Seraph Purgatum
PvE Combo Guide
Seraph Purgatum
Skill Rotation
- LMB / RMB
Purga: Enslar's Greatsword Arts/
Purga: Perpetual PersecutionTap once (1 hit) for the AP buffs - Shift + Q
Purga: Whirling Wrath - Directional Key + RMB
Purga: Unveiled Enmity - Shift + LMB
Purga: Bursting Rancor - Shift + RMB
Purga: Raining Curses - Shift + E
Purga: Piercing Despair - Shift + X
Purga: Mark of Purification - Shift + F
Purga: Seething Hatred
Movement
Class Mobility
Movement from pack-to-pack
- Directional Key + Shift
Purga: Dark Pursuit - W + LMB
Impelling ThrustImportant: you must take Combo: Wrenching Impale to perform this skill in Purgatum - Shift + Z
Purga: Judgment of Justice
Examples of Repositioning
- Directional Key + Shift
Purga: Dark Pursuit - Directional Key + RMB
Purga: Unveiled Enmity
Build Notes
Class Specifics
Skill Enhancements
Horizon Cleave
Iudicium
Combo: Wrenching ImpaleRequired to perform W + LMB (Impelling Thrust) in Purgatum
Skills to Lock
Line BreakerOptional to lock: it provides an AP buff but often conflicts with skills in the chain combo
Passive
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
-
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
-
All
Fixed some combat-stance idle animations not transitioning into skills.Both specs
September 3, 2026
1 change
-
All
Dauntless Will: Now activates whether or not Vanguard Chase is on cooldown.Both specs
August 27, 2026
2 changes
-
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
-
All
Purgatum: Fixed your weapon being drawn automatically after dying in Purgatum without instant resurrection.
May 14, 2026
9 changes
-
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
-
All
Rage Absorption: Fixed Quick Slot use without Black Spirit's Rage granting Super Armor.Both specs
April 2, 2026
1 change
-
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
-
All
Purga: Unveiled Enmity: Fixed no Stamina use when used to the right.
February 12, 2026
3 changes
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
