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Musa

Musa Succession

PvE Combo Guide

Musa Succession

Start every pack with Divider for the debuff and run the opener once. Then keep looping filler skills with Blooming into Cyclone Slash until your opener skills are ready again.

Step 1: Pack Opener

  1. E
    Divider
  2. Shift+LMB
    Carver
  3. Shift+LMB+RMB
    Blooming
  4. LMB+RMB
    Gale
  5. S+Space
    Backstep SlashReposition behind the pack
  6. LMB+RMB
    Gale
  7. Shift+F
    Mountain Divide
  8. LMB
    Storm Slash
  9. Shift+LMB+RMB, hold LMB
    BloomingCyclone Slash
  10. S+LMB+RMB
    Rising Storm
  11. LMB
    Rising Storm: Blaze

Step 2: Filler Loop

No fixed order. Alternate a Serene Mind skill with Blooming into Cyclone Slash. Example:

  1. Divider, then Blooming into Cyclone Slash
  2. Blind Slash, then Blooming into Cyclone Slash
  3. Backstep Slash, then Blooming into Cyclone Slash
  4. Dragon Bite, then Blooming into Cyclone Slash
  5. Backstep Slash, then Blooming into Cyclone Slash

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement Between Packs

  1. W+RMB
    ChaseForward dash
  2. RMB
    ChaseBackward dash
  3. W+C
    Forward runNo stamina used

Repositioning in Packs

  1. RMB
    Chase
  2. S+Space
    Backstep SlashReposition to the back

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Absolute: Dragon Claw
  2. Absolute: Lunar Slash
  3. Forward Roll
  4. Absolute: Upper Kick
  5. Absolute: Blunt Kick
  6. Absolute: Sweep Kick
  7. Absolute: Roundhouse Kick

Skill Enhancements

  1. Ultimate: Musa Spirit
    Lv. 56
  2. Pouncing Dragon for PvE (Quick Shot for PvP)
    Lv. 57
  3. Storm Slash
    Lv. 58

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Cyclone Slash I

Create a cyclone with your blade that rushes forward.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

Gale I

Slash enemies upwards while turning your back to them.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

Carver I

Dash towards enemies in front to cut them down.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

Divider I

Consecutively slice enemies with a charged blade.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 7 sec to target
  • Down Attack damage +5% for 5 sec

Blooming

Summons the Tiger Blade to perform a powerful slash attack.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Rising Storm I

Swing your blade to create a large whirlwind that launches every surrounding enemy into the sky.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
  • Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec

Video Guide

ForestHunter's Pack Combo Example

A quick example of ForestHunter's pack combo. The combo is flexible, so you can adjust it depending on the zone.

Change Log

October 22, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

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

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

August 13, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Cyclone Slash: Fixed Gale coming out first even when Prime: Blooming was input after the skill.

July 2, 2026

9 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze: Hold LMB afterwards to combo into Prime: Retaliation.

  • All

    Rising Storm: Blaze, Storm Slash: Cooldowns: Rising Storm: Blaze (incl. Succession) 10 → 9 sec, Storm Slash 15 → 10 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Blind Slash: Cooldown 8 → 6 sec.

  • All

    Prime: Carver: Special Attack changed from Speed Attack to Air Attack. Damage while on cooldown is now also lower in PvP, and about 44.4% lower in PvE.

  • All

    Prime: Cyclone Slash: Damage while on cooldown: +36% in PvE, -42% in PvP. Carver: Typhoon damage now matches the Cyclone Slash III extra attack (same PvP ratio).

  • All

    Damage raised in PvE: Prime: Divider IV extra attack +52%, Prime: Backstep Slash III +25%, Pouncing Dragon +26%, Prime: Carver +20%, Storm Slash +11%, Prime: Gale III +5%, Prime: Retaliation 1,546% → 3,943% x2. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays about the same, except Gale III (PvP 29.96% → 36.7%, a PvP increase) and Retaliation (PvP 57.41% → 39.4%).

  • All

    Prime: Gale, Prime: Blooming, Prime: Cyclone Slash: Fixed not being able to combo into Carver afterwards.

  • All

    Prime: Crust Crusher: Fixed not comboing into Prime: Gale when used with Serene Mind.

  • All

    Spinner: Fixed Stiffness not applying when comboing Form 2 after certain skills.Both specs

February 12, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

August 28, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Gale: Corrected the skill description.

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

    Precise Martial Arts: Ignore Knockback/Stiffness Resistance +15% → All AP +5.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Eye of the Storm: Removed All Resistance +50%.

  • All

    Prime: Eye of the Storm: All AP +20 → +30.

  • All

    Ultimate: Gale: All AP +10 → +20.

  • All

    Skill damage multiplier -3.7% to offset the AP rebalance.

March 20, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Projection: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 13, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Crosscut, Inferno Slash, One Step Back, Flow: Backflow: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

February 13, 2025

4 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

  • PvE

    Prime: Gale: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Prime: Rising Storm: Reduced damage when used during cooldown.

December 12, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 28, 2024

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Rising Storm, Prime: Cyclone Slash, Mountain Divide: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Prime: Blooming, Prime: Blind Slash, Prime: Gale: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvE

    Roundhouse Kick: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Ultimate: Gale, Ultimate: Roundhouse Kick, Absolute: Roundhouse Kick, Succession: Musa's Resolve, Prime: Serene Mind: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Rising Storm, Prime: Rising Storm: Skill behavior improved.

