Guardian Succession
PvE Combo Guide
Guardian Succession
Self Buff
- A+RMB
Absolute: Fierce Disdain - Space
Prime: Claw Revealfor down attack
Damage Combo
- Shift+F
Prime: Mountain Slam - Shift+LMB
Prime: Avalanche Strike - Shift+RMB
Prime: Mutilation - RMB
Prime: Black Blood Slaughter - S+F
Gate Crasher - Shift+Q
Prime: Black Blood Circlequick tap - LMB (hold)
Flow: Black Blood Eruption - LMB+RMB
Prime: Savage Hack - Space
Prime: Claw Reveal - S+LMB
Prime: Boulder Crush
Movement
Class Mobility
Long Distance
- W+F
Juggernaut - Shift+Space
Rockslidefirst jump
Long Distance (alt)
- W+Q
Absolute: Black Blood's Descent - C
Prime: Infernal Nemesis
Long Distance (rabam jumps)
- W+C
Prime: Frigid Wind - Shift+Space
Mountain's Echorabam jump
Rabam jumps (Shift+Space after
Prime: Frigid Wind) are mainly needed at spots which require a lot of long distance mobility, such as Star's End or Event Horizon.
Short Distance
- Jump+RMB
Foretold Encounter - Shift+W
Sturdy Step
Short Distance (alt)
- W+C
Prime: Frigid Wind - W+Q
Absolute: Black Blood's Descent
Build Notes
Class Specifics
Skills to Lock
Merciless Kick
Flow: Low Blow
Beast Demolisher
Torso Ripper
Fervor
Juggernaut: Smite
Frenzy
Skill Enhancements
Merciless Smash
Pulverization
Omua's Flame
Mountain's Echo
Recommended Reforge Stones
Active Reforge Stones (Max 5)
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Reforge Stone
All AP
Weapon Effect+3
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Reforge Stone
All Damage Reduction
Weapon Effect+3
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Reforge Stone
Black Spirit's Rage Recovery
Weapon Effect+0.5%
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Reforge Stone
Critical Hit Extra Damage
Weapon Effect+1%
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Reforge Stone
Back Attack Extra Damage
Weapon Effect+2%
Replace All Damage Reduction with Down Attack Extra Damage when the spot needs it.
Skill Add-ons
Class Addons
Avalanche Strike I
Auto-learn. Gather strength to your battle axe and slash the enemy.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec
Mountain Slam I
Auto-learn. Slam your battle axe at the opponent.
Skill Add-on Effect
- All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target
- Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
Mutilation I
Auto-learn. A skill of dragon's might, delivering a heavy blow.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec
- All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target
Black Blood Circle I
Auto-learn. Instill your battle axe with forces of the earth.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec
Gate Crasher
Prerequisite: Use the [Secret Book] Abyssal Legacy ([The Magnus] Abyssal Revelation).
Skill Add-on Effect
- All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
- All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target
Black Blood Slaughter I
Preceding Skill: [Torso Ripper I], [Mutilation II].
Skill Add-on Effect
- Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec
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
Black Blood Circle: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
October 15, 2026
1 change
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All
Chokeslam: Marni's Combat Analyzer now records its grab as a grab instead of a normal attack.Both specs
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 3, 2026
1 change
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PvE
Fixed Black Spirit's Rage sometimes not clearing Inner Edania boss mechanics.
August 20, 2026
2 changes
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PvE
PvE damage raised:
Prime: Claw Reveal,
Prime: Boulder Crush,
Prime: Mutilation and
Prime: Black Blood Slaughter +10%;
Prime: Black Blood Circle +8%;
Prime: Mountain Slam +7%;
Prime: Avalanche Strike +5%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same. -
PvE
Gate Crasher: PvE damage +5% (7,557% → 7,935% per attack). PvP ratio lowered so PvP damage stays the same.Both specs
May 21, 2026
6 changes
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All
Prime: Black Blood Circle: Attack 1 now applies Succession: Dragon's Calling HP recovery; All Evasion Decrease → All AP -20 for 10 sec; Damage Reduction in Super Armor 30% → 50%; stays active without holding Shift+Q (LMB attacks at once, also for Black Blood Circle I–Absolute); can combo into Fierce Disdain. -
All
Flow: Black Blood Eruption: Command Q or RMB → Q or LMB. -
All
Prime: Mutilation,
Prime: Black Blood Slaughter: Forward Guard → Super Armor. Mutilation Floating now PvE only; Mutilation III PvP damage 27.61% → 36.3%. Fixed Black Blood Slaughter applying Down Smash on every hit. -
All
Prime: Frigid Wind: Super Armor for the whole skill; combos better into Prime: Mutilation; longer windows for the attack combo and for turning while moving; no longer turns with the camera while attacking. -
All
Juggernaut,
Frenzy: Juggernaut no longer combos into Frenzy while moving; Frenzy combos better into Avalanche Strike and Mutilation after attack 2. -
All
Guard: Fixed Guard being unusable with low Stamina, Stamina not recovering at the start, and sprinting during Guard with low Stamina.Both specs
May 14, 2026
1 change
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PvP
Chokeslam: Grapple range about 50% longer.Both specs
April 9, 2026
2 changes
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All
Gate Crasher: Cooldown 12 → 9 sec.Both specs -
All
Prime: Boulder Crush,
Prime: Savage Hack: Faster attack speed. Savage Hack damage 4,000% → 4,438% per attack (+11%); PvP ratio lowered so PvP damage stays the same.
