Galiant the Paladin

Galiant the Paladin
Galiant the Paladin fighting alongside Sonny against the Baron Brixus
Level	12
Race	Human
Zone	Gadi'Kala - Stage 36 (Boss)
Allies	ZPCI, ZPCI Sniper, ZPCI Elite, Elite Medic

	“	You shall pay for this deception!	„
		~ Galiant to Sonny and Veradux

Galiant the Paladin is a ZPCI with the title of Paladin. He is the final boss of Gadi'Kala in Sonny. He is also a temporary teammate of the player in the battle against Baron Brixius in the previous stage.

He is a powerful ally and enemy with 4000 Focus Points and the ability to heal his entire health in a single turn.

Involvement

As an Ally

When Sonny first encounters him, he is about to begin his battle with Baron Brixus, a powerful zombie overlord. The Paladin mistakes Sonny and Veradux for his reinforcements, whom the protagonists had defeated just before. Sonny and Veradux decide to play along in order to more easily defeat the Baron. However, during the fight, Galiant begins to question whether they are really his reinforcements, as his real reinforcements consisted of a group of three.

As an Enemy

After Brixius has been defeated, Veradux persuades Sonny to attack the Paladin, much to the Paladin's surprise. Veradux says humans view Sonny and Veradux as "monsters", and that they can either be "alive monsters" or "dead monsters". Sonny is reluctant to do so since the Paladin helped them defeat the Baron, but he does it anyway.

Name Origin

Galiant is named after Galiant of InfraRift, a now defuct group that Krin was a part of. Galiant helped with the storyboarding of Sinjid: Shadow of the Warrior, which was another game that Krin produced.

Battle

He is a powerful ally and enemy with 4000 Focus Points and the ability to heal his entire health in a single turn.

Attributes

Attributes
Speed	15 + 6×LV
Magic	20 + 4×LV
Strength	20 + 4×LV
HP	400 + 24×LV
Focus	200
...	...
Physical Piercing	9000 + 5xLV
All other Piercing	25 + 5xLV
...	...
All Defense	25 + 5xLV
...	...
Target Chance	{{{target}}}

Aggression

Chance of using Defensive skills:
Lowest Ally HP:	Over 75%	Between 75% and 30%	Below 30%
	0%	50%	100%
Weakest enemy targetting preference:		65%

Abilities

Strike	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	None	0	Enemies	Offensive
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1

SWAT Heal	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	22 Focus	6	Self and Allies	Defensive
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	Heals 300% Magic
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable

Emergency Heal	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	None	8	Self and Allies	Defensive
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	Heals 300% Magic
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable

Pally Intervention	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	10 Focus	24	Self and Allies	Defensive
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable
	Intervention	This unit is shielded, and is recovering health.		Lasts 8 turns. Shields for 440 damage. Heals for 20% of caster's Strength and Magic, and an additional 7.
	Buff

Attributes

Attributes	LV12
Speed	46
Magic	87
Strength	87
HP	1968
Focus	4000	Physical	Magic	Ice	Fire	Lightning	Earth	Shadow	Poison
Target Weakest	Piercing	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
25%	Defense	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

Abilities

Electro Bolt	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	7 Focus	4	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Lightning	140% Strength + 120% Magic
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			3	Sonny can also use Electro Bolt. Dispels 1 buff from target.

Paladin Heal	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	1000 Focus	0	Self and Allies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Lightning	Heals 2000% Magic
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable

Pally Intervention	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	10 Focus	24	Self and Allies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable
	Intervention	This unit is shielded, and is recovering health.		Lasts 8 turns. Shields for 440 damage. Heals for 20% of caster's Strength and Magic, and an additional 7.
	Buff

Power Up	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	25 Focus	10	Self	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable
	Enraged	Increases damage of this unit's next attack by 400%.		Lasts 2 rounds.
	Buff

Smash	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	6	Enemies	4 (2 each level)
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	245% Strength + 20 250% Strength + 30
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1	Sonny can also use Smash. He uses the same skill at 2 different levels.

