Skill Changes

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Skill Changes

Novice

Skill	Change
Play Dead	Now has a duration of 120s.

Swordman Jobs

Knight / Lord Knight

Skill	Change
Berserk	Chatting while in berserk is enabled.
Brandish Spear	Damage increased from 100 + 20 * Skill Level (300% ATK at level 10) → 100 + 40 * Skill Level (500% ATK at level 10)
Bowling Bash	Gutter lines ignored. Knockback removed.
Concentration	Duration: 25–45s → 65–120s SP Cost: 14–30 → 28-60
Magnum Break	Deals 50% damage to traps.
One Hand Quicken	No longer removes the effect of ASPD potions.
Parry	Turned into a toggle with infinite duration.
Provoke	Can now target guild members inside WoE castles.
Spiral Pierce	Range increased from 4 → 7

Crusader / Paladin

Skill	Change
Devotion	Devotion level range increased to 20. Status Icon added for the recipient.
Grand Cross	Always hits 3 times. Now procs HP drain effects (e.g. Hunter Fly Card)
Holy Cross	Deals double damage when using a 2H Spear.
Shield Chain	Range increased from 4 → 8

Mage Jobs

Wizard / High Wizard

Skill	Change
Ice Wall	Disabled on some MVP maps (Ifrit, Valkyrie Randgris, Wounded Morocc, scripted boss fights).

Sage / Professor

Skill	Change
Abracadabra	Some skills have been removed from the skill pool (e.g. Steel Body).
Create Elemental Converter	Elemental Converters now last for 15 minutes.
Mind Breaker	Can now target guild members inside WoE castles. Status Icon added for the recipient. Status is now able to be refreshed.
Marionette Control	The link ends as soon as either player raises a stat with status points.

Archer Jobs

Skill	Change
Arrow Crafting	Produces more arrows per craft. See Arrow Crafting for the yield of every material. Arrow selling price set to 0 Zeny. Can be used up to 70% max weight (instead of 50%).

Hunter / Sniper

Skill	Change
Blast Mine	Damage Increased to (Skill Level × DEX × (3 + Base Level / 100) × (1 + INT / 35)) / 2.
Blitz Beat	Old formula: 80 + 6 × Steel Crow + 2 × floor(INT/2) + 2 × floor(DEX/10) New formula: 80 + 6 × Steel Crow + 2 × floor(DEX/10) + 2 × floor(AGI/10) + 2 × floor(LUK/10) Now uses weapon element. Now affected by cards, options, and other % bonuses. LUKs influence on the proc chance has been doubled. Deals 50% damage to traps.
Claymore Trap	Damage Increased to (Skill Level × DEX × (3 + Base Level / 100) × (1 + INT / 35)) / 2. Now consumes only 1 trap instead of 2.
Falcon Assault	Follows Blitz Beat changes and damage remains as a multiple of Blitz Beat. The damage is calculated the same way as Blitz Beat. Damage scaled to 150%/200%/250%/300%/350% * Blitz Beat damage
Land Mine	Damage Increased to (Skill Level × DEX × (3 + Base Level / 100) × (1 + INT / 35)) / 2.
Sharp Shooting (alt. Focused Arrow Strike)	Can now target guild members inside WoE castles.
Wind Walk	Animation walk delay removed.

Bard / Dancer (Performers)

Skill	Change
Adaptation to Circumstances	Cooldown after using a song has been removed (5s default).
Arrow Vulcan	After-cast walk delay removed Can be used while performing After Cast Delay reduced by 500 ms
Charming Wink	Can be used while performing.
Frost Joker	Removed text on cast.
Mr. Kim, A Rich Man	Skill removed from skill tree.
Scream	Removed text on cast.
Tarot Card of Fate	The Lovers now heals the caster for 2,000 HP (instead of the target). The Hanged Man's "stop" result is now a dispellable Stop status instead of Ankle Snare. The Devil, The Sun, Strength, The Magician and The Hanged Man (Stop) now show a status icon on the target. See Instant REC for the separate REC card rates.
Reverberation (granted by items)	Can now be cast while performing a song or dance.

Acolyte Jobs

Skill	Change
Teleport	Using level 1 Teleport skips the menu window. Should no longer land on top of warp portals.

