Ranger Awakening
PvE Combo Guide
Awake Ranger Skill Rotation
DPS Combo
- Shift+E
Spirit’s Haven+36 Evasion - S+F
Backwards Waltz of Wind - LMB
Breezy Blade - Q
Wailing Wind - Hold Spacebar
Flow: Tempest - Shift+Q
Guardian’s Wind - Hotbar
Regeneration - S+LMB
Cold Blade - Shift+F
Wind Blade - Shift+LMB
Nature’s Tremble - LMBBreezy Blade
- F
Vine Knot+10% Attack Speed - S+FBackwards Waltz of Wind
- LMB
Rushing Wind - Shift+RMB
Elven Rage - Hold RMB
Flow: Disillusion - Shift+X or Hotbar
Squall Shot+10% Movement Speed - F
Binding Arrow - Shift+RMB
Flow: Bypassing Wind+10% Crit Rate - C
C Swap Awakening - LMBBreezy Blade
- LMBRushing Wind
- QWailing Wind
- Hold SpacebarFlow: Tempest
Repeat Sequence STARTING AT Hotbar (Regeneration) from here to infinitely loop.
Movement
Class Mobility
Movement Between Packs
- RMB
Wind Step(high stamina cost; S+RMB has no collision and is great for getting behind monsters/packs) - A/D + Shift
Riding the Wind
Twisting Wind(fast sideways movement; alter your camera angle to make the most of it) - W+C+Spacebar
Call from the sky(from Awakening; W+LMB+Spacebar in pre-awakening)
Repositioning in Packs
- Shift+RMB
Evasive Landing Shot(after certain skills such as Breezy Blade, Rushing Wind, Extreme Charging Wind (shotgun); alter your camera angle mid animation to be effective) - RMBWind Step(high stamina cost; S+RMB has no collision and is great for getting behind monsters/packs)
- W+F/S+FWaltz of Wind(best when navigating into or around a pack; no collision and +12 AP upon hitting a monster)
- S/A/D+RMB
Evasive Explosion Shot(more of an “oh shit, where did my health go” panic button than a reposition ability, but it can work both ways)
Build Notes
Class Specifics
Skills to Lock
Moving Shot
Pinpoint
Dagger of Protection
Crescent Kick
Round Kick
Dash Kick
Evasion
Rage Transfer
Wind Explosion Shot
Winds of the Prairie
Core
Cold Blade
Skill Enhancements
- Squall Shot
Roaring Arrow- Wind Explosion Shot
Skill Add-ons
Class Addons
Wailing Wind I
Call upon the power of the Kamasylve to attack foes ...
Skill Add-on Effect
- Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 1...
Breezy Blade I
Perform an instantaneous attack to the enemy ahead ...
Skill Add-on Effect
- All Damage Reduction -20 for 7 sec to target
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec
Waltz of Wind I
An awakened Ranger is said to attack the enemies by ...
Skill Add-on Effect
- Back Attack damage +5% for 5 sec
- Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec
Flow: Tempest
Preceding Skill: [Wailing Wind I]
Skill Add-on Effect
- Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec
- Instantly recover 35 HP per target
Nature’s Tremble I
Divide the enemy with the power of the spirit.
Skill Add-on Effect
- Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 1...
- All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target
Cold Blade I
The protectors of the woods are known to show no merc...
Skill Add-on Effect
- All Damage Reduction +20 for 10 sec
- Instantly recover 35 HP per target
Change Log
October 22, 2026
2 changes
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PvP
PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes
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All
Penetrating Wind: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
October 8, 2026
2 changes
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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
June 11, 2026
3 changes
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All
Flow: Bypassing Wind: Always combos into the stationary firing motion after
Prime: Tearing Arrow. No longer triggers from RMB alone; use LMB + RMB or Shift + RMB.Both specs -
All
Regeneration: Cooldown: 11 → 7 sec.
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All
Flow: Bypassing Wind: Fixed the character continuing to turn with the camera after firing when comboed from certain skills.Both specs
April 30, 2026
7 changes
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All
Flow: Rushing Wind: Cooldown: 4 → 3 sec.
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All
Waltz of Wind: Damage 3,615% → 4,519% x2. Knockback on hits replaced by Super Armor during the skill (both nullified during cooldown). -
All
Core: Waltz of Wind: Core effect changed from Super Armor to Knockback on hits (nullified during cooldown). -
PvP
Spirit's Haven: Added Knockback on hits (PvP only).
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All
Spirit's Shackles: Now only performed by pressing E; it no longer comes out from the Spirit's Haven command while Spirit's Haven is on cooldown. -
All
Elven Rage: Hit detection improved so all 3 hits land; attack area now matches the visual effect. -
All
Wind Step: Fixed the movement distance changing while the skill was on cooldown.