March 12, 2026
7 changes
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All
Succession: Dragon's Calling: Recover HP on hit: one-handed 100 → 200, two-handed 200 → 400. -
All
Guard: All Damage Reduction in Succession +20 → +40. -
All
Prime: Black Blood Circle: Self/ally Damage Reduction removed; now deals damage while held (applies Dragon's Calling, but not its HP recovery); Damage Reduction Rate +30% while in Super Armor. -
All
Omua's Circle: Added Super Armor and Recover 2,500 HP; hit area matches visuals; cooldown 20 → 50 sec. -
All
Omua's Flame: Added Forward Guard; All Speed Reduction removed; always hits a fixed spot; larger attack 2 area; cooldown 18 → 9 sec. -
All
Sturdy Smite: Added Forward Guard; Bound now PvE only; Down Smash removed; Melee Damage Reduction debuff → All Damage Reduction -20; replaces Juggernaut: Smite once learned; cooldown 22 → 9 sec. -
All
Mountain's Echo: Activates while Rockslide I is on cooldown; smoother combo into Rockslide I; new combo into Rockslide II.
February 12, 2026
2 changes
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All
Prime: Frostbitten Axe: All AP buff (V) +2 → +4. -
All
Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes
February 5, 2026
1 change
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All
Absolute: Strike Down: Fixed it being unlearnable if Gate Crasher was learned first.Both specs
December 11, 2025
1 change
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All
Rockslide I,
Succession: Dragon's Calling: Fixed odd movement when Rockslide I was on cooldown after Succession: Juggernaut, and Succession: Flame of the Calling's per-stack Critical Hit Rate not applying.
December 4, 2025
2 changes
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All
Succession: Juggernaut: New skill: activates from Juggernaut after learning Succession: Guardian's Glory. -
All
Rockslide I,
Rockslide III: Rockslide I cooldown 21 → 15 sec, dashes forward from Succession: Juggernaut, and SPACE continues into II. Rockslide III combos faster into Fierce Disdain.
October 30, 2025
1 change
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All
Claw Reveal: Fixed Claw Reveal (I–Absolute) being usable repeatedly after certain skills.Both specs
September 4, 2025
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: Fixed Down Attack Damage Increase not applying.
August 14, 2025
1 change
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All
Fierce Disdain: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
July 24, 2025
7 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
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All
Bone Freezing Wind: Critical Hit Damage +10% → All AP +20.Both specs -
All
Prime: Frostbitten Axe: All AP +5 → +10. -
All
Claw Reveal: Removed Critical Hit Damage +5%. -
All
Prime: Black Blood Blessing: All Resistance +5% → All DP +10. -
All
Skill damage multiplier +2.41% to offset the AP rebalance.
February 13, 2025
2 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
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
2 changes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
Black Spirit: Black Blood Circle: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
September 5, 2024
2 changes
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All
Black Blood Slaughter,
Prime: Black Blood Slaughter,
Avalanche Strike,
Prime: Avalanche Strike,
Gate Crasher,
Prime: Beast Demolisher: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Prime: Axe Throw: Damage adjusted.
August 29, 2024
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Prime: Black Blood Circle: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
August 8, 2024
1 change
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PvE
Prime: Beast Demolisher: Corrected the skill description.
August 1, 2024
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
July 25, 2024
7 changes
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All
Axe Throw,
Omua's Flame,
Dragon's Calling: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Prime: Axe Throw: Damage adjusted. -
All
Sturdy Step: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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PvE
Prime: Savage Hack: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Prime: Mutilation: Skill behavior improved.
