Energy: the Ultimate gauge
Every character has an Energy meter that fills up to a hard cap of 1,000. When the bar reaches 1,000, that character's Ultimate fires automatically. The bar resets at battle start.
Energy & Cooldowns
Two resources control the cadence of every fight: Energy (caps Ultimate uptime) and the per-skill cooldown stored on each active.
1 000 Max Energy Triggers Ultimate
+30 Basic attack Energy gained per hit
+50 Active skill Energy gained per cast
Energy sources during the fight
The Energy bar refills from:
- Basic attacks grant
+30 Energy per hit. - Active skills grant
+50 Energy on cast, on top of the active's own cooldown. - Skill effects from characters like Giorno explicitly add energy to allies.
Cooldowns
Active skills come with two cooldown values stored on every skill:
- Animation lock — the minimum time between two attempts to cast the same skill.
- Skill cooldown — the displayed cooldown in the in-game UI, which decreases as the skill levels up.
Levelling an active skill shortens its cooldown. Most Ultimates have no cooldown of their own — they fire as soon as the Energy bar fills.
Speed: action priority
The Speed stat decides turn order. Higher Speed acts first; a high-Speed
debuffer that lands DMG-taken stacks before the boss acts is worth more than a higher-damage
unit that goes after the boss skill.
See also
- Fighting Styles — class passives and the RUSH trigger
- Buffs & Debuffs — Energy Drain, Skill Charge Rate, and other timing-related buffs
- How damage works — where Energy and Cooldowns sit in the damage pipeline