Zakkiatherous Anerexon

“	"Good" or "bad" mean little compared to what you MUST or WILL do.	„
	~ Zakk

Zakk
Zakk in battle.
Level	13 ~ 37 13 ~ 28 (Legend) 13 (Enemy)
Race	Human
Zone	The Hidden Forest - Stage 3/Wave 1 - Stage 4 (Joins party)
Allies	Sonny Veradux Dr Herregods Kara

Zakkiatherous Anerexon, also know as Zakk is a party member in Sonny (2017). He is encountered in Chapter 4: The Hidden Forest guarding his land and is initially encountered as a Normal enemy unit. Zakk is a witch hunter who wishes to get revenge on Arcanis for converting his family and friends to worship the Frozen God, an evil spirit.

Attributes

• Ally
• Enemy

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.

Note: This unit is allied, which means that it has lower stats than enemies at same levels, but can equip items. The values below show their attributes while having no equipment.
	Base	Mod		Lvl 13	Lvl 15	Lvl 19	Lvl 22	Lvl 24	Lvl 27
Power	10	0.9		179.2	224.79	330.24	421.26	487.43	594.65
Defense	10	1.2		235.61	296.39	436.98	558.35	646.57	789.53
Speed	10	0.8		160.4	200.93	294.66	375.57	434.38	529.69
Vitality	10	1.1		216.8	272.53	401.4	512.66	593.52	724.57
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				1517.63	1907.68	2809.81	3588.6	4154.66	5072.01
Visible Max HP from Vitality				1518	1908	2810	3589	4155	5073
Visible Power				179	225	330	421	487	595
Visible Defense				236	297	437	558	647	790
Visible Speed				160	200	295	376	435	530
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				137.34%	137.905%	138.595%	138.906%	139.057%	139.23%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				168.67%	168.952%	169.297%	169.453%	169.529%	169.615%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				184.335%	184.476%	184.649%	184.726%	184.764%	184.808%
Hit. Bonus	30%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	0%
Focus Drain Resist	0%
Physical Defense	0%

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 13
Power	10	0.9		433.01
Defense	10	1.2		574.01
Speed	10	0.8		386.01
Vitality	10	1.1		527.01
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				3689.09
Visible Max HP from Vitality				3690
Visible Power				433
Visible Defense				574
Visible Speed				386
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				58.262%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				123.67%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				161.835%
Hit. Bonus	30%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	0%
Focus Drain Resist	0%
Physical Defense	0%

Abilities

• Attack
• Shadow Sweep
• Silver Edge
• Snow Storm

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
		100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
			Has the description "Deal # damage .".

Shadow Sweep	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Shadow	Active	Ranged	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	5	120% Power	+100%
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	3	100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
			AoE ability. Has the description "Deal # damage and apply Weaken to the target.".
Weaken	Target Buff Description
	Power reduced by 50%.
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative		1	+1 duration when first applied.

Silver Edge	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Active	Melee	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	5	150% Power	+30%
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	3	100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
			Has the description "Deal # damage and apply Stun to the target.".
Stun	Target Buff Description
	Unit is stunned and cannot act.
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative		1

Snow Storm	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Frost	Active	Ranged	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	6	(70% Power) x3
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	6	100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
	Apply Slow to the last enemy stricken.		AoE ability. Has the description "Deal # damage and applySlow to all enemy units.", which is incorrect.
Slow	Target Buff Description
	Speed reduced by 35%.
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative		2	+1 duration when first applied.

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 "Logical". They have a high chance of sticking to the list, and tend to attack the "weakest" enemy.
Phases	Ability Preference List	HP Threshold Abilities	Passive Abilities
Phase 1	- Snow Storm (6th turn & onward) - Silver Edge (3rd turn & onward) - Shadow Sweep (3rd turn & onward) - Attack

Tactics

Compared to Kara, the only other non-healer, this unit excels in party utility in the form of negative buffs. They also have access to two "AoE" abilities when all other allies only get one. The trade-off is that their damage output is lower than Kara.

Trivia

• Only one variant of Zakk is coded in the game. It simply refers to the same unit when being a party member and as an enemy, hence they're using the same stat mods and abilities. The reason for the stat difference is that units in Sonny's party has a global stat factor of 0.5, meaning their "effective stat mods" are actually half of what is stated in the tables. Enemies have a global stat factor of 1.25.
• This unit is the only ally that has a special stat different from the norm, specifically their +30% Hit. Bonus.
  • They also start with no elemental power bonuses from starter items, but instead gets a weapon with an item mechanic.