<dl><dd style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, fixed (flat) reduction does stack with percentage reduction, and also with itself. This makes it possible to reduce fixed cast time to zero.</dd></dl>
<dl><dd style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, fixed (flat) reduction does stack with percentage reduction, and also with itself. This makes it possible to reduce fixed cast time to zero.</dd></dl>
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<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Example (2):</b> A player has a headgear compounded with a Fenrir Card equipped and then has <b>Lv5 Sacrament</b> cast upon them. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% is less than Fenrir's 70%, Sacrament does nothing, and the player's FCT reduction remains at 70%.</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Example (2):</b> A player has a headgear compounded with a {{#icon:4556}}{{#linkitem:4556|Fenrir Card}} equipped and then has '''{{#skill:2515}}''' cast upon them. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% is less than Fenrir's 70%, Sacrament does nothing, and the player's FCT reduction remains at 70%.</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Example (3):</b> A player has two Buwaya Agimat Tattoos equipped. Their FCT would be reduced by 7%, not 14%, as it does not stack (but they would get MATK +14% as expected).</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Example (3):</b> A player has two {{#icon:2907}}{{#linkitem:2907|Buwaya Agimat Tattoo}} equipped. Their FCT would be reduced by 7%, not 14%, as it does not stack (but they would get MATK +14% as expected).</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Example (4):</b> A player has one Buwaya Agimat Tattoo equipped and is under the effect of <b>Lv5 Sacrament</b>. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% reduction is the larger bonus compared to Buwaya's 7%, the player has their FCT reduced by 50%.</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Example (4):</b> A player has one {{#icon:2907}}{{#linkitem:2907|Buwaya Agimat Tattoo}} equipped and is under the effect of '''{{#skill:2515}}'''. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% reduction is the larger bonus compared to Buwaya's 7%, the player has their FCT reduced by 50%.</li>
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<p style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br>▶ However, flat reductions like:<br></p>
<pre style="font-size: 1.2em;">Illusion Morpheus Hood (0.5s FCT reduction) and Illusion Thorn Staff of Darkness (Total/Sum Refine is 22 or higher) = 0.5 FCT reduction
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<dl><dd style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Do stack</b> with other flat reduction effects. Stacking flat reductions is the only possible way of removing a skill's fixed cast time because there exists no single source of 100% FCT reduction. The only exception are the Oboro / Kagerou classes, who have the skill <b>16th Night</b> which removes fixed cast time entirely.</dd></dl>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Soul Expansion</b>: This skill doesn't have any FCT (you could ditch FCT gears and wear damage gears for more damage on this build).</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Energy Coat</b>: This skill only has FCT and it's the highest FCT requisite among Warlock skills (<b>a big whopping 5.0 secs of FCT</b>).</li>
<li style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b>Mystical Amplification</b>: This skill now has an un-reducible amount of fixed cast time (impossible to instant-cast by any means).</li>
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Revision as of 16:56, 17 January 2025
Fixed Cast Time
▶ Fixed cast time is in a more complicated side when taken in account than VCT, being totally unaffected by stats. The formula for FCT is as follows:
Final FCT = ( Skill FCT - [ Sum of Flat FCT Mods] ) × ( 1 - [ Max of Percentage FCT Decrease ] + [ Max of Percentage FCT Increase ] )
▶ Fixed cast time can only be reduced by buffs from a skill, an item consumable and from equipments.
Percentage based reductions do not stack here, only the strongest one is applied.
Percentage based reduction effects do not stack no matter the source. If a player is under multiple FCT percentage reduction effects, only the highest value will take effect. Highest Percentage will overwrite and hinder the lower ones useless.
Example (1): Having Radius at level 3 reduces your fixed cast time by 20% (Warlock Skill), but your Archbishop friend casts Sacrament on you, which reduces your fixed cast time by 50%. Since only the strongest one applies, your fixed cast time will be reduced only by 50% and will overwrite the 20% from Radius.
However, fixed (flat) reduction does stack with percentage reduction, and also with itself. This makes it possible to reduce fixed cast time to zero.
Example (2): A player has a headgear compounded with a Fenrir Card equipped and then has Sacrament cast upon them. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% is less than Fenrir's 70%, Sacrament does nothing, and the player's FCT reduction remains at 70%.
Example (3): A player has two Buwaya Agimat Tattoo equipped. Their FCT would be reduced by 7%, not 14%, as it does not stack (but they would get MATK +14% as expected).
Example (4): A player has one Buwaya Agimat Tattoo equipped and is under the effect of Sacrament. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% reduction is the larger bonus compared to Buwaya's 7%, the player has their FCT reduced by 50%.