New Genesis: Photon Arts and Weapon Actions

New Genesis Classes
Striking	Hunter   Fighter
Ranged	Ranger   Gunner   Slayer
Technique	Force   Techter   Waker
Hybrid	Braver   Bouncer
Skill Simulator

This is an overview of the Photon Arts and Weapon Actions in NGS.

Sword

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Spiral Edge スパイラルエッジ	Power PP	800 25	A Sword Photon Art. Perform an ascending slash as you spin. Charging increases the Photon Art's damage.	When hitting with the charged attack, the animation will pause as the enemy is hit.
	Twist Zapper ツイストザッパー	Power PP	970 28	A Sword Photon Art. Perform a spinning attack towards the enemy. Charging increases the number of spins and attacks.	Does several horizontal slashes that hit targets around you. Allows for horizontal movement.
	Streak Calibur ストリークキャリバー	Power PP	3500 35	A Sword Photon Art. Continuous activation allows for up to 3 powerful slashes. Charging individual slashes makes them linger, dealing additional hits of damage.	Activate the PA again right after the previous slash to chain the next slash. Charging the PA leaves a lingering field from where the slash is performed, doing additional damage over time.
	Relentless Cleave ?	Power PP	870 26	A Sword Photon Art. Slash downward with great force, cleaving the enemy in two. Charging boosts power and attack range.	The charged version has a delay before the slash is performed.
	Guard (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Sword's Weapon Action. Hold up your blade to Guard against attacks form the front. Hold the button to keep your Guard up. When hit, damage taken is reduced at the cost of some PP. If used just before you get hit, becomes a Just Guard, nullifying all damage at no PP cost.	While Guarding, you cannot move.

Wired Lances

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Cutting Layer ?	Power PP	615 25	A Wired Lance Photon Art. Perform a series of wide-range attacks in front of yourself.	?
	Vane Mixture ?	Power PP	740 28	A Wired Lance Photon Art. Chop through enemies while spinning wildly, then strike a powerful blow. You can move during this attack.	?
	Turbulence Train ?	Power PP	510 20	A Wired Lance Photon Art. Perform a series of vertical slashes while spinning wildly.	?
	Hellish Fall ?	Power PP	1010 30	A Wired Lance Photon Art. Stab the enemy with your blades, then carry them into the air and slam them down. Charged, lunge forward with devastating force instead. While charging, you take reduced damage and resist flinching and knockback. If you take two hits while charging, you will instantly perform the fully charged attack.	This PA has a noticeable charge time of 5 seconds.
	Wired Anchor (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Wired Lances' Weapon Action. Throw out your wires and impale the enemy. If you successfully impale an enemy, you will pull yourself towards it.	?

Partizan

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Scythe Ripper サイズリッパー	Power PP	1010 26	A Partizan Photon Art. Slash a wide area in front of you. Charging makes the slash hang in the air for a few seconds.	?
	Stab Javelin スタッブジャベリン	Power PP	750 25	A Partizan Photon Art. Stab ahead, then throw an energy duplicate of your weapon. If you hold the button, you will keep stabbing until you let go or run out of PP, then throw.	?
	Fatal Tornado フェイタルトルネード	Power PP	1230 20	A Partizan Photon Art. Twirl your weapon, damaging nearby enemies. Charged, the first twirl is followed by a downward slam, then a final spin.	?
	Triumph Shift ?	Power PP	900 22	A Partizan Photon Art. In a three-move combo, leap up into the air to launch the target, lunge forward to stab the target, then slash the target while backing away.	?
	? (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Partizan's Weapon Action. Ready your spear to Guard against attacks from all directions.	?

Twin Daggers

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Vulture Moment ?	Power PP	840 22	A Twin Daggers Photon Art. Approach the enemy while spinning, then unleash a flurry of strikes.	?
	Vane Mixture ?	Power PP	510 16	A Twin Daggers Photon Art. Rush forward, then fire off a shockwave.	?
	Pirouette Ripper ?	Power PP	345 20	A Twin Daggers Photon Art. Stab forward quickly, then cut the enemy apart with countless blades.	?
	Limber Figure ?	Power PP	765 24	A Twin Daggers Photon Art. Impale the enemy and slash through them, then throw your daggers around you.	?
	? (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Twin Daggers' Weapon Action. Ready your daggers to Guard against attacks from all directions.	?

