KDN June 2018 PVE Skill Changes

[NearLawlet]

Source: http://patchnote.dragonnest.com/category?patchnoteno=19

MERCENARY

Taunting Howl
Debuff duration 10 seconds > 20 seconds

Circle Swing
Damage 2372% > 2144%


BARBARIAN

Class Mastery 1
Attack power 18% > 15%
Final Damage 25% > 20%

Class Mastery 2
Attack power 22% > 15%


DESTROYER

Provoke
After-cast delay reduced

Maelstrom Howl
Super armor increased

Flying Swing EX
Super armor increased

Crash Mode
Cooldown 75 seconds > 60 seconds
Damage reduction 70% > 90%
HP recovery 2% every 2 seconds > 3% every 2 seconds
Super armor increased


AVENGER
*Added tooltip to show skill damage increase with transformation*

Graves
Damage 1991% > 2787%

Dark Stinger
*Added tooltip to show debuff effect with transformation*
Damage 2402% > 3363%

Piercing Crescent
Damage 877% > 1403%
Sword energies can be fired consecutively three times without [Normal Attack] button
Can be chained with Aerial Blade or Dark Crash by pressing [Special Attack] or [Space] button respectively

Doom Blade
Damage 3757% > 5259%

Vengeance Storm
Damage 3840% > 5376%

Dark Mastery
STR increase removed

Shadow Call
Buff duration 60 seconds > 900 seconds
Cooldown 10 seconds > 5 seconds

Dark Riser
Damage 826% > 2891%

Death Knell
Immediately launch final attack upon maximum charge


DARK AVENGER

Dark Crash
Damage 4355% > 6097%
[Nightmare] Dark Crash suction area increased

Class Mastery 1
Increase STR by 50%

Class Mastery 2
Attack power 30% > 15%
Step Blade recovers Soul Cutter INS cooldown upon successful hit


HUNTER

Hunter Eye
Buff duration 180 seconds > 900 seconds
Cooldown 30 seconds > 5 seconds

Spiral Bolt
Enable free camera movement before launching an arrow
Increase window to press [Directional] button after using the skill

Arrow Storm
Shrapnel hit count 8 > 2, damage remains unchanged
Shrapnel damage 4080% per hit > 3264% per hit
*Tracking damage is equal to Shrapnel damage*
Tracking damage 1632%> 1306%

Trap Master
*Added tooltip to show Ice Trap debuff duration*
Maximum trap 10 > 9
Changed to throw 3 types of trap


SILVER HUNTER

Moment Evasion
MP consumption removed

Class Mastery 1
Increase INT by 50%

Class Mastery 2
Attack power 35% > 15%
Tornado Shot INS does not share cooldown

Class Mastery 3
Effect duration 3 seconds > 10 seconds


MARA

Ripping
Cooldown can now be saved up to two times

Cleaving
Damage 2260% > 2300%
Damage increase affect [Contract] Cleaving and [Enhanced] Cleaving

Void Coil
Damage 820% per shard > 475% per shard
[Contract] Void Coil damage is not halved, and its hit count has been doubled

Black Strike
Post action speed increased after using skill (this may refer to after-cast delay)

Smoke Storm
[Enhanced] Smoke Storm initial action speed increased

Deadly Smoke
Damage 8100% > 24000%

Shadow Shell
Action speed increase

Complete Darkness
Dark attack 20% > 10%


BLACK MARA

Class Mastery 2
Cooldown recovery 5 seconds > 3 seconds

Entropy A
Effect is redesigned
Gain a short invincible status upon successful hit of [Enhanced] Black Strike

Entropy B
Effect is redesigned
Recover [Enhanced] Black Strike cooldown upon successful hit of Haze

Black Mara
Damage 7900% > 5000%
Invincible during casting
Shockwave occurs when you're not hitting enemy during dash
Contract link speed has been slightly improved


PRIEST

Detonate
Damage 5036% > 4533%


INQUISITOR

Class Mastery 2
Light attack 25% > 15%

Judgment Spear
Damage 1702% > 1617%

Lightning Storm
Damage 1009% > 958%


ACADEMIC

Air Shot
Shooting stance removed


ENGINEER

Chemical Grenade
Debuff duration 17 seconds > 20 seconds
Debuff duration is fixed regardless of skill level

