Chain

A chain is a set of skills that are used in sequence when focused on one target. The skills of a chain share one skill slot, effectively giving the user additional weapon skills.
To access the later skills each of the skills must connect in a quick sequence. If the next skill in one chain is not activated quickly enough, the chain will be interrupted. Some skills with quick activation and short execution times can be used in a middle of a chain without interrupting it. Most chains can also be continued after dodging and then quickly continuing attacking.
If a character is knocked down, stunned, or otherwise interrupted their skill chain will also reset.
A chain should not be confused with a sequence, which has a similar mechanic but which allows its second effect to be triggered at any time.
List of chain skills[edit]
Weapon skills[edit]
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Mace | ||||||
1 | True Strike | ½ | Chain. Smash your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bash your foe. | |||
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1 | Hit your foe with a final strike and heal nearby allies. | |||
Sword | ||||||
1 | Sword of Wrath | Chain. Slash your foe once. | ||||
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½ | Chain. Slash your foe again. | |||
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½ | Send out waves of attacks that strike multiple targets. | |||
Greatsword | ||||||
1 | Strike | ½ | Chain. Strike your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Strike your foe again. | |||
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½ | Attack with a final, powerful strike that applies might for each foe you strike. | |||
Hammer | ||||||
1 | Hammer Swing | ½ | Chain. Strike your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bash your foe. | |||
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1 | ¼Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies. | |||
Staff | ||||||
1 | Bolt of Wrath | ½ | Fire a bolt that damages foes. | |||
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½ | Fire a projectile that explodes upon impact and damages enemies. | |||
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½ | Fire a seeking projectile that explodes upon contact and damages enemies. | |||
Trident | ||||||
1 | Light Ball | Fire a sundering ball of light that damages foes. | ||||
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Fire a ball of light that detonates on impact to heal allies and damage foes. | ||||
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Fire a barrage of bouncing light missiles that damage enemies and heal allies. | ||||
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Axe | ||||||
1 | Core Cleave | ½ | Cleave at your enemy with a physical and a magical axe. | |||
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½ | Slice through your foe again, physically and magically, as your weapon is heating up. | |||
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½ | Unleash your searing axe in an overhand slash, following it up with a magical edge. | |||
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Mace | ||||||
1 | Misery Swipe | ¼ | Swing your mace at your foe. | |||
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½ | Sweep your mace back for a second blow. | |||
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½ | Deliver a crushing blow that sends toxic energy chaining to enemies behind each target. | |||
Sword | ||||||
1 | Preparation Thrust | ½ | Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability. | |||
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¾ | Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability. | |||
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½ | Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay. | |||
Staff | ||||||
1 | Rapid Swipe | ½ | Swipe your staff at your foe. | |||
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½ | Bash your foe with your staff. | |||
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1 | Cleave foes around you with your staff, creating healing orbs for you and your allies. | |||
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Axe | ||||||
1 | Chop | ¼ | Chain. Chop your foe. | |||
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Chain. Chop your foe twice. | ||||
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1 | ½Deliver three final chops to your foe. | |||
Mace | ||||||
1 | Mace Smash | ½ | Chain. Smash your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bash your foe. | |||
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¾ | Thrash your foe, leaving them weakened. | |||
Sword | ||||||
1 | Sever Artery | ½ | Chain. Bleed your foe with a slash. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bleed your foe with a gash. | |||
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¼ | Cripple your foe with a precise slash. | |||
Greatsword | ||||||
1 | Greatsword Swing | ½ | Chain. Slash your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Slice your foe. | |||
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½ | Hit your foe with a final brutal strike. | |||
Hammer | ||||||
1 | Hammer Swing | ½ | Chain. Bash your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bash your foe again. | |||
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½ | Smash the ground and damage nearby foes. | |||
Spear | ||||||
1 | Stab | ½ | Chain. Stab your foe. | |||
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¾ | Chain. Jab your foe. | |||
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¾ | Impale your foe and cripple them. | |||
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Dagger | ||||||
1 | Precise Cut | ¼ | Chain. Strike your foe. This attack deals increased critical damage. | |||
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¼ | Chain. Strike your foe. This attack has increased critical-hit damage. | |||
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¼ | Chain. Strike your foe and gain might. Gain additional might on critical hit. | |||
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Hammer | ||||||
1 | Positive Strike | ½ | Chain. Smack your hammer into your foe while empowering yourself. | |||
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½ | Chain. Slam your hammer into your foe to leave them vulnerable. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bring down your hammer on your foe. | |||
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Sword | ||||||
1 | Sun Edge | ½ | Strike your foe and inflict vulnerability. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level. | |||
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½ | Strike your foe again and inflict vulnerability. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level. | |||
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¾ | Unleash a burst of stored energy with your sword and recharge your other sword skills. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level. | |||
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Sword | ||||||
1 | Slash | ½ | Chain. Slash your foe. | |||
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¼ | Chain. Stab your foe, crippling them for a short time. | |||
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¾ | Deliver a blow to your foe. Your pet gains might for each foe struck. | |||
Greatsword | ||||||
1 | Slash | ½ | Chain. Slash your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Slice your foe. | |||
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¾ | Slash at your foe. This attack restores endurance if it hits. | |||
Spear | ||||||
1 | Stab | ½ | Chain. Stab your foe. | |||
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¾ | Chain. Jab your foe. | |||
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½ | Deliver a final poisonous attack. | |||
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Dagger | ||||||
