Corsair Awakening
PvE Combo Guide
Beginner Loopable Combo
Combos from the 2026 Awakening Corsair PvE guide. Priority play is stronger once you know the kit; this loop teaches the basic flow.
Loopable Combo
- Shift+E
Close Quarters: ChargeDP debuff opener; +24 Evasion, +20% Movement Speed - S+LMB
Close Quarters: SuppressCrit rate up; +40% Crit Rate - F
Pirate's Life For Me+20 AP self buff; use on cooldown - Space
Ocean's Allure - Shift+LMB
Crow's Mark - Shift+RMB
Wind-piercer Patraca - RMB
Surface Slicer PatracaAfter Wind-piercer Patraca - LMB
Flow: Earth-render Patraca - Shift+F (Hold)
Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! - Shift+Q
Sun-shielder Patraca - W+RMB
Spare No Quarter - Shift+Z (Hotbar)
Wave Blast - RMB
Vigor Rush+20 AP - Quickslot
Light 'em Up
Movement
Class Mobility
PvE I-frames
- Shift+Direction
Riding WavesShort dash. First step of the PvE i-frame dash (three skills together). - E
Mareca SwingConnects Riding Waves into Smooth Sailin'. - W
Smooth Sailin'The big rope. Aerial version loses the i-frame.
PvE i-frame dashing is these three skills together: Riding Waves into Mareca Swing into Smooth Sailin'.
Repositioning
- S+Q
Entangling VortexHighest damage reposition. Slide behind packs; collision can fail, so be ready to adapt. - A/S/D+F
Tide Splitter PatracaSafest reposition; also an i-frame. - A/D or S+LMB
Wave-breaker PatracaReposition while dealing damage.
Build Notes
Class Specifics
Skills to Lock
Wave Pout
Evasion Roll
Whirling Slash
Rage Transfer
Heart-catcher Patraca
Also lock Black Spirit 50%, Awakening 100%, Awakening 200%, 10%, and Pre-Awakening 200% for normal grinding. Unlock select Black Spirit skills only for specific Edana boss fights.
Core
Core: Close Quarters: Suppress
Skill Enhancements
- Whirling Slash
- Wave Blast
Mareca: Spiral of Dreams
Mandatory Quickslots
Family's Honor- Light 'em Up
Labao on Deck
No Mercy, Scallywags!
Absolute: Mareca: Jet Stream
Mareca: Sea of Dreams
Optional quickslots by priority: Mareca: Whale Song, Mareca: Spiral Soak, then Overflow. Heart-catcher Patraca, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, and Elvia: Dark Mists are optional awakening adds.
Skill Add-ons
Class Addons
Close Quarters: Suppress
Close-range Patraca that breaks the target's stance.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Back Attack damage +5% for 5 sec
Close Quarters: Charge
Gather mist, advance, and strike.
Skill Add-on Effect
- All DP -20 for 10 sec to target
- Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
Flow: Earth-render Patraca
Flow after Crow's Mark that drives the harpoon home.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec
Wind-piercer Patraca
Reload the harpoon through the wind and fire.
Skill Add-on Effect
- All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
Pirate's Life For Me
Skewer the foe and show a pirate's pride.
Skill Add-on Effect
- All DP -20 for 7 sec to target
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec
Crow's Mark
After reloading the harpoon, aim and mark the target.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
- All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target
Change Log
October 22, 2026
2 changes
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PvP
PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes
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All
Core: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Fixed a skill issue.
October 8, 2026
2 changes
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All
Unified the level-based base stats (Max HP, HP Recovery, All AP, All Damage Reduction and All Evasion) for every class. Class-specific stat differences now come from a new passive skill learned automatically at Lv. 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70.All classes
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All
Added the common skill Godslayer: Force Palm (Lv. 60+). Its Secret Book is obtained at A Freesword's Hearth in Voidekaia after finishing the Inner Edania main quests.All classes
September 23, 2026
1 change
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All
Wind-piercer Patraca: Fixed slower activation when used from a Quick Slot.
August 27, 2026
3 changes
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All
HP/MP recovery per hit:
Close Quarters: Charge 150 → 200 HP, 
Spare No Quarter! IV 75 MP → 200 HP, Ocean's Allure 180 → 250 MP, Black Spirit: Close Quarters: Charge 200 → 250 HP. -
PvE
PvE damage raised:
Surface-slicer Patraca +20%, Wind-piercer Patraca +17%, Crow's Mark III +8%, Sun-shielder Patraca III +7%, Flow: Earth-render Patraca, Ocean's Allure and Entangling Vortex +6%, Close Quarters: Charge +3%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same. -
All
Wind-piercer Patraca, No Mercy, Scallywags!: Wind-piercer Patraca can combo into Wave-breaker Patraca again. Scallywag Trio: Hand Cannon lost its burn damage and gained a larger Damage Increase.
