Drakania Succession
PvE Combo Guide
DPS Priority List
1) Brimbolt Strike and Brimbolt Raze
- Shift + RMB
Prime: Brimbolt StrikeAlways be on cooldown when mobs are around and debuffed - RMB
Flow: Brimbolt WaveRight after Brimbolt Strike - S + LMB
Prime: OmnislashKeep unlocked, great on tanky Edania mobs, flows into Brimbolt Raze - W + RMB
Prime: Brimbolt RazeDP debuff. Can skip if mobs are already debuffed
2) Blazing Strike and Sundering Claw
Flow them together as they have the same cooldown and damage.
- S + RMB
Prime: Blazing Strike - C
Prime: Sundering Claw
3) Rabagnus
Very fast damage, can flow into other skills above.
Rabagnus is the community name for using the Rabam (Shift + X Soaring Claw) with the Magnus skill (S + E Brimbolt Annihilation) for a quick DPS burst.
- Shift + X
Soaring Claw - S + E
Brimbolt Annihilation
4) Eviscerate
- Shift + F
Prime: EviscerateDoes ok damage. Also good for moving to the next pack and flows into the W + RMB debuff
5) Sword in the Ground
- Shift + LMB
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish - S + C
Prime: AscentDon't use if anything above is off cooldown - Shift + E
Prime: Markthanan's DominionDon't use if anything above is off cooldown
6) Fillers
Any skill not on the list above is a filler.
- RMB
Prime: SkewerQuick ion top-up - E
Prime: Abyssal FangQuick ion top-up - F
Prime: EmbersAll AP buff when under the AP cap. Also cleans up mobs with very low HP
Movement
Class Mobility
Movement Between Packs
Double Space into Markthanan's Wings, then chain into your engage.
- Space + Space
Flow: Markthanan's Wings - W + E
Succession: Azure OnslaughtOr Shift + F Prime: Eviscerate, depending on the engage you want
With Dragon's Advance
- W + F
Dragon's Advance - W + E
Succession: Azure Onslaught - W + F
Dragon's AdvanceOnce it is off cooldown - Shift + F
Prime: Eviscerate
Movement Opener
- A/D + RMB
Refraction - W + F
Dragon's Advance
Back Attacks
Repositioning quickly for back attacks and follow-up skills matters more than ever.
- A/S/D + Shift
DragonwalkGet behind the mobs - S + RMB
Prime: Blazing StrikeIf it is off cooldown, then follow through with other skills
Back Attacks: E Cancel
- A/S/D + Shift
Dragonwalk - E
Prime: Abyssal FangE cancel, then follow up with any other skill
Build Notes
Class Specifics
Skills to Lock
Slayer TrainingAuto attack, not needed
Flow: AsphyxiateLow damage and interferes with some inputs
Skill Enhancements (Rabams)
Soaring ClawFor the Rabagnus burst
Dragon's AssaultOptional, not really used in PvE. Shift + Z gap closer with Super Armor and All DP -20 on hits
Abyssal AdvanceMovement Speed between packs
Skill Add-ons
Class Addons
Brimbolt Strike I
Deal a mighty blow by gathering ions in your slayer.
Skill Add-on Effect
- All DP -20 for 10 sec to target
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec
Markthanan's Flourish I
Strike your enemies upwards, then strike down after gathering ions in your Slayer.
Skill Add-on Effect
- All DP +20 for 15 sec
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
Brimbolt Raze I
Spin, then perform a slash after gathering ions in your slayer.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
- All DP -20 for 10 sec to target
Blazing Strike I
Slash forward with tremendous force by gathering ions into your slayer.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec
Prime: Sundering Claw
Stockpile ions into your slayer, then spin your body to deal a powerful blow. If you have stockpiled enough ions in your shard, deliver the powerful blow immediately.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
Brimbolt Annihilation
Leap with the slayer held aloft, then use its inertia to slash broadly.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
Change Log
October 22, 2026
1 change
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PvP
PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes
October 8, 2026
3 changes
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All
Max WP increased at Lv. 75 after the base stat rework.Both specs
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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
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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 13, 2026
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Markthanan's Flourish: Hit detection x1 per attack (max 8) → x2 per attack (max 2), so damage lands more consistently.Both specs
May 28, 2026
2 changes
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All
Prime: Skewer,
Prime: Markthanan's Dominion,
Brimbolt Annihilation,
Succession: Azure Onslaught: Ion stockpile on hit: Skewer 6 → 9, Markthanan's Dominion inner hits 3 → 6, Brimbolt Annihilation 3 → 6; Succession: Azure Onslaught now stockpiles 3. -
All
Prime: Ascent: Cooldown 12 → 10 sec.