Double Saber

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Julienne Dance ?	Power PP	780 20	A Double Saber Photon Art. Generates a Kamaitachi when used.<brApproach the enemy, then unleash a series of quick strikes.	?
	Unchained Circle ?	Power PP	450 30	A Double Saber Photon Art. Generates a Kamaitachi when used. Throw your weapon in a circle to attack enemies around you, then use it to make further strikes in front of you.	?
	Quick Gash ?	Power PP	700 20	A Double Saber Photon Art. Generates a Kamaitachi when used. Stab side to side quickly, then fire off a tornado while retreating.	?
	Sky Climb ?	Power PP	700 20	A Double Saber Photon Art. Generates a Kamaitachi when used. Jump forward while spinning vertically, then empower your blades with Photons and slam them down.	?
	? (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Double Saber's Weapon Action. Ready your saber to Guard against attacks from all directions.	?

Knuckles

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Swift Rush スウィフトラッシュ	Power PP	800 23	A Knuckle Photon Art. Close the gap in an instant, and perform a rapid hit combo attack.	Rush forward, one-two punch, another one-two punch, then a multi-hit one-two punch before retreating. Between each of these punches you can interrupt the PA with other inputs.
	Thousand Blows サウザンドブロウ	Power PP	1260 32	A Knuckle Photon Art. Barrage the enemy with countless punches, and finish with a single powerful strike.	The final strike is an uppercut with a delay before it. This delay allows you to move towards your target.
	Tri-Drive トライドライブ	Power PP	680 28	A Knuckle Photon Art. Perform a 3-attack combo consisting of a multi-hit dash and two jabs.	?
	Backhand Strike ?	Power PP	240 40	A Knuckle Photon Art. Quickly deflect an enemy attack, then strike with a powerful backhand blow. Power is boosted if you successfully deflect an enemy attack	?
	Sway (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Knuckles' Weapon Action. Evade attacks with a high-speed motion.	Upon pressing the Weapon Action button, you perform a duck in place, which can be used to dodge through attacks. With the "Knuckle Sway Counter" class skill unlocked, you can counterattack with the normal attack button after sucessfully dodging through an attack.

Katana

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Hayate-tsuwabuki ハヤテツワブキ	Power PP	230 10	A Katana Photon Art. Action changes when used continuously. Draw your blade and slash. Twice ahead, and then twice more. Then, one final strike	Stage 1: Slashes two times. Stage 2: Slashes two times. Stage 3: Slashes a single time.
	Ayame-reppu アヤメレップウ	Power PP	320 20	A Katana Photon Art. Action changes when used continuously. Slash around yourself, blowing enemies away. Cut the air to shreds.	Stage 1: Does a multistriking sphere around you via two slashes. Actual hitzone denoted by blue trails. Stage 2: Does a multistriking sphere around you. Stage 3: Does a wider multistriking sphere around you.
	Fuyo-tenrai フヨウテンライ	Power PP	400 18	A Katana Photon Art. Action changes when used continuously. Gather your power. Then unleash a great shockwave, slashing all ahead.	Stage 1: Fires a flurry of strikes that hits up to a step ahead. Stage 2: Fires more flurry of strikes that hits up to a step ahead. Stage 3: Fires even more flurry of strikes that hits up to a step ahead.
	Hyuga-sendan ?	Power PP	265 12	A Katana Photon Art. Action changes when used continuously. Strike ahead at speed. When used three times in a row, power is enhanced.	?
	Guard (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Katana's Weapon Action. Hold up your sheathed blade to Guard against attacks from the front. Hold the button to keep your Guard up. When hit, damage taken is reduced at the cost of some PP. If used used before you get hit, becomes a Just Guard, nullifying all damage at no PP cost.	Guards an attack from the front, reducing damage taken. Perfect Guarding (parrying) nullifies all damage and provides invincibility until the guard animation completes.

