Runecoil
Spines flattened to plates. Runes along the belly.
- Family
- Apophis Basilisk
- Stage
- Final
Three fates
Duel stats
Type
Rot dominates Verdant, Blood, Iron ×2
Verdant: Rot eats the forest.
Blood: Rot poisons the blood.
Iron: Rot rusts the steel.
Rune dominates Bone, Rot, Storm ×2
Bone: Seals bind the dead.
Rot: Wards hold the rot back.
Storm: Runes ground the storm.
Taking a hit, both its types count. Its moves of either type hit ×1.3 harder.
Radiant ×2, Umbral ×2, Tide ×2
ResistsStorm ×0.5, Verdant ×0.5, Rot ×0.25, Bone ×0.5, Iron ×0.5
ImmuneNone
WALL Highest HP and defenses, light attack: soaks hits.
Held DownImmune to status effects and stat drops.
Moves
Its own move. Only Runecoil has it.
A plain strike.
The runes on its belly lock around the foe before the coils do.
It takes four into a duel, its signature among them.
Attacks · 17
10% chance to blight the target (1/8 Life Force a turn).
A plain strike.
50% chance: Lowers the target's Defense.
30% chance: Lowers the target's Defense and MDef.
10% chance: Lowers the target's MDef.
Incoming damage −25% until the user acts again.
Steals the target's raised stats.
Lowers the target's Speed.
Braces on the first turn, then strikes on the next.
50% stronger if the user moves first.
The user switches out after this move lands.
The user switches out after this move lands.
Twice as strong if the target is below half Life Force.
10% chance to scorch the target (1/8 Life Force a turn, halves its physical damage).
Goes first.
30% chance: Lowers the target's Attack and Defense.
30% chance to stun the target (may lose turns, slower).
Tactics · 9
Restores 35% of max Life Force. Clears the user's status.
Blight the target (1/8 Life Force a turn).
Lowers the target's Defense and MDef.
Goes first. Blocks the target's move this turn. Fails more often if used in a row. When this block stops a move, it lowers the attacker's Attack.
Goes first. Blocks the target's move this turn. Fails more often if used in a row. When this block stops a status move, it reflects that move at its user.
Goes first. Blocks the target's move this turn. Fails more often if used in a row.
Raises the user's Speed sharply.
Raises the user's Speed sharply. Clears the user's status.
Restores 40% of max Life Force. Clears the user's status.
Lore
Runes along its belly hold the corruption down, and they hold everything else down too. Runecoil is not falling and not rising. It is simply sealed, coil by coil, and very quiet.
The Apophis Basilisk
Once a holy serpent; something got into it and stayed, and it has run molten ever since. Of all the fallen it has gone furthest down, which is why its way back is the widest. The Binders say the deepest dark remembers light the best.