Skill Records

Description
Traditional skills/abilities found in RPGs are referred to in SAOIF as Skill Records and are primarily of two types: Sword Skills and Abilities


 * Sword Skills (sometimes referred to as actives) are offensive-type skill records that can damage opponents. They are usually referred to as simply skills to avoid confusion with the Skill Records of the 1H Sword weapon
 * There are variants whose only function is to active a buff such as [Tactician] Argo. They are commonly referred to as Buff Skills.
 * Abilities (commonly referred to as passives) are passive-type skill records that have effects that are constantly active while equipped unless it specifies a condition. They give passive increases to the player's DEF, ATK, Resistances, Crit % and Damage, Debuffs, or Max HP.
 * Ex. [Energetic] Silica: Current HP must be > 75%

Skill Records have different rarities, and these rarities often impact their abilities or special features. Sword Art Online: Integral Factor has the following rarity tiers:

TIER 1 - ★✰

TIER 2 - ★★✰

TIER 3 - ★★★✰

TIER 4 - ★★★★✰

TIER 5 - ★★★★★

Tier 5 skills can only be obtained by transforming a level 4 skill record.

Skill Record Variants
There are currently three variants of the standard Skill Record as of 2020, Burst, Rush and MOD Skill Records:

Burst Skill Records
As of December 2018, Burst Skills were added. Burst skills are special Sword Skill-only skill records that allow the player to combo skills to activate the "Burst" effect that renders the player invincible for the duration of the skill, may have special effects, and deals extra damage.


 * Burst Skills can also be used normally without activating the combo "Burst," just as a regular Sword Skill would. Burst Skills also have purple stars rather than yellow stars in their rating section.

Rush/Awakening Skill Records
As of November 2019, Rush Skills were added. Rush or Awakening skills give additional bonuses to the player upon entering "Rush Mode", like increased damage, HP, movement speed and skill specific buffs. Besides leveling them up and transforming, it is possible to awaken Rush skills to strengthen the bonus in Rush Mode. They can be both of Sword Skill and Ability-type and have a red background instead of the usual yellow.

MOD Skill Records
As of November 2020, MOD skills were added. MOD skills function similarly to standard skill records but have the unique capability to include effects of other skill records specifically, effects described as [Bonus].

Getting Skill Records
Skill records are obtained from a few sources:


 * Mainly through using Arcana Gems on Skill Record Orders (commonly referred to as skill banners) in the in-game Shop via the menu to get a random skill record from a list of available skill records (commonly referred to as the pool).
 * Given for free in rare cases
 * As score rewards in specific events
 * Via the Trader found in the 1F market area for specific events
 * As reward for clearing specific floors (see quest)

Disclaimer
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