Battle Mage

The following skills can no longer be learned when you advance to Battle Mage.

• Keep Away!
• Lantern Firebomb
• Aerial Lantern Firebomb
• Contract: Hodor
• Florae Circle
• Lasher
• Frost Head
• The Pluto
• Showtime

 

The attack range of Basic attacks and the following skills will be changed and rescaled to be independent of weapon type.

• Sky Assault
• Dragon Fang
• Stabbing Wheel
• Punto Wave
• Full Swing

 

Chaser Launcher

• This skill will be deleted.
• The ability to fire Chasers on skill keystrokes will be moved to the Chaser skill.

 

Niu's Combat Technique

• Dragon Fang, Full Swing, and Twinkle Smash can now be chained with Bloodsport skills during the post-casting delay.

 

Dragon Fang

• Its Post-casting Delay Cancel feature will be moved to Niu's Combat Technique.

 

Concentrated Mana Shield

• Learning level will be updated. (1 → 10)
• It will now auto-cast Mana Shield when you enter dungeons.

 

Chaser

• SP cost will be changed. (15 → 0)
• Mastery/max levels will be changed. (60/70 → 1/11)
• The Chaser effect and buff effects will be combined into a single effect.
• Now, it'll be an Active skill that can be learned at Level 15.
  • After hitting an enemy, press the skill key to launch existing Chasers and cast a buff that enhances your abilities as a Battle Mage.
  • Chasers can't be launched after Awakening skills or those that consume Chasers.
• Chaser-launching cooldown will be increased to 0.5 sec. and Atk. will be affected by Basic Training.
  • Atk. will be readjusted according to the launch cooldown and Atk. structural update.

 

New Skill: Practical Phase Shift

• A new Passive skill that can be learned at Level 15.
• Now, you can use this skill even when you're not attacked, and you can cancel the post-casting delay to move and attack.
• When it's cast, no decoys will be created and a buff that increases your Movement/Attack Speed will be applied immediately.
• Decreases Phase Shift's cooldown reduction. (10 → 5 sec.)
• When learned, it'll first change Phase Shift 's cooldown, and then apply Cooldown Reduction options.

 

Spear Mastery

• This skill will be deleted.

 

Pole Mastery

• This skill will be deleted.

 

New Skill: Battle Mage's Weapon Mastery

• A new Passive skill that can be learned at Level 20.
• Spears and Poles will improve the Battle Mage's abilities and upgrade certain skills.
• Certain features will be additionally upgraded, depending on the equipped weapon type.

 

Chaser Generator

• This skill will be deleted.
• Its Chaser Creation effect will be moved to the Chaser skill.

 

Timer Bomb

• This skill will be renewed.
• Swings a weapon, scattering Chaser fragments, and attaches a time bomb to enemies on hit that inflicts multi-hit damage for a while before exploding.
• Each time you attack an enemy with a Timer Bomb attached, the multi-hit and explosion damage intervals will now be decreased.
  • The attack range information will be added.

 

Fusion Chaser

• This skill will be deleted.

 

New Skill: Super Chaser

• A new Active skill that can be learned at Lv. 30.
• Launches a Super Chaser, a fusion of multiple Chasers, at enemies hit by Basic and skill attacks.
  • A Super Chaser is created by fusing at least 2 Chasers. If you have fewer than 2 Chasers, then additional Chasers will be immediately created to create a Super Chaser.
  • If you have more than 2 Chasers, the Super Chaser's Atk. increases by a percentage based on the number of Chasers fused.
• The max fusible Chasers will be decreased. (10 → 9)
• Now, enemies will be Downed when hit.
• The attack range information will be added.

 

Full Swing

• Atk. will be decreased by 3%.
• The skill-casting voice will be changed.

 

Punto Wave

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.
• This skill will be renewed.
• The skill effect and attack range will be changed.
• The skill effect will now be displayed correctly throughout the process.
• The finishing attack range will be adjusted.

 

Chaser Press

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.
• If you don't have any Chasers, 1 will be created immediately to cast the skill.

 

Meteor Assault

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.
• This skill will be renewed.
• The skill effect and attack range will be changed.
• Now, your forward distance and attack range will increase proportionally to the skill's charge time.

 

Dragon Strike

• Atk. will be increased by 5%.

 

Dragon Rampage

• Atk. will be increased by 5%.
• Your moving direction without a directional keystroke will be changed. (Forward → In place)
• The ability to cast in place with the Back key will be deleted.
• You can now use the Forward key to move forward while casting this skill.
• You can now press the Attack key (X) to attack more quickly during the multi-attack phase.

 

Magical Change

• It will no longer apply Magical Atk. to the Battle Mage skills when learned.
• It will now apply the Conversion effect to the Battle Mage skills when learned.

 

Cancel Transformation

• Learning level will be updated. (50 → 85)

 

Teana Transformation

• This skill will be deleted.

 

Quasar Explosion

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.
• This skill will be renewed.
• The skill effect and attack range will be changed.
• Creates a new effect every 3 levels.
  • Lv. 3: Invincible when cast
  • Lv. 6: Orb attack range +20%
  • Lv. 9: Atk. +10%

 

Twinkle Smash

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.
• The ability to cancel the post-casting delay and chain another skill on hit will be deleted.
• Now, Super Armor will be applied consistently throughout the process.

