Prishe

Standing in the meta

Tier S 2nd of 30 — 2017 tournament tier list from dissidia.wiki (half matchup values, half expert player votes).

Ranked 2nd in the game (tier S) on the 2017 competitive tier list, behind Exdeath. The overview confirms her among the strongest: consistent strategy, easy to execute.

Overview

Prishe is a fast short-range fighter with a varied set of melee bravery attacks that chain into one another. Some of them, equipped together, trigger a “Skillchain” reaction that deals extra bravery damage.

She is known for her low-risk defensive close-range game, led by Raging Fists and One-Inch Punch: fast startup, short recovery, good reward on hit. Threaten with delayable advancing strikes, charge One-Inch Punch to crush blocks, dodge away if they whiff. Her fast fall makes her air dodges hard to punish, and her dash speed, among the fastest in the game, helps her chase opponents and EX Cores alike. Fast, safe, hard to touch: the textbook example of effective hit and run in Dissidia 012 — patience pays off handsomely, and she excels in a war of attrition.

Her weaknesses are subtler. Her bravery attacks, hard to punish, cannot be cancelled into block or into other attacks — a ceiling on her defensive mind games, effective as they already are. Most of her attacks track poorly on the vertical axis and struggle against long active disjoints (The Emperor's Thunder Crest, Sephiroth's Godspeed). Her 1-hit HP attacks stay situational in EX Revenge checkmates, and the sheer number of viable chains lands her in a bravery slot dilemma much like Vaan's.

In competitive play, Prishe has often been ranked among the strongest in the game. Her strategy, consistent and simple to execute in most matchups, makes her a notable blind pick: a stable game, even without a clear advantage.

Stats & speeds

Moves

Bravery attacks

Ground

Combo (One) 11FMelee Low

A quick three-punch combo, her fastest bravery attack (11 frames). Chains into another bravery attack and combos even on whiff. A chain started with Combo yields roughly 10% more EX Force on the finisher.

Base damage	2, 2, 4 (8)
Startup	11F
Type	Physical
Priority	Melee Low
EX Force	39 (One)
CP (mastered)	20 (10)

Aerial

Followups

The data is close to the (One) versions, but the (Two) follow-ups generate a different amount of EX Force, can Wall Rush or start a Chase, and cost less CP to equip.

These followups branch off the “(One)” Bravery attacks — the chain diagram below lays out the branches.

HP attacks

Ground

Aerial

EX Mode: Two-Hour Ability! & EX Burst

The “Two-Hour Ability!” EX Mode grants Regen, Critical Boost and Hundred Fists: while it is active, Prishe chains up to three weapon skills and moves faster — every one of her mobility stats moves up a notch (run, dash, fall, fall after dodge).

EX Burst : “The Five Lights”: Prishe throws a shard of Magicite, then entering the displayed commands clockwise increases the number of hits landed.

Unique mechanic

Certain chained bravery attacks trigger a Skillchain: a burst of energy dealing extra bravery damage (multiplier 5, physical, no EX Force), fired alongside the attack in progress. Its name appears at the top of the screen, like HP attacks and EX Mode activations.

Only chains of physical bravery attacks trigger them: Banish, Holy and HP attacks never do.

• Eight Skillchains are documented with their starter/finisher pairs: Compression (Howling Fist > One Inch Punch), Detonation (Combo, Howling Fist, One Inch Punch, Raging Fists, Shoulder Tackle or Spinning Attack > Backhand Blow), Fusion (Spinning Attack > Combo, Howling Fist, Raging Fists, Shoulder Tackle or Spinning Attack), Gravitation (Backhand Blow > One Inch Punch), Impaction (Shoulder Tackle > Combo, Howling Fist, Raging Fists, Shoulder Tackle or Spinning Attack), Liquefaction (Combo, Howling Fist or Raging Fists > Spinning Attack), Reverberation (Howling Fist > Shoulder Tackle) and Transfixion (One Inch Punch > Howling Fist).
• Detonation is one of the handiest: it starts from her most common starters, and Backhand Blow finishers set up combos with the Kuja assist beautifully. The Howling Fist finisher offers more flexibility for aerial assist combos (Chase or Wall Rush), at the cost of bravery damage or EX Force depending on the charge.
• Skillchains often remain the third-best follow-up choice: good on certain bravery-damage sets, otherwise outclassed in reward or in utility. Only one bravery chain per slot, hence their limited overall viability. On the other hand, the input timing for charged attacks is more forgiving there — not through the system itself, but through the synergy (frame data and hit stun) between the bravery attacks of a chain.

