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Nova Succession

PvE Combo Guide

Nova Succession

Main PvE Combo

  1. S+F
    Rime Ice+32 AP
  2. S+RMB
    Icy Thorns
  3. F
    Face the Darkness+20% Crit Rate
  4. Shift+RMB (hold)
    Frozen Darkness+32 AP
  5. Shift+F
    Entangling Icy Thorns
  6. Shift+Q
    Stamma's Mate
  7. Shift+C
    Frozen EarthLinger; +55 AP, +25% Casting Speed, +50% Crit Rate
  8. S+F
    Rime Ice+32 AP
  9. S+RMB
    Icy Thorns
  10. F
    Face the Darkness+20% Crit Rate
  11. E
    Queen's Gambit
  12. Shift+RMB (hold)
    Frozen Darkness+32 AP
  13. Shift+F
    Entangling Icy Thorns

Repeat from the first step (S+F, Rime Ice) for an infinite combo.

Skill Priority

  1. Shift+RMB (hold)
    Frozen Darkness
  2. Shift+F
    Entangling Icy Thorns

Use these two first whenever they are off cooldown, then continue the combo sequence above. Fill any gaps with Shift+E, Storming Star.

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement Between Packs

  1. Shift+W
    Icy Fog
  2. W+F
    Quoratum's Ascension

Repositioning in Packs

  1. Shift+A/D
    Icy Fog
  2. S+C
    Star's Call

The Frozen Earth linger also helps with repositioning.

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Evasion

Skill Enhancements

  1. Quoratum’s Closing
    Lv. 56
  2. Binding Star
    Lv. 57
  3. Quoratum’s Earth
    Lv. 58

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Generic PvE Add-ons. Based on the usage of the combo listed.

Command: Stamma's Mate I

Slam your quoratum into the ground to break up the enemy line.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
  • Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec

Command: Rime Ice I

Dodge enemy attacks and raise rime ice so your legion can counter.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 7 sec
  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 7 sec

Icy Thorns I

Launch the enemy upward with your morning star, then pierce them with icy thorns.

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Command: Fianchetto I

Summon priests from the quoratum and order them to attack.

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Command: Frozen Darkness I

Cover an area in darkness, then shatter it with your frozen morning star.

Skill Add-on Effect

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

Queen's Gambit

Unlocked through the [Secret Book] Abyssal Legacy from The Magnus.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

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 15, 2026

 7 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    PvE damage raised: Prime: Frozen Earth +13%, Queen's Gambit +12% (last hit +49%), Prime: Storming Star +9%, Quoratum's Earth +6%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.

  • All

    Prime: Frozen Earth, Queen's Gambit, Prime: Storming Star: Cooldown 11 → 10 sec.

  • All

    Queen's Gambit: Attacks 3, 4 and the last hit land faster. Prime: Storming Star: The spin attack lands faster.

  • All

    Prime: Icy Thorns: Attack 3 now leads into Prime: Bitter Reign from its attack 2, and the combo into Queen's Gambit after attack 3 is smoother.

  • All

    Prime: Bitter Reign: Smoother combo from attack 2 into Face the Darkness.

  • All

    Prime: Star's Call: Combos into Prime: Storming Star and Queen's Gambit now come out as fast as they do after Icy Fog.

  • All

    Prime: Distorted Guard: Now also grants Casting Speed +20% for 30 sec.

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

September 23, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Monsters no longer target summons such as Nova's Thornwood Guards (only Heuklang, Gorr, Tett, Arne and Marg are still targeted).Both specs

May 14, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Punishing Trap: Ranged grapple wind-up 0.57 sec (0.46 sec in Succession) → 0.5 sec.Both specs

February 12, 2026

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Frozen Darkness, Succession: Rime Ice: All AP buff +28 → +32.

  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

January 15, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Frozen Earth: Fixed Thornwood Guards acting oddly when you used Emergency Escape during the skill.

November 20, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Mauling Star: Fixed SP sometimes recovering without a hit, and Mauling Star IV sometimes recovering less SP.Both specs

October 23, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Quoratum's Guard, Prime: Distorted Guard: Fixed All Damage Reduction stacking with other skills.Both specs

August 21, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Star's Ring, Black Spirit: Star's Call: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

July 24, 2025

 6 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

    Prime: Frozen Darkness: All AP +12 → +28.

  • All

    Prime: Distorted Guard: Grapple Resistance +30% → Max HP +750.

  • All

    Skill damage multiplier -5.8% to offset the AP rebalance.

  • All

    Quoratum's Guard: Removed Grapple Resistance +30%.Both specs

May 29, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Comet: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

May 15, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Comet: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 13, 2025

 6 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

    Icy Kiss, Face the Darkness: Critical Hit Rate duration 5 → 10 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Bitter Star: All DP -15 → -20.Both specs

  • PvE

    Prime: Bitter Reign, Prime: Icy Thorns, Prime: Quoratum's Ascension, Prime: Frozen Earth, Prime: Stamma's Mate, Prime: Swooping Ring: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Quoratum's Earth: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 23, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Bitter Reign: Fixed a skill issue.

December 12, 2024

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 28, 2024

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Quoratum's Ascension, Prime: Quoratum's Ascension: Fixed a skill issue.

November 14, 2024

 7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Icy Kiss, Prime: Icy Thorns, Prime: Quoratum's Ascension: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Prime: Fianchetto, Prime: Frozen Darkness: Cooldown 8 → 7 sec.