1 | Groundwork Gouge | ¼ | Swipe past your foe's defenses, exposing their vulnerability. | |||
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¼ | Rake your dagger across your foe, leaving them bleeding. | |||
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¼ | Slash across your foe, poisoning them. | |||
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¾ | Strike deeply into your foe, inflicting multiple conditions. | |||
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Dagger | ||||||
1 | Double Strike | Chain. Strike your foe twice. | ||||
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Chain. Strike your foe again. Gain endurance with a successful strike. | ||||
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¼ | Strike your foe and inflict Poison. | |||
Sword | ||||||
1 | Slice | Chain. Slice your foe. | ||||
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½ | Chain. Slash your foe again. | |||
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½ | Cripple your foe with a final strike. | |||
3 | Flanking Strike (with offhand Dagger) | ½ | 4 | Dual Wield. Evade and stab your foe. | ||
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½ | 2 | Dual Wield. Stab your foe and steal boons from them. Deals increased damage if it hits a foe with no boons. | ||
Spear | ||||||
1 | Stab | ½ | Chain. Stab your foe. | |||
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¾ | Chain. Strike your foe again. | |||
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¾ | Poison your foe with a final attack. | |||
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Staff | ||||||
1 | Staff Strike | ½ | Strike your enemies with your staff. | |||
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½ | Swing your staff a second time, striking multiple enemies. | |||
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1 | Whirl your staff around, striking nearby enemies. | |||
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Sword | ||||||
1 | Fire Strike | ½ | Build elemental flames into your sword and strike your enemies. | |||
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½ | Heat your sword a second time and strike your enemies for increased damage. | |||
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¾ | Heat your sword a final time and use the full power of your flames to sear enemies and ignite them. | |||
1 | Seiche | ½ | Imbue your blade with water, healing yourself for each target you strike. | |||
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½ | Deliver a second strike that heals yourself for each target it hits. | |||
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¾ | Strike your enemies and unleash a wave that heals allies. | |||
1 | Charged Strike | ½ | Strike your foe with shocking force. | |||
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½ | Deliver a second strike, gaining swiftness. | |||
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¾ | Deliver the final attack, calling lightning strikes onto enemies. | |||
1 | Crystal Slash | ½ | Strike your opponent with your serrated blade. | |||
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½ | Attack enemies with a second vicious attack. | |||
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¾ | Unleash a final crushing blow. | |||
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Scepter | ||||||
1 | Ether Bolt | ½ | Chain. Shoot a bolt of energy at your target. | |||
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½ | Chain. Shoot a second bolt of energy at your target. | |||
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¾ | Clone. Deliver a damaging attack directly to your target. Summon a clone that casts Ether Bolt. Inflict torment instead if you have the maximum number of illusions. | |||
Sword | ||||||
1 | Mind Slash | Chain. Slash your foe to make them vulnerable. | ||||
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½ | Chain. Gash your foe to make them vulnerable. | |||
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½ | Stab your foe and rip a boon off of them. Does additional damage when the target has no boons. | |||
Spear | ||||||
1 | Stab | ½ | Chain. Stab your foe. | |||
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¾ | Chain. Jab your foe. | |||
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½ | Evade while delivering a powerful final attack. | |||
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Shield | ||||||
4 | Echo of Memory | 1 | ½30 | Phantasm. Block incoming attacks for a short duration. If this skill fully channels, summon a phantasm that slows enemies and grants protection to allies. If an attack is blocked, Deja Vu is usable for a short time. | ||
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1 | ½Phantasm. Block incoming attacks for a short duration. If this skill fully channels, summon a phantasm that slows enemies and grants protection to allies. | |||
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Axe | ||||||
1 | Lacerating Chop | ½ | Inflict bleeding on your target. | |||
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½ | Inflict Torment on your target. | |||
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½ | Inflict bleeding and torment on your target. | |||
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Dagger | ||||||
1 | Necrotic Slash | Chain. Slash your foe twice. | ||||
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Chain. Strike your foe again. | ||||
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¼ | Strike your foe and gain life force. | |||
Scepter | ||||||
1 | Blood Curse | ½ | Chain. Bleed your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Bleed your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Poison and bleed your foe. | |||
Spear | ||||||
1 | Cruel Strike | ½ | Chain. Stab your foe. | |||
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¾ | Chain. Strike your foe again. | |||
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¾ | Reap life force from nearby foes. | |||
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Greatsword | ||||||
1 | Dusk Strike | ¾ | Chain. Cleave foes in front of you. | |||
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¾ | Chain. Cleave foes in front of you again. | |||
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1 | Chain. Strike foes, and chill them. |
Bundle skills[edit]
# | Skill | ![]() |
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Tool Kit | ||||||
1 | Smack | ½ | Chain. Smack your foe. Repair turrets. | |||
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½ | Chain. Whack your foe. Repairs turrets. | |||
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1 | Thwack your foe. Repairs turrets. | |||
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Lightning Hammer | ||||||
1 | Lightning Swing | ½ | Chain. Bash your foe. | |||
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½ | Chain. Strike your foe again. | |||
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½ | Smash the ground and damage nearby foes. | |||
Magnetic Shield (bundle) | ||||||
1 | Shield Smack | ½ | Smack your foe with the magnetic shield. | |||
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¾ | Smash your foe with the magnetic shield. | |||
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¾ | Throw your shield in a line, crippling struck foes. This attack deals bonus damage if you have barrier. |
Transform skills[edit]
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Reaper's Shroud | ||||||
1 | Life Rend | ½ | Chain. Shroud. Cleave foes in front of you. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast. | |||
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½ | Chain. Shroud. Cleave foes in front of you again. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast. | |||
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½ | Shroud. Cleave foes around you, gaining life force for each foe struck. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast. |