cyenobite Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Hi All, I picked up Yan Lo about a month ago (just liked the looks), and now that the Wave 2 cards are out (in pdf), I'm thinking of trying him out. Question on some of the wording on his card... There are several abilities and actions that boost Yan's CA stat, but they all say, "...to a maximum of 3 additional Ca." But I'm not sure if that is a total, or if that's PER ability? example: I use "Harvest Chi" to gain +3 Ca. I then also use "Focus Chi" to gain another +3 Ca - for a total of +6 Ca? Sounds too good to stack, but wanted to double check here. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darguth Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Hi All, I picked up Yan Lo about a month ago (just liked the looks), and now that the Wave 2 cards are out (in pdf), I'm thinking of trying him out. Question on some of the wording on his card... There are several abilities and actions that boost Yan's CA stat, but they all say, "...to a maximum of 3 additional Ca." But I'm not sure if that is a total, or if that's PER ability? example: I use "Harvest Chi" to gain +3 Ca. I then also use "Focus Chi" to gain another +3 Ca - for a total of +6 Ca? Sounds too good to stack, but wanted to double check here. Thanks. You'll note that all of those abilities, actions, and effects are all applying the same Chi condition, so each source of Chi stacks with one another BUT Yan Lo can only have one Chi condition on him. And that condition specifies you can only get +3 Ca maximum. So let's say Yan Lo already has Chi +3 from his Harvest Chi ability. He then uses Focus Chi to gain another Chi +1. This will stack to give him a grand total of Chi +4, but Chi specifies that you can still only get +3 Ca from it still. So he could have Chi +18 from three or four different sources of gaining Chi, but it's still restricted to only a +3 Ca maximum. The reason that Chi can stack so high without giving a greater buff to Ca is because it's a resource he can spend on things like Transendance and Ascendance, in addition to the bonus Ca value it grants. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 The maximum benefit you can get from the Chi is +3 to the cast value. The chi can stack higher but it only boost the Ca stat to a maximum of +3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypoking Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Harvest chi and focus chi don't actually increase Yan's cast stat. They provide him with the chi condition. As the chi condition is itself hard capped at +3 there isn't a conflict here. Edit: Double ninja'ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 They all give you chi counters, which have as their text "This model adds +1 to it's Ca, to a maximum of 3 additional Ca." As they all give the same condition (Chi +1) they don't stack with each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darguth Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Man, I definitely squeeked in for the gold medal on this answer by just the narrowest of margins! #BadOlympicHumor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyenobite Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Oh wow. Thanks for the great explanation! I would have never figured that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderwiggin Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 They all give you chi counters, which have as their text "This model adds +1 to it's Ca, to a maximum of 3 additional Ca." As they all give the same condition (Chi +1) they don't stack with each other. I thought like-named conditions stacked into a single condition with one number? Does this mean then that I could use Chiaki to heal Yan Lo (with trigger) and only remove one Chi +1 condition vs. all of his Chi in one go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 No, that's the chi condition with the number as its modifier, rather than multiple instances of the chi condition, so you'd lose all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderwiggin Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 That's what I thought, I got a little hopeful when he was saying they don't stack, but I guess he meant just the Chi +CA (past three). Oh well, there's a reason I'm going to get a nurse for Yan Lo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapten Vendetta Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 That's what I thought, I got a little hopeful when he was saying they don't stack, but I guess he meant just the Chi +CA (past three). Oh well, there's a reason I'm going to get a nurse for Yan Lo. Nurses are awesome in any Resser crew, but I'm curious to why you thought to include one with Yan Lo specifically? Is there a special combo-of-badassedness I've failed to spot? Or did you just mean he's so old he aught to have a Nurse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropolous Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Nurses are awesome in any Resser crew, but I'm curious to why you thought to include one with Yan Lo specifically? Is there a special combo-of-badassedness I've failed to spot? Or did you just mean he's so old he aught to have a Nurse? My guess is he is planning on using the trigger on the Soul Porter's attack to give Chi to the nurse to pump up her Take Your Meds casting action to a potential Ca 9, which is absolutely filthy. I approve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderwiggin Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 I find my Yan Lo requiring better healing without getting Chi dumped for simply two points of healing. It's also no mistake that the nurse is flexible, with Chiaki removing bad conditions on my guys and the paralyzing status on enemies. P.S. Also, yes, because Yan Lo is old and needs a nurse. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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