July 9, 2026
1 change
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All
Crashing Wave, 
Flow: Squall, Wave Blast: Recover HP per hit: Crashing Wave added (38–78 by level), Flow: Squall 50/63/75/100 → 96/120/144/168, Wave Blast added (132).Both specs
July 2, 2026
3 changes
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All
Entangling Vortex: Moves about 60% farther; no Stamina recovery during the skill.
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All
Close Quarters: Suppress: Skill Add-on tier 1 → 2, cooldown 5 → 6 sec, Critical Hit Rate buff +24% → +40% for 10 sec. -
All
Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Cooldown 12 → 10 sec.
June 25, 2026
1 change
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PvP
Spare No Quarter!: Fixed level II having a different PvP damage ratio from the other levels.
June 18, 2026
2 changes
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PvE
PvE damage raised:
Vigor Rush, 
Tidal Surge, 
Rising Whirlpool and Wave Blast +1.7%; 
Absolute: Squall, 
Absolute: Overflow and 
Absolute: Tide's Kiss +2.5%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.Both specs -
PvE
PvE damage raised:
Surface-slicer Patraca +9%, Crow's Mark +7.5%, Sun-shielder Patraca, Flow: Earth-render Patraca, Wind-piercer Patraca, Tide-splitter Patraca and Entangling Vortex +7%, Close Quarters: Charge +5.5%, Spare No Quarter! +5%, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! +3%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.
June 11, 2026
1 change
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All
Tide-splitter Patraca: Fixed the landing motion continuing after touching ground on some terrain.
May 21, 2026
1 change
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All
Labao on Deck!: Fixed extra Labao help refreshing the First into the Fray! duration.
May 14, 2026
1 change
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PvP
Heart-catcher Patraca: Ranged grapple wind-up 0.657 → 0.5 sec, and now the same regardless of the previous combo.
April 30, 2026
1 change
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All
Fixed Labao's "All Damage Reduction Rate +50% for 5 sec" (under 50% HP) triggering repeatedly while First into the Fray! was active.
February 12, 2026
3 changes
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All
Rising Whirlpool: Faster activation.Both specs
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All
Absolute: Riding Waves: Defense Super Armor → Invincible then Super Armor (also in Awakening). In Awakening it no longer turns with the camera once movement stops.Both specs
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All
Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes
December 11, 2025
2 changes
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PvP
Ocean's Allure: Pull triggers one-third as often but moves targets twice as far, and applies All Speed -50% for 1 sec.
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All
Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure: Attack/Casting Speed -15% removed; Mist hits x5 → x1 with main damage 5,055% → 8,333% x2 (same total).
October 23, 2025
1 change
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All
Sea Lungs: Fixed "All Big Ship Stats +1%" not applying after the Oct 16 update.Both specs
September 25, 2025
1 change
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All
Tide-splitter Patraca: Fixed extra Stamina use.
September 18, 2025
5 changes
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All
Ocean Melancholy: Combos faster into Rising Whirlpool and Tidal Surge.Both specs -
PvE
PvE damage shifted away from Skill Enhancement skills:
Vigor Rush -16%, Wave Blast -13%, Rising Whirlpool -12%; raised on Absolute: Overflow +12%, Absolute: Squall +11%, Absolute: Tide's Kiss, 
Absolute: Whirlpool and 
Absolute: Crashing Wave +10%, 
Absolute: Tidal Slash +9%. PvP ratios adjusted so PvP damage stays the same.Both specs -
All
Wind-piercer Patraca: Combos faster into Surface-slicer Patraca.
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All
Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, Sun-shielder Patraca, Pirate's Life For Me: Cooldowns: Open Fire! 15/14/13 → 14/13/12 sec (Add-on tier 2), Sun-shielder 14/12/10 → 12/10/8 sec, Pirate's Life For Me 5 → 4 sec but weaker if used on cooldown.
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PvE
PvE damage raised:
Tide-splitter Patraca +38%, Wind-piercer Patraca +24%, Sun-shielder Patraca +21%, Surface-slicer Patraca +13%, Spare No Quarter! +12%, Crow's Mark, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, Flow: Earth-render Patraca and 
Code of the Scallywags about +9%, Entangling Vortex +8%, Close Quarters: Charge +5.5%, Pirate's Life For Me and Ocean's Allure +5%, Close Quarters: Suppress +4%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.
August 21, 2025
1 change
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PvP
Black Spirit: Crow's Mark: Fixed a skill issue.
July 24, 2025
2 changes
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All
Combat system overhaul: Resistance and Ignore Resistance reworked, AP, DP reduction and Special Attack damage gaps between classes narrowed, and Special Attack damage effects of the same type no longer stack.All classes
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All
Infinite Mastery now grants Accuracy +18 and All Accuracy +18 per skill level.All classes
March 13, 2025
3 changes
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All
Crow's Mark: Cooldown 12/11/10 → 9/8/7 sec.