 

Ultimate Punto Wave

• This skill will be deleted.

 

New Skill: Draconic Descent

• A new Active skill that can be learned at Lv. 70.
• A 1-hit skill that creates a spear of the Yellow Dragon and thrusts it forward with great force to strike.
• You can use it with the Forward key to move forward.
• The attack range information will be added.

 

Chaser Cluster

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.

 

Chaser Evolution

• This skill will be deleted.

 

Multirole

• Learning this skill will now change the Chaser effect.

 

Apostle Dance

• Atk. will be increased by 5%.

 

Seal

• The tooltip will be improved partially.

 

Dimension Rend - Full Swing

• Hold and the Scar explosion Atk. will be deleted, and the slashing Atk. will be readjusted.
• This skill will be renewed.
• The skill effect and attack range will be changed.
• It will now play a cutscene when cast.

 

Apostilize

• Sound effects will be added to the transformation and de-transformation.

 

Armonia

• Chaser
  • The Big Chaser and Chaser Generator upgrade effects will be deleted.
• Full Swing
  • The ability to cancel the post-casting delay and chain another skill on hit will be deleted.
  • The enhanced trajectory effect will now be applied regardless of Chaser consumption.
• Super Chaser
  • The Upgrade skill will be added.
  • Now, you can instantly cast this skill against the strongest enemy nearby, without hitting an enemy first.

 

Primitive Ray

• Atk. will be increased by 4%.
• This skill will be renewed.
• The skill effect and attack range will be changed.
• The skill effect will now be displayed correctly throughout the process.

 

Presencia

• This skill will be renewed.
• The transformation body and skill casting effects will be changed.
• Now, you can use this skill to instantly transform into Presencia during other skills.
• Chaser and Super Chaser will decrease remaining skill cooldowns on hit. (Up to -40 sec.)
• Now, only one type of voice will be played when you launch Primitive Chasers.

 

Extinction

• This skill will be renewed.
• Its skill effect and attack process will be changed.

 

Chaser Upgrade

• This skill will be deleted.

 

Fusion Chaser Upgrade

• This skill will be deleted.

 

New Skill: Super Chaser Upgrade

• A new Passive skill that can be learned at Level 55.
• Increases Super Chaser Atk. when learned.

 

Meteor Assault Upgrade

• The Size Bonus option at Level 1 will be deleted.

 

Ultimate Punto Wave Upgrade

• This skill will be deleted.

 

Draconic Descent Upgrade

• A new Passive skill that can be learned at Level 70.
• Increases Draconic Descent Atk. when learned.

 

Item Updates

The options of Lv. 105 Epic Weapons of Culmination - Battle Mage options will be changed as follows.

Before	After
Chaser Launcher is auto-cast at 50 or more combos. Simultaneous Chaser shots +2 Chaser Skill Atk. +10% Chaser MP cost -70% Simultaneous Chaser creation count +4 for Niu's Combat Technique's last attack, Sky Assault, Dragon Fang, Palm Blast, and Stabbing Wheel Simultaneous Chaser creation count +4 for Chaser Generator Big Chaser size rate +20% Max Chaser creation count +1	Chaser Launcher is auto-cast at 50 or more combos. Simultaneous Chaser shots +2 Chaser Skill Atk. -45% Chaser MP cost -70% Simultaneous Chaser creation count +1 Chaser size rate +20% Max Chaser creation count +1

 

Intact Talisman [Ultimate Punto Wave] and Stigmatic Talisman [Ultimate Punto Wave] will be changed to Intact Talisman [Draconic Descent] and Stigmatic Talisman [Draconic Descent].

Before: Stigmatic Talisman [Ultimate Punto Wave]	After: Stigmatic Talisman [Draconic Descent]
[Ultimate Punto Wave] Atk. +14% Cooldown -11%	[Draconic Descent] Atk. +14% Cooldown -11%

 

The Chained Pluto Waves and Capella's Stigma: Chained Pluto Waves Talismans will be changed to the Draconic Return and Capella's Stigma: Draconic Return Talismans.

Before: Capella's Stigma: Chained Pluto Waves	After: Capella's Stigma: Draconic Return
[Ultimate Punto Wave] Stabbing count +7 Stabbing Atk. +22% Stabbing speed +50% Stabbing/finishing attack range +45% The stabbing attacks Hold enemies.	[Draconic Descent] Can be charged up to twice for use. - Charged once every 25 sec. Atk. -42.5%
- Additional Talisman Effects The finishing attack Holds enemies for 1 sec. on hit. Additional lightning drops onto the enemies hit by the finishing lightning. - Lightning Atk.: 19% of finishing Atk.	- Additional Talisman Effects Skill cooldown -10% Additional Atk. +12%

 

The Dance of Annihilation and Capella's Stigma: Dance of Annihilation Talismans' tooltips will be improved partially.

 

Others

The Auto Allocate feature for character skills will be improved.

• The Physical/Magical Battle Mage distinction will be removed, and the recommended skill tree will be applied for auto-allocation.)