[Updates] Patch Notes - July 13, 2022
44 changes across 7 classes: 17 buffs8 nerfs8 reworks5 bugfixes6 QoL
Sorceress
- QoL Prime: Crow Flare Expanded the period in which you could obtain the Casting Speed buff during the skill.
Maehwa
Dev Note We improved Succession Maehwa to better utilize her Stamina and the Red Blade. Her previous iteration of the Red Blade was tied to using Prime: Decapitation, which made it difficult to activate the Red Blade at will. Now, when you now use Maehwa's Will with 2 Red Petals, you will gain an additional Red Petal, making it easier to activate the Red Blade. Blind Slash will now also spend WP instead of Stamina, which we felt would better benefit her combat prowess. Lastly, while Maehwa: Ascension to Heaven did improve the cast time of Prime: Red Moon, we felt it somewhat lacking, especially since you couldn't combo into other skills until Prime: Red Moon's attack had ended. Now if you have learned Maehwa: Ascension to Heaven, you can now combo into Whirlwind Cut, Decapitation, and Prime: Petal Swirl during Prime: Red Moon, adding the option of quickly comboing into other skills after applying the skill's Floating debuff. Awakening Maehwa was improved to deal critical damage at crucial moments, with a focus on the Petal Swirl skill. The skill's innate Accuracy buff has been reduced, but now using the skill will grant All Accuracy +15% for 10 seconds, thus making it a better skill to compliment others. (The Movement/Attack Speed and Evasion reduction debuffs have also been removed, accordingly.) To make sure these changes would further complement other skills, we reduced the cooldown times of Moonrise, Flow: Cloud Stab, and Flow: Moonlight Dash, while also adding a Critical Hit Rate +25% buff (PvP only) to Flow: Frostflower. Finally, we changed Absolute: Red Moon so you can now use the skill with your awakening weapon, and its visual effects have been changed accordingly.
- Nerf Blind Slash Changed the consumed resource: 100 Stamina → 20 to 50 WP (based on skill level)
- QoL Maehwa's Will Added a skill effect: If used with 2 Red Petals, gain 1 Red Petal
- Buff Prime: Red Moon Improved combo: Now combos into Whirlwind Cut
- Bugfix Maehwa: Ascension to Heaven Improved combo: Learning the skill now lets you combo into Whirlwind Cut, Decapitation, and Prime: Sticky Snowflake from Prime: Red Moon - Fixed the issue where Prime: Red Moon's last attack damage was not being applied upon learning the skill. Awakening
- QoL Full Moon Wall Added a skill use effect: All DP +20 for 10 sec
- QoL Ice Fang Removed a skill use effect: All DP +20 for 10 sec - Added a skill hit effect: Movement, Casting, and Attack Speeds -20% for 10 sec
- Rework Sticky Snowflake Changed the cooldown: 17/17/16/15 sec → 13/12/11/10 sec - Changed the accuracy buff: +50% → +20% - Added a skill use effect: All Accuracy +15% for 10 sec - Removed a skill hit effect: Movement and Attack Speeds -20% for 10 sec - Removed a skill hit effect: Evasion Rate -3% for 10 sec - Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 54% / 54% / 42.5% / 42.5% → 30%
- Buff Moonrise Added a skill hit effect: All Evasion Rate -9% for 10 sec - (IV) Changed the cooldown: 9 sec8 sec
- Buff Flow: Cloud Stab Changed the cooldown: 9 sec → 8 sec
- Buff Flow: Moonlight Dash Changed the cooldown: 9 sec → 7 sec
- Nerf Oppression Changed the skill hit effect: All DP -20 for 10 sec → All DP -30 for 10 sec
- QoL Flow: Frostflower Added the skill effect: Critical Hit Rate +25% (self only)
- Buff Petal Bloom Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 59.3% → 50%
- Rework Changed the following Maehwa class skill names: - Sticky Snowflake to Petal Swirl. - Prime: Sticky Snowflake to Prime: Petal Swirl. - New Year's Eve to Coldsnap. - Reverse Scale to Moonbreak. - Stigma to Frostfeint. - General Apricot to General's Might.
- Rework Absolute: Red Moon Changed to be usable with your kerispear.
Ninja
- Rework Alert Stance Changed skill's activate forward. * RMB after Prime: Smokescreen, Prime: Evasive Shuriken MaliceRMB or W+RMB after Prime: Smokescreen, Prime: Evasive Shuriken Malice
- Bugfix Prime: Fatal Blow Fixed the part in which activate forward won't working when pressing W+LMB+RMB in certain situations.
Mystic
- Bugfix Sea Burial Fixed the issue where the damage didn't match the description when used while consuming Martial Spirit Shards.
- Bugfix Black Spirit: Sea Burial Fixed the issue where the damage was abnormally low. - Fixed the issue where the Sea Dragon attack damage wasn't being applied.
Archer
Dev Note Righteous Smite's cast time and projectile speed were deliberately made slow due to its potential to inflict a large amount of damage with your greatbow. Therefore, we decided to further bolster that potential by increasing its damage in PvP. Marked Bloom was a skill without any defensive or debuff effects, so we decided to strengthen its concept as a powerful skill by adjusting the number of targets hit by it. Lastly, for Luthraghon's Call, we felt many Archers were left somewhat exposed once the Forward Guard effect while charging would end. Now Archers can cast this skill in peace, knowing that the Forward Guard effect will last even after you finish charging the skill.
