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PvE Combo Guide

DPS Priority List

1) Highest Priority

  1. Shift + F
    Voltaic PulseAlways keep on cooldown
  2. S + RMB
    Lightning BlastAlways keep on cooldown
  3. E
    Toxic FloodOnly if mobs stay in it and survive the full duration

2) Core DPS

  1. S + LMB + RMB (Hold)
    Fissure Wave
  2. S + F
    Thunder Storm
  3. Shift + RMB
    Yoke of Ordeal
  4. Shift + Q
    Thorns of Denial (Voltaic Animation Cancel)Only if you cast Voltaic Pulse before this skill.
  5. W + RMB
    Barrage of Lightning
  6. Shift + LMB
    Equilibrium Break
  7. Shift + Q
    Thorns of DenialNormal Cast

3) Fillers

  1. W + F
    Detonative Flow
  2. F
    Earthen Eruption

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement Between Packs

  1. Shift + Space > Space
    Teleport > Ultimate: Teleport

Repositioning in Packs

  1. S + E
    Elementalization
  2. Shift + A
    Magical Evasion

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Summon: Keeper Gorr
    Hotbar
  2. Summon: Keeper Tett
    Hotbar

Skill Enhancements

  1. Sage’s Light (Heal)
    Lv. 56
  2. Swift Earthquake (not used)
    Lv. 57
  3. Lightning Arrows (not used)
    Lv. 58

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Thorns of Denial

Summon forth jagged stones from beneath the earth, rejecting all who dare to approach.

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Fissure Wave I

Send a powerful wave underground to inflict great damage to the target.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All DP -20 for 10 sec to target
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Thunder Storm I

Gather the power of the thunder storm and cause a mighty explosion ahead.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec

Voltaic Pulse I

Absorb the power of lightning to the last speck, then discharge it all at once.

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Lightning Blast

Scatter electricity in the atmosphere to drop a sudden bolt of lightning.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec

Barrage of Lightning

Gather the power of lightning to strike enemies nearby with lightning magic.

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Video Guide

Awakening Witch Videos

Full Class Guide: BDO | 2025 Awakening Witch PvE guide - Complete edition

Explains how the class works, including buffs and debuffs.

Combo Video: BDO | Awakening Witch Infinite Combo

Covers the combo only. For people who prefer a set combo instead of the priority list.

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

September 10, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Magical Evasion: Fixed wrong defensive effects when used after Speed Spell, Magical Shield or Archwizardry: Mass Teleport.Both specs

April 30, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Archwizardry: Mass Teleport: Defense changed from Invincible to Super Armor → Invincible → Super Armor.Both specs

March 5, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Detonative Flow: Fixed the skill not damaging other Adventurers.

February 12, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Magic Power Boost: Magic AP Increase: +20 → +24.Both specs

  • All

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

December 11, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Voltaic Pulse, Detonative Flow: Critical Hit Rate (+50% / +30%) now also applies in PvP.

  • PvP

    PvP damage raised: Equilibrium Break 27.28% → 28.6%, Fissure Wave 47.51% → 51.85%, Barrage of Lightning 33.68% → 36.13%, Lightning Blast 25.28% → 27.49%, Thorns of Denial 34.85% → 41.45%.

December 4, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Magical Evasion, Earth's Response: Fixed a falling animation playing on low terrain.Both specs

July 24, 2025

4 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

    Mind Training: Magic AP +12 → +8.Both specs

  • All

    Equilibrium Break, Toxic Flood: Magic DP -15 → -20.

June 12, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Summon: Keeper Gorr, Summon: Keeper Tett: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

April 30, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Thorns of Denial: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

April 10, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Speed Spell: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

April 3, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Tectonic Block: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

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

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

August 1, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Sage's Thunder, (Not in Use) Black Spirit: Thunder Storm: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

July 25, 2024

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Thunder Storm, (Not in Use) Black Spirit: Thunder Storm, Black Spirit: Prime: Lightning, Sage's Thunder, Trembling Thunder, Lightning Arrows: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    General class improvements.Both specs

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Elementalization: Cooldown 7 → 5 sec.

