Razor Claw

Razor Claw
Other Names	Rune Claw (EBF3)
Group	Unique
Roles	Foe, Boss helper
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 3 Epic Battle Fantasy 4

This article is about the spellcasting enemies normally associated with Akron or Praetorian MKII. For the group of spellcasting enemies normally associated with the Protector, see Runes. For the item in EBF5, see Razor Claw (item).

The Razor Claw, also known as Rune Claw, is a recurring enemy in the Epic Battle Fantasy series. So far, it has appeared in the third and fourth games as a helper to a boss. In EBF4, it and its boss are exclusive to the Steam release of the game and the post-Battle Mountain update version of the Premium Pack.

Appearance

The Rune/Razor Claw is a metallic claw made of three free-floating components arranged around an orb of red energy. The orb rests within a cup-like base, with three small spikes on the back and a broad lip. The other two components of the claw are jagged blades, which flank the orb to form a pincer.

The main visual difference between the Rune Claw and the Razor Claw is the design on the base of the claw — the Rune Claw has light grey markings etched into the lip, while the Razor Claw is covered with angular red markings, matching those of its summoner. The Razor Claw's metal also appears to be slightly darker than that of the Rune Claw, and its energy orb is a darker red, without the "spikes" of the Rune Claw's orb.

Overview

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

Rune Claws appear in The Rift, during the final battle with Akron. Akron will summon two Rune Claws at the very beginning of the battle, and will re-summon them when going back to the submerged form, if any were killed.

The Rune Claw has some attacks on its own, all non-elemental, and also can cast spells of the same element as Akron's current form (as indicated by the color of the large crystal on the latter's body). Its strongest attack — a massive laser fired from its core — requires a turn to charge, but deals heavy non-elemental damage to a player with a high chance of Dispelling them; other attacks include stabs and multi-target heals which also affect the boss.

Unlike most enemies, the Rune Claw has no elemental weaknesses or resistances, but several status resistances and, due to being a mechanical creature, immunity to Poison. Its base Evade is among the highest in the game, and the claw always spawns in with an Evade buff to further boost its evasiveness, though the buff can be cancelled with the highly accurate Dispel skill, followed with the highly accurate Bind skill to debuff its Evade down to comfortable amounts.

Having a variety of both damaging and (through certain Akron's forms) status/debuff-inflicting skills, Rune Claw doesn't have that much health. It is generally recommended to try to kill it simply because of the number of bad things it can do, creating a breathing room even if it would respawn shortly after.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Razor Claws only appear on Battle Mountain, as helpers for the Praetorian MKII. Compared to their EBF3 appearance, their basic attacks are mostly unchanged, they retain extremely high Evade, they've learned some new spells, but lost all spells dependant on their former master, as well as their inherent heal ability.

As in the previous game, the battle begins with the boss and two Razor Claws, and the boss will re-summon them from time to time if any were killed. However, with magic variety cut, Razor Claw has lost most of its utility function: it is unable to heavily debuff a player, Dispel with its laser attack, heal, or damage multiple players at the same time; its job is to simply deal single-target damage. In exchange, it's now able to give the Brave status to all allies, considerably enchancing their offensive perfomance.

Statistics

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

	Rune Claw	Energized Blade	EBF3
	Casts elemental spells based on it's master's status. Can also heal and buff.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	Gold
	240	3.5	4	4	4	10*	13*	0	0	0
Elemental Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	100%	50%	-	-	-	50%	30%
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Name	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Enters the battle with 50% Evade buff.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

	Razor Claw	EBF4
	Uses dark and non-elemental attacks. Has very high evade.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	266	4	4	7	4	4	8	22	4	4	24	30
Elemental Resistance
	50%	50%	50%	100%	100%	-	-80%	-80%	-	200%
Status Resistance
	100%	50%	100%	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	50%
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-	-	-
Name	Steel Plate	Titanium	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	100%	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	15%	-20%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Razor Claw	EBF4
	Uses dark and non-elemental attacks. Has very high evade.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	266	4	4	7	4	4	8	22	4	4	24	30
Elemental Resistance
	50%	50%	50%	100%	100%	-	-80%	-80%	-	200%
Status Resistance
	100%	50%	100%	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	50%
Debuff Resistance
	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-	-	-
Name	Steel Plate	Titanium	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	100%	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	15%	-20%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Attacks and Abilities

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

Inherent

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Clutch	Single	40		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Triple Clutch	Single	60/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Energy Sword	Single	70		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Heal	Allies	10k	--	----	--	20%		--	--	0%
Charge	Self	--	--	----	--	50%		--	--	--
Notes: Charges to use Lazor.
Lazor	Single	120		----	70%	--		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Requires and expends Charge.

Akron-dependant

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Cataclysm	Single	68		50%	--	--	--	95%	30%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Earth form.
Vines	Single	40		60%	60%	2x		90%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Earth form.
Frost	Single	40		100%	90%	--		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Ice form.
Icestorm	All	30/3		100%	10%	--		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Ice form.
Hellfire	Single	55		100%	50%	1x		110%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Fire form.
Firestorm	All	33/3		100%	50%	5%		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Fire form.
Thunderbolt	Single	40/3		100%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Thunder form.
Thunderstorm	All	15/3		100%	5%	1x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Thunder form.
Shine	Single	55		100%	50%	50%		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Holy form.
Megalixir (stronger Heal)	Allies	4		----	--	--	--	--	--	0%
Notes: May be used only when Akron is in Holy form.
Haunt	Single	35/5		100%	80%	300% 300% 300% 300% 3x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Each hit inflicts one ailment, selected at random, Doom is twice as likely to be selected. May be used only when Akron is in Dark form.
Dark Flare	Single	50/2		100%	100%	50% 50%		130%	10%	10%
Notes: The first hit only debuffs defence, the second hit only debuffs magic defence. May be used only when Akron is in Dark form.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Clutch	Single	35		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Notes: Is used only when under the effect of Syphon.
Energy Sword	Single	55		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Dark Shot	Single	25		75%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Pulse	Single	25		100%	30%	25%		100%	10%	10%
Charge	Self	--	--	----	--	2x		--	--	--
Notes: On Hard and Epic difficulties, also applies Defend.
Lazor	Single	120		----	--	--	--	100%	20%	10%
Notes: Requires and expends Charge.
Bravery	Allies	--	--	----	--	3x		--	--	--

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

• Berserked → Triple Clutch;
• Syphoned → Clutch (1/2), Triple Clutch (1/2);
• Charged → Lazor;
• Otherwise → Clutch (1/8), Triple Clutch (1/8), Energy Sword (1/8), Heal (1/8), Charge (1/8), random Akron-dependant spell (3/8).

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

• Syphoned → Clutch;
• Charged → Lazor;
• Otherwise → Energy Sword (2/8), Dark Shot (1/8), Pulse (1/8), Charge (2/8), Bravery (2/8).

Trivia

Rune Claw in EBF3's Bestiary.

• In EBF3, due to the fact that Rune Claws automatically buff themselves when summoned, the Bestiary entry for the foe gives it an Evade +50% icon.
• In EBF3, Rune Claw has the third highest base Evade stat (13) in the game (outside of the 60 Medals bonus area with overleveled foes), beaten only by Pyrohydra when the last head alive receives an Evade boost (13.5) and Cosmic Monoliths found right before the final boss (15).
• The shape of the Razor Claw's pincers may be inspired by a part from the Mecha Dress Up Game.