  • All

    Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns, Quoratum's Opening, Prime: Storming Star: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvP

    Bitter Reign, Prime: Bitter Reign, Succession: Affliction, Prime: Icy Thorns, Prime: Quoratum's Ascension, Prime: Frozen Earth, Prime: Fianchetto, Prime: Frozen Darkness: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Prime: Stamma's Mate, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns, Prime: Storming Star, Prime: Swooping Ring, Queen's Gambit, Black Spirit: Prime: Icy Prison, Prime: Passed Pawn, Prime: King of the Dead: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Icy Kiss: Damage adjusted.

October 17, 2024

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

August 29, 2024

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Frozen Earth, Black Spirit: Starfall: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Command: Frozen Earth, Black Spirit: Prime: Frozen Earth: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

August 22, 2024

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: King of the Dead, Prime: Passed Pawn, Prime: Frozen Darkness: Skill behavior improved.

August 1, 2024

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

 4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Swooping Ring, Quoratum's Closing, Command: Blooming Icy Thorns: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 18, 2024

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 10, 2024

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

 7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Royal Fencing: Lunge: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Stamma's Mate: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.

  • All

    Affliction, Succession: Affliction: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Icy Prison: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Storming Star, Black Spirit: Frozen Ring: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 21, 2024

 7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Quoratum's Opening: Cooldown 5 → 7 sec.

  • All

    Punishing Trap, Quoratum's Vigor: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Prime: Icy Prison: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Star's Call: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: King of the Dead, Prime: Bitter Reign: Cooldown 20 → 5 sec.

  • PvP

    Prime: Icy Thorns, Prime: Frozen Earth, Prime: Stamma's Mate, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns, Prime: Swooping Ring: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Fixed a class issue.

November 15, 2023

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Storming Star, Prime: Storming Star: Corrected the skill description.

September 20, 2023

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

September 13, 2023

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

September 6, 2023

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

August 9, 2023

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 19, 2023

 7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

  • All

    Prime: King of the Dead, Face the Darkness, Icy Kiss, Prime: Distorted Guard, Queen's Gambit, Prime: Quoratum's Ascension: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Prime: Swooping Ring: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Star's Call, Command: Frozen Darkness, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns, Command: Stamma's Mate: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvP

    Quoratum's Earth: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Storming Star: Corrected the skill description.

  • PvP

    Icy Fog: PvP damage reduced.

July 5, 2023

 4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.Both specs

  • All

    Quoratum's Opening, Succession: Quoratum's Opening: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

May 10, 2023

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.

  • PvE

    Prime: Fianchetto, Prime: Frozen Darkness: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Prime: Frozen Earth, Prime: Fianchetto, Prime: Frozen Darkness, Prime: Stamma's Mate, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns: PvP damage reduced.

April 6, 2023

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Icy Fog, Quoratum's Opening: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

November 23, 2022

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

October 19, 2022

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Queen's Gambit: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

October 12, 2022

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Binding Star: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Quoratum's Opening, Quoratum's Protection: Damage adjusted.

August 23, 2022

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Passed Pawn, Prime: King of the Dead, Prime: Frozen Darkness: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Prime: Fianchetto: Damage adjusted.

August 17, 2022

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Icy Fog: Fixed a skill issue.

June 15, 2022

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Quoratum's Closing: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • PvP

    Frozen Chain, Quoratum's Earth, Enter the Darkness: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

May 31, 2022

 5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Punishing Trap, Prime: Frozen Earth: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Prime: Quoratum's Ascension: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Swooping Ring: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Quoratum's Protection: Cooldown 18 → 14 sec.

  • PvE

    Prime: Bitter Reign: Skill behavior improved.

February 9, 2022

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Passed Pawn: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Icy Fog: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 19, 2022

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Frozen Ring: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Icy Prison, Black Spirit: Prime: Icy Prison: Damage adjusted.Both specs

January 12, 2022

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Fianchetto: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvP

    Prime: Stamma's Mate, Prime: Frozen Darkness, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns, Prime: Frozen Earth: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Core: Swooping Ring: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 5, 2022

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Starfall: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Command: Frozen Earth, Black Spirit: Prime: Frozen Earth: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Command: Frozen Earth: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

October 14, 2021

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Command: Opening: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

September 15, 2021

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Star's Ring, Star's Call, Frozen Ring: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

August 25, 2021

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fuse Gravity, Twisted Orbit, Accel: Twisted Orbit: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

May 26, 2021

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Succession: Quoratum's Protection: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Succession: Quoratum's Opening: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Frozen Earth, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns: Damage adjusted.

April 28, 2021

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Royal Fencing: Fleche: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

April 7, 2021

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Quoratum's Protection: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 17, 2021

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Brutal Ring: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Star's Ring: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 3, 2021

 5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Quoratum's Opening, Storming Star, Command: Opening: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Quoratum's Ascension, Quoratum's Protection, Break Orbit, Accel: Royal Fencing: Fleche, Accel: Swooping Ring: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Royal Fencing: Riposte, Icy Fog, Quoratum's Protection: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Stamma's Mate, Prime: Frozen Darkness: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Succession: Quoratum's Opening, Succession: Quoratum's Protection, Prime: Star's Call: Skill behavior improved.

February 25, 2021

 5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Succession: Rime Ice, Prime: Bitter Reign, Prime: Icy Thorns: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Prime: Icy Thorns: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Succession: Quoratum's Opening: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Prime: Bitter Reign: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Royal Fencing: Fleche, Break Orbit, Frozen Ring: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

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