damage-based classes
with higher attack speeds and
lower attack power, such as
Tribal Grappler and Twin Blade,
have an easier time achieving
Rengeki through their speed,
while slower classes such as
Edge Punisher may need extra
help despite the fewer number
of hits they require.Dual Gunner
usually has the easiest time with
combos, but is offset by the fact
that it takes a large number of
regular attacks before a Rengeki
opportunity arises. The magic-
based classesHarvest Cleric and
Shadow Warlock have the
hardest time inducing Rengeki
and often need to fall back on
their spells for help in order to
do so, though theMacabre
Dancer class lacks this weakness.
Rengeki is achieved based on the
number of hits delivered and
what weapons and skills
contributed rather than damage
dealt, much likeProtect Break in
the original games, but unlike
Protect Break, Rengeki will only
become available after a regular
attack. Skills can contribute to
inducing Rengeki, but cannot
activate the rings. Certain
weapon modifications allow any
class to perform Rengeki after
much less than the usual number
of regular attacks, but these
same modifications don't affect
skills.

Hangeki (反撃), or
counter attacks, can also be
performed by a party leader
using the Skill Trigger to counter
an opponent's skill. Hangeki
gives no damage bonus, but
adds to the user's party's Morale
and subtracts from the enemy
party's Morale no matter the
target hit, whether it be the
enemy leader, an enemy ally, or
even the attacker's own ally if
one or the other is Confused or
Charmed. Hangeki is mistakenly
called Rengeki in the American
version of the first volume, with
the word "Counterattack!"
displayed underneath, but
Hangeki written in Japanese in
the background. The same error
is made in the American versions
of the latter two volumes as well,
though the voiceover in those
volumes is corrected.