Focus

Focus as it appears in Tales of the Abyss.

"Juushourai" redirects here. For the similarly named self-enhancement arte used by Emil Castagnier, see Fiend Fusion.

Focus (柔招来, Juushourai^?, "Rising Gentleness") is the first self-supporting base arte in the Tales series. In most of its appearances, it raises stats such as Strength and Speed.

Arte Description and History

In all of its appearances, this arte is used by the front liners in order to buff their strength and speed, but there are cases where the arte buffs accuracy and physical defense instead. As the arte requires some seconds of usage, it is safest to activate it at a distance from the enemy, as the latter may attack the user without being staggered.

In the several versions of Tales of Phantasia, including the original Super Famicom version, Cress Albane is known for performing a back-flip vertically into the air for the animation of this skill, though in the Gameboy Advance port, he performs a sideways-turning jump instead due to the limited animation capacity of the game. That version, unlike in most games, can be canceled into another arte.

It is obtained by Leon Magnus in Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut, where it, in addition to its normal accuracy-increasing buff, heals some of Leon's HP. It also deals Water-elemental damage to any enemies in contact with him, in contrast to Coil's Fire-elemental damage. In Tales of the Abyss, Guy Cecil can only use Focus by using Center within a fully-charged Earth or Dark FOF Circle.

Appearances

Original Titles

• Tales of Phantasia (SFC) - Cress Albane
• Tales of Phantasia (PSX / iOS) + Full Voice Edition + Cross Edition - Cress Albane (Focus)
• Tales of Phantasia (GBA) + Mobile - Cress Albane (Focus)
• Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut - Leon Magnus
• Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon - Martial Artist costume, Champion costume, Gladiator costume, Monk costume
• Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X - Swordsman costume, Silver Swordsman costume, Golden Swordsman costume, Orochi costume, Cress Albane
• Tales of Legendia - Chloe Valens (Focus)
• Tales of the Abyss - Guy Cecil (Focus)
  

Crossover Titles

• Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Fighter costume, Gale Fighter costume, Thunder Fighter costume, Champion costume
• Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Fighter costume
• Tales of Asteria - Cress Albane, Guy Cecil

Fan-Translated Names

• Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Focus
• Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Juushourai

In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes

Tales of Phantasia (SFC)

Japanese Description: 気を集中させることによって一時的に防御力を上昇させる技
Romanized Description: Ki wo shuuchuu saseru koto ni yotte ichijiteki ni bougyoryoku wo joushou saseru waza
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Boost your speed and attack."

Tales of Phantasia (GBA)

Japanese Description: 気を集中させることによって一時的に命中率を上昇させる
Romanized Description: Ki wo shuuchuu saseru koto ni yotte ichijiteki ni meichuuritsu wo joushou saseru waza
Localized Description: "Temporarily increase Accuracy by focusing the mind."

Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut

Japanese Description: 自身の集中とＨＰが上昇する術剣技。打撃属性を備え、連携中の使用で効果が高まる。
Translated Description (Life Bottle Productions): "Increase accuracy and restore HP. More effective at the end of an arte chain."

Tales of Legendia

Japanese Description: 命中率補正体術
Localized Description: "Base: Temporarily raise ACC."

Tales of the Abyss

Japanese Description: 気を集中させることによって 一時的に物理防御力を上昇させる技。
Localized Description: "Arte: Concentrate and temporarily increase your physical defense."

Japanese Quote: 漲れ…柔招来！！
Localized Quote: "Surge! Focus!"