Techniques are abilities that your party members can use in combat. A few you start out with, but most are learned through the Ascension Grid or are learned after a certain point in the story.

For Prompto, the ones you acquire through the Ascension Grid are Starshell, Recoil, Gravisphere, and Trigger Happy.

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Piercer, Starshell, and Trigger Happy use Firearms. Recoil and Gravisphere use Machinery. Snapshot uses his camera.

When you use a Technique in battle you “gain experience” for it. Leveling up a Technique increases the crit and damage of it. Once you reach 100% for the current level of a Technique it will level up. The amount of levels a Technique has varies on the Tech.

Piercer has 10 levels, Starshell 3, Recoil 5, Gravisphere 5, Snapshot 10, and Trigger Happy 2.

Once you max out a Tech it will have a crown next to it meaning you have leveled it to max.

Techniques can crit in combat (only when you’re in control of Noctis)
If a technique crits the bar displaying the name of it will be yellow instead of green.

The techniques Prompto has also change slightly if you are controling him in combat. When controlling Prompto you will have access to his Techs from Episode Prompto. He will be able to use Selfie Shot, Starshell, and Trigger Happy (only if you’ve completed Episode Prompto)

If Aranea is a guest party member Prompto can also call on her to use her Tech “Highwind” just like in Episode Prompto.

Prompto’s Techniques:

While in control of Noctis:

These are the Tecnniques Prompto can perform while in control of Noctis.

While in control of Prompto:

While in control of Prompto through character swap these are the techniques he can use. These techs are also the same exact techs Prompto uses in Episode Prompto. While in control of Prompto, if Aranea is in the party he can call on her to use her tech Highwind.