Congrats, you combined QBB and SS and made it twice as OP as it could have been, with a couple of (be honest) really negligible quirks to try to balance it. It shouldn't pierce Phalanx shields. The amount of defense those shields have is insane, and suggesting that the beams would penetrate it already screams game-breaking. This wouldn't just become the Gjallarhorn... it could potentially one- or two-shot bosses. LFG and #Recruitment would burn. I see what you're going for, but I don't like it. Let's just wait for SS to reveal itself.