Priest / High Priest

Skill	Change
Aspersio	Duration increased: 60/90/120/150/180 → 120/240/360/480/600
AoE Buffs	Animation walk delay removed (Clementia, Canto Candidus, Magnificat, Angelus, Gloria, Kyrie Eleison).
Gloria	Duration increased: 10/15/20/25/30s → 30/45/60/75/90s
Status Recovery	Now also cures Crystallize.
Knuckle ASPD	Priest and High Priest base ASPD with Knuckle weapons now matches Monk's (was unset and defaulted to a very slow rate).
B.S Sacramenti	Can now be cast with 2 other acolytes in a 3x3 area (no longer need to be in a line side by side).
Canto Candidus	Added to High Priest skill tree. Disabled in GvG. Increase Agility level 10 required. Cast Increase Agility on the caster and party members in a 15x15 area around the caster.
Clementia	Added to High Priest skill tree. Disabled in GvG. Blessing level 10 required. Cast Blessing on the caster and party members in a 15x15 area around the caster.
Impositio Manus	Now also increases MATK at the same rate as ATK.
Mace Mastery	Now grants +4 Attack and +2 Crit per level (+40 Attack, +20 Crit at Level 10), increased from +3 Attack and +1 Crit per level.
Magnificat	Recovery speed increased by 50% Duration: 30–90s → 60–180s
Magnus Exorcismus	Can now damage all monsters. Element remains Holy. Cast Time: 15s → 12s After Cast Delay: 4s → 3s

Monk / Champion

Skill	Change
Chain Combo / Tiger Fist	Now deal double damage when using Knuckle-class weapons.

Merchant Jobs

Skill	Change
Cart Revolution	Always uses maximum cart weight.
Item Appraisal	Skill removed from skill tree.
Mammonite	Zeny cost reduced by 50%.

Blacksmith / Whitesmith

Skill	Change
Adrenaline Rush	Duration: 30/60/90/120/150s → 60/90/120/150/180s SP Cost: 20/23/26/29/32 → 24/28/31/35/40
AoE Buffs	Animation walk delay removed (Adrenaline Rush, Full Adrenaline Rush, Weapon Perfection, Overthrust).
Cart Boost	No longer removed on Quagmire, Agi Down, or Dispell.
Cart Termination	Now does (400 + 80 * Skill Level)% ATK damage (1333% ATK → 1200% ATK at level 10). Now affected by cards, options, and other % bonuses. Zeny cost reduced by 50% FREE with Cart Combatant License from ein_in01,38,21 (1.5m per week). FREE on Battlegrounds maps. Can now trigger equipment breaking effects.
Forging Weapons	Forged Weapons now have options scaled by Star Crumbs and Elemental Stones. Weapons forged with Star Crumbs now have bonus option scaling of 20%, and 15% for elemental stones. Ranked Forgers add an additional 10% scaling to options.
Full Adrenaline Rush	Duration: 150s → 180s Party ASPD bonus: 25% SP Cost unchanged (64)
Greed	SP Cost: 10 → 1 After Cast Delay: 1s → 0.2s
HD Weapon Refine	Works like Weapon Refine but uses HD Oridecon and reduces refine by 1 on failure instead of destroying equipment.
Maximum Over Thrust	Chance to break equipment removed. FREE on Battlegrounds maps.
Over Thrust	Duration: 20–100s → 60–180s SP Cost: 18–10 → 23–15 Chance to break equipment removed.
Weapon Perfection	Duration: 10–50s → 60–180s SP Cost: 18–10 → 46–30

