Queen (Type-0)/Gameplay



Queen is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0. Queen wields a sword and has great movement speed. Her regular attack is a combination of slashes and lunges that finishes with a jumping attack. Queen is perhaps the most balanced character among the party as while boasting an above average Strength, she doesn't excel in any particular area. She is flexible as she can adapt to any role to better assist her teammates. As such, she is suitable for beginners.

Abilities
Queen's attacks consist of stabs and jabs. Her normal attack starts with a quick stab, then a three-time jab finished with a lightning-fast circular slash (which forms a sphere of swipes). The finisher is a good Stunning attack, allowing for exploitation of Breaksight and Killsight.

Her Balestra Lunge (analog up) is a jumping-lunge in which she may strike multiple hits with the Lv.2 upgrade. She can perform her Balestra Lunge three consecutive times before a short rest. Queen's Riposte Slash (analog down) follows her performing a swipe before backflipping. Holding down the input will allow her to perform her finisher (the lightning-fast circular slash) right after back-flipping. With the Lv.2 upgrade of Retreating Attack, Queen can shoot off three energy orbs at her target after backflipping if the analog is in a neutral position. Her energy orbs deal magical damage, have short range and no homing, but Queen can still track enemies while shooting them.

Queen initially knows Divine Judgment that allows her to conjure a wide four-directional cross around her that spins in a counterclockwise fashion. The Divine Judgement's "blades" damage enemies, while restoring HP to allies that come in contact with them. Queen's HP is not restored like the other allies', but she drains the enemies' HP that she hit with Divine Judgment. The amount of HP she drains is half the damage she dealt with Cross Judge. Initially, the rotational and healing speeds of Divine Judgment are slow, but the upgrades will speed them up almost four times faster. Divine Judgment's blades stagger small enemies easily, but cannot Stun them.

Queen has two abilities that drain her HP, the Magic Martyr and Gate of Destiny. With Magic martyr, Queen drains her HP to restore missing MP to allies inside her MP-restoring sigil. Initially, the MP restored is proportional with her drained HP (in percentage). When the MP of everyone within the sigil is full, Queen's HP will not be drain. The amount of MP restored can be improved with the upgrade, which means Queen would drain less HP to restore allies' MP. It is better to use this ability to all allies at once since the HP conversion rate is only affected in conjunction with a single character only.

Gate of Destiny is a powerful area-of-effect attack that deals damage to all enemies within the sigil. Queen can instantly cast and make the sigil to blast damage with less HP to consume. Holding down the input will charge and increase the sigil's size as well as damage. If held, the ability constantly drains Queen's HP until it drops to 1 whereupon Queen will blast the sigil, and the ability cannot be used again until her HP is at least 2 and above. The Gate of Destiny's area-of-effect range is proportional with the charged sigil's size. A quick use (single, quick tap) of the ability costs approximately 12.5% of Queen's HP, while the charged one costs approximately 25% (if timed right).

The Speedrush ability allows Queen to approach her target in the blink of an eye. It is technically teleport, as Queen can escape ranged attacks with it. If there are enemies or other obstacles between Queen and the target, she instead dashes in front of the blocking object. Different elevations may also interrupt the ability, but if Queen is on a higher elevation, it works. Using this ability with no target in sight will cause Queen to dash three feet in front of her.

The Mana Sphere is a long-ranged ability that allows Queen to shoot energy orbs. First, she unleashes a single energy orb that moves sluggishly, but when holding down the input, Queen can split the single, slow energy orb into three smaller energy orbs that shoot at the target with great speed. The three split orbs have strong homing. If Queen casts the ability directly in front of a target in point-blank range, she can unleash the orb (the single, sluggish orb) rapidly in a spamming fashion without splitting it.

Queen can learn the tactical-defensive ability Justice Guard. By timing the ability to guard against an attack, one can use it to block an attack and counter with a ranged attack (may still hit enemies in a point-blank range. After successful guard, Queen will shoot a darting, jerking energy orb that homes at the attacker while traveling with great speed. The energy orb deals great damage as well as inflicts Killsight to the attacker (in high-HP enemies, Breaksight). This ability is useful if one prefers the "wait, block, and strike" strategy. The jerking orb has a considerable range.

Equipment
Queen's exclusive accessory is the Lucid Lenses, which guards against Burn, Freeze, and Shock, and activates a special mode for her if she is killed during a mission. When Queen is revived, a black aura surrounds her and her fighting style becomes akin to that of a berserker, dashing around the field and dealing high damage with her Devastate attack. However, she is under Killsight status, and risks being killed at any point.


 * Longsword
 * Flamberge
 * Claymore
 * Rune Saber
 * Shamshir
 * Imperial Saber
 * Ancient Blade
 * Warlord
 * Mythril Saber
 * Wildfire Saber
 * Hoarfrost Saber
 * Voltaic Saber
 * Master Sword
 * Save the Queen
 * Phantasmal Blade
 * Celestial Saber (ultimate weapon)

Support Personnel
Some Support Personnel in the HD version appear as Queen: Ami Koshimizu (Queen's Japanese VA), Yoshiko Higohashi (Environment Artist ), Sara Okabe (Scenario Writer), and Sayako Hirata (Lead Menu Artist).