Seraph Purgatum

Seraph Expert

PurgatumSacramentum

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Seraph main since release day (formerly Scholar); writes guides for the Seraph class Discord, mainly Purgatum

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Seraph Purgatum

Seraph Purgatum

PvE Combo Guide

Seraph Purgatum

Skill Rotation

  1. LMB / RMB
    Purga: Enslar's Greatsword Arts/Purga: Perpetual PersecutionTap once (1 hit) for the AP buffs
  2. Shift + Q
    Purga: Whirling Wrath
  3. Directional Key + RMB
    Purga: Unveiled Enmity
  4. Shift + LMB
    Purga: Bursting Rancor
  5. Shift + RMB
    Purga: Raining Curses
  6. Shift + E
    Purga: Piercing Despair
  7. Shift + X
    Purga: Mark of Purification
  8. Shift + F
    Purga: Seething Hatred

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement from pack-to-pack

  1. Directional Key + Shift
    Purga: Dark Pursuit
  2. W + LMB
    Impelling ThrustImportant: you must take Combo: Wrenching Impale to perform this skill in Purgatum
  3. Shift + Z
    Purga: Judgment of Justice

Examples of Repositioning

  1. Directional Key + Shift
    Purga: Dark Pursuit
  2. Directional Key + RMB
    Purga: Unveiled Enmity

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skill Enhancements

  1. Horizon Cleave
    Lv. 56
  2. Iudicium
    Lv. 57
  3. Combo: Wrenching ImpaleRequired to perform W + LMB (Impelling Thrust) in Purgatum
    Lv. 58

Skills to Lock

  1. Line BreakerOptional to lock: it provides an AP buff but often conflicts with skills in the chain combo

Passive

  1. Purga: Sanguine HeartRecover +300 HP when struck and Damage Reduction rate +20% for 1 sec. Applies to all Purgatum skills except Purga: Enslar's Greatsword Arts, Purga: Dark Pursuit, Purga: Perpetual Persecution and Purga: Spreading Violence.

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

These add-ons are designed to swap between Sacramentum and Purgatum with 100% uptime in both forms.

Rising Slash I

Launch a forceful upward slash with your greatsword.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Fling Kick I

With a cunning, unorthodox kick, you thwart your foe's rhythm.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Armor Crush I

Repel your foe with the flat of your greatsword.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 7 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 7 sec to target

Poena Divina I

Channel your Sacred Power into a smiting slash.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Crossing Slash I

Channel Sacred Power into a cross-shaped slash.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

Grave Sundering I

Unleash the art of the greatsword passed down from ages past.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec

Change Log

October 8, 2026

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Matchlock: Fixed camera shake and controller vibration happening at regular intervals while holding the matchlock.Both specs

  • 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
  • All

    Fixed some combat-stance idle animations not transitioning into skills.Both specs

September 3, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Dauntless Will: Now activates whether or not Vanguard Chase is on cooldown.Both specs

August 27, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Feinting Cleave: New Abyssal skill: Feinting Cleave, for repositioning, setting up CC, or continuing linked skills from behind via Unshakable Will. Unlock via the Magnus questline, Abyssal Veins - Balenos knowledge and [The Magnus] Abyssal Revelation (or the Heidel Skill Instructor).Both specs

  • PvE

    Normal-state PvE damage lowered: Impelling Thrust, Combo: Wrenching Impale, Flow: Impelling Slash, Flow: Shouldersmite and Combo: Crushing Descent -5%; Crossing Slash, Horizon Slash, Grave Sundering and Culling the Dead -6%; Fling Kick and Flow: Divine Opening -3%; Iudicium -10%. PvP ratios raised so PvP damage stays the same.Both specs

June 18, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Purgatum: Fixed your weapon being drawn automatically after dying in Purgatum without instant resurrection.

May 14, 2026

9 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Dauntless Will, Vanguard Chase: Dauntless Will: added a 6 sec cooldown, slower camera turn during its Vanguard Chase, Stamina on cooldown 200 → 150. Vanguard Chase: Movement Speed +15% removed.Both specs

  • PvP

    Impelling Thrust, Impelling Surge: Impelling Thrust (and Sacra): about 22.6% less movement, motion about 1.7% longer. Impelling Surge (and Sacra): about 10.4% less movement, motion about 8.1% longer, PvP Knockdown removed.Both specs

  • All

    Rising Slash, Horizon Slash, Mark of Judgment: Rising Slash gains Super Armor. Horizon Slash Knockback only on attack 2 (was 1 and 2). Mark of Judgment loses Down Smash.Both specs

  • All

    Horizon Slash, Flow: Impelling Slash, Combo: Bone Breaker: Recover HP per hit: Horizon Slash 500 → 200 (3 hits), Flow: Impelling Slash 100 → 300 (2 hits), Combo: Bone Breaker added at 300 (3 hits).Both specs

  • All

    Purga: Sanguine Heart, Purga: Dark Pursuit: Sanguine Heart now also covers Purga: Mark of Purification and Purga: Judgment of Justice. Dark Pursuit turns with the camera and combos more smoothly from Purga: Whirling Wrath or Seething Hatred.