Alchemist / Creator

Skill	Change
Acid Terror	Damage Increased: 105%/210%/315%/420%/525% ATK (300% ATK → 525% ATK at Skill Level 5). Damage further increased by 10*Learning Potion Level and 5*Acid Demonstration Level (675% ATK with all skills maxed) Now uses weapon element. Now affected by cards, options, and other % bonuses. No longer requires an Acid Bottle to use (free to use). Now displays damage in a bundle of 5 hits (but still counts as 1 hit for all other purposes, like Lex Aeterna)
Bio Cannibalize (Summon Flora)	Cast Time: 2s → 1s No longer consumes a Plant Bottle. If you carry a Plant Bottle when casting, one is consumed to summon a second plant of the same type next to the first. Plant Bottles are now a usable item for the Alchemist branch: summons a Geographer without needing the skill (60s reuse delay). Summoned plants scale with your stats: STR → ATK, AGI → attack speed, VIT → HP and DEF, INT → MDEF and Geographer Heal.
Demonstration	AoE increased: 3×3 → 7×7 SP Cost: 23/26/29/32/35 Duration: 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 sec Damage: (100 + 30 × Skill Level)% MATK Cast Time: 5s After Cast Delay: 3s Weapon break effect removed Now consumes 1 Flame Stone instead of 1 Bottle Grenade
Herbicide	New skill: Removes one of your own plants or Marine Spheres. A sphere removed this way does not explode. Max Level: 1 Range: 9 cells SP Cost: 5 Learned from Field Botanist Ilse in the Al De Baran Alchemist Guild (alde_alche 31,187): 30 Maneater Blossom, 20 Poison Spore, 5 Alcohol.
Plant Cultivation	Cannot be used on Individual Loot Maps.
Remote Detonator	New skill: Detonates every Marine Sphere you have on the map at once. Each sphere deals its current HP as Fire damage in a 7×7 area. Max Level: 1 SP Cost: 15 Cooldown: 3s Learned from Field Botanist Ilse in the Al De Baran Alchemist Guild (alde_alche 31,187): 15 Marine Sphere Bottle, 10 Detonator, 10 Tendon.
Summon Marine Sphere	No longer consumes a Marine Sphere Bottle. Cooldown: 10s Sphere HP: 2400–4000 + 10 per VIT of the Alchemist. Self-Destruct damage equals the sphere's current HP. Self-Destruct never hits your party, guild or yourself, on any map (previously hit allies in PvP/WoE). Self-Destruct damage is now reduced by the target's cards and potions (Thara Frog, Jakk, Resist Fire Potion, size/race/ranged reductions). Spheres count as Demi-Human. Your own normal attacks nudge a sphere a few cells away without arming it. Any other damage arms it as before. In WoE castles, party and guild members cannot target, damage or trap-trigger your spheres.
Twilight Alchemy II	No longer requires Soul Linker or Taekwon in party.
Twilight Alchemy III	Now attempts to brew 200 Alcohol.
Twilight Alchemy IV	Attempts to brew 200 Blue Potions.
Twilight Alchemy V	Attempts to brew 200 Acid Bottles and 200 Bottle Grenades.
Twilight Alchemy VI	Attempts to brew 200 Glistening Coats.

Thief Jobs

Assassin / Assassin Cross

Skill	Change
Create Deadly Poison	No longer reduces HP by 25% on failure. SP Cost reduced to 5.
Enchant Poison	Max Level: 10 → 5
Pick Stone	Can be used up to 70% max weight (instead of 50%).
Meteor Assault	Now does (20 + 18 * Skill Level)% ATK damage (440% → 200% at level 10). EDP works at full effect, halved when using Ice Pick or on GvG maps. Now affected by cards, options, and other % bonuses. Katar Mastery and Sonic Blow prerequisite removed. SP Cost reduced to 20 at level 10. Cast Time removed.
Sonic Blow	After-cast walk delay removed Autocast no longer interrupts auto attacks After Cast Delay reduced to 1.5s when Soul Linked (outside GvG/BG)
Soul Breaker/Destroyer	Now does (65 * Skill Level)% ATK damage (1000% → 650% at level 10). Int Portion: 500 + 7*Skill Level * Int (from 500-1000 random + 5*Skill Level * Int) EDP works at 25% of the normal effect, halved when using Ice Pick. Now affected by cards, options, and other % bonuses. After Cast Delay reduced from 2.8s → 1.5s at level 10.
Venom Dust	Now has a larger 5x5 diamond shaped AoE Red Gemstone requirement removed.
Venom Splasher	AoE increased from 5x5 → 7x7 No longer requires target to be 3/4 HP or less. Range increased to 3 cells. Now does (200 + 30 * Skill Level)% ATK damage (1000% → 500% at level 10). EDP works at 25% of the normal effect, halved when using Ice Pick. Now affected by cards, options, and other % bonuses. Cooldown set to 2.5s at all levels Cast time 1s → 0.5s