March 26, 2026
2 changes
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All
Breezy Blade: Stamina cost: 150 → 50. Fixed Stamina being used twice when comboing from backward Wind Step with 
Core: Breezy Blade learned. -
All
Flow: Rushing Wind: Now costs 50 Stamina instead of MP.
February 26, 2026
2 changes
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All
Breezy Blade, Flow: Rushing Wind: Using Breezy Blade while it is on cooldown now triggers Flow: Rushing Wind instead; Flow: Rushing Wind cannot be used while on its own cooldown.
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All
Vine Knot: Now costs MP instead of Stamina, and Stamina recovers during the skill.
February 12, 2026
2 changes
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PvE
Kamasylven Sword Training, Waltz of Wind: Ranged AP Increase (Kamasylven Sword Training V, Waltz of Wind III): +10 → +12. PvP ratios of Awakening skills lowered slightly so PvP damage stays the same. -
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
Cold Blade: Fixed the skill starting from the 2nd hit without going on cooldown when comboed from other skills.
November 20, 2025
1 change
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All
Core: Nature's Tremble: Fixed the Seed of Nature effect not being applied.
September 4, 2025
3 changes
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All
Riding the Wind: Removed collision while moving during the skill.Both specs
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All
Riding the Wind, Twisting Wind: Can now go down slopes during the skill (falling animation plays if the landing spot is more than 5 m below).Both specs
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All
Awakening: Kamasylven Sword: Comboing from Evasive Landing Shot now uses the forward Awakening switch; pressing LMB after switching combos into Breezy Blade; smoother combos after the switch.
August 28, 2025
1 change
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All
Binding Arrow: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
July 24, 2025
5 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
Spirit Healing: All AP +6 → +20.Both specs -
All
Skill damage multiplier -5.11% to offset the AP rebalance.Both specs
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All
Absolute: Will of the Wind, 
Nature's Tremble, Flow: Rushing Wind, 
Black Spirit: Wailing Wind: All DP -30 → -25.
June 12, 2025
1 change
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All
Twisting Wind: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
April 10, 2025
2 changes
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All
Black Spirit: Waltz of Wind, Core: Cold Blade: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs -
All
Winds of the Prairie, Wind Step: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
April 3, 2025
1 change
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All
Squall Shot, Wind Blade: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
March 27, 2025
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Absolute: Descending Current: Corrected the skill description.
March 13, 2025
1 change
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All
Breezy Blade: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
February 13, 2025
6 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
Squall Shot: Removed Down Smash.Both specs
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All
Squall Shot,
Will of the Wind, 
Prime: Nature's Tremble: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs -
PvE
Wailing Wind: Reduced damage when used during cooldown. -
PvE
Elven Rage,
Black Spirit: Elven Rage, Flow: Disillusion: Damage adjusted.
December 12, 2024
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
November 28, 2024
1 change
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All
Breezy Blade: Corrected the skill description.
November 14, 2024
1 change
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
October 17, 2024
1 change
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
September 5, 2024
2 changes
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All
Regeneration: Fixed a skill issue.
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All
Vine Knot: Corrected the skill description.
August 29, 2024
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Nature's Tremble: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
August 1, 2024
2 changes
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All
Flow: Call from Sky,
Succession: Call from Sky, 
Flow: Air Explosion Shot: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
General class improvements.All classes
July 25, 2024
7 changes
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All
Tearing Arrow, 
Evasive Explosion Shot, 
Dagger of Protection, Evasive Landing Shot, Breezy Blade, Waltz of Wind, Black Spirit: Waltz of Wind, Flow: Rushing Wind: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Tearing Shot, 
Fury Arrow, Roaring Arrow, Wind Explosion Shot, 
Prime: Evasive Explosion Shot: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
All
Twisting Wind, Riding the Wind, Flow: Call from Sky, Winds of the Prairie: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
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All
Dagger of Protection: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
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All
Evasive Explosion Shot: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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
8 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Call of the Earth, Squall Shot, Wind Step, 
Blasting Gust, Roaring Arrow, Spirit's Shackles, Spirit's Haven, Tearing Shot: Skill behavior improved.Both specs -
All
Binding Arrow, Regeneration,
Black Spirit: Regeneration: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
PvP
Nature's Tremble: Damage adjusted.
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All
Wailing Wind: Skill behavior improved.
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All
Elven Rage: Corrected the skill description.
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PvP
Wind Blade: Corrected the skill description.
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All
Ultimate: Charging Wind: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 17, 2024
1 change
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PvE
Vine Knot: Fixed a skill issue.
November 15, 2023
3 changes
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All
Nature's Tremble: Fixed a skill issue.