Gameplan & advanced tech

Prishe's loop is a defensive close-range hit and run: threaten with delayable advancing strikes (Raging Fists, One Inch Punch at 13 frames), charge One Inch Punch to crush blocks, pull out with an all-but-unpunishable dodge if the opponent does not bite. Her dash speed, among the highest in the game, chases down runners and wins races for EX Cores. Patience pays: built for a war of attrition, she stacks EX gauge and bravery thanks to her defence and her synergy with the Aerith assist.

Her bravery attacks chain: the (One) versions start the chain, the (Two) follow-ups decide what comes next — Chase and heavy EX gains (Combo, Raging Fists, Dragon Kick) or Wall Rush to set up the assist (Backhand Blow, One Inch Punch, Spinning Attack, Shoulder Tackle). Backhand Blow finishers set up combos with the Kuja assist beautifully, and Skillchains add bonus damage on certain sets. Watch out: only one chain per bravery slot, so no complete coverage.

Her poorly tracking HP attacks remain the weak link: Asuran Fists and Auroral Uppercut are the fastest (43 frames, Wall Rush); Nullifying Dropkick and Banishga at maximum range serve as situational 1-hit HP attacks for EX Revenge checkmates — otherwise, movement and the assist do the work. In EX Mode, Hundred Fists chains up to three weapon skills, mobility picks up further, and combos deal heavy bravery damage, especially after a guard break.

Character-specific tech

Universal techniques (blodge, dash feint, lock off, dodge punishment): see the Techniques & glitches page.

Matchups

The wiki's matchup page is a stub, but the overview gives some bearings: a consistent strategy, simple to execute in most matchups — a notable blind pick, solid even without a clear advantage. Documented friction points: long active disjoints (The Emperor's Thunder Crest, Sephiroth's Godspeed), against which her mediocre vertical tracking struggles.

Match videos: Replay Theater — Prishe matches.

Builds

Her builds usually aim at EX and bravery damage. The documented build (“Adamant Chains”) leans on the special effect of the same name — damage, EX absorption, even safer air dodges — with the Aerith assist, the Cleaver weapon, the Adamant set (Shield, Helm, Vest), booster-oriented accessories (Hyper Ring, Muscle Belt, Dismay Shock, Battle Hammer, Summon Unused, three White Drop, White Gem, Glutton) and Rubicante as the summon. It relies on the Equip Glitch (the total CP cost assumes it has been performed).

Side by Side is not recommended on Prishe: average HP attacks and no solo combo into an HP attack.

The build's bravery and HP attack slots are left blank, and the second build (“Build #2”) is an empty template.

Build and check a Prishe loadout slot by slot: build creator (CP gauge, ability exclusions and tournament rules applied).

Assist synergies

Prishe as an assist

As an assist, Prishe is rated Low tier on Muggshotter's assist tier list. The sources on her page give no detail on her use beyond that ranking.

Recommended assists

• Aerith — Her synergy with Aerith is cited among her strengths: her defence and the Aerith assist let her play the long game, stacking EX gauge and bravery. It is also the assist of the documented Adamant Chains build.
• Kuja — Cited by the page among the assists that work well with her; the Skillchain section notes that Backhand Blow finishers set up combos with his assist beautifully.

Community tech

Sources

• https://dissidia.wiki/Prishe_(Dissidia_012)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbXhyagrfqE
• https://pastebin.com/8FWDXjvJ
• https://pastebin.com/dKSWgUQ6
• https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/605802-dissidia-012-duodecim-final-fantasy/58732928
• https://dissidia.wiki/Tier_List_(Dissidia_012)
• https://dissidia.wiki/Tier_List_(Assist)

Known limits

• The wiki's matchup page is a stub: no detailed per-character analysis (only the examples cited in the overview could be carried over).
• No combo section filled in (the Solo subsection is empty): no detailed combo routes beyond the mentions in the overview and the Skillchain section.
• The exact timing of One Inch Punch (Two)'s shortened charge as a finisher is explicitly undocumented in the sources.
• The wiki names no advanced technique outside the Skillchains (covered in uniqueMechanics): the advancedTech entries come from a GameFAQs thread of the era (2011), with one disagreement flagged (linking charged Dragon Kick > charged One Inch Punch).
• The second build (“Build #2”) is an empty template and the main build's attack slots are left blank.
• Assist gain values are missing from the move tables; the wiki's References section is empty; the community tech entries come from the external source pass.
• The community's empty chase record is undated (the solo combo record that accompanies it is dated December 2022): its freshness cannot be established.