Assault Rifle

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Raging Shot レイジングショット	Power PP	180 16	An Assault Rifle Photon Art. Fire a two-shot burst with explosive bullets. Charge to instead fire a penetrating, multi-hit spiral shot.	Enemies that are hit with the piercing shot explode shortly after for additional damage.
	Homing Dart ホーミングダート	Power PP	330 24	An Assault Rifle Photon Art. Fires tracking bullets at locked on targets.	Shoots several homing bullets that track several targets near you. Also allows for horizontal movement.
	Blaze Shot ブレイズショット	Power PP	285 20	An Assault Rifle Photon Art. Rapidly fire at a target while avoiding enemy attacks. Continue holding down the Photon Art button to keep moving & firing while draining PP.	Allows you to glide while rapidly firing. Drains PP for as long as the button is held.
	Revolt Aim ?	Power PP	660 20	An Assault Rifle Photon Art. Targets a specific location to be detonated. Hold the PA button to designate a location, release it to attack.	?
	Slide Shot (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Assault Rifle's Weapon Action. Fire rapidly while moving at high speed.	Upon pressing the Weapon Action button, you perform an evasive slide forward, backwards, or to the sides while shooting at the same time. With the "Rifle Grenadier" class skill unlocked, holding a direction while holding the Weapon Action button throws an explosive at targets, while holding the Weapon Action button while stationary plants an explosive as a trap on the ground below.

Launcher

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Fallen Impact ?	Power PP	500 25	A Launcher Photon Art. Target a location for a mortar strike.	?
	Fear Eraser ?	Power PP	1600 35	An Launcher Photon Art. Fire a powerful energy beam. Hold the button to keep firing until you run out of PP. If you fire for long enough, there will be an additional attack when you finish	?
	Multiple Launch ?	Power PP	1150 30	An Launcher Photon Art. Fire explosive homing rounds repeatedly, then finish with a powerful blast. You can move while firing.	?
	Divine Impact ?	Power PP	570 28	An Launcher Photon Art. Fire a powerful blast in front of you that blows you backwards. Charging fires the blast as a grenade shot.	?
	Sticky Bomb (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Launcher's Weapon Action. Attaches a sticky bomb to an enemy, which detonates after a fixed time. Hitting the stuck enemy before it explodes makes the explosion recover PP.	?

Twin Machine Guns

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Bullet Rave バレットレイヴ	Power PP	670 22	A Twin Machinegun Photon Art. Fire in bursts at an enemy, then finish with a powerful cluster shot.	It is possible to input an action before the cluster shot fires to skip it. Can be charged.
	Aimless Rain エイムレスレイン	Power PP	660 25	Twin Machinegun Photon Art. Violently rotate while firing bullets at surrounding enemies.	This PA has two parts, the first similar to PSO2's Hero TMG PA Final Storm, while the second is similar to PSO2's Gunner TMG PA Shift Period.
	Close Bullet クロースバレット	Power PP	360 20	A Twin Machinegun Photon Art. Swiftly close the gap and fire powerful shots at close range.	Very similar to PSO2's Gunner TMG PA Satellite Aim. Can be charged.
	Infinite Richochet ?	Power PP	360 21	A Twin Machinegun Photon Art. Fire off several bullets which bounce around the area in from of you repeatedly. Charging boosts power.	?
	Stylish Roll (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Twin Machineguns' Weapon Action. Evade attacks while moving. Press the Normal Attack button to shoot while evading.	Upon pressing the Weapon Action button, you perform a midair flip forward, backwards, or to the sides, which allows you to reposition yourself in midair, evade attacks, and shoot at the same time. With the "Stylish Onslaught" class skill unlocked, a tackle can be performed when tapping the Weapon Action button without a direction held, damaging enemies and blocking attacks.

Bullet Bow

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Flex Arrow フレックスアロウ	Power PP	1150 17	A Bullet Bow Photon Art. Fire a homing shot. Charge one level for a slower, piercing shot. Charge two levels for a mighty greatarrow.	Normal: Fires a single homing arrow. Charge Stage 1: Fires a part piercing homing arrow. Can move while charging this move. Can be cancelled by dodge stepping. Charge Stage 2: Fires a supercharged homing arrow that passes through enemies. Cannot move from the spot when this move is ready. Can be cancelled by dodge stepping.
	Frenzy Squib フレンジースクイブ	Power PP	440 23	A Bullet Bow Photon Art. Fire an arrow that scatters on impact. Charge to make it scatter as soon as you fire.	Normal: Fires an non damaging arrow that scatters arrows on impact. The scatter damage can hit up to two times on an enemy. Charged: Immediately explode scattering arrows around you, hitting four times per enemy.
	Dimensional Ray ディメンショナルレイ	Power PP	550 27	A Bullet Bow Photon Art. Create bows and arrows in the sky that fire on the targeted area from above. Charge and fire to stock 5 arrows which will fire one at a time when you hit any enemy with a Bullet Bow PA.	Normal: Summons Photon Bows which fires 10 times of a single hit of straight arrow each spread over a period of time at an enemy's last position. The position is determined on fire and does not change nor track the enemy. Charged: Surrounds oneself with a circling wave aura and stashes a Photon Bow into subspace which provides a single hit of straight arrow Support Fire for up to 5 Bow Photon Arts when a Bow Photon Art is used and deals its first damage registering hit. For example, the first hit of the arrow scatter of Frenzy Squib and not the marking arrow it does. This proc does not increase per part pierced nor if multiple enemies are hit at once. Unique to uncharged Dimensional Ray is that it will proc and use up Charged Dimension Ray's support fire for each barrage it does, i.e. the first 5 cycles will be supported. The aura does not change on the number of shots left and only disappears when all 5 are used. The stock can be stockpiled and carries over with manual movement changes such as Cocoon teleporter warps and Area Change running but disappears on Ryuker like teleportations and entering Cocoons. Reusing the charged variant will refresh the stock count to 5.
	Ceaseless Draw ?	Power PP	1570 25	A Bullet Bow Photon Art. Move a great distance, then fire an arrow. Charged, fire off a series of giant Photon bow-and-arrows.	?
	Elude (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Bullet Bow's Weapon Action. Evade attacks with a high-speed motion.	?

