The Break and Boost system makes a return to Octopath Traveler 2. Read on to find out how break enemies, what boost can do, and skills that can increase your capability to break enemies and boost actions.

Break and Boost Explained

Break Enemies by Exploiting Weaknesses

Enemy Weaknesses	Break in Effect
Shield Icon	Stunned Enemy

Breaking enemies will reduce their defences. Attacking a broken enemy will double the damage dealt. Breaking enemies will also stun them, making them unable to perform actions on their next turn

Below each enemy unit is a number within a shield icon indicating the number of attacks that they're weak to that they can take before they break.

The first time you fight a unit type, a series of question marks will appear beside the shield icon, concealing their weapon and elemental weaknesses. You'll need to attack the enemy unit with different weapons and elemental attacks to reveal and determine their respective weaknesses.

Reveal Weaknesses with Abilities

Talent	Character	Description
Study Foe	Osvald	Gain insight into a foe's weak points at the start of battle.

Some character talents help reveal enemy weaknesses. Just like the previous Scholar character from the first Octopath Traveler, Osvald has the ability to inspect enemy weakness at the start of battle. If an enemy has three weaknesses, for example, you can have Osvald encounter the enemy three times to learn all its weaknesses.

Boost Enchances Attacks, Spells, Skills

Activate Boost by pressing or !
Action Type	Boost Effect
Attack	Strike an additional time
Damage Skill	Increases damage
Buff/Debuff Skill	Increases duration
Healing Skill	Increase health regained

During combat, players can activate Boost mode and spend 1-3 BP (Boost Points) to enhance actions such as attacks, spells, and skills. Each BP spent enhances the action by 1 level.

Your characters gain 1 BP per turn as long as they didn't activate Boost mode during the same turn. Charcters will also earn BP by breaking an enemy. Beside each character's name is the gauge where lit orbs indicate the amount of BP accumulated so far.

Extend Boost via Abilities

Some character skills provide additional BP (Boost Points). For instance, Partitio's Latent Power, Hoot and Holler, instantly replenishes all of his BP when activated.

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