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All
Crow's Mark: Added All DP -20 for 10 sec on hits.
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All
Close Quarters: Suppress, Spare No Quarter!, Sun-shielder Patraca, Crow's Mark,
Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, Wind-piercer Patraca: Damage adjusted.
February 13, 2025
3 changes
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All
Emergency Escape: Invincibility now also applies when you reappear; movement speed and Stamina recovery during the skill reduced; SPACE now jumps to higher terrain.All classes -
PvE
Combat Assistance can now only be used while total Family Level is 200 or lower; some skills deal less damage or lose effects when spammed during cooldown, while main PvE skills deal more damage.All classes
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All
Mareca: Sea Stroll: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
December 12, 2024
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
November 14, 2024
1 change
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
October 17, 2024
1 change
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
August 29, 2024
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
August 1, 2024
3 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Mareca: Sea Stroll,
Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll, 
Black Spirit: Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Pirate's Life For Me: Fixed a skill issue.
July 25, 2024
3 changes
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All
Black Spirit: Mareca: Sea Stroll, 
Black Spirit: Absolute: Mareca: Sea Stroll, 
Mareca: Jet Stream, Black Spirit: Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll, Sun-shielder Patraca, Wind-piercer Patraca, Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
July 18, 2024
2 changes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
July 10, 2024
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
June 19, 2024
5 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Absolute: Whirling Slash,
Prime: Whirling Slash, Wave-breaker Patraca: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Rising Whirlpool,
Smooth Sailin', 
Wave Pout, Wave-breaker Patraca, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, 
Black Spirit: Close Quarters: Charge, Mareca: Sea Stroll, Entangling Vortex: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Black Spirit: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Damage adjusted.Both specs
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All
Wave Blast: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
November 15, 2023
3 changes
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All
Close Quarters: Suppress, Close Quarters: Charge: Skill behavior improved.
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All
Entangling Vortex: Damage adjusted.
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PvP
Spare No Quarter!, Crow's Mark, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, Flow: Earth-render Patraca, Pirate's Life For Me, Ocean's Allure, Entangling Vortex, Code of the Scallywags: Damage adjusted.
September 20, 2023
2 changes
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All
Core: Sea Mist, 
Core: Crow's Mark: Fixed a skill issue. -
PvE
Fixed a class issue.All classes
September 13, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
September 6, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
August 30, 2023
1 change
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PvE
Riding Waves, Mareca Swing: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
August 23, 2023
9 changes
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All
Wind-piercer Patraca: Corrected the skill description.
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All
Wind-piercer Patraca,
Flow: Wave Skedaddle: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Tide-splitter Patraca, Flow: Earth-render Patraca: Smoother combos and controls.
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All
Wave-breaker Patraca, Close Quarters: Suppress: Damage adjusted.
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PvP
Crow's Mark: PvP damage reduced.
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PvP
Ocean's Allure, Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure: Skill behavior improved.
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PvP
Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure, Close Quarters: Charge, Sun-shielder Patraca, Wind-piercer Patraca: Damage adjusted.
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All
Labao on Deck!: Fixed a skill issue.
-
PvP
Spare No Quarter!: Fixed a skill issue.
August 9, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
July 19, 2023
1 change
-
All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
July 5, 2023
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
May 3, 2023
1 change
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PvP
Absolute: Crashing Wave: PvP damage reduced.
April 6, 2023
1 change
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PvE
General class improvements.All classes
March 15, 2023
3 changes
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PvP
Wind-piercer Patraca, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, Close Quarters: Suppress, Sun-shielder Patraca, Ocean's Allure: Damage adjusted.
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All
Flow: Earth-render Patraca, Pirate's Life For Me: Skill behavior improved.
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All
Smooth Sailin': Fixed a skill issue.
January 4, 2023
4 changes
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All
Wind-piercer Patraca: Smoother combos and controls.
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All
Pirate's Life For Me: Cooldown 4 → 5 sec.
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All
Crow's Mark: Damage adjusted.
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PvP
Flow: Earth-render Patraca, Sun-shielder Patraca: PvP damage reduced.
November 23, 2022
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
October 19, 2022
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Vigor Rush: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
October 12, 2022
6 changes
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All
Tide-splitter Patraca: Corrected the skill description.
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All
Ocean's Allure, Labao on Deck!: Skill behavior improved.
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All
Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure, Wind-piercer Patraca, Tide-splitter Patraca, Flow: Wave Skedaddle: Fixed a skill issue.
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PvP
Close Quarters: Charge, Sun-shielder Patraca, Wind-piercer Patraca: PvP damage reduced.
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PvP
Pirate's Life For Me: Fixed a skill issue.
