A dungeon mechanic in which a given spawn disables the awoken skills of your team for a given number of turns. Awoken binds have no direct defense, unlike skill binds (which can be resisted via Resistance-Skill Bind), but can be removed through active skills (commonly known as “awoken bind clears”). A famous example of a card with an awoken bind clear is Odin Dragon .

Some leaders have the unique leader skill effect that reduces awoken binds upon healing a certain amount of HP, such as Dark Luluna and Teletha Testarossa .

If lacking one of these solutions, then the awoken bind must be stalled out, which may be difficult for teams dependent on Enhanced Heal Orbs awakenings for recovery.