May 14, 2026
1 change
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All
Flow: Markthanan's Wings: Stamina cost 400 → 250.Both specs
April 30, 2026
1 change
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All
Fixed some Succession skills recovering 1 Ion while the Back Attack Damage Increase Add-on was active.
April 9, 2026
1 change
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All
Fixed Succession stockpiling ions when removing allies' Back Attack Damage +5% while charging in place (Prime: Eviscerate, Markthanan's Flourish, Brimbolt Strike, Sundering Claw), and the Back Attack Add-on being removed when debuffs were cleansed.
April 2, 2026
1 change
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All
Eviscerate: Fixed comboing into Refraction while stockpiling ions performing an extra Eviscerate.Both specs
March 26, 2026
2 changes
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All
Succession: Markthanan's Heart: Now applies to ion-consuming skills (incl. Prime: Blazing Strike); Markthanan's Scale heals regardless of max HP. Recovery raised: e.g. 500 HP x12 → 1,000 HP x8 (up to 60% max HP), Black Spirit: Prime: Markthanan's Flourish 500 x14 → 1,000 x12, Prime: Markthanan's Scale and Black Spirit Blazing Strike 500 x20 → 1,000 x20. -
All
Prime: Blazing Strike,
Prime: Dragonborn Constitution,
Prime: Dragon's Fury: Blazing Strike loses Recover HP per hit. Dragonborn Constitution also cleanses Add-on Speed Reduction debuffs, and each cleanse now gives 3 ions (replacing Dragon's Fury's extra ion recovery).
March 19, 2026
1 change
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All
Azure Onslaught,
Succession: Azure Onslaught: Fixed Super Armor lasting to the end of the final motion, and shortened movement.Both specs
March 12, 2026
1 change
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PvP
Azure Onslaught: Stiffness (I–Absolute) now PvE only; Succession: Azure Onslaught added to keep Stiffness in Succession.Both specs
February 12, 2026
5 changes
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PvP
Removed the Stiffness applied to distant Adventurers at max output from
Prime: Eviscerate,
Prime: Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish,
Prime: Ascent and
Prime: Sundering Claw. -
All
Prime: Eviscerate,
Prime: Omnislash: Eviscerate: Forward Guard while charging, Super Armor during dash attacks. Omnislash gains Forward Guard. -
All
Prime: Ascent,
Prime: Brimbolt Strike: Ascent now benefits from Succession: Markthanan's Heart. Brimbolt Strike cooldown 14/13/12/12 → 13/12/11/10 sec. -
All
Flow: Brimbolt Wave: Extra attack always uses max-output damage regardless of ion level.Both specs -
All
Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes
December 4, 2025
1 change
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All
Prime: Markthanan's Scale,
Succession: Markthanan's Heart,
Prime: Dragon's Fury: Markthanan's Scale Damage Reduction +55% → +80%; its 500 HP heals 14 → 20 times. Dragon's Fury now also stockpiles ions from Prime: Markthanan's Dominion and Brimbolt Annihilation.
October 2, 2025
1 change
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All
Brimbolt Strike: Flow: Brimbolt Wave no longer triggers from Refraction or Markthanan's Flourish inputs; it needs LMB/RMB without A/D or Shift.Both specs
July 24, 2025
6 changes
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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
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All
Infinite Mastery now grants Accuracy +18 and All Accuracy +18 per skill level.All classes
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All
Markthanan's Rattle: Critical Hit Damage +10% → All AP +20.Both specs -
All
Dragon's Assault: All DP -15 → -20.Both specs -
All
Prime: Omnislash,
Prime: Brimbolt Raze: All DP -15 → -20. -
All
Skill damage multiplier +1.9% to offset the AP rebalance.
February 13, 2025
4 changes
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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
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All
Prime: Ascent: Cooldown 15 → 12 sec. -
PvE
Prime: Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Blazing Strike,
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish,
Prime: Eviscerate,
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Prime: Omnislash: Damage adjusted.
December 12, 2024
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
November 14, 2024
6 changes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Eviscerate: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Prime: Skewer,
Prime: Abyssal Fang: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Brimbolt Annihilation: Damage adjusted. -
PvP
Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Eviscerate,
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish,
Prime: Brimbolt Raze,
Prime: Omnislash,
Prime: Blazing Strike,
Prime: Embers,
Prime: Markthanan's Dominion: Damage adjusted. -
PvP
Prime: Abyssal Fang,
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Prime: Ascent,
Brimbolt Annihilation: Damage adjusted.
October 17, 2024
1 change
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
August 29, 2024
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Prime: Blazing Strike: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
August 1, 2024
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Prime: Sundering Claw: Fixed a skill issue.
July 25, 2024
5 changes
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All
Abyssal Dominion: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Markthanan's Heart,
Succession: Markthanan's Heart,
Abyssal Advance: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Embers: Fixed a skill issue.
