Shrubclaw

Shrubclaw is No. 024 in the Aniimo index, a Rock and Grass creature that fights in the BREAK role. The lush plants that cover their shells convert sunlight into nutrients, so they don't even need to eat on sunny days.

Wild Aniimo are taken with Aniipods, and once caught this one can be raised, sent into battle, kept at The Homeland, or traded to another player. It belongs to the Budclaw line, which runs to 3 entries in total, and 3 alternate Forms have been published for it.

Profile

Base Stats

The index publishes six base values for every Aniimo plus an Attributes total that adds them together. ATK drives damage, BREAK is what wears down an enemy's guard, P.DEF and M.DEF cover the two damage types, and REGEN governs how quickly resources come back. These are base figures and balance changes can move them.

Evolution

Shrubclaw grows out of Budclaw. It sits at the end of the line, with nothing published beyond it.

Forms

Besides its Basic Form, Shrubclaw has 3 published Forms. Each of them carries a different elemental pairing from the Basic Form, so the Form a Pathfinder catches decides what the creature is weak and strong against.

Where To Find It

Shrubclaw is listed in 1 habitat. Which creatures actually appear also depends on weather, time of day, and local phenomena, so a listed habitat is where to look rather than a guarantee.

Trait

Every Aniimo carries a passive Trait that is always active while it fights alongside a Pathfinder.

Mobility

Mobility abilities are named actions used while Twined, separate from combat skills and traversal grades.

Skills

The table lists Shrubclaw's four available combat moves across its forms and capture unlocks and two innate skills. Choose the two combat skills for the build. Power is the published damage figure and Cost is the resource required.

Evolution and encounters

Form skill availability

Basic and Bay Shrubclaw list The Luminus Gust as a capture-unlocked option; Mudflat and Beach list it among their native moves. Capture Mudflat or Beach Budclaw or Shrubclaw for that unlock. Select two combat skills for the build.

BREAK build examples

These examples emphasize reliable BREAK and EP recovery. Choose the personality and attack pair for the form you are raising; the priority values are a five-point guide rather than material costs.

Begin with support effects, then keep Leaf Slash or The Luminus Gust hitting while tunneling. Stealth gains Momentum twice as quickly underground; reach its six-stack trigger to gain 30% BREAK efficiency for 20 seconds. Tunnel protects against ranged attacks, and Pound attacks can still launch Shrubclaw.

Move during Charged Blow's charge so both swings line up, then pass the BREAK opening to the damage dealer. Quake Impact provides a wide-area ultimate when available. Recover EP between attempts rather than charging without the resources to finish the sequence.

The Charged Blow contract shortens its charge and adds a one-second stun. Earth Skills and Core Skill Contracts separate the move's charge stages from its base Power. Held Items covers Gargantuan Horn's BREAK growth and its Acquired Potential threshold.

Party examples

Homeland work

Use the Basic form for combined Grass, Earth and hauling work. Regional Shrubclaw keeps the higher hauling and Earth grades but does not list the Basic form's Grass job.