Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher

Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher overview

This entry covers an Epic summon companion in Phantom Blade Zero. It is not a boss encounter and not a weapon; it is a Phantom that syncs to a skill. It sits in the Phantoms index, and the rest of the page uses the Phantom name after this overview.

The wiki entry lists it as Evil Punisher, with Sword of Justice as its synced skill and Righteousness as its passive. Its Phantom Set is Leechcraft or Swordplay?. The page data gives rarity 4, flame 4, and a base Synced Skill Shield Break bonus of +10.2%.

What Phantoms are and how syncing works

Phantoms are memories and echoes of Kung Fu masters that permeate the ParaWulin. Illusionists distill those memories into tangible objects that grant knowledge of techniques from those masters. A synced Phantom grants bonuses that depend on that individual Phantom's rarity, and the bonuses also depend on whether the Phantom is part of a Phantom Set.

A Phantom's Kung Fu master may be long dead or still among the living, and someone's own moves can exist as a Phantom. Such a Phantom projects those moves as part of its nature, though the projected moves may not match the known moves. Those details describe the general Phantom idea; this page keeps the focus on the entry's stats, skill, passive and set.

Syncing is the part that matters for build decisions. The same Phantom can behave differently in a set context because the bonuses depend on rarity and set membership, so the Leechcraft or Swordplay? label is part of the evaluation.

Rarity, flame, and Shield Break base bonus

Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher has rarity 4 and flame 4. Its base Synced Skill Shield Break bonus is +10.2%. Those are separate fields: rarity is the Phantom rarity, flame is the flame value, and the base bonus is the stat line attached to the synced skill. On rarity 4 versus rarity 5: only rarity 4 is documented for this Phantom, so there is no rarity 5 stat line or upgrade path to compare in the source.

The wiki data here lists rarity 4 and does not compare rarity 4 with rarity 5. No rarity 5 comparison for this Phantom is documented, so this page does not claim that one tier is better than the other.

Likewise, the entry does not explain what flame changes in combat for this Phantom. Treat flame 4 as a recorded property, not as a confirmed damage multiplier.

Sword of Justice and Righteousness

For Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher, the synced skill summons the Sword of Justice to unleash a fierce sword shockwave and deal ATK-based damage. At perk ranks 1, 2 and 3, Sword of Justice deals 200%, 210% and 220% of ATK respectively.

Righteousness reduces enemy Shield by 50 per second for 4 seconds. The sword aura applies to breached targets as well, so yes: it still drains Shield after an enemy's shield has already been broken.

On stacking, the source gives only the 50-per-second, 4-second drain and the breached-target note. It does not describe a separate stack count or a bonus for multiple activations, so do not assume that repeated casts add extra drain beyond that documented effect.

Damage and shield reduction are the only documented effects of these two parts. Any claim about hidden multipliers, elemental interactions or break thresholds would go beyond the wiki text.

Leechcraft or Swordplay? set bonus: +2% Crit Rate per Guardian with Life Reaver

Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher belongs to the Leechcraft or Swordplay? Phantom Set. The set name is written as plain text here; this page does not link to a set hub that does not exist.

The documented pairing perk involves Life Reaver: you gain +2% Crit Rate for each Guardian summoned if Evil Punisher and Life Reaver are on your Combo Chains, and the bonus stacks up to 3 times.

For that specific crit-rate perk, yes, you need Life Reaver on Combo Chains with this Phantom. Sword of Justice, Righteousness and the Shield Break base bonus are described independently of that pairing.

Set membership and rarity both feed into synced bonuses according to the general Phantom rules, so the set label is part of the Phantom's identity, not a separate weapon slot.

When to equip Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher

Equip it when you want a Synced Skill Shield Break base bonus and an ATK-scaling synced skill in one Phantom slot. Sword of Justice starts at 200% ATK at rank 1 and reaches 220% at rank 3; Righteousness adds 50 Shield reduction per second for 4 seconds, including on breached targets.

Pair it with Life Reaver if you want the documented crit-rate set perk: +2% Crit Rate for each Guardian summoned, up to 3 stacks. Test it in shield-break-focused setups where the base bonus and Righteousness both have a job.

Is it the best shield-break Phantom, or is Lone Blade better? The source does not rank Phantoms and contains no Lone Blade comparison, so it cannot be called the best shield-break option. The supported case for Phantom Blade Zero Evil Punisher is Shield Break +10.2% plus Righteousness at 50 Shield per second for 4 seconds; compare Lone Blade only with data you can verify in-game.

For crit builds, the Life Reaver pairing is the documented crit hook; for shield-break builds, Shield Break +10.2% and Righteousness are the relevant pieces. The data does not settle a ranked pairing list for either build.

Because no acquisition method is documented, treat availability as a separate check before planning a build around it.

Practical checklist for Evil Punisher

Use Phantoms for the summon-companion index and this entry when returning to the page. Check the in-game Phantom screen for the current rank of Sword of Justice, confirm Righteousness in the passive text, and test the Shield Break bonus in a shield-break-focused setup.

Before investing, remember that this Phantom has rarity 4 and flame 4, and the wiki records no drop rate or unlock route. That makes it a Phantom to evaluate from the stats and effects shown rather than from a documented farming path.

Frequently asked questions