Patch A.4.8

Patch is unreleased. Refer to Patch A.4.7 for the latest update.

After waiting for a long, long, long time, 'tis finally here! This update brings both Soul Ascetic and Sky Emperor with massive changes to their non-rebirth counterparts and their base class as well.

Soul Linker Rework / Soul Ascetic

The goal of Soul Ascetic and the Soul Linker rework is to remove its current role as a 'link slave', and instead have it become an active hybrid support/single target magic DPS class. It can hyperfocus into one role, but should still be good with a hybrid build. There are changes seen to almost all Soul Linker skills, some minor, some major, and a bunch of new skills added both to the Soul Linker and Soul Ascetic tree.

Soul Linker Skill Adjustments

The biggest change comes in the removal of all individual soul links. These have all been replaced with Universal Spirit, which tethers the Soul Linker/Ascetic to the target player. More details about that below.

Name	Old	New
All Soul Links
Kaina	Max skill level of 7 Increases Max SP by 30 * skillLV (210 at level 7) Increases Happy Break effect by (30 + 10 * skillLV)% Reduces SP consumption of Estin, Estun, and Esma by (3 * skillLV)% at base level 70-79, (5 * skillLV)% at base level 80-89, and (7 * skillLV)% at 90-99	Max skill level of 5 Increases Max SP by 40 * skillLV (200 at level 5) Increases Happy Break effect by (30 + 10 * skillLV)% Reduces SP consumption of ALL Es-skills by (10 * skillLV)% (50% at level 5) Reduces SP consumption of ALL other skills by (4 * skillLV)% (20% at level 5)
Kaupe	Gives 1-time dodge of (33 * skillLV)% chance (100% at level 3)	Gives 1-time damage reduction of (33 * skillLV)% (level 3 is 100% which still counts as a dodge like vanilla Kaupe) Now has a per-player cooldown of 3 seconds that starts when the status ends. This cooldown does NOT apply in WoE/PVP. Casting Kaupe on a player with cooldown (regardless of the source) gives the caster a fail message that the targeted player is on cooldown.
Kaite	Max skill level of 7 Gives player 1/1/1/1/2/2/2 number of reflects for ANY magic damage from any players OR non-boss monsters below level 80. Kaupe has priority over Kaite	Max skill level of 5 Gives players 1/1/1/1/2 number of reflects for ANY magic damage from any players OR non-boss monsters below level 80. For the first 5 seconds after Kaite is applied magic damage can be reflected from ANY monster both boss and non-boss regardless of their level. For MVPs this is restricted to single-target magic damage. This can only be done once during that Kaite status and will also subtract from number of reflects left (so if a boss hits with a magic skill multiple times in the first 5 seconds of the Kaite, only the first one will be blocked, unless a new Kaite is applied to the player). Kaite has priority over Kaupe
Kaahi	Max skill level of 7 Healing of (200 * skillLV) HP per hit No cooldown on healing	Max skill level of 5 Healing of (400 * skillLV) HP per hit 0.5 second cooldown between heals
Kaizel	Max skill level of 7 Revives the player after death at (10 * skillLV)% Max HP Cast time of (5 - 0.5 * skillLV) secs SP cost of 120 - 10 * skillLV	Max skill level of 5 Prevents player from dying when reaching below 10% Max HP and heals them back up to (20 * skillLV)% Max HP (like Aegis of the Immortal's effect) Kaizel is prioritized over Aegis of the Immortal Cast time of (4 - 0.5 * skillLV) secs SP cost of 110 - 10 * skillLV
Eswoo	Does not allow Esma after cast	Now allows player to cast Esma within 3 seconds of using Eswoo.
Eske		REMOVED
Eska	Put the monster into a Steel Body like state with reduced movement speed, soft MDEF set to 90, and randomly increased soft DEF.	Now modifies damage of the next skill cast by the target monster. If the skill is magic, reduce it by (20 + 10 * skillLV)%. If the skill is physical, increase it by (70 + 10 * skillLV)%. Status is cancelled after one skill cast.
Estin	Max skill level of 7 Knocks enemy back 2 cells MATK ratio of (100 + 10 * skillLV)% (170% at max) SP cost of 16 + 2 * skillLV Only deals full damage to Small size monsters	Max skill level of 5 First knockback on enemy is 2 cells, any knockback hereafter on the same enemy is 4 cells MATK ratio of (100 + 10 * skillLV)% (150% at max) SP cost of 15 + 2 * skillLV Deals full damage to all size monsters
Estun	Max skill level of 7 Has a (30 + 10 * skillLV)% chance of stunning the enemy (before resistances) Stun works only on Medium size monsters. MATK ratio of (100 + 5 * skillLV)% (135% at max) SP cost of 16 + 2 * skillLV	Max skill level of 5 Has a (20 * skillLV)% chance of stunning the enemy (before resistances) Stun works on all size monsters. MATK ratio of (110 + 5 * skillLV)% (135% at max) SP cost of 15 + 2 * skillLV
Esma	SP cost of 8 * skillLV	SP cost of 4 * skillLV