November 21, 2024

9 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Divider, Dragon Claw, Lunar Slash: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Prime: Blooming: Cooldown 15 → 9 sec.

  • All

    Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze, Rising Storm: Blaze: Cooldown 15 → 10 sec.

  • All

    Prime: Rising Storm, Dragon Bite, Prime: Dragon Bite: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvE

    Nemesis Slash: Cooldown 13 → 8 sec.

  • All

    Ultimate: Nemesis Slash: Added Forward Guard.

  • All

    Pouncing Dragon, Prime: Rising Storm, Prime: Gale: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Storm Slash, Prime: Divider, Blind Thrust, Nemesis Slash, Ultimate: Nemesis Slash, Prime: Crust Crusher: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Gale Slash: Cooldown 15 → 10 sec.

November 14, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

October 17, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

September 5, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ultimate: Roundhouse Kick, Absolute: Roundhouse Kick: Skill behavior improved.

August 29, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Rising Storm: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Crust Crusher: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

August 1, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Backstep Slash, Crust Crusher, One Step Back, Quick Shot, Counter Assassination, Searing Slam: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Backstep Slash: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Backstep Slash, Prime: Backstep Slash: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 18, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 10, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Nemesis Slash: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

12 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Eradicate, Rising Storm, Black Spirit: Rising Storm, Tiger Blade, Prime: Rising Storm, Black Spirit: Prime: Rising Storm, Pyrostorm, Ultimate: Musa Spirit: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Steel Gale, Flame Rush, Black Spirit: Flame Rush: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Projection: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Gale, Deep Slice, Blooming: Phantom, Absolute: Blooming: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Blooming, Lunar Slash: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Divider: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvP

    Prime: Cyclone Slash: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Dragon Bite: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Divider: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Ultimate: Whirlwind Cut, Black Spirit: Prime: Rising Storm, Pyrostorm, Black Spirit: Pyrostorm, One Step Back, Pouncing Dragon, Carver: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Carver, Prime: Carver: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

January 3, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Divider, Prime: Divider: Corrected the skill description.

December 6, 2023

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Gale: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Rising Storm: Blaze, Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze: Cooldown 25 → 15 sec.

  • PvE

    Prime: Carver: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Backstep Slash: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Prime: Blind Slash, Prime: Carver, Prime: Gale, Prime: Blooming, Prime: Dragon Bite: Damage adjusted.

November 15, 2023

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Divider: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Rising Storm: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Prime: Divider, Prime: Carver, Prime: Gale, Prime: Rising Storm, Prime: Cyclone Slash, Prime: Blooming, Prime: Retaliation: Damage adjusted.

September 20, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

September 13, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

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 26, 2023

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Gale: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Stub Arrow: Evasive Shot: Cooldown 5 → 8 sec.

  • All

    Prime: Retaliation: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Prime: Carver: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Storm Slash: Added Forward Guard.

  • PvP

    Gale Slash: Damage adjusted.

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

February 15, 2023

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Stub Arrow, Prime: Backstep Slash: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Blind Thrust: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Stub Arrow: Evasive Shot: Cooldown 12 → 5 sec.

  • All

    Prime: Dragon Bite: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Blind Slash: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Prime: Crust Crusher: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvE

    Prime: Blooming: Corrected the skill description.

November 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

October 26, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Mountain Divide: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Serene Mind: Skill behavior improved.

October 19, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Mountain Divide: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

October 12, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Prime: Crust Crusher: Cooldown 20 → 14 sec.

  • All

    Chase: Smoother combos and controls.

August 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Prime: Cyclone Slash, Prime: Gale, Prime: Blooming: Damage adjusted.

June 22, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Crust Crusher: Fixed a skill issue.

June 15, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Storm Slash, Gale Slash: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

May 31, 2022

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Blooming: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Prime: Rising Storm: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Divider, Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvP

    Prime: Gale, Black Spirit: Prime: Dragon Bite: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Prime: Serene Mind: Fixed a skill issue.

May 4, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Chase: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 26, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Projection: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Retaliation: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Tiger Blade: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 19, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Black Spirit: Dragon Bite: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Projection: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Dragon Bite: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Projection: Damage adjusted.Both specs

January 5, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Prime: Rising Storm, Black Spirit: Projection: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Rising Storm, Black Spirit: Prime: Rising Storm, Black Spirit: Crust Crusher: Damage adjusted.Both specs

December 29, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Stub Arrow, Charged Stub Arrow, Ultimate: Gale, Cyclone Slash: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Arrow Grapple: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

September 8, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Chase: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 29, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

  • PvP

    Charged Stub Arrow, Charged Stub Arrow: Enhanced: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

June 16, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Charged Stub Arrow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

May 26, 2021

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Blind Thrust: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • PvE

    Chase: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Rising Storm, Prime: Crust Crusher, Prime: Blooming: Damage adjusted.

April 7, 2021

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Gale, Prime: Cyclone Slash, Prime: Rising Storm: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Projection, Flow: Dash Slash: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Core: Projection: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Flow: Dash Slash, Eradicate: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • PvP

    Counter Assassination: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 17, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Eradicate: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

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