Mechanic Mode
Attack power 30% > 15%
Attack power effect is fixed regardless of skill level


SHOOTING STAR

Splash
Damage 869% > 396%

Class Mastery 1
Ammo creation every 4 seconds > every 3 seconds

Class Mastery 3
Added cooldown reduction effect for Quick Shot
Reduce Quick Shot cooldown by 3 seconds

Awakened Passive - Biochemical Experiment
Additional physical damage 15% > 10%


GEAR MASTER

Chain Saw Tower
Damage 3930% > 2479%

Big Mecha Bomb
Debuff duration 10 seconds > 20 seconds

Class Mastery 2
Attack power 25% > 15%

Class Mastery 3
Air Shot cooldown increase 2 seconds > 12 seconds


MECHANIC

Flick
After-cast delay reduced and skill can be canceled by Tumble

Singularity
After-cast delay reduced
Plasma Bomb attack 2645% > 1689%
Plasma Bomb explosion 10000% > 6385%

Atomic Blade
Damage 2640% > 1859%
[Enhanced] Atomic Blade damage 3432% > 2416%
[Ultimate] Atomic Blade damage 7720% > 5577%
[Ultimate] Atomic Blade spanner 1930% > 1394%

Satellite Beam
Damage 39100% > 21100%
AOE increased by 20%
Bombardment area is now fixed


RAY MECHANIC

Bombardment
Increase range when Shoulder Charge is used to cancel the skill during midair bombardment

Mecha Laser
Damage 23215% > 16103%
Action speed increased

Dash
[Normal Attack] button can now be used to cancel movement after stomp

Power Punch
Damage 65100% > 35100%


DARK SUMMONER
*Added extra tooltip to main skills, Ascending Phantom and Shattering Hand*

Sadism Pleasure
[Advent] Phantom Claw can now restore HP as well

Revenge Hand EX
Debuff duration 10 seconds > 15 seconds

Chaos Formation
Cooldown 27 seconds > 25 seconds

Class Mastery 1
Gain 20 [Summoning Energy] immediately after using Sadism Pleasure

Awakened Passive - Rampage Claw
Increase input time for additional attack


RIPPER

Blade Runner EX
Additional attack damage 30% > 50%
Debuff duration 11 seconds > 20 seconds

Izuna Drop EX
Attack power 30% > 50%

Class Mastery 1
Remove fire attack

Class Mastery 2
1. Crippling Punisher 3 second cooldown reduction effect is now moved to Awakened Passive - Burning Coal
2. Reduce the cooldown of Crippling Punisher by 2 seconds when Shift Blow/Flame Locust/Blade Runner/Mortal Blow/Izuna Drop/Artful Chaser/Beast Swipe/Flame Drag is used.

LANCEA

Harmonize
Buff duration 300 seconds > 900 seconds


PIERCER

Spinning Cut
Damage 2761% > 2495%

Piercing Spike
Damage 1006% > 1218%

Dent Blow
Damage 2730% > 3276%


FLURRY

Spinning Cut EX
Damage reduced by 10% for all charging stage

Class Mastery 2
Attack power 25% > 15%


STING BREEZER

Poking Beehive
Damage 7994% > 8793%

Class Mastery 1
Attack power 30% > 20%

Class Mastery 2
Light attack 25% > 20%


PATRONA

Flow Through
Damage 5568% > 3850%


RUINA

Class Mastery 1
Attack power increase removed

Class Mastery 2
Attack power 20% > 15%

Rock Fist
Damage 2240% > 1715%

Beast Rush
Damage 21840% > 17400%

Awakened Passive - Overclock
Additional damage 20% > 15%


DEFENSIO

Overboost
Defense power 22% > 10%

Air Shove EX
Defense power 22% > 10%
*the actual value is 20%, not 22%*

[Nimmienaticz]

SB Nerfed :<
-10% dmg to all skill [cm 1]
-5% light atk to all skill [cm 2]


i cri~ ToT

[Nimmienaticz]

Indeed it looks buffed, but filler skills such as Fling Fling loses damage.

Actually after I saw Piercer skill tree, I was like "oh shjt my SB is buffed!"
Then as I scroll down, I saw -10% matk & -5% light atk.

This hurts a lot for other skills.

Maybe some players on kDN is seeing SB's potential.

