Snowflake of Judgment

Snowflake of Judgment
Blade	Perun
Level
Hits	8
Description	After a series of trifling cuts, unleash a giant pillar of ice.

Snowflake of Judgment is Perun's level 4 Special in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Overview

Snowflake of Judgment is not very good for a level 4 special. It does low damage for a level 4 with a mid-tier crit rate, and like her level 3 special (Extinction Icicle) its bonus effect is to deal more damage when an ally is incapacitated, which is neither good for a move with low damage nor good as a strategy to focus on. While this is all pretty bad, it has one powerful niche: it has eight hits, meaning if someone is dead, it adds to the Party Gauge eight times. Since party gauge gains are +25% when less than one bar is filled, using Snowflake of Judgment means a significant contribution towards having enough meter for one revival, assuming the player is able to walk over to someone in time.

Data

For this attack, the Driver uses the first part of their art, the Blade uses their full art, and the Driver uses the second part of their art. The Blade art contains most of the data for both arts (e.g. button challenges).

Blade contribution

Art

Attack type	Physical
Power	450
Status	Increases damage dealt when an ally is incapacitated by 150%.
Aggro	10
Hit mod	+100%
Critical mod	+40%
Ranged	False
Piercing	False
Property	Unbeatable

Hitframes

	Frame	Distribution	Reaction
Hit 1	79	12.5%
Hit 2	95	12.5%
Hit 3	113	12.5%
Hit 4	116	12.5%
Hit 5	119	12.5%
Hit 6	122	12.5%
Hit 7	195	12.5%	Blowdown (level 2)
Hit 8	231	12.5%
Duration	310

Range

Target	Opponent
Area	Single target
Range	10m

Button challenges

Rex

Nr.	Start	End	Challenge
#1	12	36	B Button circle 24 frames, of which 12 frames sweet point
#2	57	82	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#3	161	186	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#4	199	226	B Button circle 27 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point

Nia

Nr.	Start	End	Challenge
#1	13	38	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#2	59	84	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#3	163	188	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#4	202	227	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point

Zeke

Nr.	Start	End	Challenge
#1	25	49	B Button circle 24 frames, of which 12 frames sweet point
#2	70	95	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#3	174	199	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#4	215	240	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point

Mòrag

Nr.	Start	End	Challenge
#1	11	36	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#2	57	82	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#3	161	186	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point
#4	204	229	B Button circle 25 frames, of which 13 frames sweet point

Driver contribution

	Driver	Power	Hit rate	Crit rate	Hitframes (first part)	Hitframes (second part)
※	Rex	500	+100%	+40%	28	33
※	Nia	500	+100%	+40%	37	27
※	Zeke	500	+100%	+40%	37	29
※	Mòrag	500	+100%	+40%	22	28

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Snowflake of Judgment	—
Japanese	断罪の氷華
French	Flocon du jugement
German	Schneeflockenurteil
Spanish	Sentencia de Nieve
Italian	Neve del giudizio
Chinese (simplified)	断罪之冰华
Chinese (traditional)	斷罪之冰華
Korean	단죄의 빙화