How Do You Activate Compound Special Attacks?

[firechick25]

So...I'm playing this game on the GameCube as of right now, but I'm having trouble getting the characters to use Compound Special Attacks once I activate Unison Attack. Do they just activate automatically, or do I need to press certain buttons at the same time? I can't seem to make the CSAs happen no matter what I do. Or do I need to have done something beforehand to activate them?

[Great Duck]

They activate automatically, you just have to use a pair attacks that actually trigger one. Early game examples would be Sonic Thrust x2, Pow Hammer + Tiger Blade, Photon + Tempest, or lightning and fire with Tiger Blade and Beast techs of the same level.

[Simon]

To add, The artes do not need to be used in order. But in case if there are 2 compatible combinations of the compound arte during unison attack, only the first ones which gets paired up, will be trigger.

[Simon]

Here is the list of compatible compound artes.
http://aselia.wikia.com/wiki/ToS_-_Compound_Special_Attacks

[firechick25]

I see. Thanks! But I can't seem to be able to get Raine to use Photon during the Unison Attack. I wonder if something needs to happen before she can use it?

[Simon]

Originally posted by firechick25:

I see. Thanks! But I can't seem to be able to get Raine to use Photon during the Unison Attack. I wonder if something needs to happen before she can use it?

Weird.... you just need to set her artes in the unison attack list. And you have to press her button during the unison attack before the time limit runs out.

[Shan]

you can only use 2 full-screen artes during a unison attack (full-screen meaning it normally zooms in on the character itself when the spell goes off).

what happens here is you're trying to use 3 of those spells during the unison attack, which cause one of them to fizzle.

[firechick25]

Originally posted by Simon:

Originally posted by firechick25:

I see. Thanks! But I can't seem to be able to get Raine to use Photon during the Unison Attack. I wonder if something needs to happen before she can use it?

Weird.... you just need to set her artes in the unison attack list. And you have to press her button during the unison attack before the time limit runs out.

I did that, and it still doesn't activate. Even pressing the button doesn't make it go off when it comes to Raine and Proton.

Originally posted by Shan:

you can only use 2 full-screen artes during a unison attack (full-screen meaning it normally zooms in on the character itself when the spell goes off).

what happens here is you're trying to use 3 of those spells during the unison attack, which cause one of them to fizzle.

I don't get it. What attacks can I use that can make the UAs work that aren't full screen artes? Currently I have the characters set to these for UAs:

Lloyd: Sonic Thrust
Kratos: Sonic Thrust
Sheena: Pyre Seal
Genis: Fire Ball

[Simon]

How about pressing's Raine arte first, then the other characters after until her animation is about to finish. (make you set to the correct button just in case, some buttons need to press directional key)

[Gugomo]

Originally posted by firechick25:

I don't get it. What attacks can I use that can make the UAs work that aren't full screen artes? Currently I have the characters set to these for UAs:

Lloyd: Sonic Thrust
Kratos: Sonic Thrust
Sheena: Pyre Seal
Genis: Fire Ball

You see, the game uses a form of buffering where it stalls certain spells during a unison attack due to loading issues.

What the other person is referring to are spells that look like they temporarily freeze time (Notice how when Raine uses Photon, the camera normally zooms in on her temporarily and freezes time while she does a quick animation). If more than two are cast at the same time, the third and fourth "time-freeze" spells will be stalled and not casted.

For example, if I had Colette use Angel Feathers, Kratos use Grave, and Raine use Photon, all at the same time, one of them will not be cast.

Also, don't worry. Even if the spell itself is not cast, it is taken into account for Unison Attacks. If Photon is not cast, but another character still uses an attack that is compatible with Photon, the Compound Unison Attack will still trigger.

[firechick25]

I managed to solve my problems for both! As it turned out, I never used the toggle switch for UAs. At all.