Dosa Succession

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Dosa Succession class expert for BDOlog; wrote the site's Dosa Succession PvE guide

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Tankiness 7/10
Comfort Medium/High
AoE Medium/Large
Dosa

Dosa Succession

PvE Combo Guide

Standard Loopable Combo

Two loops that share the same opener: play the opener into Loop 1, then the opener into Loop 2, and repeat.

Opener

  1. Shift + X
    Dual Slash
  2. RMB
    Cloudveil
  3. S + LMB
    Fog Cleave
  4. Hold LMB
    Twin Slash→Chain: Final SlashHold until Chain: Final Slash
  5. Space
    Oblique Cleave

Loop 1

  1. Shift + Q
    Taeguk
  2. Shift + C
    Four Seasons
  3. Shift + RMB
    Summer Breeze
  4. Hold F
    Blinding Slash

Loop 2

  1. Shift + E
    Autumnal Blitz
  2. Shift + F
    Winter Squall
  3. Shift + LMB
    Spring Frost
  4. Hold F
    Blinding Slash

Rinse and repeat

Fog Passive

  1. Oblique CleaveSpace: keep on cooldown to get behind the mobs and apply the Fog passive -DP debuff
    -DP
  2. Blinding SlashF: keep on cooldown to get behind the mobs and apply the Fog passive -DP debuff
    -DP

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement from pack-to-pack

  1. Shift + Space
    Cloud Step

Close Packs

  1. Shift + A / D → RMB
    Stratus Shift→Virga Shaft
  2. W + F
    Deep Haze

Farther Packs

  1. Shift + Space → RMB
    Cloud Step→Virga Shaft
  2. Shift + Space → A / D + RMB → RMB
    Cloud Step→Cloud Drift→Virga Shaft
  3. C → RMB
    Cloud General→Virga ShaftBlock Jump

Examples of Repositioning

  1. Shift + Q → W
    TaegukMystify any Shift skill, e.g. Shift + Q and tap W to get behind the mobs
  2. Shift + W / A / S / D
    Stratus Shift
  3. A / D + RMB
    Cloud Drift
  4. Shift + Z
    Moonlit HazeCamera movement

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skill Enhancements

  1. Dual Slash
    Lv. 56
  2. Moonlit Haze
    Lv. 57
  3. Loop: Wind Shear
    Lv. 58

Skills to Lock

  1. Prime: Flow: Rising Slash

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Fog Cleave I

Unleash a sword dance that harmoniously blends majesty with ...

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Winter Squall I

Gather a great deal of umbral energy to summon forth warriors ...

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Summer Breeze I

Wrap luminous energies around your hwando to summon forth ...

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Autumnal Blitz I

Gather a great deal of luminous energy to summon forth warriors ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 12 sec to target
  • Instantly recover 35 HP per target

Taeguk I

Harmoniously blend umbral and luminous energies to unleash your ...

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Prime: Four Seasons

Preceding Skill: [Prime: Sangdo's Dosa]

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction +20 for 25 sec
  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 20 sec

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 6, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Summer Breeze, Morning Fog, Stratus Shift: Smoother transition into Flow: Blinding Slash after these skills or Stratus Shift to the right.Both specs

June 25, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    PvE damage lowered: Prime: Flow: Rising Slash III, Prime: Spring Frost and Prime: Four Seasons -15%; Prime: Cloudveil, Prime: Flow: Blinding Slash, Prime: Fog Cleave III and Prime: Cloudspire -10%; Prime: Flow: Twin Slash III -8%; Prime: Autumnal Blitz and Prime: Winter Squall IV -7%; Prime: Taeguk IV -3%. PvP ratios raised so PvP damage stays the same.

  • PvE

    Morning Fog: PvE damage -10%. PvP ratio raised so PvP damage stays the same.Both specs

June 11, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    PvE damage raised: Prime: Cloudveil, Prime: Flow: Blinding Slash, Prime: Flow: Rising Slash III, Prime: Flow: Twin Slash III, Prime: Fog Cleave III, Prime: Cloudspire, Prime: Spring Frost and Prime: Four Seasons +20%; Prime: Autumnal Blitz +10%; Prime: Winter Squall IV and Prime: Taeguk IV +5%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.

  • PvE

    Absolute: Deep Haze, Morning Fog: PvE damage: Deep Haze +30%, Morning Fog +20%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.Both specs

April 2, 2026

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Succession: Airy Piercer: New skill: Succession: Airy Piercer.

  • All

    Prime: Winter Squall, Prime: Spring Frost, Chain: Final Slash: Slightly faster execution. Winter Squall IV Warriors of Fog 3,700% → 6,031% x3 with Critical Hit Rate +100% (PvP 31.02% → 19.1%).

  • PvE

    PvE damage raised: Prime: Spring Frost +6.5%, Prime: Flow: Twin Slash III +5%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.

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 21, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Reverse: Blade Waltz: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

July 24, 2025

5 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

    Stillness in Motion: Ignore All Resistance +8% → All Accuracy +20.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Motion in Stillness: Removed Critical Hit Damage +2.5%.

  • All

    Prime: Motion in Stillness: All AP +5 → +10.

June 12, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Morning Fog: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

June 5, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Blade Waltz: 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

  • All

    Summer Breeze: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • PvE

    Prime: Cloudveil: Reduced damage when used during cooldown.

December 12, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 14, 2024

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Prime: Cloud Legion, Prime: Flow: Twin Slash: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Prime: Flow: Rising Slash, Prime: Winter Squall, Prime: Autumnal Blitz, Prime: Taeguk, Prime: Four Seasons: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Flow: Rising Slash, Prime: Taeguk, Downpour: Fixed a skill issue.

October 31, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Prime: Unsa's Heir: Corrected the skill description.

October 17, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

October 8, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Virga Shaft: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvE

    Wind Shear: Corrected the skill description.

September 26, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Rising Slash: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvE

    Flow: Cloud Drift: Corrected the skill description.

August 29, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Taeguk, Black Spirit: Prime: Taeguk, Moonlit Haze: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Taeguk, Black Spirit: Prime: Taeguk: Skill behavior improved.

August 22, 2024

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Four Seasons: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Wind Shear, Prime: Wind Shear, Flow: Oblique Cleave: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Moonlit Haze: Corrected the skill description.

August 14, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Flow: Blinding Slash: Fixed a skill issue.

August 1, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Cloudspire, Absolute: Airy Piercer, Prime: Cloudspire: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Deep Haze, Wind Shear, Prime: Wind Shear, Prime: Winter Squall, Prime: Spring Frost, Prime: Autumnal Blitz, Prime: Taeguk, Flow: Cloud Drift: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Spring Frost, Autumnal Blitz: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Dual Slash, Fogfall, Moonlit Haze, Reverse: Blade Waltz, Loop: Wind Shear, Loop: Airy Piercer: Corrected the skill description.

July 18, 2024

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • PvP

    Prime: Cloudveil, Prime: Flow: Blinding Slash, Prime: Flow: Twin Slash, Prime: Winter Squall, Prime: Taeguk, Prime: Autumnal Blitz, Prime: Spring Frost: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

  • All

    Taehak Way of Hwando, Flow: Cloud Drift, Black Spirit: Spring Frost, Black Spirit: Prime: Spring Frost: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvE

    Spring Frost, Prime: Spring Frost, Autumnal Blitz, Prime: Autumnal Blitz: Fixed a skill issue.

July 10, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

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