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Nova Succession

Nova Expert

Succession

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Winner of the 2025 Master Class tournament. Keeps this path sharp with updated loops, cooldown planning, and endgame grind priorities.

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Tankiness 10/10
Comfort High
AoE Medium
Nova

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 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

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