Cover is a Warrior Support Skill in Octopath Traveler.
Effect[]
The equipping character will intercept and receive single-target attacks in place of allies who are at or below the Critical HP threshold (~33.33% or 1/3 HP).
The Critical HP threshold can be identified by both visual and audio cues. While at or below the threshold, a characters HP will be red tinted and they will act as if they are subject to a negative status effect (i.e. their character model will look injured and they will lament their injury in the audio cue that plays when they act).
This support skill observes the following behavior:
- Cover only activates on the following:
- Single target skills and attacks on a single ally
- Multi-hit attacks and skills that target one random ally for each hit
- Cover will not activate on the following:
- Skills and attacks that target all allies at once
- Single-target skills and attacks that deal no damage/are evaded through mechanisms such as
Sidestep or
Counterattack
Synergies[]
Skills[]
- Sheltering Veil applies the
Increased Elemental Defense buff
- Reflective Veil applies the
Reflective Veil buff, causing the target to reflect enemy elemental attacks back at the caster
- Stout Wall applies the
Increased Physical Defense buff to the user
- Mole Dance applies the
Increased Physical Defense buff
- Shackle Foe applies the
Decreased Physical Attack debuff to one foe
- Starsong applies the
Increased Physical Defense,
Increased Elemental Defense,
Increased Speed and
Increased Evasion buffs
Support Skills[]
- Eye for an Eye applies a 50% chance to counter a foe's physical attack with a Standard Attack, including attacks intercepted by Cover. Furthermore, each hit of a multi-hit skill has a chance to activate this effect, allowing several counter-attacks.
- SP Recovery will cause taking damage to restore SP equal to 1% of the damage taken (rounded up)
- Stalwart Defense increases the Phys. Def. stat by +50
- If allies have the Fortitude support skill equipped, this ability can be used to protect them from some harm while they are at low HP.