- Nerf Righteous Smite Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 45% → 34%
- Buff Marked Bloom Changed the reduced number of targets for PvP: -3 targets → -1 target
- Rework Luthraghon's Call Changed the Forward Guard effect: Forward Guard while chargingForward Guard even after charging is complete
Sage
Dev Note Succession Sage is known to have an arsenal of skills with long cast times that inflict damage over a large area and apply debuffs such as DP and Evasion reduction on hits. However, such long cast times were being punished particularly in PvP. Thus, to increase the lethality of his skill hits, we increased his PvP damage for major skills such as Prime: Ator's Mark, Prime: Spatial Collapse, and Prime: Ator's Energy, as well as improving the efficiency of using Prime: Spatial Collapse, Prime: Ator's Mark, and Void Gateways with Rift Chain. Lastly, we added a visual effect to disguise the actual trajectory of the Sage when using Rift Chain, making it more difficult to predict his movements. Awakening Sage saw a similar change regarding his attack damage. Firstly, when comboing from Divine Executioner into Flow: Judgment, the previous version had the spear bolt attack thrown midair, smash attack, and the following spear bolt attack damage all around the same figures. We decided to bolster these numbers by increasing the number of targets hit by the 2nd (smash) attack, while still retaining the number of targets hit at the moment of the smash attack's initial contact, thus greatly increasing the lethal potential of this skill. In addition, for Lightning Prison, we decided to greatly increase its PvP damage to make it regarded as a powerful skill on its own. (However, do note that we felt the Critical Hit Rate +100% buff was excessive to restore.) Lastly, Spear Bolt previously only activated faster when used after Shock Relay, but it's now been improved to activate instantly after certain skills without any defensive effects, which we hope will grant a variety of new opening moves for our Sage Adventurers.
- Bugfix Prime: Form Shift Fixed the motion to appear more natural when comboing into Rift Chain in the same direction as the skill.
- Buff Void Gateways, Prime: Void Gateways Increased the activation speed when attacking by comboing with Rift Chain.
- Nerf Prime: Ator's Mark Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 45% → 34%
- Nerf Prime: Spatial Collapse Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 55% → 44%
- Nerf Prime: Ator's Energy Changed the PvP Damage Reduction. 45% → 34%
- Buff Rift Chain Improved the period during the skill where it is possible to combo into Prime: Spatial Collapse or Prime: Ator's Mark.
- Buff Prime: Rift Chain Improved to display an illusion moving in the opposite direction when using the skill. Awakening
- Nerf Lightning Prison Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 50% → 37%
- Rework Flow: Judgment Changed the number of hits for attack 1, 2, and last attacks. * Attack 1: Applies Divine Executioner skill damage x 4 → Applies Divine Executioner skill damage x 2 * Attack 2: Applies Divine Executioner skill damage x 3 → Applies Divine Executioner skill damage x 7 * Last Attack: Applies Divine Executioner skill damage x 3 → Applies Divine Executioner skill damage x 1
- Buff Spear Bolt Increased the combo speed from Chain Lightning and Lightning Surge.
Corsair
Dev Note A wave of changes is coming in for Corsair in this week’s update. First off, the Succession mermaid skills previously had their defensive effect adjusted. In this update, additional changes were made for better adaptability in PvP situations. Prime: Whirling Slash defensive effect was changed from “Super Armor while moving” to “Invincible -> Super Armor while moving” and Prime: Storming Gale was given the “Forward Guard during the skill” effect. We believe these changes will make her Succession combat a lot more flexible than before. Furthermore, the combo Prime: Wipe Out > Overflow was improved and the distance traveled with Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll was increased to improve its approach capabilities. As for her Awakening, we added a new skill called Tide-splitter Patraca. This skill was designed to be used when she is in need of a quick defense, so it has the effect “Invincible at the start of the skill.” It can then be comboed into Ocean Melancholy immediately after for additional protection. Additionally, the Super Armor on Pirate's Life For Me was moved to Flow: Earth-render Patraca to improve ranged attacks. However, the damage of Pirate's Life For Me was increased to improve it in PvE.
- Rework Prime: Whirling Slash Changed the defensive effect: “Super Armor while moving” to “InvincibleSuper Armor while moving”
- Buff Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll Increased the distance traveled. - Adjusted the max number of hits. * Attack 1 damage: 1008% x1, max 9 hits → 1008% x1, max 5 hits * Attack 2 damage: 1008% x4 → 1008% x8 * Last attack damage: 1260% x1, max 5 hits → 1260% x5
- Buff Prime: Storming Gale Added the defensive effect: "Forward Guard during the skill"
- Buff Overflow Improved the attack to activate more smoothly.
- Buff Prime: Wipe Out Improved to combo more smoothly into Overflow. Awakening
- QoL Tide-splitter Patraca Added as a new Awakening skill. Description Preview - Combined the effects of Code of the Scallywags to No Mercy, Scallywags! accordingly.
- Nerf Close Quarters: Charge Changed the skill effect: All DP -15% for 10 sec → All DP -20% for 10 sec
- Rework Pirate's Life For Me Removed the Super Armor effect. - Changed the extra attack damage: 1416% x 4 → 1416% x 6 - Changed the cooldown: 3 sec → 4 sec - Changed the PvP Damage Reduction: 50% → 60%
- Buff Flow: Earth-render Patraca Added the Super Armor effect. - Changed the cooldown: 8 sec → 6 sec
- Buff Close Quarters: Suppress Improved to activate more smoothly.
- Buff Spare No Quarter! Improved to activate the mist effect when the skill is used.