B-type Armament



B-type Armaments (B型兵装) are CHARMs equipped with "ring cartridge systems", attachments used mainly by the Dueling Generation before the Neunwelt Tactic came into widespread use; they are now considered hazardous and, in principle, are no longer used. B stands for "Berserk."

Ring cartridge systems use rings charged with Magi to supply extra Magi to the crystal core, forcing the CHARM into an overheated state. A CHARM thus overheated is very powerful and can kill Large-type Huge in one hit, but its autoguard system no longer functions at all, and there's a high chance of the wielder being seriously or even fatally injured if she's counterattacked. This was directly responsible for the deaths of many Lilies from the Dueling Generation. However, Lilies of that generation are still proud to have wielded B-type Armaments, as it was those CHARMs which gave them the power to protect their loved ones at the time.

A ring cartridge system can be installed on any CHARM to make it into a B-type Armament, though they work best when the CHARM is designed with such a system in mind. In some cases, the ring cartridge is worn by the Lily herself, taking the form of an actual ring on her finger.

The use of B-type Armaments lead to two battle tactics which are uncommon nowadays: the mandatory inclusion of an Arsenal in a legion so that she can quickly reboot overheated CHARMs —a policy still followed by Odaiba Girls' School and Makuhari Girls' High School of Science and Engineering—and the use of Z to rewind time and return overheated CHARMs to a usable state. The latter technique is called the Impactor Style.

Funada Ui is one of the few active Lilies who still uses a B-type Armament, the Nægling; she's been quoted as saying "They're perfectly safe, as long as you don't let yourself get hit." Yamanashi Hibari's Ascalon is also equipped with a ring cartridge system. The Valkyria Skirt Magi Reincarnation System, developed by Odaiba's Arsenal department, is able to negate the drawbacks of a B-type Armament once per battle.