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All
Elven Rage, Flow: Tempest, Nature's Tremble, Wind Blade, Regeneration: Skill behavior improved.
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PvP
Wailing Wind, Flow: Tempest, Flow: Disillusion, Nature's Tremble, Regeneration, Wind Blade: 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
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Class balance adjusted.All classes
June 28, 2023
1 change
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All
Nature's Tremble: Fixed a skill issue.
June 14, 2023
1 change
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All
Flow: Rushing Wind: Fixed a skill issue.
April 6, 2023
1 change
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PvE
General class improvements.All classes
February 8, 2023
2 changes
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All
Evasive Explosion Shot: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
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PvP
Class balance adjusted.
January 11, 2023
6 changes
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All
Absolute: Extreme Charging Wind, Breezy Blade: Corrected the skill description. -
PvP
Cold Blade, Flow: Rushing Wind, Wind Blade, Vine Knot, Flow: Tempest: Damage adjusted.
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All
Regeneration, Black Spirit: Regeneration, Guardian Wind, Flow: Disillusion: Damage adjusted.
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PvP
Spirit's Haven: Corrected the skill description.
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All
Elven Rage: Skill behavior improved.
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PvP
Nature's Tremble: PvP damage reduced.
January 4, 2023
1 change
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All
Waltz of Wind: Skill behavior improved.
November 30, 2022
1 change
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All
Regeneration: Fixed a skill issue.
November 23, 2022
1 change
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All
General class improvements.All classes
November 16, 2022
1 change
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All
Binding Arrow: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
October 19, 2022
2 changes
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All
General class improvements.All classes
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All
Binding Arrow: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
October 12, 2022
4 changes
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All
Absolute: Tearing Arrow: Corrected the skill description. -
All
General class improvements.
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All
Elven Rage: Skill behavior improved.
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All
Black Spirit: Elven Rage: Fixed a skill issue.
June 15, 2022
3 changes
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All
Roaring Arrow: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs
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All
Fury Arrow: Damage adjusted.Both specs
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All
Penetrating Wind: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
May 31, 2022
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Elven Rage: Fixed a skill issue.
May 18, 2022
3 changes
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
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All
Descending Current, 
Prime: Descending Current, 
Prime: Charging Wind, Waltz of Wind: Corrected the skill description.Both specs -
All
Penetrating Wind, Tearing Arrow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
May 4, 2022
2 changes
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All
Tearing Arrow, Prime: Tearing Arrow: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
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All
Evasive Explosion Shot: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
April 20, 2022
1 change
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All
Black Spirit: Elven Rage: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
April 6, 2022
1 change
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All
Flow: Bypassing Wind: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
February 23, 2022
1 change
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All
Blasting Gust: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
February 16, 2022
1 change
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All
Spirit's Shackles: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 26, 2022
2 changes
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All
Flow: Bypassing Wind: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
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All
Wind Blade, Elven Rage, Evasive Explosion Shot: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 19, 2022
2 changes
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All
Black Spirit: Prime: Charging Wind, 
Black Spirit: Charging Wind: Corrected the skill description.Both specs -
All
Black Spirit: Charging Wind, Black Spirit: Prime: Charging Wind, Black Spirit: Wailing Wind: Damage adjusted.Both specs
January 12, 2022
1 change
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All
Dagger of Protection: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
January 5, 2022
3 changes
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All
Black Spirit: Descending Current: Corrected the skill description.Both specs -
All
Black Spirit: Descending Current,
Black Spirit: Prime: Descending Current: Damage adjusted.Both specs -
PvP
Black Spirit: Nature's Tremble: Damage adjusted.Both specs
December 29, 2021
2 changes
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All
Fixed a class issue.Both specs
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All
Ultimate: Charging Wind,
Extreme: Charging Wind, Absolute: Extreme Charging Wind, 
Prime: Extreme Charging Wind: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
July 28, 2021
1 change
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All
Cold Blade: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
July 21, 2021
1 change
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All
Evasive Explosion Shot, Absolute: Evasive Explosion Shot: Corrected the skill description.Both specs
June 23, 2021
1 change
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All
Flow: Call from Sky: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
May 26, 2021
7 changes
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All
Flow: Air Explosion Shot: Skill behavior improved.Both specs
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All
Flow: Air Explosion Shot: Added Super Armor.Both specs
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All
Flow: Air Explosion Shot: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs
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All
Guardian, Wind Blade, Wind Step: Skill behavior improved. -
PvE
Wind Step: Damage adjusted.
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All
Elven Rage, Vine Knot, Regeneration: Damage adjusted.
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All
Wind Blade: Smoother combos and controls.
April 7, 2021
1 change
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All
Regeneration: Damage adjusted.Both specs
