Stagger

Stagger is a health-like stat that determines how much damage a Striker can receive before becoming Staggered. Several Awakenings are affected by max Stagger, or are triggered when falling below a certain threshold.

Reducing Stagger

1 value of damage is equivalent to 1 value of Stagger. Taking damage, either from Striker abilities or various Arena hazards, reduces a Striker's Stagger Bar. When a Striker's Stagger Bar reaches 0, the Striker is afflicted with the Staggered status effect.

Staggered

When Staggered, the Striker's Stagger bar begins flashing red and a shattering sound plays. During this time, the Striker receives the following effects:

• They take 75% reduced damage.
• They receive 250% increased knockback.

Once the Stagger Bar refills to 50%, they are no longer considered Staggered.

Restoring Stagger

All Strikers passively restore their Stagger by 4% of their max Stagger per second after not taking damage from a normal Hit for 2.375 seconds (1.625s for Light Hits). Collecting a Power Orb instantly restores 7.5% to 30% of max Stagger (more healing when more damaged). Stagger is also completely refilled at the start of each round.

Abilities that restore Stagger

• Atlas's Celestial intervention
• Nao's Proximity Drone
• Nao's Lifeline

Max Stagger Stats

Leveling up in matches by gaining Experience increases a Striker's max Stagger. Each Striker falls into particular groups of max Stagger stats at max level as follows:

Related Awakenings

• Big Fish
• Bulk Up
• Peak Performance
• Reverberation
• Spark of Resilience
• Stagger Swagger
• Stinger
• Tempo Swing
• Unstoppable

Related Gear

• Siphoning Wand
• Vicious Vambrace