Decimation

Axe weapon skill
Skill Level:	240
Quest:	Axe the Competition
Description:	Delivers a three-hit attack. Accuracy varies with TP.
Sneak Attack:	Will stack with Sneak Attack.
Equipment:	Aligned with flame equipment (Flame Gorget & Flame Belt).
	Aligned with light equipment (Light Gorget & Light Belt).
	Aligned with aqua equipment (Aqua Gorget & Aqua Belt).

Properties

Element:	None
Modifiers:	STR:50%
Damage Multipliers by TP:

1000 TP	2000 TP	3000 TP
1.25	1.25	1.25

Skillchain Properties

Fusion (A)

Level 3 Skillchains
Fusion	→	Fragmentation	=	Light
Fragmentation	→	Fusion	=	Light

Level 2 Skillchains
Distortion	→	Fusion	=	Fusion
Fusion	→	Gravitation	=	Gravitation

Reverberation (B)

Level 2 Skillchains
Induration	→	Reverberation	=	Fragmentation

Level 1 Skillchains
Reverberation	→	Impaction	=	Impaction
Transfixion	→	Reverberation	=	Reverberation
Scission	→	Reverberation	=	Reverberation
Reverberation	→	Induration	=	Induration

Levels[]

While Warriors and Beastmasters may obtain skill level 240 earlier than level 71, Decimation must be quested once base skill level 240 (without merits) and job level 71 is reached (requires the ability to wield Pick of Trials).
Axe skill level 240 is obtainable by the following jobs at these corresponding levels:

Job	Rating	Level
Beastmaster	A-	70
Warrior	A-	70
Dark Knight	B-	75
Ranger	B-	75

Meaning[]

Decimation comes from the Latin prefix 'dec', meaning ten. In Ancient Rome, decimation was an extreme form of military punishment, wherein a group (usually a 'cohort'- a force of 600 legionaires) would be divided into subgroups of ten. Each group would draw lots. Whoever took the lot would be executed by the other nine. Because the groupings and lots ignored rank and social status, everyone was subject to the risk of execution; this, along with the fact that you were being killed by your peers made decimation extremely daunting and personal. Cultures extended its use to rebellious provinces and subjugated people, taking entire populations into subgroups and executing every tenth person to establish dominance, control, and overall tyrrany.