[alanine]

Yea, we might depend more on spikes again for dmg. But we'll see for ourselves if the change is good overall or not

[Xenocho]

You can judge the output difference based on the standard and normal skill detail % at the end of each run. For example, if piercing spike contributes 20% total dmg, increasing it by 20% would boost your char total output by approximately 4%.

Of course, this is not taking into consideration for the ele and matk reduction but that can be estimated too.

[sngweiwei]

More SA? 90% Dmg reduction? I'll take it. I thought flying swing was already hard enough. I guess not.

[marzial09]

Well rip top dps chart xD .....also glad for that ripper buff finally they buffed him a bit

[zArAthena]

Some comment:
- SS and RM get huge nerf. The nerf to Ruina also big. Dev want to kill agi class that badly? Now there is no decent agi class exists.
- They make no sense when nerf many class which is not really OP. The nerf hammer also hit some class can consider as weak like GM.
- ML, smasher, sally and BP can avoid nerf hammer somehow, they still can keep the top tier DPS position.

[marzial09]

I still fail to understand thw nerf on GM when she's not even top tier dps

[Noiren]

ED Devs got no brain to neither, develop or balance their own crap or even run their own game like a decent company would, they even killed what already was dead (yes, I am looking at you DEADfensio), it is really disgusting and horrible when they destroy your main class and do the same to others, 1,5 year of hard-working to the sh1t. My account is dead.

[Peabutt]

I know! Ruina has 25% damage reduced! With that kind of nerf, the Defensio is still more of a damager once again! I don't freaking get it. I'm a tank myself, but for us to out dps a freaking damager—says by the class name already: Ruina— it's so...unbalanced. It's not even in the top dps charts yet they nerfed them, now they're probably the queen of the low dps classes yet again.

[itsfearlex]

It's heartbreaking seeing GM class still got nerfed despite being the left-out class in Academics. No matter how well geared a GM is, its DPS cannot outshine other loli classes, (except ,maybe for physicians). I rarely see GMs around Saint Haven either servicers. When some parties look for a raid members, they highly demand RM, SS, Adept, and Phy. This may be the reason why GM population is slowly diminishing. Also, most nests have stomp mechanic which is a disadvantage for GMs since our towers and ducks easily die. I hope devs reconsider giving GM class a chance.

[nvLite]

A moment of silence.

[FannyGigi]

sb more nerfed than flur ?
weird, tho not as much as the agi-class massacre, RIP

[alanine]

Huehue SB got dragged in the nerf.
But I can't say for sure because of the increase in hard-hitting skills like ps,pb and dent blow :v
But demn, I wonder how it would affect fling fling I enjoyed spamming it these days bc it's so fun, and really op in dmg :v

[Nimmienaticz]

I shouldn't make the guide, so devs doesnt see it :/

[alanine]

Well we don't know what's going on w/ the devs but I'm sure it wasn't your fault. Your guide has helped alot and I always share them to peeps in my guild who tries out SB. Thanks for that

[Mimii]

RIP
I'm not sure why they decided on all of these nerfs.

[YuliyaLim]

Love what they've done with the game. Redecorating skills I see.

Ruina's nerf were too much, meanwhile her sister who's always above her when it comes to damage output got their class mastery untouched. It's funny how the supposed to be the damage dealer of the two got out-damaged by a supposed to be a tank. well at least Ruina maintain her no.1 spot when it comes to low tier dps class. So good job with that!

Gear master? seriously, gear master? I can't believe they nerfed an already dead character. Can someone enlighten me if there's a lot of GM players in korea, are they as OP as those top tier class for this nerf to be put in here?

[Xenocho]

Inb4 devs: but agi class can cap crit so they are much stronger. Wait, are you saying everyone can cap crit? Hey team, we made a mistake....

SS nerfed because too strong. Acceptable reason but the punishment is a hard pill to swallow.

GM and Ruina? Dear Dev. Did you even try these class? Now the effort for playing ruina goes wasted. She can go back to Lotus Marsh now.

[Sloth99]

When will these patches come to sea anyway?

[NearLawlet]

If we were to follow the past trend...

DN SEA July patch should come with KDN March - April skill changes

DN SEA September patch should come with KDN May - June skill changes

[yutehara]

I bet ED has a nerf jar where they pick out names of classes they "rebalance"