Rogue / Stalker

Skill	Change
Backstab	Now ASPD spammable. Can be used from any direction. Teleports behind the target (if the skill cannot place you behind the target, it will try to place you on the same cell). Now triggers Gank (Steal). Hits twice when using daggers for 55% damage each hit (385% ATK each hit - 770% ATK total - at level 10).
Chase Walk	STR bonus duration increased from 30 → 60 seconds. Buff is no longer removed when teleporting.
Divest All	Can now bypass Chemical Protection (when used by players only).
Divest Armor	Can now bypass Chemical Protection (when used by players only).
Divest Helm	Can now bypass Chemical Protection (when used by players only).
Divest Shield	Can now bypass Chemical Protection (when used by players only).
Divest Weapon	Can now bypass Chemical Protection (when used by players only).
Preserve	Turned into a toggle with infinite duration. No longer lost on death or log out. Now available in the Rogue skill tree.

Expanded Classes

Super Novice

Skill	Change
Breakthrough	Added as a platinum skill. Max HP +2000, Max SP +200, Attack +100, Incoming Healing +10%.
Double Attack	Can now critical.
Fury Chant	Now properly works at Max Level and 99,999,999 experience.
Help, Angel!	Added as a platinum skill. Restores HP and SP for you and your party members in a 15x15 area around you every second.
Item Appraisal	Skill removed from skill tree.
Mammonite	Zeny cost reduced by 50%.

Taekwon Kid

Skill	Change
Kihop	Increases damage by 30/40/50/60/70% (no longer based on party members).
Taekwon Mission	Chance to change mission increased from 1% to 10%. SP Cost: 10 → 1 Cast Time: 1s → 0.5s

Star Gladiator

Skill	Change
Blessing of the Moon	Skill removed from skill tree.
Blessing of the Stars	Skill removed from skill tree.
Blessing of the Sun	Skill removed from skill tree.
Map of the Stars	New skill: Triggers the effect of Miracle of the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Max Level: 5 Cooldown: 30 minutes Duration: 6/12/18/24/30 minutes Usable inside scripted MVP instances (e.g. Jotunn's Palace, Ghost Ship). Disabled on the following maps: abbey02, abbey03, ama_dun03, anthell02, ayo_dun02, beach_dun, bra_dun02, ein_dun02, gef_d01_i, gef_dun01, gef_dun02, gef_fild02, gef_fild10, gef_fild14, gl_chyard, gld_dun01, gld_dun02, gld_dun03, gld_dun04, gon_dun03, guild_vs5, in_sphinx5, jupe_core, kh_dun02, lhz_dun02, lhz_dun03, lou_dun03, mjolnir_04, moc_fild17, moc_fild22, moc_pryd04, moc_pryd06, mosk_dun03, niflheim, pay_d03_i, pay_dun04, pay_fild11, prt_maze03, prt_sewb4, ra_fild02, ra_fild03, ra_fild04, ra_san05, thor_v03, treasure02, tur_dun04, ve_fild01, ve_fild02, xmas_dun02, xmas_fild01

Soul Linker

Skill	Change
Estin	Max Level: 7 → 3 SP Cost: 18–30 → 10/20/30 Damage: 10–70% → 10/40/70 + Base Level %
Estun	Max Level: 7 → 3 SP Cost: 18–30 → 10/20/30 Damage: 5–35% → 5/20/35 + Base Level %
Soul Linker Spirit	Can now be cast on self. Requires all Spirit skills as prerequisite. All Link skills now: Max Level: 1 Duration: 350 seconds SP Cost: 60

Ninja

Skill	Change
Throw Huuma Shuriken	Old Damage: 350%/450%/600%/750%/900% New Damage: 200%/450%/700%/950%/1200% AoE increased to 5×5. Damage no longer splits between targets.

Gunslinger

Skill	Change
Desperado	Ammo required reduced from 10 → 2.
Full Buster	Ammo required reduced from 10 → 2.
Flip the Coin	Success rate increased: 30/40/50/60/70% → 60/70/80/90/100%
Rapid Shower	Ammo required reduced from 5 → 1.
Spread Attack	Ammo required reduced from 5 → 1.