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
7 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Foretold Encounter,
Merciless Smash,
Pulverization,
Black Blood Circle,
Cleansing Flame,
Guard,
Searing Fang: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Flow: Howling Light: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Prime: Black Blood Circle: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Merciless Kick: Corrected the skill description. -
All
Prime: Frigid Wind: Fixed a skill issue. -
All
Scalding Thorn,
Black Spirit: Cleansing Flame: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 3, 2024
2 changes
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All
Black Blood Circle,
Prime: Black Blood Circle: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Prime: Avalanche Strike: Fixed a skill issue.
December 20, 2023
2 changes
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All
Prime: Mountain Slam: Damage adjusted. -
PvP
Prime: Avalanche Strike,
Prime: Black Blood Circle,
Prime: Claw Reveal: Damage adjusted.
September 20, 2023
2 changes
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All
Prime: Savage Hack: Corrected the skill description. -
PvE
Fixed a class issue.All classes
September 13, 2023
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
-
PvE
Prime: Black Blood Circle: Fixed a skill issue.
September 6, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
August 9, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
July 19, 2023
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
July 5, 2023
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
-
All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
April 6, 2023
1 change
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PvE
General class improvements.All classes
March 15, 2023
2 changes
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PvP
Prime: Black Blood Circle,
Prime: Black Blood Slaughter,
Prime: Avalanche Strike,
Prime: Mountain Slam,
Prime: Mutilation: Damage adjusted. -
All
Flow: Black Blood Eruption: Damage adjusted.
November 23, 2022
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Flow: Black Blood Eruption,
Flow: Suppress,
Rockslide: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
November 16, 2022
3 changes
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All
Gate Crasher: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Avalanche Strike: Skill behavior improved. -
PvE
Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: Damage adjusted.
October 19, 2022
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Gate Crasher: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
October 12, 2022
4 changes
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All
General class improvements.Both specs
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All
Guard: Fixed a skill issue. -
All
Prime: Frigid Wind,
Rockslide: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Foretold Encounter: Cooldown 4 → 3 sec.
August 23, 2022
2 changes
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PvP
Prime: Mountain Slam,
Prime: Avalanche Strike,
Prime: Mutilation: PvP damage reduced. -
All
Dragon's Calling,
Succession: Dragon's Calling: Corrected the skill description.
July 27, 2022
2 changes
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All
Fierce Disdain: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Fireborne Rupture: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
June 15, 2022
4 changes
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All
Pulverization: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Merciless Smash: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Searing Fang: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Scornful Slash: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
May 31, 2022
1 change
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PvP
Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: PvP damage reduced.
May 11, 2022
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
April 20, 2022
1 change
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All
Flow: Low Blow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
March 30, 2022
1 change
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All
Savage Hack: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
February 23, 2022
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
February 16, 2022
2 changes
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All
Black Spirit: Infernal Nemesis,
Savage Hack: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Prime: Avalanche Strike: Fixed a skill issue.
February 9, 2022
2 changes
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All
Scornful Slash: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
All
Scornful Slash: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
January 26, 2022
2 changes
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All
Black Blood's Descent: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: Damage adjusted.Both specs
January 19, 2022
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Claw Reveal,
Black Spirit: Absolute: Claw Reveal,
Black Spirit: Infernal Nemesis,
Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: Damage adjusted.Both specs
January 5, 2022
2 changes
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All
Black Spirit: Black Blood Circle,
Black Spirit: Prime: Black Blood Circle,
Black Spirit: Fireborne Rupture: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Black Spirit: Fireborne Rupture: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
July 14, 2021
1 change
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All
Prime: Frostbitten Axe: Fixed a skill issue.
June 29, 2021
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
June 23, 2021
1 change
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All
Omua's Objurgation: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
May 26, 2021
2 changes
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PvE
Juggernaut: Damage adjusted. -
All
Prime: Mountain Slam,
Prime: Black Blood Circle: Damage adjusted.
April 28, 2021
2 changes
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All
Omua's Circle: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
All
Omua's Circle: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
April 21, 2021
6 changes
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
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PvP
Jordun Training: Corrected the skill description.Both specs -
All
Jordun Training: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
PvP
Jordun Training: PvP damage reduced.Both specs -
All
Searing Fang: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
PvE
Infernal Steps: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
April 7, 2021
1 change
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All
Black Blood's Descent: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
March 17, 2021
1 change
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All
Flow: To Ashes: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
