Long Distance

Certain items, techniques, effects or skills gain greater bonuses when you are at a long distance from your opponent. Long distance counts when the sum of you and your opponent's chain sums total equal or greater than 12. See Distance for how this is calculated.

Legend
Limited items	Quest items
Unearthly items	No trade items
Derivative unearthly	Normal items

Techniques

Technique	Chain	Long distance vs. Chain	Notes
Rush Through Grain (NPC only)	3	9	Does not attack at chain 9
Cyberbowl Rush	4	8-9	Does Evasion instead of Melee attack at chains 8-9
Petrifying Roar	7	5-9	Ineffective at chains 0-2
Juryrigged Rocket	8	4-9	Ineffective at chains 0-3
Microrocket (technique)	8	4-9	Distance only matters with rangefinder
Rushing Image	8	4-9	Modified at chains 0-3
In the Sights	9	3-9	Less effective at chains 0-2
Longarm	9	3-9	Less effective at chains 0-2
Race Down the Hall	5	7-9	NPC only; Ineffective at chains 8-9
Throw Polysteel	5	7-9	NPC only; Ineffective at chains 7-9
Any technique while under On the Edge effect

Notes

• Whispers from the Stars also increases your Etheric Power when you use a higher chain number, but does not use the same threshholding Long Distance mechanic listed here.

See also: Short Distance