Soul Linker New Skills

Name	Effect
Universal Spirit	Replaces all old soul links. Tethers the Soul Linker/Ascetic to the targeted party member. The Soul Linker/Ascetic can only be tethered to one person at a time. Enables the caster to cast any Ka-skills and the 4 main Talisman buffs on their tethered target. Tether has a range of 9 cells. If the tether breaks any Talisman buffs are removed (both the main buff but also the buff gained from proccing it). If skill is cast on a different party member while currently tethered to someone, the current tether is removed alongside all their Talisman buffs, and you are tethered to the new target instead. Duration of 350 seconds SP cost of 100 No cast time
Soul Unity	Apply a buff to yourself that makes any party member in a 9 cell range also be affected by the next Ka-skill cast on your tethered target. The buff is removed after one cast of a Ka-skill. Can also use it with Soul Swap, where any party member within a 9 cell range is also moved to the caster's location. Buff is also removed if used in conjunction with Soul Swap. Duration of 20 seconds (or until a skill has been cast) Cast time of 4 seconds. Cooldown of 10 seconds. Cooldown is not applied until Soul Swap or the Ka-skill has been cast. SP cost of 100
Talisman buff mechanic	This is a general description that applies for the following Talisman buffs: Talisman of Blue Dragon Talisman of White Tiger Talisman of Red Phoenix Talisman of Black Tortoise These buffs can only be cast on your tethered ally, but will affect both your tethered ally and yourself. Only one Talisman buff can be active at a time. If a new Talisman buff is cast, the effects from the previous one are removed (both the proc and the Talisman buff). Whenever the caster and the tethered ally hit the same monster within 3 seconds one or multiple effects are applied to both the caster and tethered ally. This proc has a duration of 15 seconds, but also a cooldown of 15 seconds for that monster AND a 10 second global cooldown. This means that if you are consistently hitting the same monster, you can only proc the Talisman every 15 seconds. Instead if you are consistently switching monsters you can proc it every 10 seconds. AOE spells can only proc it once regardless of the number of monsters hit.
Talisman of Blue Dragon	When Talisman of Blue Dragon is procced, the Soul Linker/Ascetic and their linked ally gain movement speed equal to Speed Pot movement speed for 15 seconds and recover (3 * skillLV)% Max SP.
Talisman of White Tiger	When Talisman of White Tiger is procced, the Soul Linker/Ascetic and their linked ally gain (3 * skillLV)% Cast Delay Reduction and (3 * skillLV)% ASPD for 15 seconds. The Cast Delay Reduction stacks additively with Poem of Bragi. The 15% ASPD does NOT stack with Assassin Cross of Sunset or Full Adrenaline Rush.
Talisman of Red Phoenix	When Talisman of Red Phoenix is procced, the Soul Linker/Ascetic and their linked ally gain (3 * skillLV)% DEF and MDEF pierce for 15 seconds and recover (3 * skillLV)% Max HP. The DEF pierce stacks multiplicatively with pierce from equipment, whereas the MDEF pierce stacks additively.
Talisman of Black Tortoise	When Talisman of Black Tortoise is procced, the Soul Linker/Ascetic and their linked ally gain (4 * skillLV)% increased healing for 15 seconds and take (10 * skillLV)% reduced damage from the next instance of damage.

Soul Ascetic New Skills

Name	Effect
Espa
Eswhoo
Unleashed Spirit
Talisman of Magician
Soul Collect
Soul Harvest
Soul Gathering
Exorcism of Malicious Soul
High Leap
Soul Swap
Blessing of Siegfried (Limit Break)
Wrath of the Fallen (Limit Break)