[zephyr325]

Originally Posted by Blue-Ultimate

Thanks to the summaries I know now that that gauntlet in the 1st ep preview battle, neutralizes energy based weapons.
But can it do more then that, because if neutralizing is the only thing it can do it's more of a counter-weapon instead of a defensive or attack weapon.
Does it also do something else like the Gurann from Code Geass, where it can concentrated fire or use a area burst.

And just having one function wel seems kind of disappointing, because gauntless based weapons are just freaking awesome hands down.

Spoiler for Answer:

As far as IS is concerned, Byakku Shiki's energy-negating attack is one of the most powerful abilities among all IS.

Energy shield is the key defense mechanism for IS, and Byakku Shiki's One-Off ability enables Ichika to attack other ISs as if they have no shield at all.

That means a single direct hit from this attack is almost always fatal - It doesn't have to be head or torso. Getting a limb chopped off would be considered a very serious injury - and would cause the opponent's IS to trigger Absolute Protection, depleting its energy reserve.

In this sense, Ichika's One-Off ability could be called the ultimate attack.
(It's so powerful that its advantage is offset by a quite serious penalty - that it continuously drains its own shield energy while this ability is active.)


And about the new weapon, Setsura, in 2nd Form...

It's a multi-purpose arm unit that can be transformed to function as a number of different weapons.

So far, 3 modes are shown in LN.

1. Large caliber long range charged particle cannon.
2. Energy shield with energy-negating ability.
3. Energy-based extendable claw.

1 enables Ichika to engage enemy in ranged combat. In fact, this is the only means of ranged attack for Ichika.
It is powerful enough that one direct hit sent Silverior Gospel temporarily reeling.
But it uses up lots of energy reserve, and since it shares the energy used for thruster, excessive usage could seriously hinder the use of Ignition Boost.

2 is extremely effective against enemy mainly equipped with energy-based weaponry, since it could neutralize all incoming energy attack.
But since this shield is another application the One-Off ability, using this shield also drains his own shield energy too, thus the usage is limited.

3 is perhaps briefly featured in the prologue of TVA, when Ichika deals the final blow to Siverior Gospel. Seems quite powerful... Um, Shining Finger...?