Excel Acts

Excel Acts are the powers that stay dormant within a character. You can only activate them by putting yourself through the utmost limit. As what Rastan said in the game.

Activation
Excel Acts can be activated depending on a character's level. When a character reaches the needed level, you need to attack physically to a single target and then an Excel Act will be learned automatically in the game. In every character in the game except Dynos, Adele, Alf, Niko and Clyde, there will be 7 Excel Acts that can be acivated depending on the needed level.

Elements/Type
There are five types or elements that are in every Excel Act learned. These are Fire, Earth, Wind, Water and untyped. When an Excel Act has an element, it can be used as an offensive attack to the weakness of a Boss.

Status Effects
Some Excel Acts have status effects. There are many different status effects in this game. Some can affect your Status, like DEF- or ATK+. Some can affect your abilities like Stun (wherein the next action cannot be done) or Poison (wherein your HP will decrease every turn). An Excel Act can be offensive or defensive. Defensive Excel Acts are the Excel Acts that can help you increase your Status or Abilities. Like L'Arc's Acceleration (ATK+) or Leslie's Blitz Boost (Blitz effect applies on the targeted allies/ally). Some Excel Acts can be both offensive and defensive. Wherein some Offensive Excel Acts can stun the enemy or give RES- or ATK- on the targeted enemy.

AP Usage
All Excel Acts use AP (obviously). Sometimes, each Excel Act learned will have much more higher AP usage than earlier learned ones.