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All
Mareca Swing: Damage adjusted.
August 23, 2022
2 changes
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PvE
Heart-catcher Patraca: Fixed a skill issue.
-
PvP
Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Fixed a skill issue.
August 17, 2022
1 change
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All
Pirate's Life For Me: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
July 13, 2022
5 changes
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All
Tide-splitter Patraca: Corrected the skill description.
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All
Close Quarters: Charge, Spare No Quarter!: Skill behavior improved.
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PvP
Pirate's Life For Me: Cooldown 3 → 4 sec.
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All
Flow: Earth-render Patraca: Cooldown 8 → 6 sec.
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All
Close Quarters: Suppress: Smoother combos and controls.
June 15, 2022
3 changes
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All
Rising Whirlpool, Wave Blast: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
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All
Mareca: Spiral Soak: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Pearl Blast: Damage adjusted.Both specs
May 31, 2022
2 changes
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All
Wave-breaker Patraca, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Skill behavior improved.
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All
Wave-breaker Patraca, Heart-catcher Patraca: Smoother combos and controls.
May 4, 2022
1 change
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All
Core: Sun-shielder Patraca: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 19, 2022
5 changes
-
PvP
Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure: PvP damage reduced.Both specs
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All
Black Spirit: Mareca: Sea Stroll, Black Spirit: Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll: Damage adjusted.Both specs
-
PvP
Black Spirit: Crow's Mark: Damage adjusted.Both specs
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All
Black Spirit: Mareca: Sea Stroll: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
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All
Spare No Quarter!: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 5, 2022
3 changes
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PvP
Black Spirit: Mareca: Whale Song: PvP damage reduced.Both specs -
PvP
Black Spirit: Prime: Mareca: Whale Song, Black Spirit: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
General class improvements.Both specs
December 29, 2021
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
September 8, 2021
2 changes
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All
Labao on Deck!: Damage adjusted.Both specs
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All
Labao on Deck!: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
August 25, 2021
2 changes
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All
Wave-breaker Patraca, Spare No Quarter!, Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
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All
Wave-breaker Patraca, Ocean's Allure: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
August 18, 2021
7 changes
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All
Core: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!, Mareca Swing, Flow: Wave Skedaddle, Crow's Mark, Smooth Sailin', Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
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All
Wind-piercer Patraca: Cooldown 4 → 6 sec.Both specs
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All
Labao on Deck!, Flow: Earth-render Patraca, Close Quarters: Suppress, Crow's Mark: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
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All
Crow's Mark,
Sea Mist, Close Quarters: Charge, Light 'Em Up: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
All
Ocean's Allure: Damage adjusted.Both specs
-
PvE
Spare No Quarter!: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
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All
Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
August 11, 2021
2 changes
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All
Splashin' Around: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Storm Surge: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
July 28, 2021
6 changes
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All
Mareca: Jet Stream, Smooth Sailin', Riding Waves, Ocean Melancholy,
Wave Lash, Wave Pout, Mareca: Sea Stroll, Splashin' Around: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
All
Wipe Out: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
All
Smooth Sailin',
Mareca: Whale Song, Mareca: Spiral Soak, Mareca: Jet Stream, 
Whirling Slash, 
Flow: Tide's Kiss, Crashing Wave: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Absolute: Whirling Slash, Prime: Whirling Slash, Absolute: Smooth Sailin': Skill behavior improved.
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All
Tidal Slash, 
Wave Breaker, Wipe Out: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Mareca: Spiral Soak: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
July 21, 2021
3 changes
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All
Mareca Swing: Damage adjusted.Both specs
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All
Riding Waves, Wipe Out,
Overflow, 
Storming Gale, 
Sea Prowler: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Wave Lash: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
July 14, 2021
3 changes
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All
Mareca: Jet Stream, Mareca: Sea Stroll: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
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All
Mareca: Jet Stream, Mareca: Sea Stroll, Sea Lungs: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
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All
Mareca: Spiral Soak, Black Spirit: Mareca: Sea Stroll, Black Spirit: Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
July 7, 2021
8 changes
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All
Riding Waves, Wipe Out,
Flow: After the Storm, Mareca: Sea Stroll, Splashin' Around, Crashing Wave: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Storm Surge, Flow: After the Storm, Smooth Sailin', Riding Waves: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
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All
Wave Lash, Mareca: Sea Stroll, Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll, Smooth Sailin', Flow: Squall, Crashing Wave, Whirling Slash,
Ocean's Pearl: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Mareca: Whale Song, Storm Surge, Mareca: Spiral Soak: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
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All
Absolute: Storm Surge: Fixed a skill issue. -
All
Ocean Melancholy: Damage adjusted.Both specs
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All
Absolute: Ocean Melancholy: Damage adjusted. -
PvE
Overflow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
