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[Updates] Patch Notes - May 21, 2026

2026-05-21 Pearl Abyss era NA/EU Official patch notes ↗

45 changes across 6 classes: 13 buffs11 nerfs9 reworks7 bugfixes5 QoL

Warrior

Maehwa

Dev Note After the last update, we have adjusted Maehwa Awakening's assassination capabilities. While our goal was to balance her ability to deal melee damage and assassinate for better flexibility, her current performance in both areas has fallen short of expectations. To address this, we are leaning further into her role as an assassin by boosting her ability to assassinate with Air Attack. However, all Down Smash effects have been removed to prevent long skill combos on a failed assassination after a single CC attempt. Furthermore, to better fit her improved assassination kit, her survivability has been adjusted to depend more on using the Invincible effect to avoid damage rather than engaging in direct confrontations.

Kunoichi

Dev Note We have reduced the damage of Kunoichi Succession's Super Armor skills used for CC or direct combat, as they were overperforming relative to her role as an assassin. Conversely, we have increased the damage and stability of Wheel of Wrath, allowing Kunoichi to better fulfill her role through the explosive damage from the Ninjutsu buffs.

Mystic

Dev Note Mystic Succession has been adjusted to allow for more aggressive gameplay. She can now better employ her core combat cycle of quickly recovering Martial Spirit through combos to power up her main skills by consuming 3 Martial Spirits even in more chaotic fights. However, the window to extend skill combos using Down Smash has been reduced accordingly.

Guardian

Dev Note Guardian Succession has been improved to more effectively absorb incoming damage, focusing more on applying follow-up damage to targets downed by allies rather than proactively suppressing multiple enemies with CC. However, her ability to pressure a single enemy with CC has been improved.

Corsair