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Guardian Succession

PvE Combo Guide

Guardian Succession

Self Buff

  1. A+RMB
    Absolute: Fierce Disdain
  2. Space
    Prime: Claw Revealfor down attack

Damage Combo

  1. Shift+F
    Prime: Mountain Slam
  2. Shift+LMB
    Prime: Avalanche Strike
  3. Shift+RMB
    Prime: Mutilation
  4. RMB
    Prime: Black Blood Slaughter
  5. S+F
    Gate Crasher
  6. Shift+Q
    Prime: Black Blood Circlequick tap
  7. LMB (hold)
    Flow: Black Blood Eruption
  8. LMB+RMB
    Prime: Savage Hack
  9. Space
    Prime: Claw Reveal
  10. S+LMB
    Prime: Boulder Crush

Movement

Class Mobility

Long Distance

  1. W+F
    Juggernaut
  2. Shift+Space
    Rockslidefirst jump

Long Distance (alt)

  1. W+Q
    Absolute: Black Blood's Descent
  2. C
    Prime: Infernal Nemesis

Long Distance (rabam jumps)

  1. W+C
    Prime: Frigid Wind
  2. 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

  1. Jump+RMB
    Foretold Encounter
  2. Shift+W
    Sturdy Step

Short Distance (alt)

  1. W+C
    Prime: Frigid Wind
  2. W+Q
    Absolute: Black Blood's Descent

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Merciless Kick
  2. Flow: Low Blow
  3. Beast Demolisher
  4. Torso Ripper
  5. Fervor
  6. Juggernaut: Smite
  7. Frenzy

Skill Enhancements

  1. Merciless Smash
    Lv. 56 / Both bad
  2. Pulverization
    Lv. 56 / Both bad
  3. Omua's Flame
    Lv. 57
  4. Mountain's Echo
    Lv. 58

Recommended Reforge Stones

Active Reforge Stones (Max 5)

  • Reforge Stone

    All AP

    Weapon Effect+3

  • Reforge Stone

    All Damage Reduction

    Weapon Effect+3

  • Reforge Stone

    Black Spirit's Rage Recovery

    Weapon Effect+0.5%

  • Reforge Stone

    Critical Hit Extra Damage

    Weapon Effect+1%

  • 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
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes

  • All

    Black Blood Circle: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

October 15, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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

  • 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
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fixed Black Spirit's Rage sometimes not clearing Inner Edania boss mechanics.

August 20, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Chokeslam: Grapple range about 50% longer.Both specs

April 9, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Absolute: Strike Down: Fixed it being unlearnable if Gate Crasher was learned first.Both specs

December 11, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Claw Reveal: Fixed Claw Reveal (I–Absolute) being usable repeatedly after certain skills.Both specs

September 4, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: Fixed Down Attack Damage Increase not applying.

August 14, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fierce Disdain: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

July 24, 2025

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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

  • All

    Infinite Mastery now grants Accuracy +18 and All Accuracy +18 per skill level.All classes

  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 14, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

October 17, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Black Spirit: Black Blood Circle: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

September 5, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Black Blood Circle: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

August 8, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Prime: Beast Demolisher: Corrected the skill description.

August 1, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • PvE

    Prime: Savage Hack: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Prime: Mutilation: Skill behavior improved.

July 18, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 10, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Mountain Slam: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Prime: Avalanche Strike, Prime: Black Blood Circle, Prime: Claw Reveal: Damage adjusted.

September 20, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Savage Hack: Corrected the skill description.

  • PvE

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

September 13, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • PvE

    Prime: Black Blood Circle: Fixed a skill issue.

September 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

August 9, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 19, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 5, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

April 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    General class improvements.All classes

March 15, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Flow: Black Blood Eruption, Flow: Suppress, Rockslide: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

November 16, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Gate Crasher: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

October 12, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.Both specs

  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fierce Disdain: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Fireborne Rupture: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 15, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal: PvP damage reduced.

May 11, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

April 20, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Low Blow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 30, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Savage Hack: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

February 16, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Scornful Slash: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Scornful Slash: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

January 26, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Frostbitten Axe: Fixed a skill issue.

June 29, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

June 23, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Omua's Objurgation: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

May 26, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Juggernaut: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Mountain Slam, Prime: Black Blood Circle: Damage adjusted.

April 28, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

  • 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
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Blood's Descent: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 17, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: To Ashes: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

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