Rod

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Guard (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Rod's Weapon Action. Generate a barrier to Guard against attacks from all directions. Successfully Guarding against an attack recovers PP.	Cannot be held.

Talis

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Perforated Shoot ?	Power PP	160 15	A Talis Photon Art. Fire a Photon Bullet forwards, then deploy the Talis. While the Talis is deployed, Technique behavior changes.	?
	Spread Feather ?	Power PP	440 20	A Talis Photon Art. Attack multiple times, then deploy the Talis. Form depends on how many attack steps the PA went through. While the Talis is deployed, Technique behavior changes.	?
	Pillbox (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Talis's Weapon Action. Set up a floating pillbox turret that fires Photon Bullets at regular intervals.	Each bullet does a tiny amount of damage, but restores PP.

Wand

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Rapid Smash ラピッドスマッシュ	Power PP	710 25	A Wand Photon Art. Dash at the enemy for a single powerful strike. Charging increases the power of the attack.	Very similar to PSO2's Techer Wand PA Heavy Hammer, except this does not track vertically and only does a short lunge forward without a target.
	Wave Hit ウェーブヒット	Power PP	410 30	A Wand Photon Art. Perform two downward strikes, each generating a damaging shockwave that affect a wide area.	While the description suggests it hits the ground, this can be used in midair; the shockwave comes from the Wand itself.
	Guard (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Wand's Weapon Action. Ready your wand to Guard against attacks from all directions.	Upon pressing the Weapon Action button, you will attempt to parry with your Wand. If you parry right before you take damange, you will perform a Just Guard and negate the damage completely. During the parry you are also able to move horizontally. With the "Wand Parry Counter Plus" class skill unlocked, pressing the normal attack button after a successful Just Guard will allow for a counterattack.

Dual Blades

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Stork Destruction ストークディストラクション	Power PP	900 25	A Dual Blades Photon Art. Hold/press the PA button mid-action for an alternate action. Sweep away nearby enemies, then twirl your Photon Blades around you like a vortex. Alternatively, spin your Photon Blades around you twice vertically.	Normal: Perform a blue spinning horizontal slash with your weapon while moving forwards or towards any direction of one's choosing, then follow up with a second blue spinning horizontal slash. Different: Press the same Photon Art button earliest at the start of the first spin, latest before the first spin completes. Instead of the second blue spinning horizontal slash, perform two purple spinning vertical slashes in succession without need for further button input. The direction for each of the purple spinning vertical slashes can be altered.
	Harrier Rampage ハリアーランページ	Power PP	1270 35	A Dual Blades Photon Art. Hold/press the PA button mid-action for an alternate action. Fire off a series of quick slashes, then rain countless Photon Blades down upon the target. Alternatively, create a stream of countless Photon Blades that tracks your target.	Normal: Perform a series of six blue slashes that each can be redirected, then rain down blue Photon Blades statically at the last position of the nearest soft lock or hard lock target, or forwards if there is no target. The Photon Blades do not count as stickies. Different: Press the same Photon Art button earliest after the 2nd slash, latest after the 6th slash. Instead of the targeted static position blue rain, quickly fires purple homing Photon Blades at the nearest soft lock or hard lock target, or forwards if there is no target. The Photon Blades do not count as stickies.
	Rolling Pheasant ローリングフェザント	Power PP	1200 30	A Dual Blades Photon Art. Hold/press the PA button mid-action for an alternate action. Rush in while spinning vertically with both blades, then strike a powerful blow. Alternatively, spin rapidly on the spot, cutting everything around you to ribbons.	Normal: Barrel forwards around 6 steps, spinning with blue vertical slashes along the way, and finish with a blue downwards vertical slash. Direction cannot be changed during this move and it can only be step cancelled. This move is reminiscent of the Sword Photon Art Twister Fall in PSO2. Different: Press the same Photon Art button earliest after the 1st step distance into the move, latest before the 6th step distance. Instead of the blue downwards vertical slash, follows the last direction held and rapidly performs a spin of purple vertical slashes in place at the pressed position. Only the initial direction of this move can be changed.
	Raving Falcon ?	Power PP	900 26	A Dual Blades Photon Art. Hold/press the PA button mid-action for an alternate action. Perform a series of attacks that fire off shockwaves. Alternatively, dash in and strike with both blades at once.	?
	Photon Blades (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Dual Blades' Weapon Action. Attack by throwing Photon Blades. Hold the button throw blades continuously. You can move freely while throwing blades.	When held, fires at a rate of two Photon Blades per second. If pressed, there will be a delay of 1 second in between presses. Recovers 4 PP in total per volley. Enemies will be stickied with the Photon Blades for 20 seconds. This skill can be augmented by other Class Skills. See the Bouncer Skill Tree for details. This Weapon Action does not offer any evasive, move cancelling, nor mid-attack use capability, unlike in PSO2.