  • All

    Purga: Whirling Wrath, Purga: Unveiled Enmity, Purga: Judgment of Justice: Whirling Wrath: Super Armor for the whole skill. Unveiled Enmity: Invincible then Super Armor. Judgment of Justice moves farther.

  • PvP

    PvP damage raised: Absolute: Line Breaker and Absolute: Rising Slash 35% → 38%, Absolute: Oblique Rising Slash 40% → 44%, Absolute: Mark of Judgment 23% → 35%, Flow: Impelling Slash 36% → 44%, Flow: Shouldersmite 41.25% → 47%.Both specs

  • PvP

    Purga: Bursting Rancor: PvP damage 23.4% → 25.6%.

  • PvP

    Gallows Grip: Grapple range about 33% shorter.Both specs

April 30, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Rage Absorption: Fixed Quick Slot use without Black Spirit's Rage granting Super Armor.Both specs

April 2, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Impelling Thrust: Fixed it not working while sprinting in Purgatum after learning Combo: Wrenching Impale. Fixed being unable to move after removing a weapon in Purgatum.

February 26, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Purga: Unveiled Enmity: Fixed no Stamina use when used to the right.

February 12, 2026

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Vanguard Chase, Impelling Thrust, Impelling Surge, Horizon Slash: Stamina: Vanguard Chase chained via Dauntless Will 50 → 100; Impelling Thrust (and Sacra) 75 → 200; Impelling Surge (and Sacra) 150 → 200. Horizon Slash (and Sacra) no longer recovers Stamina.Both specs

  • All

    Purga: Unveiled Enmity, Purga: Spreading Violence: Unveiled Enmity usable on cooldown (without Purga: Sanguine Heart effects). Fixed Spreading Violence applying All Evasion Decrease on cooldown. Impelling Thrust no longer shows "Not enough Stamina" in Purgatum.

  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

February 5, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Combo: Wrenching Impale, Purga: Judgment of Justice: Wrenching Impale can combo into other skills with Unshakable Will II active; Purga: Judgment of Justice can combo into Purga: Unveiled Enmity.Both specs

January 15, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Combo: Wrenching Impale, Unshakable Will: Wrenching Impale takes priority after Impelling Thrust with Unshakable Will II active. Unshakable Will II: smoother combos after Sacra Mark of Purification / Judgment of Justice, and its Attack Speed no longer jumps to max stacks from Impelling Thrust or Surge. Combo: Crushing Descent triggers more reliably after Flow: Shouldersmite.Both specs

  • All

    Mark of Purification and Judgment of Justice (Sacra and Purga) now consume SP in one tick; SP costs of Horizon Whirl, Horizon Cleave, Impelling Crush and Iudicium adjusted. Fixed entering combat without an awakening weapon, and removing it now cancels Purgatum.Both specs

January 8, 2026

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Rabam skills added (one per level): Lv. 56 Horizon Cleave / Horizon Whirl / Mark of Purification; Lv. 57 Impelling Crush / Iudicium / Judgment of Justice; Lv. 58 Combo: Wrenching Impale / Focus: Crossing Slash. In Purgatum they become dash skills.Both specs

  • All

    Oblique Rising Slash, Vanguard Chase: Oblique Rising Slash gains All Damage Reduction +5/10/20 and no longer slows at higher levels. Vanguard Chase combos smoothly after side and forward use.Both specs

  • All

    Purga: Unveiled Enmity: Always the same speed (animation cancel removed), combos smoothly from any Purga skill, Super Armor for the whole skill, Damage Reduction on use removed.

  • All

    Purga: Seething Hatred, Purga: Raining Curses, Purga: Spreading Violence: Seething Hatred and Raining Curses gain Damage Reduction on use; Seething Hatred has Super Armor for the whole skill. Spreading Violence now activates on its own.

December 31, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Impelling Slash, Twin Rising Slash, Mark of Judgment: Flow: Impelling Slash recovers 25/50/70/100 HP per hit instead of SP. Twin Rising Slash and Mark of Judgment gain Critical Hit Rate +20%; fixed Mark of Judgment attack 2 not recovering HP.Both specs

  • All

    Goyen's Greatsword Arts: Can combo into the next skill from the first attack.Both specs

December 24, 2025

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Sacramentum, Purgatum: Both gain a passive: Black Spirit's Rage +1.5% every 10 sec. Smoother instant Sacramentum skills in Champion of the Holy Covenant. Leaving Avatar of Condemnation gives Invincible instead of Super Armor.Both specs

  • All

    Flow: Shouldersmite, Combo: Bone Breaker, Vanguard Chase, Armor Crush: Shouldersmite and Bone Breaker turn with the camera until the pre-attack move. Vanguard Chase vaults crossable terrain instead of triggering Armor Crush. Armor Crush area slightly larger.Both specs

  • All

    Culling the Dead, Flow: Divine Opening: Culling the Dead combos more smoothly into Impelling Slash, Shouldersmite, Crushing Descent and Bone Breaker with Unshakable Will II (RMB fix included). Fixed Flow: Divine Opening not applying Evasion Decrease.Both specs

December 18, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Seraph released (Dec 18). Dec 22 update: main-weapon skills now use 100% of main weapon AP; Ascension skills use 70% awakening AP and 30% main weapon AP.Both specs

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