What exactly is finale?

[MythTrip]

Cant find exact defintion. I guess its a blow that kills an enemy, but how does if function exactly? Thanks...

[R.O.D.]

Hover the mouse over the skill description? It is a Jester skill, moves him to Rank 4 and does decent damage, but, as for the last changes to his skill, does not generate CRIT hits, but is buffed by using almost ALL his other skills...

[No One]

A lovely thematic idea that does not work mechanically.

[Sir Francis]

Yeah, solo/finale is a meme now, but its a nice one still :)

[Enfild]

Originally posted by No One:

A lovely thematic idea that does not work mechanically.

Well, pretty much that.

[Runiver]

Originally posted by No One:

A lovely thematic idea that does not work mechanically.

^ This.

Basically, it used to be good (maybe too good.)
Now, in order to be decent (not good), it needs you to stack buffs toward finale, using skills like Solo, Dirk Stab or the two Songs to get somewhat close to the damage it used to make. (Without the crit rate, since they nerfed it for no specific reasons)

Basically not worth it, since the whole point of the game is to kill at round 1 or 2, not to wait for 10 turns to kill priority ennemies with a spell.

It may work if you manage to stack the buffs right before entering a boss room, tho as a matter of fact, it's very RNG dependant since you may never have a fight right before a boss, and stalling a fight right before a boss with a non-optimized team to do so might cost you more than what it gives you back.

Basically : Play Jester with 2 bleeds 2 songs, and ignore the rest.

[No One]

Originally posted by Runiver:

It may work if you manage to stack the buffs right before entering a boss room

Fun fact: the finale buff seems to be hard-coded to end when the fight ends, so the seven-round duration is almost impossible to take advantage of!

[anachoret]

Originally posted by No One:

A lovely thematic idea that does not work mechanically.

...that used to work unthematically (unless Finale to open fight was part of the Jester's joke?) so well it had to be fixed and maybe now could use a small buff here or there.