  • All

    Thorns of Denial: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Barrage of Lightning: Cooldown 17 → 15 sec.

  • 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

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Teleport, Voltaic Pulse, Earthen Eruption, Sage's Light, Sage's Thunder, Tectonic Block: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Fissure Wave, Voltaic Pulse: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    (Not in Use) Black Spirit: Thunder Storm, Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 21, 2024

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fissure Wave, Thunder Storm, (Not in Use) Black Spirit: Thunder Storm, Black Spirit: Detonative Flow, Tectonic Block: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Equilibrium Break, Elementalization, Teleport: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Flow: Magical Evasion: Cooldown 4 → 3 sec.

January 17, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Barrage of Lightning: Smoother combos and controls.

January 3, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Barrage of Lightning, Lightning Blast: Fixed a skill issue.

December 20, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Equilibrium Break: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Detonative Flow, Thunder Storm, Barrage of Lightning, Voltaic Pulse, Lightning Blast, Yoke of Ordeal: 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 16, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Spellbound Heart: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

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

June 14, 2023

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.

  • All

    Summon: Keeper Tett, Summon: Keeper Gorr, Elementalization, Toxic Flood: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Tectonic Block: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Equilibrium Break, Flow: Voltaic Tett, Flow: Gorr Roll: PvP damage reduced.

May 17, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Core: Equilibrium Break: Fixed a skill issue.

April 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    General class improvements.All classes

March 22, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fissure Wave: Corrected the skill description.

February 8, 2023

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Speed Spell: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Toxic Flood: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Barrage of Lightning: Cooldown 20 → 17 sec.

  • All

    Elementalization: Cooldown 15 → 7 sec.

  • All

    Fissure Wave, Thunder Storm: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvP

    Earth's Calling, Yoke of Ordeal, Flow: Gorr Roll: PvP damage reduced.

January 11, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break: Fixed a skill issue.

November 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 16, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Earthen Eruption: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

October 26, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Earthen Eruption: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Sage's Thunder, Swift Earthquake, Trembling Thunder: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Flow: Magical Evasion: Fixed a skill issue.

October 19, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Earthen Eruption: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

October 12, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Psyche of Aad Sphera: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Thunder Storm: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Barrage of Lightning: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break: Corrected the skill description.

September 7, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Trembling Thunder: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

August 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Equilibrium Break, Flow: Gorr Roll, Thunder Storm, Flow: Voltaic Tett: PvP damage reduced.

July 27, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Earth's Calling: Skill behavior improved.

July 20, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Yoke of Ordeal, Flow: Gorr Roll: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

June 15, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lightning Arrows: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Residual Lightning: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

May 31, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Core: Equilibrium Break: Fixed a skill issue.

April 20, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lightning: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 30, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Detonative Flow, (Not in Use) Black Spirit: Thunder Storm: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 16, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fissure Wave: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Flow: Perfect Sign: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 9, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Magical Evasion: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Flow: Magical Evasion: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Lightning Storm: Damage adjusted.Both specs

January 26, 2022

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Fissure Wave, Thunder Storm, Flow: Voltaic Tett, Equilibrium Break: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Fissure Wave, Barrage of Lightning, Equilibrium Break: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Barrage of Lightning: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • PvP

    Equilibrium Break: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Core: Equilibrium Break: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • PvP

    Voltaic Pulse: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

January 19, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Lightning, Black Spirit: Fissure Wave: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Fireball, Fireball Explosion, Freeze: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

January 12, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Equilibrium Break: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • PvP

    Earth's Calling: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • All

    Earth's Calling: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

January 5, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Voltaic Pulse: Damage adjusted.Both specs

December 29, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Earth's Calling: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

September 8, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Aad Sphera Training: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 16, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.Both specs

May 26, 2021

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Absolute: Meteor Shower: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Flow: Gorr Launch, Flow: Rage Tett, Detonative Flow, Equilibrium Break: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Lightning Blast: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Detonative Flow, Voltaic Pulse, Fissure Wave: Skill behavior improved.

April 28, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Voltaic Pulse: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

April 14, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Detonative Flow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 17, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lightning Blast: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

March 10, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Core: Fissure Wave, Equilibrium Break: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

February 25, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

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