Psi-Surge is the Magnakai upgrade to Mindblast, though the two disciplines cannot be used simultaneously. Psi-Surge grants +4 Combat Skill, but comes with a price; it consumes 2 Endurance points per round and cannot be used at all if Lone Wolf's EP drops to 6 or below.
The Kai and Grand Master versions of this discipline are Mindblast and Kai-surge.
Rank Bonuses[]
- Primate: A Magnakai with this rank can use Psi-Surge to set up a destructive vibration within an object, damaging or possibly pulverizing it.
- Principalin: A Magnakai with this rank is able to cause confusion by planting doubt into enemies. The power of this enhancement rises with rank.
- Archmaster: Grants +6 Combat Skill and consumes only 1 Endurance point per round. Mindblast gives +3 to Combat Skill.
Tactical Analysis[]
Psi-Surge increases Lone Wolf's Combat Skill by 4, and the effect of this is, on the average, two extra damage dealt to the enemy per round (from analysis of the Combat Result table). But Lone Wolf suffers two extra damage per turn as well, nullifying the advantage from the Combat Skill bonus. Thus, Mindblast gives a better advantage, and should be preferred in normal combats.
Psi-Surge becomes actually useful only in some specific situations, for example:
- If there is a constraint in the number of rounds to win a fight (by dealing more damage, the fight will last fewer rounds).
- If the Combat Ratio is -8 to -14 (Psi-Surge will reduce or eliminate the chance of instant death).
- If the Combat Ratio is +3 to +10 (Psi-Surge will improve the chance of instant victory).
Psi-Surge gets a lot more powerful when Lone Wolf reaches Archmaster rank, when it adds 6 to Combat Skill at a cost of only 1 Endurance Point per round. In this scenario, Psi-Surge is more powerful than Mindblast, and usually worth using unless the Combat Ratio is heavily positive.
The table below summarizes this analysis:
| Discipline | Damage dealt
(average) |
Damage suffered
(average) |
Overall
advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psi-Surge (CS+4) | +1.6 | -1.4 | +0.2 |
| Mindblast (CS+2) | +0.8 | -0 | +0.8 |
| Archmaster's Mindblast (CS+3) | +1.2 | -0 | +1.2 |
| Archmaster's Psi-Surge (CS+6) | +2.3 | -0.1 | +2.2 |