Stone Guardian

“	... And with the click of his fingers, his guards attack!	„
	~ Count Augustin to the party

Stone Guardian
Stone Guardian in battle.
Level	19 (Legend)
Race	Zombie
Zone	Blackhall Keep - Stage 4/Wave 1 (Miniboss Stage)
Allies	Count Augustin

Stone Guardian is a Normal enemy unit in Sonny (2017). They're encountered in Blackhall Keep together with the miniboss Count Augustin.

Attributes

Attribute Notes:

• Values in bold can be encountered in a Legend run (no training), no bold means that these values are only available in training fights.
  • Italic values cannot be encountered in training despite being coded in the game due to Sonny's level being +1 higher than the zone level when entering a new zone, on a legend run.
• Buffs cannot reduce Power/Defense/Speed below 1. This also applies to Vitality but it normally cannot be modified in battle.
  • For Defense specifically, this means that the Damage taken Mod becomes ~200% while both breached and exposed. See this this page for more info.
• Visible Power/Defense/Speed is rounded to nearest integer. If the actual value ends exactly in ".5", then it will be rounded to nearest even integer. Visible (Max) HP is rounded up.
• Abilities can also have Hit./Crit. Bonuses, which are listed under the Abilities section.
• Only Physical Defense is shown because the other elemental defenses are not used at all on units. They can still get non-physical elemental defense from certain abilities.

	Base	Mod		Lvl 19
Power	0	0.65		578.21
Defense	0	1.35		1200.89
Speed	0	0.1		88.95
Vitality	0	2.7		2401.78
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				16812.45
Visible Max HP from Vitality				16813
Visible Power				578
Visible Defense				1201
Visible Speed				89
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				49.397%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				115.625%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				157.813%
Hit. Bonus	65%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	0%
Focus Drain Resist	0%
Physical Defense	0%

Abilities

• Attack
• Stone Strike

Attack	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Basic Attack	Melee	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
		100% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		30%		100%
	Reaction		Notes

Stone Strike	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Active	Melee	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	1	120% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
Stun	Target Buff Description
	Unit is stunned and cannot act.
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative		1

A.I. Ability Order

A.I. Notes:

• The A.I. prefers to use the topmost item in the left list, which is ranked according to the abilities' total scaling and A.I. score bonuses. For attacks specifically, their cooldown also plays a part in the rankings (the longer the cooldown, the higher it goes).
  • When an ability's Max HP Threshold condition is met and it's off cooldown, then that ability is added to the left list, in most cases to the top.
  • If an ability cannot be used due to being on cooldown, incl. silences, then the A.I. moves down the list to the next ability. If no abilities are available, then the A.I. skips their turn.
  • The A.I. will also not use healing abilities with 100% HP Threshold if all their teammates have full HP.
• The A.I. does have a chance of not following the list and instead picking a random ability. The chance depends on it's A.I. type and the difference in total scaling & A.I. Score Bonuses.
• It might also pick a different ability if the valid target(s) has:
  • Increased elemental defense against an element one of their available abilities has.
  • High Defense and the A.I. has access to an ability that deals piercing damage.
• The A.I. prefers targeting units with low HP% (both attacks & heals) and a high Damage Taken Mod (only attacks). Buffs that increases damage/healing taken also affect the targeting priority.
• Again, the A.I. has a chance of targeting a random unit instead. The chance depends on it's A.I. type, the difference in HP% & difference in Damage Taken Mod.

A.I. Type	This unit has the A.I. type "Normal". They tend to follow the list and targeting priority, but can sometimes switch it up with a random ability or target.
Phases	Ability Preference List	HP Threshold Abilities	Passive Abilities
Phase 1	- Stone Strike - Attack

Tactics

Silencing a Stone Guardian's Stone Strike ability not only makes them unable to stun the party for a while, they'll also have a very low chance of hitting them with their default Attack.

Trivia

• Stone Guardians, along with Titans and Executioners, have the highest Vitality Mod (2.7) out of all Normal type enemies that the player encounters in Normal type stages, as well Normal type enemies that acts like minions to a (mini)boss.
  • Avatar of Order is also classified as a Normal type enemy and has a higher Vitality Mod (6.5), however it's encountered in a Miniboss type stage.