Jet Boots

Icon	Name	Stat	Lv.1	Description	Notes
	Spinning Gust スピニングガスト	Power PP	315 15	A Jet Boots Photon Art. Hold the button for an alternate action that costs more PP. Launch a spinning vertical kick, then [Normal] perform a second spinning vertical kick in place. [Held] unleash a powerful horizontal kick.	Normal: Do a blue spinning vertical kick that moves forwards, followed by a blue spinning vertical kick in place. The direction of each of the kicks can be altered. Held: Hold the Photon Art button. For 10 additional PP, instead of the second blue spinning vertical kick, perform a single strong purple horizonal kick. The direction of the kick can be altered.
	Violent Gale ヴァイオレントゲイル	Power PP	380 18	A Jet Boots Photon Art. Hold the button for an alternate action that costs more PP. Kick forwards twice horizontally, then [Normal] kick forwards twice more horizontally. [Held] unleash a deadly kick that launches you backwards.	Normal: Do two blue horizontal slashes followed by two more blue horizontal slashes. Held: Hold the Photon Art button. For 10 additional PP, instead of the second series of blue horizontal slashes, perform a single strong purple explosion, then retreat backwards. The direction of the move can be altered.
	Fierce Wave フィアースウェイヴ	Power PP	520 12	A Jet Boots Photon Art. Hold the button for an alternate action that costs more PP. Fire off two shockwaves while spinning vertically. The second shockwave hangs in the air for a few seconds. [Held] Then fire off two more while spinning horizontally.	Normal: Fires two blue shockwaves forwards, with the second shockwave leaving a lasting blue shockwave at a distance two steps ahead for 4 seconds. Only the shockwaves deal damage and only the initial direction of this move can be changed, and only one lasting blue shockwave can be on the field at a time. Held: Hold the Photon Art button. For 10 additional PP, after the normal variant, additionally fires two purple shockwaves forwards, with the second shockwave leaving a lasting purple shockwave at a distance two steps ahead for 4 seconds. Only the shockwaves deal damage and only the initial direction of this move can be changed, and only one lasting purple shockwave can be on the field at a time, however, one each of blue and purple lasting shockwaves can coexist.
	Surging Impulse ?	Power PP	320 12	A Jet Boots Photon Art. Hold the button for an alternate action that costs more PP. Kick forwards twice horizontally, then [Normal] Dash in to strike the target with a powerful kick. [Held] Perform a spinning kick that deploys a Photon Blade around you, which strikes all nearby targets repeatedly.	?
	? (Weapon Action)	N/A	N/A	Jet Boot's Weapon Action. Evade attacks with a high-speed motion.	Upon pressing the Weapon Action button, you perform a sway in place, which can be used to dodge attacks. With the Class Skill "Boots Trick Bounce Counter" unlocked, a counterattack will be automatically performed on a successful sway dodge, and can be followed up by a second counterattack by pressing or holding the Normal Attack button.