Strike	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	None	0	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1

SWAT Ray	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	5	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Fire	200% Magic
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Shocked	This unit is stunned.		Lasts for 1 turn.
	Debuff

Ability Selection

Notes on enemy AI:	While in a given battle stage, enemies will attempt to use First Choice abilities. If impossible (due to focus, silencing or cooldowns), they will proceed to Second Choice, etc. Cooldown for enemies indicates how often abilities may be used, and is effectively one less than for Sonny (IE cooldown of 2 can be used every second turn) Enemy-targetting abilities have a chance of targetting the weakest enemy rather than targetting at random; this is given in the Attributes section above. Ally-targetting abilities always target the weakest targetable ally. Selection within a category is random unless indicated. All exceptions noted below.
Battle Stages	First Choice	Second Choice	Third Choice
HP above 50%	Electro Bolt Power Up Smash Strike SWAT Ray
HP between 50% and 40%	50%: -Electro Bolt -Power Up -Smash -Strike -SWAT Ray 50%: -Paladin Heal -Pally Intervention
HP below 40%	Paladin Heal Pally Intervention	Electro Bolt Power Up Smash Strike SWAT Ray

Equipment

Headwear	Bodywear	Gloves	Leggings	Footwear	Primary	Secondary
Paladin's Helm	Paladin's Armor	Paladin's Gloves	Paladin's Leggings	Paladin's Boots	Blade of Light

Tactics

As an Ally

Galiant's damage is high enough where he should do most of the damage to Baron Brixius. This would mean that Sonny's role would be more supportive, such as using skills that can stun the Baron, and skills that amplify damage to the Baron. Aggression on Galiant is a good idea to increase his damage per turn.

As an Enemy

In order to defeat Galiant, you must weaken him so he heals. Because his heal requires a quarter of his total Focus, he should quickly run out of Focus to the point that he will no longer be able to heal himself. Another method is to attack him to point of when he would heal, then using Subversion. The player can also choose to exterminate the Paladin before he can even attempt to heal, but this option is hardly viable as the Paladin's healing has zero cooldown duration, and the attempt itself will cost too much Health and Focus in response. While fighting the Paladin, the player should also ensure that he and Veradux are able to survive until the Paladin's Focus is depleted. His damage input is fairly high and he can also use Electro-Bolt to nullify the player's buff. It is thus advised that the player prepare some additional defensive abilities beforehand to counter the Paladin's attacks, all the while having a good balance of the offensive abilities to force the Paladin to heal.

Alternatively, as a Gunslinger, having very high magic(~175) magic, using the combination 'Magic Bolt, Shatter Bolt, Magic Bolt, Magic Bolt' is almost guaranteed to kill the Paladin with very low damage being taken, even if you only put 1 point into those skills.

Drops

Item Name	Item Icon	Sell Price	Stats	In-Game Description	In-Game Appearance
Blade of Light		€256	Speed +16 Magic +16 Strength +16 Vitality +16 Physical Piercing +25 Lightning Piercing +25
Paladin's Helm		€75	Focus +15 Speed +8 Magic +12 Strength +8 Vitality +12 Lightning Piercing +15 Poison Piercing +600
Paladin's Armor		€75	Focus +15 Speed +8 Magic +12 Strength +8 Vitality +12 Lightning Piercing +15 Poison Piercing +600
Paladin's Gloves		€75	Focus +15 Speed +8 Magic +12 Strength +8 Vitality +12 Lightning Piercing +15 Poison Piercing +600
Paladin's Leggings		€75	Focus +15 Speed +8 Magic +12 Strength +8 Vitality +12 Lightning Piercing +15 Poison Piercing +600
Paladin's Boots		€75	Focus +15 Speed +8 Magic +12 Strength +8 Vitality +12 Lightning Piercing +15 Poison Piercing +600

Trivia

• The "Blade of Light" that he carries is the same one that the Knights in Sonny 2 carry (though with different stats).
• Galiant the Paladin (Enemy) has the highest Focus of any foe in Sonny.
• Galiant's armor makes a return in the files of Sonny 2 but with a new light blued look applied to the silver.