July 18, 2024
2 changes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
July 10, 2024
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
June 19, 2024
5 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Prime: Skewer: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Scale Bastion,
Dragon's Maw,
Legacy,
Core: Tectonic Slam: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Tip of the Scale: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
PvP
Dragon's Maw,
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish,
Prime: Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Blazing Strike,
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Prime: Markthanan's Dominion: Damage adjusted.
November 15, 2023
1 change
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PvP
Prime: Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Blazing Strike,
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish,
Prime: Brimbolt Raze,
Prime: Omnislash,
Prime: Embers,
Prime: Abyssal Fang: Damage adjusted.
September 26, 2023
4 changes
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All
Prime: Dragonborn Constitution: Corrected the skill description. -
All
Prime: Markthanan's Scale: Fixed a skill issue. -
PvP
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish: PvP damage reduced. -
PvP
Prime: Markthanan's Dominion,
Prime: Ascent,
Prime: Brimbolt Raze: Damage adjusted.
September 20, 2023
1 change
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PvE
Fixed a class issue.All classes
September 13, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
September 6, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
August 9, 2023
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
July 19, 2023
1 change
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All
Fixed a class issue.All classes
July 5, 2023
3 changes
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All
General class improvements.Both specs
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
April 6, 2023
1 change
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PvE
General class improvements.All classes
March 15, 2023
2 changes
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PvP
Prime: Brimbolt Strike: Fixed a skill issue. -
PvP
Prime: Sundering Claw: Damage adjusted.
November 23, 2022
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
October 19, 2022
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Brimbolt Annihilation: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
October 12, 2022
1 change
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All
Dragonwalk,
Black Spirit: Blazing Strike: Skill behavior improved.
September 7, 2022
1 change
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All
Prime: Dragon's Fury,
Prime: Dragonborn Constitution,
Ceaseless Vengeance: Corrected the skill description.
August 23, 2022
3 changes
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PvP
Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Blazing Strike,
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Prime: Markthanan's Flourish,
Prime: Brimbolt Raze,
Prime: Skewer,
Prime: Embers: PvP damage reduced. -
All
Prime: Dragon's Fury,
Prime: Markthanan's Scale,
Black Spirit: Prime: Markthanan's Flourish: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Markthanan's Scale: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
August 17, 2022
1 change
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All
Flow: Obliterate: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
August 10, 2022
1 change
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All
Refraction: Fixed a skill issue.
August 3, 2022
3 changes
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PvP
Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Brimbolt Strike: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Refraction: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Prime: Brimbolt Strike: Corrected the skill description.
July 27, 2022
1 change
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All
Aerial Burst,
Markthanan's Heart,
Markthanan's Scale: Skill behavior improved.
May 31, 2022
5 changes
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All
Markthanan's Scale,
Prime: Eviscerate,
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Flow: Brimbolt Wave,
Blazing Strike,
Dragon's Advance,
Refraction,
Markthanan's Flourish: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Markthanan's Dominion,
Prime: Ascent: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Markthanan's Heart: Fixed a skill issue. -
All
Markthanan's Heart: Corrected the skill description. -
All
Prime: Ascent: Skill behavior improved.
May 4, 2022
1 change
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All
Markthanan's Heart: Corrected the skill description.
April 27, 2022
4 changes
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All
General class improvements.
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All
Prime: Ascent,
Prime: Sundering Claw,
Prime: Brimbolt Raze,
Skewer: Skill behavior improved. -
PvP
Brimbolt Strike,
Prime: Brimbolt Strike: PvP damage reduced. -
All
Skewer,
Eviscerating Wings: Fixed a skill issue.
April 20, 2022
4 changes
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PvP
General class improvements.
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All
Black Spirit: Blazing Strike: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Dragon's Advance,
Skewer: Fixed a skill issue. -
PvE
Skewer: Fixed a skill issue.
April 13, 2022
6 changes
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All
General class improvements.
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All
Markthanan's Flourish,
Azure Onslaught,
Markthanan's Scale,
Flow: Asphyxiate,
Markthanan's Dominion,
Dragon's Maw,
Brimbolt Raze: Skill behavior improved. -
All
Dragon's Advance,
Azure Onslaught,
Prime: Markthanan's Scale,
Brimbolt Strike,
Flow: Brimbolt Wave,
Embers,
Omnislash,
Skewer: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Markthanan's Dominion,
Blazing Strike,
Dragonwalk: Smoother combos and controls. -
All
Markthanan's Heart,
Markthanan's Scale: Corrected the skill description. -
All
Markthanan's Flourish,
Embers,
Dragonwalk,
Prime: Dragonborn Constitution,
Markthanan's Heart,
Brimbolt Raze,
Dragon's Maw,
Abyssal Fang: Fixed a skill issue.