I think I'm misreading what Barrier Breaker does

[Sayanò Rinküshi ™]

Okay, so I've mostly used Barrier Breaker since acquiring it and I have been loving it's damage output (FYI; I did not get the Medulim or whatever weapon from the tournament as I wasn't aware of it's presence).

Anyways, I levelled Barrier Breaker to at least into the 20's and found a shielded enemy to test it's power on. At first I chalked up why the Virtuose Stance kept disappearing was because I had double attack on base, causing her to gaining and then immediately lose the stance. But after a little rework, I hit the enemy once while they have shield to gain Virtuose, only to her to immediately lose it straight away.

TLDR; Is Barrier Breaker bugged or am I missing out on why the Virtuose Stance keeps disappearing straight after attacking a shielded enemy?

[['w']]

https://expedition33.wiki.fextralife.com/Barrier+Breaker

When using this weapon, consider using Free Aim Shot so that you don't waste a turn. Free Aim Shots can destroy shields, and using it with this weapon will steal the enemy's shield and immediately change Maelle's stance to Virtuouse. Best used when you have a lot of AP or full AP.

PS: no idea if it is bugged

[Sayanò Rinküshi ™]

Ya know, I actually keep forgetting about the Free Aim Shot stuff sometimes. Might have to consider that next time, cheers.

[['w']]

Originally posted by Sayanò Rinküshi ™:

Ya know, I actually keep forgetting about the Free Aim Shot stuff sometimes. Might have to consider that next time, cheers.

me too

[Chris.T]

Originally posted by Sayanò Rinküshi ™:

Ya know, I actually keep forgetting about the Free Aim Shot stuff sometimes. Might have to consider that next time, cheers.

its very situational weapon. Good at certain spots in the game like stone cliff on NG+ where enemies have lot of sheilds. Combine that with other sheild lumina and the 10% damage per sheild you can make Maelle a monster thru that part of the game but considering how insane dmg scaling is it's mostly pointless to do and she's better off with her other weapon.

[Sayanò Rinküshi ™]

Well as I stated, I don't have her other weapon that puts her into Virtuose at start as I didn't realise the tournament had different prizes based on which character won and also wasn't aware that it was uber powerful until I got past Act 1, by then I was too far in to bother with starting again. But if I can get her weapon, I'll defo use that but until then, Barrier Breaker is my most powerful weapon.

[小龙马]

Are you breaking the enemy while on Virtuose stance? As I know you can't be on the same stance for 2 turns unless the skill explicitely says so.

[prusswan]

Once you can beat the Gestral chief, getting the weapon is easy (easier than the hardest bosses and that Sprong thing)