Requires Faith lvl 10, Holy Cross lvl 6, and is mastered at lvl 10.
Summons a grand cross around the caster for a 0.9 second skill duration,
enemies within the cross are damaged 3 times by holy attack. Has a 3 second
casting delay, during the casting duration, the armor defence decreases by
2/3. This skill cannot be interrupted. Causes Blind effect on undead and demon
monsters. One thing the caster should know is that this skill damages not only
enemies but the caster at the same time, the damage amount the caster takes is
half the amount the enemy takes.
Lvl ATK SP consumption
1 140% 37
2 180% 44
3 220% 51
4 260% 58
5 300% 65
6 340% 72
7 380% 79
8 420% 86
9 460% 93
10 500% 100
A lot of people say it's (matk+atk)*damage multiplier. I agree with this, a
bit. The logical choice would be to get str and int up. However, you will
suffer without your other stats, as you will see later. Str doesn't affect the
damage very much, maybe it's just that it doesn't include the hidden str
bonuses every 10 points, just the atk you see on your status window. I'm not
sure, but more on your stats later.
Notice too that this skill attacks enemies three times. That's 500% damage
times 3. Ouch. However, if there are 2 enemies on a single square that grand
cross attacks, those two will only get hit twice. If there are 3 or more
enemies, they'll all get hit only once. Good positioning of mobs is crucial to
maximize your GC damage.
The last thing about the damage the caster takes, is done like this. First,
you get a whopping 20% of your current HP removed, and then there's a kick
back damage that depends on the damage you do(or potentially do). It is
possible to suicide in towns with GC, it's a cool thing to do since you don't
get any exp reduction, don't do it too much though ^_^. This kick back damage
is reduced by mdef armors and Cranial Bucklers/Poopoo hats. Wearing an
Angeling carded armor completely negates this kick back, however you'll still
get the -20% HP cost of GC.
The Blind status on undead and demon monsters is pretty handy too. It allows
you to escape from something that survived your Grand Cross, since they won't
be able to follow you. If only those damned Raydrics were undead/demon ^_^
After discussing what Grand Cross is, we now move on to