Plasma Rune

Plasma Rune
Other Names	Bolt Rune (EBF3)
Group	Runes
Roles	Foe, Boss Helper
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 3 Epic Battle Fantasy 4

The Plasma Rune, also known as Bolt Rune, is a foe in Epic Battle Fantasy 3 and, since the Battle Mountain update, Epic Battle Fantasy 4. It appears only as a helper to the Protector boss.

Appearance

The Plasma Rune appears similar to the rest of its kind. It's made out of two main parts: a sphere and a disk. The disk is covered with some sort of illegible writing. Two yellow crystals, possibly Topaz, are sticking out of the top and bottom of the Rune.

Overview

Plasma Runes are the "offensive" Rune. Their skills vary slightly but regardless of the game it is in, Plasma Runes will always pack an offensive buffing move which affects all foes and Thunder attacks. Though not individually strong, Plasma Runes can stun players and sharply increase the power of the foes.

While Plasma Runes have some immunities, they are easily extinguished with strong Bomb-elemental attacks such as Airstrike. In EBF4 it gains several more weaknesses, giving the player access to a variety of skills that can obliterate them. They can be easily disabled with Syphon.

Much like the Bits and the other Runes, the Bolt Rune will self-destruct when low on health.

Statistics

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

	Bolt Rune	Magic Cannon Ball	EBF3
	Casts thunder spells. Suicides at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	Gold
	180	4	4	4	4	4	5	15	1.5	9
Elemental Resistance
	-	200%	-	-120%	-	-	100%	-	-	-80%
Status Resistance
	100%	-	-	-	100%	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon		-	-	-	-	-	-
Name	Magnet	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	60%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

	Plasma Rune	EBF4
	Uses offensive buffs and thunder attacks, and will self destruct at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	129	4	4	4	4	4	4	17	2	2	22	50
Elemental Resistance
	100%	200%	-80%	100%	100%	-80%	-80%	-80%	-	-
Status Resistance
	100%	-	-	-	100%	-50%	-	-50%	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-	-	-
Name	Plasma Ball	Topaz	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	10%	10%	-	-	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
Immune	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Plasma Rune	EBF4
	Uses offensive buffs and thunder attacks, and will self destruct at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	129	4	4	4	4	4	4	17	2	2	22	50
Elemental Resistance
	100%	200%	-80%	100%	100%	-80%	-80%	-	100%	-
Status Resistance
	100%	-	-	-	100%	-50%	-	-50%	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-	-	-
Name	Plasma Ball	Topaz	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	10%	10%	-	-	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
Immune	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Attacks and Abilities

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Prick	Single	30		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Notes: Is used only while under the effect of Syphon.
Thunderbolt	Single	40/3		100%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Thunderstorm	All	25/5		100%	5%	1x		100%	10%	10%
Buff	Allies	--	--	----	--	50%		--	--	--
Self-destruct	All	50		100%	--	--	--	120%	10%	10%
Notes: The user dies during this attack.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Prick	Single	20		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Pricking Barrage	Single	30/5		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Spark	Single	35		80%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only on Easy and Normal difficulties.
Plasma Cage	Single	35		100%	85%	2x		150%	0%	10%
Notes: May be used only on Hard and Epic difficulties.
Buff	Allies	--	--	----	--	20% 20%		--	--	--
Self-destruct	Single	70		100%	60%	--		100%	10%	10%
Notes: The user dies during this attack. Prior to the v2 update, had no usage conditions set, and therefore could not be seen during normal gameplay.

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

• ≤18.5% HP → Self-destruct;
• Syphoned → Prick;
• >18.5% HP → Thunderbolt (1/3), Thunderstorm (1/3), Buff (1/3).

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

• Berserked or/and Syphoned → Pricking Barrage;
• ≥32% HP on Hard/Epic → Prick (1/4), Pricking Barrage (1/4), Plasma Cage (1/4), Buff (1/4);
• ≥32% HP on Easy/Normal → Prick (1/4), Pricking Barrage (1/4), Spark (1/4), Buff (1/4);
• <32% HP → Self-destruct.

Prior to the v2 update, a coding mistake caused the Plasma Rune to use Pricking Barrage over and over at <32% HP instead of Self-destructing.